Chapter 485: Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu are not a dream.
The same is true for Su Wu and Yang Shiqi. Zhu Gaoyan has been staying at home these past few days, even eating and sleeping alone.
Who knew it would cause such a big stir as soon as it came out?!
Seeing that everyone in His Highness was talking about it, Zhu Gaoying raised his eyebrows and said:
"I know that you all have concerns, but I have made up my mind on today's matter. If you have any objections, I will wait until it is implemented for a while before discussing it!"
Seeing that everyone in the court was worried, Yang Shiqi bit the bullet and asked:
"Your Majesty, are you exempt from taxes for three years starting today? The Ming Dynasty's treasury is empty, and now there is money needed for countless important tasks. If this happens, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be unstable."
Zhu Gaoying smiled slightly and replied:
"What Yang Qing said makes sense, but I haven't finished speaking yet."
"From today on, the status of businessmen is no longer low, and any restrictions on them will be lifted!
But you need to pay a certain amount of profits before you can continue to engage in this industry!”
Zhu Gaoying's words one after another stunned His Highness and his ministers.
An old man in a red robe asked tremblingly:
"Your Majesty, the corvee and taxation were governed by Emperor Hongwu. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate for us to reform rashly!"
Zhu Gaoyan was speechless when he saw the old man's attitude of looking forward to death.
After thinking about it for a long time, I remembered that this old man's surname was Wang. He was a veritable elder of the three dynasties from the time of Zhu Yuanzhang to the present.
It is also because I am too old that my thoughts are inevitably a bit pedantic.
He coughed and said in a strange tone:
"Governor Wang, are you using the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of this dynasty? You are so brave!"
The old man was so frightened that Zhu Gaoyan was wearing such a hat that he quickly pushed back a few steps and did not dare to say anything.
He just kept shaking his head and sighing. It seemed that he had anticipated the outcome of the Ming Dynasty.
After a long time, the old man mustered up the courage, suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I am seventy-two years old this year. From Emperor Hongwu to you, I have experienced countless ups and downs with the Ming Dynasty..."
"My only words are this: the laws of our ancestors must not be tampered with!"
The atmosphere gradually became tense.
A foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes who didn't know what he was doing came out and made a bow to Zhu Gaotian like a hundred officials.
Zhu Gaotian took a closer look and realized that it was Martin who had just been promoted to an official.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I do think your reform will be successful!"
"The world is like this. It's changing all the time. Do we have to stick to the old things?
Does the old thing have to be right? When fishermen go out to sea, they never know where the next fish will be."
"So if you don't do some things, you will never know the results."
After hearing what Martin said, Zhu Gaotian immediately gave him a thumbs up.
Listen and see how enlightened people are.
This is called flattery.
After hearing what Martin said, Governor Wang's eyebrows and beard trembled with anger.
"Shuzi! You villains, please stop here and confuse the public with your lies! Do you know that this wrong decision could cost millions of lives?!"
Martin glanced sideways at the old man and wanted to argue.
However, Zhu Gaotian waved his hand and stopped the quarrel.
"Okay, okay, I also know that these things cannot be rushed, but these things must be done. No matter who it is, it is impossible to stop the implementation of the New Deal!"
When the words came to light, Zhu Gaotian looked around at the officials.
"If anyone dares to defy the public and bring trouble to me secretly, then the old man will eat arsenic to see who is tougher!"
"Okay, now that I've finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?!"
Seeing that Zhu Gaotian had made up his mind, the white-haired old man glanced angrily at Zhu Gaotian but was helpless.
In the end, I can only take off my black gauze hat and say
"Reporting to your Majesty, I am already very old. I hope that my body can be returned to my hometown, and I can entertain my grandchildren and live for a few more years!"
Zhu Gaoying laughed angrily at the three-dynasty veteran, but did not stop him.
Is it possible that I, Ming Dynasty, will not hold the banquet without your carrot?
There is no such truth in the world.
Zhu Gaoying understood that sometimes, these humeral ministers were the biggest resistance to his change.
However, he still has a bigger surprise that has not yet been revealed, and he will only wait a few days to reveal it.
Slap the ministers in the face!
New policy reforms often come with huge resistance and costs.
Sometimes it's money, sometimes it's desire, and sometimes it's bloody life.
It had been more than a month since the New Deal was implemented, and Zhu Gaoying was overwhelmed by various memorials.
In an instant, he suddenly had a lot of empathy with model worker Lao Zhu.
Governing a country is no easier than leading troops to fight a war.
Just when Zhu Gaotian was feeling uncomfortable, Martin jumped up and down and knocked on the door of the cabinet hut.
When Zhu Gaotian heard the urgent knock on the door, he guessed it was Martin and quickly asked the guards to bring Martin in.
As soon as he entered the door, Martin gave Zhu Gaoyan a big hug.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I finally found my ship!"
Zhu Gaoyan grinned and asked eagerly, "Hahahaha, just find it. Is the thing I want still there?"
Martin nodded, "Yes, yes, it's just that the two boxes of potatoes have been soaked in sea water for too long, I don't know how they taste now!"
When Zhu Gaoying heard that the thing was still there, a huge stone suddenly fell to the ground in his heart.
Potato!
This is the surprise Zhu Gaoyan said!
Now that the Ming Dynasty's national power is at its peak, it is also a time when the population is booming.
Ordinary wheat and soybeans are produced in different amounts in different regions, and they simply cannot keep up with the rate of population growth.
But potatoes are different.
That stuff never depends on the place of origin. I can still grow it even in the most remote Mobei!
It’s also highly productive!
In later generations of Blue Star, one acre of improved potatoes could even produce tens of thousands of kilograms!
Even the current varieties of Ming Dynasty are still ten times stronger than wheat!
Zhu Gaotian chuckled, as if he was afraid that the two boxes of potatoes would run away, he immediately pulled Martin to take a look.
Martin was also an honest man and followed Zhu Gaoyan back to his residence.
Martin's residence was very close to the Cabinet Office, and the house was filled with bottles and jars of all sizes.
Zhu Gaoying was not interested in his collection and hurriedly waved his hand to Martin to quickly bring up the good things.
Martin is also an honest man, and it took a lot of effort to lift out a large wooden box.
The box was covered with sea vines, and it looked like it had been salvaged not long ago.
Seeing the appearance of the box, Zhu Gaodian could not help but feel his heart beating.
He didn't know whether potatoes that had been soaked in sea water could still germinate.
Don't give him an empty joy in the end. Isn't Zhu Gaotian's joy in vain?
Martin opened the entire wooden box three times and five times, and a large smell of sea water rushed straight into the Zhu Gaojing Tianling lid.
If you take a closer look, you will see that there are all kinds of octopuses and starfish inside the box.
On the other hand, many of those potatoes turned into a pile of mud!