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Chapter 2204 The Guizi scroll starts to lay out, builds the foundation and closes the heart

In February, the weather began to warm up, and Feng Ziying began to tour the whole province of Shaanxi.

Following Lu Chuan's resignation as Zuo Buzheng, the new left and right political envoys of the imperial court have arrived one after another, and the situation in Shaanxi seems to be on the right track.

The new Zuo Buzheng is Zhao Nanxing, who has been out of office for a long time.

Zhao Nanxing once served as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, but he resigned as early as the 40th year of Yuanxi and went to the field.

It also shows that the court spent a lot of thought when choosing this candidate.

Feng Ziying knew about Zhao Nanxing, who was Qi Yongtai's township party, but the two had different political views.

From Feng Ziying's point of view, although Qi Yongtai is upright, he is flexible and can change according to the situation, but Zhao Nanxing is out-and-out disciplined, with no room for flexibility.

Although he is from Beizhi, he has never had any contact with Feng Ziying.

However, the veteran can be regarded as the leader of the older generation of scholars in the Northland. Even after retiring for so many years, he still has a strong influence among the scholars.

So Feng Ziying paid a special respectful visit, and then sat for two hours, chatting with the new No. [-] in Shaanxi.

After getting in touch with her, Feng Ziying no longer expects this person to do much in Shaanxi. What she talks about is mostly practical, and she talks in general terms when it comes to specific government affairs.

After two hours, he talked more about the morality of officials, political education, and how to solve specific problems in Shaanxi at the moment. Except for a relief, he didn't have any more opinions.

In a word, in Feng Ziying's eyes, this is another character similar to Wu Daonan, and of course he may be better than Wu Daonan, at least he can speak clearly and logically in terms of retreat.

Fortunately, the appointment of Li Tengfang, the right chief envoy, made Feng Ziying feel a little more at ease.

Before Li Tengfang took office, Chai Ke's letter came.

The letter also mentioned that Zhao Nanxing was getting older, and the court wanted to rely more on his reputation as a scholar. It was estimated that he would return to Beijing in one or two years, and Li Tengfang, the right minister, was the one who did the specific work.

Li Tengfang is from Xiangtan, a scholar from Huguang, and has always been friends with Chai Ke, Yang Lian, Yang He and others. He used to be the minister of Yuanma Temple.

This time, he was directly promoted to the position of Shaanxi Chief Political Envoy Siyou Chief Envoy this time, just to consider that the chaos in Shaanxi has been basically suppressed through military operations, and more will be pacified next.

From the middle of the capital to the local area, and not yet serving as the Zuobu political envoy, it seems to be relegated, but Feng Ziying knows that this is a sign that it should be reused. Zhao Nanxing left for a year or so, and Li Tengfang took advantage of the opportunity to transfer Chief envoy, if he also leaves, then he will be No. 1 in Shaanxi.

After contacting Li Tengfang several times, Feng Ziying felt that what Chai Ke said was true.

This person has a calm personality, is quite strategic in his work, and can listen to opinions.

I talked with the other party several times about the next step of Shaanxi. Unlike Zhao Nanxing, the other party only talked about relief, but more about agriculture, water conservancy, and coal and iron development.

However, Li Tengfang is not optimistic about northern Shaanxi, and pays more attention to the Guanzhong Plain.

In his opinion, as long as the agriculture in the Guanzhong Plain is improved, most of the Shaanxi problem will be solved. The northern part of Shaanxi is limited by the geographical and climatic conditions, so we can’t expect too much. , is also acceptable.

It should be said that Li Tengfang's opinion is not wrong.

If there were no potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, Feng Ziying could only make a fuss on the Guanzhong Plain.

But with the success of the potato experiment, it is inappropriate for northern Shaanxi to carry out such a conservative strategy.

And considering the long-term, the three prefectures in northern Shaanxi and even the Lintao and Gongchang prefectures in the west, as well as the guards of the Xingdu Division in Shaanxi, can be developed mainly with potatoes, supplemented by sweet potatoes and corn.

This can greatly reduce the pressure that Shaanxi has to bear for the three sides and four towns, especially the military rations.

This part of the burden can be said to be the largest part of the land tax and commercial tax that the entire Shaanxi Province needs to turn over to the imperial court and transfer to the three sides and four towns, or it is all.

All that needs to be handed over to the imperial court in Shaanxi must be transferred to the Three Sides and Four Towns. Of course, it is far from enough for the Three Sides and Four Towns.

In the past few years, Shaanxi has experienced severe droughts, and the imperial court has also exempted Shaanxi from taxes. The expenses of the three sides and four towns are all borne by the imperial court. If the imperial court cannot afford it, it will only default.

Fortunately, the Northwest Army left the Central Plains, so this conflict did not intensify quickly, otherwise another Ningxia rebellion would not be impossible.

Feng Ziying tried to persuade Li Tengfang, but it didn't work.

