Prince of Chaos

Chapter 681 Daming's Horse Farm
Wang Jiaping didn't hesitate any more.

After all, if you want to go further in the future, the Sacred Heart cannot be lost.

The temporary gains and losses of the family are not permanent gains and losses.

If the tea-horse business has been affected, then we can make up for it from other places.

As long as I am still in this position, I don't worry about not having a chance.

Therefore, Wang Jiaping must say hello to the family behind him, and let the Wang family support the national policy of opening the Western Regions with a clear banner, and also contribute to this national policy.

Only in this way can Wang Jiaping continue to secure his current position and continue to obtain greater benefits for the family and interest groups behind him.

Soon, after a few days, Wang Jiaping finally unified the opinions behind him, and the Military Aircraft Department immediately took the opportunity to form a memorial of his own ideas and ideas, and submitted them to Zhu Changluo's case.

The memorial of the Military Aircraft Department is more detailed than the content of the cabinet.

The Military Aircraft Department not only considered the interests of coffee, but also stated the importance of the Western Regions. They believed that the Western Regions were the old land of the Central Plains, separated for 700 years, and the people of the Western Regions had long been looking forward to the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow as they were looking forward to the rain.

After seeing the memorial at the Military Aircraft Department, Zhu Changluo almost laughed out loud.

The people of the Western Regions look forward to the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow as they look forward to the rain?
How cold this joke must be!

However, no matter how cold it is, you must speak out in a serious manner.

After all, in terms of jurisprudence since ancient times, the Western Regions have been the old lands of the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the emperors were all kings of the Western Regions and grassland tribes.

Everyone has already recognized the Central Plains Dynasty as their father.

At this time, if I push the people of the Western Regions out again, won't it appear that I am heartless and ungrateful, and want to abandon the people of the Western Regions and kill myself?

Therefore, as the Holy Prince of Ming Dynasty with a heart for all people, Zhu Changluo also graciously approved the request from the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department.

He also ordered the cabinet to rectify the tea-horse divisions in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shaanxi and other places. At the same time, he sent the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Bureau to the tea-horse divisions to monitor the corruption and collusion of interests in the anti-corruption tea-horse divisions.

Of course, after hitting the stick, you will also be given a sweet date.

Zhu Changluo also ordered the cabinet to commend the big tea merchants who supported the imperial court in opening up the Western Regions, affirmed their selfless dedication, and promised to give them the exclusive right to trade tea and horses after opening up the Western Regions, so that they can skip the original tea Ma Si, on his own, traded tea and horses with the people of the plateau and grassland.

After this order, the tea horse merchants all climaxed.

It's almost encouraging them to smuggle.

But, would Zhu Changluo be so stupid?
The answer is definitely no.

Zhu Changluo asked them to skip the tea horse department and conduct tea horse trade with the plateau and grassland people on their own, but there are prerequisites for this.

That is after opening up the Western Regions.

As for how far the Western Regions can be considered as development, then Zhu Changluo has the final say?

Therefore, this is basically a big empty pancake. Moreover, the pancake is very big and very good, making these big tea merchants think that they can eat it if they work hard.

In fact, this big pie is simply uneatable.

Zhu Changluo is obviously trying to play a monkey.

Of course, this time is not the time to get carried away. At this time, Zhu Changluo ordered the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Anti-Corruption Bureau to rectify the tea and horse department, and then put the power of the tea and horse department under the name of the household department. .

A group of officials who manage the tea and horse department of the household department will be deployed. At the same time, the emerging tax rules will be formulated, and the new tea and horse tax will be used to replace the old tea and horse tax, so as to increase the tax rate income of the court. honor award.

In addition, they will be given a certain amount of tax rebates based on the silver they use to support military supplies every year.

Pulling and pulling like this, holding and stepping down, the big tea merchants really want to die, and in the end they can only obediently pay the tea horse tax according to the new regulations. Some of the famous ones also compromised the tax Due to the situation, he dedicated all the tea horse tax he had to pay to the imperial court as military funds for the army to open up the Western Regions.Give yourself a patriotic reputation.

Of course, there are also those who are unwilling to give up and want to continue to maintain the status quo, and continue to rely on smuggling or bribery to maintain their original tea horse business profits.

Zhu Changluo ordered the tax department of the Ministry of Households to set up its own special tax inspection agency, which can handle cases such as tax evasion, smuggling and self-enrichment by itself.And allow the tax inspection agency of the tax department to set up tax police with violent law enforcement capabilities, and these tax police can be under the dual management of the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The purpose of such a setting is to ensure that the Ministry of Finance can operate its own functions normally, from a government office that can only passively collect money to a government office that actively seeks money.

Only in this way can Zhu Changluo arouse the desire of the household department and make it a veritable Yamen of the God of Wealth!
After all, the cabinet is very short of money.

If the cabinet wants to compete with the Military Aircraft Department, it must improve its financing ability and transfer the Ministry of Accounts to the cabinet. road.

Although, doing so is risky.

However, Zhu Changluo had to do this.

Because, for such a large empire, it is still very difficult to rely on Zhu Changluo's energy to run it alone.

If so, delegate some relative powers to the corresponding functional departments.I firmly grasp the corresponding personnel power and assessment power, and the people below will naturally work hard to complete their own KPI indicators.

This management method has been successfully confirmed countless times in later generations.

Zhu Changluo has no reason not to learn from his successful experience, and insists on imposing a rule himself.

Moreover, I don't have the ability to create an administrative management method that can be more efficient than KPI assessment.

Therefore, it is not shameful to use ism.

As long as you take it right and take it appropriately, that is your doctrine.

This is like the celestial dynasty of later generations crossing the river by touching the lighthouse country.

Since there are ready-made experiences that can be used, why should I create a new rule?

Just copy the homework.

Copying the homework that conforms to your own conditions and that you can use is the most labor-saving way of reform, and there is no reason to refuse it.

Unless selfishness is extremely serious, only consider your own power and position!
Of course, these forms do not threaten Zhu Changluo's power.

Above the monarchy, since ancient times!
As long as Zhu Changluo continues to use the Confucian idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and continues to educate generations of Ming Dynasty, no matter what the future world will look like, the emperor's authority will still be supreme.

It is simply impossible to be overturned by any force!
Unless the emperor is too selfish and unwilling to share any benefits.

Of course, Zhu Changluo can't say for sure about this kind of thing. If this person really appears in his descendants, it will be fate.

Zhu Changluo can't change the thinking of future generations, and he can only wish that the moment he was beheaded, he would be able to end without pain.

However, Zhu Changluo is not in such a crisis now.

What he has to do now is to work hard to bring the financial power and military power to the central government, and then work hard to make the cake bigger and stronger, lead new interest groups, create a brand new Ming Dynasty, and create an unprecedented great era.

Zhu Changluo's historical mission has been completed.

"It's another year in the blink of an eye."

Standing in front of the Ciqing Palace, Zhu Changluo reached out to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky, and sighed like this.

Little Zhu Youxiao looked up at Zhu Changluo. He didn't understand why Zhu Changluo had such emotion?Isn't Chinese New Year good?Isn't Chinese New Year fun?
Zhu Changluo hugged Zhu Changluo and stood up, "Go, daddy will take you to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Huang and the others."

After finishing the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, Zhu Changluo took Xiao Zhu Youxiao and Crown Princess Shangguan to pay New Year greetings to Emperor Wanli and other elders.

Xiao Zhu was very happy by the school, he likes Chinese New Year best.

Every Chinese New Year, Emperor Wanli would prepare a lot of gifts, a lot of fun, and a lot of delicious food for him.

Therefore, Xiao Zhuyouxiao's favorite thing is Chinese New Year.

Although he hasn't experienced the New Year for a few years, and his memory of the New Year is only a little bit, but Xiao Zhu Youxiao just likes the atmosphere of the New Year.

After bringing the extremely happy Xiao Zhu Youxiao to Emperor Wanli's place, Xiao Zhu Youxiao immediately knelt down in front of Emperor Wanli and saluted obediently.

"Grandson Zhu Youxiao has paid New Year's greetings to the emperor's grandfather. I wish the emperor's grandfather a long life and a healthy body."

Emperor Wanli's face beamed with joy as he listened to Xiao Zhu Youxiao's childish New Year's greetings.

Emperor Wanli took out a big red envelope from his arms and gave it to Xiao Zhu Youxiao, "Here, take it, this is the New Year's money given by the emperor's grandpa. And the pile next to it is the New Year's gift that the emperor prepared for you." Gift."

Emperor Wanli asked Chen Ju to remove the red silk on the side, and a pile of various gifts like hills appeared in front of Xiao Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao looked at this mountain of gifts, and his little eyes lit up immediately.

"Thank you, grandpa!"

After all, before Emperor Wanli could say yes, he ran to the hill of presents and asked Chen Ju to move out the most beautiful small wooden box inside.

When Zhu Changluo saw that his son liked this wooden thing, Zhu Changluo was really disturbed. Could this child be born with wood?Just like these things?

Zhu Changluo is very melancholy!

Emperor Wanli looked at Zhu Changluo's melancholy performance, and was immediately unhappy. Emperor Wanli said, "Child, you just let him play. After this year, he will only be four years old. It is natural to like to play."

Zhu Changluo replied: "Father taught me the lesson. My son wrote it down."

Emperor Wanli was also happy when he saw Zhu Changluo's attitude.

After playing with Xiao Zhu Youxiao for a while, Xiao Zhu Youxiao was also tired from playing, and Shangguan also took him away to sleep.

At this time, only Zhu Changluo and Chen Ju, the old eunuchs, were left to serve Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli moved his body, took a sip of coffee with milk, and said, "I really didn't expect that the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department would support the opening of the Western Regions so much."

Zhu Changluo said: "I didn't expect it either. I didn't expect that the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department would be so understanding of righteousness and loyalty to the country. I support my minister's national policy of opening the Western Regions."

Emperor Wanli said: "They understand righteousness and are loyal to the country, but what makes them so unified is the benefits brought by the opening of the Western Regions."

"I read the memorial and the briefing on the state of affairs that you transferred. I found that these people are the same kind of people as the cheap businessmen they said they belittled. If you hadn't released the right to operate coffee after Ming Dynasty, these people would never have worked so hard. of."

"When I think that the right to coffee, which is comparable to tea leaves, is just given up to them, my heart aches."

After all, Emperor Wanli took another sip of coffee to suppress his mood.

Zhu Changluo said: "Father, don't be impatient. What I have released is only the right to grow coffee. The right to manage is still in the hands of my son. My son, I have also done investigations before this. It is suitable for planting coffee in Daming The coffee places are also concentrated in places like Yunnan and Hainan.”

"Erchen has already sent people from Xishan Commercial Company to Yunnan and Hainan to reclaim land. At that time, if they want to grow coffee for profit, they will not only have to rent the land from Erchen, but also have to go through the management rights in Erchen's hands to sell the coffee. Sell ​​it."

"So, in the final analysis, the biggest benefit is still in our hands."

After listening to Zhu Changluo's words, Emperor Wanli smiled, feeling relieved, "Not bad, not bad, it's a good move to get rid of the bottom line. I like it!"

Zhu Changluo said: "These are all the teachings of my father on a daily basis. My son is just following a cat to draw a tiger, and learned a little bit of my father's fur."

Emperor Wanli grinned, "Follow me, I still have a lot of exclusive secrets that I haven't taught you. After you learn these, the courtiers will absolutely respect you."

Zhu Changluo bowed, "Thank you, father."

Emperor Wanli was in a very good mood at the moment.He asked again: "Is there any clue between the coffee seeds and the coffee tree?"

Zhu Changluo said: "My minister has ordered Sun Xian to send someone to look for it. I believe there will be some clues soon."

When Emperor Wanli heard that Sun Siam sent someone to look for it, Emperor Wanli laughed, "Sun Siam can do it, and the work is reliable."

Zhu Changluo said: "Yes, Sun Xian has contributed a lot to my minister these years. He can handle everything very well, and my minister also relies on him very much."

Emperor Wanli hummed and affirmed Sun Siam's value.

At this time, Emperor Wanli asked again: "How about the Tea Horse Department?"

Emperor Wanli was still very concerned about the tea horse's money.

After all, Emperor Wanli also thought that the Ministry of Finance could return his money as soon as possible. If the power of the tea and horse department can be successfully transferred to the Ministry of Finance this time, the Ministry of Finance will have money in the future, and naturally it will be able to pay back his money.

Some time ago, Emperor Wanli was bored, so he calculated how much money the Ministry of Accounts owed him by himself, but it turned out that it didn't matter, and he was taken aback.

The household department owed him tens of millions of taels!
This made Emperor Wanli very angry, and for this reason, he specially ordered Chen Ju to go to the Ministry of Accounts to collect debts.

When the household department received Chen Ju's imperial edict, everyone was dumbfounded.

When did the household department owe the emperor so much money?
Naturally, the Ministry of Finance did not recognize it.

In the end, they brought the matter to Zhu Changluo.

When Zhu Changluo made the decree from Emperor Wanli, he knew the content of the decree.

However, Zhu Changluo did not stop, because he also wanted to see the reaction of the household department.

As a result, the household department's reaction did not exceed Zhu Changluo's expectations.

Zhu Changluo laughed, and then made a living mud, so that after the household department got the tax and silver supplement from the Tea Horse Division, there would be a balance before paying back the internal money.

Therefore, now Emperor Wanli is also very concerned about the tea horse department.

In the eyes of Emperor Wanli, the tax money of the Tea Horse Department is to repay his internal money, so Emperor Wanli attaches great importance to it.

Zhu Changluo said: "The Tea Horse Division has been under the joint management of the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Anti-Corruption Agency to clean up the authority and the accounts of the past years. I believe that it will not be long before the issue of the Tea Horse Division can be properly resolved, and then cleared. Clearly placed under the household department."

After Emperor Wanli heard this answer, he hummed, "This matter must be strictly enforced, and there must be no sloppy. Now that the cement roads are getting longer and longer, the horses needed by Ming Dynasty are gradually increasing. Tea Horse Simuo is still in chaos. If you can’t provide Daming with a steady stream of horses, it will ruin the big thing.”

Zhu Changluo said: "I've made a note of this. The horse administration is related to the great cause of Ming Zhongxing. I will definitely handle it properly. Now I have rebuilt horse farms in Zhangjiakou, Chengde and other places. Several mutual markets have also been opened in Liaodong for exchange. The horses in the hands of the Liaodong ministries."

"So, the current supply of horses can still maintain the basic horse demand of Ming Dynasty. After the reform of the Tea Horse Department is completed, the grassland horses in Mobei, the plateau horses in the southwest, and the bloody horses in the Western Regions should all be able to continue to grow again. Go to Daming to enrich Daming's horse reserves."

Emperor Wanli said, "Are the places Zhangjiakou and Chengde stable?"

The reason why Emperor Wanli ignored the whole sentence and only asked about these two places is also very simple.

Because these two places are where the vassals of the Daming vassals are located.

The family of the King of Chu has been settled in Zhangjiakou and handed over to the Zongwei of the Zongren Mansion for protection.Chengde is the fiefdom of Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng.

Although Emperor Wanli no longer sees Concubine Zheng, and rarely sees Zhu Changxun, Zhu Changxun is his only second son anyway, so when he heard the name of Zhu Changxun's fiefdom, he couldn't help but ask all at once.

Zhu Changluo replied: "Zhangjiakou is within the garrison range of the new army in Jixian County, and my ministers have also set up five thousand standing guards there to guard the Chu Palace."

"Chengde is the most important thing. Erchen not only built an impenetrable palace for Xundi in Chengde, but also built an indestructible city wall for Chengde. Chengde not only has the new army from Jixian County mobilized and stationed, but also eight thousand Zongwei Specially guard the palace and Chengde City."

"So, after brother Xun gets married, he will be a feudal servant, and there won't be any danger."

Hearing Zhu Changluo's arrangement, Emperor Wanli felt at ease.

Emperor Wanli continued: "As the imperial court's horse farms, these two places must be strictly managed. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been countless horse farms opened for more than 200 years, but they have all withered up to now. Now that the horse farms are rebuilt, we must repeat the same mistakes and make our Ming Dynasty Falling into a state of no horses and no horses.”

Zhu Changluo said: "Yes, my son will definitely reform the horse administration and create a complete and sustainable horse administration plan for Ming Dynasty. At the same time, my son has also set a target for North Korea to continue to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty. Offset the military expenses of our troops stationed in North Korea."

Emperor Wanli said: "Yes. North Korea has been the place where Daming raised horses since ancient times. Now that Daming's defenders are guarding North Korea's stability in Busan and Tamna Island, North Korea should also shoulder its original responsibilities and continue to raise horses for Daming. .”

Zhu Changluo said: "Yes. After two Japanese invasions, the people's livelihood in North Korea has withered, ten houses are empty, and there is a lot of land left uncultivated. If these lands are properly turned into land for raising horses, it can also be restored. The loss of North Korea. It can be regarded as a wonderful way to kill two birds with one stone."

What Zhu Changluo said was righteous Lingran, but in fact, it was not the war between Korea and Japan that plundered the largest population of North Korea, but Ming Dynasty.

In these years of Korean War, Zhu Changluo did not know how to take away millions of people from North Korea in the name of protecting North Korean refugees.The current North Korea is an empty shell, and there is no decision that cannot be disobeyed by Daming.

So, now that Daming told North Korea to go east, he didn't dare to look west.

The current North Korea has almost lost its sovereignty and has completely become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Wanli sighed: "You still have a kind heart and gave North Korea and the people of North Korea a way to live. Otherwise, North Korea is not only empty, but also full of corpses. Now, North Korea can still raise horses for Ming Dynasty. Your virtue!"

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