Zhao Kuangyin said: "Sit." ”

Song Jiu sat down.

It is better to bully a gentleman than to offend a villain, and to give a fake beggar than to help an old lady. As long as he doesn't do too much, Song Jiu is not afraid of Zhao Da.

Zhao Kuangyin asked: "Song Jiu, why are you targeting the Hebei industry outside the East Water Gate?" ”

This is an inevitable result, not to mention Song Jiu, that is, when Zhao Pu was the most powerful, he moved Hezhou cheese, and someone still secretly admonished him behind his back. Hezhou has made contributions to the country, but who can ignore the relationship between Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu?

But Song Jiu was still a little disappointed.

However, he had already prepared, and replied slowly: "Your Majesty, when Hezhou was set up, Weichen's family was poor, and he once made a living by renting a house, which was selfish. ”

Zhao Kuangyin did not speak, and continued to listen calmly.

"Weichen was taught by Mr. and studied physical ethics for a period of time, but what Mr. taught was theory, and if you want to realize it, you must keep developing and turning theory into practice, which requires a lot of money. In recent years, some studies have been initially successful, some are only laboratory products and cannot be promoted, and some have to be abandoned halfway. Among them, there are public and private, but including the expenses used by various farms, Wechen spent more than 2.6 million yuan, and without Hezhou, there would be no all. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was also interested in how much money Song Jiu used like Zhao Pu, but his expenses were too varied, and there were many implications, in and out, without checking Song Jiu's accounts, it was difficult to estimate outside, so Zhao Kuangyin simply didn't ask again, knowing that Song Jiu had used a lot of money, but he was still a little distracted when he heard more than 2.6 million yuan.

"The last is the true public heart. Your Majesty, if the Southern Tang Dynasty is not included in the current dynasty, the population is only similar to that of the early Tang Dynasty. Less than a quarter of Tianbao's, the tax far exceeds Tianbao's tax. Why don't the people suffer? It is the diversity of taxes that is apportioned to everyone. It was not the Tang Dynasty's method of taxation based on poor peasants. One is two taxes, the second is the prison of pit and mine workshops, the third is the monopoly of tea, salt and wine, and the fourth is the commercial tax. However, Hezhou cannot be said to be a commercial tax, and merchants are divided into three taxes, a large businessman who can make a profit of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and a middle-sized businessman who can make a profit of hundreds or thousands of dollars a year and can only employ a few or a dozen servants. There is also a small stall vendor who can only keep one from starving. The former is not very harmful, and the middle can only be moderately taxed, but the latter is slightly taxed, and often the family's life is not guaranteed immediately. They are also the objects of His Majesty's need for sympathy! ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed slightly.

Anyway, he is not evil-hearted, he can understand, and he can understand Song Jiu's thoughts even more. But it's this person, he keeps saying that I'm selfish, and there are others. Three reasons were said, and selfishness was listed in the first place. This made him feel a little dazed.

But in Song Jiu's heart, the first place is indeed for himself.

It's okay to save people. But he had to save himself first.

In fact, the reason for this gap is very simple, that is, duplicity. Not only the doctors, but also the officials with their degree of hypocrisy! Who is the most bitter in ancient and modern times? Not a businessman, not a farmer. Not workers, but officials! Song Jiu occasionally woke up and wanted to save people, and he had to think about his safety and ability first, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, it was really saving, so the two were immediately different.

"This year, the industries of Hezhou, as well as the shops of various merchants, the combination of the two can generate more than 800,000 yuan in taxes. However, there are less than 20,000 households in Hezhou, including the people who work in Dongshuimen. Is more than 800,000 yuan in taxes? Not much, many transactions are still dead, otherwise there would be more. After the payment, there was no pressure on Hezhou, so what if the tax of more than 800,000 yuan was spread on ordinary farmers? In an instant, 20,000 peasant families were destroyed and their wives were separated! ”

