Time in a blink of an eye to March, the busy farming season, Yan Zizhang was so busy that he was dizzy, just arrived in Jiangning County to take office, began to worry about the matter of cultivated land, according to the arrangement, Jiangning County to large-scale renovation of cultivation and ditches, the county government took out 300,000 taels of silver, such a generous amount, how could he not tremble, for fear that something would go wrong.

In the busy process, slowly, some rules in Jiangning County, he also knew it, to put it bluntly, that is, to take care of the ordinary people and peasant households as much as possible, suppress the privileges of the gentry and wealthy households, and balance and neutralize it to the greatest extent in between. For example, the renovation of ditches and cultivated land is to allow farmers to directly get benefits, and most of the money taken out by the county government is wages, except for some necessary material purchases, the rest is distributed to the farmers who work.

As for the exemption of land endowment, Yan Zizhang completely agreed, when he was in Mengjin County, he had seen the plight of peasant households, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as poor. If you can't stabilize the farmers, the desperate farmers are likely to join the ranks of the rogues when they are plundering.

For the gentry and wealthy households, the county government is not one-size-fits-all, it is by no means the use of violence, forcibly confiscating their property, in fact, the treatment of these people, the county government is very polite, Jiangning County has a lot of businessmen, more than a year, from more than 2,000 households before, increased to nearly 4,000 households, these businessmen, basically paid the county government to donate silver and taxes, they are willing, but also in the secret competition for the amount of donated silver, after all, pay more donations, enjoy higher treatment.

As for the wealthy gentry, the focus was on grain, and the county government exempted the land tax, but required the wealthy gentry who owned a large amount of land to pay a price lower than the market price. The grain sold is mainly sold to some grain merchants in the county to promote the grain trade.

The amount of donated silver paid by the salt merchants was completely beyond Yan Zizhang's expectations, 1.6 million taels per year. Coupled with the merchants' donations of silver, this is more than two million taels, and the county government has so much income, where do you need to worry about the field tax, you can completely exempt the farmers' field tax.

Of course, the expenses are also very large, but these expenses are clear, and they have all seen results. There was no extravagance and waste, and the silver was used in key places.

No wonder the situation in Jiangning County is getting better and better.

Yan Zizhang, who was busy, felt full of energy, and he was in a good mood to do things in such a place, and it didn't take a long time. He may be the magistrate of Jiangning County, if he can promote the pace of development faster. Isn't it a great achievement?

Lan Qiaozheng described himself as arriving in Jiangning County, as if he was once again a carp jumping over the dragon gate, Jiangning County has too many readers, especially in the Zhongxing Society, which almost gathers most of the top scholars of the Ming Dynasty. After interacting with these people for a long time, Blue Bridge is feeling that his level is rapidly improving, and his horizons are gradually broadening.

He spent the most time talking with Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, and every time he asked for advice modestly. Constant comprehension.

He doesn't need to worry too much about the affairs of the county government, the officials and officials below are all capable people, and some things, as long as they are arranged, people can naturally do their best.

When it comes to the busy farming season, Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou of Zhongxing Society, etc., are all in the field, feel the busy farming at the same time, but also do some investigation and research, they are still very interested in Jiangning County for two consecutive years to exempt the field endowment, to the villages and towns, see that the farmers are almost all busy in the fields, into the farmers' homes, there is enough grain in the rice tank, eat and drink is not worried, go all over the villages and towns of Jiangning County, do not see a household without food, this is a great miracle.

Of course, the prosperity of the merchants in the county, they have long found out, and there have been some arguments about the number of people in the workshop, some people think that the people in the workshop can not be too many, which will affect farming, but the actual situation in Jiangning County, so that these people, speechless, let the people have enough food and clothing, this is no one can refute, the merchants have earned a lot of silver, and the silver handed over to the county government has also increased, so that the burden on farmers can be reduced.

This is a kind of benign development track, the most concerned is Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, they will appear here, combined with some of their own research theories, faintly feel that some of the words Su Tiancheng said, although it does not sound very comfortable, for example, the role of silver can not be underestimated, can not always be encouraged by spirit, a point of hard work, a point of harvest, etc., but these truths, implemented in the middle of the practice, can have a huge effect.

Slowly, they began to reflect and think about what they had insisted on in the past, and that something really needed to be changed, and facts speak louder than words.

A large number of scholars, gentry and wealthy families, came to Jiangning County, some people came to admire, insisted on joining the Zhongxing Society, some people wanted to come to see what the situation was in Jiangning County, in the chatting with these people, Sun Chengzong and others, constantly instilled the idea of the Zhongxing Society, but also took everyone to Jiangning County to see and ask.

