Zhu Ping'an smiled apologetically, washed his hands in the basin brought from the person, and put on a round-necked cardigan, but a pair of feet full of mud and mud spots looked really a little nondescript.

"I didn't expect Mr. Zhu to pay so much attention to farming!" Fang Yuegong really couldn't think of any opening remarks, so he had to talk about things.

"The people live on food!" Zhu Ping'an calmly explained: "Although Ping'an is a military attaché, how can he talk about protecting his family and defending the country without food, he can only start with agriculture first, and let the army and civilians fill their stomachs before talking about anything else!" ”

What Zhu Ping'an said was the most clear truth, which made Fang Yuegong think it was true.

"When Lord Fang was the prefect of Songjiang, he once built a stone pond in the area of Luoque, in short, wasn't it also for Songjiang farming? Even if he was framed by Xiaoxiao afterwards, the adult still never returned, and for this alone, Ping An admired the adult! ”

Zhu Ping'an's words were to the point. Although Fang Yuegong is focused on practical things, Songjiang Shitang is a thing that he is quite proud of in his career. Even if he later left Songjiang and was transferred, the local people were still grateful to him and built a "Meritorious Shrine" to commemorate it. It is said that incense is still in its prime.

"Lord Zhu is strict!" Under Fang Yuegong's heart fluctuating, his face, which had been flat, finally relaxed.

Zhu Ping'an said a few polite words, but the more than ten farmer-looking people standing not far from the greenhouse were always a little trembling, and seeing the two adults finally smiled, these people stepped forward with courage and whispered: "My lord is busy with official business today." I'll wait for the little people to say goodbye first, and come back another day to disturb the adults! ”

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand, "You neighbors don't have to be so polite. Today's cultivation techniques for tomatoes and peppers are nothing more than so much, on the one hand, they are deeply cultivated, and on the other hand, the most important thing is the distribution of temperature, moisture and fertilizer. This vegetable greenhouse is open to you every day, and you can come here whenever you have time, and there are craftsmen from the institute here, who can also answer your questions. ”

The farmers were grateful.

Looking at Fang Yuegong's puzzled look. Zhu Ping'an inevitably explained: "These tomatoes and peppers are all seeds shipped from overseas, and they are planted after they are planted. The benefits are huge. Earlier, Xiaguan had planted in Zhongdu for a period of time, but he had never glimpsed the mystery, so the yield was not satisfactory. Nowadays, displaced people from all walks of life are flocking to Dengzhou, and many of them are proficient in agricultural affairs. So they gathered together, used this vegetable greenhouse to adjust the temperature, and by the way, taught these techniques to the people of the Quartet. ”

Fang Yuegong couldn't help nodding frequently, and Zhu Ping'an was willing to lean down and pour into the facts, from this point of view, he was quite disgusted with his spleen. Fang Yuegong has also been in Shandong for a long time, and the development of Dengzhou is rapid and fast, and he has heard of it, but now he has been promoted to governor. It is necessary to look at the problem from a different perspective.

Now it seems that this Zhu Ping'an is indeed a capable person, but. It is also an indisputable fact that his new army and the expansion of the guard are also indisputable. and Liu Zeqing fought for Dengzhou, and Fang Yuegong also guessed the significance of Emperor Chongzhen's appointment of him as governor. It's nothing more than worrying that Zhu Ping'an's side is dominant, and the imperial court will gradually lose its due control. It's not the civilian government that checks and balances. It was the internal officials who came to supervise the army, and they always wanted to firmly press the military attaché below.

Come to think of it. Fang Yuegong couldn't help but smile, "Lord Zhu really took great pains to see this official. I think after I got the news last night, I made a lot of arrangements, right? ”

Zhu Ping'an suddenly laughed. Fang Yuegong suspected that he was driving the people to play on the spot, and deliberately stammered!

"Your Excellency is right! It is precisely because the adults are focused on practical matters and care about the people that Ping An came to see the adults with great difficulty. Originally, Ping An was waiting for the adults in the trade area, but if you think about it carefully, the country is based on agriculture, and as soon as the adults leave the city, they will explore the agriculture, so they are waiting here. ”

Zhu Ping'an looked directly into Fang Yuegong's eyes, "To put it rudely, if the person who came to Shandong is a corpse vegetarian person, why should Ping'an be so troublesome, just send someone to give a heavy gift!" Wouldn't it be easy for the two to be irrelevant and go their separate ways? ”

Fang Yuegong frowned, although he knew that Zhu Ping'an's words were a bit excessive, but he couldn't refute them. In and out of the words, he made clear his respect for himself, and repeatedly emphasized that this respect is based on his willingness to do practical things. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid this Zhu Ping'an would not be too lazy to pay attention to himself.

Civil officials have their own backbones, and this Fang Yuegong is no exception. What's even more rare is that this person is the last straw for Emperor Chongzhen in history. Just before Li Zicheng's army approached the Beijing Division, Fang Yuegong, who was then the imperial envoy of the left deputy capital, was appointed as a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion University, creating a precedent of "cabinet ministers with imperial historical titles".

However, three months later, Fang Yuegong was once again promoted to Zhengyipin, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and concurrently served as the secretary of the household department and the military department, and the governor of Caoyun, Tuntian, and military training. If Jingshi falls after only a month, I am afraid that Fang Yuegong will become the prime minister of a country in the actual sense of the Ming Dynasty since the abolition of the post of prime minister in the Hongwu period.

