What kind of character is Your Majesty?

Not to mention for ordinary people, even for Fang Yizhi, who is the governor of the Northeast, he has not met His Majesty for four years, and he occasionally asks such questions.

Standing at the bow of the boat, he looked at the lights on the right bank, Fang Yizhi, who was dressed in civilian clothes, it was difficult for people to associate him with the Governor of the Northeast, among the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, only the Governor of the Northeast was the most special - he could lead the troops. Governing the military with literature is almost the most taboo in the Ming Dynasty after Xingqian, but in the Northeast, this is necessary, after all, the Northeast is not peaceful at all.

In fact, in the past few years, Fang Yizhi's reputation in the newspaper is not good, and some people even call him "Smiling Tiger", because he once ordered the killing of thousands of Jurchen men and sold his women into slavery.

And the cause was only because a Han settlement was attacked, and as revenge, all the tribes within a hundred miles of Fangyuan were cut off.

"If one person dies, he will be punished for a hundred miles!"

This is the characteristic of Fang Yizhi's governance of the Northeast, logically speaking, his iron fist would not have anyone to say irresponsible things, but for the Chinese people who have been civilized for too long, his iron fist still scares everyone, after all, he has more than once "Zhu Baili", in the Northeast, Fang Yizhi's name can even stop children's crying.

And this also made him get the name of "butcher" in the newspapers in the Guannai, saying that he was a "smiling tiger", in fact, it was also aimed at some immigrants who called him "smiling bodhisattva" because they were favored by him, and a few people remembered that he did indeed become a monk because he did not want to be a slave.

And this time, he has not returned to Beijing for four years, and he came to Zhongdu for the first time, and the reason why he came here is not just to report on his work, he has more important things.

At this time, standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the lights on the embankment on the north bank, Fang Yizhi sighed secretly in his heart.

"Let's hope everything goes well......"

"I didn't expect it, but it's only been a few years, the night of this Qinghe River is so charming, making Taiwan, no wonder everyone in the world claims to never sleep, what I saw today, this pier is already brightly lit, presumably the city must be a city that never sleeps."

A voice behind him interrupted Fang Yizhi's thoughts. He didn't need to turn around to know who was behind him, it was his fellow descendant Fang Zhangyue, he was exiled to the Northeast with his father because of the "Ding Youke Field Case" of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty, although now the Manchu Qing has been expelled to Shaanxi, but most of those who were exiled to Ningguta still stayed in the Northeast and failed to return to Guannai, because ...... The Northeast needs these people. Therefore, even if the father and son of the Fang family were his relatives of the same clan, he did not show favoritism, but placed their father and son in the governor's palace, which was a curtain at first, and later an official, which can be regarded as settling down in the northeast. This time when he went south, he took Fang Zhangyue with him and asked him to go with him.

"It's Zhang Yue. It's almost time to arrive in the central capital, and the official hasn't been here for several years, and when the Northern Expedition began, it was still only Qinghe. ”

"I heard that in the past few years, there has been a lot of construction, so it never sleeps, and it lives up to the name of Shenjing. The prosperity of the world is really just Jiangnan. ”

Fang Zhangyue seemed a little excited, for him who had not returned to Guannai for many years, he was always eager to return here and see the prosperity of Jiangnan again.

Noticing the nostalgia for Jiangnan in his words, Fang Yizhi glanced at Fang Zhangyue, and then said coldly.

"Zhang Yue, although Jiangnan is good, it was also built by the ancestors of the Lu Road, and until the Han Dynasty, it was still a bad place where miasma was rampant. If there is no generation of Han ancestors Lu Lu Lan Wisp, and there will be today's Jiangnan, today I am in the Northeast, it is to turn the Northeast into my Jiangnan outside the Guan, if this achievement is achieved, how can it be compared with the peace and happiness of Jiangnan? ”

Fang Yizhi's teaching made Fang Zhangyue hurriedly bow his head and say.

"What the system said is very true, and I have been taught below."

Looking at Fang Zhangyue, who was bowing his head and being taught, Fang Yizhi suddenly smiled slightly, and then said.

"Now in the farm on the Heilongjiang side, someone has tried to plant rice last year, and its quality is not even inferior to Liaonan rice, the taste of this Northeast rice is far better than Jiangnan rice.

"This is all the work of the local government that makes Taiwan a subordinate state."

Fang Zhangyue's compliment made Fang Yizhi smile slightly, and then said.

"This is not the credit of this official, in the final analysis, it is still the retired officers and soldiers who His Majesty settled in the Northeast back then, if there were no more than 100,000 retired officers and soldiers, naturally there would be no growing prosperity in the Northeast today."

Of course, the resettlement of retired officers and soldiers was because after the Zheng Jiajun and the Jiangxi Ming Army were incorporated, the loyal and righteous army swelled to nearly 600,000, plus nearly 400,000 surrendered troops, and finally, in the first year of Xingqian, the Ming army was reduced to 400,000 through disarmament, and more than 200,000 retired officers and soldiers were placed in the northeast and Sichuan. They were even placed in the fields of retired officers and soldiers, and worked as "tenants" for two years before the government gave them dozens of acres of land.

