"Your Highness, Master Pei is here!" Little Deng Zi came in and bent down to report.

Xiao Dengzi has been staying in Xincheng for the past two years, and now as soon as he arrives in the capital, he has become the person next to the prince, and has become the envy of many eunuchs and chamberlains. However, this kid is still self-aware, knowing that the prince is not a master who can be fooled casually, plus he has Mr. Liu in charge above his head, so although his status has improved, his temper has not increased much, but he is more cautious.

"Oh? Is it? Please come in! ”

Sima Shu thought about it and guessed the purpose of Pei Weici's visit. It seems that the Pei family is in a hurry, and the method of the crown prince Sima Shu to deal with the rebellious wealthy clan in recent times has made some of the big families a little restless.

The family was very afraid that the prince would implement the Juntian system in the Central Plains, and the prince and the family had a lot of trouble because of this. Today, Pei Wei came to probe Sima Shu's tone.

"Minister Pei Wei see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Looking at one of the only two bigwigs left in the party of Hou Jia, Sima Shu was a little emotional. Pei Wei still has a certain talent, and he has a good relationship with Zhang Hua, plus he comes from a big family, the Pei family in Hedong, and his influence in the court is much greater than that of Zhang Hua.

"Boss, please get up! Little Dengzi, bring a chair to Master Pei. ”

Sima Shu, who was deeply educated by later generations, was very unaccustomed to others standing and talking in front of him, especially a gray-haired old man, at such a large age, if he stood for a long time, who would be responsible?

Moreover, Sima Shu played such a hand, in the eyes of some old courtiers, this was a move of respect for the elderly, so that the prince's reputation for humility and politeness spread.

"I don't know what happened to my lord's time today?"

"Well, there's something, that...... That ......" Pei Wei was a little hesitant, and he didn't explain the ins and outs for a long time.

"If the boss has anything to say, just listen to it, don't have any scruples! You have worked hard all these years, even if you say something wrong, you won't blame Lone! Sima Shu knew at a glance that the other party had something unspeakable, and couldn't help but comfort loudly.

"Since this is the case, the minister said bluntly, Your Highness, in the past few days, dozens of officials have been involved in the case of King Zhao's rebellion, and now all of them have been dismissed from their official positions, their family property has been confiscated, and the land obtained by the court has also been distributed to the displaced people. Although the imperial court has gathered a lot of people's hearts in this way, it ...... But the minister still has something to say to His Highness. ”

"Please speak up, Boss!"

"Your Highness, the old minister has also carefully studied the new policies implemented by His Highness in Xincheng and Guanzhong, the most important of which is the Juntian system, which can be said to be the basis for His Highness's various policies. Recently, looking at His Highness's actions, he is not taking the Juntian system as an example. It's just that...... It's just that in this way, the minister ...... I'm worried about causing a big mess! ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, the hinterland of the Central Plains, especially in Sili and Shandong, is full of families and wealthy families, if His Highness forcibly implements the Juntian system, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the world!" After speaking, Pei Wei looked at Sima Shu with a sincere face.

Sima Shu understood the meaning of Pei Wei's words, and he knew that the other party was worried that he would implement the Juntian system in the Central Plains, which would lead to a rebellion by the Central Plains family, which would then cause turmoil in the country.

In addition, he was more worried that Sima Shu would forcibly take away the huge land resources occupied by the family, especially for the future fate of the Pei family.

But he didn't know that Sima Shu was not so radical, because he knew that the Central Plains was different from Guanzhong, and the power of the family here was too strong, far from what he could fight against. At the same time, Sima Shu did not want to cause the country to fall into civil strife because of this, so that the Hu people could reap the benefits of the fishermen.

However, the problem of the family must be solved, especially since they have a huge population and land resources in their hands, which has always been a major hidden danger to the imperial court.

"Master Pei, Gu knows what you're worried about, so I'll give you an answer today. Loneliness does not necessarily have to eliminate the world's families, after all, the families still have their positive side in some places. But don't rejoice too soon! Sima Shu looked at Pei Wei, who was a little excited, and then said:

"All families like your Pei family must accept the transformation of this palace, as long as they meet the requirements of this palace, you families can still exist!"

"Transformation? How to transform? Pei Wei was a little moved after listening to Sima Shu's words, if he really wanted what the prince said, the Pei family was not unacceptable.

"The land in your hands can not be confiscated, but you can keep it. But the annual tax must be paid to the state treasury, and at the same time the large number of people in your hands must be handed over to the state for the most part! ”

"This ...... Your Highness, if we don't have a population, it's useless for us to have so much land! ”

Pei Wei frowned and asked, he felt that the prince was difficult for a strong man, and without a population, why did these families want land? Isn't the reason why the family makes the royal family scruple because of the population and land in their hands? If there is no population and no land, sooner or later the family will be defeated.

