is a dignified prince of the dynasty, although he is lower than Qi Heng, the king of the backer, in terms of title, but everyone with a discerning eye knows it.

Today's backer king is just famous.

The real power is not as good as these princes.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that the two who just left are like Taishan Beidou in the army.

Everyone's subordinates control one of the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty.

Another example is Xu Da and Li Shanchang.

One is the Zuo Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, the first marshal of the Ming Dynasty, and a meritorious service.

One is the head of the Wenchen, the only Wenchen in the Guogong, and the actual controller of Zhongshu Province.

It can be said that these princes of the Ming Dynasty are not only the top of the titles, but also the top of their strength.

And what about Qi Heng?

That is, the name of the first backer king of the Ming Dynasty makes people listen to it, what else?

That is, an Anfeng Road is praised.

But now it looks like the army is about to be dismantled.

Originally, they all felt a little puzzled by letting this head of the Privy Council come to be the Privy Council.

But now when I see this scene, I know what kind of existence Qi Heng is in the eyes of these old men.

Both princes performed the junior ceremony.

In particular, they found that the demeanor of these two when facing Qi Heng was not the kind of etiquette that was only confined to the surface.

Especially that Deng Yu.

Looking at Qi Heng's gaze, that kind of reverence can't be hidden.

Suddenly, everyone began to re-examine their Privy Councillor.

After all, most of them are not old people who have been following Zhu Yuanzhang from scratch, and many of them have been incorporated and developed in the later battles.

I really don't know much about Qi Heng, a figure who showed his edge in the early days.

Only those old people can understand what Anfeng Road, which is just like this in the eyes of these juniors, represents.

Qi Heng, who was standing at the door, casually glanced at the people in the hall, wanted to say something, but chose to shut up, turned around and left outside the house.

A moment later.

Yu Guangdao, who has always been in the palace, helping Qi Heng coordinate the affairs of various places and dealing with trivial affairs, also came to the Privy Council.

At the beginning, Yu Guangdao was always in the former Great General's Mansion and the Royal Mansion, because Qi Heng had the affairs of Anfeng Road that needed to be signed by the palace every day even when he was hidden.

Now that he has been promoted to the head of the Privy Council, and the military power of Anfeng Road has been basically abolished, although they have not said anything to each other.

But the original situation of Anfeng Road's independence from the imperial court will no longer exist.

Therefore, Qi Heng explained to Zhou Nian very early, the current prefect of Anfeng Mansion, everything in Anfeng Mansion in the future needs to intersect with the imperial court through normal channels.

Since this is the case, the existence of Yu Guangdao in the palace is meaningless.

Therefore, he was transferred to the Privy Council to serve as the Privy Councillor.

As Qi Heng's butler in the Privy Council, he is responsible for the communication and intersection of various places, and is responsible for the communication with the emperor.

It is a bridge between the head of the Privy Council, the Emperor and the subordinates of the Privy Council.

This is a very suitable position for Yu Guangdao.

Although Qi Heng has always used him to help him manage government affairs, in fact, he has no ability to deal with politics, on the contrary, he has the advantage of character in communication and communication with others.

The first thing Qi Heng explained to him was to organize the subordinate officials in the Privy Council to draw up a specific charter for several things ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang in the court, and then after Qi Heng checked it, it was handed over to Zhu Yuanzhang for review.

After there were no objections, they began to supervise the work throughout the country.

But these are not big deals, and Qi Heng doesn't need to worry too much about them at all.

If the current Ming army is not able to suppress these small people, then the army of the Ming Dynasty will really be a decoration.

As for the bigger things, it's not a question of whether Qi Heng is willing to do it.

For example, the offensive against the old department of the Yuan Dynasty.

Since the Yuan court retreated to Mobei.

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude is basically very ambiguous.

Perhaps he also knows very well that the world needs to recuperate today, so he did not have the iron heart to take advantage of his illness to kill him, and eradicate all these old parts in one go to prevent future troubles.

The central idea of the entire court is one, to restore the economy!

The reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty began with farming.

The first step is to enable the whole country to begin to resume farming in an orderly manner and restore vitality.

In the Privy Council, which belonged to him alone.

Qi Heng spread out a map and looked at it.

There are three special marks in Anfeng Mansion, Jinling and Shandong.

Now that Shi Caiying has come to the side of Shandong and is recognized as his own person, he is inseparable from it no matter what.

In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose in doing this is very clear, that is, to copy the development of Anfeng Road to Shandong, and use Shandong as a pilot to verify the specific effect.

Whether he wants to cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang or stabilize Shi Caiying's position in Shandong, or help Daming restore productivity as soon as possible, he needs to put some thought into this matter.

Otherwise, Li Shanchang will really sit firmly in the government affairs of Zhongshu Province and the whole country, and he will really have nothing to do with Li Shanchang at that time.

As Qi Heng observed and pondered, he found that the geographical location of Shandong was not bad.

The first is the sea, relying on the sea ship technology that has been developed in Anfeng Province, it is completely possible to increase the maritime and maritime trade in the coastal areas of Shandong.

In order to help Shandong Province develop as soon as possible.

Second, Shandong Province intersects with Anhui, and at the same time, Anfeng Mansion in southern Anhui intersects with Jinling and Zhili, and then goes southeast, which is Jiangnan.

Although the Jiangnan area has also been reduced to ruins in recent years.

It's like that Yangzhou.

However, with the continuous recovery of farming, the Jiangnan region still has advantages that are difficult to compare with other places.

In addition, Jinling City became the political center of the country.

The country's economy has also begun to move south.

This has been the case in all dynasties.

Regardless of the establishment of any dynasty, the wealthy families around the political and cultural center of the previous dynasty will move with it.

Even the imperial court would take the initiative to ask those gentry to relocate.

Because of the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, this was conducive to the rule of the dynasty.

This can be seen from the recent lively scene in Jinling City.

Of course, the continuous prosperity of Jinling City, in addition to the intentional relocation of the imperial court, is also because Jinling City is adjacent to Anfeng Mansion, which is bursting with productivity.

Today's Da Ming actually lacks nothing.

The only thing missing is productivity.

Gold and silver will not be greatly reduced by the change of dynasties.

But how much gold and silver can buy depends on the level of power within the dynasty.

When productivity is high, and materials reach the demand point of internal consumption in society, the price of materials will naturally decrease.

And vice versa.

And with the country's wealthy all concentrated in Jinling City, countless riches began to gather in Jinling City.

Coupled with the strong productivity of Anfeng Province, a virtuous cycle of supply and demand has been formed.

The people in Jinling City have money, and the people in Anfeng Mansion have materials.

Just one buys and the other sells.

Thinking of Qi Heng here, his eyes suddenly flashed.

It seems to have grasped something crucial.

Anphon Province is now a grain production base.

Instead of decreasing food production every year, productivity will increase again as more and more wealth is owned.

So.

A problem that plagues Anfeng Mansion will be exposed.

Land!

Although the land utilization rate in An Phong Province is still very low.

However, under normal circumstances, not all people have the ability to change a particular environment.

For example, when he was in Anfeng Mansion, he ordered Zhou Nian to build a grain-producing area.

That was the situation that only appeared after a major project was started.

Without this great project, a large area of land like the one between the two cities would not have been able to be cultivated.

There are many reasons for this.

Water and transportation are the two biggest problems.

It is impossible for ordinary people to walk dozens or even hundreds of miles every day to farm, right?

In the same way, it is impossible for the people to dig a well for each piece of land, right?

So, as a result, while a lot of land is good and usable, most of it is classified as non-growable.

So.

Although the land utilization rate in Anfeng Province is not very high, there will still be a huge gap in arable land.

First of all, the area around Jinling City is a huge supply and demand point.

Every day, I am constantly eating countless supplies.

However, the supply of food and materials has not been able to rise.

When the time comes, it will inevitably begin to radiate to the surrounding area.

Or they began to take the road of refinement, like when Qi Heng was in Anfeng Mansion, he continued to be led by the government, and began to build more grain-producing areas, more villages and towns, and even cities.

Of course, in order to ensure that the special status of Anfeng Mansion continues to be maintained, Zhou Nian will definitely do this.

After all, Zhou Nian followed Qi Heng from beginning to end to do this, and he was very proficient.

However, the area of Anfeng is still too small.

In addition, the continuous recovery of the productivity of the Jiangnan region will gradually divide its inherent position.

Although all industries are led by agriculture.

But agriculture is also destined to be the most basic industry.

In addition to increasing its own advantages in agriculture, industrial upgrading is also the only way to go.

However, it will be some more years.

Now it is Shandong that should be considered.

But just like this reason, the disadvantage of Anfeng Mansion is obvious, that is, there is too little land.

There is even less land that can be directly used.

Then, Shandong, which is almost untouched after the war, has a unique advantage in this regard.

The most important thing in Shandong today is land.

And what is most lacking is people!

Without people, there is no productivity.

Because of the economic development and abundant food in recent years, Anfeng Mansion has become a well-known and wealthy place in the surrounding provinces.

Naturally, there will be a population explosion.

Coupled with the increase in the population of Jinling City, the population of the entire surrounding area is soaring rapidly.

In this way, if Shandong can have any connection with Anfeng Mansion, then it can help Shi Caiying, who is far away in Shandong, to quickly get through the initial and most difficult period.

Especially when Qi Heng saw the Grand Canal built as early as the Sui Dynasty on the map, he was even more firm in his idea.

With the existence of the Grand Canal, the traffic between the three places has been greatly improved.

The shipbuilding industry in Anphon Province is fully able to support this demand, and at the same time, it can further activate other industries in Anphon Province in addition to agriculture.

What industry should Shandong develop in the future, Qi Heng has not yet thought about it.

However, if we can help Shandong to rapidly increase its population and develop agriculture, there are many ways.

Anfeng Province now does not know how much wealth is idle.

However, because of the lack of land, wealth cannot be flowed.

Then, if a special favorable policy is given at this time, then with the special geographical conditions of Shandong and the convenient transportation conditions of the Grand Canal, it will inevitably attract countless businessmen to buy leased land in Shandong to engage in agricultural production.

Of course, simply attracting people from Anfeng Province to Shandong, this kind of crude blood transfusion program is still not feasible.

This is just the best way to do it in the beginning.

Moreover, these businessmen went to Shandong, and those laborers went to Shandong, just to make money.

How to make Shandong's own rapid development is the key.

In the early stage, the merchants leased and purchased the land, so that the government could continue to improve the livelihood of the people in the territory.

For example, encouraging childbearing.

After the third child, how many silver taels will be distributed to each household.

Or you can pay taxes after a few births.

At the same time, the city will build and restore civilian houses, build education, transportation, and build factories to increase jobs.

When these basic conditions are perfected, the whole Shandong will become a fragrant bait, attracting more and more people to come to the foregone conclusion.

Of course, in fact, as long as you have money and food, you can do it directly.

But now, with the financial situation of the imperial court, it is absolutely impossible to give Shandong such great support.

What's more, now that Zhongshu Province is presided over by Li Shanchang, it is even more impossible.

Therefore, how to quickly own wealth in the early stage and attract more merchant capital is the most important thing.

And this, he Qi Heng just has it.

Whether it is the hidden capital that Shen Wansan is secretly developing, or the position of the prefect of Anfeng Mansion where Zhou Nian is located, it can provide them with convenience for this.

Thinking of this, Qi Heng began to write his thoughts in the letter.

Then he ordered someone to send it to Shi Caiying in Shandong and Zhou Nian in Anfeng Mansion, and ordered the two of them to draw up a detailed charter.

As for himself, he only needs to cooperate with them in the DPRK and China.

In the blink of an eye, it was more than three months.

Under the leadership of Qi Heng, Shi Caiying and Zhou Nian soon worked out a set of regulations for governing Shandong.

