As the court continued to make efforts and people continued to turn to "reform", more and more people were available in Lu Daqi's hands, spreading across Nanzhili.

Lu Daqi was not a vegetarian, so he soon issued an order to transfer the land confiscated from the vassal kings, nobles, and officials at all levels into the "state-owned" and redistribute it.

These lands are spread all over Nanzhili, and most of them are high-quality fertile land, with a total of one million hectares, which can be distributed to millions of households.

According to the new household registration law of the Ministry of Revenue, Nanzhili prohibits selling himself as a slave and changes it to a fixed contract to "free employment", which abolishes all previous sales contracts, and the relationships such as "tenants" need to be re-signed and confirmed by government officials at all levels.

After this decree, millions of people were "liberated". As the policy advances, they found that the people were not enough. Many of the original tenants of the wealthy families left and asked the Nanzhili Governor's Office to allocate land.

This is a complex, huge, time-consuming and laborious project, and it is also a "long-term career". Lu Daqi specially formed a department to specifically target this time, and a large amount of manpower and material resources were drawn, and even the army was involved.

By May, Lu Daqi had basically stabilized the situation, and the opposition forces were at an absolute disadvantage. He completely controlled the official system of Nanzhili.

Zhou's bill account also steadily withstood the run. With the support of Chengjin and Shangguan Xun, the shopkeeper of Nanjing's branch, Shen Yunchang, mobilized up to 8 million yuan in cash to Nanzhili, and opened the door for everyone to exchange it.

The tickets from Suzhou, Yangzhou and Yingtian and the three lands even put silver in the box, and placed 200,000 and 200,000 at the door, making a heroic spirit.

The openness and wealth of tickets in various places has really calmed people's hearts.

Subsequently, the governor of Southern Zhili issued an order that the Zhou family's bill number shall be guaranteed by the Ministry of Revenue. If the Zhou family's bill number cannot be given, the state treasury will be paid in advance.

Although the national treasury is poorer than the Zhou family's vote, this is the national guarantee, and the reputation of the Zhou family's vote is further guaranteed, and the run-off trend is gradually calming down.

As the inflated prices were invested in the name of the Ministry of Revenue to purchase grain and other materials across the country, they were put into operation to Nanzhili, and prices were quickly suppressed and normal prices were restored.

People from Nanzhili continued to feel the increase in the imperial court's efforts to throw Nanzhili, and those who were unpredictable could only gradually retreat and hide quietly.

Lu Daqi has the support of Zhou Zheng behind his back, and he acted very decisively and simply.

Originally, the plan was to eliminate the old coins in three years. Lu Daqi applied directly and took the lead in Nanzhili. Large-scale transactions of old coins will be banned in June. Before the end of the year, all old coins will be banned from circulation.

To this end, Lu Daqi transferred nearly a thousand people from all places, including officials who passed the Jinshi and were appointed as candidates in previous years to protect the reforms in Southern Zhili from all aspects.

Zhou Zheng also gave the most powerful support. Zhou Fang, Minister of Works, Minister of Revenue, Gao Hongtu, Minister of Revenue, Sun Chuanting, Left Minister of Rites, and three big men in the "Zhou Group" rushed to Nanzhili to take charge and stand up for Lu Daqi.

The imperial edicts, cabinet edicts, and official documents from various departments were issued one after another, almost all of which were given to Nanzhili.

The general of Nanzhili and Cao Wenzhao even conducted military training frequently, and 20,000 troops were back and forth in Nanzhili.

It can be said that from top to bottom, it has given the most firm and comprehensive support from Nanzhili.

Lu Daqi is full of strength. He can not only implement Zhou Zheng's various reforms and decrees, but also develop creatively. Despite the constant disturbances, he still makes rapid progress visible to the naked eye.

Gao Hongtu was wandering around Yingtian Mansion, and met many people and said a lot of things, pressing down while comforting.

At the end of April, Gao Hongtu came to Suzhou Prefecture.

Suzhou Prefecture is different from later generations. From Chongming Island to the south, to most of Taihu Lake, except for Songjiang Prefecture (probably Shanghai in later generations), almost all of them are under Suzhou Prefecture.

Suzhou Prefecture is not big, and it is indeed the most prosperous place in the world. "Southern Zhili accounts for 60% of the Ming Dynasty, and Suzhou Prefecture accounts for 60% of the Nan Zhili". This sentence fully demonstrates the level of development of Suzhou Prefecture in all aspects.

Gao Hongtu met many people in Songjiang Prefecture, and these people all spoke in unison to support the reform. As the Minister of Revenue and the "Zhou Group" boss, Gao Hongtu has cursed too much.

It was not easy to get out of here, Gao Hongtu came to Songjiang Prefecture.

The territory of Songjiang Prefecture is roughly equivalent to that of Shanghai in later generations.

Gao Hongtu was on the beach of Songjiang Prefecture, looking at the calm sea.

Behind him stood Shangguan Xun, his two entourages, guards, and some merchants.

Shangguan Xun waited for a while and said with a smile: "There was a child in the Chamber of Commerce to discuss it carefully, and later reported it to Zhengxibo, and finally it was confirmed that the window of the sea trade was placed in Songjiang Prefecture."

Gao Hongtu actually doesn't care about sea trade, nor does he know what sea trade can bring, nor does he know what it means to develop sea trade.

There are many things that cannot be told, and there is no deep understanding. No matter how much you say, it is just an "interesting story" for others. If you cannot empathize with it, how can you take it seriously?

Along the way, Shangguan Xun was able to understand Gao Hongtu's character, pondered slightly, and said: "The Chamber of Commerce decided to build a dock here, transfer fleets from Tianjin Macao and other places here, relying on Suzhou Prefecture and Nanzhili to vigorously develop maritime trade, which can bring at least one million in income to the national treasury every year."

Gao Hongtu looked at it for a while, withdrew his gaze and said, "I will not neglect what Zheng Xibo has told me, so don't worry."

Shangguan Xun suddenly felt relieved. His son-in-law was not omnipotent and could control everything. If the following people had different ideas and opinions, they could not forcefully reverse them.

Shangguan Xun continued: "Yes, Lord Xie. The Chamber of Commerce will not only build wharfs here, but also build bridges and roads, connect Suzhou Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, etc. I believe that it will develop and mature in only three years. The Westerners can come, and the Ming Dynasty can go out, and communicate with the whole world. Learn from strengths and weaknesses. It can also alleviate the natural disaster crisis of the Ming Dynasty and the emptiness of the national treasury..."

Gao Hongtu knew that Shangguan Xun was constantly persuading him, and smiled and said, "No need to explain so much. I am not a stubborn person. Just be yours, and if you need my support, come to me."

When Shangguan Xun saw that Gao Hongtu was not talking about the scene, he also smiled and said, "Yes, Gao Shangshu, the officials and gentry in Songjiang Prefecture also want to see you. Do you want to arrange it?"

Gao Hongtu's trip, in addition to supporting Lu Daqi and inspecting the specific situation in Nanzhili, he also wanted to appease some people, sing a white face, win people's hearts, and then listened to it, "Okay, go."

Shangguan Xun responded quickly and led Gao Hongtu back.

Lu Daqi's series of powerful methods naturally aroused waves of opposition in Nanzhili. Even if he could not force himself to face the front, traditional methods of light and darkness emerged one after another.

First, he spread rumors wantonly, slandered Lu Daqi, and tried to destroy him morally. Second, he was the world's cry for injustice, and countless impeachment voices gathered and flocked to the capital.

The cases surrounding Lu Daqi have increased by almost five or six cases a day, and all kinds of strange things have happened. Lu Daqi is like a demon, doing everything he wants and is full of blood debt.

As the waves of Nanzhili arrived in the capital, the people who had close ties with Nanzhili naturally could not sit still. Whether it was obscure or indirect, or directly impeachment memorials filled the cabinet.

All kinds of shouts of injustice were spread all over Sansi, and the capital city turned into a pot of boiling water.
Chapter completed!