Ming politicians

() On October [-]th, Wu Weiye left Nanzhili and went back to the stables. He originally thought about getting together with Su Tiancheng, and even went to the Qinhuai River to have a look. Unfortunately, Zhou Shunqing committed suicide. For this matter, he had to think of a good way to excuse Su Tiancheng. He also heard vaguely that Zhou Yanru's housekeeper seemed to have come to Jiangning County and met Su Tiancheng, but Su Tiancheng never mentioned it. As far as this matter is concerned, he also knows the subtleties of the officialdom, so of course he won't say much.

Everything has returned to calm, but in this calm, Su Tiancheng's prestige is constantly improving, even many students of Donglin Academy secretly admire him, even though Liu Yunqing, who left Donglin Academy, went to Jiangning County , Becoming Su Tiancheng's staff, this is tantamount to slapping Donglin Academy severely.

The next thing to worry about is the matter of the official land. The emperor did not issue a decree. The edict of the Ministry of Households agreed in principle to this matter. The so-called agreement in principle means not interfering in the specific operation process and leasing the official land The thing about it is only Jiangning County and Nanjing Jingying are trying it out, and other places are not allowed to do so.

As long as he got permission, Su Tiancheng was happy, and he didn't care what the rest of the place looked like.

Anyway, this era.Food is the hard currency and the most fundamental thing.No matter how much money you have, once you can’t buy food, it won’t be of much use. During Chongzhen’s six to ten years, many wars consumed a lot of food. sao harassment.There are also natural disasters, which have caused the price of grain to rise exponentially, the value of gold and silver has fallen sharply, and the lives of farmers have become even more difficult.

According to this calculation, Su Tiancheng leased the official land.As long as the output can be guaranteed, it is actually a very cost-effective thing.

Most of the official fields in Nanjing Jingying are paddy fields, which made Su Tiancheng a little disappointed. In this era, the output of rice is limited.Impossible to greatly improve, hybrid rice has never appeared, and I don't know that technology, I knew I would travel through it, and it would be great to learn from Yuan Longping.

related agreements.It has been discussed long ago, so I said.Taking over the affairs of Guantian went very smoothly.

15 hectares of official land, a full [-] mu.

Su Tiancheng took Su Pingyang and others to see these official fields in person.

The scene in front of me is a bit miserable. There is no water in the so-called paddy field, and it is full of weeds. A small part of the dry land is full of weeds. I don’t know how long it has not been cultivated. In places like Jiangning County, Such a situation is really rare.

Zhang Taining stayed with him out of etiquette, and he was a little embarrassed to see such a situation.

"Lord Su, I can't help it either. A lot of sergeants from the Nanjing Jingying camp have been mobilized. The rogues harassed the north, and the imperial court has mobilized sergeants several times. This time, the rogues invaded Shanxi on a large scale, and the imperial court took away [-] sergeants. A few days ago, Lord Hong even came to the Beijing camp specially to discuss the matter of re-deploying troops. I dare not agree. If all the sergeants are taken away, what will happen to the guards in Nanjing? Master Tang and Eunuch Qin, both I have given the emperor a discount, so I can't take care of this official land."

To ensure a bumper harvest of grain, the focus is on the construction of water conservancy facilities. Unfortunately, the 15 mu of official land has no ditches at least, let alone canals, weir ponds and the like.

Fortunately, the location of the official fields is concentrated and they are all contiguous. The water conservancy renovation can save a lot of money.

Not only the official land, but also Kuang Siming's former cultivated land, which also has no water conservancy facilities.

There is still time, and there are still a few months to complete the construction of necessary water conservancy facilities and tidy up the fields.

Back at the county government, the cultivation of official land became the most urgent issue.

The morning hall on this day was extended, and it was mainly to discuss the cultivation of the official land, including Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, Ma Huabiao and others from the Inspection Department, all of whom participated.

The topic of discussion is the transformation of official land, including the 30 hectares of cultivated land confiscated by the county government, which is [-] mu of cultivated land. This is not a small amount. To carry out large-scale transformation of these cultivated lands, the money needed is A lot of.

The opinions discussed by everyone greatly exceeded Su Tiancheng's expectations.

Everyone agrees to carry out the renovation, but this task must be done by the tenants who lease the cultivated land. Even Sun Yuankun and others who understand the ownership of the official land have the same opinion. They think that the county government has to pay 5000 taels of silver , This burden is very heavy, and it is definitely inappropriate to continue to take out money for the transformation of water conservancy facilities.

