There is a Xiantao Pavilion in Fuzhou. This pavilion was built by Fujian to commemorate the introduction and promotion of sweet potatoes by Chen Zhenlong, overseas Chinese who introduced and promoted sweet potatoes, and Jin Xuezeng, former governor of Fujian.

In the 22nd year of Wanli, a drought famine occurred in Fujian, and the people had no food to fill their stomachs. Chen Zhenlong, a Han man who moved to Luzon, returned with sweet potato vines. Chen said that this sweet potato was a high-yield crop and could be planted anywhere. Jin Xue, the then governor of Fujian, ordered the trial planting in the Shahaha Pond in Nantai, Fuzhou. Later, the trial planting was successful. As Chen Zhenlong said, high-yield, it could be filled. Jin Xue once ordered the cultivation of sweet potatoes in various parts of Fujian to overcome the famine.

This move saved hundreds of thousands of hungry people. After the disaster, the people built this potato pavilion for the Governor of Jin and Chen Zhenlong, hoping that God would bless the two of them for a long life. Unfortunately, Jin and Chen failed to live for a long time. Jin Xue died of illness in the 35th year of Wanli, and Chen Zhenlong also died of old age in the 41st year of Wanli.

But although the two died, the grace of the people in Fujian was remembered forever by the world. Every year, there were endless people coming to Xianshu Pavilion to worship. On this day, Huang Chengxuan, the new Fujian Governor who had taken office in less than a month, went to Xianshu Pavilion to worship with relevant officials of Fujian governors.

After burning incense, Huang Chengxuan felt the kindness of his ex-living people and sat down with his followers for a while. Some officials said that there was a small road under the potato pavilion, with two stones standing on both sides of the road, which looked like a Tianmen Gate. He also said that a stone in the Tianmen Gate looked very much like a whale, called "whale stone". There was also a "giraffe banyan" planted in the first country by the stone. Now it is born with a rock with thick roots and lush leaves, which looks like a giraffe looking to the south of the sky. It is a grand scene in Fuzhou.

"The pavilion is beautiful because of the scenery, and the scenery is famous because of the pavilion."

Huang Chengxuan sighed that he was from Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and was a Jinshi in the Bingxu year in the 14th year of Wanli. The time for the Jinshi was 19 years later than that of Jinshi, who passed the second year of Longqing, was a generation away. But he admired the achievements of Jinshi in governing Fujian.

"During the reign of Emperor Jin, he had great military achievements. During the wars of Panasonic, Wuqiu, Yuyu, Tongshan, Penghu, Nanao, and Ganshan all made the Japanese pirates and Western barbarians frightened, and thus the Japanese tragedy in our Fujian area were completely exterminated. Later, he ordered sweet potatoes to prevent the people of our Fujian area from being famined. He is truly a living Bodhisattva. The potato pavilion was called a pavilion, but in the eyes of the Xiaguan, it was even more a temple!" Fujian governor Dong Daxun said sincerely.

When Jin Xue was appointed governor of Fujian, the Zhejiang and Fujian region was deeply troubled by Japanese pirates. Jin Xue once conducted investigation and analysis to summarize the rules of Japanese pirates' presence and built gates to curb their offensive. Once the Japanese arrived, they immediately ordered a blockade so that they could not gather together. Due to proper command, they won several victories against the Japanese, which eventually made the coastal areas of Fujian sanctuary tranquility.

The Later Jin proposed to the court to station troops in Penghu, reset the Penghu Inspection Department, and won the naval battle against the Dutch gunship, curbing the Dutch East India Company's ambition to invade China. At that time, the person who led the troops to fight against the Dutch warship was Shi Dezheng, who was then the admiral of the Fujian Navy and the current general of Zhejiang.

It can be said that the current peace in Fujian is entirely due to Jin Xuezeng's "martial arts". However, what makes Dong Daxun remember more deeply is the promotion of sweet potatoes.

Fujian has a special terrain, with eight mountains, one water and one part of the land. Ninety percent of the land is mountainous and hilly, and the grain output is extremely limited. Therefore, the people in Fujian are very poor, and when natural disasters occur, it will be a wasteland. If the government does not provide timely relief, it will be common for people to starve to death. However, since the promotion of sweet potatoes, even if there are natural disasters in Fujian Province, the people can still rely on sweet potatoes to fill their stomachs so that they will not starve to death. There is no expectation that hungry people will cause trouble. This is a great thing for Fujian officials.

