When the fleet of Li Hongyu and his entourage arrived at the wharf in Shanghai County, the officials of the Customs Department who had come to greet them had been waiting on the wharf for a long time, arranged vehicles for them, and entered the county seat of Shanghai County under the escort of the sailors' soldiers. Heaven "'Lai'." ⒉

Since Emperor Wanli assigned Shanghai County to the Customs Department with a stroke of the pen, the military and political affairs of Shanghai County have been taken over by the Customs Department, and the camp of the sailor division has also been set up in Shanghai County by Li Hongyu.

However, the county seat of Shanghai County is not the residence of the Customs Department, and the Yamen of the Customs Department is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and after more than a year of construction, it has begun to take shape, and the officials of the Yamen of the Customs Department have moved in.

It is worth mentioning that one of the camps of the Navy Division was built next to the Yamen of the Customs Division, so that if the Yamen of the Customs Department had something to do, it could provide support at the first time.

The reason why Li Hongyu did this was naturally to guard against a sneak attack by maritime smuggling forces on the Yamen of the Customs Department, and now the two sides may be safe, but with the intensification of his efforts to crack down on the maritime smuggling forces, it is difficult to ensure that outlaws will attack the Yamen of the Customs Department.

Since Shanghai County was assigned to the Customs Department, Shanghai County was under military control.

In order to stabilize the people of Shanghai County, and also to implement the new policy, Li Hongyu first abolished the original tax and conscription system, and implemented the tax calculation method of apportioning the land into the mu, taking the number of acres of land as the basic unit of taxation, and eliminating the previous poll tax.

In addition, Li Hongyu also clearly stipulated the standard for conscription, that is, only conscription is levied for public affairs such as building bridges and paving roads, but they are responsible for food and lodging, and do not bring their own dry rations as before, and the rest of the affairs are not allowed to be conscripted, otherwise they will be punished as disturbing the people.

As a result, the most affected were those who were formerly employed by the county government of Shanghai County.

In ancient times, there were so many people in the county government, but in fact, the only people who could really be regarded as county officials and officials were officials and officials, who enjoyed the benefits of the yamen, and the rest of the people were "servants".

The so-called "servants", that is, those who work for the yamen for free, are large-scale, with the three classes of yamen as the main body, as well as the personnel who guard the warehouse and the post station.

The "officials" refer to the officials and officials of the yamen's room, the ceremonial room, the military room, the torture room, the workshop and the official's room, known as the "six-room officials", whose responsibilities correspond to the six departments of the imperial court, and can be said to be the basic force of the county government.

Since the officials are all locals and can serve for a long time, and some of them are even passed down from generation to generation, so the power is huge and can influence the decision of the county magistrate.

Li Hongyu will not use those officials, those people are the culprits of the local disaster, and their local power is deep-rooted, once they are used, they will inevitably make mistakes.

Moreover, as a newcomer, in order to quickly stabilize his position, the best way for Li Hongyu to eradicate the original local forces and support the new local forces under his control can really gain a firm foothold.

But then again, those county officials are local snakes, and Li Hongyu can't all of them be discarded at once, so it is easy to create instability in the local area.

Therefore, Li Hongyu adopted a habitual method, that is, to win over and suppress a group of officials in Shanghai county and county officials, and at the same time vigorously support new forces.

Different from the previous county office, all the staff recruited from the local government in the yamen of the customs department are paid officials by the customs department, and they are registered in the yamen of the customs department, and they have become official officials.

Moreover, the officials recruited by the Yamen of the Customs Department are not only limited to Shanghai County, but also people from the surrounding areas can also apply, as long as they pass the assessment of the Customs Department, they are all admitted and provide food and lodging.

One thing that is particularly important is that Li Hongyu has set up full-time officials in all departments of the Yamen of the Customs Department to be responsible for the affairs of his own department and must not interfere in the affairs of other departments, thus strengthening the management and control of the department and avoiding mutual interference between the officials of the department.

At the same time, Li Hongyu delegated most of the power in his hands to various departments, and there was no need to report everything, so as to improve the efficiency of work, after all, he could not be exhaustive, and some things could be decided by the chief officials of those departments, otherwise what use would those departments be, and they would not be able to set up?

In order to deter the officials of the Customs Department, Li Hongyu also prepared to set up an inspection department to supervise the affairs of the Customs Department.

The people of Shanghai County were extremely pleased with Li Hongyu's implementation of the tax policy of "apportioning the land to the mu" and the formulation of the new standard for the collection of forced labor.

Since Shanghai County is close to the sea, there is very little arable land available, and if the poll tax is introduced, the burden on each household will be very heavy, and the implementation of the apportionment of the land to the mu will undoubtedly lift the heavy tax shackles around their necks and improve their lives.

In fact, Li Hongyu did this not only to gain the support of the people, but also to liberate the young and strong laborers of Shanghai County from the hard work of running for a livelihood, and to provide a large number of labor for industry and commerce, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Because of its location at the mouth of the sea, maritime trade with overseas countries made Shanghai a very prosperous town in the Song and Yuan dynasties.

