In the world's land tax, Southern Zhili alone provided 20%. After that, Shandong and Shanxi were the most important, both with more than 10%. Next, there were Shaanxi and Henan, both with nearly 10%.
Yang Yiqing, the trilateral leader, is undoubtedly the only powerful figure in Shaanxi. Currently, Yang Zhixue, the governor of Shanxi, which is close to Shaanxi, was recommended by him. Yao Rong, who assists in military affairs in Beijing and participates in national policy meetings, is from Shaanxi.
How could the world not see it? Although there was Yang Tinghe at the center of the imperial court who had the power to dominate the government and the opposition, there was also Yang Yiqing in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty who held the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
So how would Yang Yiqing react to Yang Tinghe's power at this time?
The water patrol censor who came to Shaanxi was another son of Yang Tinghe, Yang Dun, who was a new scholar last year.
Yang Yiqing couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "The water patrol censors of the provinces, one is your father's son-in-law, one is his son-in-law's biological brother, and the other is you. Although Jiefu is nearly seventy years old, he still does what he wants without going beyond the rules.
It’s only half done.”
Yang Dun saluted like a quail in front of Yang Yiqing: "Before leaving Beijing, my father warned me that when I get to Shaanxi, I will just make a living by making a platform."
"Fat?" Yang Yiqing seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Exactly every word."
Yang Yiqing laughed, then stopped smiling: "Then I will send a team of pacesetters to protect you. When it comes to patrolling the water, let the feudal government lead the way for you. Is that foreign potato really so effective?"
"On the way to Xiaguan, I carefully consulted three worshipers for advice, and it is true that it has such a miraculous effect." Yang Dun changed his name, "I have been trying to plant seeds in Huangzhuang for two years, and the seeds are currently only enough for Shaanxi. Shanxi is trying to plant, and there are still more seeds left in Huangzhuang.
More seeds.”
"Can you bring some with you so I can observe them?"
"Nie Gongfeng is waiting in the side hall."
Yang Yiqing was no longer anxious. After looking at him for a while, he suddenly asked: "Do you know what the situation is now?"
Yang Dun smiled bitterly after hearing this.
Now that he had become a Jinshi and became an official, his father told him that he had not trained his eldest brother well before, so he should not just let him realize it on his own.
So Yang Dun naturally knew what was going on now.
The Yang family has no way out and can only move forward. So Yang Dun put on a helpless expression: "This kid is here to be a hostage."
Yang Yiqing laughed loudly after hearing this: "Interesting, then please invite Nie to come over."
But Yang Tinghe had many sons. By sending one son as a hostage to Yang Yiqing, would the world think that Yang Tinghe had promised Yang Yiqing something?
But this move is really good.
Even if it's just to let Yang Yiqing wait and see what happens.
Although Yang Tinghe is now equally honorable, what he has done is just reform after all.
Before he takes any further action against the imperial power, you cannot say that he is already conspiring to rebel. You can only accuse him of intending to rebel.
Looking at Yang Dun who was sitting there like a quail, Yang Yiqing kept smiling, and at the same time he was sighing at the emperor's boldness: Aren't you afraid that the fake show will come true?
How dare a powerful chief assistant and an important general from the northwest continue to play this game?
When things have developed to this point, Yang Yiqing, who is well aware of the process, will naturally not think that it is just a young man's passion and dare to bet. Yang Tinghe was forced to this point, and it was due to fate and the emperor's wonderful hand.
But things are different now. Yang Tinghe has really been given a lot of power. Just looking at this controversial appointment of the water patrol censor, you can understand that Yang Tinghe has mastered the most fundamental power for officials in the world.
One power: selection and promotion.
Even if it was because the emperor wanted him to do something and would not stop him for the time being, it seemed that this power could be taken back at any time, but Yang Tinghe would still be afraid after all. His disciples had old friends all over the world, and now there were so many people clinging to him, he could give him
Leave more escape routes for yourself.
So Your Majesty is not on guard at all?
Nie An, the worshiper of Wanfa Pavilion, came. After seeing Yang Yiqing, he still subconsciously wanted to kneel down.
