Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, this truth Zheng Xunrui is very clear, in his previous life as a civil servant, he is very concerned about how to govern the country, in fact, the most important thing to govern the country is to have a set of excellent management system and system, and at the same time this management system can be fully implemented, of course, any management system and excellent system, need to be constantly tested through practice, so as to continue to improve, but Zheng Xunrui has such a prophetic advantage, after all, he is a person who crosses, After hundreds of years, many excellent management systems and experiences can be used for their own use at any time.

By the end of November of the first year of Ruiyuan, the household department received trade taxes, agricultural taxes and protection fees for maritime trade, etc., including the confiscated silver of the original Zheng Zhilong, etc., totaling more than 110 million taels of silver, which is a dumbfounded number, but the expenses are also huge, the officials need to spend more than 35 million taels of silver, Zheng Jiajun needs to spend nearly 30 million taels of silver, followed by the daily expenses of the officials at all levels are equivalent to about 10 million taels of silver, The taxes returned to the provinces were equivalent to about five million taels of silver, and after deducting the expenses of these four items, the remaining silver was only about thirty million taels.

There are many things that need to be done, the cost of bereavement in the north and a small number of places in the south is as high as 5 million taels of silver, the cost of renovating the Grand Canal in the north and Zhili is 2 million taels of silver, in addition to the renovation of canals and ditches in various places, including the repair of roads, etc., all of which require the expenditure of money.

If all the expenses of money have to be handled by the household department, then the officials of the household department are tired and too busy.

Therefore, Zheng Xunrui has established a set of effective systems, which are specifically used for financial expenses, and the implementation of this system depends on the Daming Royal Bank.

All officials of the Ming Dynasty. Including all the soldiers of the Zheng family, all the personnel who received the money from the imperial court, the distribution of the money was made by the local government, and the specific distribution matters were directly responsible for the Ming Royal Bank, and everyone went to the bank to receive the money, including the officials in the capital. This put an end to the appearance of officials who were greedy for ink.

Local need to repair ditches and roads and other projects, which requires the cost of silver, by the local government to bear is unrealistic, must be undertaken by the above, this kind of large-scale project, by the local government to create a budget, to see how much money and grain is needed, and then submitted to the prefecture yamen for review, and finally determined by the provincial governor yamen. Projects with a budget of more than 100,000 taels of silver must be submitted to the cabinet for approval, and finally determined directly by the emperor.

Before the Cabinet approves the project, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry will send personnel to the local authorities to verify the project according to the needs of the situation, and after verification, the Cabinet will see whether the project is approved according to the amount of money and money of the Ministry of Households.

The local Metropolitan Procuratorate is stationed in the Agency. The project must be strictly audited, and if there is any corruption in the project. or false reporting projects, then all levels must be held accountable, and the heaviest responsibility is the provincial capital, prefecture and county and other yamen.

Such a management system makes the governors, prefects, prefectures and counties of all provinces cautious, and even the metropolitan procuratorates stationed in the localities are particularly careful, and if they do not do well, they will be unlucky.

In the first year of Ruiyuan, there were many places that needed to be overheaded. So much so that the cabinet ended up rejecting spending in many areas.

Therefore, it seems that the huge income is not really used much, not to mention the clear request that the emperor has put forward, that is, the treasury must have money equivalent to fifteen million taels of silver in storage, and it will increase every year in the future. It wasn't until the treasury had about 100 million taels of silver that he could really rest assured.

The expedition that needs to be launched in the second year of Ruiyuan still needs to rely on the Daming Royal Bank.

Perhaps it is the many management systems proposed by Zheng Xunrui that make Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru and others a little uncomfortable, after a period of time, Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru and others are busy with their feet in the sky, and there is almost no time to rest, even if it is the time to rest, they are all waiting in the yamen, and there is an endless stream of officials who go to the capital to report matters, after all, many things need to be discussed and decided by the cabinet.

Xu Wanghua, Zhou Yanru and others all complained in front of the emperor.

Zheng Xunrui understands the mystery, after all, the new system and mechanism have just begun to be implemented, and it is necessary to make the officials above the third grade in the imperial court and the governors of the provinces fully familiar, and then they can be implemented at the level of Fuzhou and county.

