After introducing the method of "Sankey Fish Pond", Shen Tingyang also prepared several spare tire plans at hand.

With Chongzhen's in-depth questioning, Shen Tingyang also suggested: For the areas with more hills in the south, promote the new crops brought to Daming by the Hongyi people in recent years, expand the area of arable land available in the southern hills, and absorb more people.

In history, there was corn in China during the Wanli period, and sweet potatoes and potatoes came in later, but there were already in the twelfth year of Chongzhen. It's just that there was no government to organize large-scale farming, and later the Qing Dynasty was cheapened in vain.

Shen Shuren is now joining forces with Zheng Chenggong and explaining that he wants to find various ways to introduce new varieties, expand the scale, and optimize breeding. This work is also a bit eyebrow-raising now, and he has already obtained some good seeds, which will be discussed when he returns to the south to become a magistrate.

As long as we can get the policy, in the southern hills and wetlands, which are not suitable for traditional agriculture, we can definitely tap the potential, and the resettlement of tens of thousands of people every year is nothing.

After Chongzhen listened to it all, he was finally overjoyed, and he was already ready to thoroughly support Shen Tingyang's reform.

He turned to Zhu Dadian with a cold face, and asked reprimanded: "Zhu Qing, you said that Shen Qing 'kills and doesn't bury it', so what do you think of the various 'burial methods' he has listed now?" Do you want to continue to oppose it? ”

Zhu Dadian's face was pale, he couldn't understand these professional topics at all, and he didn't know the feasibility.

He is 60 years old, and this kind of old man with rigid thinking, when you tell him that the advanced productive forces in terms of technology are completely like playing the piano to a cow.

He can only respond to all changes without changing and use the learning of the sage to deal with it: "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't understand those strange tricks and tricks, but the minister knows a simple truth.

Since these people still have to find a way to find something to do for them in another place, or do they still have to find a way for the imperial court to support them, why is it better to have more than one thing?

The minister only knows that Sima Gong said that 'the wealth of the world is limited to this amount, and if it is not in the people, it is in the official', and all those who claim to change the law can 'the people do not add endowments and the country uses enough', in the end, they are actually competing with the people for profit, and they are all traitors and villains such as Sang Hongyang and Wang Anshi.

They use ancient and simple skills that can't be understood, and they toss in different ways, and the final result is that nothing is done, but the people who handle it are full of oil!

Tricks and tricks, can it still make the total wealth of the world increase? Can you conjure money out of thin air? Can't make it! So no matter how bells and whistles you have, it's just to fill your pocket! ”

Zhu Dadian couldn't debate science and technology with others, so he had to ask Sima Guang, the chief spiritual leader respected by conservatives in the world since the Song Dynasty, to put on a posture that "the total wealth of the world will not increase" to carry it.

Shen Shuren listened to it beside him, and finally couldn't help but sneer.

Regardless of the personal morality of the Sima Guang faction, the political attitude is right or not. The biggest problem of this group of people is that they "do not recognize that the progress of science and technology can increase the total wealth of society." They could not be more wrong.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces!

The wealth of the world should think about making the cake bigger by relying on the progress of science and engineering, rather than just thinking about dividing the cake with liberal arts methods.

After all, the Ming Dynasty could not sprout successful capital attention, which is inseparable from Confucianism's disbelief in wealth creation and only in wealth distribution.

Shen Shuren was very emotional in his heart, and he also wanted to refute Zhu Dadian's fallacies.

It's a pity that it's the prelude to the palace now, he is just a Hanlin editor who is in charge of the secretary and the draft edict, and he is not one of the parties to the debate, so he has to endure it first.

Fortunately, Chongzhen, who was not far away, heard a slight disdainful cold snort from the side, and when he followed the sound, he noticed Shen Shuren.

Chongzhen also didn't want to see Zhu Dadian's discouraged and conservative arguments, so he didn't care about Shen Shuren's disgrace in front of the king, and delivered his words fairly:

"Shen Lin, you are a Hanlin cultivator, and your knowledge of scripture and righteousness is naturally good. You are commenting, the sage once said, 'There is only this amount of wealth in the world', Sima Guang is right. ”

Shen Shuren took a deep breath, and shook his spirits without saving face for Zhu Dadian: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Sima Guang's words are wrong, and Governor Zhu's citation of this fallacy is naturally a big fallacy!" ”

Zhu Dadian was about to be furious when he heard this, but Chongzhen continued to support him: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Shen Shuren said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The wealth of the world has been growing since ancient times, otherwise in ancient times, why could the whole world only feed millions of people?" By the time of the pre-Qin period, the population was less than 20 million.

