I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

Chapter 130 Fu Cha Yi Xin (35)

Fat Ju is dead, and the new emperor is undoubtedly Hong Xian.

Although he was only eleven years old, he was the only prince born to a Manchu woman. He represented the interests of the nobles. For this reason alone, the nobles and the Manchu women unconditionally supported Hongxian's ascension to the throne.

Moreover, although the emperor secretly appointed the crown prince, he had been playing it openly for the next few years. Now the imperial edict behind the plaque of "Open and aboveboard" clearly wrote the name of the sixth prince Hongxian. What else is there to refute?

The only thing that the court officials were worried about was that the new emperor was only eleven years old. His brothers from the same mother were younger than him, and his other half-brothers were almost a generation older than him. The previous emperor passed away suddenly, and there was not even time to arrange for ministers to assist him. The country was in a state of uncertainty, and it was unknown whether the new emperor could control his brothers.

Of course the new emperor Hongxian can suppress it, because he was the "Executive Vice Emperor" in his previous life!

The new emperor has ascended the throne. Hongxian is only eleven years old and it is still a long way for him to get married and have children. It is not impossible for him to be a vegetarian for the time being, but of course he will not keep any "filial piety in his heart".

In the first year of Yongzhao, Emperor Yongzhao Hongxian honored his biological mother, Fucha Yixin, as the Empress Dowager; his biological mother's two "thugs" An Lingrong and Xia Dongchun were respectively named Concubine Jin and Concubine Chun; Yixin's secret agent Yue Lu was named Concubine Ying; the positions of the other concubines of the previous emperor remained unchanged, but their seniority was raised by one level.

In addition to the wives of the late emperor, the other sons of the late emperor were also to be given titles. Hongxian made Hongshi, Hongli, Hongzhou and his younger brother Hongxiao, who had just entered the upper study, all beile.

In addition to the prince, there are also several princesses of the late emperor.

Xin Tai Guiren, oh, by the way, Hongxian also promoted Xin Baji's position. There was no other way, since she had already been promoted to Taifei, it was really not nice to call her Changzai anymore, so Hongxian simply promoted her to Xin Tai Guiren.

Concubine Xin's Jinghe and Concubine Jing's Wenyi were both named Heshuo Princesses; Concubine Jin's Jingshan and Concubine Ying's Yaoyang were named Gulun Princesses; as for Longyue, Hongxian adopted her to Shen Beile as his daughter. Seeing how close Shen Beile was to Zhen Huan in his previous life, he must have been very happy to raise a daughter for Zhen Huan, right?

This is in the harem. In the court, the first thing the new emperor did after ascending the throne was to recall his second uncle and Nian Gengyao, who had successfully conquered the Japanese pirate island and Kimchi Island. Well, during this period, his third uncle and Nian Shilan took the remaining soldiers to guard the land they had conquered in the past few years.

Hongxian found an excuse, saying that Nian Gengyao and his men were ordered by the late emperor to fake their own death and secretly go overseas to find the elixir of immortality for him. Everyone knew that the late emperor died from taking elixirs and having too much fun, so Hongxian put the blame on the late emperor.

It didn't matter whether others believed it or not. Anyway, he was the nominal ruler of the world, his uncle and Nian Gengyao were back, and he had military power in his hands. Those ministers who were dissatisfied could not go down to ask the late emperor in person. Wasn't it just a matter of his making up this excuse?

What Hongxian did after he came to power, whether it was promotion or conferring titles, was clearly biased towards his own people.

Some princes and ministers were about to take advantage of their seniority to persuade him that as an emperor he should not do this, but Hongxian began his real performance.

Hongxian's uncle and Nian Gengyao did not return empty-handed. Hongxian, who had memories of his past life, gave them a lot of advice in order to save more manpower and material resources. Nian Gengyao and his men dug up a lot of real gold and silver from the pirate island. Not only that, when they built a big ship to North America, they also brought back a lot of crops with high per-acre yields.

