I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 127 The Virtuous Circle of Development in Southern Liaoning

Chapter 126

The ceremonial officer stepped forward and said loudly: "Jinzhou Wenwu, all the soldiers of the army welcome the emperor to write!"

In such a solemn occasion, there is no need to bow down.From below Cheng Shijie, all you need to do is bow down and listen to the order.

Fu Zonglong took the imperial decree from the ceremonial officer and read it out: "Bingchen in May of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty said: the great affairs of the country, the soldiers are at the sacrifice, I inherit the order of heaven, and the Qin Shao Hongtu. The sea is in chaos. The slaves are rampant. Rampant, thieves and bandits wantonly plunder, false flags are spread indiscriminately, the difficulties cannot be overcome without conquest and punishment, and the frontier cannot be established without crusade. The establishment of the generals, three generations to control the sergeants, the committee of the Yuan Rong, the Han and Tang Dynasties because of the attack on Di Rong. Sacrifice and rule. Scholars are awarded titles. The amount of work collected is based on thatch soil, and the princes are rewarded with military merits. Therefore, Dayu built the Jiuding, the Duke of Zhou discussed the five nobles, white banners and yellow boxes, rewards and punishments..."

Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong are okay, they can barely understand, as for Cheng Shijie, who is already dizzy, as for Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Zhou Yandong, Chen Guodong, Li Zhixiang and others, they just stare with big eyes and small eyes, completely ignorant of what they are talking about. What means.

However, Zhou Yandong and others are very pious.

"The general who conquered the captives, the governor of the left, and the commander of the Ning navy, controlled the Dongjiang army Cheng Shijie, defended against the enemy and rejected the bandits, and was frightened by the news of the establishment of slaves. He patrolled the border and garrisoned the border, and the three armies were inspired. Therefore, the right servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital , Fu, the governor of Jimen, Liaodong, and Baoding's military affairs, the dragon and tiger festival, the gold seal and the purple ribbon, entrusted all the borders, and worshiped the strategy. Territory, suppress and build slaves with mighty virtue, so that the old and young in Liaodong will live and rule Kangning, Li Shuye will follow Xile, inherit Haotian as its beauty, and empathize with my kindness! To Fengjie, Er Qizai..."

Cheng Shijie could understand almost all the words, but the question, when connected together, did not know what it meant. When Cheng Shijie was still in a daze, Song Xiance lowered his voice and said, "My lord, please obey me!"

Cheng Shijie put his hands together happily, and shouted: "Chen, Cheng Shijie has ordered, thank you."

Sun Yuanhua and the others followed suit, "Thank you, minister!"

Huang Long led the generals above the generals of the Dongjiang Army, and they said unevenly: "I am waiting for the order, thank you!"

When it was the turn of the audience, the more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy said in unison: "I thank you by order!"

At this time, Cheng Shijie said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Six thousand Ning navy officers and men said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Fu Zonglong held the imperial decree in front of Cheng Shijie, and handed the imperial decree to Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie reached out to take it, and handed it to Cheng Shi behind him.

Only then did Cheng Shi hold the imperial decree.

The Liaodong Economic Envoy can also be called the Liaodong Economic Envoy. This is actually a military official position, because there is no civil organization in Liaodong, and all are under military control.In the entire Liaodong region, there is no state capital, only a guard.

However, from the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie was the first person to serve as a senior economic official as a military minister.

After accepting the imperial decree, the salute officer gave Cheng Shijie the official seal and festival symbolizing the envoy: "From now on, from now on, up to the sky, down to the spring, the general will control it."

In view of the fact that Cheng Shijie beheaded the scholar who committed the "flower case" when he was in possession of the Shangfang sword, an official with a bad record, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had to re-teach Cheng Shijie the authority to use the Shangfang sword.

"Jingjie, ax and ax are also the authority of the Son of Heaven. The lord bestows it on his ministers to reward and punish him on behalf of Haotian. Therefore, it must not be disrespectful to serve it, and it must not be used recklessly..."

"Yes"

The praise officer said again: "Jing is specially rewarded, and all officials below the fifth rank will be awarded. The general can do it himself. The third rank below the five ranks and above will be promoted. The general must play the stage pavilion and order it from the door."

