Within two days, Empress Dowager Cao met Fan Ning for the second time, but this time it was in the side hall of Ziwei Palace. Emperor Zhao Xu attended the meeting at the same time, and Grand Secretary Zhang Yao and Niu Xiang also participated in the audition.

Empress Dowager Cao was still sitting behind the curtains, and Emperor Zhao Xu sat in front of him. He was eighteen years old this year. He was tall and heroic and extraordinary. Fan Ning sighed secretly. Empress Dowager Cao had just taken power, so why would he be willing to hand over the government to him in two years? Like Renzong, he would have wasted another waste.

Fan Ning saw the courtesy and said calmly: "This time, Weichen came north for three things. The first is to report on the recent situation of Nanyang, the second is to report on the results of Weichen's inspection of the eastward journey, and the third is to explain his opinions on the future development of Nanyang."

At this time, Empress Dowager Cao asked softly, "Have you all the officials and the husbands gone to court?"

Zhao Xu hurriedly bowed and said, "Report to the emperor's grandmother, they are all here today."

"Then please come here together and everyone will discuss it!"

Zhao Xu ordered his close servants to invite all the ministers, and said to Fan Ning: "Please wait for a moment, Zhengluo Fan!"

Fan Ning understood that Empress Dowager Cao wanted to abolish the joint deliberation system of the Overseas Political Consultative Office and the Zhizheng Hall, but he didn't care. Everyone was working together to discuss politics, but instead allowed him to explain the suggestions of the overseas feudal system more comprehensively.

He bowed and bowed and said, "I specially brought two special carriages from Quanzhou, which are very unique. I want to invite Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister to visit, otherwise I would send them into the main hall. If I don't have a horse trap yet, I will be in Xuande Building."

Zhao Xu turned around and looked at the Empress Dowager, and Empress Dowager Cao nodded, "Accurate!"

Zhao Xu immediately sent guards to bring two carriages. Soon, the two carriages were sent outside the hall first. Seven ministers, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Han Jiang, Zhang Fangping, Wu Chong, and Cai Xiang, also rushed over and pointed at the carriages.

At this time, Fan Ning walked out of the hall and greeted everyone. Soon, the sedan chair of the emperor Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Cao also came from the other side, and everyone saluted the empress dowager and the emperor together.

Zhao Xu was very interested. He walked out of the sedan chair and looked at the wheels carefully. He also found that the wheels were different.

Fan Ning stepped forward to report to Empress Dowager Cao: "Qi Mingmother, there is a kind of gum in Nanyang that looks like the skin of an elephant, so it is called elephant gum. It has very good elasticity. Some shops use it to make tires and put them on the wheels of a carriage. It walks very light and fast, and there is no bump, making the carriage very comfortable."

Empress Dowager Cao smiled slightly, "The official can give it a try!"

Zhao Xu was a little embarrassed, "Reported to the emperor's grandmother, you have not yet trapped the horse, so it is better to have someone trapped the horse first, and then take the grandson after the discussion is over."

"Okay, let's discuss matters first!"

Everyone returned to the hall to sit down, and seven ministers also gave him seats. Empress Dowager Cao slowly said: "Enter Fan Jingluo had a written report before, reporting on the battle with the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdoms, and also reporting on the recent situation of Xingang and Luzon Palace. This report has been approved by the Ai family and transferred to Zhizheng Hall. Can Zhizheng Hall have different opinions?"

Han Qi stood up and said, "This report was also discussed within Zhizhengtang, which basically recognized the various measures of the Overseas Jingliufu. Our only worry is to attack the Three Buddhas. Do we possess morality?"

Fan Ning cursed in his heart that the 2.3 million taels of gold and treasures transported from the Three Buddhas to the Song Dynasty were unceremonious and accepted it with a smile. Now he was concerned about whether the war had morality and that gold should not be collected if it was capable.

Although he was dissatisfied, Fan Ning still smiled and said, "Report to all my friends, the Three Foqi military sent the navy to pretend to be pirates to fight against the trade in the New Port. This is what they admit. We pursued the pirates, but they were attacked by their navy first. A warship was captured by them. This was something that thousands of soldiers witnessed with their own eyes. Our rescue patrol team was attacked by hundreds of their warships. We could no longer bear it and fought back. I think we have full morality.

