The summary chart of the people's and material resources of the twelve states is three zhang wide and five feet high, occupying almost the entire wall of the tax collector's palace, and the other three walls are hung with various resource input and output comparison charts of various industries such as agriculture, animal husbandry, miners, and merchants, and various subdivision charts such as the month-by-month change chart of the trade volume since the opening of the Silk Road。

Wu Yingying was really shocked by the achievements of the subordinates of the Tax Collector's Mansion, and he walked around the huge chart with his hands behind his back rather excitedly, which was covered with dense and neat fly-headed small letters, indicating the remarks beyond the numbers.

After carefully reading the chart, Wu Yingying turned around, looked at the hundreds of tax collectors with expectant eyes, and said in a deep voice, "You have accomplished a feat, comparable to the feat of the army crossing the green mountains," he raised his voice, "I believe that this feat, even after a thousand years, is enough to be admired." He looked at the excited and excited expressions of the tax collectors, and said loudly: "I have decided to establish the Great Prime Minister's Mansion with the Tax Collector's Mansion as the main body, which consists of co-ordination, selection, national use, agriculture and animal husbandry, manufacturing, trade, roads, relief, medicine, litigation, investigation of adultery, statistics, and military service. ”

Wu Yingying suddenly announced the news that the Tax Collector's Mansion had been upgraded to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and even Chase, who had been looking forward to the position of the Prime Minister for many years, was stunned by ecstasy in an instant, and he forcibly restrained himself from losing his temper, his palms clenched into fists, and he kept trembling slightly.

Not to mention the many tax officials, although the tax collector's mansion is the most powerful in the Xia State and almost the only central civil official yamen, this name is not seen in the annals of history, and it is all a mess, which can be regarded as a little bit of a match with the household department in the Central Plains court system. After the establishment of the Great Prime Minister's Mansion, although it was still a mess, the title of the Prime Minister's Mansion is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to him, and the tax collectors who work hard every day can also proudly claim that they are "eunuchs in the Pavilion". What an honor this is for most of the young tax collectors who came from poor academic backgrounds.

"The country is on your shoulders!" Wu Yingying looked at the tax collectors' happy expressions with satisfaction, and encouraged loudly. After everyone came back to their senses and thanked them, Wu Yingying talked to the tax collectors one by one with a pleasant face, saying that the tax collectors who had completed a huge amount of work that exceeded their salaries would receive additional rewards, and Wang Jian and several other officials received the glory of the royal banquet.

Chase and dozens of his most capable subordinates were left to the end, and Wu Yingying still had important things to explain. Most of these dozens of people are candidates for Cao Changshi or deputy envoys, which is an excess reward for their talent and more than a year of hard work day and night, many of whom are no more than 30 years old, and they are really overjoyed when they are young. Over the past year, Chase has worked entirely in the military style of appointing temporary chiefs and captains, and many capable people have been quickly promoted but have no fixed positions.

"The work of finding out the family background is only the first step," after everyone's ecstasy calmed down a little, Wu Yingying said in a deep voice, "In the next five years, I will rely on you to do a cause that has never been done before, and it will be a thousand years old." He walked to the front of the agricultural input and output chart and pointed to the various per capita grain outputs that vary greatly, "The same peasant households, which use a lot of animal power, have a much higher per capita grain output than those who use manpower alone. The per capita yield of those who use the improved agricultural tools of our baggage division is slightly higher than that of those who do not use them. There are relatively good water conservancy and soil and water maintenance fields, and the yield per mu is higher and stable. He paused, faced the tax collectors, and asked: "If we are to extensively implement animal power and fine agricultural tools and build water conservancy within five years, how much can the per capita grain output and the per mu grain output increase according to the current comparative situation?"

The tax collectors looked at each other, Wu Yingying's question was not difficult, but the angle from which the question was asked was strange: How could the government consider the matter of how the peasant households should cultivate the fields? After hesitating for a while, Wang Jian plucked up his courage and replied: "According to the figures in Ganzhou, the per capita grain output can be increased by about 30 percent, and because of the relationship between land reclamation and land granting, the increase in per capita grain output will be lower. In Shanzhou, where there are fewer mature fields, the situation will be even more pronounced. ”

"Very good," Wu Yingying nodded approvingly at him, "so we must use the power of the government to promote the use of animal power, build water conservancy, and improve agricultural tools," he frowned, paused, and said, "The Baggage Division is collecting high-yielding and high-yield seeds from all over the country, cross-breeding with each other, hoping to obtain high-yielding, or cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant seeds. ”

"Your Majesty," Chase asked hesitantly, "if the number of farming animals for nearly a million peasant households in the twelve states is greatly exceeded that of military horses, and the cost is tens of millions, and in addition, the construction of water conservancy, the improvement of farm tools, and even the use of improved varieties all involve a huge investment, how can the baggage department get this fee for a while?"

Wu Yingying said: "You are right the key to this cause. The so-called take from the people, use it for the people. The Prime Minister's Office needs to preside over the promulgation of a surplus grain collection law, collect the surplus grain of the cultivators, and exchange them for the large livestock used in the farming areas of the country. ”

Although Chase is eager for fame, he is not a flattering minister, he thought for a moment, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, this matter of collecting surplus grain is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. ”

Wu Yingying nodded appreciatively at him and said, "If I can think of this, I can rest assured that I will entrust the matter to you." He paused, looked at the tax collectors around him, and said in a deep voice: "The collection of surplus grain and the forced peasant households to change to animal power is an unprecedented thing in the previous generation. Seeing that all the tax collectors looked awe-inspiring, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If this policy goes smoothly and grain production increases year by year, it will naturally become easier and easier to implement." You must be conscientious, and the surplus grain collected will only be used for the purchase of farm animals, the construction of water conservancy, and the innovation of agricultural tools for the people. It is a matter of national fortune, and if any official embezzles the money, and the official ignores it, he can report it to me. ”