March 1651.Seven years of Longwu.The earth is warm in spring, and Su Song is often everywhere, and it is also vibrant and lively.Previously, in order to ban the sea, the Qing court relocated the people along the coast, burned down the houses, and abandoned the fertile land, making the coastal sea a desolate land.After Zhao Ming occupied Su Songchang, after consulting with the shogunate's advisers, he successively put forward two decrees, "Restoration of Clothes and Crowns" and "Revitalization of Industry and Commerce", and then immediately put forward a plan to invest millions of taels of silver to revive Su Songchang.Two months ago, Zhao Ming ordered people to post notices to encourage the people to open up wasteland and use the coastal land to plant mulberry seedlings to meet the needs of Susong's textile industry.In that month, tens of thousands of people, carrying hoes and tools, went to the coastal wasteland to reclaim and reuse the abandoned land.In addition, inside and outside the prefectures and counties, craftsmen and people can be seen everywhere, tinkling and setting up workshops.By March, Su Songchang was already in full swing in various places, and many workshops had already begun to produce, and the sound of looms chirping and chirping was endless, day and night.Between the cities and villages, the recruitment of workers for silk reeling, looms, jacquard, and dyeing was everywhere, and the preferential treatment attracted many outsiders to pursue profits.Because of the investment of a large amount of money, Su Song's often withered business was quickly activated, the workshop resumed work, and a large number of hired workers poured into the town, which immediately brought a lot of benefits to the people and traders in the city.For a time, many innkeepers, wine store owners, and grocery store owners who had fled to the countryside to farm returned to the city, erected signs, planted flags, set off firecrackers, and started anew.The people in the vicinity picked melons, fruits and vegetables, caught chickens and ducks and sold them in the city, and the cities and towns immediately became full of vitality.March, Shanghai County.Originally, it was only a small county town, and its economy was dominated by rice cultivation.At this time, outside the county seat, on the bank of the Huangpu River, nearly 10,000 people and craftsmen were busy building wharves and warehouses.It is said that Zhao Dashuai wants to turn Shanghai County into a treaty port, the river silt must be cleaned up for ships to navigate, the wharf must be built solid, and the large ships with more than 1,000 materials can be docked, and the warehouse management must also be waterproof and moisture-proof, which can ensure the storage of goods.After coming and going, everyone gradually understood what a treaty port was, that is, in the future, ships from all countries would come to Shanghai County to trade.This made some people immediately perceive the business opportunity, and the price of shops in Shanghai County skyrocketed one day at a time.At noon on the ninth day of the first lunar month, when the warm sun was in the sky, on the construction site of the wharf, the people and craftsmen had lunch, and after resting for a while, they were ready to resume work.Although the construction has only been started for a month, the outline has already appeared.Wooden piles and stone piers have been laid along the Huangpu River, and warehouses have been built more than one person high, and some are about to be capped.At this time, a sea ship from the sea sailed to the Huangpu River, stopped at the edge of the wharf that was still under construction, put on a rope, lowered the anchor, put down a board on the boat, and a middle-aged thin official wearing a scarlet official robe, a black sand hat, and a jade belt around his waist, walked down from the boat, looked around the construction site, and showed surprise in his eyes.The name of the person is Fu Shangrui, the former governor of Hubei, and now he was appointed by the Longwu court as the governor of Nanzhili, from Changsha to Guangzhou, and then from Guangzhou by boat, along the coast, it took two months to come from Changsha to Jiangnan.Because Hubei and Jiangxi were in the hands of the Qing army, Changsha wanted to contact Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so it could not go downstream, so it could only come by detour.In this way, the Longwu Imperial Court sent personnel, either to go to Ganzhou into Fujian, and then to Zhejiang, to Susong in the north, or to Guangzhou in the south, and then to the north by boat.By land, there are too many mountain roads, which are time-consuming and labor-intensive, so Fu Shangrui chose to take the sea route to Su Song to take office.Last year, after the Longwu court got the Zhejiang army to recover Zhejiang and recover the three prefectures of Nanzhili, the Manchu dynasty was jubilant, but at the same time, it was uneasy about the successive victories of local forces.In the imperial court, a large number of ministers were worried that if this situation continued in the long run, it would lead to the great power of the feudal towns, resulting in the situation of the division of the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty.The secession of feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the subsequent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a period of chaos and darkness in Chinese history, as well as a period of extremely low status of literati.If the end of the Tang Dynasty is too far away to wake up the world, then look at the lessons of the military generals, the four towns of Jiangbei and the left town of Wuchang, everyone also understands the tragic consequences of the town's power growing and the central authority falling.For this reason, He Tengjiao, as the first assistant, drew up a plan, and the imperial court sent a group of cadres to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places to serve as governors, governors, and political envoys, and decided to withdraw some of the rights.Emperor Longwu was a little hesitant about this, but he still nodded in agreement.After all, as an emperor, he doesn't want anyone to challenge his rights.So Heng Tengjiao selected a large number of officials and sent them to serve in local positions, but the people he sent were all his He Tengjiao's party.Fu Shangrui and He Tengjiao are old friends, and the relationship between the two is very close, so it can be said that He Tengjiao is the right-hand man.This time Fu Shangrui came, it can be said that he is shouldering a heavy responsibility, whether He Tengjiao can bring the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and make achievements depends on him.Previously, Fu Shangrui was just a governor of Hubei, and his achievements in recent years were not obvious, but he suffered several defeats, but in order to help him take the position, He Tengjiao elected Fu Shangrui into the cabinet after blocking Yinxi, gave him the identity of a university scholar, and came to supervise the teacher, in order to be able to suppress the people in Zhejiang.At this time, Chen Yujie, who supervised the construction site, heard the news and led some officials and craftsmen to rush.Chen Yujie looked at the scarlet-robed officer in the distance, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The subordinate Zhejiang Governor commands the envoy Chen Yujie, I don't know who the Shangguan is?"
”A general wearing mountain pattern armor beside Fu Shangrui was quite arrogant and bowed to Tianyi: "This is the Nanzhi Governor appointed by the Son of Heaven, Fu Shangrui, Fu Gebu, you can't wait to salute." ”Nanzhili Inspector?
Chen Yujie and the others frowned slightly, why did the imperial court send a supervisor before the reward arrived.Moreover, who is this Fu Shangrui, I have never heard of any merits he has made before, why should he supervise the teacher.Having said that, Donghai Town, after all, is a Ming Dynasty feudal town, Chen Yujie and the others can only salute, "Xiaguan and others greet the supervisor!"
”Fu Shangrui smiled and waved his hand, "You don't have to be polite, this pavilion has just arrived, and I have to rely on you in the future!"
”Saying that, Fu Shangrui glanced at the construction sites on both sides of the Huangpu River, and said with a smile: "As soon as this pavilion arrived in Jiangnan, I saw such a busy scene, I don't know what you are doing?"
”An official next to Chen Yujie was very proud, and said: "The cabinet department doesn't know, my family is handsome, and he invested six million taels of silver to revitalize Su Songchang."
We are building wharves, clearing waterways, and preparing for the opening of Shanghai's port. ”Many officials in Donghai Town showed pride on their faces, Zhao Dashuai made a big deal and smashed millions of taels down, Su Songchang, who was originally depressed, was immediately full of vitality, and everyone saw it in their eyes and was happy in their hearts.According to Zhao Dashuai's words, it was they who witnessed that their actions changed the place and the world, and made them feel their own strength, and they were all very proud."
Six million taels?"
When Fu Shangrui heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and his eyes immediately narrowed.
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