On the shore of West Lake, a rising sun is rising from the east, illuminating the surface of the lake into a sparkling golden 'color'.

The dawn is silent, there is no frog noise in the early 'spring', the scholars tie their white robes around their waists, or read poems and books by the lake, or lead the bow to practice, and in the sound of reading aloud, from time to time there is the sound of "hum" and "ha" of morning exercises. Like Chen Dong and others, Wu Zilong also maintains the habit of getting up early and exercising in the morning. He practiced the "Baduan Jin" again, and he was slightly sweaty before he took a walk by the lake, Shi Tingjian and other proud 'protégés' followed him, the cool breeze was blowing, and the teachers and students were all dressed in fluttering clothes, all of them were handsome, like a fairy in general.

"The effect of the 100 days of asceticism is very good." Shi Tingjian respectfully reported, "Generations such as Li Du in Ezhou, Qin Yun in Shuzhou, Liu Bingzhong in Quanzhou, Yan Mingxiang in Qingjiang, Huang Yuanjie in Linchuan, etc., all stood out in their asceticism, and they already had a small reputation in the states and counties they passed. ”

"I am not alone, and there are successors." Wu Zilong smiled and nodded, "The matter of public discussion and recommendation is the same as doing academic work. If a tree wants to flourish, it must go deep into its roots in order to withstand wind and rain. Nowadays, everyone only sees the high position of the court, but they don't know how to work their feet. No pain, no gain. He shook his head, smiled coldly and said, "First stir up the hearts of the people, and the cases in various states and counties will be handed over to Ezhou, and the criminal department will not handle it all the time, and then let the people from all over the country take the bitter master to the criminal department to redress their grievances, and increase the pressure on Chen Shaoyang and Wen Xunzhi. ”

"The disciple receives the order." Shi Ting bowed his hand and asked, "Master, I heard that the court is talking about the 'Horse Protection Law'?" ”

Wu Zilong only nodded slightly, but did not say anything. Shi Tingjian hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Teacher, this method is called Baoma, which is actually to promote the wind of annexation. Originally, the southeast was crowded and narrow, and mulberry rice and mulberry cotton competed for fields. Nowadays, the price of rice is low, but the price of silk and cloth is high, and wealthy households in various counties have changed to planting mulberry trees. Because the tree is good, it usually does not require much manpower to maintain, so the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River have taken back the fields from the tenants, and concurrently engaged in industry and commerce, building silkworm farms, silk fields, cloth fields, etc., and making profits twice as much as growing grain. Not only that, but the wealthy also wantonly annexed fertile land to plant mulberry trees, causing many people to be displaced. This law was proposed for the purpose of annexing land. ”

Shi Tingjian hated the merger, so he made a strong statement. However, Wu Zilong only listened quietly. He already knew about Jiangnan Sang's seizure of rice fields, and he knew it in more detail than Shi Tingjian. Baoma Law helped Sang to seize fertile land and annex land, which originated from a wealthy family surnamed Miao on Jiangnan Road.

More than two years ago, the Liao and Song dynasties were in full swing, and horses were needed for all kinds of battles and transportation. In order to resist the Liao, the imperial court not only bought horses from Shu, but also bought forage to feed horses at a high price among the people. This surnamed Miao is also a beneficiary 'desire', mixing the old coarse mulberry leaves that the silkworms can't eat into the fresh forage and selling them to the forage field. After not being noticed for a few months, he became more and more bold in mixing mulberry leaves, and in the end, he was fine. The rich family surnamed Miao found that although the delicate silkworm could not eat the old mulberry leaves, it was more than enough to feed the horses, and then he simply sold the mulberry leaves directly to the army forage field to feed the horses.

Originally, the so-called "'spring' silkworms do not eat small full leaves, summer silkworms do not eat small summer leaves", once the mulberry leaves are elder, the silkworms will not eat, and now the old mulberry leaves can actually feed the horses, and the owner of the mulberry garden will have a large amount of income. After the news spread, other families followed suit, and some people took advantage of the autumn and winter seasons, when the leaves of mulberry trees were scarce, to plant pasture grass in mulberry gardens, or sell them to other families, or raise their own cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and other livestock.

