The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Liangxiang is becoming more and more prosperous. Most of the people who come to do business are wealthy businessmen from all over the country, while the refugees are still very poor.

They do the lowest labor service and receive a few cents of silver every day, which is no different from the labor service in Baoding Prefecture and other places.

What can change their situation is science.

As an engineer in Liangxiang, you can receive three taels of silver per month, and you can take the imperial examination.

This is an opportunity to break through the class and advance.

It can be predicted that more and more people will come to Liangxiang to take the science exam in the future and achieve the same situation as the imperial examination.

Zhang Xian is not in Liangxiang, so this matter is still a bit troublesome.

Yan Chengjin took a carriage to Liangxiang and summoned the gentry of Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce.

"I need a piece of land, ten thousand hectares in size."

The faces of the gentry present all twitched slightly. Ten thousand hectares is almost all their property.

If one person takes it out, they will go bankrupt.

"May I ask the adults... what do you want this land for?" Xie Yu couldn't help asking.

He is the president of the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce and can influence the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. The gentry of the Chamber of Commerce are also quite convinced of him.

"Set up a science college in Liangxiang."

Yan Chengjin looked around and fell on a gentry.

This man is called Liu Ji, and he owns more than 10,000 hectares of paddy fields and dry land in Liangxiang.

Liu Ji was very uncomfortable with him and hesitated: "Sir, I am afraid that I can't take out 10,000 hectares by myself."

The land in Liangxiang is valuable, and corn can be planted in dry land, so no one is willing to sell it even if it is wasteland.

The gentry of the Chamber of Commerce do not know Yan Chengjin's identity.

Here, his deterrence is not as good as Zhang Xian.

Most of the land in Liangxiang is occupied by gentry. After all, it is an agricultural society and the land has owners.

Yan Chengjin plans to reclaim these lands and call them by the Liangxiang government.

"These 10,000 hectares of land, if you buy them at the land price, someone will naturally give you money."

Wang Yue's mouth twitched fiercely, and that person was him.

To buy 10,000 hectares of land in one go, even he would have to shed a lot of hair to afford it.

"My dear nephew, 5,000 hectares is enough."

To build a house, he would have to pay money, and at least 30% of the coffin money would be taken out.

"Not enough, don't worry, sir, 50% of the money will be allocated by the Liangxiang government."

Yan Chengjin knew that during this period of time, the government's treasury was full of commercial taxes, and it was time to pay the autumn grain in the blink of an eye.

If he didn't spend it at this time, he would have to pay it to the national treasury.

"No matter how much money, I don't want to sell it..." Liu Ji said with a bitter face.

Before coming to Liangxiang, he naturally prepared all kinds of nesting dolls.

"If you hand over the land, you can not only sell it at a price, but also get shares in the Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, kick it out of the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce."

Yan Chengjin didn't like these gentry who only made money behind the scenes without working hard.

If the income from the shipyard and refined salt was taken into account, the money these gentry made would be several times more than before.

Xie Yu was heartbroken, and only regretted that he was not born in Liangxiang, where the shipyard and refined salt business would be profitable.

He was the president, but the shares he got were not as many as those of the gentry.

As expected, when the gentry heard that they could get more shares, their eyes lit up, and they even took out the land for their ancestral graves.

Xie Yu stayed in Liangxiang to take care of the remaining matters, and Wang Yue would order people to supervise the construction.

…

After the morning court,

Yan Chengjin was left in Fengtian Hall, where the cabinet and the nine ministers were all present.

The gentlemen were not surprised that this boy could stay to discuss matters together.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "The autumn examination has passed. Although Zhou Fu has been investigated, the position of Jijiu of the Imperial College is still vacant.

Who do you think is qualified in the court?"

Yan Chengjin had a candidate in mind, but he kept it to himself and looked at the gentlemen on the side.

Liu Jian stood up and said, "I recommend Han Chong, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture."

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others nodded slightly.

Yan Chengjin had heard of this man, who was known for not avoiding the powerful when impeaching and daring to speak out when encountering things.

He had offended Concubine Wan in the previous dynasty and was demoted to the northwest to serve as Bimawen.

In the early years of Hongzhi, he was recalled by Emperor Hongzhi and served in Yingtian Prefecture.

The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture was a third-rank official, and the Imperial College Jijiu was a fourth-rank official.

Being transferred to the Imperial College Jijiu was a demotion.

However, the court's transfers were never about promotion or demotion.

Li Dongyang thought of Emperor Hongzhi's concerns: "Han Zhong is a straight-forward person, and I don't think he cares about his rank."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Han Qing's family is honest and self-disciplined, and he is diligent in politics. He is a suitable candidate for the Imperial College."