And Zhou Nian also offered to help them provide a lot of various grain seeds and farming tools in the early stage.

These things have long been piled up in Anfeng Province and are overproduced.

However, because it is a public thing, it can only be provided to Shandong in the early stage in the form of secondment, and the silver taels will be paid after Shandong's year is better.

It not only helped Shi Caiying, but also helped Zhou Nian solve the sediment.

For this, Shi Caiying is very grateful, not only Zhou Nian, but also Qi Heng.

When Shi Caiying arrived in Shandong for the first time and learned about the situation there, he felt dizzy on the spot.

Miserable, miserable.

It's not just that there is no silver tael, there is nothing.

There are no people, and there is no arable land.

There is no grain and silver.

As a result, he didn't know where to start.

But fortunately, Qi Heng gave a plan and solved his urgent need.

At the same time, Shen Wansan also successfully blew himself up by accident during this period.

completely got rid of the shackles of the imperial court, and began to devote himself to helping Qi Heng take care of private assets.

Of course, there is also a fiefdom that runs Qi Heng.

However, three months is both long and short.

Today, Shandong's only remaining population is still in the midst of famine.

Relying on these three months and the cultivation tools mobilized by Zhou Nian, as well as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other seeds, Shi Caiying finally solved the problem of feeding the existing population.

At the same time, the plan for the development of Shandong was also officially put on the table.

One of the most important links is to ask the imperial court for policy.

With the current situation in Shandong, if there is no policy support, it is really difficult to save even the gods.

Therefore, Shi Caiying made a special trip to send the letter he wrote by himself to Qi Heng's hands.

The content is probably to ask Qi Heng to help him mediate in the imperial court.

As for the folds he reported to Zhongshu Province, it was not surprising that he was refrigerated by Zhongshu Province.

Therefore, Shi Caiying had to write a letter in person, and Qi Heng came forward.

Inside the Privy Council.

After these three months, Qi Heng is also familiar with everything in the Privy Council.

The subordinate officials below also gradually became familiar with this chief.

The whole Privy Council was also operating as usual.

In Qi Heng's exclusive lobby, Qi Heng, who had just finished reading Shi Caiying's letter, was thinking about how to solve this matter, when Yu Guangdao walked in after saying goodbye.

He said to Qi Heng in the hall: "My lord, Your Majesty ordered someone to inform you and invite all officials to discuss matters in the Fengtian Palace. ”

Hearing Yu Guangdao's words, Qi Heng was stunned.

What's important at noon?

After sending Yu Guangdao away, Qi Heng said to Saren beside him: "Do you know what the emperor wants to discuss?" ”

When Saren heard this, he immediately replied: "The thirteen imperial envoys sent out by the Imperial Procuratorate yesterday have returned, and Your Majesty was overjoyed after hearing their report, which may have something to do with today's incident. ”

Hearing Saren's words, Qi Heng nodded thoughtfully, then got up and headed towards the Fengtian Temple.

When Qi Heng came to Fengtian Hall for a while, the ministers of the entire hall came to Qi.

And Zhu Yuanzhang also walked from the back to the dragon couch in front of the hall.

After the hundred officials visited Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know what we called you over at this time?" ”

Seeing that the officials were puzzled, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Before, Liu Bowen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent an envoy from the Thirteen Provinces to investigate the officials in various places and select some capable officials. ”

"Now that these envoys have returned, there is one thing that sounds interesting to us, and now let him tell you about it."

After speaking, he waved his big hand.

The imperial envoy immediately walked to the hall of Fengtian Hall and reported in front of the hundred officials: "The minister who reported this time is Yang Xian, the prefect of Yangzhou!" ”

"Since Yang Xian took charge of Yangzhou, he has not built a government office, and has used all the more than 6,000 taels of silver to settle down for the returning farmers. So far, the Yangzhou Mansion is still a broken wall on three sides and a grass roof. ”

"The prefect Yang Xian is still in charge of that stone case."

Hearing what the imperial envoy said this, the ministers in the palace began to talk in whispers.

There are appreciatives and there are disparagements.

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