Yang Yiqing hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Don't do this to worship Nie. You are the worshiper invited by His Majesty, and I cannot accept such a great gift from you."
To this day, Nie An is still not used to his status as an enshrined person in the Ten Thousand Methods Hall.
It was fine when they continued to serve the crops in the imperial manor as before. The people who took care of their food and daily life were also ministers with little power.
But on the way out of Beijing, Mr. Wenquxing did not neglect him at all. Everywhere he went, the officials did not dare to neglect him, no matter what color they were wearing.
Nie An could tell that there were always words in the eyes of some officials that they wanted to ask him, but they often didn't ask because Yang Qinchen was nearby.
Even Nie An had heard of the Yang Zitai whom I saw now. After all, he was also the prime minister.
Being helped up by Yang Yiqing, Nie An felt a little restrained: "I...I just serve the crops..."
"Food is the most important thing for the people!" Yang Yiqing said seriously, "Nie Gongsong came with a natural product that can produce more than two thousand kilograms per mu. You can help His Majesty find out the habits of this new grain. Your merits are immeasurable!"
"...Hey, we were all in the dark at the beginning, and we all relied on His Majesty's guidance."
Yang Yiqing was stunned.
"...Oh, please look at the table, this is the potato." Nie An said, taking the box from his nephew who was following him, opened it and handed it to Yang Yiqing to see.
Yang Yiqing temporarily stopped thinking about what "Your Majesty's instructions" meant and took the box.
The box was lined with some hay and placed three large, two small, and red-skinned objects.
When Nie An talked about familiar things, his voice became crisp and he introduced excitedly: "Everything is a treasure! It can be eaten raw or cooked, and it can also be boiled into powder and dried in the sun. The leaves that grow out are the same.
It’s edible and has many leaves! If His Majesty hadn’t said that new seedlings could grow by just cutting the pole and inserting it into the ground, with the same result, how would we have known that it was so easy to grow?”
Yang Yiqing finally remembered the question and asked suspiciously: "Did your Majesty teach you that?"
"Your Majesty, what is this...physics?" Nie An recalled the word and said with admiration, "Eunuch Zhang often goes to the Imperial Mansion on your Majesty's orders. I really don't know how your Majesty can still think about it when he is so busy on weekdays.
There are so many reasons! His Majesty said, can’t some trees survive just by cutting them and planting them on the ground? We tried it, hey! It really works!”
"...I see." Yang Yiqing nodded and looked solemnly at the potato in his hand, "Can one acre of real estate really be so much?"
"More than two thousand kilograms is not something to boast about!" Nie An replied firmly, "We are all careful people in the imperial village. The highest one acre of land yielded nearly four thousand kilograms! This treasure is drought tolerant, so there is no need to give it.
There’s too much water, so don’t let it accumulate!”
Yang Yiqing's heartbeat was a little fast, and he felt like he was holding a treasure: "Is it okay to eat it raw?"
"It works, it's very sweet! Can you give it a try?"
Yang Yiqing quickly shook his head: "There are few seeds now. Won't it hurt your stomach if you eat them raw?"
"It depends on the person. None of us have been harmed." Nie An added, "This baby is easy to fill up, but it can't tolerate hunger. If left like this, it will be easy to grow buds when the weather is warm, so it must be placed in a cool place.
"
"...This is the seed?" Yang Yiqing understood and looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, it is both a fruit and a seed, grown in the ground." Nie An remembered the instructions he received before leaving, and said to Yang Yiqing, "If you want this thing to last longer, it must be steamed and dried. After it is made,
, it is good dry food. Boil the water and mix it with some rice to make a bowl of fragrant porridge. Make a table, it depends on whether it is used for marching and fighting."
Yang Yiqing's heartbeat quickened: "Can it also be made into dry food?"
"There are many ways to eat them." Nie An nodded repeatedly, "His Majesty taught them all."
Yang Yiqing's thoughts returned to that question, but he did not continue to ask Nie An about it, but only asked about the method of planting.
Then I became more curious about the Agricultural Science Museum in the Wanfa Museum, and then I realized that there were several other things in the Imperial Mansion that were still being tested.
