Xiong Tingbi didn't say anything after hearing this, but only glanced at the vast and lush jungle and meadow, as well as the side walls and lookouts that lay between these jungles and meadows, and said:

"This Liaodong is really set up everywhere now!"

"That's true!"

"Now that the country has abundant financial resources, and since the sea king and the cardinal minister have set the strategy of building walls and immigrating from the north, from Liaodong to Andong, there are high walls and high platforms everywhere, and there is no danger, and the phenomenon of smuggling has also been greatly reduced."

Wei Yingjia echoed.

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi said: "Since the smuggling situation has only been greatly reduced, that is to say, there are still some that have not been eliminated?" ”

Wei Yingjia frowned after hearing this, and then smiled again:

"The public said that it was funny, the gate is so big, and the side wall is so long, how can this be stopped?"

Xiong Tingbi shook his head: "What you say is reasonable. ”

Subsequently.

Wei Yingjia saw Xiong Tingbi say this, after all, he couldn't help but spit out the truth first, and said: "To tell the truth with the public in the next, this smuggling matter can't be touched, and it is appropriate to catch a few errands, and tell Your Majesty that the benefits of leather goods and ginseng cannot replace the income of the Imperial Village, so that Your Majesty can dispel the idea of making the tens of thousands of miles of snow-capped mountains and dense forests outside this pass the private property of the royal family." ”

"Why dispel?"

Xiong Tingbi asked.

Wei Yingjia couldn't help but whisper: "Naturally, it's for the good of the public!" I don't want to think about who are behind the businessmen who still dare to smuggle! ”

"Do they dare to rebel against the imperial court?"

Xiong Tingbi asked.

Wei Yingjia sneered: "They don't dare to rebel, but they dare to let the prince not return to the customs alive!" ”

"Is this a threat to me?"

"I'm just guessing, my aunt listens, I just listen."

Wei Yingjia replied with a smile.

Xiong Tingbi did not continue this topic, but only asked: "I heard that outside the customs now, even the legitimate leather goods and ginseng business are becoming more and more popular?" ”

"Yes."

"The weather is getting colder and colder every year, and many of the fields outside the customs that could have been cultivated cannot be cultivated, and the benefits of the fields that can still be cultivated are also visible, so more and more people are willing to go into the mountains to dig ginseng and hunt large mink."

"In addition, the demand for this area in Kannai is also increasing, and although there are more and more people selling leather ginseng, the number of people buying leather ginseng is increasing even more, so almost half of the shops in all the towns in Liaodong are operating these businesses."

Wei Yingjia answered truthfully.

Xiong Tingbi was silent because of this.

The regular trade in leather goods and ginseng is so hot, Xiong Tingbi can naturally think that the scale of smuggling may not be small.

This made Xiong Tingbi more and more determined to promote the plan to promote the Huangzhuang to be replaced by the mountains and forests outside the Guanxi as the private property of the royal family.

……

"I decided to fight for my life, and I want to let the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the pass become the property of the inner court!"

For this reason, Xiong Tingbi said his final thoughts to his friend Xu Honggang, who was the governor of Liaodong at the time.

Xiong Tingbi continued to elaborate: "There are three reasons! ”

"First, if this is the case, the northern frontier will be bitter and cold in the future, and after all, because it is the private property of the royal family, the Son of Heaven and the clan will not dare to abandon this northern territory that should be opened up by the Son of Heaven today;"

"Second, leather goods and ginseng are luxuries in the end, even if there are nobles who are greedy and speculate on their prices in the future, they will not hurt the small people, and they are not as good as Huangzhuang because it is based on the fields of Gyeonggi, which will damage both the national tax and the small people;"

"Third, the person who manages the imperial property must be the most trusted person of the Son of Heaven, such a person, if he stays in the customs to manage the imperial property, it is easy to destroy the dynasty and harm the people, it is better to manage the imperial property outside the fortress, even if there are great traitors and evildoers, it is difficult to affect the fundamentals."

Xu Honggang was silent after hearing this, but suddenly got up and bowed to Xiong Tingbi to show his respect.

Xiong Tingbi was very stunned, and then returned a salute, and in the next step, he really began to visit the Liaodong region openly.

These benefits of turning the mountains and rivers outside the gate into imperial property are just some of the benefits that Xiong Tingbi foresaw from the standpoint of his own scholars.

In fact, there is also a significance that Xiong Tingbi did not mention, that is, this can solve the problem that a large number of government schools cannot be placed after being discharged from the army.

Saying.

The number of the Ming army's current is particularly large.

Because in order to forcibly develop the steam industry, the Ming court recruited a lot of battalions.

After several wars, such as the completion of the southwest land reform and return to the stream, the extermination of the Japanese and the march into India, after these wars, the Ming Dynasty now has many more official schools that have been discharged due to injuries or due to age.

For a while, the local government could not absorb so many veteran government schools.

And not all of these veterans are people who are in peace, and many of them are easy to become the objects of the powerful and bureaucratic who pay a lot of money or use relatives to get into the government.

Rather than let these people become more and more the objects of the powerful bureaucracy, it is better to be recruited directly by the royal family and continue to open up foreign benefits for the royal family.