"Eh, Master Pei, don't worry, listen to Gu's words. Since Lone raised this problem, there was a solution. Now I have a whole new set of plans in my lonely hands: I am ready to implement the big farm plan in my Dajin. The so-called big farm plan requires the cultivation of the maximum amount of land with the least amount of human resources. According to Gu's prediction, if the Pei family is willing to implement a large farm plan in their own grange, tens of thousands of acres of land or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land can be taken care of by only a few hundred or thousands of people. ”

"This ...... It's true? ”

Pei Wei was taken aback when he heard Sima Shu's words, if it was really like what the prince said, once this kind of large-scale farm plan was popularized, wouldn't the cultivated land in the country increase a lot?

"Of course it's true, Lone had an experiment in Xincheng back then, and the effect was not bad, but the time was not ripe at that time, and Lone didn't take it out. Families like you have a large amount of land and population in their hands, and the land can be left to you, but the population must be handed over. ”

"It's not that I'm lonely, it's that the country's population is too small, and Lone needs more people to do business, open up wasteland, enter factories, join the army, and so on. However, a large number of people have been forcibly bound to one acre and three points of land by your family, so I have to come up with such a solution. Through the Big Farm Project, your own economic benefits have not decreased much, but may increase considerably. ”

"As for the small population, this is not a problem at all, since there is such a big farm plan, why do you still keep such a large population? Otherwise, Lone will wonder if you have bad intentions! ”

Listening to Sima Shu's words, Pei Wei was silent, and there was a fierce confrontation in his mind, if what the prince said about the big farm plan was true, it would not be a problem for the Pei family to hand over the population and reserve the land. Pei Wei has no ambition to dominate the world, his greatest wish is to carry forward the Pei family.

"If what His Highness said is true, the minister is willing to give it a try on behalf of the Pei family!"

After thinking about it repeatedly, Pei Wei finally made up his mind, and he decided to take a risk, after all, the prince proposed it so grandly, he would definitely not fool him.

"Good! Three days later, Lone personally went to visit Pei's house, and asked Master Pei to personally inspect some things! ”

Seeing Pei Wei agree, Sima Shu was overjoyed. If he can pull the Pei family to his side through the big farm plan, it will be of great help to him in transforming the family in the future.

Once the Pei family is established, it will definitely point out a way out for other families.

Moreover, this also provided a large number of laborers for the arrival of large industries in the future, and many factories were built in Xincheng and Guanzhong.

However, due to the implementation of the uniform field system in Guanzhong, there was an extreme shortage of labor in each factory. If more factories are built across the country in the future, there will be an even greater shortage of labor.

If the family can be guided from a small peasant economy to a large farm economy at this time, a large number of people will be liberated at once and sufficient human resources will be provided for the arrival of big industry and big business.

For thousands of years, most of China practiced a natural economy like intensive cultivation and self-sufficiency, and the Jin Dynasty was no exception.

The main characteristics of this kind of economy are that grain cultivation is the mainstay, each household is the unit, production is self-sufficiency, the mode of operation is backward, and the peasants repeat simple labor year after year, and the income is very small, resulting in long-term slow social and economic development.

This kind of natural economy is not only backward in terms of productivity, but also often powerless in the face of natural disasters. In the event of a natural disaster**, people are often displaced.

Of course, there is also a reason for the emergence of this mode of production, China has always had more people and less land, and there is not enough arable land, so if we want to produce as much grain as possible on limited land, we can only increase the yield of grain crops per unit area, and this is the origin of intensive farming.

However, the Jin Dynasty has its special side, that is, the population is too small, not to mention compared with the Han Dynasty, that is, compared with the later dynasties, the population of the Jin Dynasty does not have any advantage. It is said that the Jin Dynasty, which was not founded for a long time and had a small population, should not have the problem of insufficient land, but the Jin Dynasty caused a very acute contradiction between population and land precisely because of the excessive concentration of land.

This is also the reason why there were many revolts of the exiles in the Jin Dynasty, Sima Shu thought about this problem, if this problem can indeed be solved through the Juntian system, but after a hundred years, the land problem will become the most headache of the empire again.

Therefore, Sima Shu planned to promote the large-scale farm system, on the one hand, to improve the efficiency of farming, and on the other hand, to improve the ability of Chinese agriculture to resist natural disasters. At the same time, we learned from the experience of the later Zhao and Song dynasties in vigorously developing commerce, handicrafts, and large factories to solve the surplus labor force, and it is estimated that the population of the Jin Dynasty will soon be consumed.

As long as agriculture is stable, commerce is prosperous, industry is advanced, and the center is stable, the country will not have a big situation, if it is calculated according to the scale of the population accommodated by the Song Dynasty in later generations, the Jin Dynasty can exist for at least a few hundred years, and even more than the Han Dynasty is not a problem.

Now Sima Shu's only concern is whether his so-called big farm plan can take root in China, after all, the current reality is very different from that of future generations. As far as he knew, agricultural technology alone could not be compared with later generations.

After more than an hour, Pei Wei left with a satisfied smile, although he did not achieve his previous purpose, but he got another surprise, now he has to hurry home to prepare to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in three days.