Chapter 633: The sycophant

However, now that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, Suyou cannot control them. After the wheat harvest, it is time to prepare for the second phase of the resettlement project and winter plowing.

There is also the selection of wheat seeds, barnyard seeds, and alfalfa seeds, which is also a heavy job.

Then it’s time to shear the sheep, select the sheep, slaughter the fat cows and sheep, and prepare for the winter.

Now the Xia people did not dare to jump anymore, so they sent envoys to the horse to ask for redemption of the Tripitaka. Zhao Xu was generous and said, "The imperial edict gave him the gift and returned the horse."

Wang Shao also temporarily stopped in Xihe, and Shaanxi and Yongxing military roads had another bumper harvest this year.

Yanzhou alone covers an area of ​​more than 15,900 hectares, recruiting Han and more than 4,900 Tibetan archers and cavalry, with eight regiments in command.

Quan sent Zhao Man from Yanzhou to grant him the title of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and three hundred pieces of tin, silver, and two pieces of silk.

This is just the beginning. Many other Shaanxi officials have been promoted.

Su You brought Shi Wei and Bian Guan to Longshou Village today to test a new type of agricultural tool - a columbine.

This thing actually existed a long time ago and has been used for more than a thousand years.

"Columbine" is also called "column plow" and "harrow". It is an animal-powered seed drill invented by Zhao Guo in the Western Han Dynasty.

The columbine cart is composed of a columbine frame, a columbine bucket, a columbine legs, a columbine shovel, etc. There are various types of columbians from one to seven-legged columbians. The two-legged columbine can sow more evenly. It can sow barley, wheat, soybeans, sorghum, etc.

The most commonly used one is the three-legged columbine. There are three small plows under the three-legged columbine. When sowing, an ox is used to pull the columbine cart, and the columbine legs dig trenches on the flat land for sowing. A wooden stick is used to control the opening of the gaps in the wheat bucket.

material speed. Shake the columbine handle at the same time to allow the seeds to fall evenly into the soil. When the columbine passes by, it completes the covering and suppression. It accomplishes multiple tasks in one fell swoop, saving time and effort, so its efficiency can reach "planting one hectare a day."

Of course, Suyou will not be satisfied with just restoring traditional farming technology. Although the structure of later seed drills is still a traditional large structure, it is much more complex than this. It generally consists of a frame, a traction or suspension device, a seed box, and a seed metering device.

It is composed of a transmission device, a seed conveying pipe, a furrow opener, a track marker, a traveling wheel and a soil-covering suppressing device.

Among them, the main factors that affect the sowing quality are the seed metering device and the trench opener. Commonly used seed metering devices include groove wheel type, centrifugal type, grinding disc type and other types. The trench openers include hoe shovel type, shoe type, sliding knife type and single circle type.

Disc type and double disc type etc. types.

After experiments, Suyou adopted the groove wheel type, and the trench opener was not a simple plow, but a hoe shovel.

Then through the gear set, traction linkage is realized, and running wheels are installed on both sides of the columbine, so that people can stand on the car and direct the cattle to move forward while sowing, saving one manpower.

The improved columbine is twice as wide and faster than the original. It uses an iron frame. However, in order to reduce costs, non-structural parts such as wheat buckets are still made of wood, which is lighter.

It is also stronger, the seeds are sown more evenly, and five hectares can be cultivated in one day!

Take Old Man Feng's family as an example. The family of three now has a total of 450 acres of cultivated land, half of which is alfalfa and half of which is wheat. The alfalfa land does not need to be plowed, and the remaining wheat land can be provided by two columbiners for the whole family in one day.

What I have worked hard on for nearly a month is done!

For farmers, this thing is an artifact!

For those households with hundreds or even thousands of hectares of land, this thing is a life saver.

In the second phase of development in northern Shaanxi, households from all over the country were much more enthusiastic than last year. Even Suyou did not expect that in just two years, the population problem would become a bottleneck restricting the economic development of Shaanxi!

There is a shortage of people everywhere, including land, industry and mining, road construction, water conservancy...

So Su You could only make plans for machinery.

The Shangzhou Zhou case once again made a lot of money. Su You didn't dare to continue to extract the manpower of the third-class households. These people were all very capable. If they were to extract people, they would suffer.

It's not easy to get along in Shaanxi.

So Su You had no choice but to report to the central government, continue to implement the strategy of elite troops and reduce administrative affairs, and requested that the field work be restarted, and Li Ruoyu be promoted again to lead the construction corps to use machinery for large-scale farming.

The household class structure in Shaanxi has undergone a complete change. The lower and third class households have been upgraded one by one. Customers have gradually become self-cultivated farmers, with smaller and smaller burdens and increasing tax sources.

In Changpingcang, Li Shizhong has stocked up the five-year requirement for an army of 150,000; at Langduyuan, the number of troops and horses has reached 70,000; after selection, the four cavalry armies are no longer an empty establishment of ten men and one horse, but

Really strong soldiers and horses.