Hongxian is not short of money now. It's just that he is still short of food and grass. He has just come to power, and there are still some reforms to be done in the country. Moreover, these crops with higher per-acre yields have not been promoted in the flower-growing countries. There is not enough food and grass. Nian Gengyao and his men have been fighting and killing on the sea for so many years, so let them take a break first.

Thinking of this, Hongxian called Nian Gengyao and his third uncle to discuss it in detail. Nian Gengyao and his men not only conquered so much land for the country, but also brought back so many things that benefited the country and the people. Those who went out to fight for the Nian family must be given titles and promoted according to their merits. Hongxian gave them the rewards after Nian Gengyao and his men came to Beijing to meet the emperor.

There is only one thing——

"My mother and I have never forgotten the promise of exchanging Yaoyang's title for Liang Gong's merits. But I have just ascended the throne, and we cannot rush into anything. My mother has already promoted women's reforms in the harem and even in the palace. With Liang Gong's current combat speed, when Yaoyang is awarded a title, it will not be difficult to be awarded a prince. I think it would be better to do it all at once and make her a Heshuo Prince when she reaches the age of marriage. How about that?"

Considering that Yi Xin and her son still have a good credit, after Nian Gengyao and his men came back, they verified their military exploits and promptly rewarded them according to their merits. Moreover, Yue Zhongqi said that his daughter, Concubine Ying, said that the Empress Dowager had begun to address the issue of princesses' welfare benefits during the Yongzheng period, so it seems that the Empress Dowager and the new emperor are not on their side.

After the previous dynasty Hongxian set a plan for nearly three years of recuperation, he vigorously promoted the high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes brought back by Nian Gengyao. At first, the people did not know these things and were unwilling to plant them for fear of incurring losses?

It doesn't matter. Hongxian used money to pave the way. For any land planted with these crops, the court would reward one or two taels of silver per acre per year. After the crops matured, in the first three years, the court would buy them at a price twice as expensive as the rice of that year. The court would buy as much as the crops were grown.

Because Hong Xianzhi gave himself three years to recuperate, there was not much time for everyone to slowly react and adapt, and he made great efforts. There were many relatives of the Fucha family in the court. He sent some of the Fucha family's minor officials or idle people to patrol the local areas. As long as the crops were planted, the government officials would immediately give silver after verifying that they were correct.

When the people saw that the government actually gave them silver, even though they felt that they had never seen such a thing before and might not get any harvest if they planted it, they calculated that the silver given by the government was more than what they could earn from selling other crops in a season. Those who valued money in everything immediately responded to the court's policy of encouraging the planting of emerging crops.

After Hong Xian's initial policy was implemented, some "smart guys" first planted the new crops as the court instructed, but after receiving the reward money from the court, they immediately pulled out the new crops and continued to plant the same crops as before.

After hearing this, Hong Xian had to make a patch. If the seeds were killed accidentally, it would be fine. But if anyone deliberately wasted the high-yield seeds they brought back from overseas, they would be sentenced to ten years in prison. This was how the bug-fixing behavior was curbed.

Hong Xian's combination of spending money lavishly and imposing severe punishments did have some effect. Nian Gengyao and his men returned in the first year of Yongzhao, and by the fourth year of Yongzhao, high-yield crops had already entered the homes of all the people.

In the past few years, Hong Xian has done a lot of other things besides vigorously developing agriculture. Although he has never studied economics, he knows that it is not possible for the country to have so much gold and silver all at once without corresponding industrial support. He also ordered some of the children of the Nian family who had discovered the New World to take some court officials to continue exploring the sea.

In addition, Hong Xian ordered Gao Bin to control floods, Dai Zi to develop new firearms, and the Ministry of War to recruit a large number of Eight Banners soldiers for training; in the next three years, an imperial examination will be held every year...

Hongxian made drastic reforms in the previous dynasty, and Yixin was no less impressive in the harem.