After the incident, Zhu Yixi was filled with regret: "What's going on between me and that foolish king?"
When the woman's conscience was touched, she sighed again in her heart: "That's all. In the past, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty would accept his sister-in-law. This is not too much for me."
Seeing this, he turned the woman around and stared at the face that changed from a royal sister to a weak one:
"The fault for what happened today is mine. I drank a little too much and couldn't control myself. I can't even hold back this bit of female sex. It's really hard to be called the king of a country."
"Your Majesty, I don't blame you for this..."
Qi Qin was stunned. She originally thought it was a cold dismissal or a sweet talk, but she never thought that it was a statement of regret.
For a moment, she felt guilty in her heart: "The emperor re-established the Ming Dynasty, and he was a first-class Ming army, but it was me who seduced him. As for Daji, what does Bao Si mean?"
This thought made him feel confused: This matter between men and women is really mysterious. No wonder men enjoy it, and even women can't help it...
Looking at the peach blossoms on his face and relaxed brows, Zhu Yixi knew that he must have no resentment in his heart.
After all, he had used semi-force on that trip just now.
Naturally, Zhu Yixi would not include this widow and chaste woman in the imperial court, as it would be an insult to his demeanor as a wise king.
"Although you have the status of a chaste woman, I can also accept you into the palace!"
Zhu Yixi said seriously.
"This..." Qi Qin showed hesitation.
You must know that she came to sacrifice for the sake of the Qi family and the Qin family, not to enter the palace.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be that she has worked hard for many years to build such a big business and give others an advantage?
"You want to be outside the palace?"
The emperor frowned.
"Your Majesty!" Qi Qin endured the pain of friction and knelt down, revealing her tender body:
"I am afraid that if I enter the palace with such a status, I will tarnish the reputation of the royal family and His Majesty. As long as I can stay with Your Majesty, there will be no difference between inside and outside the palace."
"Forget it!" Zhu Yixi took him in his arms, rubbed him in his arms, and kissed his forehead: "I heard that you can't do business, so it's more convenient for you to be an imperial merchant."
"However, you have to accompany me to the south of the Yangtze River in the past few months, so you can't shirk it!"
"I'm here to help you!" Qi Qin's face turned red and her legs were shaking unconsciously.
After taking care of the Qi Qin family, Zhu Yixi felt a sense of novelty and stayed in Jinan for several days.
It was not until the seventh day of May that the fleet continued southward.
Arriving at Yangzhou.
Fireworks fall in Yangzhou in March, because the arrival of salt merchants has made the place flourish. Even though the salt merchants have declined, there is still a lot of prosperity left.
…
At this time, the Northeast region has entered summer, everything is recovering, and Liaodong Province has also entered the production stage.
Sun Jiaji, the governor of Liaodong, arrived outside the city gate in low spirits to greet the angel.
Sun Jiaji was a Jinshi in the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign. He was initially appointed as the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry and then the head of the Ministry of War.
Because of his integrity, he was falsely accused and imprisoned.
When King Fu was supervising the country, Ren Qi served as a soldier in Jiujiang, but he was annoyed by the troubled ministers in power and did not take up his post.
Later, the Manchu Qing conquered Nanjing and came to King Lu of Hangzhou. Only then did he raise the anti-Qingyi banner for the first time in eastern Zhejiang and jointly commanded the army with Xiong Rulin from the same county.
There was a huge momentum for a while.
After King Yu conquered Nanjing and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he was recruited into the court because of his performance in resisting the Qing Dynasty and was awarded the title of Doctor of the Ministry of War.
Later, he was transferred to the prefecture of various places, and he was appointed as the governor of Liaodong.
At this time, he was already sixty-three.
After all, although Liaodong was surrounded by Chahar and Jilin and turned from a border area into an inland area, there were many savages in the province. However, due to long-term development, it became the granary of the Northeast and the imperial court.
"This is a busy time. Why did the angel come to Liaodong?"
Sun Jiaji couldn't help but muttered.
The chief envoy on the side chuckled and said: "Your Majesty naturally has deep meaning, and our ministers should not complain!"
Sun Jiaji shook his head and had no words.
After waiting for a while, a group of people came running over.
It is indeed an angel.
It's just that the team is huge, hauling some huge thing, and it's extremely conspicuous.
"The emperor is entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict says: Since the restoration of Shaowu, the people of Liaodong have been in good health, and taxes have increased day by day. This is due to the kindness of the ancestors, but all the ministers have also done their best..."
"Therefore, from now on, Liaodong will be renamed Liaoning, and the whole province of Liao should be renamed as soon as possible..."
Sun Jiaji was stunned, knelt on the ground and forgot for a while.
What is this mess? How did the good Liaodong Province become Liaoning Province?
The chief envoy on the side quickly joined in and then accepted the order to thank him.
"Don't leave in a hurry yet!"
At this time, the angel immediately shouted: "Your Majesty is aware of the plight of Liao Province, so he specially sent good tools to help Liao Province."
