It seems simple to solve the problem of Cao Fu, based on the 3 million Jiangnan subsidy added when the budget was revised in the middle of the year, and the Cao Fu can be reduced or reduced.

But Song Ji has analyzed it very clearly just now, on the surface, it is Cao Fu who is disturbing people's hearts, but behind it is Yinghua Capital that is exploiting Jiangnan. Even if the levy is reduced, the peasants will still have to suffer from the price of grain, and behind the grain price is the lack of silver, and the lack of silver is due to the dumping of British and Chinese commercial goods, and the south of the Yangtze River has more silver and less silver.

The control of capital requires the cooperation of the government to go to the countryside, and to balance the convection of silver goods between Lingnan and Jiangnan is an economic article of the boss. Including Li Xian, they are all waiting for Li Fangying to say some useful measures to cure the symptoms.

But he didn't think that as soon as he spoke, he pulled out the issue of moving the capital.

There was silence in the hall for a long time, and Song Ji stroked his palms and said: "To build a new Beijing, the industrial and commercial giants converge in the south of the Yangtze River, and lead the silver back to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Li Fangying shook his head and said: "It's not for the sake of silver, where is the hidden danger in Jiangnan at the moment?" People's hearts, people's hearts are uncertain! Although Your Majesty is in Suzhou to meet the people of Jiangnan, what position Jiangnan occupies in our Anglo-Chinese country has not yet been stated, and the hearts of Jiangnan people have no bottom. Nowadays, Lingnan industry and commerce are exploiting Jiangnan, Lingnan people regard Jiangnan as inferior, Jiangnan people feel that the future is uncertain, and they only see harm when they see anything! ”

He said in a deep voice: "Living with the Son of Heaven, touching the Son of Heaven's grace, as long as the capital is still in Nanjing, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan will be greatly inspired!" It will be the top of the mountain, a glance at the mountains, and solve this situation with the momentum of the people's hearts, such as a boat along the river! ”

Liu Xingchun frowned and said, "Still all?" Who's all? I'm not Yinghua and I'm not a former Ming, why do I have to use the old capital of the former Ming? Why do you have to settle on Jiangnan? ”

It seems that there has been a debate about this matter before, and Liu Xingchun also bowed to Li Xian and said: "My Yinghua is a reinvention of Huaxia, and I am opening a new situation in the world!" To fix the capital, you have to establish a solid foundation. Now a country with Guangdong as the pivot, expanding to Lingnan, Huguang, Jiangnan, and Sichuan on land, and Funan, Luzon, Boni, and Malacca on the sea, this is the foundation that I have condensed in Yinghua for more than ten years. ”

Song Ji frowned and said: "It doesn't have to be Nanjing, but moving the capital to Jiangnan is inevitable......

Liu Xingchun was very displeased: "Of course, you Jiangnan people only think about Jiangnan people, I am a Cantonese person, so naturally I also have to think about Guangdong people and Lingnan people." ”

Seeing that the three of them were about to quarrel again, there was a click, and Li Shi's fan knocked on the bookcase, stopping the argument.

"The matter of moving the capital is another article, and it is difficult to reach a conclusion for the time being, and this policy is not feasible. Zhu Qing can see the chaos in the Jiangnan Dading, and take precautions, and I am very relieved. Since the overall situation in Jiangnan is not chaotic, there is no need to use too much force to deal with it, and discuss the symptomatic measures, taking the suppression as the first ......"

Li Xi said a cliché, and the meeting ended.

"Huangpu is just doing it, and His Majesty has also said in private that after the restoration of China, the national capital should be returned to Jiangnan, why don't you want to issue an edict? Just because the Cantonese people are against it? ”

In the last few days of the tenth year of the Holy Dao, the officials of the political hall and the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy also came to Longmen one after another. Since the emperor is tied to the government affairs of Jiangnan, the cabinet and advisory agencies have to accompany him, and the New Year must be spent with the emperor in Jiangnan. Jiangnan Xingying is nominally the emperor's governing body in Jiangnan, and the imperial court is also temporarily "on a business trip" to Jiangnan, which is logical.

Tang Youzeng, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xue Xue and Chen Wance, who participated in politics in the political affairs hall, will not be less, and even Tang Sunhao from Whampoa College is also here. Seeing his old friend, Li Fangying complained.

