Liang Menglong accepted Wang Xijue's persuasion and promised to go out again.

He arrived in Beijing on the fifth day of the first month of March to be received by Xiao Ruxun, and it seems that Liang Menglong still made a battle between heaven and man in his heart, and in the end, he still decided to go out.

has been at home for more than ten years, from the glory of Zhang Juzheng's period to the downfall when he was beaten by the water dog, under the ups and downs, Liang Menglong's psychology should have a different understanding of this officialdom and the world.

There are not many Zhang Juzheng remnants who are still alive in the world, and Xiao Ruxun has not found a few after many investigations, and Liang Menglong is the only one who is closest to Jingshi and is willing to go out.

To be valued by Zhang Juzheng and entrusted with important tasks, first of all, he must be a capable official, Xiao Ruxun doesn't want his ability to enter the coffin like this, and there is no place for him to be useful, at this moment, Liaodong really needs a very experienced governor to settle down.

And more importantly, when Xiao Ruxun checked Liang Menglong's file, he found that Liang Menglong had presided over the trial of shipping in Longqingnian, and was a shipping strategist who supported the opening of shipping to reduce the pressure on canal transportation, which coincided with his own ideas.

In his opinion, even if Liang Menglong is not worthy of being the governor of Liaodong, he can use him to prepare for shipping.

On the sixth day of the first month of March, in order to welcome his family, Xiao Ruxun did not have time to meet Liang Menglong, put him in the post house to dry for a day, sent the waiter to give him meat and tea, and asked him to wait for a while, and only summoned Liang Menglong on the seventh day of the first month of March.

Liang Menglong is seventy-one years old, and he is an absolute long-lived old man in this era, but he still looks very energetic, and he seems to be very fruitful in self-cultivation at home, and Xiao Ruxun was also very polite when he met him.

"The old minister greets Your Majesty."

Liang Menglong was also interested, and he came up to meet the emperor, and did not say anything unexpected, this attitude made Xiao Ruxun more happy.

It is estimated that it is inseparable from Wang Xijue's persuasion.

"Liang Qing doesn't need to be polite, please get up quickly, come here, sit down."

Xiao Ruxun asked the chamberlain to sit for Liang Menglong, and Liang Menglong thanked him and sat down slowly.

"The new dynasty has just been established, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, I am very much in need of an old minister like Liang Qing to assist, Liang Qing is willing to go out of the mountain again, my heart is very happy, there is a vacancy in the court for the post of governor of Liaodong, I don't know if Liang Qing is willing to take this position?"

Liang Menglong said slowly: "Your Majesty has a request, and the old minister will do his best to complete it." ”

Xiao Ruxun smiled: "Okay, then about the governance of Liaodong, what strategy does Liang Qing have to teach me?" ”

Liang Menglong said eloquently: "There are northern captives in the northeast of Liao, there are Jurchens in the east, surrounded by enemies on both sides, in recent years, there is the Li family to guard Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong is acceptable, once the Li family goes to work, who does Your Majesty plan to guard Liaodong?" ”

"With my general Liao Zhong leading the entire army of the White Tiger Battalion and the whole army of the Wolf Battalion to defend Liaodong and stabilize the situation, Liaodong is the barrier of the capital, and it must not be lost, and the combat effectiveness of the army under my command is definitely not under the Li Liaodong Army, this point, Liang Qing can rest assured."

Xiao Ruxun made a military guarantee to Liang Menglong.

Liang Menglong nodded, and said again: "In this case, the old minister can rest assured that he will govern the place, Liaodong is bitter and cold, and there are also northern captives and Jurchen prisoners, the people live in hardship, if there is a strong army to guard the frontier, it can allow the people to reclaim wasteland and live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded slowly, and then spoke: "I want to repair the Dachi Road from Beijing to Shenyang, and now the construction has begun, Liang Qing should pay attention to this aspect, and if necessary, the people of Liaodong will be requisitioned to help repair the Dachi Road, if this Dachi Road is completed, it will be much easier to transfer materials from Beijing or march into Liaodong." ”

"Galloping ......"

Liang Menglong's eyes lit up: "If there is a big gallop road, then the road to Liaodong will be more convenient, so that Liaodong has a lot to do." ”

"Not only a big gallop road, after the big gallop road is repaired to Shenyang, but also several important cities in eastern Liaoning will be connected to each other through the gallop road, forming a transportation network, which is convenient for the liaison and defense between the cities, such a big gallop I will also open the repair nationwide, but Liaodong should be put in the first place."

Xiao Ruxun said solemnly: "My request for Liaodong is not only to preserve the current situation, my request is more, I ask to return to the state of the Hongwu Yongle period, at least to recover all the former territories of the Nuer Gandu Division, and set up prefectures, counties and townships to rule, and incorporate them into the territory." ”

Liang Menglong suddenly remembered Wang Xijue's letter about the emperor's ruling strategy of setting up townships under the county.

There is no doubt that the new emperor has made up his mind to establish a large government similar to that of the pre-Qin period, which can be managed by the government in every detail, and a government that is unprecedentedly powerful.

What will this government bring to the country?

Liang Menglong didn't dare to think about it, at least, what happened to Wang Xijue, Liang Menglong didn't want to encounter it himself.

"The situation in Liaodong was chaotic in the past, this time we must straighten out the civil affairs of Liaodong, set up prefectures, counties and townships, and conduct a census of Liaodong's household registration, and no hidden household registration is allowed to exist.

Xiao Ruxun looked at Liang Menglong.

Liang Menglong hurriedly said that he knew.

After the matter of Liaodong is finished, Xiao Ruxun can consult on the matter of shipping.

"Before, when I was consulting the files of the previous dynasty, I found that Liang Qing had presided over the matter of shipping grain, right?"

Liang Menglong was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "It is true, but it was attacked by political enemies and had to stop." ”

Xiao Ruxun spoke again: "I know that because of the strong wind, seven sea boats capsized, thousands of stones of rice were drifted, and fifteen soldiers were drowned, and then they were attacked by Yanguan, so they stopped shipping and returned to river transportation. ”

Liang Menglong sighed, and said with some resentment: "Only seven sea ships were capsized, and the sea transportation was stopped by the attack, but whenever something happened to the river transport, there were more than seven that capsized?" Seven hundred!

hated those powerful ministers at that time, all of them had a relationship with the canal and had black money to take, desperately attacking the sea to prevent the sea transportation, for fear that their money bags would be taken away by the sea transportation, the power was too strong, and we were really helpless. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded, he also hated those networks on the canal very much, and was determined to eradicate them.

"I know all this, so I decided to reopen the sea to reduce the pressure on the canal, and use the canal only to transport military supplies, while the sea transport is responsible for civilian supplies, and the canal sends the army and central officials to manage and dredge it, and the local government is not allowed to interfere, and the sea transport allows private merchants to participate."

Liang Menglong looked at Xiao Ruxun with some surprise: "Your Majesty really decided to open the sea?" ”

"Seriously."

Xiao Ruxun said: "Now I have ordered the cabinet to study it, if Liang Qing has any strategy, you can also write it down and give it to me, and I will hand it over to the cabinet to study." ”

Liang Menglong's heart was surging.

He longed for decades, longing to solve the food problem in the north and the canal for the Ming Dynasty, but he still failed in the hands of the canal after many years of hard work, and now all this he dreamed of was to be realized in this new emperor who overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

So at this moment, his heart is very complicated.

Is the new dynasty really promising?

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