When Lin Qingwan took Lin You and Lin Yubin to the ground, the emperor who was far away in the capital was also plowing the land with his ministers and princes.

The emperor attached great importance to agriculture and mulberry, in addition to the plough day to worship the heaven and earth and go to the ground to support the plow, when the day of the real planting he would also go to the field to plow.

The courtiers and princes paid attention to it, so they naturally rolled up their sleeves and went to the ground together.

At this time, the emperor was wearing a short coat and rolled his trouser legs to drive the oxen to plow the field, and the fourth prince led the oxen to him, and the younger fifth and sixth princes were responsible for picking up the stones in the field or crushing some large pieces of mud that were not easy to break.

The ministers also divided a piece of land, and no matter how glamorous they usually were, each of them was covered with mud stains, and worked in the field as skillfully as a real peasant.

There is no way, there is an emperor who loves nongsang, in order to be able to pick up each other's words in his spare time, no matter whether they are hot or not, familiar or not, they will love and be proficient in nongsang after the third grade.

After ploughing the field, the emperor took out the rice seeds, scattered them with his three sons little by little, and then smoothed them with his hands.

This work will take most of the day, and at noon, everyone will squat in the field with a piece of bread and gnaw on it.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince were only eight years old, and the two of them were coming for the first time, and they were all full of novelty, squatting beside their father on the left and right, while nibbling on the cake, while looking around curiously.

The fourth prince looked at the two younger brothers who were full of novelty and excitement and shook their heads secretly, what else will they suffer next.

Several of their brothers have followed their father to the ground since they were eight years old, and if it weren't for the second emperor brother being sent to the battlefield this year, everyone would have come today.

After the emperor finished nibbling on the cake, he turned his head and saw the excitement on the faces of his two sons, so he patted their heads with his big hand and said, "Okay, when you are full, go and continue to go to the ground, and you can go back after smoothing out the seeds." ”

The fifth prince asked curiously, "Father, why do you want to wipe out the seeds?" ”

The emperor smiled, "Look at your hand like this, is the seed pressed into the ground?" ”

Ignorance and the Six Princes nodded, they had tried it just now, and as soon as their hands passed, the rice seeds that were still covered with mud disappeared in an instant.

The emperor smiled and said, "That's right, this kind of seed has to come into contact with water and soil to sprout and grow faster." ”

The fourth prince also smiled and said to the two younger brothers: "When the seeds germinate and grow taller, we will pull them out and re-insert them, and then the four emperor brothers will bring you here." ”

The Fifth Prince's eyes widened in surprise, "Why do you want to pull it out, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

"Can't you let them stay like this? Isn't it redundant to pull it out and plug it down? ”

The emperor did not think that the questions they asked were childish and ridiculous, and answered them all one by one.

He was like them back then, he was brought by Lin Ying to have a problem when he was planting, and he once thought that the seeds of rice were rice, and he didn't understand why they planted this yellow skin valley.

Looking back now, I realize how ignorant I was at that time.

After popularizing agricultural knowledge to his two sons, the emperor got up and said to the ministers gathered on both sides: "We must not be slack off on the affairs of agriculture and mulberry, and I ordered the officials of all prefectures and counties to persuade them to teach agriculture and mulberry, and try their best to resettle the displaced people and reduce wasteland." ”

The emperor sighed: "This grain is the most important thing in the world. ”

As long as the grain is sufficient, why worry about the world not being unified?

What the people want in their lives is not just food and clothing.

Serving his own one-third of an acre, the emperor led the ministers and princes back, a group of croppers rode high-headed horses, fortunately this is in the imperial city, ordinary people can't see it, otherwise they don't know how to be curious.

The emperor called several ministers to his side, and everyone slowly let the horses go forward together, while talking about political affairs.

For example, the biggest thing today, in addition to spring ploughing, is the war of the Southern Han Dynasty.

“…… General Su and the lord of Ruying County are like a bamboo, and now they have captured half of the Southern Han Dynasty, and Dachu has participated in the war, the Southern Han Dynasty will not be able to support it for long, Your Majesty should consider a way to settle the Southern Han. ”

"Da Chu is not easy to get along with, I'm just afraid that after fighting the Southern Han Dynasty, I still have a fight with Da Chu."

The secretary of the military department also reminded: "Now the west road is led by the lord of Ruying. ”

Zhong Ruying has a blood feud with Da Chu, and if she really meets Da Chu's army, maybe it will be another big war.

The emperor was thoughtful, but did not make a decision immediately, but said: "Send someone to contact Da Chu, put aside the grievances for the time being, and take the Southern Han first." Whoever captures the city is whoever's, remind them that there is Liao in the north of my Great Liang, but there is also Hou Shu in the west of them. The Meng family in Gangneung is not a vegetarian either, so the two of us should not be copied because of a small mistake and not know it. ”

"I'm afraid that the thieves in Da Chu will not listen to persuasion."

"No," the official Shangshu said in a deep voice, "Emperor Chu knows what is best for himself. ”

The emperor also nodded, Huang Zichu is more profitable than him, and he is not stupid, even he knows the truth, he will not be ignorant.

Things, only what you eat in your mouth is real, after beating the Southern Han Dynasty, you want to carry out with the beam, unless the other party has enough manpower and material resources to support it, otherwise you can only end up with the same fate as the Southern Han.

