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Chapter 701: An iron nail pierces through the top
Zhu Yijun told stories for a long time in front of Yue Fei's tomb. Zhu Changzhi was still too young, and he could not understand the dangers behind the war. Zhu Yijun did not go into detail, but just gave a brief account of Yue Fei's life. But even in brief, there was still too much to say.

"On December 29th of the 11th year of Shaoxing, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou issued an order to kill Yue Fei. In prison, Yue Fei wrote down the eight characters "The sky is clear, the sky is clear" and was then coerced to death." Zhu Yijun took Zhu Changzhi and burned incense at Yue Fei's tomb.

In the ancestral hall of Yuewang Tomb, not only Yue Fei is enshrined, but also Yue Fei's eldest son Yue Yun, and his generals Zhang Xian and Niu Gao. Niu Gao's tomb is actually about 600 steps north of Yuewang Tomb. Zhang Xian, Yue Yun and Yue Fei were executed together. Niu Gao, as the most capable general of "Yue Family Army" (Shenwu Hou Army), was poisoned to death by Qin Hui two years later, so they are put together for memorial service.

Qin Hui instigated Zhao Gou to kill Yue Fei, but he did not just kill Yue Fei, but also carried out a thirteen-year-long purge of the pro-war faction in the court at that time. Anyone who advocated war would be killed. The reason why Qin Hui was so arrogant was actually because of Zhao Gou's connivance.

From the moment he killed Yue Fei, Zhao Gou had no choice but to surrender.

"Let's go to Yu Gong Temple." After paying homage to Yue Wang's Tomb, Zhu Yijun got on the car again and headed towards Yu Gong Temple. Yu Gong Temple was less than three hundred steps northwest of West Lake Villa, and the distance was very close. Since he had come to West Lake, there was no reason to only pay homage to Yue Wang's Tomb and not to pay homage to Yu Gong Temple.

Compared to Yue Fei who was ultimately unable to unify the country, Yu Qian at least defeated the Oirat people and used the bounty to exchange Yesen's head for the Ming Dynasty, which was considered as revenge for the Ming Dynasty and gave Zhu Qizhen, this joke, a decent cover-up in the end.

If Zhu Qizhen had not returned to the Ming Dynasty, he would have spent his whole life hunting in the north and eating sand on the grasslands. In that case, Zhu Qizhen would have been the biggest joke in the unified dynasty.

Unfortunately, Yu Qian picked up the old face of the Ming Dynasty, cleaned it up, and put it on his face again, making everyone feel that the Celestial Empire should be like this.

Another person who supported Yu Qian's advocacy of war was Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu. Zhu Qiyu not only supported Yu Qian's advocacy of war, but also personally formulated a third-class merit reward plate and mobilized the troops prepared to fight against Japan into the capital.

“If Yu Qian had been like Xu Youzhen and insisted on moving south, and everyone had run back to the Southern Court, I wonder if the Ming Dynasty would still exist today.” Zhu Yijun came to the Yu Gong Temple, lit three incense sticks for Yu Shaobao, stood in the courtyard of the temple, and looked around.

The courtyard was obviously carefully maintained by the local government in preparation for the inspection. The tiles and floor blocks were new, the grass and trees had been freshly trimmed, the paint and walls had been repainted, and one could even smell a faint scent of paint. Yan Shixuan didn't know whether the emperor would come to worship or not, but he still renovated the place.

After the Tumu Fortress Incident, was Xu Youzhen the only one who advocated a move south? Of course not. All the civil and military officials in the court advocated a move south. After all, the defeat was overwhelming.

Even Zhu Yijun, who knew nothing about military affairs, knew very well the horror of the five words "a defeat as severe as a landslide". When losing, one would really be defeated again and again.

In the Battle of Sarhu, the vanguard was defeated, the front army was defeated, and the central army was defeated. The blow to morale brought by the defeated soldiers was more terrible than imagined. It was because Du Song underestimated the enemy and was greedy for merit, thinking that the small Jiannu was nothing more than that. In his arrogance, Du Song advanced recklessly and gave Nurhaci an opportunity. The defeat was as unstoppable as the collapse of a mountain.

Migrating south was a rational decision to ensure survival first and leave the north as a battlefield for the generals. However, sticking to the position was a crazy and self-destructive decision.

