Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 105 Great Harvest

The golden autumn season has arrived, and the whole Zhili city is ablaze with sorghum and golden wheat. The millet bends the waist and the beans grin. In the gentle autumn breeze, when you take a breath, you will be filled with the fragrance of food.

The Little Ice Age has passed, and the weather has been good this year. Coupled with the enthusiasm that contracting has brought to the people for farming, this year is destined to be a bumper harvest.

After the lively Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the people of Zhili put down their dishes and chopsticks, and the whole family went out to start the promising autumn harvest work.

Lu Mou has already issued a notice that this year's autumn harvest must be harvested quickly, and the grains must be returned to the warehouse in the shortest possible time.

For this reason, except for the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army, we did not hesitate to give holidays to other armies. Those who have land go back to harvest food, while those who don’t have land work as servants to help the people harvest food while making some extra money.

Then Lu Mou introduced a policy again. This year's land rent payment will not be collected in kind, but only in cash. The land rent and service money must be fully deposited into the treasury in October.

The purpose of his regulations was to force the people to speed up the autumn harvest.

In order to allow the people to have money to pay for land rent and labor, Lu Mou ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to open grain collection points in various cities, counties, and towns in various states. The first purpose was to prevent grain merchants from taking the opportunity to lower prices, causing low prices and hurting farmers. Although it was a good harvest year, income decreased.

At the same time, the four major warehouses in the capital and the national storage warehouse in Tongzhou, which were already empty, were filled as emergency food.

The reason why Lu Mou issued such an almost inhumane order was to prevent the Manchus from invading again to seize grain after the autumn harvest.

This is not Lu Mou’s unfounded worry.

Because according to his analysis, the Manchus will definitely invade again this year.

The main reason is that he sent people to negotiate peace with the Manchus.

Although this bought him more than half a year, his sequelae also appeared, which was to let the Manchu and Qing Dynasties know that the Ming Dynasty was willing to negotiate peace. So they put forward harsh conditions.

However, when the two sides were negotiating, it was completely impossible to reach the conditions for peace.

In order to achieve this condition, the Manchu Qing would inevitably send troops to invade Daming again, using this method to coerce Daming into agreeing to their conditions.

Because the whole situation has changed. Historically, even though Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the Pass, at the beginning, the Manchu officials still did not make up their mind to take over the Central Plains.

What's more, at this time, without Wu Sangui leading the wolf into the house, Beijing was not captured by rogue bandits. As for the Ming Dynasty's several victories against rogue bandits, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would definitely find out the news. For this reason, they will definitely continue to delay the time to take over the Central Plains and make it a sure thing.

Therefore, this time it is necessary to invade the Gyeonggi area, not only to continue to realize the exhausted Ming Dynasty plan that was implemented when Huang Taiji was alive, but also to be able to pressure Ming Dynasty, agree to their conditions, further weaken Ming Dynasty, and create more favorable conditions for them to enter the Central Plains.

Time waits for no one. This time, we must build a strong wall and clear the country. Even if we can't stop the Manqing's iron hoof, we will let the Manqing return empty-handed.

For this reason, Lu Mou did not hesitate to spread his judgment as a rumor, forcing the people to work desperately to harvest food.

After such an order was issued, and rumors spread that the Manchu invaders were invading, the entire Zhili area immediately entered a feverish rush to harvest.

In the fields, people would go to the fields one by one to harvest before dawn. They would not go home to rest until the moon was setting and they could no longer see the crops.

And it will still be the same tomorrow.

The weather is also beautiful. From the 9th of August to the beginning of September, the entire Zhili is illuminated by a bright moon and few stars at night, making the night as bright as day. During the day, the sky is clear and clear, which is perfect for drying in the sun.

So what you see is that the roads and lanes are bustling with people who are busy and excited. Either carried or carried on the back, or carried in large or small vehicles, there is full and ripe grain.

The weather has been good this year, and the low land rent contract fees have inspired people to love their land and care for their farmers. They take care of these crops with the same care and attention as they take care of their own dolls. Without the heavy corvee, the people had more time to soak in the fields and take care of the bankers. Therefore, this year is a good harvest year that has never been seen before in this life in the hearts of the people.

