The Son of Heaven will not be able to help people for a while, but it does not mean that he does not want to help people.

Select the available talents from all the great families, and appoint them in the important positions of the close ministers and nobles, and select and support the available people from them, and after a few years, a force will still be formed to contain Han Zhong.

As for how far it can go, it depends on everyone's ability and the support of the family, Han Zhong is impossible, and there is no way to stop the Son of Heaven from employing people like this.

Unless Han Zhong pulls the flag and rebels now, of course, this cannot succeed, and it can only result in a defeat with the Son of Heaven.

What Han Zhong has to do now is to consolidate the power in his hands, try to repair some relations with the Son of Heaven, support his favorite successor to take over the phase power, and maintain the power of the Han Party, so that Han Zhong will retire after a few years, and will not be settled by the Autumn Queen......

This is politics, it is the university question, the mind of the Son of Heaven, and Han Zhong's response, in fact, it is roughly like this.

Xu Zi was first an ordinary prince located in a corner of Fuzhou, and the people of the Chen family regarded him as a fluke during his trip to Beijing, but now it seems that there is no luck in this kind of thing, and it is indispensable to grasp the general trend and timing.

As far as Xu Zixian's analysis and judgment are concerned, the children of the Accumulated Family are far behind.

Chen Duguang, Chen Duzhong, Chen Duming, as well as Chen Zhengzhi, Chen Zhengbin, Li Mingyu and others have also discussed before this, and the general judgment is that it is similar to Xu Zixian, but everyone is from a civil official family, and they are people in the officialdom, and the strength of everyone is not as clear and clear as Xu Zixian said at this time, and saw it clearly, not only Chen Dujing is full of appreciation for Xu Zixian, but how can anyone present be an exception?

Of course, the Chen family will not be tied to the chariot of the Son of Heaven, and Chen Duming can obtain the qualifications to enter the two mansions, but before entering Beijing, he will definitely make it clear that the Son of Heaven and Han Zhong know that the Chen family has no intention of intervening in this level of court dispute.

"We are holding a banquet in the flower hall and waiting to pick up the wind and wash the ......dust for Mingda," Chen Zhengbin said with a smile: "Do you want to talk about the Eastern Domain?" Don't delay Mingda to see Wen Jun now, a truckload of flowers is waiting to be transported. ”

Everyone laughed, and the satisfied look in Chen Dujing's eyes became more obvious.

No matter how strong Xu Zixian's ability is, he can't compare to the little care for his daughter, not to mention that Chen Dujing can also see that the flowers loaded on the car are all famous flowers from all over the world, and it is not easy to save and transport, but it is not easy to obtain.

At that moment, Chen Dujing patted Xu Zixian on the shoulder and said, "You are attentive." ”

After saying that, everyone left, and Xu Zi first moved the large and small flower pots into the apricot garden.

Chen Wenjun was also waiting in the garden for a long time, more than a dozen servants and maids were waiting around the left and right, and it was impossible for the fiancée to meet alone if he didn't talk about etiquette.

Seeing that her sweetheart moved many famous flowers into the garden, Chen Wenjunxia flew all over her face and whispered: "You are attentive." ”

The father-in-law and his fiancée are in the same vein, and they praise people like this.

Xu Zixian smiled slightly and said, "This is what you personally explained, of course you have to do it well." ”

The two stood side by side, watching people move flowers to pots and plant them, Xu Zixian whispered about the origin of various flowers, while Chen Wenjun listened carefully, his eyes flashed, and he glanced at Xu Zixian from time to time, showing that he was extremely intoxicated by the scene in front of him. Xu Zixian has a long body, Chen Wenjun is tall and graceful, and the two stand side by side, like a fairy among the gods, which attracts the praise of the maids and servants.

"When I marry into the Hou Mansion, what will happen to these flowers?" Seeing that there were more than 100 kinds of rare flowers in the garden, Chen Wenjun was worried.

"I'll see this when you go back to your parents' house in the future." Xu Zixian said with a smile: "I bought two copies, and the annex of Nan'an Hou Mansion also asked someone to plant one." ”

Speaking of the situation of marrying in the past, Chen Wenjun was ashamed this time, and couldn't help but fantasize about the situation when he married in the past.

It seems that Xu Zixian is different from the situation in his memory, Chen Wenjun was a little curious about Xu Zixian's arrogance and rebelliousness, girls are probably like this, lone wolf-like men are easy to arouse their curiosity and pity, and the so-called feelings are nothing more than that.

The current Xu Zixian is different from before, strong and gentle, so that girls have a sense of reliance and trust, Chen Wenjun secretly rejoiced for himself, there were many candidates in the Changwen Marquis Mansion before, but a husband like Xu Zixian who is so capable and delicate is afraid that if he misses it, he will miss it for life.

"Little sister is looking forward to your coming soon......" Xu Zixian quietly took Chen Wenjun's hand, a little cold, he continued: "Xiuniang is a hard-working person, and I also hope that you will come over to preside over the Hou Mansion as soon as possible, well, of course, I am looking forward to it the most." ”

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The banquet in the flower hall of the Hou Mansion has already been set up.

There are not many dishes, not too particular, there is no one to accompany the guests, this meeting is not the state of the previous guests, the five etiquettes are ready, and the Chen family does not need to make a big show.

Xu Zi sat down in the guest seat first, Chen Dujing sat in the main seat, and the rest of the elders and peers sat down one after another.

Everyone didn't say hello, and after each drank a cup, Chen Zhengbin said first: "The imperial court gave the 6,000 households of the Eastern Domain to Mingda this time, in fact, it is to throw the Eastern Domain to Mingda." ”

Chen Duzhong nodded and said: "The Eastern Domain now has a population of 13,000 and a household of less than 3,000, I don't know why the imperial court is so cheeky?" ”

Everyone was a little dissatisfied, Xu Zixian's great work was in hand, and the court rewarded either a knight, an official position, or an increase in the number of actual households.