The Han and Tang dynasties reached fifty or sixty million, and the Song Dynasty had hundreds of millions, as for my Ming Dynasty, because of the dedication, hidden households, and now some people have fallen into the state capital controlled by thieves, it is not easy to say now. But in terms of common sense, it is appropriate to surpass Song.

The increase in population in successive dynasties is only to increase the total number of acres of land by reclamation? Even if it is, what we do today is to use the population that was originally wasted on Cao Yun for intensive cultivation and digging potential fields, how can we say that 'there is only this amount of wealth in the world'?

Qin used oxen to plough, Han used rotation, Tang used Quyuan plow, Song had Zhancheng rice, and from then on, the rice south of the Huai River was cultivated for two seasons a year, and so on.

It can be seen that the progress of craftsmanship has made the world's wealth increase sharply by several percent. If you don't admit this, if you can't afford to live like Qin Shi today, you can only feed 20 million people! ”

The actual population on the books in the late Ming Dynasty was very low, so when Shen Shuren quoted it, this dynasty did not say it specifically.

In the early Wanli period, when Zhang Juzheng changed the law, the population was verified, and only 70 million people were verified, and I don't know how many were surrendered and hidden. The data from then on is even less credible.

But by the end of the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the census had more than 120 million. According to common sense, the peak population of the Ming Dynasty at the end of Wanli was close to 150 million. More than ten years before the Apocalypse and Chongzhen, due to war and disasters, it is now estimated that it has fallen to 100 million two.

In the next 20 years, in the first 10 years, there will be two huge wars and famines, and the peasant army will clean up the land, and it is estimated that it will drop by another 20 or 30 million. In the next ten years, peace was generally restored, growth and multiplication, and it is estimated that it will rise back so much that it will take the results of the census of Shunzhi.

So overall, since the end of Wanli, twenty or thirty million people have died in the world. If the future does not change, you will have to die so much more to cross the valley.

Chongzhen didn't care about researching specific population data, he just listened to a rough idea, and after listening to it, he also agreed with Shen Shuren's statement very much.

Zhu Dadian is too pedantic! I don't understand this kind of reasoning!

Chongzhen thought for a while, and finally decided to make a decision: "The matter of changing the sea transportation is so decided, from this year onwards, the amount of grain in the canal will be reduced by 20% every year, and the sea route will be changed, and the reform will be completed within five years!"

Shen Tingyang, I first promoted you to be the carrier of the household department, and arranged for the resettlement of Cao Min, the renovation of the port, and the supervision of the construction of new ships. This matter involves a wide range of things, you have to be careful, there can be no mistakes in each of these three parties! As long as we do a good job and ensure that the Cao people resettled this year can make a proper living, I will naturally reward them again next year!

Zhu Dadian, since you can't figure out these things that need to be settled, I don't think you should worry too much. Give you a year to gradually hand over the work of raising money and food accounts in your position as the governor of Caoyun to Shi Kefa, the governor of Anlu.

You only retain the authority to patrol and defend military affairs, and assist Yang Sichang in encircling the thieves to the east. I hope you will have a good life and make meritorious contributions, otherwise you will be severely punished! ”

Although Chongzhen is mean and unkind, he will not remove a governor because of political disagreement and directly because of sinners.

Zhu Dadian only raised objections, but did not cause substantial harm, and he would definitely not accept the direct dismissal of the courtiers.

Therefore, Chongzhen's disposition opinion was only to retain the title, but to cut off his real power in finance, and transfer it to Shi Kefa, who was close to Zuo.

In the future, Shi Kefa will cooperate with Shen Tingyang to gradually transfer the canal grain to sea transportation in batches at a rate of 20% per year.

The official position of the governor of Caoyun has some other powers, such as being responsible for the defense along the canal, and some other trivial matters to coordinate the locality, which still require stability, so that Zhu Dadian can slowly transition, and it is also to prevent local instability.

But if Zhu Dadian gives up his financial power and only stays in the military power, and still can't do things well, then Chongzhen will have to be severely punished.

Historically, Zhu Dadian was also at the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, because of corruption and ineffective blocking of thieves, he was impeached by Fang Shiliang and Yushi Zheng Kunzhen, and he was completely dismissed from his post and confiscated, and Shi Kefa replaced the governor of Caoyun with full powers.

Now, more than a year in advance, the financial power has been cut separately. This butterfly effect is not outrageous.

After Chongzhen finished his instructions, he asked Shen Shuren if he had drafted the edict.

