"I'm very happy with my life now, I got married and had a husband. I'm still alive, I've got kids, and it's better than I thought. My husband is very young and healthy, he is very good to me, and my parents-in-law are also very good to me, although it is very cold in winter here, we have our own land, we have a house, we have enough wood, we can eat three meals a day, and I can eat enough at one meal, I am very satisfied. ”

Li Shuchu, the governor of the Central Plains, was holding a copy of the Imperial Daily in his hand and reading it with relish. The Imperial Daily is now a nationwide newspaper with a circulation of more than 100,000 copies. Li Shuchu liked the authority of this newspaper, and of course, in addition to current affairs and business news, he also liked several other columns in this newspaper, one of which was a one-day column dedicated to the geography and humanities of the world, as well as the life of the people of the Han Dynasty.

A Day in the Empire is written in each issue of a day of an imperial person, including civil and military officials, officers and soldiers, and of course, merchants, craftsmen, and farmer apprentices. In this issue of One Day in the Empire, it is written about a Japanese bride.

"Your Majesty, these widows live really well in Han." The governor of Guanwai, Hou Sui, said with a smile when he saw the newspaper Li Shuchu was reading.

"If it is not necessary, it is better to avoid high-pressure tactics as much as possible, in the words of His Majesty, which is also to reduce costs. Look at these widows now, they married into the Han Dynasty and solved millions of singles for the Han Dynasty. Now these widows are grateful to His Majesty and the court, and most of them feel that their lives are indeed better now than in the past. Li Shuchu put down the newspaper and said with some emotion.

"Your Majesty is indeed far-sighted."

In recent years, most of the governors and commanders from all over the country rushed into the Beijing Dynasty.

The annual gathering of the dynasty in Beijing is also an important feature of the national politics of the Han Dynasty today. When these feudal officials enter Beijing, they do not just come to congratulate on New Year's Day and see the Lantern Festival, they have to enter Beijing to report on their work for a year and accept the assessment of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. When the emperor was inquired into, he had to make a summary report on the local budget for the past year, and of course, there was an extremely important task, which was to fight for next year's budget.

However, compared with last year, this year's local delegation to the DPRK is relatively relaxed, and firstly, all localities have developed well this year. Generally speaking, there have been no major disasters and epidemics, and since the local tax revenues that began this year have been directly incorporated into local finances, local officials have greater administrative, fiscal and taxation autonomy, so that local officials have had a good year. Moreover, the imperial court is now very full of treasury, and next year's budget is relatively loose, so everyone doesn't have to work so hard, and they will still be pulled out.

Today's meeting between Hou Sui and Li Shuchu, the two governors, is also because they have received more accurate information. After Liu Yunsheng, the former governor of Zhili, was promoted to the right privy envoy, Zhang Guowei, the former secretary of the military department, was transferred to the governor of Zhili. However, Zhang Guowei did not serve long as the governor of Zhili, and soon became the governor of the newly established Korean Military Region.

Now that the position of Governor of Zhili is vacant, I heard that the emperor has intended to let Li Shuchu, the governor of the Central Plains, take over. After Li Shuchu was transferred from the Central Plains Military Region, the position of the governor of the Central Plains may be taken over by the governor of Guanwai.

The Governor of Zhili, the Governor of the Central Plains, and the Governor of Guanwai, if you talk about importance, of course, the Governor of Zhili has the heaviest authority, followed by the Governor of the Central Plains, although the Governor of Guanwai now governs the six provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Haixi, Heilongjiang, Jiangdong, and Xing'an. But Kanwai is still a post-war place in ruins, and there are still only a few immigrants there. It is far from being comparable with the Central Plains and Zhili.

What's more, there are still rumors that the imperial court is preparing to split the six provinces of the Guanwai Military Region into two military regions, Liaoning, Jilin, and Haixi will still be the Guanwai Military Region, while the three provinces of Xing'an, Heilongjiang, and Dongjiang will form the Anbei Military Region with Xipol Province.

"Your Majesty has summoned me to an audience today. I have already said that I will be transferred to Zhili after the year, and I will ask Brother Hou for the Central Plains Military Region in the future. ”

Hou Sui heard that the matter had indeed settled, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

He was also worried that according to the principle of recusal of origin. As a native of Henan, he may not have had the opportunity to get this opportunity. But now it seems that at the level of governor, avoidance is not so important.

"In the past few years, Hou Du has made remarkable achievements outside the Guan, and the Guanxi has quickly stabilized, and he has been able to achieve such impressive results in immigration affairs, how can His Majesty not know it." Li Shuchu praised.

