Ming dynasty grand dude

Hong Zhoutong looked at these northern Guangdong merchants with his hands behind his back, and said quietly, "I think you guys know better than the old man how tyrannical the Tong family and others are."

Speaking of this matter, all the merchants here are also deeply concerned.

The Tong family is really not a good thing, and most of you here have suffered from the Tong family.

Regardless of food, raw silk, iron pots, minerals... In short, there are benefits, and the Tong family must eat the first bite.

They dared to take the first bite and prevented the Tong family from earning money, so maybe they would have to lose both people and goods.

"It's a good thing for us that the Tong family is gone."

Hong Zhoutong's sallow face was still the same as before, looking at them and said, "The meaning of Mr. Zhang is actually very simple..."

"It's okay for those who follow the rules to make money, but those who don't..."

That will be the fate of the families headed by the Tong family!

Having said this, everyone must have a solid foundation in their hearts. Mr. Zhang is going to clean up those "evil troublemakers" in the Tong family.

And those of them who are still considered "the right path" must be given the opportunity to prosper!

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Chapter 4: Guochao rectification begins in northern Guangdong, and Xiya goes to the governor's office

In the imperial study of Emperor Hongzhi, there are many desks for a long time.

The number of reports from the early court decreased, while the number of offices in the imperial study increased accordingly. The cabinet will be the same after the early court.

Emperor Hongzhi is on the throne, and the cases below are the three cabinet scholars.

Sometimes there will be other ministers working together.

"This idiot..."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled wryly and gave Xiao Jing's secret performance to Xiao Jing and passed it on to the scholars.

In the secret memorial, it first talked about the confiscation of northern Guangdong, and the second was to send new troops to receive the new troops.

He has ordered more than [-] National Defense Forces to arrest him for training, and the rest of the National Defense Forces have mainly served as grassroots officers after they passed.

The second is to lead these people to carry out the actual combat against the bandits, first to completely wipe out all the bandits in northern Guangdong.

On the one hand, this is to have enough manpower to carry out the construction of forts, docks, and straight roads, and secondly, to clean up the bandits in Qingning.

You can also train the team and select soldiers from them to study in the "Imperial Royal Military Academy" and serve as military officers after they come out.

Therefore, the merit examination department of the military department must follow, and they will be responsible for recording and evaluating meritorious deeds.

After the war, even if these people have officially become the National Defense Forces, the corresponding military uniforms, armor, ordnance...etc. need to be in place.

There are now more than 3 "righteous men" serving in northern Guangdong. It is estimated that at least [-] people will stay after the bandit suppression assessment.

At the same time, the garrison fields of each guard station were also counted. Although those thousands and hundreds of households took over the garrison fields of the guard stations, they themselves were not idle.

In recent years, in addition to the original guard farms, they actually opened up nearly 20 mu of new farmland.

Of course, these are now owned by the Imperial Army.

What Mr. Zhang meant was that it would be very troublesome for the military department to manage, so it is better to let the household department rent out all the fields according to the number of acres.

The household department pays to the military department at the rate of five buckets per mu per year, and the military expenses are received and uniformly distributed by His Majesty's internal treasury.

Because most of the soldiers at the grass-roots level have a certain amount of brown rice and japonica rice, so this is also good for the distribution of silver in the military.

And it can enrich your Majesty's internal treasury, and if there is a famine, you can also deploy military rations for disaster relief.

At the same time, it is necessary to send an additional general, two lieutenants, and various branches of the military department to northern Guangdong to take over the new army.

These are matters related to the military department, and then there are issues of government affairs in northern Guangdong.

According to Zhang Xiaogong's intention, the northern part of Guangdong is very suitable for rectification experiments.

First of all, officials at all levels have basically communicated well. To put it bluntly, they all look forward to their achievements in the official examinations so that they can be promoted.

Therefore, it is definitely the most supportive when combined.

Secondly, most of the gentry and merchants have basically been swept away, and the rest are being kneaded together.

