Chapter 223 Change the fields to mulberry, and the people have no way to live?
Xu Churen, Tang Ke and the three ministers of the Zhou Dynasty, the auxiliary state, came over happily.
Before he ran to them, Wang Kuian had already secretly communicated to them.
So the three of them scolded Liu Yanzong in their hearts.
But you still have to bite the bullet and meet the emperor.
This changing the land into mulberry is a national policy, and it is not a matter of one or two days since the court is short of money. Large-scale businesses are also strategies that the emperor must firmly implement.
But the life and death of the people is also something that the emperor must pay close attention to.
So, this matter...
The three of them were all trying to find a scapegoat at the same time.
This scapegoat is easy to find, and he is making a lot of money. Tang Ke is worried that after the policy of changing fields to mulberry will be delayed, the raw materials for silk production will not be supplied and his task will not be completed.
Tang Ke’s task cannot be completed, so of course Xu Churen’s task cannot be completed either.
If the mission of the Zhengshi Hall cannot be completed, the Zhou Dynasty’s financial accounts this year will not be good-looking. Of course, they will be investigated by the emperor.
So, these three people have reached an agreement and must change it!
When the three arrived, the emperor was wearing a white shirt and a hat, sitting by the lake fishing.
"I'm going to see your Majesty."
"Xu Churen, tell me what happened to change the state to mulberry."
Zhao Huan's voice was as calm as water, but Xu Churen's heart was like walking on thin ice.
The emperor was only twenty-five years old, but the emperor's aura was becoming increasingly restrained, and some emotions were almost at ease.
"Report to Your Majesty, Mingzhou's mountains and rivers intersect with the plains, the climate is humid, with 200,000 mu of land, not far from the Hangzhou Ferry. It is the most suitable place for mulberry planting."
Xu Churen chose this place from two points, one is about transportation costs and the other is about time costs.
In fact, Tang Ke also demarcated a Xiufang in Mingzhou, where he wanted to establish a large-scale Xiufang there to form a situation of competing with Xiufang in Hangzhou, so that he could be energetic.
All of this seems to be fine and very reasonable.
At least from their perspective, there is no problem with these things.
To the emperor, there are enough reasons to satisfy the emperor.
However, if this policy is implemented, some people below rushed to get things done as soon as possible in order to make contributions.
How fast is it? It can’t wait, as if the fields are not completely changed today, and their black hats will be lost tomorrow.
This phenomenon is also a good thing, which is enough to show that the new team led by Zhao Huan is doing things actively and quickly.
But everything can be done just by being positive or fast.
And the people below do these things, there is no problem with their attitude. The people above cannot criticize them casually, otherwise they will be heartbroken and who will work in the future?
So someone needs to come out to get a certain degree.
In ancient times, there were also management methods for project establishment. For example, during the Northern Expedition, Zhao Huan appointed Zhong Shidao as the Xuanfu Envoy of Hebei and Hedong, which was equivalent to temporarily forming a project team. Zhong Shidao was the leader of the group and had the highest nominal command and supervision power.
But this management method is not common and cannot be used in at least some daily things.
Zhao Huan said, "Well, what you said makes sense!"
Xu Churen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Zhao Huan continued, "The people of Mingzhou complained to Tokyo City. Since ancient times, the people are good at peace and can talk with each other. They will not make trouble easily. If they have food to eat, they will be satisfied. Now it is obvious that people will not live."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Xie Dahai rushed over, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report in the south."
Zhao Huan held the fishing rod in one hand and took the letter presented by Xie Dahai with the other hand. After reading it, he handed it to Tang Ke.
When Tang Ke saw it, his expression changed drastically when the scene changed.
This is the letter from Hangzhou magistrate Hu Yu, which says that the Mingzhou magistrate Sun Liangquan recruited the Xiang army and imposed a forced sale of fertile land to the people of Mingzhou!
This Sun Liang is all Tang Ke's person, while Hu Yu is Xu Churen's person.
At the beginning of the new beginning, Hu Yu highly praised the emperor's national policy of changing fields to Sang, but then he viciously criticized Sun Liang, relying on the support of someone, and acted in a mess!
This person who supported him was naturally the current dynasty's assistant minister Tang Ke, the Minister of Commerce.
On the way together, Tang Ke and Xu Churen were still standing on the same line, intending to support each other.
But now Seo Churen's people are merciless and stabbed them up with one knife.
It's also a fart line!
Moreover, Zhao Huan had asked Tang Ke privately before, how the progress of changing fields to mulberry in the south was made.
Tang Ke said that some of them were going well, so now this memorial was obviously slapping Tang Ke in the face.
Tang Ke's expression changed slightly, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Your Majesty, King Kang's Maritime Department has just confirmed that he would sign a transaction with Japan, North Korea, Sanfoqi, Jiaozhi, Chameng, Zhenla (Cambodia), Bagan (Myanmar), Boni (north Kalimantan), and in Japa, Dashi, and even Latagata (the meaning of a black country, on the east coast of central Africa), within three years, 600,000 pieces of silk were required. The transaction amount was as high as 100 million jin."
After he said this, Liu Yanzong on the other side couldn't help but take a breath.
With such a lot of money, no wonder Tang Ke's people were afraid to change the fields to mulberry.
Silk was considered a hard currency in the Song Dynasty before Zhao Huan ascended the throne, but Zhao Huan is now reforming the finances of the Song Dynasty. In the future, silk will be sold as the most common commodity, and as silk production continues to increase, the price will become lower and lower.
However, silk sold overseas was sold at a sky-high price.
Just like later generations, the price of Apple phones in the United States is completely different from that in mainland China.
Silk is a symbol of aristocracy in overseas countries.
12,000 guan!
Zhao Huan knew about this, so he did not immediately question Tang Ke in this matter.
If you simply ask for guilt, who would be willing to change the field to Sang in the future?
"I know, I'm here to come to you, not to listen to your explanation. I want to hear how to solve it?"
Liu Yanzong on the side said, "Your Majesty, the people who came to complain said that the local government colluded with the wealthy businessmen and deliberately lowered the price. The wealthy businessmen were only willing to pay six guan to buy a mu of land."
"Liu Guan?" Zhao Huan's face darkened, "Zhou Chao, tell me what the price of rice in Mingzhou is now?"
"Report to Your Majesty, the current rice price in Mingzhou is 2-yuan."
Zhao Huan put down his fishing rod, stood up, walked to the pavilion, and poured a cup of tea, "How many acres of land does each citizen in Mingzhou have on average?"
"Report to Your Majesty, after His Majesty's cleaning in the south, there is an average of one and a half acres of land under the name of each citizen."
"In this way, the people sold all the land and could sell four and a half grains, and then there would be no land. Tang Ke, how many people can get through with your Xiufang?"
Now that the ministers stopped talking, the problem became serious. No wonder the people of Mingzhou came to the capital to file a complaint.
Xu Churen said, "Your Majesty, I think that Hu Yu and Sun Liangquan need to be summoned to Beijing and ask in person."
Chapter completed!