Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, Xi'an Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Chengcheng County.

Tomorrow is in the sky, and the sky is clear.

The grass and trees are withered and yellow, and the maple leaves are all over the ground.

The group was walking on the national highway that had only been half-built, and there seemed to be only four or five people in total, all of them with lofty eyebrows and domineering momentum.

The leader was a short boy dressed in white, who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old.

"Your Highness, we have entered the confines of Chengcheng County."

"It's just that there is still no news from Lord Yang......

"But my subordinates have sent people to search through the places near Chengcheng County, and after several inquiries, no trace of Lord Yang has been found."

"And in recent days, there have been no bandits in the vicinity."

A middle-aged man who followed behind the young man in white said with self-reproach, this group of people is none other than Zhu Yunxi from the Beijing Division and Song Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard!

While Song Zhong was speaking, Zhu Yunxi compared the national highway construction map he had seen before with the actual situation here.

If he is not mistaken, in the information reported to the imperial court by the Shaanxi Political Envoy.

This section of the road is 'under construction', but looking at the surrounding situation, where is there any person?

After the national highway was halfway built, it was half abandoned here.

And if someone comes to inspect it, it will come back to start construction, and there are still many traces left by the pretense on both sides of the road.

In this way, you can perfectly coax the above.

Not only can you get the appropriation of the imperial court, but at the same time, you don't have to really spend such a large amount of money, as for where the money has been misappropriated.

I don't know.

It is even possible to be directly included in the bag by some people.

The road to modernization of the Ming Dynasty is still a long way to go...... Zhu Yunxi has never felt so deeply in Beijing.

This is the real Daming!

Even, this Chengcheng County, which is close to Xi'an Prefecture, still can't really represent the entire Ming Dynasty.

Only by going to the most remote and uncared about places can you really see the whole picture of the real Ming Dynasty!

"Still haven't found it?"

Zhu Yunxi was neither salty nor light, and said without seeing his reaction: "Don't worry, Yang Shiqi won't grow wings again, and he will fly from the sky." ”

"Whatever appears there must be traces."

"Since there has been no trace of Yang Shiqi in the surrounding areas of Chengcheng County, this means that Yang Shiqi must still be in Chengcheng County!"

"That's good news for us!"

If Yang Shiqi really grew wings and ran from the sky, it would really be a hell of a life, and Zhu Yunxi would not have to govern Daming.

Directly learn from Emperor Jiajing, and go to cultivate immortals.

But there are no ghosts and gods in Daming, if there must be ghosts and gods, it is that someone is playing ghosts!

And in this part of Shaanxi, there are many people who are playing ghosts and fooling the imperial court.

"Big rats, big rats, no food for me."

"This Ming rat is in Shaanxi Province!"

Zhu Yunxi came to Shaanxi this time to set up a political envoy.

Not only to destroy those fake ghosts and gods who are causing trouble in the court, but also to get rid of those giant rats who steal and eat the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

If you put your mind on the court, you are simply looking for death!

As for Yang Shiqi, Zhu Yunxi was very worried before he came, but after he really arrived in Chengcheng County, he had a certain confidence in his heart.

The other party must not be dead.

First, no one dares to assassinate the ministers of the court in this place, and second, the people in this place are simple and simple, and there are few bandits.

Of course, the most important thing is that this place has not been hit by disasters this year!

Unlike other places in Shaanxi that have been affected by disasters, there are indeed bandits.

There are many mountain bandits and thieves on the road.

This is not an uncommon thing in Daming.

So Yang Shiqi's chance of encountering danger is very small, and it is more likely that he is still trapped somewhere.

This also made Zhu Yunxi feel at ease.

You can observe more about the state of the people around you, how your life is, whether you are rich or poor, and whether the people's lives have become better after Zhu Yunxi's new policy.

These are all points that Zhu Yunxi is concerned about.

Along the way, Zhu Yunxi has visited many homes.

The answer is basically surprisingly consistent, the new policy of the Ming Dynasty has indeed affected many ordinary people, such as forced labor, which everyone hated before, but now it has been abolished by Zhu Yunxi, so he is naturally happy.

It's just that there is no conscription, but what the people usually do is still not too much.

It seems that the days have not changed radically.

After all, even if there is no conscription, don't you still have to build roads? And repair the reservoir? It's just that the imperial court is going to give something this time.

But even so, because of the previous conscription.

Most of the people are reluctant to build roads and reservoirs, and most of the people have a very low level of cognition, and they think that they only need to live by guarding their own one-third of an acre.

As for road construction, usually not even out of the village, what roads do you need to build?

And the reservoir...... It's important to say.

But after all, it can't be seen, everyone thinks that now that the sweet potato crop has been promoted anyway, it will be enough to eat.

Instead of working hard to build roads, it is better to plow the fields at home and enjoy them.

When he has descendants, he will train him to study, and when the time comes, he will go to Bo one or two official positions to do it, which can be regarded as a glorious ancestor.

But this kind of thinking is naturally inconsistent with the wishes of the imperial court.

Zhu Yunxi ordered one after another, isn't it to carry out large-scale construction in Daming? But the people are not willing to work, how can this work?

The government below is even more difficult.

