On the banks of Xizi Lake, a rising sun is rising from the east, illuminating the lake surface into a rippling golden color.

The dawn was quiet, and there was no frogs in early spring. The students tied their white robes around their waists, either recited poems by the lake, or stooped their bows to practice their bodies. As the sound of reading aloud, the sound of "hum" and "ha" of morning exercises came from time to time. Like Chen Dong and others, Wu Zilong also maintained the habit of getting up early and practicing morning exercises. He practiced the "Eight-Disciple Brocade" and felt a little sweat before he stopped walking by the lake. Shi Tingjian and other proud students followed him. The cool breeze blew his face, and the teachers and students were all fluttering in their clothes, and they were all beautiful and handsome, just like gods and immortals.

"The effect of a hundred days of asceticism is very good." Shi Tingjian reported with a respectful expression, "Li Du, Qin Yun, Qin Yun of Shuzhou, Liu Bingzhong of Quanzhou, Yan Mingxiang of Qingjiang, Huang Yuanjie of Linchuan, etc., all stood out in asceticism, and had a little reputation in the various prefectures and counties they passed."

"I am not alone, but there are successors." Wu Zilong nodded slightly, "The public opinion on recommendations is the same as doing academic principles. The tree is lush and lush, and it must be deep in its roots before it can survive the wind and rain. Now everyone only sees a high position in the court, but they don't know how to work hard. Only by enduring hardships can everyone be." He shook his head and smiled and said coldly, "First stir up people's hearts, and the cases of various prefectures and counties are submitted to Ezhou. The Ministry of Justice has been suppressing them. Then, let the students from all over the place take the victims to the Ministry of Justice to seek justice, and increase the pressure on Chen Shaoyang and Wen Xun. This matter should be hot while the iron is hot, the better the more the trouble."

"Disciple accepts the order." Shi Tingjian bowed and asked again, "Mr., I heard that the court is talking about the 'Master Protection Method'?"

Wu Zilong nodded slightly, but did not make any decision. Shi Tingjian hesitated for a moment, and the previous step said: "My teacher, this method is called protecting horses, which is actually to promote the trend of annexation. The southeast was originally crowded with narrow land, mulberry rice and mulberry cotton compete for fields. Now the rice prices are low, and silk and cloth prices are high. Rich households in various counties have changed to plant mulberry trees. Because the tree is good and it is flat, it does not require much manpower to maintain it. Therefore, rich households in Jiangnan have taken back the fields from tenants, and they also operate industry and commerce, built silkworm farms, silk farms, cloth farms, etc., making a profit of more than grain planting. Not only that, rich households have also acquired fertile fields and planted mulberry trees, causing many people to be displaced. This horse protection method was proposed to annex the land."

Shi Tingjian hated the annexation, so he made a harsh statement. However, Wu Zilong only listened quietly. He had known about the capture of rice fields in Jiangnan mulberry, and knew it more in detail than Shi Tingjian. The protection of Ma Law helped Mang to seize fertile land, and the annexation of land originated from a wealthy family named Miao on Jiangnan Road.

More than two years ago, the Liao and Song dynasties were in full swing, fighting and transporting supplies, and horses were needed in every way. In order to resist the Liao people, the court not only bought horses from Shu, but also bought horse feeding materials at high prices among the people. The Miao family was also very fond of profit, mixed old coarse mulberry leaves that could not be eaten by silkworms and sold to the forage farm. Not discovered for a few months, he became more and more courageous in mixing mulberry leaves, and in the end, he was fine. He discovered that because the mulberry leaves are juicy and tender, the delicate silkworms could not eat old mulberry leaves, but they were more than enough to feed horses. The rich man in Miao later sold mulberry leaves to the forage farm to feed horses.

Originally, the so-called "spring silkworms do not eat small leaves, and summer silkworms do not eat small leaves." Once mulberry leaves are elders, silkworms will no longer eat them. Now the old mulberry leaves can actually be fed to horses, and the owner of the mulberry garden has a lot of income. After this news came out, other families followed suit, and some people took advantage of the autumn and winter seasons when mulberry leaves are sparse, and they planted grass in the mulberry garden, selling or raising horses and sheep and other livestock.

Although it is quite labor-intensive to plant mulberry trees and raising silkworms, weaving brocades, it is one of the most profitable businesses in Jiangnan, where there are many people and few lands. The so-called mulberry trees are one of the most profitable businesses. The so-called mulberry trees are also known as the "money tree". Farmers often use silkworm sand to raise fish, while silkworm pupae can raise chickens and ducks. Old mulberry leaves can feed horses and sheep, horse manure, sheep manure, chicken and duck manure can also be fattened in the fields. The price of the imperial court purchasing horses and forage has always remained high. From the general account, the income of planting mulberry trees in the fields has greatly exceeded that of growing grain. Although people have been abandoning rice and growing mulberry trees, the rice in the south has been continuously transported in. The rice price has not only not increased, but has continued to fall. Over the past year, more and more people have changed to rice fields to plant mulberry trees.

For wealthy families with vast fields, planting trees is very different from planting crops. As long as it becomes a mulberry forest climate, there is no need for tenants to take care of them every day, picking mulberry leaves, raising silkworms, drawing silk, weaving, and even planting grass in autumn and winter, all of which can be hired to hire workers to do it. Therefore, the trend of changing rice to mulberry is getting worse and worse, and more farmers are losing land. Those who are lucky can find things to do in mulberry gardens and workshops. Those who are unlucky can be in danger, and even reach the point where they have no rice to put the pot. Some people grit their teeth and have big ships to the South China Sea. While some people are making a fortune, others are hungry and cold and complaining. If the group training in various places is not effective, they are afraid that thieves will be everywhere.

