My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 326 Anti-killing

  Xu Jingyi was speechless for a while.

  But Zhang Anshi seemed very serious.

   Naturally, Xu Jingyi would not mess around with him.

  Deng Jian was busy trying to smooth things over: "It's so good, what's the trouble? The empress was in Beiping back then, and only His Royal Highness was with her. Not many people know how to resist the southern army."

  Zhang Anshi resentfully said: "I was confused for a while."

   It was rare that Deng Jian came, so Xu Jingyi asked someone to arrange a table of delicious dishes, and asked Deng Jian to stay at home for dinner.

After dinner, they drank tea and chatted in the small hall. Deng Jian said: "The cesspools between the various miles, and the matter of raising livestock... also need to hurry up. The government will collect more piglets and find a way to sell them to farmers at a low price. That's good."

  He began to snap his fingers, and then talked about his good seeds, manure and irrigation.

   On the farm side, since the beginning of strict statistics, they have had an intuitive and clear understanding of agricultural affairs.

  In this era, people mostly rely on the sky for farming. They know a little about agriculture, but not much.

  As for recording different soil properties, different fertilizers, different seeds, different irrigation conditions, and the final planted yield per mu, there is actually no intuitive concept.

  After all, although most of the scholars are from gentry backgrounds, they don’t care about these things at all. They control the land, but they disdain farming. They would rather read the Four Books and Five Classics than really care about farming.

  Ordinary tenants or farmers do not know big characters, and rely on experience, which is passed on by word of mouth.

  This kind of experience can be done intensively, but whether there is a high yield or no harvest, it still has a lot to do with God.

  The farm is different. On the one hand, Deng Jian has experience and is willing to do it himself. In addition, there are a large number of offenders like Jian Ying who are responsible for statistics and constantly observe the results.

  Finally, Deng Jian came to the conclusion that the harvest of grain is closely related to irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, and soil quality.

  These four conditions are closely connected. For example, fertilizer itself can change the soil quality, and different seeds have different irrigation conditions.

  In the end, he probably came up with a solution, which is... In addition to the unchangeable soil quality and climate, work towards irrigation, seeds, and fertilizers.

  After visiting the six counties this time, Deng Jian discovered many problems. He probably understood that many people's understanding of agriculture is still very primitive. Therefore, he simply summed up a set of effective methods and tried to promote them.

  When Zhang Anshi heard the word "dung", he couldn't help being a little speechless: "I've just eaten enough."

Deng Jian smiled and said: "Everyone wants to eat, drink, and scatter. What's the matter? The water conservancy ... needs to be built quickly after the summer begins, otherwise irrigation will be a troublesome thing, and there is also the matter of fertilization... As for animal husbandry, it has nothing to do with it." This fertilizer is closely related, and other than that..."

  He babbled a lot.

Deng Jian finally said with emotion: "At the end of the day, Taiping Mansion...is doing a good job! With taxes, the government has money and food, and many major repairs of reservoirs and irrigation can now be handled. If other mansions The county doesn’t even have the salary of an officer, so you still expect to be able to get things done?”

  Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "I think of a way, and people must hurry up. The farming affairs of each county must be coordinated, and the young men will also find a way to arrange it. Let's pay the wages. I'm not afraid that no one will come."

  Deng Jian seemed very pleased, so he said cheerfully: "After the summer, we will go to the counties to see."

  Zhang Anshidao: "You read it just right. At that time, if there are any counties and townships who dare to perfunctory, uncle will pass me a note at that time, and I will deal with them severely."

   It was negotiated, Zhang Anshi wanted to keep Deng Jian, Deng Jian shook his head and said: "No, no, some matters in the farm today have not been agreed. Today I have time to visit Changsheng, I am very satisfied."

  So Zhang Anshi sent Deng Jian out of the middle gate, and then returned.

   It's rare to be at home, and I also accompany my wife and children to talk.

