Chapter 334: Prosperity
Winter in the south is beautiful, the sun is not too warm, and the seaside is warm with wisps of sea breeze mixed with fishy smells. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At this moment, the people of Huidong embodied the spirit of not being afraid of death, and fatigue was nothing to them compared to the fear of going to the sea, not to mention that after the coal group brought enough food for all of them to eat, the enthusiasm for construction was even more enthusiastic.
Whether it is the inland area where the cement is fired, or the Gold Coast where the salt pans are built, or even other seas, they are all busy and happy.
In just over two months, the output of cement in Huizhou has exceeded 80 tons per day, and the salt pans have been built for 20 miles. If it weren't for the lack of cement supply, Huidong County's lightness would have been able to complete the planned fifty miles in one go.
Even if there are only twenty miles of salt pans, and it is still in winter, the sea salt can be collected every three days or so, and the amount is absolutely considerable.
During this period of time, Yang Wanli, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Naval Division, and Chen Sheng, the commander of Guangdong, the envoy of the Guangdong formation, and the governor of Guangdong..... A series of high-level bigwigs in Guangdong have met several times.
From the sale and transportation of sea salt, the refining of salt from sea salt, and the large-scale firing and sale of cement...... Deliberations were held and an agreement was reached.
Therefore, the whole of Guangdong seems to have begun to get busy, and there are ordinary people, merchants, and even officials.
......
The capital, the palace of nourishing the heart.
"Hongxiu really followed Yang Tanhua to Guangdong?" Empress Dowager Jiang's face darkened a little, the matter of Princess Yongchun was handled by Jiajing, but now, ..... Now it seems to have deviated from the trajectory they expected.
Princess Yongchun did not follow the idea of the two to return to Beijing, but chose to go to Guangdong with Yang Ming, and now it has almost become a public secret, even if Jiajing used Princess Yongchun to go to the East China Sea to pray for Empress Dowager Jiang, but it seems that this Princess Yongchun did not go to Hainan, and has been staying with Yang Ming's wife in Huizhou Mansion.
Therefore, the so-called prayer for the Empress Dowager seems to have become a joke, and such rumors have become more and more intense recently, and they have reached the ears of the Empress Dowager Jiang.
"Queen Mother, I didn't expect such a thing to happen!" Jiajing is a little helpless, for Zhu Hongxiu, this sister Jiajing has always been favored, he is the most affectionate person, especially the people close to him hope that he can be happy under his wing, but this time Princess Yongchun did too much to ignore the majesty of the royal family.
With a married man, this face .....
Thinking of this, Jiajing was depressed, but the imperial court was still inseparable from Yang Ming, if it weren't for that, he would even ..... However, it seems that Hongxiu is Chen Xiang's darkness to Yang Ming, and he doesn't know what to do in such a situation.
"Huang Banban, tell me, how should I deal with this matter?" I can't figure it out, as the so-called authorities are obsessed, Jiajing thinks it's more appropriate to find a bystander to ask, at least in his opinion, Huang Jin should have some experience in these things, after all, as a eunuch, especially for such things, he should be the best.
When Huang Jin heard this, his heart was slightly bitter.
Jiajing's question is not easy for him to say, just like a mouse drilling bellows, both ends are angry, and a word may offend Yang Ming and the princess, but.... If the two of them are fulfilled, then what is the attitude of Jiajing and Empress Dowager Jiang?
After thinking about it, Huang Jincai bowed to the two of them and said cautiously: "Actually, this matter is the emperor's family matter, and the slave shouldn't talk too much, but since the emperor has spoken, the slave will talk about it!" ”
"Huang Jin, let's get down to business! Now that the emperor has spoken, you can say what you think in your heart, and you don't have to worry about what we think! Empress Dowager Jiang interjected on the side.
It can be seen that these two people with the most noble status in the Ming Dynasty have actually been in chaos for a long time, and it is precisely because of the chaos that they can't pay attention to it, otherwise how can they think that Jiajing's intelligence and martial arts still need to ask others about a small family matter?
As a person who grew up with Jiajing, Huang Jin knows Jiajing's inner struggle!
The appearance of Yang Ming has made earth-shaking changes in the Ming Dynasty, not only that, but under Yang Ming's silent changes, the current Ming Dynasty seems to have ridden a wild horse, and a slight mistake is likely to be lost.
Therefore, Yang Ming couldn't move no matter what.
