The two eras of Chongzhen and Longjing may be the eras that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty yearned for the most.

For civil officials, the Ming Dynasty expanded its territory year after year, and almost madly annexed the vassals, attacking the Mongolian Tatars and Oirats, and there was one more county or even one prefecture every month. These places require officials to manage, and even if they can eat imperial grain as long as they read, they can be read.

For military officers, the Northern Expedition policy was held until the third year. The Ministry of War gave more staff, and 80% of the officers were waiting for their positions, so they didn't have to worry about their promotion. In particular, the Ming Dynasty's tactical, tactical, weapons and equipment were not something that the Mongols could resist, and there was no suspense in the victory in the battle.

For the people, life may not be very comfortable.

According to the "Huangming Bulletin", the people of the Ming Dynasty got rid of the extreme poverty line in the third year of Longjing and all entered the food and clothing line, which was so beautiful that it was almost unbelievable. The "Silin Daily" which has been singing Taiwanese opera in the south also deliberately went deep into the borders of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, but it was indeed not found a poor family.

Since everyone can have enough food, why is it not comfortable?

Because under this dazzling halo, all the poor families were forced to migrate to Hetao, Liaoning, Haixi, Taiwan, Australia, Annan. Now the establishment of the Jiaozhi Administrative Commission has been restored.

Scholars who support this practice believe that since some places are too poor to support the living people - in some places it has not rained for several years, the people can only drink a sip of water every day, let alone wash up - the state pays them to migrate and resettle, which is a moral policy for eternal eternal purposes.

This view is mostly spread among herders and officials, because after they go on, they find that if people don’t leave, they can only survive in the local area. There is no other way to solve the problem - can it make it rain? Everyone knows that praying for rain is just a psychological comfort and cannot be taken seriously.

However, many people also expressed their opposition, believing that life is here and death is here, and this plot of homeland should be understood. Even if they die of thirst and starvation, they still seek benevolence. The court used coercive means to send them to the border and wilderness, which is not a moral policy at all, but a tyranny!

Zhu Cilang didn't mind this kind of voice. Most people who say this are idle people who do not control resources. In this country, only those who control military and people's livelihood resources are qualified and capable of affecting national policies. As for those noises, just give them a vent and consume extra energy.

Moreover, once these people enter the officialdom and Mushou, they will immediately change their minds and escort the poor people under their rule to the deportation point designated by the court for the sake of the livelihood of the people or for their own political achievements.

Under today's technical conditions, large-scale resettlement will definitely not be as happy and beautiful as advocated by the Huangming Notice, especially the people who go to Taiwan, Australia and Jiaozhi. Although most of them are southerners, they will still die under local infectious diseases and miasma. This "pain" may not be relieved until the third generation of immigrants.

However, large-scale population migration and strict immigration and exile standards have brought about social stability and almost reached the point where the road is not to be picked up - of course, this has a lot to do with the fishing law enforcement adopted by the police station to complete the indicators.

The dilution of the population of the Ming Dynasty caused further land prices to fall, and it seemed that farmers continued to cultivate middle and lower-class fields, which seemed to be less than worth the loss. They often sow a handful of the most lively alfalfa seeds in the fields and then let them die. If there is a good harvest, in addition to feeding animals at home, they can also be sold. It is also considered an additional income.

Sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, which were once planted in the wastelands of the corners, have now begun to occupy large tracts of land in a panoramic way.

Although their use is no longer the life-saving food that was originally used to be.

Time flies. Zhu Cilang finally waited for the winter solstice under a series of good news. Many places still regard the winter solstice as the beginning of the New Year. For Zhu Cilang, the winter solstice is a sign that the year of hard work has finally ended.

In the third year of Longjing, the currency issuance was finally able to meet the needs of the vast territory. Of course, this was also due to North Korea and Japan. The Ming Dynasty imported a large amount of banknotes from these two countries, and the quality was not worse than that produced by the Ming Dynasty itself, but the quantity was more.

As long as the banknotes can stabilize, Zhu Ciyang will not have to worry about the domestic silver reserves. Later generations only care about the banknotes in his hands. Who would care about the gold and silver in the treasury? As long as everyone forgets gold and silver, then the Ming Dynasty will have weapons that can be used in the foreign financial war.

Because Europe is still in the gold and silver standard now, and there is no sense of financial defense at all. It is not realistic for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to fight, but it is not difficult to carry out a round of bloodless plunder on them through financial trade.

After the big thing was over, Zhu Cilang was relieved half of his worries.

The remaining half is the matter of Emperor Taishang on a tour.

Chongzhen and Zhou Hou waited for another year. Fortunately, there was a crown prince in the palace to tease and didn't feel bored, but they still had a lot of resentment about not being able to make a move for a long time.

"It's another year. Haven't your weather forecast been prepared yet?" Zhou Hou urged Zhu Cixuan.

