Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 251
Time flies by, Jia Ying lives in the southeast, and the letters between the north and the south are constantly exchanged, watching the changes in the court situation.

Ye Baichuan officially joined the cabinet, and he had a lot of disagreements with Fu Donglai. The problem still appeared in his attitude towards Liaodong.

Fu Donglai is good at governing. Since this year, he has issued a number of government orders. From Jia Ying's point of view, these government orders are somewhat advanced at present.

First of all, in several places in Beizhili and Henan, Shandong, we have begun to try to divide the land into acres, and no longer pay taxes on a per-person basis. burden.

"Field mu starts from Ding, if there are more fields, there will be more Ding, and if there are few fields, Ding will be less. There is no way to deceive and hide when counting mu. The benefit is the first. The folks do not have to suffer from compensation, and the benefit is second. In the year of compilation and review, the book is compiled as usual, and there is no need to repeat it. Adding audits, the benefits are three. After finishing each field, everyone can do their best, and the benefits are four."

Accompanied by the move of the tenants into the mu, the accompanying supporting policies are to clear the land, check the population of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, re-register the household registration, and crack down on evasion and concealment.

Secondly, it is allowed to change one's nationality to be good, and it is strictly forbidden to privately buy and trade slaves.All humble households such as happy households, fallen people, companions, servants, etc. need to be registered in a register, and those who agree to the conditions can go to the local government to restore their good registration, and will no longer be slaves for generations.

The supporting measures also limit the number of slaves raised by noble officials' families. If the part exceeds the specified number, households must be registered for the common people.Once the registration of households is completed, the wealth created by these slaves needs to be taxed to the court.

The third is the gentry's payment of food, but as soon as this policy came out, it encountered extremely strong opposition, and several court meetings failed to pass it.

The last is to reform the land and return it to some lands in Daqian, or places where the imperial power is loosely controlled, such as the land in southern Xinjiang.

In Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, representatives of the chieftains have already come to Beijing. Firstly, the chieftains wanted to go to Beijing to negotiate with the imperial court in order to protect their own interests.Second, it was Jiade who issued an order to announce that the chieftains from all over the country would come to see him in pilgrimage.As one of the largest chieftains in Yunnan, the Mu family is naturally indispensable.

These are just government reform measures, and others are related to business, taxation and other economic aspects.For example, the acres of land, corvee, and other miscellaneous government items in each state capital are uniformly converted into silver taels to facilitate the collection of taxes by the court.Another example is the delineation of regions, liberalization of commercial taxation, encouragement of private industry and commerce, abolishment of some banknote customs, simplification of commercial taxation, etc., which will not be detailed here.

Looking at Fu Donglai's various New Deal measures, they are all for one thing, which is the finance of the Ministry of Households.

To make the country's finances sufficient, Guardian naturally supported Fu Donglai's decree, and with the urging of Feng Yankuan, Ye Baichuan and others, although the new policy was hindered a lot, it was still implemented.

Naturally, it will not be smooth sailing. The ones who suffer are the honorable gentry, and they will naturally resist, so the Embroidered Clothes Guards are busy, and after a while, they will hear news of which one has been copied again.

Generally speaking, Fu Donglai's wish has been fulfilled. At least for now, everything is developing in an orderly manner in the direction he envisioned.

Seeing that the results of the New Deal are about to be extended to the entire country, at this time, what Fu Donglai hopes most is that the world will be peaceful and there will be no more wars.

But Jiade was unwilling and pulled Ye Baichuan over.

Ye Baichuan's abilities are more comprehensive. He has no problem in governing the government, and he is also good at running the army, but God is fair, and no one is omnipotent. On the way of governing, he knows that he is not as good as Fu Donglai, but He obviously has more experience in running the army than Fu Donglai.

The northern border of Daqian has always been an unstable factor, which can endanger the capital at any time. More importantly, if the threat from the north cannot be completely resolved, no matter how effective Fu Donglai is in the New Deal, once the Huns A large-scale southward tilt will consume the national power accumulated over the years or even decades.

In addition, he was promoted to the cabinet twice, and he gave the impression to the officials that he was more like the emperor's favored minister. The position of the cabinet minister came to be somewhat flattering, and he continued to make achievements to serve Justify yourself.

Of course, this is just Jia Ying's own opinion.

So Ye Baichuan first focused on Liaodong, and of course it was not just that, Jia Ying received several letters from Ye Baichuan, and between the lines, they all revealed his concern for the new navy and his worries about potential threats from overseas.

In Ye Baichuan's words, unknown enemies are far more terrifying than enemies you are familiar with, and Dagan is too unfamiliar to Taixi.

Jia Ying deeply agrees with this sentence.

The Han people born in Kyushu and the Hu people in the north have been entangled with each other for thousands of years. What moves you use and how I should deal with them have already summed up an effective experience.

The superiority of population and civilization means that the nomadic civilization in the north cannot defeat the farming civilization in the south. Even if there will be a temporary defeat in the future, the final result will not change. The wheel of history always moves forward.

Of course, these words, others will not understand.

Whether Fu Donglai is willing or not, he can only submit, because the New Deal he dreams of needs the emperor's support.

What Jia Ying didn't expect was that the person who went to Liaodong on behalf of the imperial court was no longer the lineage of the founding nobles, but King Zhongshun.

In the past two years since Jia Ying entered the court, King Zhongshun gave him the impression that he was low-key, so low-key that Jia Ying couldn't figure out why such a prince who didn't care about world affairs would become the direct culprit in the destruction of the Jia family. Jia Ying was surprised when he heard the news that the imperial court sent King Zhongshun to Liaodong.

The affairs of the previous generation are complicated, there are many things, not to mention Jia Ying, even Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty don't know very well, when Jia Jing was a Jinshi in high school, they were still playboys in the capital.

On behalf of the imperial court, King Zhongshun will make a decision on the matter of Liaodong.Whether to suppress or win over, whether to fight or make peace, it's all in his words.

Liaodong is far away from Jiangnan, and it has nothing to do with his naval errand, so Jia Ying just waited and watched the changes.

Right now, what really concerns his own interests is about the reform of the four provinces in southern Xinjiang. His grandfather, Mu Tianchi, will enter the capital in person this time, and the Mu family will hand over the family affairs to his uncle. , this can be regarded as the official transition of power within the Mu family.

From Mu's actions, it can be seen that the chieftains are obviously wary of the Dagan court, otherwise his grandfather would not suddenly hand over the power of Mu's to his uncle. From the perspective of my grandfather, the safety of the heir is even higher than that of the current patriarch.

Mu Tianchi wrote a letter, asking Jia Ying's views on reforming the land and returning to the exiles. When he was still in southern Xinjiang, Mu Tianchi found out that his nephew, no matter his vision or the city, was no worse than his son, and he could even let him I feel amazing, but my personality is a bit weird, and I will always have some absurd thoughts and actions. Fortunately, in the wildness of southern Xinjiang, there are not many rules at all, and strength is the only thing.

Jia Ying's point of view is very simple, since he has chosen to surrender, he can't be indecisive. An arm can't twist a thigh, not to mention that this arm is not very coordinated.

Jia Ying could foresee that when the decree of reforming the land and returning it to local people was actually implemented, the four provinces in southern Xinjiang would inevitably shed blood again. It was almost impossible for them to easily hand over the rights that had been in power for hundreds of years. .

After all, once the land is changed, it means that the Tusi family will lose their land, property, taxes, and slaves. Without these, they will no longer be superior.

Through the contents of Mu Tianchi's letter, Jia Ying could feel that his grandfather was actually resistant to this matter, but King Nan'an's tens of thousands of troops were stationed in southern Xinjiang, which made him feel jealous and a little careless , will be exterminated.Because of this, he was entangled and asked Jia Ying for advice.

