North Korea has little flat land and many mountains, similar to Fujian.
The only disadvantage compared to Fujian is that it is located in a high latitude area and does not have enough hot time, which is not conducive to crop growth.
There is no future for developing agriculture in such a place. Even if intensive farming is done, the yield will be very limited.
After Li Chong took office as the provincial government, he racked his brains to develop the province's economy.
In addition to its important geographical location, the peninsula itself is really lackluster, and even its resources are very scarce.
Li Chong thought about it and felt that it might be promising to take advantage of North Korea's mountainous terrain to vigorously develop the mountain fruit and tree planting industry.
Moreover, it can also supplement the gaps in the empire's agricultural economy and create unique products that belong only to North Korea.
Zuo Mengeng admired his idea very much.
"The fact that you think this way shows that you are really serious about it. With an officer like you, there is no need to worry about the future of North Korea. I will give an order to Mr. Kang Yu and ask him to rush to North Korea immediately to help you implement the project."
Seeing Zuo Menggeng personally take action, Li Chong was overjoyed and knew that his political achievements were no longer in question.
Now that Zuo Mengeng has decided to go to Shanxi soon, many tasks in the capital must be completed as soon as possible.
The most important issue is the status of the capital.
After this place was recaptured by the empire, the Central Committee had discussed the future of the capital many times.
"The capital has a special status that cannot be ignored. Even if it is not used as the capital in the future, it must be managed well. My idea is to follow Songjiang's example and establish a special city under the direct jurisdiction of the central government."
Seeing everyone arguing endlessly, Zuo Mengeng came up with a solution.
Hou Xun couldn't help but ask: "Isn't this the northern capital?"
According to the previously formulated five-capital system, everyone thought that the northern capital was the capital, but Zuo Menggeng listed the capital as a special city.
Zuo Mengeng shook his head and gave a reasonable explanation.
"The capital is too close to Xanadu, so there is no need to set it up as a capital city. It should be renamed Yanjing Special City, and an administrator should be appointed to handle government affairs."
Chen Zhi considered everything.
“If this is established as a special city, where should the provincial capital of Gyeonggi be located?”
In everyone's original idea, the capital was not the northern capital, but the provincial capital of Gyeonggi. As a result, when Zuo Mengeng arrived, he had a third plan.
Zuo Mengeng did not answer directly, but first arranged the question of Yanjing Special City.
"How about if Yanjing takes over the government, let teachers be in charge? The Academy of Social Sciences can also be moved here. Taking advantage of the rich cultural atmosphere here, it may be more suitable."
Zuo Menggeng proposed that Liu Zongzhou should take charge of Yanjing.
The prince has also served as the prefect of Shuntian and is very familiar with the affairs here.
This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone, and customization was also formed.
From now on, the government of the special city must be held by the prince.
Liu Zongzhou had long been angry with Zuo Mengeng, so he did not refuse and readily agreed.
Next is Gyeonggi’s problem.
"From now on, Beizhili will be renamed Hebei Province. As for the provincial capital, I think it will be located in Tianjin Wei."
Zuo Mengeng chose a brand new provincial capital location for Hebei.
The thinking of everyone here was limited to the existing big cities. They were suddenly dragged to Tianjin Wei, and they couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
"Your Majesty, what's the beauty of this choice?"
Since you don’t understand, it’s time for everyone to learn. After all, every decision Zuo Mengeng makes can give everyone a new understanding.
Zuo Mengeng was indeed not chosen randomly.
"Although Hebei was once at the foot of the emperor, except for Yanjing, other places have not seen much improvement. The reason is that when the Ming Dynasty established the country, they focused on land and ignored maritime interests. Hebei is obviously close to the sea, but The inability to profit from sea trade is one of the reasons for Hebei's poor development. Putting the provincial capital in Tianjin, where there is also Tanggu Port, can have a radiating effect to other inland governments."
Later, the Hebei provincial capital was chosen in Shijiazhuang.
Although it is convenient due to the railway connection, it seems to be good for transportation reasons. But in fact, with two behemoths next to it, Shijiazhuang's influence is minimal.
Except for the authentic Anhui pan noodles, they are almost transparent in all provincial capitals across the country.
All parts of Hebei have also been affected and their development is not going smoothly.
Now under the framework of the empire, Yanjing no longer has the status of a capital, reducing its influence on surrounding areas.
Tianjin Wei will then be upgraded to the provincial capital, which will serve as a bridgehead for the province to communicate with the outside world. The effect will definitely be better than that of other cities such as Shijiazhuang.
The empire attaches great importance to maritime trade, and the huge benefits therein are also an important factor in the empire's growing national power. Considering this aspect, no one disagrees with Zuo Menggeng's choice for the Hebei Provincial Government.
The new Hebei Provincial Governor is Zhong Sanlin. Like Chen Zhi, Wang Yun, and Jiang Wei, they were all refugees from the capital.
But unlike those three, Zhong Sanlin was originally a pure farmer and was illiterate. But he is shrewd, resourceful and has outstanding ability to do things.
After entering the camp, he was not willing to be just a craftsman. While working hard, he studied and read seriously, and later passed the government school.
Step by step, he has now reached a high position in provincial government.
Because we are pragmatic, we consider issues much more carefully. Whenever something is said, it must have something to say.
"His Majesty once talked about the issue of regulating the Yellow River. Will this affect the future pattern of Hebei Province?"
The problem of the Yellow River has become a thorn in the side of the empire.
In particular, the dike digging in Kaifeng in the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign filled everyone with a sense of crisis for this river.
The unification war is now underway, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have been completely recovered.
Is it time to start the management of the Yellow River?
Everyone looked at Xue Fengzuo.
Despite the high expectations placed on him, Xue Fengzuo showed no signs of timidity and seemed to be very wise.
"Your Majesty, and colleagues, after more than ten years of hard work by our Ministry of Water Resources, we have now put together a feasible plan. In view of the current scope of actual control of the empire, let's first talk about the transformation of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. .”
In front of everyone, Xue Fengzuo laid out the huge river project map.
But when they saw the lines on the map, everyone here took a breath.
Minister Xue Da is fine if he doesn't take action, but once he does it will shake the world!
If the plan in the picture is really implemented and realized, the entire land of North China will definitely take on a completely new look, showing the effect of changing the world.
Even Zuo Mengeng was quite surprised.
Unexpectedly, Xue Fengzuo actually deviated from his original idea and came up with a completely different plan.
However, Xue Fengzuo would definitely not act recklessly in such a big project as regulating the Yellow River.
There should be better logic behind this plan.
