Yang Yu's face was calm, straight to the point, and asked directly.

Seven hundred thousand stones of grain are enough to feed the 500,000 households in Dongchahatai for the winter.

Thirty-five thousand stones of corn are crushed into powder, and whether it is made into porridge or pasta, it can support a large number of people.

What's more, the animal husbandry industry in Dongchahatai is also well developed.

The envoy of Dongchahatai said: "In recent years, our country has covered ice and snow, and cattle and sheep are not produced, the weather is getting colder and there is a shortage of food."

"As a last resort, I hope that the Celestial Empire will be people-oriented and can agree to sell food to help our country's people, and it will be in dire straits."

The envoy said it very clearly. The ice and snow-covered area of ​​Dongchahatai is no longer as good as before. If there was no more food support, I am afraid that it would be difficult for them to survive the upcoming winter.

Yang Yu shook his head and said, "I see, Dongchahatai is very energetic, and the food and grass should be sufficient. How can I say there be a shortage of food?"

Since the rapid increase in corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty has long been free from the problem of food restrictions. In the 28th year of Hongwu alone, the number of new population reported by local governments has reached 11.8 million.

This does not include those who are still slaves and are not civil.

It is also not counted that the newborns in the countryside are 11.8 million newborn babies, all of which are county towns and prefecture towns. If all count, at least more than 40 million babies were born from the 28th year of Hongwu to the 4th year of Taishi in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the court has not counted the death toll. But what we can see is that grain production increases and people have surplus grain at home. Everyone likes to live, and they can live.

This contributed countless working people to the economic recovery of the Ming Dynasty and the terrorist development twenty years later.

It is also because we have truly achieved the realization of getting rid of the food problem that the people have barely had enough to go back. Although the land tax of the Ming Dynasty was reduced again and again, the grain tax collected by the court every year.

It is still no less than 50 million stones, and the annual reserve grain purchase amount reaches 10 million stones from the market, and the old grain from previous years will be sold to the public.

To ensure that the Ming Dynasty court can quickly allocate food when responding to any disaster.

Even if the production is reduced in three years, the Ming Dynasty can still make the people full.

Since then, the Ming Dynasty's control over surrounding tribes and states has gradually been transformed into food control, especially on the Eastern Chahatai and the tribes in the northern desert grassland.

As long as you are obedient, you can buy food. If you are disobedient, then you can grab it.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ming Dynasty was really embarrassing, and the north was so cold that Fang Shiyu would have long expanded the results of the grasslands in the south of the desert and immigrated to develop animal husbandry outside the pass.

The envoy was slightly stunned and looked at Yang Yu and said, "Master, this is absurd statement!"

"Is it ridiculous? What's going on in Hami? Dongchahatai has more than 30,000 troops in Yumen. Is it trying to rush through Yumen and break through Jiagu Pass?"

As the chief minister of the cabinet, although Yang Yu had no military power, and even had the right to suggest and vote for military affairs, he was the first chief minister of the cabinet after the Ming Dynasty abolished the three provinces and the chief minister of the central government.

Of course, I still know about military operations.

The envoy quickly knelt down and said, "Master, this is not the case. Our country has a feud with the Tatars and Oirats on the grasslands of the northern desert. Since we took the lead in exchange for treasure deposits."

They often come to harass themselves when purchasing grain from the Ming Dynasty and use the population of the living people. Although Yumen is the border town of Daming, it is also the junction between our country and the Tatars."

"If the foreign envoy is lucky enough to buy food, he still needs military escorts to send food security back."

The messenger knelt on the red carpet with a terrified expression on his face, kowtowing like pounding garlic, but he did not see the rude envoys of other countries in later generations being to China.

"Oh? That's because I was negligent, but the court's quota cannot be changed. 300,000 stones is 300,000 stones, and there is no more than a dou of rice."

"But I deeply feel that God is a virtuous person who is born in heaven and earth, and starving people everywhere are not what the Celestial Empire wants. If you want to buy more food, you need to sign a new letter of nationality and re-formulate the terms. The previous letter of nationality will be invalidated."

