"Your Majesty, this is the tax situation of the imperial court in the first half of this year transferred by the cabinet, please take a look at it!" Yongzhou Assassin Shi Huangfu Zhen took the document that had just been transferred through the post station, and whispered to Sima Shu, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

"Hmm, Mengsun, they've sorted it out? Bring it to me and show me! I wonder what the harvest was like in the first half of the year? Sima Shu opened his eyes when he heard this, this was the first harvest in the Central Plains after the war, and he had high hopes for it.

"Aiqing, you sit aside and wait for a while, let me finish reading this first!

When Huangfu Zhenyan heard this, he found a stool to sit on the side, and on the surface it seemed that he was sitting solemnly, but in fact he was secretly looking at the emperor who was younger than him. This emperor, known as the most wise and martial emperor since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, is the object of worship of many young scholars, and Huangfu Zhen is no exception.

"Is Aiqing hungry? There's a snack they've prepared here, and I can't finish it alone, so if you're hungry, eat something to cushion your stomach. For a while, you have been running around with me, and you have not been able to eat a hot meal and sleep soundly for a day. Great work! This little snack is my reward for you, hahaha, I hope Aiqing doesn't dislike it! Sima Shu said while looking at it, pointing to a few plates of snacks on the table.

"Your Majesty Xie cares! Weichen is not hard, it is the honor of the minister to serve His Majesty! "Huangfu Zhen has always heard that His Majesty is a very free and easy person in private, and never cares about etiquette issues, but now it is indeed the case when I see it. However, although he was already very hungry, he still did not dare to be too presumptuous.

"This year's autumn harvest is very important, the people of Guanzhong are better, the people of the Central Plains and Shuzhong have been suffering for a long time, if there is a bumper harvest this year. The people of both places can also recuperate. Sima Shu said with emotion while reading the documents.

"Your Majesty is wise, the Central Plains and Shuzhong have just experienced a great chaos, and they have been oppressed by the powerful family in the past, if this year's harvest is good, it will be good news for the people of the two places!" Huangfu really said.

"According to the news sent by the Ministry of Agriculture, there are not many disasters in the Central Plains, and with the newly built water conservancy facilities in various places, a bumper grain harvest is a foregone conclusion. Statistics show that this year's output should be much higher than in previous years. In order to avoid the occurrence of grain cheapness hurting farmers. The account department has prepared a fund of 1 million yuan for the closing of positions. ”

"Hehe, I think this million is estimated to be useless. Although the grain in the Central Plains states is abundant. But the poor harvest in previous years was too severe. The price of this food will not necessarily be lower. This is not counting, according to the information provided by the Intelligence Agency, in the first half of this year, the grain harvest in Bingzhou and Youzhou was due to natural disasters. In this way, maybe this year's food is not enough? ”

Huangfu is really from Chang'an University, he is not like a traditional scholar who can't see the economic aspects clearly, and he is still very familiar with some phenomena in the economic field. In particular, it is very sensitive to various prices.

"I don't know if there is enough food, but as soon as the autumn harvest is over this year, some people will be unhappy."

Hearing Huangfu Zhen's words, Sima Shu felt that the other party had something to say, so he asked, "Aiqing has found any bad signs recently?" ”

Huangfu really thought about it seriously and said: "Back to Your Majesty, since the imperial court proposed a new national policy of paying taxes, some officials in various places have been complaining all day long. In particular, the policy of the locals organizing and selling the grain in various places for money and then using the money to pay taxes has been attacked by many people! ”

"Humph! Who do they think they are? If you don't want to do it, get out, I don't raise waste here! In this way, Huangfu Aiqing, you will help me draw up a decree for the cabinet, asking them to increase the supervision of low-level officials. These officials were sometimes even more hateful than corrupt officials, and the imperial court had to increase its management over them. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and the officials represent the image of the court, they are the specific executors of the policies of the court, and their quality determines the people's favorability of the court. In fact, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, with the current talent reserve and promotion system of the imperial court, it is completely possible to eliminate the officials who did not meet the requirements of the imperial court before. ”

"Well, I'll leave this matter to the Cabinet! Aiqing, you see, this year's grain production has increased a lot! ”

"Hehe, this is all the credit of Your Majesty! It is because of the concentration of personnel in production, from cultivation to field management, to topdressing and hoeing, as well as water conservancy facilities and advanced agricultural tools all over the country, that this year's output will increase by 150 to 300 percent compared with the previous work of each household. ”

Huangfu replied very proudly, this is the credit of His Majesty the Emperor, no one thought that when the policy is implemented, it will produce such a good effect, and those who have taken other people's land have formed various private farms. This makes them very reasonable in the distribution of labor when they work, and at the same time the management of the field is more perfect.

Sima Shu was also very happy, he did not expect that this year's grain growth would be so large, and the output of previous years would double to triple so much. If the Jiangdong region is recovered in the future and more arable land is developed, the grain of the Great Jin Dynasty will be worry-free.

