Zhu Youxiao has grown into a conscientious emperor.

Wang Hongyu went south from Tianjin, and the British Duke was also in the area of Nanzhili, so it was obvious that in addition to military action, the Ming Dynasty also wanted to cheer up Jiangnan politically and economically.

The industry and commerce in Jiangnan are relatively prosperous, the budding capitalism is developing well, and some textile, ceramics, and purple clay pot workshops are larger than Wang Hongyu's furniture workshop.

But many are family monopolies.

The family monopoly of the late Ming Dynasty had its advantages, but it also had obvious problems.

One does not pay taxes, the second technology is private, the third is the integration of government and business, the fourth is to support agents, and the fifth is to privately raise a large number of people.

The impact of these five points alone is very bad, not counting the exploitation of hired workers, the private raising of a large number of people, the hoarding of products and raising prices, and the creation of public opinion in line with their own interests......

In short, the current situation can be regarded as a barbaric growth.

After seeing the excellent situation of the development of the publishing industry, coal, clocks, bicycles, and guns in Beijing, Zhu Youxiao looked forward to a larger-scale industrial development in Jiangnan.

The imperial court provided Jiangnan with safe and good transportation and order, and the corresponding industries should naturally have taxes.

But this incident touched the interests of a group of opponents.

"The royal family is too greedy, and they are led by Wu Xun to take advantage of the people."

"The Emperor of the Apocalypse is still too young, and his ears are too soft."

"This time, the British Duke and the Marquis of Dingyuan are going south, just to pull out the roots of the scholars."

Various rumors gradually appeared in the capital.

Although a group of new students and more progressive traditional students are disgusted by such rumors, many people are still affected.

Meng Biao and Wei Liangqing are "using magic to deal with magic".

They spread another rumor, saying that a group of scholars were smuggling goods, especially with Houjin, Waguo, and the Netherlands, so they specialized in slandering the front-line soldiers.

The vast majority of people are angry when they hear these actions.

The front-line soldiers expelled the Japanese invaders, shed blood and sacrificed, and also explored the treasure island and Singapore, bringing back a large amount of cheap rice and fruits, but they were shot in the back by some scholars.

It's infuriating.

The two kinds of public opinion have gradually become distinct.

Ordinary people, whether out of practical interests or simple feelings, hope that the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia will be better, and the martial arts and soldiers who go out are worthy of respect.

Those who are afraid that their own property will be taxed, and strongly resist outsiders interfering in their family business, are after all a very small minority of the common people.

Public opinion slandering the Apocalypse, Wang Hongyu, and the imperial court gradually lost and could only spread in places where there was no light to see.

But they have a lot of money behind them.

The rich businessmen and officials have really thick family backgrounds, so in their internal circles, the slander continues, and the contest has entered a new stage.

Wang Hongyu went south along the Grand Canal and met a young man on the way.

"Your name is Sun Chuanting?"

"Back to Dingyuanhou, it is the forty-sixth year of Wanli Jinshi and Sun Chuanting of Shangqiu Zhixian County."

Wang Hongyu looked at Sun Chuanting in front of him, and saw that he had a peaceful face and a smile on his face, but when he looked closely, there was a fierce aura between his eyebrows, and his eyes were small but deep.

This is the king of Hades that the peasant army fears, the hard bones in the officialdom who are soft and hard, and the last hope of the Ming Dynasty in history......

"I heard that you have stepped down and are going to the capital to report on your work?"

"Exactly."

"Governor Han told me that although you are a county commander, you have the ambition to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and you will make contributions to dealing with the rebels of the White Lotus in Shandong. In this case, the future should be in the picture."

Wang Hongyu knows that people like Sun Chuanting will be wasted if they stay in officialdom, and it will be his advantage to do things in the local area, not afraid of offending people, and being able to make results.

Sun Chuanting replied seriously: "This is what should be done in the future, but I have a question I want to ask Dingyuanhou."

Wang Hongyu was slightly stunned, this Sun Chuanting is really straight, no wonder he can't get mixed up in officialdom and return

Hometown for many years. Later, after becoming famous, many people in the Ming officialdom liked Hong Chengchou, but most of them didn't like Sun Chuanting.

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"Liaodong Jiannu is close to Chi, and there are many of my people in Liaodong that I occupy. The Marquis of Dingyuan has to make a lot of effort to deal with the Japanese and the Netherlands, even if there are logistical reasons, this is a bit of a reluctance, right?"

When Sun Chuanting asked a question, he expressed his own opinion, and he did not hide his doubts about Wang Hongyu first from the south and then from the north.

"That's a good question, and you can see that I have a lot of logistical considerations, but have you ever thought about another question?"

"Marquis Dingyuan didn't answer, do you want to ask the humble position first?"

"Hahaha~" Wang Hongyu felt that it was much more convenient to communicate with Sun Chuanting than with many other civil officials.

"I'm not asking a rhetorical question, but through this question, I'll give you some insight into the truth of first the south and then the north, and see how you think and deal with it."

Sun Chuanting thought about it, and was not afraid: "Marquis Dingyuan, please ask."

Wang Hongyu's expression suddenly became more serious: "I am not under the rule outside the Jiayu Pass of the Ming Dynasty, there are many Mongolian tribes outside Datong in the north, and there are also Hetao Fatty but recovered twice and lost twice. Why don't you recover the grassland outside the Jiayu Pass, the Feimei Hetao and the Bashang grassland that is close to the end of the road?"

This......

Sun Chuanting fell into deep thought.

He is a native of Daizhou, Shanxi.

I am familiar with the situation in the frontier, and I know that out of the Taihang Mountain, there is not a fertile grassland outside, but a large desert grassland alternating environment.

The Mongols migrate every year because the pastures in one place are quickly eaten up.

"Da Ming didn't eat when he got out of the customs, and he had to transport it from the rear. This supply line is fragile and vulnerable to threat, and even if the loop looks rich, it cannot be cultivated every year like Kannai, otherwise it will quickly become desertified."

Sun Chuanting replied, and he also attached great importance to logistics and supply.

Hong Chengchou can't do it, of course, the local people are very good at dealing with the wandering peasant army, but the life, combat experience, and experience of going out of the customs are too little. After all, he was born in Fujian in the south, and he really didn't know about the situation after the north went out of the customs.

Wang Hongyu was satisfied with Sun Chuanting's analysis.

The logistical supply of the North is too critical, and in the South it is possible to cultivate on the spot and collect a considerable amount of food from the countryside on the spot.

Guanwai ...... during the Xiaoice River period It's so hard to farm.

Sun Chuanting said: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Chenghua of this dynasty recovered the Hetao but it was untenable, because there were too many people left and there was no food, and if there were fewer left, the enemy had an advantage."

"I think you can think of some way to deal with it, right? It's not a rear-end haul, it's a solution to this problem."

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting thought about it seriously, and he really thought about this question.

"Two ways."

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Sun Chuanting said with confidence: "First, in areas with dangerous environments, we must implement elite tactics. For example, in the Central Plains of our country, where there is plenty of food, the more troops the better.

But where the environment is treacherous and supplies are scarce, we must gallop with elite troops, and we must not be too many and sluggish."