Chapter 222 - Coordinating the Ministry of Agriculture
It is precisely because of the passivity of his cake that he is so angry at this time.
"If you want to grow, you have to change."
"Rather than maintaining the previous decrees, it is better to find a new breakthrough, which is my view on the government."
Hearing Chen Mu say this, the young man's eyes immediately widened, and when he was about to say something, he saw Chen Mu say slowly and logically.
"You are a student from a poor family, although you look proud, but you have thick calluses on your hands hidden in your sleeves, and you look like you have worked for a long time."
"I can understand why you are so angry about the fact that female students are enrolled in the school."
"Do you think those women are going to block your way up?"
"No, no, I've already thought about my next steps after this decree was issued."
"It is not enough to manage the people of the cities and villages."
"When the economy grows, the population increases, and the infrastructure is built in various places, I will also issue new positions as Beijing officials."
"When that time comes, there will be a large number of officials needed in the DPRK, and if you are really talented, you will naturally have the opportunity to become officials in the DPRK."
"If you have no talent, you can't complain about the inappropriateness of this decree."
Hearing Chen Mu say this, the young man's eyes moved slightly, the new position of Beijing official?
This...... And what does that mean?
When Chen Mu said about the new position of Beijing official, he naturally referred to the village official.
In the future, village officials from all over the country will be arranged one after another, and the village officials will coordinate and drive the economy.
Whether it is the development of agriculture or the development of industry and commerce in various places, it can be more conducive to future planning and planning.
Chen Mu's plan is very simple, if you want to develop the economy, then it is not enough to develop agriculture alone.
In this dynasty, the status of merchants is not very high.
Although the industry is relatively stable, after all, the status of carpenters or weavers is not low, but there are not many people who are good at these crafts.
When the development of agriculture has stabilized in the future, it is time to start developing industry and commerce.
First of all, it is necessary to coordinate the industry, arrange for larger factories, and use them as the main window for the state to support and train skilled workers.
By monopolizing factories, it is also possible to stabilize industrial revenues in order to guarantee the tax revenues of the state.
In addition to this, there is also commerce, and it is time for local chambers of commerce to be established, although now local chambers of commerce also have their own prototypes and rules and models.
However, it is not enough to rely on the power of the private sector to regulate business.
For example, in the city in the south, the price of cloth is low, but there is no way to transport it to the west, so that the people in the west can wear the cloth woven by the people in the south.
In such a situation, it was necessary for the central cities to unite the people of the west and south to establish trade routes to ensure the circulation of cloth and other goods and crops.
In this way, the economy of various places can be stimulated.
It's just that Chen Mu also knows that these plans need to be arranged a little bit as a whole, and they can't be rushed.
Only when agriculture is implemented first and the peasants' incomes are stabilized can other industries develop.
In order to develop agriculture, water conservancy and crop planting in various places should also be coordinated and arranged, and now small counties not far from the capital are always experiencing floods.
If those female officers can really handle this matter well, then they can directly set up a flood inspection team.
If a city has been flooded in the recent past, a team of inspectors will be sent to investigate the cause of the flood.
After that, the Ministry of Industry sent officials to requisition silver and grain to repair and use water.
While Chen Mu was coordinating the construction of water conservancy facilities in that small county, a small-scale locust plague broke out in another city.
As soon as Chen Mu heard about this, his eyes moved, and he remembered something related to this locust.
Some time ago, a small locust plague broke out in the cities around the capital, and this happened one after another in the past two years.
But because he was busy with the war at that time, he didn't take this matter to heart, and only asked people to make overall arrangements for the relief of the silver and food.
Although the lives of the people in various parts of the country are becoming more stable, the number of locust outbreaks is decreasing.
But the locust plague could have been prevented once and for all.
Chen Mu thought about it carefully, and asked people to prepare the county history of each county and the agricultural policy information of various places.
After a careful search, I found several small counties that often broke out with locust plagues.
The people of those cities are not having a good time.
Because of the massive locust plague that occurs every few years, they don't have much food on hand.
The development of the large cities around those small counties is also quite backward.
Even if there is still a transportation city in this city, the merchants who pass by are not willing to stay in that city too much, just to settle down temporarily.
The people who lived in that city did not earn as much silver as the people in other cities, and this was the fundamental reason why the agricultural base did not develop.
Chen Mu thought about it carefully and remembered the basic methods he had seen to control locusts.
Chen Mu raised his hand and touched his chin.
Just as he was about to call a few officials to form an investigation team and send them to the local area to curb the outbreak of the locust infestation, Chen Mu suddenly realized a problem.
No, there will be no suitable officials in the DPRK and China at all.
If it is the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they are idle and have time, but they are not good at this profession.
Not to mention those adults in the Ministry of Industry, there are a few adults in the Ministry of Industry who have a little knowledge of agriculture, but it is all related to the construction of water conservancy or other projects.
There are very few ministers in the court who know and understand the fundamental cultivation matter.
Chen Mu patted his head, yes, he forgot something important.
It is necessary to set up a Ministry of Agriculture to supervise the planting activities of non-governmental peasants.
The Ministry of Agriculture should be able to communicate directly with the grassroots and establish communication channels directly with the county commanders and village officials at the grassroots level.
If you can, it's a good idea to set up a few more locust warning counties.
As soon as you find that there are locusts around a city where locust plagues are common, immediately ask all the farmers to be prepared and deal with it in advance.
In this way, losses can be greatly reduced.
Chen Mu nodded secretly, and then thought about it.
But then again, it is not so easy to recruit officials to establish a Ministry of Agriculture.
Those officials are all from high-ranking families and do not understand the knowledge of the work of the peasants of the people, so it seems that it is not appropriate to go to the peasants of the people to take the position of this official now.
Chen Mu shook his head secretly, walked around the hall, and when he was thinking about it, Chen Mu moved.
By the way, he had forgotten one thing.
Wasn't there a lot of male students who failed to make the list some time ago?
Many of those male students are from poor backgrounds, if we open up another assessment opportunity and let those male students participate in the scientific examination, and select a few suitable people to form a new Ministry of Agriculture,