The land tax in the world, only 20% of it is provided by Southern Zhili. After that, Shandong and Shanxi were the most important, both accounting for more than 10%. Next, it is Shaanxi and Henan, both with nearly 10%.
Yang Yiqing, the trilateral general manager, is undoubtedly the only powerful figure in Shaanxi. At present, Yang Zhixue, the governor of Shanxi, which is close to Shaanxi, was recommended by him. Yao Rong, who assists in military affairs in Beijing and participates in national policy meetings, is from Shaanxi.
How can the world not see this? Although there was Yang Tinghe at the center of the imperial court who had the power to dominate the government and the opposition, there was also Yang Yiqing in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty who controlled the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
So how would Yang Yiqing react to Yang Tinghe's power at this time?
The water patrol censor who came to Shaanxi was Yang Tinghe's other son, Yang Dun, who was a new scholar last year.
Yang Yiqing couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "The water patrol censors of the provinces, one is your father's son-in-law, one is his son-in-law's biological brother, and the other is you. Although Jiefu is nearly seventy years old, he still does what he wants without going beyond the rules. It’s only half done.”
Yang Dun saluted like a quail in front of Yang Yiqing: "Before leaving Beijing, my father warned me that when I get to Shaanxi, I will just make a living by making a platform."
"Afraid?" Yang Yiqing seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Exactly."
Yang Yiqing laughed, and then stopped smiling: "Then I will send a team of pacesetters to protect you. Let the feudal lord's office guide you when it comes to patrolling the water. Is that foreign potato really so effective?"
"On the way to Xiaguan, I carefully consulted the three worshipers for advice, and it is indeed such a magical effect." Yang Dun changed his name, "I have been trying to plant seeds in Huangzhuang for two years, and the seeds are currently only enough for Shaanxi and Shanxi. There are still more seeds left in Huangzhuang. More seeds.”
"Can you bring some with you so I can observe them?"
"Nie Gongfeng is waiting in the side hall."
Yang Yiqing was no longer anxious. After looking at him for a while, he suddenly asked: "Do you know what the situation is now?"
Yang Dun smiled bitterly after hearing this.
Now that he had become a Jinshi and became an official, his father told him that he had not trained his eldest brother well before and should not just let him realize it on his own.
So Yang Dun naturally knew what was happening now.
The Yang family has no way out and can only move forward. So Yang Dun put on a helpless expression: "This kid is here to be a hostage."
Yang Yiqing laughed loudly after hearing this: "Interesting, then please invite Nie to come over."
But Yang Tinghe has many sons. If he sends one son as a hostage here to Yang Yiqing, can the world think that Yang Tinghe has promised Yang Yiqing something?
But this move is really good.
Even if it's just to let Yang Yiqing wait and see what happens.
Although Yang Tinghe is now equally honorable, what he has done is just a reform after all.
Before he takes any further action against the imperial power, you cannot say that he is already conspiring to rebel. You can only accuse him of intending to rebel.
Looking at Yang Dun who was sitting there like a quail, Yang Yiqing kept smiling, and at the same time he was sighing at the emperor's boldness: Aren't you afraid that the fake show will come true?
How dare a powerful chief assistant and an important general from the northwest continue to play this game?
When things have developed to this point, Yang Yiqing, who is well aware of the process, will naturally not think that it is just a young man's passion and daring to gamble. Yang Tinghe was forced to this point because of fate and the emperor's skill.
But things are different now. Yang Tinghe has really been given a lot of power. Just looking at this controversial arrangement for the selection of the Water Patrol Censor, one can understand that Yang Tinghe has mastered the most fundamental power for officials in the world: selection and promotion.
Even if it was because the emperor wanted him to do something and would not stop him for the time being, it seemed that this power could be taken back at any time, but Yang Tinghe was still afraid after all. His disciples are all over the world, and now that there are so many people clinging to him, he can leave more escape routes for himself.
So Your Majesty is not on guard at all?
Nie An, the worshiper of Wanfa Pavilion, came. After seeing Yang Yiqing, he still subconsciously wanted to kneel down.
