Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 613 Goodbye
"Qi Guochang Shi Jinxuan, see His Highness King Qi..."

In the hall of Chengyun, when Jin Xuan saluted and bowed with a three-pointed drunkenness, Zhu Youjian also looked at him carefully.

Jin Xuan is one year older than Zhu Youjian, and he is now in his thirties.

But in terms of appearance, there are already some signs of age on Kim Hyun's face.

It can be seen that governing the Qi State is not as simple as it is written in his letter.

"You have worked hard for ten years."

When the two met, Zhu Youjian's first words were thanks, but Jin Xuan, who heard the words, shook his head and said:
"Compared to Your Highness, the minister's hard work is nothing..."

Minister... This is what Jin Xuan wanted to call himself to Zhu Youjian a long time ago, but he was still an official of the Ming Dynasty back then, so he absolutely could not call himself like this to the vassal king.

But right now, before going to the official department to report, he is still his long history of Qi, and King Qi is naturally his king.

"Sit down first..."

Zhu Youjian shook his head to signal him to sit down first, and Wang Chengen quickly moved a chair for Jin Xuan himself.

Jin Xuan bowed to Wang Chengen with great respect, and then took his seat.

Seeing him take his seat, Zhu Youjian also leaned on the chair and asked him about the state of Qi:
"How is the progress of Qi's two five-year plans?"

"Very good!" When it came to the business, most of Jin Xuan's drunkenness dissipated, and he reported his achievements in full:
"There are 370 and five factories of various types, employing more than 15 people."

"Infrastructure roads are 10 kilometers, and at present, no less than [-] kilometers are under construction every year, and no less than [-] migrant workers are employed during slack periods along the way."

"Twelve ports were opened, 120 or six mines were discovered, more than 750 million mu of cultivated land were developed, 260 rural market towns and 32 cities were built."

"The annual output of various chemical fertilizers is 50 tons, which meets 70% of the needs of arable land, and ensures that the grain output per mu is not less than 250 catties. With meat, it can feed at least 300 million people."

"The annual output of various factories is 150 million tons of cement, 75 tons of crude steel, 800 tons of pig iron, [-] million tons of coal, and textile cloth..."

Jin Xuan reported his achievements for so many years to Zhu Youjian one by one. It can be seen that he has been preparing for a long time, or he has been waiting for this day for ten years.

"As of July 21, the 27st year of the Apocalypse, Qi's annual income was more than 300 taels of gold, 600 million taels of silver, 93 million catties of copper ingots, 6000 taels of land tax, and nearly 700 million taels of annual income."

"There are more than 2 officials in Qi State, 4000 soldiers and horses, 4 yamen servants, nearly 2 troops, 230 teachers, nearly 470 million taels of salary expenditure, and an annual balance of about [-] million taels. "

"In addition, Qi State's government schools have been in operation for ten years. From the beginning of the education of military children to the current education of civilians, there are more than 36 government schools with more than [-] students."

"at last……"

Jin Xuan's long speech gave Zhu Youjian and others a deeper understanding of Qi State.

Compared with Zhu Youjian's Gujing Wubo, neither Wang Chengen nor Cao Huachun thought that the situation in Qi State would be so good.

It must be known that the Qi State was established only ten years ago, the arable land is less than 2% of that of Daming, and the population is only [-]% of that of Daming, and the number of reformed laborers is still included.

In such a country, the annual revenue has actually reached one-tenth of that of Ming Dynasty.

Although this is the annual income that Qi can only obtain through mining after eating the dividends of reformed-through-labor workers, it is also worthy of Daming's attention.

However, Daming is currently suffering from a drought, and its annual income is not normal.

If Daming's annual income is normal, then judging from the current situation, an annual income of [-] million taels is Daming's normal annual income.

But even so, Qi's sudden rise is still jaw-dropping.

"According to this situation, the third five-year plan should be perfectly implemented, and Qi's annual revenue should exceed 1000 million taels in five years, and the population should exceed 400 million."

Zhu Youjian opened his mouth suddenly, and said a number that even Jin Xuan couldn't believe... 400 million people.

Right now, Qi has only 200 million nationals and natives, which means there is still a shortfall of 200 million people.

