Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 879 To be rich, build roads first

"Don't worry." Hearing that Du Jinning was thinking about agricultural development, Zhao He looked at her more kindly, "You mentioned it to me before, and said that it would be of great benefit to the agriculture of the Song Dynasty. I dare not forget it. Before Pan Hongsheng went to sea, he specifically told him. Pan Hongsheng said in the memorial that he found some seeds and brought them back."

Du Jinning was overjoyed: "That's good, that's good." Then he asked, "When will he arrive in Beijing?"

"Many people fell ill, and they have to rest for a few days in Guangzhou. These gifts have been on the road for half a month, and now they are estimated to have set off. At most one month, they will be able to reach the capital."

Du Jinning sighed at the current traffic situation.

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. If it can be done, the prosperity of the Song Dynasty will surely reach another level." She cupped her hands.

She is wearing women's clothes today, but she behaves freely and confidently, and it doesn't feel inappropriate to perform this kind of male ceremony.

Hearing Du Jinning's suggestion, Zhao He was refreshed.

Du Jinning's suggestions are like a guiding light, which can always dispel his confusion about the way forward and point out the way for him.Facts one after another prove that Du Jinning's suggestions are far-sighted and correct.

Several old ministers are Zhao He's confidantes, and they have heard Zhao He praise Du Jinning more than once.They also know that whether it is to prosper business or sail to sea, it is Du Jinning's proposal.At this time, hearing her speak in such a solemn tone, everyone stopped pretending to appreciate the glassware, and walked over one by one, listening to Du Jinning seriously.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first." Du Jinning said, "Now let go of the roads and make the economy prosperous. The biggest shackle is transportation. The roads are not good, and no matter how rich the products are, they can't be shipped out. For example, there is an iron mine in a certain place. If the transportation is inconvenient, it cannot be mined, and even if it is mined, it cannot be transported; the fruits grown by farmers in the south cannot be transported to the north due to inconvenient transportation, and they rot directly there, but there is no fruit to eat in the north. All in one."

All the veterans nodded.

They all have experience in local politics, and they are very touched by what Du Jinning said.

Qi Bokun glanced at Zhao He and explained the difficulties for him: "Building roads is easy to say, but it requires manpower, material and financial resources. Even if only one road is built from south to north, it will be a waste of money and people."

Du Jinning took it easy: "That's why I said this now. Now that the economy is booming, the trade of goods is frequent, high-yield rice is being promoted again, the yield per mu has increased, and the tax is several times that of previous years. A certain amount can be used for road construction; Furthermore, now that there is a new route, a trip to the sea will bring a lot of income, and part of this income can be used for road construction.”

"Thirdly, we can use the form of fundraising to recruit rich local gentry and ask them to contribute part of the money voluntarily. When the road is repaired, we can erect a monument on the side and engrave the name of the sponsor on the monument. I want to come to rich gentry I’m happy to pay this part of the money.”

Everyone's eyes lit up.

When localities need to build bridges and roads, or encounter a famine, rich people will be called to solicit donations.There are too many times of coming and going, and the rich are not very willing.But if the name of the donor is engraved on the stele, so that his name will be passed down through the ages, everyone will be happy to pay the money.

"This method is good." Hong Huazhong said.

Everyone nodded.

"Fourth..." Du Jinning hasn't finished yet.

And the fourth?How did this kid's brain grow?Others worry about such a major event as road construction.When it comes to Du Jinning, one, two, three, four, it seems that there are too many methods to use up.

Du Jinning didn't know what these people thought, she continued: "If there is a famine in a certain place, the court can organize the victims to go to build roads, let them have food, and then pay wages for the elderly and children. This is much better than simply distributing food for disaster relief."

Everyone's eyes lit up again with a "ding".

The territory of the Song Dynasty is very large, and every year there are always some places that are either flooded or drought. The court allocates a lot of food and silver for disaster relief, and this part of the food and silver is consumed as soon as it is consumed. Except for disaster relief, there is no achievement.

But if work is used as relief, food and silver are consumed, but roads are built; not only roads, but also farmland and water conservancy can be repaired.It not only saves the lives of the victims, but also uses that part of the grain and silver to ask people to build roads and water conservancy, killing two birds with one stone.

"Eldest princess, how did you grow your brain? Oh, you're so smart." An old minister couldn't help but praise Du Jinning.

"Yes, yes, the princess's idea is really great." Others echoed.

Even Du Jinning was thick-skinned and blushed when praised.These are the methods of later generations, she is just copying them.

Zhao He waved his hand, signaling them to be calm, while he himself stared at Du Jinning and asked, "What else?"

"Uh." Du Jinning was speechless, "That's about all I thought of. Jinning's little cleverness is not enough in front of the emperor and the adults. The emperor and the adults must have more and better ways. Everyone thinks hard. Good, it is not difficult to build roads. Moreover, road construction does not need to be rolled out across the country at the same time. It is entirely possible to build a part of it every year. There are first and then there are others, which can be large or small, depending on the income. This will not give Chen Adults cause trouble."

Lord Chen stood beside Qi Bokun.He is the Minister of the Household Department, and he is in charge of the money bag.So Du Jinning said this.

Everyone laughed.

Mr. Chen also cupped his hands jokingly: "Thank you princess for your compassion, Mr. Chen is very grateful."

Zhao He looked at Du Jinning with admiration, and once again thanked God for sending him a Du Jinning.

He asked: "How many days will the rice be harvested? When will we know the yield?"

"I'm harvesting the last bit today. We'll know tomorrow how much the [-] mu yield will be."

"Okay." Zhao Yu made another mistake of turning around when he was excited. He walked back and forth twice and stood in front of Du Jinning. Write it down, write down the output of rice and the methods of road construction and work-for-relief mentioned today, and it will be played at the court tomorrow."

As he spoke, he glanced at the old minister.

The old men immediately understood what Zhao He meant.

Mr. Chen said: "The princess sympathizes with Chen, and Chen will support the princess."

"Don't worry, your Majesty, I will know what to do." Hong Huazhong also said.He had already cast away his prejudice against Du Jinning, and now he only had respect for Du Jinning in his heart.

"Thank you, brother, and thank you, my lords." Du Jinning saluted everyone, feeling very grateful.

As the only woman who goes to court, how she behaves when she goes to court for the first time and whether she has the manpower to support her are very important.Zhao Wei asked her to take the suggestion to the court tomorrow morning, and asked several ministers to support her. It is estimated that no one has enjoyed such strong support from the emperor.This shows how much Zhao Wei attaches importance to her.

　Second watch, good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)