And Princess Yongchun ..... Don't you understand what she means?
The princess of the dignified dynasty actually deigned to mingle with a married man, and even went out of the palace privately thousands of miles away..... said that the two of them were not a little bit greasy, and the ghosts didn't believe it.
At that moment, Huang Jin said: "According to the secret report of Jinyi Wei, the place where Princess Yongchun lives now is the courtyard where the Yang Li family lives!" ”
He didn't fully say what he thought, Huang Jin knew that in fact, Jiajing already had an idea, and what he lacked was just a reason or a reason enough to convince him.
So, he said it.
"Bold!" Empress Dowager Jiang was suddenly angry, pointed at Huang Jin and shouted angrily: "You are also an old man who grew up with the emperor, do you know what your words will be passed on, what does Di Hongxiu mean?" ”
"Slaves are guilty!" Huang Jin quickly knelt down, but did not continue to speak, and looked at Jiajing with two eyes.
Jiajing didn't speak at this time, but frowned thoughtfully, he was thinking about a question now.
That is Yang Ming's opinion on this matter, from Li Yanran's point of view, the relationship between her and Hongxiu should be very harmonious..... The most important thing is that if the royal family can marry Yang Ming, then Yang Ming can be regarded as his own person, so can Yang Ming still do things for the royal family?
He's pondering the possibility of this!
The most ruthless imperial family!
Although the Ming Dynasty is the only dynasty in history that is not in harmony, as a royal princess, in fact, everyone understands that while they enjoy incomparable glory, they also shoulder different missions.
And the mission is to win over important ministers or generals for the royal family in the form of marriage.
"Queen Mother, how about marrying Hongxiu to Yang Ming?" Jiajing thought for a while and asked the Empress Dowager Jiang.
Hearing Jiajing speak, Huang Jin's bitter face finally relaxed, in fact, as an emperor, he shouldn't have too many feelings, at least from his point of view, he thinks that Jiajing's decision is very good.
"What does this mean, Emperor? Hongxiu is your own sister! When Empress Dowager Jiang heard this, she couldn't help but be surprised, and said to Jiajing: "Don't forget, Yang Tanhua is a family person!" ”
She thought that Yang Ming planned to let Yang Ming divorce his wife, but in fact, she also had such thoughts. Yang Ming is like the pride of the sky, how can a talented daughter be worthy of such a character? In her heart, although doing this was the best choice for Princess Yongchun, reason told her that it would not be appropriate if Jiajing really did this.
"I mean to marry Hong Xiuxia to Yang Ming!" Jiajing figured it out, and her mood was naturally much more relaxed, and she said to Empress Dowager Jiang at the moment: "Since Hongxiu's matter is no longer explainable, I think it's better to let her marry Yang Ming!" Anyway, the two of them have already been in love with each other, so they might as well fulfill the good things of the two, so Yang Ming is grateful for my kindness, and naturally he is more attentive to doing things! ”
"But, Your Majesty! So how did Yang Lee deal with it? Empress Dowager Jiang saw that Jiajing had already made a decision, so it was naturally difficult to advise her, but she was still a little worried about Li Yanran's matter.
Let's not talk about whether Li Yanran is willing to join and separate, even if it is like this, the blow to Yang Ming's prestige is enough to make him unable to raise his head.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty, like other dynasties, attached great importance to the morality of officials, and the loss of private morality was an important assessment point for officials.
A charge of abandoning the chaff will definitely make him never hold his head up!!
"I mean to let Hongxiu marry Yang Ming as a flat wife!" Jiajing explained, but the tone was not defensible.
"Marry as a flat wife?" Empress Dowager Jiang was shocked, the royal princess was just a flat wife, and the main wife was just a talented daughter?
This made it a little hard for her to accept.
In her opinion, this not only wronged Princess Yongchun, but also a blasphemy of imperial power.
"Queen Mother, do you know what Yang Ming means to my Ming Dynasty?" Seeing that Empress Dowager Jiang was displeased, Jiajing explained: "If anyone can be missing among the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty now, only Yang Ming can't be missing!" Do you know that since Yang Ming was born, the entire Ming Dynasty has completely changed because of him.
Officials, the military, and even the common people, who is not grateful to him? In the past, once a natural or man-made disaster occurred, the first thing we thought about was where to embezzle some money and food for disaster relief, or immediately send troops to suppress it! But now, both the treasury and the inner treasury are full of a lot, even if Guizhou ran out of grain again some time ago, it was only summer. The merchant is just going with food!
