Thanks to the fact that Kunning Palace is far away from each other, Gao Pragmatic and Liu Ping continued to talk about some things about the recent personnel arrangements of Kunning Palace, and they still had time to talk about the 80,000 hectares of cultivated land in Nanyang.
As mentioned before, the area that Gao pragmatically designated as the so-called "80,000 hectares of cultivable land" is in the southern part of Sumatra, roughly located in South Sumatra and Lampung provinces in later Indonesia, accounting for nearly half of the main cultivated land area in these two provinces. about. In addition, the area of cultivated land that the two provinces can provide to the emperor as an overseas imperial estate is similar, half and half.
Liu Ping's time was not in vain. He sent someone to inquire about the agricultural situation around the "Old Port Xuanweisi Old Land", and the news he got was that the people there were very poor in farming and only planted one season every year.
However, local Chinese businessmen and descendants of Chinese people have said that the local climate, hydrology and other conditions are actually very good. I don’t say that it is possible to eat three kinds of rice a year, but two kinds a year are definitely no problem.
Liu Ping and Gao Jingshi mentioned this matter mainly because they wanted Gao Jingshi to confirm it. Unexpectedly, Gao Jingshi laughed when he heard this and said: "From the perspective of climate and hydrology, the two places allocated to the overseas imperial village are actually the same." You can grow rice all year round, but doing so may lead to a loss of fertility in the fields. Therefore, for the long term, it is recommended to plant two crops a year to keep the water flowing."
Liu Ping suddenly said: "Oh... I see, Mr. Hou is really far-sighted." Having said that, judging from Liu Ping's slightly twinkling eyes, I'm afraid he is not too satisfied with two things a year.
"It's not impossible to think of three kinds a year..." Gao pragmatically said: "Jinghua has also been studying how to maintain land fertility in recent years. At present, it can be regarded as making some progress. Although the land fertility in southern Xinjiang is good, but We have also begun to implement some methods of maintaining land fertility, and the results are pretty good. If Nanyang Royal Village needs this in the future, Jinghua will not hesitate to teach the techniques."
Liu Ping was greatly surprised: "Is there such a wonderful way?"
The word "ingenious" does not seem to be particularly appropriate to use here, but Liu Ping is not a Jinshi scholar, and he is too pragmatic to bother with it. Anyway, it is enough to understand what he wants to express.
Gao pragmatically said: "This method... may still be a bit complicated for ordinary farmers, especially when they are first contacted. Therefore, this requires them to cooperate first. It doesn't matter if they don't understand, just follow it; secondly, You must study diligently and do not miss any step, let alone do the wrong step at the wrong time. You must strictly follow the instructions of Jinghua’s technical staff and never be lazy.”
Liu Ping patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, these things have been basically arranged by the servants. The first batch of 30,000 military households are planned to be sent to Nanyang, all of which are carefully selected by the servants. Every household has at least one young man. There is no "young" in their family, but there is an "old" in the family, so they certainly don't dare to be lazy at work, otherwise how will they feed the elderly?
Besides, the slave specifically said that if he is not willing to work hard, he will not send the young girls and daughters-in-law to Nanyang, and then they will be extinct in Nanyang... So, are you afraid that they will be disobedient? "
Gao Pragmatic was dumbfounded. Are you not born to be a black-hearted capitalist? With your kind of thinking, if it weren't for the current need to develop Nanyang, I should have hung you up from the street lights as soon as possible, so that I could be worthy of my gang skin.
"Then...if they do a good job, do you have any reward?" Gao Pragmatic asked after being speechless for a while.
"It's natural to work hard. What kind of reward is there? Mr. Hou is so...well, Mr. Hou is so benevolent and righteous."
Gao Pragmatic said angrily: "This management method of yours won't work! Liu Ping, Liu Ping, you really don't know how to read. Let me ask you, have you read Su Dongpo's article "On Punishment and Reward Loyalty?"
Liu Ping said in embarrassment: "Well, how can I compare my knowledge with Mr. Hou, the Sixth No. 1 Scholar? To tell you the truth, if you hadn't mentioned this article, I would have never even heard of his name... He was actually Dong Was it written by Lay Buddhist Poe?"
Gao Pingshi shook his head helplessly and said, "I'll read a paragraph for you to listen carefully."
"Yes, yes, thank you Lord Marquis for your advice."
"The book says: 'The suspicion of guilt is light, and the suspicion of merit is serious. Rather than killing the innocent, it is better to miss it.' Woohoo! It's done. You can reward it, you can not reward it. Reward is more than benevolence; you can punish it, you can There is no punishment, and the punishment exceeds righteousness. If it exceeds benevolence, it will not fail to be a gentleman; if it exceeds righteousness, it will flow into the forbearance. Therefore, benevolence can be exceeded, but righteousness cannot be exceeded.
