In the Song and Yuan dynasties, there has always been a saying that "Su Changshu, the world is full", and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it became "Hu Guangshu, the world is full".

In Shen Rui's current time and space, in fact, in Hongzhi Chaohuguang, he began to export grain and rice to the outside world, but since the early years of Zhengde, major disasters and small disasters have continued, and the potential of supplying the world's grain and rice is naturally not visible.

When he first heard that Shen Li was going to Huguang, Shen Rui's first reaction was so good.

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Why is it that no one in the cabinet, whether it is Liu Jin or his party, has raised objections to "promoting Xie Qian's son-in-law to a feudal official"?

It's because Huguang is a pit now.

Years of disasters have made the people's hearts unstable, and bandits are rampant.

Liu Jin is afraid that he would like Shen Li's unlucky bastard to be pushed into the pit.

And since Liu Jin wants to pit Shen Li, Shen Li and Shen Rui have no choice but to use Liu Jin to fill this pit.

"Why do you only see bandits and not rebels?" Because he was in the secret room, Shen Rui did not hesitate to speak out.

Shen Li still couldn't help but change his face, glared at Shen Rui sternly, and said, "Huguang is a natural disaster first, and then a man-made disaster. The vast majority of the people will not rebel if they have a bite to eat. ”

Where is this stuttering going now?

Previously, Shen Li was afraid that he would not be very active, so he thought of a lot of measures, but now, he just asked the sect to go first.

As Shen Rui said before, there is the carrot of Taimiao Sixiang, and the big stick of Liu Jinqing's field, this thing can be done nine times out of ten.

It's just that this is a temporary solution, not a long-term solution.

Shen Rui said: "Of course, it is a stutter." It's also because no one picks the head. ”

Shen Li's face was solemn and he looked directly at Shen Rui, "Is something wrong again?" ”

Shen Rui shook his head, "It's some of my own thoughts. ”

In the history of the previous life, the most serious bandit trouble in Huguang originated from the uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and now there is no shadow of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, but Huguang is still making a fuss.

It is very likely that the people will not be able to survive because of natural disasters, but the bandits are inexhaustible and do not raise the banner of rebellion, which inevitably makes Shen Rui suspicious.

Because there is still a period in the history of the previous life, it was King Ning who raised bandits, killed and imprisoned local officials, forcibly seized the land and property of officials and people, plundered merchants, amassed wealth, and plotted to raise troops.

In this life, there is a big case of Taihu Lake bandits pretending to be Japanese robbers and sacking Songjiang a few years ago.

In recent years, the ground in Jiangxi has not been peaceful, and King Ning has repeatedly written to ask for protection on this ground.

Shen Rui also asked Tian Shun's brother to go back to Jiangxi to check, and there were indeed green forest characters who took refuge in Ning Wangfu.

The bandits on the ground in Jiangxi are raised by King Ning's family, but what about Huguang?

If you don't raise the anti-flag, then you will still be a bandit, and it will be a "disease of ringworm" for the princes of the imperial court, and it will not be taken seriously.

And rebellion is a different matter, the imperial court will not allow the existence of rebels, and it is necessary to gather heavy troops to put down the rebellion.

Huguang's situation, is someone doing it on purpose?

Shen Rui couldn't talk about his past life and present life, so he only talked to the Taihu bandits, and told Shen Li what he thought and thought one by one.

Shen Li was silent for a long time, and said: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and it is difficult to say accurately. As for the suppression of bandits, there is a general army guarding the town, and the political envoy department can't do anything, and the supply of grain and grass is timely. ”

He paused and said, "When I get to Huguang, talk to Hong Shangshu first." ”

Shang Shu Hong Zhong of the Criminal Department is currently in charge of military affairs in Huguang, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other departments, and the relief affairs of the Prime Minister Wuchang and other governments.

Shen Rui nodded, and then said: "Hong Shangshu has a lot of respect for King Xing, this matter of asking for food rations from King Xing's mansion, the sixth brother might as well ask Hong Shangshu." ”

Shen Li smiled helplessly and said, "I also have to be willing to accept it." ”

He also sighed that the long-term plan is to build water conservancy and develop farming.

