Vol 2 Chapter 1520: great achievements

Vol 2 Chapter 1520: great achievements

  Chapter 1520 Great achievements

   Blame?

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help being dumbfounded at this moment.

  Such a great contribution, how to blame?

   Just because a harvest festival was held here?

  Jifan is indeed a man with far-reaching plans.

  What is he guilty of?

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but laugh.

   Finally he came back to his senses.

  Grain...production has increased.

  The importance of this food goes without saying.

  A few days ago, the crown prince was farming in Xishan, which had already caused a lot of criticism. Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about these criticisms. Since the crown prince liked it, he just did it.

   But now...

   "Cultivated land also has such great knowledge."

  Different from bringing in a new staple food, this time, the original rice was completely used to greatly increase its output.

"If so..." Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan with piercing eyes, "Does this mean that in the future, the grain output will not only be seven hundred catties, but may even increase to eight hundred, nine hundred, one thousand Pounds? Then...where are the sweet potatoes, where are the potatoes?"

  When Emperor Hongzhi's voice fell, everyone's heart was shocked.

  Everyone only thinks about rice, but ignores that everything is interoperable.

  Through research and continuous cultivation of improved varieties, the yield can be greatly increased. Rice can do it, and wheat can naturally do it. As for the high-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes, wouldn't their yield be even higher?

Just now, Liu Jian and others were only concerned about the increase of rice, but there is another account that has not been clearly calculated. Not only can the yield of many crops be increased, but also...the current yield of 700 catties per mu is just the result of current research , but... if only continuous research is carried out, it means that after ten or a hundred years, the grain production can still be increased.

   This...is just the beginning.

   "Today, the prince and Fang Qing's family did not increase the food supply or solve the current serious problem, but found a way to solve the eternal foundation."

"There were eight hundred years in the Zhou Dynasty, but in the Han Dynasty, it was only four hundred years. After that, after the Tang and Song Dynasties, its Guozuo was not as good as it used to be. , the land was annexed, and the people could no longer live. At that time, there will be firewood and fire everywhere. Although there are occasional rulers who are promising, they will turn the tide, but in the end...the root problem cannot be solved, and in the end it will only last for a long time. Ten or twenty years of Guozuo."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "The prince and Fang Qing's family did not imitate the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. They found a key. This key opened a new door for us. With this door, we and future generations , can enter this treasure mountain, even if it is to invest manpower and material resources, the research on agriculture must be continued. If it fails in one year, it will be ten years. The people of this world will no longer be in danger of starvation."

   After Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, he carefully looked at Xiao Jing who was at the side, and said seriously: "Just make a note, after you go back, you will immediately dictate and order a man-made stone workshop to be stored in the palace."

   Xiao Jing didn't dare to be negligent, he was busy listening with bated breath.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I, the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, have lived in the country for a hundred and fifty years. Today's agricultural science has just emerged. I have seen it with my own eyes. I know that the way to rule the world is not to defend oneself, but to study it. Future generations should remember it. If it goes against my will, both humans and gods will be outraged, and the heavens will hate it."

  Xiao Jing bowed down: "The servant obeys the order."

  Liu Jian and others also suddenly realized.

  Hearing what His Majesty said at this time, I was suddenly enlightened.

  That's right, increasing food production is nothing, at least for now, Daming hasn't starved to death. But what is really powerful is finding a way out to solve the food problem. With this way out, this method, as long as the imperial court does its best to invest and encourage agricultural research, it can produce 700 catties now, and in the future... there will only be more .

  If they were replaced with high-yielding grains, they could produce two thousand catties, three thousand catties, or five thousand catties per mu. Why not?

   "Your Majesty, this is a university question." Liu Jian couldn't help feeling emotional.

  He glanced at Jiang Wen who was kneeling on the ground. He was a scholar. Although someone took off his scarf, he was also wearing a Confucian shirt.

  He heard what Jiang Wen just said with his own ears. Is it reasonable? Very reasonable.

   But so what?

  There are tens of thousands of reasons in the world... It is not as good as the prince's planting the land, growing food, and solving the present and future. Maybe ten thousand reasons can't solve things.

   And the Jiang Wen in front of him, isn't he the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, or, in other words, himself in the past or even now?

At this moment, Liu Jian actually began to wipe away his tears, and prostrated himself on the ground slightly tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the old minister is ashamed and ashamed. For so many years, Your Majesty has treated ministers and Confucians kindly and given him so much love. The court's hundred and five In the past ten years, I have used stereotyped writing to select scholars. I thought I could attract talents from all over the world, share the worries of your majesty, and comfort the people. But now... inside and outside the temple, they are not as good as the crown prince. This agricultural study is related to the community and the common people. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince witnessed it personally, so it can shock the world today, but the scholars in the world turn a blind eye to it, and the imperial court does not know what is the use of recruiting scholars?"