Two farmers met on the road. Although they were in a hurry, they both knew each other and said hello: "Have you had a good harvest this year?"

The answer is always a fixed answer: "A bumper harvest like never before in this life."

"Can you have enough to eat this year?"

"I can eat well, and I still have a surplus of grain reserves. After selling part of the surplus grain, I want to marry my son."       "I want to buy some new furniture and farm tools."

“I’m going to flip my shitty house over.”

"I want to buy a cattle, and I can cover a few more acres of land next year."

Thousands of sentences will eventually be combined into one sentence: "Thanks to the emperor's grace and the prince's grace, our good days are coming."

When purchasing grain in various places, Lu Mou stipulated that only wheat should be collected, not miscellaneous grains.

This stabilizes the basic supply of staple grains, allows grain dealers to have a living, and allows the market to regulate prices.

At this time, the money spent on purchasing grain from the Ministry of Household Affairs flows out like running water.

This made Shangshu Huang Daozhou really frightened. If we continue to spend like this, the national treasury will be empty, and there will be another fiscal collapse.

For this reason, he ran to the emperor many times and asked Emperor Chongzhen to take decisive action and stop purchasing grain from the people.

But Chongzhen smiled and said to him: "Don't worry, my dear, since your student has issued this order, then when the Ministry of Revenue is really short of money, he will definitely find a way to get money again. Besides, We purchase grain from the people and store it. Isn’t that exactly what we said: Don’t you feel panic when you have grain in your hands?

As for what to do next, you can ask your good student. "

Huang Daozhou grinned: "Your Majesty, I wanted to ask him, but I couldn't catch his shadow for a whole day. As a teacher, I have almost no chance to teach him from the day I accepted his apprentice to now. How can I be worthy of wasting my studies in this way? Your Majesty."

Chongzhen smiled and comforted: "Old love, don't worry, the imperial court has just shown its light, and there are so many things, and I, the emperor, need to run around. After this period of time, our Ming Dynasty has been completely stabilized, you can It’s never too late to teach him.”

Huang Daozhou could only shake his head and sigh.

The sight of the silver flowing out like running water made Zodiac Zhou thrilling.

However, not long after, there was an upsurge of people from all over the country actively paying land rent and service money. Throughout the prefectures and counties of Zhili, the money turned in also gathered into a river like a trickle, and finally poured into the household department like a flood and a beast.

The most gratifying thing is that the people had a good harvest and became rich. They began to spend explosively. The tattered clothes that could not cover the body were no longer mended, but new clothes were purchased.

The missing rice cooker was also willing to be replaced, the daughter's dowry became generous, and the child's betrothal gift was already decent.

New houses are being renovated everywhere, and the whole market is booming and extremely hot.

As a result, city gate taxes, also known as commercial taxes, have also increased significantly. Its growth rate is almost catching up with the land rent and service money.

Ming Dynasty, the current small court no longer worries about money.

For this reason, Chongzhen made a generous decree for the first time. In the evening, we can scoop an extra spoonful of rice for ourselves, and we will also have a luxury.

Every department hopes to have a better life. As the Minister of Household Affairs, after the new law, Zodiac Zhou, who controls the country's total revenue and expenditure, also feels that his position is more important. I no longer complained in my heart that the emperor did not understand his ideal goals, but began to feel satisfied with this job.

Now, the Department of Hubu has loomed above the Department of Officials. When various ministries came to ask for funds from him, they were all groveling, which made Huang Daozhou feel very, very proud.

He is a thinker, he doesn't love money, he only loves face.

It seems that my disciple is still very considerate. I don't have to make money myself, but I can let myself spend money. It feels very good.

In this way, the relationship between teachers and students, although they rarely meet, is harmonious.

Because his disciple said to him thoughtfully: "Although Teacher doesn't know how to manage money, can you sign? Can you spend money? As long as you do this, what do you have to worry about every day?"

During the days when I was writing books and spending money with peace of mind, Zodiac Zhou realized that it feels so good to spend money on love.

(End of this chapter)