However, with the implementation of the Ming Taizu ban on the sea, Shanghai County, which has no overseas trade, has gradually decayed and lost its former style, and Li Hongyu's arrival has made Shanghai County rejuvenate the second spring.

Therefore, with the entry of the Yamen of the Customs Department, Shanghai County has regained its vitality, and the people are looking forward to the reappearance of the prosperity of the past.

The county seat of Shanghai, one of the best inns.

The Yamen of the Customs Department has already chartered the backyard of the inn as the residence of Li Hongyu and his party, and in order to ensure their safety, the soldiers of the Navy Division have been stationed in the inn for protection.

From the perspective of outsiders, this is the yamen of the Customs Department, to be precise, it is the love of Li Daxue for those Qing people, but in fact, it is the officials of the Yamen of the Customs Department who know about it to protect Li Hongyu.

Since Scholar Li was not in the county seat, but chose to live in the newly built Yamen of the Customs Department, Youlan and Zining and others had to rest in the inn for one night, and then went to the Yamen of the Customs Department to perform for Scholar Li and the officials of the Customs Department.

In order to recuperate, Hongxia arranged for Youlan, Zining and others to rest at the inn, and then let them go about their personal affairs after the performance.

"Childe, Youlan is out, she seems to be a little unwell and wants to see a doctor!" Soon after settling down in the inn, when Li Hongyu was chatting with Yang Li'er, Hongxia walked into the room quickly and said to Li Hongyu, "I'm going to have someone accompany her." ”

"Youlan is in a bad mood these days, I don't know what's going on, since she wants to see the doctor, let her go." Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and then nodded to Hongxia and agreed to this matter.

Li Hongyu's observation is very meticulous, he keenly shows that Youlan has been a little depressed recently, I don't know why she is so preoccupied, it stands to reason that she has successfully won the role of Feng Suzhen, and now she should be in a good mood.

Li Hongyu felt a little curious about Youlan, and he investigated the details of all the Qingqi people who came to Shanghai County.

There is nothing strange about the identity of the rest of the people, except for Youlan's life information, which is a little vague, according to Boss Liu of Hangzhou Chunfeng Xuan, she is Youlan who appeared a few years ago, so in order to unexpectedly overwhelm Qunfang to win the Oiran Conference, Youlan has been placed outside.

As for where exactly it was placed, Boss Liu never mentioned it, and it was difficult for others to ask about it, after all, this was not an official question, and it was not appropriate to get to the bottom of it.

According to the Qingqi people in Chunfeng Xuan, they had never seen Youlan before, and they had never heard Boss Liu talk about Youlan, and Youlan suddenly appeared before the Oiran Conference, replacing the Qingqi people who were preparing to take the stage before.

Li Hongyu secretly found someone to check Youlan's registered place of origin, and the information on the place of origin showed that she used to be a person from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and joined the prostitute under the guidance of Boss Liu before the Oiran Conference, and became a Qing person in Chunfeng Xuan.

Due to the death of her parents since she was a child, Youlan was raised by her uncle Zhang Shuheng, who was a small trader, and lived a life of exile since she was a child.

Out of a professional sensitivity, Li Hongyu vaguely felt that Boss Liu seemed to be hiding something, and Youlan's life experience was too vague.

If it were left in normal times, Li Hongyu would definitely not pay attention to these things, but now that Youlan has come to Shanghai County, and the two are likely to deal with each other for a long time in the future, this makes him have to find out Youlan's identity.

"Wait, I've been a little hot lately, so I'm going with Youlan." When Hongxia walked to the door and was about to let Youlan leave, Li Hongyu's brows furrowed and he called out to her.

Now that the time for the performance is approaching, Li Hongyu doesn't want Youlan to take the stage in this state, if something goes wrong, he will smash his signboard, so he feels the need to untie Youlan's heart knot, and wants to know what bothered her.

"Brother Sheng, I'll go with you." Hearing this, Yang Li'er raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a coquettish voice, she didn't want to see Li Hongyu and Youlan alone, which made her vigilant.

"Li'er, we have a lot of clues to sort out when we first arrive, so you just stay and deal with Sister Xia, and I'll go back when I go." From Yang Li'er's concerned eyes, Li Hongyu felt that she seemed to be eating Youlan's vinegar, so he smiled slightly and said, politely refusing Yang Li'er's request.

Li Hongyu went this time to untie Youlan's heart knot, it must involve hidden private matters, and it is not appropriate for outsiders to know, so it is quite inappropriate for Yang Li'er to go with her.

Yang Li'er's eyes suddenly showed a look of disappointment when she heard this, and she nodded a little reluctantly, since Li Hongyu had already spoken, she couldn't follow with a thick skin, in her heart she believed that Li Hongyu was not the kind of womanizer who liked the new and hated the old, and would not take the opportunity to do bad things to Youlan.

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