How Shen Rui didn't want to! He wanted to push Huguang into a Ming granary as soon as possible.

With the current level of farming, it is still unrealistic to import large quantities of grain overseas, and we still have to rely on ourselves.

The fertile Jianghan - Dongting Lake Plain and the East Hubei River Plain are placed there, suitable for agriculture and fishing, convenient water transportation, superior trade conditions, it is really a treasure land!

There is no reason to waste it in vain!

Putting aside the annoying politics, the two began to plan the cultivation of Huguang.

At the beginning, Shen Rui invited experienced old farmers from Susong and Fujian to be cultivation experts, but unfortunately Dengzhou was not suitable for rice planting, and the promotion did not receive good results.

Now add some silver taels and ask these old farmers to go to Huguang with Shen Li, I am afraid that they are all willing, after all, it is cheaper to return to Susong Fujian from Huguang.

Dengzhou's farm tool production also has a certain scale, if Huguang here is Zhuzi Shecang, the government will give a certain subsidy, Dengzhou can provide a batch of advanced labor-saving farm tools at a low price.

Cattle and other livestock transported from Liaodong can also be transported down the canal and by waterway to Huguang.

Shen Li has been presiding over disaster relief work in Shandong for so many years, and he has already done a good job of establishing Guanzhuang and appeasing the displaced people, and he has already had a case.

Cash-for-work, Zhuzi Shecang Shen Rui has come out of experience again, this set can be moved over, and then fine-tuned according to the actual situation.

The only thing that can't learn from Dengzhou's experience is the fishing industry.

There are also rivers in Dengzhou, but there are not too many, and in recent years, the water level has dropped, and the fish catch is also small, and the fishery is mainly fishing.

The lake is wide but has dense rivers and abundant fresh water resources, and the fishery tax itself is also an important source of government revenue.

Dengzhou's method of raising seafood is not the best to transplant to Huguang to raise river fresh, but this has to be explored locally.

And Shen Rui failed to promote the successful rice field fish and shrimp farming in Dengzhou back then, and now it is introduced to Shen Li, which is very feasible in Huguang.

Huguang also produces cotton, and the output is considerable, in fact, setting up a workshop to weave cloth will be very profitable.

But now it is necessary to control and not promote, because the benefits of silk cotton are far better than corn, but I am afraid that once the spinning machine is established, it will be cotton and rice to compete for the field.

However, it is a good choice to grow tea and bamboo in mountainous areas, and whether the tea is sold to the north or to the southwest, there are good profits.

The bamboo forest resources are not like Caozhou to take the high-quality ornamental bamboo route, it is purely practical - whether it is bamboo shoots, materials or papermaking, large-scale planting is very cost-effective.

The more the two brothers discussed, the more promising they felt, and they couldn't help but be full of hope, and the sadness of separation was also diluted.

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After sending Shen Li south, Shen Rui also got busy.

Before Shen Li left, he had taken him to the gates of Jinan Mansion again, they were all acquaintances, three years ago, these people were still looking at Shen Li's face and the background of Shen Ruige's old father-in-law, so they were polite to Shen Rui, and now, not to mention that Shen Li and Shen Rui's brothers are all promoted, it is Shen Rui's political achievements in Dengzhou rumors, which is enough for these people to have an affectionate attitude.

The rise of Dengzhou has driven many places in Shandong to become rich, and officials from top to bottom have benefited - why do everyone want to go to Jiangnan to be officials, it is not that rich places have more oil and water!

Especially in the area of sea trade, the sea merchants are all clever and have been spotted at all the yamen.

Who can't get along with money, not to mention that Shen Rui is almost the same as the God of Wealth.

After the formalities of the yamen were completed, Shen Rui visited his uncle Yang Zhen's family of the same year, the Ruan family, ready to ask for some more talents.

Bigger than than the master is recommended by the Ruan family, and these two are now Shen Rui's right-hand men.

But Shen Rui didn't come this time to ask for more staff members, but to find some Ruan family members who can manage things and do things.

Now there are three prefectures to operate, and the first problem is - lack of talent.

Even if there are many people in the Shen family's Lu family, they can't all be brought to Shandong for use, and even if they only use their own family, it will cause disgust from local forces, and it will not be easy to do things.

