Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 377 Structure of the Ministry of Agriculture

This time, Sun Xiangfu really saw how open-minded Li Shimin was. He didn't point out any points that needed to be revised in his exam paper, and he looked forward to seeing the examinee's answer paper.

Sun Xiangfu, who was successfully promoted to be Li Shimin's confidant minister at night by candlelight, is still a little uncomfortable. Although Li Shimin has assigned specific duties to everyone in the court, when discussing issues, he basically doesn't care about your body. Whatever job you say, it’s good if it’s useful. Discuss and brainstorm together, and the results you get will always be more comprehensive and reliable than what one person thinks. This is probably the reason why he can always maintain political correctness!
Sun Xiangfu also took advantage of the presence of several top sages in the Tang Dynasty to discuss the work he might do next, and said, "Your Majesty, next year, I plan to liquidate the fields all over the country. The domestic population is small, and there are sufficient conditions to return all the lower fields to farmland, and concentrate manpower on the upper fields with irrigation conditions and more abundant fertility. In this way, even if the new farming technology cannot be promoted to the whole country, it can quickly make the whole country The output of the people has reached a new level."

With the land replaced by the sons and daughters of the aristocratic families, the number of vacant fields in the hands of the imperial court is extremely large. The Shangtian in Guanzhong alone has millions of mu. It is necessary to move more people from barren lands to come here. There are also some lands in Henan, Hedong, Huainan, Jiangnan and other places, which are basically enough for Sun Xiangfu to launch a war against poverty.

As long as these impoverished people are provided with more productive fields, then the day when they get rid of poverty will not be far away.

"Such a large-scale relocation is a great test for local officials!" Xiao Yu expressed his worries.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Isn't this just a good time for these students to go to the local government to test the waters? After the imperial examination, we will organize and train them for a month, and tell them well about His Majesty's philosophy of governing the country and the idea of ​​enriching the people." .

Before the twelfth lunar month, let them go to various places for internships. After the spring plowing next year, they can see their implementation for the first evaluation. Within two years, they can complete the resettlement and field replacement work in the area where they practiced , are not bad. "

"Your thoughts and thoughts are really intertwined! Then, tell me again, what do you imagine about your hometown?"

Li Shimin obviously agreed with Sun Xiangfu's proposal, but he smiled and asked about the composition questions he had written in the exam paper.

Sun Xiangfu thought for a while before answering, "The hometown in my heart is at least a place where children can be educated, learned can be taught, labor can be earned, illness can be treated, old people can be cared for, and a place to live. .”

"Education for young children, teaching for learning, income for work, medical treatment for illness, support for old age, and housing for living..."

All the people were repeating these few words that Sun Xiangfu blurted out, the more they read, the brighter their eyes became.

"Hahaha, okay, that's great, no wonder you asked this question, it's really a question through the ages! My heart is so comforted, my heart is so comforted..."

Li Shimin's laughter almost knocked off the tiles on the roof of the imperial study room, and the rest of the people also praised and echoed, but Fang Xuanling seemed to have thought of something, and when Li Shimin's laughter stopped, he said again, "Your Majesty , Zhengming said just now, it is 'at least'."

Hearing this, Li Shimin also reacted, staring at Sun Xiangfu's eyes and said, "Is this still 'at least'? Zhengming, tell me, in your mind, how far can Datang go?"

"Uh, there is no limit to 'good'. First of all, we have to dare to think. Didn't His Majesty ask us all to propose a lot of five-year plans and ten-year plans? When these plans are realized, we will start again. Set yourself a higher goal, for example, in the 20th year of Zhenguan, you must achieve a moderately prosperous society! Oh, I made a mistake." At this point, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly covered his mouth.

However, this word was clearly heard by Li Shimin, and he looked at him with probing eyes and said, "A well-off society?"

"Uh, this is just a minister, an immature idea, which means that all the people have a villa like a heavenly residence, have a car when they go out, have meat for three meals, and no longer have to worry about food and clothing, and don't need to waste too much Time and energy to work on..."

The further he spoke, the quieter Sun Xiangfu's voice became, because he saw the disbelief on the faces of several people.

"Hey, everyone has an ideal world in their hearts, but those are unrealistic. Zhengming is still young, so it is not surprising to have such an idea. I only hope that there will be no border troubles in the Tang Dynasty, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, living in bricks and tiles like the new countryside. The room is fine."

Li Shimin doesn't dare to think as much as Sun Xiangfu, because he is not from later generations, and he doesn't know brick houses. They are only the most basic residential buildings in later generations, even those that have been eliminated. Small western-style buildings made of concrete and tiles are the standard configuration of ordinary people. , as for the tall buildings in the city, well!Now the five-story Wangjiang Building is considered a high-rise building in their eyes. No matter how tall it is, I have never seen it before, and I dare not think about it. If Sun Xiangfu dares to install a few pieces of glass on the windows of his house, he will be scolded by everyone He is extravagant.