Perhaps his grandfather will feel disappointed after receiving his letter, and even think that his nephew, who is of ordinary Naxi blood, has completely sided with the Han people. Bridging the cracks.

But still the same sentence, confrontation, there is no way out, and it will cost the lives of the people in vain.

Isn't it just to change the land and return to the natives? How big is the difference between the Tufu and the Liufu? The progress of civilization means that people must learn to live within the rules and be able to live like a fish in water.

The rules of Tufu are formulated by the chieftain himself, while Liufu needs to follow the court laws.

But then again, Yunnan is far away in the sky, the tribes are chaotic, and the land is barren. How much energy will the imperial court devote to seriously manage this land?How can the way of life inherited from the ancestors be easily changed by a government decree from the imperial court?
In the end, why not rely on the joint governance of these local clans?Toast is nothing more than changing from a rule-maker to a rule-executor.

However, the rules made by the Mu family were originally limited to the Naxi clan. Let alone going out of Yunnan, even going out of Lijiang Mansion would face huge obstacles. What is there to regret?

The Naxi people will not disappear completely because there is no chieftain. If you don’t become chieftain, you can still be the patriarch. Isn’t the current prefect of Lijiang just named Mu?Even if it becomes a Liufu in the future, this will not change.

Moreover, it is not so easy to completely change the land and return it to the local people. I am afraid it will not be completed in one or two generations.

To be honest, if possible, Jia Ying also hoped that the chieftain of the Mu family would continue to exist. Leaving aside the relationship between family members, the help that the Mu family gave him was not small.

However, he really couldn't think of any way for the chieftain to successfully fight against the imperial court.

Another layer is that he also has his own arrangements for southern Xinjiang. Yunnan, where tribes fight each other, does not meet his requirements.

Of course, Jia Ying wouldn't let the Mu family rush forward and post what was in the past. If you get something too easily, you don't know how to cherish it.

Jia Ying's advice to Mu Enci is that there is no conflict, no confrontation, and no need to actively cooperate, just wait and see what happens next.

This is also acceptable to his grandfather, the greatest concession.

If the court succeeds, it will not be the Mu family's turn to bargain. If it fails, the Mu family will still be one of the largest chieftains in Yunnan, and it will not affect the relationship between the Mu family and the Dagan court.

This is not Jia Ying's whimsy, but the Mu family has such unique conditions. The area where the Naxi people live is located in the depths of southern Xinjiang. The northwest corner of the place where they died is surrounded by other large and small chieftains. It is controlled by the Daqian court. One of the areas with the weakest power, such a geographical location gave the Mu family the conditions to sit back and watch the situation change.

Jia Ying detailed the pros and cons in the letter as much as possible, and believed that his grandfather would make the right choice. He has been in charge of the Mu family for many years, and made Mu Shi chieftain one of the most powerful chieftains in his generation. His grandfather Mu Tianchi's wisdom is no worse than those old foxes in the court.

After sealing the letter paper, Qi Yaozong arrived just after sending away the Mufu clansmen who came to deliver the letter.

"My lord, there is news from Jinling that before the end of the year, Longjiang Shipyard will be able to deliver ten warships, enough for us to form a fleet. The rest are expected to be completed between February and March next year. "

"This is really good news." A smile appeared on Jia Ying's face.

"My lord, after the first fleet is built, the general wants to take these soldiers to a real battle." Qi Yaozong said.

Jia Ying turned to look at the other party, and asked with a smile, "Why, can't you hold your breath?"

Qi Yaozong patted the pillar beside him angrily, and said: "They are all blocked at the door of the house, and the final general does not have the heart of an adult."

The news that Jia Ying supervised the construction of a new naval fleet spread to the sea. In the past few months, bandits from the sea have been going ashore to provoke, and even killed near the Chongming Islands several times.

Jia Ying ordered all the guards to defend the shore and not to fight rashly, but this caused a lot of resentment among the soldiers in the army.

"How's the boat going?" Jia Ying didn't answer Qi Yaozong's words, but asked instead.

