"What you said makes sense..." Liu Che nodded, he agreed with Zhu Maichen's statement. Tianlai Novel.|2
In fact, even if Zhu Maichen didn't mention it, he would begin to adjust the deployment of forces by the Shaofu and Da Nong and shift more resources to the south.
the reason is simple.
Today, winter wheat cultivation in the north has reached a large scale, and related technologies have basically reached the bottleneck under current technical conditions.
The next thing to do is nothing more than promotion and publicity.
But in the south, this is not the case.
The rice cultivation industry in the south is still primitive and backward today.
Moreover, since the south is paddy fields, most of the tools designed and manufactured by Shaofu for northern agriculture are of no use in the south.
The advanced farming technology in the North is completely useless in the South.
After all, you can't expect to confuse growing wheat with growing rice.
This is also the reason why in history, it was stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the degree of development in the south could not keep up.
When the core of the empire is the north, the resources, manpower, material resources, and attention are all in the north.
The southern region has become a secondary region.
If Liu Che remembers correctly, before the Song Dynasty, rice cultivation in the south had always been rough farming.
How far behind is technology?
The transplanting technology of rice seedlings was developed in the Eastern Han and Ming Dynasties. Rice field drainage was not known to the people until the Southern and Northern Dynasties. As for the complete rice cultivation technology, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that it began to mature.
In other words, nowadays, rice cultivation in the south does not involve transplanting, raising seedlings, drainage, or weeding.
After ordinary people plant rice, they basically don't care much about it.
The rice fields are overgrown with weeds, and the yield per acre is not as high as the wheat in the north.
In the past few years, Mitsukoshi surrendered to the Han Dynasty and opened the way to the Indochina Peninsula. Excellent rice seeds from the Indochina Peninsula began to flow into China.
This rice variety, known historically as 'Champa Rice' and now known as 'Nan Rice', has quickly demonstrated its strong vitality and weed resistance.
Unfortunately, the introduction time was too short, and it has only been promoted in Jiangdu and Huaisi areas so far.
Before Yan Yi left, Liu Che asked him to work hard to promote it.
However, the time is too short and the effect cannot be seen yet.
"If I order you to take charge of a county in Wuyue, how will you change the current situation in Wuyue?" Liu Che stood up and asked Zhu Maichen.
In fact, Liu Che was already tempted.
Because, firstly, Zhu Maichen has proven himself in history, secondly, he has proven himself now in Anton, and thirdly, Liu Che needs to put pressure on Confucianism again through Zhu Maichen.
He wants to tell Confucianism - without your Confucianism, if I want to eat pork, there are still many people who are willing to serve!
Therefore, as soon as these words came out, the faces of the giants of the various Confucian schools changed.
The southern counties have been the exclusive domain of Confucianism since the rise of the Han Dynasty, and they are the basic base of Confucianism.
Especially the land of Wu Chu!
At that time, Lu Ru put mourning on Xiang Yu, which certainly angered the Liu family and Chang'an, so that Confucian scholars were suppressed for a long time.
However, this move of Confucianism gave it a great reputation in the south, especially in the Jiangdong region.
The old Chu aristocrats in Jiangdong, the old and young Xiang Yu in Wu Chu, and those wealthy families who refused to obey all looked at Confucianism in a different light.
At the same time, King Chu Yuan and his son personally gave a platform to Confucianism, and the power of Confucianism quickly gained the upper hand in the local area.
Today, in the vast Wu-Chu region, Confucian power has an overwhelming advantage.
Originally, the same was true for them in the Qilu area.
However, a Zhangqiu Incident brought an end to the four kings and knocked Lu Ru into the dust.
The Lu Ru family's decades of operation and the entire ecological chain in Qilu were uprooted by Tingwei and Zhijinwu, hundreds of families were implicated, and tens of thousands of people were exiled.
As soon as Lu Ru fell down, the Legalists immediately penetrated in like a shark that smelled blood.
Even the aging Huang Lao Sect took a rare initiative and rebuilt the Jixia Academy in the local area.
Today, Qilu is already in a situation where Confucianism, Legalism, Huang and Lao are coexisting.
Among them, the Legalists attacked fiercely and continuously attacked cities and territories. The Confucian factions fought and retreated, but they were able to accept it (after all, these territories were not theirs, but the Lu Ru's). Even the Huanglao faction also took a sip of soup.
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The only loser seems to be Lu Ru.
But Confucians don’t think so.
In their eyes, Lu Ru is also a Confucian.
