Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 315 One of the Most Promising Officials in the Late Ming Dynasty
Wu Zhong heard this, and immediately expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, my lord, I will leave this matter to my subordinates! In order to facilitate the transaction with Jiangnan merchants as soon as possible, the slave chief has given his subordinates a lot of power. As long as those salt merchants are brave A little bit, you will definitely not be able to withstand the temptation of heavy profits!"

"Hehe, which big salt merchants are here because they violated the laws of the country!" Li Ruolian sneered after hearing this, "But this matter is urgent, in order to save you time, I will pass on the news of those big salt merchants later. Bring them all to you."

Having said that, he added another sentence: "I rushed all the way here according to the emperor's order, and I just arrived one day before you. The first thing is to contact you first, and other things must be done in secret. And in the officialdom, there are the accomplices of those big salt merchants, so it still takes some time to collect information about those big salt merchants."

Hearing this, Wu Zhong immediately noticed that the Commander seemed to be a little tired, but he was too excited to see the Commander before, so he ignored it.Thinking of rushing this way for himself, Wu Zhong suddenly had a lot of confidence. With the emperor watching from behind and the entire Jinyiwei as the backing, what would be difficult?
Thinking of this, he quickly said: "Your Excellency, you have worked hard. The original plan of this subordinate is to stay here for a few more days, so take your time!"

"You can't take your time!" Li Ruolian shook his head and replied after hearing this, "Your matter also involves the emperor's layout of Liaodong. The emperor means that you should report to Liaodong as soon as possible so that the slaves believe that as long as you If he keeps the sea route unimpeded, he will be able to continuously send materials to Liaodong, prompting the Jianlu to divert their limited materials to the navy, and consume some of their energy."

Speaking of this, he sneered again: "Hehe, let's see how much supplies they can consume based on the bitter cold of Liaodong!"

Hearing this, it was even related to the situation in Liaodong. Wu Zhong immediately felt that his thoughts were not as far-sighted as the emperor, and he thought everything through. So he immediately turned serious, nodded and replied firmly: "My lord Don't worry, this subordinate understands now!"

So, after making an appointment with the contact information, Wu Zhong quietly returned.Jin Yiwei was watching in the dark, but he didn't find anything unusual, so Wu Zhong drank some more wine and had a good night's sleep.After all, he had also been at sea for so long, so it would be strange if he wasn't tired.

Naturally, Emperor Chongzhen could grasp the affairs on their side in real time. After seeing the conversation between Li Ruolian and Wu Zhong, he felt relieved a lot.

This dark line is aimed at the salt merchants, as well as the layout of the Jiangnan officialdom and the situation in Liaodong. It is a strategy of killing three birds with one stone. Even if some birds are cunning and cannot be caught, if one or two birds can be shot, it will be profitable.

Just as he was thinking this way, he heard that the supervisor of ceremonies brought another pile of memorials.

The main job of the emperor is to review the memorials endlessly.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen naturally asked his eight personal servants to practice.After more than a year of training, the review of some things has already satisfied him.

This time, just like in the past, Lan Tianbao, Chen Baoting and the others divided up a pile and began to write the replies and reasons on the slips of paper, and classified them according to their degree of grasp.After one of them finished the reply, they would change the reply to each other. After each memorial passed through their respective hands, it was finally divided into many types of memorials.It is still classified according to the order that everyone is not sure, and everyone is sure.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen actually found a memorial that none of the eight of them could grasp.This kind of situation is relatively rare, so I asked to come over to have a look.

This memorial was submitted by Huang Yinsi, the deputy general of Linqing, and it turned out to be about shipping, with the "Maritime Map" attached.

In his memorial, he said: In the matter of water transportation from north to south, it is necessary to examine the difficulty, the difficulty must not be unclear, and the cost saving must be compared.The danger of the sea is not one, and everyone knows and fears that it is a mountain.On the top of the mountain, there are Shihuang Bridge and Bailang Reef.I have been here in the past, and I know that there are winding paths in the mountains, and there are oceans outside the mountains.Although Chengshan is dangerous, the Huaisha boat rides the wind and goes straight to the ocean, turning Liugong Island to Dengzhou, the danger is easy to understand.Land transportation in Deng and Lai is [-] yuan per stone, sea transportation is [-] yuan and [-] cents per stone, and Tianjin saves two gold and one gold per stone except for drift.

