It's easier said than done. This first step, how to change rice to mulberry is a big problem, God is not on Zhu Yidao's side this time, the sky is raining, nothing can be done. His idea is actually quite operable, and none of you here are idiots, how can you not understand such a simple truth? It's just how to turn this idea into reality, and of course the bell tie person needs to be tied to the bell - everyone looks at him.

Lao Zhu didn't react until this moment, a group of Ziwenchen discussed the country's situation, what did he say about a thousand households? Sure enough, it is a disaster from the mouth! He quickly changed his words and said: "If you want to open the trade route, you still have to wipe out the pirates and pirates on the sea first, and then talk about anything else." So I'm just thinking about it. Then the crowd took their disdain away from him.

"The priority is the levee. The Xin'an River must not be broken, and Jiande County and Chun'an County downstream are both large counties with large populations, and if they suffer a disaster, it will be impossible to cover them. No matter how many people die, the cabinet will ask for the guilt! I'll stay here tonight, everyone will take turns to come, and if there's any situation, hurry up and report it! Channing stood up and walked out of the lobby, looking at the pouring rain outside, looking extremely worried.

Kyoshi Cabinet.

"What 'if there is no land, the people will be lost, and if the people are lost, the country will be in danger', high-sounding and alarmist!" Chen Yubi trembled angrily with his hand soothing, "I think it's him Li Hualong who is afraid of losing his future and wants to leave a way out for himself!" ”

Zhao Zhigao sat motionless on the chair in front of the big case, thinking about something in a daze.

"I think so." A middle-aged official with an elegant and delicate appearance said. He is Chen Yubi's right-hand man, Luo Jinwen, the general political envoy of the General Political Department, has been serving Chen Yubi before and after the saddle, but he is extremely low-key, and there are not many people in the government and the opposition who know him.

Luo Jinwen lowered his head and stroked his beard, and said slowly: "That Li Hualong went to Zhejiang, and I mentioned it." Li Hualong has some friendship with Zhang Wei, and he is a rare civilian official in the DPRK who knows the soldiers, and he has worked in Li Chengliang's border army for so many years. He Li Hualong looked at the cabinet now that there are many people attacking, and the emperor is likely to want to do something; Several cabinet members are old, and it is not surprising that there is a way out. I don't think he's doing this for the sake of it. ”

"Li Hualong is not that kind of person," Zhao Zhigao finally opened his mouth, still maintaining a posture of contemplation, but his eyes looked at the two of them, "When it comes to people and things, you have to put yourself in their shoes." What would you do if you were replaced, or you, in Li Hualong's position? Zhejiang's change from rice to mulberry is easy to say, but it is not generally difficult to do...... The common people can not understand the difficulties of the imperial court, but the imperial court cannot but consider their difficulties, and Zhejiang cannot but consider their difficulties! If he did something bad, he Li Hualong patted his ass and left, but it was all over Zhejiang.

Chen Yubi and Luo Jinwen couldn't help but glance at each other. It's still Zhao Zhigao, the reason why he doesn't argue and quarrel with those officials, but he disdains to quarrel with them, and with that kind of effort, it is better to think more about what to do next. Luo Jinwen's heart was flooded with strong waves, Zhao Zhigao's honest appearance is too far from his heart, the good man is a good man, although it is impossible to have much achievement, but often the good ones are slippery people, because he leaves a way to retreat everywhere.

"That's all I have to do now. Li Hualong doesn't go, you and I have a better candidate? But when he went, behind him was the officialdom of Zhejiang, and the emperor was far away, and no one could protect him. So I don't think he'll be unscrupulous. Zhao Zhigao narrowed his eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Chen Yubi sat down with a gloomy face, and Luo Jinwen interjected: "It is the emperor's idea to change rice to mulberry." ”

Zhao Zhigao put down the teacup, stood up and picked up Li Hualong's recital, read it carefully again, and then said: "Li Hualong didn't say that he wouldn't change it, he just didn't want to change it according to your method." If it is really according to your reform, it will give people a truth. Don't forget, that Zhu Yidao is also in Zhejiang! ”

Then all three fell silent again. On Zhao Zhigao's right hand, there is also a note from Qian Ning.

"Li Hualong is a national soldier!" Ma Quan was the last person to read the secret letter, and after reading the letter, he excitedly slapped the letter: "I can actually move Qian Ning from the monolithic Zhejiang!" Big things can be done! ”

"Let's take a look!" Zhang Wei was not as excited as him, "The letter said that Song Shu was on the eighth day of October, and today is already the twentieth day of the first month." Zhao Zhigao still kept it a secret, and he was not allowed to find a way to drown the letter, and then go to seal Qian Ning's mouth. ”

Ma Quan sneered, pointed to the secret letter on the desk and said, "I dare to assert that they can't drown this letter, and they don't dare to drown it." There are so many people in Zhejiang, he wants to drown, it's not so easy! Don't forget, the emperor asked Zhu Yidao to patrol the border in Zhejiang, is it really just to rectify the local Jinyi Guard? ”

"There is a deficit in the treasury to make up," Zhang Wei insisted on his opinion, "There are still so many people's financial routes there, and they will not let Li Hualong's performance disrupt the situation." ”

At this time, Chen Yubi watched Luo Jinwen help Zhao Zhigao to lie down on the recliner, sighing and sighing.