Unfortunately, history did not give Fang Yuegong enough time, and his ideals, ambitions, and talents were not fully developed. However, thinking of the hope and reuse given to him by Emperor Chongzhen, it is not difficult to guess that Fang Yuegong does have extraordinary talents.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an wanted to meet Fang Yuegong was to see what kind of person this person was, if it was really as said in history, then a series of policies he had implemented in Shandong, including the most important land policy, could be thrown to him in due course, and he would be the governor of Shandong to complete it, and at the same time, it could also dispel Emperor Chongzhen's suspicion and suspicion of himself.

Another point that interests Zhu Ping'an is that, according to Li Dingguo, his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong admired Fang Yue Gong very much. It was when Zhang Xianzhong raised troops from Gucheng again, and heard that Fang Yuezong, the younger brother of Fang Yuegong, a member of the imperial court, lived in Gucheng, so he sent someone to arrest Fang Yuezong and chase the stolen goods. But the results of the search were unexpected by Zhang Xianzhong. Fang Yuezong's family had nothing but books.

Zhang Xianzhong was shocked and hurriedly released Fang Yuezong and talked to him. Knowing that his brother Fang Yuegong was an official and honest was a well-known thing, he suddenly paid respect. So he took a letter of resignation and sent someone to Fang Yuegong to show respect. In the letter, he sighed: "Let everyone who is an official be like my father, and the people will not suffer from ridicule, how can loyalty be troubled?" His respect was palpable.

Today, when Zhu Ping'an talked about this old matter, Fang Yuegong's face changed greatly. Zhang Xianzhong sent a letter. Not too many people knew, and after Fang Yuegong received this letter that day. After reading it, it was burned, after all, it was not a good thing for a court official to be involved with an anti-thief investment.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an lifted the lid today. Fang Yuegong was a little shocked and angry for a while.

But Zhu Ping'an didn't seem to intend to blackmail Fang Yuegong in this matter, but said lightly: "My lord is honest and righteous, although he is a thief, he is also impressed by his lord." Although Zhang Xianzhong's man was cruel and tyrannical, there was a sentence that could be regarded as a heartfelt statement, that is, 'The people are not suffering from coopy, how can Xianzhong cause trouble?' 'If the rulers rule the Qing Dynasty and the cultivators have their fields, where is the chaos in the world today? ”

"I don't know where Lord Zhu thinks the root cause of the chaos is now?" Fang Yuegong asked directly. He wanted to ask that question, too. Let's explore the depth of Zhu Ping'an.

"The roots?" Zhu Ping'an deliberately sold a pass, pretending to hesitate for a moment before replying: "The first to push the land." During the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law. It's to see the crux of it. But I thought that a whip method would be like a cang's water control, only blocking but not slackening, and in the end it could only end in failure. ”

"Could it be that Lord Zhu wants to emulate Dayu?"

Zhu Ping'an nodded, "That's what I mean." The adults have also been in Shandong for several years, and they may have heard of the land policy of Dengzhou today. After the construction of the trade zone. The commercial value is prominent, and the powerful, businessmen, and powerful people, including a large number of officials, are attracted by the profits. Dengzhou exchanged land for business. A large amount of land was taken from it, and after that, the trade zone developed rapidly, attracting more and more land. After all, the price of land is getting worse these days. On the other hand, a large amount of military land was recovered from the officers, and of course, this was also achieved on the basis of the purge of the four guards after the lower officials arrived in Dengzhou. This two-pronged approach has led to today's situation. Xia Guan roughly calculated, and now the Dengzhou Yamen has mastered seventy percent of the land in the territory. It is precisely with this seventy percent of the land that the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou have gained the scale and combat effectiveness within a year. ”

"Seventy percent of the land is all included in the official land, and the Metropolitan Yamen and the Prefect's Yamen have been united to form a new administrative body, which is specifically responsible for the handling of land affairs. The land was returned to the military households and the common people for cultivation, supplemented by certain preferential measures, and the cultivators paid a certain amount of grain harvest to the yamen, after which the land was managed by the cultivators, but the owner of the land could only be the imperial court. In the future, there will be a situation of land annexation again, and the imperial court can also guide and manage it as the owner. Don't be as helpless as you are now. ”

Although it was extremely hot in the greenhouse, it was silent, Yin Shigang and his confidants stood quietly aside, Zhu Ping'an was talking endlessly, Fang Yuegong frowned, and kept pacing back and forth in the open space in the shed, every word Zhu Ping'an said fell in his ears, and then it was deeply engraved in his heart.

Zhu Ping'an is very clear about Dengzhou's measures in a timely manner, but the emphasis is on the land policy. The land was confiscated to the imperial court, and the common people were just cultivators, and the land was not allowed to be bought and sold freely, let alone change the name of the administrator in private, so that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of tenants using land to serve the powerful or meritorious scholars could be completely curbed.

"Wait, the land can't be transferred, so don't all the harsh taxes have to be levied on the people. At the beginning of the implementation, it may be possible, but after that, in the event of a disaster, the imperial court will have to pay additional taxes and levies, what is good? Besides, the officials are mixed, can the land policy be accurately implemented? ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled and nodded, Fang Yuegong really began to think. The intended purpose has been achieved, and once the big idea is determined, these social elites at the end of the Ming Dynasty will naturally think of thousands of ways to guarantee the implementation of the period. (To be continued) R655