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Chapter 293 Warn officials and businessmen, the system of "official transfer"

"The richness of the south of the Yangtze River is obvious to all." Zhu Youxiao added another sentence, but his tone changed abruptly and his tone became more serious. "However, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River defaulted on the state tax, which is the most serious; tax evasion and tax evasion are also the most serious among the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. But why?"

Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi were taken aback, they quickly knelt down, and said: "Long live the lesson, we are not the ones who commit crimes, and we will never dare to evade taxes."

Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes and said lightly: "I am not a faint king. If you are unbearable, you can still enter the palace to have an audience, and can you still sit here?"

Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi kowtowed deeply and said in unison, "Long live the wise man."

Zhu Youxiao didn't immediately wake up these two people, but continued to say in a deep voice: "I know that this is the result of collusion between officials and businessmen, and some officials are deliberately solicited by businessmen for funding in order to obtain asylum or seek benefits."

With a sneer of sarcasm, Zhu Youxiao said: "Thirty tax one, is it high? Even if it is so low, you still have to leak it, and the writing style is at its peak, and the books are all read in the stomach of a dog?"

Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi did not dare to speak, and layers of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, perhaps because they were ashamed.

"Every time the imperial court wants to increase business taxes, it doesn't need merchants to speak out, and its own officials try their best to obstruct it. The so-called 'not competing for profits with the people' is nothing more than borrowing money from business, which is simply shameless. If it is really for the sake of the people, those How come no one speaks for the peasants who are eating for their children?"

"What I said today will be published in the "Da Ming Forum" tomorrow. Let those bastards who are not officials or businessmen see it, and let the world know their faces."

The emperor seemed to have vented his depression, took the tea offered by the palace servants and drank it, let out a long breath, and said, "You two, get up!"

"Wei Chen (Grassman) thank you Long Live Long En." After Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi kowtowed, they sat back on the embroidery pier, more respectful and careful than before.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "I have arranged supervisory officials in the chamber of commerce, not only to supervise you, but also to solve your problems. Any official who dares to use his power to blackmail you, they will help you deal with it. Yes Now, these supervisory officials will also hold the title of censor in order to act."

After the Yushitai was changed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the Ming Dynasty, there were not only high-ranking and prestigious officials, but also a large number of low-ranking and powerful officials.

This not only maintains the supervisory system's principle of "supervising the superior by the inferior", but also improves the deterrent power of the supervisory agency, enabling the supervisory agency to truly play its role.

The governors, admirals, governors, managers, and prime ministers sent by the emperor to various places generally have the title of censor for convenience, but they ignore the affairs of the procuratorate.

Zhu Youxiao gave Wu Zheng, Yang Runmin, and Zheng Zhilong the title of censor. Although their grades were not high, they became ministers of the emperor's ears, eyes, and discipline, and they had a great deterrent effect on officials.

"In the future, the imperial court will increase its efforts to impeach officials and increase the number of supervisory officials." Zhu Youxiao sneered, and said: "You only talk about business, obey the law, and greedy and exploiting officials will be severely punished by the imperial court."

"Long live the wise man." Li Dan and others bowed their hands and flattered them.

In the past, merchants were reluctant to pay commercial taxes because of their own greed and despicable reasons, and also because they felt that it would be a disadvantage to pay taxes after paying filial piety to officials.

Now, the emperor has opened up and said that he will send someone to escort them.

Regardless of whether there are officials exploiting and intervening, commercial taxes must be turned over to the court.As for those lawless officials, the ending will definitely not be good. What the emperor said about being strict, ranging from exile to beheading, is not just talk.

Li Dan, Wu Dazhang and others, including Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Although the previous worries have not been completely eliminated, when facing corrupt officials, he has a bit of confidence.

It seems that the emperor is going to come for real, and is ready to crack down on the officials who colluded with the businessmen.

As for the chamber of commerce, it is also obvious that the chamber of commerce, which can write letters and have supervisory officials who are also censors, has become a channel for the emperor to crack down on officials.

"Next, I'm going to hand over a few errands." Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and nodded, and said, "If it's done, it will benefit the country and the people. For you, you can also make money."

The emperor wants to assign a mission, which is trust and honor, but it will not be regarded as a servant.This is the characteristic of the feudal era, and Zhu Youxiao has become more and more aware of the thinking characteristics of people at that time.

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As the mouthpiece of the imperial court and the vane of policies, "Da Ming Forum" is well known to the public and has played a very good role.

