Banditry was serious, social security was in disarray, water conservancy facilities were in disrepair, and tax arrears were serious. Feng Ziying even suspected that if Zhu Zhiren was not from Fujian and was a Jinshi in the same discipline as Zheng Jizhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, this guy might have been dismissed long ago.
Any of the above points can be a strong basis for the chief official to be dismissed, but Zhu Zhiren was still able to survive despite his illness, which shows that this person still has some abilities.
Feng Ziying suddenly realized that her coming to Yongping Mansion might not be as simple as asking for it on her own initiative as she had initially guessed, and that Master Qi's thoughts might also be involved.
Zhu Zhiren, a Fujian scholar, has done so badly in Yongping Mansion, and now he often shirks his affairs on the grounds that he is bedridden. When he leaves, a heavy burden may fall on him. If he does well, he may feel proud and proud of himself.
If the score is poor, the blame may be placed on the prefect's incompetence and constraints.
After all, the gap between magistrates and tongzhi is still quite huge, and many people find it difficult to cross in their lifetimes. Whether they can enter the rank of fourth-rank officials is often a threshold for becoming a senior official in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, Feng Ziying estimated that Master Qi and the others were still inclined to give it a go. Yongping Prefecture is the lower prefecture in terms of population and taxation, but its geographical location and significance are extremely important, especially as the throat of Jingdong and guarding the Western Liaoning Corridor.
It is very unusual, and it is a key point in the Beizhi area. Every move here can affect the hearts of the capital.
If you can do well here, it will be enough to lay a solid foundation for you to move to a higher level in the future.
"... Generally speaking, the gentry here are relatively supportive of the government, mainly because the military garrison in Wei Town in the west and north has a great influence on them. In addition, more than ten years ago, the Chahar tribe broke through the border wall and entered Yongping.
The plundering also brought great damage to the counties of Yongping. Many big families with centuries of history were wiped out by the Mongols. Many of the current gentry gradually came to the fore after the previous group of people were brutally annihilated, so they still have no influence on the government.
The more awe-inspiring,..."
Well, this should be good news. The Northland gentry has a great influence on the local area, especially some families with one or two outstanding members will have a great influence on the local area, which will also have a great influence on the local area.
Government administration is a disadvantageous factor, especially for up-and-coming officials like myself who want to do something big.
If the power of the gentry in Yongping Prefecture is relatively weak, it will be very beneficial to the development of the coal and iron industry. Of course, Feng Ziying also believes that Shanxi merchants are not easy to deal with. They are also dealing with these local snakes.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had been straddling the north and the south for decades, so it was natural that there were countermeasures.
"..., Dengfeng and others, along with people from Foshan Zhuangji and the Shanshan-Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce, have been exploring in Luanzhou, Kaiping Youtunwei, and Qian'an for nearly half a year? Generally speaking, several areas have been delineated, mainly in Qian'an County.
In the south, at the junction of western Luanzhou and Kaiping Youtunwei, the quality of coal in these areas is very high? It is said that they are also experimenting with converting pebbles into charcoal (coke) according to the method proposed by your Excellency. Will they explain the specific situation and make a detailed report to your Majesty at the summit?
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In fact, Feng Ziying has already grasped this situation. Gu Dengfeng basically insists on reporting the progress of this consortium to Feng Ziying through letters every ten days.
It should be said that it was relatively smooth. Mainly because the populations of Yongping counties were not large. Some remote areas, especially those near the northern Wei Town, had even smaller populations. This was due to the huge impact of the Mongolian invasion more than ten years ago.
Shadow? No one wants to live in a dangerous situation where they can't sleep all day long. Coupled with the inadequacy of Wei Town? Banditry is more serious in these joint areas, so the main areas chosen by the consortium for exploration are still concentrated in these areas.
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To start the coal-iron complex project in Feng Ziying's mind, capital, manpower, technology, market, and transportation are all indispensable? This is why Feng Ziying is willing to give up the good life in the capital city and go to Baoding or Ningbo, which have better conditions.
The place? The main reason to come to Yongping.
We have capital and are backed by Shanxi merchants and Haitong Bank, but there are some manpower problems. But the Beizhi prefectures and even Shandong are deeply troubled by the disasters of the Little Ice Age? As soon as winter and spring come, there will be too many people to survive.
The refugees want to run to the capital city.
