Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 572 General Administration of Customs
"Recruitment, recruitment, all those who join the army will be allocated thousands of acres of land."

In various places of thousands of households, where the business is most active, the Governor's Mansion of Monan issued notices encouraging them to join the army.

The number of soldiers recruited is also 3000 people, and with two or three thousand Datong soldiers and horses, it is enough to control the entire Monan area.

The reason why the land was allocated instead of directly giving money was due to consideration of the economic situation in Monan, the land and the small population.

In just 20 years, Lin Danhan, the Manchu conquest, and then the Ming conquest, the total population of the entire Monan region did not exceed [-].

With a vast land and few people, distributing pastures can not only promote development, but also attract people's hearts, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

A thousand acres of grassland, if it is stocked, can only raise a hundred sheep, but it is enough for people to enter a well-off life.

"Working for Ming Dynasty is to protect the Dharma and eliminate evil spirits—"

In various temples, monks who enjoy a large amount of tax-free land for worship have also opened their mouths to promote the benefits of joining the army among believers.

In terms of politics, the Governor's Mansion clearly stated that each of the hundred households, the deputy thousand households, and the thousand households, their nephews and brothers must have someone to participate, and it was by no means omitted.

With such a multi-pronged approach, the formation of three thousand carefully selected cavalry has been completed, and only training is left.

At this moment, Liu Tingjie, who was training in Datong, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent someone to greet him.

Inside and outside the words, I just want to borrow troops.

"Using troops in Hetao? Sure enough, it won't stop."

After hearing Liu Tingjie's thoughts, Zhang Guowei was silent and sighed again and again.

Compared with the wasteland and war in the Monan area, Hetao has a strong army. The Ordos Department and the Tumed Department are fighting for hegemony, with a total household of more than [-].

This was also captured by Man Qing when he hunted down Lin Danhan back then.

"From my point of view, Datong Mansion has no more than [-] soldiers and horses. Although the cavalry is well-trained, it may be difficult for them to run wild in Hetao."

Wan Lian could see clearly, and said directly: "The lack of food and grass is its biggest shortcoming."

"So, he also took a fancy to our sheep?"

Zhang Guowei stroked his beard, quite surprised.

"Liu Tingjie was born in the frontier army, so he naturally knew the hardships of transporting grain on the grasslands, so he wanted to borrow the method of the Mongols to drive sheep while marching."

Wan Lian guessed carefully, but his face was full of confidence.

"It's a good way." Zhang Guowei suddenly smiled: "But the sheep are not given away for free. Let him exchange them for food, so as not to be eaten by the peasants halfway."

As for Monan, he made a lot of money immediately, and for the herdsmen, the characteristics of food storage durability made them flock to it.

Absolutely a good deal!
The wool from Monan is sent to Beijing all the way, and the wool from Chahar is close at hand, which relieves the market's thirst.

Last winter, the emperor gave many woolen undershirts to the ministers of the court, and he personally passed on the woolen coats.

Up and down the effect, instantly aroused the market's desire.

Almost overnight, there were dozens of wool textile factories in Beijing.

However, the price of wool did not follow the market and rose all the way. Instead, it has always maintained the principle of ten cents per catty, and will never let the Mongolians earn it.

However, along with the northward relocation of the capital, Shaanxi merchants inevitably also came to the capital.

Although the Shanxi Merchants came out of scum like the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, the so-called merchant gangs were originally a loose alliance of mutual help, so they naturally put aside their relationship without hesitation and personally apologized to the emperor.

Directly sent up a million taels of silver, the exclusive internal money.

Finally, they presented the top-secret grassland maps of each family.

The maps of various families were pieced together to form a vast map from Hetao to Monan, then to Chahar, and even parts of Liaodong.

Tribal customs, headman information, water sources, hills, etc. are much more detailed than the official ones, and there are even many trails that are unknown.

How else to say how to guard against businessmen in all dynasties, not to mention the rich and powerful, but also like to bribe and drag people into the water.

After receiving the money and the map, Zhu Yixi immediately forgave the behavior of the Shanxi merchants, saying that he would never expand the scope of the attack.

If Shanxi merchants are eliminated, wouldn't it make Shaanxi merchants dominate in the north?

"Your Majesty, the Shanxi Merchants are quite acquainted, and finally realized their mistakes."

Tian Ren said with a smile on the side, with creases on his face.

Obviously, he must have got a lot in his hands.

But the emperor didn't care about it, he just said with emotion: "No wonder some people like to raise fat pigs, and if they kill them casually, they can eat and drink without worrying about it."

Qianlong was so shrewd, he wanted to save face and enjoy himself.

Salt merchants, the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou, are mobile storage vaults!

"What's going on at customs?"

However, Zhu Yixi thinks that moving the cow is not as important as his own golden chicken laying eggs.

Hearing this, Tian Ren's heart was shocked, and he immediately restrained his complacency, and said, "Nanjing, Yuegang, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Songjiang, and Tianjin are the eight major customs offices. Only Nanjing and Yuegang are okay. About 60,000 yuan, and the remaining six levels are only more than [-] yuan."

"Take it easy."

Zhu Yixi restrained his expression and said, "Da Ming loses more than [-] million yuan every year?"

No one knows how much it is for import and export, but Zhu Yixi can be sure that the next year will be worth the past ten years in front of the customs that let go and encourage exports.

However, in this era when everyone is greedy, eunuchs are the hardest hit.

He turned his head and glanced at Tian Ren, only to see that his denomination was much wider and his figure was also fatter. It was obvious that he was very chic these days.

"You have to manage the harem and the customs. It's really hard for you."

Hearing the emperor's sigh inexplicably, Tian Ren's heart tightened, and after hearing these words, he immediately surrendered without any resistance.

"This is what a servant girl should do. As long as you stay by His Majesty's side, you can do anything."

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Yixi smiled, copied his hands, and said: "It's not a problem to let the inner court manage the customs all the time. I ordered it to become a customs office to manage it."

Tian Renhun didn't care, and said, "Your Majesty is wise, these people are ignorant, and they can't control their hands and feet. They can't even restrain their slaves and servants."

"This group of boys just love money, so they keep beheading, and it's the servant's fault..."

As he said that, he knelt down on his knees and pleaded guilty.

"Get up!"

The emperor said in a high-pitched voice, "Human nature is like this, even gods can't care about it, no wonder you."

Hearing this, Tian Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

However, if the eunuchs don't use it, who should they use?
At this time, Zhu Yixi suddenly thought of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty.

This department, which specializes in replacing internal ministers with foreign ministers, is so complicated that the emperor scolds his mother,
Domestic slaves and relatives are unreliable, so they can only use outsiders, and they are not soft-handed when killing them.

"Set up the General Administration of Customs Promotion to be responsible for the management of customs affairs in the world. Its director is Zheng Liupin, who faces me directly, and the inner and outer courts must not interfere."

(End of this chapter)