Chapter 89 Alternative Work-for-Relief
A few days later, Zheng Yi indeed received the battle report.

This battle report was written by four people.

One of them is Wang Anshi.

The two were Miao Xiu.

The three people are Chen Wannian.

The fourth person is a shadow guard hidden in the army.

There are two groups of mysterious people hiding around Chen Wannian, Miao Xiu and Shi Heilang.

One group is the Embroidered Uniform Guard, whose ostensible task is to monitor the movements of the army, but secretly they are responsible for hiding the identities of the second group.

Shadow Guard.

Every general sent out has one to three Shadow Guards under his command.

The purpose is simple, which is to monitor the generals who go out to fight.

Once the generals show any unusual movements or rebellious intentions, the Shadow Guards will take action, secretly assassinate the generals who are out, and then take over the army with an imperial decree.

These four battle reports all recorded the inexplicable death of the rebel leader of Yongzhou, Huang Tian Da Wang Huang Waer.

It turned out that when the rebellion broke out, Wang Anshi, the magistrate of Yanchang County, had already noticed it and wanted to stop it.

Unfortunately, he could not solve the problem of drought and civil unrest in Yanchang County in a short time as the root cause was too deep to be solved.

With no other choice, he could only gather a group of government troops to protect himself.

As expected, on the first day of July, the rebellion broke out, with the mob attacking the government office and killing all the officials.

However, Wang Anshi escaped the disaster because he was well prepared.

He hid secretly among the rioters, and quietly escaped when the rioters besieged Chang'an Prefecture. He headed north and contacted Tian Wenjing, the Minister of Personnel who was in charge of digging the Canglong River Grand Canal, and Lu Lian, the Co-director of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After some discussion among the three of them, especially Wang Anshi who had been hiding among the rioters for the past few months, he had some understanding of their situation.

Under his strong push, Tian Wenjing and Lu Lian also gritted their teeth and agreed.

They sent out three hundred elite soldiers and ten Jinyiwei, led by Wang Anshi, to sneak into the rioters and return to Huang Waer's army.

One day.

While Huang Waer was leading the army to continue besieging Chang'an Prefecture and the entire camp was fast asleep, they rode their horses straight into the camp.

More than 300 people set fire everywhere in the rebel camp. The raging fire spread to most of the camp, causing the rebel soldiers to cry for their parents.

Taking advantage of this turmoil, Wang Anshi personally led more than 30 elite soldiers into Huang Wawaer's army.

Huang Waer's personal soldiers were in a panic and were actually dispersed by the elite troops led by Wang Anshi.

Huang Waer also had his head chopped off by Wang Anshi himself.

It was not until late at night that people in Chang'an discovered the unrest here and sent troops to defeat the enemy, completely defeating the largest rioter in Yongzhou, Huang Wawaer's troops.

Over 30,000 men were killed in one night, with minimal losses on their part. At the same time, tens of thousands of men were captured, as well as countless grain and supplies.

The bandit chief surrendered, and the rebel army in Yongzhou changed their previous moves and was chased and beaten by the government troops.

The army led by Chen Wannian, Miao Xiu and Shi Heilang has already joined forces with the troops from Chang'an Prefecture and County to fight against the rebel army together.

After this battle, the rebel army in Yongzhou was like a grasshopper in autumn, unable to jump for more than a few days.

"Hahaha, Wang Anshi, not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being the one I choose!"

Zheng Yi laughed out loud. Among the three people who ranked first in this special examination, Wang Anshi performed the best.

Li Ziyang...died in the chaos, what a pity.

The performance of the top scholar Cui Xiazhao was also remarkable.

When Wang Anshi led his troops to attack the rebel camp, there was great chaos at the beginning, but many officials in Chang'an Prefecture were too scared to come out, fearing that it was a plot by the rebel army.

Cui Xia Zhao was so angry that he cursed many officials, saying that the rioters were all peasants, so how could they have any strategy?

Moreover, even if it was a plot, there was no need to burn down one's own camp!
Later, under Cui Xiazhao's coercion and inducement, he even carried his own father out, and finally persuaded the officials of Chang'an Prefecture to send county soldiers to attack the rebel camp.

Otherwise, Wang Anshi and others might not have survived.

Unfortunately, out of the 310 people who entered the formation, only 27 survived!

