Han emperor system

Chapter 189 Promoting Livestock Farming

Moreover, in history, farming methods such as cattle, sheep and horses appeared not long after, which greatly improved the level of agricultural production and stimulated the further development of agricultural production. The method of farming was taught to the common people.

Although doing so may cause changes in social production relations and promote the accelerated development of productivity, Liu Bian feels that it should not cause major social changes. He should be able to effectively control the development of the social situation. After all, he still has A lot of knowledge that promotes the development of social productivity can be used to maintain one's leading edge when necessary.

He secretly calculated that using livestock to cultivate will only require one person and one livestock in future generations, and the land cultivated every day will definitely exceed ten acres. Now that livestock farming has just been implemented, in order to prevent any accidents, two people can be arranged. Working together with one animal, one person can cultivate more than [-] mu of land in one day, which not only saves a manpower, but also increases the cultivated area, even changes the quality of the land, and increases the grain output.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian's eyes lit up immediately, and he told everyone with great interest: "After listening to Feng Xiao's words, I thought of when I was in Runan before when nothing happened, and after seeing the common people's farming methods, I had an idea. , That is to use the power of livestock to change the way of farming, I believe it will definitely increase the speed of farming the land."

"The emperor still pays attention to these things of the common people, which really admires me, but we have never heard of using livestock to cultivate the land. I am afraid it will be difficult for the common people to accept." Xi Zhicai and everyone were very interested asked.

"Although there are difficulties, I believe it is easy for ordinary people to learn. Come and see, you can do this." Liu Bian took out a stack of bamboo paper, which was produced by Xi Zhicai from Hongnong County and brought back. , and then drew a picture on bamboo paper, drawing the scene of people using livestock to cultivate in later generations, focusing on drawing the farming tools very clearly.

"You see, in fact, if ordinary people are proficient in operation, they only need one manpower and one livestock to complete the plowing. Using this kind of tool in the middle can connect the livestock and people, and the depth of the plowing will be more than ordinary. It is more beneficial to the growth of food. But now the common people have just started to learn, so I still prepared to let two people cooperate, one in front to control the livestock, and the other in the back to manipulate the tillage tools. Cooperating with each other, you can quickly It is conservatively estimated that two people and one livestock can cultivate more than ten mu of land in one day."

"The emperor's thoughts are really amazing. Judging from this painting, it is very realistic. However, if you don't know how to make the real thing, can ordinary people be able to operate it? If you can't learn how to operate it in a short time, I'm afraid it won't work either. "

After seeing the plowing map drawn by Liu Bian, everyone pointed to the livestock and farming tools in the picture and began to discuss. They were amazed at Liu Bian's whimsical ideas, but they asked with some concern.

"I'm already preparing for this matter. Many of our original Eastern Palace guards have worked in agriculture before, so I have already sent people to make this kind of farming tools. I guess it will be ready tomorrow. , when the time comes, send people to practice it, and after they are proficient, they can teach it to the common people. At that time, we can propose to reduce the recruitment of some young and middle-aged men, so as to ensure the labor force of the counties and counties.”

In fact, Liu Bian had no preparations, but he found that this kind of farming tools can be exchanged from the system, and he doesn't need to exchange for the highly sophisticated farming tools of later generations, but only some rough ones. It is in line with the social reality at that time.

Therefore, Liu Bian secretly decided to find a few guards to go outside the city together at night, and borrow livestock from the common people to test this farming method overnight, hoping to try it out at the court meeting tomorrow, so as to convince the court ministers.

"If the problem of agricultural cultivation can be solved, then I believe that the common people will have no problem completing this year's cultivation, but there is another problem, that is, the construction of the tomb of the late emperor. If the speed of construction cannot be accelerated, the ministers of the DPRK and China will not agree. To reduce the number of civil servants recruited." Chen Gong asked.

"Just now I heard from you that the reason why so many civilian husbands are needed is mainly because their labor enthusiasm is not high. When building the tomb of the first emperor, many people dawdled around, so we should focus on improving the enthusiasm of these civilian laborers. Above. Does anyone of you know the policy of the DPRK, such as the recruitment of civilian husbands, how is their treatment determined?"

"Your Majesty, I have learned a little bit about this kind of large-scale civil engineering construction that the court enlists civilians to carry out. There are three main situations. One is to build livelihood projects, such as canals, roads, bridges, etc.; the other is to build some military projects. , such as border gates, fortresses, warehouses, military camps, etc.; the third is to build royal projects, such as palaces, gardens, mausoleums, altars, etc. In these cases, the recruitment of civilian husbands is different, and the treatment is also different. Building people's livelihood During the construction, the civilian husbands took care of themselves, and the imperial court did not give any remuneration. When constructing military projects, the civilian husbands participated voluntarily. The imperial court not only had to be responsible for living, but also paid ten yuan a day. When building royal projects, The imperial court is only in charge of life, and does not pay wages. No matter what the situation is, there are officials sent by the imperial court to supervise them. Generally speaking, these court officials prefer to be domineering, and they often deduct the lives and wages of civilian husbands. So the common people are not very happy to participate in this activity.”

At this time, Guo Jia said beside him, after listening to his analysis, everyone understood the difficulties of the peasants, and Xi Zhicai continued: "It turns out that this is the case, no wonder the peasants have always been dissatisfied with the excessive corvee of the imperial court. And this time it's the busy farming season again, so it is estimated that the complaints from the common people will be very large."

"Yes, excessive labor and loss of wealth is the root cause of the country's decline. If you think about the Qin Dynasty, you will understand. At that time, the Qin Dynasty had only 600 million people, but the people who built the Afang Palace, the Lishan Mausoleum, and the Great Wall were all It reached millions of people, which directly led to the emptiness of the young and middle-aged labor force in all counties and counties across the country. Ultimately, it damaged the foundation of the country and caused turmoil in the entire society. The sudden outbreak of peasant uprising quickly wiped out the country. The lesson cannot but arouse our vigilance."

(End of this chapter)