A fleet requires not only warships equipped with artillery, but also small boats and fast boats. Even a fleet needs to be equipped with dozens or hundreds of small boats or fast boats, either as sentinel ships, or in the form of It is indispensable for landing and docking.

"Don't worry, my lord, the basic shipyards in Suzhou and Zhenjiang are all in the process of processing, so we won't miss a big deal." Qi Yaozong replied.

"My lord, the last general's proposal just now." Qi Yaozong said still unwillingly.

After Jia Ying was silent for a long time, she finally shook her head and said, "Continue to stand firm, step up the training of soldiers, and urge the Nanjing Armament Bureau to deliver the first batch of weapons to the navy before the spring of next year."

"grown ups."

Jia Ying raised his hand to interrupt the other party, and said: "A newly formed navy, the first battle is extremely important, only winning is not allowed to lose, and I will not agree to you until I am completely sure. Our soldiers, drill The time is still short.”

"My lord, it is impossible to train a team of hundreds of battles only by practicing. Only after going through the battle on the battlefield can we create a powerful navy. They always have to meet the enemy. If this is the case, why not What about training soldiers in battle?"

"You're right, but I've made up my mind."

A deep disappointment appeared on Qi Yaozong's face. He thought he had finally made it through, but this guy was a little timid. Now Qi Yaozong began to wonder whether the rumors he had heard about Jia Ying were all true. is fake.

Jia Ying ignored the opponent's Xiao Jiujiu, but continued: "Let Zhenhaiwei play."

Qi Yaozong heard the words and looked over, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Jia Ying explained: "From the newly formed soldiers, they will be transferred to the Zhenhai Guard in batches, with the Zhenhai Guard as the main force, going out to sea to wipe out small groups of invading Japanese pirates, but there is one point."

A smile gradually appeared on Qi Yaozong's face, eager to try: "My lord, please tell me."

"No risky attack is allowed, only activities near the sea are allowed, wait for the opportunity to find a small group of enemies, and then decide whether to gradually expand the battle when the officer thinks it is appropriate. If you agree, this officer will let you command the Zhenhaiwei."

"The final general will obey your lord's order." Qi Yaozong replied eagerly.

"I will return to Beijing at the end of the year, and I need a few good news, otherwise I won't be able to explain to His Majesty and the court officials, do you understand?" Jia Ying was still a little worried, and repeatedly urged.

There is no need for land battles in naval battles, and he is also a big girl getting on a sedan chair. For the first time, he has to be careful.

It's true that Qi Yaozong is an officer of the navy, but it's about his own future. How can Jia Ying pin all his hopes on others, the road is still to be taken step by step, the steps are too big, and it is easy to retreat~.

After parting with Qi Yaozong, Jia Ying went to Zhoucheng with a few relatives. The two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang launched a vigorous insect extermination campaign. It has been more than a month now, and the effect is not very obvious. It is a long-term initiative, and it is almost impossible to see results in a short period of time.

As for the treatment of these patients, we still have to rely on doctors like Chang Youke.

Due to Jia Ying's authority, the officials of the two prefectures and counties are very cooperative on the surface, but he is not a local governor after all, and he does not have strong control over local parents. His, this extermination campaign, the hottest place is Taicang Prefecture, and there are several hard-hit areas nearby, because there is no good way, so they follow suit. As for other counties, they are not so good up.

"Miss Chang didn't go to the doctor today?"

In the state office, Jia Ying happened to meet Chang Zhenling who was invited by him from Wu county.Chang Youke has already become a guest of the prefect of Suzhou. Jia Ying is too embarrassed to poach someone, so she can only settle for the next best thing and invite Chang Zhenling here. Taicang Prefecture and the nearby Chongming Islands are the headquarters of the navy. With a trustworthy doctor in charge, Jia Ying felt uneasy.

Chang Zhenling's medical skills have been passed down from her grandfather, Jia Ying has seen this before, and the two have gotten along for a while, so she can make Jia Ying feel at ease here.