The lessons of the past are in front of him, and he will not be unaware of Emperor Chu's scheming.

"Lord Cui, can the grain in the treasury still support the Southern Expeditionary Army?" Lord Chen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the side, turned his head and asked with concern.

Hubu Shangshu shook his head and said: "I have ordered all localities to prepare grain and grass, Jiangnan is not far from the Southern Han Dynasty, and some can be temporarily transferred from the treasury over there, but it is not much, and if it drags on, I am afraid that it will increase the military tax." ”

The emperor frowned slightly, as the emperor, what he was most afraid of was raising taxes on the people, but there was really no way to do it.

When Lord Chen heard this, his face was full of worry, "It is the time when the green and yellow are not available, and the tax is ...... at this time."

"Lord Chen, this is also a helpless thing, you can't let the soldiers fight hungry on the front line, right?" The secretary of the military department couldn't get used to his roundabout appearance, and choked out: "I don't even have the strength to hold a knife, how can I go to the front line?" ”

Lord Chen glanced at him lightly and said, "Lord Min has thought too much, I didn't mean that I wouldn't give the front line grain and grass, but I was worried about this year's grain." ”

He turned his head and said: "Your Majesty, after the defeat of the Southern Han Dynasty, we will resettle the people, this war covers the entire territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, there are many people involved in the war, and the food needed will not be less." Will there still be more taxes then? ”

Chen Shangshu said worriedly: "I use the taxes of the people of Daliang to support the people of the Southern Han Dynasty, but I am afraid that the people will not accept it." ”

"Then what should I do according to Aiqing's intentions?"

Before Chen Shangshu could speak, Cui Shangshu had already said: "What are the people of Daliang, the people of the Southern Han Dynasty, when the Southern Han surrenders, no matter which side of the people he was before, they are all the people of Daliang, does Lord Chen still want to separate the people?" ”

"The ministers don't mean this, it's just that the people are stupid, and the ministers recognize them as the people of Daliang, but they are afraid that the people of Daliang will not recognize them, and they are only afraid of some conflicts."

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu on the side sneered disdainfully, Chen Shangshu ignored him, but swept around and said: "This is the truth, don't you adults agree?" There can still be disputes and fights between the two villages over water, not to mention that the people who originally belonged to the two countries are still for food. ”

The others nodded slightly in their hearts, and they were also a little worried, in the final analysis, because of the lack of food.

Chen Shangshu also said, "In the final analysis, it is because of the lack of food. ”

The emperor pursed his lips and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is better to take advantage of the beginning of farming, order officials at all levels to supervise, reduce the cultivation of other crops, increase the cultivation of rice and wheat, and severely punish if there is any wasteland," Chen Shangshu said: "Also, in addition to the good land above the medium level, the rest of the crops shall not be sown except for the cultivation of grain." ”

He sighed: "I have heard that some rich families still use fertile land to graze and build workshops, how tyrannical it is. ”

The other ministers couldn't help frowning when they heard this.

They all felt that Chen Shangshu was a drunkard, not drinking, and as soon as they heard about it, they knew that they couldn't implement it.

If it is too much, politicians should be more cautious, because a small measure may destroy thousands of families.

All the ministers looked at the emperor in the center.

The emperor was also a little unhappy, "This plan is not appropriate, there are thousands of people in the world, and the situation is different, how can it be generalized?" ”

Hubu Shangshu said with a smile: "You can change it to encourage everyone to grow more grain, and then the Hubu will buy grain at a low price." ”

The Emperor nodded slightly, "That's a good plan. ”

Chen Shangshu said: "I'm afraid that some people will not follow the profits, and occupy the fertile land to graze and build workshops. ”

The emperor said with a calm face: "It is illegal to occupy fertile land for grazing and build workshops, Chen Shangshu is the one who complains?" ”

He also saw that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was a drunkard, not drinking, and it was illegal to use fertile land to graze and build workshops, so he sued the official directly, where was the use of coming up with this strategy?

Chen Shangshu sat on the horse and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the lord of Lin County used the fertile land given by His Majesty as an orchard and pasture, and also built a workshop on it, the minister was heartbroken when he heard it, it was thirty hectares of fertile land, if it was all used to grow food, how much could it be harvested?" ”

Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, who was already lagging behind a lot, was not happy to hear this, and took two steps forward and said: "Chen Shangshu, don't slander people at will, have you seen Lord Lin use the fertile land as a pastoral orchard?" ”

After finishing the Ministry of Works, he turned his head to look at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, how is the sales of fruits, and then look at the current price and sales of grain, how many livestock can be raised on one acre of land?" Lord Lin is not a stupid person, how can he use fertile land as an orchard and pasture? ”

"What about the workshop, is the income of the workshop lower than that of growing food?" Chen Shangshu snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the children of the Lin family are selling paper inside and outside Suzhou, and the paper is all produced in the paper mill, isn't the paper mill built on fertile land?" ”

"Chen Shangshu hasn't seen it with his own eyes, how do you know that it was built on fertile land?" The Ministry of Industry Shangshu was displeased: "Barren land can be used for houses and workshop construction, which is stipulated in the law. ”