However, it was not they who introduced rice to the Northeast, but the 160,000 laborers provided by North Korea during the Northern Expedition - they not only transported military rations and materials for the Loyal and Righteous Army, but also after the war, they were assigned to the homes of retired officers and soldiers to reclaim land for them, and later became the "domestic servants" of retired officers and soldiers and became naturalized Ming people.

It was those North Koreans who brought rice cultivation to the Northeast, and they also took root in the Northeast, but compared to those who were given land, those North Korean immigrants were often "domestic servants" of retired officers and soldiers, or more precisely, "domestic slaves". They are different from ordinary tenant farmers, they have their own freedom to choose landlords, they are out-and-out domestic slaves, they cultivate the fields for their masters' families, and even their daughters are still the maids of the master's family, of course, those soldiers in the township do not beat and scold the servants arbitrarily, but also take great care of them, and some even buy daughters-in-law for them - in those years, there were many banner women in Yumengdi who sold them at extremely cheap prices. However, more people are buying for themselves to make Yahuan use, of course, not only Yahuan, those Yahuan are also through the house, after all, the vast majority of Korean husbands once they live, often soon drag their children and daughters to the master's house, men plough the land for the master's family, and women serve the daily life of the master's family.

It is precisely because of this that the current Northeast has formed three levels that are completely different from other places, one is the military meritorious and veterans' groups, which have hundreds of acres and thousands of acres of land, and they are the wealthy class in the Northeast, and the second is the immigrant class who are mainly captives and supplemented by a small number of immigrants, who often only have dozens of acres of land, and usually have no worries about food and clothing, and have a little surplus wealth. The third layer is the domestic slave class, which is dominated by Korean immigrants, and of course, there are also those Manchu women who bought from Mongolia, who have no property or land of their own, and are completely dependent on the masters, who are often quite generous, allowing them to live a life without food and clothing.

As for those who gave birth to the Nyorans...... Their number is always limited, and they don't have much choice but to become naturalized.

It is precisely because of the existence of these types of people that the Northeast has now grown from less than 10,000 households to more than 2 million now. The prosperity of many prefectures and cities is not inferior to that of Kannai, and if the people are rich, even Jiangnan cannot be compared with the Northeast. After all, there are many fields and land in the northeast, whether it is planting rice and corn or raising sheep, it can bring rich benefits to the people. The affluent people have made the business of Northeast China increasingly prosperous, and Shenyang has now become a big city that is not inferior to the provincial capitals in the mainland.

It's just that behind this prosperity, there are also hidden dangers, especially now, this hidden danger is emerging, which is also the reason why Fang Yizhi came to Zhongdu, he must completely solve this problem before the hidden danger endangers the Ming Dynasty, instead of sitting back and watching the problem continue to expand.

However, can he convince the emperor?

Thinking of the purpose of this trip, Fang Yizhi's brows tightened again, and even with his eyebrows, there was also a little worry, only when he was in the northeast could he experience his worries.

"Producer, you said, this time, will Your Majesty agree to your suggestion?"

The worry in the governor's expression naturally fell into Fang Zhangyue's eyes, and he knew why the governor was so worried, so he spoke.

"Actually, it is better to lobby the cabinet than to lobby Your Majesty, after all, the cabinet will be more inclined to us."

Fang Zhangyue's words made Fang Yizhi's eyebrows furrow, but he didn't speak,

He knew that what Fang Zhangyue said was the truth, and the cabinet would indeed fully support the Northeast, and he did not doubt it. But what would happen if he tried to gain support through the Cabinet and could not convince His Majesty before then?

Dislike Your Majesty?

Fang Yizhi didn't care much about this, after all, he was not a person with good reputation, and the reason why he was invited by His Majesty to go out was because the Qing Dynasty had not retreated, and it was because of the Northeast.

Nothing is more important than the stability of the Northeast.

"Zhang Yue, do you know why I stayed in the Northeast back then?"

Looking at the dock that was getting closer and closer, Fang Yizhi said in a low voice.

"Who doesn't know the bitter cold of the Northeast, who doesn't know the remoteness there, and how many of my Jiangnan people are willing to live in the Northeast for a long time? However, a few people know that if the Northeast can't return to the province for a day, I won't be at peace for a day! ”

There is no peace for a day! Not only is there no peace, but it can even be said that it is eternal peace.

"As long as the Northeast can set up a province, there are tens of millions of Han people living in the Northeast, not only will there be no Jurchen in the Northeast, but also, since then, I will no longer worry about the north, as long as I am willing, I can attack from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili and the Northeast at any time, sweep the grassland, so that the grassland can no longer be troubled by the Ming Dynasty, so that the world can be stable!"

When the words fell, the boat had slowly approached the dock, and the moment it landed on the dock, Fang Yizhi smiled slightly and said again.

"Therefore, no matter how you protect it, Fang Mou will definitely turn the northeast into my trip to the Ming Dynasty and turn the border area into the mainland!"