Yongping County Shou Cheng Weigao has been in a high mood these days, when he was clamoring to build a trade road to the Tiger Prison Pass, he really didn't expect that this trade road is now so important to the Ming Dynasty, without this trade road, the strategic intention of the Ming to annex the Tiger Prison is impossible to talk about. So these days, the praise he received from Qin Feng was simply innumerable, and he only felt that his bones were a few points lighter.

Speaking of his desire to build this trade road, it was also a last resort. When the Taiping Army rose, he as a local county guard in Qianyue, is also a local wealthy family, leading the locality, knowing the current affairs in the first time defected to the Taiping Army, and the later development of the situation did not surprise him, the Taiping Army was like a bamboo, Wu Jian beat Wu Jian to the ground, and finally built the capital of Yuejing, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and he, of course, also because of this incident and laid the political foundation in the Ming State.

But this was only the first step, and the subsequent series of political reforms of the Ming Dynasty really gave him a headache. He has seen the majesty of the Ming army, and he has also seen the decisiveness of the Ming Emperor Qin Feng, and he also understands the emperor's wrists. In the reform of the administration of officials, when some county governance was still pushing three and resisting the fourth, and the yin and yang were violating, he stood up for the first time, firmly supported the decision of the center, and vigorously implemented the reform of the administration of officials in Yongping County.

Like other places, Yongping's original official hat was also controlled by wealthy families, and his Cheng family was one of the big families. It is not a big deal to carry out the reform of the rule of officials and take off the official hats of some chaotic and waiting for death, and those people on the left and right will still live a prosperous life even if they are not officials.

The county guard took the lead in setting an example, and drove the children of the Cheng family officials back home, and the others naturally did not dare to nourish their teeth, even if they were unwilling, they could only go home obediently. Subsequently, the county-wide scientific examination system was implemented to re-select officials, and those who were talented could naturally stand out.

In fact, Cheng Weigao knows one thing very well, even if it is selected by scientific examination, most of the officials in the end will still be children of the family, because in this era, education is still a very luxurious thing, and not every family has the money to study.

And that's exactly what happened. After the scientific examination, most of the official hats still fell back into the hands of the children of the family, of course, there are also the children of the poor family who stand out in this reform that spreads throughout the county.

The education policy launched by the imperial court was what Cheng Weigao was really afraid of, because this is a policy that benefits all the people, as long as you have the talent to study, from enlightenment to final success, all the expenses will be covered by the state. Cheng Weigao knows very well that as long as this policy is implemented for a long time, the days when the children of the family are in power will really be gone.

Of course, now it is basically a change of soup and no change of medicine, and for Yongping County, everything has not changed much. As a local county ruler who is quite deferential to the central court, whether it is the bigwigs in the political hall or the emperor, Cheng Weigao is still quite face-saving. Like some of them who came with the imperial court, but now they are cleaned up, and the emperor's methods are quite domineering, even if he only uses a guy who only knows a few big characters to be this official, he will never let those guys be in charge again.

The impact of this incident made Cheng Weigao's prestige in Yongping County go to a higher level, and the wealthy gentry families in Yongping, after seeing the fate of the gentry in other places, had to be grateful for Cheng Weigao's foresight. It was Cheng Weigao who took them through another crisis.

If it is said that the reform of government governance, Cheng Weigao can be regarded as an easy pass, and the next policies such as measuring land and paying taxes into the land made him really busy.

Land is the lifeblood of the local gentry, and the imperial court, this time it is their lifeline. The annexation of land is strictly restricted, and the tax is graded according to the amount of land, and the more land there is, the more taxes will be, and after a certain extent, the income is no longer enough to pay the tax. Moreover, the use of hidden household means will not work, and the policy of measuring the land and checking the Dingkou will be implemented at the same time. If a certain landlord dares to say that his land is dependent on his tenant, then he will immediately let the tenant get the certificate of land.

In the long run, this was certainly a good policy, but it touched the interests of the majority of the people, and Yongping County was naturally undercurrent at that time, and it was very unpeaceful.

Cheng Weigao must find another way out for these gentry landlords, of course, it is also to find a way out for his Cheng family, whose Cheng family was originally the largest landlord in Yongping County. Needless to say, this hat that took the lead had to be worn on his head. Quan Yun, the first assistant in charge of land reform, was Yongping three times at that time, and later wrote continuously, saying that he was concerned about Yongping's land reform, but in fact he was putting silent pressure on him.

Once this advanced hat is worn, the honor that comes with it is, of course, to do more.

He had to find another way for the landlords in Yongping to make money.

The trade road leading to the Tiger Prison came into being. And his luck lies in the fact that when he was asleep, the crown prince of Qin State sent him to the door in order to suppress Deng Hong's control of Ming materials by Deng Hong, who was in Kaiping, and Xiao Qiang of Tiger Prison also dreamed of standing on his own to get rid of Deng Hong's control.

