Zhu Di thought about it, he probably didn't expect local officials to work so hard before, and naturally he didn't understand why the opposition between the DPRK and China was so strong.

Zhu Di asked again: "Then what good countermeasures does Mr. He have?" ”

He Qiu tilted his head and thought for a while: "First, I clearly told the world that the purpose of collecting commercial taxes was to raise the salaries of officials.

Second, the central government has taken 70 percent of the tax system and the local government has withheld 30 percent, so that the localities can build water conservancy projects and engage in construction on their own.

Third, the establishment of the Beijing Chacha, the assessment of officials in various ministries, the assessment of those who pass the examination can be promoted, the standard is the political performance, such as local culture and education, water conservancy, case solving rate, taxation, etc., can be accounted for as political achievements. Different standards are set according to the different conditions in different places. ”

No matter how later generations criticized the practice of "meritocracy", it is undeniable that this practice has indeed put China on the fast track to development.

Moreover, there are many famous capable officials, and besides, there are standards, good standards, which are better than no standards.

When Yao Guangxiao heard this, he clapped his hands and said: "This move is a great good, so with such a three-pronged approach, the matter of commercial taxation has become a trivial matter, and there are few opponents." When the local government has income, this performance appraisal can be implemented, and it is interlocking. ”

He Qiu smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked instead, "I don't know what Mr. Yao thinks of His Majesty's measures?" ”

Yao Guangxiao groaned slightly, "I think Your Majesty is going to make a big move." ”

He Qiu's eyes lit up, "The hero sees the same thing!" Why don't we write down the goals of this big action and let Yanwang taste it? ”

Yao Guangxiao nodded, Zhu Di looked at them with some curiosity, and he didn't say anything against it, he also wanted to see what his two strategists saw.

He Qiu called He Neng and asked him to take a pen and paper in, and when these things were put away, He Qiu and Yao Guangxiao wrote their conjectures on the paper.

Wait until the ink is slightly dry, fold the paper, and hand it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di first opened the copy written by Yao Guangxiao, only to see that the handwriting was elegant, with the meaning of Qingjun, and only wrote two words on the paper: Northern Yuan.

Zhu Di was shocked in his heart, and quietly opened the copy written by He Qiu, first read the words, crooked, like a child, couldn't help but shake his head first, and when he looked at the content, it was exactly the same, and it was also two words: Beiyuan.

Zhu Di put down the two pieces of paper and couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart, "What the two gentlemen said is the same thing, but how do you see it?" ”

He Qiu smiled and said nothing, Yao Guangxiao replied: "Just look at Your Majesty's practices, promote good varieties in the border areas, use them as military rations, restore and rectify the localities, purge the corrupt and noble, reverse the style of the army, and then collect commercial taxes and open the sea ban, aren't these all preparations for the conquest of the Northern Yuan?" ”

He Qiu nodded, "After these three things are done, the people in the mainland will be free from the pain of losing evenly, the people's will will be available, the military will be available, and there will be plenty of silver."

"Looking at the Ming Quartet from afar, the southern clouds and Guizhou have been flat; In the West, the place is really difficult to do, and it has always been quite stable; The coastal pirates in the east are only suffering from ringworm at present, not to mention that since the imperial court has decided to open the sea, they cannot be allowed to be presumptuous. ”

"In the end, there is only the Northern Yuan left, not to mention that the Northern Yuan is not quiet, the border is restless, and Your Majesty is afraid that it is not very peaceful."

Zhu Di suddenly brightened up when he heard this, "I see, then isn't the day of this expedition to the Northern Yuan Dynasty approaching?" ”

Yao Guangxiao bowed, "It should only be a year or two, and His Royal Highness should have a great achievement." ”

Zhu Di was overjoyed, and nodded again and again, "I will naturally rectify the armament in advance, as Mr. He said, I plan to ask my father for his life, and first implement a pilot project in the Yanwang Domain." ”

Yao Guangxiao was shocked after hearing this, and blurted out: "Your Highness can't, don't show your edge too much, please Your Highness still keep your eyes on the dark first." ”

He Qiu also nodded and agreed: "Indeed, if you get on such an excerpt, I'm afraid that the prince will be suspicious, and it is better to wait for the imperial court to have a formal edict before carrying out reforms." ”

Then he continued: "If Your Highness is in a hurry, you can first select officers from the three guards in the domain, and even set up a thousand households as a camp for middle and low-ranking officers. ”

Yao Guangxiao pondered for a while, and felt that this strategy was very good, and he was even more radical: "Your Highness might as well take out the entire establishment of guards, train officers, the capable will be promoted, the mediocre will be lowered, and the unqualified soldiers will be eliminated as local military households, so as to increase Your Highness's control over the locality." ”

Zhu Di smiled when he heard this: "What Mr. Yao said is deeply worthy of me. I don't have to worry about money and food, because the flower water and perfume that Mr. He made before were extremely popular in the market, and I offered them to my father as a tribute, and now they are priceless in the market. ”

He Qiu squinted at Zhu Di, and thought in his heart that this is all my property, and it will be taken care of by his fiancée Zhu Yuying, even if you are Zhu Yuying's son, you can't do this.

