Yan Qingshan returned to Dongguan on December 20. handed over the loot to the personnel who Ma Mingyuan came to accept on the dock, and then went to the shipyard to see the big ship.

When Ma Mingyuan saw the list of loot, he was also startled, but he didn't expect Xu Wen that those rich people were so rich, only three million taels of silver, and two million taels of other property.

Such a major event naturally had to be reported to the King of Chu, and Ma Mingyuan came to the Mansion of the King of Chu and asked to see His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan met Ma Mingyuan in the office. Ma Mingyuan first reported the situation of Xu Wen's trip, after all, this is also a successful solution for his eldest brother.

Next, Ma Mingyuan asked the King of Chu how to solve the loot this time, after all, there were more than five million taels in total. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the country's income was only four million taels, which is the country's annual income.

Zhu Hongsan didn't think about it and said: "All the silver is at the disposal of the household. ”

Ma Mingyuan knew that Zhu Hongsan could say this. Ma Mingyuan is becoming more and more satisfied with this lord, Zhu Hongsan has all the good qualities of a Zhongxing monarch, with a resolute personality, ruthlessness, and eloquence. The most commendable thing is that Zhu Hongsan knows how to share power with the scholars.

Now Ma Mingyuan has great power, except for the army, Ma Mingyuan can't intervene, and all other affairs are under Ma Mingyuan's control. In addition to Zhu Hongsan's opinions on major events, some other small matters are completely under Ma Mingyuan's responsibility.

Ma Mingyuan sometimes thinks that this is not exactly the balance of power that the literati of the predecessors hoped to achieve? Unexpectedly, in the Ming Dynasty, only Zhang Juzheng could do what he could do. So Ma Mingyuan is now desperate to work for Zhu Hongsan.

In fact, he thought Zhu Hongsan wrong, Zhu Hongsan did not let go of rights, on the contrary, Zhu Hongsan attached great importance to rights. But Zhu Hongsan knows that he is really inferior to these stinky old men in governing the country, and if he wants them to work hard, he must give them rights and make them feel that they are governing the country.

Zhu Hongsan has two means of controlling power, the first is military power, and the great man of later generations said that the barrel of a gun out of power is a wise saying, and this Zhu Hongsan must not forget. That's why Zhu Hongsan will strengthen brainwashing education for the army, and give classes to officers above the company level every month to ensure that his grandmother holds military power.

The second type is the spy, Qian Lide has returned from Nanzhili. The intelligence network in the south and north has been basically completed, and the next task for Qian Lide is to set up a security organ.

As long as you have these two means to ensure your own safety, why not give up some of that false name to these stinky old nines. Zhu Hongsan thinks that he is not the pervert of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di who watch the music every day until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night. Zhu Hongsan also wants to enjoy life and play all kinds of beauty. Since Ma Mingyuan wants to suffer on his behalf, let him bear it.

So Ma Mingyuan was desperate for Zhu Hongsan, hearing that Ma Mingyuan had to work until twelve o'clock every day, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: Ma Lao Er will not be tired to death.

After the negotiation of the loot is over, Zhu Hongsan has an important matter to discuss with Ma Mingyuan today. That is how to change the inefficiency of the bureaucracy in the Ming Dynasty.

This can't be blamed on these officials, you must know that there are only four people in a county, the county order, the county officer, the county lieutenant, and the canon. Everyone else is a temporary worker, and the court doesn't care. But there are not many officials in such a county.

There are about 100 officials in a 100,000-strong county, which is really incomparable with more than 200 people in a township in later generations. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty only managed the grassroots level at the county level, and the gentry themselves managed it below.

In this way, when the country has trouble, it is impossible to concentrate the national power in one place, and when there is a situation below, the higher-level officials are helpless. The incident in Xuwen County this time is a good example.

Therefore, after thinking about it for more than half a month, Zhu Hongsan believes that the rights of the grassroots should be greatly strengthened.

Zhu Hongsan's plan was to set up township-level organizations below the county level and villages below the township level, with each village reaching 100 households, and a village head could be set up to be responsible for the affairs of the whole village, and a chief of security should be set up, and the person responsible for the theft should be arrested.

At the township level, there are 100 people, and each township has 3,000 to 5,000 households, and a township head is set up, who is eight products, and two deputy township heads, who are from eight products. There are four police stations, financial offices, cultural offices, and industrial offices.

At the county level, there are 300 to 1,000 people, and in the middle county, there are 30,000 to 50,000 households, with a population of about 100,000. One county order, seven grades, two county officials, two county lieutenants, two canonical histories, is from the seventh grade, and the deputy is the eighth grade. At the same time, there are eight bureaus in the county, namely the police department, the finance bureau, the civil affairs bureau, the agriculture bureau, the water conservancy bureau, the education bureau, the personnel bureau, and the tax bureau. Each bureau has a hundred to two hundred people, and the director is from the eighth grade.

These are funded by the state, and at the same time, they are assessed every three years, and if they are excellent, they can be promoted, including officials.

Ma Mingyuan read Zhu Hongsan's plan in detail, to be honest, Ma Mingyuan really didn't know how Zhu Hongsan's head looked, and he could think of such a shocking thing. This kind of thing has too much impact when it is implemented.

Ma Mingyuan said: "Lord, this kind of thing costs too much, such a county costs 30,000 taels of silver every year, and more than 1,000 counties across the country cost more than 30 million taels of silver, we don't have so much money." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Sir, this is just a plan, not all counties do this, and the lower counties with small populations can reduce some officials." I expect it to be about five million taels of silver a year, which is about the same. But does Mr. know, this plan is one, and all the people who read the world will immediately stand on our side, so why worry about our big things when the time comes? ”

Ma Mingyuan also knows that the temptation of this thing is too great, you must know that there are thousands of people who read books all over the world. However, every three years, more than 300 people can become officials, and this plan can solve the employment problem of more than 3,000 scholars in one county. At that time, whoever wants to oppose this plan will not be able to get along with the people who read all over the world.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Sir, it's good for you to see this, now that Dongguan County is in our hands, let's experiment in Dongguan County first to see if this plan is feasible." ”

This is also a solution, Ma Mingyuan nodded and said: "Lord, I think it is feasible to experiment in Dongguan County first, now that Dongguan County has a large population, it is really impossible to manage it with more than 100 officials in the county government." In addition, there are almost 1,000 people in the chengguan team and the guard team in the factory area, so we are just turning them into official positions. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Since Mr. agrees, please ask Mr. to go down and discuss with Gong Zhixian and implement it as soon as possible." There is also the Long History Department that also needs to be expanded, and now there are only more than 20 people who are really busy. I've heard that my husband has to work late into the night, and I have to pay attention to my health, so I think the long history office will be expanded to 200 people. ”

Ma Mingyuan got up and thanked King Chu for his care, and went down to discuss what to do with Gong Dacheng, the commander of Dongguan County.

Looking at Ma Ming in the distance, Zhu Hongsan said to Zhang Jiayu who was recording: "Yuanzi, do you think this plan is feasible?" ”

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while and said: "The rest is not accurate, but there is one that dares to guarantee that as soon as this plan comes out, everyone in the world will thank the king of Chu." And all the gentry in Guangdong have to follow His Royal Highness the King of Chu. ”

Zhang Jiayu is a native of Dongguan, and he knows too well the desire of some local people to become officials, and these people are an important factor in the guidance of the local people. They have a way out in their careers, so they naturally want to vigorously promote the benefits of the king of Chu, so that the whole of Guangdong will be tied to the chariot of the king of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan smiled, he naturally knew these benefits, and he also knew that others couldn't learn this policy if they wanted to, because they had no money. Now Zhu Hongsan controls industry, real estate, sugar, and salt, and Zhu Hongsan has made a preliminary calculation, and when sugar and salt are spread across the country, he will be able to earn 10 million taels of silver every year. This is the basis for the implementation of this policy.

Zhu Hongsan thought about it, and now the most important thing is to seize the national market and squeeze the salt industry in Lianghuai and the iron industry in Shanxi, so as to break the independent natural economy of the Ming Dynasty. And a large number of industrial workers are exactly what they need.

At present, because there are many displaced people, the labor force is still sufficient, but as the territory expands, there will be more and more shortage of manpower. So prepare in advance.

Zhu Hongsan thought of this pair of Zhang Jiayu and said: "Yuanzi, you write a few orders to the steel mill and the salt factory, let Ma Jiyuan build eight to ten salt factories in Leizhou, and order the iron products and salt to only increase the price by 20% and dump them throughout the country." ”