Chapter 505 Go Meet Zhu Silang’s Students and Ask for Help From Zhu Silang’s Father!

"As expected of a student of King Yan, a person from Yanhua!" The factory owner watched the carriage go away, lowered his head, and looked at the tea money held in his hands, which was declined by Zhou Chao.

His face was filled with emotion.

He said to himself: "When will our Ming Dynasty become like Yanhua?"

Is there such a day?

He has no confidence.

In the past, everyone was afraid of His Majesty, and even felt a little against His Majesty in their hearts.

But in recent years, everyone who hopes that Ming Dynasty will become Yanhua has already changed their attitude towards Your Majesty, and hopes that Your Majesty will extend it to rural communities and fully imitate Yanhua's innovation.

Of course, everyone can understand why His Majesty suddenly stopped.

His Majesty is getting older and is worried that he will not be able to finish the work and leave a mess for those who come after him.

But in the future, will the prince really be able to imitate Yanhua?

To be honest, those businessmen who support the shareholding system are very pessimistic.

‘Hey, it would be great if King Yan ruled the Ming Dynasty! Forget it, you can’t talk nonsense and cause trouble for King Yan. If you really can’t stay in Ming Dynasty, go to Yanhua! ’

The factory owner gritted his teeth, stomped around and walked back into the factory.

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Zhizhi...

A word that cannot be expressed in words, in the heart of the factory owner, when the sigh sounded, the carriage was in Zhangbei City, and the road was paved with bluestone, moving slowly.

Fang Xiaoru, Lan Yu, and Zhang Yu rode in a carriage together.

Fang Xiaoru looked ahead at the carriage where Zhou Chao and Jin Douzi were riding. At a certain moment, he looked away and looked at Zhang Yu and Lan Yu who were also fascinated: "Liang Guogong, Marquis Zhongxin, what do you think of what His Highness Gao Xu just said? ?”

Lan Yu and the two came back to their senses.

Lan Yu smiled bitterly, nodded, and said loudly: "Although it is harsh, not a single word is a lie."

After Lan Yu started, Zhang Yu continued: "After the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone was established, due to the toughness of the Mongolian people and the two concepts advocated by the King of Yan to adapt to the grassland, the officials in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone did not hesitate to We dare to be greedy, but we must also admit that there is no big corruption, but small corruption is common. "

"I can guarantee that there is no such thing as this meat processing factory today in the Menghan Demonstration Zone, which sent so much money to the rescue team."

In fact, factory owners, as well as workers who own bodies.

The reason why he was willing to spend so much money was to pay for tea for Zhou Chao's team.

Mainly focus on two reasons.

First of all, Zhou Chao is a student of Lao Si. Let me ask you, who in the entire Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone does not miss Lao Si!

Secondly, Zhou Chao and others traveled thousands of miles to come to the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area to solve the locust plague problem as soon as possible for the people in the demonstration area.

If the locust plague problem can be solved as soon as possible.

Even if the farming in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area cannot be remedied, there are still ways for animal husbandry. As long as it rains, the grass that has been gnawed away by locusts in the demonstration area will soon grow back.

The losses in animal husbandry can still be saved to a certain extent.

"Of course, we must also realize that, as His Highness said, small corruption will eventually lead to big corruption."

"Especially the cliché of noble and humble in the subconscious mind of ordinary people."

"The two concepts have drawn the mutual constraints of political and economic interests on the white paper of the demonstration area. With Liang Guogong and I suppressing it, the officials in the demonstration area do not dare to be corrupt, but one day we will eventually Leave the demonstration area..."

As a subject.

Whether it was the considerations of the central officials or the emperor, it was impossible for the two ministers to stay in the same place for too long.

Therefore, he and Lan Yu will definitely leave.

When they left, the restrictions imposed by the top level of the demonstration area on the officials below disappeared.

The common people at the bottom of the class all have the outdated thought of "give some gifts, and the officials will get the job done, so it's nothing to give."

Over time, as Jin Douzi said, the demonstration area will be completely eroded.

"Actually, it's not that we don't know about these problems, it's just that we were in the past..."

"Let me tell you." Seeing Zhang Yu's hesitation, Lan Yu took the initiative with a smile, "In the past, we didn't dare to make much progress in this area, mainly for three reasons."

When Zhu Laosi was in Yanhua, with retired soldiers as the main force, he launched a folk movement to eliminate obsolescence.

After he returned from Yanhua, he discussed the matter with Zhang Yu in detail.

However, the two of them discussed for a long time and did not dare to imitate Zhu Laosi rashly.

