March is coming in a blink of an eye. During the busy farming season, Yan Zizhang was so busy that he was dizzy. When he just came to Jiangning County to take office, he began to worry about the arable land. According to the arrangement, Jiangning County wanted to repair farming and ditches on a large scale. The county government took out 300,000 taels of silver. With such a big deal, how could he not be afraid of something wrong?

In the busy process, he gradually became clear about some of the rules of Jiangning County. To put it bluntly, he tried to take care of ordinary people and pus as much as possible, suppress the privileges of gentry and wealthy families, and balanced them to the greatest extent between the two. For example, renovating ditches and cultivated land is to allow pus to be directly benefited. Most of the money taken out by the county government is wages. Except for some necessary materials to purchase, the rest is distributed to pus.

As for the exemption of land tax, Yan Zizhang fully agreed. When he was in Mengjin County, he had seen the dilemma of pus, which was not an exaggeration to describe it as a penniless person. If the pus cannot be stabilized, the pus, which is desperate, is likely to join the bandits' team.

The county government is not a one-size-fits-all approach to the gentry and wealthy households and merchants. It is definitely not a violence to forcibly confiscate their property. In fact, the county government is very polite to these people. There are many merchants in Jiangning County. In more than a year, from more than 2,000 households to nearly 4,000 households. These merchants basically paid donations and taxes to the county government. They are willing and are still competing for the amount of donated silver. After all, they pay more silver and enjoy higher treatment.

As for the rich gentry, the focus is on grain, and the county government exempts land tax. However, it is required that the rich gentry who owns a large amount of land sell out grain at prices lower than the market price. These grains are mainly sold to some merchants in the county who operate grain to promote the business of grain trading.

The amount of silver donated by the salt merchants was completely beyond Yan Zizhang's expectations, with 1.6 million taels a year. With the merchants' donation, this is more than two million taels. With so much income from the county government, there is no need to worry about the land tax, and it can completely avoid the land tax.

Of course, the expenses are also very large, but the breaks are all clear and effective. There is no extravagance and waste, and the money is used in key areas.

No wonder the situation in Jiangning County is getting better and better.

Yan Zizhang, who was busy, felt full of energy. He was in a good mood to do things in such a place, and in a short time, he might be the magistrate of Jiangning County. If he could promote the pace of development faster, wouldn’t he have achieved remarkable political achievements?

Lan Qiao is describing himself. When he arrived in Jiangning County, it seemed like he was jumping over the dragon gate again. Jiangning County has too many scholars, especially in Zhongxing Academy, which almost gathered most of the top scholars of the Ming Dynasty. After dating these people for a long time, Lan Qiao is feeling that his level is rapidly improving and his horizons are gradually broadening.

He talked with Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou the most time, and he always asked for advice humbly and constantly understood.

He didn't need to worry too much about the matters of the county government. All the officials and yamen runners below were capable people. As long as some things were arranged, they would naturally be able to do the best.

During the busy farming season, Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and others from Zhongxing Society all went to the fields. While feeling the busy farming, they also did some research. They were still very interested in Jiangning County's exemption from land tax for two consecutive years. When they arrived in villages and towns, they almost always were busy in the fields. When they walked into the pus home, there was enough food in the rice jar, so there was no need to worry about eating and drinking. They walked all over the villages and towns of Jiangning County, but did not see a household with no food left. This was an amazing miracle.

Of course, the prosperity of the county's merchants had long discovered that there had been some debate over the number of workshops. Some people believed that there should not be too many people in the workshops, as this would affect farming. However, the actual situation in Jiangning County made these people speechless and allowed the people to have enough food and clothing. This was something that no one could refute. The merchants earned a lot of money, and the amount of money paid to the county government increased, which would reduce the burden of pus.

This is a track of healthy development. The most concerned ones are Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou. They combined the situation here with some theories they studied and vaguely felt that Su Tiancheng said something evil. Although it doesn't sound very comfortable, for example, the role of silver cannot be underestimated, and it cannot always be encouraged with spirit. If you work hard, you will get what you gain, etc. However, these principles can have a huge effect when implemented in reality.

Slowly, they began to reflect and think about what they had insisted on in the past. Some changes really needed to be made. Facts are better than words.

A large number of scholars and wealthy gentry came to Jiangning County. Some people came here to join the Zhongxing Academy, while some people wanted to see what was going on in Jiangning County. During the chat with these people, Sun Chengzong and others continued to instill the ideas of Zhongxing Academy, and even took everyone to various places in Jiangning County to check and ask.

Think about what influence Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and others have, and everyone still believes the words they say. In addition, the prosperous scenes seen by most people are convinced.

Many merchants also came to Jiangning County. Here, they discovered business opportunities, and many people discussed and moved to Jiangning County to do business at the appropriate time.

This is probably something Su Tiancheng didn't expect. He originally thought that relying on the Zhongxing Academy, he would slowly change the views of the literati and gentry and wealthy families, and then influence the imperial officials, and eventually spread many ideas of seeking development to all parts of the Ming Dynasty. He thought that the process was long, and to see if the idea of ​​doing practical things could occupy the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty in ten years, but judging from the current situation, it would not be so long.

It makes sense to speak with facts.

Huang Zaisheng, who was far away in Shanhaiguan, finally got his first letter.

The letter was written in early February. It took a full month to arrive in Jiangning County. The person who came to deliver the letter was a merchant from the north. He didn't know anything and handed the letter to Su Tiancheng. He also heard about the wealth of Jiangning County and came to see if there was any way to make money.

After the merchant saw Su Tiancheng, he didn't say anything. He didn't know that the letter he brought was given to the magistrate of Jiangning County.

After receiving the letter, Su Tiancheng became thoughtful.

When Huang Zaisheng was arranged as the inside player, he did not consider so many actual situations. After all, it was still a long way to deal with the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty. Now the situation has changed. The emperor and the court probably don’t have so much patience. The Jiangning Camp will not start the war for a long time. Therefore, it has become a very important thing to integrate the route of intelligence.

The best way is to let Qu Qingze take charge of such a thing, but unfortunately Qu Qingze has left and returned to the stable.

Only the Jinyiwei is the fastest transmission channel. If you want to re-establish an intelligence system, it is unrealistic. Not to mention that it requires huge manpower and financial resources, what will the emperor and the court think about it if they know it.

While the merchant was resting in the mansion, Su Tiancheng opened the letter, which contained two letters.

The first letter was to ask Su Tiancheng to arrange suitable things for this merchant and not return to Shanhaiguan for the time being. Moreover, this merchant has many family members and servants in Shanhaiguan. If he gained a foothold in Jiangning County, he would definitely have to do business. At that time, there would be a fixed place to pass on the letter, which would be much easier to handle.

Huang Zaisheng introduced the situation of the merchant in detail in the letter, saying that the merchant was reliable.

Su Tiancheng laughed secretly. It seemed that Huang Zaisheng was still considerate, and it might be for his own safety. If the merchant knew his identity and returned to Shanhaiguan and promoted it, Huang Zaisheng might be in trouble.

After thinking a little, Su Tiancheng called Su Jun and asked Su Jun to arrange the merchant. In some cases, we can tell the merchant that of course, the business in Jiangning County is naturally also included in the plan.

After Su Jun took the merchant away, Su Tiancheng returned to the study room again and opened the second letter.

After a few minutes, Su Tiancheng's face changed and became a little ugly.

The information Huang Zaisheng mentioned this time was very important. It turned out that Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to unify the southern Mongolians of the desert and was preparing to conquer Chahar. In July of the sixth year of Chongzhen, with the assistance of Kong Youde, the Later Jin Dynasty occupied Lushun, and almost all the entire Liaodong and northern Liaoning were occupied by the Later Jin Dynasty. Now, the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to conquer and unify the southern Mongolians of the desert. If successful, the Later Jin could directly threaten the Yongping Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture, Xuanfu Town, Shanxi Datong, and even Miyun of Shuntian Prefecture. If he wanted to attack the capital, it would be much more convenient.

Moreover, as long as the Later Jin Dynasty takes action and threatens the capital, it will be a huge shock.

Su Tiancheng knew Huang Taiji's thoughts, and he was ambitious. He would not think about unifying the Central Plains for a long time.

This time, the information sent by Huang Zaisheng must be accurate. Since Huang Taiji had such a big move, he would definitely prepare carefully. As the historical records, Huang Taiji's conquest of Mongolia in the south of the desert also invaded the large areas of Datong, Shanxi, Zhili, and Zhili, northern, which caused a great shock, so that Zhu Youjian could not sleep at night and always considered the threat of the Later Jin Dynasty.
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