Not everyone in the children of the local big clans can be elected to the imperial examination, and if they are capable, they will find an errand for the officials, and they are more just helping to take care of the family affairs, just like Shen Lian back then.

And if you follow Shen Rui, even if you manage a place like the Craftsman Academy, it will be a semi-official status.

The family feels that there is face, the parties feel that they have a future, Shen Rui saves worry and effort, why not.

In particular, the craftsman school is to be promoted, science and technology is the primary productive force, there are children of large families in charge of the school, and the local gentry naturally want to recommend it.

In this way, more people can enter the school and learn a craft.

The head of the Ruan family happily agreed, and said that he would contact several major clans in Qingzhou on his behalf.

And such as the Lan family and the Cong family, Shen Rui wants to use it, and he has to go to it in person.

As soon as Shen Rui's Jinan Mansion was done, he went to Dengzhou to hand over the big stall, and at the same time took his mother Xu to Jinan Mansion.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to take a walk around Qingzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion, although there was cooperation at the beginning, he knew a rough idea, but he always had to see the local customs and people in person, so as to make the next step.

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These years have almost been one with Denglai.

However, Qingzhou, the previous prefect was Jiao Fangmen Rongjie, after Jiao Fangzhishi, Rongjie could not sit in this position, and was soon caught and degraded to Shanxi.

The newly arrived prefect named Xu Wen is the prefect of the criminal department, and he has no friendship with any party in the DPRK and China, but the person who was born in the criminal name has a very clear mind, and as soon as he took office, he showed favor to Shen Rui, and Qingzhou also imitated Denglai to implement the Zhuzi Shecang, and also hired agricultural experts in Dengzhou, and changed the crops of three crops in two years.

This year or so has also been a brilliant achievement.

When Shen Rui passed by Qingzhou, he talked with Xu Wen, and when he heard his words, he knew everything about the land and population specialties of Qingzhou's counties, so he couldn't help but look at him.

If you go to Denglai again, even if you go back to your home field, Li Zhen, the prefect of Laizhou, is a good friend with him, and he is happy for his promotion.

The old man is nearly sixty years old, and he has been in Laizhou Mansion for 12 years, and he has the heart to tell the old man to return to his hometown, but this time he knew that Shen Rui was going to run the East Third Mansion, so he didn't mention Zhishi, and planned to stay and help Shen Rui for a few more years.

In his heart, he also hopes that Denglai will regain the glory of the past.

And in Dengzhou, Ding Huanzhi, who was formerly the governor and is now the prefect, never dreamed that such a big pie could be smashed on his head, and he was so happy that he was going crazy.

personally ran to the border of Denglai in Zhaoyuan County to welcome Shen Rui, and really treated Shen Rui as a benevolent man, and now he thinks of himself as a member of Shen Ruimen.

This, it can be regarded as the first doorman in Shen Rui's officialdom, which made Shen Rui cry and laugh.

Lin Fu is also a capable official, the Lin family is a big family in Fujian, and there is also an industry in Quanzhou, Lin Fu is more enthusiastic about maritime affairs, and he is particularly concerned about sea trade, island development, and seafood breeding.

The breeding cycle of sea cucumber and abalone is about three years, and this year, the first batch of precious aquatic products in Dengzhou can be fished.

Although these sea treasures are delicate and not easy to raise well, they still survive a batch, and there is no shortage of high-quality.

When you think about the price of these seafoods, you feel very promising.

Therefore, when the dried sea cucumbers and abalone in Dengzhou were prepared and packaged in high-quality boxes and sent to the capital, dozens of sea areas along the coasts of Qingdao and Laizhou had already laid deep nets and began to breed in large quantities.

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The person who chose the Taimiao incense in Beijing was hotly discussed from the middle of the year to the end of the year, and there was no conclusion.

The emperor didn't nod or shake his head, everyone said that the emperor didn't shake his head, after all, there was no heir, isn't the emperor in a hurry?

The stomachs of the harem concubines never moved.

And the news gradually spread, and many clans have taken action.

For example, it is still far from the New Year's Festival, and King Ning has entered hundreds of new four-hour lights, which is extremely strange, and I heard that the emperor is long-faced.

