Plowing in spring, weeding in summer, harvesting in autumn, and hiding in winter.

China has always attached great importance to farming for thousands of years, and it is important to keep one and every four, and to keep the grains in the end.

Although the Tang Dynasty has been relying on farmers across the country in terms of taxes and its focus has been declining year by year, and its focus has been on industry and commerce, there is no doubt that it is still an empire dominated by agriculture. Farmers across the country still account for the vast majority of the people's population.

Stabilizing agricultural policies, reclaiming more land, and growing more food is still the most basic national policy of the court.

The ritual of spring plowing and the ritual of silkworms are an obligation that must be fulfilled by the emperor and empress of the empire.

After choosing a good day, Li Ze first led all civil and military officials to worship the God of Agriculture, and then led everyone to the experimental farm of the Yuanyuan Department in Chang'an County to hold a spring plowing ceremony.

Even people like Li Ze seem extremely solemn for such a ceremony. There is nothing more. Only when the annual grain harvest is good and everyone's stomachs can be filled, will this empire have the motivation to continue to develop.

This is the basis.

As the supreme ruler of the empire, encouraging farming was something he had to accomplish.

Even in places with highly developed industries and commerce in the north such as Wuyi, Haixing, and Dezhou, agriculture is still unavailable. If the land that has been distributed is used, the approval procedures are extremely strict. It is difficult for the best arable land to be approved by the government and be used for other purposes.

The commercial atmosphere is strong, and a large number of people start to engage in industry and commerce, which will inevitably lead to no one farming of the land. Therefore, the court stipulated that once the land is abandoned for one year, the average yield per mu of the land will be levied as punitive taxes. If the land is abandoned for two years, it will be twice as long as it is abandoned for three years, the land will be nationalized.

And these places are the most densely populated places in the Tang Empire, and the cultivated land is almost inseparable. Therefore, even if many people no longer rely on the production of land to live, they still dare not abandon the wasteland. Even if they sprinkle seeds and harvest them in the sky, they have to cultivate them. Once they are reclaimed, they will be extremely difficult to have a piece of land of their own.

Of course, if you have a way to change the original purpose of this land, that is also your ability.

Li Ze, who rarely wears the full set of emperors, was so happy that he was troubled by the Ministry of Rites today that he changed several sets of clothes alone. After a series of cumbersome and complicated processes, he finally changed into a simple outfit that made him feel more comfortable and went out of the field. A gentle old cow was put on a plowshare, waiting for him, the emperor to push it back and forth.

Li Peng, the commander of the personal guard, led the ox head, Li Ze held the plow, and accompanied by Zhang Hui, the chairman of the Cultural and Education Committee, who served as the host of ceremonies, led the ox slowly forward.

The sharp plowshare drilled into the land, and the dark soil separated to both sides like waves. Li Ze supported the plow and moved forward steadily.

Around the surroundings, civil and military officials and the invited fellow villagers cheered loudly.

Instead of listening to the singing-like chanting sound of Zhang Hui, Li Ze put all his attention on the plowshare in front of him, watching the earth waves rolling, watching the earthworms being plowed out of the land and trying hard to drill himself into the black soil, and saw some unknown little bugs jumping. This is the music of life and is also sowing hope.

The second year of Xinghua was not a very smooth year.

Although in this year, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Empire was recovered and the Tubo Empire was destroyed.

But during this year, he also suffered the defeat in Xiangtanzhuzhou.

What made him even more memorable was the drought and floods that had spread across half of the empire.

No matter how far a country develops, it still seems so small and vulnerable in the face of nature's unparalleled power.

If you want to have some self-protection power in the face of such natural disasters, you must make the country richer. Only in this way can you have more abundant preparations to deal with the disaster.

Of course, the construction of basic projects is also essential.

Roads and water conservancy facilities need to be continuously strengthened. Although the Tang Dynasty has never relaxed this aspect of construction over the years, in Li Ze's opinion, it is still not worth mentioning. The massive amount of funds needed to build these things is still an insurmountable obstacle in front of everyone.

After a while, Li Ze completed all his rituals for spring plowing this time. He walked up the ridge of the field with a smile. Xu Xiang, who had been waiting aside, jumped into the field with a smile on his face. Now, it was his turn.

Not only Xu Xiang, but today, the chairman of the CPC Committee, as the core ruling of the entire Tang Empire, had to personally support the plow.

Just as Xu Xiang was halfway through the plow, a sudden sound of horse hooves began to sound.

Everyone looked back in shock and saw a messenger with a red flag on the road not far away approaching here, and several palace guards had already met.