Zhu Di was a little embarrassed by He Qiu's look, twisted it, and said, "Sir, don't look at me like this, I will be a hundred times more rewarded in the future." ”

He Qiu said angrily, "Excuse me, and you don't need to stare at the little money in Yuying's hand, I have more money." ”

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were taken aback, you must know that several shops in Zhu Yuying's hands are now called daily money, but in He Qiu's eyes, it is still a small amount of money, and there are more money to give to Zhu Di?

Zhu Di eagerly grabbed He Qiu's sleeve, "Sir, please speak clearly!" ”

He Qiu asked rhetorically, "Your Highness thinks that in today's world, what is the most profitable?" ”

Zhu Di said without thinking: "Naturally, it is salt and iron." ”

He Qiu nodded, Zhu Di still has a level, "Iron matter, I built a blast furnace for you, with a daily output of 10,000 catties of steel, and now there is Ou Xuelan staring, but you don't dare to make a noise." ”

"I have a way to reduce the suffering of the stove household, and the second can eliminate the fuel required to boil salt, and it can increase the amount of salt produced by a large amount, which is called the salt drying method."

He Qiu said as he took out a stack of manuscript paper from his sleeve, which he had painstakingly copied from the books he had drawn from the system.

Zhu Di didn't care about anything else, snatched the manuscript from He Qiu's hand, and Yao Guangxiao also stretched out his head and leaned over to look at it.

Looking at the details of the words written inside, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were shocked, they never expected that they could make salt so easily.

Yes, easily.

In the eyes of the two of them, this method of drying salt has greatly reduced the inconvenience and hard work of cooking salt for stove households.

But in reality? Even in modern times, with the help of various modern machinery, the work of the salt works is very hard, let alone drying salt like this in ancient times.

Come to think of it, salt drying has to be carried out at high temperatures, and now in autumn and winter, it is not very convenient. Only summer is the most convenient, but it is rainy in summer, and once it rains, salt farmers have to be busy collecting salt in the rain.

He Qiu can understand it just by thinking about it in his heart, but he can only do this step, and it is a little bit to reduce the fatigue of the people.

At this time, Zhu Di had already roughly understood the method of drying salt, and couldn't help but get up and paced around the house twice, asking, "Is this method of drying salt really feasible?" The more I think about it, the more incredible it becomes. ”

He Qiu rolled his eyes and put down the teacup, "The blast furnace is even more incredible, do you think it's feasible?" In the end, it depends on who does it, you are like the blast furnace before, except for me to help make a little, there is no one. ”

Later, when Ou Xuelan comes to vote, and the blast furnace is handed over to her, she can do it, but if it is replaced by someone else, this matter is really hard to say. Therefore, I suggest that you pick a trustworthy person, and then take two people who know how to build, and do it together, so that it is easier to see the results. ”

He Qiu thought about it again, "If you plan to implement the method of drying salt, the Changlu area in Cangxian County, Hebei Province is the most suitable, close to Beiping, easy to stare at, and the natural conditions over there are very good, which is especially conducive to drying salt." ”

Zhu Di didn't know much about it, and was a little puzzled: "Good natural conditions?" ”

He Qiu replied: "Yes, there is a large area of beach there, and the bottom is solid mud and sand, and it is easy to open up salt pans; The sunshine is abundant, which provides ample conditions for drying salt. ”

Zhu Di listened to it and quickly wrote down the name of this place, and the natural conditions He Qiu said, and planned to let people find out if there were any places with similar geographical conditions near the Yanwang Domain.

He Qiu shook his head secretly at Zhu Di's behavior, Changlu Salt Farm is one of the three major salt farms in China, it can be said that there is no better salt farm in northern China, how could Zhu Di find a similar salt farm in the north.

Yao Guangxiao was a little dissatisfied, and looked pity: "If you use the salt drying method, it is naturally easy to say in spring and summer, but this salt drying method is a little unbearable in winter." ”

He Qiu said unconvinced, "In winter, there is naturally a way to make salt in winter, if the sea water in the salt pan is frozen, you can throw out the ice, and these ice cubes are salt-free."

There is less brine left, but the salt content is very high, and it is easy to boil the salt, and you can also get a large amount of refined salt. ”

Then He Qiu added: "I only know the principle of this method, I don't know how to operate, it is different from the salt drying method, if Yan Wang has a heart, you can wait until the salt field of the salt drying method is built, and then explore this frozen salt production method." ”

After listening to this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and it seemed that he had written down the method He Qiu said, and planned to find someone to do it.

Yao Guangxiao smiled, thinking in his heart, He Qiu really didn't force it, he wouldn't make any effort, if he didn't criticize the salt drying method, I am afraid that he would not mention this method of making salt in winter.

After He Qiu finished saying this method of freezing salt production, he regretted it a little in his heart, it was so cold in winter, if he let the stove household work so hard in the cold wind again, with the current medical conditions of Daming, I don't know how many people will die in a winter.

And if this law is really promoted in the coastal provinces of the Northland, these stove households don't know what to scold him into, after all, the virtue of the officials in the Ming Dynasty salt politics understands everything.

Thinking of this, He Qiu couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Yao Guangxiao saw He Qiu's thoughts, and said without being salty or light, "Mr. He, don't think too much, even if these stoves don't have the salt method you mentioned, they still have to make salt in winter, and more people may die at that time." ”

After He Qiu heard this, he had no choice but to comfort himself like this.