Chapter 1297 Special mother's, this Jiaozhou really deserves to be a treasure
Chapter 1297 Damn it, this Jiaozhou is truly a treasure (please subscribe and vote)
Li Shimin looked at those in front of him who were impeaching the governor of Jiaozhou for wasting their kindness and interfering with farming.
He even forced the people under his rule to plant sugar cane, which caused a lot of complaints in Jiaozhou.
There are also memorials submitted from Jiaozhou by Gu Da, the governor of Jiaozhou, and Deng Zhizhou.
Of course, there was also a report from the Jiaozhou embroidery envoy, but it was just a report from the Jiaozhou embroidery envoy, so Li Shimin would naturally not put it on the table.
He was stroking his long beard and looking gloomy, while in the palace, the atmosphere at the moment seemed a bit dead.
Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, narrowed his eyes slightly, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, but his cold gaze flashed from time to time, revealing a trace of mockery.
Ma Zhou was currently communicating with Wei Zheng in a low voice, and Wei Zheng's face looked rather ugly.
After all, he is the person in charge of Yushitai, but he is not aware of today's sudden impeachment.
On the contrary, several officials came out to respond just now, and Wei Zheng finally understood.
"Gu Da, the governor of Jiaozhou, is a capable official. He presides over the military and political affairs of the governor's office of Jiaozhou and does a very good job."
"But now, some people are impeaching him for interfering with farming and asking people to stop growing grain, but instead urged people to plant sugar cane.
He also allowed the merchants of the Han and Tang Dynasties to forcibly purchase it for sugar production, which caused complaints throughout Jiaozhou."
Having said this, Li Shimin suddenly laughed, but the laughter seemed too cold, and no one dared to stand up and join in.
Cheng Yaojin and other elders who were shareholders of the Han and Tang dynasties all rolled their eyes unhappily.
His eyes were like knives, falling on those officials and censors.
Seeing these famous generals of the Tang Dynasty with overwhelming arrogance and vicious eyes, the officials and censors who impeached Gu Da and the Han-Tang Trading Company couldn't help but feel a lot of pressure.
But the problem is that these impeachment memorials are not their original intention, but come from those behind them.
This is the helplessness of officials from aristocratic families, even if they know there is nothing they can do.
But after all, the elders who are far away in their hometowns, the rulers of the aristocratic families, have no say in influencing the court.
But it can influence the career of these people, even life and death...
They had to bite the bullet and work hard to show their worth for the rights of the family.
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However, Li Shimin was not even interested in looking at them. He pointed to the other two memorials on the table, his tone still seemed so rigid and authentic.
"However, the self-reported memorials of Jiaozhou Governor Gu Da and others are also very reasonable."
"The area under the jurisdiction of the Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion includes the ten states of Jiao, Feng, Ai, Xian, Yuan, Song, Ci, Danger, Dao and Long."
"Although the territory it governs is vast, it is sparsely populated. In the ten states, the population is only 100,000 households and 570,000 people."
"Now Jiaozhou Daxing is cultivating fields and planting three-crop rice. In Jiaozhou alone, more than two million acres of fertile farmland have been cultivated."
“If we plant three crops of rice, one acre of land will be harvested three times a year, and we can earn seven and a half dan in one year.
Even if you remove a fraction, this year, the annual income of two million acres of paddy fields will be 14 million dan..."
Having said this, Li Shimin took a breath with some toothache. Damn it, this is truly a treasure.
Li Shimin still remembers that last year, Yongning Township, east of Chang'an City, had 73,000 acres of land and could only harvest 85,000 shi of millet.
Most of the fields in Yongning Township are medium fields, and there are also some fertile fields. If you break it down, one acre of land is worth about 1.16 dan.
If it were two million acres, the millet harvest would only amount to 2.32 million shi.
Compared with the paddy fields in Jiaozhou, Li Shimin's eyes turned red. The yield per mu was seven times that of Guanzhong...
And similarly, the moment this number was reported, the same sound of surprise could be heard in the main hall.
The whole group of people didn't know what to say. Such mother-in-law was so arrogant.
Seven and a half stones from one acre of land is enough for one person to eat for a year. Are you afraid of two million acres? Wouldn't that be...
Li Shimin calmed down and looked at the ministers who were talking about each other. After a long time, he coughed.
I interrupted everyone's chatter and continued to give some painful data.
"As for Jiaozhou, there are currently only 32,000 households and a population of 180,000. Among them, 10,000 households have just moved to Jiaozhou in the past two years."
"According to the calculation that a person in the Tang Dynasty eats six dan per year, 14 million dan is enough to feed me in Chang'an for a year and at least half of it can be saved, that is, 7 million dan."
"And the population of Jiaozhou is less than 20% of Chang'an..."
Having said this, Li Shimin paused deliberately, and as expected, he heard the sound of inhaling in unison.
After hearing such a simple and clear comparison, everyone gasped like toothache. The population of 180,000 people grew 14 million stones of food.
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Is this special girl going to heaven? When I think about it, if 14 million shi, oh no, even only 4 million shi of food are transported into Guanzhong.
It will cause the price of food in Guanzhong to drop by at least 20% to 30%, which is terrifying just thinking about it.
Moreover, this is just the beginning. Jiaozhou is completely a plain, and except for residential areas and rivers, almost everything can be cultivated.
“If we had 20,000 acres of land and planted three crops of rice, the population would be less than 20% of our Chang’an population.
When the one-year-old grain is harvested, how will the price of grain in Jiaozhou drop? Needless to say, I don’t need to tell you. I think all of you in the Qing family can also understand it, right?"
"It is precisely because of this that the Gu Qing family and Deng Qing went through repeated discussions."
"I found the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank, and I hope that the land purchased by the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank will not be planted with grain, but instead planted with sugar cane to make stone honey."
“First of all, if merchants in the Han and Tang dynasties did not grow food themselves, they could purchase food locally from the people.
Secondly, growing sugar cane to make stone honey is not very profitable."
"But at least we can prevent the situation where there is too much grain in Jiaozhou and it is difficult to transport it out because of its remote location, resulting in low grain prices and harming farmers."
"Moreover, the fields in Juntun of the Jiaozhou Dudu Prefecture have also been converted to sugarcane cultivation and will be sold to Han and Tang merchants at market prices."
"In addition, the Jiaozhou Governor's Office ordered that all newly reclaimed fields are not allowed to be cultivated for three-season rice, and only sugar cane is allowed to be planted..."
Having said this, Li Shimin stroked his long beard and stopped talking. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the ministers in the palace.
At this time, Wei Zheng stepped out of the queue, saluted Li Shimin, and said loudly and forcefully.
"Your Majesty, I believe that although Governor Gu of Jiaozhou is suspected of killing him first and reporting later, he should act in a hurry.
Your Majesty intends to reclaim Jiaozhou, and naturally he does not want to see the low prices of grain in Jiaozhou hurt farmers, causing the reclamation of Jiaozhou to be abandoned halfway."
Chai Shao felt it, and felt that a certain guy named Cheng was winking at him. In desperation, he could only stand up and speak.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the Governor's Mansion is in charge of the military and administration of the Governor's Mansion and has the power to make decisions on an ad hoc basis. The Governor's move cannot be considered an overstep."