Zhu Youjian's current words mean that in the next five years, Daming will migrate at least 40 people to Qi State every year, which sounds incredible.

"You and the prince have met, and you must know what happened to him."

"Yes...the minister heard about it."

Zhu Youjian spoke to Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan also bowed back and admitted everything.

"Right now I have mobilized 120 steamships to emigrate Qi, so I need to ask you something."

"Come on now."

Zhu Youjian waved to Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan got up and walked forward to listen.

Zhu Youjian whispered something in his ear, which made Jin Xuan's expression startled for a moment, then stern, and finally showed a trace of joy.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will deal with this matter when I go back."

It seemed that the matter was finished, Jin Xuan took a few steps back and bowed to express his response.

At the same time, he also told the story of Qi State:
"Your Highness, do you want to take back the lost territory of our country against Fran's mobile soldiers?"

Jin Xuan didn't know that Zhu Youjian had already done the arrangement, so Zhu Youjian could only explain:

"I've entrusted this matter to Yan Yingyuan and Huang Long. If the people Yan Yingyuan sent didn't get Franz to agree to return the lost land, it wouldn't be too late to use force."

"Also, Huang Long doesn't quite believe in the construction of the Qi State. You just arrived in the capital, so don't rush to report on your work. First, go and walk around with your friends, and enlighten Huang Long and the others by the way."

"Huanglong and the others will go to Qi State after the Lantern Festival, you can make arrangements..."

Zhu Youjian's last sentence seems to have a little deep meaning, even Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen can hear it.

It's just that they don't know what Zhu Youjian's words mean, maybe only Jin Xuan can know.

Regarding this, they couldn't help looking at Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan nodded with a heavy heart when he heard the words.

"I've kept the courtyard in Guanlifang for you all the time. Your mother should not be asleep at this time. You should go home and visit your mother first."

Zhu Youjian signaled that Jin Xuan could leave, and Jin Xuan also bowed slowly after hearing the words: "Chen...resign."

As soon as the words fell, Jin Xuan withdrew from the Chengyun Hall, and then returned to the official square as if returning home.

With the beating of evening drums, there were no pedestrians on the street, only a small number of people who had just finished work and hurried home.

At the 120th beat of the evening drum, Jin Xuan returned to Guanlifang, but at the moment, Guanlifang was full of unwelcome towards him.

On the stone pillars on the left and right sides of Guanlifang, whoever wrote the ironic words, "The top is a conservative eagle dog, and the bottom is to abandon the former classmates, criticizing the shame of Yanshan".

"Long History..."

Most of the soldiers of Qi State are the children of soldiers who grew up in Qi State, so naturally they can't bear others to ridicule Jin Xuan.

Coupled with being young, they just want to beat the person who wrote these words at the moment.

"Go to the station first, Wang Zhao, you and I will go home."

Instead of letting the young team get their words out, Kim Hyun threw him a bag and spoke to the youngest soldier in the team at the same time.

While speaking, Jin Xuan got out of the car and patted the young Due Zheng on the shoulder:

"This is the expenses for this trip to Daming, 200 taels of silver. You should save some money, and you can't go back until after the Lantern Festival."

After all, Jin Xuan walked into the official office, not caring about the malice towards him from the officials in the office.

The young Wang Zhao followed Jin Xuan into the official office, while Dui Zheng was holding a money bag, full of dissatisfaction with the Ming officials.

After Jin Xuan's figure disappeared from sight, he took the remaining fifteen brothers and left the gate of Guanlifang, staying at the nearby post station.

As for Jin Xuan, he took Wang Zhao back to his home, and as the distance got closer, there was a rippling in his heart.

Being close to the hometown and feeling timid, this kind of thing naturally happened to him.

Ten years ago, his mother was only in her forties, but now I am afraid...

"Boy Hyun, come back for dinner soon!"

Before Jin Xuan was ready, a familiar voice sounded on the street since he was a child.

Jin Xuan looked up, and what he saw was his mother, who still had black hair and seemed not much different from ten years ago.

"mother!"

The relationship between father and son may not be good at expressing, but the expression between mother and child is often easier than the relationship between father and son.