Cheng Shijie said: "Yes!"

"If there are no exceptions, the Taige will not reject the general's request... If the Taige rejects the general's request, the general can directly report to His Majesty, and the cabinet has no right to ask the general's statement directly. The performance will go directly to Shengting through the supervisor of ceremonies..."

"Yes!"

Officials and nobles are famous instruments of the court, not generals who rule the people.Don't give it lightly; if you are not an incompetent and mediocre person, don't take it away! "

"Yes!"

"Festival special killings, all officials below the seventh rank who are guilty, the general can beheaded immediately, the fifth rank and above the seven ranks can be beheaded first and then heard, the generals below the third rank and five ranks can participate in the impeachment, after the Taige reconsideration conviction!"

Officials from the Ministry of Rites told Cheng Shijie more than 100 items, including who can be killed and who cannot be killed. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan back then, let alone Mao Wenlong, who was a first-rank general, didn’t even have the right to directly kill a third-rank general. No, even if you kill a general of the third grade, you need to impeach the court, and the cabinet will reconsider before convicting.

Under normal circumstances, the cabinet will not refute Yuan Chonghuan's request.

After the ceremony was completed, Cheng Shijie held another banquet in Jinzhou City to entertain Fu Zonglong and his party.

Sun Yuanhua looked at Cheng Shijie and said solemnly: "It's a good thing to have power in your hands, but you have to use it well to make it a good thing in the end. Does Beiping understand the meaning of this constitution?"

Cheng Shijie bowed and said, "I understand that playing with power will only harm others and ourselves!"

"It's good if you can understand. In today's world, power is often used in every way, and there are very few people who can make good use of power!"

Sun Yuanhua was also observing Cheng Shijie during this time.

Although Cheng Shijie's fortune has not been long, the more at this time, the easier it is to see the problem.For example, when the poor get rich, they are most likely to consume retaliatory consumption.People like Cheng Shijie, who suddenly grasp power, are the most prone to cronyism.

Sun Yuanhua observed that there were many people around Cheng Shijie, such as Song Xiance, Zhou Yandong, Chen Guodong and others.They are all Cheng Shijie's original team members. It is said that Cheng Shijie's most important thing should be military power, and Zhou Yandong, Chen Guodong, Song Xiance and others should be allowed to lead the army.

But the problem is, Cheng Shijie's approach made Sun Yuanhua somewhat confused.

Zhou Yandong, the second person in Ning Haijun under Cheng Shijie, takes care of everything except the army, except the army.But Chen Guodong only cares about military law. In Sun Yuanhua's view, Chen Guodong is actually a military judge.

In fact, Chen Guodong was Cheng Shijie's biggest help in effectively controlling the army, followed by Yang Yunniang and Liaonan Bank.Because of the existence of the bank, military officers cannot interfere with the military pay of all soldiers, preventing the officers from overhanding and deducting military pay from it.

The Ning Navy is different from other armies. Ordinary generals do not have the right to recruit soldiers. All recruits are recruited by the Military Training Bureau. The irregular transfer of generals can prevent officers from having too much influence in an army.

Cheng Shijie is not a saint, and he is not immune to clichés. The people he uses are all his original team members, like the Dengzhou Zuoqianhu Department of Dingzhou soldiers, or the Dengzhou Weizuoqianhu military households. Not stupid, not stupid, at the worst, he can be an official with hundreds of households in the village. This is a sixth-rank official position.

If other people want to become officials of a hundred households, they need to show extraordinary ability and strong loyalty. In comparison, the more than [-] military households in Zuoqianhusuo, whether they are in the combat army or in the The Tuntian system, even if it is managing a factory, can be promoted faster.

According to the management method of later generations, Cheng Shijie divided the factories under his name into different grades according to the size, that is, factories with less than 36 employees were classified as the chief executive level.The factory director and manager enjoy the treatment of a hundred-level director, with an annual salary of 60 shi grains and [-] taels of silver.