The emperor asked, but no one dared to answer this question, because there was a deep-rooted "follow the crowd" culture in the officialdom. If you don't follow the crowd, you have different opinions, you must take responsibility for your different opinions. Yu Qian was just a third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War at that time, and Yu Qian could have just followed the crowd.

What would happen if Yu Qian really followed the crowd? I dare not think about it, and those who followed him dare not even think about it.

"Bring me writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone." Zhu Yijun said to Feng Bao. He wanted to write an inscription. After thinking it over, he wrote: It will take a long time for public opinion to be determined. Where can we find another person like him? He is unique in every generation.

This is Zhu Yijun's copy of Lin Zexu's evaluation of Yu Qian from later generations. Zhu Yijun believed that Yu Qian deserved the evaluation of being unique in the world.

Because that heavy history is a scar full of wounds, the court tried to avoid talking about that past, so the entire Yu Gong Temple was exceptionally quiet and few people came.

Yu Gong Temple, with its white walls, grey tiles, and vermilion lacquered gate, has the three large official script characters "Jing Gong Temple" written on it, which makes it look solemn and dignified. The temple is just a small courtyard with three entrances and exits, covering a total area of ​​just over one acre. To put it nicely, the courtyard is lush with vegetation and shaded by green trees, and it is a quiet place. To put it bluntly, the temple is not very popular, and few people come to pay their respects. It is even a bit run-down.

"I don't like this place being so quiet. We need to repair this place and fix the road. From now on, students of Hangzhou Prefecture School must come here to pay tribute when school starts on the 16th day of the first lunar month every year." Zhu Yijun gave specific instructions.

"Your Majesty, this might disturb Shaobao Yu's peace, which is not what Shaobao wants. If we force them to come, they will instead make up stories to accuse Shaobao of his faults." Feng Bao did not choose to obey the order, but instead put forward his own opinion.

Zhu Yijun was silent. Feng Bao was not making a fuss. If he really insisted on having these students come, who knows what kind of foul language they would use. You have to know that Yu Qian was a well-known surrenderist. He lost his life for the country of the Zhu family. The emperor nodded and said, "That makes sense... Then just expand it."

The Ming Emperor was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and came to the side room and asked, "Why is there a tablet here? Who is it dedicated to?"

Feng Bao bowed his head quickly and said, "Yu Yue, the great-great-grandson of Yu Shaobao, inherited the title of deputy commander of Hangzhou Guards in the tenth year of Jiajing. In the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, he died fighting against the Japanese pirates, so they were all buried in the Yu Gong Temple."

"Bring some more incense." Zhu Yijun also burned incense for Yu Yue, who was a loyal hero in the fight against the Japanese invaders.

When Zhu Yijun left Yu Gong Temple, he also inquired in detail about the experience of Yu Yue, the great-great-grandson of Yu Qian. What made Zhu Yijun a little helpless was that the reason why Yu Yue's temple was placed together with Yu Qian's was because Yu Yue could not enter the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery, so the descendants of the Yu family could only be placed here.

Yu Yue died in the 27th year of Jiajing, when Zhu Wan ordered the attack on Shuangyu Port.

In the eyes of the imperial court, Zhu Wan was wronged and Yu Yue was a loyal hero in the fight against the Japanese pirates. However, in Zhejiang, it was completely different. The general public opinion in Zhejiang believed that during the most prosperous years of Shuangyu Port, it suffered from Zhu Wan's cruel and bloody suppression and poisoning, and Yu Yue was one of the executioners. Therefore, Yu Yue could only be placed in the Yu Gong Temple.

Shuangyu Port was regarded as the world trade center in Zhejiang Province, but Zhu Wan's brutal suppression dimmed the pearl of the sea. All the ground buildings of Shuangyu Port were burned down, and Zhu Wan also ordered people to block the channel into the port with sunken ships, wood and stones, making it impossible for Shuangyu to become a pearl again.

Zhu Wan said: These are the bandits from Zhengmen Courtyard. As long as these Shuangyu bandits are not gone, the Ningbo area will never have peace.

However, the powerful and influential people in Zhejiang said: Hundreds of people were captured, beheaded or drowned, and 130 people were captured, all of them were good people, not a single Japanese. How could there be Japanese pirates?

Zhu Wan was swept away by this trend and public opinion, and committed suicide to express her disapproval.

