Chapter 483: God's Turn

Shi Kefa felt uncomfortable when he heard it, he was also an official before, so he naturally knew the current situation of the Ming officialdom. It's not that he doesn't want to change, it's that he doesn't have the ability. It's good that you don't desecrate. There were actually some such officials in the Ming Dynasty.

"Why, don't you officers of the Dengzhou battalion eat empty salaries? Dengzhou officials, aren't they corrupt? Shi Kefa was a little vindictive, and planned to refute this officer fiercely. I didn't want people to hear it, but I smiled and said, "There are some, but there are very few." In the early years, there were many of them, and Master Chen killed a batch. The salary in the army is not low, which is enough for the family to live well. Under the strict punishment of the law, there are not many people who dare to defy the law. As for the locality, there are people who raise cheap money to take it, and when they find out about corruption, they take people from their homes, and the family is not happy from then on, and it is really not worth it. There is little corruption, mainly because the local supervision is relatively strict, and if you stretch out your hand slightly, you will either be reported by someone or be poked out by the people's newspaper. The stakes are too great! ”

Shi Kefa feels fresh, the corruption of officialdom in the Ming Dynasty is rampant, who can curb it? The problem that the emperor can't solve, how can Dengzhou solve it? This time he became interested and asked: "Oh, tell me well, I see that you are also a person who has read books, why did you join the army?" Why don't you go to the imperial examination and take a meritorious test? ”

Seeing that he had a lot of problems, probably because they were all scholars, they were more cordial, and they didn't mean to be irritable, so they slowed down with a smile and explained as they walked: "Dengzhou and Laizhou both have official properties such as salt farms, commercial grain depots, and mines. As long as the officials serve in these two provinces, each month according to the position is different. can get a profit from the official property as a support for incorruptible silver. These official properties are usually handed over to merchants to operate, and they are divided according to a certain proportion every month, and I can't say the specifics. In this way, a magistrate's county, a year's incorruptible silver is about 1,500 taels, as long as it is not too extravagant, it is enough. What the government has to do is to supervise the merchants. Don't be a ghost. Once discovered. Then you have to deal with it ruthlessly. Dengzhou has a professional audit agency, once you find that the merchant has a problem, go to them, and the cashier will check the account. Impartiality is guaranteed. Equally. Every year, industrial and commercial households in Dengzhou have to pay a lot of local security money. The government's expenditures are guaranteed, and the chamber of commerce also has the power to supervise. In short, it's a mutual constraint, let's put it this way. If a merchant is in Shandong, if you are a ghost in business, the government is responsible for informing the whole of Shandong. No one will do business with you from now on. If an official is corrupt, the people will be rewarded for reporting the truth. As for me personally, being a soldier in Dengzhou is not a shame, but an honorable thing. When a person is a soldier, the whole family enjoys the benefits of military dependents. ”

"Military family benefits? What are the benefits for military dependents? Shi Kefa turned into a curious baby, and the officer said patiently: "In Dengzhou, as long as you are a soldier, your family will enjoy a series of preferential policies. For example, in my family, my parents are farmers. Thirty acres of military field were rented, and the first year was rent-free, and after that, only 20% of the rent was paid every year. If I have served for ten years, I will be exempted from taxes on these thirty acres of land. I remember when I was in school at the Jiading Academy, I listened to a lecture by Master Chen, and he said that as long as industry and commerce develop to a certain level, the commercial tax of the imperial court and the government will reach an astonishing figure. When the time comes, you can be exempted from the field endowment. In the past, I thought this was unrealistic, but later, when Dengzhou's business developed, and the annual commercial tax was ten times or even dozens of times that of Tianfu, I felt that there was hope for this matter. Master Chen should not be questioned. ”

Shi Kefa has a feeling of five thunderbolts, exempt from Tian Fu? What is this situation? There is really such a day, that is to truly call the balance of prosperity, the world is the same. This is the Ming Dynasty of agricultural civilization, not the world's first manufacturing power later. The difference is too big, and Shi Kefa simply doesn't have enough brains.

"How is this possible?" He said to himself, but the officer smiled and said, "How is it impossible? Nowadays, the factories and mines in Dengzhou are all using steam engines. That thing works, and as long as people don't stop it, it won't stop. For example, looms know, right? I've heard from craftsmen that a loom, powered by a steam engine, can work on top of hundreds of women. There is a figure in the people's newspaper that the amount of silver that flows into the Ming Dynasty every year in the Taixi countries is at least 350 million taels. Where did all this money go? There is no shortage of silver in the Ming Dynasty, why is there no silver in the imperial court? This reason is very simple, the merchants in Dengzhou know in their hearts that the Ming Dynasty is unstable, and their little family wealth may not be able to be kept in the future. Look at Henan, the thieves are coming, thousands of miles of red land, how many big families have suffered? Therefore, let them give their money, and their hearts will be glad. Besides, how much silver do you earn a year from farming? Over there in Dengzhou, there are fewer and fewer people who farm now, and how can the laborers who enter the factory to do things earn thirty or fifty silver yuan a year, which is not better than farming? Even if she is a woman who enters the weaving factory, she can earn a dozen silver dollars in a year. How much is a pound of food? Dengzhou can buy flour from the Americas, and two catties are only a penny. ”

Shi Kefa felt that his ears had heard it wrong, is this Nima still Daming? It's a paradise! Does Daming really have this realm? At this moment, Shi Kefa moved the idea of going to Dengzhou to have a look. Unfortunately, with the city gates in sight, this conversation is over. Those who served as soldiers were not allowed to enter the city, but had to report in the barracks outside the city. Waving his hand, the two said goodbye, and when Shi Kefa entered the city, he was stopped.