"First of all, the special situation in the demonstration area determines that we dare not do this rashly. We should note that the Mongolian groups in the demonstration area were improved from the previous tribal system. Most of the nobles are now engaged in business and have engaged in wage labor. Shareholding system, but there are still a considerable number of Mongolian nobles who hold many official positions in the demonstration area. These people, in recent years, have earned a lot of benefits from the employment-based shareholding system and rural village communities, and they also enjoy power, and, Many of them are also influenced by traditional thinking and believe that the rural community and herdsmen under their management are their private property..."

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"Hastily making big moves in the demonstration area may cause shock to these people, which will affect the stability of the demonstration area."

Fang Xiaoru listened carefully.

He already understands.

In the final analysis, it was the foundation provided by the imperial court that failed to keep up with the development situation of the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone.

He remembered that when King Yan left, when he established the demonstration area, he said that the people should be educated, and the children of the Mongolian nobles who had submitted their orders should be recruited to the Imperial College for study.

First, replace the older generation of aristocrats with aristocratic children who receive innovative education.

Finally, the temporary hereditary Mongolian official positions in the demonstration area must be changed to a floating official system.

But in recent years, due to various reasons, education has not been grasped.

"I, the left prime minister, will handle this matter. After the locust extermination is over, I will ask Your Majesty to set up a Mongolian class in the Imperial College. This class is specially designed to recruit the children of the Inner Mongolian nobles in the demonstration area. We don't need the old Confucians in the court to use our reformists. The content of teaching this noble boy in the Mongolian class is similar to that of the foreign academy at Yanhua Imperial College.”

"As the left prime minister, I will send a letter to Yanhua, requesting the King of Yan to sponsor a group of Yanhua Imperial Academy and Foreign College teaching materials to be revised based on the actual situation of our Ming Dynasty, retaining innovative ideas, and in line with the reality of the Ming Dynasty. , the professor guides this group of noble young people, this Mengban class can also be used as an experiment for our reform training. "

Lan Yu couldn't help but smile, "This couldn't be better."

Then he continued: "Another reason is the identity of Zhang Yu and I. The current Mongolian-Han demonstration area is actually military control. Even Zhang Yu is in charge of the registered Mongolian soldiers."

Due to the special circumstances at the beginning of the establishment of the demonstration area.

There are two military forces.

First, the imperial court sent troops to station along the Yin Mountains to guard against the regular new army in the north.

Commanded by him.

2. In order to reassure the Mongolian nobles and Mongolian people who surrendered, there were a large number of paramilitary forces of various sizes in the demonstration area, holding bows, arrows and scimitars, and were half herders and half soldiers.

This department was led by Zhang Yulai, who was born as a Han and served as the magistrate of the Privy Council of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

"As soldiers, although we have the power to handle local civil affairs under military control, our status prevents us from intervening too deeply in local civil affairs."

Fang Xiaoru nodded to express understanding.

Sapphire and Zhang Yu can have prestige and great influence in the demonstration area.

But the center of the imperial court, and even His Majesty, cannot accept that their prestige and influence exceed that of the center of the imperial court.

This is the need for governance.

It is also an expression of responsibility and love for the courtiers.

Otherwise, when the demonstration area is fully completed in the future, Lan Yu and Zhang Yu may be killed in tears.

Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment and asked in a consultative tone: "After these years of development, do you think the demonstration area has the conditions to initially end military control and realize the separation of local military and political affairs?"

Fang Xiaoru was a little nervous and looked carefully into the eyes of Lan Yu and Zhang Yu.

The two were committed innovators, he had no doubt.

But in the demonstration area, the sense of power that the military and government have grasped has had much impact on the two of them over the years?

Now let them give up their civil power.

Will they feel conflicted in their hearts?

He couldn't judge.

As a like-minded innovator, he did not want the two of them to be corrupted by this kind of power.

Ha ha……

Lan Yu and Zhang Yu looked at each other and laughed heartily.

Lan Yu looked at Fang Xiaoru and said with a hearty smile: "What a good Fang Xizhi!"

Fang Xiaoru leaned back slightly, leaned on the backrest easily, smiled, and looked at the two of them with a smile.

From this upright and hearty laughter, he knew that worry was unnecessary.

Zhang Yu also leaned back easily and said with a smile, "I think the demonstration area has initially met the conditions for the separation of military and political affairs. After all, both the Mongolian people and us Central Plains immigrants in the demonstration area have already seen it. Follow the imperial court, What a good life it can be.”