Yang Yu said with a heavy expression: "I am not embarrassed by the envoy, nor will I make things difficult for you Khan. For God's virtue, I am determined to fight for the reason. His Highness, the Emperor of the Celestial Praise, allows him to modify the letter of the country and add 350,000 shi of Dongchahatai's purchase amount."

"But the Holy Emperor felt deeply that the herdsmen in Dongchahatai were dissatisfied with the king's transformation and were cruel, and were not my own descendants. The food from the Ming Dynasty was given to others, which was disrespectful and unfilial to the ancestors."

"For this reason, I have fought for two ways. If you Khan allows the Celestial Empire to send students to build private schools, community schools, and government schools, and teach and educate people."

"And you can pay a detailed topographic map of Dongchahatai as a condom to obtain the acquisition amount!"

After Yang Yu said that, under the confusion of the messenger's expression, he left with only one sentence: "In the fourth year of Taishi, Dongchahatai collected 300,000 stones. If he did not agree to the fifth year of Taishi, the collection amount would be reduced to 250,000!"

No one knows how big the shadow in his heart is this envoy of Dongchahatai.

All the dolls read that the Ming Dynasty was a country of etiquette and a country of heaven, but did the Chinese people really have no ambition to expand their territory? This is not the case.

With the ability of horse whip, they occupied all areas that can be cultivated.

Now, what the Ming Dynasty wants is not a farming area, but a strategic focus. With Dongchahatai, the Ming Dynasty can form an advancement and attack, retreat and defend, and gain an absolute initiative in war in the Central Asian region in later generations.

But at this time, Nanjing City and Wufu.

"Miss, he is here again." Xiaodie stood in front of the attic window, looked at Zhu Yunxiu in the alley, and said in a faint voice.

Wu Ningyu said: "Let him go. If this continues, what will happen? And I told him that I will never marry for the rest of my life."

Xiaodie hurriedly spoke and said, "Miss, you can't act irritably. I think this King of Wu is very infatuated. I heard that King of Zhao Zhu Yunxi and King of Han Zhu Yunhuang have already married the official concubine."

Only His Highness, the King of Wu, has been pursuing Miss for almost five years, and the court's first five-year plan is about to pass.

"Also, Miss, if you really don't marry, the master will agree. Recently, I have heard from someone that the master has been looking for a family for you outside."

Wu Ningyu lay on the table and said in a bored mood: "If he asks him to marry, I won't marry anyway."

"Miss, why don't you marry? If you marry His Highness the King of Wu and become the Princess of Wu, your future life will definitely be rich and rich, and you will never enjoy it."

"And there are rumors among the people that the emperor of the Zhu family is afraid of his wife, so Emperor Taizu Gao is the one. Some people say that they saw the Princess of Han fighting with the Prince of Han, and pulled down a piece of Han's hair."

Xiaodie didn't know where he heard so many rumors in the market. Although it was difficult to tell whether it was true or false, it was better. The people were full of food and drink enough, and they were idle. The thing they were most willing to do was to discuss the private life of the Tian family.

The things that Zhu Yuanzhang and Fang Shiyu were afraid of were spreading, as if they had seen them with their own eyes.

If you are afraid of it, only the parties involved can speak, but Fang Shiyu is too lazy to argue with the people on such matters. It is neither necessary nor too much. The most important thing is that the people like to learn.

The emperor is the best role model.

As for men, there is no need to worry about women because of trivial matters. Women rarely compete for power with men in the face of big troubles.

It can even be said that Fang Shiyu played a role in fueling the matters that the Zhu family emperor feared, and this is also considered insignificant, subtly improving the status of women to a certain extent.

Wu Ningyu covered her ears and said, "If I marry and have lost my studies, I will never be able to study medical skills in my life."

As he said that, Wu Ningyu got up, opened the window and looked at Zhu Yunxiu and said, "What do you always come to my house for if you have nothing to do?"

Zhu Yunxi was asked in a daze. This dignified King of Wu actually fully demonstrated the traditional concept of the Zhu family when facing the affairs of his children.

Just as he was about to speak, Wu Ningyu closed the window directly, and Xiaodie said, "Miss, you have to concentrate on medical skills so that you won't get married?"

