The political envoy of Jiangsu Zuobu is also the emperor's old friend, although the relationship was not so good at first.

Outside the city of Yangzhou, a fast boat came.

Before the boat stopped, he jumped down and reported: "Uncle Fang, the Son of Heaven has traveled more than ten miles away." There is a sailor in front of you to open the way, and the small ones can't get by, but they can't go wrong. ”

"I'm tired." Fei Yuanjian smiled and nodded.

The young master of the Fei family, who was flying and domineering when he was young, has already become calm and introverted. His knowledge is still not good, his articles are rough and plain, but he does things in a very orderly manner, and he is not Huang Shunde's kind of person who relies on qualifications and connections to be promoted.

The political envoy of the right cloth is called Han Chengxuan, who was originally the magistrate of Nanchang County in the Ming Dynasty, and after taking office, he found that he was set up by anti-thieves. Moreover, those anti-thieves have a good way of governing the people, so they turn a blind eye and travel around the mountains and rivers to have fun. In the face of the great flood, he fought the flood with the thieves, and until the fall of Jiangxi Province, he took advantage of the situation to serve Zhao Tianwang.

"Brother Fei, who will say when you see Your Majesty?" Han Seungxuan asked.

Fei Yuanjian said: "I'll come. ”

Han Chengxuan said: "It's okay. ”

In fact, there is nothing else, that is, Yangzhou has too many people, and although they have immigrated to the north one after another, the residents in the city are moving more and more. It is already about to be crowded, either a large number of immigrants to the north, or a new city is built in a hurry.

The old city of Yangzhou covers an area of 2 square kilometers. The new city built during the Jiajing period covers an area of 3 square kilometers.

The urban area of 5 square kilometers was no longer enough during the Chongzhen period. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Yang Xianming, the eunuch who supervised the salt, planned to build an outer city, but he gave up because of funds and war.

After the establishment of the Datong New Dynasty, more than 50,000 urban residents of Yangzhou emigrated to the north. However, there are still more than 500,000 local hukou, more than 100,000 non-resident and registered foreign hukou, and a large number of floating population that cannot be counted, not counting children under the age of 12.

Including children, the permanent population is estimated to be more than 800,000, and the floating population may be close to 1 million.

Wait left and right, the royal car is finally here.

On both sides of the canal, there were densely packed with people, all of whom came to see the emperor together.

Zhao Han stood on the deck and frowned, because the closer he got to Yangzhou City, the more dwarf and simple shacks there were on both banks, and many of them were even built directly on the river embankment. The people of Yangzhou are so poor?

"Your Majesty, the local officials are waiting at the docks, do you want to invite an audience?"

"Call the left and right envoys to the boat, and the rest will disperse. There are too many people on the shore, and if I get off the boat, I will definitely clear the scene and disturb the people. ”

A short time later, the fleet docked.

Fei Yuanjian and Han Chengxuan were taken to the ship and immediately bowed their hands to meet them.

Zhao Han didn't go around the bend, and asked directly: "Why are there so many simple shacks on the embankment along the river?" ”

Fei Yuanjian said: "Just as I was about to enlighten Your Majesty, there were too many people in Yangzhou City, so I could only build a shed outside the city to live. Farmers in nearby villages and towns are accustomed to doing odd jobs in the city, and during the off-season, people are everywhere inside and outside the city. Recently, a factory was opened outside the city, but no dormitories were built for the workers, and the shacks on the river embankment were occupied by the workers. ”

"Isn't there a righteous house (affordable housing) in Yangzhou City?" Zhao Han asked.

Han Chengxuan explained: "Your Majesty, there is no land to build houses in Yangzhou City, and it has been built a hundred years ago. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a description of the streets and alleys of Yangzhou: the alleys were narrow and crooked, and there were dense houses...... Where the circle is twisted around the front and the latter on the left and right of the alley, even hundred.

That is to say, the alleys in Yangzhou are narrow and tortuous, and the houses are densely built, but wherever there is a vacant land, it is used to build houses. In the front and back of an alley, at least 100 families should live.

The entire five square kilometers were all crowded like this, and there were many people living outside the city.

