Lonely non-good minister

They laughed, and naturally they only thought it was a joke.

Their relationship with Song Chun is there, how could they really poach Song Yuan's corner?
After talking and joking, it was time to talk about business. An Zhoushi knew the water, soil and climate of their various places like the palm of his hand, analyzed the optimality of seasonal crops for them, and taught the agricultural officials how to plant sweet potatoes, how to avoid pests, and how to improve soil fertility. His rich knowledge surprised everyone, and their impression of him was greatly changed.

"Mr. Cai'an mentioned just now that Liaodong is the most suitable place for farming, with fertile soil. Has Yuan'er heard of it before?"

"Liaodong?" Song Yuan really didn't hear An Zhou mention it: "It's a real border, often invaded by foreign enemies. Although the soil is fertile, I'm afraid it's not suitable for farming."

"Mr. An said that Ruoping in Liaodong can be the granary of the world." The speaker seemed to have a lot of ideas.

Song Yuan looked at the others calmly, and seeing their intriguing expressions, he knew that this matter would definitely reach Emperor Taikang's ears. If Emperor Taikang knew about it, Liaodong might have to fight.

But Song Yuan didn't want to take care of so much, but what about being the world's granary?She is only in charge of Leping now, and the matter of Leping has not been settled yet, so she has no mind to take care of other places.

As for whether other people have ideas, it is not something she can stop.

She directly talked about the money. These people are fat sheep, and if they can kill a fortune, it is a fortune. It is best to directly pool the money for the construction of water conservancy, so that she does not have to go around with the court and wait for the court. Approval will only delay her progress in land reclamation.

Fortunately, things went very smoothly, she raised money, and when the note of 17 taels of silver was placed in front of Mu Lin, he looked at it several times in surprise.

"This amount of money is enough to rebuild all the water conservancy in Leping."

Song Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief: "My plan is to open up wasteland first, before the severe winter, so that the land has not been frozen hard, and it is convenient for the people to dig. After the winter, the water conservancy will be built, and each family will send a strong laborer to serve. , so that they can save food for their families and not delay farming work. As for those fertile fields, I don’t plan to leave them unused during the construction of water conservancy. I want to delineate the needed places according to the water conservancy map first, and cultivate other places as usual. In this way, neither will be delayed. As for farming, I want to divide these good fields into small pieces and rent them out to the common people. The rent is [-]% of the grain production. Seventy percent of the annual harvest is counted, I wonder if this method is feasible?"

"Your Excellency wants to benefit the people, but does the Yamen suffer too much?" Mu Lin didn't think it was a good idea. The court has regulations, and they can't be different.

Song Yuan thought it was okay: "Of course this is for the development of the people's power. With more arable land, the people can have enough food and clothing. If there is more than enough food and clothing, the grain production will naturally increase. In fact, the Wei's farm policy is no longer applicable, and sooner or later it must be changed. , why not start with us."

She is very bold and thoughtful, Mu Lin hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded: "Then I will go up with the adults."

"Thank you." Song Yuan said sincerely, and with Mu Lin's help, the chance of success will be higher.

But before going up, Song Yuan didn't forget to issue the decree to resettle cattle and sheep first, and she patiently explained it to the officials, in case the common people could not understand the decree.

On the day the list was made public, Leping was a little outraged. They raised cattle and sheep for a few months and returned their cubs to their own homes. They didn't even dare to dream of such a good thing. For a while, the news was spread by the village chiefs to various places in Leping. The villages fell apart, and there were countless families who lost their names and wanted to raise cattle and sheep.

When the people happily took away the cattle and sheep, Song Yuan and Mu Lin also sent the scriptures to Jingzhao. The two memorials were placed on Taikang Emperor's dragon case for four or five days. Taikang Emperor listened to Changde read it more than ten times. Before the approval, some ministers impeached Song Yuan in the early court to win the hearts of the people and not abide by the laws of the country.

"Your Majesty, the rich gentry in Leping bribed and evaded taxes, obstructed the implementation of the imperial government's decrees, and punished them for several crimes. They should be executed according to the law. However, Huo Ying, the county captain, went up to play, begging the imperial court to let them live, and leave them alive. Life, then you can no longer use tax evasion as a penalty, and all property should be confiscated. However, Leping Juncheng still uses a penalty, and because of transportation difficulties, he only sends [-] cattle and sheep to Jingzhao each time. I issued a decree that the common people will raise cattle and sheep, and those who give birth to cattle and sheep will be kept by the common people. This is obviously using the money from the court to win over the common people. Therefore, I think that the Leping County Prime Minister is suspected of winning the hearts of the people and not complying with the laws of the country. I also ask the emperor to investigate clearly. .”

He dared to impeach Song Yuan, which made many people look very solemn. Song Chun, who was standing behind King Zhongshan, immediately glanced at King Zhongshan. As expected, King Zhongshan's face showed displeasure.

Immediately someone stood up: "Your Majesty, when the Leping County Lieutenant begged for mercy for the prisoner, he said that the plight of the rich gentry in Leping is the plight of the rich gentry of the Great Wei. It is not the people who are wrong, but the greedy officials. The crime is really inappropriate, so this minister thinks that if this statement is the conclusion, it is not inappropriate for Leping County Governor to set the penalty amount, and this move benefits the people. talk."

After these rebuttals, without waiting for the person who impeached Song Yuan to speak again, Zhu Ci also stood up: "Your Majesty, the premise of Leping Juncheng's move is that Leping is unable to send [-] cattle and sheep to Jingzhao at one time. The cattle and sheep need to be raised. If such a large amount is borne by the yamen, it must be a huge expenditure, and these cattle and sheep are all fines, and they cannot be left to fend for themselves, so they can only be used to benefit the people. To ensure that the interests of the imperial court are not lost, it is a win-win solution.”

He is Song Yuan's husband, even if he argues for Song Yuan, his words are full of pride.

Emperor Taikang glanced at them and saw that no one refuted Zhu Ci, so he knew that these people were at a loss for words, but there was indeed no doubt about this matter, no one suffered a loss, so how could there be so many things to worry about?

Emperor Taikang picked up the memorial on his dragon case and waved it: "In the past two months, Leping has given me a lot of surprises. , They intend to call on the people to open up wasteland before winter, and hope that the imperial court can reduce or exempt the taxes of these people as appropriate."

Opening up wasteland and exempting taxes is not an exaggerated opinion. No one raised any objections to this. Seeing that they all agreed, Emperor Taikang continued: "As for the fertile land of the rich gentry, the Leping County Governor suggested that they can be leased to the common people for ten years. After that, it will be owned by the common people, the rent will be [-]% of the grain production, and the tax will be [-]%.”

"Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, the confiscated fertile land should be sold to the common people by the imperial court, and the ten-year lease will be owned by the common people, which is too much profit."