Chapter 402 How to change the fate of farming civilization
Faced with Sima Bei's thanks, Liu Mingqi responded with a few polite words with a smile.
When Sima Bei sat down to toast Liu Mingqi again, the two of them ate and drank for a while, but the young man started talking again.
"Sir Sima, what kind of mentality do you have when you go to Pengzhou Prefecture this time?" Liu Mingqi asked: "Do you want to complete the task... or are you willing to do more?"
Sima Bei was stunned for a moment and then smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you respect me so much! If I can sort out all the affairs of Pengzhou Prefecture within three years and create a good development environment, it is already God's blessing! How can I do anything else?"
"No, no!" Liu Mingqi shook her hand, "Sometimes, if you don't try to force yourself, you won't know where your potential bottom line is. You are only about 31 years old this year, so why not try to fight while you are young? Successfully completing the task is only to get you rewarded by the emperor and the court! But if you can do more and better, then your name will be included in the history books!"
The temptation of keeping a name in history cannot resist it as long as it is a normal person.
Who is the luckiest person in history?
Of course, it is the one who "the water in Taohuatan is thousands of feet deep, not as good as Wang Lun's love for me", and it appears quite frequently.
But this person is only famous among folk legends and poems, and is truly at the top of the list, and is still famous in history books.
That is what is mentioned above to leave a name in history.
General of the Cavalry to get rid of illness, loyalty to the country, Yue Pengju, Song Rui, the role model of the ages, Mr. Xiang Yu, etc., these are destined that as long as I have Chinese literature and history, I will be praised and remembered by thousands of people.
Who doesn’t want to be such a person as an official?
The Legal children like Sima Bei actually have a stronger desire for reputation.
They are not greedy for money, are not good at x, are not obsessed with various toys and games, and are just thinking about how to implement laws so that what they insist on can be passed on and regulate the whole world.
Therefore, the only thing they can pursue is to record them in history books.
more or less.
They definitely hope there are more, but whether they can do it depends on their efforts.
Sima Bei did not expect too much from himself, but when he heard Liu Mingqi say this, he suddenly felt that he could do his best?
Sima Bei never doubted that Liu Mingqi was a saint, and he admired Liu Mingqi's remarks and articles very much.
From a purely academic perspective, Liu Mingqi is an existence that he cannot match.
Not to mention that Liu Mingqi has a very outstanding sense of smell and ability in dealing with people and dealing with affairs, which is a unique one.
Not to mention anything else, it is simply that Liu Mingqi committed such a death sentence in Jinzhou City this time, and countless people are willing to protect him. Even the emperor, the biggest victim, couldn't help but forgive him. Such ability is not something that ordinary people can do.
So now when Liu Mingqi's meaning was vaguely given the opportunity to make him famous in history, Sima Bei suddenly became uneasy.
He just hesitated for a moment and made up his mind.
Sima Bei stood up again, clasped his fists at Liu Mingqi and said, "I beg your highness to give me some advice!"
Liu Mingqi was waiting for him here, and smiled and said, "Come on, you're welcome, let's sit down and talk slowly!"
As long as the fish can take the bait.
After he sat down, Liu Mingqi said slowly: "In everyone's eyes, Pengzhou Prefecture is just a test field, just like my sweet potato test field, pepper test field, and pepper test field. But it is different from those crops. It can not only be used to experiment with one thing!
Our Dakang, or the entire agricultural civilization and feudal central centralized system, have considerable flaws, which is why all dynasties will be destroyed and thus new dynasties can be established, right?"
If Liu Mingqi wants to tell others about this, others will definitely be scared.
But only when it comes to the disciples of the Legalists, they will not cause their fear and anxiety.
The ultimate goal of the Legal family’s children is to keep the whole world under the provisions of the law, including the emperor.
With such courage, it is normal to talk about the rise and fall of dynasties and the advantages and disadvantages of laws and regulations.
In other words, Liu Mingqi also took the right hand-to-hand dish on the plate.
If he is not a student of the Legalists, he will not say it yet.
Sure enough, Sima Bei said solemnly: "Please tell me your Highness!"
Although Liu Mingqi's expression was not solemn, Sima Bei heard a special smell from it, which made him feel a little trembling, but he was reluctant to listen.
The young man said: "If you want to be the chief executive of a place, you will live in a different city, face different difficulties, and face even more different people. Take your Pengzhou Prefecture as an example. The contradiction between farmers and landlords and gentry you just mentioned is not the most important thing in my opinion, and this is just the beginning.
After the land is divided, how can we mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to the greatest extent, how can we make your Pengzhou Prefecture better, have more grain production, and the people have more food and clothing? Have you ever thought about it?"