Since it is Confucianism, it is their territory. Legalists and Huang-Lao sect have stepped in. What does it mean?
I didn’t think about it at all. Who was the real master of the land of Qilu more than a hundred years ago?
Originally, Confucianism was already very uncomfortable with the loss of Qi and Lu.
Now, the emperor actually wants to send an official from the Za family to Wu Chu?
Isn't this obvious, throwing a mouse into his own rice barn in front of his owner?
The Confucian doctors immediately opened their eyes angrily and looked at Zhu Maichen fiercely.
If looks could kill, Zhu Maichen would have died countless times.
Zhu Maichen completely ignored the eyes that were focused on him.
In fact, he had already realized it a long time ago.
Moreover, he is very smart.
He was so smart that as soon as he arrived in Anton and came into contact with the Zajia family, he immediately decisively turned against him and joined the Zajia family.
As a result, we received resource support from Zajia.
These resources are not gold or food in the ordinary sense.
It's about the invisible personal connections and official background.
Otherwise, if he, a small official with no background, no connections, and no money, went to Anton, unless he was an incredible figure like Guan Zhong, he would have been lost in the crowd.
After being promoted all the way, can he return to Chang'an and come to Gantang in such a short period of time?
Of course, being able to come back is also because Zhu Maichen is really capable.
However, without the help of Zajia, this time would probably be calculated in units of ten years.
Now, Zhu Maichen saw a second opportunity for his own rise.
This opportunity is the emperor's approval.
To gain the emperor's approval, a satisfactory solution must be provided.
Moreover, Zhu Maichen knew deeply that this current person was not someone who could be moved by just talking or talking about the Three Kings and Five Emperors.
He is a king who likes to see practical and feasible solutions!
After thinking about it carefully in his heart, Zhu Maichen knew how he should answer.
In fact, during these days when he left his hometown, Zhu Maichen was thinking about what he would do if one day he returned home in glory.
First, of course, let his ex-wife know!
Only if she knows how successful the man she gave up at the beginning is now, can he truly let go of this knot in his heart and this shame.
Then, there are the neighbors and friends.
We must let them know that I, Zhu Maichen, never brag in my life.
If you say you want to be rich, you will definitely become rich!
Then, he walked away and broke up with them forever!
This is what a man does.
Hatred does not last overnight!
It is also the mainstream value in today's society - wealth does not return home, but travels at night like fine clothes.
As for specific policies, Zhu Maichen has several ideas.
But he thought about it and finally chose——
Zhu Maichen raised his head, looked at Liu Che with firm eyes, and then bowed to the ground deeply and said: "If your majesty will not give up, I will entrust you with the responsibilities of counties and counties, and you should strictly reward farmland, educate the people, use economy, and govern benevolently.
Good people, common wisdom..."
Liu Che was curious after hearing this. In fact, before today, he only knew the theories of the Zajia, but he had not carefully studied the policy ideas and political demands of the Zajia.
So, Liu Che asked: "Please give me a try..."
"Your Majesty, if I hold the power of the prefectures and counties, I will reward farming when I take office, and formulate reward policies based on the people's yield per mu. I will not hesitate to promote good people who can lead the people to farming!"
Liu Che nodded slightly as he heard this. This is a measure for rewarding farming that is common to all schools of thought.
The only difference is that Legalism will implement it to the end, while Confucianism and Huang-Laoism will only be thought about when it is useful.
After all, the noble scholar-bureaucrats and nobles are too lazy to really care about how much grain has been harvested from the fields of Mudlegs' family this year?
Anyway, even if there is a famine, they will not starve.
Therefore, this policy has been shouted out almost every year in recent years, but few have actually implemented it thoroughly.
After all, the governor of a county is an official with two thousand stones.
Before taking office, it is okay to shout slogans, build up your reputation, or even put on a show when you take office.
But if you really want these guys to go to the grassroots every day, wander around the booths, and conduct inspections, that's probably impossible.
At the end of the day, I just send a few confidants to take care of these trivial matters.
Therefore, the success or failure of this matter depends on the professional ability and professional ethics of the few confidants chosen by this person.
Over the years, Liu Che has seen too many guys who beat their chests and shouted slogans in front of him before taking office.
Words like this make your ears feel calloused.
But in the end, only one out of ten people can implement it.
There are even unlucky ones who are already waiting for trial in Tingwei Prison.
However, Zhu Maichen seemed to be different from the talkative gangsters Liu Che had encountered before. He really knew and understood the local situation.