"It's not just Cantonese who are opposed, and the opposition is also very reasonable. Now that the war has just been extinguished and public opinion has not risen, you can look at it, after the New Year, the battle for the capital, a country is afraid that it will quarrel upside down, and Lei Zhenzi is also here, just to prepare for this war of words. Tang Sunho also had a worried face, but he looked at the problem more broadly: "Of course, Your Majesty does not want to take the initiative to start the fire, but to see the interests of all parties and then make a decision." This matter is related to the national fortune of Yinghua for a hundred years, and it is more important than the local affairs in Jiangnan, how can we abandon the basics? ”

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor gave a banquet to comfort the court officials and civil dignitaries, and after the banquet, the emperor rested, but the officials had to work overtime.

"Your Majesty has put suppression first, and calmed down the chaos, so we will start an article on this and agree on a detailed policy."

Tang You once presided over the "Jiangnan Stability Work Conference", and after some clichés, he revealed his true colors.

"You, and Your Majesty, are all rich and noble!"

The former first assistant Li Zhushou was called "Li Daaxe" by the Chinese people because of his strong promotion of the fiscal and tax system, and Tang Youzeng, who succeeded him, was called "soup tofu" because of his wide and smooth wrists.

The soup tofu complained, like tofu dregs, bits and pieces, chattering, listening to the officials at the meeting drowsy.

"Your Majesty's plan in the past few years, has the hard work of the two governors been in vain? Where is the chaos in Jiangnan? Got a group of troublemakers? There are those who have killed officials and rebelled? Students take to the streets to make noise? What's that? The Temple of Heaven is available every day! Just send some police officers to keep an eye on it, have you mobilized the volunteers? No, Jiangnan is still under military control, and red clothes have been used for civil purposes? It's not ......."

"I Yinghua took away the lid of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it was so stable on the surface, how could it have been so calm in all dynasties? In the south of the Yangtze River, the government goes to the countryside, and the clan fields are separated, especially the clan fields are separated, which is the ancestral root of the gentry! In the early years, it was implemented in Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and other places, and when the trouble was the most fierce, it was necessary to send out a battalion of guards to suppress it, but now what about Jiangnan? Is there a gentry to uncover the rod? Nope......"

"So, you and Your Majesty are suffering from the disease of wealth and nobility, and you can't allow dust to enter your eyes, a little messy, and you have to make a fuss!"

Old man Tang is full of momentum, it is rare to see him, everyone was suppressed, but this old man may be complaining about the emperor, and he will be tossed like this for the New Year.

"It is also necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, and our subordinates must also do their best, according to the old man's opinion......"

The official tone and gossip are mixed with each other, and Tang Youzeng, who was originally as tight as a puppet in words and deeds in the Manchu era, has now also opened his mind and shown his chattering side.

"It's nothing more than the human heart...... Why can't the leather things done by the integration of Confucianism and law in the past, and the leather things done by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, be used? Jiangnan is not Lingnan, and the hearts of Jiangnan people are still used to the Manchu Dynasty, so they have to spend more effort on this. ”

Tang Youzeng didn't know whether to complain or praise, and said again in a complicated tone: "Your Majesty is used to burying your head in solid things, and you always have a little scruple about leather and surface skills, and you cherish feathers too much!" Now that Jiangnan affairs are needed, His Majesty can't be cowardly. While Your Majesty is in Jiangnan, you should use Your Majesty more and let Your Majesty come forward. ”

Longmen Luan drove, Li Xi felt a chill in his back and shivered.

"You're all here...... Sons and daughters don't care? ”

Xiao Fumei, Yan Sanniang, Guan Xuan, An Jiuxiu, Zhu Yuyou and Baoyin, a group of mothers-in-law actually came to Longmen.

"It's the first time we've come to Jiangnan, but we have to take a good look, what about you......"

Yan Sanniang said excitedly, and then bit Li Shi's ear and said love words.

"Now that the entire imperial court has moved, it's time to take a vacation with us."

was scorched by the heat in Sanniang's breath, and Li Xian's body also began to heat up.

"Don't think about me...... I'm afraid of giving the official family ......"

Siniang arranged Li Shi's "schedule", looked at the bright pupils of her sisters, and subconsciously swallowed her saliva, and said secretly in her heart: "I'm afraid that the official family will be used badly." ”

Li Xi couldn't take a vacation, but he couldn't snub his wife, so he had to work together on both public and private sides.

Touring the eight provinces in the south of the Yangtze River is indispensable. Then presided over the welcome ceremony, and took over the families of the scholars who were exiled due to the literary disaster. The meeting with local officials again was both an encouragement and an admonition. In addition to winning the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, he also personally escorted the battle and promoted the government to the countryside. ..., coupled with the establishment of the Jiangnan Kaienke system and the study of Jiangnan's economic transformation road, it is expected that Li Xi will stay in Jiangnan for at least three months. For Li Xi, it will be a bitter and sweet three months.