"Your Majesty, Zhao Xianggong's most convincing national policy is Qi people. Even if it's a commercial tax, you can't kill everyone. The simplest way to make a country happy or not is to look at the number of people. China had several dynasties unified, and it was also the time when the population boomed the most. However, the time for great unification is too little, although the Han Dynasty is long, in fact, the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty is equal to two dynasties, and the Western Jin Dynasty and Sui and Qin cannot be counted. Only the Tang Dynasty was really long, and it was less than 300 years. But it was the era of the late Tang Dynasty, when there were many drawbacks, the rebellion of friends, the division of feudal towns, and the dictatorship of eunuchs, and the Tang Dynasty could still survive in peace. Why perish? That's the Yellow Nest! Why Huang Chao can gain power, it is because the annexation is serious, the state can only tax the poor farmers who are on the front line of life, once a disaster occurs, the people can not survive, how not to riot. Therefore, Zhao Xianggong said that if you want to unite the people, how to unite the law, including various humane policies and tax policies, including commercial taxes. What Weichen did, the picture shows a demonstration. ”

At that time, Wechen was young and ignorant, and he neglected Hezhou's profits, and the high income was a good thing, but it could be improperly guided, which just brought Wechen's intentions in the opposite direction. Therefore, in the later period, Weichen intended to distribute the deed shares to the ordinary people, and the academy was used to reduce the deed shares of the Yanei, and even intended to increase the deed shares of the Weichen, and in the future, he was ready to hand it over to the imperial court in advance, forming a situation in which the imperial court, the Yanai and the people shared together. This is Hezhou, which can be controlled by Wechen, but cannot be controlled by other Wechen. Hebei Yanai sees interests, but he can't see the country and the people. They are on par with Hezhou in terms of interests, but they can't see the commercial taxes paid by Hezhou in a year. On the contrary, they are taking the lead in the destruction of taxation, and are dismembering Wechen's intentions and leading them in a bad direction. ”

"However, this world is the world under His Majesty, the sky is the heaven under His Majesty, and the earth is the land under His Majesty, if His Majesty does not agree, Weichen should immediately stop accepting Hebei servants, and also stop selling deed shares to Hebei workshops, and continue to hand over the remaining deed shares to the common people."

Zhao Kuangyin said in a low voice: "Are you ridiculing me? ”

"Don't dare, Wechen is telling the truth, Wechen is short-sighted, His Majesty is the king of the country, and his consideration is more comprehensive than Weichen, the ministers are His Majesty's assistants, Wechen considers from the tax aspect, His Majesty also has to consider the ministers' personal feelings, so that they can be more loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. Among them, the severity of the micro-ministers dare not grasp. Therefore, His Majesty asked Weichen to stop, and Weichen did not dare to stop. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was silent.

"Since Your Majesty has summoned the ministers into the palace, Weichen will report one thing by the way, about agricultural production."

"Say." Zhao Kuangyin immediately sat up.

The people live on food. Except for a few precious emperors such as Emperor Jin Hui, there was no emperor who did not pay attention to it. Not to mention Zhao Kuangyin.

"If crops want to have a high yield, there are nothing more than three factors. climate, water, and soil. The climate can be avoided, what kind of crops can be grown in any climate, and water can also be avoided, or water conservancy can be built, or dry grain can be grown in areas where water is scarce, but the soil is too complex. There are two divisions based on the agronomy of the college. One is sand, loam and clay, which has been recognized for a long time. The second is acidic soil, neutral soil and alkaline soil, neutral soil is the best, acid and alkali are too heavy are not suitable for planting crops, there are ways to govern, such as Weichen in Guangnan, encourage the people to use lime to treat some acid soil. There is also a way for alkaline soil, which can be neutralized with sulfuric acid, but the cost is too high, and it can only be used as a product of the test area. ”

"Say it again."

"The other thing is fertilizer. According to the theory of physical management, crops need nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other trace elements for growth, and the predecessors have accumulated a lot of experience. For example, rot with green manure. This method is the best, not only rich in various fertilizers. There are also many organic fertilizers, which are what Wechen calls trace elements. and other crops that are needed to improve soil compaction. Qi Min Yaoshu said that planting beans can fertilize the field, that is, the bean crops take a large amount of nitrogen from the air and instill it into the soil. ”

If this passage had been said a few years ago, everyone would have thought that Song Jiu was a neurotic, but now it is easier to understand, at most it is not clear what nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are.

