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"Tokyo has a well-developed waterway network,"
"Staple grains can be purchased from outside sources,"
"Farmers in the suburbs are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as flowers, melons, fruits, and vegetables."
“These crops have high added value,”
"And once grown, they can be sold,"
"As long as there's no natural disaster causing a complete crop failure."
"Farmers going bankrupt is very rare."
"And suburban farmers are constantly having more children,"
"Children are constantly dividing the family property,"
"This leads to a more fragmented distribution of farmland."
"Even if larger landlords emerge from the mergers,"
"They separated again very quickly."
"High-value-added cash crops,"
"To enable more farmers to be supported per unit of land,"
"The outskirts of Tokyo are probably the most prosperous and developed area of small-scale farming economy in the country."
"Aren't there any powerful clans venturing into the suburban lands?" Zhao Yuan asked.
Wen Huanzhang replied,
"Of course there are, but they are very difficult to implement,"
"And the impact is particularly bad."
"The Northern Song emperors granted land to meritorious nobles and imperial relatives,"
“They will also deliberately avoid the suburbs,”
“Select farmland located dozens of miles away and bestow it upon them.”
"On the contrary, it was those two eunuchs, Yang Jian and Li Yan,"
"Acting without any scruples,"
"It included many suburban gardens as imperial estates."
"Then what about the land annexation in the suburbs of Beijing that we often talk about?" Zhao Yuan asked curiously.
“Those were official military-agricultural settlements in the early Song Dynasty,”
"There are also special garrison troops who serve as agricultural settlers,"
Wen Huanzhang replied,
"These military farms have been seized by nobles and turned into their private lands,"
"The garrison troops who settled in the fields have long since become tenant farmers."
"No need to make any excuses,"
"Just confiscate it directly; they definitely can't produce the land deeds."
"It was all distributed to the local tenant farmers."
“Those lands were all barren in the early Song Dynasty,”
"It was originally cultivated by the ancestors of the tenant farmers."
Zhao Yuan clapped his hands and said, "With this multi-pronged approach, the land annexation problem in the entire Jingji region will be solved!"
Acquiring farmland in the suburbs of Beijing is indeed very troublesome.
Emperor Shenzong of Song wanted to develop 1,000 mu of land south of the city.
They even specifically instructed the Ministry of Rites to find excuses.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites meticulously selected phrases and sentences.
Finally, the relevant content was found in the *Guoyu*.
"The king cultivates a mound, while the commoner eventually cultivates a thousand acres,"
“The granary was placed in the southeast of the county seat, and the bell was used to store it.”
We need to build an altar for the God of Agriculture first.
Establish a sacred warehouse again.
Special officers and soldiers were assigned to them.
This is how the thousand-acre imperial estate was finally created.
All the original farmers became tenants in the imperial estate.
These lands are primarily used for growing vegetables and fruits.
It was supplied directly to the nobles in the palace.
After more than a hundred years of development
Different types of economic zones have also emerged in the suburbs of Tokyo.
The western suburbs have a beautiful environment.
A variety of fruits and flowers,
It's a great place for city dwellers to enjoy spring outings and relax.
The eastern suburbs have well-developed water transport.
There are many warehouses along the river, which are in a semi-commercial, semi-agricultural state.
Vegetables are grown on a large scale.
The environment in the southeast is harsh.
It has become a cemetery area.
Livestock are raised extensively in the surrounding area.
The northern suburbs are sparsely populated.
The land has become saline due to the flooding of the Yellow River.
There are many grasslands.
A small number of grasslands are used for aquaculture.
Most of the grasslands were requisitioned by the Imperial Stables.
It was used as land for the royal horse breeding farm.
The area with the most staple and supplementary grain crops is in the southern suburbs.
That's also where land consolidation is most severe.
Because the emperor took the lead in enclosing land there.
...
Inner Yanfu Palace.
Gu San led a group of guards inside.
Arriving at the courtyard where the imperial son-in-law Cao Sheng resided,
"Cao Sheng, Zhao Jinnu, you can go home now!"
Cao Sheng was overjoyed.
He came out to greet them with his wife.
He bowed deeply in gratitude.
"Thank you, General!"
"No need to thank me, you'll know when you get home," Gu San said gloatingly.
As the couple left Yanfu Palace
Other members of the royal family, princes-in-law, and members of the imperial clan,
They all gathered together to inquire about what was going on.
Cao Sheng was halfway there when
He was then led to the East Palace.
He discovered that his cousin Cao Meng was also there.
Cao Meng was already over forty years old.
He also served as an envoy to the Liao Dynasty in his early years.
When Zhao Yuan besieged the city of Kaifeng,
Cao Meng was the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard Cavalry.
Nominally commanded Zhao Huan's personal guard cavalry (in reality, there were hardly any cavalry left).
"Greetings, Grand Marshal!"
The two kowtowed and knelt down.
They were afraid that Zhao Yuan would cause them trouble.
Zhao Yuan got straight to the point.
“Your Cao family has intermarried with the Song dynasty for generations,”
"They should rest and prosper together with the nation..."
As soon as these words came out,
The two were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
"However, I can give you a chance."
Zhao Yuan revealed a kind smile.
That smile was chilling no matter how you looked at it.
Cao Sheng said fearfully, "Please enlighten me, Marshal."
Zhao Yuan said, "Land annexation is rampant in the Jingji region."
"The Cao family, in particular, possessed the most land."
"I plan to split up the Cao family and relocate them to different places."
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Cao Meng explained, "The Cao family has already branched out into many branches."
"The industry and the main sect are not from the same family,"
"The land has long been divided into more than a dozen parts,"
"They do not interfere with each other."
Zhao Yuan said, "Cao Sheng is the imperial son-in-law."
"You can bring the former Song princess,"
"Take back the original servants,"
"Owns 300 mu of farmland in the southern suburbs,"
"And a residence in the southern suburbs."
"Cao Meng can be incorporated into the Five Cities Garrison."
"Responsible for security in two outlying areas of Tokyo's outer city,"