The southern coastal areas are even more remote and desolate than the southwest, and those who come here are mostly marginalized and marginalized people.
After meeting a few minor officials, Xie Ming actively brainwashed them and then secretly started drying sea salt here.
But that alone is not enough. It's fine for a few county magistrates to engage in underground activities in the early stages, but if they are caught, even ten lives wouldn't be enough to cover it up.
So Xie Ming sent a letter to the capital, and the old emperor and the crown prince received the exciting news. But a big problem lay before them: how to promote sea salt.
After much deliberation, the father and son still felt that the King of Kang's method was the best. What method?
Please ask a master! That means you need the "White Three Immortals" ritual.
Xie Ming rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky when he received the reply from the capital.
When he first tried to become a "charlatan," what did those two people say about him? "This is a heretical and crooked path. How can we deceive our people like this?"
Now, the two of them are more comfortable using Fuquan than anyone else!
However, the emperor and the crown prince weren't entirely unreliable; they did send some people over.
With the makeshift team assembled, Xie Ming headed north to find the sage Fuquan.
After a long and winding journey, Xie Ming finally arrived in Jiangnan in late autumn.
In a five-courtyard mansion in Hechang County, the lights were on full display, and every ten steps along the corridors, there were guards on both sides leading to the study in the main courtyard.
Xie Ming listened quietly to Fu Quan's report over the past six months while holding his teacup.
When he brought Fuquan out, he didn't just bring manpower, but also chemistry and physics books.
He used the contents very well, and with the manpower he brought from the Prince's Palace, the number of "White Three Immortals" followers increased exponentially in a short period of time.
Fuquan did not disobey Xie Ming's wishes and did not do anything that conflicted with the local gentry.
In the eyes of the gentry, they were just a bunch of charlatans who cheated and swindled people, and they didn't take them seriously at all.
How did you use the ones I sent before?
Xie Ming was asking about General Cheng's grandson.
"If that young master is trustworthy, Your Highness may send him elsewhere."
Fuquan's opinion was very pertinent, and Xie Ming understood that this person had no problem with management, but simply couldn't grasp the core issues.
However, Xie Ming still intends to bring him back to the court in the future, so he doesn't want to let him become too wild.
"No need, I'll just go with you!"
"Yes, Your Highness. When would you like to meet with the gentlemen from the Crown Prince's side?"
"There's no need to see them again. I'll rest for a few more days and then take them with me."
"Your Highness will not stay for long."
Fuquan didn't know what his master was going to do, and when he asked, he was simply worried about his health.
"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine."
Xie Ming gave him a meaningful smile.
Fu Quan, who is good at imagining things, immediately launched into a short essay of tens of thousands of words.
Xie Ming's trip to Jiangnan was not just to inspect Fu Quan's work; he also brought the six advisors given to him by the Crown Prince to recruit talent for the Crown Prince.
If he starts to take action against the aristocratic families and they resign and rebel, then the court will be left without anyone to rely on.
During the Great Sheng Dynasty, the appointment of officials was mainly based on recommendation. Although there were those who came from the imperial examination system, they would never reach key positions.
Therefore, Xie Ming also needs to cultivate a group of practical talents for the Crown Prince within a few years, so that someone can step up at critical moments.
This would certainly make the subsequent operations much easier, since the old emperor, being the most powerful figure, would surely recommend someone.
As for how to reduce the future aversion of these talented individuals to the imperial examination system, Xie Ming has already come up with a solution.
From the very beginning of bringing them into the circle, a "competitive" mode was initiated.
They need constant testing and practical experience to be clearly shown that only those who can pass tests and put their skills into practice will be noticed by their superiors.
If someone wants to rise to power in the future, these people who have experienced the college entrance examination system for several years will be the first to jump out and give others a test paper.
These are not the difficult things; the difficult thing is where to find people and how to find them.
Are students from impoverished families truly from impoverished backgrounds?
In ancient times, there were many people who couldn't afford to eat and had no property.
Poor families, on the other hand, are those with meager land holdings but no worries about food and clothing; they are seen as wealthy and well-off by the common people.
Furthermore, aristocratic families were unwilling to let their books circulate outside the region; without connections and favors, one could not study the classics and discuss philosophy.
So Xie Ming and several advisors spent a long time investigating and searching for people.
Fortunately, the results were decent; they managed to find no fewer than 50 people within a year, which would form the foundation for the future prosperity of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
February 2nd, 37th year of the Great Sheng Dynasty
Several years passed quickly, and Xie Ming stayed in Jiangnan for seven years.
People in the imperial court had almost forgotten about his sickly appearance and thought he was praying to gods and Buddhas in the southwest.
You can't blame them; those Black Feather Army soldiers were just too good at hiding.
Aside from the 800 soldiers stationed in Sendai, it's impossible to tell that hundreds of thousands of troops have been amassed there in just a few years.
This is also partly due to the stable relationship between the old emperor and the crown prince, as most officials in the court devoted their energy to sowing discord between father and son.
The old emperor was also glad that he had relinquished power quickly back then, otherwise he wouldn't be so "short-tempered" as to side with the crown prince now.
However, in recent years, some people in the central government have also noticed the potential of the southwest.
The Black Feather Army can indeed hide, but they can't hide the fields that have been cultivated. Every year, farmers go to the southwest.
In the first few years, the number of people going was not high, but in the last two years, the number has increased quite a bit.
Those aristocratic lords had to take this seriously. The southwest was not within their sphere of influence. If all the farmers went there, their land would be left uncultivated.
Therefore, on the day the dragon raises its head, during the grand court assembly, someone submitted a memorial stating that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess were siblings, with the evidence being that the Crown Princess had a birthmark that was the same as the baby girl lost by the Imperial Concubine years ago.
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