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Chapter 1007 Governor's Worries

During the whole process of the worship ceremony, it was both sad and tragic, but Jiang Yuxu, the governor of Xuanfu, sighed secretly in his heart. He has been in Chi Castle for many days. Although he is accompanied by Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong and others, he often walks around in the castle in private. .

Originally a small frontier fortress, under Zhang Cheng's governance, it turned out to be like a big city. There are more than [-] people in and out of the castle alone, not to mention the commercial prosperity inside and outside the city.

Chi Castle was originally located in the center of Xuanfu North Road, and now it has become the political and economic dual center of Xuanbei, connecting Yunzhou Fort, Maying Fort, Dushi Fort, Zhen'an Fort, etc. Jinjiazhuang Fort, Longmenwei and other places are connected to Longmensuo and Changzhong Bunker in the east, and Ningyuan Fort, Dishuiya Fort, and Diaohao Fort in the south.

Today, inside and outside the castles in various parts of the North Road, there are many merchant workshops, military households and common people are very rich, especially on the line from Chicheng Castle to Yunzhou Castle, there are the most numerous workshops of all kinds.

Many master craftsmen who joined the workshop in the early days even obtained a license in Kaiping Weisi, and opened some non-core manufacturing workshops by themselves to provide parts for the core workshop of Xuanfu Army.

This is the idea that Zhang Cheng put forward before sending troops to aid Liao, and now it has become a reality. The soldiers and civilians on Beilu call this the concept of "subcontracting, cooperation and win-win".

Of course, this is another term created by Zhang Chengxin!
As "Mencius·Teng Wengong [-]" said: "The way of the people is the way. Those who have permanent property have perseverance, those who do not have permanent property have no perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance, let go of evil and extravagance, and do everything."

Mencius means that the way to govern the people is to make them become scholars with permanent property, so that they have the ambition to keep their careers, while those without permanent property are the source of disasters and have no career to keep, so they will have no scruples , wantonly doing evil, only seeking self-interest, regardless of the consequences.

And the permanent property mentioned by Mencius generally refers to the farmland!

Because the status of merchants in ancient times was the lowest and it was still very unstable, so after making money, those rich merchants bought a lot of farmland and built their own houses.

After all, there are times when business fails, how can life be happy everywhere, and the farmland and mansion are their final destination. Even if the business fails, they can still be a wealthy landlord.

However, under the leadership of Zhang Cheng, North Road opened up a different path. In addition to farming land, shops and workshops have also become one of the permanent properties of the military and civilians, not only in the town of Xuanfu, but even in the entire Ming Dynasty. On the land of the three provinces, this is the only one!
The fact that merchants and workshop owners in the Xuan Mansion can receive such treatment depends entirely on Zhang Cheng’s policies. It is precisely because of the improvement of their status that the shops and workshops they own have become property that can be inherited like land.

As a person who came from later generations, Zhang Cheng will naturally not be as short-sighted as the ancients. Because he is wary of businessmen, he suppresses them with all his strength and dare not make them grow stronger.

For Zhang Cheng, how to quickly develop the North Road to support his huge military business plan is the key at this stage.

As for whether merchants and workshop owners will have an impact on the regime, Zhang Cheng's power and the future of the family in the future, those are all things to talk about. For now, they are not a threat yet.

It is precisely because of the large number of industries in Xuanbei, and the fact that the Xuanbei Army has always been fully paid, that they have become the main consumer of Xuanbei's economic development. Even military tickets and silver dollars can be promoted because of this. .

Moreover, the soldiers of Xuanbei fought outside all the year round. In addition to farming the fields, Yu Ding, a woman and child in their family, could also work in the workshops of various forts to earn wages.

Even some people who are inconvenient to go out to show their faces can sign contracts with some non-core workshops, take out a little outsourced work and work at home, and still have a stable income.

Their men go to work in the workshops, or help those families who have no men to cultivate the fields in exchange for payment, while women can accept some outsourced needlework and earn wages at home.

Furthermore, since Zhang Cheng took power in Xuanbei, he vigorously advocated literacy education in various forts. Although it was first carried out in military camps, the folks were also affected by this, and literacy became popular.

Nowadays, there are few illiterate people in Xuanbei soldiers and civilians. Their education level is the highest in the entire Xuanfu, and they are influenced by various loyalty raps preached by the people. Their support for Zhang Cheng is also the most steadfast and firm.

Zhang Cheng was also very pleased with this. He could never forget the light of hope in their eyes when he first rescued the refugees in Mafang in the northern suburbs of the capital. It was the first light he saw after he came to this world.

Now, in Xuanfu North Road and East Road, this kind of hopeful eyes can be seen everywhere, but the original numb and desperate expression can no longer be seen.