Every year, it is a big deal for local governments to intercept and persuade people to return, but even so, every year there will be many more men under Ni Er's hands who only need to fill their stomachs or their families to survive without risking their lives. This is a general trend and no one can stop it, so
As long as you think of some solutions, these won't be problems.
There is no need to worry about the market. With the market channels that Zhuangji has opened up long ago, they can sell as much as they can. There is also a huge domestic market that needs to be developed urgently, such as the production of firecrackers and artillery. This is also the case.
Feng Ziying's request to Zhuang Ji did not have this point, and there was no need for Feng Ziying to value Zhuang Ji so much.
Transportation is also a problem, which requires a process to solve.
To the south of Shanhaiwei territory in the northeastern corner of Yongping Mansion is the most famous Qinhuangdao in later generations. It is also a natural harbor. Feng Ziying plans to build a port here in advance under the guise of transporting supplies to Liaodong and North Korea.
Japan and even Jurchen in the East China Sea, and the ports of Yangzhou, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Dongfan and Nanyang, as the first city to open ports in the North!
While listening to Wu Yaoqing's introduction, Feng Ziying also asked questions. However, the questions he asked were relatively tricky, which Wu Yaoqing was not used to. However, Wu Yaoqing also knew that this person was about to serve as a colleague, and he was interested in all aspects.
To understand, especially in areas that he is not familiar with, the requirements are higher.
This conversation lasted for more than an hour. Feng Ziying kept all the information and asked about the current recruitment situation.
There is no doubt in employing people. Now that Wang Wenyan is determined to be the general manager and everyone else divides the work according to their expertise and previous experience, Feng Ziying will not interfere too much. He only needs results, but he still needs manpower and finances.
Ask.
For now, all of Feng Ziying's activities can be said to be preparations for her appointment as the magistrate of Yongping Prefecture. They can even be pushed to her father's military needs in Jiliao. There are no such things as those that may be involved.
Lieutenant Long's investigation and supervision from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came up.
However, as things become more and more complicated in the future, Feng Ziying believes that it is inevitable that Long Jinwei will mix things up, and this is something he only needs to treat with caution.
There are informants of Lieutenant Long in the Feng Mansion, but Feng Ziying is not afraid. Everything is within the scope of the rules, so there is no need to worry.
But things like what he is doing now, especially what he is doing through Wang Wenyan's team, are not visible now, but what about three to five years from now? I'm afraid Long Jinwei will inevitably have some doubts.
Of course, as long as she grows up fast enough and has the big mountain of her father as a cover, many things will still make sense, but Feng Ziying is not sure whether this statement can always be convincing, especially for people like Long Jinwei, who are born to target
They considered it a threat to the imperial power.
However, this is not the reason why Feng Ziying plans to retreat. What's more, the increasingly treacherous situation in the DPRK and China also makes him believe that in the next few years, only the internal battles within the Tian family will be the focus of Long Jinwei's reconnaissance, and the movements of generals in the army.
Snooping is their main goal.
As for young people like themselves, in their minds, at most they are just "exiled" and only want to make a splash and prove themselves to the world, so they have to do certain things ingeniously.
Feng Ziying is also happy to use such an image to tell the world that, well, this is not a bad thing.
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Mrs. Duan sat in the room feeling a little bored until her sister came in, then she raised her eyelids and ignored her.
This brother Keng is really capable. He "bribed" both his sister and Mr. Shen. In the past two days, his sister has been making noises in his ears.
But Duan really couldn't accept an imperial merchant family. In her opinion, it was far different from the Shen family, and it was no longer on the same level as the Lin family. She didn't know what kind of magic the Xue family woman had, so she was fascinated by Brother Keng.
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Of course, she also asked someone to inquire about the situation of the Xue family. It was similar to what she had guessed. Although it was originally a prominent family in Jinling, it had long since declined. It was barely surviving on the shadow of the Wang family and the Jia family. It was completely different from the prosperous Feng family.
Compare.
The marriage of the Lin family's daughter Duan was angry. Lin Daiyu's fragility made her worry. Fortunately, there was another sister who was married to her sister. Now the Xue family came out again, making her unwilling.
"elder sister,……"
"Wanqin, needless to say, I don't want to hear what you said about being a lobbyist for Brother Keng anymore. You two are just joining forces to fool me. Well, there is also Wanjun. Your mother-in-law and Brother Keng, together with Brother Keng,
..." Mrs. Duan was not without jealousy, "You all act like good people, but I, the mother-in-law, am here to be the evil one. I haven't seen Brother Keng come here for the past two days?"