The general meaning of what he said was actually that water transportation was too expensive, and the reason why the imperial court changed to water transportation was that they were afraid of the danger of the sea.However, he had traveled by sea before, and he knew that if he went north around the coastline, even if there was drift at sea, sea transportation would save about one tael of silver per stone compared to water transportation.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know that Huang Yinsi, the deputy general of Linqing, in the original history, was Emperor Chongzhen who, under Yang Sichang's proposal, levied additional training salaries, and more grain was transported to the north.So, on July 13, 340th year of Chongzhen, he made this memorial about shipping.At the end of the memorial, the example of Liao’s payment was given, saying that Liao’s payment was more than [-] million shi, saving more than [-] million gold.

The original Emperor Chongzhen was also desperate because of lack of money, and he was overjoyed after seeing this memorial.But the danger of the sea passed down from ancient times made him hesitate a little, so he held a court meeting to discuss the matter.

Regarding this memorial, the eight servants of Emperor Chongzhen all entered the palace on a small basis. For this kind of memorial that needs to be experienced, naturally they don't know whether this shipping idea is good or bad, and they are not sure about it, so it is understandable.

But the Emperor Chongzhen at this time was different. He came from later generations, so he naturally knew good and bad.After seeing this memorial, I couldn't help but be overjoyed.Because he is thinking about reopening the sea recently.

With this memorial as an introduction, whether it is to open the sea or let Da Ming overcome his fear of the sea, it will be natural.

However, Xue Guoguan personally wrote the cabinet's proposal for this memorial, saying that if it is true as written in the memorial, it is natural for the imperial court to change to sea transportation, but it involves millions of soldiers and civilians, and this matter needs to be considered carefully and discussed by the court.

After Emperor Chongzhen read it and thought about it for a while, he immediately held a court meeting.Although he knew the benefits of sea transportation, he was not very familiar with water transportation.After all, in the later generations, there was no water transportation, and in the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen, there were only a few related descriptions in the past memorials.

In the Wenhua Hall, after Emperor Chongzhen let the ministers read the memorial, he first expressed his position: "The benefits of cheap sea transportation are not only mentioned in Huang Zongbing's memorial, but I also know it. However, I feel that the chief minister is also mature and prudent, so I I would like to hear your opinions. If I decide to change to water transportation, what will be the impact, what difficulties will there be, and how will they be solved?"

This sets the tone and allows these ministers to discuss within this framework.

All the ministers looked at each other, and in the end Xue Guoguan came out first and said: "Your Majesty, I am not alarmist. I am talking about the food in the north of the Ming Dynasty. I only talk about the needs of the capital. There are also border military rations, which are mainly collected from Nanzhili and Zhejiang, accounting for about 21 yuan. [-]% of the country's grain grain. In addition to grain grain, there is also white grain, which is provided by the five prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou. Most of the food is transported through the canal.”

Speaking of this, after a short pause, he went on to say: "For this reason, the imperial court set up a governor of water transport, leading the twelve guards with a total of 12 people, and transporting 600 ships to transport the south. Responsibility for food. Such a large scale, once there is a change, it must be handled properly."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know why, and suddenly came up with an idea: at the end of Ming Dynasty, the post station was abolished across the board, and Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, came out; if the water transport was withdrawn across the board, would there be another Chuang Wang? Wang Liu Zicheng?It seems that some of the famous gangs in later generations all originally came from the Cao Gang!

Just as he was worried about this, he immediately saw some courtiers objecting, saying that water transportation is related to the food and clothing of millions of civilians and military households in Daming. There will be chaos in the world.Changing water transport to sea transport cannot be done!

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned immediately. Didn’t he hear that he said that he wanted to change the shipping? It’s okay to have difficulties. You can mention them, but the more important thing is to propose a solution instead of killing him with a stick. ah!
When he was about to be reprimanded, Zuo Maodi suddenly coughed loudly in the case of Hu Ke, and then immediately stepped out and played loudly: "Your Majesty, I think this is alarmist talk. I live in a high temple and don't know the real situation of the people. I take it for granted. !"

Hearing this, the faces of the few courtiers who spoke against him just now turned red. When they really wanted to refute him, Emperor Chongzhen said to him first: "Oh, Qing has a different opinion, let's listen to it!"

In the original history, Zuo Maodi, the accountant, gave the Emperor Chongzhen four evils on March 13, 75th year of Chongzhen: poor people, weak soldiers, fatigued ministers and workers, and weak national economy. consumption and so on.Also, please strictly prohibit the soldiers from plundering and asking for rice money to help the hungry people.The original Emperor Chongzhen adopted his words and ordered the 68 prefectures and counties affected by the upper disaster to stop the old practice three times.