To put it bluntly, it can be said that the emperor is instructing or inspiring them on how to plant.
After respectfully asking him to follow Yang Dun to the Chief Envoy's Office, Yang Yiqing sat down and drank tea to calm down.
...There are two explanations.
First, the foreign factory is already very strong and has figured out many ways in Nanyang. After reporting it, the emperor will decide.
Second, the emperor's knowledge is like a gift from heaven, unfathomable...
No matter which one, it is the emperor's ability.
The many fantastic ideas of the new law and the new system of the central government and local government agencies are all under His Majesty's control. The current way of doing things for factory guards is naturally also under His Majesty's guidance.
So Your Majesty is not afraid of the fake show coming true, just because the advisers know this very well, right?
It has been two years since the Wanfa Museum was established. From what Nie An said, it was obvious that such a thing with a terrifying yield per mu was successfully tested the year before last, but it was not put out until this year.
So in the Ten Thousand Methods Hall, didn't Your Majesty, the proposer of the "physics" theory, tinker with anything else?
Yang Yiqing was unsure.
So I'm afraid Fei Hong thinks the same way.
It is really unimaginable that His Majesty would have no backup in such a big game.
Naturally, Zhang Yong was definitely a back-up move. Zhang Yong stayed in Shaanxi for several months during the Ganzhou Mutiny, and his old acquaintance Yang Yiqing was quite clear about Zhang Yong's position.
Yang Tinghe was in the center and seemed to have all the power, but in fact it all depended on the emperor's trust.
So... on the surface Yang Dun was acting as a hostage for Yang Tinghe, but in reality he was probably acting as a messenger for the emperor, and it also reassured Yang Tinghe: there was no need to worry about the emperor killing the donkey.
In Guangdong, Yang Shen might not be able to escape the murderous hands of Zhang Fujing, a fierce minister of the new dynasty, but if the emperor really killed the donkey, veteran ministers like Yang Yiqing would probably be frightened, and the fox would be sad when the rabbit dies, so Yang Dun might still be protected by him.
If they all stay in the capital, it will be a one-size-fits-all situation.
Yang Yiqing shook his head: We can't continue to ponder it in depth. Maybe it's not that complicated? Maybe Yang Tinghe is really trying hard and will become a benevolent person if he doesn't succeed?
At this point, the only way left is to return the throne to you after the success is achieved.
He stood up: As long as he, the three parties to the general system, did not side with Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe would never be able to usurp power.
There is also Wang Shouren in the southeast who is very knowledgeable about military affairs, but he has never been on Yang Tinghe's side.
He, Yang Yiqing, is also one of His Majesty's supporters.
But we have only met a few times in total, so why does His Majesty trust him so much and let him stay with Sanbian for so long? After all, Sanbian is obedient under the authority of Yang Yiqing.
"Master Taipei, Tea Horse Secretary, Tea Course Secretary are here with people from the trading company." Yang Yiqing's staff walked in and reported.
Yang Yiqing nodded.
The tea and horse trade in Shaanxi is similar to that in Guangdong.
Yang Yiqing recalled what His Majesty had said in his secret letter to him about ways to increase trade with the Northern Lu. In addition to ironware, Shaanxi had sold more than tea to Mobei in the past two years.
Compared with Huang Mingji who not only sold silk and porcelain but also bought grain in large quantities in Jiaozhi, I am afraid that Beibei was not the first step in His Majesty's mind.
He thinks this is right, Cochin produces grain.
I heard that Huguang is the focus of this water conservancy overhaul. In the future, the effects of Jiaozhi grain and Guangdong's new law will benefit the entire southwest and Lingnan. If Huguang is ripe and there are potatoes in the northwest, there will be no worries about food and grass.
Yang Yiqing felt a little regretful: I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the day when I can make great contributions to the northwest.
But it doesn't matter, the success doesn't have to be mine.
People with insight will understand that his role as the pillar of the northwest cannot be ignored in this turbulent change.
The supervisors and colleagues of the Tea Horse Market came. Yang Yiqing saw another Sichuan businessman from Sichuan, and saw the Sichuan businessman's eyes that were hesitant to speak.
He smiled: Is someone coming to test his attitude?