Zhao Ziliang's focus on the issue is naturally the issue that officials in the West Qin need to pay attention to, and on the issue of cotton trial, Prime Minister Liu Wei said that he would list this matter as one of the most important priorities in government affairs next year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Prime Minister Liu, as the prime minister of the Government Council, you are here today to talk about the policy plan of the Government Council next year, and the kings and the heads of the yamen of other government offices will listen to it!" ”

"Yes, King!" Liu Wei agreed, and said: "The cultivation and popularization of cotton planting that the king said just now will be one of the priorities of our government council next year, first of all, within the Sogdian Protectorate, the Department of Farmland and Water Conservancy will send special officials to take charge of this matter, and also send public servants to guide the farmers, teach them how to cultivate, plant, remove insects, and carry out correct field management. After the cotton is harvested, in order to protect the farmers' profits, next year our government will purchase it at a uniform price, send it to the government-run textile mills, and spin it into cloth to make military clothing, shoes and socks, and quilts, and supply them to the military first! Generally speaking, the military things are liked by the people, and so the people are interested, naturally there will be private businessmen to set up textile factories, at that time our government gradually gave up the right to buy cotton, and the price will also be free to float in the market, but the government is not completely ignorant, the businessmen naturally want to keep the purchase price to the lowest, but the farmers' income needs to be protected, the government will stipulate the minimum purchase price and the maximum price, and the market price can only float in the middle! It's number one."

"Second, this year, under the leadership of the king, our Western Qin army has won successive battles, and has successively won the Kimak Metropolitan Protectorate, the Yayik Imperial Protectorate, and the Khazarian Imperial Protectorate. Of course, if you go to such a far place, if you are not familiar with the place, you will not be willing to give some care and preferential treatment, and we will formulate some measures for the people to snatch it away! ”

"Third, if you want to have a good harvest, the water conservancy facilities must be more perfect, so that all the fields can be irrigated, so we will invest more in the construction of water conservancy facilities next year, in order to prevent floods, we also need to continue to build embankments along the river, and at the same time clean up the silt of some rivers, and pour the cleaned silt into the fields along the river to make the fields more fertile!"

"Fourth, the effect of afforestation in recent years has been revealed, poplar trees, the most common and drought-tolerant trees in the desert, although not very valuable, but it is the easiest to survive, and the poplar forests can effectively resist the wind and sand! Therefore, next year, we will continue to carry out afforestation in the edge areas of deserts, Gobi and hills, and then gradually push afforestation to the depths of the desert! ”

"Fifth, build roads! Since our territory has extended to the Khazar Protectorate, we should build the road to the Khazar Protectorate, the Yayk Protectorate, and the Kimak Protectorate, one to Kimak and the other to Khazar, passing through the northern shore of the Aral Sea and the northern shore of the Khazar Sea until the Crimean outlet to the sea! This is not something that can be completed in one or two years, it is estimated that it will take five to ten years to repair! By building these roads, not only can the military be used, but the speed of the caravan will be greatly accelerated! ”

"Sixth, continue to encourage industry and commerce, in recent years, the establishment of a large number of factories and the frequent exchange of caravans have greatly increased the tax revenue of the government and the income of the people, making my materials in Xiqin more abundant!"

Zhao Ziliang affirmed Liu Wei's governance strategy: "Lord Liu's governance strategy for next year seems to be well thought out, and this king thinks it is very good, so let's do it!" What is the number of people who have migrated from the Central Plains over the years? How much respectively? ”

"Back to the king, since the twelfth year of Tianbao, due to the initiative of our Beiting to introduce displaced people and refugees, the people of the Central Plains have migrated over every year, from the beginning of one or two thousand, to seventy or eighty thousand per year, or even hundreds of thousands, basically the number of people who have migrated over every year is increasing, but since the seventeenth year of Tianbao, the number of people who have migrated has decreased, and it has remained at about 50,000 in recent years, and this year's rebellion in the Central Plains has been quelled, and the number of people who have migrated has decreased to 32,000!"

