"I am very satisfied with my life now. I became a relative and had a husband. I am still alive and already had children. This place is better than I thought. My husband is very young and healthy, and he treats me well. My parents-in-law is also very nice to me. Although it is very cold here in winter, we have our own land, houses, and enough wood. We can eat three meals a day and eat full every day. I am very satisfied."

Li Shuchu, the Governor of the Central Plains, held an Imperial Daily in his hand and read it with relish. The Imperial Daily is a major newspaper published nationwide by the Holy Han Dynasty. It is said that the circulation has exceeded 100,000. Li Shuchu likes the authority of this newspaper. Of course, in addition to current affairs and business news, he also likes several other columns in this newspaper, one of which is a day column that specializes in the empire that introduces the world, geography and humanities, and the lives of the people of the Han Dynasty.

Every issue of the Empire is written by a day of the Empire, including civil and military officials, military officers and soldiers, and of course, merchants and craftsmen and farmers. This issue of the Empire is written by a Japanese bride.

"Your Majesty, these Japanese girls live very well in Han Dynasty." The Governor Hou Xun, who saw the newspaper that Li Shuchu was reading, said with a smile.

"If it is not necessary, it is better to try to avoid high-pressure strategies. In the words of Your Majesty, this is also a reduction in costs. Look at these Japanese women now, they have married into the Han Dynasty and solved millions of singles for the Han Dynasty. Now these Japanese women are grateful to His Majesty and the court. Most Japanese women feel that their lives are indeed better than in the past." Li Shuchu put down the newspaper and said with some emotion.

"Your Majesty has a long-term vision."

In recent years, most of the governors, generals and generals from all over the country rushed into the capital to celebrate the court.

The annual entry into the capital and the dynasty is also an important feature of the Han Dynasty's national affairs today. These officials from the border entered Beijing not only to celebrate New Year's Day and watch the lantern festival. They wanted to go to Beijing to report on their work for one year, accept the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, meet with the emperor for inquiries, and also have to summarize the local fiscal budget situation in the past year. Of course, there is another extremely important task, which is to strive for next year's fiscal budget.

However, compared with last year, the local Chaoji delegation was relatively relaxed this year. First of all, the development of various places has been good this year. Overall, there are no major disasters and epidemics. In addition, the local tax revenue from this year has been directly included in the local finance. Local officials have greater administrative and fiscal autonomy, making local officials have a good year. Moreover, the treasury of the imperial court is now full, and the budget for next year is relatively loose. Everyone does not have to work so hard to get it. What should be removed will be removed to them.

Today, Hou Xun and Li Shuchu met with the two governors. It was because they had received relatively accurate news. Since the former governor of Zhili Liu Yunsheng was promoted to the Right Privy Councilor, former Minister of War Zhang Guowei was transferred to the Governor of Zhili, but Zhang Guowei did not serve as governor of Zhili for long, so he was soon transferred to the Governor of the newly established North Korean Military Region.

Now the position of governor of Zhili is vacant. I heard that the emperor has intended to let the governor of the Central Plains Li Shuchu take over. After Li Shuchu was transferred from the Central Plains Military Region, the position of governor of the Central Plains may be replaced by the governor of the outside pass.

The Governor of Zhili, the Governor of the Central Plains, and the Governor of the Pass, in terms of importance, of course, the Governor of Zhili has the most authority, followed by the Governor of the Central Plains. Although the Governor of the Pass now governs the six provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Haixi, Heilongjiang, Jiangdong and Xing'an, the land outside the Pass is still in ruins. There are still few immigrants there, which is far from comparable to the Central Plains and Zhili.

What's more, there are still rumors that the court is preparing to split the six provinces outside the military region into two military regions. Liaoning, Jilin and Haixi are still military regions outside the military region, while Xing'an, Heilongjiang and Dongjiang will form the Anbei Military Region with Xibol Province. In this way, the governor outside the military region will naturally become more and more embarrassed.

"Your Majesty summoned me to meet today. I have already said that I will be transferred to Zhili after the New Year. The Central Plains Military Region will ask Brother Hou in the future."

When Hou Xun heard that the matter had indeed settled, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

He was originally worried that according to the principle of avoiding his hometown, he might not have the chance to get this opportunity as a Henan native. But now it seems that at the level of the governor, avoidance is not that important.

"Mr. Hou has been outside the pass in recent years, and has achieved remarkable achievements. He has quickly stabilized outside the pass and achieved such impressive results in immigration affairs. How could Your Majesty not know?" Li Shuchu praised.