"Sit down, too!" Zhao Zhigao knew what Chen Yubi was thinking, and said with a faint smile, "As long as Li Hualong is in Zhejiang, Qian Ning's letter will definitely not be hidden, and it must be presented to the emperor." But what will the emperor think when he sees it? To be honest, I've seen this technique I don't know how many times I've seen it these days. I think what Qian Ning said is still the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country. So many fields, so many people, and the place where Hai Rui once worked, if it really provoked a civil uprising, it is not my blessing to be Ming! If the emperor thinks the same way, the silk will increase by 300,000 horses, and when asked about us, how should we reply? Think about it again, in addition to the method you said about letting the big silk farmers change the mulberry fields, is there any other way to achieve both? ”

"I don't know any other reform other than ours!" Chen Yubi raised his eyelids, sat down against Zhao Zhigao and said, "Changing the rice field to a mulberry field was originally to produce more silk, and if you produce silk, you can turn it into silver!" If the silk is not good, or the quantity is not enough, the West will not want it. Let those people change it themselves, and the silk produced will be sold to small workshops, and the woven silk will not be sold for a price. This kind of thing, the imperial court not only has to lead the people to do it, but also to formulate the large silk households allowed by the government to collect it! How can you put all your hope on the people and those Western merchants? It's not that the people are not allowed to make money, but the deficit in the treasury is too big...... Let the people change it themselves, you can only make simple things complicated and easy things difficult! What's more, the use of the palace is so large, and the treasury is so empty that I have to think of this method as a last resort. At this time, if we can't grit our teeth and hold on, we don't need others to fall on us, and we will all fall ourselves! ”

The cabinet had already sent a secret letter to Qian Ning, asking him to adopt the method of forcing the people to change rice to mulberry, and if anyone was unwilling, they would be dealt with on the charge of conspiracy against the Japanese; At the same time, let the people hand over all the mulberry fields that were changed to local silk farmers to collect, and the price could not be lower than the market price. Qian Ning did the same, he asked the prefect of Hangzhou, Ma Yuan, to deal with this matter with full authority, but with little effect, and even almost provoked a civil uprising in Chun'an County!

Coupled with the fact that the people besieged the Hangzhou government, Qian Ning felt more and more that there was a problem with this method of the cabinet, but as an official that Chen Yubi had brought up and Zhao Zhigao had been caring for, he could not openly resist this practice of the cabinet, and Li Hualong's words were like a sledgehammer knocking on his heart. After so many years as an official, in all fairness, the two people promoted by the cabinet to take care of themselves can still think for the people, but sometimes they are too selfish, and for the so-called sense of justice in their hearts, they can completely ignore the life and death of others and the life and death of the people. Although my Ming is important to the emperor, how can I completely put the people aside for the emperor's grace?

After thinking about it, at the same time as Li Hualong's reciprocal note, he also sent a letter to the cabinet, explaining in detail the current difficulties in popularizing the change of rice to mulberry, and euphemistically proposed whether it could be slowed down and give the people a buffer time, even if it was only a few months. Unexpectedly, it caused serious dissatisfaction in the cabinet collective, although Zhao Zhigao did not say it, he still had an opinion in his heart, even if it is difficult to change rice to mulberry, you have to find a way to implement it, implement it first, if you have any opinions, wait until the annual return to Beijing to report on the work and then talk to us privately.

Li Hualong's recital is a song of merit and virtue for this national policy, but in the last place, he cleverly mentioned that he hopes that the court and the emperor can give him a little more time, give Zhejiang a little more time, and he will definitely be able to do the best thing about changing Zhejiang from rice to mulberry! The meaning is the same, but the expression is different, but it makes the cabinet and others feel very comfortable.

As for Zhu Yidao, he used a report to make a detailed report on Wanli. He didn't say whether it was good or bad to change rice to mulberry, but expressed it in the form of a large number of data and lists: what is the point of progress now, how many acres of rice fields are there in Zhejiang, how much has been changed, and what is the reason for the fact that it has been implemented for so long but only has such a few achievements; What are the matters that need to be paid attention to in the next step, and what are the tasks that need the cooperation of the imperial court; Now that the heavy rain is pouring in Zhejiang, what countermeasures have the Zhejiang provincial government and the prefect of Hangzhou done, what have they done, and how can they be implemented after the heavy rain has passed...... Wanli likes this kind of recital very much, concise and clear, which makes it clear at a glance, unlike those ministers who are tired and half-dead after reading a recital. This kind of recital with a strong Lao Zhu's personal color inadvertently made the chamberlain secretly pay attention, and forcibly remembered a part of it, and reported it to the celebrant supervisor.