"Mr. Kenzhi, it's really you, that's great, save sending someone to run." It was Huang Shu who stopped Shi Kefa, and the two had a little friendship. Shi Kefa stepped forward and arched his hand: "I've seen Lord Tuiguan." Huang Shu hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't, it's boring." Since Xianzhi returned to his hometown, he hasn't given you a look at you, you can't say anything to me like this, right? ”

Shi Kefa smiled and didn't say anything more, but his heart was very warm. Huang Shu said: "Yesterday's emergency report, His Majesty relieved Chrysostom, Xianzhi restored his official body, and immediately entered Beijing to take up the post of industrial and commercial division, and I would like to congratulate you here." ”

Shi Kefa's mind was on it, how could it be? This thing is more ridiculous than the world, right? Today's temperament, that is really mean and unkind, how can he forget the trouble he gave him so quickly?

Huang Shu was not in a hurry, and waited with a smile. Shi Kefa was stunned for a while, and then he arched his hand and said: "What do you have to say about this matter?" ”

Huang Shu said: "There is news in the newspaper, and it quotes the original words of Chen Gebu. Shi Xianzhi is upright and honest, although he is suspected of committing crimes, but he has no private thoughts. Thunder, rain and dew, all are Jun's grace, but His Majesty asked, and the minister couldn't help but say frankly. In the opinion of the minister, the position of industrial and commercial secretary is not competent for Shi Xianzhi. I think that gentlemen are harmonious but different, and differences in political views do not prevent them from continuing to work together. As long as it is all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty getting better and better, even if there are different political opinions, it cannot be a reason to attack each other. ”

After Shi Kefa listened, he didn't know what to say. It took a long time before he said lightly: "This Chen Sihua is still so indecent, and he still reads a little less." "Saying that, the emotion on his face can be seen by everyone.

Huang Shu said with a smile: "In order to let Xianzhi take this position, Chen Sihua risked the risk of recommending Xianzhi, which is unexpected. "It's just that no one has thought about this, so many officials in Jiangnan have patted Chen Xie on the back, and they are queuing up every day to receive them, Chen Xie didn't recommend any of them, only recommended Shi Kefa, who had just been deposed by His Majesty. His Majesty really accepted his advice, changed his ways, and reappointed Shi Kefa to this important position.

Shi Kefa groaned slightly, and said lightly: "Although this gentleman is messing around, he has the style of an ancient gentleman. Chen Xie will definitely blush when he hears this. This guy secretly does a lot of things that threaten officials, and that can't be put on the table. To deal with the villain, Chen Xie is coercive and tempting, and the carrot and stick are on together. To deal with a tenacious gentleman like Shi Kefa, then play another set. If you want to talk about Shi Kefa's ability to govern the place, Chen Xiezhen may not dare to compliment. But let him work in this position, and the problem of incorruptibility will be competent. Zhu Youzhen's publication of the things in the newspaper was actually taken out of context.

Chen Xie also said that Shi Xian's ruling side may not be competent to manage the army and fight wars, and it is still more competent to serve as the industrial and commercial secretary or the imperial historian. When employing people, don't look at his shortcomings, but look at his strengths. Putting a person in the right position is the most important thing to do. Shi Xianzhi's obstruction of commercial taxation is not that he wants to oppose His Majesty, but that his vision is not wide enough, and he is staring at the little bit of land and the face of a scholar. In the future, he may still admonish him, even if his majesty is angry, don't take it to heart. As long as he can do his job well, that's enough.

Chen Xie's recommendation of Shi Kefa caused a shock in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty that was more violent than an eight-magnitude earthquake. Many people suddenly discovered that when Chen Xie was able to recommend Shi Kefa, their perception of this person was subverted. Shi Kefa's life can be said to have come to a divine turning point, from a family Bai Ding who was deposed as a citizen, suddenly changed, and then returned to his career, he was still a fat shortage that everyone was blushing at. For the entire Daming scholars, a group of people were moved by Chen Xie's "noble" personality. There are also a number of people, and they still say very objectively in private that they "invite people to buy people's hearts", but unfortunately, Shi Xianzhi may not be attached to him, and he should find trouble in the future, and he has to find trouble.

The overseer of Jiangnan Province made this position finally fall to Liang Song, a five-rank official in Nanjing's household department. Why this one was favored by Chen Xie, no one can know. Only knew that this thing had taken office obediently, and he bowed down to Chen Xie, and did not dare to disobey him in the slightest. There is no way, Chen Xie is holding his black materials in his hands, and one day he messes around, which will make him ruined.

After this matter is over, it is the arrangement of the position of industrial and commercial supervision of various prefectures and counties, don't look at this is just a petty official of eight grades, many people are looking forward to it. Nanjing's Ministry of Officials, for these positions, the Ministry of Officials Shangshu went to see Chen Xie every day, that is, to ask for some places. There is no way, there are too many officials in Nanjing, and they are living a miserable life. If you don't find something really lacking, it's really hard to live. No one wants to be idle, and it's too sad to take a little bit of money. (To be continued......)