300人以上至800人以下，则为把总局级。每年享受72石粮食，外加100两银子。800人以上至一千500人以下，则为总领千总级。每年年薪享受120石粮食，外加200两银子和相对应的分红。

More than 500 people are capital-level enterprises. The factory director and manager enjoy the capital-level treatment. So far, Cheng Shijie's factories in southern Liaoning have only reached this scale in military units, such as steel factories, gun factories, and ordnance factories. , Carriage factory.The farm tool factory is the only private factory with more than 500 employees, reaching more than [-] employees.It's just that not long ago, the agricultural tool factory was divided into two, Jinzhou Factory and Gaizhou Factory.

In the five years of spring plowing in Chongzhen, the main reclamation area was concentrated in Jinzhou. Next year, while developing Jinzhou, it will also pour to Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Haizhou. The establishment of a factory in Gaizhou is also to reduce transportation pressure.

"By the way, Beiping, what are you going to do about entering Beijing?"

Sun Yuanhua went on to say: "Now the Holy Majesty intends to invite you to the court to report to His Majesty, but I am afraid that you will be suspicious, so I clearly stated that it depends on your own wishes. If you do not want to go, then send an envoy to accompany Mr. Fu to the court!"

Under normal circumstances, when the governors of various provinces took office or were transferred, they would go to Beijing to meet the emperor.This is because the emperor needs to conduct a face-to-face inspection, and there are some important matters that need to be explained in a timely manner, and he will be encouraged and supervised.In other words, if a certain governor has served in other places for a long time, and his political achievements have been affirmed by the emperor, then under normal circumstances, there is no need to go to Beijing to face the saint.This situation is very common, especially in those governors of the interior provinces.

Cheng Shijie's situation is quite special. His political achievements have been affirmed by Emperor Chongzhen. According to the usual practice, he does not need to go to Beijing to face the emperor. But the problem is that Cheng Shijie has become the idol of Emperor Chongzhen, so this young emperor wants to see See Cheng Shijie, the Great Ming's "Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

Cheng Shijie also knew that if he procrastinated not to go to the capital, Emperor Chongzhen might have some ideas. He would definitely go to the capital, but right now, the spring plowing work was basically over. Cheng Shijie doesn't really have much to do with irrigated crops, and he will also go abroad in later generations, so he needs to leave for a while.

More than 100 capital officials came to southern Liaoning. The military households and workers in southern Liaoning were so surprised that they even spoke in a much softer voice.Fu Zonglong was in high spirits. Facing the banquet provided by Cheng Shijie, the fried duck was browned, the chicken was fat and oily, the mutton was burnt outside and the inside was tender, the vegetables were fried green and oily, and the thick broth. A meal is considered a luxury wherever it is placed.

Fu Zonglong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, only drank three glasses of wine before pretending to be drunk. Cheng Shijie couldn't figure out Fu Zonglong's drinking capacity, and he didn't try his best to persuade him to drink.As a result, Fu Zonglong returned to the guest room where he was staying, wiped his face with a towel, his eyes were clear, without any trace of drunkenness.

Fu Zonglong changed into a long shirt, took his entourage, and walked around the entire Jinzhou City. He was full of praise for Ning Haijun's free bathhouses, free pharmacies, free medical centers, and bustling factories.

Although it is said that southern Liaoning has achieved free medical care for all, in fact, this free medical care makes Cheng Shijie feel helpless, because there is a field hospital of the Ninghai Navy in Jinzhou, five pharmacies, eleven medical centers, and fifteen cooperative medical centers. Hospital, the number of doctors, not to mention in Shandong, even in the capital, is already relatively dense.

But the problem is, in order to make money, those cooperative medical clinics began to mobilize their employees to look for patients everywhere. After the patients are treated in the medical clinic, they don’t need to take money, but only need to press their own fingerprints. The embassy settles accounts with the Military Affairs Department of Ninghai Navy.

Since then, any medical clinic has been overcrowded. According to the theoretical standards of Chinese medicine, there are few normal and healthy people in Ming Dynasty, especially kidney deficiency. There is also the saying that nine out of ten people are deficient. People who are really sick have no chance of being healed at all, while idlers with no serious illness occupy limited medical resources.

Cheng Shijie originally decided to expand the cooperative medical center, but in the end he had to propose that the kidney-tonifying medicinal materials, yang-strengthening medicinal materials, and tonic medicinal materials are all no longer within the scope of free.

