Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 104 Handling
The news of Lao Zhu came to Mingzhou again, first of all, the handling of the assassination case.

Two behind-the-scenes planners were involved, the Chen family in Taicang, the Zhang family in Haiyan, and the Yi clan.The direct executor, Haikou Xianger, was executed by Ling Chi.At the same time, ten thousand taels of silver are rewarded for hunting down the fugitive chief criminal, Chen Ning, regardless of life or death.

The people around Zhu Yuan also failed to escape.

Huagao, the captain of the navy, except Dr. Ronglu, took back all the land under his name, 17 hectares and 60 mu.

The commander of Gongwei made Si Qianhu Zhao Xu down to a hundred households, and added [-] spine sticks.

The Navy Governor's Mansion, the Yinghai Envoy, and the civil and military officials from all over Mingzhou were fined one month's salary, and the five hundred guards who stayed with Zhu Yuan, the commander of Si Qinjun, were fined one month's salary.

No mention of left phase.

It is very clear that Li Shanchang was framed by Chen Ning.

What's more, at present, the government and the opposition need harmony and unity most, and there should be no internal chaos.

Wen Zao, who was in charge of communicating letters, told Zhu Yuan privately about the death of a person close to him in Zuoxiang, which was an explanation to His Majesty the Emperor and even Mingzhou.

In addition, Zhu Yuan also discovered that at some point, Lao Zhu had promoted the original Guard Commander to the third-rank rank Guard Commander, thinking that his ancestors were paying more and more attention to internal and external monitoring.

Maybe I can comment next time.

Gongwei Commander, after all, does not sound as domineering as Jinyiwei.

Ok……

The second thing is that Lao Zhu no longer asked Zhu Yuan to return to Jinling immediately, but approved the proposal related to the 'Mingzhou Ocean Development Group' submitted by him, and he once again told his precious 23rd grandson in his own letter to act cheaply and do nothing report.

Then there is a third thing.

Changed Tianxingwei to Zhenhaiwei, changed Mingzhouwei to Yinghaiwei, and newly set Triton.

He asked Wu Zhen, the deputy governor of the navy, who also served as the commander of Tianxingwei, to expand the renamed Zhenhaiwei to 1 people.

Zhu Yuan, who also served as the commander of the Mingzhou Guard, was asked to choose the light and strong Mingzhou area, and also expanded the camp to 1 people.

The new setting is that Haiwei, the naval governor Hua Gao, will personally serve as the commander. Based on the 3000 elite Chuzhou township soldiers commanded by the counselor Zhang Cundao, elites will be drawn from various coastal guards, and the number will still be expanded to 1.

Behind the establishment of the brand-new "Zhenhai", "Yinghai" and "Dinghai" three guards, there is an even more crucial old Zhu's secret order.

Lao Zhu requested that the integration of the three major armies must be completed within three months.

It is estimated that in June and July, the three guards will be required to select at least [-] elites to go north secretly to participate in the battle of Dadu.

The amount of relevant edict information is actually very large.

Zhu Yuan first noticed one thing. The current Dinghai County seems to have been renamed Zhenhai County later. Therefore, Zhenhaiwei and Dinghaiwei, Zhu Yuan understood, are similar to Yinghaiwei. They were established by Lao Zhu considering the management of the ocean. The place names overlap, and there just happens to be a good name here, but I still find it very interesting.

In addition, most of the troops are planned to be dispatched. Lao Zhu's attitude is obviously based on Zhenhaiwei and Dinghaiwei. Therefore, the two sides mainly recruit elite soldiers from other guards with military experience and former local separatists.On Zhu Yuan's side, expectations are not high, so Yinghaiwei can choose the young and strong folk who gather in Dinghai.

However, Lao Zhu did not make things clear.

It is impossible for Zhu Yuan to go to the battlefield, but if there are other officers and soldiers in Yinghaiwei who want to make contributions, Lao Zhu can't block this road.Therefore, the three guards are required to select a total of [-] elites, which is equivalent to at least [-] places for each of the three guards.If there is more than this number, report to Lao Zhu in advance, and Jinling will obviously not refuse.

