Li Kui's "Han Shu Shihuo Zhi" records that a family of five has 90 shi of food for the whole year, and 18 shi of food per person for the whole year.What do you mean, that is, a person's food for a year is only one thousand catties, which is still raw food.After removing the shell, there is only no more than 800 catties left, and ordinary people are almost half-starved every day.

And if there are supplements of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, half-starvation will become a thing of the past.

On the same day, Li Yang asked Ji Xie to make preparations, and then distribute these new crops to various provinces, counties and counties for planting as soon as possible, so that each province, county and county can establish a new crop breeding area.

In these counties that are planned as new crop breeding areas, it is stipulated that except for the fertile land with sufficient water conservancy to continue planting chestnuts, the other dry fields and wastelands should all be planted with new crops brought by Shaohao such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Of course, in order to ensure the people's enthusiasm for planting these new crops and their attitude towards taking them seriously, Li Yang also put forward some guiding opinions.

First, the growers of new crops, the new crops produced this year, will be replaced by the imperial court with grain chestnuts. One stone of corn can be replaced by ten stones of grain chestnuts, and one stone of potatoes and sweet potatoes can be replaced by five stones of grain chestnuts.That is to say, as long as one thousand catties of potatoes or sweet potatoes are grown, five thousand catties of grain chestnuts can be exchanged from the court, which is almost several times more cost-effective than their grain chestnuts.

In this way, we will encourage everyone to plant these new crops, and at the same time, we can ensure that these new crops will not be eaten, and all of them will be used for large-scale nationwide planting next year.

Of course, it doesn't matter if they want to eat it, as long as you are willing to eat it, eating one catty of sweet potatoes is equivalent to eating five catties of grain chestnuts. It can be said that it is almost impossible for ordinary people to eat a lot.Therefore, the new crops produced this year are enough to be widely planted across the country next year.

The second is that these new crops are included in the total grain output of each province, county and county at the rate of three times the number of grains and chestnuts.

What does it mean? This year, all localities must ensure a three-fold increase in grain production, and in places where new crops are planted, one catty of potatoes can be used as three catties of grain chestnuts, which will be counted as the grain production increase of the local counties.

In other words, as long as these new crops are vigorously planted and the harvest of these new crops is guaranteed, the decree issued by the imperial court to increase grain production by three times this year can be easily completed, and a "excellent" rating will be obtained in the performance appraisal , which greatly facilitates promotion.

This method is tantamount to directly dispelling the complaints in the hearts of the local officials below.

As for these new crops brought from Shaohao, will they be distributed to twenty provinces for planting and cultivation?

Let's put it this way, take corn as an example, one mu of land needs four catties of corn seeds, so the [-] catties of corn kernels transported back by Xu Fu this time can be used to plant [-] mu of land.

There are [-] catties of sweet potatoes, about one million sweet potatoes. One sweet potato can grow several meters of vine seedlings, and the vine seedlings can be planted in a small section of [-] centimeters. The planting area of ​​these sweet potatoes is much larger.

There are also chili seeds in the dried chili, which can also be distributed to several provinces for planting.

What's more, each locality had to guarantee the planting of rice and chestnut rice. The new crops were only planted in wasteland and dry fields with insufficient water conservancy, so it was enough to distribute them to twenty provinces for cultivation.

After receiving Li Yang's advice on the cultivation of new crops, Ji Kai couldn't close his mouth with laughter.

He can already imagine that this year, the people's production will triple, taxes will be collected in full, and the national treasury will be filled. There will be almost no problems.

As a minister of the household department in charge of the country's taxation, money and food, how could he not be overjoyed with such good news now?

On the same day, all the ministers present finally understood that what Li Yang said before to increase grain production by three times was not a fantasy.

Chapter 282 Unexpected

At the same time, in Baizheng's mansion.

"It seems that we still underestimated this Li Yang. He actually made Fusu trust him so much."

When Bai Zheng heard that Gongsun Jing failed to remonstrate with Fusu, he felt a little frustrated.

Gongsun Jing nodded: "It seems that the eldest son will not stand up against Li Yang in the matter of increasing grain production."

Bai Zheng sneered and shook his head: "You can't say that."

"Oh? Does Patriarch Bai think that there is still something to do?" Gongsun Jing was stunned and said in surprise.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Bai Zheng's mouth, and he said: "Gongsun Shangshu, you must not be too impatient. The reason why Fusu trusted Li Yang is understandable. After all, his position today is so stable, it is all because of Li Yang. When Yang defeated Zhao Gao and demoted Hu Hai, he would naturally have more trust in Li Yang, so it was impossible for Fusu to oppose Li Yang easily."

