"Second from the left, luckily you have lived up to your fate!"
Zuo Mengeng was heading to Taiyuan and on the road, Zhang Haogu caught up with him.
But looking at this guy's sage-like expression, Zuo Mengeng was very worried.
"What did you do to Wang Weiran?"
Zhang Haogu looked up at the sky and thought about it for a long time.
"I gave him the most unforgettable memory. I believe he will always remember it when he gets to hell."
Zuo Mengeng quickly grasped the key words.
"Wang Weiran is dead?"
Zhang Haogu was quite dissatisfied.
"What are you talking about? Isn't it too luxurious to still be alive in this world when I, Young Master Zhang, can take care of me personally?"
Zuo Mengeng was a little creepy.
"I can't tell, you are quite perverted."
Zhang Haogu was very angry.
"Aren't you going to help you get some money?"
Haha, it seems like you are not the one who wants to be divided.
Zuo Mengeng didn't bother to pay attention to his pretentiousness. He opened the list and just glanced at it. He couldn't help but tremble all over.
"I have known for a long time that these traitors have made a lot of money. I never expected that they would accumulate such a terrifying wealth."
How much oil and water did Zhang Haogu squeeze out of Wang Weiran?
A total of more than 3.8 million taels of silver.
Cash!
It is said that the Ming Dynasty died due to finances, but just around the Jiubian area where the Ming Dynasty was helpless, there were actually such a large group of moths digging into the foundation of the country hidden.
Zuo Mengeng could only lament that the Ming Dynasty was not unjustly destroyed.
Zhang Haogu was really rude to Wang Weiran and used all the tortures he could think of.
Although Lao Xier loves money as much as his life, how can Wang Weiran, who has been pampered and pampered all these years and has tender skin and tender flesh, be able to bear all this?
On the third day, Wang Weiran, who only wanted a quick death, recruited them all and confessed all the wealth accumulated by the Wang family for generations.
As expected, Han Xu, the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty and Donglin boss, was also involved.
Han and Wang were both wealthy families in Puzhou and had never been separated from each other. Zuo Mengeng had long suspected that the Han family was involved.
Now that he had obtained solid evidence, Zuo Mengeng made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the complete elimination of the Han family and the Wang family.
When Hou Xun and others saw how determined he was, they suppressed their words to dissuade him.
The Donglin Party has long become a historical term. Now, as ministers of the new dynasty, they are creating a prosperous age, and they really can no longer take care of their former colleagues.
Furthermore, what the Han family did was really abhorrent, and they had no position to rescue them.
Taking advantage of opportunities before and after the battlefield, Zuo Mengeng uprooted all the profiteers in Shanxi who were collaborating with foreign enemies.
Towards these people, Zuo Mengeng was extremely ruthless and had no room for change at all, so he adopted the most violent means.
The results were also quite impressive. The amount of silver confiscated alone exceeded ten million taels.
Faced with this figure, officials also fell silent.
Since the war of unification, the country has been spending money like water, and the speed is frightening.
Although wealth is constantly coming from many newly developed areas, there is also a sense of tension that demand exceeds supply.
It was not until winter was approaching and the war in the north came to an end, leaving only the south still fighting, that the national finances breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the Yellow River Control Project has been launched, and the future economic growth of Hebei, Shanxi, and Qin provinces will not be included. For the government, financial pressure still exists.
Now that tens of millions of taels of silver have been obtained out of thin air, many problems have been solved.
Zuo Mengeng held many discussions with the cabinet during his inspection, and finally decided to use all this huge sum of money for ecological restoration in the three northern provinces.
In this way, at least within ten years, the central government will no longer need to invest a penny in these three places.
Without this huge burden, it will have huge benefits for the country's economic construction.
"Shanxi runs from northwest to southwest, and the Fen River runs through it, just like the human spine. If the Fen River is managed well, the mountains and rivers inside and outside can be rejuvenated."
Walking on the land of Shanxi, looking at the bare loess and rocks among the mountains, Zuo Mengeng felt shocked.
Shanxi has been a densely populated place since ancient times.
Overpopulation has put great pressure on the natural environment.
In order to survive, people continue to take from nature. All animals and plants have become the materials for people's survival.
As a result, the mountains have lost their color and the earth is barren. The water flowing down from the heights is constantly scraping the surface, bringing the rolling sediment into the Fen River and further into the Yellow River, further aggravating the sediment content in the Yellow River.
However, the two sides of the Fen River are the essence of Shanxi, and major cities are basically located on both sides of the Fen River.
It can be said that if the Shanxi section wants to manage the Yellow River well, the Fenhe River should be the first priority, but its source is in the Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains on the east and west sides.
"The country has prepared the money for you. The country has also prepared the food. The prisoners of war will also be left for you to serve as labor force. The most dangerous and arduous work can be done by them. Your first task
, within ten years, these mountains will become green and clear again, and the rivers everywhere will become clear."
Standing on the bank of the Fen River, Zuo Mengeng issued instructions to officials across Shanxi.
When they came to Shanxi to serve as officials, these people already knew the tasks ahead. However, after seeing it in person, they still felt the difficulty of the work.
"Your Majesty, we need technical support. Afforestation should be carried out according to the environment, but we are not experts in forestry and environment, and we don't know what trees should be planted where."
Although Yizhou Mayor Wang Shilu is young, he is courageous in his duties and has spoken out the issues that many officials are worried about.
There is no problem in letting them plant trees, but they don’t know how to do it!
Zuo Mengeng smiled and said: "Lingzu is an expert in forestry. Why don't you go and ask for advice?"
Wang Shilu is the elder brother of Wang Shizhen, and he is also a young hero from the Wang family in Xincheng. His grandfather Wang Xiangjin has reached the pinnacle of attainments in agriculture and forestry.
Wang Shilu looked strange.
"My ancestors studied fruit trees, which are quite different from green vegetation."
Zuo Mengeng didn't see it that way.
"In places with harsh environments, drought-resistant trees are certainly needed. But in the plains on both sides of the Fen River, in addition to the necessary cultivated land, it is completely possible to combine afforestation with the orchard economy. Although the state is responsible for your
Finance, but you can also seek development when conditions permit."
These words immediately made the officials suddenly enlightened, and they suddenly realized that they had been wrong.
Facts have proved that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the subjective initiative of officials was still very strong. Now that they were given space to perform, they immediately produced gratifying results.
The magistrate of Shouyang County came up with the idea of building terraced fields at the place where the two mountains are sandwiched and where the rains hit the hardest.
In this way, the sediment washed down by flash floods will not be lost, but will accumulate in these terraces.
On weekdays, farmers can plant some crops in the terraced fields to increase their income. Even if it is destroyed by flash floods, the loss is not big and there is no need to feel bad.
However, through this method, water and soil erosion can be effectively reduced.
Even Zuo Menggeng was surprised. He didn't expect that someone would think of a governance method that would be commonly used in later generations.
Not only did he praise the mayor of Shouyang County, he also immediately ordered that this method be promoted to areas with many mountainous areas.