Hou Xun was very helpful. When he was transferred to the outside of the pass, it was quite difficult. In addition to southern Liaoning, the entire jurisdiction was almost the territory of the Jurchens. The governor outside the pass was actually not as good as the prefect of the Central Plains. However, the court defeated the Jurchens in a short time and recovered the entire pass. He invested a lot of money to immigrate to the border. In a short time, the outside of the pass changed a lot, which was indeed something he had never expected at the beginning.

"They are all wise leaders of Your Majesty." Hou Xun laughed, "Henan is my hometown. In recent years, Du Li was the real decisive needle in the Central Plains. He suppressed bandits, quelled Zhu Ni, rebuilt after the war, and resumed production. Now, the Central Plains is not only an important grain output for the imperial court, but also a cotton and oil production area. This year, the cotton and oil production in Henan are the first in the imperial provinces. In addition, the construction of fruit trees, minerals and commercial ports in Shandong, although the Central Plains Military Region only has two provinces, it has changed the situation where the number of people is the most but the most poor people. The people's livelihood economy has turned several times, and tax creation is ranked first in various places. Du Li made an indelible contribution."

Henan is located in the heart of the Central Plains. It has many plains and has a large arable land but also has a large population. In the past, there was very little arable land per capita. In addition, rivers such as the Yellow River were disrepaired for many years, and floods and water conservancy was disrepaired, which could easily lead to drought. After the late Ming Dynasty, Henan became synonymous with poverty. Every time a famine occurs, a large number of Henan people have to escape from the famine. Especially in the rebellion of the farmers in the late Ming Dynasty after the Apocalypse, they were repeatedly looted by bandits, and the most vassal kings in Henan made the people of Henan more poor.

Hou Xun just praised Li Shuchu's achievements, not because Li Shuchu's daughter has now entered the palace as a concubine, nor because Li Shuchu is about to be promoted to the Governor of Zhili, but because he tells the truth.

Li Shuchu was in charge of the Central Plains and in charge of the two provinces of Henan and Shandong. The bandits and other bandits were driven away. The Fu King Zhu Changxun, who was trying to restore the dynasty of Luoyang, was destroyed. The Yellow River was renovated back to the old road, the canal was dredged, the Huaihe River and Bian River were governed, as well as the development and construction of ports such as Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, and Register made the Central Plains a day.

Although these are actually decided by the imperial center, local officials such as Li Shuchu also cooperated and supported them vigorously.

In addition, in the past two years, the Central Plains region has also migrated the largest number of people, and this population area has migrated a large number of people in the real border area.

If those are all state-led policies, then Li Shuchu's positioning of the Central Plains is quite accurate in governing the Central Plains. Li Shuchu positioned Henan as a major agricultural province, vigorously developed wheat and corn planting, and also based on the great needs of cotton today. Vigorously developing cotton planting and fruit tree planting has enabled this poor area in the past to finally find its own positioning and achieve rapid development based on its favorable advantages.

Because Shandong Province is located between the Yellow River and the Huai River, it is also backed by the sea, has strong water transportation advantages, has a large area of ​​cultivated land, and also has many important minerals, gold, coal, etc., with extremely high reserves. Relying on these advantages, on the one hand, it develops agriculture, planting wheat, cotton, soybeans, and fruit trees, and at the same time, it also develops a large number of minerals, smelting, as well as transportation and port transshipment trade.

This year, Shandong Province's wheat production is second only to Henan, ranking second, while grain crops such as corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans are also extremely high, and Shandong's oil production is ranked first in the country. In addition, Shandong's fruit production is also extremely high.

In addition, Li Shuchu also vigorously supports Shandong's spinning industry, mining and metallurgy industry. Relying on the rapidly expanding cotton production in Henan and Shandong provinces, Shandong's cotton spinning industry has now come from behind and is very trending to catch up with the Susong region, the traditional cotton production area.

Now Shandong's agriculture has developed rapidly, while minerals, smelting and spinning industries have developed rapidly. Relying on its developed water and sea transportation, with the advantages of several major ports, Shandong's transportation and trade have also developed rapidly.

In terms of economic growth, Shandong, which has less arable land, develops faster than Henan, which has more arable land.

The poverty-stricken area of ​​the Central Plains in the past has now become an eye-catching and rapid development area of ​​the empire. This has to be said to be inseparable from the achievements of Li Shuchu in charge of the administration.

If it weren't for such achievements, Hou Xun believed that even if Li Shuchu's daughter was a concubine rather than a concubine, she would still be unable to be promoted to the Governor of Zhili.

The economic growth reports of major regions have been released this year. Sanjiang Province, which Li Chunjiang is in charge, undoubtedly won the first place. The second place is not Zhili, not Fujian and Zhejiang, nor Guangdong and Guangxi, but the Central Plains Region. The third place is Zhili, the fourth place is Guangdong and Guangxi, the fifth place is Fujian and Zhejiang, and the sixth place is Lianghu.

