The details of the tax reform plan have already been taken out, and there is no time to officially promote it.

Zhao Han went to work as usual today, but found that the female officials, palace maids, and living historians were all full of joy.

"Did you go out and pick up the money?" Zhao Han joked.

Li Xiangjun replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the local officials reported to Xiangrui." ”

The smile on Zhao Han's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a bored expression.

Li Xiangjun hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this auspicious rui is not fake, it is in the lacquered wooden box on the desk. ”

Zhao Han walked over and sat down, opened the box with his hand, and there was an ear of rice lying inside. And one rice and two spikes, extremely rare, this is called Jiahe, since ancient times regarded as auspicious.

Zhao Han said: "Give it to the Department of Persuading Agriculture, let them take it for breeding, and if they can't grow any tricks, forget it." As for the local officials, let them be benevolent and love the people, and there is no need to make a fuss the next time they meet Jiahe. ”

Ding Shijing, a historian who recorded the daily notes, couldn't help but speak out at this moment: "Your Majesty, Jiahe is the chief of the five grains, and the king is Desheng, and the two seedlings are showing." Yu Zhoude, three seedlings are co-spike; Yu Shangde, the same and different spikes; Yu Xia De, the same show. This Jiahe, two seedlings are showing, and it is the reason why His Majesty Desheng is also. ”

Zhao Han glanced at him and asked, "The rice is the double spike of the rice is the prosperity of the gods, isn't it the thin virtue of the natural disasters for many years?" Zi is silent, strange and confused, you don't have to guess and think. ”

"Your Majesty."

Ding Shijing no longer spoke, but wrote down: On August 5, Chizhou Mansion entered the auspicious rui. One rice and two spikes, two seedlings are showing. Left and right are called the sun: this son of heaven wins. Above: If Jiahe is the virtue of the king, will the disaster not be the loss of the king? The son is silent, and he is confused, and he must not speculate on the will of heaven.

One rice and two spikes, it is very likely that there is a genetic mutation, anyway, there is no research after hundreds of years.

Regardless of whether they are filming the emperor's sycophants or not, when the local officials encounter this matter, they will definitely offer Jiahe, and they dare not stay by themselves. Zhao Han can't be rewarded, otherwise it will lead to a crooked atmosphere; It cannot be punished, otherwise it will discourage officials.

In the afternoon, Chen Xisong, who persuaded the Department of Agriculture, was ordered to meet him.

The man deliberately did not change his clothes, and there was muddy water on his trouser legs, and he knew that the emperor liked such images.

Zhao Han pointed to the lacquer box and said: "There is a Jiahe, you can take it for breeding, you can fiddle with it as much as you want, and you are not to blame if you can't grow it." ”

"Yes!" Chen Xisong carefully took the box.

Zhao Han asked: "How about the promotion of new crops?" ”

Chen Xisong said: "Your Majesty, sweet potatoes and corn have spread all over the southern provinces. Especially in the mountains and hills, every family grows it. The farm has found that planting corn every year will reduce the fertility of the land. Interplanting beans, but not worrying. Therefore, if you use a midfield to grow corn, it is best to interplant corn with beans. After the corn is tasseled and fruited, it does not need much water and fertilizer, and sweet potatoes can be interplanted at this time. If a piece of land is planted with corn, sweet potatoes and beans at the same time, the yield will be doubled, and the fertility of the land will not be damaged. ”

"It's a very good law." Zhao Han said approvingly.

Chen Xisong said: "It has been implemented in various provinces, and farmers are very happy. Therefore, despite the disasters year after year, the grain has always been enough, and even when the green and yellow crops are scarce, the price of rice has not exceeded 11 cents per catty. When the harvest is in some areas, the price of rice is even only two cents per catty. ”

"Two texts?"

Zhao Han frowned, and immediately said to Li Xiangjun: "I have forgotten about this matter, and I will immediately order the cabinet and spread it to the local counties." Datong Bank's money and grain exchange is subject to a minimum price every year. Even if it is a good harvest year, it is not allowed to pay two cents per catty. Otherwise, once the collection of true colors is abolished, the peasants will inevitably suffer heavy losses in the future when only the money is collected for the field tax. In addition, the minimum price of grain in each county must be reported to the imperial court every year. The integrity inspector will select a few counties to check whether the price is arbitrary. ”

In all dynasties, there have been times when two pennies and one pound of rice.

But now it is different, due to the large inflow of silver and copper, silver dollars and copper coins are being minted every year. In some economically developed areas, there are already signs of inflation, and the price of two-pennie rice is too low.

After Zhao Han instructed, he said, "You continue." ”

Chen Xisong said: "As for the barren mountainous land, corn and sweet potatoes are now everywhere you look, and countless mountain people depend on these two things for their livelihood. Last year, Guangxi's corn output far surpassed that of wheat, sorghum and other cereals, becoming the second largest crop after rice. ”

The high yield of corn is certain, and the advantage is that it does not pick the ground.

To say that corn in ancient times was not so powerful, and the yield was actually very small, is pure nonsense, because the peasants are voting with their stomachs. Take Guangxi as an example, in the early Qing Dynasty, corn was only planted for children to eat and play. But after twenty or thirty years, the mountains and fields were full of corn, and the farmers spontaneously planted it on a widespread basis.