For this reason, he also sent Xi'er over to protect Chang Zhenling's safety and help out.

Seeing Jia Ying walking in, Chang Zhenling smiled slightly and said, "I heard from Mr. Zhizhou that the insecticide brought from the Jinling Armament Bureau has arrived. Out of curiosity, I came back to have a look."

Because of the special nature of sulfur, Jia Ying chose the Nanjing Arms Bureau as the place to make the insecticide, and then the local governments bought it from the Arms Bureau, so as to avoid any trouble in the middle. Even with his current status, he would inevitably fail be implicated.

The production method of insecticide is actually very simple. It is to grind sulfur and quicklime into powder, mix them well, and then boil them to get a simple but extremely effective pesticide. It can not only be used for field killing The pests and diseases of dead crops can also play a big role in preventing schistosomiasis.

However, the price is much higher than that of quicklime because it is mixed with sulfur. Therefore, it cannot be widely used, and it can only be deployed by the government and used in places where the epidemic is serious.

"Have you tried it? How effective is it?" Jia Ying asked.

Chang Zhenling nodded and said, "It's really useful. I didn't expect my lord to have such profound knowledge of medicine."

Jia Ying smiled shyly and said, "Talking about medical knowledge in front of you, isn't it just playing tricks? My little knowledge is just a little more reading. How can I talk about any attainments."

"Brother Xian is too humble, let alone other things, since Brother Yu issued a few notices according to what you said, the hearts of the people in the prefecture and county have been stabilized. I have also read a few volumes of medical records Now, what my virtuous brother said is the right way to prevent and control the epidemic, if you say that you have no attainments, I don’t believe it.”

Jia Yucun also came over and said with a smile.

"It's good if it works." Jia Ying nodded.

The instability of the people's hearts stems from the people's panic about the epidemic and the inaction of the local government.As long as the government can come up with a few sets of measures, no matter what the effect is, at least people's hearts can be stabilized for a while.

"Where's Xi'er?" Jia Ying asked without seeing Xi'er.

"He brought the servants of the state government to Suzhou City to buy medicinal materials, and he should be back today." Chang Zhenling said.

"Since Miss Chang is coming back, don't rush to leave. Let me be the host once. I have benefited from your grandparents and grandchildren twice. It is time for Jia to say something." Jia Ying suggested .

Chang Zhenling thought about it and agreed.

"It's just right, I have to wait for Xi'er to bring back the medicinal materials, we don't have enough medicinal materials."

Jia Ying smiled happily, then looked at Jia Yucun and said, "Brother Yucun, Taicang is your territory, where is there a good place to go? Miss Chang is a distinguished guest, so don't wait too long."

Jia Yucun said with a smile: "There is a restaurant in the west of the city. The Huaiyang cuisine is very authentic. Brother, you might as well take Miss Chang to try it. I'll send someone to take you there."

As he said that, he waved his hand and summoned the personal servant, and asked him to take the two of them there.

"Why, brother Yucun isn't going?" Jia Ying asked.

"Brother Yu still has redundant work to do, so I can't leave him alone." Jia Yucun complained.

Jia Ying could only take Chang Zhenling there alone. Chang Zhenling could be regarded as half a quack girl, so she didn't have much taboo. She traveled around the world with her grandfather, and it was common for her to show her face in public.

"This virtuous brother really favors women."

Having been in touch for such a long time, he has never seen this Doctor Chang smile at anyone. Although the other person is wearing a scarf, Jia Yucun still noticed the smile that appeared in the corner of Chang Zhenling's eyes.

Jia Yucun looked at the backs of the two leaving, and showed a meaningful smile. Jia Ying was able to invite such a female doctor, and even sent her cronies to the other party, which shows that the relationship between the two is extraordinary. It will disturb the two of them unwittingly.

Jia Yucun obviously misunderstood the relationship between the two, but Jia Ying didn't know anything about it, and even if he knew, he didn't care.

(End of this chapter)