The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

The evening breeze gradually rises in the city of Fuzhou, and the sky is heavy, like a gloomy rain.

The houses of the government near and far have been lit up, and the lights are fluttering in the vast night, increasing their vitality.

Tens of thousands of people suddenly poured into the city of Fuzhou, all of whom were soldiers from the Governor's Mansion and their families.

Unlike the big-headed soldiers in other places, who are pitifully poor, now everyone in Fuzhou City knows that the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion are rich.

In particular, lieutenant generals and colonels and soldiers who had been wounded were particularly wealthy.

Don't look at the disabled soldier who has a broken arm or a lame leg, but I have heard that there is a disability allowance and a place in the governor's palace to talk about making a living.

So many people's food and clothing are all purchased locally, bringing wealth to Fuzhou traders, and business seems to have suddenly become better.

At the same time, the daily recruitment and employment of the Governor's Palace has never stopped since the beginning of the campaign.

Carpenters and masons are in the greatest demand, followed by women who can needlework, that is, farmers who have no skills, as long as they have the strength, the governor's palace also wants it, which undoubtedly brings good news to the people of Fuzhou.

With income, wives and children can eat enough, the smiles on the faces of the people are more and more gratifying, and they can walk vigorously.

The whole city of Fuzhou, as if there is a stream of living water, is gradually jumping up under the drive of the spring.

Qin Haoming, who came back from the Smelting Bureau, silently felt all this on the road, and his heart was full of pride and infinite joy at the same time.

It is no exaggeration to say that the happy days of the people of Fuzhou are far from coming, and now, it is just a small fight.

Moreover, compared to his own plans, Fuzhou does not have enough population to afford his engineering package.

Of course, only if he can raise enough food. He understood that there was an overflow of silver, and there was no shortage of money, but only food.

In the northwest corner of the Governor's Palace, a two-story building with a single courtyard, the remnants of the chrysanthemums in the courtyard bloom in the cold wind, and you can smell the distant and clear fragrance through the corridor from afar.

On the second floor, the shadow pupil pupil, the candlelight jumps.

Wu Feng and Xu Hongxuan, with the five scholars recruited from the attendant room, were constantly busy.

On each person's table there is a map of the South Seas, which shows all parts of the South Seas: Da Ni, Huni, Champong, Luzon, North Port, Banten, Old Port, Malacca, Cambodia, Siam, ......

Among them, the cochin is marked separately with a red pen, and if you want to seek the South Seas, you must first seize the cochin, which is the strategy formulated by Qin Du before.

The purpose of the establishment of the Nanyang Bureau is to appoint scouts to go deep into the above-mentioned countries or tribes, find out the geographical terrain, understand their power structure, and provide intelligence for the approach of the army.

After the army was pacified, it probably participated in the management of the local aborigines and transported wealth, grain and grass to the Dingnan army.

Of course, there is also their share of the rich future.

The wind outside the house was very cold, and the house was hot, and the seven of them were busy with the work at hand.

The Nanyang Bureau has been in a hurry, and the selection of land, the selection of personnel, the recruitment of interpreters, the formulation of detailed rules, and the formulation of action plans can be described as arduous and complicated.

But these must be done by the seven of them themselves, and the people recruited outside just want to help, but out of the principle of secrecy, they don't dare to use it with confidence until they find out the details, or before the operation begins.

If this is to be spread, the matter will be a big deal, and it will definitely shake the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and under the public mouth, the matter will inevitably fall short.

Qin Haoming's attention to the Nanyang Bureau can be known from the selection of personnel.

Needless to say, Director Xu Hongxuan was the first to follow Dong Changqing, one of the secret guards. Later, he was in Gyeonggi Jinyiwei and had rich experience in intelligence, which was very suitable for the formation of the Nanyang Bureau.

Wu Feng, the deputy director of the bureau, is the leader of the 32 scholars in the training of Dengzhou Wei, and he is good at strategy. The other five people, who are also scholars, are all elites in the chamber.

A total of 32 soldiers were trained in Dengzhou, seven remained in the Dengzhou Navy, and the Governor's Mansion was only 25.

Now six people are being transferred at a time to cooperate with Xu Hongxuan to set up the Nanyang Bureau, which shows Qin Haoming's intentions.

A cold wind blew, and Wu Feng hurriedly used his hands to protect the candle flame from being blown out.

As the deputy director of the Nanyang Bureau, assisting the work of Director Xu Hongxuan, at this moment, Wu Feng's mood is undoubtedly excited.

Compared with other classmates who are still studying hard in the cold window of the country, how glad he was to make the original choice.

He is still young, and the position is second to him at the moment, and the key is to learn a lot. He firmly believes that if he continues like this, he will show what he has learned, and a broad road will be placed in front of him.

Looking at the busy figures of others, Wu Feng rubbed his wrist that was a little sore, and once again concentrated on the pen and wrote the outline of the layout of Nanyang.

At three o'clock, under Xu Hongxuan's reminder, everyone looked at each other and smiled, today, is the time for the attendant room to discuss government affairs.

"In order to enter the country, the construction of the War Bureau must be accelerated. If there is not enough manpower, soldiers can be drawn from the Gushan camp to help, and production must start before the year. ”

"Xiaolong, send a team of 100 people to guard the military battle bureau, list it as a military forbidden place, and not a single idler is allowed to enter."

"Director Hong, allocate 100,000 taels of silver to the Smelting Bureau. Forget it, you have to go with the Governor tomorrow and appoint someone to be the liaison officer. ”

……

In the conference room of the Governor's Palace, except for the staff on duty, everyone else had already arrived, and Qin Haoming implemented the matter one by one to specific individuals.

After that, he stared at the crowd and said, "Tonight we will discuss the details of the tax, what do you have to say, this is a headache, and it will not work until it is resolved." ”

"Alas, this hard bone is not easy to gnaw, as soon as this move comes out, I'm afraid that Qin Du will become the target of everyone?"

Although he already knew that it was imperative, Hong Dixin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and finally came to this day.

"Yes, these court bigwigs know in their hearts that they are pretending to be confused and suffering the people. If you want to talk about this agricultural tax, the grandfather was born in the people, and the tax is very low.

In the early Ming Dynasty, 850 million mu of cultivated land was cultivated, and 32 million stones were given to the land, which was less than one-thirtieth of the yield per mu.

When Zhang Juzheng was alive, he counted the acres of land in the world, and the cultivated land of the National Dynasty was 1.1 billion mu, and the land endowment was 26 million stones, less than one-fiftieth of the yield per mu.

Even if Emperor Wanli increased the salary by two or three million taels, the burden on the people was not heavy.

But why is it that the land has increased, but the land endowment has decreased, and the proportion of the land endowment has decreased, why are the people more miserable?

However, the imperial court has never been able to collect all the agricultural taxes, and it has to be relieved and reduced in times of natural disasters, even if there is a rise in prices and a decrease in grain income, it is not obvious that it can be released to the whole country.

I still remember that since the end of Wanli, a county with the best tax payment has completed eight-tenths, and five out of ten of the 340 counties in the country owe the imperial court taxes.

This annual uncollectible field tax is as high as 2 million taels, so where did this missing piece of land go? ”

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all of you!