Wei looked at the memorial and after taking it, he couldn't help but look carefully.

This memorial was from the Xuzhou Governor's Office, which was Xuchang during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It was not far from Henan Prefecture, but only two hundred miles away. Wei did not have a deep impression of who was the Xuzhou Governor Wang Ying.

However, the contents of the memorials are a bit horrifying.

Wang Ying mainly talked about three things in his memorial.

One of these is the outflow of the population. Xuzhou is a big province. After all, relying on the fertile land of Guandong, there are 90,000 households and a population of about 400,000. This scale is already quite large.

However, recently, a large number of young and strong people have been abandoned and went to Henan Prefecture. Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, has made a rough count. There are more than 3,000 young and strong people. Although these three thousand are not many, it is not a minority for a state. However, the women and children who have left behind rely on the help of young and strong people far away in Henan Prefecture, they live a good life. They even started to purchase some land and some plowing oxen.

As a result, more and more people became interested in going to Henan Prefecture.

Wang Ying said in the memorial: "Although the young and strong are outflowing, they have introduced many oxen and horses, and the grain production is barely maintained. However, the young and strong are outflowing, and it is difficult to recruit soldiers in the government, and labor service is even more difficult to recruit, and women and children are unable to use it. I think that if this continues, the grain tax will be satisfied, but Xuzhou will no longer have the ability to strengthen the people. This is one of the disadvantages."

Wei frowned and continued to look down.

This second question is obviously exaggerated, which refers to a large amount of cargo, which arrived at the ferry of Xuzhou along the canal of Luokou. These cargo ships are covered by the clouds. Countless merchants gather here, so many merchants built large-scale construction and built warehouses near the ferry of Xuzhou. There are countless cargoes flowing through the ferry of Xuzhou and to the city of Xuzhou and their subordinate counties.

Countless cheap and beautifully textured cloths, countless iron farm tools, countless pottery, porcelain, countless tea and wood tools. Even some strange gadgets, and even rattles played by children, all poured into Xuzhou like crazy.

Such low-priced items are really unimaginable. It is hard to imagine that the cloth in Mengjin is of high quality but low price. People of this era must not understand the concept of the sharp drop in costs caused by large-scale production, and they do not know that the price difference between producing a piece of cloth and producing 100,000 pieces of cloth. Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, only knew that this low-priced goods quickly impacted the entire Xuzhou.

This made countless blacksmith shops closed and closed. The pastoral scenery of men and women woven was instantly impacted. Women no longer weaving cloths, and it was not a solution to stay idle at home. They wanted to buy rare things in the market but had no money. They also heard that many merchants collected ore and wood in various places. So men went to the mine to work and went up the mountain to log wood. The women simply supported half of the sky. People from all over the Xuzhou were making money, making money to buy oxen from Mengjin and cloth from Mengjin. Buying iron, wood, pottery, porcelain, countless wood and ore from Mengjin, and countless money was converted into ready-made clothes and leather goods. In this way, local and even local wealthy families were actually controlled by some merchants.

Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, was obviously worried. Because he saw the problem, he said in the memorial: "Previously, merchants were just in communication with each other. Local affairs were mostly decided by local gentry, and governments all rely on the gentry. But now, merchants are above the gentry, and they have to look at the merchants' eyes."

When Wang Ying said this helpless words, the doubts in his heart were conceivable. At the beginning, the government relied on powerful people, but now, local tyrants have suffered great damage to the economic structure and it is difficult to maintain by farming alone. Since it cannot be maintained, the tyrants are also transforming. For example, merchants need raw silk, so they raise mulberry in their own mountains and forests. For example, merchants need ore, they explore whether they need ore in their mountains and forests, and then they sell raw silk, ore, linen, and countless raw materials to those merchants who receive goods.

In this way, the benefits of the powerful landlords will no longer be based on God as before. When God rains, there will be a good harvest. Now, it depends entirely on those merchants. If the merchants join forces to lower the price, they can only accept it. If the merchants do not receive goods one day and have invested so much cost, the things they planted and dug out are very likely to be worthless.

Originally, in the eyes of powerful landlords, those merchants were really something that was worse than dogs. As long as they were not satisfied with their feelings, what if they dealt with you?