King Xing and King Rong all donated money for the suppression of bandits in Huguang, and also donated food for the victims, and the emperor was called the virtuous king.

As far as King Heng of the Qingzhou Mansion is concerned, he even began to cooperate with the Qing Zhangmu of fields, and the fields that should be withdrawn are not ambiguous at all.

He also learned from the king, sent the doctors around him to give lectures for Jishitang in Qingzhou Mansion, and also donated acres of land to provide Jishitang with free diagnosis and medicine from time to time.

This Jishitang is a medical school-like school promoted by Shen Rui after the promotion of the craftsman school, and it has been set up in various places.

On the one hand, apprentices are recruited, and on the other hand, doctors from various small and medium-sized medical centers are also allowed to study.

Where Jishitang graduates go out to open pharmacies and medical centers, the government has subsidies.

King Heng acted like this, Xu Wen couldn't help but write to ask Shen Rui if he wanted to fold and praise two sentences.

Shen Rui replied with a smile and said that the book was a big book, so that King Heng could benefit the people more.

This year, Shandong's purchase of livestock and poultry from Liaodong doubled, and not only the warehouses of the three eastern prefectures needed to cultivate cattle and generally raise poultry, but also a batch was shipped to Huguang.

The bandits in Huguang have never been completely exterminated, but agriculture and fishery have made great progress under the strong promotion of Shen Li, although the export of rice and grain cannot be resumed in the autumn, but there is no need for the imperial court to allocate much relief grain.

Before the winter of September, the horse market in Yansui opened.

Soon, a large number of merchants began to come to Shandong to buy a large number of cotton cloth and cocoon silk.

The mountainous areas of Dongsanfu have also become popular, and large areas of mountainous land have been contracted out to raise silkworms and fruit trees.

Needless to say, raising silkworms for cocoons and silk, raising fruit trees is not all for selling fresh fruits.

Although Dengzhou has newly developed deep cave cellar mountain fruits, which can preserve fresh fruits well, the out-of-season fresh fruit industry is more profitable.

But compared to winemaking, the profit is still much worse.

Some workshops harvest mountain fruits to make wine, although this fruit wine is not as strong as grain wine, but it has a unique taste, especially in the lack of food today, the government is not allowed to make wine with grain. Fruit wine is a cheaper alternative.

The glazed workshop in Yanshen Town has produced a variety of colorful glazed jars and glazed bottles, and the high-quality fruit wine is so loaded with glazed ware, which is good-looking and golden.

Sold to the mansion of a nobleman in Beijing in this way, a small jar is a few taels of silver.

If it is sold overseas, it is even more than a hundred taels.

It is inferior wine, and it can be sold to the northwest or Liaodong in one bag-Tartars are addicted to alcohol, and they don't pick anything.

Naturally, there are also people who have taken a fancy to the business opportunities of this fruit wine, and Yansuima City began to implement the "agent" system.

There is market demand, and there are naturally more people in Shandong who are willing to plant fruit trees.

Shen Rui also "discussed" with Lin Fu to dig a pond to take brine and dry salt, and improved the previous "well" method of taking brine.

The large salt pond can dry one or two thousand catties of salt at a time, and the small salt pond can also get five or six hundred catties at a time.

Compared with the frying salt method, the cost is low, the labor time is saved, and the output is much higher, so it is quickly popularized in various salt farms in Shandong.

No matter how much cloth and wine are introduced, they are not as attractive as salt.

When the salt production gradually increased, more and more businessmen gathered in Yansui, bought a large number of fields, hired people to farm, and restarted Shangtun, in order to obtain salt from the nearest grain.

The imperial court did not let go of the promise of salt, but there was no need to worry about the food and salary at the border gates.

Yansui border pass is completely lively, and the last transaction volume of Yansui horse market before the winter has far exceeded that of Liaodong horse market.

So at the end of the year, Yang Yiqing, who re-mentioned the "opening of the Chinese law" and sat in Yansuima City, won the emperor's praise and reward.

Zhang Yong was also transferred by the emperor to Yansui to temporarily take the post of eunuch in the town.

This year, because the emperor is happy, the whole of Beijing is happy.

Unexpectedly, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was a sudden fire in the palace.

