Zhu Ming inspected Shandong and only brought 2,000 guards.

1,000 heavy armorers, 1,000 musketeers.

Counting the Generalissimo's Office, the Privy Council, and the army logisticians, the total number was 3,200.

Along the Gubian Canal to the southeast, the fleet went straight to Xuzhou, passing through Yucheng, Dangshan, Xiaoxian and other places along the way.

The states and counties that I have passed along the way can only be said to be stable in public order, far from restoring people's livelihood.

It is really that Shandong is already tired, and it has been ravaged many times by various anti-thieves, and the population has plummeted to the level of a hundred years ago.

In the administrative division of the new dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, Xuzhou is still under the jurisdiction of Shandong.

In order to prevent secession and rebellion, Shangqiu and Ningling were assigned to Kaifeng Prefecture, and Xiapi and Suqian were assigned to Huainan Province. According to the river situation at this time, it is equivalent to cutting off Shandong Province into two pieces of east and west through water transportation.

As for the border between Shandong and Hebei, it is divided along the old course of the Yellow River.

When Song Huizong first ascended the throne, the Yellow River changed its course very violently.

According to the place names of later generations, the Yellow River now flows through the following areas: Puyang, Daming, Qiuxian, Qinghe, Hengshui, Xianxian, Cangzhou, Qingxian, and Tianjin.

Well, the Yellow River flows into the sea from Tianjin......

Anyway, with a stroke of Zhu Ming's pen, Liaocheng, Gaotang, and Dezhou were finally included in the boundaries of Shandong.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Outside the city of Xuzhou, Yu Wenchang, the prefect of Xuzhou, led the officials and people out of the city for ten miles to kneel to greet him.

Yuwenchang was still an official in Jiangxi last year, and after Jiangxi surrendered, Zhu Ming immediately asked him to come to Xuzhou to take charge, and he didn't even have to report on the officials in the capital.

Zhu Ming personally helped Yuwen Chang up, and said with a smile: "Brother Quan Ke, you and I meet again." In the new dynasty ritual system, non-major occasions such as sacrifices, great dynasties, ascending poles, preaching, and triumph, the officials and people are not allowed to kneel at will at will at other times. Don't kneel next time. ”

"Yes!" Yuwen often responded.

Zhu Ming said to the rest again: "You are all flat. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, do you remember the minister?" Geng Dingchen next to him couldn't wait to step forward.

Zhu Ming smiled: "Of course I remember, I am too punctual in Puzhou, and you are the master of Leize County." ”

Geng Dingchen cried with joy, wiped his tears and said: "Your Highness still remembers, how can the minister He De accept this favor!" ”

How important Xuzhou is, just look at these two officials, they are all Zhu Ming's old colleagues and subordinates.

It is the first place in the country in terms of steel production!

Geng Dingchen is the governor of Liguojian, who is in charge of the iron mine, and the level is similar to that of the lower states.

The Ming Dynasty followed the Northern Song Dynasty system, and the mining and metallurgical institutions were divided into five types: supervision, affairs, field, pit and metallurgy.

The superintendent is the regional administrative body, the tax department is the acquisition station, the field is the mining field, the pit is the pit, and the smelter is the smelter.

After the rest of the officials and local celebrities came forward to meet them collectively, everyone accompanied Zhu Ming into the city.

Zhu Ming casually asked about the output of steel, and Geng Dingchen said: "Since Li Guojian adopted the new smelting method, he can get 180,000 catties of raw wrought iron every month, and businessmen, craftsmen, and ordinary people all benefit from it. ”

In other words, it is about 100 tons per month, and pig iron and wrought iron are counted together.

Most of this raw wrought iron is the output of private iron smelting yards, and the merchants only take out 20% of the output to pay taxes, and the rest has to be purchased by the Li Guojian with money.

There are also state-owned iron smelting yards, but they are mixed with military factories.

In addition, these 100 tons of raw wrought iron are not all the output of Xuzhou. There must also be some that are quietly hidden for local scattered transactions in order to avoid taxes.

The industrial and commercial tax of the new dynasty of the Ming Dynasty inherited the system of the Northern Song Dynasty.

That is, the tax amount of a certain year is used as the ancestral amount (base number), and then the tax amount of the current year is determined through a certain algorithm based on the actual tax amount collected in the following years, so as to ensure that the industrial and commercial tax in various places rises steadily.

As long as the officials levy this amount, they will be qualified, and there will be no situation where the industrial and commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty will be less and less, and at the same time, it will also give officials a reasonable opportunity for corruption in disguise.

For most officials, the amount of tax collected is generally just passed, and the remaining industrial and commercial taxes are privately divided.

Officials who are eager to climb the ladder tend to see their actual tax payments soar as a way to highlight their political achievements. This practice is very offensive to people, first, it leads to less money that subordinate officials can get, and second, it may lead to an increase in the local industrial and commercial tax.

If the amount of tax collected is insufficient, officials usually scrape together supplies to make up for it.

It is okay not to make up for it, but the reasons must be explained in detail, and at the same time, the performance evaluation will be affected.

The industrial and commercial tax is more complicated to subdivide, and the tax amount is even accurate to a certain day, with entries such as daily, tenth, quarterly, and annual.

Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming didn't think about changing this kind of tax law, and it was very remarkable that the tax amount could rise steadily in ancient times. Officials are reasonably corrupt, and businessmen are reasonable to avoid taxes, which can be regarded as leaving room for flexibility.

The hotel in Xuzhou has been cleaned out, and the rest of the guests are invited to leave in advance, and only Zhu Ming and his entourage are allowed to stay.

The envoy of the Xuzhou Inn, that is, the general manager of the Xuzhou Hotel, showed his face when he stood at the gate to greet him, and said a few words to the prince. This made him extremely excited, and he suddenly worked harder, and he was busy arranging everything.

Like this kind of position, the Ming and Qing dynasties were generally promoted by officials.

However, in the Song Dynasty, the general managers of hotels above the state level were mostly from Enyin officials, and there were even many new science and technology scholars to serve as them.

Doesn't this solve the employment problem of Yin Guan and Jinshi?

"What has happened to Quan Ke in recent years?" Zhu Ming stayed in the hotel, leaving only Yuwen to chat, and the rest of the officials were sent away.

Yu Wenchang sighed with emotion: "Since Lizhou, the minister was transferred to Chengdu first to rectify the tea and horse trade there. Because the rectification was too good, it offended many people, and when the term of office was not satisfied, he was transferred to Kuizhou, and then to Huainan and then to Jiangxi. It was too difficult to do things in the previous dynasty, and there were always people who came to hinder it. It's that you do one thing well, and once you are transferred, you will return to the original state. ”

"Indeed," Zhu Ming said with a smile, "When I led the troops to occupy Chengdu, the tea and horse division there was in a mess, and there were not even a few war horses, and the governance of Chengdu had already been in vain." ”

Yuwen often said: "It's still a matter of governance, and the rules are completely corrupted." A good official does things, and a hundred unconscious officials dismantle the stage, where can the world be governed well? ”

Zhu Ming sighed: "The rule of officials in the new dynasty must also be strictly rectified." ”

"It's already good," Yuwen Chang said with a smile, "There was a case in Xuzhou last year, and even the prefect was exiled to the northwest, so the minister had the opportunity to be transferred to Xuzhou." After this incident, the officials in Xuzhou have reined in a lot, at least no one dares to blatantly bend the law for bribes. ”

The two talked about the old days, and Yuwen Chang said goodbye and left.

There was also a banquet in the evening, where Zhu Ming had dinner with local officials and celebrities.

Leaving the guests, Yuwen often felt inexplicably.

Back then, he was the governor of the state, and Zhu Ming was only the governor of the county, but now it has become this kind of relationship, and the encounter in the world is really wonderful.

Wei Gong, the commander of Pengcheng County, had been waiting outside for a long time, and when he saw Yuwenchang, he asked: "Taishou, many places of interest have been cleaned up, has the prince set a day to play?" ”

Yu Wenchang said: "The prince is busy with affairs, and he will only travel for one day tomorrow." Go to the Swallow Tower and the Horse Stage, and forget about the rest of the historical sites. ”

"Yes, the lower official will arrange it!" Wei Gong walked away quickly.

When he returned to the county government and instructed him, Wei Gong was still relieved, and went to the Swallow Tower to check in person, and even rode a horse to the horse stage for a stroll.

It was not until the evening that Wei Gong returned to the county government's back house.

Several children are still playing, and the most naughty one is Wei Sheng, a seven-year-old little boy who can beat his brothers to tears with a stick.

"Daddy, have you ever seen the prince?" The sons and daughters gathered around.

Wei Gong said with a smile: "See, the prince has a majestic bearing, and is kind and amiable, and his heroic posture is difficult to find in the world." You must study hard, and when you grow up, you will be an official and assistant to the prince in the imperial examination. Especially Ah Sheng, don't dance with knives and sticks all day long, you only know a few words after a year of enlightenment? ”

Wei Sheng held the stick and lowered his head, but quietly stuck out his tongue while his father was not paying attention.

"Throw the stick away!" Wei Gong scolded.

"Oh." Before Wei Sheng threw the stick, he actually swung it again, and finally threw it at the tree trunk in the distance.

After hitting the target, Wei Sheng also clenched his fists and cheered.

Wei Gong shook his head, feeling that this child was really unconscious, and he didn't know if he could become a talent when he grew up.

The ancestor of the Wei family is Wei Yu, the sixth grandson of Wei Zheng, who is by no means the legendary low-level farmer.

For example, Wei Gong's father died of illness in Zhizhou. Wei Gong is very famous in Suqian, known as "Wei Fuzi", when Fang Mengqing captured the two Huai, Wei Gong was recommended to Fang Mengqing, and was transferred to Pengcheng last year to be the county commander.

It's a pity, if Zhu Ming saw seven-year-old Wei Sheng, he would definitely bring this little child back to cultivate.

Li Yanxian-like characters!

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wei Sheng's father was killed by Jin Bing, and in order to avenge his father, he went to Han Shizhong's army at the age of fourteen to serve as a soldier.

Han Shizhong was transferred, and Wei Sheng went home to study martial arts.

Feeling that Jin Bing would go south, Wei Sheng signed up to be a village soldier again, and explained his thoughts to Zhizhou.

Zhizhou did not dare to move troops without authorization, Wei Sheng actually scattered his wealth to recruit 300 militiamen, ran to knock down Lianshui by himself, and then recovered Haizhou.

Jin sent 20,000 troops to kill, Wei Sheng led 500 cavalry to lure the enemy, introduced an ambush circle set up by the infantry, and beheaded the general sent by Yan Liang.

After repelling the encirclement and suppression of the Jin soldiers several times in a row, Wei Sheng's territory became larger and larger, and he could get one state and one army from scratch, but the Southern Song Dynasty court did not know it from beginning to end......

Li Bao was able to annihilate tens of thousands of Jin soldiers across the sea, that is, Wei Sheng took the initiative to provide intelligence and sent his elite to help.

It's a pity that after this kind of fierce man was made an official by the Southern Song Dynasty, it was difficult to display his talents, and he only lived for a year before he died.

Wei Sheng became a military general of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the first order he received was to immediately dismiss his elite troops, and then go to Chuzhou to take over the garbage troops, and return Lianshui and Haizhou, which had been fought with great difficulty, to the Jin State.

Only half a year after Wei Sheng dismissed his troops, Jin Bing violated the peace treaty and killed him, and specifically pointed at Wei Sheng's army to fight.

The friendly army, which was forty miles away, turned a blind eye to this, and allowed the Jin soldiers to shoot Wei Sheng to death with random arrows.

"Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate. The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining. The cold comes and the summer comes, and the autumn harvest and the winter hide ......"

At this moment, this fierce man is scratching his ears and cheeks, lighting an oil lamp and reciting the "Thousand Character Text", coping with his father's nightly homework checks.

"Spread out your palms!"

"Oh."

The sound of fried meat with bamboo shoots sounded in the Yahou Mansion in Pengcheng County.

(The extra is passed on by the starting point staff.,The interval between each chapter is all deleted.,All the chapters are connected together.,The transition is extremely stiff.。 It has been changed. ）

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