Chapter 135 Wang Anshi's Qingmiao Law
Only half a month had passed since Zhao Huan was injured, and Zhao Huan had to shoulder the heavy burden and attend court again.
Just yesterday, when Zhao Huan was discussing with Doctor Sun how to make hens lay more eggs, Bai Shizhong suddenly rushed in and anxiously asked the emperor to take care of his health and rest in bed.
Zhao Huan: Was it Li Qingzhao who leaked the news? Or was it Bai Qiannuo? It couldn't be that Wang Yao, right? I feel so sorry for her!
"I am now well and was just about to have the Hemensi announce that I will resume court tomorrow. Since the Prime Minister is here, please pass on the message."
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he ignored Bai Shizhong and turned around to continue discussing with Doctor Sun. Time was tight and the task was heavy.
"Just listen to me, it's absolutely right. First, starve it for ten days or so. When the hen starts to shed its feathers, feed it a full meal. It will then start laying eggs and clucking."
"There's a classic saying: I've become balder, but I've also become stronger."
"I've never heard anything like this before!"
"That's because you haven't read enough!"
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Bai Shizhong: I'd better slip away quietly.
Zhao Huan was not talking nonsense when he applied Mr. Saitama's life experience of "I became bald but also became stronger" to the hen.
But in my previous life, I saw a popular science post on Douyin by a blogger named "I Don't Eat in Futility".
In order for us to all eat eggs, do you know how many hens have become bald? What a tragedy among the chickens!
In order to make chickens lay more eggs, humans spent more than a hundred years increasing the number of eggs laid by laying hens from 170 to 325 per year, but humans still felt it was not enough.
When pullets are twenty weeks old, they start laying eggs. However, after twenty-nine weeks, their egg production starts to decline until they retire and are then...
The chicken sausage is so delicious!!!
It's still a child, 嘤嘤嘤(┯_┯)
However, people have found that hens rarely lay eggs around autumn. Their egg-laying systems will shut down and restart, and they will naturally lose their feathers and become bald chickens.
At this time, the hen's ordering system will be restarted, and its egg-laying ability will be stronger. This is why I became bald and stronger.
So people thought, why don't we artificially turn the hens into bald chickens? As a result, humans starved the hens for two weeks until all their feathers fell off, forcing the hens to enter a new ordering cycle.
As a group of bald chickens, their only goal is to lay better eggs. People have given them a nice name, the Bald Chicken Team.
Becoming a hen of the Bendan Bald Chicken Team will soon usher in a second spring of egg-laying. Of course, it will also soon...
The chicken sausage is so delicious!!!
Of course, for the freeloader Zhao Huan, more than a hundred years of development and research only requires a thought.
These days, there's no such thing as patents or intellectual property rights. Now that I know it, it's mine.
In order to ensure the food safety of the people of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan had to restrict the freedom of chickens.
Zhao Huan never expected that the first state-owned enterprise he established would be a chicken farm, located not far to the east of the Shangshi Bureau. The first batch of chickens was 500.
In order to switch from free-range chicken farming to large-scale chicken farming, Zhao Huan even drew up blueprints and asked the Ministry of Industry to make chicken cages.
In addition, greenhouses were built, and people were asked to buy the leftover bean dregs and bran from making tofu in Bianliang City and mix them to make chicken feed with higher protein content.
Zhao Huan specially transferred several people from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Firearms, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be responsible for keeping records.
The arrangements have been made, and we just have to wait and see the results. Whether it is reliable or not will be revealed in a few months.
The next day, Zhao Huan held court in the Chuigong Hall and listened to the ministers' reports. After more than half a month of not seeing each other, the ministers were like chicken blood, and they were busy with one thing after another.
Until Li Gang mentioned Wang Jinggong's Xining Reforms.
One of these policies was called the Qingmiao Law.
"Your Majesty, due to the Jin army's southward advance, many houses in the north were emptied, and those who moved south became refugees. After the Jin army withdrew, the refugees returned home."
"Spring plowing is almost here, but their seeds and some production materials, such as oxen and farm tools, died or were lost during the migration south, and now they are unable to start."
"I had no choice but to start borrowing high-interest loans from some wealthy locals. The highest interest rate has reached 100%. If the weather is good, I can still pay it back after a year of hardship. But if I encounter a disaster, I am afraid I will have no choice but to sell my land or even my children."
"This will undoubtedly exacerbate land annexation. Many landlords died during the Song-Jin War, leaving the land ownerless. This is a good time to nationalize the land and rent it out to the people. We can't let the wealthy take advantage. I suggest reinstating Wang Jinggong's Qingmiao Law in the north."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court was in an uproar, because this system had been abolished as early as the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
The Qingmiao Law, also known as the Changping New Law, was promulgated and implemented by the Regulations Office of the Three Departments in September of the second year of Xining (1069).
The main content is: each road uses 15 million dan of money stored in the Changping and Guanghui warehouses as capital. If it is grain, it will be exchanged for cash with the Transportation Bureau and loaned to the rural households in cash. Any surplus can also be loaned to the households in the cities.
When applying for a loan, five or ten households must form a guarantor, with the top three households acting as guarantors. Summer loans can be applied for before the 30th day of the first lunar month each year, and autumn loans can be applied for before the 30th day of the fifth lunar month. The summer and autumn loans are repaid along with the two taxes in May and October respectively, and the interest on each is 2%.
According to regulations, summer materials can be loaned before the 30th day of the first lunar month each year, and autumn materials can be loaned before the 30th day of the fifth lunar month each year. Summer materials and autumn materials are repaid along with the two taxes in May and October respectively, and an interest of 2% is charged on each.
The loan can be either grain or money. The grain is converted into money according to the market price at the time of loan in order to calculate the interest.
During the implementation process, different maximum loan amounts are set for people of different households; loans are given priority to rural farmers, and any surplus can also be loaned to urban households.
The interest rate is limited to 30%, and interest can be paid late in the event of a disaster.
"You just said how much interest ordinary people get from private loans from wealthy people? 100%, did I hear that correctly?"
"Your Majesty, it is indeed 100%."
"This is robbery!" Zhao Huan said angrily.
"I already thought the 2% interest rate was high, but they actually dared to charge 10%. Is there such an easy way to make money in this world? I might as well just trade with them."
The court officials didn't know what to say. They were all wealthy families, and the timing was perfect. They were taking advantage of the disaster year to merge some land. With the weather being good, who would sell land?
Hasn't it always been 10% interest? It doesn't seem that high. Why is Your Majesty so angry?
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Huan said, "The Qingmiao Law, we will discuss this matter later. Li Gang, please accompany me for lunch today."
Zhao Huan was referring to the minister who suggested restarting the Qingmiao Law.
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