His own efforts can change their lives and give them hope for the future. Zhang Cheng feels a sense of accomplishment in his heart!
Now every family in the North Road has surplus food and households have surplus money. In addition, the banknotes, food stamps and silver dollars vigorously issued by Weisi have been completely accepted by scholars and merchants. Sincerely save a lot of money for investment in industry.

Benefiting from this, there are many mines, forest farms, and pastures in Xuanbei and Xuandong, and silver, iron, tin, lead and other mineral deposits are mined, which provides sufficient guarantee for Zhang Cheng to forge ordnance.

Pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock and poultry have also been bred in large quantities in pastures all over the country. In cooperation with forest farms, the pastures have a tendency to further expand, providing sufficient supplies for the soldiers and the people of the Xuanfu army. source of meat.

Especially aquaculture, thanks to the continuous efforts of Xuanbei people, has achieved considerable development, making fresh fish one of the dishes that often appears on the tables of officials, gentry, soldiers and civilians in Xuanbei.

Of course, all of these developments are inseparable from Zhang Cheng's support. Except for the industries under the direct control of Weisi, the development of private industries has benefited from the policy of the Weisi Bank to encourage investment and the assistance of low-interest loans.

In particular, the military industry in Yunzhou Fort has now spread to all directions, especially in the direction of Dushi Fort and Chi Castle on the north and south sides.

Due to the development of aquaculture and fishery, in addition to satisfying the tables of officials, gentry, soldiers and civilians on the North Road, a large amount of bacon, bacon, ham, and salted eggs are also produced by various meat workshops, and there are even various canned food.

It is said that ancient science and technology should not be underestimated. When the social environment allows, the majority of merchants and common people will inspire the greatest enthusiasm for invention, and canned food is one of them.

However, in Daming, this thing is not called a can, but a "meat porcelain jar"!
According to "Qi Min Yao Shu": "Cut the livestock meat into pieces, add salt and wheat flour, mix well, and when finished, seal the head with dense mud in the inner porcelain."

This is the canned food in ancient times, and it can also preserve food for a long time. With Xuanfujun as a big customer, the bacon, bacon, ham, salted eggs, etc. produced by the meat workshops in Xuanbei are naturally not worried about selling. Don't go out, let alone a porcelain jar!
The most feared thing about running a livestock and poultry farm is all kinds of plagues, so veterinarians in Xuanbei are extremely popular. Many veterinarians are licensed to practice, and they also recruit a large number of apprentices to maximize their profits.

During the three years of apprenticeship, they are equivalent to the master's slaves. However, those who work for the master for free do not get paid a penny. money.

Therefore, the more apprentices these masters lead, the greater their own income in the future, and the quality of their apprentices' income has become a major issue affecting their income.

Therefore, teachers almost always just sit and collect money. The more apprentices they teach, the more money they collect. In order to collect more dividends from apprentices in the future, they can only work hard to teach all their skills.

Zhang Cheng is naturally happy about this. The more prosperous the government is, the better. Anyway, he has already started collecting business taxes under the rule, and the more prosperous the business, the better his income will be.

A good tax system and prosperous commerce are a virtuous circle. On the other hand, if the commerce is prosperous but the tax cannot be collected, that is abnormal prosperity, which is completely useless to the country, just like the situation in the south of the Yangtze River in Ming Dynasty.

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But Jiang Yuxu, governor of the Xuan Mansion, didn't think so. He knew Xuan Bei far better than others, but what surprised him was not the appearances that everyone could see.

Through observation, Jiang Yuxu found that whether it was among the neighbors, shops and merchants, or the diners in restaurants and teahouses, they all admired Zhang Cheng very much. They only knew about the general in their words, but did not mention the court and the emperor at all.

Seeing that the hearts of the army and the people of the North Road are united, they don't turn their hearts to the imperial court, but turn their hearts to Yongningbo. This situation is in the state, and we don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse!
However, at the moment, he is powerless.

Don't look at his official residence as the governor of Xuanfu, he has a great official voice on the surface, but that was when the imperial court still had prestige in the early Ming Dynasty, and now his actual jurisdiction is only Yanqing, Baoan Prefecture, and Weizhou in Shanxi Wait for a few places.

Most of the other places in Xuanfu Town are Shitu Guards. Now that the imperial court has declined, even the power of the governor of Xuanfu is gradually losing, and the area under its jurisdiction has been greatly reduced.

Of course, it all depends on what kind of guy the general of Xuanfu is. If it is a mediocre person, I am afraid the governor will be stronger. Even though there are many families of generals, they are not twisted together.

But Jiang Yuxu looked at Zhang Cheng, the new general of the Xuanfu, the general of Zhenshuo, and Bo Yongning sitting at the head, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. With Zhang Cheng's current official position and reputation, he might be even more difficult to be the governor. up!

"This is a misfortune for the country. Your Majesty, I am ashamed of myself. I am afraid that I will not be able to teach the people of Xuanfu to turn to the court."

However, Zhang Fuzhen, Governor of Xuanda, did not agree with him. In Zhang Fuzhen's eyes, it was the support and love for Yongningbo from the soldiers and civilians of the North Road that allowed him to be driven on the battlefield and fight bravely for him.

He is also a person who has led an army to fight, so he naturally knows the importance of unity in an army. An excellent general must be supported by his soldiers.

Only in this way can you command the battle as you like on the battlefield, and work together with the soldiers to be invincible and invincible!
Sure enough, the moment he opened his mouth, he spoke affirmatively to Zhang Cheng: "Uncle Yongning's rule is so prosperous, it's beyond my expectation!"

Zhang Fuzhen did not address Zhang Cheng by Zhang Cheng's name in front of everyone, but called him the title of Uncle Yongning. This move gave Zhang Cheng enough face, and he called himself an old man in front of Zhang Cheng with the honor of Xuan Da Governor, even more so. It was the governor Jiang Yuxu and other civil officials who were surprised.

But he himself behaved very naturally, and he continued to say: "In just three years, this border fortress, which is located in a corner, has been governed like an inland state capital.

From this point of view, Uncle Yongning is probably not only capable of running the army and fighting, but also has some expertise in governing the people and governing. He can be called an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. It is really my emperor's fortune to have Uncle Yongning in Ming Dynasty, and the country's dynasty ah! "

After his high hat was lifted, all the officials and generals in the hall immediately responded, and the voice of praise filled every corner of the hall for a while, only the governor Jiang Yuxu remained silent with a slightly ugly face.

Datong General Soldier Wang Pu was the most excited. He was chatting enthusiastically with Guo Yingxian and Zhang Guangda beside him. He was full of praise for Yongningbo.

Suddenly, when he raised his head, he saw that there seemed to be something wrong with the expression of the governor Jiang Yuxu, so he immediately asked with great concern: "What's wrong with Jiang Futai?"

Although Wang Pu's voice was not loud, every word fell into Jiang Yuxu's ears like thunder.

He suddenly remembered that everyone gathered at the Admiral's Office on Chicheng North Road today. Apart from paying homage to the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers, they also congratulated Zhang Cheng on being awarded the title of Yongning Bo. However, his worried appearance just now seemed to be out of tune with the enthusiasm of everyone in the hall. .

Jiang Yuxu knew that he had lost his composure, so he hurriedly said through the mouth of the donkey under the slope: "Oh, I have been quite tired these few days. Just now, I sacrificed the souls of the soldiers who died in the Xuanfu, and increased the sadness in my heart, so that I was in a bad mood. I taught Mr. Wang The soldiers laughed."

Wang Pu smiled and said to him: "If Futai is not feeling well, you should pay more attention to rest, and don't work too hard, so that you will lose your vitality. If it affects your service for the emperor, isn't it not beautiful."

Zhang Cheng also noticed Jiang Yuxu's strangeness, but he never thought that he would have so many suspicions about him in his heart, so he just said lightly: "If Jiang Futai is unwell, you can go down to rest earlier, there is no need to stay here hard." Support, leave a useful body to serve the emperor Long En."

Jiang Yuxu, courtesy name Zhongping, was born in Qixian County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province. He was born as a Jinshi in Xinweike in the fourth year of Chongzhen. He was first appointed as an official in Xiangyang Prefecture, Huguang. The capital censor and governor Xuanfu.

At this time, the bandits were powerful and troubled Zhongzhou. He had a statement of "the ministers are miserable" and reported to the court. The taxes and taxes of Qi County were exempted by Emperor Chongzhen.

Afterwards, when the Qing army entered the customs and gained power, he threw himself into the embrace of the Qing state and went to Huguang to appease the generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

However, although Jiang Yuxu later joined the Qing Dynasty, his heart was still in the Ming Dynasty at the moment, and he had no plans to become a slave. Naturally, he was always imagining for the court, and he was worried about Zhang Cheng's growing reputation in the land of Xuanbei.

But for the sake of the Xuanfu's civil and military concentricity, he couldn't express what was in his heart. Seeing what Zhang Cheng said now, he had no choice but to reply: "It's okay, just rest for a while."

He then cupped his fists again as a salute, and said to Zhang Cheng: "Yu Xu hasn't congratulated Uncle Yongning yet, but Uncle Yong is so concerned, I'm really moved."

Zhang Cheng also said with a smile: "You are welcome, Futai."

After this little episode passed, they began to chat with each other again. Wang Pu and Li Fuming's thoughts were all on making friends with the generals under Zhang Cheng's command.

On the other hand, Zhang Cheng and the Governor Zhang Fuzhen kept talking about the military and political affairs of the Xuan Mansion, and the Governor Jiang Yuxu also adjusted his mentality in time at this moment, interjecting casually beside him.

(End of this chapter)