Li Yi deliberately expressed his worries, but in fact, it makes sense.

Since coming to Yunnan, Li Yi has heard his subordinate officials complain more than once, complaining about the difficult livelihood of the people in Yunnan, and some people think that the imperial court does not attach importance to the existence of Yunnan.

It is said that some officials in the DPRK and China believe that Yunnan is a barren land, that it has no geographical advantages, that it cannot be self-sufficient in taxes, and that it is still necessary to constantly ask the imperial court for financial support, and that it is really a heavy financial burden to make no contribution to the imperial court.

Moreover, Yunnan is so far away from the capital, its strategic position is really insignificant, for the sake of the country's overall plan, it is better to simply abolish the Yunnan establishment and retreat to Guangning Daolai.

This kind of voice has always had the upper hand in the court, and even the insightful Prime Minister Zhao Guangyi and others at that time agreed with it.

Because of the unanimous opinion on this issue, even Liu Yan, who has always held the spirit of vigorously expanding the territory, was a little shaken by what they said.

At this critical juncture, if he does not explain the importance of Yunnan's status and does not come up with a few decent things to whitewash Yunnan, this order to revoke the establishment will be difficult to recover.

If you roll up and go away, there will be a great danger that Yunnan will cease to be Han soil in the future, and it is possible that it will become an ungoverned land like Vietnam.

Today, taking this opportunity, Li Yi unreservedly showed Yunnan's hole cards, the purpose of course is to tell Shao and Le that although Yunnan is currently poor and white, there is no decent economic achievement.

However, in time, there is still a lot of potential to be tapped by taking multiple measures such as copper mining to open up financial resources.

Blindly crying poor will be counterproductive, if Yunnan is financially self-sufficient and can offer to the imperial court from time to time, how can the imperial court be willing to give up this piece of fat!

When Shao Tingjuan heard Li Yi say this, he also felt the same way.

He exclaimed: "Alas! Actually, I just don't say it, Runzhi is also very clear, and this is not a secret in the DPRK. The call for the abolition of the Yunnan establishment is getting louder and louder year by year, and His Majesty was almost moved by what they said. ”

"You also know that Your Majesty is keen to expand the territory, and my Han territory has been extending over the years, but it is limited to the north of Lingnan."

"And this place in Yunnan is regarded as chicken ribs by his old man, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it, if His Majesty finally makes up his mind, Yunnan may really abandon it."

"However, it's fortunate that you were put here to guard, otherwise if you change someone casually, Yunnan will probably no longer belong to the Han Dynasty."

"The emperor loves Wu and Wu, and he is very relieved to hand over this Yunnan to you. This time, you made a great contribution to quelling the rebellion, and somewhat soothed the pain of his old man's loss of his son. ”

Li Yi accompanied the two envoys to step down from the review stand, and said resolutely: "Xiaguan has found several capable people in mining and smelting, as long as we speed up and increase production, I believe that in a few months, this copper ingot will continue to be transported to the capital, and it will definitely impress the imperial court." ”

"It's just that there is no mass production yet, and we can't see good results immediately, but as long as it takes a long time, as soon as this output comes up, our annual contribution from Yunnan to the imperial court is not a small amount."

"When the time comes, please ask the two envoys to say a few more kind words in front of Your Majesty, as long as you give Yunnan a year, the lower officials will be able to completely change this place."

"At that time, Yunnan will no longer need the assistance of the imperial court at all, and our Yunnan will still contribute to the imperial court."

"If this is the case for a few years, I think there will not be such a fierce voice of withdrawal in the DPRK and China, right?"

Shao Tingjuan heard Li Yi say this, nodded but did not speak.

Le Fan next to him couldn't help it, and he interjected worriedly: "Li Dashuai, it's not difficult to ask Lord Shao to say a few words in front of the emperor, but what you said a year later, Yunnan will not need the assistance of the imperial court, I think... I think... Hehe! Don't say it to Your Majesty. ”

"If you set a time limit and fail to fulfill it when the time comes, isn't it a cocoon?"

"Li Dashuai doesn't need to worry, our family has its own sense of proportion."

Depend on! When Le Fan said this, he simply despised Yunnan and didn't believe in our ability!

Li Yi was about to explain a few more words, but Shao Tingjuan said: "Runzhi! The victims of southern Sichuan who entered Yunnan don't know how they are resettled. It's been two days, why don't we go and take a look, understand the situation, and when we go back, I can explain something to Your Majesty! ”

Li Yi saw that he deliberately diverted the topic, and knew that he didn't want to insist on making a heavy promise, so that there was still room for loopback.

So I had to take the opportunity to say: "Most of the victims in southern Sichuan are located on both sides of the Nanpan River, and the road is not far. Xia Guan originally wanted to ask the two adults to inspect again tomorrow, but since it was still early, he would just go directly. ”

Under the nod of the two of them, Li Yi immediately ordered someone to lead the way, and the group passed through the East City Gate and went straight to the Nanpan River.

When the team arrived at the west bank of the Nanpan River, a hot scene came into everyone's eyes.

Li Yi also didn't come here for more than ten days, but he didn't expect this place to change in a short period of time.

According to the previous plan, there are a total of five villages in this area, with a total population of about 3,000 people, distributed within a dozen miles of the west bank of the Nanpan River.

A large amount of cultivated land has been reclaimed near the river, and it has begun to take on the appearance of a long and horizontal landscape, and some people are leading cattle to reclaim cultivated land.

A few hundred meters from the shore is a newly built village, where families are busy building beams and tiles, and men, women and children are working together to build their own beautiful homes.

There were also many government deacons at the scene, either planning and guiding around the houses, or busy measuring the land and distributing farm tools at the farmland site, and everyone was attentive, as if they were not aware of the arrival of this team.

Everyone got off the horse early, and Li Yi accompanied Shao Tingjuan and Le Fan, along the newly reclaimed soft ridges, towards the villages and farmlands under construction not far away.

I met a deacon named Wang Fang in the house, he was dressed in short clothes, standing barefoot in the field, exploring around the cultivated land, and when he saw Li Yi and his party suddenly arrived, he hurriedly greeted him, and saluted respectfully: "I don't know that the envoy and the marshal are coming, and the subordinates are not welcome, and I hope to forgive the sin!" ”

Li Yi raised his hand and waved his hand, and said with a pleasant face: "No need to be polite, I'm just accompanying the envoy to go around casually." You've been busy for a long time, and it's been very hard. ”

"I don't know how the land is distributed here, has the cultivated land been divided? How much did each household get? ”