After February, it will be the imperial examination month that the whole country is concerned about.

There are too many topics to talk about this year's imperial examination.

Although the Jinshi exam still takes the old Nine Sutras, many people have already reached the New Nine Sutras three years later.

People with poor academic performance are very anxious because after failing this exam, they have to change the content next time, which increases the learning cost.

People with good academic performance are also fucking anxious. Because they increase uncertainty, they are not as stable as before.

The happiest person is the peasant science student, because they finally got the opportunity to enter the center of the imperial political stage.

Under such a background, not much attention has been paid to the several personnel appointments issued by the court.

On the fifth day of the third month of the fourth year of Tongguang, the imperial edict was passed to Nanjing. King Shao Mianren of Wei was transferred to Beijing to remain at the remnant of Feng Heng, who died of illness.

After receiving the order, Shao Mianren left Nanjing on the tenth day of March and went to Beijing to take office.

Since he took office for twelve years, he has been in Nanjing for a full seven years.

After seven years, he watched Nanjing turn from a deserted area to a city with gradually increasing popularity.

After seven years, he watched Jiangnan go from war to a land of fish and rice where he lives and works in peace.

After seven years, he watched the people of Wu and Yue from the beginning to enjoy this peaceful and prosperous era.

"Seven years ago, it was full of weeds." Shao Mianren said, pointing to the location of Linhua Hall of the Yangtze Palace.

"I still remember that day, Your Highness sent me to investigate the beautiful places in Jiangnan. When I arrived here, I saw three or five little boys approaching the corners of the grass to play. When I was digging the foundation, I often saw the tiles and porcelain broken in the previous dynasty." Jiang Ning

The court official Li Guizhen sighed: "Your Highness made great contributions to Nanjing, which was built with one hand and one foot."

The capital, which was extremely prosperous in the Southern Dynasty, was completely razed into ruins in order to "lock the king's spirit", and the people were moved away.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Feng Hongduo was the governor of Shengzhou, and was a prince in the area, and was soon destroyed by Yang Xingmi.

Lao Yang also took a fancy to this place and made Yang Shu become the governor of the prefecture and start operating this area. However, the so-called operation was limited to agriculture and the palace city did not recover.

When Shao Mianren first came, the place where the Yang Utah was located was full of weeds, water moors, vegetable fields, and farmland.

Although the construction of Nanjing Palace City did not start with him, he did make great efforts.

The imperial court moved the people from Guanxi, Henan and Hebei to Xingzhou, and it took a lot of effort to resettle them alone.

He also manages the servants sent from all over the country.

The imperial court sent tens of thousands of prisoners from Yunnan, and he also needed to inquire about it.

After seven years of office, he asked himself that he had no credit and had worked hard. He left suddenly, and was still a little reluctant to leave for a while.

His wife and children took several carriages, and at this time they all lifted the curtains and looked outside silently.

As northerners, they have become accustomed to life in Nanjing, the weather here, the environment here, the products here, and the people here.

Jiangnan is actually very good.

It has abundant resources and convenient transportation, and it has a unique tranquility away from right and wrong.

There are many foreign products on the market that can satisfy their various enjoyments.

After staying for a long time, a lazy thought arose from the bottom of my heart, and I just want to go on like this and think about nothing.

Shao Mianren actually felt this way.

When he was the governor of Jizhou, his mind was always tense, and he was always worried that there would be chaos in the people and needed to be suppressed.

It is not materially rich, but after getting used to it, it is nothing.

Only Jiangnan has the most sucking mind. No wonder the regime has been produced since ancient times.

"Everything in the world is scattered." After coming to the dock, Shao Mianren turned around and bowed to the Nanjing officials who were sent to him, saying, "Please come back, everyone."

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The ship sailed into the river that afternoon, downstream and headed straight to Guangling.

There were not many ships on the river in March, and I saw a few ships, and most of them left.

Offshore marine ships do not only move in coastal cities. In fact, many cities in the mainland are also their targets. In other words, they will go upstream along the inland rivers, sell goods and purchase goods.

During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, Shi Jianwu once passed by Tonglu County. At that time, he met Hu Shang. "Zheng Jun, Xingyang, lobbyed me, and occasionally came to Tonglu because of tea... Hu Shang went around with big noses and Zhao Meng's eyebrows straightened forward and backward."

It is worth mentioning that in his later years, Shi Jianwu immigrated to the Penghu Islands with his family. He found that there were no permanent residents on the island, only the "island barbarians" who came to pick pearls and fish in season, and there was a fishy smell everywhere, with the title "Title"

A poem about Penghu Island.

This is the case along the Qiantang River, and both sides of the Yangtze River are even more amazing.

Suzhou, Runzhou, Changzhou and Yangzhou are densely populated with sea merchants. In the north, where the local resources are richer and richer, Yangzhou Guangling has become the largest port, and tens of thousands of Hu people have lived all year round.

Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, Hu Shang has been repeatedly extorted and robbed by the governors of Guangling and the soldiers of the big leaders, but the "original intentions have not changed" and he just refused to leave.

"What a river with gold." Shao Mianren sighed with emotion on his hand.

The foreign merchant ships passing by were very well drafted and were obviously full of loads.

They may return directly to their country, or they may go to other places to sell goods, and return to Daxia in summer - the latter is more likely.

The great cannibal does not only operate long-distance ocean-going trade between the local government and Daxia.

They are often seen in shipping between states and surrounding countries within Daxia.

"Your Highness, the court is paying more and more attention to maritime trade. This transaction is really amazing. If it weren't for coming to Nanjing, it would be hard to believe it." Wang Zhen, the chief of the Wei Palace, held a wine glass in his hand and stood by the wind, very free and easy.

Shao Mianren glanced at him and said, "It's better to drink less of this wine."

This is what a bohemian talented man looks like.

Wang Zhenbai was still quite nostalgic for the former Tang Dynasty, and Shao Mianren knew this very well. If he hadn't invited him many times, he might not have been willing to come out and serve as an aide in his palace, the royal family with little future.

At this time, what he was holding was the so-called "scented wine" made of dragon head oil (camphor), which was very popular among scholars.

Shao Mianren thought this thing was strange and didn't want to drink it, so he advised Wang Zhenbai not to drink it.

"Your Highness." Wang Zhenbai smiled, hid the wine glass behind him, and said, "In "Zhizhi Geography", it is mentioned that the weather has been colder every year. Over the years, I have also felt the same way. Take Jiangxi as an example.

The swamp has receded and a lot of land has been silted. The people are rushing to reclaim it and have gained a lot. If this continues to be cold for decades, Jiangnan will become more livable and comfortable. More fields will be more products, and overseas

There will be more businessmen.”

"You're right." Shao Mianren looked at the vast river and said, "I won't talk about anything else. Today, coal is used everywhere, with few rivers in the north, and there are not many places that can be transported by ship. Some prefectures and counties, even

When using a carriage and camels to transport coal, it is very expensive."

"Let's talk about this iron tool. The iron tool and armored guards built by Yang Xingmi in Xuanzhou went downstream. A ship could transport tens of thousands of pieces. It arrived in Nanjing and Guangling in a few days, and it was very cheap."

"Tea, silk, porcelain, medicinal materials, etc., are beneficial to rivers and water transportation, and everything is so convenient."

Transportation costs, both ancient and modern, are problems that cannot be avoided.

The production side needs to reduce transportation costs, and the sales side also needs to reduce transportation costs.

In this regard, Jiangnan has really great advantages. Not only the transportation trunk line of the Yangtze River, but also many tributaries, together forming a huge water transport network, which is naturally suitable for the development of industry and commerce.

Shao Mianren was in Nanjing for seven years and knew a lot about the benefits of water transportation in Jiangnan.

Last year, he directly submitted a memorial, asking to build a shipyard in Nanjing to build large ships to benefit from maritime trade.

The sage promised it, but did not let the court come forward directly. Instead, he ordered Annan Trading Company to send people to Jiangning Prefecture to find land to build a shipyard. If it is completed, the trading company will own two wharfs and shipyards in Quanzhou and Nanjing, and its strength must be small.

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"Your Highness once said that you should use wealth and goods from the south of the Yangtze River to support the powerful soldiers from the north..." Wang Zhenbai said.

"This is the original words of the saint." Shao Mianren interrupted and corrected the words.

Wang Zhenbai didn't care and continued, "This is actually the most reasonable thing. Many ports in the north, no matter how hard they are, how much money can they get? Huainan, Jiangdong, and Jiangxi, the financial resources that will be distributed to Luoyang will sooner or later.

Henan, Hebei. A hundred years after the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom, Huainan and Jiangnan were regarded as the most important place for wealth.”

Wang Zhenbai is from Jiangxi and is very proud of his hometown.

In his opinion, after three hundred years of vigorous development in the Tang Dynasty, Jiangnan has reached the eve of Hebei and Henan.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the former Tang Dynasty could not receive taxes from Hebei, and the money and grain from Henan and Hedong should be kept as much as possible in the local area, providing hundreds of thousands of martial arts. The emperor of Chang'an, all officials, and imperial guards were all supported by the money and grain transported from Jiangnan.

To this day, Jiangnan is no longer short of people. In the late Tang Dynasty, the densely populated Taihu River Basin, as for ordinary people, there were more than ten acres of land, five acres of less than seven acres, and so on, which were much less than the north.

But rice can be planted stably and more harvested.

In Wang Zhenbai's view, Jiangnan no longer needs to immigrate. It can develop rapidly with the existing population alone and become a major financial place for the dynasty.

Once the Xia Dynasty, it would be a model for Jiangnan to pay taxes to support northern soldiers - it does not necessarily require food from the south, but money must be needed.

Unfortunately, because it was the old land of Yangwu, it was conquered late, and the status of Jiangnan was a bit low.

There are only five Jinshi and one Agricultural Science quota in each of Huainan, Jiangdong and Jiangxi. However, Longyou and Hexi can all win four Jinshi and one Agricultural Science quota. How can they compare to Jiangnan, a cultural place where people are gathered.

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Hedong Road, which has more than a dozen states, has only as many household registration as two or three major prefectures in Jiangnan, but it has five Jinshi quotas and one agricultural quota. Isn’t this bullying?

Hedong, is that important?

"Let you drink less." Shao Mianren shook his head and laughed.

Although he is optimistic about the development of Jiangnan, it is really not a matter of money.

But then again, we talk about "soldiers" in the early years of the founding of the country, and talk about "money" after the founding of the country a hundred years. Jiangnan has unique conditions, and its status in the future will definitely rise slowly. As for which step it can reach, it depends on their

Good luck.

The boat arrived in Guazhoupu that night.

Even at night, the place is still brightly lit and masts stand, which is very shocking to see.
Chapter completed!