The messenger who reports the victory can only appear in the emperor's sight on a horse.

Reporting victory is a common thing for ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty. In the past two years, this kind of messenger who brings victory with red flags on his back has become increasingly rare.

It was not because of the defeat, but because the Tang Dynasty had fewer and fewer enemies. Except for the people in the south who were still fighting stubbornly, looking at the world, the Tang Dynasty could not find a worthy opponent.

"It should be Xiangxi." Li Cunzhong, a member of the Military Commission, moved to Li Ze and reported in a low voice. "Some time ago, Shi Zhuang acted as a military commission and said he was preparing to solve the Xiangxi issue, which seemed to be a result."

Li Ze nodded. Now, except for Xiangxi, other places are still in a confrontation, and no large-scale battle has broken out. At this time, a good news came, that is, Shi Zhuang in Xiangxi. Li Ze had read the note, but he didn't expect that the result would be so soon.

The Military Commission does not care about the specific combat plan of the following corps. Correspondingly, the Military Commission just decides whether to fight or not, where to fight, and how to fight, that is what the following corps needs to solve.

The big red good news was presented to Li Ze.

Sure enough, it was a joint report of Shi Zhuang and the governor of Hunan Province Qian Biao.

Ding in western Hunan.

Tens of thousands of bandits entrenched in the mountains of Xiangxi, including 20,000 Ding's army, were destroyed in this battle. The main force was either annihilated or captured. The remaining fleeing young people, Liang Han's troops, were carrying out the final cleaning. In this battle, almost all the heads of the local tribes were beaten up in Huayuan. It can be foreseeable that the bandits in Xiangxi were about to end there.

"Poor!" After reading the notes of some specific matters attached to the good news, Li Ze couldn't help but shook his head. Ding Sheng, who is also a famous family, is also a famous figure in this world, but the final outcome is a bit miserable.

Liang Han chased him all the way and had no way to go to the sky and no way to the ground. Finally, the people who followed him began to abandon him and gradually fled. When the last few loyal guards died in battle to protect him, he became a lonely man in the depths of the mountains.

Ding Sheng, who left his subordinates and lacked the most basic survival skills, became the most tragic person when he was standing among the mountains and ridges.

When Liang Han found him, he was lying naked under a tree, covered by a layer of floating leaves, and he was dying. The reason why he fell into this situation was because he was sick. When he was sick, he unfortunately met several locals who were wandering on the mountain.

These people couldn't recognize who Ding Sheng was. They just saw that Ding Sheng's armor and clothing were worth a lot of money. They immediately peeled Ding Sheng into a white-skinned pig. Their last kindness was that they did not kill Ding Sheng on the spot but handed him over to Dashan to solve the problem himself.

When these locals took Ding Sheng's things to the market to exchange them, they immediately alarmed the government and the army.

When Liang Han led the team to find Ding Sheng himself, the person had only one last breath left.

The military doctor tried every possible way, but he did not rescue the famous clan.

Ding Sheng was eventually buried in this mountain. Liang Han erected a stone tablet for this person, which was also a last commemoration of this person and a warning to others. The final outcome of the opponents of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably be extremely miserable.

"You will discuss the aftermath, pension and subsequent military strategy that Shi Zhuang wrote in the memorial. The follow-up governance matters mentioned by Qian Biao are given to Xu Xiang." Li Ze handed the memorial to Li Cunzhong beside him, and thought for a while and said, "What is the name of Zheng Weike of the man mentioned by Shi Zhuang? This man traveled across the ocean to our Tang Dynasty, and made great contributions in this war as a miner. The county magistrate of Jishou has given him a household allowance and brought him to the capital to see me. This man can be used as an example to let those people who live in the Tang Dynasty look at it. As long as they make meritorious contributions, I will not be reluctant to reward you."

"As for your order, Your Majesty!" Li Cunzhong took the note and bowed.

Another enemy fell down.

In the third year of Xinghua, it was a good start! Li Ze turned around and looked at the two places in the south, Jiangxi and Fujian, and it was time to solve it.

Only one corner of Jiangxi is still in the hands of Qian. The court has been secretly operating the Fujian affairs for several years and it is time to bear fruit.

Qianzhong has always been half-hearted and is an absent-minded character in the Southern Alliance. After taking over Xiangxi, Shi Zhuang's army will face them directly. We should see what they are going to do next.

Needless to say, there is basically no other way except for being tough, but Zhu Youzhen is a stone in the pit, so the people under him may not be.
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