"Manure is also rich in nitrogen, and plant ash is rich in potassium. I began to pay attention to these two to the people in many areas, but they fell into a misunderstanding, after repeated trials and tests by students, they came to a terrible conclusion, that the plant ash is alkaline, and together with manure, it is easy to react, become other substances, and reduce the fertilizer efficiency. But when I apply these two kinds of fertilizers to the people, they are mixed together. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Kuangyin asked in surprise.

In order to show that agricultural production is valued, there are also farmlands in the imperial palace, and even the emperor himself holds a plow at the beginning of spring, the difference is that some emperors are pretentious, and some emperors really pay attention to it. Zhao Kuangyin is the latter. Grass ash and manure are the two main fertilizers that farmers use today, and they are very hard to obtain, and if there is a problem, it is a national mistake.

"Yes, there is such a thing, and Weichen does not dare to say anything about it. In addition, there is another kind of fertilizer, that is, phosphate fertilizer, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the palace maid of the Northern Qi Dynasty had invented a substance, applied to the wooden stick, and burned with a stroke, and that substance was phosphorus. But this kind of fertilizer is very rare, maybe there is, but Weichen is shallow in knowledge, and I don't know what kind of substance there will be. And because Weichen didn't understand, he just guessed, the research was very slow, and he spent a lot of money before and after to get some of it, which was used on winter wheat, and it seemed that it was growing well, so Weichen wanted to ask His Majesty to send a cronie Huangmen to visit. ”

"I've heard you talk about this man-made fertilizer before...... Take me over in person. ”

Song Jiu didn't stop it.

This is Song Jiu's battle.

The strength behind Lu Duoxun cannot be underestimated, and there are Chu Zhaofu and Su Xiao directly, who will join forces with him, so I don't know if Lu Dao has anything to do with Zhao Kuangyi. Even if he doesn't, Zhao Kuangyi will secretly add fuel to the fire. But he has not done it, this is to make himself a gun, as long as he does it himself, there will inevitably be ministers who complain in front of Zhao Kuangyin.

Lu Duoxun observed Zhao Kuangyin's dynamics again, if he didn't object, he would not be too late to do it, so that Zhao Kuangyin would not be left with a little unhappiness in his heart. If you oppose it, you will become a substitute for the dead. As for what he said about letting Song Jiu create an opportunity, it can also be established, but don't take it seriously, what these people said is serious, and they don't even know how to die after the death.

However, Song Jiu was not jealous.

Lu Duosun is a conspiracy, but Song Jiu is a conspiracy.

Zhao Kuangyin was still in civilian clothes, and took the guards to Henan, that is, the test field of the academy.

When he saw the winter wheat, he looked at it for a long time, there was also winter wheat in the palace, and he didn't need the palace, and a few miles away, there were crops everywhere, and he could see patches of wheat fields. After most of the day, he asked, "Is this the effect of fertilizer?" ”

"It's not just about fertilizer, it's a field test, using the best seeds, using the most advanced planting methods, and under the test of students, even the soil has been repeatedly transformed. Of course, the role of this phosphate fertilizer in the middle cannot be ignored. ”

"Let me take a look."

There was a group of students who were studying in the field, but they were all avoiding it from a distance, and Song Jiu beckoned. Call a student and ask him to go to the small storeroom to take out the fertilizer. Zhao Kuangyin took a handful of snow-white fertilizer and asked, "Is it it?" ”

"That's it. A new substance after reacting with some phosphate rock with sulfuric acid, it is fertilizer. ”

"This technique must be handed over to the imperial court. and shall not make profit. ”

"Your Majesty, if you succeed, you don't need to be instructed by Your Majesty, and the ministers will also be handed over to the court. But it did not succeed, as Wei Chen said just now, it was the product of the test laboratory, and it could not be put into actual production. ”

"Then you ......" Zhao Kuangyin was very displeased, the contrast between the front and back was too great, wouldn't this be a trick on him.