"Don't worry, go out and let him leave. It's better not to come in the future. It's not right for the family." Wu Ningyu asked Xiaodie to go out and reject Zhu Yunsheng.

Na Zhi Xiaodie smiled and said, "Miss, no one in the world can match the Tian family."

Go quickly!" Wu Ningyu threw the pillow on Xiaodie's body.

After leaving the Wu Mansion, no one knew what Xiaodie said to Zhu Yunyu, but since then, Zhu Yunyu has never been to the Wu Mansion, but every day there are strangers who bring all kinds of precious medicinal materials to the Wu Mansion.

Even when the college had to use corpses for experiments, people sent them to the school when they were unable to find the specimen. You must know that in the land of the Ming Dynasty, the dead were incomplete, which is a taboo.

But even if someone has the ability to send it to him, it is unknown what method he used and how he got these corpses.

December 13, 2014.

The first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty court was to hold a final ceremony, and the reform of bad politics began to be implemented in the 28th year of Hongwu.

Guided planning policies are made for the development and construction of the Ming Dynasty.

Fengtian Palace.

The main hall that was originally used to hold banquets was even more popular with Fang Shiyu. It was too cold in the north after all, and this grand ceremony was scheduled to be held at the end of the year.

It was too cold in the north after all, and this grand dynasty meeting was scheduled to be held at the end of the year.

Layers of snowflakes covered the red brick rubble of the palace. Outside the Fengtian Palace, countless eunuchs were doing snow shoveling work all year round.

In the hall, there were thirty braziers burning, and more than forty Han generals stood on both sides. All civil and military officials were in the middle, and the gate of Fengtian Hall was closed.

Fang Shiyu walked in from the back hall in a big jacket, and Wei Hong shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Highness is here, all officials are here!"

"I respectfully ask Jin An!"

The civil servants were headed by Zhang, the Minister of Personnel, and the following were Qi Zhi, the Minister of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, and the Minister of the Six Ministry of the Secretariat, and the Bachelor of Wenhua Hall, led by Yang Yu, the Chief Cabinet, and the Second Assistant Jingqing, Xie Jin, and the other eight assistant ministers.

He only has the right to criticize and his actual power is pitifully low, and he has no right to participate in the year-end summary meeting.

According to the order in front of him, the civil servants were still headed by the Six Ministers, and the Six Ministers were the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War had the most powerful power. Although the cabinet was weaker than the Six Ministers in terms of rank, they had the power to coordinate the Six Ministers.

The official document policy of the six ministries can even be rejected.

Of course, this is also a measure by Fang Shiyu to prevent the great power of the cabinet. If the cabinet is in power and the new king cannot control it, he can cross the cabinet and directly govern through the six ministries, and even abolish the cabinet's auxiliary ministers.

The Minister of Personnel has great power, and is in charge of the promotion, dispatch, appointment and removal of officials across the country, similar to the Ministry of Personnel and Organization Departments in later generations.

If the Minister of Personnel is blowing his beard, he can also overshadow the power of the cabinet.

As for the military generals, they are mainly nobles.

Duke Xu Huizu of Wei, founding Duke Changsheng, Duke of Liang Lan Yu, Duke of Wei Deng Ming, and subsequent marquises and nobles obviously exceeded civil servants.

"And!" Fang Shiyu spread her big jacket on her knees. At his feet, there was a smokeless charcoal basin. He rubbed his hands and saw the ministers getting up. Fang Shiyu said. The weather in the north was getting colder and colder.

"Don't waste time, say anything quickly."

Fengtian Hall is rarely used. Fang Shiyu lives in the harem all year round and handles government affairs. Most of them decide on affairs in Wenhua Hall, and military affairs are in Wuying Hall. Such dynasties are only held at the end of each year.

The Minister of Personnel took a step forward: "The Ministry of Personnel statistics show that there are 1,053 counties in the country, except for Yunnan and Uszangdushi, there are 983 counties left."

"In the five-year plan, economic development has reached the standard of first-class counties, of which 121 counties are far beyond the standard of first-class counties, and can even catch up with the tax amount of middle-class governments."
To be continued...