Yang Yiqing hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Don't do this to worship Nie. You are the worshiper invited by His Majesty, and I cannot accept such a great gift from you."
To this day, Nie An is still not used to his status as a worshiper of the Wanfa Pavilion.
It was fine when they continued to serve the crops in the imperial village as before, and the people who took care of their food and daily life were all ministers with little power.
But on the way out of Beijing, Mr. Wenquxing did not neglect him at all. Everywhere he went, the officials did not dare to neglect him, no matter what color they were wearing.
Nie An could tell that there were always words in the eyes of some officials that they wanted to ask him, but they often didn't ask because Yang Qinchen was nearby.
Even Nie An had heard of the Yang Zhitai I saw now. After all, he was also a Prime Minister.
Being helped up by Yang Yiqing, Nie An felt a little restrained: "I...I am just a servant of the crops..."
"Food is the most important thing for the people!" Yang Yiqing said seriously, "Nie Gongsheng came with a natural product that can produce more than two thousand kilograms per mu. You can help His Majesty find out the habits of this new grain. Your merits are immeasurable!"
"...Hey, we were all in the dark at the beginning, and we all relied on His Majesty's guidance."
Yang Yiqing was stunned.
"...Oh, please look at the table, this is the potato." Nie An said and took the box from his nephew who was following him, opened it and handed it to Yang Yiqing to see.
Yang Yiqing temporarily stopped thinking about what "Your Majesty's guidance" meant and took the box.
The box was lined with some hay, and there were one large, two small, and three red-skinned objects placed inside.
Nie An's voice became clearer when he talked about familiar things, and he introduced excitedly: "Everything is full of treasures! You can eat it raw or cooked, and you can also boil it into powder and dry it in the sun. The leaves that grow out are the same. It’s edible and has many leaves! If His Majesty hadn’t said that new seedlings could grow just by cutting the poles and inserting them into the ground, with the same results, how would we have known that it’s so easy to grow?”
Yang Yiqing finally continued to think of that question and asked suspiciously: "Did your Majesty teach you?"
"Your Majesty, what is this...physics?" Nie An recalled the word and said with admiration, "Eunuch Zhang often goes to the Imperial Mansion on your Majesty's orders. I really don't know how your Majesty can still think about it when he is so busy on weekdays. There are so many reasons! Your Majesty said, can’t some trees survive just by cutting them and planting them on the ground? We tried it, hey! It really works!”
"...I see." Yang Yiqing nodded and looked solemnly at the potato in his hand, "Can one acre of real estate really be so much?"
"There is no boasting about more than two thousand catties!" Nie An replied firmly, "We are all careful people in the imperial village. The highest one acre of land harvested nearly four thousand catties! This treasure is drought-resistant, so there is no need to give There’s too much water, so don’t let it accumulate!”
Yang Yiqing's heartbeat was a little fast, and he felt like he was holding a treasure: "Is it okay to eat it raw?"
"It works, it's very sweet! Can you give it a try?"
Yang Yiqing quickly shook his head: "There are few seeds now. Won't it hurt your stomach if you eat them raw?"
"It depends on the person. None of us have been harmed." Nie An added, "This baby is easy to fill up, but it can't tolerate hunger. If left like this, it will be easy to grow buds when the weather is warm, so it must be placed in a cool place. "
"...Is this the seed?" Yang Yiqing understood and looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, it is both a fruit and a seed, grown in the ground." Nie An remembered the instructions he received before leaving, and said to Yang Yiqing, "If you want this thing to last longer, it must be steamed and dried. After it is made, , it’s good dry food. Boil the water and mix it with some rice to make a bowl of fragrant porridge. To make a table, it depends on whether it can be used for marching and fighting."
Yang Yiqing's heartbeat quickened: "Can it also be made into dry food?"
"There are many ways to eat them." Nie An nodded repeatedly, "His Majesty taught them all."
Yang Yiqing's thoughts returned to that question, but he did not continue to ask Nie An about it, but only asked about the method of planting.
Then I became a little more curious about the Agricultural Science Museum in the Wanfa Museum, and then I realized that there were several other things in the Imperial Manor that were still being tested.
To put it bluntly, it can be said that the emperor is instructing or inspiring them how to plant.
After respectfully asking him to follow Yang Dun to the Chief Envoy's Office, Yang Yiqing sat down and drank some tea to calm down.
...There are two explanations.
First, the foreign factory is already very strong and has figured out many ways in Nanyang. After reporting it, the emperor will decide.
Second, the emperor's knowledge is like a gift from heaven, unfathomable...
No matter which one, it is the emperor's ability.
The many fantastic ideas of the new law, the new system of the central government and local government offices are all under His Majesty's control, and the current way of doing things for the factory guards is naturally also under His Majesty's guidance.
So His Majesty is not afraid of the fake show coming true, just because the advisers know this very well, right?
It has been two years since the Wanfa Museum was established. From what Nie An said, it was obvious that such a thing with a terrifying yield per mu was successfully tested the year before last, but it was not put out until this year.
So in the Wanfa Pavilion, didn't Your Majesty, the proposer of the "physics" theory, tinker with anything else?
Yang Yiqing was not sure.
So I'm afraid Fei Hong thinks the same way.
It is really unimaginable that His Majesty would have no backup in such a big game.
Naturally, Zhang Yong was definitely a backup move. Zhang Yong stayed in Shaanxi for several months during the Ganzhou Mutiny. Yang Yiqing, an old acquaintance, was quite clear about Zhang Yong's position.
Yang Tinghe was in the center and seemed to have all the power, but in fact it all depended on the emperor's trust.
So... Yang Dun was acting as a hostage on behalf of Yang Tinghe on the surface. I'm afraid he was actually acting as a messenger for the emperor. It also reassured Yang Tinghe that he didn't have to worry about the emperor killing the donkey.
In Guangdong, Yang Shen might not be able to escape the murderous hands of Zhang Fujing, a fierce minister of the new dynasty, but if the emperor really killed the donkey, veterans like Yang Yiqing would probably be terrified and sad, so Yang Dun might still be protected by him.
If they all stay in the capital, it will be a one-size-fits-all situation.
Yang Yiqing shook his head: We can't continue to ponder it in depth. Maybe it's not that complicated? Maybe Yang Tinghe is really working hard and will become a benevolent person if he doesn't succeed?
At this point, the only way left is to return the power to you after the success is achieved.
He stood up: As long as he, the three parties to the general system, did not side with Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe would never be able to usurp power.
There is also Wang Shouren in the southeast who is very knowledgeable about military affairs, but he has never been on Yang Tinghe's side.
Yang Yiqing is also one of His Majesty's supporters.
But we have only met a few times in total, so why does Your Majesty trust him so much and leave him alone for so long? After all, the three parties are submissive under Yang Yiqing's authority.
"Master Taipei, the tea horse department and the tea department department are here with people from the trading company." Yang Yiqing's staff walked in and reported.
Yang Yiqing nodded.
The tea-horse trade in Shaanxi is similar to that in Guangdong.
Yang Yiqing recalled what His Majesty had said in his secret letter to him, asking him to increase trade with the Northern Lu. In addition to ironware, Shaanxi has sold more than tea to Mobei in the past two years.
Compared with Huang Mingji who not only sold silk and porcelain but also bought grain in large quantities in Jiaozhi, I am afraid that Beilu was not the first step in His Majesty's mind.
He thinks this is right, Cochin produces grain.
I heard that Huguang is the focus of this water conservancy cleanup. In the future, the effects of Jiaozhi grain and the new method in Guangdong will benefit the entire southwest and Lingnan. If Huguang is ripe and there are potatoes in the northwest, there will be no worries about food and grass.
Yang Yiqing felt a little regretful: I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the day when I can make contributions to the northwest.
But that’s okay, the success doesn’t have to be mine.
People with insight will understand that his role as the pillar of the northwest cannot be ignored in this turbulent change.
The supervisors and colleagues of the Tea Horse Market came. Yang Yiqing saw another Sichuan businessman from Sichuan, and saw the hesitant look in the eyes of the Sichuan businessman.
He smiled: Is someone coming to test his attitude?
(End of chapter)