Jin Xuan trotted forward, knelt down on the street and said:

"The child has been away from home for ten years, and now he just returns home. I am really sorry for my mother!"

As the chief historian of Qi, Jin Xuan also has his own Muxiu.

And because Qi’s holidays include 32 traditional festivals in the Ming Dynasty, such as Chunlong, Huachao, and Tianzhu, and set different holidays from one to seven days, the total number of Qi’s holidays is 52 days.

In addition to these 62 days of holidays, there is also a day off every nine days, so the total number of holidays in Qi State is 88 to 89 days.

Except for the occasional vacation, Kim Hyun is always busy.

So over the past ten years, he has accumulated more than 500 days of vacation.

If he wanted, he could go back to Daming to see his mother.

However, he also knew that due to his special status, it was inappropriate to appear in Daming without permission, so he kept holding back his thoughts.

"Mother, after my son has finished his work this time, I will take you to the state of Qi to enjoy the blessings."

When Jin Xuan was helped up by Jin's mother, he couldn't help crying, but he still choked back the crying.

"Ok...let's go home...let's go home."

Seeing her son, Mother Jin's face was full of smiles, she took Jin Xuan home, but just after they turned into an alley, they found a white cloth strip was hung on the door, obviously scolding his family members for their early death.

"I didn't come out just now, but now I have it."

Mother Jin is very calm, she can bring out two children, Jin Xuan and Jin Qi, so she is naturally not afraid of these things.

Not only was she not afraid, she also stepped forward to put the white cloth away with a smile, and said to Jin Xuan with a smile:

"These days, people come to hang white cloths at the door of the house every day. Leave them alone and let them hang them. If they can hang them for a few months, then you two brothers will have a few more sets of clothes to wear."

The smile of the golden mother infected Jin Xuan, and he walked into the house with the golden mother who put away the white cloth. Ten years later, the appearance of the house has not changed.

"Where is Brother Qi? Didn't you hire any workers?"

Seeing that there was no one at home, Jin Xuan was a little worried about Jin Mu's health, but Jin Mu laughed and said:

"I'm only 58. I'm still young. I'm fine. Your brother is busy preparing for next year's expedition, so don't disturb him."

"I also asked him to send letters to you, so as not to cause trouble for his wife and daughter at home."

Mother of Jin said, and went to the kitchen: "You haven't been home for many years, mother will cook for you and cook noodles for you."

"Okay..." Jin Xuan nodded when he heard that Mother Jin was about to cook noodles.

"What do you eat, kid?" Mother of Jin looked at Wang Zhao with a smile, but Wang Zhao said restrainedly, "I'm not hungry."

"So big, how can you not be hungry? I'll make you a bowl of Yangchun noodles." Mother of Jin walked into the kitchen with a smile after saying that.

It could be seen that she was very happy that the eldest son came back to visit her, but at the same time she was also full of worries about Jin Xuan.

Even ordinary people can feel the changes in the situation in the capital, let alone an old woman like her who lives in Guanlifang.

After working for a quarter of an hour, two bowls of hot Yangchun noodles were brought out, and Jin Xuan and Wang Zhao sat in the gazebo in the courtyard without airs. This is a unique phenomenon in Qi.

In the state of Qi, there is no difference between officials and common people, and sitting at the same table is also for improving work efficiency.

In short, what the Qi State wants to get rid of is the servility of the people in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

"How about Qi State? Is Dingxing County as prosperous as it is?"

Dingxing County is the hometown of Jin's mother. She asked specifically, just to know whether her son's life is suffering.

It’s just that her question made Jin Xuan laugh unavoidably, and Wang Zhao, as a person who grew up in Qi, naturally wanted to defend his “hometown”:
"Old Madam Jin, not to mention Dingxing County, even the capital, the Xijing City of Qi State can also be compared."

"Not so..." Jin Xuan shook his head with a smile, and said to Jin Mu:
"When I return to Qi, it will probably be in the next year or two. At that time, Xijing City should not lose to Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"So prosperous?" Mother Jin was a little surprised when she heard that the capital of Qi State was so prosperous. Obviously, she didn't expect Xijing City to be such a good place.

