Cao Song still had to go to meet Li Wei, stopped for half a day at the governor's palace, and set out on the return journey early the next morning.

Cao Hao prepared 10,000 taels of silver tickets for him, saving him not enough expenses; Chu Yu's side is a set of pearl-inlaid heads, a set of gemstone jewelry, and four pieces of fine materials, which are prepared for Zilan who followed Cao Song south, not only for the New Year's gift, but also to support the façade for Zilan.

Jinghui's pregnancy is only three months, and it will take one or two years to wait until she gives birth and the baby is older and can withstand the long journey. Before this, Zilan, as the daughter of the chief soldier's house, had to go back and forth to socialize.

In addition to the things prepared for Cao Song and Zilan, Li Wei and his wife also prepared one, and Wu Mao led people to follow Cao Song with them, which was regarded as Cheng Yi for Li Wei.

On the first day of the lunar month, the governor's palace was promoted, and Cao Hao met the officials who came to work in shifts.

As early as the Kangxi Dynasty, only the local courtiers of the emperor's grace had the right to perform secrets.

In the Yongzheng Dynasty, the right to play this secret fold does not seem to be so valuable.

In Cao Hao's hands, there were two locked-up sandalwood boxes given by the palace. It's just that there was no secret to show before, so he followed the routine and asked for an excerpt every three days.

In the excerpts, in addition to greeting St. Ann, these are the government affairs that he often handles.

To talk about the achievements of this month, it is to count 2,563 acres and 45 acres of reclaimable barren land, mountains, and depressions in various prefectures and counties. According to the usual practice, most of these newly cultivated wasteland are sold on the spot, and 30 percent of the funds from the sale of land will go to the state treasury and 70 percent to the local government.

Cao Hao requested that these new fields be included in the official fields, which were cultivated by local poor farmers, and the buds and sweet potatoes planted were used to fill the community warehouse in preparation for the famine year.

In this way, the interests of the officials directly under the government will be harmed. But Cao Hao is not worried, because he is the governor of Zhili, and he is the one who benefits the most in the chain of interests. In the eyes of outsiders, it was he who gave up his interests to seek the emperor's favor.

In fact, he was thinking about the words "open source" and "throttling".

Whether it is training troops or dredging rivers, it is an errand that costs money. If he doesn't get all the money, it's all in vain.

More than 2,000 hectares of new land, only two or three percent of the fertile land, the rest is mostly mountains and depressions, plus the official sales are greasy, and there is not a few silver; It is kept as official land, but it can supply several social warehouses. In the year of famine, rice and grain will be directly donated instead of silver, and the government will have one less expenditure, and the people will be less than one percent of the exploitation.

As for the part of the gains lost by officials, Cao Hao is not in a hurry. He wanted to increase the income of the feudal treasury, but he had to deal with the officials below him in the future.

There will be no one who will not open his eyes and challenge the deterrent power of the Governor at this time.

This year is the first year of "returning to the public with envy", and it is also the first year of distributing "incorruptible silver". The "fire consumption" silver of each state and county was unified into the treasury.

This year, Zhili has more than 2.8 million taels of silver taxed in the province, and more than 160,000 taels of silver have been "consumed" by fire. The tax silver has been sent to the capital, and the "fire consumption" silver has been put into the treasury of the governor's palace.

The amount of money to be distributed is related to the local economy and to the performance of officials in a year. Knowing the county, the difference is not too big, depending on the complexity of the county under its jurisdiction, hundreds to 1,000. The prefect and above, the governor's office officials are different, and the "incorruptible silver" is from hundreds to thousands, and the difference is big.

If Cao Hao is black-hearted and controls the amount of "incorruptible silver", at least half of the "fire consumption" silver can be left.

But there is no need to offend the officials of the whole province for 80,000 taels of silver.

After discussing with Jiang Jian, Song Hou, and Feng Chuan, Cao Hao decided to implement the policy of "developing agriculture to stabilize people's livelihood and promoting industry and commerce to enrich the treasury" formulated by Cao Hao in the first place.

After several staff members drafted, Cao Hao's transcription of this relationship was directly related to the development of the next two years, and it was handed to the capital in the form of a secret fold.

Two days later, the sandalwood box containing the secret fold arrived at the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

When Chen Fu took the corresponding key and opened the sandalwood box containing the secret fold, Yongzheng was startled.

The half-foot-deep box was full, as if it was about to overflow.

Yongzheng's face sank, and he was a little worried in his heart, could it be that there was something wrong with Zhili? Or is Cao Hao's lack of experience and can't suppress the officialdom of Zhili?

He paused, steadied himself, and then took out the fold inside.

There is not one excerpt, but four copies.

On the first fold, it is written that the development plan of Zhili is written, and the remaining three folds are all folded.

The more Yongzheng looked, the more excited his face became, he couldn't sit still, stood up, and said loudly: "Go and find the map of Zhili, Prince Chuanyi, King Guojun...... It is also rumored that Prince Zhuang ......"

Chen Fu responded and hurriedly went.

Because he has been working in the Palace of Nourishing Heart since he ascended the throne, the map of the thirteen provinces is in the Palace of Nourishing Heart, and it will be sent to the palace in a moment.

Yongzheng stood in front of the imperial case, spread out the map of Zhili Province, and while looking at the secret folds, he looked at the prefectures and counties on the map, and said in his mouth: "Outside the mouth, Chengde, the middle and upper reaches of the Daling River...... Baoding Mansion, Zhengding Mansion ......"

The huge Zhili, the number of Dingkou accounts for half of the number of Dingkou in the world, but the tax is only 13%. The amount of silver that the imperial court sprinkled into Zhili every year far exceeded the taxes of Zhili. Zhili is like a greedy beast with a big mouth, which makes the court unwilling to accept the burden.