The Department of Legal Affairs, the Branch of Dali Temple, and the Bank of the Ministry of Households have all established themselves in northern Guangdong.

Now it is necessary for the country to send a cabinet scholar to preside over it, and to put forward some opinions, and then cooperate with the chief envoy and the inspector.

Northern Guangdong has already cleaned up the test suitable for the government's rectification and reform. Even if there is something out of line, there are veterans of the new army who will suppress it...

There are so many things in the report that it has to be divided into several volumes to read.

Emperor Hongzhi barely understood a thing or two when he was dizzy, wondering how this idiot's head grew.

The undergraduates below were also dumbfounded, they have never come into contact with this type of project!

Li Dongyang is better, his son Li Zhaoxian was taught by Chi Huer.

From time to time, I need to ask him for some homework, so he has also come into contact with some copywriting in this area.

The piles and pieces above are basically the transfer of rights, and it is a comprehensive transfer of rights.

For example, financial power is handed over to the Ministry of Households, and military power is handed over to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The executive power and decision-making power were entrusted to Guochao, and Guochao was asked to send a bachelor to supervise the matter.

Counting it down, this young master Zhang didn't leave much right to himself at all, at most it was the right to make suggestions.

This kind of spirit of "I will cut mountains and plant trees, and you will do the fertilization and fruit harvesting" really made the three great scholars sigh.

Emperor Hongzhi also sighed very much, what is loyalty and righteousness, and what is loyalty and loyalty? !

This is not so what else is it? !

Looking further down, Zhang Xiaogong means that the Guochao side should "quietly enter the village and not shoot".

Guochao can use the name of "the chaos in northern Guangdong, reprimand the governor. Another university scholar will be sent to the governor on behalf of His Majesty and the cabinet."

First send the Grand Scholars to deal with this matter, and train all the officials by the way.

At the same time, make a comprehensive record of the problems during the rectification period, how to deal with them, the situation of each state capital, etc., and some experience will be used in the future.

These governance experiences can be placed in the "Imperial Royal Academy of Government Affairs" in the future, one as a textbook and the other as a case.

"This matter, I'd better go to the old minister..."

Li Dongyang was the last to see the secret music, and after reading the secret music, he smiled wryly and volunteered.

He is not the youngest among the three cabinet scholars, but he is the most suitable, and Xie Qian's chances are not too hot.

Liu Jian is an old guy, why not let him run away? !

Liu Jian, an old guy, was born in Xuande for eight years, and Xie Qian was orthodox for 14 years.This is much smaller.

And Li Dongyang was born in the orthodox 12 years, so he was only two years older than Xie Qian.

"It's a pity that Tang Yin, Xu Jing and others have all gone back to Jiangnan to prepare for the exam..."

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while, and also felt that it would be more appropriate for Li Dongyang to go.

Liu Jian is not suitable for running such a long distance when he is old. Xie Qian is now the youngest and most energetic in the cabinet.

He had to stay to help with government affairs, and Xu Mi couldn't leave.

If Li Dongyang passed by, Xie Qian would at best have to work harder and still be able to bear it.

But if Xie Qian went there, it would be a bit difficult for Lao Li and Lao Liu.

It is indeed a pity for Tang Yin and Xu Jing, their talents and learning are no longer what they used to be.

Especially after Zhang Xiaogong has performed a lot of practical work, whether it is the knowledge of Ji Ran or the ability to comfort the people.

Even Wu Juzi, both of them passed the exam.

Emperor Hongzhi saw all these aspects, but stripping away fame is stripping away.

It is already a great grace to allow them to retake the exam, presumably the two of them will definitely go to high school this time.

Arrange their duties at that time!

After discussing with the military department, a candidate was also given.

The former Jinmen Fort guard and major general Xu Ning was transferred, and his replacement was Shenying who was recalled by the officials in Hongzhi's 11th year.

