Zhao Guangyuan's attitude made Jiang Xiang and his son very happy, but at the same time they felt sad.
The princes who were crowned kings this time, including His Highness the Tenth Prince, whose biological mother was just a humble palace servant, and His Highness the Ninth Prince, whose biological mother was dead and whose maternal family was helpless, all had many supporters. However, the most noble King of Yue, had no one to support him.
"Your Highness, don't worry. As long as I, Jiang Xiang, am here, I will fight for a way out for Your Highness!"
After returning to Beijing, Jiang Xiang and his son began to secretly plan. He quickly selected an official named Li Mao who came from a poor family and was impartial and independent.
Li Mao was born in a poor family. He was a second-class Jinshi at that time. Because there was no one in the court, he was assigned to a barren land in the northwest to become the county magistrate. He served for several years.
Even though he has been promoted to Tongzhi now, he is still transferred to the northwest and has never been transferred away from the northwest. He has been elected as Tongzhi for two consecutive terms in Luozhou.
The Minister of Civil Affairs was having a headache with Wu Youguang's transfer application. This old man has been reelected in Yuezhou for three terms. Can he be allowed to continue to serve? Nothing makes sense.
I had a headache and went to a restaurant to drink. I heard several businessmen discussing business next door. I didn't want to hear it, but unexpectedly I heard one of them complaining about the headache of being assigned as a shopkeeper.
It is said that everyone wants to be a shopkeeper in the capital or a shop near the capital, but the location of the capital is a carrot and a hole, and it is difficult for people to move. However, some shopkeepers who have been shopkeepers in the south for more than ten years wrote letters saying that they wanted to be transferred back to Beijing. They said they wanted to reunite the whole family, otherwise they would have to beg for their elders.
Just when he was thinking about how to arrange the arrangements for his shopkeeper, this period of time gave him a headache.
The Minister of Civil Affairs immediately pricked up his ears when he heard this.
Although this is not a matter between the DPRK and the Central Government, the people sometimes contain great wisdom.
I heard other people offering suggestions one after another, saying that it wouldn't work if I didn't move. Having been the shopkeeper for a long time, it was easy for him to collude with the accounting clerk and other parties, and the shop might become his own. If that doesn't work, the shopkeeper from the north will be transferred to the south, and the shopkeeper from the south will be transferred to the north. Take turns.
The businessman cheered.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was immediately inspired. He went to the Yamen the next day and looked up the official list. Because Jiang Xiang had already asked someone to do something secretly, he quickly paid attention to Li Mao.
Li Mao has been elected as Tongzhi for two consecutive terms, and it is time for him to be promoted.
Give it to Wu Youguang and give it a liter. On the watch immediately. Emperor Zhizheng would not pay attention to such a personnel transfer in a remote area, so he immediately approved it. Therefore, Wu Youguang, the current prefect of Yuezhou, was transferred to Luozhou and returned to the post of prefect, but was promoted one level.
Li Mao, the same governor of Luozhou, was also promoted one level and transferred to the post of prefect of Yuezhou.
Although he had been promoted one level, from the fifth grade to the fourth grade prefect, the environment was still as bad. Li Mao was complaining that he had to cross more than half of Qi from the northwest to take office in Yuezhou. But he didn't dare to disobey the imperial court's order, so he packed up and headed to Yuezhou with his family.
In the palace, Zhao Guangyuan also received news from Jiang Xiang's people.
Everything about Li Mao in the letter is detailed down to the fourth and fifth generations of his ancestors, as well as his mother's family, his wife's family, his daughter-in-law's family, and his son-in-law's family. They are listed in extremely detail.
Zhao Guangyuan watched carefully until he saw... "The brother of Li Mao's daughter-in-law is in Ningwuguan?" A seventh-rank general?
Ningwuguan? Shao Liang and his son are now at Ningwuguan.
Zhao Guangyuan thought for a while, then wrote a secret letter to Shao Liang and asked Fang Er to pass it on.