On the 10th of Yangzhou, the Manchu Qing Dynasty slaughtered 800,000 people, and there are no loopholes in terms of population, and those who want to question must be questioned from other places.

Fei Yuanjian said: "Your Majesty, please immigrate 30,000 residents of Yangzhou City to the north at one time. Or, please allocate funds to build the outer city of Yangzhou. These two plans have been applied for since last year, but the imperial court has always refused to approve them. ”

Zhao Han nodded and said: "The imperial court immigrants, focusing on the whole country, all provinces, provinces, provinces, rural towns, are allocated quotas, and it is normal for the household department not to approve more immigrants in Yangzhou." ”

"Guo Shangshu is in politics, he always looks at the same time, and he doesn't know how to be flexible at all." Han Chengxuan couldn't help but complain.

Zhao Han smiled: "He was scared. ”

Today's Hubu Shangshu is called Guo Shunyu, the son of a pharmacist in Zhangshu Town. After the Linjiang Water Battle, seeing that the officers and soldiers were no longer working, the Guo family completely turned to the righteous army and donated medicines, food and ships to the Datong army. And Guo Shunyu also worked under Zhao Han, specializing in transporting materials.

Two years ago, a major case broke out in Henan, and the transfer system collectively embezzled resettlement grain. Guo Shunyu was frightened, because several of the officials in charge of the investigation were his old subordinates.

Since then, Guo Shunyu has been timid, everything is in accordance with the policy system, and he does not talk about workarounds at all, anyway, he will clean up his responsibilities first.

In doing so, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, but Zhao Han has no reason to punish him.

Zhao Han thought for a while: "Inside and outside Yangzhou, let's immigrate 20,000 people to Hebei this year." People who do not have a permanent livelihood and whose homes are too crowded can be given priority for resettlement. ”

"Yes!"

Fei Yuanjian and Han Chengxuan surrendered together.

Zhao Han really wanted to go to Yangzhou City, but after thinking about it carefully, forget it. Yangzhou is full of thin horses, and the city is very crowded, and security work can drive the guards crazy.

In fact, Yangzhou Skinny Horse has reappeared, but it is not as crazy as before.

We buy Japanese and Korean girls and train them with beautiful appearances. It will be able to get out of the cabinet in three or five years, and the quality will definitely not be as good as before, but it can still barely satisfy the tastes of wealthy businessmen.

The top Yangzhou thin horse used to be bought by wealthy businessmen and given to big officials.

Now, no one dares to send it again, and once it is discovered, the bribery and bribery will be investigated and dealt with together. As a result, the price dropped sharply, lost its bribery attributes, and Yangzhou Skinny Horse completely became a tool for businessmen to show off their wealth.

On the contrary, it is the Persian girl, and the price has risen all the way.

Why do you say that Gu Jianshan can't afford to buy a Persian girl? Because it often costs thousands of taels of silver, and the price of the best Persian girl has even been coaxed to exceed 10,000. Gu Jianshan has the money to buy one, but the next few days can't be passed? It's like if you save 100,000 yuan, do you spend 50,000 yuan to buy a pet dog?

Speaking of these, Zhao Han has always been curious, where did Chen Yuanyuan go?

After all, he is a historical celebrity, but now he has disappeared, as if it does not exist, and it is not good for Emperor Zhao to send someone to inquire.

The biggest possibility is that he was semi-forcibly immigrated to the north, changed his name and surname and married an honest man.

Chen Yuanyuan was originally a singer, a famous actor in Yiyang dialect, if he was still in the south, now that Yiyang dialect is popular, he will definitely still be famous.

Among Qin Huai Bayan, there are now three female officials in the palace, namely Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and Bian Yujing.

It's not that Zhao Han did it deliberately, but that all three of them are talented. When recruiting female officials in the palace, there were a lot of applicants in Nanjing, and even more in Qin Huaihe, and talented girls were easily selected - after all, they had abolished their untouchable status, and they were still young and had not officially engaged in the Fengyue industry.

Especially Dong Xiaowan, who was sent by Pan Qimei.

