It was the first day of November when Zhu Youlang led his army to Wuzhou.

Wuzhou Prefect Jinbao, the garrison Zhang Tongchang led his troops to welcome him for ten miles. Dai Yilan and Li Yong led their troops to Wuzhou three days ago, so they were naturally welcomed.

The temporary tour is set up in the prefect's office.

After receiving the order, the emperor said that he would stay in Wuzhou for three days, and Jinbao cleared the place out early. Bai Xing personally led his people to search the prefect's office yesterday and then set up defenses around him.

Zhu Youlang saw that it was too late, so he ordered Li Yuanyin and Li Yong to station the troops outside the city and inspect the mountain army tomorrow. Then he led Dai Yilan, Chen Jitai, Huang Zongxi, Chen Zizhuang, Lu Daqi, Gu Yanwu to move into the city with Jinbao and Zhang Tongchang.

Dai Yilan served Zhu Youlang for a simple washing. The two separated for a long time and longed for a deeper time. Naturally, they hugged and kissed each other with affection, but they were reluctant to part for a long time.

"Alan, Jinbao, and Zhang Tongchang are all waiting in the front hall. They have occupied other people's territory. It is not good to see them. You are now the commander of the mountain army. You are with me in this name, and it is hard for others to say anything. So, after returning to Guangzhou, you will be a concubine, which is cheaper. Leave the military affairs to Li Yongquan only." The two kissed for a while, and Zhu Youlang let go of Alan and said in her confused eyes.

"Your Majesty, I don't care. As long as you are with you, you can make any arrangements." Alan said.

"Okay, you have a rest first, I'll go see them first."

"good."

Zhu Youlang walked to the door, turned around and said, "We will have a bridal chamber tonight."

"Why!"

Alan agreed excitedly.

Zhu Youlang came to the front hall, and the ministers knelt down to welcome him. Li Yuanyin and Li Yong had settled their military affairs and had already arrived.

Zhu Youlang sat steadily on the middle chair and ordered all the ministers to be calm.

"Duke Wei, how do people in Wuzhou live? How effective is the implementation of the new policy?" Zhu Youlang looked at Jinbao and asked.

Jinbao, whose courtesy name was Weigong, was from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He was a Jinshi in the 13th year of Chongzhen. He was appointed as the magistrate of Linqing. He had a good reputation. Because he offended his superior Liu Zeqing, he was forced to resign from his post and return to his hometown. Soon, the Ming Dynasty fell. In the first year of Hongguang, the Qing army captured Hangzhou. Jinbao and the former governor Yao Zhizhuo raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He was defeated and fled to Guangxi to avoid disaster. After Zhu Youlang became emperor in Guangzhou, Qu Shiyu knew his direct name and strongly invited him to serve as the prefect of Wuzhou.

"Go back to Your Majesty..." Jinbao saw the emperor's questioning and wanted to kneel down after he left work.

"No need to be polite, stand and reply." Zhu Youlang quickly waved his hand to stop him.

"Thank you. Your Majesty. Since I became the magistrate of Wuzhou, I have been blessed with Your Majesty, the people are happy, the ground is peaceful, and everything is going well. But this is just the situation where the prefecture and county are located. Wuzhou has many mountains, rivers, land is scarce, and people in remote mountainous areas have difficulty in making a living. Many lack food and clothing, and I feel very incompetent. The new policy is very popular among the people and it is not difficult to implement. Only a few gentry and tyrants are disconnected from the government and have complaints." Jinbao replied.

Zhu Youlang nodded when he heard this.

These words show that Jinbao is famous for his reputation, he has little words, no words, no embellishment, and no pretentiousness. It can be seen that he is a good official who is loyal to the emperor and loves the people.

"It's great. Mr. Wei's words are lacking in saying good deeds, and his loyalty to the emperor and the people are fully demonstrated. I am not a person who loves merits. I can only listen to good words and not bad words."

"I am just a little talented and knowledgeable, and I only have my duty, so I will not receive any misunderstandings from Your Majesty."

"Don't be too humble. I can still see whether your official duties are good or not. Wei Gong, what you just said is actually two things. One is civil affairs. Although Wuzhou has few land, there are many mountains and many minerals. These mountains are treasures. Now it is wartime. I can't spend a lot of energy to devote myself to civil affairs. When I drive away the Qing soldiers in the future, I will definitely develop these treasures. For Wuzhou, I have two intentions. First, take advantage of the advantages of the two provinces to build a commodity distribution center to achieve the exchange of goods and personnel between Guangdong and Guangxi. If it is open, there will be no pain, and if it is painful, it will be blocked. Only when people and materials move, Wuzhou will definitely become rich; second, although Wuzhou has many mountains, many are ridge-shaped low hills, with more soil and few stones. It can organize the people to build mountains and terraces. After working like this for three or five years, the reclaimed land will definitely make the people full."

After saying this, all the ministers looked at each other. They all understood the meaning, but the words "terraced fields" and "ridge-shaped low hills" were not seen in any classics. Could it be that the emperor himself created it?

Among them, Gu Yanwu secretly admired it because he heard the profound meaning of this statement was "hiding rich in the people", which was in line with his thoughts.

"In addition, the gentry and wealthy families you mentioned have complaints and refuse to cooperate. Not only in Wuzhou, but also in other places. It's okay, I've prepared this policy when I formulated this policy. However, I didn't have time to deal with them because of the war. Now, I have already built official schools in various places, regardless of ethnicity, status, and poverty. All children can study for free, and those who are outstanding can even get scholarships. In this way, studying is no longer the patent of gentry and wealthy families. The stupid sons of the people can read and read, and they will not be blind, and those who are smart can also enter the official forest to become officials. In this way, as long as you persist, there is no need to be too much. If you work hard for ten years, the gentry and wealthy families may not have any complaints."

After Zhu Youlang finished speaking, Jinbao felt enlightened.

Yes, the emperor did not want to change the pattern of governing the world with the scholars and officials, but expanded the scope of recruiting scholars. The gentry and wealthy families could not come out. Anyway, studying is not your unique right. If you don’t come out, there will be no place in the officialdom and will definitely gradually decline in the future.

This move is cruel enough!

Zhu Youlang's interpretation of Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu's words is different from others.

Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu fully support the enlightenment of people's wisdom, which shows that the emperor has indeed adhered to the "people-centered" governance idea and broke the traditional concept of "family and world". As an emperor, what a taboo thing was to open the enlightenment of people? But the emperor did it. This courage and courage to innovate itself is admirable.

"I feel enlightened after your Majesty's teachings. Meeting such an enlightened master is a blessing for me. I will follow Your Majesty's will and govern Wuzhou well. I will give me five years, no, three years, and I will definitely manage Wuzhou to be prosperous!" Jinbao was in a stir and said firmly.

"Okay! I will give you a three-year period. I am commending the ambition of Duke Wei. However, the Qing court will not watch our dynasty grow and will not give us an environment for rest and recuperation. All of this must be based on driving the Qing soldiers away. At present, we can only talk about other things if we win this battle first."

"Your Majesty, I think it is not a problem to defeat Kong Youwei with your Majesty's wisdom."

"Hahaha, Duke Wei, you are very confident in me."
Chapter completed!