The powerful and wealthy people in Zhejiang thought: Zhu Wan sent 2,000 people to attack Shuangyu, but he killed hundreds of people, all of whom were Ming Dynasty merchants, and captured 130 people, including the host Gu Liangyu, Zhu Lianggui, Liu Qi, etc. There were no Japanese, not even one Japanese, so how could it be said that he was suppressing the Japanese? It was obvious that Zhu Wan had set his eyes on the wealth of Shuangyu, and after entering the port to plunder, he burned everything to cover up the evidence.

It was because Zhu Wan brutally suppressed Shuangyu that the Japanese invasion broke out! It was all Zhu Wan's fault!
"In my opinion, Zhu Wan is not cruel enough. Why would he commit suicide? He just arrested anyone who talked nonsense and executed them directly by accusing them of being Japanese pirates. When others said that he framed someone, no one dared to blame him if he really did." After listening to why Yu Yue could not enter the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery, Zhu Yijun gave his opinion.

Or maybe Zhu Wan was too kind-hearted. You see, he was as cruel and ruthless as Zhu Yijun, and he used violence to the fullest extent. So no one blamed the emperor for using violence, but instead praised him.

"Also, what do you mean there are no Japanese pirates? Among the 130 prisoners, besides seven Japanese pirates, there are also 27 black and red-haired foreigners, and they all have two sets of iron armor. How come there are no Japanese pirates? You are confusing the cause and effect, which is nonsense! Wasn't it because of collusion between internal and external forces that the Japanese invasion was so serious that Zhu Wan had to quell the war? The descendants of Xie Qian were all killed, and it was said that it was done by the Japanese pirates. Now you say there are no Japanese pirates?" Zhu Yijun said with dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yijun was really amazed by the ability of these powerful and powerful people to talk nonsense! The Japanese invasion in Zhejiang was known to the imperial court, and all the descendants of Xie Qian, the former chief minister of the cabinet, were killed!

"Your Majesty, you will never be able to stop being angry with them. Later, when the Japanese invasion became rampant, they could no longer talk nonsense like this." Feng Bao advised the Emperor to calm down. What a bullshit World Trade Center! It was nothing more than a smuggling center!
Legitimate sea merchants, kind people? Bullshit! In the private market of Sandu’ao, these so-called legitimate sea merchants robbed villages along the coast, traded Han people, and used opium to control Han people as slaves. Until now, there are still more than a dozen victims who cannot leave the torture center and quit opium in the torture center.

This is what smuggling merchants look like. There are no good people among them.

The Ming Emperor returned to his West Lake villa and met Zhejiang Governor Shen Shixing and Hangzhou Prefect Yan Shixuan in front of the gate.

"This time, a thorough cleanup was carried out on the temples. A total of 4.2 million silver coins of various types were confiscated. According to the imperial decree, the incense money was not touched. Only illegal money houses and brokers were confiscated. The land illegally deposited by various temples exceeded 34,000 hectares." Shen Shixing reported on the proceeds from the confiscation of temples in Zhejiang. The scale of various types of property reached 4.2 million, which was half of the proceeds from the confiscation of wealthy families in Zhejiang. It can be seen how intense the accumulation of wealth was.

The 3.4 million mu of land were not included in the calculation of silver. According to the average price of 5 taels of silver per mu of land in Zhejiang, this was a shockingly huge amount of assets. Land is a means of production, and if it is not calculated in silver, according to the Wanli family confiscation law, all land would be classified as imperial farms and government fields.

"Since these people chose to flee in vain, you can't blame me. They will be included in the imperial farms and government fields." Zhu Yijun approved Shen Shixing's memorial in red. All the fields would be consolidated and, through the method of selling and exchanging, would be concentrated together to become government fields. The grain obtained would be supplied to the military and the Changping warehouse to stabilize grain prices.

"Feng Daban, issue an edict to all parts of the Ming Dynasty: temples and other places of meditation may not own more than ten hectares of land, and are not allowed to run money houses, brokerages, markets, etc. If anyone defies the order, all their property will be confiscated and they will be exiled to Suiyuan." This was not an additional decree by Zhu Yijun, but a reaffirmation. In fact, since the second year of the Wanli reign, temples were not allowed to hold too much land. This time, the restrictions were tightened comprehensively.

"Your Majesty, there is a case." Shen Shixing bowed his head and said, "Let Prefect Yan speak."

