How to make a famous minister

The society of the Ming Dynasty still relied on manpower as the main productive force, and people were money.

Jingjiang County was far less damaged than other surrounding counties in this once-in-a-century windstorm and flood. Those people who were unwilling to leave their homeland but lost their land due to the disaster all gathered in Jingjiang County.After the flood subsided, some people went back to continue farming their land, and some people couldn't go back because of various reasons. These people settled down in Jingjiang.

On the contrary, Jingjiang County has expanded because of this, but with more people and less jobs, the more idlers will naturally pose a hidden danger to public security.

There is no shortage of labor force in Jingjiang County. To arrange them, more jobs will naturally be created.The jobs that required the most workers in the Ming Dynasty were tea, cloth, and agriculture.The farmland and tea hills are fixed, and they were allocated before the flood. However, some rich people saw that after the flood, the farmers could not survive, so they wanted to buy the farmland and tea fields inherited from the farmers at a low price. Fan Xuanchao severely punished them.

But after punishing the rich, the farmers still have no money to spend the winter, and may even be in a state of abject poverty until next year's autumn harvest.Jingjiang County, like all Jiangnan counties, has weaving workshops everywhere, and common people no longer weave their own cloth, because the price of cloth and clothes from workshops and cloth clothing stores is not high, and there is no need to do it yourself. cost-effective.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called germination of capitalism appeared, and the machine workers and machine owners were separated.Fan Xuanchao felt that this was a good idea, so he merged several small and medium-sized fabric workshops to become a large workshop supported by the government. The relative requirement was to accommodate disaster victims to work in the factory.

Weaving, dyeing, cutting, and transportation all require manpower, which naturally helps the victims through the most difficult period.And because of the large workshops and the large number of people, the production of fabrics is also large, the cost is reduced, and the small profits are quick to sell, so it can also be profitable.

It's just that this year has passed, and the farmers will return to the land to cultivate in the next year. Wouldn't the workshop lose more than half of its staff?The current investment may not come back.It would be great if...women could continue to work in the workshop and men could return to the land to cultivate.But now, for men, Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism is gradually collapsing, but for women, the footbinding is getting tighter and tighter.If it weren't for the disaster year and the hardships of life, it would be impossible for women to go out to work.

Before Fan Xuanchao could think of a solution, he was recalled to the capital by an imperial edict.

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The first year of Chongzhen, June.

Fan Xuanchao, the magistrate of Jingjiang County, made great contributions to water control, and was transferred to the official department.It was at this time last year that Fan Xuanchao left the capital. At that time, he was still a seventh-rank official who everyone regretted wrongly wronged the number one scholar. Now... Although he is still a seventh-rank official, he has become a hot figure in the capital.

Last year, everyone just said that Fan Hanyuan didn't play well and missed six songs, but everyone knew that it was Tianqi Emperor Kata, and when Cheng Wen came out, whoever didn't like it, whoever didn't feel sorry.

Now, last year's top three are still in the Hanlin Academy for qualifications. Not only has Fan Xuanchao made some achievements, but he is now in the middle of the three-year assessment.

Although it is still the seventh rank, can the county magistrate of Jiangnan and the emperor's attendants, who have the responsibility of supervision, be given the same thing?

Ye Xianggao has lived in two dynasties, and has a high position and weight, which is different from others. Zhu Youjian thought he advised Zhu Youjian that Fan Xuanchao's achievements in water control and disaster prevention were only mentioned as the seventh rank, whether it is a bit low in the matter.

"Although Fan Hanyuan has meritorious service, he has a poor view of the overall situation." Zhu Youjian is also impulsive in doing things, and Zhu Youjian knows that Fan Xuanchao has a lot of strange ideas, but they are all castles in the sky. Only he can sit down and do things with peace of mind, and see the whole country That's when he can really use his talents.

"One of the responsibilities in all affairs is the responsibility to fill in the vacancies and pick up the lost things, and to inspect the affairs of the six departments and a hundred departments. He can give advice to me, and he can listen directly to heaven, and he can rectify and impeach all officials. It is exactly what he needs now. "

In the Ming Dynasty, the authority was high and low, and even the edict could be sealed and returned. All official documents from various ministries had to go through the hands of the authority to check for mistakes, and the official documents that had been checked by each department were also inspected. All must go through the official department to give the hand in the matter.

Therefore, the authority in the matter is enormous, and the official documents that can be accessed are like flowing water. It is the best position to fully understand all aspects of the country's work.Coupled with being able to serve the emperor for a long time, Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with his arrangement.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian calculated that it had been a year since Fan Xuanchao went to Jingjiang. In addition, Fan Xuanchao hated the correspondence for more than a month, which was too long, and he didn't bother to write letters.After careful calculation, the last time he received a letter from Fan Xuanchao was three months ago. At that time, he was vowing to complete the refugee shelter and find jobs for the refugees.

To be honest, Zhu Youjian really missed him.

Ye Xianggao just mentioned it to see how much Fan Xuanchao really has in the emperor's heart.Du Ge seems to be a small official in the matter, but it is the first step for every senior official to be promoted. It can be said that there is no elder or minister who has not passed this step.

But Ye Xianggao didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would value him so much, and he even treated him as a "national scholar".

Then he will be weighing the status of this Fan Xuanchao.

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Fan Xuanchao wished he could stay in Jingjiang and deal with all the affairs before returning to the capital.But firstly, things are endless; secondly, he also wants to return to the capital earlier.

One day at the end of July, Fan Xuanchao finally arrived at Fan's residence, and ordered Jingzhe Guyu to go to settle down and salute first, and Fan Xuanchao first went to see Mrs. Zhang.

Although he only went there for a year, Zhang's tears made him think that he had lost his memory and hadn't come back for ten years.

"It's good that Chao'er is back, it's good that he's back..." Mrs. Zhang said while wiping away tears, "I thought you were in Jingjiang, which was a good place, but I didn't expect there would be a storm. When I heard my brother say , The soul was scared away. I prayed to the Bodhisattva every day for protection, and sure enough, the Bodhisattva has a spirit and let you go back."

Fan Xuanchao laughed and said: "I was over there, I just threw a dragon king into the river, mother, you are still worshiping the Bodhisattva here, Buddhism and Taoism really are not one family, that's why the Bodhisattva can protect me like this."

While talking, Fan Xuanchao told everyone about Taoist Wang pretending to do it every day, but actually stealing food.

"These Taoist priests are usually trusted by the people. I didn't expect them to dare to do whatever they want in a disaster year." Zhang said angrily, "However, even if you can't see it, you can only punish Taoist Wang. How can you be disrespectful to the Dragon King? ? Someday you will go to Dongyue Temple to burn incense.”

Fan Xuanchao said weakly: "...OK."

Mrs. Zhang was satisfied, and hit the iron while the iron was hot, "Since you came back from Jingjiang, why don't you just get married... What are you shaking your head! Hui Ding even has a child, and you haven't married yet, so it's so difficult to delay it until you are in your 20s... ...?"

As soon as Fan Xuanchao heard that Mrs. Zhang started talking about getting married again, he became serious, so he found a reason to slip away.

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I really want to move out... However, this is not the modern age where children can go out to live after they go to work. If they have to live out without a separate family, they might be impeached.

Fan Xuanchao complained to Ni Houzhan, and Ni Houzhan said with a smile: "What impeachment are you afraid of? Now His Majesty is protecting you wholeheartedly. Do you know that you forced those big families in Jingjiang County to pay for food and were impeached?" Are there several discounts?"

"Huh?" Fan Xuanchao really didn't know about it, "Why haven't I heard the news?"

"I've said it all, Your Majesty is protecting you wholeheartedly. You didn't even let you submit the papers for your defense, and just typed back all the papers. Few people know about this. If I wasn't a member of Zhongshushe, I wouldn't know it at all. love."

Fan Xuanchao laughed first before he came to his senses, opened his mouth sullenly and said, "Your Majesty protects me, and I should be grateful, but since I know it, I can't pretend I don't know it. It's better to make an excuse."

Ni Houzhan saw that his expression was serious, but the corners of his eyes were still smiling, and he shook his head, "It's up to you."

As expected, Fan Xuanchao got the booklet. Zhu Youjian was quite pleasantly surprised when he got it. He hadn’t seen his handwriting for a long time. He rubbed the first few words "Fan Xuanchao respectfully invites the emperor to be safe" for a while, and finally Start looking at the topic.

After watching for a while, it turned out that he was talking about his impeachment a while ago, and now he got the news from Ni Houzhan, so he even made a defense.Zhu Youjian really couldn't help laughing to death, he just suppressed this matter, let alone what he heard from Ni Houzhan, he insisted on writing an account, and insisted on mentioning how he knew the news .

If he wasn't Fan Xuanchao, Zhu Youjian would punish him for the crime of voyeurism.But it was precisely because he was Fan Xuanchao that he was able to suppress the impeachment of him so simply.

Zhu Youjian picked up the pen to mark a few words, then put down the pen again, and ordered: "Xuan Fan Xuanchao."

"Yes."

When Fan Xuanchao arrived at Qianqing Palace, he accepted the head and bowed. He had not participated in Zhu Youjian's ascension to the throne before. This was the first time he had an audience with Emperor Chongzhen, so he knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times.

After the ceremony, Zhu Youjian quickly helped him up, looked at him carefully, and said, "It's dark and thin. But it's good to come back."

Listening to him, Fan Xuanchao still spoke in the same tone as when he was the king of Xin, as if he had returned to a year ago, he felt relieved, raised his head, and accidentally met Zhu Youjian's eyes.Seeing that Zhu Youjian was still looking at him with a smile on his face, he knew what he meant, and he treated them as former friends.

"I see that the emperor is also thinner than before."

Zhu Youjian was not fat in the first place, but now he is as tall as Fan Xuanchao, and he is getting thinner.

"The state affairs are busy, and some papers are approved until late at night every day. The weather is also hot, and if you can't eat, you will naturally lose weight." Zhu Youjian said to Fan Xuanchao, "Han Yuan is an official. There are more books to read than I do.”

Speaking of everything, Fan Xuanchao hadn't thanked Zhu Youjian for his promotion, so he knelt down to thank him, but Zhu Youjian grabbed him, "You will have to stay up late in the future, I am even more afraid that your body will not be able to bear it." Stay. But when I think of me writing papers until late at night, and you are also reading papers, I feel a lot better."