The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"With the road, it will not be so difficult to go to other places in the future, and the medicinal animal skins in the mountains can be sold for more money."

"In the future, all the prefectures will be connected, and the transportation cost will drop, and life will be much easier."

Although some people think that 2 miles of roads and 500 bridges are simply whimsical, but it is Yan Shoufu who proposed this plan, and he can't help but believe it in his heart. He can't help but wait and see, after all, Yan Ge himself is an incredible person.

Afterwards, people all over Shandong couldn't help paying attention to the "Apple News", and Mr. Yan Ge lived up to expectations. His analysis and assumptions about the "Shandong Construction Outline" were on the front page of the newspaper every day. My eyes lit up.

First of all, the 600 million mu of land cut out from the Confucian Mansion, after excluding some people who were indeed deprived of their land because of unjust, false or wrongly decided cases, there are still 500 million mu of land left.The 500 million mu is priced at 2 million yuan (4 taels per unit), as funds for work-for-relief, and the funds are first paid in advance by merchants.However, this field cannot be given to wealthy businessmen, and can only be bought by ordinary people who will participate in road construction in the future. It costs 4 taels of silver per mu, and each household cannot exceed 10 mu.

As for the merchants, they paid the funds in advance, and stipulated that the funds cannot be recovered, and can only be used as road construction costs. In return, they will have the right to charge road sections in the future, that is, tolls.The term is 30 years, and the income is used to pay for road construction and maintenance costs. Of course, there are strict restrictions on the proportion of fees charged, and high prices are not allowed.

As soon as they heard that there was a fee to be collected, many businessmen became interested. After they studied it carefully, their blood boiled and they screamed strangely.

Especially those areas with prosperous economy, dense population, prosperous business, and rich products, have a large population, produce more commodities, and need more materials.And almost all the roads were left a long time ago, and Ming Dynasty has been in a state of "poorness" all the time, with constant civil and border chaos, consuming countless money, the emperor himself has no money, let alone repairing the roads.

Although the local squires have intentions, firstly, there is no one to take the lead; secondly, they are afraid of making wedding clothes for others;

But now that the head of the dynasty is taking the lead, and the highest official in Shandong is Bao Zheng, who is known as Qingtian. If this road construction plan is really carried out, it is bound to allow the business to develop by leaps and bounds again. The tolls collected will definitely earn a lot of money. money.

Yan Song also pointed out that tolls are profitable, and some mid-point locations along the way can be used to build some taverns, tea shops, inns and hotels, whether it is land deeds or rent, it is a big income.

The eyes of countless businessmen turned green.

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(Sorry for the update problem, I will strive for 5 updates tomorrow.).

Chapter 119 The new champion comes to vote [1]

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A ship went down from the north, heading for Jinan Prefecture.

"Boatman, how long will it take to arrive in Jinan?" Zhu Dashou asked the boatman next to him, watching the scenery on both sides of the strait receding.

"Young master, there is about half a day left." The boatman said respectfully. He heard that the young master in front of him is this year's champion of the new discipline. Wenqu Xingqi brings grandson, maybe my grandson can also become a scholar in the future.

Zhu Dashou was already accustomed to such gazes and attitudes from others, and his article impressed the examiner Shen Shixing and Emperor Jiajing in this palace examination, and was selected as the champion of the new examination.But now, he didn't become a editor or enter Zhan Shifu like the former No. [-] scholar~.

According to the usual practice, the Jinshi (First Class No. 1) who passed the examination is directly awarded the post of "Imperial Academy Compilation", and then enters the Prince Zhan's Mansion, or enters the Ministry of Rites, slowly climbs, and finally arrives at Jiuqing. The ability to be stronger is - the cabinet.

But this time, Zhu Dashou, the champion of the new department, seemed a bit different. After the emperor conferred the post of editor, he asked Jiajing to enter Shandong, and wanted to follow Yan Song and learn some experience in local governance.

This kind of performance caused an uproar in the hearts of all the officials in the imperial court. They felt that the number one scholar was actually a man who was stealing, treacherous and slippery. Satisfied in his heart, he felt that this is a person who does practical things, so he nodded in agreement, and directly became a fourth-rank official in Shandong, working under Bao Zheng.