"What does Patriarch Bai mean?" Gongsun Jing was a little puzzled, wondering if there was any turning point in this matter.

Bai Zhengdao: "If you want to create gaps and conflicts between Fusu and Li Yang, it will definitely not be accomplished in a day. However, you can't stop doing it just because today's things can't be done, so in the matter of increasing food production Now, we know that we can’t achieve it, and we need to give a lot of advice, once it may be useless, twice it may be useless, but if we say it again and again, Fusu’s heart will not be shaken at all?"

When Gongsun Jing heard this, he had to nod in agreement.

Indeed, just because Fusu chooses to trust Li Yang, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have the ability to judge and think about one thing.If there is no objection in the court, no one to persuade him in front of him, naturally he will unswervingly support Li Yang.But if there are endless voices of opposition and people who come to persuade him, then Fusu has to seriously examine whether Li Yang's policy is really feasible.

Moreover, the gaps and contradictions between two people, as Bai Zheng said, can't be created by one thing, but gradually accumulate from disagreements over and over again.

Therefore, although the advice to Fusu Jin this time failed, it was not a useless effort.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Jing said: "Then Patriarch Yibai, shall we continue to persuade?"

Bai Zheng nodded: "Of course we have to continue to persuade, not only to persuade, you'd better go to Feng's residence and ask Feng Jie to present to Fusu the papers of those officials from various places in the national government who oppose the grain growth campaign. Let Fusu know that officials everywhere are against Li Yang."

Gongsun Jing patted his thigh: "That's right, why did I forget about this. The State Council has a lot of papers on opposing grain corruption in various places. If Fu Su reads it, he will definitely re-examine Li Yang's policy."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Jing couldn't help giving Bai Zheng a thumbs up, and praised: "Ah, it's still Patriarch Bai who has a unique vision."

Bai Zheng smiled triumphantly, and waved his hands: "Go, the increase in food production will be of great use to us."

Gongsun Jing nodded and was about to leave.

At this moment, the housekeeper came to report, and several old people came to see him.

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing were taken aback for a moment, and Gongsun Jing said: "It must be Gan Zhuang and others."

Bai Zheng nodded, and motioned for the housekeeper to let them in.

The Gan family is also a century-old family in Qin.Gan Zhuang's ancestor, Gan Long was a famous official of the family during the period of Qin Xiangong and Qin Xiaogong. He was a doctor first and then a grand teacher. He was the actual leader of the family. He presided over the implementation of the New Deal and led the country for a long time. He had a meritorious foundation and was a hero of Qin. .

Although Shang Yang's reform later, the Gan family was also greatly suppressed, but after the restoration and the overthrow of Shang Yang, the Gan family still kept its position in Qin.

So the Gan family has continued to this day.

If one were to say who the leaders of the current Qin dynasty clans are, it would be no exaggeration to say that they are the four families of Bai, Wang, Gan and Gongsun.

Of course, the current Wang family has collapsed, the former prime minister Wang Wan's son Wang Ping has been beheaded, and now there are only the Bai family, the Gan family and the Gongsun family.

Soon, several old clans came in, looking a little anxious.And the leader is indeed Gan Zhuang.

Gan Zhuang is the censor Zhongcheng, who is in Jiuqing.

What is the rank of Yushi Zhongcheng?

If the Control Yuan and the National Government Yuan are regarded as equal, then the subordinate officials of the Control Yuan, the Yushi Zhongcheng, can order the Yushi to rectify and impeach all officials according to the rules, because he is in charge of the Shi Yushi and the county supervisor Yushi. It is at the same level as the other ministers.

That is to say, his status in the court is not lower than that of Gongsun Jing, Minister of the Ministry of officials.This also shows their Gan family's clan status in the current Qin Dynasty.

Seeing Gan Zhuang, Bai Zheng smiled and said: "Gan Zhongcheng came at the right time, so you go to Feng's mansion with Gongsun Jing, and let Feng Jie present the memorials of officials from all over the country's government against Li Yang's grain production increase campaign. Present it to Fusu."

When Gan Zhuang heard this, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said, "There's no need to go, the matter of increasing grain production is now settled!"

"The overall situation has been decided?"

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing were stunned for a moment, confused, Gongsun Jing said: "Gan Zhuang, what do you mean by that?"

Gan Zhuang sighed, and said: "Xu Fu brought back thousands of stones of novel crops from Shaohao this time, all of which can be cultivated in dry land, and the disadvantages of water conservancy and neglect are no longer a problem."

"Gan Zhuang, where did you hear the news that the crops brought back by Xu Fu can triple the grain of Daqin? How is this possible!"

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