The three ministers, two are officials of the Seventh Department of the Ming Dynasty, and one is the largest finance minister of the Ming Dynasty.

In the East Warm Pavilion, the autumn is getting cooler, but the room in the palace is still a little hot, Zhu Youzhen is next to the tea and pastries that have just been delivered, and while eating, he is looking through the folds sent from all over the place, but after a while, he heard Wang Chengen on the side speak: "The emperor... Outside, Lord Bi, Lord Xu, and Lord Guo from the household department asked to see each other. ”

Zhu Youzhen, who was a little stunned, put the dim sum in his hand back in the delicate gilt basket, nodded and said, "Then let them in, send someone to bring some tea over, it is rare for the three of them to see each other together." ”

The three of them were dressed in the dark red and purple robes of the Ming Dynasty, and the two behind them walked in with Bi Ziyan in their arms, and then the three of them bowed together and saluted Zhu Youzhen and said, "The minister has seen Your Majesty.."

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youzhen sat on the upper seat in the council hall and said: "The three ministers came to look for me together, but it's rare, could it be that they have encountered some trouble?" ”

Xu Guangqi couldn't bear it at first, and as soon as Zhu Youzhen said that, he gave a seat, and said, "Your Majesty! The minister heard that there are tens of millions of acres of arable land in Liaodong that are now being wasted, and he really can't hold back! Then I came with the two adults to find Your Majesty! ”

Hearing that it was about business, Zhu Youzhen also nodded and said: "This matter is true, I have also heard that the number taken out by the household department and the Royal Bureau of Statistics, I have just seen it a few days ago, and I am preparing to put it in the morning court to discuss it."

Xu Guangqi was a little anxious in his heart, the Ming Emperor in front of him was notoriously disliked to open the early dynasty, not to mention that it was now autumn, and the temperature in Liaodong would fall to freezing in just two months.

At that time, it would not attract attention, only to hear Xu Guangqi hurriedly speak: "Your Majesty, this matter can't wait!" ”

"Isn't it autumn? Why can't you wait.. Spring ploughing will only start next year! Zhu Youzhen didn't know much about farming, but he couldn't help but speak.

And Xu Guangqi has been the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so he only listened to what he said.

"Your Majesty, in the case of corn planting, it is not until the spring ploughing season that the land is cultivated, but the land must be cleared before the winter of the previous year, and after it has been trimmed, the ridges of the fields should be used to store water... It can only be used to preserve soil fertility when it freezes in winter, otherwise the next year's spring ploughing will not only be difficult, but the yield will not be high by the time of harvest. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded after hearing this, and couldn't help but speak.

"Then if that's the case, it's about to start winter now, and Liaodong has just begun the autumn harvest, those people are afraid that they can only take care of their own fields, where can they still have the energy to reclaim the land that has been wasted?"

At this moment, Guo Yunhou spoke on the side.

"Your Majesty doesn't know that this common people attach great importance to land, and they don't even dare to waste the small piece of land in the fields and behind the house, if it weren't for the war in Liaodong last year... Coupled with the lack of time and manpower, I am afraid that thousands of acres of fertile land have already been reclaimed. ”

It is true that Zhu Youzhen knows that what Guo Yunhou said in this sentence is not wrong, but he knows even more that the land issue is a very sensitive issue.

The main problem is to satisfy to a certain extent that all the people who are willing to cultivate the land have enough land for the peasants, and the surplus after the harvest can meet the land needed for survival.

And this kind of thing, inside and outside, is all testing the imperial court's control and management role in the locality, otherwise the imperial court's policies will be implemented.

Eventually, the peasants will inevitably go down the old path of being annexed land.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was not so much that he died of internal and external troubles, but that he died of land annexation.

This kind of thing was like a reins hanging around Zhu Youzhen's neck, which made him feel very tricky and had to deal with it.

I saw Zhu Youzhen think for a moment and then speak again: "Now the lives of the people in the Ming Dynasty are basically guaranteed, but if these people are moved to Liaodong... I think I'm afraid it's not realistic, if so, tens of millions of acres of land in Liaodong are not something that one or two people or hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong can solve. ”

When the three of them heard what Zhu Youzhen said, they also lowered their heads, Your Majesty is really Your Majesty, and as soon as they finished speaking, they understood...

Nobody..

Can so much desolate land attract enough people to come and farm? What if the effect is not good enough after being attracted?

Coupled with such a huge population flow, what kind of pressure is it on the provincial capitals and counties that have outflowed population, can the local yamen not make efforts to add sand to the policies of the imperial court?

All variables are like a sword hanging in everyone's heart.

On the one hand, people wanted to do things, but they stopped for various reasons, but after a while, Zhu Youzhen took the lead in speaking.

"Today's matter, according to me, I'm afraid I'll have to find another person to talk to us."

Xu Guangqi looked puzzled, who was the emperor talking about? Could it be that he has someone in his hands to solve such a complex problem?

Just as he wanted to open his mouth to express the doubts in his heart, he saw Zhu Youzhen on the side speak again.

"That person is Wang Yisi, the General Administration of Industry heard that a group of craftsmen in the General Bureau of Ordnance who have studied the manufacture of steam engines have recently been loaned over, saying that they want to do some tricks, and I don't know where it will go."

Although everyone did not understand, everyone understood the steam engine.

Could it be that this kind of machinery can be used not only in industrial production, but also in agriculture?

Even Guo Yunhou's brows furrowed, the acres of land were just land, and even if they were planted, they were just ordinary grains.

But this steam engine is the source of today's Daming industrial production, even if such things do not stay in the General Administration of Industry or the General Administration of Ordnance, sent to the Beijing-Tianjin Industrial Park, it will continue to provide power for spinning machines or looms.

Wouldn't it be more profitable than placing it in the field?

After a while, under the summons of Zhu Youzhen, Wang Yisi was wearing a purple regular uniform, which was slightly different from the official clothes of the ministers on the side.

But everyone decisively ignored the problem.

It's more curious about what kind of things Wang Yisi is studying now.. As soon as he entered the door, Wang Yisi saw the three ministers beside him...

A little association.. Ministry of Households, Ministry of Agriculture, Taxation Bureau..

Adding it up, isn't that certainly an agricultural problem?