Li Zicheng followed Li Sui to the mansion, most of the soldiers were placed around the mansion and took over the entire mansion, He Xiaomi took a hundred households of personal soldiers, and followed Li Zicheng into the mansion.

The idle people in the palace have been cleared out, and Li Xuan's family members have also been placed elsewhere, with only a few cooks and maids waiting on the side.

The original ten-table banquet was now only one table left, and the remaining meals could not be wasted, just for the soldiers who entered the palace to enjoy.

The maids brought warm water, let Li Zicheng clean his face, and the fragrant dishes were served.

In addition to Li Zicheng sitting at the top, Li Sui was accompanying him in the main seat, and there were two strange middle-aged people, who looked good, and should be the chief officials of the tax office and the transportation department of Songjiang Mansion.

Li Sui first confessed to Li Zicheng, then pointed to the two of them and said, "Your Majesty, they are Xu Wangjia, the director of taxation of Songjiang Mansion, and Zhou Shun, the director of transportation. ”

The two of them were about to get up and bow again, but they were stopped by Li Zicheng, "The two Aiqing don't need to be polite, these false gifts will be waived!"

Xu Wangjia and Zhou Shun thanked Li Zicheng, Li Sui gave a look, and the maids stepped forward with wine jugs in their hands and poured wine for the four of them.

Li Xuan held the wine cup in both hands and said: "The emperor came to Songjiang for the sake of the people of Songjiang. ”

"On behalf of the people? Okay, I hope you really put the people in your hearts," Li Zicheng raised his glass and dried it up, put down the wine cup, and said: "Songjiang Mansion has not implemented Juntian, can the people complain?" ”

"This ......" Li Xuan put down the wine cup, hesitated slightly, and said busily: "The emperor does not have Juntian in the eight mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has the emperor's deep meaning, how dare the people complain?" ”

"No," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "It's not that the people don't have complaints, but they don't dare," after a pause, Fang said: "The people have complaints, and the government must guide them appropriately to resolve these complaints, in addition, while making money, the big businessmen must also recruit ordinary people, and the government must also come up with corresponding methods, so that they have a way to live, if I hear that the people are hungry, I will definitely hold the magistrate responsible." ”

"Weichen obeys the order, and the people will always have a way to live," Li Sui picked up the second glass of wine and said: "The emperor is coming to Songjiang, from Weichen down, they all feel that Songjiang Mansion is Langlang and Gaori, this second cup, Weichen and others wish the emperor a smooth journey and a good unification of China as soon as possible!"

After Li Zicheng finished drinking the second cup, Li Sui raised the wine cup again and said: "Huaxia replaces the Ming Dynasty and eliminates many malpractices, the people of Songjiang will have a better and better life, and Weichen and others represent the people and sincerely welcome the emperor." ”

After three glasses of wine, Li Zicheng stopped the wine cup and said: "I came to Songjiang this time, there are indeed a few things, all for the national economy and people's livelihood, the three Aiqing, you have to do your best, serve Huaxia, and treat the people well." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

"The first thing is for the shipyard to move east," Li Zicheng said: "To form a navy in China, the shipyard must face the sea, can Li Aiqing choose a site for the shipyard?" ”

Li Xuan hurriedly put down the bamboo chopsticks and arched his hand: "Back to the emperor, the first choice of the grass people is Jinshanwei facing the sea in the south, followed by Chuansha Fort in the east, the local officials are already mobilizing the people, once the address of the shipyard is determined, they will move out of the people." ”

Li Zicheng bowed slightly: "Are there advantages and disadvantages in these two places?" ”

Li Sui said: "Jinshanwei is facing the sea, the terrain is open, the port draft is deep, but Jinshanwei is completely exposed to the sea, once the foreign enemy invades, it is easy to be attacked, do not hide from the emperor, according to the local people, during the Jiajing period, when the Japanese invaded, they often landed from here; Chuansha Fort is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, according to the data of hydrological observation, there is often sediment at the bottom of the water, facing the direction of the open sea, the draft is relatively shallow, but it will not affect the docking of large ships, the advantage of Chuansha Fort is that it is difficult for foreign enemies to invade within the mouth of the Yangtze River. ”

Li Zicheng nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "Once the site of the shipyard is decided, this will also be the supply base of the navy, and it will be garrisoned. Tomorrow, I will go to Jinshanwei to see it in person. ”

"The emperor is right, Weichen is also inclined to Jin Shanwei!"

Li Zicheng said again: "This second thing is for the development of Songjiang," glanced at Xu Wang's family, and said: "Xu Aiqing, how is Songjiang's tax compared to Suzhou?" ”

Xu Wangjia's face was a little ugly, and he hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, Songjiang Mansion originally had three counties, Huating, Shanghai, and Qingpu, but because Huating County and Songjiang Mansion were in the same city, they have been abolished, and now there are only two counties left, whether it is population or land, they are much worse than Suzhou, and the taxes are less than three-percent of Suzhou!"

Li Zicheng knew that in this era, Songjiang Mansion did not play a leading role in the region like Shanghai, and Suzhou had hundreds of years of wealth, and it was difficult for Songjiang Mansion to catch up with Suzhou Mansion for a while.

The key to Shanghai's prominence from the surrounding world lies in maritime trade.