Song Jiu hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, fertilizer should be studied slowly. It is one thing to test the laboratory, and it is another thing to actually produce it, in fact, many new substances can be made in the laboratory, but it is too difficult to put them into production. This has to be done step by step, after all, this knowledge is the product created by my husband in combination with the two civilizations of China and the West, until I am in my hands, and then by His Majesty's grace, it will slowly become practical, where can it be successful in one step. But it can be very useful. Nothing to do with fertilizers, but seeds. I don't know what the yield of this land will be next year, but I believe it will be very high. ”

This is a fact, Zhao Kuangyin looked left and right. Looking at this wheat again, I almost wanted to order the guards to be sent to guard it day and night.

"What Weichen wants is its seeds, and it is possible to restore it after promotion. It is possible that cataclysms will occur, once the seeds are reborn. Take the point with the piece, and take the piece with the surface. The effect is immeasurable. ”

The Song Dynasty was a low-yield era, not only fertilizer, but also the most important one, that is, seeds. This passage was also difficult to understand in the past, but now that there is a cotton, it is easy for Zhao Kuangyin to accept it, at most it is not as clear as Song Jiu's thoughts.

Zhao Kuangyin was silent again.

The north wind blew, bringing layers of chill, but Zhao Kuangyin stared at Song Jiu seriously.

More and more news came from the south, and the ministers rarely said it because of their jealousy, but many Yanai went to the south, they were not for sugar cane, and Song Jiu said that there was progress in the cane sugar technique, but as Song Jiu said, it has not been put into actual production.

These Yanai went to the south, mainly to enclose land and grow cotton.

Including his three sons-in-law.

The steward of their family continued to bring the news of the south back to the capital, and it reached the ears of the three daughters, and the three daughters entered the palace and reached their own ears.

According to these stewards, what Song Jiu did in the south was simply incredible, countless Song Hou Lu, Song Hou Di, Song Hou Wei, Song Hou Yan, officials saw that Song Hou was too much, it was easy to be confused, and wanted to change the name, but the people did not agree. There is a diagram of a man who is good friends with Song Jiu, and Song Jiu's reputation is used to show kindness, but when it was said earlier, the people scoffed, does Song Hou want to repay him for his good deeds?

Song Jiu himself can't think clearly, Zhao Kuangyin is also confused, Song Jiu has done a good job in the south, but as for the people, do they miss this? However, there was one person who said something that made him hesitate and never dared to reuse Song Jiu.

Although he also saw through it at this time, Song Jiu was an exchange, an exchange in disguise, but this intention still moved him.

He squatted down, looked at Mai Miao, the growth was so good, it was as green as jade, and he stood up again and exhaled: "Song Jiu, Lu Duoxun once recommended you to be the secretary of the provincial young eunuch in front of me, what do you think?" ”

The secretary ministry is an idle yamen, and it is also in charge of several departments below. However, it is precisely because of these books that it is expensive. In this era, there are no Du Niang, so many picture books, even Lu Duoxun's brain can't remember them one by one, including the emperor, who often comes to several libraries under the secretary province to consult.

Therefore, the officials of the secretary province could often deal with the emperor, and the pavilion officials mentioned in the later Song Dynasty included officials with pavilion official positions in a broad sense, including official positions such as university scholars and straight bachelors. In a narrow sense, it refers to the official positions of various institutions in the secretary province, including the orthography of the secretary province where Fan Zhongyan once served.

It is precisely because of this nature that as soon as the pavilion official comes out, he will be promoted very quickly, so much so that Ouyang Xiu shouted that he could not serve as the prime minister if he was not a pavilion official.

That's Hu Lai, he and Fan Zhongyan and others are from the official background of the museum, so they shouted this sentence. However, its nature is just that the emperor has more contact opportunities, and usually reads more books in the process of checking and reading corrections.

Reading more books will lead to more knowledge, that's a good thing, but it's not practical, and it's just a nerd.

But in any case, this official position is very expensive, and it is very suitable for Song Jiu, the secretary province has a prison, a young eunuch, a cheng, and there are many officials below, but the main director is still the secretary. Although the young eunuch is expensive, it is relatively leisurely, which allows Song Jiu to continue to find time to study.

Although Lu Duosun took advantage of Song Jiu, this can be regarded as a reward.

And this is more than a year later, Zhao Kuangyin once again expressed his desire to use Song Jiu again. (To be continued......)