In front of a group of people who don't know what is good, you can't say better. Sun Xiangfu's consistent style is not to tell you, but to show you directly, let them see it, then marvel, then imitate, and then to catch up.

However, to achieve that level requires hard work in all aspects, especially production technology, and when it comes to production technology, Sun Xiangfu thought of Weinan New City again.

"Your Majesty, I visited Weinan yesterday. As soon as mid-October arrived, the snow fell sporadically. The construction over there may have slowed down due to the bad weather. I want the workers to work together. To face the difficulties, you still need to go there to encourage them.”

"What do you think?" After chatting for several hours while eating, Li Shimin's face turned red from drinking, and he looked at Sun Xiangfu with a smile.

"I'm going to hold a sympathy performance for all the workers involved in the construction of Weinan. At that time, you will give them cotton gloves that can protect their hands from snow in winter, and cotton socks that can protect their toes from frostbite."

Sun Xiangfu just said such a simple word, and Li Shimin understood what he meant. I don't know how long ago, the two of them, the monarch and his ministers, have formed a tacit understanding. This kind of good thing that can win the hearts of the people and promote production, of course Do more.

"Well, I will spare time to listen to your arrangement on this matter."

After Li Shimin nodded in agreement, Sun Xiangfu said again, "Since Your Majesty has already made up his mind about the reform of officials, what arrangements do you have for the newly established Ministry of Agriculture?"

As soon as Li Shimin came back, he made an announcement. In fact, many ministers were ignorant. Although the official positions of the six ministries and nine ministers were basically promoted or not demoted, among the main officials, there was not a single person with five surnames and seven families. There are a few in the province, but they are led by Wang Gui, a pro-Li faction.Moreover, without the support of the ministerial officials, Zhongshu Sheng, who holds the power to refute, actually has no real power.

Such a large-scale exclusion of officials with five surnames and seven families from the top power system, I am afraid that there will be a lot of backlash later.

Li Shimin seemed to have expected Sun Xiangfu's question early in the morning, and replied without much thought, "The office of the Ministry of Agriculture is in the original Taipu Temple, and the left and right servants have already been appointed for you. As for Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang In addition to some officials from Taipu Temple and Sinong Temple, I have also sent you a lot of people, most of whom you are familiar with."

"I'm familiar with it?" Sun Xiangfu asked in surprise.

"Hehe, Zhengming is the best at dealing with aristocratic families. Your Majesty has arranged many officials of five surnames and seven families to work in your Ministry of Agriculture."

Fang Xuanling answered the words playfully, but Sun Xiangfu's face darkened.

"Your Majesty, I won't take you to play like this."

"If you can't even deal with them, it will be even more difficult for others. Haven't they become three factions now? I believe you can use the delicate relationship between them to help the court accomplish something."

What Li Shimin said seemed to make sense, and Sun Xiangfu was speechless, and said, "You should have arranged two people who can help me in the position of the left and right servants!"

"Yes, Li Gongyan and Wei Ting."

These two old acquaintances, one of Sun Xiangfu, and one of Wei's direct lineage, whose status is no lower than that of Wei Shuxie, are indeed capable helpers.

"If that's the case, I have some confidence. Well, I still want to set up a local yamen for the Ministry of Agriculture. At least, each province has one yamen. Each state has an official, and each county has an official."

Datang currently has ten Dao and one Anbei Dadu Protectorate, established eleven local yamen, and arranged hundreds of officials and thousands of officials. There are not so many officials assigned to you."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "There is no need to send officials from the imperial court. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture only send one clerk to the lowest county-level yamen. This clerk can be directly elected by the local people. In the yamen, among the officials elected by the county yamen under its jurisdiction, another person with outstanding talents is selected as the leader, and he is appointed as an official in charge of the agricultural management of a prefecture temporarily. And the Anbei Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has set up a yamen, and it is enough to appoint a chief officer, or even a part-time doctor from the Ministry of Agriculture, because a practical department like the Ministry of Agriculture does not need so many people to participate in court discussions. If I am not here It is enough for one of the left and right servants to act on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture in the imperial court."

"If that's the case, it's feasible."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words. He knew that Sun Xiangfu wanted to prop up the broken frame of the Ministry of Agriculture first, and then gradually improve it later. In the case of insufficient talents in all aspects, he could only solve it in this way first.

"If the Ministry of Agriculture has an official in each county, it can take care of the management of the warehouse."

When it comes to 'Yicang', a product that Li Shimin made last year, Sun Xiangfu had many suggestions, so it was not until late at night that Sun Xiangfu was able to return to the mansion.Moreover, he cannot take a break right away. The establishment of a set of criteria for the selection of local officials by the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the distribution of some duties by the Ministry of Agriculture in the future, must be worked out immediately, because tomorrow, the officials assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture will be Will report.

And the establishment of eleven local yamen will also make it easier to do the work of counting the number of acres next year. As for the Ministry of Agriculture to really play its role and promote the reform of the national agriculture, it will take a long time to work hard. , The initial empty airs can't do practical things, and we have to wait for a group of talents to grow up.

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(End of this chapter)