Fang Er came back from the letter and was a little confused, "Your Highness, this Yu Liang is just the eldest brother of Li Mao's daughter-in-law, and he is not a member of the Li family. Your Highness takes care of him, so why not send a secret message to Li Mao to win over him directly?"
Zhao Guangyuan shook his head, "Li Mao is a straight minister. He has not been attracted by other forces over the years, and he has insisted on serving the people as an official. He has done many capable things for the people in the northwest over the years. He is a rare good official. Such a person, directly Co-opting will only be counterproductive.”
It is better to do something in Yuezhou first to make Li Mao surrender to him and voluntarily surrender to him. This will have a better effect than if he directly writes to him and makes Li Mao feel forced to surrender.
Only then did Fang Er understand Zhao Guangyuan's painstaking efforts.
"Your Highness, why don't you switch me and my brother? My brain is not as good as my brother's."
Zhao Guangyuan glanced at him and said, "You are indeed not as good as your brother. Your brother has a good mind and is good at winning people's hearts. If I put you in Yue Di, how can you do better than your brother?"
Fang Eryi choked. Isn't he as good as his brother no matter where he is?
"Then I will farm the land for Your Highness."
After saying that, he scratched his head and said, "Your Highness, you are not short of food and drink now, why are you asking the people below to clear out a piece of land to do it? Do you want to farm the land yourself? Besides, it is autumn now, and you can't grow food, right?"
A few days ago, His Highness asked the little book boys in the palace to go back and call their adults. He also summoned several nearby mausoleum households and asked them to open a piece of land.
The land is not small, and I don’t know what His Highness is going to do.
Zhao Guangyuan had never farmed before. When he was young, he went with the late emperor to inspect the farm, just for fun. He didn't know how to farm. But Lin Zhaoxia said that one pound of chemical fertilizer can increase grain production by four to five pounds, and that selling grain would be better than trying to increase grain production, and he listened.
"I got some things to increase food production and thought about getting some land to try it out."
"Ah, something that can increase production? Is there such a good thing?" Fang Er was a little surprised.
Even Cao Cuo on the side came over and said, "Your Highness, is there really such a good thing?"
"Yes. But I don't know whether it will be effective on the land here. No, I am just preparing to test it."
"But it's already autumn." After all, Cao Cuo has stayed in Huangzhuang for six years. He knows what crops to plant at what time.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a trial or two. If you can't grow food, plant some vegetables first. If it works, it will be the same for food. When next spring, we will promote it."
"Okay, then I'll help too." Fang Er was eager to give it a try. If he could grow high-yielding vegetables in winter, he wouldn't have to eat dried vegetables in winter. Farming is all about farming, there is nothing difficult about it, nothing is as important as filling your stomach.
So after Zhao Guangyuan took Lin Zhaoxia to buy fertilizer several times, Lin Zhaoxia admired him quite a lot.
This is a His Highness who dares to think and do.
"Watch more relevant videos and take some notes so that you can pass them on to the people below."
Lin Zhaoxia didn't know much about farming and couldn't provide him with much help. I just take him to the library to read books, go to the bookstore to buy relevant books, and then search for relevant videos for him.
She thought that after finishing this work, Zhao Guangyuan would have time. Lin Zhaoxia thought that he would have more and more opportunities to go out in the future, and she might not be able to accompany him all the time, so she wanted to send him to learn to drive.
As a result, I received a call from Han Yang.
"Our classmates in Haishi want to get together this weekend. Xia Xia, can you come?"
Han Yang hadn't seen Lin Zhaoxia for a while. Lin Zhaoxia sent her a good night message on WeChat, but Lin Zhaoxia didn't reply, which made Han Yang a little frustrated.
You can bring your family members to this party. He is single and so is Xia Xia. If there was any activity, he and Xia Xia would be a perfect pair. Xia Xia will definitely understand his heart.
(End of chapter)
