Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Everyone listened carefully, and Tian Meng was also taking notes with a notebook.

Not to mention Tian Meng, even Fang Xuanling brought a few secretary officials here.

"Your Highness, please slow down and let them all write it down." Fang Xuanling hurriedly said, stopping Li Ke who was about to continue talking, so that the people next to him could have time to record.

Li Ke was a little helpless. He looked at those people with familiar faces, "Aren't these people from the History Museum (not a typo, the Tang Dynasty established the History Museum, which is responsible for supervising national history, history books, etc., and the historians are also affiliated to the History Museum)?"

"Yes, they were historians before, and they are good at shorthand, so I borrowed them from the province. Now the history museum is also training shorthand officials." Fang Xuanling nodded.

The historian is still under the Menxia Province, but historically, it will be assigned to the Zhongshu Province in the future.

"Okay." Li Ke was a little helpless.

"In this case, let me say some questions by the way, and you all record them. Tian Meng, please also remember that when you go to the grassland, you will basically encounter these problems." Li Ke said.

"Yes, thank you Your Highness." Tian Meng said.

When these clerks had almost finished recording, Li Ke continued to speak: "The first question, grassland herdsmen have a traditional concept, that is, to show their wealth by the number of livestock, although most herdsmen on the grassland have The number of livestock is very small, and most of them belong to the nobles."

"But after we distribute these livestock to ordinary herdsmen, this kind of thinking must have penetrated into their minds. That is to say, there will be no big problem in the short term, but even if we allocate more pastures to them, When they are not hungry, they are not willing to let the livestock out, which means that the number of livestock on the grassland will increase."

"And once the number of livestock that can be accommodated in the grassland exceeds the upper limit, the grassland will be permanently damaged, and most of the grasslands in places like Hanhai Prefecture, if they are permanently damaged, it will take a lot of effort to restore We must pay attention to this issue." Li Ke said seriously.

Saihanba in later generations is a huge example. Saihanba was a land of lush water and grass before the Qing Dynasty. From the 22nd year of Kangxi until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Republic was established, the land had almost become a desert.

If it weren't for the governance of that generation of Saihanba people, it would be almost impossible to recover by nature.

Similarly, Mongolia in later generations is a huge and bad example.

After decades of crazy efforts in China, the Mu Us Desert, which was the source of the sandstorm, was finally wiped out. As a result, the next door began to transport sand and dust, and no one could bear it.

It's nothing to transport sand and dust, but it's so speechless to transport grassland fires.

Therefore, after Li Ke mentioned these issues, they had to pay attention to them early. Once the grassland and the Central Plains are at peace, the population of the grassland will inevitably increase. As the population of the grassland increases, the number of livestock will also increase, but the number of livestock must be controlled. .

It is imperative to prepare everything in advance now.

"Yes."

"The second question is to pay attention to the three modernizations of the grasslands. For example, because of the increase in the number of people and the peace between the Central Plains and the grasslands, some grassland herdsmen, and even officials close to the grasslands, may allow food production and other aspects. Some grasslands have begun to be destroyed to open up wasteland and grow food."

"Although this may solve the local food problem in a short period of time, the grassland is not suitable for growing food. Once the food in other places is abundant, or more and more food is transported to the grassland, these arable lands with low yields will be destroyed. Will be quickly abandoned by herders. Turned back into wasteland.”

"However, the land that has been re-turned into wasteland has destroyed the original grassland. It will take decades to restore the original grassland, even if no one grazes it. If someone grazes it, it will quickly become a desert."

"Therefore, in many places that are not suitable for planting land, the development of farming economy is strictly prohibited. It will destroy the largest natural grassland in Datang in the future." Li Ke said seriously.

"The third point is that herdsmen have adapted to nomadic life, extensive management, and free grazing. This will cause their livestock to have no fixed sheds and grass reserves. The ability of livestock to resist natural disasters will be very poor! Once encountered on the grassland When there is a heavy snowstorm, the mortality rate of herdsmen’s livestock will exceed 50.00%! This point must also be taken seriously!”

"Fourth, if the herdsmen are too scattered, the livestock products of the herdsmen will be managed in a decentralized manner in the future, and the cashability will deteriorate. It is a false proposition for the herdsmen to become rich. They cannot be rich with wool alone. I want them to be of one mind with Datang. Tongde, that must make them rich."

"So we can't let the herdsmen be too scattered and nomadic, and if the township is formed, my personal opinion is that the township or even the township will jointly carry out some livestock product processing to sell these livestock products."

"What's more, the policy on grasslands that I mentioned earlier requires cashmere goats to be raised in captivity and cannot be raised on a large scale. At least they cannot be raised on grasslands with fragile ecology." Li Ke added.

For example, in some places with strong ecological resistance, on grasslands with sufficient rainfall, it is no problem to raise cashmere goats, but in some barren grasslands, the precipitation itself is very little, and the damage to the grassland by goats is too great.

"So, to sum up, my personal idea is to improve the grassland contracting system, divide the grassland to the herdsmen in a similar way to Yongyetian, but also teach the herdsmen the importance of grassland protection and construction, Better to enforce a seasonal grazing ban."

"Look for a professional person to help herdsmen divide the grazing prohibition areas. For example, the herdsmen's pastures are grazing in pieces and cannot be overgrazed, while some pastures that have already shown signs of destruction will implement a grazing prohibition for several years, and wait for the pastures to recover. Say it again."

"In addition, in some areas with abundant rainfall, large-scale artificial planting of forages, such as alfalfa and other forages, is carried out to change the farming structure in some areas."

"Besides that, we can choose some urban construction land on the grasslands, and then invest in the construction of some animal husbandry product processing industries, so as to increase the job opportunities of herdsmen and increase the diversity of herdsmen's income."

"I personally think that Shangshu Province should unite with Zijian and integrate experts in agronomy from all over the world, and start to train some experts in this area." Li Ke looked at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Yes, Your Highness, after I go back, I will hold a meeting of various departments, and then discuss this aspect with Minister Kong Yingda." Fang Xuanling said straightforwardly.

"Okay, let's talk about the policy I plan to implement on the grassland."