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Fang Xiaoru listened patiently to Zhang Yu's words before saying: "Well, after this matter is over and I return to the court, I will ask Your Majesty to carry out a preliminary separation of military and political affairs in the demonstration area, and send a determined innovator to the Mongolian-Han demonstration area to serve as the commander-in-chief." Political Envoy, Marquis Zhongxin is appointed Deputy Chief Envoy..."

Seeing Zhang Yu frowning slightly.

Fang Xiaoru explained: "I know that Marquis Zhongxin wants to withdraw, but he can't do it now. The civil servants sent by the imperial court don't understand the demonstration area. This is one of the reasons."

"Secondly, after all, the demonstration area has been established for less than ten years. Apart from King Yan, the people here are probably the most convinced of you two. Marquis Zhongxin, as the commander of the paramilitary forces in the demonstration area, continues to serve as the deputy chief envoy, which can guarantee the original policy. The continuity can also be settled in the hearts of the Mongolian nobles and people in the demonstration area. After all, in the hearts of the Mongolians in the demonstration area, Zhongxinhou Qian has a special status. You are from the Central Plains, but you have also served as the Privy Councilor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. "

At the beginning, King Yan strongly recommended Zhongxinhou to preside over the civil affairs in the military control demonstration area and control the paramilitary forces.

Thinking about it, it was because of the identity of Marquis Zhongxin.

Facts have also proved that King Yan’s arrangement was very clever.

This incident has fully demonstrated King Yan's political talents and strategies.

Zhang Yu spread his hands and said, "Well, as a person who carries forward the past and links the future, I will assist the new chief envoy for a while."

Ha ha……

Fang Xiaoru smiled, leaned forward, patted the knee of Zhang Yu, who was sitting opposite, and said with some enthusiasm: "Now, there is Fujian in the south. Fujian has become a little Yanhua in recent years..."

When the King of Yan carried out the transformation of the people of Yanhua into obsolescence.

Fujian is following suit.

Businessmen in Fujian do not want bureaucracy to spread again in the future.

While sending people to Yanhua to inspect and study, they also directly asked Yanhua to impart their experience.

Of course, Fujian cannot use retired soldiers to fight this battle.

But Fujian also has Fujian's advantages.

Folk club!

Fujian scholars have become the main force in this transformation to eliminate obsolescence.

Fujian businessmen who supported two concepts and two propositions funded society students to go to rural areas to widely publicize, guide and teach the people: officials and people are equal in personality.

People must not encourage obsolete trends.

At the same time, a large amount of money was donated to local county governments to expand rural elementary education.

The only requirement of Fujian merchants to the local county magistrate is that the elementary school enlightenment textbooks must use Yanhua textbooks.

Fujian officials must have some resistance in their hearts.

After all, these things, in essence, are actually not trusting them and guarding against them.

However, according to the news reported by Jinyiwei to the prince, most of Fujian officials are just a little uncomfortable emotionally.

They think that after so many years, they have changed their previous official style and done so many good things conscientiously, but they are still suspected and guarded. It is too unfair.

But in terms of action, most of them are more supportive.

Because most officials understand.

In fact, the core connotation of this matter is not specifically aimed at them.

It is aimed at the bureaucratic atmosphere of the entire officialdom.

It is aimed at the widespread outdated style of respecting the inferior and the noble among the people.

The officials of Yanhua can actively support the reform of the outdated style of the people initiated by the King of Yan. In recent years, everyone has followed Yanhua in everything. What is unacceptable?

"There is Fujian in the south, and in the north, we want to build the demonstration zone into another Fujian. In the future, these two places will have a profound impact on the Central Plains from the north and south!"

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After hearing this, Lan Yu and Zhang Yu nodded with a smile.

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A few days later.

West of Zhangbei.

Beside the Halutu River.

The river water flows slowly from north to south like a white silk hada.

On both sides of the river, the originally lush vegetation has become bare, and dense locusts continue to gnaw on the grass leaves that cattle and sheep find difficult to bite.

A large number of locusts have migrated south and north along the Halutu River.

But even if the locusts have not yet started to migrate, the density is still terrifying.

And such a scene is happening in the entire Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone.

One by one, carriages equipped with giant wooden chicken cages are parked by the river.

The migrants and Mongolians who lived and settled in the Central Plains all came to the scene after hearing the news, looking at Fang Xiaoru and others with expectation, as well as the chicken coops.

Zhou Chao, Fang Xiaoru and others all stood beside the chicken coops on the carriages.

Bang, bang, bang...

At a certain moment, the sound of firecrackers rang out.

Zhou Chao, Fang Xiaoru, Jin Douzi and others looked at each other and opened the door of the chicken coop at the same time.