In ancient times, rewards were not given by titles and salaries, and punishments were not given by swords and saws. Rewarding with juelu means that the way of reward is to do what juelu adds, but not to do what juelu does not add; punishment is to use sword and saw, which means that the power of punishment is applied to the areas that the sword and saw can reach, but not to the areas that the sword and saw cannot reach.
The ancient kings knew that the good in the world cannot be rewarded, but titles and salaries are not enough to persuade them; they know that the evil in the world cannot be punished, but the sword and saw are not enough to cut it. Therefore, when there is doubt, we should raise it and attribute it to benevolence, treat the world in the way of a gentleman and an elder, and make the world follow the way of a gentleman and an elder. Therefore, it is called loyalty and honesty. "
Liu Ping was stunned after hearing this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "This seems to be a matter that should be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment. What does it have to do with Nanyang Imperial Villa?"
"The truth is clear." After Gao Pingshi finished speaking, seeing that he still couldn't understand, he added: "According to "Shenzi", Confucius once said: In ancient times, the wise kings understood the virtues of the people and did their best to do the good of the people, so there was no waste. Virtue, no simple people. No rewards, no punishments.
The Yu family does not reward or punish but the people can use it, which is the highest virtue; the Xia rewards but does not punish, which is the highest teaching; the Yin punishes but does not reward, which is the highest prestige; the Zhou uses rewards and punishments, which is the decline of virtue. If rewards are not delayed, you want the people to quickly reap the benefits of doing good; if punishments are not delayed, you want the people to quickly see the harm of doing bad things. "
Then he asked: "You can understand this paragraph, right? If it doesn't work, can you understand the last sentence? - Rewards will not be overdue, and punishment will not be moved."
These eight words are easy to understand, which means that rewards should not be outdated, so that people can quickly get the benefits of doing good things; punishments should be implemented on the spot, so that people can quickly see the consequences of doing bad things.
Although Gao Jingshi used this as a comparison here, he somewhat regarded the Ming Dynasty as the Zhou Dynasty with "declining virtues" in Confucius' words, but Liu Ping couldn't hear it anyway. Hearing the words, he understood Gao Jingshi's intention: "Oh, you always Said... If there are only punishments but no rewards, even if those people seem to be working seriously, because they have nothing to pursue, in the final analysis they still won't work hard, right?"
It seems that having little reading does not necessarily mean you are stupid. Liu Ping's understanding ability is still acceptable.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." Gao pragmatically said: "Although the military households are here to farm, they are military households after all. Sometimes some principles in the military are also universal. If you can't reward merit and punish demerit, then talk about it. Why prohibit it? Let alone make them willing to work harder."
"The Marquis is indeed very enlightened. According to the Marquis, how should the emperor's rules of rewarding merit and punishment be established so that the emperor will not blame the slave Kang Tianjia for his generosity, but also ensure that these fertile fields can be cultivated as soon as possible? And a good harvest?”
Oh, it turns out that Liu Pingcai's extremely exploitative behavior was partly out of fear that Zhu Yijun would blame him for Emperor Kang's generosity? Okay, this is not difficult to understand. After all, such a huge task naturally means huge power and inconvenient interests. There must be many people secretly coveting it...
Wait. When Gao pragmatic thought of this, a person's face suddenly flashed in his mind - Li Wenjin.
Li Wenjin was the third son of Li Wei, the first Marquis of Wu Qing Dynasty, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Li, the third uncle of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, and the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor.
The biggest characteristic of this guy is his greed for money, and he has the "capital" of being greedy for money. In order to protect the safety of his sister and nephew, he once entered the inner court from the palace and served as the last safety valve for the mother and son for a long time. It was not until Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Li was promoted to a noble concubine, and Zhu Yijun entered the East Palace that Li Wenjin's task was considered to have ceased.
Historically, older sisters tend to love their younger brothers the most, and nephews tend to be closer to their uncles. Li Wenjin was a close relative and had such great achievements. After Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, he naturally became a transcendent and special existence in both the government and the public.
To a certain extent, Zhu Yijun showed special favor to the Li family - he gave a posthumous gift to Duke An Guo to his grandfather, gave his uncle permission to attack the marquis without refusing favors, and appointed his second uncle Zuo Dudu of the Chinese Army Commandery, etc., etc., maybe all of this. Li Wenjin has a share of credit.
But for such a person, he is a greedy and extravagant guy. In his early years, Gao Pragmatic often "made deals" with him, giving him some dividend rights from Jinghua's business, and often giving him money directly. The relationship between the two has always been good.