After they surrendered, we no longer massacred their soldiers, nor did we take the opportunity to rob people's wealth and insult women. We are completely unscrupulous. All our gains come from their national treasury. In the Battle of the Three Buddhas, the court did not have any moral concerns."

Empress Dowager Cao was also slightly dissatisfied. She had clearly approved Fan Ning's report, so why did Zhizhengtang still have to discuss and ask questions, what is the significance of her approval?

She asked again: "Mr. Fan Jingluo has already explained. Does Mr. Han still have any questions?"

"There is no doubt about the war between the Three Buddhas and Qi, but in Luzon Prefecture and Baozhou, Zhizheng Hall has more ideas."

"Please tell me, Mr. Han!"

"We looked at the plan of Fan Jinglue. Luzon was developed very successfully. We also had a deep understanding in the capital. Luzon's frosting and cotton-he grain had entered thousands of households. The gold transported from Luzon greatly improved the finances of the court. The grain transported from Luzon also reduced the price of grain in the capital to twenty cents of rice. In the future, large-scale corn planting will make the food cheaper. These are good signs of prosperity for the Song Dynasty. No one can deny the contribution of overseas development. However, in terms of immigration, we think it is still a little too hasty. After all, immigration is a century-old plan and needs to be taken slowly."

Fanning asked in confusion: "What exactly caused Zhizhengtang to think of slowing down immigration?"

Han Qi sighed and said, "In recent years, immigration and recruitment have been too fierce, which has caused land desolation in many places in the countryside. This phenomenon is particularly serious on Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road. In particular, the grain prices have dropped too quickly, and there has been a situation where low grains have hurt farmers, which has affected farmers' enthusiasm for farming."

Fanning said: "Achieve large-scale growth in grain production is a good thing that has been longed for in all dynasties. If you are worried about low grain and hurt farmers, there are two ways. One is to subsidize grain farmers, and the second is to improve grain-growing technology so that a person can grow more food, and should not think of reducing grain-growing, which will lead to famine."

In fact, Han Qi's statement also had fierce differences within the Zhizheng Hall. At least Fu Bi firmly opposed the harm of the farmers. Fu Bi stood up and said, "Fan Jinglei is right. Realizing a large-scale growth in grain production is indeed a good thing that has been longed for in all dynasties. We cannot give up on food because of choking. I have always advocated the abolition of corvee labor and reduce the burden on farmers. This has a positive impact on the increase in population and the development of the Song Dynasty. Even if it cannot be abolished for a while, can it be turned into paid corvee labor, the court provides food, or the people pay for exemption from labor."

Han Qi frowned and said, "The rich man, the abolition of corvee labor has no direct relationship with the injury to farmers due to grain. Now is not the time to discuss corvee labor."

"It doesn't matter. If the corvee service is abolished, men will spend more time at home, women's chances of getting pregnant will increase greatly, the population will increase, and the population will increase will not be cheaper."

Everyone laughed, but Fan Ning also admitted that Fu Bi was right. The increase in population was the key to solving the balanced grain prices. He stood up and said, "The rich husband grasped the key. The increase in population was the purpose of increasing grain. Without the introduction of rice in Chameng, the population of the Song Dynasty would not have increased so rapidly. If the population of the Song Dynasty increased to 200 million, then 50 million went to farm overseas, wouldn't that be the most understood result?"

Han Qi nodded, "This is what I said just now. It takes time to immigrate slowly. Now overseas immigration is too strong and has a great impact on agriculture."

Wen Yanbo sighed and said, "Why must the husband of Han thinks that it is the agricultural depression caused by overseas immigration, but he ignores the population absorption of the super-large workshops?"

Wen Yanbo just mentioned the key point, how many overseas immigrants can be there? The key point is that the increasingly intense super-large workshops of the Song Dynasty appeared, including textiles, silk weaving, printing and dyeing, mining, smelting, shipbuilding, shipping, winemaking, ceramics, tea making, oil pressing, etc., hundreds of people often appeared, occupying a large number of young labor. Who would like to farm in front of the loess and the sky, and go to various big cities to look for opportunities and increase their horizons.

In the past, the little lady could only work as a maid, but now she can work in a textile workshop and earns no less than her parents.

The court was silent for a moment. These huge workshops involved a large number of powerful people and were difficult to touch easily.

At this time, Empress Dowager Cao asked Fan Ning again, "Jiang Aiqing just mentioned that agricultural technology can change the status quo, so why not continue to talk about it in this regard."
Chapter completed!