Shen Shuren's pen was also sharp, almost in one go, and handed it over to the emperor for his attention. After Chongzhen nodded, he went to the cabinet to go through the process.

As the emperor and the Shen family's father and son left, Zhu Dadian, who was stuck in place, collapsed to the ground in despair.

He knew that no one would help him in this matter, the emperor did not directly deprive him of his official position, but only cut his real power, and other Donglin civil officials couldn't say anything if they wanted to help him.

……

That night, Shen Tingyang returned to his old residence in the capital.

After seven or eight years of working in the household department, I finally went from being a director and a member of the staff to being a langzhong!

Although in the year of the catastrophe, when encountering such a gratifying and congratulatory event, Shen Tingyang still had to put on a little pomp and prepare to have a banquet for his friends and bosses and colleagues in the household department in a few days.

Shen Shuren got off work later because he was on an errand in Hanlin.

As soon as he got home, he was pulled by his father, who had a drink first, and by the way discussed the promotion and hospitality.

"It's really the emperor's grace, and our Shen family is also out of Langzhong. Lin'er, you returned to the capital a few months earlier than your father, and you should know about the recent situation in Beijing. Now that there is still a vacancy in the post of the head of the household, I wonder who Your Majesty will ask to fill it? Is there any taboo about our family banquet Shangguan? ”

Shen Tingyang has just returned to the capital for two or three days, and his understanding of the recent situation of officialdom is definitely not as good as that of his son, so he thinks it is better to be cautious.

In the officialdom, even if the emperor appreciates it, he still has to pay attention to the boss standing in line. If you burn the cold stove and hug your thighs that are about to go out of breath, it is also easy to take detours.

Shen Shuren didn't care much about these, in his opinion, how long could these broken rules in the capital last?

He replied bluntly: "I heard that Your Majesty saw that Jiang Dejing, the head of the household department, was diligent and capable, and originally intended to promote him to Shangshu. However, there have been some new changes recently, and this matter has dragged on.

In terms of Huguang, now Yang Ge Lao is fighting with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, but he has not benefited. I heard that Zuo Liangyu was holding the army into self-respect, and some of the tails were too big to fall, and when he carried out Yang Ge's old military orders, he occasionally delayed, and he could always find an excuse to make Yang Ge's old man dare not take him down.

Someone in the court secretly played to His Majesty, saying that Zuo Liangyu was the person of the former Hubu Shangshu Hou Sui, who had been imprisoned for many years, and that he was blackmailing the imperial court with the importance of raising thieves, and wanted to force the imperial court to let Hou Sui come back. His Majesty hesitated at this time, afraid of forcing Zuo Liangyu to take a risk, and wanted to see the errand on the side of the household, the thief situation in the south, and how the follow-up progress was, and then determine the candidate for the secretary of the household. ”

When Shen Tingyang heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "Hou Sui, talk about it!" His talent may not even be surpass Zhu Dadian, let him come back, how can he compare to Jiang Shilang.

Besides, when my father heard that you were in Nanjing Guozijian and worshiped under the gate of Wumei Village, you had a conflict with Gong Dingyu and Hou Fangyu, right? Aren't they with Zhu Dadian's nephew? ”

Shen Tingyang heard his son mention this matter, and it was Shen Shuren's relationship when he dealt with the problem of buying officials after the township test.

Fortunately, Shen Shuren was not afraid of official business at that time, and bought a position that Zhu Dadian's faction deliberately stuffed to him and wanted to frame him.

Since Hou Sui and Zhu Dadian had common interests, no matter whether Hou Sui had a formal alliance with Zhu Dadian, Shen Tingyang could not stand with him.

In the future, Shen Tingyang must stand firmly on the current boss, Jiang Dejing and Jiang Shilang!

Of course, this matter needs to be done on both positive and negative fronts.

First of all, he wants to make achievements in the household department and come up with better performance with the support of Jiang Shilang.

On the other hand, after hearing about the situation in the capital, his son will be released by the emperor to the south as a magistrate, and it is possible that he will participate in the military operation to contain the bandits. If his son fights well in the south, cooperates with Yang Ge Lao to reverse the situation, and makes Zuo Liangyu no longer qualified to hold Kou Ziwei, then Chongzhen will not have to be threatened by Hou Sui.

When the time comes, Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu will only die even worse. Even if Zuo Liangyu has the strength and can't take it for a while, Hou Sui will definitely die!

Shen Tingyang thought about it again and again, and ordered: "Help me write a few posts, and the banquet the day after tomorrow will have Jiang Shilang as the guest of honor, and some colleagues from the household department, you can watch and write." ”