On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Song Tongyin said a lot to Wang Zezhi.

He said that there are many traitors in the court today, and they bewitched the ministers to impeach Wang Zezhi, but the emperor overrode public opinion and gave Wang Zezhi a reward.

He said that these seventy-four village gentry, the people named Daming, were actually national thieves, and the king was good at killing.

He said that the "Sanjin Review" reported on the empty salary in Datong Mansion, and he felt that this matter was inappropriate, and hoped that Wang Zezhi would not be impulsive.

Because he knew that the Ming Dynasty had accumulated deep evils, and a folk tabloid could not control the matter of empty salaries at all.

Finally, he told Wang Zezhi that after the year, the court would appoint a minister to come to Datong Mansion to serve as the prefect.

This person's name is Wei Yunzhong.

Wei Yunzhong, the word is far away, and the number is Zhenyi.

Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was born in Weijiayao Village, Wuxiang County, Shangdang County.

In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, he and fellow townsman Cheng Qinan Lianjie were on the same list as Jinshi, and were released to Xiangcheng Zhi County, because of the assessment of "tax shows the people's security, and the political performance is outstanding", he was promoted to the imperial history and transferred back to Beijing.

In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, he was transferred to Gansu Xian due to the case, and the laurels returned to the field.

He came back in the second year of the Apocalypse, and was appointed as Shang Baoqing.

In the winter of the third year of the Apocalypse, he repeatedly moved to the right capital of Yushi and patrolled Ningxia.

In December of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, he was dismissed by Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs.

Now, due to the long-term vacancy of the post of prefect of Datong Prefecture, Wei Yunzhong was reactivated and appointed as the prefect of Datong Prefecture upon the recommendation of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Wei Yunzhong has practiced literature and martial arts all his life, and can be called a genius in literature and martial arts.

In addition, he has an upright temperament, is jealous and hateful, and has repeatedly offended the powerful, so his career is not smooth, and it can really be described as a bumpy life, with three ups and downs.

However, his loyalty to the safety of the Ming Dynasty and the safety of the people of Li is unswerving.

He has a strange strategy, can be civil and martial, whether it is to purge the rule of officials, fight against power and traitor, or plan the military, march and arrange; Whether it is for the political side, benefiting the people, or commanding the army to defend the border, protecting the territory and the people, they all have every plan, all of them are successful, and they have made outstanding achievements and have a good reputation.

The most important point is that Song Tongyin has already greeted Wei Yunzhong.

After Wei Yunzhong took office, he would not embarrass Wang Zezhi, on the contrary, he would try his best to cooperate with Wang Zezhi and run Datong Mansion well.

At the same time, he also casually asked what Wang Zezhi wanted to do with his frequent troop transfers.

Wang Zezhi knew that his move to transfer troops still alarmed Song Tongyin.

Wang Zezhi clenched his fists and arched his hand in the direction of the capital, and told him solemnly that the emperor ordered him to recover the Hetao, and he transferred troops to plan for the recovery of the Hetao after the year.

Song Tongyin snorted and smiled.

New Year's Day.

Wang Zezhi ordered people to bring potatoes, sweet potatoes and some sweet potato flour and gave them to Song Tongyin.

Song Tongyin was not surprised by the sweet potato powder.

According to him, when the first emperor conquered Guilin, because the soldiers in the north were fighting in Guilin at that time, they were not used to eating rice in the south, so the people at that time used rice to grind rice into powder and make it into the shape of noodles to relieve the homesickness of the soldiers.

He was fortunate enough to have eaten them, but Song Tongyin had never seen potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Wang Zezhi patiently explained to him.

Wang Zezhi told Song Tongyin that potatoes and horses are important food crops in foreign countries.

The reason why potatoes can be introduced to Daming is that they were brought back from abroad by overseas Chinese who went to sea to do business.

Sweet potatoes were developed by Chen Zhenlong, a native of Changle, Fujian Province, who had been doing business in Luzon for many years, and his son Chen Jinglun, who saw that a local root crop called "sweet potato" was planted, and the tuber was "as big as a fist, the skin color was vermilion, the heart was crisp and juicy, it was edible both raw and cooked, the yield was high, and it was widely planted and barren."

Thinking of his hometown of Fujian, where there are many mountains and few fields, the land is barren, and the food is insufficient, Chen Zhenlong is determined to introduce sweet potatoes to China.

