Agriculture is the foundation of Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was a huge agricultural economy. This was the fundamental national condition that Zhu Yunwen could not change. Even with further innovation and development, this fundamental national condition could not be changed.
Paying attention to agriculture, increasing per-acre yield, and curbing land annexation are still issues that must be considered by the people's governance.
Recuperation and recuperation were emphasized in one dynasty after another, and the connotation of their governance was not to disturb the people, not to work hard for the people, and to be light on corvee and small taxes. However, no dynasty focused on increasing the yield per mu and improving agricultural productivity. At most, advanced farming appeared in a certain period. Tools, the imperial court advocated popularization, nothing more.
It seems that harvesting this thing depends on four words:
God gives me face.
If the weather is good, that's good. The fragrance of rice flowers will say a good year, and the sound of frogs will be heard.
If there are floods, droughts and insects, it will be miserable. You will have nothing to harvest and nothing to fill the cauldron, and you will have to "endure your remaining years with hunger..."
The Agricultural College established by Zhu Yunwen was the only one that really paid attention to the yield per mu, led by the imperial court and invested huge manpower, material resources, and financial resources, focusing on comprehensively improving the yield per mu from soil, seeds, farming, fertilization, pest control, etc.
The research results of the Agricultural College are fruitful. They not only mastered the soil acid-base improvement, but also learned methods from the private sector. They mastered the techniques of wheat arsenic-frost dressing and rice arsenic dipping rice seedlings to prevent underground pests. They also used lime and sulfur to kill Insect eggs are eliminated by burning straw and natural waste to increase soil fertility.
They even mastered the concept of "hybridization" and proposed the intermixing of excellent seeds, that is, selecting plump seeds after a good harvest from one place and mixing them with plump seeds from another place for sowing to ensure that the seeds are excellent.
Zhu Yunwen went deep into the College of Agriculture and learned that the main factor restricting the improvement of agricultural yield per mu is no longer the technical level, but the agricultural technology promotion level.
"The Agricultural College needs to continue to increase technical research, establish good production standards for tools such as iron plows and three-legged columbians, and hand them over to the Military War Bureau to supervise the construction. At the same time, special personnel will be arranged to go to Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places to mobilize craftsmen to work hard. The corresponding expenses for making tools will be reported to the Imperial College and handed over to the Household Department for review and disbursement."
Zhu Yunwen understands the role of new tools and new farming methods in increasing income. Not to mention increasing the income by three buckets per mu, even if the income is increased by one bucket, Zhu Yunwen needs to promote it at all costs.
An increase of one dou per acre of land means an increase of one stone for ten acres of land. For fifty acres of land, that is five stones. To the people, this is nearly two taels of silver. Without famine and hardship, to the court, this is It's an agricultural tax of more than three dou. Isn't this small amount of agricultural tax accumulated by the imperial court?
Sheng Zhong and He Taiwu quickly agreed.
Zhu Yunwen looked around and said: "To harvest wheat, you can't just use a sickle, but you should also design more efficient tools."
"this……"
He Taiwu was a little confused. Is there anything more efficient than a sickle in cutting wheat?
Zhu Yunwen signaled He Taiwu to take out a pen and paper, and briefly sketched a wheat-cutting tool called a "plunderer".
The sweeper is a large dustpan with a net bag, four feet in diameter, and a sharp cutting knife placed on the edge. When using the plunder, hold the long pole in your left hand and pull the handle of the direction rope with your right hand. Just control it back and forth with your left and right hands. You can cut off a large piece of wheat stalk by putting it in and pulling it, and then shake it hard to knock the wheat out of the net bag. Just come out.
The age of the tool's appearance is unknown. It is said that it existed in the Song Dynasty, but it did not become popular. Zhu Yunwen plans to promote this tool.
When harvesting wheat, everyone is rushing to harvest. The competition here is not with others, but with God. When harvesting wheat in summer, the most afraid of sudden heavy rains. During the harvest season, we can't wait to work day and night to finish harvesting early.
The sickle is inefficient and always requires you to bend down, but this is not the case with the plunderer. It can be used standing up and is five times more efficient than the scythe. If you harvest one acre of land with the scythe, you can harvest five acres with the plunderer.
This kind of tool still existed in some rural areas in later generations. In some places where it was not convenient to use mechanical harvesting, plunderers and sickles were usually used.
He Taiwu looked at "Liuzi" and, relying on many years of farming experience, imagined the actual object and its operation method, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty, this tool is great!"
Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "This loot comes from the private sector. If the Agricultural College can go deep into Shanxi and Shandong to investigate, we may be able to see it. If the Agricultural College wants to increase the yield per mu and reduce the farming pressure, it also needs to go deep into the fields. Learn more from farmers and ask for advice.”
Sheng Zhong and He Taiwu thought so.
The position of the Agricultural College is to increase agricultural production. It is unrealistic not to learn from farmers. Creating a closed-door system is of no use to the Agricultural College.
Zhu Yunwen pointed to the drawings of Luzi: "This kind of tool is simple to make, so let's use it as the first product of the Agricultural College. At the beginning of April, summer grain harvesting in Henan, Shandong, and Beizhili mostly takes place from mid-May to In the second half of the year (the dates in this article are all based on the lunar calendar), you can rush to the place to make batches, or you can make them and ship them to the place. How to arrange them depends on the Agricultural College. I hope this tool can make people remember the Agricultural College."
Sheng Zhong and He Taiwu quickly agreed, knowing that this was an excellent opportunity to build the reputation of the Agricultural College. If the research results of the Agricultural College want to be recognized and supported by the wider public, they must make them feel that the Agricultural College’s things are not It's just superficial, but it can really bring benefits to them.