"My teacher, annexation is a way to chaotic country," Shi Tingjian advised, "I can't let it go."

"Tingjian, it's good for you to worry about the country and the people." Wu Zilong said earnestly, "But we must distinguish priorities. Now, the top priority is to compete for the position of academic and political education in each state, and strive to move to Chen Dong within the year. Otherwise, a great opportunity will be missed."

"But, my mentor..." He was interrupted after waiting for further persuasion.

Wu Zilong shook his head, his tone was already a little stern: "You must not relax the matter of promoting the impeachment of the academic government in the public opinion. Now the Ministry of Rites has held the word "drag", and we cannot let them drag it like this. Hou Huanyin escaped from Jingdong Road. The longer it drags, the less difficult it is to say about the attitude of academic government in more than a dozen states on Jingdong Road. In addition, the court has been secretly promoting the establishment of prefectures and counties in the Nanhai settlement area. All new prefectures and counties support Chen Shaoyang. If this matter is done, his position will be firm and the situation will not be restored."

"Changing a county in Jianzhou?" Shi Tingjian said in surprise. He did not expect Chen Dong to have this trick.

In the third year of Xuanhe, Zhao Xingde "Ten Strategies for Expanding the Sea", Long Yan was very happy and appointed as the first strategy for the Taixue. The year after Zhao Ke ascended the throne, Chen Dong and Yue Fei were in charge of civil and military affairs, and the matters of expanding the sea and reclamation were carried out. The court recruited refugees, laid off the Xiang army, and detained prisoners, sons-in-law, thieves, private prostitutes, and those who could not repay the debts were sent to the Guangzhou Shibosi Prison Camp. The strong were the army, and the weak were the people to enrich the reclamation. This action was disturbed the world at that time.

In the case of a party formation, hundreds of Qingliu scholars were demoted to Lingnan, and they were all used as officials. Many of Chen Dong's disciples went to the wilderness to manage the people who were settled. These people were Chen Dong's real direct troops. After Chen Dong and Yue Fei successively presided over the military and political affairs in the north, even when the Liao army invaded the south, the Guangzhou Maritime Bureau did not stop supporting many settlements, and all kinds of materials were given only a lot more than before. As soon as the battle situation in the Liao and Song dynasties stabilized, the Ministry of War asked Guangnan Road to transport armor, muskets, thunder, gunpowder and other materials to be transported to the north to the settlement areas where the barbarian tribes were fighting.

The Liao army's invasion of the south was a blessing in disguise for the people of the South China Sea. In the first two or three years, officials and immigrants built a large number of settlements from scratch, and a large number of surveys, land reclamation, and water conservancy construction were completed at this stage. Many people died in conflicts with local barbarians. In the fourth year of Jingkang, when the settlement just began to take shape, the Liao and Song dynasties broke out, and the settlement area in the South China Sea suddenly became a paradise far away from the battlefield. A large area of ​​land fell, and the Khitans who drove south burned, killed and looted everywhere, forcing the Song people to flee south. At this time, in addition to the Ministry of Revenue continued to send refugees to various settlements, gentry from Hebei, Henan, Jingdong, and even Jinghu, and Jiangnan also moved to sea boats.

All the settlements were greatly enriched. Because of the small number of people, some places were invaded by local barbarians, so they had to pay coins to seek peace from nearby barbarians. After the great strength, almost all the places drove barbarians who were dissatisfied with naturalization into the miasma mountain area. Some of the newly obtained fertile lands were occupied by old immigrants, while others were sold to new wealthy households. Although the settlements were engaged in business with merchants, they still adhered to the principle of farming. Most of the immigrants were originally farmers who farmed because the local climate was hot and humid, which was very suitable for growing rice and sugarcane.

After the difficult stage of hard work, the cultivation of rice in the land can be cooked up to three times a year, and planting sugar cane is easier than rice. In addition, a large amount of wood can be harvested. More and more sea boats are loaded with wood, rice and sugar cubes are transported to the Song Dynasty, and silk and cloth are transported from the Jianghuai River, and porcelain, tung oil, tea, copper, iron, lead and tin from Guangnan.

In the past two years, the situation in the Song and Liao dynasties had stabilized, and the imperial court carried out a system of school recommendation. Therefore, with the support of Chen Dong, all settlements began to demand the establishment of prefectures and counties, schools, and school recommendations. The imperial court had not held imperial examinations for many years, and schools had become a must for scholars to enter the official career. For the Qingliu gentry in the settlement, there was nothing more important than the descendants who studied for office. Therefore, the rich contributed money and strong efforts, and ran around the court, making a wide appeal.

"I have tried my best to stop the establishment of prefectures in the South China Sea, but it will not be delayed for long. The scholars who were exiled to Lingnan were originally the strong figures in the clear stream, with old relatives and friends all over the states and counties. In addition, in the past or two years, there have been many gentry from all over the country who moved to avoid disasters in the South China Sea. In terms of public or private, the court could not have cut off their children's way forward. Therefore, after the beginning of spring, all prefectures and counties will escort prisoners to Ezhou, and the students of the prefectures and counties will also need to be Beijing. The Ministry of Rites quickly summoned academic and government to discuss the impeachment of the prime minister, or did not need everyone to go to Ezhou. Who agrees? Who opposes? Just express your attitude directly in various places."
Chapter completed!