Chapter 97 Satisfied Zhu Yuanzhang! (Please subscribe)
Zhou Ning’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He is an official from the Ministry of Industry and does not know much about cotton.
I was shocked when I heard that one acre of land can produce six pounds of cotton.
Six pounds is not a small amount.
But as Xia Zhibai said, since ancient times, China has valued silk, namely hemp and mulberry.
Cotton is a foreign product. Although it has been introduced since the Han Dynasty, it did not attract much attention. It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that we really paid attention to it. At that time, it was mainly because the population was too large and we had to find a way to solve it. Due to the problem of clothing, it was widely planted in the Central Plains.
It only took about a hundred years for cotton to truly appear in front of the world.
Xia Zhibai, however, was very bold and wanted to raise cotton directly on top of hemp and mulberry. He even had the idea of using cotton products to replace hemp and mulberry.
The idea is too bold.
Zhou Ning smiled bitterly and said: "Xia Jinshi, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about this. I know very little about agriculture, and I don't know much about cotton, so I can't give you any advice. But if Xia Jinshi insists on doing it, I can't dissuade him. I just advise Xia Jinshi to be cautious.”
“I don’t know the details”
“But in terms of daily life, I haven’t heard much about cotton.”
"Although His Majesty has issued relevant edicts, China has attached great importance to mulberry and hemp since ancient times, and the people also like to grow mulberry and hemp. The selling price of mulberry and hemp is also higher. I am afraid that under the regulations of the world, only a few will grow cotton. , those who grow mulberry and hemp are the majority."
Xia Zhibai nodded.
The facts are indeed as Zhou Ning said.
The Ming Dynasty did stipulate that those with five to ten acres of land should plant half an acres each of mulberry, hemp, and kapok.
But those who have so much land like to plant mulberry and hemp, because the extra space can be used to plant other things. If they grow kapok, they basically can only grow kapok. In comparison, those who grow kapok The economic benefits are too low.
It is too short for cotton to truly enter the world.
Compared with the mature silk reeling (sao) technology and linen spinning technology, cotton spinning is too crude, and people do not have so much time and money to replace the hemp spinning wheel. It is more efficient to use the existing hemp spinning wheel to spin cotton. Naturally, it cannot go up.
But this is what Xia Zhibai wants to change.
People don’t have enough money to replace weaving machinery, but he has the ability.
For the common people, cotton spinning is not as efficient as silk weaving, but as a mass clothing material, cotton and linen have an extremely broad market.
He can collect the cotton in the hands of the people, and then use new weaving machinery to spin cotton, effectively increasing the production capacity of the loom.
Xia Zhibai smiled and said: "Of course I know this situation, but I have also learned that the current cotton looms basically use the same set of linen looms, that is, waist looms and heel looms. Tread type bias loom ”
"If we can produce a batch of weaving machines specifically for cotton, I believe that the future of cotton will be extremely broad."
"Because there are many people in the Ming Dynasty."
"It can really be worn There are very few people who make silk clothes, and the production of linen clothes is not enough. Cotton can just fill this gap."
"I came here just to ask Governor Zhou for help to improve the loom."
Zhou Ning frowned.
He didn't really want to help.
His current focus is on improving steam engines.
Don’t want to be distracted.
It’s just that improving a steam engine is not easy, nor can it be done in a short time. Improving a loom doesn’t seem that difficult, and it’s nothing.
After thinking about it, Zhou Ning agreed.
Zhou Ning said: "Since you have decided, how can I not agree?"
"But I don't know much about looms. It may take some time to improve it. It also needs to be like the steam engine in the past, let others Help me with some ideas."
Xia Zhibai nodded with a smile: "That's right."
Zhou Ning smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I feel better now. I just wanted to work here for a while and then go back to the Ministry of Industry. It’s a good thing now. I can’t go back to the Ministry of Industry. I have to think of a way every now and then. I’m an old man and I’ll have to join you sooner or later.”
“Haha.”
Xia Zhibai laughed and said: "Governor Zhou is joking."
"As the saying goes, people should be put to their best use. With Governor Zhou's ability, dedicating himself to the Ministry of Industry is actually a bit unfair."
< br>“The vast world is the place where Governor Zhou controls everything. If Governor Zhou had not left the Ministry of Industry, how would he have seen the wisdom of the people?”
“Knowledge must eventually fall into practice.”
Zhou Ning pointed at Xia Zhibai and had no choice but to shake his head and said: "Xia Jinshi, please don't embarrass me this time. You have to send me a counterfeit machine so that I can watch that thing improve and let me I really don’t have the energy to look at the drawings and create them out of thin air.”
Xia Zhibai laughed loudly and nodded in agreement.
Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang is reviewing memorials.
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the palace. The footsteps were very fast, but also somewhat calm.
Although he did not raise his head, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew who was coming.
Prince Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao entered the palace, respectfully raised his hands and said: "Father, I have something to report."
"Tell me."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop writing the review pen in his hand, and his eyes did not stop. It has always been placed on the memorial.
Zhu Biao said in a deep voice: "I would like to inform my father, after more than two months of governance, the disaster relief in Shouzhou and Chuzhou has basically ended. However, the disasters in Shouzhou and Chuzhou have been serious. I would like to ask my father to Ordered to reduce the land rent in the two places for two years.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You can handle this little matter yourself. You don't need to ask us."