  With the assistance of the farm, and the counties have also allocated money and food, the entire nine counties of Taiping Prefecture have also begun to be busy.

   As for the workshop area, Kuang Ye and the others are on the right track.

  And agriculture, especially because of the merger of the six counties, has now become a top priority.

  Nowadays, the world is full of turmoil, and there is almost no good thing to say about Taiping Mansion.

Among them, the most talked about is that Taiping Mansion destroyed the spring plowing, and the people who got the land were mostly shabby households and lazy households. I'm afraid something will happen.

  Because there were so many such rumors that they became more and more outrageous in the end. It was even said that they had colluded with thieves.

   This puts enormous pressure on the counties.

  After all, for Wei Guogong, he is a relative of the emperor.

But the officials in the Taiping Mansion have no way out, Duke Wei is here, and Duke Wei will support him when the sky falls, but there are rumors outside that Duke Wei is going to town Beiping, or returning to Xinzhou to become a feudal vassal. Or... the princes of the court and the central government are already furious.

   They were directly overwhelmed.

   There is no way to go, so I can only grit my teeth and make the road in front of me wide.

  Just like the new Xuancheng county magistrate, he was originally a ninth-rank ambassador, and he was not born in the imperial examination. For such a person, if he can have a ninth-rank official status, he already has accumulated virtues from his ancestors.

   But who would have thought that when the Taiping Mansion was employing people, he was promoted step by step, and now he has become a sixth-rank county magistrate, which can be said to have been promoted by countless levels.

The county magistrate, Wang Zhuo, hardly eats or drinks in the government office now. Xuancheng County now needs to build a reservoir, two irrigation canals, and widen a river channel. Pond, to encourage animal husbandry, also need to manage the contracting of a mine, road rest and other things.

He hardly stays in the county office now, and wanders around the villages every day, especially the remote villages, which are relatively remote because it is a mountainous area, and there are few lands allocated. In other places, roughly one household can be divided into two Thirty acres, in this place, a family has only seven or eight acres, and there is a lot of resentment.

  The guards in the county also went to the countryside every now and then.

The township chiefs and village chiefs who received the reception were also overwhelmed. Now Xuancheng County has set up special township chiefs and several civil servants in charge of affairs in each township, and the district chiefs are no longer appointed by the former gentry and village sages. The head of the township and the clerks will give them salaries, and although the head of the village does not give them salaries, they will give some money and food subsidies.

  In addition, each township has set up grain stations, agricultural stations, post stations, etc., so the manpower is much more abundant than before.

  But Wang Zhuan was still so worried that he didn't sleep well these days.

  He is different from the officials who came from the imperial examination. Unless he is dismissed from office, he will be transferred to other places.

   But he is very clear that if anything happens to the Taiping Mansion, his years of hard work may all be wiped out.

   It is heard that some gentry sold their land and fled, but when they went to other prefectures and counties, they had already let out the word that when they came back in the future, they would not be able to offend Wei Guogong, but they would teach the stupid officials in Xuancheng County to look good.

   After a month, Wang Zhuo was exhausted and out of breath.

   But at this time, the people from the farm came again, saying that they were pointing out the farmers, but for the counties and townships, they were undoubtedly checking the conditions of the reservoir, irrigation and various farming.

  At the moment, the county is facing an enemy, and has to continue to check for any omissions in the work first.

   There are countless impeachment memorials in the court, but they are countless.

  Zhu Di naturally ignored it.

  It is already summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it has not rained for many days, Zhu Di is quite worried.

   In the middle of May, Zhu Di summoned all the officials to have an audience.

   What was discussed was about the mausoleum.

  The Ministry of Rites has surveyed and determined the location. Next, Zhu Di's mausoleum will be officially prepared for construction.

   This matter usually falls on the relatives of the emperor, and Zhu Di finally selected the prince as the chief person in charge.