After Zhu Yunwen left the Agricultural College, Sheng Zhong immediately found a craftsman to make the plunder, and personally went to the field to test it with half an acre of green seedlings, and the result was a great success.
After He Taiwu applied for the corresponding funds from Hu Hui, he summoned 500 supervisors from the Agricultural College and selected 400 supervisors at once. He ordered them to bring craftsmen, looted drawings and flags of the Agricultural College to North Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places. land.
Most of the supervisors at the Agricultural College come from poor families and lower classes, and they are more enthusiastic about promoting this tool.
Zhu Yunwen entered the medical school and praised Wang Bin, Sheng Yin and others: "The King of Yan, Wei Guogong, and the Ministry of War wrote letters highly praising the medical school. In the battle with Harry and Timur, more than 7,000 soldiers were seriously injured, but after military doctors rescued him, only Three hundred and fifty-six sergeants were not rescued. The other sergeants were disabled or disabled, but they finally saved their lives. The slightly injured sergeant only had a few infected wounds and could not be rescued. The medical school's medical skills saved lives and injured, which can be said to be an outstanding achievement. .”
Of the 7,000 seriously injured, more than 300 died, a proportion of only 5%. This result has been greatly improved compared to the previous statistics of 20 to 30% in serious injury camps.
Without the many achievements of the medical school over the years, including trauma treatment, anesthesia, suturing technology, bandaging technology, bone setting technology, including high-efficiency operation methods, one or two thousand of the seven thousand seriously injured sergeants would have died.
Wang Bin stroked his white beard: "The medical school is what it is today, and it is all thanks to the Emperor."
Sheng Yin nodded repeatedly.
Regardless of whether it is a hospital or a medical school, medical research is too focused on meridians, qi and blood, and the five elements, and focuses on the body's own recovery. Although the effect is good, it is really not suitable for trauma treatment.
But with Zhu Yunwen's new medical concept, a door was opened to the medical school, and the secrets of the human body were revealed bit by bit. The study of surgery, surgery, and microscopic diseases gradually deepened and became practical.
Today’s traditional Chinese medicine can treat both internal injuries and external injuries.
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand: "The credit of the medical school belongs to everyone in the medical school and to everyone who devotes themselves to medicine. It is wrong to attribute all the credit to me. Behind every achievement is your contribution and your glory. No one can take it away, including me."
Wang Bin, Sheng Yin and others smiled happily.
It is a blessing for the medical school to have such an emperor who is sensible, does not seek credit, is insightful, and fully supports the research of the medical school.
Sheng Yin hesitated and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, medical research has reached a critical stage, but we have not fully grasped the veins and arteries that the Emperor mentioned. I heard that there are many prisoners this time, can you help some prisoners from the medical school? Research accordingly.”
Zhu Yunwen knew that Sheng Yin's so-called research was vivisection, which Wang Bin and others had always opposed, believing that this kind of thing was harmful to the world.
"It is impossible for prisoners of war to be given to medical schools. Many of them need to be exchanged for silver to subsidize the national treasury."
Zhu Yunwen rejected Sheng Yin.
The expedition to Annan made firearms famous in one battle. The Western Expedition once again demonstrated the unparalleled power of firearms. The all-firearms army will become the direction of Ming Dynasty's future military innovation. To achieve this goal, a prerequisite resource is needed:
iron!
With the current scale of Ming Dynasty's iron mining industry, it is difficult to support the huge consumption.
Although Zhu Yunwen allowed the use of gunpowder in some mines, this method of mining was limited to "state-owned" iron mines controlled by the feudal lords. Merchants and private iron ore mines had no way to use gunpowder to mine. Mining was still a Backward methods such as banging and burning stones.
Either way, one way to expand iron ore production is to add miners. And this group of prisoners are exactly the miners Zhu Yunwen needs.
There are no miners, no iron ore, no iron ore, how to smelt iron, how to make firearms, how to build armored warships, how to develop steam engines...
These prisoners were too precious to be just dragged into a small dark room, tied to a board, and dissected. The capitalization and primary industrialization of the Ming Dynasty required a group of free labor...
Sheng Yin was a little disappointed.
Zhu Yunwen thought of something and said, "There are still a few prisoners in the navy. Go to Chen Hui and ask for them, and take them for study."
"Sailor?"
Sheng Yin was a little surprised. Why did the navy have prisoners?
Last year, the navy went to Tsushima Island. I heard that they won a great victory, but they didn't hear that they brought any prisoners.
Zhu Yunwen did not explain. Wang Sui and others brought some prisoners to prove that there were silver mines and gold mines in Japan, hoping to persuade Zhu Yunwen to plan for Japan as soon as possible.
Zhu Yunwen put the matter of Japan on hold for the time being, but the captives were still alive. Now it was their turn to play a role. For the sake of Ming Dynasty's medical career, they needed to sacrifice their lives.
Thinking of the inhumane experiments of later generations, Zhu Yunwen didn't mind catching more Japanese for the sake of Ming medicine.
Sheng Yin was excited. Many current medical studies are on dead people. Without promoting research on living subjects, it is impossible to solve fundamental medical problems. It is difficult to have a deep understanding of how the human body works, and it is impossible to find the basis for infusion and hemostasis.
Although this process is inhumane, for the great cause of medicine, some heinous people always need to use their lives to atone for their sins.
Zhu Yunwen inspected the Imperial College for three consecutive days, visited each branch college, guided its development direction and focus, praised many teachers for their selfless contributions, and encouraged the graduates to study hard.
Wang Bin, Gu Pu, Dong Lun and other deans asked Zhu Yunwen to give a speech to the Imperial College to inspire people.
Zhu Yunwen agreed and decided to use "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" as the title to set the tone for Ming Dynasty to work hard to rejuvenate the country and attach importance to practice...