Zhu Yuan also saw the most important thing from it.

Lao Zhu intends to solve the problem in one go to the Yuan court in the north, instead of procrastinating for decades as before.

This is also a result that Zhu Yuan hopes to see.

The last and fourth thing is to verbally commend the Navy's Governor's Mansion, Yinghai Division, and Mingzhou officials for their concerted efforts to transport food by sea. Considering that the Northern Expedition is still going on, the credit will be temporarily recorded.

It's nothing to say, and it should be.

Mingzhou.

After receiving Lao Zhu's reply, in just a few days, Zhu Yuan initially set up the framework of Mingzhou Ocean Development Group.In fact, there are things to be done, whether it is too much or too little, the key is to see how much Zhu Yuan has to do.

First of all, the 'Mingzhou Ocean Development Group' was registered and a subsidiary company was registered within the company. This time, Zhu Yuan personally acted as the 'legal person' of the group.

Then there is the staffing.

The key is Mingzhou Fishery Production Company.

The fishing season has already begun, and the company will start fishing in the short term, so preparations must be expedited.

According to the original requirements of the Yinghai Division, the coastal states and counties, of course, are only the coastal states and counties within the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the time being. Last month, all the fishermen's registers have been reported. From Shandong in the north to Fujian in the south, there are a total of 13654 households. A total of 61019 people.

Among them, there is also the special request of Zhu Yuan, the population over 8 years old, a total of 53167 people.

As for males over the age of 16, it was 16343.

Frankly speaking, seeing these data, Zhu Yuan once again understood why Lao Zhu was able to ban the sea without any pressure.Even though it is understood that there must be a large number of escapees and hidden households, there are still too few.

It is too far away to be scruples for the time being, and Zhu Yuan's eyes are mainly on Mingzhou.

There are only 1.3 fishing households in the major coastal provinces, but in Mingzhou alone, there are a total of 4937 households, accounting for nearly 40%.

Therefore, we can see the prosperity of Mingzhou's fishing industry.

Of course, it is also possible that the magistrates in other regions did not bother to follow Zhu Yuan's request.

Although Zhu Yuan came down with an old Zhu Pei knife, and named a southeast inspector who was also very intimidating, but in fact, he has not exercised the corresponding power during this period of time.

This is related to Zhu Yuan's code of conduct.

Unless something was obviously hindered, some officials in some places responded passively to the orders of the Yinghai Division, and Zhu Yuan was too lazy to spend time paying attention to them. If he had the time, he might as well do a few more things.

It's like running a race against people.

If someone quietly makes small movements on the runway, pulls you, and kicks a small stone to your feet, if you stop to argue with the other party, it will only delay your own time, so it is better to speed up and push the opponent far away. throw off.

Speaking of it, Zhu Yuan is very clear that the key to his ability to act so smoothly during this period of time is that what he has done has not caused too much conflict with the existing interest groups for the time being. Generations on this land for years didn't pay much attention to the ocean.

Since it's a tasteless thing, if Zhu Yuan wants it, he can do whatever he wants.

In later business terminology, this is called a 'blue ocean market', where fewer people enter the market, and the competition will not be so fierce.

Let's talk about the group.

Of the 4937 fishing households in Mingzhou, Zhu Yuan immediately put them all into the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group, focusing on the Mingzhou fishing company.

To use the words of later generations, these people will eat public meals from now on.

In order to reassure the fishermen, Zhu Yuan also made an exception and provided each household with one month's rations, and promised repeatedly that if he joined the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group, he would no longer need to worry about any court taxation and other issues. Court support.

Of course, there are no tax men, only temporarily.

In the future, when the time is ripe, such as 'personal income tax', the payment still has to be made, but that is at least a few decades later.

In the short term, unrealistic.

Just like in the short term, Zhu Yuan will never propose any concept of pension, which is also unrealistic.

Furthermore, speaking of fishermen, there is another episode.