"The first temple I raided was called Zhaoxian Temple, located on West Lake North Road. When I arrived, it was already noon, and I heard someone inside crying and shouting, 'I don't want to become a Buddha.' I felt very puzzled, so I asked the imperial guards to climb a tree and spy." Yan Shixuan began to report the case.

Ti Qi climbed up the tree and looked inside, only to see many monks surrounding a little novice monk. They clasped their hands together in greeting and wished him to ascend to heaven as soon as possible. The little novice monk refused to do so and it was this little monk who refused to become a Buddha.

The monks tried to persuade him, but the novice monk complained.

The imperial guards came down from the tree and reported to Yan Shixuan. Just as Yan Shixuan was about to take action, believers, more than a thousand of them, came from afar and ran towards Zhaoxian Temple. The yamen runners stopped them and did not allow them to get close. Yan Shixuan then asked the reason. It turned out that Zhaoxian Temple told the believers that a living Buddha would pass away today, and asked everyone to burn incense and worship.

The imperial guards tried to stop the believers, but they insisted on breaking through, and in the noise they almost delayed the time. When the imperial guards broke open the temple door, they saw the monks holding the young novice. The monk wanted to insert an iron bar more than four feet long into his buttocks, and the young novice was held down by six or seven monks and could not move.

The imperial guards shouted to stop them and fired their guns into the sky, which frightened off the evil monks and saved the little monk.

"In other words, the monk who will pass away today is the novice monk who was almost killed by the long iron bar? How could he survive if he was pierced by this four-foot-long iron bar?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "Why did he pierce the iron bar?"

"An iron nail went straight through his head, so his head wouldn't be crooked after he died. When believers saw that he really passed away, they would naturally be willing to burn incense and worship Buddha. Hasn't it been sealed for a month? There are many temples in Zhejiang. When this living Buddha passes away, he can get money from believers." Yan Shixuan said with emotion: "Your Majesty, this little monk has a miserable life."

The young monk was the son of a boatman in Shuangpu, Qiantang County. The boatman died at the dock, and the young monk's uncles took away the family property. The young monk was only nine years old and had nowhere to go, so he had to become a monk in Zhaoxian Temple. The young monk grew up in the temple from the age of nine to thirteen. He accidentally saw the living Buddha sitting and passing away with an iron nail piercing his head. He was scared out of his wits.

It was also because he had glimpsed the secret method of sitting in meditation that the little monk was about to enter into meditation. The little monk wanted to escape but was caught red-handed. If the imperial guards had not investigated the case and rescued him, the little monk would have died.

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. It would be fine if they don't concentrate on worshiping Buddha and practicing Buddhism, and get involved in some money-making business, but how can they harm people's lives? Is that little bit of silver so important! It's lawless! Arrest these evil monks and parade them through the streets to expose their evil." "Your Majesty, this is not an isolated case." Shen Shixing said with a complicated expression.

Zhu Yijun stared at Shen Shixing blankly and asked, "What do you mean? It's not just the Zhaoxian Temple that does this. Are other temples doing this for the money?"

If other people's temples have sat and passed away on time, but our temple doesn't, who would come to burn incense? In order to attract believers, we always have to do something exciting.

"According to what we have found, 17 temples have done this." Shen Shixing bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I and Prefect Yan are here to report this to Your Majesty. Please make a decision."

It turned out that Yan Shixuan was just investigating this as an individual case, but the more he investigated, the more he found that something was not quite right, because in Zhejiang Province, many temples did this for the sake of incense money. Almost all temples that announced a precise time of death and required believers from all directions to burn incense and worship the Buddha did this.

There is an iron nail piercing through the top of his head, so can't that tell the exact time of his death? And his head won't even tilt.

As the investigation went on, Yan Shixuan became a little afraid to continue. This matter was of great importance, so he came to ask for Your Majesty's opinion on whether he should continue the investigation.

"Investigate thoroughly. Whoever you find will be put on a parade cart and paraded through the streets! Make their crimes public and inform everyone. Don't be fooled again. This is nonsense!" Zhu Yijun actually didn't mind the existence of these temples. After all, they need each other. Some need a void beyond, and some provide services. Zhu Yijun didn't stop them.

It is absolutely not allowed to illegally seize land, run businesses illegally, or kill people.