Adding to 6,000 households seems generous, but the local pattern is trapped in the Eastern Domain, and the number of households is insufficient, so Xu Zi has to make up for it first.

seems generous, but in the eyes of the Chen family, the Eastern Domain has not been successful for two hundred years, so what if it is handed over to Xu Zixian now?

Chen Duzhong said with a wry smile: "Mingda is interested in the Eastern Domain, but I want to state first that the Eastern Domain is mainly a gathering of villages, there are no commercial houses, there are not a few shops, and there are no factories. If the Eastern Domain wants to make this money, there is no such way, and it is actually sealed in the Eastern Domain, which is nothing more than that there are 10,000 or 20,000 free Dingkou available, and I don't know where to use it? ”

Chen Duguang said: "We have discussed before, buy equipment, plough cattle, give clothes and food, help build houses, attract displaced people, and then ask them to bring cotton to arrive, Mingda is sealed, will there be any changes?" ”

This is also the thing that the Chen family is most concerned about, and everyone looks at Xu Zixian.

Now in addition to the military and political power of the Eastern Domain, it is nominally returned to the imperial court, but in fact, all the immigrants are less than 3,000 households, and the rest are introduced by Xu Zixian himself to organize the people into Qi people, and they are still regarded as people under the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

If Xu Zixian didn't want to ask other families to take advantage of him and use free forced labor, he would be able to do many things.

In this way, although it was more difficult in the early days, the foundation of cooperation with the Chen family was actually not solid, Xu Zixian could eat it himself, why should he give up part of his interests?

"Let's do it as we were intended." Xu Zixian said: "The mouth money is reasonable, forty days of forced labor is also reasonable, I even plan to exempt the Nan'an Guanzhuang from the excess money, it is not easy to hide the household, and the official household is treated as one, the development of the Eastern Domain, forty days is not enough, it still requires a large number of personnel, money, food, equipment investment, but also to establish a commercial bank, docks, these things must also be insisted on, to give the people to see the benefits and hope, they will follow us." If you want to be frugal and drive the people like cattle and horses, the development of the Eastern Domain will never succeed. ”

Chen Dujing, including everyone, didn't expect Xu Zixian to make such a statement, and for a while, everyone was a little stunned.

They originally thought that Xu Zixian intended to develop the Eastern Domain, and the imperial court left Xu Zixian in the Eastern Domain in the name of raising horses, which was also a good opportunity for the Nan'an Hou Mansion to move in the displaced people and make up for 6,000 households, and the Eastern Domain was equivalent to Xu Zixian's fiefdom...... For the imperial court, it is a difficult problem to remove, and it is a pity to abandon it for the imperial court of the Eastern Domain. At the height of the imperial court, the Eastern Domain was not successful, and Penghu developed much better than the Eastern Domain.

If Penghu is divided, the imperial court is not happy, Penghu has county seats, towns, islands, garrisons, and commercial banks are more developed than the Eastern Domain, Penghu has a total of less than 10,000 households, and 6,000 households are sealed, which is equivalent to distributing Penghu to Xu Zixian, and the imperial court categorically refuses.

The Eastern Domain is different, Xu Zixian took it to the imperial court, anyway, it is a place outside the territory, and the feeling of the people outside the territory, Xu Zixian can't make any big waves in the Eastern Domain...... The Nan'an Hou Mansion can completely use the civil power of the Eastern Domain, and the previous agreement with the Changwen Hou Mansion should produce some changes.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zixian was unwilling to change, which can only show one point, first, Xu Zixian is sympathetic to the people, virtuous and loves the people, which is a fact rather than a false rumor from the people. The second point is that Xu Zixian has more ambitious ambitions in the Eastern Domain, the people's power is not lightly used, tens of thousands of people and 6,000 households, forty days of exemption from military service, can not achieve the goal Xu Zixian wants, his requirements are very big, his ambitions are far-reaching, and what he wants is far beyond the imagination of everyone in the Chen Mansion.

"I wonder how much we can help?" Chen Duguang said with a slight hesitation: "I have to invest more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan a year, this is a trivial matter, I'm afraid that Mingda wants a lot, and I'm afraid I will invest more in the future?" ”

"As long as the Marquis of Changwen Mansion continues to invest in the cotton field." Xu Zixian smiled slightly and said: "According to the original proposal, hundreds of thousands of acres of cotton fields have been opened in the past two years, and the capital needs are hundreds of thousands of yuan. What I want to ask for is that the Changwen Marquis Mansion will take the lead, and the overseas fleet can go to the Eastern Domain to trade while replenishing water and food in Penghu, and the Changwen Marquis Mansion can build one or two trading houses, cotton, cloth, and some porcelain, tea, raw silk, and beans, furs, and sand gold business from the Eastern Domain. ”

From the two Zhejiang and Jiangnan, as well as the merchant ships of the north of the Great Wei to the south, most of them are in Dengzhou and Penghu to supplement the draft water, the ships of the Great Wei Dynasty, the long-distance navigation ability is slightly weaker, most of them are along the coast of the ocean current, Penghu is in the island chain, after crossing Penghu, whether it is to Luzon or Lanfang, Srivijaya, Siam are all southward, it is more convenient to go to the Wa country, the distance and the ocean current are very suitable.

It is precisely because Penghu has been replenishing fresh water that Penghu has developed quite well, of course, this is not bad compared to the Eastern Domain.

For the Chen Mansion, Xu Zixian's request is not too excessive, there must be some investment, and there must be some explanations to the businessmen under his command, and that's it, it is not a big effort.