Feng Ziying can also understand that for such a big matter, it is unrealistic to hope that a few words will convince others.

And at this age, being able to patiently listen to yourself is already very respectful.

Looking at the other person's expression, Feng Ziying also knew that the other person must think that she was in the Arabian Nights. The output was several times that of corn and wheat, and she didn't choose the land. The irrigation conditions were not as high as that of corn and wheat. How could there be such a good thing in the world?Why don't you go to heaven?

"Brother Zishi, I know that no matter what you say, you can't believe it, but you should be clear about Xuanhu Gong's character, right?" Feng Ziying said with a smile, Xu Guangqi is quite famous in the court, it is impossible for Li Tengfang not to know.

"Well, of course I know Mr. Xuanhu. After living in Tianjin for so many years, I know that he has been tinkering with the western crops, but Ziying's statement is too exaggerated. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is miraculous. This is too unrealistic." Li Tengfang shook his head again and again.

"I won't argue with you any more about this matter. How can we believe what we see?" Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Among the three prefectures in northern Shaanxi, Yan'an prefecture has already harvested potatoes in six or seven prefectures and counties for a season. You also have to try planting during the month. How about the specific harvest? I suggest you go and have a look. Don’t listen to what the officials say, lest you think that I have colluded with them to fool you, you should go down and ask the farmers, or take a micro-service Go on a private visit to find out, I believe that based on your experience, the people below will not be able to hide it from you, how about it?"

Seeing Feng Ziying's calm and confident tone, Li Tengfang really became curious, "Ziying, Zishu has always said that you are a maverick, but you have a very methodical way of doing things, and you never speak nonsense, but today you are so kind." It really made me a little flustered, two seasons of potatoes, each season can produce [-] catties per acre, and if it is well done, it can be up to [-] catties, am I right? "

"That's right, you can go and check it when the time comes. If the yield of potatoes per mu is less than [-] catties per mu, then basically no one cares about the water and fertilizer, and the sheep are herded when harvesting. Anyway, I went to a few places Check, none of them are less than [-] catties." Feng Ziying's attitude was quite firm.

"Okay, according to what you said, the taste of these potatoes is also good, and at least it can fill the stomach with three to one of the dried corn and wheat, which means that one mu of land with two seasons is at least equivalent to a thousand catties of corn Or wheat, according to this three-to-one calculation, it is equivalent to doubling the yield of millet and wheat per mu in Shaanxi. said?"

Li Tengfang wanted to hold back the words to prevent this guy from playing tricks in the future.

"I will never go back on what I said." Feng Ziying smiled: "You can go and check to see if I have exaggerated or lied. This is not one or two places, seven or eight counties, and each state and county There are five or six trials, I suggest you go to a few more to have a look, and then calculate the average, or even taste the taste of this potato and whether it can fill your stomach, it will be more convincing.”

Dare to boast about Haikou in front of him, and he has to go a few more places to verify it. It seems that this guy really has the confidence. Of course, Li Tengfang will not believe just because the other party says a few hard words, he only believes in himself You can actually see and touch.

"Okay, I'll go out for a walk. The Yan'an Mansion is just right. I'll take a trip in a month to see what you said. If it's what you said, then Shaanxi will be saved. Let alone Shaanxi, the whole Northland will be saved, it doesn’t matter if it’s delicious or not, as long as it can fill your belly, you’ll starve to death, you’ll eat tree bark, grass roots, Avalokitesvara soil, do you still care about the taste?”

Li Tengfang really got a little excited, "It's the best condition if you don't choose any place. I see that only cattle and sheep eat grass if you don't choose any place. Can people eat it? The yield of corn and wheat is so low that people don't have it at all. Can't feed people, you said besides potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn also have such a high yield?"

"Sweet potatoes should have a higher yield per mu than potatoes, but they need to be eaten with potatoes. The taste is too sweet, and it hurts the stomach and heartburn to eat every day. The biggest weakness of these two is that they are not resistant to storage. The yield of corn is not as good as these two, but they are suitable for mountains and fields. Field, and storage-resistant, but if it is important, I still think potatoes and sweet potatoes are more suitable for us in Shaanxi."

Feng Ziying introduced the characteristics of several crops, which made Li Tengfang nod repeatedly, but all of this can only be counted after his field inspection.

However, through this conversation, Li Tengfang's impression of Feng Ziying became better and better.

Chai Ke's introduction before made him feel a little good, but he was still skeptical. After all, although Feng Ziying's reputation in Beijing is great, but given his age, Li Tengfang felt that it was because Chai Ke and Feng's father and son formed an alliance in Ningxia to suppress the rebellion. That's why he praised him so much, but he's not the kind of person who just trusts what someone says.

Now that I have come into contact with it like this, although I am not sure about many things, but if I walk down like Feng Ziying said, then Li Tengfang feels that it is really right for the court to choose Feng Ziying, a young man, to come to Shaanxi. Report the situation here and sing praises to Feng Ziying.

(End of this chapter)