At the same time, every time the early dynasty deliberates, Zheng Xunrui also emphasized that everything is difficult at the beginning, these rules and systems have just begun to be implemented, and there must be a period of adaptation, and the cabinet will bear the brunt of this adaptation process, followed by the left and right attendants of the six ministries and the governors of the provinces, and then the Lang Zhong and the foreign lang of the six ministries, etc., including the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, etc., once everyone really adapts to this set of management system, the acting official affairs will be much smoother in the future.

Zheng Xunrui stressed that it is more about being honest, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must seriously deal with the behavior of officials who are greedy for ink, and will not tolerate it, and strictly investigate and deal with those officials who are greedy for ink, in principle, they must be removed from all official positions, and at the same time, they will be handed over to Dali Temple or the local punishment according to the level of the procurator according to the level of rank, and as for those officials who occupy the seats and do not do things, after the warnings and admonitions are ineffective, they will also be removed from all official positions.

What worries officials at all levels even more is that once they are dismissed from their official positions, or even dealt with by Dali Temple and the punishment according to the probation envoy, they will lose all their income, and their lives will not be guaranteed.

At the same time, the official Yulu is also issued on time in accordance with the latest standards, the imperial court has made special regulations, the fifth day of each month is the time to distribute the Yulu, the household department and the local household department, household house, etc., the official's Yulu is sorted out, reported to the Daming Royal Bank in various places, and the official can go to the Royal Bank at any time to receive personal Yulu.

At the beginning of each year, the government at all levels calculates by itself to see what expenses are needed in a year, and then it is uniformly reported to the provincial capital, and after review, it is directly allocated by the household department, and the household department will take the method of spot check to verify whether the expenses of the government at all levels are appropriate, and if a problem is found, the chief officials at all levels must also be held accountable.

On the one hand, there is a sufficient guarantee of life, and on the other hand, there are strict requirements.

This approach convinced officials at all levels.

When the new system and mechanism were implemented, Zheng Xunrui was tired and turned on his back.

As the president of the headquarters of the Ming Royal Bank, Wen Manshan did not have a relaxed moment, especially when the royal banks at all levels were in charge of the distribution of officials and officials, countless documents were sent to the capital, almost all of them asked for instructions on how to do it, and there were many complaints.

In this era, there is no computer, everything has to be calculated by the abacus, and there can be no mistakes, the intensity of its work can be imagined, the worst thing is that Zheng Xunrui is not particularly familiar with the system of bank operation, and can only require the Daming Royal Bank to continue to explore.

Although Wen Manshan is familiar with all the operating procedures of Qian Zhuang and knows the mysteries, there are so many things at once, and she is also in a hurry, and many times she has to discuss with Bian Yujing, Dongmei and others how to do it.

By the end of the first year of Ruiyuan, the officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty were busy, and in comparison, the scholars and the common people seemed to be in good spirits.

Busyness must have an effect, by June of the second year of Ruiyuan, all the systems and mechanisms were basically straightened out, nothing more than some small details, which still need to be improved and scrutinized, and this set of systems and mechanisms is far stronger than the examination method implemented by Zhang Juzheng that year.

Officials at all levels do things under the dual supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the superiors, generally speaking, they don't dare to think anything wrong, the officials' money is all distributed by the Royal Bank, and the time is fixed, no one should think about greedy ink, what can use their brains is nothing more than the money owned by the local government for their own expenses, and the chief officials at all levels have been trained in the Guozijian or Jiangwutang, and they all want to do things well, and they can't think of greedy money for the time being.

The management of the Zheng family army is even more standardized, the sergeants can receive the military salary on time, which is enough to ensure the expenses of the family, and the officers are simply not greedy for military salaries, and the seven military regions have special personnel stationed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, including the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, and people are firmly focused on the expenditure of money.

As for the collection of local taxes, it is linked to the income of the local officials, and there is no way to do it if the income of the poor places is less, and if the rich local officials are lazy, their own income will be reduced, and no one wants it.

The only problem was the repair of roads and ditches in various places, after all, there was too much money to be spent in this area, and it was impossible for the imperial court to meet it.

The cabinet was also surprised to find that the management of the local government through such a system and mechanism has become much smoother after gradually adapting to it, and the enthusiasm for local work has also been mobilized.

In the second year of Ruiyuan, the composition of Ming taxes also underwent major changes, with trade taxes topping the list, followed by taxes on maritime trade, and finally taxes on agriculture. (To be continued.) )