The big man has a living father

Chapter 242 Studying Monkeys
Not many people noticed the Han's transformation at first.

However, a major event spread throughout the country in an instant.

Liu Che wanted to ascend Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

It is now the third year of Yuanfeng.

Although it seems that there are several years between it and the first year of Yuanfeng in history, what is coming has finally come.

The political implications of Liu Che's Fengshan ceremony were very strong, so no one dared to stand up and oppose some of the incidental things that came with Fengshan.

Specifically, Liu Che wanted to build a railway from Luoyang to the east, directly connecting Qi and Lu.

Liu Che wanted to announce the liberation of all slaves in the world.

Liu Che announced that he would exempt farmers from land rent for the next ten years.

Liu Che was going to announce a 50% reduction in commercial taxes in cities along the way from Chang'an to Mount Tai for three years.

Liu Che was going to announce that the first to eighteenth ranks of nobility would be bestowed upon "ordinary people who had made contributions to the Fengshan ceremony."

These five points are called Four Strategies along the Way.

If you are not from the court, you have no idea what these mean.

But those who are more sensitive and understand the rules of the court will understand what it means.

First of all, Liu Che benefited from the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang and wanted to continue to strengthen this economic artery.

For the entire cross-railway structure, the more important thing to the north and west is territorial stability, while the more important thing to the south and east is economic development.

It is very difficult to build a road to Chengdu at present, so it is better to open the road to the east first.

But the next few points are more meaningful.

First of all, the purpose of liberating slaves through Fengshan was definitely to liberate the labor force. This shows that there was a labor shortage in the Han Dynasty at this stage.

With the population of the Han Dynasty, there are not enough people.

This shows that the ratio of workers was already very high, and at the same time the construction of steam engines could not keep up with the pace of social industrial development.

Of course, what will be announced at that time will not be the liberation of slaves, but something roundabout, such as offering sacrifices to heaven, changes, or the present is different from the past, so the slaves must be liberated.

Or there may be some other type of description.

But none of this can conceal the fact that there is a labor shortage.

The second is to exempt land rent.

From a certain perspective, if the land in the hands of Huo Hai and Liu Che was distributed to ordinary farmers for farming, with each person getting one acre, it would be definitely enough.

Once they start planting fields for free, no one will plant fields there no matter how much land other nobles and wealthy businessmen buy.

The slaves were freed and the farmers were able to plant free fields, but who would plant the fields for them?
If they still cannot approve the conversion of agricultural land into commercial land, then the purchased land will be wasted.

In a capitalist society, no one can tolerate their investment not producing any output for the first ten years and even suffering losses every year.

Therefore, this rule will inevitably force all those who have bought land to spit it out.

This is also in line with Huo Hai's urbanization plan.

The nobles were targeted for two consecutive times. They could accept it, but it was impossible for them not to feel resentful.

Unless there are benefits.

The third one is.

The road from Chang'an to Mount Tai that Liu Che would take to achieve the Fengshan ceremony was, to be precise, the Qian'an Railway Line, where commercial taxes were reduced by half for three years.

Many people dare not imagine how much money this can make.

However, there are no nobles who can take advantage of this road.

All the dukes and kings along this route must move away. Anyone who does not move away will be an enemy of Liu Che's policy.

But this group of people are also the first group of Han royal family members who are about to be crowned kings.

They will set an example for those who come after them.

This also shows that Liu Che wants to increase the proportion of the business empire.

Because Liu Che discovered that strong sea power is powerful, but it is also prone to some situations.

For example, smuggling and tax evasion.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the trade on the road from Chang'an to Qiancheng, but not to take Qiancheng with him, the purpose was to absorb the benefits from the sea to this road.

And this road is the economic artery of the Han Dynasty.

It is also one of the core population areas of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the newly emerging businessmen in Qiancheng have nothing to say about all this.

The emperor is going to Mount Tai for the Fengshan ceremony, not Qiancheng, so what is there to complain about?

The fourth one drove all the nobles crazy.

Liu Che is going to confer titles on merchants!
Who else could be the ordinary person who made contributions to Fengshan?

They are either laborers, representatives of various industries emerging in places such as railways and coal mines, researchers who have produced various research results in research institutes, or businessmen who develop commerce.

Among them, those who get the biggest share are definitely people from the research institute, while the industrial representatives should be those with high titles but small in number.

As for the businessmen, they are about to receive substantial honors as never before.

Of course, these four items were not announced at the same time.

Instead, it was published from several different places.

For example, Article 4 was announced through the mouth of Huo Guang.