Hou Sui was very useful in his heart, when he was transferred to Guanwai, it was more difficult in those days, except for southern Liaoning, the entire jurisdiction was almost the territory of the Jurchens. The governor of Guanwai is actually not as good as the prefect of the Central Plains. However, the imperial court defeated the Jurchens in a short period of time, recovered the entire Guanwai, and invested heavily in immigration, and in a short period of time, the Guanwai changed greatly, which he really did not expect at the beginning.

"It's all your majesty's wise leadership." Hou Sui said with a smile, "Henan is my hometown, Li Du has been in the Central Plains in recent years, is the real Dinghai Shenpin, suppressing bandits, leveling Zhu Rebellion, post-war reconstruction, resuming production, now the Central Plains is not only an important grain output of the imperial court, but also has become a cotton and oil production area, this year's cotton and oil output in Henan is the first among all provinces of the imperial court, coupled with the construction of fruit trees and minerals and commercial ports in Shandong, although the Central Plains Military Region is only two provinces, but it has changed the situation of the most people in the past but also the most poor people, and the people's livelihood economy has doubled several times. The tax creation is among the top spears in various places, and Li Du has made great contributions. ”

Henan is located in the heart of the Central Plains, there are many plains, arable land but also a large population, in the past, the per capita arable land is very small, coupled with the Yellow River and other rivers in the past for many years in disrepair, often floods, water conservancy disrepair, and easy to lead to drought, so that after the late Ming Dynasty, Henan has become synonymous with poverty, every time there is a famine, a large number of Henan people have to flee from the famine. Especially in the peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty after the Apocalypse, it was repeatedly looted by the rogues, and the Henan vassal kings were the most, making the people of Henan even more impoverished.

Hou Sui praised Li Shuchu's exploits just now, not because Li Shuchu's daughter is now in the palace as a concubine, nor is it that Li Shuchu is about to be promoted to the governor of Zhili, but the truth.

Li Shuchu was in charge of the Central Plains, governing Henan and Shandong provinces, thieves and other bandits were driven away, and the Luoyang puppet dynasty of Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu who tried to restore, was destroyed, and the Yellow River was changed back to its original course, the canal was dredged, the Huai River and the Bianhe River were governed, and the development and construction of seaports such as Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, and registration. All make the Central Plains a day at a time.

Although these are actually decisions made by the central court center, Li Shuchu and other local officials are also vigorously cooperating and supporting.

In addition, in the past two years, the Central Plains region has also migrated the largest number of people outward, and this populous region has migrated a large number of people.

If those are state-led policies, then Li Shuchu's ruling of the Central Plains and his positioning of the two provinces in the Central Plains are also quite accurate. Li Shuchu positioned Henan as a major agricultural province. Vigorously develop wheat and corn planting, and at the same time, according to the great needs of cotton today, vigorously develop cotton planting and fruit tree planting, so that this poor area in the past finally relied on its own favorable advantages, found its own positioning, and achieved rapid development.

Shandong Province is located in the middle of the Yellow River and the Huai River, and is close to the sea, so it has a strong water transportation advantage. There is also a lot of arable land, and there are many important minerals, such as gold and coal. Relying on these advantages, on the one hand, it develops agriculture, planting wheat, cotton, soybeans, and fruit trees, and at the same time, it also develops a large number of minerals and smelting. and the development of transport and port transshipment trade.

This year, Shandong Province ranked second only to Henan in wheat production. The output of grain crops such as corn, sorghum, sweet potato, potato, and soybean is also extremely high, and Shandong's oil output ranks first in the country. In addition, the output of apples, pears, jujubes and other fruits in Shandong is also extremely high.

In addition, Li Shuchu also vigorously supported Shandong's spinning industry, mining, and metallurgical industries. Relying on the rapidly expanding cotton production in Henan and Shandong provinces, Shandong's cotton spinning industry has now caught up with the traditional cotton cloth producing area of Susong region.

At present, Shandong's agricultural grain, cotton and oil are developing rapidly, while minerals, smelting and spinning industries are developing rapidly, and then relying on its developed water transportation and sea transportation. With the advantages of several major ports, Shandong's transportation and trade have also developed rapidly.

In terms of economic growth, Shandong, which has less arable land, has developed faster than Henan, which has more arable land.

The Central Plains, once a poverty-stricken area, has now become an eye-catching and rapidly developing area of the empire. This has to be said. All of them are inseparable from the merits of Li Shuchu's administration.

If it weren't for this feat, Hou Sui believed that even if Li Shuchu's daughter was a noble concubine instead of a concubine, it would be impossible to be promoted to the governor of Zhili.

This year's economic growth reports of the major regions have come out, and Sanjiang Province, which is under the administration of Li Chunjiang, has undoubtedly won the first place. And the second place is not Zhili, not Fujian and Zhejiang, not Liangguang and Lianghu, but actually the Central Plains. The third is Zhili, the fourth is Liangguang, the fifth is Fujian and Zhejiang, and the sixth is Lianghu.