On this plane, because Emperor Chongzhen personally conscripted, the rebellion of thieves was quelled, and there was no increase in levy, so he usually pays attention to disasters in various places.Therefore, Zuo Maodi's memorial is naturally gone, but there are memorials similar to people's livelihood from time to time, which made Emperor Chongzhen have a good impression of him.

Speaking of which, Zuo Maodi and Zhang Pu were both Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the same year.After that, he let the local experience go, and went to Hancheng as a county magistrate. He knew the suffering of the people's livelihood, loved and sympathized with the people, and led the people to repel the thieves many times to keep Hancheng safe.

In October of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Maodi used the prestige he had established to discuss repeatedly with the gentry in the county, and resolutely decided to re-measure the land in the whole county, average the land tax, and completely change the current situation of Hancheng people losing money and food. .The original Emperor Chongzhen heard about Zuo Maodi's achievements in Hancheng, and felt that this person was useful, so he was transferred to the capital to serve as the household division.

However, Zuo Maodi's approach, if the original Emperor Chongzhen wanted to popularize it, it was obviously impossible with his ability.As a result, Zuo Maodi was basically useless.

After the Emperor Chongzhen crossed, he had to deal with major issues first, that is, to expel the Manchu and Qing troops in the pass, and arrange to build captives.After he came back, he discovered that the influence of the Fushe was so great that it had even affected the inner palace. For this reason, he was busy drawing money from the bottom of the pot, deploying Jiangnan, killing two birds with one stone, and at the same time dismantling the Fushe and cracking down on official corruption.

Then, he took a breath, and continued to use this Zuo Maodi by the way.On the Jiangnan side, there was Zhang Pu charging into the battle there, and the first fire had already been lit, which was a serious shock to those corrupt officials in the officialdom.

Next, whether it is checking the quota for preferential exemption of officials or urging the payment of owed taxes, it will be the key work of the court in the next few years.And if you want to do this, it is imperative to measure the land nationwide and re-verify the land situation.At this time, Zuo Maodi's experience in Hancheng can be used.

In fact, before, when Emperor Chongzhen had already been concerned, he summoned Zuo Maodi again to learn more about his experience in Hancheng.

In this regard, Zuo Maodi naturally knows everything and has nothing to say.

At the beginning, he promulgated the "Law of Equalization of Land" in Hancheng, and formulated a rigorous "Three-Fan Qingzhang Law".

That is to say, the number of acres of land in each li is clear, and the "Fish Scale Book" is made and reported to the county.

After that, Zuo Maodi led people to draw Zhang Zhang li by li again, and finally the 28 li in the county retook each other.

After the restoration, they allowed each other to report. If there was a report, Zuo Maodi would personally lead someone to take the measurement.For those who intentionally "hidden leaks", "accepted bribes" and "strengthen the injustice", "convict them according to the law and never break their promises".

Even in order to prevent anyone from offering bribes, Zuo Maodi ordered all officials and government officials to "bring rations and buy whatever you want when meeting villages and towns. No place is allowed to set up tents to hold wedding ceremonies, and no rice or tea is prepared for tea."

Under these various measures, Zuo Maodi accurately grasped the amount of land in the county, and realized that "if there is land, there will be food, and if there is no land, there will be no food." Bear the unfairness of the county's taxation.

Even the "Fish Scale Book" compiled by Zuo Maodi was used to manage riverbanks and beaches, which solved the problem that the river flooded the land and had no land to cultivate, and the river retreated and the land was not cultivated and still had to pay taxes.

Of course, all of this is based on the prestige he has built up after he arrived in Hancheng to serve the people wholeheartedly, fight against thieves, and defend Hancheng.

In the original history, there were ten outstanding celebrity temples successively in Hancheng, and Zuo Maodi occupied two of them, namely Zuogong Temple and Luoshi Temple; It is another one of them, which shows the lofty status of Zuo Maodi in the hearts of Hancheng people.

In fact, not only in Hancheng, Zuo Maodi was known as Wen Tianxiang in the late Ming Dynasty in the original history, and he was one of the truly promising and honest officials in the late Ming Dynasty, which is very rare.

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't know so many details, but he stood up and spoke, so he naturally attached great importance to it, so he listened attentively to what he had to say.

　Yesterday, I watched "Signal" in one breath after two o'clock in the middle of the night.As I said before, if there is an update, if you can't keep the two updates a day, you will need to make up for it later.Therefore, this update is counted as yesterday.Two updates today, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. I remember that ZhengyuanHX’s rewards will be added, and there is also a recommendation ticket that will be added.I remember it all.

　　


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