Now, the lives of these once noble men are all in the hands of others, and all the honor and disgrace are placed on the merchants.

What a ridiculous thing this is. Although the powerful and the landlords are not suppressed at the moment. After all, they have the government as a supporter, but if this continues, the result can be imagined.

The government relies on powerful landlords to manage the land, but the landlords and powerful people need to rely on merchants. If this continues, wouldn’t this merchant want to control the entire Xuzhou?

Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, wrote this matter in his memorial in a helpless tone, and even said bluntly: "If the court has no choice, then it will take ten years or three to five years. In the world, the county and county, merchants will be superior to the gentry. The government can do nothing, and even rely on them to act. This is the case, and sooner or later the court will do so. If the country is not a country, it will only be the day."

Seeing this, Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath. She didn't understand the local affairs, but she knew that the local government had limited ability and had to bother the gentry in everything. This is why the aristocratic families in Guanlong, the aristocratic families in Guandong and Jiangnan were the most valued by the court, because if one day, one could remove the firewood from such a cauldron, wouldn't it be that the merchants in the future?

Once this happens, Wei will die without a place to bury him. Who doesn’t know that the merchants in the world are all looking to the Shence Mansion and Qin Shaoyou. Wei or the court, what can he use to compete with Qin Shaoyou to buy the hearts of merchants?

As for this third question, it is the hearts of the people. Many people went to Henan Prefecture to go to business and became rich overnight. As a result, rumors spread widely and people's hearts became even more floating. Business has become a path that many people envy. All merchants have become synonymous with wealth, and everyone yearns for it and envies it.

As for Taiping Studies in Henan Prefecture, it has also become a holy place for people to study. There are many great scholars there, and they have the opportunity to be recruited by Shence Mansion. They can lay an extremely important network foundation in Taiping Studies.

Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, said a bit alarmist. He wrote in his memorial: "In the beginning, Emperor Taizong promoted the imperial examinations extensively and even made a statement that 'all the heroes of the world have entered my territory'. But now, the talents in the world may not be willing to become officials, especially poor children. Instead, they study in Taiping. If they study classics or law, they will have great benefits, whether they are in business, academics or politics in the future. Children of the gentry will enter more to study in order to accumulate connections, and poor children will also flock to them, trying to change their background overnight. The 'heroes' in the world will never enter the court again."

"The prosperity of Taiping Studies has led to the prosperity of the children inside and outside Xuzhou, who have read classics and history, who have learned the study of their studies, and those who have also studied law and mathematics, also envied the Taiping scholars. The articles and discussions of various subjects of Taiping Studies published in the market were sold out overnight. The articles of the great scholars of Taiping Studies were regarded as classics and were praised by everyone. The widespread circulation is rumored."

This third point is even more heartbreaking for Wang Ying because he knows very well that the first two can be reversed through other measures, but this third point is very difficult to change people's hearts.

Wei looked at this memorial and never said anything for a long time. Although this is just a situation in Xuzhou, and even because Xuzhou is competing with Henan, it has a great impact. Other prefectures and counties may not be like Xuzhou, but Wang Ying's "alerious statement" really gave Wei an indelible impression.

She raised her eyes and looked at Wei Hongmin, and Wei Hongmin's face was filled with sorrow.

No one else could see the terribleness of this memorial, but Wei Hongmin saw it, which is why Wei Hongmin stood out.

Youyou sighed, Wei ignored Wei Xuanzhen and other Wei children. She just looked at Wei Hongmin and said, "Hongmin thought, is this statement of the governor of Xuzhou exaggerating?"

Wei Hongmin smiled bitterly and said, "I am afraid that this is the truth. I have secretly ordered people to verify this matter in nearby prefectures and counties. Some prefectures and counties are indeed less affected by them, but some prefectures and counties are even more serious than Xuzhou. I think this is not an exaggeration, but a heartfelt statement. Wang Ying, the governor of Xuzhou, is a true loyal minister. If the court cannot curb this trend in time, sooner or later, one day, let alone our Wei family, even the court, I am afraid that it will be replaced."

Wei Shi's face was pulled down. She had no intention of regulating the court yet. However, since it was related to Wei Shi, it was enough to make her unwilling to accept it, which forced her to face it.

Chapter 1 is delivered. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!