But it is the lantern that King Ning enters, attached to the pillars, brilliant as day, and then arranged in the Qianqing Palace, is the night I don't know if the little servant missed, ignited the palace.

Fortunately, the fire was put out in time, and only the Hongde Hall, a small hall on the east side of the Qianqing Palace, where the emperor was located every day, was burned.

When Shen Rui received the letter, the Shen family was rejoicing - Yang Tian was finally found out to be happy.

Yang Tian cried with joy, and how much panic and how many grievances in the past few years turned into tears rolling down.

Xu Shi also had red eyes, hugged Yang Tian and comforted him softly, couldn't help but chant Buddha in his heart, and ordered the whole house to reward three months' monthly money, and even let him quietly go to the porridge shacks set up during the New Year to accumulate blessings for the children.

Shen Rui also felt that the surprise came too suddenly, and he couldn't close his mouth when he opened his mouth, so he thought that he would immediately send a letter to Beijing to report the good news to Yang Tinghe

When I arrived in the study, I followed the news from the Eight Immortals.

Yes, don't send the good news with great fanfare, in this case, the Yang family is happy that their daughter is pregnant and dare not show it.

Even the Shen family has to be more low-key.

This is the burning of the Qianqing Palace!

Shen Rui was surprised and had a headache, as early as when he heard that King Ning had entered the novelty lantern, he wrote to Liu Zhong, hoping that he would be more careful, how could it end up, this lamp was still hanging in such a critical place as the Qianqing Palace!

In the history of the previous life, the Qianqing Palace was burned in its entirety, and now only the Hongde Hall has been burned, so it should be prepared, otherwise it is a wooden structure that will not put out the fire in such a timely manner.

But even if it's not all, even if it's just a side hall, it's called Qianqing Palace!

Its political significance is there!

What's more, the Hongde Hall is not a nameless small hall, it is the place where the filial piety temple and the current two generations of emperors receive their ministers!

Fortunately, Brother Shou has lived in the leopard room for a long time, and he has not returned to the palace for a long time, but he is not injured.

But soon there were rumors that the emperor was in the leopard room that day, "looking back at the light and candle sky, jokingly saying that it was a big fireworks"......

Shen Rui hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, these words were really something that Brother Shou could say, but the person who spread this sentence was absolutely ill-intentioned!

And this fire, is someone doing it on purpose?!

The next day, the emperor dressed in light colors, looked at the court from the gate of heaven, withdrew the throne without setting, and sent an edict to the ministers, saying, "The ritual of respecting heaven and gods has not been exhausted, and the law of the ancestors has not been used......

It is mentioned that the punishment and reward are not just, or the taxation and labor service injures the people, or the punishment of inappropriate thieves has not stopped, and it also mentions "slander", "bribery", "treachery and corruption", and so on.

He also said that the civil and military forces should "carefully correct their ways, repair the province painfully, and lose the interests of the military and the people in a timely manner, so as to speak out and have nothing to hide, so as to answer the meaning of God's benevolence and rebuke."

Yes, soon Geng Zhi Yushi jumped out to criticize the emperor: giving up the Qianqing Palace and going to the leopard room, ignoring the prince two, sparse Confucian ministers, abandoning Wende, ignoring the government, Xintong erected and traveled every day, the monarch and the ministers were separated, and the discipline was abolished.

- Don't say anything about letting the civil and military ministers change their ways, you should first change your past mistakes!

After that, the excerpts flew like snowflakes, all of which were the same, either to say that the emperor had many mistakes, or to sue the eunuchs in various places for being greedy for fish and flesh, or to worry that it would take too much to rebuild the palace......

Then the remarks of "the green palace is still empty, and the person who chooses the incense of the temple leads the holy son" was also popular again.

There were also voices singing praises for certain vassal kings.

Just when both inside and outside the court were discussing which clan was more virtuous, the king of Anhua in the northwest issued a message-

After counting all kinds of foolish actions of the emperor today, accusing him of being unkind to the clan and unkind to the people, listing the charges of the eunuch Liu Jin, who was the master of ceremonies, said, "Follow the mandate of heaven, raise righteous soldiers, and clear the king's side".

King Anhua rebelled.

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