Yang Tinglin, as the head of the household department, was a little worried about such a big tax adjustment, but he turned to think of the situation of the victims in southern Fujian, and finally only said: "Your Highness cares about the suffering of the people, and the officials should obey their orders." ”

"It's not enough to reduce the burden, we also need to increase the grain harvest."

Zhu Lin knows very well that Daming is still an authentic agricultural society, and only when the food problem is solved can the whole country have the possibility of stable development.

He also instructed Yang Tinglin: "Zhang Canghai, the political envoy of Jiangxi, and Wang Keqian, the magistrate of Longnan, are very familiar with my plan to increase production, and they have already made some achievements before.

"The Yang Pavilion Department can arrange suitable positions for them in the Household Department, so that the two of them are responsible for expanding the fields and increasing production for a while. You should not be stingy with money in this matter, and you don't need to ask for instructions for sums of less than 30,000 taels, you can pay them cheaply. ”

The expansion of fields and the increase of production he talked about are mainly the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes. These two crops can be cultivated on sloping and sandy soils where rice cannot grow, so a large amount of arable land can be cultivated only for potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The increase in yield is even more obvious, as these two high-yielding crops can kill the yield of rice and wheat in seconds with just a casual gesture.

And this time, the victims of the disaster in southern Fujian have tried to live on potatoes and sweet potatoes for a while, and it will be easier for them to accept these two things. Under their leadership, coupled with the propaganda of the mission office, it is believed that potatoes and sweet potatoes will soon be spread throughout Fukyo.

"The subordinate obeys."

When Yang Tinglin left with the mission of agricultural reform, Shi Lin hurriedly communicated to Zhu Lin again, "My lord, Lord Gu has returned from Quzhou, and he has been waiting in the side hall for a while." ”

"Let him in."

Zhu Lin had already prepared an extremely important task for Gu Yanwu, and he had long been looking forward to him handing over the defense of Quzhou to see him.

Gu Yanwu was still dressed in military uniform, and it could be seen that he went straight to the palace after entering the gate of Tianxing Mansion.

He gave a military salute and said to Zhu Lin: "My subordinates are late to come back, please forgive your highness." ”

Zhu Lin knew that there must be something to do when he heard him say this, and sure enough, Gu Yanwu said again: "After General Zhen changed his guard, his subordinates went to Shaoxing, Jinhua and other places first.

"In the early years of Longwu, although most of the rebels under his subordinates in Zhejiang died down, they all responded immediately when they heard the opportunity to help the imperial court break through the capture and make contributions.

"Before his subordinates entered Fujian, he had set up seven secret mansions in Zhejiang, with a total of 91 subordinates, all of whom were shrewd and knowledgeable. Coupled with the available talents selected by his subordinates in the camp, there are nearly 200 people inside and outside. ”

Zhu Lin was a little surprised: "Master Gu's work is really effective!" I only had to send a secret letter to order it, and it took less than a month to prop up this stall. ”

Gu Yanwu hurriedly bowed down and smiled, "Your Highness has praised it." The subordinates have been operating in Zhejiang, Nanzhili and other places for several years, and this is the only ability. However, for so many years, even a decent rebel army has not been brought out, and in the end, it is still up to His Highness to raise his arms and shout, so that he can break the camp and strengthen the army. ”

"Master Gu is too humble." Zhu Lin said, "Now that this stall has a prototype, it should have an official name to the outside world."

"What Lord Gu is in charge of must be secret, but he must have enough authority to act cheaply, and he must be independent of the military department. I thought about it again and again, and I thought it would be better to incorporate your people into the Jinyi Guard.

"Of course, you and Zheng Dudu have no subordinates to each other, and they do not interfere with each other's actions, and they are just under the same name.

"During the Longwu Dynasty, the scale of Jinyi Wei was very small, and there was only one. Nowadays, it can be divided into two towns, the south and the north, according to the old practice. Master Gu was appointed as the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, and as mentioned before, he was still responsible for intelligence gathering, assassination, sabotage and other tasks against prisoners and Kou.

"And the Nanzhen Fusi is under the command of Zheng Dudu, and he concentrates on dealing with the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

Gu Yanwu was promoted from a sixth-grade military department chief to a third-grade Beizhen commander, and he was busy saluting solemnly, "But it depends on His Highness's arrangement." The subordinates will live up to His Royal Highness's expectations! ”

Zhu Lin nodded, "There are a few important things that need to be done as soon as possible. ”

"Your Highness, please."

"First of all, we must do a good job in the training and management of your Jinyi Weibei Town. You people are doing things that go deep behind enemy lines, and the danger is self-evident. It is necessary to practice everything that can be done at home, so that you will not lose your life in the course of your mission.

"Oh, by the way, when Master Wang Zhengnan comes back, I will be transferred to you first to serve as the chief instructor of boxing."

"Your Highness."

Zhu Lin continued: "The second is the movement of Ding Kuichu in Guangxi, I am going to enter Guangxi in the near future and take Yunnan, you have to find out the situation there for me first." ”

"Yes!"

In addition, the rebel armies in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places should also continue to liaise, especially the former Ming generals who surrendered, and seize the opportunity to persuade them to cause chaos in the hinterland of Jianyu.

"Of course, the most important thing is Jianyu. It is best to find an opportunity to infiltrate Beijing or even Shenyang, and the intelligence in the enemy's core area is always the most deadly. ”

"Yes! Subordinates remember! ”

"In the future, all your affairs here will be reported directly to me." Zhu Lin said, "The required funds are also reported to me directly, intelligence work is of great significance, and you don't need to be stingy where you need to spend money, I will personally approve it." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Lin and Gu Yanwu discussed in detail the operation of the newly established "CIA" Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not until late at night that the latter got up to leave.

The facts are also as Zhu Lin expected, not long after the establishment of this Jinyi Weibei Town, he did several things that had a great impact on the Ming Dynasty.

The next day, another person who returned from Quzhou with Gu Yanwu came to the Auxiliary Palace, and it was Dai Xiuyuan, who had previously made great contributions in Guangxin and Quzhou.

In the front hall of the palace, Zhu Lin saw that he was about to kneel forward, so he hurriedly held him up, and said with a smile: "Why didn't Tingxuan come with Master Gu yesterday?" ”

Dai Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "Your Highness urgently transferred General Zhen to Quzhou to return to Tianxing Mansion in exchange for Lord Gu, there must be something extremely important in it. If the last general had come with him yesterday, he would have disturbed His Highness and Lord Gu to discuss important matters, so he would have come to see His Highness a day late. ”

Sure enough, he is a quick-thinking person. Zhu Lin nodded, and remembered that Fang Guoan's soldiers invaded Quzhou last month, and there were very few defenders in the city, but Dai Xiuyuan unexpectedly led the army to Quzhou to assist in the defense.

Later, Zhang Jiayu wrote to ask Dai Xiuyuan how he learned that there had been changes in Quzhou. He actually replied that it was only a scout who found out that the grain and grass near Quzhou had been requisitioned.

He took into account that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King all brought his own grain and grass, and if there were soldiers and horses to collect a large amount of grain, or the construction of the army suddenly arrived, or the Zhejiang army moved. In order to be thorough, he quickly rushed to Quzhou and entered the city two days before the arrival of the Fang State Security Ministry.

"You have made great contributions in Guangxin and Quzhou." Zhu Lin motioned for him to sit down, and said, "I originally considered leaving you to guard Quzhou, but there is a more important matter at the moment, but it is appropriate for you to do it." ”

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