Huaxia is vigorously developing its navy, and if the navy has the combat power to protect the coast, it is bound to open the sea ban, and Huaxia is vigorously developing industry, and it also needs to find overseas sales markets.

When maritime trade flourishes, Songjiang Province will enter the fast lane of development.

Songjiang Province's coastal status has strategic advantages, but the premise must be a deep-water wharf, and the entire industrial sector in Jiangnan is likely to rely on Songjiang's large civil wharf in the future.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, it seems that he has seen in which Anti-Japanese War film and television drama, Wusongkou is the largest and most prosperous wharf in Shanghai!

Xu Wangjia saw that Li Zicheng had been thinking, and he was very aggrieved in his heart, the coastal area of Songjiang Mansion is mostly undeveloped sandy land, and the agricultural land of Suzhou Mansion is almost incomparable, and the business is far inferior to Suzhou, he said very carefully: "Your Majesty ......"

Li Zicheng came back to his senses, smiled faintly, and said, "Xu Aiqing thinks that how long will it take for Songjiang's taxes to catch up with Suzhou?" ”

"This ......" Xu Wangjia said: "The emperor's intention is to add endowment in Songjiang?" ”

"No, you are a tax officer, you must do things according to the law and collect taxes according to the law," Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "If you increase the tax at will, it will be like drinking doves to quench your thirst, drying up and fishing, and it will not last long." ”

"Your Majesty, the micro-minister is stupid ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Actually, as long as Aiqing does two things well, it may not take twenty years, and Songjiang's taxes may catch up with Suzhou......"

"Twenty years?" Xu Wangjiaxin said, now the tax of Songjiang Mansion is less than 30% of Suzhou, and the agricultural land is obviously insufficient, can rice grow on the sandy land? He didn't know why, and the tunnel: "Please make it clear to the emperor!"

"First, look for a large wharf near the mouth of the Huangpu River."

"The estuary of the Huangpu River?" Xu Wangjia exclaimed: "Back to the emperor, on both sides of the mouth of the Huangpu River, the Wusong River and the Hebaoshan Institute are all subordinate to the Suzhou Prefecture......"

Li Zicheng secretly screamed ashamed, he didn't study well before, and he was a big loser! His face did not change color, but he said lightly: "The imperial court will issue an order soon, Ao, I will make an order today, and the entire Huangpu River will belong to Songjiang Mansion," after a pause, he said: "You can't completely stare at the Wusongkou wharf, you have to visit the fishermen along the coast to see if there is a suitable wharf." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

"Of course, this matter is not a matter of Xu Aiqing's tax part," Li Zicheng glanced at Li Sui and Zhou Shun, and said: "The entire Songjiang Mansion must take action, especially Li Aiqing." ”

"We're waiting for the order!" Li Sui pondered for a moment and said, "Weichen is bold, is the emperor going to open the sea ban?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "The sea ban will definitely be opened, but it's still early, we must wait until the South China Sea Fleet can gallop freely in the sea and provide escorts for merchant ships......" He glanced at Xu Wang's family, and said: "There is another matter, Xu Aiqing screened two law-abiding wealthy businessmen according to the amount of taxes paid, and I will summon them tomorrow." ”

"Wechen obeys! Wechen will inform them tonight. ”

"That's not necessary, it's not a big deal, I will stay in Songjiang for a few days, and it's not too late to inform them tomorrow," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Xu Aiqing, if these two things are done well, it will lay the foundation for Songjiang's taxes." ”

"Wechen is in mind!"

"Of course, not only to let the people of Songjiang live a good life, but also to make Songjiang Mansion's taxes increase significantly, Zhou Aiqing needs to do something," Li Zicheng said: "I plan to build a pipeline around Taihu Lake to connect the eight provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Guo Aiqing of the provincial department has been inspecting the official road along the way, Zhou Aiqing also has to investigate the Songjiang Mansion section to understand, cooperate with Guo Aiqing's work, in the future, after the construction of the avenue is completed, it will also extend to the county seat and important wharves, Zhou Aiqing must be aware of it." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

"One last thing," Li Zicheng said, "during my days in Songjiang, you have to be aware of the missionaries who have secretly visited the West, as well as those who have close contacts with the Western missionaries. ”

Li Xuan's face froze, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Weichen is bold, the emperor wants to arrest the missionaries and forbid them to spread paganism in China......"

"Does Li Aiqing know that the Minister of Science and Technology in China is the Western missionary John Tang?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid you won't know that I am a believer in God, the Catholic Pope of China!"

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly left his seat and bowed to the ground, "Weichen is ...... capital crime"

"Li Aiqing, get up quickly!" Li Zicheng pointed at Li Xuan's head with a finger and said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty, as long as you are honest and honest in Songjiang and always have the people in your heart, why should I punish you?" If you are corrupt and pervert the law, and the people are preyed, then I will punish you for your crimes, and punish you severely!"

"Weichen doesn't dare!" After Li Sui got up, he secretly wiped the sweat stains on his forehead with his official robe.

Li Zicheng's face softened, and he said, "I'm afraid you have already thought that I asked you to find missionaries, as well as people who have close contacts with missionaries, but to reuse," after a pause, he said: "However, you can't fill the numbers indiscriminately, you need real talents and real learning, and I will personally test them." ”