Fu Zonglong only glanced at the so-called free medical clinic, and asserted: "Cheng Jinglue was tricked!"

Cheng Shijie also knew that he was a little naive.

When there are no sufficient medical resources, it is purely uncomfortable to force the implementation of free medical care for all.

When Fu Zonglong came to Jinzhou Academy, he saw that in the spacious classroom of Jinzhou Academy, sixty or seventy children were wearing neat and uniform Confucian shirts, sitting upright, shaking their heads with books, and following the teacher: "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, the universe is prehistoric..."

I came to the class of another year again and found that these children were shaking their heads and reciting: "Three three is nine, three 42, three 55, three 68..."

Originally, there were not many teachers in Jinzhou Academy. Since Xie Zongze became the dean of Jinzhou Academy and enjoyed the treatment of a ninth-rank official, he wrote letters to his classmates and friends, asking them to come to Jinzhou Academy to teach. Without wasting money and food at home, there is still a chance to take the exam. How good is this salary?

Soon, the number of teachers in Jinzhou Academy increased, and Jinzhou Academy made great contributions with nearly a million books.These poor talents are not rushing for the salary Cheng Shijie offers them, nor the treatment they give them, but for giving them the opportunity to write honestly for free.

Fu Zonglong came outside the city and saw the cattle farm in Jinzhou City. At this time, the cattle farm was located in a huge ravine, filled with mountains and plains, and there were cattle grazing leisurely everywhere.

Fu Zonglong's long follower, Fu An, was stunned and said, "My God, how many cows are there?"

"So-so, more than 7000 heads!"

Fu Zonglong followed the prestige and saw Cheng Shijie and Sun Yuanhua coming hand in hand.

Since Fu Zonglong announced the decree to Cheng Shijie, after Cheng Shijie accepted the strategy, his official position has actually been higher than that of Fu Zonglong.

Although it is said that in the Ming Dynasty, the rank of supervisor was the highest, and generally speaking, it was held concurrently by the Minister of the Ministry of War, followed by the governor, and the governor would be the governor of one or several provinces, but the official position of Jinglue was the most serious military threat. Only then will a strategy be established.When Sun Chengzong was serving as the economic envoy of Liaodong, he controlled the military and government of Liaodong, and all the wars with Houjin were under his control.

Fu Zonglong's Minister of the Ministry of War is the third rank, and the highest official position is the governor, which is only the official position of the second rank.And Cheng Shijie is the commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Commander Division, and the Liaodong Economic and Strategic Envoy is also the second rank, but Cheng Shijie is the gold seal and purple ribbon.

This is the standard equipment for Dr. Guanglu. Of course, Cheng Shijie has not conferred the first-rank doctor Guanglu now, but he has given him the gold seal and purple ribbon of the first-rank.

This is equivalent to the deputy section chief of the later generations, who presides over the company, and it is only a matter of time and qualifications.

"Cheng Jinglue!"

Fu Zonglong asked with a smile: "Where did Cheng Jinglue get so many cattle?"

"Of course I bought it!"

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "When Cheng first came to southern Liaoning, there were only more than 700 cows in total, and more than 500 million mu of fertile land. What is the use of more than 700 cows, so Cheng took out a sum of money and paid the cattle The dealer bought more than [-] strong cattle."

Speaking of this, Cheng Shijie made a bitter face, "The price of cattle is too expensive, ten taels of silver a head, and five thousand heads cost me 5 taels of silver. It's a money grab!!"

Fu Zonglong could only smile wryly.The price of cattle has been rising continuously over the years, from five taels of silver a head in the Wanli period to eight taels of silver a head.

Cattle are an indispensable support for farming. As a large agricultural country, there is never enough cattle in Daming, and there is no surplus, so the more you buy, the more expensive it is, because even the most powerful cattle dealer wants to get rid of it all at once. It is not easy to get hundreds of strong cattle.

Who is willing to sell strong cattle unless it is a last resort?He pointed to the two calves that knelt on their forelegs and struggled to stand up, and said, "Everything is difficult at the beginning, but after passing this hurdle, it will be smooth. You see, the two calves have just been born. There are a few calves on the side, and the herd will continue to give birth next year, and your herd will grow more and more. In a few years, you will no longer have to worry about lack of cattle. Most importantly, you don't have to worry about the lack of cattle. Annoyed by the lack of fertilizer."