After reading the battle report, Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel excited and praised these twenty-seven people highly.

He immediately ordered Liu Chengen to write: "The horses trampled the rioters. These 27 people are loyal and righteous people!"

"Issue an order that each of these twenty-seven men will be rewarded with 100 mu of land and 100 taels of silver. The reward for colleagues who died in battle will be doubled, and their ranks will be promoted three levels!"

"promise!"

"Wang Anshi is unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, and Cui Xiazhao is unparalleled in loyalty and bravery. I will temporarily retain them in the Yongzhou army as left and right military officers. After the Yongzhou riots are pacified, I will reward them!"

"promise!"

Liu Chengen hurried down to convey the order, and someone from the Ministry of Works asked to see him again.

"I, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, am here to greet Your Majesty!"

"Please stand up, my dear. What is the important matter?"

"Your Majesty, according to your suggestion, our officials have developed the latest jacquard loom, which is more than ten times more efficient than ordinary hand looms!"

"It is also easy to operate. A skilled person can learn it in half a day. It is very convenient."

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up and he said, "Well done, everyone involved will be rewarded."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

During this period of time, the people in Yongzhou were in turmoil, and Zheng Yi was not idle either.

In his opinion, perhaps because of the Little Ice Age, the entire Dayu was like the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, with constant natural disasters and man-made tragedies.

The reason was that land annexation was too serious, and a large number of people had no land to farm and no food to eat, so they had no choice but to rebel.

In the past two or three years, the intelligence collected by Zheng Yi through the Jinyiwei spread throughout Dayu showed that the environment in Dayu had suddenly undergone many changes.

In the past two years, Binzhou, Qingzhou, Yongzhou and other places that were previously suffering from drought have experienced several heavy rains in succession, and floods in the south have become less frequent.

In many places, people were struggling to survive, but unexpectedly, the grain production in the area suddenly increased a little.

In addition, Zheng Yi had been supporting disaster relief, so many refugees had food to eat and stopped rebelling.

Zheng Yi guessed that it might be related to the five innate spiritual energies!
With the nourishment of the innate spiritual energy, not only can the spiritual energy content of Dayu be increased, but also the celestial phenomena of Dayu can be adjusted and the Little Ice Age can be resisted.

The whole world becomes warmer, with more rain, warming climate and greatly reduced natural disasters.

If the refugees can survive and have food to eat, they will not rebel again.

How to deal with so many disaster victims became a concern for Zheng Yi.

After thinking it over, the only two methods that come to mind are discussing the crime-related land and using work as a substitute for relief.

The crime-field policy had already been implemented, and in addition to the Grand Canal, Zheng Yi set his sights on business.

In other words, planned economy and large state-owned factories!
Zheng Yi asked again: "What about other things?"

"Your Majesty," Kuang Zhengren said, "The cement, glass, soap, refined salt, and liquor that your Majesty requested have all been developed successfully. The only thing that has not been developed is perfume."

"But we already have a lot of experience. We can develop it successfully in half a month at most!"

"very good!"

Zheng Yi said with satisfaction.

He has some memory of how to make these things, but he is not proficient in them.

It doesn’t matter, he is not proficient, there are plenty of people who are.

He only needs to tell them the key steps to make these items, and the people in the Ministry of Industry will be able to develop them after a lot of long-term research.

Zheng Yi continued, "We will continue to build factories outside the city, recruit refugees, teach them relevant production knowledge, and temporarily provide them with accommodation and food."

"These refugees will be my employees in the future, so they must not be neglected."

"promise!"

"Go down."

Cement, glass, soap, liquor, refined salt, these were all methods he came up with to achieve "work-for-relief".

If he traveled through time and space and became an ordinary person, if he developed these things, sooner or later they would be eaten up by some powerful people.

But he is the emperor now, who dares to touch him?

August 20th, the fifth year of the Zhengei era.

Dayu No. 1 Cement Chemical Plant was established, with an initial batch of employees totaling more than 1,200 people.

200 tons of cement can be produced every day.

These cements are primarily used to build factories, workers' dormitories and roads in the "Dayu First Special Economic Zone".

August 21, the fifth year of the Zhengei era.

The Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce was established, with Zheng Yi as president, and Empress Lu Lin'er, Concubine Duan Xu Qingluan, and Concubine De Li Changle as vice presidents.

On the day of its establishment, the headquarters of Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce was built in Yongxingfang, south of the capital, and countless subjects gathered to watch.

The Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce was also established by Zheng Yi himself.

The purpose is threefold.

First, sell high-end products produced in its own factories.

For example, soap, fine wine, perfume, gold and silver products, etc.

He planned to develop the Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce into a high-end luxury goods chamber of commerce in this world, and would receive guests including royal relatives and aristocratic families.

Only they can afford to spend money to buy so many luxury goods.

In the early stages, they might give some support for the sake of the royal family.

But as time went by, and with the Propaganda Department under his control promoting everything, it was only a matter of time before Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce became synonymous with luxury goods.

The second is to give the women in the harem something to do.

The reason why the harem is constantly in turmoil, apart from Zheng Yi's reasons, is mostly because they are idle!

As long as we give them something to do, the energy of this group of people to fight secretly will be greatly reduced.

Mahjong, cards, aroma and other toys have the same effect.

The same is true for the Royal Chamber of Commerce.

For example, Concubine Duan Xu Qingluan, after becoming the vice president of Dayu Royal Chamber of Commerce, Zheng Yi also gave her the position of factory director.

Of course, the real affairs are still managed by eunuchs and people from the Ministry of Works.

I have to go out for inspection every few days.

Everyone has different interests. Xu Qingluan and Li Changle both like their careers, while Queen Lu Lin'er has always liked to stay in the harem and manage many concubines.

He is too lazy to care, as long as he likes it.

As for Concubine Cui, she had been practicing in the Pepper Room, and Zheng Yi often stayed overnight in the Pepper Room.

The cultivation levels of the two of them were increasing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

August 25th, the fifth year of the Zhengei era.

Dayu No. 1 Glass Products Factory was established, with an initial batch of employees totaling more than 800 people.

On the first day of September in the fifth year of Zhengyong, Zhao Suling advanced to the innate realm.

Zheng Yi held a celebration ceremony for Master Zhao Suling in Baiyujing. More than a thousand people came to congratulate him, and the news spread throughout Dayu at an extremely fast speed.

The fifth year of Zhengei, the second day of the ninth month.

Dayu No. 1 Soap Factory was established, with an initial batch of more than 700 employees.

In the early days, the only product produced was soap, but it caused a sensation in the capital and countless people rushed to buy the soap.

Dayu soap is divided into three different grades.

Ordinary soap, made from ordinary oil, sold for five cents and was targeted at the common people. Unfortunately, sales were dismal, with only eighty or so sold on the first day.

The top-quality soap was made of oil and scented powder and sold for one guan of money. It sold well among ordinary businessmen and well-off families.

The fine soaps were made of fats, scented powders, and special essential oils. They were sold at three taels of silver and were hot sellers among wealthy families and big businessmen.

A few days later, Zheng Yi made some modifications and dumped all the ordinary soaps to businessmen and asked them to sell them.

The Royal Chamber of Commerce only sells high-quality, premium soaps to supply the wealthy and children of prominent families.

The tenth day of the ninth month in the fifth year of Zhengei.

When Yue Fei Miao Yuesheng became pregnant, Miao Xiu of Yongzhou presented her with five tiger skins, seventeen snow fox skins, ten thousand-year-old Tianshan snow lotuses, and countless gold and silver as gifts.

September 15th, the fifth year of the Zhengei era.

Dayu No. 1 Winery was established, with an initial staff of more than 1,600 people.

One thousand tons of liquor could be produced every day, and it became popular throughout the capital city that day.

Officials and wealthy businessmen all use this strong liquor for receptions, and it is known as "Zhengyong Liquor" and "Royal Liquor"!
The fine wine produced by the winery every day was snapped up by large restaurants in the city, royal family members, and members of wealthy families, and the supply could not meet the demand.

The first day of October, the fifth year of Zhengyong.

Dayu No. 1 Textile Factory was established, with more than 3,800 employees in the initial stage.

Except for the initial two hundred or so strong transport personnel, the rest were all female spinners.

The fifth year of the Zhengei era, October 30th.

Dayu No. 1 Perfume Factory was established.

On that day, after the first batch of perfume left the factory, it immediately set off an uproar in the entire harem and the capital city.

(End of this chapter)