This ranking is quite surprising, Naoli actually ranked third, while Zhongyuan ranked second.

"I've been outside the border for a few years, and I feel like I can't keep up with the situation in the mainland. Henan is my hometown, and it has not changed much in the past few hundred years, but it is characterized by many people, poverty, and many disasters. But now, the Yellow River has changed back to its original course, the canal has been dredged, the Yingshui, Whirlpool and other rivers have also been smoothed, many new reservoirs and dams have been built in various places, and a large number of people have moved out, so that the per capita cultivated land area of the people has increased greatly, coupled with the reasonable guidance of the imperial court and local officials, while developing grain planting, it has also vigorously developed cash crops such as cotton oil and oil, and has also developed cotton spinning industry and food processing. Now that I want to go to the Central Plains to take over the burden of Li Du, I really feel that the burden on my shoulders is very heavy, and I am really afraid that the good situation laid down by Li Du will be delayed. ”

It is indeed not easy for Li Shuchu to bring the two provinces of the Central Plains to the current situation. After listening to it, he said with some emotion, "In fact, the current development of the Central Plains is also the guidance of the emperor, in short, we still have to rely on our own advantageous advantages and take advantage of the situation." For example, Henan is an inland province in the Central Plains and a large province of cultivated land, so it is impossible for us to give up agricultural development and develop trade. Shandong has the advantages of minerals, water and land transportation and ports, so it cannot be abandoned. ”

"What Li Du said is reasonable, with the foundation you have laid, after I take office, in fact, there is no need to change at all, Xiao Gui Cao Sui, I believe that the two provinces of the Central Plains can continue to develop rapidly."

The two governors soon came to a consensus that Henan's orientation should be to focus on the development of agriculture, supplemented by the development of grain and oil processing and cotton spinning. Shandong's primary industry should still be agriculture, followed by minerals and smelting, transportation and trade, and fisheries.

"After Governor Li arrives in Zhili, how are you going to adjust?"

As the first district of the world, the economic development ranked third, which made the emperor and the court very dissatisfied, but last year, the Zhili changed two governors in a row, and no one in the court was to blame.

Although Jingshi and Tianjin are both quite developed big cities, because Jingshi belongs to the Zhili Prefecture and does not belong to the Zhili Region, the fattest piece of meat does not belong to the Zhili.

"The current status of Hebei and Shanxi provinces under Zhili District is indeed a little embarrassing. When I met with you yesterday, Your Majesty also talked to me about this matter in detail. After listening to His Majesty's guidance, I was also suddenly enlightened that the future development of Hebei and Shanxi provinces should still adhere to the development of agriculture at the same time, but also diversify development, Shanxi's mineral smelting, Hebei's salt industry, and processing and manufacturing, as well as Tianjin's seaport trade, as well as Zhangjiakou's foreign trade, as well as canal and sea transportation, these are all very important. In short, I believe that in a few years, Zhili District will be able to rise quickly. ”

Hou Sui nodded.

"To say, or Sanjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangguang and other southeast coastal areas have the fastest development, sea trade, shipping, shipbuilding, silk weaving, porcelain, sugar, tea, all the most profitable, especially sea trade, countless goods are shipped to the southeast coastal ports, the southeast water and land transportation is extremely prosperous, but also with their shipbuilding and other manufacturing industry rapid development, think about it is enviable."

The southeast area used to be the granary of the world. But now, it has become an economically developed area of the empire, and grain has to be supplied in large quantities every year. In all parts of the southeast, they are engaged in mulberry cultivation, silkworm weaving, hemp planting, cotton spinning and weaving, shipbuilding and shipping trade, various processing and manufacturing industries, and even tea, sugar, porcelain, and silk weaving, which are the most profitable maritime trade commodities today, as well as the most profitable maritime trade and shipping industries, are mostly occupied by these southeastern provinces.

No matter how much agriculture develops, it can't develop seafaring trade.

"We strive to develop the cotton spinning and silk weaving industry in the north, and also take advantage of the current sea trade boom to accelerate the development." Li Shuchu said that in the Tang and Song dynasties, the sericulture and mulberry cultivation in the north far exceeded that in the south, and the silk weaving and spinning industries also completely overshadowed the south. But since the Ming Dynasty, the silk weaving and weaving industry in the north has completely declined, including the once-thriving Hebei ceramics industry.

Li Shuchu decided that after taking over as governor of Zhili, he would begin to vigorously restore the cultivation of mulberry, hemp, cotton, silkworm weaving, spinning and weaving, and ceramics in the north. (To be continued.) )

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