What is changing rice to mulberry?

As a history teacher, Xu Shouyun knows this matter too well.

One acre of land can make a profit of two taels of silver a year.

If an acre of land is used to plant mulberry trees, it can make a profit of ten taels of silver.

The imperial court urged the government and the people to cooperate, and the officials instructed everyone to plant mulberry fields, and then helped the people sell them to the countries of the Western Regions to earn silver.

Is this a good thing?

It must be a great thing, at least on the surface, it seems to be a great thing.

It can not only solve the financial problems of the imperial court, but also lead the local people to get rich, killing two birds with one stone.

But the problem is, it doesn't work.

Unless three conditions are met.

The heyday of the dynasty.

Absolute centralization.

Imperial iron-blooded means.

Indispensable.

"What do you mean by that?"

Jiang Ling's voice sounded, his eyes were full of curiosity, changing rice to mulberry is a great thing, why did Xu Shouyun think that it would lead to the accelerated demise of the country.

"My lord, changing rice to mulberry is a dead end, if the Great Wei Dynasty implements this policy, it will perish in less than five years."

Xu Shouyun arched his hand and said.

"Deadend? Rice was changed to mulberry, a grain field was turned into a mulberry field, and the mulberry silk produced was sold to the countries of the Western Regions, and the profit of one mu of land increased by more than five times. ”

"How is this a dead end?"

Jiang Ling spoke up, this matter, the cabinet almost unanimously passed, it is impossible that the cabinet ministers are all mediocre?

Seeing Jiang Ling so serious, Xu Shouyun laughed out loud.

"My lord, come over a little, let's talk secretly."

After all, it's in the palace right now, and it's late at night, so if it's discovered by the forbidden army, it's not a trivial matter, so you have to be cautious.

"It's okay, I've already sent the forbidden army to inspect other places, you can just say it."

"But you have to tell the reason, if you are just talking nonsense, don't blame me for reporting to Emperor Chu."

Jiang Ling also had a little temper, she knew that Xu Shouyun was a spy of the enemy country, but she couldn't stand the slander of the other party one by one.

first said that the Great Wei Dynasty died in 20 years, and then said that it was not good for a woman to be the emperor, and now the Great Wei finally has a policy that benefits the country and the people.

He regarded it as a disaster to destroy the country.

How could Jiang Ling endure this?

Seeing that the other party was a little serious, Xu Shouyun didn't dare to show his prowess, he put away his expression and said seriously.

"My lord, changing rice to mulberry seems to be a good thing, but for today's Great Wei, it is not a good thing at all."

"But there are three questions from my subordinates, and I would like to ask you to answer them."

Xu Shouyun looked serious.

"You ask."

Jiang Ling was also curious about what Xu Shouyun could say.

"First, changing rice to mulberry, is it supported by both the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, or is it controversial?"

That's the first question.

"Any policy, there will naturally be controversy, and it is normal to have controversy over such a big thing as changing rice to mulberry."

The empress spoke up, this is not her mouth, but the fact.

"Second, is the change from rice to mulberry implemented in a rich land?"

Xu Shouyun continued to ask.

As Xu Shouyun asked, Jiang Ling was a little silent, because Xu Shouyun guessed correctly.

To plant mulberry, you naturally need good land, and the land of good land will inevitably be rich.

"Yes."

Jiang Ling nodded.

"Then the third point, is it the land of two rivers?"

This is Xu Shouyun's third question.

When this question was raised, Jiang Ling's face changed instantly.

The implementation site of changing rice to mulberry was given three by the household department, and these three places are all places where the two rivers come, not only that, but also rich lands.

She didn't expect Xu Shouyun to guess this step.

After all, I just mentioned changing rice to mulberry.

"No, it's very likely that the news has leaked, and it's normal for the Chu Dynasty to inform him."

Jiang Ling said secretly in his heart, but nodded on his face, pretending to be calm.

Knowing these three answers, Xu Shouyun became more confident.

"Then it's no problem, my lord, if the Great Wei Dynasty really dares to change rice to mulberry, it may be an exaggeration to destroy the country in five years, but it will reach the top in seven or eight years."

Xu Shouyun is full of confidence.

"Tell why."

Jiang Ling looked at each other seriously and asked the other party.

"Back to my lord, three reasons can make changing rice to mulberry a failure."

"First, there is discord among officials."

"Second, the people resisted."

"Third, make a profit from it."

Xu Shouyun gave three fatal reasons, as long as there are these three reasons, it is impossible to change rice to mulberry.

