Taiping Welcome Station is located in the west of Quang Ninh City and the south of Beizhen Temple.

In order to receive foreign guests and officials of all sizes in Liaodong to ensure their personal safety, the site was specially selected for construction.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Yang Chengying had just recovered Guangning City, and ordered Fan Wencheng to organize people to build it.

It took a total of two years to complete in February of the third year of Chongzhen.

from north to south, about 900 meters long; From west to east, it is about 290 meters wide.

On its axis, from north to north to south, there are Building 1, Building 2 and Building 3...... Building XVIII.

After it was built, it was protected by the guards led by Zu Zerun.

The princess's maid Chunyun is responsible for training the maids, and Wang Yong is responsible for training the male servants and is responsible for the service work.

The reason why the northernmost one is set as Building No. 1 is because from the north gate is the Beizhen Temple.

Beizhen Temple, is the mountain temple of Yiwu Lu Mountain, which was built in the 14th year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui.

The Yuan Dynasty was destroyed in war.

The Ming Dynasty Hongwu was rebuilt in 23 years, and then repaired twice, and the largest mountain temple was finalized here.

Wu Youke lives in Building 1.

When he heard that Yang Chengying and Abatai were visiting, he was overjoyed.

He said: "The grass people are still thinking that they won't see me so early, but they didn't expect it to be so soon." ”

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. is coming, how can I still sit still, so I came to meet Mr. with General Abatai." ”

Wu Youke glanced up and down at Abatai, and invited them into the house.

According to the setting of the front hall and back room of the ancients, each building had at least two rooms.

In addition, double and triple rooms are built according to the principle of making the best use of things.

This is for the convenience of people who come to Quang Ninh with their families.

Yang Chengying just sat down, looked around, and said in his heart: "Who did this thing, he was so careless!" Wu Youke obviously came alone, but arranged a double room! ”

I was thinking about going back and talking to the person in charge about it.

Wu Youke seemed to have guessed Yang Chengying's thoughts, and said with a smile while pouring tea: "Don't get me wrong, there is a little friend who came with me, and he has gone out for something and hasn't come back yet." ”

"Oh, so the Orderers are coming with you." Yang Chengying said with a smile.

Wu Youke shook his head: "No, he is just a little friend I met on the way to Liaodong and wants to come to Liaodong." When I saw that he had learned something, I came with him. ”

As soon as he heard the evaluation of knowledge, Yang Chengying's eyes lit up.

"Excuse me, who is this little friend?" He hurriedly asked.

"This person's surname is Huang Zongxi, the word is Taichong, and he is from Yuyao, Zhejiang. His father was imprisoned for offending Wei Zhongxian, and he committed suicide by refusing to frame Zhongliang. ”

Burst......

Before Wu Youke finished speaking, Yang Chengying spat out his tea.

The great thinkers, geographers, astronomical almanacists, and educators of the late Ming Dynasty actually came to Liaodong.

"Jinglu, what's wrong with you?" Wu Youke asked with concern.

"I didn't ...... It's okay. Yang Chengying said casually, "I'm just a little surprised because I've heard of him." ”

Wu Youke thought for a while, and then said: "Oh, the grass people remembered, this little friend was famous for his father's revenge in his early years. ”

"Exactly." Yang Chengying secretly pinched a cold sweat for Cui Chengxiu.

This talent won't be in trouble with Choi Chengxiu, he thought.

As soon as I finished thinking about it, I heard footsteps. Immediately afterwards, I saw a young man wearing a round-necked shirt with large sleeves and a square scarf walking inside.

From the first time he saw Yang Chengying, the young man ignored the hard work and asked, "Excuse me, is Your Excellency Ji Liao Wu Jingluo?" ”

deliberately divides the official positions so clearly, it seems that there is dissatisfaction that wants to be expressed.

"Exactly." Yang Chengying clenched his fists, but did not get up.

The young man didn't care, and said angrily: "I thought that Yang Jingluo, who was powerful in Liaodong, was such a character, and if he didn't want to, he was no different from ordinary characters." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, this is the greatest compliment for me."

Yang Chengying responded lightly.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and sneered: "Sure enough, Your Excellency's cultivation is superior to others. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Yang Chengying changed his words: "Can I ask the little brother, why did you speak ill of me as soon as we met?" ”

"Do you need to ask me what you've done yourself?"

"Oh? Excuse me, what heinous things have I done? ”

"You take in the eunuchs and extort their belongings, this is not a heinous crime!"

Sure enough, it's a rehash of the old thing.

"Little brother, what do you think of the governance here?" Yang Chengying decided to change his strategy.

The young man crossed his hands around his chest and reluctantly admitted: "It's okay, although it is not as rich as Jiangnan, it is rare." ”

"The 'okay' in your mouth is the result of Yan Mingtai, who was born in the Eunuch Party, and Huang Zhengbin, who was born in the Donglin Party, and governed with their hearts."

Yang Chengying said lightly.

"This ......," the young man's eyes widened, and he couldn't say a word.

Compared with the later Confucianism, the current Huang Zongxi is still an "angry youth".

"I've heard that I'm a young man, and I want to ask, what do you think about taxes?"

Yang Chengying continued to ask.

"I thought there was something wrong with Zhang Taiyue's whipping method. It was wrong for him to demand that all places hand over silver, Jiangnan was rich and prolific with silver. ”

"But the northwest, northeast and other places have little silver production, but they still collect silver, which is very inappropriate. Whatever should be planted, be delivered! ”

Moreover, the reform of the past dynasties has increased the taxes of the people. All this shows that if we want to reform, we should have an in-depth understanding of the situation and then make changes, rather than blindly using a standard. ”

Huang Zongxi is very interested in this aspect, and he is trying to win back a city in front of Yang Chengying, so he said it in great detail.

Yang Chengying listened with a smile.

Abatai didn't understand and was silent.

Wu Youke looked appreciative, he hoped that such an outstanding young man would have someone who could appreciate him.

"Do you know how many government officials there are in the entire Liaodong Town?" Yang Chengying asked.

"What is a government office?" Huang Zongxi asked.

"It is a clerk at all levels in Liaodong Town who does not distinguish between officials and officials, and only receives salaries according to the size of their positions."

Yang Chengying explained.

"Clerk? Are you saying that from top to bottom there is only a distinction based on position, not rank? ”

Huang Zongxi quickly realized the mystery.

Yang Chengying admired in his heart, nodded and responded: "That's right." ”

"What does this have to do with the taxes I'm talking about?" Huang Zongxi asked.

"It is up to people to collect taxes, and I have a total of 4,383 government officials in Liaodong Township, six prefectures, fifteen counties, seventy-five townships and one special district, including me."

"So much."

"So many people, except for a few scholars from all over the world, most of them are from this town. In order to cultivate them, the money and food I spend every year are enough to feed the other Ming troops of 300,000. ”

"I understand that the failure of the reform in previous dynasties is due to the lack of a large number of grassroots talents."

"Not bad. But which courtier dares to cultivate so many talents, and which courtier can raise so many people by himself. ”

Yang Chengying said: "In order to manage the three major changes in the local area, we have invested in the construction of a large number of knowledge schools just for quick talents. ”