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Lord Liu, do the math, how many people can be supported with the current cultivated land area of our Western Qin?" ”

"This problem has been calculated by our Government Council, the current cultivated land area of our Western Qin can support 19 million people, if the population exceeds 19 million people, there are only two ways to feed these people: first, open up a part of the grassland, grassland and mountain forests into fertile land; Second, limit the continued growth of the population! On the basis of this method, the royal court also ordered strict restrictions on land annexation, even if there were more fields in Western Qin, if land annexation was not restricted, the people would not have enough land to cultivate! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Lord Liu said two ways, this king does not think that the first method is feasible, although the transformation of grasslands, grasslands and mountain forests into fields can get more cultivated area, but it will destroy the ecological balance, cause serious soil erosion, and cause large-scale climate change for a long time!" You have transformed the grasslands and mountains into fertile fields, where will the eagles, birds, wolves, lions, tigers, leopards and bears in the mountains and forests go to survive? Without these apex predators in nature, there will be a flood of pests, rats and other harmful insects and animals that destroy crops, and then we will not have to do anything, we will all go to catch pests and mice! ”

"The second method of restricting population growth, this method has been used in all dynasties, and this dynasty is also using it, but this method has little effect, except for adding some taxes to the imperial court, it does not play much role! And this measure will cause the poorer the less you can afford to have children, and the richer you are, the more you can have children! Therefore, although this method has some effect, it has little effect, and your government council should think of more ways in this regard to see what kind of decree can be issued to effectively curb the rapid growth of the population! ”

In addition, the problem of poor people not being able to marry wives is also very serious, most people in this world hate the poor and love the rich, and women looking for husbands must also find rich families! Even many soldiers in the army can't get wives, where have the women gone? As far as this king knows, there are actually more women than men in my Western Qin, but why are there still many men who can't marry wives? Isn't it the saddest thing for a man to marry a wife in his life? Isn't there a responsibility on the part of the government? ”

"Bad social climate is a big problem, where have all the women gone? They all went to the homes of the rich, the powerful, and the rich married a dozen or even dozens! The atmosphere in the upper strata of society is extremely bad, these rich and powerful families have married all the women, so that the people at the bottom of the society have no women to marry, and the fields have been occupied, so that the people at the bottom of the society have no land to plant, in a short time, the people can still bear it, and after a long time, when they can bear it anymore, then it is the time to settle the account! ”

"Do you think that the Anshi Rebellion can last for so many years just because of the rotten people An Lushan and Shi Siming? Absolutely not, they are just initiators, the people of the Central Plains can't stand it anymore, they want to change a way of living, this is the direct reason! ”

"So this king is here to warn some people, don't be too greedy, if you let the common people not survive, you will destroy the foundation of this king's rule! It's just that you can't get along with this king, and this king will definitely not let you have a good time! The entire Western Qin society should form such a relationship: the family members, maids, and subordinates are loyal to the master; Wives and concubines are loyal to their husbands, and children are filial to their parents and teachers; Guys, long and short workers are loyal to the owner and the shopkeeper; subordinates are accountable to their superiors; Officials owe allegiance to the royal court and to their own king; The king is loyal to the people; The people love the country and their families, and pay taxes to the imperial court; The imperial court collects taxes to protect the lives and property of the people! This should be the relationship between the grassroots of Xiqing society, do you understand? The responsibility of this king is to let the people live a good life, so that the Western Qin is not invaded by other places, your responsibility is to be loyal to the king, do your official duties well, if you don't do well, you will step down and leave, if the king does not do well, the king will also abdicate and make way for Xian, it's as simple as that! ”

After hearing Zhao Ziliang's remarks, the officials began to talk in low voices, and many people felt that although these remarks were a bit harsh, they really made sense when they thought about it carefully, the imperial court collected the people's taxes, shouldn't it protect the safety of the people's lives and property? This is the same as paying to hire people to protect themselves, but the hired people have been replaced by the imperial court!

Zhao Ziliang's remarks at the court meeting were quickly summarized and sorted out by the relevant yamen of the Government Council and published in the newspaper, and then sent to the official offices in various parts of the Western Qin, and many scholars everywhere preached Zhao Ziliang's wisdom and wisdom after reading it.

Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone and continued: "How to solve the survival problem caused by population growth In addition to increasing the poll tax, this king thinks that there is another way, that is, to expand outward!" Let's put this issue aside for the time being, and the Government Council should formulate measures to solve the problem that more than one million single men in Western Qin are unable to marry; The issue of restricting land annexation is also an urgent need to solve the problem in the Government Council at present, because we already have this kind of problem in Western Qin, and we must not let this problem become more serious, and we must not leave this old and difficult problem to future generations, because this is a big problem that will shake the foundation of the country, and no one can ignore it! Liu Wei, your government affairs yuan must come up with practical and effective measures as soon as possible, first write a statement for Ben Wan to see, and then let the government and the opposition and all localities discuss it! ”

"Yes!"