Chen Xisong also said: "Sunflowers are rapidly popularized in the north, and this thing likes cold and dry, which is especially suitable for planting in the north. Nowadays, the northern provinces are vast and sparsely populated, and it does not take much manpower to grow sunflowers. ”

There is still a lot of land in the north, which the government has not divided, but by default farmers can cultivate the terra nullius. This kind of terra nullius does not require taxes, is owned by the government, and can be distributed to new immigrants at any time. There is too much land, too few people, and the people can't cultivate it, so there are large areas to grow crops that are not too laborious.

Sunflowers became popular so rapidly that melon seeds became a local specialty in many states and counties in the north, and they were shipped to the south in large quantities every year for sale.

Sunflowers were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, which is certain, and should have been in the Zhengde period at the earliest.

But this thing has always been an ornamental plant, cultivated in the garden by literati and scholars, and now it has finally spread to the farmland.

Chen Xisong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is more than one kind of crop from the garden to the farmland. Passion tomatoes are also being planted by farmers, similar to watermelons, which is quite relieving the heat. Every summer, there are farmers who pick up passion tomatoes and sell them in Nanjing City for a profit. ”

Passionflower is a tomato, and there was already a name for tomato at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Han suddenly became interested: "Are passion tomatoes only sold as fruits?" Has anyone fried it to eat? Have you ever eaten scrambled eggs with spanons? ”

"Can passionfruit still be fried as a vegetable?" Chen Xisong was a little confused.

This is outside the scope of everyone's cognition, because they all regard tomatoes as fruits, have you ever seen eggs scrambled with apples?

Zhao Han asked, "Are there still passionflowers for sale now?" ”

Chen Xisong said: "Your Majesty, passionfruit is also called tomato and June persimmon, and now it is August, and the passion fruit is already out of season. If His Majesty pleases, he can plant some of them and present them to the palace in June next year. ”

"Just plant a few ridges, don't plant too much," Zhao Han said with a smile, "When the time comes, I will invite you to eat tomato scrambled eggs." ”

It is always pleasant to talk about farming, corn, sweet potatoes, and Chinese cabbage have been promoted, and tomatoes and sunflowers have also changed from ornamental to edible. Kelp is being cultivated artificially and has some eyebrows. Peanuts themselves became popular, and they didn't need to be pushed by the imperial court.

These crops not only enrich the people's table, but also make the people full in the disaster year.

If it weren't for the support of high-yield crops, in the face of this kind of broken climate of natural disasters for many years, where would Zhao Han be able to afford so many troops? You must know that grain is still used for disaster relief every year, and the north is still in a state of land tax reduction.

Fine-wool sheep are already in the process of breeding, and grassland herders will be able to have a stable income in the future.

By the way, speaking of fine wool sheep, the fine wool sheep of the new dynasty of Datong were introduced from Spain. And the Spanish royal family,

It is the fifth time in nearly 100 years that the Spanish royal family has gone bankrupt.

What does it mean for the royal family to go bankrupt?

I don't pay back the money I borrowed, so I love it.

If it weren't for Spain's several bankruptcies, the Netherlands would not have been able to become independent so easily. Because the Dutch banker was once the largest creditor of the Spanish crown. The Dutch money lenders are all very influential, and they will not easily fall out with Spain for the money they lend.

Spain's policy of industry, agriculture and commerce is set like a nervous disease.

Because wool was better taxed, Spain restricted grain cultivation and used a lot of good land for grazing sheep, and Spain became the largest grain importer in Europe. In order to monopolize commerce, the aristocracy formulated policies to crack down on merchants, resulting in the failure of industry and commerce in Spain.

As a result, agriculture, industry and commerce collapsed, and they survived on colonial exploitation abroad.

Colonial oppression became more brutal, leading to a sharp decline in the population of the Americas and a shrinking market in the Americas, which had been a thriving market.

Today, the king of Spain, the huge debts he left behind after his death are about 50 million taels of silver. If there are more lice, it will not itch, and if there is more debt, it will not worry, anyway, it will be like that. As for the financiers who were pitted, they should be hanged and hanged, and they should jump into the river.

Spain's declaration of bankruptcy this time means that the end of the Thirty Years' War in Europe is near.

And the Thirty Years' War was the beginning of modern European history. The Westphalian system was established after the war and lasted until the First World War. Of course, this kind of international order system now has to ask whether Datong China will agree to it.

In addition, France became the land hegemon, and the Netherlands became the sea hegemon.

And England has ended the civil war, the king fled to Scotland, and was ransomed by Parliament for 500,000 pounds and put under house arrest. The king, who was under house arrest, actually ran away again, and was convincing the Scottish army to save the king.

The civil war in Britain was not a bourgeois revolution.

The post-war spoils were the bourgeois revolution - the protector Cromwell, who first gathered the army and civilians and withstood the king's counterattack. Treacherously attacked the army and the civilian parties, and the fruits of the revolution were stolen by the gentry and aristocrats, much like the Xinhai Revolution in China.

Having said all this, it is enough to express one meaning, that the big war that Europe should fight has been won.

The following European countries paid more attention to overseas colonization. In the future, even if there is to be a war, it will be around maritime interests, and exchanges between China and Europe will become more frequent and closer.

Overseas sales of Chinese goods will reach another peak, and the customers are those Europeans!

Zhao Han traveled to a period of hell in which there were many years of natural disasters, and it was also a heyday of maritime trade.

(Chapter 614 has been released, if you are interested, you can take a look.) )

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