dognovel Chapter 750 This bastard is mocking us again!
Chapter 750 This bastard is mocking us again!
Was Li Shanchang really eyeing the limited manpower in Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture?
Yes, no.
That's because Li Shanchang really had his eye on the manpower in Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture.
After all, it's not easy to find ordinary people who can recognize 500 characters.
In the years when the Ming Dynasty lacked officials and bureaucrats, the fact that the people of Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture could recognize 500 characters made them stand out like a fire in the dark.
Putting aside everything else, if two thousand literate people were found in a county, it would be enough to assign two literate clerks to every prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty.
On the surface, these literate clerks merely lightened the burden on the officials of the prefectures and counties.
However, from the perspective of the cabinet, these literate clerks could improve the efficiency of the court's decrees.
Who wouldn't be envious if they had that?
As for the answer that it wasn't true, it was because Li Shanchang knew in his heart that no matter how good the manpower of Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture was, it was impossible to capture them all to be clerks.
This is not only due to reasons such as the reluctance to leave one's hometown and the uneven levels of education, but also because the situations in Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture are quite special.
Ningyang County can be considered a county-level pilot project.
Dengzhou Prefecture can be considered a pilot prefecture-level prefecture.
Observing the development and operation models of Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture, and using Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture to drive the development of other prefectures and counties, is the correct way to use pilot counties and prefectures.
Thinking only of drawing manpower from Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
To put it bluntly, the reason Li Shanchang proposed to transfer people from Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture to run the livestock farm was simply to drag his good son-in-law into it.
Why are we old folks fighting so fiercely, while you, Yang the Madman, are just sitting with His Highness the Crown Prince watching the show?
If we're going to have bad luck, we'll all have bad luck together!
And the final result was as expected.
Suddenly, his good son-in-law started acting foolishly and directly started arguing with Li Shanchang.
Emperor Zhu tapped the armrest of his dragon throne with his finger and said with narrowed eyes, "Didn't the Ministry of Revenue split off to form a Ministry of Agriculture? Why don't we have a proper discussion about that Ministry of Agriculture today?"
Li Shanchang was overjoyed and turned to look at Sang Zhigao, the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Agriculture: "Minister Sang, what do you say?"
Sang Zhigao glanced at Li Shanchang, then at Yang Shaofeng, whose face was dark, and suddenly bowed to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Agriculture now has the Development Planning Department, the Seed Bureau, the Land Reclamation Department, and the Machinery Bureau under its jurisdiction."
"We are planning to establish a fisheries bureau and a livestock bureau."
"If we can transfer some people who know about livestock farms from Ningyang County, the Livestock Bureau can set up the framework directly."
"If we have twenty people, we can set up branch offices in each provincial administration office."
"The same goes for the Fisheries Bureau."
"In this way, the livestock farms and fish ponds of each provincial administration can be opened one after another."
"For the Ming Dynasty and its people, this is a great thing that benefits the present and future generations!"
Emperor Zhu hummed in agreement, then turned his gaze to Yang Shaofeng and asked with a smile, "Duke of Ying, what do you think?"
Yang Shaofeng, with a dark and sour face, bowed and said, "Your subject is willing to transfer fifty men from Ningyang County."
Despite feeling heartbroken, Sang Zhigao still dared to say things like "benefiting the present and benefiting future generations," so Lao Deng was definitely going to take away all the manpower from the livestock farm.
Since we're going to be taken advantage of anyway, we might as well be more decisive and generous, and just go for it in one go, so we don't have to suffer further losses.
Yang Shaofeng suppressed his heartache and tried to make a final effort: "Or could Sang Butang arrange for some people to go directly to the livestock farms and breeding farms in Ningyang County to take a look?"
Sang Zhigao waved his hand repeatedly, "No need. The Ministry of Agriculture is already short-staffed and there is no one to send. It would be better if the Duke of Ying directly transferred personnel to the Ministry of Agriculture."
Only a fool would send someone to Ningyang County!
That's a hellish den that devours people without spitting out the bones!
Yang Shaofeng was filled with resentment, but Emperor Zhu said with a smile, "Then it's decided. Later, you will transfer some people from Ningyang County to report to the Ministry of Agriculture, and we will have the Ministry of Personnel arrange official titles and ranks for them."
After Yang Shaofeng forced himself to agree, suppressing the pain in his heart, Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Sang Zhigao and asked, "Minister Sang, we just heard that the Ministry of Agriculture has a Bureau of Improved Seeds?"
Sang Zhigao was somewhat puzzled, but he still bowed respectfully and replied, "Yes, the purpose of the Seed Bureau is to select and cultivate better seeds."
Emperor Zhu nodded with a smile and said, "Speaking of better seeds, I suddenly remembered something."
Sang Zhigao remained completely bewildered, waiting for Emperor Zhu to continue.
Yang Shaofeng, however, was on high alert.
Old Deng has been staying in Ningyang County for more than half a year without going anywhere else. Now he suddenly says he remembered something. Could it be that he is planning to take advantage of Ningyang County again?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu said with a smile, "Last winter, we ate watermelons several times in Ningyang County and found that the watermelons grown in this sandy soil are better than those from other places."
"Moreover, the watermelons from Ningyang County have a reddish flesh, which is much better than the white-fleshed and not very sweet watermelons from other places."
"It just so happens that the Duke of Ying is here. Why don't you ask him, Sang Qing?"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Sang Zhigao turned his gaze directly to Yang Shaofeng, cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "I hope the Duke of Ying will not hesitate to offer his guidance?"
Yang Shaofeng was completely numb.
tired.
Destroy it.
It took me more than three years to slowly cultivate a watermelon that was even remotely decent!
Three years!
For more than three years, the watermelons in Ningyang County were only slightly sweeter and the flesh was slightly redder than those in other places.
As a result, he caught the eye of that old scoundrel Zhu Chongba!
Yang Shaofeng grew increasingly angry and said directly, "If Minister Sang is interested, could you send some people to Ningyang County to take a look? Or could I have someone send watermelon seeds to the Ministry of Agriculture?"
Sang Zhigao was overjoyed and repeatedly bowed to Yang Shaofeng to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Duke Ying, thank you for your kindness."
Yang Shaofeng returned the greeting with a cupped hand and continued, "To be honest, Minister Sang, the sandy land in Ningyang County is still a bit lacking."
Emperor Zhu's heart tightened immediately.
That bastard looks like he's going to scam people again!
I don't know if he's planning to screw over Sang Zhigao, or if he's targeting us again.
While Emperor Zhu was pondering this, Yang Shaofeng continued, "If you want to cultivate better watermelons, the sandy land of the Western Regions is still the best."
"If Your Majesty can send people to completely recover the Western Regions, then the sandy land of the Western Regions can be used to cultivate watermelons and other drought-resistant seeds."
"..."
Emperor Zhu's face immediately darkened.
Sure enough, that bastard was making sarcastic remarks about us again!