Chapter 51 Colonizing My Field
"Is what the gentleman said true?" Ji Qiao felt incredulous.
"If the gentleman doesn't believe it, how about asking a few people in the countryside who are good at farming to come and let them listen to the method I have come up with?"
Ji Qiao agreed, so he asked Dou Pengzu to find two people, one named Cheng Lang and the other named Sang Yang Weng.
They were all land-owning nationals, and although they did not serve as village officials, they had a high prestige.
During the banquet, Zhao Wuxian revealed to the two of them some of the experience of agricultural production in later generations. However, although he spent some time in the countryside in his previous life, he rarely went to the fields, so many things were not very clearly described, and the words were a little vague, which made people feel suspicious.
So, unlike Wuxian's imagination, although Cheng Lang and Sang Yang Weng respected Wuxian on the surface, they were not shocked by Wuxian's "domineering spirit", nor were they shocked by his thoughts. They had been listening in silence, occasionally nodding and occasionally shaking their heads.
And in the end, he gave a sympathetic answer, which was the same as Ji Qiao's, it was a tactful opposition, and he was so angry that he almost opened the case, and then he felt the unique stubbornness of the pre-Qin people.
In the face of the doctor, these high-ranking citizens have their own way of getting along, they will bow to the powerful most of the time, but they will still cling to their pride in their hearts. For what they think they are good at, for the "morality" that they think is right, they will fight on the basis of reason, and they will never compromise and concede half a point.
That's why Cao Shi, a native of Lupin's countryside, said something like "meat eaters despise".
Therefore, Zheng Guocai's national talents would gather in the village school to hold a citizens' meeting during the birth reform and openly oppose it. What to say, "Take my clothes and take my clothes, take my fields and join them; Whoever kills the child, I will do it! "Curse the son of the ruler not to die well......
This kind of character also makes Zhao Wuxian both respectful and hateful.
He respects that the people can maintain their own personality and will not easily blindly obey the powerful, but what he hates is that this independent personality has blocked his way......
As a member of the Cheng clan, Cheng Lang still has lingering feelings about the dismemberment of the Cheng clan without a shirt, and even suspects that he has something to do with Cheng Ji's death. At this time, seeing that Sang Yang Gong was the first to stand up against it, he also asked rhetorically: "Has the gentleman ever done anything about farming?" ”
Zhao Wuxian was dumbfounded: "This has never been ......"
"How does the gentleman know these things? And how can we be sure that we will be able to increase production after making it, rather than destroying the fields? ”
Ji Qiao agreed with them, and also echoed on the side: "Yes, Lord, Qiao Qiao heard that there are certain rules for governing Bangyi, and the upper and lower powers cannot encroach on each other. Please let Qiao make an analogy, this is like the lord let the chickens come to the night, let the raccoon slaves catch mice, let the subordinate farmers plough the fields, and let the concubines cook on the fire. If the public and private offices can do this, all kinds of work will be in order and will not be wasted. ”
But one day, when the Lord suddenly intends to do these tasks himself, and no longer rely on others to perform their duties, then nothing will be accomplished except physical fatigue and mental distress. Is the wisdom and power of the Lord inferior to that of male and female servants and chickens and dogs? No, the key is that the Lord chose the wrong way to be the master. ”
Therefore, the ancients said: It is the ministers and doctors who sit down to discuss national affairs, and it is the scholars and the countrymen who stand up and carry out the affairs. Now that you are governing Chengyi, you have personally asked about trivial things such as farmland cultivation and fertilization and loosening the soil, isn't this putting the cart before the horse? ”
Ji Qiao made a bunch of tirades, which made Zhao Wuxian's head dizzy, but he felt that there was some truth, but unfortunately it was only theoretical.
I only listened to Ji Qiao's continued persuasion: "Therefore, meat eaters only need not to violate the season during agricultural time, and not to drive farmers away from the fields to do excessive labor. When the natural storehouses are overflowing and the grain is not enough to eat, why should the Lord participate in everything? ”
Zhao Wuxian didn't expect that in dealing with this matter, the two old farmers and even Ji Qiao were so conservative.
As a time-traveler, Zhao Wuxian believes that he must personally get involved in some fields in order to bring great improvements to the productivity of this era.
As a planner, Ji Qiao is mainly good at calculation rather than economics, and his thinking is still stuck in the set of small countries and widows and conforming to nature, and he is opposed to the monarch doing it himself and improving his skills.
This conversation ended unhappily, what they meant was that Zhao Wuxian, as a superior, didn't have to worry about too trivial things, and Jitian just had to behave. Why meddle in everything, let the farmers in Chengyi deviate from the mature agricultural experience of previous years, and try to do something that does not know the result?