Everything fell into place, Kaiping County began to build this trade road, of course, the poor ghost of Qin State couldn't come up with the money, they had to assign Youfeng and Laiyi counties to Yongping County of Daming.

Cheng Weigao was overjoyed, which can be regarded as an alternative way to expand the territory for the country. The imperial court only took out half of the money for the construction of this trade road, which was already commendable, and the central imperial court was already in debt at that time, and the remaining half of the silver money needed to be raised by Cheng Weigao himself.

Of course, it is not an easy thing to take out the money from the landlords to build roads, and it seems to be a good deed to build roads all the time, with input and no output, and these landlords feel that they have suffered a big loss in the land reform, and at this time they want to take money out to build roads, which is naturally unwilling. However, the wise Ming Emperor gave Cheng Wei an idea, but this problem was solved.

Raise funds to build the road, and after the repair is completed, set up a card to charge, but anyone who walks up this road has to pay money. Cheng Weigao got this idea, and after telling the landlords about it, this fundraising came very quickly, and the road construction was also progressing rapidly, a road that could make money, and no one was a fool, they didn't do it before, they were not qualified to set up cards to charge, and those who could do this were all the imperial court, and now the imperial court gave them this power, so why not hurry up and build the road, so that their own money can give birth to sons and grandchildren quickly?

First a simple trade road connected the two places, and before the road was completely repaired, a steady stream of caravans began to walk on it, and by this year, this road has become a thoroughfare.

Cheng Weigao found a way out for the large amount of money in the hands of the gentry landlords in Yongping County, and everyone suddenly found that the income of being a businessman was higher than that of the local owner, although the business tax was quite high, but he earned more.

As soon as this enthusiasm came up, it was naturally like pouring another scoop of oil on the fire, and it rushed straight to the sky vigorously. Now whoever asks the landlords of Yongping County to go back and buy a large amount of land will definitely spit on your face. Farming, then there is a merchant money to come quickly?

Yongping County, now the taxes paid to the imperial court have doubled compared to the past, and there are naturally more people who remain in the local area. With enough money, Cheng Weigao naturally wants to engage in a face-saving project, and after a few years, the people of Yongping talk about him, who doesn't give a thumbs up and say that they have a good county guard?

What's more, because of this trade route, Yongping County's strategic position in the imperial court has suddenly improved by several grades, and now it has become the forward base of the Ming Dynasty to plot against the Qin State. Everyone knows that as long as the tiger prison is taken, the soft mid-belly area of the Qin State will be exposed in front of the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Yongping County has prepared enough food and materials for the army, as long as the front line needs it, under Your Majesty's order, Yongping County can organize enough manpower at any time to provide logistics support for the army." Cheng Weigao reported to the emperor with confidence.

"Cheng County Shou should be a model for the counties of the Ming Dynasty!" For Cheng Weigao, Qin Feng is indeed very appreciative, not only because of this person's knowledge of current affairs, but also because of this person's talent. Although it is debatable whether his starting point is for the Ming Dynasty or for the landlords of Yongping County, there is no doubt that this person has contributed greatly to the stability of the Ming Dynasty's rule.

He threw Lu Dayuan's 10,000 soldiers and horses in Yongping, this Cheng Weigao dared to use them as labor, and the final effect was better than he estimated by many times, Cheng Weigao used the wealth of Yongping County to defeat the last of these Qin soldiers, making them a group of people who supported the Ming Dynasty, I thought that I would have to make a lot of effort to clean and rectify, but in the end, I didn't have to do anything, the eagle's nest became a figure who threaded the needle in it, and the biggest credit, It fell on the county lord.

Or, he himself has not yet realized it.

"Compared with the Ma Junshou in Changyang, the lower officials are far inferior." Cheng Weigao hurriedly said modestly: "It's still Lord Taiping Jin, Lord Shayang Fang, and those achievements are not comparable to those of the lower officials." ”

Qin Feng smiled, Jin Jingnan of Taiping County is now the second assistant and the imperial history of the capital, and Fang Dazhi of Shayang is now also the second assistant and the secretary of the ministry, both of them are the pillars of the court of the next generation that Qin Feng has focused on cultivating.

"Is Cheng Junshou willing to move and take up a post in Yuejing?" He said lightly to Cheng Weigao.

Cheng Weigao was stunned, but then there was a burst of horror, is the emperor going to unload the mill and kill the donkey? In Yongping County, did he already make the emperor feel threatened, is this to divert the tiger from the mountain? In Yongping, he is the boss, but when he goes to Yuejing City, what is he? Moreover, there is no decent seat in Yuejing City now?