The shelves of this stall were spread out, and Li Xi was full of confidence in smoothing down the chaos in Jiangnan, but vaguely he felt that he had missed something.

But he didn't have enough time to think about it, he was used by his subordinates during the day, and he had to be used by his wives at night.

What's missing?

Sometimes he also felt it, but then this thought was pressed down by Siniang and Baoyin's shy and timid Jiaoyan

"Your Majesty, give me/slaves children......"

In Huangjia Village, Luodian, Jiading, Xu San's wife, Xu San's wife said with a handful of snot and tears: "Son, you are the only seedling in the family, if you have three long and two short, your mother will not live!" ”

In the rammed-earth house, a three- or four-year-old boy was lying on a tattered bed, his face sallow and his breath faint.

Xu San entered the house with heavy steps, faced his wife, and shook his head helplessly and ashamedly: "Yang Langzhong was called to the city, saying that it was the government to give lectures, and he could only wait until tomorrow, and I would take Huzi into the city......"

Xu San's wife cried: "Tomorrow? Can it be postponed until tomorrow? ”

A teenage girl timidly entered the house, put the basket containing silkworm leaves on the table, and then went to support Xu San's wife, and said sadly: "Mother, don't cry, my brother must be fine." ”

Seeing that her brother was scattered, the little girl reached out to pull it, and her mother pushed her away: "Don't touch your brother!" Who knows what bad luck you have on you! ”

The little girl should be used to it, so she sighed, obediently retreated, and went straight to the back of the house to talk about silkworms.

The mournful silence was quickly broken, and it was the crisp voice that made Xu San's heart panic: "Sister-in-law Xu, I heard that Huzi is seriously ill?" ”

A figure appeared at the door, with a faint fragrance, and the gloomy room also lit up, it was the Shandong woman Mi Wuniang.

Mi Wuniang and her villagers have been in Huangjia Village for a while, the winter fields in the village are ploughing, and there is a shortage of short-term workers, and Mi Wuniang and others also want to wait for the separated villagers, so they stay in exchange for food.

Xu San's wife just sobbed, Xu San sighed: "A few days ago, I had a little heat, I used some herbs, I thought I could get better, but today I suddenly ......"

Mi Wuniang said: "I also said earlier, and I also know some ways to exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases, so let me see it?" ”

Xu San and his wife looked at each other, Lang Zhong couldn't find it, although Zhang Jiu Mazi was not very reliable, but he was also the only one who knew how to draw talismans to cure diseases, and he was the same as that Lang Zhong, who went to the city to learn what Catholicism. In the village, there is no one in the town to help, and he can't take his son on a wild road, so he can only go into the city tomorrow, and tomorrow ...... Who knows if there is any salvation.

Dead horses should be live horse doctors, Xu San nodded: "Then it's hard for Miss Mi." ”

Mi Wuniang entered the house, and a large group of people appeared behind her, obviously wanting to see what Mi Wuniang was capable of. The people in the village also said before that Zhang Jiu Mazi and Mi Wuniang were more powerful than each other, but that was just a casual joke, everyone felt that such a young and beautiful girl was unlikely to be a witch.

Lighting a pillar of incense, putting on a bracelet decorated with copper bells, Mi Wuniang's hands hung above the boy's forehead, first swaying slightly, and then shaking violently in a strange rhythm, the ringing of the bell echoed, Xu San retreated to the house with his wife, and held his breath with the rest of the village, and awe gradually rose in his heart.

The smoke was filled, the bells were intermittent, and the figures of Mi Wuniang and Huzi were no longer visible, and after a long time, Mi Wuniang got up and said: "There are demons in the village, probably hidden fire ghosts, and Huzi is dyed by demonic energy!" ”

Xu San's wife and the villagers were shocked, it was not clear what the fire ghost was hiding, but the fire was associated with fever, and it sounded like it was true. Rural peasants regard children's diseases as mostly caused by demons and ghosts, and this conclusion is psychologically prepared.

"Fairy Gu is merciful, save my son!"

Xu San was anxious, and hurriedly asked for good words, even if this Mi Wu Niang's mana is not high, there is always some hope. ..., Mi Wuniang said: "Brother Xu, don't worry, it's not a big demon, it's just that if I want to practice the Fa, I still lack some primers and magic weapons." ”

The things she listed not only include clothes, yellow paper, incense and candles, but also valuable gold dust, things are not unusual, they are all in the life and death stores in the town, but Xu San has made a difficulty, the family is surrounded by four walls, where can he get so much money?