  Of course, the prince is actually just a vacant post, and most of the princes and marquises are under him, but the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites are really in charge of this matter.

  Zhang Anshi was also in this palace at this time, and he knew in his heart that the matter of moving the capital finally had an answer in Zhu Di's mind. The idea of ​​moving the capital to Beiping was completely over.

  Hundred officials are happy to see this.

  After Zhu Di retired from court, all the ministers resigned, leaving behind Zhang Anshi, Zhu Di said with a smile, "I've become thinner recently."

  Zhang Anshidao: "I didn't try my best, the one who is really thin is..."

   "Okay." Zhu Di waved his hands with a clear expression, "You don't have to show credit for the people below."

  Zhang Anshi smiled immediately: "Your Majesty's magistrate."

  Zhu Di said again: "I heard... there are many lazy households who got land and sold it for money?"

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Your Majesty, the land allocated is allowed to be bought and sold. Besides, now that the land in Taiping Mansion is cheap, how can we sell it for how much money?"

  Zhu Di said: "So, this is a false accusation?"

Zhang Anshidao: "If there are hundreds of thousands of households in Taiping Mansion, you only need to catch a few to make a big noise, half-truth and half-false. If you say that he is a false accusation, he will be able to give one or two proofs. It can be said that it is common. Phenomena, but it is a false accusation..."

  Zhu Di raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes showed killing intent, and said in a deep voice: "But at the East Factory, I heard that many people believe in it."

  Zhang Anshi said calmly: "People only believe what they believe in. These rumors are exactly what they like, and everyone naturally believes in them."

  Zhu Di said: "If this is the case, Jin Yiwei can kill a group of those who deceive the public with demonic words."

  Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Your Majesty...the minister thinks...no."

  Zhu Di looked at him puzzled: "Huh?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "They are just talking about it. If they are killed, I will jump into the Yellow River even more."

   "That's all?"

  Zhang Anshi chuckled and said, "Actually... I have some ideas."

  Zhu Di: "..."

  When Zhu Di saw Zhang An Shile, he suddenly seemed to see Yao Guangxiao.

  Speaking of it... Master Yao is really right. This guy Zhang Anshi has really been under the mantle of Master Yao. He looks like a thief, and he is full of shame...

   Zhu Di couldn't help but his eyes turned red.

   Zhang Anshi saw that Zhu Di's expression suddenly turned a little bit wrong, so he said with concern: "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

  Zhu Di sniffed, shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing. I'm old. When I'm old, I occasionally think about some old things. Hey...you step back and do as you want."

  Zhang Anshi was still a little worried, and said: "Your Majesty... are you really all right? Then I will offer something to Your Majesty. Your Majesty must be happy to see it."

   As he spoke, he took out a book from his sleeve.

   This was obviously mimeographed. Seeing this, Zhu Di said with a bit of interest: "I will see."

  Zhang Anshi handed the things to Zhu Di's imperial table, then left.

  After Zhang Anshi left, Zhu Di sighed for a while, and then set his eyes on the book.

  He picked it up, took a closer look, and looked at the cover, but it was... "The Legend of the Xu Family Heroes".

Zhu Di became a little interested, so he opened the book and flipped through it. There are quite a few chapters of this novel on the market. Zhu Di has seen it before in Beijing, but this one seems to be more elegant. It is the story of Xu Da.

  As for the Xu family, apart from Xu Danai, Zhu Di's father-in-law and mentor, there are also several children of the Xu family, all of whom are inseparable from Zhu Di.

  Zhu Di couldn't help smiling when he saw how Xu Da assisted Zhu Yuanzhang, and continued to scroll down.

   Flipping through this, his eyes suddenly went dark... and he saw 'millions of southern troops besieging Beiping, female heroes tore down southern generals'.

   "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

  Zhu Di gasped: "Immediately, immediately... go to Qixia and ask if this book has been sold, banned, banned."

"Yes Yes…"

  ...

