The fifth day of the fifth month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen is the traditional Chinese zongzi festival.

The Zongzi Festival is not only the day of the sage Qu Yuan of the Chu State, but also the birthday of the sage of the Qi State of the same era, Meng Weijun Tianwen.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the cadres of Shu took a collective day off according to the usual practice, relaxed the nerves that had been tense for a long time, and stimulated domestic demand by the way.

Zhu Pingjin's wife left the palace according to folk customs and returned to her mother's house in Furentang, preparing to stay for three days.

However, Luo Yuhong's pomp is getting bigger and bigger. When he went out of the house once, he hugged and shouted, and the canopy covered the sky, and there was only one crown less than Wu Zetian's dress.

However, these superficial showmanships can't deceive Zhu Pingjin.

Zhu Pingjin knew that his wife wanted to avoid herself under the pretext of going back to her parents' house to live, so that she could conspire with Hong Qihui and others to swallow the gold and silver worth more than 5 million taels and countless real estate, fields, docks, businesses, money houses, workshops, mines, jewelry, cargo ships, horses and other things copied from Chongqing Mansion in one gulp.

With the huge amount of wealth from Chongqing Prefecture, the pressure on the exchange of silver and banknotes from Huitong Qianzhuang will be suddenly reduced, and millions of displaced people will have land to divide, and the large-scale industrial and commercial development plan of the Shu Wangfu can also be implemented in Chongqing Prefecture, the best land and water wharf.

However, the biggest resistance Luo Yuhong faces comes from politics, from Liu Zhibo.

Liu Zhibo insisted that all the criminal property confiscated by the Chongqing Mansion was official property and must not flow into the private pockets of the Shu Mansion. The Shu Wangfu can take over the property, and you can buy it with silver!

Zhu Pingjin also knows that his wife's biggest ability is to print silver money, and she is printing more and more silver money. She must have wanted to buy the Chongqing Mansion by printing more silver money and deal with Liu Zhibo, but she was afraid that these excess silver bills would flow into the market through the government and collapse the financial order of Shu that had just stabilized.

"Maybe she will build a third-class hospital, a 985211, and a Shudu Grand Theater in the south of the city to consume these silver money?

No matter what, let her have a good time!

You can print money, speculate on stocks, speculate on land, and speculate on houses, except for men and GAI, everything is up to her!

Wait until she ...... Hum...... This son will have another handful of copying paste, and he will ...... with the silver! Zhu Pingjin thought fiercely.

A hint of pleasure in putting the enemy to death quickly filled Zhu Pingjian's body, and a slight smile appeared on his calm political face.

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After going out for half a year, I returned to the office after a long absence, but I saw that the office had changed greatly.

During the period when the prince went out of the palace to fight, Cao Sanbao, the prime minister of the Shu Palace, was not idle.

The little master was reluctant to move to the main hall of the dormitory, saying that his father's spirit in the sky was still there, and he would see things and think about people, which would only increase his sadness. Moreover, the concubine's dormitory has not been moved, and according to the etiquette system, he cannot be above the concubine;

The little master is also reluctant to use the carrier hall for daily office, saying that it is too expensive and extravagant.

Since this is the case, then the interior and exterior furnishings of the Shizi Mansion and this Jinde Hall cannot lose the identity of the prince and destroy the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels.

For example, how can the throne of the study of the prince of the temple of Jinde be on the side of the window and face west? Therefore, after the renovation, the throne of the prince was moved to the position of sitting north and facing south facing the window. There is also a platform under the throne, so that the owner can stand on it and look down on all living beings.

There are many other similar decorations that highlight Zhu Pingjin's status. The careful and cautious Cao Sanbao did not even forget the two large human fans on the top of the throne and moved them together.

It's just that Miss Luo didn't allow others to move her office, saying that she wanted to plan it herself, so Cao Sanbao could only decorate three-fifths of the Jinde Hall and the main hall of the Shizi Mansion, leaving a big regret.

