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"Prime Minister Li, many of you gentlemen are ignorant of astronomy,"
"I don't understand the official's theory of heliocentrism at all."
"This is the founding collection of the astronomy society,"
"Why don't we ask the Astronomical Institute to intervene?"
"Write some very basic articles,"
"Let the members study and understand it carefully."
"That's a good idea!"
Li Bangyan immediately agreed.
His intention, of course, was to please the emperor.
The first issue of the Astronomical Society's journal,
If all publications were focused on basic theories
That would be equivalent to popularizing the knowledge of emperors to the public.
The emperor will be very happy!
.....
Regarding the astronomy craze sweeping through Tokyo and its surrounding areas,
The courtiers were indeed deeply worried.
They were not only worried that the emperor and the court would lose their authority.
It also reminds me of Emperor Huizong of Song's obsession with various miscellaneous studies.
And the current performance of this emperor
He has become "obsessed" with agronomy, mathematics, and astronomy.
Why use the word "obsession" to describe it?
Because he not only played it in private...
They also tried to promote it among the general public.
Nobody bothers to care about the former behavior.
The latter behavior, however, is very likely to affect the state.
The most serious issue is the problem of the orthodox tradition!
Academic thought has been thrown into chaos.
Now they've brought up the heliocentric theory again.
This will inevitably lead to a restructuring of academic thought.
The emperor also forcibly merged different schools of thought.
This further exacerbated the chaos.
Who will be the true inheritor of Confucianism in the future?
Academic disagreements are manageable if they are kept within the public sphere.
Once the imperial court is involved...
This could very likely trigger a fierce partisan struggle.
Cabinet ministers,
They were all deeply worried.
Only someone like Li Bangyan,
They don't care about the future devastation.
All he could think about was how to please the emperor.
It was yet another meeting of cabinet ministers and senior officials.
Wen Huanzhang was about to speak,
Zhao Yuan interrupted, saying, "Today we will only discuss politics; let's not mention anything else."
"Yes!"
The ministers sat upright around the long table.
Wen Huanzhang also obediently shut up.
In the old Song Dynasty, the emperor always sat at the head of the court during discussions.
The high-ranking officials and bigwigs sat below.
Now it has been changed again by Zhao Yuan.
We had a carpenter make a conference table that was nearly ten meters long.
The emperor no longer kept a distance from his important ministers.
Instead, he sat in the chairman's seat at the conference table.
The prime minister and deputy prime minister sat facing each other on either side.
Then came the other cabinet ministers, ministers, censors, vice ministers...
The president of the Council of State Affairs was also present.
And they are responsible for taking meeting minutes.
Documents printed using movable type were distributed.
The high-ranking officials picked it up and began to read.
Zhao Yuan began by saying, "Today we'll discuss the Jingxiang issue."
"The Jingxiang region prospered during the Tang Dynasty,"
"It has a large population, a prosperous economy, and a flourishing literary culture."
"Why was there a Song Dynasty?"
"Why can't it be restored?"
“I had someone look up documents from the Tang Dynasty,”
"They also compiled the historical decrees and edicts from the Song Dynasty,"
"We've basically figured it out now."
The senior officials dared not look at the meeting materials anymore.
They all sat up straight and listened attentively.
Zhao Yuan, however, said, "You can watch and listen at the same time."
"If there is flooding on both sides of the Jingjiang River,"
"The abundance of swamps has led to a sparsely populated area,"
"But why have Nanyang and Xiangyang declined to this day?"
"There aren't many swamps there,"
"And the land is extremely fertile,"
"The Song Dynasty repeatedly encouraged immigration and land reclamation,"
"The common people would rather flee than farm."
"The root cause is the issue of elongation!"
"The Song Dynasty employed three methods to attract immigrants to Jingzhou and Xiangyang":
"One purpose was land reclamation;"
"The second is to recruit tenants;"
"Thirdly, it is private farming."
"Let's talk about land reclamation first. We'll recruit displaced people as local militia,"
"Let the local troops go to cultivate the land again,"
"It is managed by the Jingxiang government."
"This method can only last for a few years,"
"Those soldiers who were stationed in the settlements fled one after another."
Why did you flee?
"Because they live worse than pigs and dogs,"
"The grain we grow isn't our own,"
"We can't even support our families on military pay and monthly rations!"
"At first it was acceptable, because those who dared to engage in land reclamation were all capable and efficient officials."
"Once this capable and efficient official is transferred,"
"The successor will inevitably exploit him."
"The land reclamation around Xiangyang City lasted the longest,"
"It lasted for over twenty years before it finally gave out."
"The last government-owned land to be reclaimed,"
"They were all divided up by officials and powerful families!"
The ministers nodded subconsciously.
Because the emperor was telling the truth.
Zhao Yuan continued, "Let's talk about recruiting tenants again."
"Jingxiang is a vast land with a sparse population,"
“It is extremely difficult to recruit tenants locally,”
"They can only rely on farmers and tenants to reproduce naturally."
"This was also the main way in which the population of Jingzhou and Xiangyang increased during the Song Dynasty,"
"But the population base in Jingzhou and Xiangyang after the Five Dynasties was too small..."
"Yeah, there aren't many people."
"They reproduce slowly."
"The peasants and tenants are being exploited again,"
"Countless people died young or fled."
"Even if the reproduction rate has increased several times,"
"But it still seems too little."
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"Let's talk about private reclamation."
"The landlords couldn't recruit enough tenants,"
"They're not really willing to reclaim wasteland."
"This facilitated the reclamation of wasteland in the Jingxiang region,"
"They are all centered around towns,"
"It gradually radiates outwards."
"And by absorbing people from other places to reclaim the wasteland,"