"Bring Tieniu over quickly!"
For a time, the entire Liao Province was shocked.
Although Liaodong was renamed Liaodong, the characteristics of the Northeast remained unchanged, being barbaric, bitter and cold, and difficult to open up.
In the past twenty years, despite the various plans of the imperial court, Liaoning's population has barely exceeded four million.
The land is also 50 million acres.
However, this population is more than enough for the entire province, but it is somewhat insufficient for the positioning of a granary.
Even if corn, rye, etc. are promoted, their growth is limited.
The eunuch was sitting upright. Even when he was facing a provincial official, his face was indifferent and he said:
"Nowadays, Liao grain accounts for half of the total grain in the capital. Millions of people in the capital rely on Liao grain, but there is still a lot of grain from the south. The imperial court is not very satisfied..."
"Liao Province must continue to develop! In the future, it will not only supply the capital, but also Chahar, Horqin and other places, making it another Huguang in the Ming Dynasty."
"Angels are gifted, but if we don't work hard, there is really nothing we can do!"
Sun Jiaji was immediately moved when he heard what he said. This eunuch actually came out of the study and knew a lot about Liao Province.
As he spoke, he said seriously: "Nowadays, the suitable irrigated land in the province is basically used as cultivated land. The remaining barren mountains and mountains are really limited by the lack of manpower and are not worth cultivating."
"Inputting four million shi into the capital every year is already our best effort."
As he spoke, he began to describe his sufferings.
It turns out that during the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the situation in Liaodong has been very special.
Because he is the military chief, the entire territory is under military control.
In other words, when officers supervise the military and civilians, they basically treat it as a fortress and castle, and have never thought of building bridges or paving roads.
After all, the military is all about fighting, and building rivers and bridges is what civilian officials can do.
Therefore, for so many years, the development of Liaodong has been unsatisfactory, and the people are basically under high pressure.
The greed of the military officer class of the Ming Dynasty is hard to describe, so the Liao people were oppressed very hard, so when the old slaves rose up, all of them were willing to become slaves.
After the province was established, civilian officials began to govern Liaodong. Most of their efforts were spent just building bridges and roads, establishing yamen, and local organizations.
Land reclamation relies on the Construction Corps and private individuals.
However, the land that is easy to cultivate has been developed long ago, and Liao Province has no ability to continue to cultivate wasteland.
Only large-scale migration of millions of people can bring Liaoning's grain production to a higher level.
Only large-scale migration of millions of people can bring Liaoning's grain production to a higher level.
"Liaoze, have you heard of it?"
The eunuch suddenly said.
"Liaoze is a swampy land with a radius of hundreds of miles. It is where the Liaohe Tao is located. It is rugged and difficult to navigate."
Sun Jiaji said hurriedly.
"Yes, that's right there!"
The eunuch said solemnly: "If that area is fully developed, wouldn't it be tens of thousands of hectares of fertile farmland?"
Liaoze, where the Liaohe Tao is located, is the passage from the Western Liaoning Corridor to Shenyang, and it must pass through here no matter what.
It can be said that the Liaohe River is more suitable for natural danger than the Yellow River.
At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty campaigned eastward against Goguryeo with a massive army of millions, but before crossing the Liao River, he suffered heavy losses because he could not land ashore, and several generals were killed one after another.
After the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it regained Liaodong, but its control over Liaodong was still not strong. This was due to population reasons and the blocking effect of Liaoze.
Later, the Bohai Sea in the northeast rose up and confronted Yingzhou of the Tang Dynasty across Liaoze.
By the Ming Dynasty, both eastern and western Liaoning were under the control of the unified Central Plains civilization. Liaoze became a natural barrier to isolate the Mongols in the north and was placed outside the Great Wall.
Therefore, during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, after losing Shenyang, if Guangning was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it would be equivalent to guarding the west exit of the southern passage to Liaoze. If the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to enter western Liaoning, they would have to detour through Mongolia.
But Nurhachi took Guangning in one go, Liaoze was no longer an obstacle, and the situation outside the pass was suddenly not conducive to the Ming Dynasty.
If we say that to defend the Yangtze River, we must defend the Huaihe River, then if we want to defend the Shanhaiguan Pass and the Liaoxi Corridor, we must defend the Liaoze River.
Liaoze has become an important stumbling block that hinders the imperial court from developing Liaodong.
"Angels are joking!" Sun Jiaji looked unhappy: "Liaoze is hundreds of miles in radius and rugged and difficult to navigate. It would take hundreds of thousands of people to turn the land into fields. Otherwise, it can only be realized in a dream."
"Even so, I'm afraid more than half of these people will be killed or injured by then."
"By then, a large area of Liao Province will starve to death."
"Then the governor said, how many years will it take to reclaim Liaoze?"
The eunuch still said.
"It has to be thirty to fifty years."