For example, severely punishing the gentry who defaulted on hidden taxes, as well as some obstructers in the payment of Qingtun, after the publication of the "Da Ming Forum" propaganda, greatly deterred the rest.

If there were no newspapers, so-and-so would be ransacked and exiled, or even executed on the spot, I don’t know when it will spread, and perhaps no one cares about the conviction and murder of a certain rich man in a certain county.

Therefore, the meeting with the chamber of commerce and the emperor's hadith published in the new issue of the newspaper soon caused a huge shock in Daming.

Collusion between government and businessmen is not a new problem, and it can even be said that after the reign of Taizu Hongwu, it began to appear again.After the mid-Ming Dynasty, it developed vigorously and grew stronger day by day.

For the increasingly powerful government and business groups, the Emperor Ming did not sit idly by.From Jiajing to Emperor Tianqi, there was a battle between monarchs and ministers that lasted for nearly a hundred years.

Wanli is "greedy" and Zhang Juzheng's reputation is not good.The reason is simple, it touched the interests of the government and business groups, and was slandered and slandered by them wantonly.

Now, the young emperor has inherited the "greedy" quality of grandpa Wanli, and is going to fulfill his grandfather's last wish, and carry "the emperor loves pearls and jade" to the end.

Arrogant and lawless, greedy, greedy, greedy and shameless... The young emperor is full of malice towards officials and businessmen, and through these merciless scoldings, it is clearly expressed.

The emperor is about to strike again!Some people are anxious, some are gloating, some are resentful, and some have nothing to do with themselves.

Also in this issue of the newspaper, there was another sensational news, which caused a huge shock in the officialdom.

Official governance, official governance is a problem that Zhu Youxiao has been racking his brains to solve.The launch of the charter for official transfer from official to official represents that his understanding has risen to a new height.

"Government by officials", how clearly you put it, is almost the governance of "subordinate staff".

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao's awareness has improved, but his eyes have sunk, and he has noticed the lowest level of local politics-the hopeless subordinates.

In fact, this is also Zhu Youxiao's modern thinking that is affecting him.Just like the division of "scholars, peasants, businessmen" in the feudal era, in his view, they are just different occupations, and there is no one who is superior or inferior.

In the same way, he feels that officials and officials are not all government servants. Why should they be divided into those who are in the top class and those who are not?

From the perspective of handling ability, how can officials from imperial examinations be as skilled as subordinate officials?To put it bluntly, officials are in charge of people.Officials do the work, have specialized knowledge, and are technical bureaucrats.

It cannot be said that when the subordinate officials are well, the world will be governed.But the subordinate staff at the grassroots level are the key to whether the policy can be implemented.

"The imperial court has formulated a regular system of 'official transfer to official', with more than two years of service and no stains...The imperial court intends to cancel the restrictions such as 'officials are not allowed to take imperial examinations, have no background', and the distinction of 'official rank'..."

Officials have different ways, the main reason is the concept of rank in Chinese history.For example, the teacher who teaches, and the clerk in the yamen, modern people seem to have different occupations.But in ancient times, between industries and industries, there was a distinction between high and low.

Another example is civil and military officials. Although they are all officials, their official ranks may be equal.However, there are differences in people's minds between civil servants and military officials.

Therefore, it is also Zhu Youxiao's far-reaching consideration to break the concept of "low quality".Otherwise, although he is both civil and military, his thoughts and opinions in the officialdom and society run counter to each other.

Classes can exist, but bad products must be eliminated.Although it will be a long-term and arduous task to change people's thinking and traditional concepts formed by history.But if you don't start, you will never change.

Of course, giving the subordinate staff the opportunity and space to stand out does not mean that all the subordinate staff will love themselves and make progress, but Zhu Youxiao does not have such extravagant hopes.

It's the same reason that adding salaries to officials cannot prevent corruption.

However, breaking the concept of "low rank" and formulating the relevant system of "transferring officials to officials" will indeed make some talented subordinate staff have a future.

Others don't know, but Zhu Youxiao knows how a ninth-rank official showed his loyalty and talent in the late Ming Dynasty, making the Qing army doubt his life.

If you read well, you can pass the Jinshi examination, but you don't necessarily have practical talents, let alone loyalty.

Repeatedly failing to get the job, being a low-ranking subordinate who is looked down upon by officials does not necessarily mean that his character is really despicable.Perhaps, many subordinate officials are much cleaner than those sanctimonious officials.