"Your Majesty, I have a recommendation from someone, and this person is more suitable." Yan Chengjin said calmly.

The eyes of Emperor Hongzhi and the nine ministers of the cabinet all fell on him.

The hall was silent, and the atmosphere became very subtle.

Whenever this boy was impeached, something big would happen, which made it impossible for the officials to ignore his existence.

When they heard that he wanted to recommend someone, everyone became interested.

"Who does Mr. Yan want to recommend?"

Yan Chengjin looked up at Emperor Hongzhi and said seriously, "I recommend Wang Shouren."

Li Dongyang and others looked slightly dignified.

They thought he was going to recommend an old minister, but it turned out to be Wang Shouren.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that. Wang Shouren is younger after all. Han Chong has been an official for more than ten years. His character and learning are so high that Wang Shouren can't compare."

Liu Jian vowed.

Yan Chengjin didn't say much. Demotion and peaceful transfer are easy, but promotion and transfer are a bit difficult.

If Wang Shouren served as the Imperial College, he would definitely promote the study of mind in the Imperial College.

But he is now a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, a fifth-rank official.

To serve as the Imperial College, he must be promoted to the fourth rank, and he was promoted a while ago.

The higher the fifth rank an official goes, the harder it is to get promoted.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his brows slightly and said, "Wang Qing's family is indeed getting younger. Speaking of which, it's time to call Wang Qing's family back to Beijing."

After Funan Snake, there was the second wave of Li rebellion caused by Chen Liugong.

"Your Majesty, please wait a little longer." Yan Chengjin said.

Emperor Hongzhi asked: "What are you waiting for?"

Waiting for Wang Shouren to put down the second wave of Li rebellion, but the same cannot be said for Emperor Hongzhi and the princes.

Yan Chengjin said: "Wait for Wang Shouren to educate the Li people."

…

Hainan, the wind is clear and the moon is white.

After the Tuntian Camp recruited the Li people, they have been stationed at the foot of Chengji Mountain.

September is the third season of the year.

Wang Shouren decided to leave the village and return to camp tomorrow.

"When will your lord return to Beijing?" Xu Jinzhong's eyes were a little reluctant. With Wang Shouren around, he always felt more at ease.

But now that the chaos in Li has been calmed down, I think I will return to Beijing soon.

When the ship comes, you can return to Beijing with Qiuliang.

"I don't know, but Brother Gao asked me to bring some wood back."

Wang Shouren looked up and saw a lot of wood in Chengji Mountain not far away.

Unfortunately, most of it was burned down after a battle.

At this moment, beside the bonfire outside the military camp, the Li people helped prepare dinner.

Chen Liugong hid the steel knife in his waistband and held the tray, ready to deliver it to Wang Shouren.

"Mr. Liu, General Nan She is dead, why not let the Li people live a stable life?"

The old general next to him looked embarrassed.

"How can peace be settled until the dog officer dies!" Chen Liugong said, taking out the poisonous snake from the bamboo basket, squeezing a few drops into the food, and smearing it on the knife.

"As long as this person dies, the Ming army will be nothing more than chickens and dogs."

Chen Liugong carried the food and walked towards Wang Shouren's camp.

After a while, he entered the tent and saw Wang Shouren reading the military book and Fang Liangyong wiping his sword.

"Sir, it's time to eat."

"Where are my officers! You natives, don't you know how to count?" Fang Liangyong was beheaded by the Li people and many of his men were killed.

When I see the cave of the past, I can't help but be dissatisfied.

Unexpectedly, there were still people in the camp, so Chen Liugong brought the food to Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren looked at Fang Liangyong and said humbly, "Brother Fang, please go first."

There was a shortage of food in the army, so when he saw such good food, Fang Liang took it to him without any courtesy, and his cheeks bulged out from the food.

Chen Liugong's palms were covered with fine sweat. He glanced at Wang Shouren and saw that he was still reading.

Plop sound,

Fang Liangyong fell to the ground, the wound at the corner of his mouth was red and swollen, like a silkworm lying down.

Wang Shouren raised his head, and a sharp ray of light passed through the gap and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"What a skill, sir!"

Chen Liugong was not willing to give in and was just a little bit close to slit his throat.

"I have already killed the corrupt officials in Danzhou, why do you do this again?"

Wang Shouren grabbed his wrist, preventing him from moving at all.

"After killing a few corrupt officials, the court will send more corrupt officials with taxes three times that of the Han people. The Li people will never have peace." Chen Liugong said word by word.

Wang Shouren sighed, he was right.

Hainan was under the jurisdiction of the Chief Envoy of Guangdong.

Across the sea, there is no censor to supervise science and technology here, everything is controlled by the county magistrates.

The county magistrate here is the local emperor.

"I will report this to the imperial court and establish a supervisory censor."