The harm of bandits is naturally unquestionable, so whether for the stability of the Ming Dynasty or the continuation of Chinese civilization, Yang Feng could not allow the tragedy of history to repeat.

However, Yang Feng suddenly remembered another question, and he looked at Cao Huachun.

"Eunuch Cao, my husband remembers that the imperial court has vigorously promoted drought-resistant and high-yield crops such as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places over the years. It is said that the situation of insufficient food should be alleviated. Why has the problem of bandits not been alleviated, but it has become more and more serious?"

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Mr. Marquis, you have caused our family to ask. Our family is just a servant who serves Your Majesty. Such national affairs are not something that a vulgar person like our family should know. It is not too late to ask Your Majesty after you return to Beijing."

"Vulgar?" Yang Feng laughed and looked at Cao Huachun for a long time. He looked at him with a chill all over and then smiled: "If even Eunuch Cao was a vulgar person, so many scholars and juren in the Ming Dynasty would probably have committed suicide in shame."

Yang Feng's words are not exaggerated. According to historical records, Cao Huachun's family was in a low state when he was young. Influenced by the "near the king to support his relatives", he entered the palace around twelve or twelve years old. Because of his talent, diligence and studious, he received a good education in the palace, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was deeply appreciated by the eunuch of the Sili Dynasty, Wang An, and relied on him as a close friend.

It can be said that with Cao Huachun's cultural level, if he participated in the imperial examination, he would not dare to say that he would enter the first grade or the top scorer in high school, but he would not have any problems with the second grade. You should know that Silijian is an important institution for handling national affairs, if Cao Huachun had no two skills, how could he be the eunuch in the ranks?

After being exposed by Yang Feng's words, Cao Huachun smiled embarrassedly, "Mr. Marquis is indeed as keen as a wise man, and he can't hide anything from you. In fact, with the vigorous promotion of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other grains in the past two years, the court's grain has indeed increased greatly, but most of these grains have been hoarded by gentry.

Jiangnan and other places are better, after all, they are places with heavy taxes. Although the people are not very rich, they still have stutters. However, in Shaanxi and other places, they are different. They have always been barren and most of the fields are in the hands of gentry. As the climate has become colder in recent years, the gentry has kept their food tighter and refused to sell food easily, which has also made food increasingly scarce.

Our family guessed that it is precisely because of this reason that the bandits in Shaanxi and Shanxi are more and more suppressing."

Yang Feng's eyes narrowed: "So, the reason why there are more and more bandits is not natural disasters, but man-made disasters?"

Cao Huachun said affirmatively: "It cannot be said that it has nothing to do with the heavens, but without those gentry who are unkind and unkind who are behind the scenes, the disaster of bandits would never have been so great."

"Man-made disaster!"

After Yang Feng chewed several words, a faint murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

Nowadays, Yang Feng spends huge amounts of money to introduce high-yield varieties from modern society every year. In a few years, Yang Fengguang spent less than one billion yuan in this area. Originally, his purpose was to help Daming through the difficult little ice age. He never thought that the good varieties were brought back, but instead he was cheaper to those landlords and gentry, which was something Yang Feng did not expect.
Chapter completed!