However, as Zhu Yijun's position becomes more and more stable, Li Wenjin's past protective effect on their mother and son has long disappeared, and Gao Pingxi's rapid rise in political status has also significantly weakened his need for Li Wenjin's help. Of course, there is also the impact of Queen Mother Li not asking about government affairs.
In short, Li Wenjin has hardly played a big role in the past ten years. Basically, he is the eunuch in name of the Royal Horse Supervisor. He is nominally responsible for supervising the military camp in Beijing, and at the same time supervises the Jingjun inside and outside the palace - that is, a group of Eunuch soldiers.
In fact, there is no longer anyone to supervise the army in the Beijing camp. Although the Imperial Guard originally had eunuchs to supervise the army, it could be said that the Imperial Guard was under the direct control of Gao Pragmatism at that time (although it no longer even had the name in the later period), and Qi Jiguang was highly pragmatic. People who support him, so the supervisors in the Imperial Guard system have become almost transparent people, with no sense of existence.
Not to mention the later period. After the establishment of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty, Gao pragmatically created a "proclaiming government" position. The first thing this rule affected was the Imperial Guards who guarded the capital.
Therefore, the Imperial Guard became the first army to establish the position of "Xuan Zheng", which was concurrently held by the Deputy Xuan Zheng of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty - as mentioned above, the Xuan Zheng of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty was the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the deputy Xuan Zheng was the Minister of the Ministry of War. Minister.
As a result, the Ministry of War actually became responsible for directly supervising the Imperial Guards, so the "Beijing Camp Supervisory Army", which was originally sent by the Grand Eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor or personally concurrently served, has now become a complete decoration.
Having said this, one thing is clear: Although Li Wenjin has a high status now, in fact, his only official authority is palace confinement.
Gao pragmatic thought of this and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
Is Li Wenjin loyal? For Empress Dowager Li, he must be loyal, and therefore he should also be loyal to Zhu Yijun, the "sister's son".
However, Li Wenjin's loyalty will not be extended by extension. In other words, his loyalty is most likely only valid for Empress Dowager Li and her son, and it will be difficult to say if it "spreads".
Maybe according to ordinary people's opinion, Zhu Yijun's son is also the grandson of Queen Mother Li, but so what? Li Wenjin probably had an idea in his mind: The emperor didn't only have one son, wouldn't it be enough as long as he had an heir?
In this way, considering that Li Wenjin was extremely greedy for money and had the power to control the palace, if someone really wanted to use the emperor's legitimate son's crooked mind, it would be really blind not to take Li Wenjin's idea.
Gao Pingshi was distracted, but Liu Ping was puzzled. He still didn't get an answer from the Marquis to his question. So he asked cautiously: "Master Hou, Master Hou?"
"Ah? Oh..." Gao Pingshi came back to his senses and said absently: "These rules and regulations are not difficult to deal with. When you and Chen Zhangyin come to my house, I will ask the secretariat to compile a list of Jinghua's farms in southern Xinjiang. The rules and regulations are for your reference.”
"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Marquis. I will never dare to forget Mr. Marquis's great kindness and virtue." Liu Ping said quickly.
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand, frowned and asked, "Is Li Wenjin and Li Zhangyin still in charge of the Jing Army now?"
"That's natural." Liu Ping nodded in affirmation, but added: "But the Jingjun has long been of no use. The palace ban area, from Qianqing Palace to the south, is dominated by Han generals, and the palace city is dominated by Jin Yiwei and Jin Yiwei. The Beijing camp takes turns and makes occasional calls.
On the surface, Jingjun said he was in charge of the harem, but in fact, whether the harem was Ciqing, Cining Second Palace, Kunning Palace, or the East and West Twelve Palaces, there was actually no need for guards on weekdays, and those rules had long been abandoned. "
"Then..." Gao Pragmatic thought for a moment and then asked, "Is there anyone in the palace who can ignore all the rules and go anywhere?"
"Isn't that the emperor? Oh, no, neither can the emperor. At least not even the emperor can intrude into the Ciqing and Cining palaces." Liu Ping pondered: "If you want to put it that way, it seems that only the empress dowagers of the two palaces can You can go anywhere... But this assumption is of no use. How can the two queen mothers visit everywhere? The two queen mothers care about rules the most. "
Gao Jingshi ignored this and just asked: "So what if Li Zhangyin wants to walk around the palace? Will anyone stop him?"
"Uh, this..." Liu Ping couldn't help but frown. He thought about it seriously before shaking his head and saying, "No."
"How can you be sure it won't happen?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"He is a eunuch, and the palace ban itself cannot restrict him. And his identity is... very special. Wherever he goes, he will be regarded as the compassionate queen mother, so who dares to stop him!"
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ps: I spent too much time going back and checking the previous plot in today’s chapter. It’s too late to pay off the debt, so I can only postpone it.
