Ji Tang

Chapter 596 The courtiers were shocked!

In early spring, both the common people and the court are the busiest time.

People need to cultivate, plow the land, select seeds, etc. to ensure a good harvest in the coming year; officials are also busy, and they must ensure that farming matters proceed smoothly.

Where there is a shortage of cattle, where there is a shortage of grain crops, where the men in the family go out to serve as soldiers and cannot farm in time, etc., they need to make arrangements.

The county magistrate lost his former prestige and went to the countryside with all the officials in the government office for inspection.

Of course, there are diligent officials, and of course there are officials who don’t take farming seriously.

The common people can't do anything about them, but some people can!
As a result, officials who failed to act were dismissed one after another. They either went home to farm, or were found to have various problems and were imprisoned.

All the ministers gathered in the Taiji Hall. Most of the officials who could go to court came, and those who could not come also went on inspection tours in various places.

Officials from various ministries argued with each other over the affairs under their respective jurisdictions, and almost came to blows over a small amount of funds. As the prime ministers, they became peacemakers.

When they are almost done fighting, then they each play [-] big boards, you give in a little, you take a step back, and then everyone is happy!

"Ha! Everyone is happy?"

At the top of the high hall, Li Shimin looked at the red-faced people arguing with a playful expression.

Seeing that the arrangements were almost complete, the voices in the main hall gradually became quieter.

Fang Xuanling walked out of the crowd and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the statistics of each department have been completed. Please preview it!"

Chen Shou came to Fang Xuanling expressionlessly, took the memorial, and handed it to the emperor.

Li Shimin glanced at it briefly and put it directly on the imperial case.

He has known these things for a long time. The approximate budget has been completed a few days ago, and today is just an official announcement.

As for letting the ministers discuss it?
Ha, after all, he is an enlightened emperor who is good at accepting advice, so he has to let them speak, right?Otherwise, what would you become?

The general direction is basically set, but modifications can still be made based on the specific circumstances of each department.

"Now that the discussion has been completed, let's follow the above!"

Of course, Li Shimin had no reason not to agree. These are small things, and the big things will come next.

Sure enough, after hearing the emperor's promise, Fang Xuanling took a deep breath and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the next step is the spring plowing in Guanzhong."

Although he knew that this was what happened, Li Shimin still sat upright involuntarily.

Because what I’m going to talk about next is the result of Ji Song’s founding of the Si Nong Division.

Acres of land cannot be cultivated in a short time. Due to various reasons, this year is considered the most important year.

Whether it is the matter of cultivating acres of land or the distribution of acres of land, the Guanzhong land boundary is finally over, and what follows is the most formal statistical data.

"According to joint statistics from the Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Household Affairs"

Fang Xuanling glanced at the emperor and then said: "The acres of cultivated land this year are expected to be about 300 times that of the third year of Zhenguan. In other words, starting from this year, there will be nearly 500 million acres more farmland in Guanzhong. If Not surprisingly, this year’s grain harvest will be nearly [-] million shi more than before the third year of Zhenguan.”

'Wow! As soon as Fang Xuanling's voice fell, a complete chaos broke out in the main hall. Officials talked to each other. Some did not believe it, some said that Fang Xuanling deceived the emperor and ignored him, and some even said that this was nonsense.

But the big guys in the front row didn't speak, because they knew that these data were true and could no longer be true.

Why should we compare it with the third year of Zhenguan?

This is called a waste of time to open an acre of land. It was not until last year that we finally got rid of the embarrassment of being unable to get in without light.

In other words, starting from this year, all the grain earned will be new and there will be no additional consumption.

In this way, the long-standing problem of insufficient food in Guanzhong will be greatly alleviated. This is what the imperial court is most concerned about.

This is also the reason why the Guanlong nobles did not stop anything in this matter. Logically speaking, Ji Song's actions greatly touched the interests of the Guanlong nobles.

It would be nice if they didn't fight to the death with Ji Song. Why didn't they stop this matter from the beginning to the end, and even sometimes helped from behind to clear the way for Ji Song's plan?

Ha ha!

There is nothing in this world without a reason. Since the Sui Dynasty, the food in Guanzhong has been insufficient. Yang Guang also used this reason to move the capital to Luoyang.

Guanzhong has always been the headquarters of the Guanlong nobles. If the capital move is successful, where will they be placed?His own status will also plummet.

Yang Guang had done it once before, and if Datang did it again now, they would be really hurt.

There was no way before. In order to alleviate the problem, there was even a plan to immigrate to the border, which was to move the remaining population in Guanzhong to less populated areas, so as to relieve the pressure on food in Guanzhong.

But this is a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution, and it cannot be like this every time.

However, just when they had no choice but to do something, Hou Jisong was doing great things in Guanzhong. They didn't care at first, after all, it was not that they hadn't tried before.

But what shocked them was that Ji Song actually attracted a large number of landless or landless people with the temptation of giving half to all the people in the court.

They even did not hesitate to involve local powerful people, landlords, and officials to open up wasteland.Therefore, it was something that initially everyone was not optimistic about and even thought was thankless, but in the end everyone benefited. It is strange that we are not active.

Coupled with his incredible organization-building ability, he just managed to get things done. If they wanted Ji Song to succeed, how could they possibly sabotage it?How stupid can you be to do this?
Nearly 300 million acres of land, how many people can this support?

As for the voices of disbelief or doubt in the hall, they dismissed it.

Fang Xuanling ignored everyone's doubts. After he finished speaking, it was Du Ruhui's turn to speak, and finally officials from the three provinces and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Sinong Temple officials said.

After several bombings, everyone shut up.A person may lie, but when the prime minister of the dynasty lies together with the three provinces, the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Department of Agriculture, even a fool will not believe it.

Do you really think the emperor can no longer carry the sword or something?No one would be so unwise.

"Okay, since the Sui Dynasty, as the population in Guanzhong has increased, there has been insufficient food. But as the capital of Chang'an, we cannot ignore it, so we borrow food from other places."

"But this is not a long-term solution after all. First of all, the journey is long, and the consumption on the road alone consumes almost [-]%, which is extremely expensive. Secondly, once the place is in chaos and the external food transportation route is cut off, there will be chaos in Guanzhong immediately. This I am something that the Tang Dynasty cannot bear."

"Beginning in the second year of Zhenguan, Haojihou Jisong led the Agriculture Department to open up wasteland and farmland. With the whole team working together, 300 million acres of farmland were opened in just seven years, and other places followed suit."

"If nothing unexpected happens, within ten years, there will be tens of millions of acres more farmland in the world. This is an unparalleled achievement!"

Looking at the ministers below, Li Shimin was very energetic. Solving this problem would be equivalent to stabilizing Guanzhong. For Datang, this was no less than the achievement of breaking the country!
(End of this chapter)