If nothing happens under the rule, the official assessment will be high and the promotion will be easy. To be careful, all the officials in Fujian Province are really benefiting from Jin Xuezeng's glory.

"Chief of the Central Committee knows that all the people in Fujian say that Master Jin is better than Shennong's merits." Fujian Right Secretary Wan Ji'an also said from the side.

Huang Chengxuan nodded. The breakfast I used in front of the potato pavilion today was two sweet potatoes. This product was very good and could fill my stomach at critical moments.

But he pondered for a moment, but stood up and looked at the "Heaven Gate", shook his head and said, "Although sweet potatoes are good, they tend to be yellow after eating them for a long time, like vegetables. People are powerless and spiritless. How can they be called human?"

This statement made the officials swear from each other.

Huang Chengxuan saw the expressions of everyone, but he didn't care. He continued: "Mr. Jin introduced and promoted sweet potatoes that day, but it was just a temporary measure. He used this high-yield thing to temporarily fill the people's belly and prevent them from dead. But we cannot regard it as a common strategy and encourage the people to use it as the staple food! Let me ask, how can sweet potatoes like melons and vegetables be the staple food? After the first meal, they were full, and they were empty soon. They were powerless in farm work and were powerless when they went out, just like people waiting for death. If the country had something to do, how could a powerless person defend his country?"

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Dong Daxun was speechless, and he felt that Lord Huang was really nerd and angry. People, but they could eat enough without causing trouble. Do you care whether his face is yellow or not and whether he has the strength. Moreover, even if there is no natural disaster in Fujian, there is not enough arable land to grow rice and do not promote sweet potatoes, the people who are affected will not be hungry in the end.

"We are a salary and serve as an official position, but we want the people to have fish and meat, rice and rice, and we can be strong and god-like. We cannot really make the people eat sweet potatoes, so we think it is a merit." Huang Chengxuan said to himself.

"What Zhongcheng said is very good."

The officials said this, but none of them listened to the new governor's words. Huang Chengxuan was also inspired and knew that Fujian's promotion of sweet potatoes had been reported to the court as a great achievement, and it was not in line with the reality that he had to stop it. After all, the situation in Fujian was special. But he really didn't want to see the people all looking yellow and hungry, but the government decided not to starve to death as a successful achievement.

After returning to the yamen, the governor from the Zhejiang Party published a copy of "Commentary on the Proposal of Sea Defense Matters" to the court. In the memorial, Huang Chengxuan wrote that most of the troops in Penghu have been slapped, and the remaining soldiers are weak and cannot afford to fight and defend. They must select elite and strong soldiers. Those who have mixed more than a thousand people to pay attention to the land are often afraid of the way. After the flood season, they go back first. When the flood season is not smooth, they will say that the wind is not smooth and they will leave secretly. Then there is the name of guarding, but there is no reality of guarding."

Huang Chengxuan believed that it is necessary to strengthen the Penghu Inspection Office. If necessary, the jurisdiction should be set up there, and more strong soldiers should be sent to add water camps and train officers and soldiers, so that they will not be stationed for a long time. In this way, no long-term officers and soldiers will secretly abandon the camp and escape because they have no return from the sea.

Huang also suggested that given that Fujian is really poor and the people have little way out, they should send troops to Chicken Cage (Taiwan) to drive away Japanese pirates and Western barbarians. On the one hand, they will migrate Han people from Fujian to cultivate chicken cages, and on the other hand, they will educate local indigenous people, so that chicken cages can become a way out for the lives of Fujian people. The chicken cage is suitable. As long as the court adheres to this policy, it does not take decades, but only about twenty years, the chicken cage will definitely be able to have a fertile land for thousands of miles.

After completing this memorial, Huang Chengxuan summoned the Fujian Navy Admiral Hou An to come to the Fuya Department before. After meeting, he spoke and asked Hou Anzhi: "Can the Fujian soldiers still fight?"
Chapter completed!