Planting mulberry and raising silkworms, 'pumping' silk brocade, although quite labor-intensive, but in the Jiangnan area where there are many people and little land, it is one of the most profitable industries. The so-called mulberry tree is a tree of money, and the mulberry tree is also known as the "cash cow". Farmers often use silkworm sand to raise fish, silkworm chrysalis can raise 'chicken' ducks, old mulberry leaves can be fed to horses and sheep, horse manure, sheep manure, 'chicken' and duck manure can be 'fattened' fields. The price of horses and forage purchased by the imperial court has remained high, and the income from growing mulberry and silkworm horses greatly exceeds that of growing grain. Although some people continue to abandon rice to grow mulberry, the price of rice from the south has been declining instead of rising, and more and more people have changed their rice fields to grow mulberry trees over the past year or so.

For the wealthy households with extensive land, planting trees is very different from planting crops, as long as the climate of mulberry forests is established, there is no need for tenants to take care of them every day, picking mulberry leaves, raising silkworms, 'pumping' silk, weaving, and even planting some pasture grass in autumn and winter, all of which can be done by hiring long-term and short-term laborers. Therefore, the trend of changing rice to mulberry is intensifying, and more and more farmers have lost their land, and those who are lucky can still find things to do in mulberry gardens and workshops, and those who are unlucky are precarious, even to the point that there is no rice to cook, and some grit their teeth and get on the big boat to the South China Sea. While some people are making a fortune, others are hungry and cold, and they are complaining. If it weren't for the effective training of the regiments in various places, I am afraid that there would already be thieves everywhere.

"Teacher, annexation is the way to 'chaos' the country," Shi Tingjian said with a worried face, "You can't let it go." ”

"Ting Jian, it's good for you to worry about the country and the people." Wu Zilong shook his head, and said with a hesitant expression, "However, we must distinguish between priorities and urgency." Now, the top priority is to fight for the position of the state school administration, and strive to remove Chen Dong within the year, otherwise, the great opportunity will be missed. ”

"However, the teacher ....." He was still about to be persuaded again, but he was interrupted.

Wu Zilong's tone was already a little stern: "The matter of promoting the impeachment of the academic government must not be relaxed. Now the Ministry of Rites has decided on the word "drag", and we can't let them drag it out like this. Hou Huanyin escaped from Jingdong Road, and the longer it dragged on, the more difficult it was to say the attitude of the more than a dozen states on Jingdong Road. In addition, the imperial court has been secretly promoting the establishment of prefecture counties in the reclamation land of the South China Sea, and the new prefectures and counties all support Chen Shaoyang. ”

"Jianzhou Zhixian?" Shi Tingjian was surprised, he didn't expect Chen Dong to have this hand.

In the third year of Xuanhe, Zhao Xingde wrote the book "Ten Strategies for Expanding the Sea", and Longyan Dayue was appointed as the first in Taixue Strategy. In the second year of Zhao Ke's accession, Chen Dong and Yue Fei were in charge of civil and military affairs, and they were in charge of expanding the sea and reclamation. The imperial court requisitioned and sent the displaced people, abolished the box army, and the prefectures and counties took prisoners, sons-in-law, thieves, and 'private' prostitutes, and hundreds of thousands of debts that could not be returned, all of which were sent to the city camp of Guangzhou City, where the strong were the army and the weak were the people, so as to enrich the reclamation. This move can be described as disturbing the world at that time.

In the case of the Lishe party, hundreds of Qingliushi people degraded Lingnan, and so far they have all been used as liuguan, Chen Dong's 'men' disciples, and many of them have also gone to the wilderness to govern the people of the cantonment. These people are Chen Dong's real descendants. After Chen Dong and Yue Fei successively went north to preside over the military and government, even when the situation of the Liao army's southern invasion was the most dangerous, Guangzhou Bosi did not cut off its support for many cantonment lands, and all kinds of materials were only much more than before. As soon as the war situation in the Liao and Song dynasties stabilized, the military headquarters asked the Guangnan Road to prepare for the delivery of armor, firearms, earth-shaking thunder, gunpowder and other materials to the north to the cantonment areas where the barbarian tribes were fighting.

