First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Heroes in troubled times arise everywhere, and those who have left a name, even if they have different positions, can be called warriors, and they can be regarded as the essence of this land.

Arranging them in the right position and displaying their due value is definitely a blessing for the world, and luck for the common people!

However, Zhang Ximeng still has a few words to explain, "We are going to sea this time, and you say that it is not appropriate to show off to foreign lands... We are not going to play prestige, but to have friendly exchanges with other countries, to restore order in China, and to eliminate the influence of the Yuan Dynasty. You can communicate more with Mao Shangshu on this point, he still has a lot of experience."

Fang Guozhen immediately smiled at Mao Gui, "Shangshu Mao, I want to ask you for advice."

Mao Gui said: "I don't dare to do it. I also oppose favoritism. If we deal with barbarians, we can't suffer."

Fang Guozhen hurriedly said: "That's right, but I still don't understand. If the barbarians don't let us build and establish order, then, what should we do?"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath and said meaningfully: "How did the Yuan court destroy Huaxia Xia back then, and how to restore it!"

How did Yuan Ting destroy Huaxia Xia?

Fang Guozhen was stunned for a long time, then suddenly blurted out, "One word, type it!"

Everyone looked at him in unison, thinking that you are so vulgar, and the same thing can be published in newspapers and can be used as news headlines if people say it.

When it came to Fang Guozhen's mouth, it was like chatting with the old man under the tree at the head of the village, really vulgar!

But then again, it seems that this is really the case.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the dynasties of the Central Plains have not been simply the lords of the country, nor have they ruled only the land within their borders.

In addition to those prefectures and counties, there are also a considerable number of chieftain tribes, and in addition to this, there are also a large number of vassal states, sometimes a few, sometimes more than a dozen, or dozens.

Although these vassal states were not really merged into the Central Plains dynasty, their lords at least accepted the canonization of the Central Plains emperor and paid tribute regularly.

Even by the broadest standard, the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty has at least two identities, one is the lord of the country, and the other is the emperor of the world!

In addition to directly governing the region and controlling the people, the emperors of the Central Plains also maintained an order that transcended boundaries.

Zhang Ximeng talked a lot about China's revival, its third rise...how to judge revival, what is a rise?

It can't simply be justified by how powerful Daming is and how vast its territory is.

Order, a set of order that can cover the known world, and put Da Ming at the center of the order. At this point, it may be said that rebuilding China has initially succeeded.

What's interesting is that Zhang Ximeng never made any move against the navy. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies had been set up long ago, but the navy remained silent for a long time. Many people said that the navy was raised by his stepmother and was not taken seriously at all.

Even though many navy generals thought so, how could they have imagined that if they rectified too early, with the merits of the navy, how could they compete with the cavalry?

Only when the world is basically unified and you start to look outside will the value of the navy emerge.

At this time, when it comes to rectifying the navy, it is estimated that no one will ignore the value of the navy.

But ironically, in the current navy, except for Fang Guozhen who can sail across the sea, the other generals, including sailors and ships, are all far behind.

If you want to catch up, you need to work harder.

Anyway, Fang Guozhen understood what Zhang Ximeng meant.

In fact, he had been to Korea for Daming before, and Zhang Ximeng's sentence "My father is back" is still unforgettable to Fang Guozhen.

When Gao Li heard the decree, the shock, helplessness, fear, and a little bit of envy were really refreshing.

This time, it is not only aimed at Korea, but also other countries, announcing to the whole world: Your father is back!

What a refreshing thing this is, it's going to explode!

I never thought that such a beautiful thing would happen to me.This is the result of turning to Mingzhu early.

Like Zhang Shicheng, he can only leave a bad reputation for thousands of years!

I think Fang Guozhen's status is not outstanding among the southeastern group of heroes. It can be said that he is weak, but in the end he got such a good result. It can only be said that the grave of our Fang family is full of smoke.

With a little preparation, Fang Guozhen dispatched elite soldiers and generals to lead the fleet to sea, first north and then south, to open up maritime trade routes and open the doors of those countries.

The silk can be sold, the workshop can run properly, the tyrants can be eradicated, and the policy of equalizing the land can be implemented... It seems that Zhang Ximeng's affairs in Suzhou can come to an end.

Of course, he was just sketching the outline, and many things were not really implemented... Zhang Ximeng intended to stay a little longer, but the order from Yingtianlai was delivered to Zhang Ximeng, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to return to Beijing immediately.

"Master Zhang, according to the secret report, it seems that Wang Baobao got rid of Polo Timur!" Zhou Huiniang whispered.

"Get rid of Polo Timur? Didn't he submit to Polo Timur?"

Zhou Huiniang said: "Maybe he has learned the skills of the Kong family! Standing behind Polo Timur, he happened to stab the knife in the back!"

Zhang Ximeng groaned for a moment and then laughed.

"It's not that easy to plan the Northern Expedition. But Wang Baobao was able to counter-kill Polo Timur. It can be seen that he is not a fool. This person may become a powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty in the future."

After Zhang Ximeng thought about it for a while, he understood Zhu Yuanzhang's intention.

Facing the drastic changes in the Yuan court situation, they must take corresponding measures.Zhang Ximeng must also return to Yingtian, discuss the matter with Lao Zhu, and come up with a conclusion.

"It seems that we have to leave Suzhou for the time being." Zhang Ximeng said, "Help me prepare, and I will leave in the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Huiniang went down to help make arrangements, while Zhang Ximeng seized the time, deployed tasks, handed over to the officials, and asked them to handle it properly. Later, Zhang Ximeng had to personally ask, whoever did not do well would be responsible for the court or the people, Zhang Ximeng's subordinates would not Relentless.

For more than a day, Zhang Ximeng could only seize every minute and every second, and was reluctant to waste a little time.

After he finished his explanation, it was already midnight, he just took a nap, got up, got into the carriage, and prepared to return to Yingtian.

It was still dark at this time.

When the carriage came out, the wooden doors of the two nearby houses were pushed open at the same time, and some people stood up, holding torches in their hands, and looked at Zhang Ximeng's carriage.

When the guards ran over, the common people fell to their knees.

"Congratulations to Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Ximeng was startled in the carriage, he hastily lifted the curtains... At this time, every house opened its doors wide open.Some were carrying lanterns, others were holding torches.

Some people are alone, some people support the old and the young.

The big guys walked out of the house one after another and bowed down on the ground.

"Respectfully send Mr. Zhang back to Beijing!"

"It's easy for Zhang Xiang to go, remember to come back!"

"Safe journey, Zhang Xiang lives a hundred years old!"

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The shouts of the people came and went, but the heart of the big guy was very obvious.

Although Zhang Xiang came to Suzhou not long ago, he has indeed done too many things for the big guys.It's worth the big guys to stand up and send off Zhang Xianggong, a good official like him, for so many years, that's all.

The people kept shouting, Zhang Ximeng heard it clearly, and his heart was surging.

He suddenly remembered what his wife said, to become an official, you have to resist all kinds of temptations, work hard, and eat all you need.Hard work is hard to measure.

Apart from the authority in your hands, the real happiness is to gain the sincere gratitude of the people when you do a good job.

When people praise you and affirm you, the satisfaction and happiness are unmatched by anything.

Wake up and hold the power of the world, and lie on the knees of beauties drunk.It's just one person's joy, only when countless people thank you together, that kind of happiness is indescribable.

Zhang Ximeng's eye circles turned red.

The carriage moved forward, and the shouts outside became louder and louder. Countless lanterns and torches seemed to compare the morning glow and usher in the dawn earlier.

Zhang Ximeng looked out, and suddenly raised his head to see those bamboo poles with human heads hanging on them.

Zhang Ximeng couldn't restrain himself anymore, he suddenly ordered to stop, then he got out of the carriage, stepped on the shaft, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pointed to the dense bamboo pole, the head on it was still ferocious!

"Folks, since I was appointed, I have executed a total of more than 760 people... They are all Suzhou children, did I kill them wrong?"

The crowd was silent for a short while, and then someone took the lead and yelled, "No! Zhang Xiang killed well!"

"Yes, that's right! Kill these beasts, and the city of Suzhou will be clean!"

"Mr. Zhang did the right thing. When will Zhang Shicheng be killed and hang his dog's head on the tallest bamboo pole!"

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The crowd applauded, and suddenly a group of weavers squeezed out from the crowd. They were all women, and they all knelt on the ground.

"Zhang Xiang, we thank you for your great kindness! We have our own workshop! We are the masters of the house!"

Zhang Ximeng, who was very interested, finally knew where they came from.

Naturally, there were many big families in Suzhou City who followed Zhang Shicheng, and Zhang Ximeng was not polite and dealt with these people decisively.It's just that without them being the masters, there are only a few female workers left in the silk workshop.

According to the logic, the boss is gone. Besides closing down, is there any other option for this workshop?

After weighing, Zhang Ximeng advocated that the workshop be transferred to all the weavers, and let them find a way to manage and operate the workshop by themselves. If there is any difficulty, whether it is funds or raw materials, the court will find a way.

After all, Suzhou's silk industry cannot be destroyed.

A group of weavers, all weak women, can get a workshop, how much trust is this!

The leading female worker said loudly: "Don't worry Zhang Xiang, even if we try our best, we will make the workshop the best in Suzhou! We weavers can do it!"

Zhang Ximeng also said enthusiastically: "That's right, well said! Weavers are not humble, especially female workers! Even if there are no wealthy businessmen, you can still make achievements! I believe in you!"

Chapter 537

Zhang Ximeng's carriage finally got out of Suzhou City, and when he looked up again, the sky was full of morning glow and the red sun was just rising. His surging mood did not weaken at all. On the contrary, Zhang Ximeng saw endless hope.

When Zhang Xiang entered Suzhou with chariots and horses, Wang Shicheng's anger was secretly withdrawn.

There are hundreds of thousands of weavers on the bamboo poles of the big families.

It is true that Zhang Ximeng still has too many things to finish.However, his trip to Suzhou this time has indeed shattered an old world.

The new world is still rapidly being formed.

First of all, there is still the unavoidable land issue... The same average land, but here in Suzhou, the situation has changed again.At the beginning of Huaixi, the people benefited as much as possible, so there were tax-free ration fields; after crossing the river, in order to ensure food supply, the number of mulberry fields was limited.

When the seedlings are divided into fields, the girls' fields are reserved.

When we arrived in the Central Plains, although we still needed to equalize the land, the first step was to rebuild the village community, concentrate our efforts, and restore people's livelihood.Let every household have the ability to complete the cultivation of the land by themselves, and then talk about other things.

All in all, adapting measures to local conditions is still the most important one.

Now in Suzhou, where the population is dense and the land is fertile, the output is naturally extremely rich.

Moreover, those big silk households occupied the land, replanted mulberry trees, raised silkworms and reeled silk, all of which had to be done by tenants... To put it bluntly, tenants and weavers can complete the process of raw silk production, raw material supply, and spinning into silk by themselves.

It's just that Sannong is scattered, and the weavers have nothing but a pair of hands.

The whole process is controlled by big households. They squeeze the mulberry farmers, exploit them to the fullest, and oppress the weavers severely, so they don't have to do anything.Technological innovation, market research, talent cultivation... They don't do any of these things, and they even evade taxes. They just rely on the power of wealthy scholars and bureaucrats to tear off the fattest and thickest profits. They are completely parasitic moths.

Right now, Zhang Ximeng has eradicated a considerable number of big households, and he has also eliminated a lot of local thugs, which is equivalent to pulling out this huge silverfish and its tentacles that have penetrated into the local area, crushing them, and throwing them into the stinking ditch.

The next step is to see how the people resume production and make up for the broken industrial chain.

The mulberry fields are distributed to every household, and scattered small farmers not only produce uneven raw silk, but also increase transaction costs to an unbearable level.

So at the local level, it is necessary to organize the Sannong.

It’s true that the fields belong to you, but the raw silk produced must meet the standards, and the raw silk produced by each village must be sold uniformly.

This requires Sangnong to select people he trusts, and at the same time, the court also needs to control Sangnong through Chang Pingcang.

Although we cannot rely on grain to exploit the mulberry farmers, we also cannot indulge the mulberry farmers, hoard them, drive up the price of raw silk, and make the workshop unable to survive.

Therefore, if you want to play business, you have to think about all aspects and make proper arrangements to avoid various problems.

Otherwise, let the rich and powerful grow up savagely, play sheep and cannibalism, and force millions of people to die, and their wives and children will be separated. I don't want to see it.

And don't forget, this is the land of the Central Plains, the descendants of China.The place with the most peasant uprisings, if you dare to play like this, there will be another red scarf uprising for you in minutes.

After all, the descendants of the dragon are not the docile sheep of God...

But one thing is very clear. This is a complete reshuffle. In the new distribution of benefits, the mulberry farmers who got the land occupy a dominant position and can get at least [-]% of the benefits.

Completely getting rid of the control of the big family, not only can you live a life of food and clothing, but there will be more possibilities in the future.

Maybe some of these mulberry farmers will also set up workshops, weave silk by themselves, print and dye by themselves, sell by themselves, and develop into new silk tycoons.

There is no doubt that Zhang Ximeng is happy to see the results.

On the other side, there is another problem, that is, whether those workshops that are completely handed over to the weavers can continue to operate is also a huge problem.

After all, many big households have already let out rumors, no matter what, we can't let a group of women get things done, otherwise, we won't have the face to mess around, and we might as well just jump into the Baimao River.

The remaining big households in Suzhou City, including many spectators, wished that these female workers would fall hard, and even the female workers' family members stood up and persuaded the female workers to go home and forget it.

Don't come out to show your face, don't say it's indecent, how do you know how to run a business, if you lose money, you will hurt your family, and your family will be unlucky in the future.

Stop it, you can't!