After all, Zhou Man still has theoretical knowledge, but Mingda and Yin or that don't even have theoretical knowledge, and they can make mistakes just by helping hand over something.
So when the officers and soldiers arrived, they saw five people squatting in the kitchen with gray faces.
The chamberlain in the palace pretended not to be seen, and stepped forward to salute respectfully, "I pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess, the Prince Consort, the Princess of Yueyang, the Duke of Shanghe, and the Duke of An Ning."
The chief's face was expressionless.
Bai Shan didn't know that his face was stained with black ash. He straightened up and asked with a smile, "Why are the people from your palace province here?"
The chamberlain tried his best to ignore the gray on Bai Shan's face, lowered his eyes and replied: "Your Majesty wrote a reply to the Duke, and the Princess's Mansion also sent some things."
He paused and then continued: "Your Majesty cares about the princess and the adults, so he specially separated some of the fruits and melons from Lingnan this year to give the princess and the adults a taste."
After that, he waved behind him, and the people behind him lifted the box up.
He opened one of the boxes, and there were many boxes stacked inside. He opened it and showed it to them, "This is a tangerine, unique to Lingnan. It is somewhat stale when it is sent to the capital. The princess and the adults can try it now."
Fresh..."
Mingda took one from the box and said with a smile: "It's indeed better than the ones sent to the capital. It's a little harder."
She paused and asked Bai Shan curiously, "It's strange, we've been here for a while, but we haven't seen any tangerines for sale here."
The head of the village quickly said: "Oh, we don't have such precious things here..."
After saying this, he realized who he was talking to and quickly covered his mouth.
The chamberlain also glared at the chief.
Mingda smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, let him reply."
Seeing that she was friendly, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "This thing is very valuable. We have only heard of it and rarely seen it, let alone eating and growing it."
When Zhou Man heard this, he immediately dropped the fire stick in his hand and ran over, "Let me take a look."
The chamberlain hurriedly presented the box. Zhou Man picked it up and looked at it, then asked Keke excitedly, "Do you want to keep it?"
Keke: "What the Encyclopedia needs is cultivable plants."
Zhou Man then asked the waiter, "Where is the seed near here? Let's go and learn more about it."
Chamberlain: "...there is one in Liuzhou."
Zhou Man made up his mind and said to his old friends, "Let's go to Liuzhou in two days."
Bai Shan and Yin You naturally had no objection. Ming Da and Bai Erlang happened to have enough fun here, so they agreed, "Okay."
Waiter:……
Mingda and the others then looked at other things.
Many people in the capital sent them things. They were originally entrusted to people from the princess's palace to send them. Who knew that the emperor suddenly took over, and the things were naturally sent over by the chamberlains from the palace and the guards from the palace.
The chamberlain took out two special letters from his arms and handed one to Bai Shan, "This is from your Majesty to the Duke."
He handed another letter to Mingda, "This is what the young prince sent back from Anxi."
When Mingda saw Bai Erlang's name on the envelope, he knew that his second son didn't want her to know that he didn't even call him his father.
She glanced at the anxious Bai Erlang and reached out to take it.
Bai Shan opened the letter and read it.
He was granted the title of Duke of Shanghe County for his contribution to the opening of water transportation. After presiding over the successful tax reform, the emperor intended to make him the Duke of Qin, but Bai Shan insisted on refusing.
He was already hated by people because of the tax reform. When Yang Heshu was demoted, in addition to problems with the work he presided over, the main reason was that he proposed tax reform and land reform.
In fact, this was the idea of Bai Shan, Zhou Man, Tang He and others together with Yang Heshu.
Local land transfers are accelerating, more and more farmers are losing their land, and the birth rate is increasing year by year, making it difficult for the equalization system to continue.
Because of the medical department system, the mortality rate of children in various places has dropped significantly, which has caused the population to grow faster.
At present, due to the increase in grain production and the sharp drop in grain prices, although the per capita land of ordinary people is decreasing, their lives are slowly getting better, so no one notices that something is wrong.
In addition, due to the opening of water transportation, the world is stable and trade has become more active. Many people can survive without relying on land, and no one will notice the hidden dangers.
But Bai Shan was different. Not only did he have an above-average IQ, but he had also read the miscellaneous books that Zhou Man had brought out since he was a child. He saw the dangers lurking behind them.
If the peasants are allowed to lose their land and the land is gradually concentrated in the hands of wealthy families and powerful people, the Jin Dynasty will be in chaos within a hundred years.
As the left prime minister at the time, Yang Heshu naturally saw it.
So they decided to reform after repeated arguments.
The first thing to do is to convince the emperor.
The emperor refused at first.
The changes were too big. Once such changes were made, the world, which had been stable for a few years, would probably fall into chaos. He did not want to be the king of a chaotic country.
However, the emperor liked to run away. Bai Shan and Zhou Man took advantage of the autumn harvest and took the emperor from Yongzhou to Luozhou. On the way, they saw many people who had lost their land due to various reasons. They also saw many people who had lost their land due to too many people.
The young people, whose land has become less and cannot be allocated land when they reach adulthood, in turn have to compete with their brothers for their father's meager Yongye farmland.
At that time, Bai Shan asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, population growth is a good thing. In the previous dynasty, because of the war, the people were dying. The late emperor worked hard to govern and let the people recuperate for more than 20 years. You have worked hard for so long, and now we are here."
The number of households and population.”
"Can you bear to see the war rekindling?" He said: "It's not obvious yet, but the population is increasing, especially in the Guanzhong area. There is less land and more people. Unless the court forces the people to migrate, in another twenty years,
Another group of newborns have grown up. They cannot be allocated land and have no way to survive, so they can only become refugees."
The emperor frowned: "Business..."
"Shangshi can't accommodate so many people."
The emperor then pondered, "But the proposal you and Yang Changbo made is too risky. I don't care what happens. I have reasons for advancing or retreating. But once you and Yang Changbo propose it, if they cannot proceed, they will undoubtedly die."
He said: "Not only will you die, but your family members will also die..."
Bai Shan immediately said: "I know that I and Prime Minister Yang don't want to achieve it overnight. We can plan it slowly."
The emperor asked: "Which one comes first?"
Zhou Man on the side interjected: "Let's start with the appropriate age for marriage."
She said: "During the Han Dynasty, the court forcibly lowered the age of marriage for the sake of population, but this was actually unreasonable. It is said in the Huangdi Neijing..."
"Can you just tell me what age is appropriate?" The emperor interrupted her, fearing that she would not be able to hold back her words and would continue her long speech.
Zhou Man regretfully stopped his words and said, "Why don't you cancel the single tax? Men under the age of twenty and women under the age of eighteen are not allowed to get married."