However, Cao Hao's plan not only solved the cost of dredging the North River and training troops, but also increased revenue for the imperial court and the local government.

Yongzheng only felt that his heart was surging, and he was faintly proud.

In the hands of the imperial father, Cao Hao was just a deputy hall for sorting out the ledgers; When he ascended to the throne, he had the courage to be in the same province as Cao Hao, and let him use it.

The place where the three princes worked, and the distance from the Heart Cultivation Hall was different.

But there was not much difference between the front and back, and they all arrived at the royal front.

Among the sons of the former emperor, these three masters are the most decent in front of the emperor now, so the little eunuchs who passed the decree are also tightly stammering. Therefore, although these three people were not the reason for the emperor's decree, they knew that the emperor summoned three people at the same time.

When the three of them arrived, Yongzheng passed Cao Hao's secret fold to them.

Like Yongzheng, the three princes were also surprised when they saw Cao Hao's excerpts.

Judging from the excerpts, Cao Hao mainly mentioned five articles, one is to set up prefectures and counties outside the mouth and Rehe to develop agriculture and animal husbandry; The second is to increase the mining of several open-pit coal mines on Zhili North Road, in addition to supplying the capital, in addition to transporting coal to the south, and increasing the development of mining; The third is to promote cold-tolerant crops in the central and southern parts of Zhili, so that crops can be harvested "twice a year", increase grain production, and increase the cultivation of cotton and hemp in the hills and other places for rich peasants; Fourth, in several large counties of dried fruits and fresh fruits in the central part of Zhili, processing plants will be set up to digest the local idle population and increase taxes; Fifth, in coastal states and counties, the development of marine aquaculture is also mainly to enrich the people; Fifth, in the above places, set up markets to promote trade.

In the fold, there are the tax amounts of these past years, as well as the expected income after the implementation of the development plan.

The three excerpts attached to the back, one is a detailed description of the "agriculture" plan, the other is industry and mining, and the thinnest one briefly mentions the development of commerce and trade.

It's not that Cao Hao doesn't understand the important surname of commercial circulation for local development, but in the eyes of the world, businessmen are lowly, and Cao Hao not only wants to impress Yongzheng with excerpts, but also takes care of the world.

Yongzheng has seen excerpts, there is no shortage of thousands of words, but there is no nonsense like Cao Hao, and it is the first one to speak with data.

Yongzheng was very satisfied, but he said in his mouth: "This Cao Hao, he has only been down for a few days, and he has to toss, which really doesn't make people worry, what do you think?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother both looked at the thirteenth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother also saw the joy that Yongzheng couldn't hide between his eyebrows, and bowed down and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, you have a capable minister!" ”

The corners of Yongzheng's mouth curved slightly, and he looked at the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother hesitated in his heart, the thirteenth master is now in charge of the household department, the prime minister Beihe affairs, the seventeenth elder brother is in charge of the military department, what Cao Hao did in Zhili, and these two can be involved, but there should be no boundary with the internal affairs government, right?

But Yongzheng looked at him, as if waiting for him to answer.

The sixteenth elder brother thought for a moment, but showed a little bitterness, and said: "Your Majesty, the 'canned meat', 'canned fruit', and 'canned fish' mentioned by Cao Hao in the excerpt all use glass. In this way, I am afraid that this glass recipe will not be able to be saved, and the internal affairs government will have one less income. ”

Yongzheng glanced at him, and said to the thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother: "No wonder the sixteenth brother and Cao Hao have signed a contract, isn't this a smell of the same?" It's going to be these little calculations. Speaking of this, he said to the sixteenth elder brother: "Don't complain, these kinds of processing are all fine work, Cao Hao is still worried about the lack of manpower in the fold, you want to help him." ”

The sixteenth elder brother bowed down, but he understood in his heart that this was to let the Internal Affairs Department intervene, after all, the Inner Treasury was not rich.

In the end, it was the turn of the seventeenth elder brother, he refused to overstep, and said with his duty: "As long as Cao Hao can get the money, it is good, otherwise he can't train with empty mouths and white teeth." ”

Yongzheng took the fold, couldn't literally pick out anything, and still said with a straight face: "Hmph, it's just talking on paper......"

*Yongzheng is right, Cao Hao's excerpt is indeed "on paper". Therefore, the money and grain data mentioned above are very conservatively written.

If he wanted to have a safe surname, he would have planned to take this excerpt again in a few months, after he had a more detailed understanding of Zhili's affairs, but Song Hou still suggested that he hand over the excerpt now.

Before ascending the throne today, he was the prince in charge, and after ascending the throne, he must bow down to everything and have a strong sense of control. It is not advisable to be a courtier.

Cao Hao thought so, and adopted Song Hou's suggestion.

According to his outline, adding Song Hou and Jiang Jian's old words, after Feng Lao Hanlin's polishing, this secret fold is made with flesh and bones, and there are things in words, which is very capable of deceiving people.

In fact, what makes Yongzheng most excited is the establishment of prefectures and counties outside the mouth and the implementation of "two harvests a year".

The former will increase the number of acres; The latter, will increase the grain.

Determining these two points, Naoli's self-sufficiency is not empty talk. Other trivial points, in Yongzheng's view, are the icing on the cake.

With this twist and turn, Cao Hao also achieved his wish, that is, the emperor decreed to summon him back to Beijing.

Cao Hao took the list of "Tan Jing" listed by Song Hou into Beijing, and the antique calligraphy and paintings received by Chu Yu when he celebrated his birthday had already been sent back to the capital first, and naturally he was also used for "filial piety" ......*

(To be continued)