And when these come from Houjin... The carriage responsible for transporting the Mongolian nobles in the territory of Houjin passed through the approval of the border guards, and after passing through the guards, the scene of the entire Liaodong made all the Mongolian nobles in the carriage jump as if they had seen a ghost, and they were so lively.

As soon as I crossed the border pass, the road under my feet was greatly improved, and the dirt road that was originally muddy and damp and full of potholes disappeared.

Instead, there was a concrete road that was as flat as a knife cut, but after the carriage drove in, the overall bump was much smaller.

And not long after walking, the golden rice fields on both sides of the road attracted everyone's attention, and a large area of black soil in Liaodong was reclaimed by the people of Daming, and then more corn, sweet potatoes and other crops appeared in everyone's eyes one after another.

I only heard someone shouting from the carriage: "Lose! It's not wrong to lose! The Ming Dynasty is so strong, how can there be any signs of decay! Huang Taiji misunderstood me! ”

It's a pity that they can only listen to such words, and the carriages are constantly driving from Liaodong to Jingshi, and the gallop along the way is often stopped by the official road checkpoints set up between each state capital, but although they are from Houjin.

But with a letter provided by the border guards, they relied on this thing all the way to the foot of the Ming capital.

Here, the shock is even greater.

There was a Mongolian nobleman who didn't care about the ungrateful greetings and treatment of Houjin along the way, but just looked at the magnificent city wall of the Ming Jingshi in the distance with dull eyes, and only heard him mutter: "If I saw it a few days earlier, I can't follow Huang Taiji, a thief!" Daming, it is really the kingdom of heaven! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he squatted in the carriage and cried bitterly, they went all the way from Houjin to Daming in rags, how could they not see the difference in strength between the two sides at the moment.

The wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers, and the autumn mood is strong.

Although in the past year, the whole territory of the Ming Dynasty has not been smooth, but except for the Jiangxi Provincial Government, which was seriously affected by the disaster, most of the rest of the places have achieved good harvests, and Zhu Youzhen no longer prevents all localities from playing congratulations to the court about the local grain harvest, because now the Ming Emperor has enough self-confidence.

All the officials from the top and bottom of the Daming Royal Bureau of Statistics have already reported all the specific area, output and other details of the autumn grain harvest in the Ming Dynasty to the Beijing Division.

This time, Daming did usher in another bumper grain harvest.

When the harvest season came, the household department became even busier, and they never imagined that one day the agricultural tax would be so large that they would constantly stop the steady flow of grain sent to the capital from all over the country, and even the grain ships carrying grain by sea had already lined up outside the port of Tianjin.

Guo Yunhou, who had a sad face, had to find Xu Guangqi again, and found Bi Ziyan and the two sitting in the meeting hall of the palace to discuss the matter.

Unexpectedly, just opened his mouth and didn't make a sound, he saw Xu Guangqi on the side waving his hand and said: "Lord Guo, can you invite me and Master Bi to come here, we have already guessed what you are going to say, let's get straight to the point.. Something needs to be done about us. ”

These words made Guo Yunhou look at the two ministers left and right in disbelief, only to see the two of them smiling at Guo Yunhou, and Bi Ziyan on the side also said in a timely manner: "What? Could it be that Lord Guo can't believe the two of us? ”

"No, no, no! No, it isn't. ”

Guo Yunhou hurriedly waved his hand, and then said: "Now there are a large amount of grain deposited in the capitals and counties of Daming provinces, Daming Royal Grain Store has received a part, the Supply and Marketing Bureau has come forward to collect a part, and even the Commerce Bureau has subscribed to buy a lot!" ”

"But when it comes to the big picture... It has to be that the two big people are the main force of private grain procurement, and the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau established before has purchased a lot.... But no one expected that this year's autumn harvest would produce such a large amount of grain. ”

Xu Guangqi also nodded on the side and said: "The decline in food prices is naturally a good thing for the people's livelihood, but once the imperial court does not handle it well, the food will not only not benefit the people, but will hurt the people!" ”

"That's right! This point has also been emphasized in economic theory, if the price of food cannot be controlled in a stable price range, then by next year, the people will find that the income from growing food has been greatly reduced, and by that time.... There may even be cases of farmland being abandoned. ”

And Guo Yunhou nodded and said: "Years of war have caused the grain output in the north of Daming to fall again and again, but now the territory of Daming has long been stable. ”

"In addition, after Liaodong was recovered by His Majesty, the grain grown on the fertile soil of the entire Liaodong was simply amazing, so Houjin's Jiannu really wasted such a good land in vain!"

The words stopped here, after Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan exchanged glances.

Qi Qi said loudly: "Your Majesty has actually already made arrangements, and the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau has set up a large number of royal grain depots in various provincial capitals and even prefectures and counties across the country to reserve war grain, emergency grain, and disaster relief grain!" At that time, the price of grain in various localities will improve, and there will not be so many local yamen scrambling to get grain from your household to offset the agricultural tax! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming!" Guo Yunhou showed gratitude and hurriedly spoke, but at this moment, Xu Guangqi on the side suddenly paused for a while and said, "A question that Lord Guo just mentioned makes me a little interested. ”

Guo Yunhou saw that the matter was negotiated, and said with a smile: "Master Xu just says, I must know everything and say everything." ”

"Master Guo mentioned that the land of Liaodong is now more fertile than the entire northern land, and because it has just been recovered by the imperial court... The land is vast and sparsely populated, so there are a lot of natural borderlands? ”

After Xu Guangqi finished speaking, Guo Yunhou nodded with a turn of face and said: "Lord Xu is in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, and he should have heard that although the Ministry of Household collects agricultural taxes in Liaodong this year, it has also conducted a survey with the Royal Bureau of Statistics, and the land available for cultivation in Liaodong has been distinguished according to good, good and bad. ”

In the end, it was found that the entire abandoned land in eastern Liaodong is as high as tens of millions of mu or even nearly 100 million mu! It can be said that this year's harvest is only a small number of them, and I am also hesitating how to solve this matter of Liaodong land. ”

And Xu Guangqi, who got such a data, obviously couldn't accept such a result, only to see that his face instantly became anxious, and he said to the two people around him: "Such a wasted land, it's just a tyrannical thing!" ”

"I'll go to Your Majesty for advice!"

"Good!"

"Let's go!"