Sima Bei said without hesitation: "I have thought that it is nothing more than the continuation of my policy in Xinye, suppressing the powerful and powerful gentry, so that they dare not oppress the common people, and vigorously build canals to prevent floods and disasters. At the same time, reducing the labor of the common people, so that they can farm easily, and gradually get rid of poverty. On the one hand, they can pay taxes, and on the other hand, they can eat their own stomachs and have some food storage."
After a pause, he said, "Actually, today I am here, I hope that Your Highness can give me some policies... For example, honeycomb coal workshops, carriage ICBCs, and even sugar workshops can do it, so that the situation can be quickly opened up, and will not simply do agriculture and rely on the weather for a living. As long as the landlords and gentry cannot control agricultural production, they will have no tricks."
"It's good that you think this way, but unfortunately it's not true." Liu Mingqi shook her head, "If you can get the right to open a workshop from me one after another, it will definitely not be a good thing for you! Relatively speaking, Prince Yu's Mansion will not be involved in the scope of Pengzhou Mansion again."
Sima Bei nodded silently.
In fact, he had already thought about this when he was thinking about it.
Don’t worry about lack of weight but not unevenness.
It is not okay for others to ask for a workshop in Prince Yu’s Mansion. You are a mere little official who can get one by one by one. Wouldn’t this make people envious and jealous?
Although there are also successful cases in Sichuan, Northeast China, and Jiangnan, it was Deputy Prime Minister Ge Songdao in Sichuan, Northeast China Governor Liao Shicong in Hebei, and Jiangnan Governor Liu Renhuai in Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
These three people are already the most prominent people in the world, and of course others dare not do anything to them.
But Sima Bei, who has no family or sect and is alone, is easily deliberately made difficult by others, and may even affect Pengzhou Prefecture under his rule.
That's why he didn't ask directly, but hoped that Liu Mingqi would give him additional guidance.
"In fact, simply doing agriculture also has a great future for development." Liu Mingqi said, "What do you think is the important reason why the grain output cannot increase now?"
Sima Bei was excited, "Is Your Highness willing to put the sweet potato experimental base in my Pengzhou Prefecture? This is great! I dare not say anything else about Pengzhou Prefecture. The land is fertile and various irrigation measures have been managed by Mr. Wu. I am sure that it is not necessarily worse than that in the Jingji area, but it may be better!"
How magical the sweet potato is, Sima Bei's ears are sounding calloused.
A super grain crop with a yield of 3,000 kilograms per mu, I would like to ask if you are afraid!?
This is the output under the supervision of the imperial court and the emperor. From last year to this year, no one dared to make such a large-scale fraud, so it is definitely a foregone conclusion!
If you get Pengzhou Prefecture, it will definitely be a huge weapon to help Sima Bei stabilize the situation in Pengzhou Prefecture.
But sweet potatoes are now the treasure of the court. Sima Bei had asked about it before, but the reply he received was naturally rejected.
Liu Mingqi is the owner of Sweet Potato. If he talks, he might be able to get a bargain!!
But unfortunately, Liu Mingqi shook her head when she heard this: "No, the emperor and the prime minister have decided that they cannot leave the Gyeonggi area before the sweet potatoes reach a certain amount of reserves... They will not start to be sent out until the next year. When there is a result, it should be the third year."
Facing Sima Bei's regretful eyes, Liu Mingqi said: "Sir Sima, you should broaden your thinking and think about it. Why are the people not very enthusiastic about labor? Is it because of heavy taxes? Or because of various levies? Or because of various natural disasters and man-made disasters?"
“All!”
Sima Bei was also a person who dared to speak, so he answered directly.
Liu Mingqi said first: "This is the weakness of our great prosperity and even all agricultural civilizations. The people at the bottom are the most burdensome but the least guaranteed group of people. Therefore, they have the least ability to fight against the pressure of various natural disasters and man-made disasters. Whenever they encounter something that cannot be overcome, their families will be destroyed and then they will become large-scale rebellion and uprisings, eventually sweeping the world and destroying the court.
According to what the emperor said some time ago, your Pengzhou Prefecture has shouldered many tasks, and the most important thing is to get money for the court, so in many aspects they do not have any restrictions on you. This is a good opportunity for you to try how to change the cycle of dynasty changes and the cycle of the miserable life of the people!”
"I dare to ask your highness, how can you change?"
Sima Bei's breathing became rapid.
Liu Mingqi is obviously not a general person, he has real skills.
Whether it is literature or martial arts, invention or specific government affairs, Liu Mingqi can be regarded as a saint.
But Sima Bei did not expect that Liu Mingqi had already thought about this step about the root cause of cholera in the whole world.
Chapter completed!