  Zhang Anshi left the palace, but he didn't know that he was being photographed on the horse's leg when he was flattering.

Although the author of this book is unknown, it was actually written by Zhang Anshi himself, and a few scholars were invited to write it on behalf of him. It adopts the most familiar Zhanghui style of this era, and at the same time adds the surreal expression techniques of later generations. References to many postmodern behaviorist art forms.

  Send the book like this, the empress has been in the palace for a long time, she likes to be lively, she must like it.

  Of course, Zhang Anshi is not stupid, he still has room for it. Once the empress doesn’t like it, he will immediately say that I knew this book was banned, and I will definitely arrest the author named ‘Anonymous’ and punish him later.

  But if the empress likes it, he will say that this is my minister's clumsy work, which is really not worth mentioning.

   Outside the Meridian Gate, there was already a team of guards waiting, and when they saw Zhang Anshi coming out, someone waved to him and said hello: "Grandpa, Grandpa..."

   Zhang Anshi saw that it was Zhu Jin.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Why did you come here?"

   "I want to ask my father-in-law for advice on something." Zhu Jin's face was obviously anxious.

  Zhang Anshi said calmly: "Don't worry...speak slowly, I happen to have something to do with you."

Zhu Jin immediately said: "My lord, what you are saying is that you have not changed your color before the collapse of the mountain, but you are a villain... At such an age, you actually lived on a dog. You are not stable until now, and now everyone outside It is said that the father-in-law is the star of Wenqu and the star of Wuqu, who came down to the world to benefit the world. But the villain thinks...how can this be...what are the stars of Wenqu and Wuqu, besides, we don’t believe in gods and Buddhas , Lord, even if you are reincarnated, it should be Shang Yang's reincarnation, Shang Yang's reform, the world is unified, Lord is now implementing the new law..."

   Zhang Anshi's expression changed when he heard this, and he couldn't help but curse: "Get out, you little blackie who kills thousands of knives."

  Zhu Jin was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa...what did the villain say wrong?"

  Zhang Anshi scolded: "Stop bragging and flattering me, and talk about business!"

  Zhu Jin said: "It's like this. The shipping industry intends to fully enter the new six counties and ensure that there are ferries in every town..."

   "This is easy to handle, and it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people. In this way, the flow of people and goods will become more frequent." Zhang Anshi nodded.

  Zhu Jindao: "Besides, there are some business..."

  Before he could continue, Zhang Anshi interrupted: "This is a trivial matter. You don't need to ask me in person. Go and talk with the government office and county office yourself. Some businesses can be done, but some... need to be considered."

   "Yes, yes... just now, my lord, you said..."

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "I have such a thing for you to do here, you... these few days... go buy food for me..."

   "Lack of food?" Zhu Jin was taken aback for a moment, and then asked strangely: "Is the Taiping Mansion short of food?"

  Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, "Anyway, don't worry about it, just buy it for me."

  Zhu Jin had no choice but to nod repeatedly: "Okay, our firm has a big business and a good reputation. As long as you open your mouth, it's a trivial matter. It's just... how much do you want to buy?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "You can figure it out yourself, the more the better anyway."

Zhu Jin was a little puzzled. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Grandpa... nothing will happen, right? You tell the little one earlier, so the little one should make preparations early. If something happens to the Taiping Mansion, On the side of the firm, we can deploy manpower and material resources, no matter what..."

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help kicking him again, and said: "As long as you talk a lot, just follow my orders, so why are you so wordy."

  Zhu Jin nodded hurriedly, so he had to hurry to get busy.

  With the reputation of Qixia Commercial Bank, it is really easy to buy grain.

  Many grain merchants heard about it, but they were willing to sell it immediately.

  On the one hand, they hope to form a good relationship with Qixia Commercial Bank so that they can help each other in the future. On the other hand, the summer grain is about to be harvested, and it would be great if they can sell these old grains quickly.

   A few days later, Zhang Anshi ordered someone to find Chen Li again.

  Zhang Anshi sat with a relaxed look.

  Chen Li reported the recent public opinion: "Grandpa, now..."

  Seeing his hesitation, Zhang Anshi said impatiently: "What are you talking about, don't hesitate and haw, are there many people... all saying that there is going to be an accident in our Taiping Mansion?"

  Chen Li smiled and said: "Yes...it is...now... many people say...Grandpa...Grandpa...you are perverting the Taiping Mansion..."

  Zhang Anshi was happy: "Look, mouths grow on them. These people...distort black and white, pointing deer as horse, but...you have nothing to do with them."

  Chen Lidao: "It's all good deeds done by some **** scholars, please give me an order, my lord, and do it when you are humble..."

  Zhang Anshi shook his head: "No need, this is the world, and the world is not about fighting and killing, it's about the ways of the world."

  Chen Li: "..."

  Zhang Anshi seems to be more and more handy now, and more and more calm and calm.

  If someone dared to hack him a few years ago, he must have broken the opponent's dog's head. Of course, the premise is that he can beat him.

  But now, he only takes it as a joke: "Do you all believe what they say?"

  Chen Lidao: "This...Anyway, in the market...especially the scholars, there are many people who believe it. Many soldiers and civilians actually think of the father-in-law. It's just that I have heard these words a lot, but I am also worried."

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help showing a hint of boredom, and said: "Hey... these scholars, the volume of one person is ten times or a hundred times that of ordinary people, and three people become tigers. It is really annoying."

  He paused, then said, "What did you say?"

Chen Li then said truthfully: "Everyone said that the Taiping Mansion...divided the land, and big troubles are about to happen. They said such unprecedented things...what is the way to bring disaster. They also said...those who have no land are lazy in the first place. households, they got the land, but they don’t know how to cultivate it at all... Poor Taiping prefecture nine counties... With so much arable land, the imperial court’s food and taxation is mainly in Nanzhili, but Nanzhili now occupies the most arable land in Taiping prefecture. Once the countryside is barren Come down, there will be no food at that time... there will be a big mess."

   "Also... Since the beginning of summer, these days, there has been no rain for many days. Some people say that they have offended God and that there will be no harvest this year. Tell me, my lord, how can they believe these words?"

  Zhang Anshi didn't find it strange, and said: "They definitely believe it, and they believe it deeply. Even if you tell him everything, they will definitely think you are fooling him."

"what…"

  Zhang An Shidao: "But it doesn't matter... from now on, you pass it on to me, just say... Taiping Mansion... something is going to happen..."

  Chen Li: "..."

  Chen Li's eyes widened slightly, obviously surprised by Zhang Anshi's words.

   "Let's talk about the internal strife in Taiping Mansion. Shao Yin Gao Xiang and I have turned against each other. Gao Xiang has already prepared his boat and went to sea to avoid disaster."

   "..."

   "The households in Taiping Mansion are dissatisfied, because the spoils are not evenly distributed, and the current land... no one is farming..."

  Chen Li finally couldn't help but said: "Grandpa...this...this...isn't it shooting yourself in the foot?"

Zhang Anshi continued calmly: "Don't worry, I'll think about it again, right... Also... said that I, Zhang Anshi, visited Xuancheng County and saw that the people's livelihood was withering, the land was barren, the weeds were overgrown, and he vomited three liters of blood. .Okay, okay, that’s about enough. Hurry up and spread it to me, spread it to the whole of Nanzhili, even the whole of Jiangnan.”

   "Grandpa...such nonsense..."

  Chen Li couldn't figure out what his Master Hou was doing.

   Zhang Anshi was obviously too lazy to explain to him at this time, so he urged him: "Why are you always so nagging, do what you are asked to do, hurry up."

  ...

  The first chapter was delivered, and the second chapter was delivered before twelve o'clock.

  (end of this chapter)