Think about Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and others, what kind of influence they have, the words that come out of their mouths, everyone still believes it, and the prosperity they see, most of them are happy and convinced.

Many businessmen also came to Jiangning County, where they found business opportunities, and many people discussed, and when appropriate, moved to Jiangning County to do business.

This is probably what Su Tiancheng did not expect, he originally thought that relying on the Zhongxing Society, slowly change the views of scholars and gentry and wealthy households, and then affect the court officials, and finally spread many ideas for development to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, he thought that this process was long, to see if ten years later, whether the idea of doing practical things could occupy the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty, judging from the current situation, it would not take so long at all.

Speaking with facts, it really makes sense.

Huang Zaisheng, who was far away in Shanhaiguan, finally came to the first letter.

The letter was written in early February, and it took a full month to arrive in Jiangning County, and the person who came to deliver the letter was a businessman from the north, who didn't know anything, and handed the letter to Su Tiancheng, who also heard about the wealth of Jiangning County, and came to see if there was any way to make money.

After Shang Jia saw Su Tiancheng, he didn't say anything, he didn't know that the letter he brought was sent to the magistrate of Jiangning County.

After receiving the letter, Su Tiancheng started to think.

At the beginning, Huang Zaisheng was arranged as an internal line, and so much actual situation was not taken into account, after all, dealing with the Eight Banners of Houjin Manchuria, it was still a relatively distant matter, but now the situation has changed, the emperor and the imperial court, I am afraid that there is not so much patience, the Jiangning battalion will not be long, and it will start to fight for years, so the route of connecting intelligence has become a very important thing.

The best way is to let Qu Qingze be in charge of such a thing, but unfortunately Qu Qingze has already left and returned to the capital.

Only Jinyiwei is the fastest transmission channel, if you want to re-establish an intelligence system, it is unrealistic, not to mention that it will cost a huge amount of manpower and financial resources, that is, the emperor and the court know the way, what will you think.

When Shang Jia was resting in the mansion, Su Tiancheng opened the letter, and there were two letters inside.

The first letter was to implore Su Tiancheng to arrange suitable things for this businessman, and not to return to the Shanhaiguan area for the time being, and this businessman has a lot of family members and subordinates in Shanhaiguan, if he has a foothold in Jiangning County, he will inevitably do business.

In the letter, Huang Zaisheng gave a detailed introduction to the situation of this businessman, saying that this businessman is reliable.

Su Tiancheng smiled secretly, it seems that Huang Zaisheng is still a little thoughtful, and it may also be for his own safety, if Shang Jia knows his identity, returns to Shanhaiguan, and publicizes it, Huang Zaisheng may be in trouble.

After thinking about it a little, Su Tiancheng called Su Jun and asked Su Jun to arrange this businessman, and there are some situations that can be told to this businessman, of course, doing business in Jiangning County is naturally also on the list.

After Su Jun left with Shang Jia, Su Tiancheng returned to the study again and opened the second letter.

A few minutes passed, and Su Tiancheng's face changed, becoming a little ugly.

The information that Huang Zaisheng said this time is very important, it turns out that the Later Jin Emperor Taiji wants to unify Monan Mongolia and prepare to conquer Chahar, Chongzhen in July of the sixth year, after the Houjin occupies Lushun with the assistance of Kong Youde, the entire Liaodong and Liaobei are almost occupied by the Houjin, and now, the Houjin wants to conquer and unify the Southern Mongolia, if successful, the Houjin can directly threaten the Yongping Mansion of Beizhili, Yanqing Prefecture, Xuanfu Town, Shanxi Datongdi, and even Miyun of Shuntianfu, if you want to attack the Beijing Division, It's going to be a lot more convenient.

Moreover, as long as Houjin makes a move and threatens Jingshi, it will be a huge shock.

Huang Taiji's thoughts, Su Tiancheng knows, he is ambitious, and it won't be long before he thinks about unifying the Central Plains.

This time, the information sent by Huang Zaisheng must be accurate, since Huang Taiji has such a big move, he will definitely prepare carefully, and it is still recorded in history, Huang Taiji's expedition to southern Mongolia this time also invaded Datong, Shanxi, and the northern Zhili Xuan, and the large region, which caused a great shock, so that Zhu Youzhen couldn't sleep at night, and always considered the threat of Houjin.

Although this action of the Later Jin Dynasty did not cause a great shock, it already indicated that the defense of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong and Liaobei basically did not exist. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )