Dominate the Country

Xin'an River is indeed very beautiful, with a large area of ​​water far exceeding the famous West Lake.

It flows from Jiekou Town, She County into Chun'an County, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. It is called Tongjiang when it merges with Lanjiang River in Meicheng Town, Jiande. It is called Fuchun River when it merges with Fenshui River in Tonglu Town, Tonglu County, which is the background of "Fuchun Mountain Residence", one of the top ten famous paintings in China. After the Fuchun River flows through Fuchun to Wenjiachuan and merges with Qujiang River in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, it is called Qiantang River.

However, the scenery of Xin'an River is not inferior to that of Fuchun River. Compared with Fuchun River, Wang Zhenyi thinks that Xin'an River in front of her is three points more beautiful, and there are really not many people here. In this era, unless it is a particularly famous resort like West Lake, few people go there for tourism. And those who do this are rich children with money in their hands. They no longer need to struggle for life and enjoy life instead. It is completely different from the national tourism with developed transportation information in later generations.

So even though the reputation of this place has spread throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is not like the West Lake, which is crowded with people at the end of the ten-day period or during holidays. There are more people by the water than fish in the lake.

Fuchun River has been famous in China for a long time. Emperor Qianlong even made a big joke on the famous painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, a painting of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" was conscripted into the palace. Emperor Qianlong couldn't let it go after seeing it. He kept it with him, took it out from time to time to appreciate it, and wrote poems and inscribed it in the blank space of the 6-meter long scroll, and stamped it with the jade seal. Unexpectedly, the next year, he got another "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". The two "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", one is real and the other is fake, but the two paintings are so similar that it is difficult to tell the real from the fake.

Qianlong decisively mistook Feng Jing for Ma Liang. This shows the true level of Emperor Qianlong in calligraphy and painting. But fortunately, he was wrong. Otherwise, with his love for "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", I don't know how many seals and inscriptions would be stamped on the national treasure painting that has been passed down to future generations.

For Wang Xichen, the current emperor is born with a pair of discerning eyes. The scenery of Xin'an River is not worse than Fuchun River at all. The beautiful scenery on both sides in midsummer, with green mountains and ridges, tall pines and rocks, green mountains and trees, and sandbanks, is a good place to play along the river in midsummer.

Especially the small islands or sandy land dotted in the river, with a well-organized layout and endless changes, just like the Fuchun River in the masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, clear and simple, with infinite artistic conception, showing the vast and continuous Jiangnan mountains and waters vividly.

There are more mountains on both sides here than Fuchun River, but it doesn't seem cramped, and it looks more like a good painting.

For example, the Aiyun Cave on the north slope of Tiemao Mountain. Before the rain, clouds escape from the cave, floating and flying, becoming a unique wonder. Then there is the Baoshi Mountain, located two miles north of Mishan. At the top of the island, there are seven artificially excavated stone pools, which are relics left by the Southern Song Dynasty in Lin'an (Hangzhou) when a large amount of tea garden stones were taken to build palaces, pavilions, and archways. Later generations called these seven stone pools Tianchi. Literati and poets from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties left many poems here. Now these poems have been carved on the cliffs, which have a cultural charm.

There is also Guishan on the riverside, which is full of osmanthus. However, osmanthus blooms in August, and the emperor came here but was not blessed. In addition to osmanthus, Guishan also has a unique geographical wonder. That is, karst landforms, strange rocks and winding paths. The unique karst landforms on the island also make it enjoy the reputation of "Stone Forest on Water". This can often be seen in the southwest, but it is rare in the southeast.

Wang and Wang Zhenyi were fascinated by the sight. Women, as women, can never control themselves when they see beautiful things. Wang Zhenyu had been here once before, but she only had a quick look around. She had some impression, but it was not deep. Moreover, it was raining today, and it was drizzling. It was a different feeling to take a boat to see the scenery on the river and the beauty on both sides of the river. Although he was a boy, he was also fascinated.

Wang Xichen had been here several times. Seeing the surprised feelings of his wife, daughter and son, he was very proud and reserved in his heart, but his face was always calm.

"Let's go. It's meaningless to just stand there. Put on your raincoat and go to the sandbar first. Maybe we can pick up bird eggs. Let the cook on the boat cook them for lunch." Wang Xichen was also in the mood today. He looked around first, and then waved his hand to take his family to the sandbar.

The entire Xin'an River Basin is a densely populated area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with a total of more than 50 towns and more than 100,000 people.

On both sides of the river, it is easy to see villages one after another, and some sandbars in the river have been developed into fields. Wang Zhenyi and her brother and sister are curious about everything, but Wang Xichen looked at the fields on the sandbar as if he had jumped into a basin of cold water. The original fiery passion was shattered by the cold water before it was too much.

Why?

Because Wang Xichen remembered the great opportunity to make a fortune that he missed.

After the Hangzhou government received the notice from Nanjing, he should have immediately realized the huge price increase of the fields in Xin'an River, but he ignored it. And when he woke up, the price of the farms along the Xin'an River had risen by half. It rose by half.

By now, the price of farms here has doubled compared to last year. The farms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have doubled, which is not a small number.

This is a legitimate business to make money, but Wang Xichen missed the initial good time. Wait until everyone has a big meal before settling in, and can only make a little money.

Longshan Mountain is not high. Wang Xichen climbed up to Shanghai Ruici Temple in the drizzle. The temple had changed a lot since the first time he saw it.

As for Hai Rui, no matter whether he really has political talent or is just a stubborn person with no talent, he can persist for decades, which is really amazing.

Chen Ming has repeatedly criticized his political talent in private, but in public, he is still one of the representatives of famous officials in history and the great judge.

Hai Rui Temple now has a sacrificial official, a seventh-rank official, who warmly received the Wang family. Wang Xichen and his team stayed in Chun'an for a full seven days this time, and when he returned to Hangzhou and prepared to invite the organization to welcome him, Nanjing suddenly received news that His Majesty would not go to Hangzhou for the time being.

Chen Ming will not come. Of course, this is temporary. You know, the emperor has a lot of things to do, and there are also a lot of troubles. The thing that tripped Chen Ming up in May was the North Korean thing.

Since North Korea began to submit a petition to beg for submission, immigrants have been moving into North Korea one after another. When North Korea officially became China's Lelang and Andong provinces, a large number of immigrants no longer just moved into North Korea from the Yalu River, but also moved into South Korea.

200,000 square kilometers of land, with a population of only more than 4 million, is definitely a sparsely populated area in China, especially in South Korea, which has more plains.

And China's methods and means of dealing with the original powerful families in North Korea are not too fierce. Although the people of the Andong Jin family have suffered a great misfortune, other big families can still keep their existing wealth and land as long as they don't jump around too hard.

Measure the land, determine the owner, replace the land deed, and of course reduce rent and interest - this is a hard rule. There is also the release of slaves. Koreans have now become Chinese and are not allowed to be slaves. In addition, many miscellaneous taxes and harsh policies have been abolished, and the feelings of the entire bottom-level indigenous people in North Korea towards China are rapidly heating up.

There are also people in North Korea who oppose the surrender, and even organizations and examples of armed resistance. This is not uncommon. There have been several incidents of bandit armed forces, attacks and assassinations of officials.

But it doesn't matter. People with status like Chen Ming have already focused on the overall situation.

The situation in the whole of North Korea is being quickly put on track by Chen Han, and some troubles are just clouds covering the face. And why do we say that the affairs of North Korea have tripped Chen Ming up now? This is because the two provinces of North Korea have reached the time to pay summer grain.

Then you can imagine what kind of mess it will be there.

Really, big and small places will have problems, and the whole system will have problems. Old grain for new grain, old grain for new grain, corruption, extortion...

Everything that happened during the reform of the old China is here.

Thanks to the super small administrative units in North Korea, the system of "township officials" is easily accepted by the North Korean people, because in the eyes of many North Koreans, the so-called township officials are the county officials in the past.

The area of ​​the county-level area in North Korea in the past was really too small. A small country has set up eight "provinces", just like China's provinces. There are prefectures under the provinces, and counties under the prefectures. The area of ​​a prefecture is about the same size as a county in China. The whole system is a four-level structure. It is completely suitable to introduce the current Chinese system. The county is a township, and the "prefecture" on the next level has become the current "county"; and the "province" is divided into east and west or north and south, split in two, and the whole is turned into a "prefecture", otherwise it will be too big. This is just right.

The smooth promotion of the township official system does not mean the retreat of North Korea's own interest groups. Just like the many activities, conspiracies, rumors and frauds that occurred in China at the beginning, for their own interests, North Korea's local interest groups also launched the first wave of counterattacks.

When North Korea was "subjugated", they did not collectively explode, and the only unlucky one was the Andong Kim family. But now they have collectively exploded. Even though there are still some people in all the interest classes who firmly support Chen Han's many policies, such as the Lixing Min family and the Qingfeng Kim family, they are still a minority compared to the entire North Korea's two-class aristocratic class.

This is the virtue of the power class in North Korea.

Or it is the nature of many vested interests, their own interests are the most important.

A series of struggles broke out in North Korea, filled with rumors, scams and endless falsehoods. The struggle between the tax department and the former two classes of nobles and landlords began at the end of April.

In fact, officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been busy for several months. The palace has been built, and the people [rich people] are looking forward to it, full of expectations, but the emperor has no time to come.

Are you kidding me?

But the reality is like this, the emperor just fooled the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so what? !

The emperor just said that it was temporary, and he would not come temporarily, not that he would not come next time, or in the future?

Right? Is the emperor wrong?

No matter how eagerly the officials and people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang look forward to it, they can only wait for news from Nanjing City.

Chen Han is different from the previous Qing Dynasty. In the past, when the emperor stopped in Nanjing, the governors and governors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the eight banners garrison generals, and the generals all submitted memorials to greet and ask for an audience. But this is no longer the Qing Dynasty.

The old ways are no longer popular, and the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can only wait anxiously.

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Hongzhou Prefecture, formerly Chungcheongnam-do, Repulse Bay area.

The war once completely destroyed everything here. After a few years, the arrival of peace is far from healing the wounds here.

It is said that the Manchus and Qing Dynasties once carried out mass killings here, because the intricate islands and coastlines in the waters around Repulse Bay were the hiding places for many rebels. In order to destroy the supply base of the rebel army, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties burned, killed and looted here, almost razing this generation to the ground.

And now there are many more villages with unique architectural styles on this land, as well as many new villages with immigrants.

There are early and late immigrants here. The early immigrant villages have opened up farmland and built their own houses; the late immigrants have just landed.

Chen Han has a complete set of preferential treatment and resettlement measures for immigrants. At least the immigrants don't have to worry about their food rations.

Siam's early indica rice has long been piled up in the granaries of Jeju Island. This kind of rice has a high rice yield, low stickiness, brittle texture, easy to break during processing, poor quality, and no nutrition. But it can be used to fill your stomach.

Another way for immigrants to supplement food is to develop land on site.

Repulse Bay is different from Jeju Island in that the soil layer of the latter is relatively thin and is not a place suitable for large-scale agricultural production. In the history of North Korea, Jeju has always existed as a pasture and fishing port, and agricultural production was very weak.

The land here in Repulse Bay has better natural conditions and is suitable for agricultural production. Even if you can't grow rice for a while, you can still grow potatoes. The growing season of potatoes is not long and the yield is large. Potatoes are rich in vitamins and can be used as staple food and vegetables. They can effectively supplement the food of immigrants.

Of course, sweet potatoes will work too. The immigrants who have just landed now do not have enough time.

Sweet potatoes have a long growth cycle and prefer warm temperatures and dislike cold. However, winter in South Korea in this era comes earlier and is colder.

At this time, night has enveloped the earth.

And somewhere on the seaside, labor has just ended in a newly built village, and there is a large group of immigrants, as well as Koreans who came specifically to work. Yes, North Koreans come to work. With wages and food, of course it can attract many North Korean civilians.

The originally inaccessible Repulse Bay has been flooded with many Korean civilians working like this in the past few months. As for why these Korean aborigines know about it, it is of course because of propaganda.

After entering North Korea, the Chen Han government also organized a propaganda team and spread the news among township officials. After the original county government offices were turned into township offices, it was easy to spread the news.

Moreover, these people at the bottom of North Korea have been exploited so hard that even a little benefit can make them flock here.

Chen Ming also considered digesting Lelang Andong as soon as possible, so he increased financial allocation, recruited workers in the form of wages and food, communicated with ordinary poor people in North Korea, accelerated the construction of immigration sites, and accelerated the re-cultivation of fields. There is also the need to increase communication and understanding between indigenous people and immigrants.

"Line up, line up, line up..."

"Wash your hands before queuing up. Those who don't wash their hands are not allowed to eat..."

Official staff at the immigration point are maintained. However, the immigration point has just started construction less than ten days ago. Many Korean aborigines have just arrived a few days ago. They are like starving ghosts reincarnated. They look away when they see food. He was completely naked and had to be whipped with a stick before he remembered to wash his hands before eating.

The immigrants, who had lived in a concentration camp in the Yantai port area for some time before coming to North Korea, were used to these bizarre requests.

Long hair is not allowed, hands are washed before meals and after defecation, and raw water is not allowed...