Chapter 499: He is everywhere

There is a saying that "being an official for thousands of miles is only for money", but the life of this Beijing official is not very easy. Especially a noble official, he is even more pointing to that bit of money to live. What's even more annoying is that the Ming officials' salaries are very low! As an official, he looks majestic, but in fact, he really has to live honestly on his income, and it is estimated that the poor can't even afford to eat meat. An official has to support a family, have to socialize, and so on, and there are many places to spend money. This is probably one of the reasons for the prevalence of corruption among officials.

Comrade Zhu Youzhen owes a lot of money to Beijing officials, and on the whole, he is still rich in one year. Last year, it was half of the money, but this year it will be stopped. It's really that the household has no money, and there are poor people everywhere. In fact, do these officials lack money to spend? There is no shortage of the majority, and there is a shortage of the minority. Why do you say that, because as long as you are a little more lively, you will already be a small landlord on the day of the middle lift. There are a lot of cats here, so I won't go into detail about them one by one.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen is mean and unkind, if you don't get paid, you still have to work, if you don't do it well, you have to ask for guilt. How can the literati who were spoiled after Yingzong stand this? The household has money, and there are still a lot of places where money is needed, and it is actually pitiful to say that it is not enough to make up for three months, but it is better than nothing. Lu Daqi is so smart, he doesn't mention the things that the emperor is unhappy about, and strives for a little benefit for everyone, and then, there is no more.

In fact, the cabinet ministers are very curious, and in these cases of tax resistance, Shandong and Liaodong account for the majority, while Jiangnan is the small one. This Nima is so unscientific, it's really something that no one expected. That's it. Everyone didn't tell Zhu Youzhen about this detail. There is a number jù that you may not know, there is a statistic of the Ming Dynasty's taxes, one-third of which comes from two places, where? Susong two houses. Of course, this is a calculation in the early years, but it can also be seen that the importance of the two prefectures of Susong can also be seen.

The problem is that in the process of collecting commercial taxes, the rebound of the two prefectures in Susong is very small, and they are all individual cases. This is very revealing, how much money are the merchants? Of course not, why is that? You must know that these two prefectures are not only full of merchants. There are also many officials behind the businessmen. Why don't they make trouble?

The reason is simple. I'm threatened! You can make trouble, but it will cost you a lot.

So let's take a look back at the changes in Jiangnan over the years? The traditional cotton industry has no rivals. In the face of the iron hooves of industrial words, the weavers who were squeezed out of business. The fuss has already passed. The smart ones lean over early. Join in the fun. Everyone earns money together. If you react slower, you can only consider yourself unlucky and change your career to do something else. Silk industry. Not to mention, if you are not obedient, you can't even get out of the sea. The famous "Sugang" industry, now there are few left. At the beginning, a pig iron shop of the Zhang family is now the largest iron factory in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the face of low prices and massive output, how many merchants have gone bankrupt and merged? It's all blood and tears! The most terrifying thing is an entity called Daqian Zhuang, which is the biggest black hand behind the scenes of Jiangnan industry and commerce. The expansion across the country in recent years has been amazing, especially in Jiangnan, to the point where every county has a semicolon. With such a result, it is conceivable that the traditional money shop can have a way out.

The money is not aimed at the traditional people, but the mortgage loans of industry and commerce. But if Daqianzhuang coughs, the entire Jiangnan industry and commerce will be earthquaked. Especially in the silk industry, because of the bullish market in recent years, many weavers have followed up, and loans from money banks to expand abound. Why? The interest rate is low! The interest rate of 30% of private loans is small, and as long as there is a legal mortgage for big money banks, the interest rate of 10% is the highest. The claws of Tongguò Daqian Zhuang and the control of the entire Jiangnan industry and commerce are no longer a situation that ordinary people can think of.

Speaking of the cultural field, how many disciplines do you think the literati in the late Ming Dynasty have? In the Jiangnan literary circle, except for some die-hard elements, basically because of the appearance of a Ming Pao and the power of silver, the majority of people have defected. This is what Chen Xie did in Jiangnan back then, all for today. The layout of the year, why did it focus on Ming Bao and Qian Zhuang, and then something else? It's because these two things are so powerful, and the energy that bursts out over time is amazing.

These things are difficult for people in this era to understand, and Chen Xie was able to promote them calmly. By the time everyone felt that something was wrong, it was already too late. Therefore, before the commercial tax was levied, the big money bank said that this thing is good for everyone, so don't want this and that. Looking back, you can still mix up social status, what is the fuss? On the contrary, in Shandong and Liaodong, because of the late layout, outside the two prefectures of Denglai, merchants from other places made a fuss, and then the army went over to suppress it. Liaodong is because the people are strong, but no matter how fierce you are, can you withstand the musket?

Zhu Youzhen, who has become a rich man, is in a good mood, and when he continues to discuss national affairs, his tone has become very brisk. The problem of Hong Chengchou that needs to be solved first is still to count on him to fight.