"Qi State..." Seeing this, Jin Xuan also began to talk about Qi State with Jin Mu, and Jin Mu, like the officials and common people of Daming, was very curious about Qi State.

A bowl of noodles was wiped clean, and there was not even soup left. Wang Zhao also added when Jin Xuan introduced the same:
"Old Madam Jin, with your craftsmanship, you went to Xijing City to open a noodle restaurant. There must be many people eating it, just like my mother's."

"Go, go!" Hearing Wang Zhao's words, Jin Xuan smiled and told him to go aside, obviously dumbfounded by Wang Zhao's act of admitting his mother.

Mother of Jin also laughed when she heard the words: "I'm not old yet, if my craft is really good, then when I go to Xijing City, I will also open a noodle shop there, so as to save myself from getting sick."

"Well, doing something is good for longevity."

Jin Xuan didn't object to Jin Mu's idea, he always supported Jin Mu's work, and his younger brother Jin Qi didn't want his mother to be too tired.

It's just that Jin Xuan knows that if the old man doesn't work, his body will degenerate more seriously.

Thinking of this, Jin Xuan wanted to tell Jin Mu about his wife and children: "Mother..."

"Tuk-tuk-"

There was an untimely knock on the door, and Wang Zhao subconsciously touched the dagger at his waist.

"Boyu! What? Have I disappeared too?"

Cheng De's voice sounded outside the door, and Jin Xuan immediately stood up when he heard the sound, and strode towards the door to open it.

It's already dark now, but Daming's curfew system has been restructured, so people can move around freely in Fangshi, as long as they don't run around like thieves.

With a "creak", the wooden door was opened, and outside the door was Chengde in a Taoist robe.

"How did you come?"

Jin Xuan frowned, looked around, and after he didn't find that Cheng De had brought other officials, he turned sideways and signaled Cheng De to go in.

As soon as the two entered the door, Jin Mu called Wang Zhao to the backyard to help him feed the pigs, while she went to wash the dishes, leaving the main house to the two of them.

Chengde looked at the background of Jin Mu, and could not help showing bitterness:

"Since the Yanshan faction disagreed with His Highness and your younger brother wrote a letter to Aunt Jin, Aunt Jin didn't want to see me anymore."

"Didn't you eat?" Jin Xuan looked at the much older Cheng De, and couldn't help shouting to Jin Mu in the kitchen:
"Mother, get Yuan Sheng a bowl of noodles!"

"The noodles are gone! The rice is gone!"

Jin Xuan just yelled out, and Jin Mu, who had said that it was not enough to add more, now responded that there was no rice noodles, and it was obvious that he did not wait for Chengde to the extreme.

In Mother Jin's eyes, the actions of Yanshan faction officials are completely ungrateful.

Her values ​​are not acceptable to give benefits to such a person, and she didn't use a broom to drive Chengde out, it was already for her son's sake.

"Forget it, I'm not hungry either..."

Cheng De took the initiative to step out of the steps, and then walked into the main hall, and Jin Xuan also walked in with him, and they sat down at the same time.

More than ten years ago, when the two had just become officials, they were in the same place, in the same position, and kept saying praises to King Qi.

It's just that ten years later, the two of them are no longer young and young, they have both entered their thirties, and they both have their own concerns.

"They are very dissatisfied with you and Gengming returning to Beijing..."

Needless to say, the people in Cheng De's mouth, Jin Xuan also knows that they are those guys who are greedy for power.

In this regard, he couldn't deny it with a smile:
"Knowing that they are dissatisfied, I am happy."

"What are you going to do?" Cheng De looked at Jin Xuan with some sadness, but Jin Xuan remained silent.

The two fell into silence for a while, which made Wang Zhao, who had finished feeding the pigs, return to the front yard. After seeing this scene, he went back in despair to continue teasing the pigs.

Looking at the boy's "cowardly and cowering" appearance, the atmosphere couldn't help but relax, and Jin Xuan also said:

"Currently, are you Cheng Yuansheng or Cheng Zuodu Censor?"

"I have always been me and have never changed. If I don't take this position and someone else takes it, I'm afraid that Daming is already full of smoke and smoke."

