Qiao Heng once wrote to Emperor Wanli to ask for compensation, and was excited about the belated promotion of Xian, peeked at Hou Chengzu, and excitedly stepped forward to take back the military department (the same as "Za", the official letter), and then retreated aside.

Thirty-three-year-old Hou Chengzu because of his father Hou Jigao's meritorious service in resisting the Japanese, in the thirtieth year of Wanli, he took the ancestral position as the commander of the guard, and he did not have a good sense of Qiao Heng, and thought of a series of questions about the increase in troops, so he came out and asked, "Lord Prefect, dare to ask where the superintendent comes from?" ”

Yuan Keli knew who this person was, and said with a smile, "Of course it's up to you to raise it." ”

"Ahh Hou Chengzu looked confused, thinking that Yuan Keli was a pedantic scholar, and he didn't know that Tuntian couldn't supply all the needs, so he politely refused, "More than 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Benwei Zhengjun have more than 43,000 stone army grain reserves every year and are sent to the three counties. ”

Yuan Keli had already obtained the revenue and expenditure of the government from the former prefect Tao Hongru, and knew that the taxes of Songjiang Mansion included military training, military service, liao salary, summer tax, autumn tax, Junyao, door stalls, fishing classes and other aspects.

Among them, a total of 65,000 taels of military training, military service, and liao salary can be shelved; The tax on the stall is only 859 taels 6 cents 4 cents 4 cents per year, and the fishing tax is 557 taels 4 cents 6 cents 3 cents 5 cents, which is completely negligible; Now only look at the two revenues and expenditures of Tian Fu (summer and autumn tax) and Junyao.

Songjiang Prefecture has 42,343 hectares of official and private fields (51,322 hectares in the fourth year of Wanli, and 9,000 hectares have evaporated in just 40 years, accounting for two percent), and the field is 1.21 million square meters (because the physical collection part is very complicated, so it is converted into rice), and more than 450,000 stones of natural rice are actually acquired, and more than 380,000 taels of color are folded (of which 68,671 are gold and silver, which are returned to the inner money). The distribution method is to ship all the parts of the levy in addition to the folded color, and the physical part of the natural rice (transported to the household Taicang) is more than 280,000 stones, and the rice consumed (paid to the Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, Guanglu Temple, Guihui Erwang Yulu, Wufu Liubu, etc.) 110,000 stones, and 50,000 stones are retained.

Every year, Junyao has a total of 37,745 taels of silver, and the shipping part has more than 10,000 taels of silver, Nanjing departments and Wucheng Terracotta and Horses, firewood, soap, etc., and the rest is retained as more than 50 expenses for the door, guard, dieter, ship repair material, soap, and people's strength of the county guard.

The retained part of Tianfu can be converted into more than 6,800 taels of silver, of which 1,195 taels of official Yulu (99 taels in the intercalary month), 2,064 taels of silver in the five bachelors and gentry of Fuwei County (172 taels in the intercalary month), 888 taels of silver rations for craftsmen in the weaving and dyeing bureau, 8 taels of soap and silver in the craftsman's class, and a total of 2,652 taels of rations and rations for the Songjiang Yunjun.

It is not difficult to see from this that the only way to increase local revenues is to increase the amount of conscription, because only conscription can be controlled by the localities.

Hou Chengzu originally thought that Yuan Keli would take charge of the matter of enforcing the conscription, so he refused.

"This mansion also has an identity, do you know?" General Yuan Keli and the generals clearly said, "In addition to the position of prefect, this government also has the important task of preparing for the establishment of Songjiang City, and in the future, envoys from various countries can reach Liangjing through Songjiang through the inland river." ”

Hou Chengzu's color changed when he heard this, he threw aside the source of food and salary, and stepped forward and said, "Hongyi also allows tribute?" ”

"That's exactly why, that's why Jinshanwei wants to increase the number of ships to strengthen the coastal defense."

"My lord, I will understand." Hou Chengzu saw Yuan Keli's intentions, but the relationship between increasing the number of ship soldiers and collecting the tax of merchant ships is the relationship between chickens and eggs, that is, only the ship soldiers can receive silver to increase the ship soldiers, he was confused by himself, and asked, "The sand boat is the fastest in this guard, but it is flat-bottomed, and it is not as good as the Hongyi ship cannon, let alone boarding the ship, even a little farther away from the sea." ”

"Yes," General Jin Ruzuo also reacted, and echoed, "If you let the officers and soldiers under the standard go to collect taxes, you must first increase the number of ships." ”

Yuan Keli ignored Jin Ruzuo and said to Hou Chengzu, "The matter of the city shipping department is still being prepared, and there is neither a yamen nor a manpower, so the matter of taxation of ships in and out must be put on hold first." What this government said about letting you raise money is not this, but the commercial tax of the tax. ”

"The door stall is collected by the government and county yamen, and Jin Shanwei's intervention may cause resentment among the people!" The people have only been there for three or five years, Yin Jian is not far away, and I hope that the adults will be cautious in their words and deeds. ”

Yuan Keli knew that the so-called 'people's copy of Dong Eun' that occurred in the forty-fourth year of Wanli was just caused by the year-old handover to Dong Qichang to offend the Songjiang scholars, if others might believe his words, but it happened that Yuan Keli and Dong Qichang had studied under the name of Lu Shu in Songjiang Mansion and became confidants.

Dong Qichang is seven years old when Yuan Keli is the eldest brother, but he has always called himself a younger brother, and he has written to Yuan Keli after his death, including "Since his brother became naturalized, he does not buy an acre of land from the small people, he is not a servant who invests in the family, and he will never negotiate with the insiders, so it is not a copy, it is a scholar's doing", compared with gossip, Yuan Keli is more willing to believe in Dong Qichang's character.

Yuan Keli smiled dumbly at a young man in his thirties, but he also knew that behind the businessman was the official gentry, and nodded, "This matter must be considered in the long run, but it cannot be changed." When the government passed through Nanjing, it had obtained permission from Wang Shangshu of Nanjing's household department, and the part of Junyao that should be shipped to Nanjing this year could be retained for the need to increase the number of ships. ”

Wang Yingjiao, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, was appointed by Guangzong, and there were no three divisions in the south of the country, which was managed by the six departments of Nanjing, which was equivalent to an independent small kingdom. The six departments are the most important in the second household army, of which the household department is responsible for the tax and grain of Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang, and supervises the transportation of Caoyun and the national salt introduction, so Wang Yingjiao can be the master of Songjiang.

Hou Chengzu didn't know how much he could keep, and since he had said everything that should be said and what should not be said, he wanted to step aside, but was stopped by Yuan Keli with a sentence of 'and slow'.

"The generals obeyed the order, because the position of Jin Shanwei commander was not filled, the government has been on the book, begging to be promoted to the general as the commander of the guard, when the decree has not arrived, the government has ordered the command of the same commander Hou Chengzu as the temporary commander, and I hope that the generals will assist with their hearts."

"Ah, why him." "......" everyone talked about it.

Yuan Keli slapped the case and said loudly, "Quiet, what kind of system." Can you ask the government to invite Shang Fangjian to obey orders? ”

As the case was knocked, a group of knives and soaps quickly entered through the doors, and twenty or thirty people all held the handles of knives, occupying the favorable terrain, almost crowding the lobby slowly.

"......" more than ten generals did not take the officials in their eyes, and they were not frightened, but they still obediently closed their mouths and waited for the new prefect to follow.

"This government patrols the heavens on behalf of the hunt, and any decision is carefully considered, and if there is any hesitation and disobedience, it will be punished as rebellion." Yuan Ke immediately saw that he was quiet, and continued, "Wait for the commander, and the commander of the Qinchaguan will quickly return to Jinshan to transfer 2,000 elite soldiers to the capital city to wait. ”

Hou Chengzu was already young and vigorous, and now he has a good reputation, so he naturally wants to perform well to prove that he is not just relying on his father's shadow. Ignoring everyone's strange eyes, he knelt down and took the brocade box handed by the prefect.

The brocade box was opened, inside was a copper rectangular real new seal, one inch nine minutes wide, two inches nine minutes long, three points thick, although there was no inscription at the bottom, but also knew that this was an official property, no one dared to make it privately, so he got up and closed the cover, and exited the lobby.

"Except for General Jin, the rest are on standby at their respective offices, and if they are not appointed by this government, they are not allowed to leave without permission, can you understand?"

The generals replied unevenly, "Understood. ”