Li Dan put down the newspaper, looked up at Yan Siqi who was in a hurry, and said with a smile, "How about we spend the Lantern Festival in the capital before leaving?"

Yan Siqi rolled his eyes and said, "I want to see the lanterns. Nanjing is more lively, right?"

Li Dan nodded and said, "It's true, but I'm afraid it's too late!"

Yan Siqi said: "The Shangyuan Festival will be lively for several days, can't catch up with the [-]th, and still can't catch up with the [-]th or [-]th?"

Li Dan smiled and said: "Xing Haiyun is an envoy from the Holy Majesty. I can't go back without worrying about the capital and Tianjin. If you are in a hurry, go back first."

Yan Siqi hesitated, thought for a while, and said: "Then you leave the arrangements, and I will also make some arrangements when I return to Shanghai."

Li Dan pondered for a while and said, "That's fine. After you go back, first call the members of the Chamber of Commerce together to discuss a rough charter. As for me, I will return to Shanghai in ten and a half months at most."

"Okay, I'll make a final decision when you go back." Yan Siqi got up and said, "Someone is optimistic about domestic shipping. With two big clients, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, it should be no problem to make money."

"As for the Treasure Island full of bird droppings—" Yan Siqi paused and frowned, "Do you think the bird droppings will be bought and make money? But since the Holy One said, we will definitely do it, but there is no need to worry. "

Li Dan hastily and solemnly reminded, "Making money is a small matter, but doing a good job is the big thing."

"I know, why don't you say it?" Yan Siqi waved his hands impatiently, turned and walked out.

Li Dan shook his head at Yan Siqi's back, thinking that Yan Siqi did not understand the true meaning of the Holy Majesty.By guessing the tone and demeanor of Wanzai's speech, he felt that this guano island was more valued by Wanzai.

Although Li Dan, Yan Siqi, and several sea merchants who came to Beijing did not know this small island full of bird droppings.

But Wan Sui has already given the approximate location, and it is not difficult to find it by asking the sea merchants who often travel to the South Seas and the fishermen in the South China Sea.

Therefore, Li Dan decided to send people to look for Guano Island as an important task.Since the Holy Majesty wants it, so what if he doesn't make money?

Li Dan and all the businessmen who met with him, even if some people know that the land needs to be fertilized, they don't know the magical value of guano.

Only Zhu Youxiao knew that before the invention of chemical fertilizers, guano was the king's fertilizer bestowed by God.There are several countries that have become rich countries because of bird droppings, and they can make a lot of money lying down!
Why does land become the source of wealth, resulting in historical mergers that have never stopped, and it has not produced output, and it is continuous.

If output increases substantially, it means a substantial increase in wealth.And bird droppings can play an extremely important role, so do you think it's worth it?

Everyone's thinking and angles are different, so it's no wonder that some of the emperor's ideas and actions make people feel weird and a little confusing.

In the inn, Tang Mo and Xia Zhongshi were also discussing, and they still had a general direction for the future development of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

"The Maritime Chamber of Commerce has three lords, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce just added another one." Tang Mo shook his head with a wry smile, "Only our Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is no worse than them in terms of strength and connections, but it is the least. One."

Xia Zhongshi didn't care about this, who made the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce not get on the emperor's chariot earlier!

This is also due to opportunities. The Maritime Chamber of Commerce will inevitably recruit after the sea ban is lifted, but the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is a blessing in disguise. How can there be any reason for this?

"In Go, there are sayings such as 'first hit first, then hit first', and there is also a common saying that 'the last move comes first'." Xia Zhongshi did not belong to Shensi, and comforted him casually: "The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce will work hard to develop and run the emperor's mission well. It may not be possible in the future. worse than them."

Tang Mo saw that Xia Zhongshi was not paying attention, so he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Old Xia, are you thinking about the system of 'transferring officials'? If you want to, abandoning business and going into politics is also a good idea based on your talent." Path of Light."

Xia Zhongshi's eyes flashed, he smiled self-consciously, and said: "If it was seven or eight years in the morning, I would definitely try it. Now—"

"I still have this idea." Tang Mo stretched out his hand and pointed at Xia Zhongshi, and said, "But I think it's safe to wait and see. Since the Chamber of Commerce has the right to submit a letter, you may use this to get attention from the Holy One."

(End of this chapter)