Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 564 Promotion and Opposition

"Wen Qing deserves to be the chief assistant chosen by my own relatives. She thinks extensively about internal affairs and can fill in the gaps in many things. Great kindness! Chief assistant sit down!"

Zhu Youjian smiled and praised Lao Wen. After bowing solemnly and saluting, Lao Wen sat down. His demeanor was full of disdain for the officials. .

"The so-called fishery, as the name suggests, is self-evident, and this fishery covers both freshwater and saltwater.

Since the founding of the country by Taizu, this dynasty has implemented a policy of sea ban for a long time. When it was the most stringent, even sampans were not allowed to enter the sea. This action caused the loss of many fishermen who lived by the sea and lived by catching fish and shrimp for thousands of years source.

No matter what the original intention of Taizu's strategy is, now that the world has changed and time has changed, the strategy of banning the sea is no longer necessary, and opening the sea is imperative!
The opening of the sea is not only for the exchange of goods, but also allows coastal fishermen to resume their old business and return to fishing with boats.

Although all the people here have eaten the fish and shrimp produced by the river, they also feel that it is delicious in the world, but except for Zou Qing, the Ministry of Rites, the rest of the people have never been to the shore of the sea, let alone taste the fish and shrimp in the sea. The taste of crabs is more delicious than those from rivers and lakes. If you cook them while they are fresh, the taste is really wonderful, ha ha ha ha! "

Zhu Youjian's words made Zou Weilian nod frequently, while the rest of the ministers were suspicious.

Seeing that the emperor talked about eating seafood in a clear and logical manner, and the expression on his face was obviously intoxicated, could it be that the emperor secretly sent sea fish from Tianjin Wei to the palace behind his back?
Zou Weilian has been in charge of Fujian for several years. Since Longwan opened the sea to a limited extent, not only the sea trade has become increasingly prosperous in the southeast coastal area, but also the fishery production has become increasingly prosperous. Of course, Zou Weilian, the governor, did not miss this kind of banquet, so he was very familiar with the delicious seafood mentioned by Zhu Youjian.

"The nutrients contained in the sea are also extremely high, especially the fish. After being caught, they are processed, coated with salt and then dried in the sun. They can be stored for a long time. They are really good products for the common people and the army."

What Zhu Youjian was talking about is the kind of salted fish of later generations, which is also a delicacy loved by people in the northern region.

When the economy was underdeveloped, in winter, the family would sit around the fire and eat salted fish on a hot iron stove. Because the salt taste was enough, one small salted fish could often eat two large fish. There are more buns.

This kind of salted fish, which is extremely storage-resistant, is most suitable for soldiers and civilians in the bitter cold places outside the Great Wall. Zhu Youjian has included this kind of food in the military supply list.

Although Taizu's sea ban policy is very strict, but as his old man traveled westward with a crane, the ban on not allowing a single sail to go to sea was ignored by the local government with a blind eye.

Regardless of whether it is the north or the south, fishermen in the coastal areas will still secretly use small sampans to catch seafood for living or selling. No matter how vicious officials are, they will not forcibly stop this small means of making a living. After all, People are here to survive, you can't smash their jobs, can you?
Now that they have decided to open the sea, such trivial things as catching seafood are nothing to worry about. It is also a great good governance to give the people another way to make a living. Next, the cabinet will write to the coastal provinces to fully release the sea-related issues. As for the effect, I can't see it for the time being.

Zhu Youjian did not give further explanation on this matter. After the policy is implemented, the benefits will naturally be reflected, which is more convincing than any reason.

Regarding the planning of forestry, Zhu Youjian focused on the forestry and fruit industry.

With the introduction of various foreign economic crops into Daming, in terms of fruit varieties, Daming is now rich in products, such as pears, plums, apricots, watermelons, jujubes, oranges, lychees, dark plums, etc. These later generations Common fruits are being grown in Daming at this time, but due to various conditions, the planting area of ​​these fruit trees is not large, which has caused the price of various fruits to remain high.

As the saying goes, melons and vegetables are eaten for half a year. In this era when lotus roots are considered fruits, only by increasing the variety and output of various economic crops will the common people have another way to make money, and the commodity market will also be enriched.

This policy will also be written by the government in various places by the cabinet. As for how much attention it will attract, it is hard to say.

As for planting a large number of trees in the northwest region to fix sand and wind and prevent soil erosion at the same time, this policy is currently unrealistic. If it is to be promoted on a large scale, it will have to wait until at least five to ten years later, when ordinary people no longer have to worry about food and clothing.

And the next issue about grease will be a major event that Zhu Youjian will focus on.

Needless to say, the importance of oil to the human body, whether it is animal oil, or peanut oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, sesame oil, tea tree oil and many other vegetable oils, all contain indispensable nutrients for the human body .

Although the ancients did not know the names of the various trace elements in it, they also knew that oil is one of the most important foods, and it is also a must for everyone.

Zhu Youjian remembered that peanuts had been introduced to China at the end of Ming Dynasty, and according to the information reported by Jinyiwei in various places, peanuts had already been planted in Shandong and Guangdong, but the planting area was not large.

This kind of creeping small peanut is served on the dining table as an extremely precious food, and its oil-rich properties have not been fully utilized, and the large peanuts of later generations have not yet been introduced to Ming Dynasty.

Correspondingly, there is almost no use of peanuts to extract oil. Only Jin Yiwei, who lives in Dengzhou Prefecture, briefly mentioned in the report that a gentry surnamed Liu in Ligezhuang, Huang County, Dengzhou Prefecture once used peanuts to extract oil. Oil has been used, but the specific method is unknown.

Thinking of the aroma of peanut oil cooking, Zhu Youjian naturally thought of the famous Luhua peanut oil in later generations. Its planting base is located in Jiaodong Peninsula, which is also one of the best peanut production places in China. It turns out that as early as 400 years ago, here Some people have already started planting and extracting oil from it.

Compared with peanuts, which are not valued by people now, soybeans and rapeseed are well-known high-yielding oil crops, and the oils produced by these two are also the mainstream of edible oil in today's Ming Dynasty.

As for other rare oils such as sesame oil and tea tree oil, due to the limitations of climate and geographical conditions, they can only exist as supplementary oils and cannot be widely promoted in Daming.

Just when Zhu Youjian explained the importance and necessity of oil to the common people, and prepared to let the cabinet write a document to promote and expand the planting area in areas that meet the planting conditions, this strategy caused considerable controversy among the ministers. Almost all the ministers raised objections to this matter, only Wen Tiren did not speak out against his strategy.

　Thanks to Emperor Ming for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)