Shen Shixing invented the parade method. Chen Tiande was still in Zhejiang, and there were plenty of parade cars. We had to tell everyone their true appearance so that they would not be deceived.

Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing and Yan Shixuan, thought for a moment, and then said, "This kind of thing must be investigated strictly, and there is no need to ask about it in the future."

Yan Shixuan and Shen Shixing looked at each other and nodded in acceptance of the order.

Your Majesty can see what they are worried about.

In fact, they were more worried about the Queen Mother's reaction. After all, the Queen Mother worshipped Buddha. As they investigated, they found that the temple was full of such things. How would the Queen Mother react if she knew about it? Therefore, they did not dare to investigate too deeply. Even if they found out, they did not dare to make a public announcement to inform the people. If they made the Queen Mother unhappy, their whole life's work would be in vain.

Being completely responsible to superiors is a drawback of bureaucrats. They are more worried about top-down pressure, because bottom-up pressure often takes a long process of qualitative change, but the thunder from the emperor can arrive in an instant.

However, when the country was suffering from a huge loss, the Queen Mother forced Wang Chonggu to build a pagoda in the Forbidden Garden.

That pagoda was actually the product of a political struggle, which forced Wang Chonggu to express his surrender. When it came time to build the bell and drum tower of the main government office, the empress dowager refused to allow the outer court to build it in her name.

"How is the Cao Gang issue being handled?" Zhu Yijun asked about the beginning of it all.

Looking back, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty realized that the fight and killing in the street by the Cao Gang was actually a concrete manifestation of the intensified conflicts in Zhejiang. The conflict between the government offices and the powerful and wealthy had become irreconcilable after Wu Shanyan was beheaded in public. The fire that burned down the place where the emperor was staying further intensified the conflict.

Wu Shanyan colluded with local evildoers and wanted to cut the pay of the Zhejiang Ninth Battalion and force it to disband. However, the Zhejiang Ninth Battalion mutinied in resistance, and the imperial court finally chose to behead Wu Shanyan in public, which in fact meant giving up the interests of the local powerful and wealthy.

Shen Shixing was transferred from Songjiang Prefecture to Hangzhou Prefecture for work, which meant that the court was going to extend its influence to Zhejiang again. From that moment on, the resistance of the powerful and influential people began. In fact, all these sequels were the sequel to the mutiny of the Nine Camps.

The emperor's southern tour further intensified the conflict.

The fighting among the Cao Gang was just one part of the complex struggle and also the beginning.

"If the canal is not built, I dare not say that the problem can be solved, but if the canal is built, it can be completely solved." Shen Shixing told His Majesty that the problem of the Cao Gang has always been that the people could not find a way out. If they have a place to work and can get paid for the work, the foundation of the Cao Gang will disappear.

To eliminate the Cao Gang, it is not enough to eliminate the Cao Gang itself, but to find a way out for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After the canal was completed, an engineering corps was formed to repair bridges, roads, dikes, and all water conservancy projects.

"The 4.2 million silver coins confiscated this time will be used to build a highway from Hangzhou Prefecture to Songjiang Prefecture, passing through Suzhou Prefecture. The Suzhou section will be built by Suzhou Prefecture." Zhu Yijun distributed the confiscated property and did not take any of it away, so he left it in Zhejiang.

The canal and the two highways are the specific impacts Zhu Yijun brought to Zhejiang during his southern tour.

"We obey your order." Shen Shixing was overjoyed and bowed his head to accept the order.

The Southern Court had been clamoring for the construction of a highway because there was a widespread demand for it. Although the waterways in the south of the Yangtze River were very developed, land transportation was also an indispensable supplement. The emperor had gone through such a big drama in Zhejiang but did not take the money away, which was double happiness.

"Jiangnan is the most prosperous place. Since you have been clamoring to repair it, I see that there is indeed a need for it, so let's repair it."

"I have received a memorial from Songjiang Prefecture. This large sailing ship from the West has not left yet. Why is that?" Zhu Yijun asked with some confusion.

In previous years, the sailing ship would only dock for a month at most and then leave. Now it has been docked for nearly two months and has not left yet. The cargo of the Taixi sailing ship has basically been purchased, but it is neatly piled at the dock and has not been loaded on board.