   As Liu Jian spoke, he couldn't continue, and his voice went hoarse instantly.

  Li Dongyang and Xie Qianren, etc., naturally knew what Liu Jian meant.

  Every day it is said that there must be talents, and scholars are talents. The emperor should choose talents and use talents, and seek talents. But after shouting for so many years, how many talents are there? For things like agriculture, the crown prince needs to go to the fields to cultivate the land himself. The problems solved by the crown prince and the Duke of Qi are enough to make the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty feel ashamed.

  To be honest, with these salaries, Liu Jian himself felt a little ashamed. They did not do as well as the prince.

   What a shame.

  Not only did he feel ashamed, but he also felt that this man named Jiang Wen was a disgrace among scholars.

  Jiang Wen was like a bolt from the blue at this moment.

  Just now he made a vow, saying that the prince should not do what he should do.

  Can now...

   Now he was ashamed and at a loss.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and his eyes fell on Jiang Wen: "Jiang Qing's family, what did you just say?"

  Jiang Wen: "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi stretched his face and said sharply: "Say it again, and say it loudly, so that everyone can hear it!"

  Jiang Wen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his whole body trembled. For a moment, he didn't dare to make a sound, and kowtowed his head like pounding garlic.

   It is also fear, the fear just now is different from the fear now.

  The fear just now is that I, Jiang Wen, am really afraid of death, but as a sensible scholar, I have my own reasons. Even if I have to admit defeat, I still don’t change my mind.

  But the current fear is full of despair.

  His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went down to the land, and he was able to benefit so many common people, and his achievements were as good as the three emperors and five emperors. How could it be possible... How could it be possible...

   He looked up and saw many people cheering around him.

  His eyes were fixed on the pile of rice.

   That's food... food that can save countless lives.

  If this is nothing, then... Dayu just cured the water, and Shennong just tasted the herbs.

  Myself...wrong?

  He felt like he had a splitting headache.

  Even if the facts are in front of him, he can't accept his failure.

  After all, since I was born, my parents have given me great expectations, so I was enlightened at the age of five, and after more than ten years in the cold window, although I didn't get a title on the gold list, I was finally lucky enough to be a scholar.

  The fame of a scholar is my only pride, and it has been spent half my life to earn it.

   Could it be... these are wrong?

  If you make a mistake, then what is wrong is your whole life and everything you own.

  His mind was blank.

  Suddenly, he stretched out his hand slowly and covered his heart. Just now when he faced Jin Yiwei, he hadn't shed tears yet, but now... tears filled his eyes.

  Scholars know the affairs of the world without going out.

  Half the Analects of Confucius, you can rule the world.

  The principles of the world are all hidden in the Four Books and Five Classics.

  Reading to understand the principles and aspirations, and only after reading the books can one understand the principles of the world.

  He has always thought this way, he has read the book and is proud of it, but now...

   It seems that more and more things, the Four Books and Five Classics, can no longer be explained.

   So much so that now, he is in such an embarrassing situation.

  He was still on his knees, but he stretched out his hand and ruthlessly tore at the lapel over his heart, wishing to tear off the Confucian shirt on his body.

  There must be something wrong.

   But…he still couldn't explain it.

"Student...wrong..." Hot tears fell one by one, Jiang Wen's eyes were blood red, and he said in a dazed way: "No, no, the student is not wrong, even if the student can make mistakes, but in that book, can it be Is it wrong? This is the principle of sages and sages, how could they be wrong."

When he said this, he shuddered again, his eyes were blank, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Go to the land, go to the land, go to study agronomy, and you will benefit the world, so...then...these four books and five classics, what else? use?"

  He turned out to be a little crazy, raised his head and howled.

   "Then what's the use of reading, what's the use?"

  The so-called exclusive respect for Confucianism is by no means as simple as simply listing Confucianism as an official school. Behind this is to push the Four Books and Five Classics and those Confucian sages to the level of saints, so that no one dares to question them. As a result, these scholars are becoming more and more blind and arrogant, despising all learning, and now... Jiang Wen was completely at a loss.

  If there are other knowledge and truths in the world, even more beneficial to the people of the world than the books I read, then... what is the use of these four books and five classics?

   After reading books for so many years, I finally came up with the word useless.

  How desperate he was, he stood up suddenly, staggered, ripped his clothes into a mess, but turned his head to the sky and laughed: "Haha...haha..."

  (end of this chapter)