At this time, a warrior was standing under the throne of the prince in the east pavilion of the Jinde Hall with his helmet on his head.

expressed his determination to resolutely marry Xiaohong and his promise not to take a concubine, but the prince only showed a mysterious and deep smile on his face, which puzzled Song Zhenzong, who had just returned from Chongqing Mansion.

Is his marriage approved, or is it not possible?

Song Zhenzong was anxious, and hurriedly quietly gave Zheng Anmin, who was sitting on the east side, a look, which meant that at the critical moment, the brothers would help!

Busy, naturally to help.

However, Zheng Changshi, who is well versed in the way of yin and yang, has long had insight into the hearts of those in power. He coughed lightly and summoned someone's soul back from nine days of travel.

"The son of the world, yin and yang match, the way of heaven, earth and man. It's time to open an opening for this marriage ban, and it can't be banned all at once. Zheng Anmin pondered the words.

However, Zheng Anmin did not take Song Zhenzong as an example, but brought in a substitute ghost.

"Such as Li Changxiang of Yilong County. A few days ago, he submitted a serious letter to Weichen, saying that although he was a civil minister, he also had a military position. He asked the minister if he needed to abide by the marriage ban rules of the Shu Palace. ”

Oh? Could it be that Li Changxiang's thief had the audacity to eat the leopard's gall, and he really gave the second middle school of the Taiping County Lord to that? Zhu Pingjin thought viciously.

"I wonder whose young lady Mr. Li has a crush on?" Zhu Pingjin tried his best to pretend to be relaxed and asked.

Shizi asked, but there was a look of resentment between his eyebrows. Zheng Anmin was happy in his heart, and the prince fell for his little trick. Zheng Anmin explained the ins and outs of this matter with a smile:

"Mr. Li went to Xinzheng Dam to receive supplies, and happened to meet Miss Zhou and Tu's daughter. Somehow, Mr. Li met the Tu girl!

The minister heard that Mr. Li had lost his wife for many years, and he had already intended to continue the strings; The Tu daughter is also widowed for many years, and she has long had thoughts of remarrying. In this way, the two are a match made in heaven.

Last year, Lin Yan brought the Tu family to Xinzheng Dam, but Chen Youfu was unwilling to marry her, which made people look for death and life, and even the Shunqing Du Governor's Mansion was also gloomy. Mr. Li married the daughter of the Tu family, isn't it that everyone likes it, and everyone is happy......"

"Mr. Li is a great talent, with a heroic spirit, and he is full of poetry and songs; Tu is a big beauty, stunning and charming, singing and dancing and piano are all-encompassing. A handsome man with a beautiful woman, what a pair of envious mandarin ducks! Zhu Pingjin laughed.

Zheng Anmin pretended to sigh: "Mr. Li is also old, and he is thirty years old this year. As the saying goes: there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. How can this be left for a successor! ”

Zheng Anmin believes that the prince will definitely understand the meaning of his words.

Sure enough, Shizi pondered for a moment and said, "Well, what Lord Zheng said is extremely true. No matter how strict the rules are, if they are not close to people, they will not last. The old rule is that it needs to be changed.

Twenty-fifty-two battalion, this is the new rule! However, General Song does not have to rush to handle the marriage, this matter should be taken out by the military department of the superintendent, and then issued to the whole army for unified implementation! ”

What is the "252nd Battalion" and how to "implement it in a unified manner", Song Zhenzong does not understand, and Zheng Anmin does not understand either. But they all know that the old rule of banning all officers on marriage has finally been loosened.

Looking at the smiling Song Zhenzong, Zheng Anmin prayed in his heart:

I'm sorry county lord, although the minister sold your crush, but this is also for your own good!

The noble daughter of the heavenly family and the lord of Daming County, it's not good to close the firewood room every day! If the news of a woman chasing a man spreads, where is the dignity of the family on this day? How will you marry in the future?

Besides, the request of the Taiping princess Niangniang and the Jinyi guard Li Qianhu, as the governor of Shu Mansion, has to have an explanation!

Zheng Anmin prayed in his heart that the county lord of Taiping would not trouble him, but the recent rumors about Miss Luo kept coming to his mind. Miss Luo suddenly retched in public, could it be that she was pregnant?