Su Tiancheng has not made a statement.

His opinion is definitely different. For the transformation of cultivated land, the county government must take out the money. As for the source of the money, you can find the salt merchants and borrow some temporarily. The next step is to clean up the rest of the merchants in Jiangning County. It is enough to return the tax to the salt merchants. If the county government does not take out the money, the transformation of the cultivated land cannot achieve the expected purpose.

Food is very important, and the money that should be invested must be invested.

There is still a lot of gold and silver in Su Tiancheng's mansion, but he does not plan to use these gold and silver for the time being, and keeping them will be of great use in the future.

The opinions of the people were almost the same, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Everyone has talked a lot. It's nothing more than that the county government has given out enough money and is unable to continue to take out money. The tenants are responsible for the transformation of cultivated land. I don't think so."

"Everyone knows that food is very important. Without food, it is difficult to do anything well. Therefore, where it should be invested, it must be invested, and only when it is invested can there be output, and only then can it be harvested, not just the transformation of cultivated land. , Building ditches, as well as cattle and seeds, the county government needs to consider."

Everyone is quiet, how much money is needed to solve these matters, this is not something that can be done just by talking.

"I've also thought about it. To do these things well requires a lot of money. To transform the cultivated land, organize the fields, build ditches and canals, at least 6 taels of silver are needed. For 4 hectares of cultivated land, at least [-] heads of cultivated land are required. Niu, this is more than [-] taels of silver, everyone may have to settle accounts, it is difficult to have so many taels of silver for a year's grain income, isn't this a reverse payment, but I don't think so."

"With food, we can stabilize one side. If there is a famine, don't worry, you can deal with it calmly. There is a concept, please remember that what is taken from the people is used for the people. The county government is not only responsible for collecting taxes. We still have to do things for the common people, and the money we collected still needs the common people to do things. This year, we will do a good job of experiments on [-] hectares of arable land. Next year, when the conditions are good, we will spread it out in Jiangning County and conduct a comprehensive remodel."

"As for the time to renovate the farmland, it must be fully completed in about a month. The county government has issued a notice. Now is the slack season, and there are plenty of manpower. The laborers participating in the farmland transformation must be young and strong, and each person will be paid one penny a day. The number of people is about 2, and each of these 2 people can get a salary of about three taels of silver, which is equivalent to providing security for [-] families for a few months."

"The inspection of Kuang Siming's mansion, the food obtained, there is still [-] shi left, part of the expenditure is used for living..."

This time, everyone was not surprised, but shocked.

According to the rules, to transform the farmland, farmers can be required to pay corvee, and the county government does not need to pay money at all, and they are responsible for their own life.According to the magistrate's practice, it is estimated that the farmers who came to sort out the cultivated land would overwhelm the county office.

Such superior conditions have never been heard of before.

Sun Yuankun couldn't bear it any longer. The tenants of the official land were all the family members of sergeants of the Inspection Department. In his opinion, the money spent by the county government was actually spent for the brothers.

"My lord, the sergeants of the inspection department can participate in the transformation of cultivated land without payment."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"Don't talk about such things in the future. The task of the sergeant is to maintain law and order and kill the enemy. As for Peng, don't participate. This is the rule. From now on, the sergeant in Jiangning County will not participate in the affairs of the farmland. .”

Isn't this a violation of the court's regulations.

Qu Qingze looked at Su Tiancheng, but stopped talking.

"For matters related to the transformation of cultivated land, the households and workshops are responsible for the specific responsibility, and they each perform their own duties. Within three days, a comprehensive plan must be started. The work must be started on November [-]st, and there should be no delay. All the work should be organized by the county government. Officials should assist in handling it."

After the morning hall, Qu Qingze stayed behind.

"My lord's arrangement today is not inappropriate."

"I know what you mean. Is it inappropriate for the sergeant of the inspection department not to participate in farming and mulberry? How has the official land been ruined? If such a good official land can’t be managed properly, what’s wrong with it?”

"I have always believed that the mission of a sergeant is to defend the country. They need hard training. They need to train soldiers for thousands of days and use them for a short period of time. When they bleed on the battlefield, you will understand what I mean."

Qu Qingze nodded silently, and he also noticed that among the [-] sergeants of the inspection department, including the [-] saltmen who were just assigned, there is nothing else. Every day is training, and the intensity of training exceeds Contrary to the imagination of ordinary people, the food and silver consumed every day are taken out without any distress, which shows that Su Tiancheng's view of the army is different from other people. (To be continued. Welcome to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets,