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Chapter 348 Shandong Local Government Briefing

I have to say that local officials in Shandong are still very enthusiastic.

On the night when Ulutus was resting in the governor's yamen, the Wang family and several large families in Shandong arranged for Ulutus's daughter to serve.

After asking Hunur about the identities of these people, Wulutus left behind two women from aristocratic families who voluntarily moved to Jiangnan Province. One was Wang Zhi, the daughter of Wang Xuanling. The other party was 16 years old, one year older than Wulutus.

Now I am young, with a small face and bright eyes, which gives people a feeling of liveliness and cuteness. Ulutus is deeply trapped in busy government affairs, and he likes this pleasant feeling in his spare time.

The other is Zhang Yuwan, the daughter of the Zhang family, who is not only famous in Ninghaizhou, but also in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Haizhou, and Dalian Port in Liaodong.

When the Ming Navy was first established, it bought several large sea boats from the Zhang family. Later, the Ming army landed on the Shandong Peninsula, and the other party also acted well as the leading party. Wendeng County, Ninghai Prefecture, almost went down without fighting with the help of the Zhang family.

The Zhang family also involved in this corruption case, but overall it was irrelevant and not in-depth. However, the other party was very tactful and had taken the initiative to express his willingness to move to the province of Jiangnan. Ulutus did not want such a big family to continue to take root in its original place. In that case, it would undoubtedly be a threat to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after selection, Zhang Yuwan was left behind.

Compared with Wang Zhi, Zhang Yuwan is older, so she is more dignified and steady. Her appearance is also more gentle and delicate than southerners. Her skin is very white, just like a woman raised in Jiangnan.

But no foot binding!

Perhaps because they knew that the upper class of Ming Dynasty hated foot binding, these people directly excluded the foot binding women when offering women. In the Shandong Province in the Mingguan District, foot binding was also strictly prohibited.

Fortunately, the bad habit of foot binding at this time only formed a trend in the upper class.

In the middle and lower classes, many girls still don’t know how to bind their feet for the sake of their family’s livelihood.

As for those women who were not selected, who were obedient and willing to move to Jiangnan Province, Ulutus gave them to young unfamiliar generals from the central army, which was also accepted by them.

As for those who had no intention of moving, Ulutus retreated directly and ignored him.

This result made the families very frightened, but they didn't know why, so they could only run around and inquire about the situation.

At this time, Ulutus was already immersed in the gentle country.

On the second day, Ulutus picked up the pink arms on his chest and looked at the beautiful spring scenery at a glance, feeling quite satisfied. Behind him, the older Zhang Yuwan had already woken up. Seeing Ulutus staring at Wang Zhi, I couldn't help but think of the unrestrained scene last night, and a large blush quickly rose on his face.

Ulutus immediately felt the person behind him move, and immediately turned around, just in time to meet Zhang Yuwan's shy evasive eyes.

"Your Highness is awake, I will serve Your Highness now." It seemed that the rules before leaving the cabinet were taught very well, so Zhang Yuwan was about to get up to serve Ulutus. But she only had a bellyband on her body, so she immediately retracted her body back into the quilt.

Ulutus looked very interesting and said in a gentle voice: "You don't have to get up. Take good care of yourself. I haven't favored you enough."

Zhang Yuwan was so embarrassed that she immediately buried her head.

Then, under the order of Ulutus, Zhang Yuwan and Wang Zhi, who were first married, did not get up. After leaving the room, Hunur told him that officials of the fifth rank and above in Shandong Province were waiting in the front hall.

Nodded, Ulutus took breakfast casually and came to the front hall. Shandong officials led by Wang Xuanling saluted Ulutus together, but Quandong and others who accompanied him were not there. They all went to inspect the major administrative agencies in Shandong Province under the arrangement of Ulutus.

This is also one of the tasks that Ulutus brought them!

Otherwise, is it just to mobilize a lot of people to come here? And it can be imagined that after the harmonious atmosphere of everyone when we first arrived, we must have used the killing stick.

After a greeting, according to the process, Ulutus asked the officials to report their own situation during their administration. Just like the annual third-rank official who came to Beijing to discuss his posts, Wang Xuanling and others knew the process. Although the officials below did not have the experience of going to Beijing, Ye had reported to his old superiors.

The Ming Dynasty's examination department will sort out their memorials and compare them with the facts of the inspection department. Now, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Commerce, Transportation, Taxation, Statistics and other relevant departments have been added, and the achievements of relevant officials will be unified to a certain extent.

The final comprehensive result is the final political achievements of the officials.

Of course, it is not the time for the year-end report, and Ulutus will not know so much. These officials themselves cannot know so much about the local area.

Adding to the time limitation, I will briefly describe it.

Wang Xuanling is the governor and takes the lead in talking about the comprehensive situation of Shandong Province.

In the past year, Shandong's people's livelihood has generally recovered very quickly. However, considering Shandong's unstable external environment, as well as the Privy Council and the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Civil Affairs requires that Shandong's land should not be resettled too much population, so the Shandong provincial capital continues to reduce the scale of people temporarily placed in prefectures and counties.

Especially some prefectures and counties bordering the Jin Kingdom, Shandong Road and Song Kingdom will maintain the lowest population.

In addition, there are natural disasters including floods. Since the Yellow River is diverted, floods have occurred almost year after year. After floods, plagues and locust plagues are often followed, resulting in disasters in prefectures and counties along the Yellow River such as Haizhou, Pizhou, and Xuzhou.

The old year was affected by the war, and the people ran fast. In addition, the local population was not large, so there were no victims. However, this year, due to the booming border trade, the population gradually recovered. There were also some refugees who were not controlled by the government and entered the Yellow River area privately. Therefore, Wang Xuanling combined the suggestions of the officials below to request that several Yellow River forks be built in the Ming-controlled area to divert the disasters that may occur during heavy rainstorms in summer.

Similarly, this can turn those uncontrollable yellow areas into useful arable land so that the people can grow food. Moreover, for safety reasons, Wang Xuanling and others have a bold idea, that is, to build a canal between Haizhou, Pizhou and Xuzhou, and connect the three places together with waterways.

Wulutus was also very interested after listening, but he did not interrupt Wang Xuanling's report.

In addition to building the canal, it is requested to add Chenjiagang in Mizhou and Liangshuigang in Fushan County, Dengzhou in later generations in Qingdao and Yantai. It seems that Wang Xuanling and others have really passed the examination and the conditions for opening a port.

It was also affected by the huge increase in Haimao, so the only two trading ports were quite nervous on large berths. At the same time, those prefectures and counties that did not open ports wanted to join in after seeing Dengzhou and Haizhou that opened ports enjoying the convenience of sea trade.

This will no longer lead to tax revenue from local governments and gain more settlement quotas for the local government.
Chapter completed!
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