Shen Shixing said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the large sailing ships arrived early this year. The ships arrived in May. The fleet was waiting for the monsoon. It was just right that the Songjiang Shipyard took advantage of the early arrival to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the eleven large sailing ships that arrived at the port and found many major problems. I don't know how these Westerners managed to destroy the ships. The ships were broken, but the watertight compartments were sealed and continued to be used. The watertight compartments are for emergency use."

"In addition to the overhaul, it is the Taixi sailing ship that is waiting for cargo. There is a batch of tea that needs to be shipped."

Shen Shixing explained the reason. The one month early was just right for the overhaul. The goods that the Western merchants were waiting for were tea, and small tea bags were becoming a hot-selling product in the West.

"Tea from the West... I can only say that it can barely be considered tea. They have wasted such a good thing, just like the raw silk." Shen Shixing said with a look of disgust.

Zhu Yijun once gave Felipe a sword, which was considered a sword that matched the hero. As a result, Felipe gave him a box of silver coins and a set of Western iron armor in return.

This is the cultural difference. In Zhu Yijun's opinion, there was nothing wrong with the state gift he gave, but in the West, when a monarch gave weapons, it was a declaration of war. Felipe gave a box of silver coins in return, which was considered as buying the sword, not a gift, eliminating the misunderstanding caused by cultural differences.

For example, Felipe’s former state gift included the Nuremberg Egg, which in the Ming Dynasty is homophonic to “songzhong” (end), which is actually very taboo.

Zhu Yijun didn't care much about these. On the contrary, the Nuremberg Egg opened up the precision manufacturing of the Ming Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty liked the gift very much.

The reason why the sailing ship was delayed was that starting this year, the Ming Dynasty no longer provided tea bricks, but small tea bags, because these Western merchants were wasting things too much.

"When drinking tea in the West, all kinds of tea, regardless of origin, color, whether it is pure tea or black tea, are broken up, chopped up, and mixed together. Because of improper storage, the tea becomes moldy when shipped back to the West. It is really a waste of God's gift!" Shen Shixing did not know much about tea, but the Spanish Governor of Chile once gave Shen Shixing a gift that included mixed tea.

He will never forget that taste.

"Can we drink it then?" Zhu Yijun was stunned. If the tea leaves were all crushed and chopped into small pieces regardless of their quality, wouldn't that just be tea foam?
When Westerners get tea bricks, they just cut them with knives. Sometimes they mix in rotten and moldy tea leaves and all kinds of random leaves to pass off inferior goods as good ones.

After much deliberation, the Ming Dynasty decided to switch to small tea bags. Firstly, it would increase employment, secondly, it would increase profits, and thirdly, it would prevent Westerners from passing off inferior products as good ones and tarnishing the reputation of Ming tea. Tea is a bulk commodity and can make a lot of money. The 80,000 tea farmers in Zhejiang are all middle-class families.

It is not easy to build a market, but it is easy to destroy it.

The tea bags sealed in small jars are all sealed with mud to further ensure that they will not get moldy.

It takes time to process large tea bricks into small tea bags, so we need to wait. This will help Daming Tea further open up the Western market, and Zhu Yijun chose to support it.

"Your Majesty, tea can support 80,000 tea farmers in Zhejiang, and tea and coffee can support 80,000 tea farmers in Guizhou and Yunnan. Your Majesty, 80,000 tea farmers in Zhejiang may not seem like much, but in Guizhou and Yunnan, 80,000 tea farmers who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty are the foundation of the country." Shen Shixing said earnestly, "I think we can select experienced tea farmers, give them silver, and open up tea gardens in Guizhou. This is a long-term strategy for stabilizing the country."

Even if His Majesty did not mention the fact that the large sailing ship had not left for a long time, Shen Shixing also planned to put forward his own suggestions when he met the emperor.

Coffee has been successfully planted in Yunnan, and the Qianguo Mansion has opened up a 30,000-acre coffee garden. The terroir in Guizhou is actually excellent for growing tea.

Agriculture is the foundation of everything.

"Your idea is good, but going to Yunnan and Guizhou is like exile. We have to pay enough, and we have to breed according to local conditions. It's all hard work. I'm just worried that no one will be willing to go." Zhu Yijun thought that Shen Shixing's proposal was very good and was in line with his consistent advocacy of agriculture for national security.

But the biggest problem is that no one goes there. Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou are all smoke-filled and miasma-ridden places, where even exiles are unwilling to go.

The exiles preferred to go to Java.

(End of this chapter)