Gu Junen, who formulated a development route for Li Zicheng, did not meet Li Zicheng in this time and space, and is now working as a petty official in Zhao Han's territory.

The envoy sent by Li Zicheng was named Fu Geng, who was detained on the border of Anhui and quarantined for half a month before being released.

Fu Geng caught up with Zhao Han's imperial car in Gaoyou, and as Li Zicheng's envoy, he was immediately summoned by Emperor Datong.

Fu Geng wanted to take off his mask and kneel, but Zhao Han stopped him: "You don't have to take off your mask." ”

"Meet His Majesty the Emperor of Datong!" Fu Geng knelt on his knees.

Zhao Han said, "Sit down." ”

After Fu Geng sat down, he did not convey Li Zicheng's meaning, but asked: "Your Majesty, I have a younger brother named Fu Shan." A few years ago, he went south with Yuan Shi, during which he repaired a book and went home. Later, the north and south were blocked, and there was no news, and I don't know if Your Majesty has ever heard of my brother's name. ”

Zhao Han suddenly laughed: "It turned out to be Fu Qingzhu's brother, and Brother Ling is very good in Nanjing." ”

Emperor Datong actually knew that his younger brother, so his younger brother must be mixing well in the south, Fu Geng was relieved and a little excited at the same time.

Fu Shan is proficient in the subset of scriptures and history, is good at calligraphy and painting, and also has a study of swordsmanship and Buddhism. But he was reused by Zhao Han, but because of his status as a "holy hand in gynecology", he is now the vice president of Jinling Medical College and the head of gynecology.

If Zhao Han's concubines were unwell, they also invited Fu Shan to the palace by name.

Fu Geng was pleased: "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." ”

Zhao Han asked, "What did your lord ask you to do?" ”

Fu Geng said: "My lord is willing to be a brother with His Majesty, and Dashun and Datong are also brothers. ”

Zhao Han couldn't help but wonder: "Then I should call your lord brother?" ”

"Your Majesty is your brother, and my lord is your brother," Fu Geng said, "I heard that Your Majesty is a descendant of Zhao and Song, and my lord is a descendant of the Li clan of Western Xia." The situation is the same today. After His Majesty recovered Henan and Shandong, the land was like that of the Great Song Dynasty. My lord is based on the hometown of Western Xia, and the pseudo-Qing Dynasty was the Liao State at that time. ”

At this moment, the news of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's relocation back to Liaodong had just reached Shandong, and neither Zhao Han nor Fu Geng knew about it.

It is about the country of brothers, but it is just the price offered by Li Zicheng, and his bottom line is to be a vassal to Zhao Han, but to keep his own country name and territory, just like the Western Xia to Zhao Song.

As for the descendants of Western Xia, it is purely to put gold on his face, Li Zicheng twice called the emperor the capital of Western Xia, Li Jiqian as Taizu.

This is a routine operation, and after the little person makes a career, he always has to find a powerful ancestor for himself.

Even the civil and military ministers of Nanjing proposed that the royal family tree should be compiled, and the ancestor could be designated as Zhao Wenzi (Zhao orphan), because the Zhao and Song royal families were also in this way.

Zhao Han has no interest in this kind of thing, and he is not interested in meeting Li Zicheng as a brother.

He asked Li Xiangjun to bring pen and paper, afraid that Li Zicheng would not understand, so he wrote a letter in colloquial Chinese:

"Self-formed brother Taijian: my brother was a post pawn earlier, and my brother was just a slave. There is no way in the Ming Dynasty, and it is rare for the people to live, so you and my brothers will raise troops. The brother is a human being, indomitable, and the brother admires him very much. If there is no brother to contain the Ming officers and soldiers, it is impossible for the younger brother to take the south lightly. This kindness and righteousness, my brother will repay it. If the brother lifts the mountain and attaches to it, the brother can be the Duke of Dingbei. Brothers' generals, such as Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, must have titles to wait. If my brother is unwilling to return, you and I will recuperate and recuperate, and then come to the Central Plains in three or five years. Brother Zhao Han, bow to you! ”

The letter was packed, and the faith was covered with fire paint.

Zhao Han said to Fu Geng: "Take the letter back and give it to your lord." They are all people who understand, and there is no need to engage in those falsehoods. Don't say that he is about a brother, he just respects me as an ancestor, and he still has to fight when he should fight. ”

"Yes!" Fu Geng took it.

Zhao Han asked: "How does Li Zicheng govern in Shanxi?" ”

Fu Geng replied: "When I left Taiyuan, I was preparing to open a department. This year, Shanxi's wind and rain are smooth, and it is just right to recruit displaced people for reclamation. ”

"It's good to be able to take care of people's livelihood." Zhao Han nodded in approval.

As for the military aspect, Zhao Han was too lazy to ask.

Li Zicheng's occupation of Shanxi was too smooth, and many of the generals who were attached to him were still like petty warlords, which took a lot of time to clean up.

At least for this year, Li Zicheng will not make any more moves.

Fu Geng also wrote a letter requesting it to be forwarded to his younger brother Fu Shan. His family was quite passable, although he was forced to pay grain by the Manchus, but there was no loss of his family and land.

Zhao Han continued south, and Fu Geng returned to Shanxi with the letter.

When he arrived in Yangzhou, he was accompanied by political envoys from Jiangsu to the left and right, and brought officials at all levels to meet him.

Zhao Han did not get off the ship, but only planned to dock overnight and take a boat to Nanjing tomorrow.

Liu Anfeng, Chen Wenkui and other Jiangsu officials were led into the cabin and lined up in two columns to bow their hands: "Meet Your Majesty, congratulations on Your Majesty's triumphant return!" ”

"Sit down." Zhao Han smiled.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The officials sat down cautiously.

Zhao Han asked casually: "How is the summer grain harvest in Jiangsu?" ”

Liu Anfeng, the political envoy of Zuobu, replied: "Only the three counties of Rugao, Haimen, and Tongzhou (Nantong) have drought this spring, and the rest of the prefectures and counties are all in good weather. It's just a big flood in Henan, which will inevitably affect the banks of the Huai River, but fortunately, ......"

Fortunately, the Huanglinggang embankment burst and flooded the southwest of Shandong, and Jiangsu escaped the catastrophe - this is inconvenient to say, after all, the surrounding area of Cao County is too badly flooded.

Zhao Han nodded and said: "It seems that this year's summer grain, Jiangsu has really had a bumper harvest." ”

Liu Anfeng said with a smile: "Thank Your Majesty Hongfu." ”

Zhao Han suddenly said: "Is there still a thin horse in Yangzhou?" ”

The officials were stunned suddenly, could it be that the emperor was interested in Yangzhou thin horses and wanted to take one back and place it in the harem?

Chen Wenkui, the political envoy of Youbu, said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, there is no Yangzhou thin horse in the world!" ”

"Very good," Zhao Han nodded with satisfaction and asked, "How do you govern?" ”

Chen Wenkui replied: "At the beginning of Weichen's tenure, he ordered the prefect of Yangzhou and the county of Jiangdu to vigorously rectify the custom of raising women as thin horses. First, in cooperation with the slave release order, concubines were encouraged to leave their husbands' families, and prostitutes were encouraged to be self-reliant; second, to ban human tooth trade and prohibit human trafficking; third, to encourage women to take the examination to become officials; Fourth, he persuaded merchants to set up textile workshops and hired a large number of women as weavers; Fifth, those who have a bad record of raising thin horses should be marked with special marks when compiling their households. If you dare to commit it again, not only will the old crime be investigated, but the crime will be increased by three degrees! killed more than a dozen people, and two salt merchants, and their franchise licenses were revoked, and Yangzhou Skinny Horse disappeared from then on! ”

"Your approach is worth advocating, for the government is like water control, not only to strictly prevent dead blockage, but also to dredge and guide," Zhao Han praised, "This textile factory is not bad, women have a livelihood, and they are more tough to speak at home." ”

What is really terrifying is that there are two salt merchants who have had their salt industry franchise licenses revoked because of the purchase of Yangzhou thin horses!

The main customers of Yangzhou Skinny Horse are salt merchants, and the franchise license is their lifeblood.

It's just that it's difficult to define the behavior, because the purchase of Yangzhou thin horses has always been under the sign of "accepting righteous girls".

Since he mentioned salt merchants, Zhao Han asked, "How is the salt industry in Jiangsu?" ”

Yu Shiqin, head of the Jiangsu Department of Industry and Commerce, said: "There are more and more salt factories, and the decoction and drying methods are used together. Salt is dried on sunny days, boiled salt on rainy days, and boiled salt farther away from the sea. The new method of boiling salt was also changed, and the salt pan was replaced by a salt pan. The salt pot is not easy to burn, and it can be burned day and night, the output is larger, and one pot can produce 600 catties of salt! ”

This is a technical improvement.

The salt pan method is a salt-boiling process that arose in Shandong in the last years of Wanli. Not only has the salt cooking utensils changed, but the salt cooking process has also changed slightly.

The benefit of privatization of the salt works was the spontaneous adoption of new technologies by the merchants.

As for the disadvantages, industry monopoly, collusion between officials and businessmen, and the exploitation of workers...... Well, these disadvantages also exist when they are not privatized.

The technological innovation of the Lianghuai salt field has led to a rapid decline in the cost of salt production. The government has also issued many salt sales licenses, and no longer uses salt to block shipments. With a two-pronged approach, the price of salt has dropped rapidly, and even the market for private salt has been lost.

There is also money to be made from illicit salt, but the cost of crime is too high, and there are many people who report it (grassroots officials like to report meritorious service), and few people take risks.

Nowadays, the retail price of salt produced in Lianghuai is only 4 wen a catty, which is close to the lowest point of salt prices in the Ming Dynasty - 7-14 wen in the middle and late Jiajing period, 3-9 wen in the last years of Jiajing, and 4-6 wen in the middle of Wanli. As for the Chongzhen period in history, there were about 10 texts in the early days, and it rose to more than 50 texts in the last year.

Just looking at the price of salt, we know that after Zhang Juzheng's reform, the price of Daming became very low.

And the civil affairs under Zhao Han's rule, in terms of salt alone, can already be comparable to Zhang Juzheng's reform. Moreover, the overall income of the people under Zhao Han's rule was higher than that of the Wanli Dynasty.

Zhao Han suddenly had an impression of Yu Shiqin: "You are a person from Nanchang, right?" ”

Yu Shiqin said happily: "Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and he actually remembers Wechen's life, Wechen is terrified and not very honored!" ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I still remember that when you were a group of people and talents, you captured Yang Jiamo, the general soldier of Jiangxi, to defect. ”

"Your Majesty has been benevolent at the beginning of the uprising, and people of insight have naturally come to vote." Yu Shiqin said flatteringly.

Zhao Han asked, "Can there be a salt merchant who treats the workers harshly?" ”

Yu Shiqin replied: "There are trade unions in every salt factory, and there is also a salt workers' federation in every county. Moreover, there are more and more salt factories, and the factory owners are desperately recruiting workers, where do they dare to easily offend the salt workers? If the workers make a fuss, not only will the government be held accountable, but it will be difficult to bear the loss after a few days of suspension of production. ”

"That'll be fine." Zhao Han nodded.

Trade unions must also be vigilant, not given too much power, and laws must be enacted to suppress them. Otherwise, the trade union leaders will form a new class that threatens to extort the factory owners from above and uses the workers as a tool of profit.

The next day, Zhao Han's royal fleet set off.

A large number of people in Yangzhou City and nearby rushed to both sides of the canal when they heard the news. When the fleet sailed by, the former military households, cao people, tenant farmers, and domestic slaves ...... They all knelt down and kowtowed, kneeling all over the canal.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

This is really long live the mountain call, no one organizes it in tandem, and it all comes from the bottom of my heart.

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