"Official discord? This matter is personally supervised by the Empress of Great Wei, even if there is discord, who dares to stop it? ”

Jiang Ling spoke, she also understood this, but so what? Personally supervise, who dares to make a mistake?

"My lord, you think too much, there is a saying that the emperor is far away, and they don't have to stop it with great fanfare."

"Behind these officials are all wealthy gentry from all over the country, and they only need to mobilize the power of the local gentry to tell the people that planting mulberry fields will have no return and no food to eat in the coming year."

"That's the kind of thing that makes the officials who implement the policy helpless."

Xu Shouyun spoke up.

"The imperial court promulgated policy notices, don't the people believe it?"

Jiang Ling frowned slightly, I have to say, it's very beautiful.

"My lord, to put it mildly, isn't the treasury empty for two days a day? There are definitely a lot of people looted by officials from all over the country. ”

"The credit of the court has long been used up by these corrupt officials, not to mention how much prestige is left in the court?"

"Even if there's some credit, so what? Is that enough? ”

"For example, just grab a random person and ask him if you are willing to donate if you have a million taels of silver if you are in trouble in the imperial court? He promised to donate. ”

"If you ask him if he would like to donate a cow, he will immediately shake his head, because he really has a cow."

"People don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, for the imperial court, it is a good thing to change rice to mulberry, and it can make money, but for most people, who will be responsible for next year's grain if they don't farm?"

"So if the higher-level officials disagree, this matter will definitely not be implemented."

The head of Xu Shouyun's analysis is the Tao.

Jiang Ling listened very seriously.

"And what about the resistance of the people?"

Jiang Ling asked.

"My lord, didn't you just say that? People care about themselves, and the people don't have the great ideal of worrying about the country and the people, and the only thing they think about is whether they will have food tomorrow. ”

"Changing rice to mulberry makes them insecure and difficult to deploy."

Xu Shouyun explained.

"And what does it mean to profit from it?"

Jiang Ling is not a mediocre person, what Xu Shouyun said makes sense, she will listen carefully and think seriously.

The officials are not in harmony with the people, she naturally knows, but she doesn't understand what it means to profit from it.

"My lord, the matter of changing rice to mulberry has not been decentralized, but you know it, do the important ministers of the court also know it?"

"To put it mildly, these courtiers are now waiting for the Empress of the Great Wei to determine the pilot of the new policy promotion."

"Once it is confirmed, before the decree is issued, the local gentry will buy a large amount of fertile land to make a profit."

"This is the point that will lead to the early destruction of the Great Wei Dynasty."

When Xu Shouyun mentioned this, his eyes were extremely serious, which made Jiang Ling couldn't help but be full of curiosity.

"Why?"

Jiang Ling continued to ask.

"Businessmen seek profits, conspire with officials, and use a series of means to lower the price of land, complete land annexation, and eat human blood steamed buns."

"The means are nothing more than forcible seizure, or self-destruction of the dikes, allowing the fertile land to be destroyed, regardless of the lives of the people."

"In this way, dare to ask your lordship, will it cause a popular uprising?"

Xu Shouyun's words were categorical.

made Jiang Ling stunned on the spot.

In her mind, there has been a picture of thousands of miles bursting the embankment, under the flood of the two rivers, how many people's wives have been separated, and their families have been destroyed?

At that time, there will be a civil uprising.

"My lord, once the people change, no matter what the reason is, the court will slaughter all the people who take up arms and are traitors."

"In this way, it's okay to suppress it, but the people are resentful, and they are even more disappointed in the court, which breeds treason."

"If you can't suppress it, and the people everywhere rise up, there should still be vassal kings in the Great Wei Dynasty, right? These vassal kings rose up on the trend, responded to the call, and casually made a reason to seize the throne. ”

"If this kind of thing really happens, Emperor Chu can send 500,000 troops, even if he can't swallow the entire Great Wei, it is easy to occupy a quarter, or a third."

"Under the advantages of one and the other, dare to ask adults, to die or not to die?"

Xu Shouyun became more and more energetic the more he spoke, and when he said this, his whole body had an intracranial orgasm.

After all, the task assigned by the system is the destruction of Great Wei and the invincibility of the world.

How can you not be hilarious?

Of course, the rise and fall of the people is bitter, and he can't help it, after all, he is not in charge of his own house, and there is no way to stop it.

It's impossible to run to the emperor and say it, right?

If you really look for the emperor, you will be beheaded as an assassin soon, Xu Shouyun thinks that he is not smart, but there is nothing wrong with his brain.

It's just that Xu Shouyun didn't notice it.

Under the moonlight.

Jiang Ling was a little demented