Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 668
The central cabinet successively issued orders to the provinces.

Bai Yunming, governor of Yingtian in Southern Zhili Province, also received an order from the cabinet, and at the same time received a private letter from his mentor, Ge Lao.

The tone of the private message is even harsher.

"The tax collection is imminent now. What are you doing in Nanzhili? The collection has not yet started. The censor has already reported that there are many floods in your Nanzhili. There will be relief in the future. The impeachment memorial has been handed over to the cabinet by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Well, the higher-ups have a very bad impression of you, not to mention that you obstructed the New Deal in every possible way, but also manipulated the Secretary of the House of Representatives, causing multiple strikes and strikes in Nanzhili, and even endless demonstrations in the streets, which is too much ; Now that the trouble is almost over, it's time to stop! If you can't stand it, you simply resign, and the cabinet will choose a more suitable person to be the governor."

After reading the letter, Bai Yunming kicked over the table angrily: "What are the meanings of this, I really think that I dare not resign!"

But when I thought about resigning like this after finally becoming the governor, my political future was gone, and I lost a lot of privileges.
"Forget it, go to the leading members of the Department of Representatives and tell them that they can stop and don't press the proposal too hard. I will send someone to pass it on to Mr. Yang. After a secret agreement, the Department of Consultation will revise it again. The proposal will then be retransmitted to the Division of the House of Representatives for consideration."

"Sir, Master Futai welcomes you."

Not long after, Yang Mingshen received an invitation from Yingtian Governor Bai Yunming.

Yang Mingshen couldn't help showing a smile: "It seems that the cabinet has spoken, this Bai Yunming doesn't dare to continue in such a stalemate."

Yang Mingshen soon got on the rickshaw and came to the governor's office. When he saw Yingtian Governor Bai Yunming, he smiled and said, "Master Futai, what's the matter to invite you?"

"Mr. Yang, you and I don't need to hide and talk like this. The higher-ups have spoken. Your Majesty and the cabinet are very dissatisfied with your strikes and workers' strikes, as well as the strikes of grassroots officials. It is for the long-term stability of Ming Dynasty. The officer is not allowed to personally persuade the members of the Department of Representatives, you should also persuade the members of the Department of Advisory, since the proposal cannot be passed, the two houses will discuss a reasonable proposal."

The governor of Yingtian Bai Yunming let go, Yang Mingshen naturally didn't dare to be hypocritical, and quickly agreed to Bai Yunming.

Soon, the Nanzhili Advisory Department revised the proposal again, changing the salary of Nanzhili officials to a salary ranging from [-] silver dollars to [-] silver dollars a month.

Therefore, the Advisory Division also discussed it. Although the result is less than the previous proposal, and still needs their capital group to subsidize, it is barely acceptable, after all, it is not as subsidized as before. .

The Department of the House of Representatives passed the revised proposal smoothly because there was no manipulation by the government and because the Advisory Department had compromised, there was no further embarrassment.

As a result, the proposal put forward by the Advisory Division on improving the salaries of Nanzhili officials was passed.

The order of the market economy was restored.

Workers did not go on strike.

Grassroots officials have also returned to work after sick leave one after another.

The situation in Nanzhili thus stabilized.

And because the grassroots officials in Nanzhili are now under the control of the Advisory Department and the Department of Representatives.

The administration of officials in Nanzhili has also improved a lot, and the middle and bottom business people are no longer exploited.

The commodity economy is more active than before.

The total output value has increased rapidly, but because the tax rate has remained unchanged, the wealth of the private sector has increased rapidly, and the wealth of the central government has also increased rapidly.

However, it has been the third year since local governments at all levels, advisory bodies, and parliamentary institutions ended their struggles and began to explore management methods, which calmed down the local social turmoil.

And the next step is for the central court to set up two houses, namely the Advisory Council and the House of Representatives.

Rich businessmen like Yang Mingshen have already resigned from their positions as members of the Nanzhili Advisory Department.

Having resigned from his bank management position, he is now preparing to go to Beijing to run for the position of a member of the Daming Council.

Yang Mingshen hopes to participate in the Ming Dynasty's national parliament.

Not only Yang Mingshen, but also wealthy businessmen from all walks of life in other parts of Daming.

Therefore, in the autumn of the 43rd year of Chongzhen, a large number of wealthy businessmen entered Beijing to participate in politics, which became the first such phenomenon in the history of Ming Dynasty.

These wealthy businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty still paid attention to ostentation when they came to Beijing, which can be described as extremely luxurious.

Today's Ming Dynasty has become more and more developed with the commodity economy, and the imperial culture has also tended to compare luxury and compete for wealth.

The wealthy businessmen are naturally more unscrupulous. They are regarded as rich people, and they don't worry about being questioned because they don't know the money, so they spend it recklessly.

And the concept of promoting production with consumption is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The Ming court did not object to these rich merchants being so extravagant.

Some wealthy businessmen directly chartered a special train to Beijing.

Some wealthy businessmen also chartered a big boat to Beijing.

There are even thousands of people brought in.

Of course, this also shows to the entire Great Tomorrow how rich and powerful they are now.

After these wealthy businessmen entered Beijing, the housing prices in the capital of Daming City increased even more, and even major restaurants also increased.

But it also brought a lot of income to the capital.

Less gossip.

Wen Chushi, Minister of the Cabinet and Organization Department, had already started preparations for the Senate, and he had been appointed by Zhu Youjian as the Zhengqing (Chairman of the Advisory Council) by Zhu Youjian.

The reason why the second assistant of the cabinet was appointed to hold this position is that Zhu Youjian wanted to use this to check and balance the first assistant of the cabinet.

During the three-month election campaign, the members of the first council of the Ming Empire were elected.

And Yang Mingshen was also recommended as the Shaoqing of the Senate because he had a lord and was the number one banker in Ming Dynasty. His family wealth was already among the top three in Ming Dynasty.

It also means that he will handle the executive affairs of the Senate for Wen Chushi.

Yang Mingshen was very satisfied with this.

But soon, Yang Mingshen will find that things are not that simple.

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Youjian was not only thinking about marrying a British princess for fun and intervening in British national affairs, he was also thinking about how to manage the Southwest and recover Jiaozhi.

The cause of the incident was that a merchant ship of Ming Dynasty was attacked by local pirates when it was in the waters near Qinghua, which angered Zhu Youjian.

In addition, Zhu Youjian originally intended to open up the seaport in the southwest of Ming Dynasty, so he ordered the Grand Marshal's Mansion to prepare for the war against Jiaozhi, and at the same time, the cabinet prepared a plan for managing the southwest.

And the cabinet had a long-term plan to manage the Southwest. The first thing was to build a railway from Xi'an to Lanzhou, and at the same time build another railway to Chengdu, so that the Ming army and luggage in the north could be transported to the southwest and northwest in a more convenient way. , and at the same time prepare for the Southwest War in the future.

(End of this chapter)