Before the Yinghai Division recruited peasants, it was originally planned that 1 of them would come from fishermen. As a result, it was obviously unrealistic to raise 1 people only by looking at the number of fishermen in the current Xinjiang Yubao of the entire Ming Dynasty. However, in fact, it was only in Mingzhou and In the surrounding states and counties, the quota of [-] people has been successfully completed.

Because, a large part of them belonged to ordinary households who actively signed up to participate in shipping in order to seek tax relief.

Of course Zhu Yuan would not want anyone.

A landlubber who doesn't know how to maneuver a boat at all will only be a burden when sent to sea.

So there are limits too.

The limitation is that it must be a boat household among civilian households.

This may seem complicated again, but it is not complicated.

Fishermen are a type of household registration legally prescribed by the Yuan court, similar to civilian households, artisan households, and medical households, but boat households are not.Boat households only refer to the category of private households with boats.

This is also related to the large yellow croaker flood that has already started.

The coastal fishing tax and the income from the city boats were the two major sources of income allocated by Lao Zhu to Zhu Yuan's Sea Operations Division at first, to support the development of the sea.

Shibo has already done it.

Zhu Yuan felt that since it was a coastal area, it should be called a sea port. Planning has only just started recently. After all, all the states and counties in the southeast were gradually included in the territory of Ming Dynasty last year or even at the beginning of this year. There are no riverside tax stations for the time being along the coast, and the relevant taxes were previously collected by the local government.

Even though Zhu Yuan actually looks down on this part of the tax, he still needs to be careful.

It's just that the fishermen in Mingzhou were placed in the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group. As an experiment, the boat households in other areas, as well as the local "boat households" in Mingzhou, still need to be taxed.

The rules are also finalized quickly.

Because there are references.

Fishermen are collected on a household-by-household basis, and each household earns one stone per rice per year.Boat households are levied according to the boat, and one shi is levied per 300 materials per year, that is to say, for example, a fishing boat with 3 materials pays [-] shi per meter per year, and so on.

Taxation is not a direct catch.

Naturally, the unit is not the "danger" that Zhu Yuan just re-planned, but to collect rice grains, which is also for simplicity.

Also, fish catches are not easy to preserve.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yuan deliberately set up a Mingzhou seafood processing company under the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group.In this day and age, it is very important to preserve and process fish for a longer period of time.

There are two main methods at present, salting and drying.

Zhu Yuan's plan focuses on baking.

Roasting shipbuilding wood is not cost-effective, but building a kiln to quickly dry the pre-marinated fresh fish not only shortens the processing time, but also allows the fish to be stored for a longer period of time.

So, this involves another issue, fuel.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the third day of April at the Yinghai Envoy's mansion.

Ming Yuan Hall.

This afternoon, Zhu Yuan has been discussing the sources of fuel needed for fish processing with the subordinates of the Ying Hai Division.

In the short term, it is not a big problem to cut down wood for processing.

Because the output is still very small.

However, if the time is prolonged, the entire Mingzhou, including many islands in the outer sea, will be exposed to barren hills due to baking.

As a practical environmentalist who will do what he can, Zhu Yuan does not like to see this happen.

After brainstorming, things quickly took shape.

Shandong!

It is actually very dangerous if the grain ship goes to Shandong and returns empty.

That being the case, why not ship back some things by the way.

Everyone also draws inferences, not only coal, but also iron ore that is in great demand in Mingzhou, and even, considering that Shandong is barren due to the war, ramie can also be widely planted.

Hemp materials are also urgently needed in Mingzhou.

very urgent.

In the Jiangnan area, even after seeing Zhu Yuan's plan, Lao Zhu still only agreed to increase the planting of jute, ramie and other crops on the limited barren slope embankment.

Shandong is different.

The displacement of the people caused the land to be abandoned, and if you want to reclaim it, you will not be able to make achievements in a few years, not to mention that land reclamation requires a lot of investment.

In comparison, hemp crops are almost like weeds. If they are sprinkled, they can be harvested without much care.

On the other hand, whether it is coal and iron ore, or planting hemp crops, it can be regarded as a livelihood for the people of Shandong.The Maritime Envoys would not want these things for nothing, they could exchange them with grain that was continuously shipped to the north, and even use real money for purchases.

After the plan was finalized, Zhu Yuan submitted a copy to Jinling as usual, and sent a copy to Shandong on a fast horse, and handed it over to Kang Maocai, the governor of the Metropolitan Government.

With Xu Da and other generals moving westward, Kang Maocai became the highest official in Shandong.

Moreover, compared to other military officers, it just so happens that Kang Maocai, who was once appointed by Lao Zhu as the "campaign envoy", is also the one who is best at managing places. As long as the other side gets Lao Zhu's approval, Zhu Yuan believes that Kang Maocai will take this matter to the next level. do it.

After finishing the day's work, it was already evening.

Walking out of Mingyuan Hall, seeing Zhao Xuxie in military uniform reappear a few days later, Zhu Yuan smiled and said, "You don't want to let me lead the troops out, but now it's all right, I don't have any credit, but I got twenty sticks. "

At the beginning when he decided to divide his troops to guard the lighthouse ports along the coast, Zhu Yuan hoped that Zhao Xu would also lead the troops like Zuo Qi.

Both were initially reluctant.

In the end, it was Zhu Yuan's insistence that he sent Zuo Qi away, leaving only Zhao Xu alone.

Because Zuo Qi went to Haizhou, he was not punished this time.

Zhao Xu just smiled, not mentioning this, and turned to say: "Little official, Mr. Hua invites you to drink tonight, and someone came to ask you just now, do you want to go?"

Of course, Huagao's invitation to wine is not to "celebrate" that he has lost his first-rank Doctor Rong Lu or that all the more than 1000 acres of employment land have been taken back, but to take concubines.

The good news came that the first batch of grain transport fleets arrived in Shandong, and the captain of the Navy, who had been working hard for a period of time, relieved his inner burden, so he began to think about his "lifelong event" - giving birth to a son.

Zhao Xu mentioned that Zhu Yuan also remembered another thing that he was too busy and almost forgot.

At first, I thought the magnification of the microscope was low, so I might not be able to see it. After all, I had seen some pictures in my previous life. The small comet hit the small sun. The difference in size was really like a small comet and a small sun.

Ok……

During this period of time, the team of the Department of Instruments of Taiyuan Hospital, which has been staying in Mingzhou, has been making a brand new microscope. Perhaps, Dai Sanchun can help Huagao take a look.

Maybe you can see it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan smiled, nodded and said, "I'll have a few drinks later."

After speaking, he sat on the shoulder car that had been prepared next to him and returned to the west courtyard.

The two families are separated by a courtyard wall, so there is no need to go there too early, and even if he goes, Zhu Yuan can only have a few drinks before returning. Everyone has fun.

Back to the inner house in the west courtyard, as usual, Xieyi and the others greeted her together.

Thinking again, since he was going to congratulate, he should also prepare a congratulatory gift, and ordered a few words to let Xieyi prepare it, and went to the study on the west side of the main house by himself.

Women are busy with another thing these days.

According to Zhu Yuan's instructions, a set of primary textbooks was compiled.

Zhu Yuan's original idea was to set up a primary school in Mingzhou.

I chatted with Lao Zhu about this matter, and was suppressed by my ancestors. After all, teaching materials are a major event in the country, and the foundation of education cannot be sloppy.Therefore, the attitude over there is to let him try to compile it first, and after it is completed, it must be sent to Jinling. After Lao Zhu reads it and thinks it is okay, he can further promote it.

As for Mingzhou, it is okay to run a school. Lao Zhu has always encouraged the promotion of education, but for the time being, he will still teach according to the traditional method, adding at most one "Mathematics Foundation".

Zhu Yuan could only agree.

However, Zhu Yuan felt that the main reason why Lao Zhu disagreed was someone's narrow-mindedness, probably because he was worried that the textbooks compiled by Zhu Yuan were too 'over the top', and that he would hand over things that shouldn't be taught to anyone.

(End of this chapter)