All kinds of possibilities were pulled back and forth in Zheng Anmin's mind, and finally he finally sighed in his heart:

Hey, when did you ban yourself on marriage,

That's the right thing! Your business, not your business, is a big thing for all of us! It is the business of all the people in Shudi!

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Song Zhenzong, who has an excess of hormones, thinks about his sweetheart Xiaohong;

Zheng Anmin, who is good at reconciling yin and yang, thinks about the county lord of Taiping, Zhu Pingjin and Miss Luo;

And the superior Zhu Pingjin is thinking about his big tomorrow.

Zhu Pingjin asked about the issue of marriage ban, a strategic issue related to the future development direction of the Shu Palace, and a major issue that must unite the consensus and will of the cadres at the top and bottom of the Shu Palace. But this so-called big problem is not a new problem that has only recently emerged, but an old and old problem.

That is, once the Protector Army leaves the province, where is the main direction or area of military power?

That is, where is the strategic center of gravity of military power?

There are three directions of reality: north, east, and south.

You have to choose one of the three.

Zhu Pingjin's earliest attempt to choose a strategic direction was in Luzhou.

Before the caravan caravan, the predecessor of the Protector Army, was about to go north to northern Sichuan to wrestle with the local rioters, He Youyi, then chief of the General Staff, suggested to Zhu Pingjin that the strategy of "defending the north and attacking the south" should be implemented.

That is, a small number of troops were used to compete with the local rioters in northern Sichuan, and the main resources were put into the vicinity of Luzhou in southern Sichuan, which Zhang Xianzhong cleaned again.

At that time, Zhu Pingjian, who had just taken charge of the affairs of the Shu Wangfu, had only a few troops in his hands, and he was eager to expand the power of the Shu Wangfu in the whole Sichuan and consolidate his position. Therefore, He Youyi's suggestion was strongly supported by Zhu Pingjin and his wife.

Before the reorganization of Songlin Mountain was carried out, there was a large-scale "Sichuan Filling Luzhou".

Tan Sigui's three platoons of more than 100 people and Gao Dengtai's Tusi soldiers took the lead in entering Luzhou, took the Tu Emperor Ma Ying test in Luzhou, and then covered 100,000 people to enter Luzhou, a vacuum area where all parties were weak, to establish and control political power organizations at all levels, and to organize the people to reclaim land and open up wasteland.

A year has passed, and now Luzhou has become a model for all parts of the Shu Palace.

Luzhou Wangzhuang controls the local government offices of Luzhou, Hejiang, Naxi, Jiang'an and other counties in one prefecture, controls the two military units of Luzhou Wei and the nine surnamed Changguan, controls about 200,000 households who have relocated and surrendered, and controls more than 1.2 million mu of cultivated land.

In many aspects such as agriculture, industry and social management, Luzhou has been at the forefront of Sichuan Wangzhuang, and has even become a training base for royal cadres.

All this shows that the strategy of "defending the north and attacking the south" and the decision of "filling Luzhou in Sichuan" are completely correct.

With such success in one province and one place, can this strategy be scaled up to a larger scale, such as the national scope?

Looking south from the Chengdu Prefecture, where Zhu Pingjin is located, there are mountainous areas in southern Sichuan, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and Guangdong and Guangxi.

If we can take advantage of the fact that the imperial court is entangled with the Central Plains and is unable to look south, take the opportunity to take Guizhou, and then sweep the three provinces of Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guangdong, so as to form a de facto division in the southwestern provinces of China, it can greatly enhance Zhu Pingjin's strength and ensure that Zhu Pingjian has a broad strategic rear.

This kind of strategy is called "southward strategy" by Zhu Pingjin, and poetically called it "marching to the sea". Zhu Pingjin put He Youyi in Luzhou, and later transferred him to Zunyi to expand the Sixth Regiment of the National Protector Army under his command.

However, this southward route was soon met with interference and opposition from within the Shu Palace.

An even more powerful force pushed the Protector Army to the east, to the great river that was like a silver belt wrapped around the land of China.

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