The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1599

[1599. Chapter 1520 Great achievements]

Blame?

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but be confused again at this moment.

How can you blame someone for such a great achievement?

Just because there is a harvest festival held here?

The successor is indeed a man with far-reaching plans.

What crime did he have?

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but feel happy.

Finally he came to his senses.

Grain production… has increased.

The importance of this food goes without saying.

A few days ago, the prince’s farming in Xishan had already caused a lot of criticism. Emperor Hongzhi did not care about these criticisms. Since the prince liked it, he just did it.

But now…

“There is so much knowledge in cultivated land.”

Unlike the introduction of new staple foods, this time, the original rice was completely used, which greatly increased the output.

“If so…” Emperor Hongzhi’s eyes were bright, and he stared at Fang Jifan: “Doesn’t this mean that in the future, the grain output will not only be 700 kilograms, but may even be increased to 800, 900, or 100 kilograms. Thousand pounds? Then…where are the sweet potatoes and potatoes?”

When Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

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

Through research and continuous cultivation of improved varieties, the yield can be greatly increased. Rice can be used, and wheat can be used. As for the high-yielding potatoes and sweet potatoes, wouldn’t the yield be even higher?

Just now, Liu Jian and others were only concerned about the increase in rice, but there is another account that they have not calculated clearly. Not only can the output of many crops increase, but also… The current yield of 700 kilograms per mu is just a current study. The results, however… If research is continued, this means that in ten or a hundred years, food production can still be improved.

This… is just the beginning.

“Today the crown 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.”

“The Zhou Dynasty had 800 years of empire, but in the Han Dynasty, it only took 400 years. After that, after the Tang and Song Dynasties, the country became even worse than before. The reason is that during the peaceful and prosperous times, the population increased day by day, so that it was overcrowded, the land was annexed, and the people could no longer survive. By then, There are firewood and fire everywhere. Although there are occasionally promising kings who can turn the tide from collapse, in the end… the root problem cannot be solved. In the end, it is just a state that lasts only ten or twenty years.”

Emperor Hongzhi said this. : “The prince and Fang Qing’s family are not following the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. They have found a key. This key has opened a new door for us. Only with this door can I and future generations enter this world.” In Baoshan, even if manpower and material resources are invested, the research on agriculture must be continued. If it doesn’t work in one year, it will take ten years. If it doesn’t work in ten years, it can wait for a hundred years, but as long as the production can be increased, the people of this world will There is no longer any danger of hunger.”

After Emperor Hongzhi said this, he looked at Xiao Jing aside carefully and said seriously: “Please note that after you return, you will immediately dictate and order a stone pavilion to be built and placed in the palace. “

How dare Xiao Jing be negligent? He is busy listening with bated breath.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “It has been a hundred and fifty years since the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty has been in power. Today’s agricultural science has begun to take shape. I have seen it with my own eyes and now I know that the way to govern the world does not lie in self-preservation, but in studying. Future generations should bear in mind, If it goes against my will, people and gods will be angry, and God will be disgusted with it.”

Xiao worshiped and said, “I obey the order.”

Liu Jian and others were also stunned.

At this time, after hearing what His Majesty said, I suddenly became enlightened.

Yes, the increase in food production is nothing. At least for now, the Ming Dynasty has not starved to death. But what is truly amazing is that it has found a way out to solve the food problem. With this way out, this method, as long as the court does its best to invest in and encourage agricultural research, it can now produce 700 kilograms, and in the future… it will only be more many.

If they are replaced with high-yielding grains, they can produce two thousand catties per mu, three thousand catties, or five thousand catties. So… why not?

“Your Majesty, this is a university question.” Liu Jian couldn’t help but sigh.

He glanced at Jiang Wen who was kneeling on the ground. He was a scholar. Although he didn’t know who had taken off his scarf, he was also wearing a Confucian shirt.

He heard with his own ears what Jiang Wen just said. Does it make sense? It makes perfect sense.

But so what?

There are thousands of truths in the world…but they are not as good as the prince who went down to the ground, planted food, and solved the present and future problems. Maybe ten thousand truths can’t solve things.

And isn’t the Jiang Wen in front of him the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, or in other words, himself back then or even now?