Although it is bitterly cold in Saibei, it is completely possible to increase dividends to make a group of people who are not afraid of the dangerous environment and just want to exert their residual heat become royal employees, and the royal family will operate the imperial property outside the Saibei.

Zhu Yijun's plan is the same, he does not plan to turn the Changbai Mountain area, which has been excavated and mined by many people, into the royal private property, but plans to use the so-called Outer Khingan Mountains and Siberia, which are sparsely populated but rich in products, as royal private property in the future.

Because if these places become the private property of the royal family, they will encounter the least resistance in the country, not to mention that these places are still very promising for excavation.

After all, the more advanced the technology in the future, the higher the value of these places, and in the early stage, it may only be profitable to sell timber, ginseng, leather goods, and coal, and in the later stage, it can be profitable to sell oil and natural gas.

Zhu Yijun can also be regarded as selfish, leaving a more worthy industry for his children and grandchildren.

And that's not excessive.

That's right.

From the perspective of the current Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun's actions are indeed not too much.

After all, the land in the south, which is more convenient to develop and is equally rich, is basically used as the public property of the imperial court and allows the people of the world to share the profits, and has become the foundation of benefiting the people.

Is it excessive?

Not at all excessive.

Otherwise, Xiong Tingbi would not have said that he would rather fight than have his life to contribute to this matter.

Of course, Xiong Tingbi's statement undoubtedly shows that even if this matter is done, it is also a bit risky.

Because the development value of the north is relatively small compared to that of the south, but it does not mean that there is no development value, in fact, the development value is still very large.

Therefore, there are also forces that are staring at this piece of fat, or who are already taking advantage of the north through smuggling and other means.

It is precisely because there are some risks and some resistances that Zhu Yijun needs some loyal ministers who are willing to do these things for the country, the people and the king to complete this matter.

He can't do it on his own.

After all, although he is the emperor, he can't separate himself to implement this idea.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of loyal and courageous people who dare to sacrifice everything for the country and the people in this land.

It is precisely because there is never a shortage of such people in this land, so most people are lazy, and they only hope that there will be a great hero and a Qing official to save them, and they are not very willing to take the initiative to fight for it.

Zhu Yijun is also one of these ordinary people.

Although, his prestige in Daming is particularly high now and he is regarded as a great savior.

But Zhu Yijun himself knows that he is just an ordinary person from later generations, so he does not force such reforms, but lets people like Xiong Tingbi try it.

However, when Xiong Tingbi had just made a secret visit here and ordered the arrest of several representatives of Jin merchants in charge of smuggling and participating in the trade of leather goods in Guangning City, it quickly caused an uproar.

Gu Yangqian, the governor of Jiliao, even rushed to Guangning in person, saw Xiong Tingbi and said, "What are you doing here, do you know who they are?!" ”

Xiong Tingbi nodded: "I know, it's nothing more than the person who is handsome Han under Du Zongzhen." ”

"Now that you know, what are you doing so arbitrarily?!"

Gu Yangqian gritted his teeth and asked.

Xiong Tingbi said: "Han Zonggong, the commander of Du Zongzhen, colluded with Jin merchants, and the private soldiers dug ginseng, caught wild marten, and then smuggled and sold these leather ginseng, not going to the official market, in order to avoid business taxes, and I am also preparing to impeach Du Zongzhen for conniving at his subordinates to do business without authorization!" ”

Syllable!

After hearing this, Gu Yangqian couldn't help but slap the table and glared at Xiong Tingbi: "You! ”

But in the end.

Gu Yangqian couldn't say half a word to teach Xiong Tingbi a lesson, so he only sat back on the soft collapse and said earnestly:

"You are young and vigorous, and you want to do a career, this hall can understand, but the most taboo thing in this town is to act hastily, otherwise once you provoke a mutiny, you can't afford it! Do you understand? ”

"The meaning of the ministry is understood!"

"Therefore, the subordinates have already informed Du Zongzhen of this, if he wants to cover up, he will cover it."

"Anyway, he is a generational military household, and he wants to hide from His Majesty to protect his subordinates, presumably His Majesty will not do anything to him, it is just a matter between him and His Majesty."

"I, the patrolman, is only responsible for the investigation and understanding, and then asks the townsmen to cooperate, but I believe that Mr. Du is not a person who does not know the righteousness."

Xiong Tingbi said.

Then.

Xiong Tingbi's house slave suddenly walked in and reported, "Du Zhenchen has come to see the master." ”

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi said, "Please come in!" ”

And it didn't take long.

Jun Song took people to Xiong Tingbi with a bundled official school, and said to Xiong Tingbi: "Han Zonggong and others colluded with profiteers to smuggle leather goods and ginseng, violating military discipline and state law. ”

"Why bother!"

Gu Yangqian said with a smile at this time.

Juniper said with a calm face: "The ministry is wrong! This matter is very necessary, otherwise, if you don't know, you still think that I, Du, are also involved in this matter! ”

Then.

Juniper looked at Han Zonggong: "Han Zonggong, you tell Xiong Fengxian that this town knows if you have done these things and whether you are involved in this matter!" ”

(End of chapter)