Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

Seeing this scene, Fan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Historically, Zhao Xu directly appointed Zhang Dun as the independent prime minister, which started the new party's liquidation of the old party, dragging the originally weak Song Dynasty into the abyss again.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu's imperial methods are now beginning to show, and now the three pillars of the court are standing on three sides, temporarily maintaining the balance of the court.

"To inform the officials, the Song Dynasty is now in ruins and waiting to be revitalized. We sincerely request you to implement the service-sharing system immediately to enrich the country and strengthen the people." Zhang Dun couldn't wait to propose as soon as he took office.

"I think it's inappropriate. The work-sharing system has never existed since ancient times. It's only been a few days since it was proposed. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to implement it hastily. I think more research is needed before it can be safely implemented." Lu Dafang objected. road.

Although he took the initiative to propose to agree to share the labor with the farmers, after all, he represented the interests of the old party, so he could naturally postpone it day by day.

Su Che also frowned. The work-sharing system was different from the previous implementation of the new law. It was indeed not appropriate to be too impatient. He immediately agreed with Lu Dafang.

At this moment in the court, the three prime ministers were two to one, and the new party was immediately at a disadvantage.

Zhao Xu frowned. Naturally, he highly praised the idea of ​​working as a slave laborer. However, when the two prime ministers of the dynasty opposed it, he could not decide arbitrarily.

"Fan Taicheng, this strategy is yours, what do you think?" Zhao Xu changed his words and pushed Fan Zheng out.

Fan Zheng had no choice but to stand up and said: "It is a good policy to share the labor with the peasants. This is an undisputed matter."

In an instant, the new party's faces lit up with joy, but Fan Zheng's next words made their faces freeze.

"However, even if doctors obtain the magical prescription, they cannot directly use it for large-scale medical treatment. Instead, they must first conduct medical experiments and confirm that it is feasible before implementing it. The same is true for working as a slave laborer. Weichen suggested that it be implemented in one place first to see how it works. It works." Fan Zheng said again.

"Implement it in one place first!" Zhao Xu thought thoughtfully.

"Wei Chen agrees!" Su Zhe agreed.

Su Che was once an impassioned reformist, and he once joined Wang Anshi's Ordinance Department. However, his ideas were at odds with the radical Wang Anshi's ideas, and he eventually quit the Ordinance Department and went against the new law. Fan Zheng's move was exactly what he wanted.

"Wei Chen agrees!" Zhang Dun also nodded. He knew that the new party was not strong enough to forcefully promote the reform. Implementing rural labor service in one place first would at least let the world know the benefits of the new law.

In an instant, the forces in the court were disadvantageous to the old party. Lu Dafang sighed when he saw this, and had no choice but to agree.

"I wonder where Fan Taicheng thinks it is best to implement it?" Zhao Xu asked again.

"The land of Gyeonggi!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"The land of the capital? No!" As soon as Fan Zheng said this, the three prime ministers objected in unison.

There is no other reason for this, just because the capital is an important land in the Song Dynasty. Once there are mistakes in the work of the slaves, the consequences may be unpredictable.

Fan Zheng explained: "The minister's choice of Gyeonggi is not random. First of all, Gyeonggi is right under our noses. All the pros and cons can be known in time, which is the most convincing."

"The second reason is that the Gyeonggi area has suffered from insect infestation this year. Doctors are promoting pesticides to kill insects, which has been very effective. The land in the Gyeonggi area is no longer threatened by insect infestations, and the grain output has increased by about 30%. Then we will implement the per-acre labor service, and deduct every After paying taxes on the land, the income is almost the same as in previous years, and there is even a slight surplus, so naturally there is not much resistance.”

"Is there such a good thing?" Zhao Xu was overjoyed when he heard this.

Although he was very confident in the new law, he knew that once the land-sharing system was implemented, the landowners and squires with large fields would definitely be dissatisfied. For this reason, he did not hesitate to make concessions and reduce taxes for officials all over the world to win their support.