Speaking of which, this Shenying came up with real meritorious service, and he can be regarded as a veteran of the country.

According to historical records, "at the beginning of Tianshun, he inherited his father's position... he made meritorious service from the governor Zhang Qin and others", "he made four contributions from conquest... the repeatedly defeated Jiasilan soldiers..." and so on.

He is also capable, and Emperor Hongzhi is very relieved to let him guard the fort.

Chapter 4 Good things in northern Guangdong come one after another, envying countless merchants and eunuchs

The previous news from the "Northern Guangdong Times" caused countless gentry and merchants in northern Guangdong and beyond to panic instantly.

But soon the new news from "Northern Guangdong Times" and "Imperial Times" made everyone feel relieved again.

The "Northern Guangdong Times" announced here that the chief envoy, the inspector, and Zhang Xiaogong have gone to the court, and the official establishment of the "Empire North Guangdong Cargo Breeding Association".

As for the first batch of the Imperial North Guangdong Merchandising Association to settle in, they will jointly invest 300 million taels to purchase [-]% of the shares of the "Northern Guangdong Branch of the Imperial Royal Equity Administration".

The new "Northern Guangdong Branch of the Imperial Royal Transport Bureau" will purchase the stolen civilian ships seized by the Imperial Navy and other sea merchants who have violated Haitong's house.

Then undertake all water transportation from northern Guangdong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to the capital, to Jinling...etc.

As soon as the news came out, the merchants who were all over Ming Dynasty were stunned, this is simply a goose that lays golden eggs!

Not to mention 150 million taels for 300% shares, even 400 million taels or [-] million taels for [-]% shares!

why? !Because it was against the sea before, people are now going to sea according to the law!

First of all, you have to be sneaky and careful in everything. This is only the Hongzhi period, not the Jiajing period.

The influence of the gentry and merchants has not yet spread to the point where the entire court is covered, so they should act cautiously.

It was through this prudence that they earned a lot of money that they were able to promote a large number of fellow villagers to become officials in the court.

Then, under the mutual help and pull of the township party, it eventually occupied more than half of the country and developed to the point where it did not hesitate to harm the country for self-interest.

Now people can use sea transportation blatantly. Who doesn't know the advantages of sea transportation? !

In the past, Xiaojia couldn't afford to travel by sea, because the risk of sea transportation was too high, pirates along the way, and arrest by the guards were no joke.

A family like the Tong family, merchants at sea, often acted as pirates.

This is also the reason why their family can support the sturdy family and children, otherwise how can those people raise them? !

It's different now, the imperial court lost to the Northern Guangdong Branch of the General Administration!

Who dares to rob? !The imperial navy can chase you to the ends of the earth, do you want to mess around? !

Of course, this sea area was basically cleaned up by the Imperial Navy before.

Then why did Sanjiang King Wu Caitong choose to seek refuge?After all, I just can't get along!

In the past, when the navy was not prosperous, he just had to break his name with Shuangfeng Shimato.

The current navy has [-] warships and battleships, and if there are any households, they will destroy their gang of pirates and lead the way.

Wu Caitong's lair was directly overthrown, killing and injuring a large number of people.

Wu Caitong had no choice but to choose to pay the vote honestly and hang out with Hu Bilie and the others.

Otherwise, if he continues to sweep the dàng, who knows that one day he will be blasted into the sea to feed the Sea Dragon King.

Who are the most capable people in the Ming Dynasty? !

There is no doubt that these merchants only need to calculate the profits from the sea and river transportation, and their eyes are red.

Damn it!The gang of puppies in northern Guangdong are really well-developed!

Looking at the "Imperial Times" news again, it is said that Master Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, will lead a team to northern Guangdong to carry out rectification.

Guochao expressed shock and anger that the situation in northern Guangdong that violated the sea and colluded with bandits turned out to be so serious.

Therefore, the request of Zhang Xiaogong Yu Chihu was approved, and at the same time, Li Dongyang was sent to check it.