Sun Jiaji said seriously: "If we persevere for generations and pay no attention to the cost, we can obtain tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. By then, even if we have one harvest a year in the Northeast and the bitter cold is unbearable, it will still become the Northeast and Jiangnan."
"Hahaha!" The eunuch stood up and said, "What towering trees and what kind of wild beasts are vulnerable to an iron bull."
"With ten thousand, no, thousands of iron oxen, Liaoze can be cultivated in a few years."
"By then, all large and small swamps in Liao Province will be opened up."
"Liaoning Province will then become Beijing's real granary."
Everyone was shocked.
What a lie.
However, when they saw Tieniu easily knocking down the tree several feet high, they were immediately shocked.
That scary ravine feels like flat ground.
Not to mention the ditches that drained the entire swamp, several miles of land could be dug out in half a day.
Sun Jiaji was overjoyed: "With this, Iron Bull, why worry about success?"
In this way, Liao Province started to imitate this firewood-eating iron cow and prepared for a big fight.
The provincial government even gave 100,000 silver coins to the iron yard in Fushun to imitate the Thousand-Headed Iron Ox.
Suddenly, there was a big earthquake in Fushun Railway Station.
"I didn't expect that what my son said was true. Zunhua's iron yard has reached a bottleneck, and Fushun's iron yard is a good opportunity!"
Wan Ziliang muttered, studying the iron bull with many ironworks craftsmen.
The firewood and coal that we eat can actually be moved, which is simply a wonder in the world.
"I said, this iron cow eats wood and releases gas. Our ancestors never said that."
A blacksmith shook his head, his face full of shock: "In the past, Zhuge Liang's wooden cows and horses were probably the same."
"Nonsense, Zhuge Liang's wooden cow can walk easily without eating anything, but it can't carry as much as this iron cow."
Another blacksmith shouted, his face full of excitement.
Neither are other craftsmen.
This is because since ancient times, broomsticks have always been cherished. Now it is strange that the imperial court has announced it generously.
At this time, the craftsman in charge of the iron ox raised his head and said: "Don't underestimate this iron ox. What will run on the rails in the future will be driven by the iron ox, and there is no need for horses to pull it."
At this moment, everyone took a breath of cold air.
Wan Ziliang asked the craftsmen under him in a low voice, and he was relieved when he learned that he could imitate it.
"I, Wan's Iron Factory, can do it."
As soon as this was said, other iron yards also responded.
Although the iron yards in Fushun are not as good as those in Zunhua, it is still a place with a long history of iron mines and has dozens of large and small iron yards.
The civil servant in charge of this matter showed a smile: "It is easy for you all to take action, but the time is only three months."
"It must be obtained before September."
At these words, the expressions of all the craftsmen changed drastically.
Although the structure of this iron ox is complex, it can be made by a few craftsmen in a few months, but if a thousand iron oxen are built in three months, wouldn't it be fatal?
At this time, a handsome eunuch came over. Facing the noisy environment, he frowned:
"What's the fuss about? The governor's request is certainly reasonable."
"This internal official is really not a noisy person like us. It's really hard to accomplish this!"
Wan Ziliang was born in an imperial businessman and was not afraid of eunuchs, so he immediately stepped forward.
"An ordinary skilled craftsman with two or three apprentices can build one iron ox in one month. For us, it takes three months to build one thousand iron oxen."
Zheng Ruyi stared at Tieniu, then patted it, making a thumping sound.
He turned around a few times, thinking in his mind.
He arrived in Liaodong specifically to supervise the development of Liaoze, and this matter could not be delayed.
"Do you understand how to assemble it?"
Zheng Ruyi said proudly: "Write down the dimensions of the iron oxen, and then distribute them among you. Some will sit on the wheel axle, some will make rakes, and some will be divided into iron casings..."
"If we use molds like this and the sizes are the same, won't they look lumpy when put together?"
All the craftsmen were suddenly enlightened, and then they were filled with admiration.
But Wan Ziliang understood clearly that this eunuch came from the inner study hall and his knowledge was beyond ordinary people.
The inner study hall is extremely strict, no less strict than the Jinshi who studied hard, and even the emperor himself wrote the topic. For example, Chongzhen used the topic "Serving the king can bring benefits to one's body", and the eunuchs Zheng Zhihui and Cao Huachun used Chinese style.
Just as civil servants cannot reach the cabinet unless they are members of the Imperial Academy, and eunuchs cannot reach the rank of ceremonial supervisor unless they are in the inner library.
The eunuch's road to heaven: the clerk in the study room of the Li Jian, the eunuch who accompanied the hall, the eunuch who held the pen, and the eunuch who held the seal. Just like the Hanlin, as long as you survive step by step, you can expect power.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the powerful officials came from the inner library, and there were more virtuous names such as Feng Bao, Wang Yue, Xu Zhi, Fan Heng, Huai En, Qin Chang, Cao Huachun, etc.
Even Wei Zhongxian came from the inner study hall.
Eunuchs who have read books are sensible and not extreme.