Other Jinshi are not as bold as Zhu Dashou, but stay in the Hanlin Academy for training, and then according to the usual practice, they will be awarded the posts of "Hanlin Academy Editor" and "Hanlin Academy Review", and after a period of experience, some can be promoted to "Hanlin Academy Review". Compiled by the Imperial Academy".

So, under the surprised eyes of the people in the capital, Zhu Dashou boarded the boat going south and headed for Shandong.

Accompanying him was Xu Wei, Xu Wei was very unlucky in the exam this time, he failed the exam, let alone the palace exam, he had to wait for the next exam.

But this time, Xu Wei went south together as the master of Zhu Dashou. Of course, this master did not have a position, but only helped Zhu Dashou because of his close relationship.

Xu Wei looked at the mountains that were constantly flying back, and sighed: "The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has already passed the Ten Thousand Mountains. The poems of the poets are really intoxicating..."

At this time, Zhu Dashou was pondering: "A few days ago, I heard that Yan Ge was going to build roads in Shandong. This matter is not easy... By the way, boatman, you should know a little bit about Shandong, right? Tell us about it. a bit."

The boatman said: "The young one knows a little bit, but the young one is the most stupid, and I'm afraid of making mistakes. Otherwise, the young one remembers that there are several copies of "Apple Newspaper" on board, and there is "Shandong Construction Outline" written by Mr. Yan Ge , do you want to show it to the young master?"

Xu Wei next to him nodded again and again: "Okay, hurry up and get it."

Soon the boatman took out a stack of newspapers, and Zhu Dashou picked them up and read them carefully.

"Is this the "Apple News" from Shandong?"

The newspaper, with a logo at the very top, is an apple with a bite out of it.

"This apple is really weird. What does it mean?"

However, this is not the point after all. They turned to the first page, which was Yan Song's construction outline.When I saw the plan for the exchange of interests among the land, businessmen, and refugees, I couldn't help being overwhelmed.

Zhu Dashou was amazed: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the old man of Yan Pavilion, and his style is still the same as before, which makes people's eyes shine!"

Xu Wei praised: "The talent of Mr. Yan Ge is like the brilliance of the bright moon in the sky. I can't wait for it."

The boatman nodded and said: "That's right, we people like it very much. When Mr. Yan Ge first came to Shandong, we thought he was a big corrupt official, but after more than a month of understanding, we found that this is completely true. Nonsense, Yan Ge is good, we have hit the bully of Shandong, the Confucian Mansion, and we have gained a lot of land. After the land is bought back and the roads are repaired, life must be much easier."

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Zhu Dashou and Xu Wei are not like the kind of dead-headed scholars, and even have a little taste of madness. What they dislike the most is that the Confucian Mansion occupies morality and righteousness, doing things that harm others and benefit themselves, but Yan Song agrees with their temper. Although countless people called him a treacherous minister, he actually did things open and closed, and his advances and retreats were well-founded, which is admirable.

At this time, the boatman sighed: "Unfortunately, there are still people scolding Mr. Yan Ge for such a good thing..."

Zhu Dashou was stunned: "There are still people scolding? What's going on?"

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The boatman said: "What else can happen? It's just some scholars who go to the chief minister to make trouble every day, asking Mr. Bao Qingtian to uphold justice for them and the Confucian government, saying that Mr. Yan Ge stripped people's land without reason. , what is the source of the disaster..."

Zhu Dashou and Xu Wei suddenly sneered, no need to think about it, it must be those people who have ruined their brains from reading.In the eyes of many people, the Confucian family is a spiritual holy place and a home for the soul.Zhu Dashou and Xu Wei have always disdain this kind of person. Although Confucius is said to be the ancestor of Confucianism, he has been dead for 2000 years after all, and many things are outdated. There is no need to kneel like a parent.

After half a day of sailing, they finally arrived in Jinan. After the two got off the boat, they went straight to the chief envoy, but when they arrived at the chief envoy, they found a bunch of scholars sitting in front of the gate. All of them are gray-haired people who are almost half buried in the ground.

"What's going on here?" Xu Wei asked a commoner curiously.

The common people laughed: "What else could be going on? Isn't it just that a group of people think that Yan Ge used the fields of the Confucian Mansion as rewards for road construction, and they are not satisfied. I heard that the Confucian Mansion is behind the push..."

Zhu Dashou and Xu Wei suddenly realized, isn't this what the boat said?