Chapter 161: Zheng Ruxin

After inspecting all the projects, Zhu Youzhen was very happy in his heart, for more than a year, the Generalissimo Xishan Mansion had grown from scratch, and the industrial, peasant, and soldier industries had taken root and were booming.

Although the Ming Dynasty and the opposition have not yet noticed it, the Generalissimo Mansion of Xishan has become a force to be reckoned with in the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Zhu Youzhen, Song Yingxing had a toothache, and he didn't know how many potatoes and sweet potatoes he would make this night.

Since the bumper harvest in the autumn of last year, in Song Yingxing's eyes, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are already more valuable than silver.

Knowing that the Son of Heaven was going to stay in Xishan, Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing commanded their subordinates to get busy.

Although Zhu Youzhen doesn't care about specifications and imperial systems, the security pressure is still very high.

In the evening, in the big canteen in Xishan, Zhu Youzhen invited officers above the company level of the New Army and technical backbones in various factories to a banquet.

The situation in Xishan was very good, Zhu Youzhen was in a mood for a while, and he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and when he woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun.

After returning to the palace, there was a report from Gao Qiqian, saying that Zheng Ruxin, the prefect of Ganzhou, arrived in Beijing at noon yesterday and waited outside the Huangji Gate for an afternoon.

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he slapped his head, and he forgot about Zheng Ruxin, who had contributed to changing the land and returning to the stream.

Zhu Youzhen made a decree a year ago to recruit Zheng Ru to come to Beijing to face the saint, but because it was the Spring Festival, Zhu Youzhen then put the matter behind him.

Poor Zheng Ruxin Zheng prefect traveled thousands of miles, and even the Spring Festival was spent on the road.

"Please come in."

After Zhu Youzhen washed up briefly, he summoned Zheng Ruxin in the Qianqing Palace.

Zheng Ru's new word Chengru, now 46 years old, a native of Sichuan, a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli, has served as the magistrate of southern Gannan, the governor of Ganzhou, the prefect of Ganzhou, etc., and has been an official for more than ten years, all in the land of Ganzhou.

Because he has ruled Ganzhou for a long time, he has more contacts with the Tusi Fanbu, and on the occasion of the rebellion in Guizhou last year, he wrote a book to propose to change the land and return to the stream.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to order him to take charge of the matter of changing the land and returning to the river in Guizhou, so he asked him to go to Beijing to see His Majesty.

After a while, a small middle-aged man with dark skin entered the main hall, saluted, and stood aside.

"It coincides with the New Year's Festival, Zheng Aiqing is tired of traveling, and Yu Guo is attentive."

In addition to the day of Jinshi and Ma Qionglin, Zheng Ruxin was fortunate to participate in the palace banquet and met Emperor Yanjing once.

Since then, for more than ten years, Zheng Ruxin has been serving in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, even if he was promoted to the prefect for the year he reported on his work, but because the emperor Yanjing Zhu Youxiao was neglected at that time, he was not seen at all.

In the past ten years, there have been four emperors in the Forbidden City, and there have been various treacherous political struggles such as the dispute over the national capital, the attack case, the palace transfer case, and the rise and fall of the eunuch party, but all of this has nothing to do with him.

In the past ten years, because of the rise of the Jurchens in Liaodong, the defeat of Salhu, and the disasters in the north for many years, the Ming Dynasty has reached a precarious situation in just over ten years, but all this has nothing to do with him.

For more than ten years, Zheng Ruxin has been serving as a pro-people official in the mountainous areas of southern Jiangxi, building water conservancy, persuading people to farm, and educating the people.

All kinds of battles in the court and all kinds of deterioration of side affairs turned into a few words in the newspaper in front of Zheng Ruxin, and Zheng Ruxin couldn't understand it and didn't want to understand it.

Seeing that he was about to know the destiny of heaven, Zheng Ruxin felt that his life had passed like this, but unexpectedly, in Guizhou last year, a rebellion broke out again.

Zheng Ruxin has been in Gannan for a long time, and he has dealt with the toast there, and he knows the disadvantages of toast better than anyone else, and he has summed up a set of plans for how to suppress toast, but because of his humble position, he can only talk to his friends a little bit about it.

Last year, all the Tusi in Guizhou rebelled, and hundreds of thousands of people in Guizhou suffered from the war.

Zheng Ruxin thought that he would sink into the sea, but he didn't expect to be able to see His Majesty because of this.

In more than ten years, this is the second time he has entered the palace, and it is also the first time he has played alone, and his heart will inevitably fluctuate.

And generally speaking, most of the officials in the court moved later, especially after Zheng Ruxin submitted the note to change the land and return to the stream, which seems to be a certainty.

For this court match, Zheng Ruxin did not make much preparations, and he had been thinking about the matter of changing the land and returning to the river for many years, and he had already been familiar with it.

Despite the thousand words in his chest, Zheng Ruxin was still a little nervous when he faced the saint alone for the first time, especially when he heard that this young son of heaven had the demeanor of a Taizu Chengzu.

However, when Zheng Ruxin faced Zhu Youzhen's warm greetings, he was a lot more settled.

"It is the duty of a courtier to be loyal to the court and share worries for His Majesty."

After some politeness, Zhu Youzhen went straight to the point.

"Zheng Aiqing thinks that the situation in Guizhou today can be implemented."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven asked about the plan, Zheng Ruxin was a lot more determined, and he was naturally not afraid to ask questions about changing the land and returning to the stream.

And before the audience, Zheng Ruxin had already expected several scenes, one of which was that the Son of Heaven asked about Guizhou.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Ruxin said.

"The official army is prosperous, Guizhou is newly determined, and the Tusi is in a panic all day, and in the name of rebellion, it is justified to seize its title, and Guizhou is the preferred place to implement this law."

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he nodded and said.

"In Qing's opinion, if you want to implement the reform of land and return to the stream in Guizhou, where should you start?"

With the deepening of Zhu Youzhen's questioning plan, Zheng Ruxin knew that this son of heaven was not an idle person, and he needed to show real skills.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should start from three places, one of his troops to open the way, take advantage of the time to quell the rebellion, eradicate the rebel Tusi and its forces, and set up a garrison in its place."

"The second is to select officials to fill the jurisdiction gap left after the abolition of Tusi, and the officials are selected to be honest and fair, and have the courage to do things, and they should show leniency to the people and reassure the people."

After listening to the first two, Zhu Youzhen was slightly relieved, there are sticks and carrots, it seems that this Zheng Ruxin is not a person who talks exaggeratedly.

"What about the third?"

Zhu asked by the inspection interface.

"Back to Your Majesty, the third is to change the habits of the people, promote education, teach them to farm, and assimilate them with my Chinese righteous path."

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's three questions, he was quite satisfied with Zheng Ruxin's answer, that is, Zhu Youzhen did it himself, and it was basically a way to deter soldiers, send officials to comfort, and educate and assimilate.

And judging from the limitations of the times, this Zheng Ruxin can be regarded as a capable official if he can come up with these three items.

If these three articles can be carried out smoothly, then Guizhou's land reform and return to the stream will be successful.

"If Zheng Qing is the main thing, go to Guizhou to change the land and return to the stream, how sure is Qing?"

Without waiting for Zheng Ruxin's reaction, Zhu Youzhen expressed his heart and asked Zheng Ruxin if he dared to take on this unprecedented job.