Quack, quack!

A group of reed chickens that had been transported from the Central Plains for thousands of miles suddenly chirped happily, scrambling to be the first, flapping their wings, and swarming out of the cage.

After landing.

Spread their wings briefly.

Their sharp eyes soon caught the locusts that were still nibbling on the grass leaves and had not yet noticed the danger.

Their sharp beaks suddenly aimed at the locusts and pecked them down.

The roosters, having tasted the delicious food, croaked and flapped their wings, leading groups of hens to form small groups, along the river bank, flapping their wings, running and chasing the locusts that were aware of the danger and flying up and down in groups.

The scene was very lively.

The onlookers, with a glimmer of hope on their worried faces.

Fang Xiaoru, Lan Yu and others were more cautious.

Whether the locust plague can be effectively curbed will take some time and can only be confirmed through sampling surveys.

Their identities will not think that everything is fine just because they see a little hope.

Later, Fang Xiaoru and others, accompanied by Zhou Chao, came to the riverside, a rocky forest built of huge stones.

Cages for starlings were placed next to the rocky forest.

When the cages were opened.

The starlings soared into the sky, and after a brief panic, they chased the locusts away...

Fang Xiaoru stared at the starlings as they disappeared from his sight, and said with some worry: "Little Zhou Chao, will the starlings really come back here to our artificially built rock forest?"

Zhou Chao smiled confidently, "Of course they will. Birds and humans actually have something in common. In unfamiliar environments, they always like to find some similar environments to live in."

"In Yanjing, we used the rock forest to provide a habitat for starlings. Now, we have built a large number of rock forests in this demonstration area. They will first settle in such a rocky forest. "

"Duke Liang and Marquis Zhongxin, you must remind the people in the demonstration area that in the past year, before the starlings have adapted to the natural environment of the demonstration area, they must not destroy these rocky forests artificially."

Lan Yu patted his chest and guaranteed, "Don't worry, as long as the starlings can prevent and control locust plagues, I dare to guarantee that the people will not only not destroy the rocky forests, but in the future, the people in the demonstration area will come to worship these rocky forests during festivals, and maybe they will build temples for the starlings!"

Zhou Chao couldn't help but laugh.

This is really possible.

The people may regard the starlings as the gods of locust extermination.

Zhou Chao never expected it.

The people in the demonstration area, and even the entire grassland, did build a large number of temples.

However, the gods' Dharma images were shaped in the image of Zhu Di and him.

In the temples of locust extermination gods scattered throughout the grassland, he stood beside Zhu Di, and several locust natural enemy birds, mainly starlings, stood on his head.

On the left and right shoulders, there stood a valiant rooster and a hen.

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Then a month later.

As the chickens collected from the Central Plains were continuously transported in.

Zhou Chao, Fang Xiaoru and others released the chickens at selected drop-off points.

Various good news came as the chickens were continuously released.

They were constantly summarized at the Zhangbei City Rescue Headquarters.

When the tribes north of Yinshan sent people to request rescue help from the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area.

The news also reached Mahamu, who had been keeping a close eye on the locust eradication operation, before Jinling.

Choros tribe.

In the sweat tent.

"Can human power really compete with the sky?" After putting down the letter and newspaper, Tupolo looked at Mahamu in disbelief.

In the sweat tent, everyone looked at Mahamu.

Among them, who knows Yanhua best, it is Mahamu.

Mahamu was also quite emotional and shocked. He looked around at everyone and said, "I don't know much about Zhou Chao, a biological research team. I just heard that they study animal and plant specimens, evolution theory, food chain, etc., and the specific research is What and how to study is unknown.”

"However, these studies have received strong support from King Zhu Di of Yan. Even the demonstration area headed by Lan Yu and Zhang Yu funded Zhou Chao's research."

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"You may not know that none of Zhu Di's students became officials. They were all engaged in various strange researches. Yang Dongxu invented clocks and studied ballistics, Chunxiao and Minfeng were engaged in medicine, and Wang studied ores and smelting. Jin Mi, when I left, this Wang Jinmi was researching a large-scale steelmaking technology, formulating Yanhua industrial measurement standards, and Xia Yuanji, who has extremely outstanding mathematical abilities..."

"And this weekly tide."

"Zhu Di's other students also have their own research directions, but they have not yet emerged as prominent as these few."

"Now you know how powerful Yanhua is, right?"

Tupolo and the others were silent, subconsciously, nodding silently.

Yanhua has a way to resist even natural punishments such as locust plagues.

This is a fight with the sky!

Is there anything else that Yanhua can't do?

