Tianjin Wei, at this time, Tianjin Wei encountered huge obstacles because of promoting new crops. The people were full of resistance to these emerging crops, although the court strongly supported them and encouraged them to plant them.

However, when a court lost its credibility, it fell into the Tacitus trap. In other words, no matter what the local governments in the Ming Dynasty said, the people would not believe it.

The "Tacitus Trap" is named after the historian Tacitus of the ancient Roman era. When evaluating a Roman emperor, Tacitus said: "Once the emperor becomes the object of hatred, the good and bad things he does will also arouse people's disgust for him."

It was later extended to a social phenomenon, which means that when a government department or an organization loses its credibility, whether it tells the truth or lies, good or bad things, it will be considered to be lies and bad things. This is the so-called Tacitus trap.

And the Ming Dynasty has long been trapped in the Tacitus trap. Especially the local governments, they are no longer trusted by the hundreds of trustees.

Tianjin Wei is here. Although the local government is promoting it vigorously and even threatened by taxes, the local people's desire to plant it is still not high.

In the eyes of the people, if crops cannot be planted, everyone will starve to death. Therefore, the people here do not take the government's government orders to force the planting of new crops seriously.

The law did not punish the masses, and the local officials of Tianjin Wei were helpless. In the end, Lai Fu personally went to Tianjin Wei. Lai Fu arrived to inform the people here that these emerging crops were introduced by the Imperial Village from overseas. They can resist drought, flood, freezing, cold, drought-resistant, salt-resistant.

The people finally doubted, but they still did not choose to farm on fertile land. Instead, they chose some relatively barren land and tentatively planted some.

When Zhu Cilang heard Lai Fu's introduction, he couldn't help but frown: "As for this reason, the people still don't believe it."

Lai Fu nodded: "Yes, your highness, except for the people around the imperial village, they have witnessed the high yield of new crops with their own eyes. People from other places are unwilling to believe it. No matter how hard the court tries, no matter how nice it sounds, they still refuse to believe it."

In fact, these new crops do not have much advantage in drought resistance and flood resistance compared to local grains such as corn and sorghum. It is true that the high yield is high, but the court can only try hard to exaggerate the role of new grain crops for publicity.

There is really no good idea, and Zhu Cilang was also a little helpless. He did not expect that the promotion of new grain would encounter such a big obstacle.

In fact, more serious things are still to come. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the problems of the Ming Dynasty, can be solved by more than just a small grain crop.

The reduction in grain production is one reason, and the lazy and negligent government of local officials. In addition, there is also the phenomenon of corruption and deductions and fish and meat for the people.

After more than 270 years of staggering, the set of laws to deal with corrupt officials formulated by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has long been in name only. Moreover, with the diversification and concealment of local officials' corruption, it is also a long process to completely eradicate this corruption trend.

If you treat headaches, you will have no cure for your feet. If the roots are rotten, there will be no cure.

Zhu Cixuan decided to take action, and he instructed Lai Fu: "The new crops must continue to be promoted. No matter what method is used, we must promote all the food in the imperial village. Even if we give it for free."

Lai Fu hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I have thought of a good way."

"explain."

"The people around the imperial village are rushing to see the grain crops. They can mobilize the people around the imperial village to promote them. Let these people inform their relatives and spread them to a hundred. At that time, the people will come to their doors."

Zhu Cixuan's heart moved: "What do you mean is to mobilize the masses?"

Lai Fu was stunned for a moment: "Yes, Your Highness, the word of mouth of the people is always more trustworthy than the court comes forward."

Sad, this is really the sadness of the Ming Dynasty. When a court's credibility is completely lost, it can only rely on the people.

However, this is indeed an excellent method. The people will not believe the government's words, but they will believe the words of their relatives and friends.

In this era, traffic jams are spread slowly. Even if you are dozens of miles apart, you will never interact with each other. It is difficult to convey a certain kind of information.

Relying on the masses, mobilizing the masses, allowing the masses to pass on word of mouth and gain credibility with reputation. This method is probably the most appropriate.

Zhu Cixuan pondered for a while: "Let me think about it carefully. Even relatives and friends will not be able to get up early. In this way, the imperial village will give a certain reward to those who are willing to promote food crops."

In the end, Zhu Cixuan adopted Liu Laifu's suggestion. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly significant.

Those people who are resistant to emerging crops are people who do not understand the truth. Most people have never heard of these things.

They have never seen these strange crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., and they are willing to plant them.

But the people around the imperial village were different. They watched helplessly that the grain in the imperial village was worth ten acres of ordinary people. Moreover, the land requirements were low, and the high mountains could be planted.

Especially the one called sweet potato is simply a grain machine. The roots, stems and leaves of sweet potatoes can be eaten, and the yield can be described as against the will of heaven.

Originally, they thought that these tuber plants were not easy to store. Who knew that the sweet potatoes could be stored in a cellar until next year, or they could be cut into slices and dried sweet potatoes. The most direct purpose was to grind them into a paste and pancakes.

The baked sweet potato pancakes can completely replace the staple food, and they will not repel acid after eating them. These sweet potatoes are simply life-saving food for the disaster year.

The people around the imperial village were all envious and drooling. Some even dared to take great risks to steal these sweet potatoes in order to be planted secretly in the coming year.

Unexpectedly, the imperial farm distributed free grain seeds this time. However, it was on credit. After the autumn harvest, you need to pay 20% of the harvest as tax.

Unlike previous government orders, if natural disasters and man-made disasters and poor harvests occur, taxes can be exempted. This has inspired the people around the imperial village and actively asked for new crops to be planted.

Moreover, if you recommend these emerging crops to your relatives to plant, you can exempt 5% of the tax. If your relatives promote them, you can continue to receive commissions.
Chapter completed!