If this kind of thing had happened before, maybe the people would have been in turmoil! And this is not the key, do you know that the place where Yang Ming went was one of the poorest places in our Ming Dynasty, in just three months, earth-shaking changes have taken place over there, and even the people everywhere are proud of where they are, and many people flock to Sinan in order to make a fortune there! Merchants gathered, the people had something to do, food and clothing, do you think such a change can be done by ordinary courtiers? ”
Empress Dowager Jiang was a little sluggish by Jiajing's words, such a talent is already a figure that the royal family must win over no matter which dynasty or generation, although she still feels that this is a little unworthy of Hongxiu, but ..... She couldn't refute it at all, not to mention that Nizi seemed to be too uncompetitive.
"Yang Ming went to Guangdong for two months, and it is said that Yang Ming has done another big thing over there, and now it is not only the Huizhou Mansion under his jurisdiction, but now the entire Guangdong whether it is the people, officials, or even the military revolves around him!" Jiajing continued: "In two months, he has already brought 80,000 stone sea salt to the imperial court!" ”
This last sentence is the point!
This is also Jiajing's determination to marry Princess Yongchun to Yang Ming!
Eighty thousand stone sea salt is only the result of the unfinished construction of the Huidong salt field, and it is conceivable that if the fifty miles of salt field is completed, the sea salt produced by the moon at that time is definitely an astronomical amount.
These sea salts have already excited the whole of Guangdong, and he believes that in the near future, Yang Ming will do a series of big things.
In fact, there is no need for the future, even if Yang Ming's contribution to the Ming Dynasty is now, it is no less than the contribution of the old ministers of the Three Dynasties like Yang Yanhe.
The disaster relief lottery filled the treasury of the Ming Dynasty in an instant, and the emergence of a new type of plough made the wood of the three provinces around the capital nearly fifty percent more expensive..... The introduction of sweet potatoes into Shuzhong has also begun, the post tickets and freight business issued by the post station are in full swing, and the commercial tax in various places is increasing all the time......
And all this is the change brought by Yang Ming!
After thinking about it, Jiajing realized that the Ming Dynasty had undergone such great changes unconsciously.
Although she was unwilling, Empress Dowager Jiang still had to nod.
In fact, she herself knows very well that Jiajing's doing this is actually the most reasonable and best way to do it, and she is powerless to refute it at all......
At the next day's court meeting, Jiajing announced that Princess Yongchun would marry Yang Ming, and no one refuted it at all.
Even many people are happy to see it.
Yang Ming marrying a princess means that Yang Ming will inevitably not be able to enter the center from now on, and this is exactly what they want to see the most.
Yang Ming is too strong and too smart, they are not much better than pigs when they are officials in the same dynasty with such people, as long as Yang Ming can continue to work in the local area and not return to the capital, this is also a good choice for them.
Even Jiang Mian thought that Yang Ming had invited a marquis, Shu Guanghou, which was Yang Ming's new title.
The people of the entire court felt that such a title was worthy of Princess Yongchun, who was a noble lady of heaven......
So without Yang Ming knowing, the two mighty teams set off from the capital, one team went to Yang Ming's hometown Hongcheng, and the other pair went to Huidong, and also brought them a letter to return to Shuzhong to get married.
"Gong Jiang, why are you so active about Yang Ming marrying the princess?" Yang Yanhe sat in the duty room and asked Jiang Mian with a smile.
In his impression, Jiang Mian should be one of the people who supported Yang Ming to enter the court, but judging from his full support for Yang Ming to marry Princess Yongchun, it seems that he has other ideas.
"Hey! The old man doesn't know if it's right or wrong to do this! Jiang Mian sighed, and drank a large sip of tea before saying to Yang Yanhe: "Yang Gong, don't you think that the changes in our Ming Dynasty are too fast?" I remember that at this time last year, you, I and Mao Gong were still worried about the spring ploughing in spring, but if you look at it now, it seems that the matter of spring ploughing is far more important than the word sea salt! Eighty thousand stones of sea salt, hehe! The officials and businessmen on the Lianghuai side have protested more than once that Yang Ming sold sea salt to the government at a low price, so much so that they are now losing money!
They don't have Yang Ming's ability to collect sea salt for nothing with a salt field! ”
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