Wu Meiniang's real name is Wu Hua, and Sun Moon Dangkong is the name she created for herself.
As for Zetian, that was the name Sima Guang gave him when he wrote Zizhi Tongjian. Anyway, in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the word Zetian has never been seen.
Mei Niang is her nickname.
Those who can call this name are naturally very close.
When Wu Meiniang was in power in Lijiazhuang, she was still a little hesitant to let go.
But when Li Yunze gave her a nickname, Wu Meiniang immediately began to arrange various affairs generously.
The Wu family also successfully obtained the project line from Yunyang to Fangzhou, and the family's attention to her was also rapidly increasing.
The weather was still good in the fifth year of Zhenguan, and naturally there was another bumper harvest during the autumn harvest.
Grain prices continued to fall, reaching the point where four pennies could buy a bucket of grain.
This is something unimaginable in a year of famine.
It is precisely because of this that many people in the court are shouting about Shengshi and Dazhi, slapping the dragon's butt wildly, and then being spitted by Wei Zheng and unable to take care of themselves.
Since Li Er, who was so happy about his success, had already established Wei Zheng's reputation, he naturally couldn't tear it down by himself. He could only swallow his breath.
He wants to be a wise king and prove that he is better than his father and elder brother, so he has to endure it.
Fortunately, Changsun Wuji hurried back from Jiangdu and reported to Li Er the good news that the Champa rice could be harvested twice a year, which made him extremely happy.
He hurriedly took Changsun Wuji out of the city and flew straight to Lijiazhuang on Pegasus.
Lijiazhuang was still as lively as ever, with countless convoys coming and going to transport supplies. The busy scene made Li Er smile from ear to ear.
In his opinion, the more supplies, the better.
When he found out that Li Yunze was not in the village, but went to the fish pond to fish, Changsun Wuji was greatly surprised, "Do you still need to catch the fish in his fish pond?"
Li Yunze used an excavator to dig out Nuo Da's fish pond and diverted water from the Chan River to form a large-scale fish pond.
Since it is a fish pond, there are naturally a lot of fish in the fish pond, and fishing is meaningless in a place like this.
You don’t even have to dig a nest, you can just throw the hook and catch the fish, which is boring.
On the way to the fish pond, I met Zhuang Ding who was making fish feed.
Everyone in Lijiazhuang recognized Li Er and hurriedly saluted the emperor when they saw him.
Li Er frowned and stepped forward, looking at the feed being stirred in Nuo's large utensil, and asked with slight confusion, "Is this...grain?"
The leader Zhuang Ding quickly responded, "It's grains. Germinated grains are highly nutritious and the fish will grow faster after eating them."
Looking at the sprouted grains that were almost half in the jar in front of him, Li Er suppressed his anger and continued to check.
"Green pasture, is this salt, and wine? Bran, bean cakes, corn, so many earthworms..."
Looking at the various things in front of him, Li Er asked uncertainly, "Is this for fish?"
There are so many good things, let alone feeding the fish. In the past, people could not eat them during famines.
Changsun Wuji stepped forward at this time and said, "Your Majesty, Lijiazhuang does not grow any staple food."
Except for Nuo Da's pastures and fish ponds, the other acres in Lijiazhuang are planted with cash crops.
Not only Lijiazhuang, but also the rented acres.
Li Er narrowed his eyes when he heard this, "Where do you get these grains from?"
"I bought it in the city. Lady Wu said that food is cheap in the city, so I buy it for feeding fish and livestock. There are also many villages that when they come to Zhuangzi to buy things, they pay directly with grain. If they can't finish all the food at Zhuangzi, they use it to feed them. Livestock.”
The dark-faced Li Er suddenly flicked his sleeves and walked toward the fish pond without saying a word.
He was really angry.
Such good food is actually used to feed fish, which is really a waste of money.
Li Yunze said he was fishing, but in fact he was basking in the sun.
It is naturally very comfortable to put up a parasol on the bank of the fish pond and pull out a deck chair, lie on it and read a book leisurely.
Li Er, who was holding his hands behind his back, came to the side, picked up the lemonade on the stool and sat down directly. "How many fish are there in your fish pond, and how much feed do you need every day?"
Li Yunze closed the book and looked at Li Er for a few times, then turned to look at the place where feed was being made not far away, "Your Majesty, are you blaming the waste of food?"
"You do know."
Li Er snorted, "You come from an extraordinary background, so you must have never tasted the feeling of starvation. But the people in the world have only had a few good days after war. Food is so precious, and you actually use it to feed the fish?"
"It's not just about feeding fish." Li Yunze simply sat up and responded, "We also feed livestock and poultry."
"You..." After getting angry, Li Er gradually calmed down. "Why is this?"
"Buying is very expensive, which hurts the people. If it is too cheap, it hurts the farmers. If the people are hurt, they will be separated, and if the farmers are hurt, the country will be poor." Li Yunze said a famous saying in "Shi Huo Zhi", "If the price of grain is too low, it will make the land poor." Farmers have lost profits. I am helping them by paying for food."
"Ha~~~"
Li Er laughed angrily, "Why is it a bad thing that food prices are too cheap? You were at the end of the previous dynasty when the world was in chaos. What was the price of food? When our troops surrounded Luoyang City, the city..."
"One hundred thousand dollars per bucket of rice, I know."
