From the eighth year of Hongwu to the twelfth year of Hongwu, in the four years, Zhang Feng and Lu You did a lot of practical things in their jurisdiction.

As far as their true feelings are concerned, being an official in the Ming Dynasty is completely different from being an official in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Lu You and Zhang Feng had communicated with Su Yonglin several times during this period, expressing their excitement and sense of responsibility as Ming Dynasty officials, and admitted that it was much easier to do things in the Ming Dynasty than in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Especially local officials are much more convenient for using money than those of the Southern Song Dynasty officials.

The local finances of the Southern Song Dynasty were slightly better than those of the Northern Song Dynasty and were not as rigid as it was. There was also the existence of Sichuan area similar to the special economic zone. However, overall, it still maintained the practice of strong and weak branches of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was very restrictive to the local area.

The main thing is financial constraints.

Moreover, because of the existence of annual monies, many places have to organize a large number of civilians to transport annual monies to the border to the Jin people during important agricultural production periods.

Those places are really so poor that they are heart-wrenching. Not only can normal economic activities not be maintained, but agricultural production will be greatly affected. They are almost like to live a life of trousers. Even if local officials are willing, they will find it difficult to achieve.

Most of the only fiscal revenue was taken away by Lin'an. When they wanted to repair slightly larger projects, they often had no money and needed to submit approval to Lin'an for support and permission.

Such requests are often difficult to pass. If you can pass occasionally, you have to burn high incense. Thank you Lin'an for giving yourself a political achievement.

Of course, people who just want to make money have millions of ways to exploit the people to make bad money, but for those who have ideals and want to do things, this kind of thing is really too cruel.

Zhang Feng and Lu You belong to this type of person.

When they entered the Ming Dynasty and became officials of the Ming Dynasty, they found that they could really do things they wanted to do.

Since the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhang Feng and Lu You have been dealing with local government affairs in their respective positions and carried out extensive restoration work for Jiangnan where they experienced war.

Build bridges and roads, build water conservancy, rebuild city walls, and build houses.

The Ming Dynasty Central Committee was very supportive of the recovery of the Jiangnan region and provided greater financial support. The Ministry of Finance generally approved the reconstruction work of Jiangnan relatively quickly. As long as they could do things, they would not have to worry about losing money.

The infrastructure in the Jiangnan region has been greatly improved during the tenure of Zhang Feng and Lu You. All the damaged, old and useless, and tofu projects have been dealt with.

By the time Su Yonglin went south in the 12th year of Hongwu, what he saw was no longer everything he saw when he attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, nor was he seen before he went north to Shandong.

With good infrastructure, land, and policy of light taxes and levies, the lives of the people in Jiangnan have also become hopeful.

At present, it is the time when Jiangnan is developing greatly. Officials are working hard to make political achievements, and farmers and workers are working hard to make money, so the people in Jiangnan are not so strong about political events.

So much so that when they noticed something wrong, Su Yonglin had already solved the problem.

A small-scale official like Lu You and Zhang Feng who entered the Ming Dynasty from the Southern Song Dynasty did not dare to interfere in the dispute over the central power of the Ming Dynasty. They also strictly ordered subordinates from Jiangnan to not discuss this matter publicly without authorization, requiring them to be cautious in their words and actions, or even wait and see the situation.

After watching this, Su Yonglin crossed the river south and they won directly.

Lu You and Zhang Feng are both pure and idealistic people. Su Yonglin can see more dynamic scenes and more willing officials and members in Shandong than in Shandong. This scene reminds him of the same in Shandong.

During the period of Shengjie Army and the Restoration Army, the military and civilians worked together to fight the Northern Expedition, and then they defeated the Jin Kingdom with the strength of a province and overthrew the reactionary rule of the Jin Kingdom.

At that time, everyone worked hard to build a revolution, causing traditional gentry and landlords to die, from having nothing to having everything, people also went from being hungry to being able to eat enough for three meals a day. During this period, they really experienced a lot.

If Shandong did not have that passionate revolutionary enthusiasm, Su Yonglin would definitely not believe it.

But as time goes by, everyone has gained a lot of things and lost a lot of things.

Everything that happened in Shandong may eventually reappear here, but the enthusiasm at this moment is definitely not false.

Compared with Zhang Shi, who was the second-in-command in the Southern Song Dynasty and had a high income, Lu You had a relatively weak foundation.

So when Su Yonglin went there, Lu You invited Su Yonglin to eat Yangtze River fish and drink fish soup, and Zhang Feng directly took Su Yonglin to the Beiguo Building opened by Su Changsheng to show off mutton. The famous dish of Beiguolou Town Store [Fresh Fish and Sheep] is full.

Zhang Feng also called Su Changsheng, and the two of them accompanied Su Yonglin and let Su Yonglin have a good meal.

After drinking and eating, Su Yonglin told the two of them what had happened before.

"I have been planning this political reform for a long time and have been thinking about what opportunities to implement it. This accidental illness gave me this opportunity. Of course, I also thought that all this could be implemented smoothly, but now it seems that the challenge has just begun."

Zhang Feng and Su Changsheng looked at each other, and then looked at Su Yonglin together.

“Isn’t it over?”

"No, it's just started."

Su Yonglin smiled and said, "This wave of movement is a bit big. The movement of the central government has been dealt with almost, but the movement of the local area has not yet been made. The establishment of the Ministry of Public Safety and their local branch construction will change the power structure of the local area.

It’s okay for Jiangnan, but it has not been built for a long time, and the power structure in many places has not been fully formed. It is not a bad thing to intervene in a Ministry of Public Security at this time, but the Central Plains is different. They have been stable for many years.

What bureaucrats most desire is stability, peace, and immobility, so that they can jump up and down and gain benefits in the prescribed regulations. At this time, a little movement will bring them profit losses, so they will be very angry.

Not to mention, the establishment of this department has eliminated the original traditional public security management personnel. Those qualified of them can be included in the new department, but there will definitely be people who will be unemployed for this. I have ordered that a group of officials be cut off. Do you think they will be happy?"

Su Changsheng and Zhang Feng looked at each other again and stopped talking.

Obviously, they also realized something.

"Every reform will inevitably be accompanied by some people's dissatisfaction and resistance."

Su Yonglin smiled bitterly and said, "The revolution we initiated is actually reform. A radical reform that will kill people. What is not dead is not reform. It is called reform that delays the outbreak of problems. What can solve problems must be reform that will kill people.

Because of this, I admire the talents who have been brave enough to reform since ancient times. Whether it is Shang Yang or Wang Anshi, they are all people who dare to attack the huge vested interest groups. Whether they succeed or fail in the end, whether they are alive or dead, it will not affect my respect for them."

This sounds quite strange, and Zhang Shi felt something was wrong.

How come Su Yonglin is ready to be Shang Yang or Wang Anshi?

"You shouldn't think so. You are not Shang Yang or Wang Anshi. You are much greater than them."

"When you don't harm your interests, you naturally think I am great, but what if I harm your interests?"

Su Yonglin suddenly looked at Zhang Xiao with a smile, which made Zhang Xiao feel thrilled and quickly denied it.

"Chairman, since I joined the Revival Society, there has been no interest in violating the rules of the Revival Society."

"I know, just kidding."

Su Yonglin waved his hand, sighed again, and said slowly: "Whether Qiao Feng, Ludian, Liang Yuankai, Zhang Ming, or Mu Ming, they were all those I relied on and trusted, and they were also those who once bravely made a revolution.

But now, they are all standing on my opposite side, on the opposite side of the interests of the Ming Dynasty and the people. Jingfu, what do you think is the reason? Is it my fault, their fault, or someone else's fault?"

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