Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 298 Agriculture
Under the small peasant economy, Daming attached great importance to farming.

There is even a magistrate, but the authority is mostly related to collecting agricultural taxes, but now... well, it is no different from a fake.

Under the national foundation of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, the mainstream thought of Ming Dynasty was to despise business tax and emphasize land tax.

It's just that in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it is extremely irresponsible to only focus on his own one-acre three-point land.

Especially now that Daming is in the Little Ice Age, which is full of disasters and disasters. If we don't increase the food basket and try to increase the yield per mu, then the food shortage will be inevitable.

Xu Guangqi, who was hurriedly rushed to the Wenhua Palace by Han Zanzhou, summoned by word of mouth, and rushed to the military aircraft department, was very puzzled in his heart, what is the reason for the emperor to make Han Zanzhou act so anxious.

Is it because of the Armed Forces Institute?

Or is it because of the incident in the warehouse?
The current Xu Guangqi, although he is a group assistant, is especially relied on by Emperor Chongzhen, and his status and voice in the cabinet cannot be underestimated.

However, these two things that he focused on also made Xu Guangqi very busy.

With all kinds of doubts, Xu Guangqi followed Han Zanzhou and hurried to the military aircraft department. After seeing Emperor Chongzhen, he bowed his hands.

"Chen...Xu Guangqi..."

"Ai Qing, please forgive me!"

Emperor Chongzhen stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hands to support Xu Guangqi's arms. After Wang Zaijin and the others saw this scene, they felt very sad.

Since Jianlu invaded Daming Pass, the emperor personally conquered, defeated the invading Jianlu, and returned to the court triumphantly, great changes have taken place in the way of handling government affairs.

In the past, I had to ask about everything, and I had to urge everything, but now it has become different.

"Xu Qing, I just heard from Wang Qing that you submitted the sweet potato seedlings before?" Emperor Chongzhen said, "Is Xu Qing still doing the cultivation of sweet potatoes now?"

"Yes... yes!"

From doubt, to surprise, to excitement, Xu Guangqi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the sweet potato is by no means what the world says, it is..."

"Xu Qing, I understand."

Seeing Xu Guangqi's emotional agitation, Emperor Chongzhen knew what was going on. Daming did not accept the sweet potato as an import, as he had imagined, and even dismissed it.

In the context of frequent natural disasters and the continued aggravation of the food crisis.

Far away in the capital city in the north, and in Jinling in the south, the two sets of Daming teams set up did not set their sights on other places to solve the food problem for Daming, but were passively enduring all this.

So how could a Daming like this be saved?

"How many improved varieties of sweet potatoes have been bred?" Interrupting the excited Xu Guangqi, Emperor Chongzhen cut to the chase and said, "Can the improved varieties at this stage be planted on a large scale in the north of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Report to Your Majesty..."

Xu Guangqi suppressed his excitement, calmed his mind, and said: "Before...the fine seeds cultivated by my minister have hundreds of stones, but most of them are stored in my hometown, and a few are brought to the capital, but the results of planting are not ideal.

But I firmly believe that sweet potatoes can be planted on a large scale, but they need to be carefully cultivated to find the most suitable varieties for planting. "

An individual's action of cultivating fine seeds will never compare to that of the state. After all, the matter of cultivation requires corresponding manpower and a lot of money.

"That's it."

Emperor Chongzhen said without hesitation: "Then set up a special agricultural department, and Xu Qing will take charge of it personally. All the required manpower, including money, will be matched by Xu Qing and Wang Banban. Whatever is needed, we will provide it.

Han Zanzhou, go to Wang Banban now, explain this matter to him, and tell Wang Banban clearly that I attach great importance to this matter! "

"Slave order!"

Hearing this, Han Zanzhou didn't dare to hesitate, he immediately cupped his hands and bowed, and left in a hurry under Wang Zaijin's surprised gaze.

The Son of Heaven's attitude towards the cultivation of sweet potatoes really made Wang Zaijin and the others never think, is this sweet potato really so good?

"By the way, Xu Qing."

Looking at the excited Xu Guangqi, Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "This agricultural department specially designed by me should not only focus on the small item of sweet potato cultivation.

On other types of grain, you should also put more effort into it, so don't worry about spending more money.

For example, looking for and cultivating new grains, such as cold resistance, drought resistance and so on.

Regardless of whether it is the Armed Forces Academy or the Agricultural Sciences, internal funds will be allocated all the time, and the things you are responsible for are all important matters related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. "

Xu Guangqi's ability in politics may be relatively low, but in other aspects, he can be regarded as an all-rounder.

Emperor Chongzhen must protect such a talented and versatile man, and let him play his due role in the field he should have.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, can we choose one Huangzhuang in all the eight prefectures under the rule of Beizhili for the breeding of fine seeds?"

Xu Guangqi thought for a while and said, "Whether it is the cultivation of sweet potatoes or other grains, we need as many as possible to observe the specific changes in different places..."

"What Huangzhuang do you need, tell Wang Banban directly, and all will be resolved at that time."

Seeing Xu Guangqi's hesitation, Emperor Chongzhen immediately expressed his attitude: "Xu Qing has to gather more talents to cultivate fine-bred talents.

A person's strength and ability are, after all, limited.

What Nongke does is only, maybe the effect is slow and it costs a lot of money, but if it can really cultivate good seeds for Daming, even if it is a kind, it will be a great event that benefits the country and the people.

So on Xu Qing's side, don't have any psychological burden.

For the ad hoc agricultural department, 200,000 taels of silver are temporarily allocated from internal funds. If you need anything in the future, just contact me directly. "

"The minister leads the order!"

Under the suspicious gaze of Wang Zaijin and the others, Xu Guangqi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty's high expectations. I will do a good job in the agricultural science and other matters."

A scholar dies for a confidant.

Emperor Chongzhen trusts Xu Guangqi so much, and he firmly supports everything he does. Power should be delegated, and money should be given to money. Faced with such kindness, what else can Xu Guangqi do besides glowing? ?

As for Wang Qia and Wang Zaijin, the feeling was quite deep. A sweet potato can attract so much attention from the emperor, and even set up a special agricultural department.

Such a situation also made Wang Zaijin and the others quite curious. If sweet potatoes could really be cultivated and planted on a large scale under the rule of Ming Dynasty, what kind of changes would it bring to the entire kingdom?

After all, the problem of frequent disasters is the most troublesome thing for Guochao.

(End of this chapter)