Li Yunze waved his hand, "The price of food is cheap, which is a good thing for all non-agricultural people. They can obtain daily necessities at a lower price. But for people who work in agriculture, the price of food is too low to sell at a reasonable price. Without enough money, you cannot get many necessary things
necessities. "
"The price of grain in Chang'an City has dropped to the level of four cents a dou, and this is Chang'an City. When harvesting grain in the countryside, there are even three cents."
He spread his hands and said, "Farmers working in the fields need to wear clothes, build houses, marry wives, raise children, take medicine when sick, need diesel, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. If they don't have enough money, they don't have these things. This affects It’s not just farmers who work in agriculture, but also people in related industries,
If things cannot be sold, there will be a chain of bad luck. "
Li Er fell into deep thought, and Changsun Wuji, who was following him, said, "Then is there any good way to solve this problem?"
"It's very simple." Li Yunze immediately gave the answer. "The imperial court researched how much money is needed to obtain daily necessities, then calculated the average number of acres and grain output, deducted the tax and then comprehensively calculated the price, and fully opened up the purchase of surplus grain at a guaranteed price. ,have
Charge as much as you want. Not only can it solve the problem of low grain prices and hurt farmers, but it can also promote economic development. "
As soon as these words came out, Li Er became even more silent.
Chang Sun Wuji over there also shook his head repeatedly, "It is indeed a good idea, but the problem is that the imperial court does not have that much wealth."
There were so many acres of land in the Tang Dynasty that if Li Yunze followed Li Yunze's suggestion to buy the surplus grain during a good harvest year, everyone from the emperor to the ministers would pawn it off and not be able to buy it all.
"If you don't have wealth, you have to find a way to make money." Li Yunze just smiled when he heard this. "It's just precious metals. Mining in the mountains and refining them. If that doesn't work, start a business to make money. If it still doesn't work, then go grab it."
"How can we commit robbery if we go to heaven?"
"Why can't we rob?" Li Yunze's smile showed a hint of reserve. "The barbarians can rob, but we can't? Who made this rule? Beat him to death."
Unable to answer these words, Changsun Wuji could only turn his attention to Li Er.
Li Er, who had been quiet for a while, finally said, "What if, according to what you said, I bought the surplus grain but couldn't eat it all?"
"This involves rationally coordinating the planting of acres across the country." Li Yunze's smile became more relaxed. "We still need to calculate first, how many people there are in various places, how much food is needed to feed them in a year, and how much food is needed in case of emergencies. reserve emergency
. What kind of cash crops should be planted on the extra acres, etc. In short, this is a very complex statistics that requires a large number of people who are proficient in calculations and have in-depth folk understanding experience. "
Having said this, Li Yunze picked up the lemon juice and said, "The way to govern a country cannot be accomplished by shouting a few words of saints. The knowledge in it is too great, and the trash who only know how to do it cannot handle it."
When Li Er heard this, instead of being angry, he laughed out loud, "It's like you were an emperor. The food in the Tang Dynasty is probably not enough for the whole world. Let's solve this matter first before talking about anything else." "
Changsun Wuji, who was very discerning, brought up the matter of Zhancheng Rice at the right time.
Hearing that the experimental fields in Jiangnan had indeed achieved double cropping in one year, Li Yunze raised his hand and patted his thigh, "What a coincidence. I also received a letter from Lingnan. The Champa rice I left there was barely enough to make it." It’s three ripe times a year.”
Li Er narrowed his eyes, his words full of longing, "If all the fields in the world could be harvested twice or even three times a year..."
"Stop dreaming. The climate is different, the soil fertility is also different, and there are too many external objective conditions." Li Yunze chuckled twice, "Instead of focusing on how to make each place achieve two crops and three crops a year, it is better to go directly Grab the territory that can be cooked three times. How simple
thing. "
"You mean, Champa Kingdom?"
"It's not just the Champa Kingdom." Li Yunze simply stood up, "The world is bigger than you think. There are so many places in the world suitable for farming, and there are so many mines."
"Among other things, there is a huge copper mine in Luzon. There is so much copper there that it can be cast into copper coins to cover the entire Tang Dynasty."
With the success of Spice Islands ahead of him, what Li Yunze said is naturally credible.
Li Er, who was suffering from copper deficiency, immediately widened his eyes.
"The temperature in the south is high, which is suitable for large-scale cultivation of Champa rice and rubber spices. And most places are rich in minerals. Why not take this kind of God-given land?"
Changsun Wuji, who was standing next to him, smiled bitterly, "Even if it is a good place, it is a smoky place over there..."
"Isn't it just parasites and epidemics?" Li Yunze felt unhappy after saying the same thing. "Then find ways to exterminate the parasites and find ways to control the pathogens. With a miracle doctor like Sun Daozhang here, help him overcome these problems." That’s it. Even smallpox can be prevented
There is no cure, so there is nothing to be afraid of. "
Li Er stood up and waved his hand to stop Changsun Wuji who was about to say something else. "According to what you said, the south is suitable for growing grain and mining. What is the grassland of the north suitable for?"
"The Northland grassland naturally raises cattle, sheep and horses to provide meat, wool and livestock power. Of course, the scale must be controlled within an affordable range. As for those tribes, we can reduce the number of tribes."
After listening to what Li Yunze said about the strategy of reducing the number of people, Li Er nodded with satisfaction.
Then he asked, "What do you think should be done with the countries in the Western Regions?"
"Destroy their country, occupy their land, grow cotton, and return to the middle land."