So in the end, it's basically semi-coercive, nominally voluntary, but in fact it's all coercion.

It is only one more difference in wages from conscription.

And the words of conscription are more severe, and now the government will not be too persecutive on everyone.

This is a tangible benefit.

But other than that, the people felt as if nothing had changed.

After all, not every place can have rapid changes like Daming Jingshi, and places like Daming Jingshi are the outliers of Daming.

And a place like Chengcheng County is normal!

"Sure enough, there are some things that you can't see clearly at the top, and only when you get down can you understand the truth of the matter."

Zhu Yunxi's heart became heavier and heavier.

Many things often backfire, and Zhu Yunxi's original intention of exempting him from forced labor was not wrong.

But below, there was a mistake with Zhu Yunxi's idea after all.

By mistake, it has become the current situation, but even if Zhu Yunxi knows, he is helpless, after all, if the Ming Dynasty wants to develop, it is inevitable that people will pave roads and build bridges.

Inevitably, someone will pay!

If everyone enjoyed life at home, it would not take a few hundred years for the Ming Dynasty to die!

And in a few hundred years, the strong ships and cannons of Westerners will be driven to the coastline of China, completely tearing off the last fig leaf!

This is not alarmist.

It's a fact that is bound to happen! Because the land of Huaxia is enough to support too many people!

Although Wuhua Tianbao is a boast, it is also a fact to a certain extent!

"After all, the wisdom of the people is still not open!"

"At the same time, compared to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the population is far from being saturated."

Zhu Yunxi thought silently, only at this moment did he realize what it meant to have a long way to go, and he realized that his previous ideas were somewhat naïve.

Daming's problem is not a technical problem, nor is it a money problem.

It comes from the deep-rooted idea of small wealth and peace, from the long-standing idea of official standard, and from the vast Central Plains!

Walk on the road to Chengcheng County.

Zhu Yunxi thought a lot, and at the same time, he also saw the future of Daming more thoroughly and clearly.

And just thought about it.

The long road came to an end, and a not-so-tall city wall appeared in front of Zhu Yunxi's eyes.

The earthy yellow wall is surrounded by reinforced concrete walls.

It seems a bit nondescript.

However, it is a very cost-effective move for Chengcheng County, which can strengthen the defense capacity of the city wall without tearing down and rebuilding it.

Save time and effort.

At the city gate of Chengcheng County, people come and go, there are village women from the countryside who enter the city, and there are also daughters who wear silk and satin to go out of the city to play.

From time to time, there is also a caravan with a lot of men and horses.

For a small county, it is not bad to be in such a situation.

"Stop!"

"Who are you waiting for?"

Zhu Yunxi and his entourage were about to enter the city.

But he was stopped by the soldiers around him.

Song Zhong frowned.

But he didn't have a seizure, but turned to a smiling face, and said kindly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what stopped us, what's the matter?" ”

"Why is it okay for everyone else to go in and out of town?"

The soldier rolled his eyes angrily.

He pestled the ground with the spear in his hand.

said: "Just your faces, they still look like this. ”

"Wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty if I didn't check on you?"

Chengcheng County is not big.

The old guards who guarded the city here were already familiar with most of the residents, and some of them only needed to take a look, but Zhu Yunxi and the others were fresh.

Naturally, I had to come up and check it out.

"Is there a way?"

The soldier continued.

After Song Zhong heard this, he was about to take out the forged road guide from his arms, but at this moment, he heard Zhu Yunxi suddenly say: "There is no road guide." ”

"We have come from heaven."

"I want to visit Chengcheng County and open a factory here."

"May I go into town?"

Zhu Yunxi is planning to test whether the road guidance system of the Ming Dynasty still exists, and he wants to see how the old guards of a small city will react when they hear about the factory.

Or do you know that the factory exists?

Song Zhong saw that Zhu Yunxi was speaking first, and took his hand back.

Blink to look at the old pawn.

"Factory? Wow, it's a distinguished guest from Jingshi! ”

"Please, please!"

"Speaking of which, the youngest son in our family likes to read the "People's Daily" the most, and there is a mention of this factory."

"It's said that the things produced here are all good!"

After asking many people, Zhu Yunxi finally found a trace of Zhu Yunxi's traces here.

The People's Daily has really spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

In this remote place of Shaanxi's political envoys, although the news cannot be real-time, everyone knows that after returning to the capital, they must take good control of the big killer of newspapers!

The lethality of this thing is even greater than I imagined in this era!

"Don't need a wayfind?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled lightly.

The old pawn waved his hand.

said: "Where do you care about the road guide now, as long as it doesn't look too suspicious, I won't check it." ”

"But there is still a process to be followed."

"Ladies and gentlemen, please cooperate and leave things like swords and soldiers here."

"These things are not allowed in the city."

The old pawn's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that the few people behind Zhu Yunxi were not easy to mess with.

That's why I came to investigate.

And after hearing Zhu Yunxi's foreign accent, his suspicions were dispelled.

It shouldn't be a local bandit, at least it can't be around Shaanxi, it does sound like the accent of Yingtianfu.

And the people of Jingshi, where is there any need to be bandits?

Those days were moist!

(End of chapter)