Little Duan laughed out loud. It seemed that her sister was really jealous. "Sister, Brother Keng is a piece of meat that has fallen off of you. How can you argue with him? Besides, he is also here.
I was busy preparing to go to Yongping. I heard from Jin Chuaner that since he came home, he has met several groups of people in the study. We talked for an hour, and even the meals were taken to the study.
, I was reading something again after eating..."
Mr. Duan glanced at her sister suspiciously, "Really? I thought I was thinking about the affair."
"Sister, I think what Brother Keng said is right. In his current situation, he no longer needs to rely on his in-laws to help him. The Shen family and the Lin family are both noble gentry families in the south of the Yangtze River. One is from a scholarly family, and the other is from a scholarly family.
He was a scholar and civil servant who was born in a feudal lord, and he was also a member of the martial arts lineage. Brother Keng was originally a leader among the scholars in the Northland, and his master was also the leader among the scholars in the Northland and Huguang. Under such circumstances, he
What is needed is a stable backyard..."
Little Mrs. Duan sat next to her sister, massaging her shoulders while smiling and talking in a casual tone.
..., Well, what about our Feng family? Now that the eldest bedroom and the third bedroom have been decided, now there is such good news for the second bedroom. Well, this is what Brother Keng achieved with his own efforts.
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As soon as Mr. Duan said this, Mr. Duan snorted in displeasure, and Mr. Duan also smiled and stopped talking about it.
"..., but what about our Feng family? What we need most is a woman who can give birth to children of the Feng family as soon as possible to continue the family tradition, a second-room lady who can live in harmony with the Shen family and the Lin family, so that Brother Keng can go to Yongping Mansion.
Then he can focus on his important tasks without any distractions."
"Mr. Shen is pregnant, but no one knows whether it is a boy or a girl. Not to mention Mrs. Lin is young and frail, and will have to wait two years for her filial piety period to expire. I have also inquired about Mrs. Xue, and she is indeed gentle and generous.
Well, he has a plump and healthy physique, and he is only less than one year younger than Brother Keng, which is the right age for childbirth..."
"Besides, sister also knows that Brother Keng has a temperament, and he must get the woman he likes..." Little Duan looked at Mrs. Duan, "Why does sister need to make Brother Keng live outside for a few years?"
Are you unhappy? If my sister likes Mr. Shen, then she should talk to Mr. Shen more. If Mr. Shen has a problem in the future, my sister will love him more. However, the younger sister feels that this Mr. Xue is really what Mr. Shen said.
Being knowledgeable and sensible, my sister may not change her mind in the future..."
I have to say that Xiao Duan is quite a powerful lobbyist. In the previous sentence, Brother Keng no longer needs help from a marriage but needs a stable backyard to allow him to concentrate on his work. In the latter sentence, why should he be released for a few years before leaving?
It made Duan feel unhappy.
Especially when I think that my son will be away for several years, even though it is only a few hundred miles away, but after all, he will no longer be able to greet me and talk to me every day like now, I still feel a little sad. After all, my son has grown up.
Seeing her sister sighing sadly, Xiao Duan naturally understood her sister's thoughts, "Sister, Yongping Mansion is not that far away. During the holidays and holidays, Brother Keng can still find time to come back, which only takes two or three years.
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"Hey, when I think that Brother Keng will be away from home for two or three years, and the master is far away in Liaodong, I feel very panicked. Who will take care of Brother Keng when he leaves? Of course the You sisters are going, but Jin is there.
Sisters Chuan'er and Xiangling should go with them. Shen's health is becoming increasingly inconvenient here, so it would be more appropriate for Qingwen and Yun Shang to stay with Shen..."
Little Duan's eyes rolled, "Sister, have you forgotten Mr. Xue? If we can get married earlier, let Mr. Xue marry in and follow Brother Keng to Yongping Mansion. Logically, there should be a doctor there to preside over it.
Things at home..."
Duan still didn't understand what her sister meant, so she glared at her, but in the end she nodded, "Let me think about it. In addition, I have to send a letter to the master. For such a big thing, I am the only one who can do it."
People can't make the decision, so if the master agrees, then just follow Brother Keng."
This chapter has been completed!