The southern invasion of the Liao army was a blessing in disguise for the gentry who presided over the reclamation. In the first two or three years, the liuguan and the immigrants built a number of reclaimed strongholds almost from scratch, and a large number of surveys, land reclamation, and water conservancy construction were all completed at this stage. Many others have been killed in clashes with local barbarians. In the fourth year of Jingkang, when the reclamation was just beginning to take shape, the battle of the Liao and Song dynasties broke out, and the reclamation land in the South China Sea suddenly became a paradise far from the battlefield. A large area of the country fell, and the Khitans, who drove south, burned and looted everywhere, forcing the Song people to flee south. At this time, in addition to the household department continuing to send displaced people to various reclamation places, the gentry from Hebei, Henan, Jingdong, and even Jinghu and Jiangnan also moved in by sea.

The various cantonments have been greatly enriched. Originally, because of the small number of people, some places were invaded by local barbarians, and they had to sue for peace with the nearby barbarians. After the great increase in strength, almost all the barbarians who refused to submit to naturalization were driven into the miasma mountains. Some of the newly acquired land was occupied by the old immigrants, while others were sold to the new wealthy. Although the land is traded with merchants, it still adheres to the principle of agriculture. Most of the immigrants were originally farmers, because the local climate was hot and humid, which was very suitable for growing rice and sugarcane, so most of the land was planted with these two things, and they were transported out to be 'handed' for other utensils to use.

After surviving the difficult stage of the road, the rice can be cultivated up to three times a year, and it is easier to grow sugarcane than rice, and a large amount of timber can be harvested. More and more sea-going ships loaded with timber, rice, and sugar were shipped to the Song Dynasty, silk and cloth from Jianghuai, and porcelain, tung oil, tea, and copper, iron, lead, and tin from Guangnan.

In the past two years, the war situation in the Song and Liao Dynasty has stabilized, and the imperial court has a system of school elections, so with the support of Chen Dong, all the tun lands began to ask for the establishment of prefectures and counties, the opening of schools, and the promotion of school administration. The imperial court has not held the imperial examination for many years, and the school has become the only way for scholars to advance to the official career. Therefore, with the support of Chen Dong, everyone who has the money to contribute money and strength has made a strong contribution to all parts of the DPRK and China, and has made a wide appeal.

"I have been trying my best to stop the matter of establishing a state and a county in the South China Sea, but it can't be delayed for long. The scholars who were exiled in Lingnan were originally the humerus figures in the Qingliu, so their old relatives and friends were all over the prefectures and counties. In addition, in the past two years, there have been quite a few gentry from all over the country who have moved to the South China Sea to avoid trouble. In the public and 'private', it is impossible for the court to cut off the way for their children to advance. Therefore, after the 'spring', all states and counties stepped up their efforts to escort prisoners to Ezhou, and all prefectures and counties also had to go to Beijing. Who is against? Just express your attitude everywhere. ”

Wu Zilong carefully arranged the 'handover' generation, and Shi Ting listened quietly, secretly frightened. He was also wondering why Chen Dong was the head of the Society, why was his power in the Society on par with Wu Zilong? If it weren't for the exile of this group of old Qingliushi people to Lingnan, and many of Chen Dong's 'disciples' who were trapped in the South China Sea and couldn't 'withdraw' themselves, I'm afraid Wu Zilong would not have such a big force as he has now, and he would not have his current position and opportunities. "Chen Xianggong still has such a batch of help, and when they really turn over, it's really hard to deal with." He pondered, "No wonder the teacher is in a hurry to push for the impeachment of Xuezheng. ”

Dawn of the Empire:

Chapter 113 Fan Shan's domineering exhaustion-2: