Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 535 Was it a gift from God?
Compared with the rough governance of Wu Fu Liu Tingjie, Zhang Guowei can be said to be much more meticulous.

First of all, he asked Wanlian, the magistrate of Guihua, to establish six government offices in a short period of time, and implement a policy of separating the city and square for the entire city of Guihua.

That is to say, the market is separated from the place of residence, and it is not allowed to cross at will. After all, Guihua City is too special, mixed with fish and dragons, and must be separated to prevent it from being infiltrated.

The governor's office, on the other hand, made drastic statistics of the land in Guihua City, surveyed suitable arable land, and carried out large-scale farmland with Guihua City as the center.

As for the source of the farmers, they were naturally the frontier soldiers and residents who had fled to the grasslands among the tribes.

The former policy didn’t work, but the latter policy made the hundreds and thousands of Mongolian households who were in a hurry to shop in the past two days, and their stocks were in short supply, instantly beamed with joy, and called the governor wisely, initially establishing the reputation of the governor’s yamen.

Just like this, half of the silver coins that had been put into the warehouse just a few days ago disappeared in the blink of an eye, and Wan Lian was so anxious that his mouth was blistered and angry.

"The platform is nothing more than some slaves, let those Tartars hand it over, why spend money to buy it?"

Wan Lian was puzzled, taking things for granted in his words.

"Now that the Mongols have been incorporated into the Monan Xingdu Division and appointed officials, how can they plunder at will?"

Zhang Guowei looked calm, and said casually: "In business, you should pay attention to integrity, let alone we represent the face of the imperial court."

Wan Lian was dumbfounded, helpless in his heart, and blurted out: "These Tartars are afraid of power but not virtue, these are just useless efforts..."

"Useless work? Just watch!"

Zhang Guowei shook his head slightly, with a smile on his lips.

However, the negligible rectification of the market has made the merchants in the entire Guihua City jump anxiously.

Because the magistrate's yamen announced that because Guihua City is a mixed bag, in addition to operating in specified places, it is also necessary to restrict the land of shops.

That is, the monopoly system.

Merchants need to buy land in Guihua City before they can trade, and the land quota is limited.

Each mu of land is a standard, and the price is 1000 yuan silver dollars, and the same firm can only buy five at most to avoid monopoly.

What's more, it is sold once a year, not permanently.

For businessmen, not only need to pay taxes, but also buy land as a stepping stone to naturalize and do business.

If it was a few days ago, the merchants would have ignored it and turned away, but they have tasted the sweetness these few days, but they are reluctant to part with it.

Because in Guihua City, it is really huge profits.

Whether it's war horses or furs, the supply is in short supply, and changing hands is ten times the benefits.

An ordinary horse can be won for two or three pieces of tea cakes in Guihua City, and the cost is only two or three taels of silver. If it is resold in Datong, it costs 20 taels, in Taiyuan it costs 30 taels, and when it arrives in the Central Plains it costs 60 taels.

This profit is more terrifying than selling salt.

It's a pity that the merchants fought on their own, Shanxi merchants and Shaanxi merchants rushed to buy, and in the blink of an eye, there were 100,000 yuan more silver dollars in the treasury.

"There is finally hope for the reconstruction of Guihua City."

Zhang Guowei showed a gratified smile.

"Taiwan-making is truly a genius!" Wan Lian couldn't help giving a thumbs-up, admiring from the bottom of his heart: "Business tax plus income from land sales, Guihua City is worthy of its name."

"This policy was secretly taught to me by His Majesty before leaving, and I dare not take credit rashly."

Zhang Guowei stroked his beard and sighed: "Your Majesty is a talent bestowed by God."

The two looked at each other and smiled, admiring at the same time.

With these start-up funds, the speed of building the city of Monan Xingdu was accelerated in vain, and the burden on Shanxi was also suddenly reduced.

However, the Secretary of General Administration received many memorials to impeach Zhang Guowei, and the officials in Shaanxi and Shanxi had the most officials.

At this time, the large-scale northward migration team finally arrived in Tianjin Wei.

Spending the Mid-Autumn Festival on the boat, Zhu Yixi was in high spirits.

He looked at the stack of memorials in front of him, and said with a smile, "It's very difficult to be an official in the court."

"As long as you do something, there are bound to be mistakes and omissions. As the saying goes, if you don't do something, you can't make mistakes. If you do something, you will definitely make mistakes. If things go on like this, it will inevitably lead to many mediocre officials."

"The imperial court has become a decoration, and nothing can be done."

The three members of the cabinet were silent.

This is an unspoken rule in officialdom, and the three of them know it well.

Not only the Ming Dynasty, as long as the bureaucracy appeared, it appeared in all countries in the world and never disappeared.

"However, it seems that Zhang Guowei has done well, and Monan is suitable for him."

"Your Majesty is still wise!" Yan Chongxin said with a smile: "Your Majesty also discovered a character like him."

"This flattery is a bit blunt, Master Yan, you still need to improve!"

"Your Majesty said yes."

For a moment, the atmosphere instantly relaxed, and the monarchs and ministers smiled, and all these impeachments were left unsaid.

"Let Shanxi deport [-] shi from the autumn grain to be naturalized. In addition, the commercial and tax department will return all the commercial tax this year to Monan. It is not so easy to manage the Mongolians."

Zhu Yixi said casually, the emperor at this time was not as stingy as before, but seemed very generous.

Obviously, he attaches great importance to the place of Monan.

"How about the Chahar Department? Can Abu Nai lead the Chahar Department anyway?"

As it got closer to Beijing, the Chahar Department outside the Xuanfu became more and more important, and no mistakes were allowed.

"The words of the Xuanfu, the Chahar Department is more disciplined now, presumably it is the result of Abu Nai's control."

Zhao Shu opened the mouth and said, just using one thing increased the credibility.

"Then let's start in November, signaled by the first heavy snowfall."

The emperor thought about it, and suddenly said: "It just happened to snow, and the grassland will be completely white by then, even if Jiannu finds out, he won't have the energy to calm the chaos."

"And after a winter of sorting out, Abu Nai should be able to control the Chahar Department better."

Zhao Shu and the others looked at each other, and there was no objection.

Discussed some local chores.

As I said before, when everything is done wrong, the local government likes to write to the court very much, and wants the cabinet ministers to get their opinions, especially the money-spending part.

For example, Hunan Province requested the construction of a tribute courtyard, and did not want to travel long distances to Wuchang Prefecture to take the provincial examination.

On the contrary, Anhui Province was quite happy to go to Nanjing. Even at this time, the Anhui governor's office, chief secretary, general army's office, and inspector's office were still working in Nanjing.

This makes the Jiangsu governor's yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture, Nanjing, quite delicious. Why can Anhui rely on Nanjing?
The imperial court was decisive in this regard, and directly asked all the yamen in Anhui to relocate to Luzhou Prefecture as soon as possible, but still allowed the rural examinations of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces to be held in Jiangnan Gongyuan.

However, I hesitated for a while about the Hunan Provincial Tribute Court. After all, it costs money, and the household department is not well-off now.

In the end, the emperor made the final decision and took out 10,000 yuan of silver dollars from the internal funds, and ordered Hunan Province to raise the rest from the people, and required that brick walls be used to prevent fires.

(End of this chapter)