Seeing that he was embarrassed, Mi Wuniang gritted her teeth and said: "Brother Xu is dedicated to taking care of us, this kindness can't be repaid......

She took out a silver bracelet, which immediately frightened Xu San. People fled all the way from Shandong, and they were not willing to exchange this thing for food and clothing, it must be a very precious thing, how dare he admit this feeling.

Xu San vigorously excused himself, Mi Wuniang persuaded him with a sentence of "Huzi's life is important", and with tears, Xu San put on his bracelet and hurried to the town to buy it.

After the wind and fire were prepared, it was dusk, Mi Wuniang changed into a white dress, tied a white belt on her head, painted strange runes, held a wooden Ruyi, and was really like a fairy girl in the sunset.

"Miao Zhan always holds the immovable respect, and the first Leng Yan Wang Shixi has; I think upside down for hundreds of millions of eons, and I don't go through the monks to obtain the Dharma body; May this fruit become a treasure king, and live like a constant sand; This deep heart is dedicated to the dust, and it is called repaying the Buddha's grace......"

Mi Wu Niang's mantra was like a song, and her posture danced non-stop, which opened the eyes of the villagers. Ordinary witches are just jumping around like cramps, but this Mi Wu Niang's spell is so orderly.

"It must be a fairy girl with high mana......"

"Huzi seems to be saved."

Most of the villagers have believed in Mi Wuniang, but some people still question why they have to flee the famine if they really have such a high and powerful mana.

"God is in charge of people like Mi Xiangu, and they are not allowed to use spells to turn gold and silver into food, they can only subdue demons and eliminate demons, otherwise they will be punished by God."

Mi Wuniang's villagers explained this, and the villagers nodded one after another, is this the truth, if the masters can use spells casually, they will not be allowed to sit in this world?

The jingle stopped suddenly, and Mi Wuniang shouted: "Demon! Dare to set up a door of life and death! ”

The spell was interrupted, and Mi Wuniang scanned the crowd to find someone. She said to the panicked Xu Sandao, Huzi was taken by a very powerful fire ghost, and was ready to devour the soul. also placed a little ghost possessed in the crowd, staring at the situation of the tiger. She must get rid of this little ghost before she can drive away the evil energy from Huzi's body.

"Who? Who will it be? ”

Xu San and the villagers were sweating all over, glancing at each other, for fear that they would be caught by a ghost.

Mi Wuniang swept around, and saw Xu San's wife pushing her daughter away with some disgust, and her brows furrowed.

"Demons! Hugh escape! ”

Mi Wuniang threw out the "bundle demon rope", that is, the hemp rope soaked in various medicines and even the menstrual blood of a black dog woman, and caught the little girl who didn't know what was going on.

"Big girl!?"

"Sure enough, it's you! I know it's you! ”

Xu San was shocked, but Xu San's wife was stunned, and they all subconsciously took a step back.

Soon after, a shrill scream rang out in the village clearing, and the little girl was tied up with five flowers, stripped of her shirt, and the reddened iron wire was whipped against her delicate skin, which was so white that it was bloodless.

Xu Sanhe and the people of the village were frightened and questioned, how could her daughter, who had always been very obedient, be possessed by a little ghost?

Mi Wuniang glanced at the villagers who looked panicked and sad, then looked at the little girl coldly, threw away the iron wire, and moved on the little girl with movements that were difficult for others to detect.

When the little girl twitched and struggled like a fish on the ground, rolling her eyes and foaming at the foam, Xu Sanhe and the villagers no longer had any doubts.

"Fortunately, the little ghost's mana is not strong, I can still save your daughter's life......"

After Mi Wuniang disposed of the little girl, the tone of her voice was a little different, no longer the simple country girl she was before, but the people of Xu Sanhe Village felt that it was normal, and they were even more grateful to the Bodhisattva of Mi Wuniang.

"It stands to reason that the Jizo Fire Ghost doesn't have such a high mana to drive the imp to possess it, unless there is another demon helping it...... Has there been anything strange or unusual in the village lately? ”

Mi Wuniang expressed her suspicions, Xu San and the others frowned and thought hard, and they all shook their heads.

I haven't seen strange things, there have been a lot of changes, isn't it a matter of changing the court?

"That Zhang Jiu Mazi, what kind of Catholicism did he enter, I heard the officials and scholars of the Qing Dynasty say that it was a demon sect......"

When a villager mentioned this, everyone nodded their heads again and again.

"I think the problem is on this Zhang Jiu Mazi, what about others?"

Mi Wuniang's eyes lit up, and she said lightly this sentence that seemed to have been prepared for a long time.

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