Huangfu Zhen took a deep breath, and then said: "The minister asked someone to ask, those who rent other people's land, and then manage it centrally, are all very smart, and people who have no ability dare not lease other people's land. In the unified management, whether it is the effect of fertilization or the follow-up management, there are people who are specifically watching the field, and they can adjust the water in the field in time with the change of weather. ”

"Regarding this, the minister has to admit that His Majesty's move is really fantastic! It not only reduces the number of people who used to work in the fields, but also allows them to do other work, increasing the overall income of Dajin, and amplifying the work efficiency of personnel in terms of overall management. ”

"Hehe, Aiqing, don't be a sycophant, this is all the role of the ministers of the DPRK and China!" Although Sima Shu said politely, the smug smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

During Sima Shu's inspection of Guanzhong, the imperial court finally confirmed the results of this year's autumn harvest after nearly two months of repeated statistics and verification.

The golden rice and wheat were collected into the granary by the throughput of a horse-drawn harvester. With the joy of the farmers' harvest, the whole court is celebrating this grain harvest. Some of the big families who had a grudge against the big farms in the past also settled down, and this time they accepted this novel production method from the bottom of their hearts.

From summer to autumn, this year's summer grain, early rice, and autumn grain in Dajin have increased their output every season. In addition to the Huainan region, Shudi, the Central Plains, and Guanzhong all achieved an increase in production.

After some statistics, nearly 40 million acres of land under the control of the imperial court produced a total of 60 million stones of various grains, not counting the output of other regions, only these grains were enough for all the people of the Great Jin Dynasty to eat for a year.

"This year's bumper grain harvest is not easy to come by, and the record high output is the result of a combination of factors."

Sima Shu knew very well that the factors that contributed to the increase in grain production included the great attention paid by the imperial court to grain production, the implementation of various effective policies, the increase in the sown area, the timely and effective control of floods and droughts, the availability of advanced farming techniques, and the generally favorable climatic conditions in the main producing areas.

In particular, water conservancy facilities in various parts of the Central Plains have laid a solid foundation for this year's bumper grain harvest. In the past, ordinary people had to rely on the weather for food in the face of disastrous weather such as droughts, floods, and freezing due to their weak strength. However, now the imperial court has made great efforts to rectify water conservancy in various places, increased investment in this area, and the promotion of large farms has improved the ability of agriculture in the Great Jin Dynasty to withstand natural disasters.

'There is bread in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. The abundant harvest of grain has made the hearts of the people of the world more confident. Coupled with the fact that the imperial court deliberately controlled the price of grain and did not fall, the common people of the world were full of hope for their future lives.

"Your Majesty, this year's grain output of our dynasty will exceed 700 million catties, although the bumper harvest brings us joy, but also brings a lot of problems. One of the most important is that many related supporting facilities cannot keep up. With nearly 100 million catties of extra grain all of a sudden, is there enough storage for these grains? ”

"The Cabinet has long had a solution to this problem, and as early as a month before the harvest, the Cabinet began to build granaries on a large scale in various places. According to the survey, in previous years, the loss caused by rodent infestation and mildew alone exceeded about 10 percent, and the total loss of 100 million catties of grain could reach 10 million catties, which exceeded the total output of several counties. ”

Sima Shu attached great importance to this problem, because in previous years, due to the low quality and poor management of the official warehouse, the grain stored in it every year could not be saved at a critical moment, and even sometimes the grain distributed to the people and soldiers was moldy.

"Aiqing, what is the situation of grain reserves in Guanzhong?"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, since Lord Jiang attached great importance to this aspect when he was in office, even if the grain in Guanzhong is doubled, there will be a place to store it."

"Well, this thing must be done well, we can't let the people harvest the grain and then lose it!"

The bumper harvest of grain is not only happy for Sima Shu, but also for the people at the bottom. Old man Li was an ordinary man in Sizhou, and he and several people from his village had set up a private farm. At first, he was also nervous, but it was only out of trust in Sima Shu that he continued to operate with trepidation.

As a result, I didn't expect that after the autumn harvest this year, the farm ushered in the first bumper harvest, and a few shareholders alone shared more than 1,000 catties of grain, much more than in previous years. Old man Li looked at the mountains of grain and his face blossomed, and some of them even planned to set up an archway for Sima Shu!

"Grandpa, I want to eat meat! Eat meat! As soon as the old man Li entered the house, he heard the voice of the little grandson shouting, this year many families can eat meat, thanks to Sima Shu's implementation of the farm, a large number of chicken, mutton, pork has become a common dish on the table of the people at the bottom.

"Okay, okay, grandpa bought it for you!" This year's grain harvest is rare, and Old Man Li doesn't mind being extravagant once, he carries his little grandson and prepares to cut some meat in the market and come back, so that his family can fight tooth sacrifices! (To be continued......)