Having said this, Sun Yuanhua's expression became even more bitter.

Cheng Shijie's first destination for buying cattle was Dengzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, because Cheng Shijie's price was high, and he did not pay money alone, but also used grain.Now the price of grain in Shandong has broken through one or two taels of silver, and even reached one or two taels of silver per shi, but Cheng Shijie is lucky. He bought high-quality rice from Jiangnan, and the cost price of transporting it to Dengzhou was less than seven taels of silver. per stone.

Those people who were too poor to survive had to sell their cattle for food. After all, a cow can exchange more than 1000 catties of high-quality rice.

There are only a few sources of fertilizer these days. The first is silt with a lot of humus, such as pond mud in ponds, the second is plant ash, and the third is poultry manure.

Silt is free, but there must be ponds. Without ponds, there are only ditches.Cheng Shijie's major repair of the ditches can dig silt, but it also needs to hire people, and it also costs money. If there is no money, he has to wait for the flood to wash away the silt, and that will be a disaster.

Plant ash is also free of charge, just burn the wheat straw and straw. The problem is that the wheat straw and straw are the firewood in the farmers' homes. It is up to them to cook and boil water, and it is impossible to burn them all at once.Now in Jinzhou, there is not much vegetation to burn, and the fertility of the ash is relatively poor. It cannot be done entirely by it.

Livestock manure is the best farmyard manure. It is highly fertile and can be supplied stably. With such a good manure, crops will naturally have good harvests, but raising a large number of poultry and livestock requires a lot of food consumption.

This leads to a strange circle: if you want to get a good harvest, you must have enough manure, if you want to have enough manure, you must raise a large number of poultry and livestock, and if you want to have a large number of poultry and livestock, you must have a lot of surplus grain, and if you want to have a lot of surplus food Food, there must be a good harvest...

This is an inescapable circle. If any link goes wrong, it will form a vicious circle, but if one of the links can be untied, it can form a virtuous circle.

It is very easy to see how the common people are doing. You don't have to read official articles, you can just take a look at the farmers' chicken coops and cattle pens and you will know everything.Just like later generations, if you look at the recipes of the common people, you can know the cost of living of the common people. Throughout the last year, Lao Cheng bought beef five times a year, because it was too expensive and he couldn't afford it.Lao Cheng is a fat man, but last year, he lost more than 30 catties and succeeded in losing weight.

Cheng Shijie bought more than 4000 cattle from Shandong one after another because of his wealth, and Xie Jinglin bought more than 1000 cattle and more than 2000 war horses from Jiannu.

Now Cheng Shijie has more than 600 war horses and [-] cattle. However, as far as the cultivated land in southern Liaoning is concerned, it is actually not enough. On average, there is only one cattle on an average of more than [-] mu of land. Among them, It is also because Cheng Shijie has a large number of large animals such as mules, poor horses, and donkeys.

Especially donkeys, although donkeys are not as fast as horses, nor are they as tall and mighty as horses, but in fact donkeys have very strong endurance, eat less, and have good endurance. They are relatively easy to feed animals.Throughout southern Liaoning, Cheng Shijie alone owns more than [-] donkeys, most of which serve major factories and are used as power for animal machinery.

In addition, there are many donkeys among the people.

Because Cheng Shijie is rich, he has enough manpower to dredge the ditch and compost the silt in the ditch. Now he has enough grass and grain to feed a large number of cattle, donkeys, mules and war horses. Three to four million catties of cow dung are produced.

In addition, Cheng Shijie also owns tens of thousands of pigs and tens of thousands of sheep. There are piles of manure outside the farms, and the irrigation problem has been solved. The foundation of a virtuous circle has been laid.

In fact, many people think why Cheng Shijie didn't distribute the land to the common people. In fact, it is useless to divide the land. The common people have no money, no ability to feed livestock, and no ability to get enough fertilizer.

PS: Lao Cheng continues to write, if Twelfth Half is not issued, there is no need to wait.

(End of this chapter)