Mahamu saw that everyone finally started to take Yanhua's new things seriously. He was very satisfied. He coughed lightly, and after everyone came to their senses, he said, "Now let's discuss the matter of asking for help?"

"My opinion is that we must take a two-pronged approach. We must not only send people to contact Zhou Chao's rescue team, but also send people to meet with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. Because these are two parties. They are not subordinate to each other and the relationship is very delicate. , if you want to get rescue and help, you must obtain the consent of both parties at the same time.”

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"For the Ming Dynasty, our bottom line is that we can submit tribute to the Ming Dynasty and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. We can even send our children to the Ming Dynasty as hostages!"

Taiping frowned for a moment, "Mahamu, is it too..."

"Too humble?" Mahamu smiled, "No, we are humble on the surface, but we can benefit from it."

Everyone looked at Mahamu in confusion.

Mahamu explained with a proud smile, "Although Daming is not as good as Yanhua in industry, Daming can get help from Yanhua, and Daming's sense of confidentiality is not strong. Our children and grandchildren went to Jinling for With the quality, you can immediately learn about the latest and most advanced assistance provided by Yanhua for the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty..."

"It is called a proton, and it is indeed a proton, but it can also collect intelligence for us, and it can also let our descendants understand industrialization and the direction of development in the future era."

In fact, he mainly wanted to have their children.

Learn more about future development directions.

The children of Mongolian nobles who do not accept new trends are the kind who cling to Mongolian traditions.

These children cannot go to Yanhua.

Daming is a good choice to settle for the next best thing.

Seeing that Taiping people were still hesitant, Mahamu began to give examples: "In the past two years, with the promotion of the biogas slurry silage storage technology I brought back, every winter, fewer cattle and sheep starve to death. Have you lost a lot of weight?”

Yanhua is evergreen all year round.

They are all promoting biogas slurry silage storage technology.

Fresh grass, with a small amount of biogas slurry added, and after fermentation of green storage, for some unknown reason, it turned out to be more nutritious than fresh grass.

Yanhua used this technology to breed war horses, cattle, donkeys, mules and other herbivorous livestock on a large scale, and the cost of concentrated feed consumption was also controlled.

"Yanhua will not ban technologies like biogas slurry and silage storage from Ming Dynasty. If our children are in Jinling, they can get it as soon as possible!"

After giving specific examples.

Mahamu finally convinced Taiping and others.

Subsequently.

An envoy led by Taiping and Yexian marched south with thousands of fine war horses that Mahamudu spent a lot of effort to collect.

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at the same time.

Jinling.

East Palace.

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai came out of Zhu Biao's study.

Huang Zicheng rubbed his red and rosy nose, frowned and said, "We have collected chickens one after another. Seventy or eighty thousand chickens have been given away. Why is there no news at all?"

Qi Tai said with a half-smile but not a smile: "Isn't it good news if there is no news?"

No news, it most likely means that the governance results are not good!

Qitai guessed a little bit right.

The reason why Fang Xiaoru, Lan Yu and others did not rush to report the situation was because they were worried that the conservatives would cause trouble.

I want to wait until I get the accurate results of locust extermination before reporting to the court.

Huang Zicheng smiled and nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Ji Gang coming in a hurry with an excited expression.

As soon as Ji Gang approached, Huang Zicheng grabbed Ji Gang and asked eagerly: "Deputy Commander Ji, did the locust extermination operation in the demonstration area fail?"

Ji Gang is also the prince's man.

Although he is a nasty hawk, he has the same interests as them.

Ji Gang is so happy and excited, it must be news that is beneficial to the prince.

At present, besides the locust extermination operation in the demonstration area, what else can be done?

Ji Gang smiled and shook his head, looking around, and said in a low voice: "My two lords, there is no news about the locust extermination operation, but there is news from the South China Sea. This is the news from more than ten days ago. It is said that the Chen Dynasty navy has been dispatched in full force and began to tentatively invade the South China Sea, which Zhu Di regarded as a forbidden area. Zhu Silang's navy has also been dispatched. At present, the sea over there is probably covered with war clouds. Even, the largest-scale naval battle with strong ships and powerful guns in human history has already started!"

After Ji Gang finished speaking, he clasped his fists and bowed, and then hurried to Zhu Biao's study.

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at each other excitedly.

Huang Zicheng's big red rosacea was a little purple in an instant, and he clapped his hands excitedly, "God help us, Zhu Silang failed in the naval battle, and if the locust extermination operation fails again, perhaps, the time for our counterattack will come early!"

"Let's go to see my mentor, Prime Minister Hu!"

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