At this moment, Liu Jian actually began to wipe away his tears and fell to the ground with a slight trembling: “Your Majesty, I am so ashamed and ashamed of myself. Over the years, Your Majesty has been kind to ministers and scholars, and has given such great love. The imperial court has given these hundred and fifty For the past ten years, I have used eight-legged essays to recruit scholars. I thought I could recruit talents from all over the world, share the worries of your majesty, and provide peace of mind to the people. But now… inside and outside the temple, I am not as good as the prince. This agricultural science is related to the country and the people, but it is still there. It takes His Highness the Crown Prince to personally do it, so that today can shock the world, but the scholars in the world turn a blind eye and don’t know what the purpose of recruiting scholars is?”

Liu Jian said, but he couldn’t continue, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

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

It is said every day that talents are needed, and scholars are talents. The emperor should select talents and use them, and be thirsty for talents. But after shouting for so many years, there are still a few talents. Things like agriculture require the prince to work in the fields personally. The problems solved by the prince and Duke of Qi are enough to put the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty to shame.

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 embarrassed, but he also felt that this person named Jiang Wen was really a shame among scholars.

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

Just now he made a firm oath, saying that the prince should not do such and such, but should do such and such.

But now…

now he is 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 elongated his face and said sternly: “Say it again, loudly Say it, let everyone hear it!”

Jiang Wen’s face was already pale with fear, and his whole body was trembling. For a moment, he didn’t even dare to speak out, and kowtowed like garlic.

It’s the same fear, but the fear just now is different from the fear now.

The fear just now is that I, Jiang Wen, am indeed afraid of death, but as a sensible scholar, I have my own reasons. Even if I have to give in, I still will not change my original intention.

But the fear now has an air of despair.

His Highness, the Crown Prince, could actually benefit so many people, and his achievements could rival those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. How is it possible… How is it possible…

He raised his head and looked at the many people cheering around him.

But his eyes were staring straight at the mountains of rice.

That is food… food that can save countless people.

If this is nothing, then… Dayu only cured the water, and Shen Nong only tasted the herbs.

Are you… wrong?

He felt like he had a splitting headache.

Even with the facts in front of him, he couldn’t accept his failure.

After all, since he was born, his parents have given him huge expectations. Therefore, he was enlightened at the age of five and lived in poverty for more than ten years. Although he has not been named a gold medal, he is finally lucky enough to be a scholar.

His reputation as a scholar is his only pride, and it took him half his life to earn it.

Could it be…are these wrong?

If it is wrong, then what is wrong is your life and everything about you.

His mind was completely blank.

Suddenly, he slowly stretched out his hand and covered his heart. Just now when he faced Jin Yiwei, he had not shed tears, but now… his eyes were filled with tears.

A scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out.

Half of the Analects can rule the world.

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

Only by reading can one understand the truth and the will. Only after reading can one understand the principles of the world.

He has always thought this way. He has read books and is proud of them, but now…

it seems that more and more things, those four books and five classics, can no longer be explained.

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

He was still kneeling on the ground, but he stretched out his hand and tore the shirt around his heart fiercely, wanting to tear off the Confucian shirt on his body.

Something must be wrong.

But…he still couldn’t explain it.

“The student… is wrong…” Hot tears fell drop by drop. Jiang Wen’s eyes were already blood red, and he said in a daze: “No, no, the student is not wrong. Even if the student can be wrong, in that book, Could it be wrong? This is the principle of saints 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 ground and plow the land. , if you study agriculture, you can benefit the world, then… then… what are the uses of these four books and five classics?”

He was actually a little crazy, holding his head up and shouting.

“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, the Four Books and Five Classics and the Confucian sages were pushed to the level of saints, so that no one dared to question them. As a result, these scholars became more and more blind and arrogant, despising all knowledge, and now… Jiang Wen was completely at a loss.

If there are other knowledge and principles in the world that can bring greater benefits 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 so many books for so many years, I finally came to the conclusion that it is useless.

He was so desperate that he stood up suddenly, staggering, and tore his clothes into a mess, but he looked up to the sky and laughed: “Haha…haha…”

(End of Chapter)