"Your Majesty, Weichen's attitude is obvious, Wang Anshi's other reforms, such as the construction of water conservancy, the reform of the official system, the reform of Taixue, the reform of the army, etc., Weichen is not opposed, and even supports, but Weichen resolutely opposes the Baojia Law, it will only greatly increase the burden of the people, become a tool for the county government to exploit the people, intensify the contradictions at the bottom, and become the root cause of the rebellion of the people at the bottom, as for the Qingmiao Law, it can be implemented, but it is not led by the local government, but by the imperial court."

Zhao Ji perked up, "How do you say this?" ”

"The establishment of the Great Song Dynasty Savings Bureau, equivalent to the imperial court money shop, spread to the counties, directly under the household department, when the green and yellow are not connected, farmers can borrow money from the Savings Bureau to turnover, the Savings Bureau implements low interest rates, small amounts, no guarantee."

"If there is no guarantee, what should I do if I can't pay the money?"

"You can sign an agreement, if you can't repay the borrowed money for three consecutive years, then they will turn into overseas accounts and go overseas to develop, and their debts can be forgiven."

Zhao Ji pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head, "Just as Aiqing said, overseas development has greatly improved the finances of the imperial court, alleviated the contradictions at the bottom, and inhibited land annexation. ”

"Your Majesty, overseas development can ensure that grain can be guaranteed, in addition, a large number of corn planting, so that pigs have fodder, will greatly increase the amount of meat in the market, and the extensive planting of cotton and cotton trees, the use of cotton and cotton to weave cloth, so that the cloth is rich, these are good things for the benefit of the country and the people, Your Majesty may wish to pay more attention to these aspects, you can read more newspapers, understand the people's livelihood and people's conditions."

Zhao Ji's conversation with Fan Ning really made him feel comfortable, and he smiled: "A few days ago, the officials of the Third Division were still complaining to me, saying that a large amount of cotton was sent from overseas, and it was difficult to peel the seeds, and they couldn't spin the cloth, so they had to fill the bedding and winter clothes, which didn't make much sense. ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "That's because they have little knowledge, if they can't weave cloth, then where does the cotton cloth that Lingnan tribute come from?" In fact, yesterday Weichen went to Chenliu County and visited the loom institute set up by the Zhu family, specializing in the development of various advanced looms, they have built a machine for peeling cotton seeds and weaving cotton, which will soon be popularized on a large scale, and cotton cloth and cotton cloth will soon enter thousands of households. ”

"This is what Aiqing said about technology to change the Great Song."

Zhao Ji approvingly: "I and the imperial grandmother took a special ride in the soft-wheeled carriage presented by Aiqing yesterday, it is very comfortable, and the speed is twice as fast, so that the imperial grandmother is full of praise, she used to like to sit in a sedan chair, not to take a carriage, but afraid of bumps, today she likes the carriage, the morning meeting, is to take the carriage out, I also like it, it will be convenient to travel in the future." ”

"Your Majesty is right, the major workshops are developing all kinds of new technologies, the Chai family invented the water-powered large textile, which increased the spinning volume by fifty times, and the Zhu family is also developing a more advanced technology, looking for a machine to replace animal power, especially suitable for navigation, once invented, the overseas development of the Great Song Dynasty will go to a higher level."

"We'll see."

Speaking of overseas development, Zhao Ji thought of the morning's incident, and he asked again: "Today, everyone asked for the release of the private purchase of the island, and even the imperial grandmother agreed, it seems that it is the trend of the times, what does Fan Aiqing think?" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, this is a matter within the scope of Wechen, of course Wechen supports, but Wechen supports the private purchase of islands overseas, in fact, there are more far-reaching considerations, Wechen is considering exchanging wealth for wealth." ”

"What does it mean to exchange wealth for wealth?"

"Your Majesty, the Great Song Dynasty sells islands to the people, first of all, we must take out a large amount of wealth, the overseas land is vast, an island is at least a hundred miles in radius, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of land, one acre of land is one or two silver, then you have to take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if the family is not enough silver, then you can also use the land to replace, for example, one acre of land in the Great Song Dynasty for ten acres of overseas land, and the purchase family must take out at least tens of thousands of acres of land in the Great Song Dynasty, these wealth and land are owned by the imperial court, so can they be used to solve the problem of the resettlement of reduced soldiers, It was even possible to rent it cheaply to landless peasants, thus solving the problem of land annexation. ”

Zhao Ji nodded again and again, "In this way, will a large number of wealthy people rush to buy land overseas?" ”

"The purchase of land should be distinguished, and the purchase of the island must have enough titles, such as the county prince and above, while the purchase of land in the New World does not need a title, ordinary merchants can."

