After listening to Jin Ying's report, Zhu Qizhen had another idea in his heart.

Before returning to Beijing, he personally created a pilot in Huailai, but it was far from enough, Huailai is a border town after all, and the development direction is characteristic agricultural and sideline products, Daming wants to further reform, must start from the land.

In the age of agriculture, land was the foundation of the country.

Since the beginning of Chinese civilization, whether it is folklore or historical records, every war has only one purpose, to fight for land.

Not to mention the distance, let's just say that this time Warat went south, it was also for the land of the Central Plains.

The reason for this is that the land in Mobei is too barren, even if it is occupied, it can't grow food, and eventually it has to go back to the Guannei, but the Mongolians who grew up in the desert have been coveting the fertile soil of the Central Plains, so every ten years and decades, as long as there is a new tribe rising, it will definitely go south to the border, and it is annoying.

Zhu Qizhen is very aware of the drawbacks of the current land policy, but if he wants to implement the new policy and carry out reforms, he will undoubtedly use a knife against the gentry class.

Nowadays, the distribution of land in Ulzhou is extremely unbalanced, and half of it has been embezzled by Wang Zhen, and there is no good conclusion about whether all of these lands are confiscated or how to distribute them, so I just take this opportunity to make an attempt, if it succeeds, it can be implemented throughout the country, in case it fails, it is just a small Ulzhou, and the situation can be completely controlled.

When Shang Chen received the emperor's summons, he was not panicked at all, and seemed to have been prepared.

King Yu and the cabinet have already talked to him, and the matter of entering the cabinet is a foregone conclusion, and it seems that the emperor is preparing to take the school examination in person.

It doesn't matter, just come on, as the only two big three yuan in the Ming Dynasty, how can you waste your fame?

"The ministers and merchants ask the Holy Bow!"

"I'm safe!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "The Qing family is free of courtesy, come here, take a seat!" ”

Huai En moved a brocade pier, and the merchant bowed and said, "Thank you, Emperor!" ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Shang Zhen and nodded secretly in his heart, worthy of the exhibition officer he personally selected, he looks like Gu Tianle, he is 1.8 meters tall, and he can take the idol route in future generations, and what is even more commendable is that under such a harsh imperial examination system, he fought his way out of the encirclement with his own ability, and even the three yuan of Zhongda University, he must not have to say that he has no way to learn, but he doesn't know how to accept new things.

"What books have the Qing family been reading lately?"

Shang was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart Didn't he talk about entering the cabinet, why did he ask about reading?

Yes, it must be to test the school's ability to govern the country.

"The minister has been reading history books recently."

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen asked again, "What do you know?" ”

Shang Chen was already prepared in his heart, and replied immediately: "Taking copper as a reference, you can dress properly; Take people as a reference, you can know the gains and losses; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but laugh, are cultural people so tall and tall?

I asked you what you learned, you gave me a lesson?

"Let me change the question, what is the opinion of the Qing family on governing the country?"

Shang Shi nodded slightly, and sure enough, everything was under his control.

"The ancients had a cloud, if you govern a big country and cook small fresh, you can neither be in a hurry, nor can you relax and slack, only when it is just right, can you do things well."

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart, this time it is a little like a little human talk, but it is still a mansion in the air, flashy.

"What would you do if I asked you to govern a state and a county?"

Shang Shi thought for a while and said: "When people are people-oriented, taxes are light, agriculture is advised, and benevolence is ......."

"I don't want to hear these big things!"

Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said, "Assuming that you are now the governor of Ulzhou, and now that you have taken office, today is your first day in office, I want to know, what will you do?" ”

Shang was a little confused, could it be that what he said was not exciting enough?

I'm about to join the cabinet, what's so difficult about a small Ulzhou?

"Followers should follow the way of the saints, and they will ...... Will ......"

Suddenly, Shang Shi was stunned, yes, what will I do?

For a while, I felt that I had nowhere to exert my full stomach, and cold sweat unconsciously oozed from my forehead.

"Minister...... It will take a month to investigate and familiarize yourself with the basic situation of the local people, government and military, summon the local gentry and Wang people, and then ...... This one...... This ......"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but feel disappointed, on talent, if the businessman thinks that he is second, no one in the Ming Dynasty dares to call him the first, it is not an exaggeration to describe it with the phrase "five cars and eight buckets", but even such a top talent, talking about it every day, and all kinds of great principles of governing the world are at his fingertips, but he doesn't know how to govern one side.

It is conceivable what is the level of those high-ranking old men in the court, and in the long run, where is the future of the Ming Dynasty......

Seeing Zhu Qizhen's face, Shang Zhen was extremely embarrassed in his heart, knelt on the ground and saluted: "The minister is dead!" ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Do you know why I came to you?" ”

"I don't know!"

In just a few words, the business became like two people.

The self-confidence and arrogance in Fang Cai have disappeared without a trace, and he only feels that he has read the sage books for more than 20 years, but he has not read a word.

"King Yu and the cabinet value you very much, and are ready to recommend you to the cabinet, but I don't think so, do you know why?"

"Minister...... Lack of ability! ”

When he said this, Shang Shi actually felt a wave of loss.

If in the past, if the four words of lack of ability came out of his mouth, he would immediately be rolled his eyes, probably the Ming Dynasty version of the Versailles scene.

However, today's remarks are sincere, and there is no element of Versailles at all.

"Shangqing, I would like to formally ask you, are you willing to go to Ulzhou to be a governor, or are you willing to go to the cabinet?"

If others were present, they would definitely think that the emperor was crazy, do you still need to ask this kind of question?

Zhizhou is just a magistrate from the fifth grade, not to mention that Ulzhou is a scattered state, and its status is equivalent to that of a county, how can it be compared with a cabinet scholar?

However, the merchant said willingly: "The minister is willing to go to Ulju!" ”

"I don't want to force it, you can go back and think about it seriously, and give me a reply in three days."

"Don't think about it!" Shang Yan looked firm and said, "Please make an order from the emperor, and the minister will leave tomorrow!" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded lightly and said, "It's not an easy errand to go to Ulzhou, I'm still the same question just now, what should you do after you take office?" ”

"The minister is ignorant, please ask the emperor for guidance!"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "You just said that the governance party should be people-oriented, which is very true, but what is the foundation of people? ”

Shang Zhen thought for a while and said, "The people regard food as the sky, and grain is grown from the ground, so it should be based on the land. ”

"Not bad!" Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied with this answer, and continued, "Since we know that land is the foundation, the first thing the Qing family will do after taking office is to take stock of the acres of land and clearly grasp the entire land situation in Ulzhou, including how much fertile land, how much wasteland, how much paddy field, how much dry land, what kind of field should be planted with what kind of crops, when to sow seeds, when to harvest, and ......."

"Your Majesty!" Shang Shi couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Can you borrow the minister's pen and paper, I'm afraid the minister won't be able to remember." ”

"It's not necessary, I have roughly written a few articles, and the inventory of acres of land that I just mentioned is only one of them."

Zhu Qizhen made a look, Huai En handed over the note, and Shang Zhen was like a treasure, staring at every word on it with his eyes, for fear of missing one.

"I'm just giving you a few pieces of advice, and the rest is up to you, the gentleman is quick to do and doesn't want to talk, so I don't need to say more, right?"

Shang Chen took a step back, bowed and saluted, "Thank the emperor for his teachings!" ”