This ranking is quite surprising. Zhili ranked third, while Zhongyuan ranked second.

"I have been outside the pass for a few years and I feel that I can't keep up with the situation in the mainland. Henan is my hometown. There have been no changes in the past few hundred years. The characteristics are that there are many people, poverty, and disasters. But now, the Yellow River has been changed back to its old path, the canal has been cleared, and the Yingshui, Woshui and other rivers have been smoothly managed. Many new reservoirs and dams have been built in various places, which has greatly increased the per capita arable land area of ​​the people. In addition, with reasonable guidance from the court and local governments, while developing grain planting, it has also vigorously developed economic crops such as cotton and oil, and has also developed cotton and oil, and has developed cotton and food processing. Every time the tribesmen in their hometown write to talk about the transformation and development brought about by these changes, it is amazing. Now they are going to take over as Duke Li, and I really feel that the burden on their shoulders is very heavy, and I am really afraid that the great situation Li Duke will be delayed."

It is indeed not easy for Li Shuchu to bring the two provinces of the Central Plains to this current situation. After hearing this, he said with some emotion, "In fact, the current development of the Central Plains is also the guidance of the emperor. In short, we still have to rely on our own favorable advantages and take advantage of the situation. For example, Henan is an inland province in the Central Plains and a large province of arable land. We cannot give up agricultural development and develop trade. Shandong has the advantages of minerals, water and land transportation and ports, so we cannot give up."

"Du Li said it is reasonable. With the foundation you laid, I actually don't need to change any more after I took office. Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, I believe that the two provinces of the Central Plains can continue to develop rapidly."

The two governors quickly reached an agreement and felt that Henan's position should be mainly to develop agriculture, and then supplemented by the development of grain and oil processing and cotton spinning. Shandong's primary industry should still be agriculture, then minerals and smelting, transportation and trade, as well as fishery.

"How do you plan to adjust after Duke Li arrives in Zhili?"

As the world's number one district, Zhili ranked third in economic development, which made the emperor and the court very dissatisfied. However, last year, Zhili changed two consecutive governors, and no one in the court could blame him.

Although both the capital and Tianjin are quite developed cities, because the capital belongs to Zhili Prefecture and is not affiliated to Zhili District, the fattest piece of meat does not belong to Zhili.

"The current status of Hebei and Shanxi provinces under Zhili District is indeed a bit embarrassing. When I met you yesterday, Your Majesty also talked to me about this matter. After listening to Your Majesty's advice, I was also enlightened. In the future development of Hebei and Shanxi provinces, we should also develop diversifiedly. Shanxi's mineral smelting, Hebei's salt industry, processing and manufacturing, Tianjin's seaport trade, Zhangjiakou's foreign trade, as well as canal and sea transportation, are all very important. In short, I believe that in a few years, Zhili District will surely rise quickly."

Hou Xun nodded.

"If you want to say that the southeastern coastal areas such as Sanjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangxi are the fastest-growing areas. The sea trade, sea transportation, shipbuilding, silk weaving, porcelain, sugar making, and tea are all the most profitable, especially the sea trade. Countless commodities are transported to the ports along the southeast coast. The water and land transportation in the southeast is extremely prosperous, and it also brings the rapid development of their shipbuilding and other manufacturing industries. It is enviable to think about it."

In the southeast, it used to be the granary of the world. But now, it has become an economically developed area of ​​the empire, and grain depends on external transportation every year. In the southeast, mulberry, silk weaving, hemp, cotton, yarn, weaving, shipbuilding and shipping trade, and various processing and manufacturing industries, and even tea, sugar, porcelain, silk weaving, and other most profitable maritime trade commodities, as well as the most profitable maritime trade and shipping industries, are mostly taken over by the southeastern provinces.

No matter how much agriculture develops, it can only develop navigation and trade.

"We strive to develop cotton and silk weaving industries in the north, and we also accelerated their development with the current strong trend of maritime trade." Li Shuchu said that in the Tang and Song dynasties, silkworm cultivation and mulberry planting were far superior to the south, and the silk weaving and silk weaving industries also completely overwhelmed the south. However, since the Ming Dynasty, the silk weaving and weaving industries in the north have completely declined, including the once prosperous Hebei ceramics industry.

After Li Shuchu decided to take over as the Governor of Zhili, hemp and cotton planting in the north, and silk-raising silk weaving and silk weaving and silk weaving and silk-raising and silk-raising weaving and silk-raising weaving and silk-raising weaving and weaving, both in foreign trade and domestic sales, this is a huge market and cannot be monopolized by the southern provinces. (To be continued.)
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