He paused and said, "As I know, in the land of Wu and Yue, the yield of paddy fields per mu is three stones for the higher ones and two stones for the lower ones. As for those who are unworthy, one stone is not enough... Therefore, I foolishly thought that it would be better to reward farming with three stones."
According to the standard, anyone who can produce three stones per acre is considered a good man. I should go down to the pavilion and worship such good men. I want to be the three elders of the place and lead the people in farming. If I can make a pavilion and a whole village rich,
Then he will be promoted to an official..."
"As for those who manage less than a stone's worth of land, I should thoroughly investigate their sins and rule them according to the laws of the country..."
After hearing this sentence, Liu Che laughed heartily.
However, the method has been found, but the key is execution!
If it was in the north, Liu Che wouldn't worry.
Because the northern bureaucracy is strong and efficient.
But in the south, especially in the Wuyuechu area, Liu Che could not guarantee it.
You know, when King Wu Liu Bi rebelled, a hanger-on under his command sneaked to Xiapi alone and actually raised tens of thousands of rebels!
It can be seen from this that Wu Chuyue and even in the Huaisi and Qilu areas, the control of the Han Dynasty is very weak, and how powerful the local powerful families are!
In the past, Liu Che had no time to clean up these scum, so he could only seize the opportunity when Jinan King Liu Piguang was seeking death and cleanse away the corrupt forces in Qilu.
But now, Liu Che has already planned to uproot them in the future - he has even thought of the charges - Wu Ni Yu Dang!
Therefore, he even authorized the expansion of the number of students admitted for this year's examination.
But Zhu Maichen's plan now requires an efficient and powerful bureaucratic system.
Otherwise, the territory of one county is so vast that even if Zhu Maichen knew the art of avatar, he would still be unable to control the situation.
But never mind...
Bureaucracy actually depends entirely on people.
The execution efficiency of the same group of bureaucrats in the hands of different people is two different things.
It is obvious that the Tingwei Yamen was in the past. In the hands of Zhang Shizhi, Tingwei was so majestic that the nobles were frightened by it. But in the hands of Zhang Ou, Tingwei became a decoration, even killing people.
grumble.
But once in the hands of Zhao Yu, Ting Wei's majesty was restored, and it was no less powerful than before!
This is the difference.
Moreover, according to the Han Dynasty system, the county governor could choose his own staff.
For example, the governor, governor, Sima, planner, and county governor all have the right to choose.
In other words, the style of a county governor can be seen from the officials he chooses.
So Liu Che continued to listen.
"As for educating the people..." Zhu Maichen raised his head and promised with a serious face: "After I take office, I will strictly carry out His Majesty's edicts and implement His Majesty's sacred mandate of rewarding children and punishing those who do not. If I do not promote an official, I will not be promoted.
If he is dismissed from his official position, he will not be allowed to serve in the official position for three generations of his clan!"
As soon as Zhu Maichen said these words, Liu Che immediately became very happy.
Rewarding fertility and having more children is Liu Che's basic national policy.
Over the years, he has repeatedly stressed the iron rule that those who fail to do so will be dismissed from office.
But unfortunately, things in this officialdom are layered on top of each other.
The effective execution rate of orders at the grassroots level has always been a problem.
Fortunately, in Guanzhong, the embroidered guards, imperial censors, internal historians, and court officials all checked at all levels, and basically achieved it. As long as an official dares to drown his own child, he can definitely go home and farm!
But after leaving Hangu Pass, only God knows.
Anyway, in these years of officialdom struggle, until the end of the fight, the loser must be guilty of failing to raise his son/daughter.
And Liu Che has never freed up his hands to establish the basic national policy that "those who fail to be promoted" must be dismissed from office, and officials with less than three children must go home to farm.
Now, Zhu Maichen assessed the situation and scratched Liu Che's itch, making him very happy.
Especially the continuous sitting method that Zhu Maichen added was really satisfying and very suitable to Liu Che's taste.
Liu Che knew very well that in order to completely eradicate the tradition of infanticide and infanticide left over from the slave era, he must use strong medicine against the bureaucrats and the scholar-bureaucrats' families!
Because only in this way can this bad habit be eradicated.
After all, officials and officials are drowning and killing infants. How can you restrain the people?
In Guanzhong, it was because of its officials, scholar-bureaucrats, and nobles that it could continue to grow in popularity!
And the officials in the audience are naturally not blind.
Of course they could clearly see the smile and satisfied look on Liu Che's face.