Jin Xuan frowned at Cheng De's response, but he also had to admit that it was much better for Cheng De to sit at the head of Yanshan Mountain than Li Demao, Zhang Maocai, and Wang Kejian.

Chengde is already trying his best to maintain stability, but for the other three, they don't have as good political determination as Chengde.

"I still say the same thing, if His Highness does not leave, the previous situation can be maintained, so the easiest way is for His Highness not to become a vassal."

Cheng De talked about his own thoughts. Compared with the Yanshan faction officials who want to seize power and want to turn back the wheel of history to satisfy themselves, Cheng De's thoughts are more simple.

"It's not a day or two for the three dragons to be together. It was able to continue before, why not now?"

Cheng De asked Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan was also speechless when Cheng De asked.

He naturally knew that King Qi's not leaving was the best solution to this matter, but he also knew that maintaining it was not what Zhu Youjian wanted.

The Yanshan faction has become so powerful that no matter how it is suppressed, it cannot be solved. At least with normal political means, the Yanshan faction cannot be suppressed.

If it lasts for more than ten years, when Zhu Youjian gets old, or he leaves, then Daming will really be the world of these insects.

If you don't take advantage of this time to find a way to severely damage the Yanshan faction, you will have no chance in the future.

Before, it was because of natural disasters and man-made disasters that cleaning up Yanshan would easily cause problems for Daming himself.

But right now... Jin Xuan couldn't help but think of what King Qi said to him earlier.

Zhu Youjian told him three things. The first thing is that the drought will subside quickly after next spring, and it will disappear within two years at the latest.

This incident also explains why Zhu Youjian took action at this time, because now that Daming's national strength has returned to normal, he can free up his hands to clean up the Yanshan faction.

As for the second and third things...

Jin Xuan couldn't help looking at Cheng De, and Cheng De didn't give in to his direct gaze, and stared at him for a long time.

"You can't beat His Highness..."

At the end, Jin Xuan suddenly said such a sentence, but it made Chengde laugh:

"If His Highness can really bring Yanshan down, even if I am exiled, I will still be happy..."

Cheng De's words made Jin Xuan silent. He tried to see some clues of his lying from Cheng De's face, but Cheng De's magnanimity made him unable to see anything at all.

Cheng De really hoped that Zhu Youjian could fight against Yanshan, and he would fight against Yanshan without using weapons.

It's just a pity that he couldn't think of any way to defeat Yanshan, or severely damage Yanshan.

The scale of the current severe drought far exceeds that of previous generations.

In such a situation, the local yamen of Daming dare not say that it was paralyzed, but at least the efficiency would drop a lot.

This decreased efficiency is not only efficiency, but also the probability of people starving to death.

The lower the efficiency of work, the more people will starve to death.

Common people, in Chengde's view, this is Zhu Youjian's deathbed, which is also the reason why he has not used swords for a long time even though he is most suitable for them.

If he was as determined as Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, he would only need to pay the lives of tens of millions of people to solve the problem of the Yanshan faction.

However, if he was that kind of person, then it would be impossible for him to be loved by the people as he is now.

"I'm leaving……"

Seeing that Jin Xuan didn't say anything, Cheng De knew that the two had exhausted their words.

He didn't stay too long, but got up and left the main hall, and walked out of the small courtyard.

Looking at his leaving back and the courtyard gate that had been closed by Wang Zhao, Jin Xuan couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"His Royal Highness's methods... are beyond what you can imagine."

Looking at the closed courtyard door, Jin Xuan sighed, and Wang Zhao also walked into the main hall, looked at the sighing Jin Xuan and said:
"Chang Shi, there are so many intrigues on Daming's side, and I don't know what they are fighting for."

Wang Zhao didn't understand the meaning of the Yanshan faction's scrambling for these things. Obviously, the imperial court has given so much salary, even if they are not corrupt, they can live a nourishing life.

"You can't understand them...and they can't understand us..."

Jin Xuan got up, left these words and entered the bedroom.

Looking at his back, Wang Zhao scratched his hair before shouting at Jin Xuan's back:
"Then do you still wash your feet? I have hot water!"

(End of this chapter)