Liu Che now supports Huo Guang's ambition to become a leader of merchants and parliament.

Originally this rule had been decided in advance, but after Huo Guang proposed it and argued for it, it seemed to become different.

This is to elevate Huo Guang's status.

The news about reducing or exempting commercial taxes along the way was spread by Xiang Xu.

Xiang Xu was a man of his word, and what he said had attracted the attention of a large number of businessmen.

Although the project has not yet been completed, many people have already invested in the railway.

This is what they call "the quick hand will get the reward".

These pieces of news slowly spread out over the course of several months.

In addition, Xiang Xu began to build the second half of the Qian'an Railway, the section from Luoyang to Qiancheng, which made everything possible.

Considering the richness of the Han labor force that has been cultivated for several years, it will only take less than a year to successfully build this road.

Liu Che's Fengshan ceremony was imminent.

To be precise, everyone in the world hoped that Liu Che would be enthroned as soon as possible.

Make everything solid, make everything final, and don't make any changes.

……

Huo Hai is currently working on the final stages of the six-year compulsory education.

It is now determined that nine-year compulsory education is out of the question.

It will take at least ten years before we can truly enter the mature electricity era.

To be precise, it is to allow the steam industry to reach its peak, while developing a complete power network and achieving primary power grid distribution.

Only after reaching this state are there so many things to learn and only then are nine years of compulsory education needed.

What would happen if we had a nine-year compulsory education at this stage? At a very advanced level, everyone would only be able to learn mechanics.

All the big men become mechanics? What's the point?
It’s too late.

You have to know that the cost of education in the last three years is the highest, so you have to save money.

Six years of compulsory education requires the connection of many links.

For example, since six years of compulsory education has been established, we must determine the status of middle schools and universities, as well as the approval documents required for middle schools and universities, and various standardized implementation processes.

All have to be worked out.

Now Huo Hai has taken over the education system of this era brought by Wen Weng, and then created this six-year compulsory education based on his own understanding.

I thought it was very simple, but after I finished it, Huo Hai felt his scalp tingling.

Education is a concept of the future. It’s not that everyone doesn’t know this; they just don’t talk about it.

Therefore, there is more secret competition in the six-year compulsory education, especially in the issue of textbooks, than in anything else.

Huo Hai has been sorting out the various problems. The intensity of the work of the Minister of Agriculture has increased.

This made Huo Hai lose the leisure of his youth.

Just after reading a document, Jiang Buyi whispered: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, the princess is here."

Huo Hai put down his pen and stretched himself: "Got it."

Princess Wei Chang did not speak after she came in.

Jiang Buyi knew it was time for him to leave, so he turned and left.

After he left, Princess Wei Chang spoke: "Today, my mother told me that my father wanted to take Yan'er to the mountain for Fengshan."

Huo Hai was stunned for a moment.

In history, when Emperor Wu of Han performed the Fengshan ceremony, he brought his eldest brother's son Huo Shan with him.

Now everything has changed, and the eldest brother is alive and well, so Huo Xian is not treated so well.

However, fate had it that a child of the Huo family would be enthroned together with Emperor Wu.

So, it became Huo Yan.

Princess Wei Chang: "Reject it?"

Huo Hai: "Why refuse? Agree."

In the past few years, Princess Wei Chang has discovered that Huo Hai and Liu Che are not as close as they once were.

In the past, Liu Che and Huo Hai often talked about the world and the future when no one was around.

Now, Liu Che and Huo Hai have reached another level.

There was no need to say anything. Just a look from Huo Hai was enough for Liu Che to know what Huo Hai's opinion was.

Liu Che only needed to stroke his beard and Huo Hai would understand what Liu Che thought.

But, we just won’t say anything more.

Although it seems that the cooperation between the monarch and his subjects has improved.

However, only those around me know that closer cooperation means more stable hierarchical relationships and less sincere communication.

Today's tacit understanding is the tacit understanding between two great achievers.

It was not a tacit understanding between Liu Che and Huo Hai.

Princess Wei Chang was very smart. So smart that after discovering the similarities between orangutans and humans, she quickly wrote the theory of evolution.

Therefore, Princess Wei Chang also clearly felt the gap between Huo Hai and Liu Che.

This gap is not the kind of incompatibility.

It is precisely because there is no longer any discord between the two that people find it strange.

It was obvious that Huo Hai had often rejected Liu Che in the past, and Liu Che would have to think carefully before agreeing to Huo Hai's requests.