Zhu Cixuan's excuse for delaying Chongzhen and Zhou Hou was mainly "weather forecast". At the beginning, it was just to collect meteorological information and find the meteorological laws of various places, such as temperature changes, dry and rainy seasons, and how much rainfall is. In Zhu Cixuan's statement, only by mastering this information can Nanxing be safer and more comfortable. It is the emperor's son's filial piety, and hopes that it can be fulfilled.

In fact, the Meteorological Bureau was established to guide agricultural farming and prevent local officials from reporting famines indiscriminately. The emperor used the sky to deceive the court and defrauded the relief grain.

As for the forecast itself, it depends purely on experienced farmers to make predictions, with extremely low reliability and is also a job of "setting up a stand".

"The climate problem has been solved, but my son thinks it would be better if he goes back to Nanxing next year." Zhu Cixuan said.

Zhou Hou was not a strong-willed person, and Zhu Cixuan was instantly distracted and asked, "Why is it better?"

"Mother, the imperial court will promote a large machine in the capital next year, which is worth seeing." Zhu Cilang said with a smile.

Zhou Hou had no interest in this, pursed his lips, and in a long blink, his eyes had already flew out. Chongzhen was curious about what machine his son had made and asked repeatedly.

"It is a plowing machine driven by a steam engine. There is an iron hook under the belly of the vehicle. After it is pierced into the soil, the plowing machine is started, and the iron hook naturally plows out a series of ridges. You can do twice as much work as plowing ox in one day." Zhu Cixuan said.

In the fields, two oxen plus one labour force can plow two or three acres of land a day. If you increase the workload, the oxen will not be able to bear it. Now you have changed into a steam engine. Although it is slow, it plows deeper and does not need to stop the machine and rest. As long as you keep adding coal, you can keep working.

The reason why the output is only twice that is that the fields are not large enough, and the other is that the steam plower eats coal and water, and there are often failures.

"As long as two people, even women can control it." Zhu Cixuan said.

Chongzhen was very excited when he heard this and said repeatedly: "It's so good, so good. After seeing this plowing machine, let's discuss Nan Xing's affairs."

Wang Chengen, who was beside him, burst into tears in his heart when he heard this: I was pestered by the merchants all day long and asked when Nan Xing was, as if I had cheated them of money. Please spare me and finish this experience as soon as possible!

Zhu Cilang certainly responded to the order.

In fact, the place where the steam plowing machine really wants to show its skills is on the black soil in Haixi.

There are vast land and sparsely populated areas, and there are wastelands. The cost of manual reclamation is too high. Using machines to open up wasteland is the highest price ratio. Moreover, the advantages of today's steam plowing machines are not obvious. In such a mature land as the North China Plain, it may be even compared by cattle. Although cattle need to rest, they will not suddenly lose their chains.

I will just use a plowing machine to build an experimental field near the capital to see the effect.

Although steam locomotives can get on now, they are too slow, and they will completely lose their lives if they carry more things. Finally, the Ming Dynasty scientists are not unfamiliar with agriculture, so they think of using their own weight to cultivate land and roll roads, which is a way to make the best use of things.

After promoting mathematics education, the improvement of steam engines has made gratifying progress, and there have been great progress in failure rates and power.

As for whether His Majesty the Supreme Emperor would be disappointed after seeing it, it was his own business. Anyway, Zhu Ciying himself did not expect this steam plowing machine to solve the problem of insufficient labor in the Ming Dynasty in an instant. This must have been a long process that lasted several years or even decades.

The labor force on the land will not be completely liberated because the Ming Dynasty had not invented a harvester. They still needed to work in the harvest season and compete with the weather for time. The only improvement was that the township tyrants had one more month of training time every year, and the combat effectiveness of the militia increased again - this training intensity had exceeded the three major camps of the capital after Wanli.

Everything is moving forward slowly and orderly, and more and more peasant children put down their hoes and entered the classroom. Most of them enter technical schools, learn skills such as wood and iron, and become future industrial workers. The rich children who have more advantages choose the School of Law and Political Science and Technology and move towards a broader career.

The scale of Xinglin University has also expanded year by year, cultivating more doctors for the entire empire. It is just because traditional Chinese medicine has too high requirements for practicing physicians, so the medical schools in various provinces can only cultivate doctors at the level of doctors to solve common common diseases, and the difficult and complicated diseases can only be expected to take action by doctors from Xinglin University.

If we only look at the capital and the Jiangnan region, the Ming Dynasty was indeed completely renewed and completely emerged from the haze of national transformation, showing a prosperous posture.

"Their newborns do not need to worry about smallpox raging. Their elderly have the court to support them. Their young people can enjoy education and understand the truth just because they are the people of this country. Even ordinary families are as well-educated as nobles. If European nobles come here to see them, they will definitely be ashamed and ashamed."

Bryce Pascal recorded in his diary. (To be continued)
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