If pesticides that can increase production by 30% are implemented in conjunction with farm labor, the 30% increase in field production will be enough to offset the tax on farm labor, and the implementation of the new law will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"Yes, pesticides are now being sprayed outside Kaifeng City, basically controlling the insect plague. The officials will know at a glance." Fan Zheng said proudly.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said to the court officials: "My dear friends, please accompany me to the outside of Kaifeng City."

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask you to listen!" All the ministers bowed one after another.

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Outside Kaifeng, farmland is everywhere.

In the farmland, farmers wearing cotton masks carried modified wooden pumps on their backs and sprayed pesticides on the wheat fields.

"Officials, please take a look! This is farmland that has been sprayed with pesticides, and there are no more pests!" Su Song, the prefect of Kaifeng, personally led Zhao Xu and the court officials to a wheat field.

I saw that this wheat field was growing well, and there was not even a bug. However, a farmland not far away had not yet been sprayed with pesticides, and the newly grown wheat ears were covered with dense pests! The wheat is in extremely poor condition.

"The gap is so huge!" Zhang Dun exclaimed that the gap between the two wheat fields is visible to the naked eye. As the insect plague continues, the wheat fields without pesticide spraying will become even more serious.

The officials also nodded heavily. Even if they were not familiar with farming, they could still tell that the wheat fields over there had a good harvest.

Su Song said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, doctors made pesticides in time, otherwise the fields in the entire Gyeonggi area would be like this. Not only will this year's harvest be greatly reduced, but a large number of insect eggs will even be laid, jeopardizing next year's harvest."

While everyone was talking, they saw a farmer carrying a pump on his back, spraying pesticides again on the crops that were full of pests.

"Officials be careful!"

Smelling the pungent smell of pesticides, Baiguan quickly persuaded Zhao Xu to retreat.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said: "It's fine for ordinary people to carry pumps and spray pesticides. The smell is naturally not harmful."

"Officials are wise! The dosage of pesticides can only kill pests. It has no serious harm to the human body and will not endanger food. In two days, all farmland in Gyeonggi will be sprayed with pesticides, and there will be no worries about pests." Su Song nodded.

Su Zhe frowned and said, "As far as I know, doctors sell pesticides. Could it be that Kaifeng Prefecture requires all farmers to purchase pesticides?"

Zhang Dun raised his eyebrows. If so, Su Song's move was no different from Qingmiao's method.

Fan Zheng took over and said: "You are not aware that doctors are divided into three grades according to the situation of farmers. The first category is for extremely poor farmers, and the doctors will directly donate pesticides. This is also for the purpose of conducting experiments first and allowing the people to see the effects of pesticides."

Officials gave correspondence courses one after another, and doctors were extremely kind to the poor families.

"Sure enough, after the pesticides were sprayed, the insect infestation was eliminated immediately. The people saw the effect of the pesticides with their own eyes, so they naturally bought the pesticides. This is the second type, and of course the last one. The people had no money left to buy pesticides, so doctors allowed them to spray pesticides first. I’ll pay for the medicine after harvesting in the future!”

Su Song echoed: "The doctors are indispensable for defeating the insect plague this time."

"So, the insect plague in the capital has been lifted?" Lu Dafang said in disbelief.

"Not only the insect plague in Gyeonggi Province, but also all the insect plagues in the world in the future will not be scary! Now doctors are studying the locust plague, spraying pesticides on the places where they lay eggs, and using pesticides to kill them in advance before the larvae become a disaster. The millennium of insect and locust plagues will no longer threaten the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng said proudly.

All the officials were shocked. The insect plague had always been considered a natural disaster, a warning from God. This was the first time in ancient times that mankind defeated a natural disaster and relied on doctors!

"Fan Zheng changed the forensic medicine family to achieve such a great development, which benefited the country and the people; I cannot lag behind. I will definitely change the law to become stronger and revitalize the Song Dynasty." Zhao Xu said with high spirits and straight from his heart.

"The official sage!"

This time, all the officials bowed their heads, and no one questioned him.