Now Huo Hai no longer refused anything Liu Che proposed, and Liu Che agreed to Huo Hai's request within seconds.

Doesn’t this mean that the tacit understanding has been upgraded?

This shows that when Liu Che proposed something, he had already weighed the pros and cons and considered whether Huo Hai would agree. He would not mention anything that would not agree. Of course, Huo Hai would agree to all the remaining things.

This shows that when Huo Hai made the request, he had already thought about whether Liu Che would approve it. If he would not approve it, he would not have made it at all.

This is the truth.

Princess Wei Chang has now confirmed that Huo Yan and Liu Che will ascend Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, which is of extraordinary significance.

There seems to be something wrong.

But I can't figure out what's wrong.

So, Princess Wei Chang wanted to refuse.

Huo Hai: "Let Yan'er go. Your Majesty is Yan'er's grandfather. What's wrong with taking Yan'er with you to Fengshan?"

Princess Wei Chang suddenly felt that Huo Hai's words revealed the reason why something was not right about this Fengshan ceremony.

However, Princess Wei Chang thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out why.

Huo Hai put down the documents, stood up, and put his arm around Princess Wei Chang's waist: "Do you still have time to study recently?"

Princess Wei Chang was stunned for a moment.

Princess Wei Chang has not conducted research for a long time since she proposed the theory of evolution based on the discoveries in America and various biological evidences confirmed in various places.

Huo Hai: "I heard that there has been a new breakthrough in the magnification of microscopes. It's time to conduct research at the cellular level."

"Also, when you were doing genetic inheritance experiments before, didn't you study pea hybridization? You should write a paper and publish it."

Princess Wei Chang: "Paper? Is it necessary?"

Huo Hai nodded: "I feel that the signs of pea hybridization are too clear and too easy to reproduce, so we need to make it public and lead more people to conduct research in this area."

"Because after hybridization, perhaps some genetic changes will make the plants produce more."

Princess Wei Chang responded: "Although the effect of hybridization of other plants is not as obvious as peas, if we can find some rules or some common hybridization methods, maybe we can increase food production, further ensure food security, and increase the yield of cash crops such as cotton?"

"But can the soil's fertility support it?"

Huo Hai: "You are doing research, and others are also doing research. The research institute is studying why fertilizer can increase the fertility of the land. Their ultimate goal is to directly synthesize artificial fertilizers to increase the fertility of the land."

After hearing the news, Princess Wei Chang took it seriously: "I understand."

Huo Hai: "Also, the vitality of plants seems to be different from that of humans."

"I read a report before that an old farmer in a certain place reported an incident where they cut off apple branches and inserted them into peeled pear trees. As a result, the apple branches bore fruit."

Princess Wei Chang widened her eyes.

Even though she was the most famous biologist of her time, she had never heard of such a thing.

The main thing is that everyone cherishes food, and fruit is several levels higher than food.

How can we waste it so casually?
So, few people do this.

What do the people who do this think?

But after hearing the news, a new research direction emerged.

Huo Yan can now run and jump, which means he has started to learn elementary education, so Princess Wei Chang has plenty of time to do research.

……

In the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

Liu Che ordered people to extinguish the oil lamps that were irritating to the eyes and light some candles.

The candle flame flickered slightly under the blowing wind.

Liu Che just sat in the hall, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wei Zifu walked towards the hall with a big belly.

Wei Zifu has been happy recently. Ever since Liu Che started wearing glasses, she has become favored again.

This is extremely important to Wei Zifu.

Wei Zifu did not notice that Liu Che was thinking about something, and thought that Liu Che was just daydreaming.

After all, Liu Che was a person who often sat alone and daydreamed, and was often in a trance, so Wei Zifu was used to it.

When they got here, Wei Zifu touched her belly and said, "Look, your father has a white hair."

Hearing this, Liu Che's fingers trembled.

He raised his head and looked at Wei Zifu.

Wei Zifu touched her belly and said, "You must be obedient. Your father is worried about your brothers and sisters."

Liu Che: "Things are getting better now. They are no longer children and have their own pursuits."

Wei Zifu looked up.

There is a saying among the people that anyone can do research, but the crown prince is not suitable for research. The crown prince should learn Liu Che's skills in being an emperor so that he can take over in the future.

Princess Wei Chang should give Huo Hai two more sons and try her best to have Huo Hai's brains inherit.

Now it seems that Liu Che is very satisfied with the two siblings?

Wei Zifu smiled: "Really? What are they pursuing? The prince is studying cars, and Qing Ke seems to be studying monkeys."

(End of this chapter)