Just when Su You was about to let Zhong'e go back to the failed route of the past, conquer Lawu City and Funing Fort, consolidate the border defenses, capture Hengshan, and threaten Xixia Xiazhou, everything came to an abrupt end.

In winter, October, Wuyin, Lü Dafang of Zhihua Prefecture said: "The mountains of Futou Valley in front of Shaohua Mountain were destroyed, and the residents of six communities and hundreds of households were trapped."

A landslide occurred in Mount Huashan!

When the earth shakes and the sky changes, someone must take responsibility.

If Su You didn't take the blame, Zhao Xu would have to take the blame, so Su You took the initiative to go to court, resigned, and asked the court to deal with it.

It’s hard to find the reason, because Shaanxi’s political achievements and achievements in the past two years are so solid that there is nothing wrong with them.

In the end, Su You found a sin for himself. He was too young and had too much power. At the most terrifying time, one man monopolized one-tenth of the military and political power of the Song Dynasty. He had 300,000 volunteers from the Han Dynasty under his command, occupying an area of ​​​​the Song Dynasty.

The military strength is only a quarter, but the moral ability is not equal to that of God.

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There was a fierce quarrel in the court. Deng Wan, Zeng Bu, and Lu Huiqing, who had just finished their duties, believed that Su You should be recalled immediately and assigned another position.

Wen Yanbo firmly opposed it, believing that the collapse of Huashan Mountain and the previous locust plague in Hebei were God's warning to the emperor and prime ministers, and that they were caused by the harsh new laws and the chaos in government affairs.

Zhang Shangying impeached Wen Yanbo's relatives in Bo Prefecture and committed the death penalty. He also committed twelve crimes against Ren Yuan, an official in the court, so Wen Yanbo, Wu Chong, and Cai Ting jointly issued seals to request his removal.

Zhao Xu was in pain. He knew that the most innocent person here was Su You, and he really wanted to punish him. His heart was full of guilt, and he even had a shameful mentality of betraying his comrades.

Wang Anshi was also in pain. Firstly, he was not afraid of fate, and secondly, he didn't know whether this would push Su You against him.

In the mansion, Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing were discussing this issue.

Lu Huiqing persuaded: "Ms. sir, I have advised you to recall Su Mingrun before. Now it is both an opportunity and God's will."

Wang Anshi said: "The collapse of Mount Huayue has nothing to do with human affairs. Su Mingrun's political achievements in Shaanxi were so outstanding that he should have been rewarded."

"He is not only an economic talent in Sichuan, but also a military and political cadre in Shaanxi. I am thinking that the Third Division and Privy Council should find a place for him."

Lu Huiqing quickly stopped him: "I can't help it. To put it bluntly, Su Mingrun cannot be controlled by my husband."

"His actions in Shaanxi have always been inconsistent with Zhongshu's, and it is appropriate to describe them as superficially in harmony and spiritually incompatible."

After speaking, he said quietly: "My lord, the Duke of the Privy Council is the best example. If Su Mingrun is to enter the Privy Council, the Duke may be even more powerful."

"The Accounting Department is even worse. Su Mingrun has always had Zhang Fangping, whom Zhao Peng values. In the case of Zhou, he was assisted by Gao Envoy and Hong Jiang."

"These are all officials who came from the Planning Department, so Su Mingrun's foundation in the Third Department is extremely deep."

"If he joins the Planning Department, how can everyone in the Planning Department be controlled by Deng Wenyue and Zeng Zixuan? Let alone a junior like Lu Wangzhi."

"One of the important ports of the new law is for agriculture, and the other is for wealth, so Su Mingrun can't go to both."

"Now that this incident happens to happen, why not take this as an opportunity to recall him, isolate him from Shaanxi Sima and Fu Bi first, and then ask His Majesty what he wants?"

Wang Anshi also felt that what Lu Huiqing said was reasonable. If nothing else, Su Mingrun wrote a letter to firmly oppose the Municipal Change Law. If he went to the Third Division, he would definitely obstruct the implementation of this law.

At this moment, the sound of Wang Anguo's flute came from outside.

As soon as you hear this flute, you will hear the sounds newly determined according to the twelve equal temperaments, which are continuous and soft.

Wang Anshi was upset and couldn't help walking to the door: "Pingfu, how about this Zheng Sheng?"

Wang Anguo responded: "Brother, how about staying away from this sycophant?"

This is an allusion, from "The Analects of Confucius: Wei Linggong": "Yan Yuan asked about the state. The Confucius said: 'When traveling to Xia, ride on the chariot of Yin, wear the crown of Zhou, and perform music with Shao dance. Play the sound of Zheng, and the Yi people are far away.

"

The reason is that "Zheng's voice is obscene, and sycophants are in danger."
Chapter completed!