"Shu Road is difficult, how did the Dengzhou battalion solve the logistics problem of the fourth battalion in Jiangbei?" Zhu Youzhen mentioned that at this time, everyone's faces were not very good-looking. How was it solved? Take the waterway. The golden waterway, now go and see, the inland river fleet of the Dengzhou Navy is rampant on the river. Since the beginning of Chen Xie's crackdown on thieves, this fleet has been busy with this matter. Dredging waterways, observing the hydrological situation, and figuring out the problems of the entire waterway. Taking advantage of the dry season, the pile was blown up. The Dengzhou Navy did these things without consulting the imperial court. Now the waterway can go directly to Chongqing Mansion. The ship of 500 materials stretches endlessly on the river.

To tell the truth, everything the Dengzhou Navy does is for the benefit of the country and the people, dredging waterways and cracking down on water bandits, but you can say it. People don't say it, they just do it. The water gangs that run boats, what kind of platoon gangs and other organizations, those who are obedient will be given a way to live, and those who are disobedient will be exterminated as water bandits. After doing these things, when everyone knows, there is already such a force in the entire Yangtze River waterway. In principle, the Dengzhou Navy always negotiates first, and there are not many people who really make a dead hand. But the Cabinet is just uncomfortable, you have to say something. Just like this sea trade, who has a sea trade at home now, and dares not to hang the pass flag of the Dengzhou Navy? If you don't hang this flag, anyone can become a pirate and rob you.

Chen Xie did a lot of things that everyone couldn't understand at first. When they understood, it was too late. The question is that Chen Xie is alone, how many years have passed? How can you do so much? The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were exposed in terms of vision and thinking limitations, and they couldn't understand how Chen Xie was like a snowball, and in just fourteen years, he became a behemoth. As long as it is the field that Chen Xie is involved in, there is nothing that is not prosperous. How much silver does this guy have? Rich and rival countries are probably not enough to describe him, right? This is the status quo, and Zhu Youzhen knows it very well. However, Wenchen and Zhu Youzhen have different angles of looking at the problem, and Zhu Youzhen feels that Chen Xie is a loyal minister and the positive energy of the Ming Dynasty. The ministers felt that this guy was out of place, so why couldn't he be stopped? Things that are not under control are always so awkward. These people are accustomed to mastering a qiē, and suddenly they can't grasp it, and they are very unhappy.

Seeing that the ministers didn't speak, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to name himself: "Zhou Aiqing, you can talk about it." ”

Zhou Yanru has his own news channels, so he still quickly gave an answer: "In the past few years, the Dengzhou Navy Division has cleaned up bandits on the Yangtze River, dredged waterways, and rectified water transportation, and achieved good results. Today, the big ship of 500 materials can go to Chongqing Mansion. ”

Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, was a little sad, he didn't understand these things, he could only be a very subjective cognition, nodded and said, "I see." "What he thought in his heart was very simple, the focus was on cleaning up the bandits, and the matter of dredging the waterway might be to dig up the mud. As everyone knows, a single pile of dwellings used thousands of pounds of explosives. More than a dozen people were killed or injured as a result of the blasting work.

"Then give Chen Xie an order and ask him to help deliver money and food. The account department went directly to the account of the bank and paid all the money that should have been paid. The court owes him so much that I can't bear to continue to take advantage of him. Zhu Youzhen finally said a word of conscience, well, the festival is not over yet, but it is almost over. In the end, the drought is too bad. The question of how to give relief was soon put in front of everyone.

"The price of grain in Beijing is too high, and the price of grain in the northwestern provinces is even higher. The best way is to let people go to Dengzhou to purchase, and then take the waterway along the Yellow River to the north. However, it is winter now, and it is inconvenient to travel the Yellow River, so I can only take 6 routes to transport it first. "Lu Xiangsheng understands the geography of mountains and rivers, and he has fought in the south and north over the years, not in vain.

"That's a good idea, but how do you calculate the freight?" Yang Tinglin of the household management department sang and harmonized. The faces of the other ministers are very ugly, why? Is everything inseparable from Chen Xie? What do you do? Furnishings? If you think about it carefully, it is really inseparable from Chen Xie's ability, otherwise the current Central Plains is still raging with thieves. What the hell is going on here?

At this time, Zhu Youzhen was very sober. He can see it, Daming, these Wenchen, don't expect them to do things quickly and easily, they don't have that ability. Their greatest ability is to be officials. So Zhu Youzhen said a word, and everyone felt like vomiting blood when they heard it.

"This Chen Sihua refuses to stay in Beijing to serve. What do you say in Jingshi, there are too many messy things, entangled together, and you can't do anything and can't do it well. This is true, but the truth is the most ruthless of all. Zhou Yanru was deeply touched that it was not easy to do this. There are too many bonds, unless you have the strength to get out of this circle. Otherwise, you're going to have to struggle in this quagmire and do what you want to do little by little. (To be continued!)

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