Zhu Biao said again: "My minister obeys the order."
"My minister recently asked the Hanlin Academy Many editors were responsible for sorting out the disaster relief accounts of Shouzhou and Chuzhou, but found that some of the accounts were incorrect and the relief was not in place, which ultimately led to the expansion of the disaster and the displacement of the people. Therefore, the ministers have ordered that all relevant officials in Shouzhou and Chuzhou be investigated. "
“Other officials who do not report the knowledge will be sent to Yunnan.” “After the relevant accounts are cleared, if there are really major problems, they will be directly submitted to the Ministry of Punishment for discussion and beheaded in the future.”
Zhu Biao's eyes were full of evil spirits.
He is kind-hearted and soft-hearted, but compared to Zhu Yuanzhang.
He has never tolerated mediocre, ignorant and corrupt officials in his eyes.
It’s all the same word.
Kill!
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes, with a cold look in his eyes, and said coldly: "Is there a problem with this disaster relief?"
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said: "Go back to my father, yes."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly. With a sound, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and then he asked with some doubts: "The disaster relief has just ended, how did you find out?"
Zhu Yuanzhang became somewhat interested.
Zhu Biao said: "This was not discovered by my ministers, but by people from the Hanlin Academy."
"The Hanlin Academy made a detailed comparison by sorting out the data reported by county officials in Shouzhou and Chuzhou, as well as the money and food allocated by the imperial court. Finally, it was found that the data reported by several counties were very different from other counties. The minister was surprised. , they sent Jin Yiwei to investigate secretly, and finally found out the problem. "
"The local false reports and false reports were very serious."
"It was just that the imperial court was busy with disaster relief, so I didn't do anything. Report it."
"Now that the disaster relief is over, it's time to clean up."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were a little deep and he said coldly: "It seems that we are still too soft-hearted towards these local officials. We dare to be greedy for money, and when we go to work, we complain endlessly, as if we will destroy the country if we don’t provide disaster relief, but secretly they are trying to deceive us.”
"We work so hard to govern the world, hoping that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. As soon as there was a flood in Shouzhou and Chuzhou, we sent people to provide disaster relief and transport money and food in various ways, but there were those who wanted money but not their lives, and turned a deaf ear to what we said. "
"Since they don't listen, there's no need to listen."
"Tell the Criminal Department that there's no need to investigate."
"Just kill the nine tribes!"
“Our Ming Dynasty does not lack these officials.”
Zhu Biao's face changed slightly. He wanted to persuade him to at least wait until the investigation was clear and let these people die clearly. But when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth. His father had never been against corrupt officials. Not tolerated.
There will be no mercy.
"I know." Zhu Biao nodded.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not take this matter to heart. Killing corrupt officials was nothing to him.
He looked at Zhu Biao and asked: "Just now you said that the problem was discovered by people from the Hanlin Academy. It seems that these old bachelors from the Hanlin Academy still have some effect."
"It's not in vain that we have raised them for so long."
Zhu Biao hesitated and said slowly: "Back to my father, this time it is not the problem discovered by the old bachelors."
" But the newly promoted Jinshi."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and he was also a little surprised.
He smiled and said: "It seems that we have really selected some good talents in this imperial examination."
"Tell us carefully."
Zhu Biao said: "The person with the problem was found to be Hua Lun."
"The second place in this imperial examination."
"Hua Lun ." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes darkened slightly, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
He knows Hua Lun.
If it hadn't been for Xia Zhibai's incident, Hua Lun would have been the number one scholar.
However, he never wanted Hua Lun to be the top pick from the beginning. Hua Lun was too young, and he was not comfortable with such a person.
It’s just that because of Xia Zhibai’s sudden appearance, the number one scholar fell to Xia Zhibai, so he did not touch Hua Lun again, allowing him to be postponed to the second place. However, Zhu Yuanzhang actually did not care about Hua Lun. How to treat you.
And not only Hua Lun, but also Lian Zining and Huang Zicheng.
He doesn’t even want to see me.
The imperial examination he held was to select talents for the Ming Dynasty. It was not for these people to make a name for themselves, let alone to build momentum.
When he heard the rumors of "Hua Lian Huang, Huang Lian Hua", he had already thought of an excuse to disrupt the rankings of these three people and would not let them succeed.
His Ming Dynasty has not yet had its turn to be ranked by scholars.
Zhu Biao nodded, took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. He unfolded the memorial and just glanced at it, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Because this memorial is very concise and sharp.
Except for a few sentences at the beginning, the rest are all graphics, and they are all simple and clear. Basically, you can see the key with just a few glances, and in this twists and turns of graphics, However, several counties in Shouzhou and Chuzhou were compared.
Among them, the data of Shouxian County and Zhangxian County are significantly different from other counties.
Zhu Yuanzhang took this memorial. The more he read it, the more he liked it. The more he read it, the more interesting it became. He thought about it again and again, nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad. This memorial is interesting. We, ministers of the Ming Dynasty." , it seems that he can write memorials.”
“This is very good.”
"Well written."
"This memorial is well written."
"Boss, it seems that we were wrong at the beginning. This Hua Lun is really quite capable. It's my fault that You should be underestimated.”
“He should be rewarded!”
(End of this chapter)