I, Jiajing, Emperor Longevity

Chapter 41 How can something that benefits the world be called stealing?

In the 41st year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Lantern Festival.

The new year's financial meeting was held very briefly. Each department read out the expenditure budget for this year, each of them settled down to their duties, and operated according to the five-year plan, so there was no need to quarrel.

If a blind person still has the energy to fight within the party, Jiajing will let him know what is the emperor's mind and what is thunder and rain.

The centralization of power reached its peak in the hands of Jiajing.

Yuxi Palace is a dedicated abode.

After the financial meeting, two people came.

"Haigang Peak!"

Jiajing looked at this smelly and hard Hai Rui with great interest.

The selection of scholars in the Ming Dynasty followed the old example of the previous dynasties, and not only the essays were tested, but also the appearance.

The so-called herdsmen must have officials, and without officials, there will be no official authority.

Therefore, when selecting a scholar, there is an additional condition, which is actually a necessary condition, that is, to have a good appearance and complete six palaces.

For example, face shape, the first class is the face with the characters of "Guo", "Jia", and "Shen";

Once the official hat is worn, there is an official appearance.

If the parents are unkind and give birth to a "Nai" face, no matter how beautiful the article is, it will definitely fail the ranking.

Hai Rui is a Juren and has passed the Jinshi examination. Because he is a great talent, he doesn't pay attention to the rules of "breaking the question and accepting the question". "Face" off.

Whether there is an official appearance or not can only be revealed by wearing official uniforms.

This time, he was wearing the official uniform of Qiandu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a scarlet robe of the fourth rank, with a wild goose patch on his chest.

I saw his high brows, straight nose and concave eyes, straight spine, and firm face.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the national supervisory agency of Ming Dynasty. It is equivalent to the current Discipline Inspection Commission and the Procuratorate.

The greatest power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is supervision, impeachment of hundreds of officials, professional impeachment of hundreds of ministers, discernment of injustice, admirals of various departments, and the supervision of the emperor's eyes, eyes and discipline.

And it does not bear the responsibility for the failure of the impeachment. For example, a certain censor impeached the Minister of the Ministry of War for corruption, but the Minister of the Ministry of War was innocent after investigation.

The censor is not responsible.

"Chen Hairui (Ma Yilong) pays homage to the emperor, and the emperor bows to Jin An!"

Only then did Jiajing look at the other person beside Hai Rui. This Ma Yilong was already an old man with gray hair.

"Get up! Give me your seat!"

When the two sat down, Jiajing raised his voice and said: "Hai Rui, the ancients said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples. I don't know whether it is right or wrong to put you in this position."

Hai Rui stood up again, and said: "I'm just a small teacher in the county. I have received the grace of the Holy Grace to cooperate with Zhang Shilang's reform, and I have been promoted to be the censor of the capital... Recently, I have been in fear day and night, fearing that I will not be able to do the job. An important position is only a matter of devotion and death.”

Jiajing flicked the sleeves of his toga: "You don't need to abandon your home and do things well. I know that the Ming Dynasty's salary is too little, and only a high salary can support honesty. Take your time. I'm not in a hurry, and neither are you. The important members of the cabinet , The hall officials of various ministries, those who are working, should think carefully before impeachment, the development of Ming Dynasty should not be hindered, this is the top priority. Five years! After five years, the atmosphere of Ming Dynasty will change."

"I...understood!"

Hai Rui is so clever, he immediately understood Jiajing's guidelines.

A capable corrupt official, if he is greedy first, there will always be times when he is unlucky.

Pigs also need to be fed some grain to fatten them up!

Jiajing nodded slightly, and then said to Ma Yilong who was sitting tremblingly: "I have read the "Nongjing" written by you. Agriculture is the root of the problem, and food is the heaven of the people; "Those who are good farmers have the same intellect; knowing the time is the first, knowing the soil is second, knowing what is appropriate, and using it cannot be discarded. Knowing what is appropriate, avoiding what cannot be done."

"You know agronomy. Daming lacks agronomy masters like you!"

This Ma Yilong, a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, resigned from office and returned to his hometown Liyang to build a Wushu Academy, build a library, and read and write.

Recruit farmers in the village to reclaim wasteland, adopt a sharing system, and give half of the harvest to the helpers. After one year, all the wasteland will be reclaimed and a good harvest will be obtained.

And based on his own farming experience, he edited "Nong Shuo", explaining agricultural production, especially rice production, with the theory of yin and yang, which occupies a very important position in agricultural thought.

He is an agronomist.

The key is to be willing to do practical things and be able to do practical things.

"I just know how to do some farming, so I can't be a master."

"Could it be that those literati who dance with words and ink, hurting the spring and the autumn can be called masters?" Jiajing reached out and took a few booklets from the desk: "The country of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the world of the Ming Dynasty, want to do practical things. Empty talk Wrong country!"

Pass the booklet over, and Ma Yilong catches it with both hands.

I saw the four characters "Nongzheng Quanshu" on the cover, shining golden and glowing.

"..."

Ma Yilong quickly scanned the page and couldn't help being shocked.

Then read it carefully, the more you read, the more frightened you become, and the brighter your eyes become.

Immediately begged the emperor to let him read a book carefully.

Immediately, Hai Rui's curiosity welled up, and he carefully picked up a volume of "Sericulture" and opened it.

Half an hour later, Ma Yilong raised his head and saw Jiajing sitting in an armchair drinking tea.

"Dare to ask the emperor, who is the author of this book?"

Jiajing glanced at this person, but said nothing.

Lu Fang smiled "hehe" and said loudly: "This book was dictated by Lord Long Live, and it was written by our family."

"..."

Ma Yilong put down the booklet, straightened his clothes seriously, knelt down in front of Jiajing, and paid homage with all five bodies prostrating: "The publication of the "Nongzheng Quanshu" is a blessing for the people of the world, and a blessing for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will last forever! The Emperor will live forever! "

sorry!Xu Guangqi, big deal, when you grow up, I will make it up to you.

"The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" is really useful for agriculture!
"Although this agricultural book is good, there must be someone who can comprehend it and implement it. Ma Yilong, I have promoted you to be the Minister of Agriculture, so don't let it get dusted."

"I will live up to the grace of the saints, benefit all the people and benefit the Ming Dynasty, and I will die forever."

"That's right!" Jiajing raised his eyes to look outside the hall, his eyes seemed to penetrate time and space, and came to Nanyang: "I have already asked Hu Zongxian to pay attention to the crops in the West. There are corn seeds in the womb. You can try to use new ones in Zhili. The planting method was promoted. When the Ming warship returned from Nanyang, sweet potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes probably spread to Daming."

Corn, a crop from the Americas, was introduced to Italy in 1494. At the end of the [-]th century, the Portuguese spread corn to Java in the South Sea. In the early [-]th century, the Chinese living in the Nanyang Islands brought corn to the coastal and offshore provinces of Daming by sea. , and began to be planted in Jiangsu, Anhui and other places.

It is certain that sweet potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes are not far from Daming, and have even grown in a certain county along the southeast coast.

Taking corn as an example, it does not have high requirements on the soil environment, and has strong drought tolerance, cold resistance, and barrenness tolerance. It is suitable for growing in loose, fertile, and well-ventilated soil.Water and fertilize regularly to give the plants sufficient water and nutrients.

As long as it is planted properly, Daming is still afraid of the Little Ice Age.

Coupled with the increased production of chemical fertilizers after industrialization, Daming's food will be richer.

So, when this high-yield food crop was spread to the Song Dynasty, Wang Chongyang's faith value still "slowly" increased?
(End of this chapter)