"You are the main thing for agriculture, which has been put first in all dynasties, and this matter is no longer controversial. But I think that focusing on agriculture is not just about farming, but also about food is only one of the most important aspects of farming. Forestry, animal husbandry, fishing and oil are also important components of farming. In addition to encouraging farmers to open up land and farm, the four industries should also be handled as major issues!"

Zhu Youjian's words made the ministers in the palace feel a little confused, because in their perception, farming is farming and mulberry farming is the two most important aspects of farming since ancient times.

Forestry can barely understand that animal husbandry should be the replacement of human-powered livestock such as cattle, mules, and donkeys to plow the fields. Fishing fishermen cast nets to catch fish and taste fresh. How did it become a business? Isn’t oil just vegetable oil and lamp oil? How did it rise to the height of the industry?

"I have learned from the saint that the four karma mentioned by the saint are refreshing. And they have combined these categories with farming and mulberry trees. Although I have gained something, I still have some ignorance when I look into it. Can the saint explain this matter in detail to solve the saint's confusion?"

In line with the principle of not being ashamed to ask questions and asking appropriate questions at the right time and occasion, Lao Wen, after observing the confusing expressions of the ministers' faces, stood up and bowed and asked.

"The Chief Supervisor is here. The new four karma I have proposed is actually closely related to everyone. It is also a strategy that I think of after deep thought. Today I should discuss it with you."

After Zhu Youjian smiled and asked Wen Tiren to sit down, he began to express his discussion on the concept of the Four Karmas.

"As we all know, food, clothing, housing and transportation are the fundamental needs of people, and food is the fundamental. The word "food" is very widely included. For the people, it can be extended to seven things to open daily: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

I and all of you are a person who has no worries about food and clothing. Although they are not extravagant to drinking, they also have everything. In addition to rice and vegetables, meat such as cattle, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, etc. should be an indispensable item on the dining table.

But you should also be aware of it. As long as you eat more meat and other meat products, the cost of grain and rice will be greatly reduced, and your body will be able to be full for a long time. This shows that when the supply of meat is sufficient, the use of grain and rice will be reduced."

The ministers in the palace were not novel about Zhu Youjian's remarks, because this was also common sense in life and was not surprising.

"Is the aged sacred place related to this? If there are many animals in the Ming Dynasty, I have no objection to the lack of grain and rice. However, I think that oxen is a prohibited slaughter in previous dynasties, so the cattle are already discharged; and the sheep are mostly farmers in Shaanxi and Henan provinces. In the current severe droughts and many refugees are unable to feed, it seems that they are not able to promote it vigorously. Although domestic pigs are easy to raise, as far as I know, if they want to make them fat and strong, they need to be fed with food. Nowadays, the average life of the people is not guaranteed, so it is impossible to recommend it."

After Hou Xun stood up to salute, Zhu Youjian expressed his opinions and opinions on the topic. His argument was reasonable and most of the ministers in the hall nodded in agreement.

"How can you not know what Hou Qing said about me? What you said is actually the current situation, but it does not conflict with what I want.

I want to promote animal husbandry, but I am not eager to achieve success. Instead, I want all the officials and local governments to consider this matter as an important matter. After promoting the refining of land and fields in the jurisdiction, I have spare time to develop animal husbandry, so as to speed up the solution to the problem of food and clothing for the general public.

Unlike the need for young and strong labor to open land and farm, raising pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks does not require more labor, and the elderly, weak, women and children can follow it. Once under the guidance and support of the government, it will be promoted in the north, at most three to five years, or as little as one or two years, the demand for grain and rice in the north can be greatly reduced, and the saved grain and rice can be fed pigs and chickens. This cycle will be repeated, and food and clothing will no longer be difficult to find."

In the later generations where Zhu Youjian lived, this virtuous cycle had long been realized.

Due to the sufficient supply of meat, eggs, milk and other side foods, people's demand for food has been greatly reduced. The original situation of half a child eating poor is almost extinct. A normal person will be full by eating only one steamed bun or a bowl of rice for a meal. Unlike the current era when there is no oil and water, because meat is difficult to see in daily life, people in this era have an amazing appetite. If they eat openly, a young man may not be able to eat a full meal for a pound of noodles. This is simply incredible in later generations.

The ministers took an irresponsible attitude towards Zhu Youjian's remarks. After all, what the emperor said was reasonable. The elderly, weak, women and children were able to feed livestock, and they did not conflict with farming and producing grain, but it was hard to say what results they could achieve in the end.

"When the sage is heard, how should the court promote this policy? All livestock need seedlings, and raising seedlings is not easy. If you want to implement this policy in the northern border, a large number of seedlings must be used. How should this matter be solved?"

This time, it was Sun Chuanting who spoke.

As the second-level assistant to the cabinet, it was his first time to participate in such a consultation. He didn't want to say much when he was unfamiliar with it, but after considering the possible good results of the emperor's strategy, Sun Chuanting still stood up and talked about the difficulties of the plan and the subsequent implementation.

"What Sun Qing is thinking about is exactly what I will talk about next.

As the saying goes, the journey is like a mountain. Sun Qing mentioned the matter of seedling cultivation just now seems to be extremely complicated to the people here, but it is considered ordinary to those who are familiar with the relevant industry, because it is a means of making a living. Just as he is asked to command thousands of troops to fight on the battlefield, his determination is absolutely impossible.

As far as I know, since the eighth year of Chongzhen, I ordered the Imperial Village to open animal husbandry and breed. In the past four years, I have provided more than 500 pigs and countless chickens, ducks and eggs to the soldiers in the palace and Yongwei Camp. This move not only increased the cash and money from the farmers in the imperial village, but also greatly improved the food in the palace and the army. The soldiers' physical fitness is obviously stronger than other military rations that only eat rice, flour and other military rations. This is known to everyone who has fought in the battle formations."

Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Qiyu all nodded in agreement.

"The Huangzhuang has a good breeding expert, but because it was small before, it was not able to expand its scale. With enough money and grain, its methods were fully demonstrated. Not only did it raise livestock and poultry survival rate, but it also cultivated piglets and chickens and duck seedlings. Over the past four years, the scale of breeding has expanded again and again, which has also led to the rapid development of the entire Huangzhuang breeding industry. Many elderly, weak, women and children benefited from it. In a year, the gains were much better than farming.

With more money and grain, not only did the farmers' own lives improve greatly, but their output also greatly enriched the capital market, making the food available for many officials and workers with extra money more complex, thus decreasing the amount of grain supply in the capital.

It can be seen from this that vigorously developing animal husbandry has great potential and is also the most effective way to increase farmers' income!

I have asked the Huangzhuang Administration to record and organize it into a book based on the man’s years of breeding experience. Thousands of books have been published. After the cabinet will write down the strategies to promote the development of animal husbandry, it will post this breeding album to a local government, asking it to select experienced people from the county to experiment according to the album, and after verification and correction of the errors, it will be vigorously promoted in this county!”
Chapter completed!