Just because Dong Xiaowan is particularly good at making desserts, according to legend, "Dong Sugar" was invented by her, which is exactly the same as Pan Qimei's hobby.

At night, the flotilla docked on the shore, and Fei Yuanjian and Han Chengxuan had already left.

Zhao Han is meeting with the leaders of the Black Guards in Yangzhou, Nanjing and Yangzhou, the two major bases of the Black Guards.

The most famous chef in Yangzhou was also called to the ship.

"What is the most famous dish in Yangzhou?" Dong Xiaowan stood beside Pan Qimei and asked.

The cook wanted to say that there are many famous dishes in Yangzhou, but after thinking seriously for a few seconds, she replied: "Yangzhou red goose." ”

Yangzhou Red Goose is the rouge goose in "Dream of Red Mansions".

Pan Qimei smiled and said, "Xiaowan, you can write it down." ”

Dong Xiaowan took out a pen and paper, and listened to the cook say: "Kill the goose, remove the hair and wash it, and don't have internal organs." Cut the goose in half, boil the water, and boil the blood...... Add rice wine, green onions, laurel leaves, apples, ......"

"Wait!"

Pan Qimei interrupted and asked, "What kind of fruit is apple?" ”

The cook said, "It's sand fruit, catalpa, and apple." If you don't have apples, you don't need them, or you can replace them with other fruits. ”

Pan Qimei asked with interest, "Are apples delicious?" ”

"It's delicious, but it's expensive." The cook said.

Pan Qimei asked again: "Is there any sale in Yangzhou City?" ”

The cook said, "Not at this time, it will be another two or three months." When there are no apples, replace them with other fruits, and you can also make Yangzhou red goose, which takes the sweet and fragrant taste of the fruit. However, it is best to use apples, and the taste of the red goose that comes out of the roast is correct. ”

In the other cabin, the two concubines Liu Rushi and Tian Xiuying also attracted female poets and painters from Yangzhou City.

This was the case along the way, and it was inconvenient for the concubines to get off the boat, so they sent people to summon local female celebrities. The summoned people were very excited, even their husbands also felt that their faces were bright, and even bought their wives in advance, dressed up to meet the nobles.

When the emperor's concubine goes out on patrol, she generally does not carry out surprise attacks, and basically sends people to arrange them along the way two or three months in advance.

After the black-clothed guard got off the boat, Zhao Han leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, while Li Xiangjun began to pack up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"When I return to Beijing from the inspection, there will be another group of palace maids this year, and I want to release them to marry people," Zhao Han said to Li Xiangjun, "How old are you this year, it's time to get married, right?" ”

Li Xiangjun replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is twenty-three this year. The minister has no relatives and no reason in the people, and only wants to serve His Majesty, and has no intention of leaving the palace to marry. ”

Zhao Han didn't speak again, but Li Xiangjun's heart was beating wildly, thinking that the emperor was going to accept her into the harem, otherwise how could he suddenly mention this matter?

Li Xiangjun has been by his side for several years, and Zhao Han is indeed very handy.

Zhao Han doesn't need to open his mouth for some things, as long as he shows his intentions, Li Xiangjun will take the initiative to do it.

At this moment, Zhao Han was thinking, no wonder the previous emperor used eunuchs instead of female officials.

If she is a beautiful female official who has been working for the emperor for a long time, she must have feelings for getting along day and night. When I can't help it, it is estimated that I will be included in the harem, and the work will be easy again, will I let her do things after canonizing the concubine, or ask her opinion. In this way, isn't it the harem to interfere in politics?

If you continue to use female officials, future generations, there will definitely be an emperor who will do this. It's not like Wu Zetian will appear, but it's normal to have a Cixi or something.

After thinking about it carefully, I feel that it can be avoided, and it is enough to set a system to prevent my relatives from becoming bigger.

Without the help of relatives and the power of her mother's family, no matter how much the concubine has the means, it is impossible for her to become Cixi.

(Haha, push two books that you probably won't read.) "Da Ming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!" "Daqin: The unequaled prince, the town has been guarding the Han Valley for ten years! 》。 To be honest, I don't even want to read the title. ）

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