Chapter 3040 Affects
The emperor raised his eyelids and glanced at him. "But you're right. This matter cannot be let off lightly. Arrest all the people named in the booklet. Instruct the Dali Temple, the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice to jointly handle this case. Prince, since you brought this booklet back, you will be in charge."
The prince bowed in response.
The emperor's face darkened and he asked, "You've been thinking behind closed doors for a few days. Have you figured out where you went wrong?"
The prince hesitated for a moment before admitting his fault. "A son of a wealthy family should not sit idle in the hall. I, your son, should not put myself in danger."
The emperor snorted coldly and said, "So you know. After this case is concluded, you will be confined for a month and fined a year's salary."
Prince: ...If you have the guts, put me in solitary confinement right now.
This matter caused quite a stir. Taking advantage of the assassination and frame-up of the prince, three departments headed by the prince took the imperial guards to Jiangnan, and Yang Heshu, the governor of Huainan, cooperated in a thorough investigation.
Rebellion is like war. At first, you are strong, then it will weaken, and finally it will be exhausted.
When they learned that the prince had killed the governor of Haizhou and copied a deadly book from his house, they acted impulsively and tried to assassinate the prince. When they found that they could not kill anyone, they also considered rebelling against the emperor. After all, it was not like they had not rebelled before. Who of the current heads of the families did not come from that chaotic era?
If they had rebelled directly, they would have done so, but at that time they hoped to sow discord between the emperor and the prince, so they restrained themselves.
If they wanted to rebel again at this time, they would hesitate and dare not move forward because of the consequences.
Since you don't dare to rebel again, you can only take drastic measures.
A bloody storm broke out in the south of the Yangtze River.
In theory, Jiangnan and Qingzhou are far apart and should not affect Qingzhou. However, as soon as the prince led his men out of the capital and headed to Jiangnan, he sent someone to deliver a letter to the governor of Qingzhou and Bai Shan. Before they entered Jiangnan, Bai Shan and others received the letter.
The prince asked Bai Shan to prepare enough official salt, and the Ministry of Revenue directly sent the data of official salt transported out of Jiangnan last year to Qingzhou.
Governor Guo received a letter from the Crown Prince and an official document from the Ministry of Revenue. He sighed and said to his confidant, "Send the complaints from the various counties back intact. Right now, nothing is more important than the salt fields and ferry crossings in Beihai County."
"I'm afraid they'll say you're partial."
"Am I biased? It's clearly the officials in the court and the Crown Prince who are biased. I only heard some rumors after the dust settled on such a major event in the capital," said Governor Guo. "Jiangnan will definitely not end well this time. They hold two things in their hands: grain and official salt."
"Food is fine. There haven't been any major disasters anywhere this year, and with the granaries in the Central Plains and the two lakes, it's not a big problem. But official salt is irreplaceable." Governor Guo stroked his beard with some pride. "No one would have thought Qingzhou would be the trump card of His Majesty and the Crown Prince."
He would definitely count it as a credit when this matter was over, so he couldn't let other counties disturb Bai Shan.
Governor Guo also knew what Bai Shan’s biggest problem was now. It was the lack of manpower. Beihai County was too poor before, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
He thought for a moment, "I shouldn't be too biased towards Bai Shan. Otherwise, we could move some people from other counties to him. But it's difficult to move people from Qingzhou. We can move people from other places."
Confidant: ...
Governor Guo got an idea from Bai Shan and immediately said, "It just so happens that the autumn tax collection has ended. I can get together with the governors of several nearby prefectures and perhaps help them share the pressure of refugees and tenant farmers in their territories."
Confidant: "...As long as you are happy."
Aren’t you afraid of being beaten out?
Bai Shan was also thinking about this problem. Lord Cui had already drawn a blueprint of the dock. Bai Shan had looked at it and could not see any problems, but he still invited several skilled craftsmen to take a look. At first glance, there was no major problem.
So if nothing unexpected happens, they can start recruiting craftsmen to build the ferry terminal in early October.
This is a big project. Lord Cui said that the construction of this dock will take at least three years to complete. During this period, they can first build a simple ferry that can be used, and then improve the main structure.
In other words, the long-term workers they need to recruit may have to work on the construction site for three years, which requires a lot of people. In addition, he has to build official fields and other infrastructure, so he is extremely short of people now.
Bai Shan asked Zhou Man, "What do you think about me taking the initiative to teach the salt-drying method to the neighboring counties near the sea?"
"Let them give you someone?"
Bai Shan nodded. "The entire Jiangnan region provides a lot of official salt. Now we have to make up for their shortfall. It's a bit difficult for Beihai County alone."
"But Qingzhou only has two counties facing the sea."
"I heard there are quite a few people from Cangzhou, and also Laizhou," Bai Shan said, "We built a wharf in Longchi, and our relationship with Laizhou will definitely deteriorate. If there were a salt field, it would ease the relationship..."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up slightly. "We don't necessarily need people from Laizhou. We can ask them to give us some of the sea shipping business."
Bai Shan nodded repeatedly, "That's what I thought."
But such a big matter, especially the design of an outer state, could not be decided by him alone. He had to go to the governor Guo.
Things will only be easy if he agrees.
Bai Shan said, "I'll take a day off in a couple of days. I'll go see Governor Guo. I haven't seen him for a long time and I miss him so much."
Zhou Man said: "Say hello to him for me and ask him to take good care of Wen Tiandong."
Bai Shan agreed.
After the autumn tax was collected, the medical department in Qingzhou was also reorganized, and Zhou Man finally hired two doctors. Although their medical skills were not very good, they could learn while working.
Zhou Man asked Wen Tiandong to take everything to Qingzhou City. During this period, he was taking people to the countryside to promote the Qingzhou City Medical Bureau.
Although this is the old path that Zhou Man has taken, it cannot be denied that this method is the best.
Many women were unwilling to seek medical treatment from him, so he had to make an agreement with the villagers that starting from the fifth day of the first lunar month, there would be a female chief physician in the clinic every five days.
Maybe it was because the autumn harvest was over and they had planted winter wheat, which was the slack season for farmers. In addition, the time was limited, which made Zhou Man seem "very valuable". So when Zhou Man went there last time, there were many female patients seeking medical treatment.
The promotion effect of Qingzhou Medical Bureau is much better than that of Beihai County before.
Bai Shan agreed and said to her, "Don't worry. Putting aside Wen Tiandong's medical skills and the role of the Medical Bureau, even for your sake, Governor Guo won't make things difficult for Wen Tiandong."
Zhou Man thought of something and said, "Why don't I go with you? Anyway, the day after my rest is the day I should go to the medical clinic."
Bai Shan glanced at her slightly bulging belly and refused directly, "No, you didn't take a day off last month. Even if you're working, you should have a balance between work and rest."
Then he said, "Aren't you going to visit the weaving workshop with the princess?"
Zhou Man didn't say anything then.
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(End of this chapter)
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