In 1593, the Philippines was under Spanish colonial rule, and sweet potatoes were regarded as a strange commodity and "forbidden to leave the country".

After careful planning, Chen Zhenlong "took potato vines and twisted them into a rope to draw water", and smeared sludge on the surface of the rope, and in the early summer of 1593, he cleverly escaped the inspection of the colonizers' checkpoints and "had to cross the sea".

After seven days of sailing, he returned to Xiamen, Fujian Province in the second half of the fifth lunar month.

Because the sweet potato comes from outside the territory, the Fujian people call it "sweet potato".

These are not the most important things, the most important thing is these two foods, which yield more than three stones per mu in the land today.

In areas with fertile land, the yield per mu can reach more than five stones, which is much higher than the yield of buckwheat and wheat.

Wang Zezhi plans to start planting a large number of sweet potatoes on the land of Datong Mansion after the beginning of spring. Sissy

When Song Tongyin heard this, he looked at Wang Zezhi in disbelief, he didn't believe that these two small things could produce more than three stones per mu.

As far as he knows, Pingyang Province, where the land is the most fertile, yields only one stone and six buckets of wheat per mu at the best time, not even two stones.

Wang Zezhi told Song Tongyin with certainty that the yield per mu of potatoes and sweet potatoes is indeed so high.

If Song Tongyin doesn't believe it, he can come and check it out in March.

Because Wang Zezhi planted potatoes on the land in Yuxian, Shouyang, and Fangshan, he would be able to see the yield at that time.

Song Tongyin no longer doubted it, but he didn't fully believe it either.

He said that if the production of these two foods is really that high, he will take the lead in promoting them throughout Shanxi.

Song Tongyin put away the potatoes and sweet potatoes that Wang Zezhi gave him as if they were treasures.

After putting it away, he looked at Wang Zezhi with satisfaction, and then left.

After Song Tongyin left, the sentinel came to report.

Song Tongyin hid three thousand elite horsemen in Niuxin Mountain, dozens of miles away, and when Song Tongyin left, they left together.

"The number of great bright qi is not exhausted."

After Wang Zezhi heard the news, he sighed.

At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, there were still many capable ministers.

If he rebelled at this time, it was clear that it was not a wise move.

He's going to wait, he's going to wait for a suitable opportunity.

As for now, he can't rebel yet, but he wants to create conditions for rebellion in the future.

"Report, Yu Zhong has completed the task and is waiting for the adults to inspect the Hukou station."

The herald arrived.

Wang Zezhi wrapped the clothes on his body and saw Yu Zhong go.

"The subordinates did not fail in their mission, and led secret spies to guard three miles away from Zhangjiakou, Xuanfu Town, robbed and killed the traitor Ma Fu, as well as the 176 traitors he took away."

Ma Fu is an officer and soldier who instigated Yu Zhong's rebellion in Yu County, plus Ma Fu is righteous, as long as they meet, they will drag Yu Zhong to drink wine and eat meat, it is impossible to say that the two have no feelings.

However, Yu Zhong and Ma Fu are different.

Ma Fu's rebellion was to save his life and had no purpose.

Yu Zhong is a thief, that's because he has seen too much and understood too much.

It is not for nothing that the people fear the soldiers more than the thieves.

When Wang Zezhi first returned to the imperial court, Yu Zhong was the happiest.

However, he also understands that what Wang Zezhi can give them, the court can't give.

This is also the reason why Yu Zhong will personally go to rob and kill Ma Fu.

"From today onwards, you are in charge of infiltration, and you are no longer in charge of spying on military intelligence."

Wang Zezhi confirmed Ma Fu's head, helped Yu Zhong up, and began to order.

Yu Zhong listened to the order.

From now on, we will begin to seek to seize Shanxi.

You must do everything you can to infiltrate Niangzi Pass, Pingding Prefecture, Shouyang, Yuci, Taiyuan Fu, Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass and other places within a year. ”

"Yes."

Yu Zhong took the order and retreated.

Wang Zezhi ordered someone to check the identities of these 176 people.

After verifying that it was correct, Wang Zezhi was relieved.

It's not that he can't believe in loyalty, but he needs to be sure that no one threatens him.

If someone leaked the news of his intention to rebel to the imperial court, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Ming Dynasty at this time is still not to be underestimated, and it is not something that tens of thousands of people can challenge.