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then asked, "Will there be the self-establishment of the emperor that Han Xianggong said?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head, "Your Majesty, there will definitely be self-reliance, but it is impossible to be called an emperor, in fact, on an overseas island, it is a de facto island king, whether it is a county prince or a national prince, it is just a matter of title, no one will be stupid enough to suffer the crusade of the Great Song Dynasty for the title of an emperor, if you have meritorious service in defending the land for the Great Song Dynasty, managing the island in a proper way, and sending food and other materials to the Great Song Dynasty, maybe there will be a chance to be crowned an overseas king, but these need to be determined by law, maybe it will be set now, and it can be slowly improved in the future, But whether or not he is subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, one of the prerequisites is that he must be loyal to His Majesty and be His Majesty's courtier. ”

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said: "You are right, there are two key issues here, one is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the other is subject to the Great Song Dynasty, but not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, so how do you distinguish between them?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the positioning of overseas land, the first is Kunzhou, Ryukyufu, Luzon, Tanzhou, Baozhou, etc., all of which are overseas states of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no difference between them and the inner states of the Great Song Dynasty, the other is the mainland, which belongs to the management of the imperial court, but is slightly loose, mainly to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the third is small and medium-sized islands, which belong to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and must be loyal to His Majesty and pay tribute, but they do not belong to the imperial court management, and have autonomy, just like the Tang Dynasty's fetter states."

"Then how do you tell the difference between a continent and an island?"

"It's very simple, a radius of more than 1,000 miles is the mainland, and Weichen believes that the current South Luzon Island, Central Continent, Bomud Island, East Continent and South Continent, these five pieces are the mainland, and the others are small and medium-sized islands."

South Luzon Island is Mindanao, Bo Ni Island is Kalimantan Island, the East Continent is New Guinea Island, the Central Continent is Java Island, and the South Continent is Australia, which is the official name of the Great Song Dynasty.

The more the two talked, the more time passed, and when Fan Ning came out of the Persuasion Hall, noon had already passed.

Fortunately, the palace also provides lunch, which is good and cheap, and officials above the fifth grade can enjoy it for free, but there is no alcohol, which can be regarded as a kind of welfare provided by the imperial court to officials.

It was indeed time for him to come to the Zhizheng Hall, and before he was in Quanzhou, he received a letter from the Zhizheng Hall, asking him to enter Beijing as soon as possible.

In fact, Fan Ning also vaguely guessed what the reason for the Zhizheng Hall to urge him to enter Beijing was that Xiangguo wanted to talk to him about Baozhou and immigration.

It is clear that the low price of grain, the lack of profit from growing grain, and the rise of large industries have recruited a large number of workers, which has led to a decrease in the number of rural farmers.

When Fan Ning came to the outside of the main hall of the Zhizheng Hall, he heard Fu Bi's voice from inside, "Of course, you have to set a threshold, you can't run to buy the island with dogs and cats, you must be qualified to ........"

Fanning walked into the lobby and saw seven prime ministers discussing at random, presumably discussing the formulation of regulations for private island purchases.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why don't you ask me?" Fanning walked in and smiled.

"Little Fan Xianggong is finally here!"

Fu Bi laughed, "We thought you were left for lunch by the official family." ”

Han Qi said solemnly: "We want to hear the opinions of the envoys. ”

Fan Ning was not polite, walked into the lobby and said: "I have two suggestions, I also talked to the Son of Heaven in the morning, first, first classify overseas land, which can be divided into three categories, the state capital directly under the imperial court, the land under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the land that the imperial court does not care about......."

Several Xiangguo were very well-mannered, and did not interrupt him, letting him finish his words.

Fan Ning continued: "Second, set up a threshold, what conditions are needed to purchase the land under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and what conditions are required to purchase the land regardless of the imperial court, and the two points are clear, and the thinking will be clear, in addition, I will add one more point, it is best to allow the exchange of the land of the Great Song Dynasty for overseas land, such as one mu for ten acres, which is conducive to the return of land to the hands of the imperial court and solve the problem of land annexation." ”

The Xiangguo looked at each other, and Han Qi asked anxiously: "What is the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and what is the place where the imperial court does not care?" ”

"The jurisdiction of the imperial court refers to the mainland, which is similar to a grange after purchase, and needs to pay taxes to the imperial court, but it is a little looser than the directly governed state capital, and the purchase qualifications can be looser, and the imperial court does not care about the land refers to small and medium-sized islands, with autonomy, loyal to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but not subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, similar to the fetters of the Tang Dynasty, and strict qualifications are required to buy islands."