This small setback also made Wuxian realize that although his prestige in Chengyi was already very high, it was still too early to reach the level of resonance, especially among the countrymen.
You must know that like the division of the well fields in ancient times, the fields of Chengxiang are divided into about nine parts, eight of which belong to the private land of the countrymen and clans, and one part belongs to the public land of the township temple. If he could not convince the Chinese people, Zhao Wuxian would only be able to plant wheat on the more than 100 acres of public land, in which case, it would be impossible to achieve a bumper harvest in the whole township in the coming year.
Although he overthrew the Cheng clan, he still needs to fight against a huge tradition in order to completely transform Chengyi. This is an invisible enemy, but it hides in everyone's heart, and it is much more difficult to defeat it than to crush the Cheng clan with an iron fist.
He had to convince Ji Qiao, the two old peasants, and even all the people of Chengyi to carry out his plan. It is also necessary to obtain a kind of power that can participate in the grass-roots guidance of industry, agriculture and other fields at any time, so as to give full play to his knowledge and make a qualitative leap in the economy of Chengyi!
Since it is difficult for human beings to correct people's hearts, then Wuxian must rely on some inhuman strength......
After he pondered for a moment, he said to Mu Xia, who was not far from him: "Go, call me the three elders of the township!" ”
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After the Chinese Cheng Lang returned to Cheng's four miles, he saw that the sky was about to darken, so he walked out of his residence, and he didn't light a torch, so he walked towards Cheng's manor in the dark.
Only a few days later, the once prosperous Cheng manor has been in a depression, and a large number of subordinate concubines and wild people have been taken by the gentleman without mercy, as if the foundation of the Cheng family has also been emptied.
The Cheng clan lost its former pride and arrogance, and closed the inner door for several days - the stone wall and the middle gate outside had been demolished by Zhao Bing, and several excessively high walls had also been destroyed, so the current Cheng manor was quite like a down-and-out man who had been lifted off his crown and torn off his deep clothes.
The clansmen all recognized Cheng Lang, he went all the way unimpeded, and came to the inner house where Cheng Weng lived, the beast mouth copper furnace was extinguished, and the house looked a little cold. Cheng Weng is still lying on the sickbed, after Cheng Ji died violently, he sent the white-haired man to the black-haired man, and he fainted again on the spot, thinking that he would not survive, but he did not expect to survive until now.
Cheng Lang looked like Cheng Weng, who had aged ten years old again, his eyes were sour, and Cheng Cheng had the kind of evil children who were eager to destroy the great sect and then quickly, but there were also people like Cheng Lang who had a high sense of identity with the clan.
Hearing the sound, Cheng Weng stood up, looked at Cheng Lang and said, "Ah Lang is here, how is it?" What did the gentleman do when he called you to do without mercy? ”
Cheng Lang knelt on the seat under the bed and briefly talked about today's events, Cheng Weng let out a violent cough, but the cough was with a hehe sneer.
"The Great Si Ming and the Young Si Ming of Jiuyou have already come, saying that my life is at the end of my life, but the reason why the old man can't hold on is that he can't swallow this breath! The old man must see him lose Zhao Wuxian a year later and roll out of Chengyi in disgrace! When the time comes, Wu'er Chenghe will come back, Chengwu, Dou Pengzu, and Sangjia Er, and they will all have to pay the price when the time comes! ”
"You and I both know the foundation of Chengyi, even if Houji is reborn, there is no way to triple the harvest of five grains! Zhao Wuxian thought that if he defeated my Cheng clan, the people of the country would obey him? Amusing. Since Sang Yang Weng took the lead and disagreed, you can just go along with him, and you can't fight him head-on, then let's change the method, you know, even if it is blunt copper, it can cut the meat! ”
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On the other side, in the Wuxian residence in the township temple, Cheng Wu, who was called to hurry up, finally ended the secret conversation with Wuxian, and after discussing the things that he would do tomorrow, he took his leave and prepared to go.
Zhao Wuxian walked out of the residence, touching his beardless chin and groaning. The status of the winter solstice in spring and autumn, just like the small year of later generations, tomorrow's festival, after more mixing with him and Chengwu, it will definitely be more lively.
And tomorrow is also the day when Zhao Ying and Le Qi go to Xintian, the capital of Jin, to participate in the Song envoys' pilgrimage to the monarch's court, right? It's a pity that Tiangong doesn't seem to be beautiful, I just hope that whether it is Chengyi or Xintian, it will go smoothly.
Zhao Wuxian stood outside the township temple, overlooking the direction of Xintian City, only to see that there were dark clouds there, and the wind and rain were coming!
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