Daming: Distribution of Lingnan, you develop the Pearl River Delta?

Chapter 5 The miserable magistrate and the rich prince

The village heads are not easy to manage.

They say they are village leaders, but in fact, they are local snakes.

At this time, Lingnan was still an ancient system.

What is the ancient system?

First of all, people have no concept of country in their hearts.

Although the Central Plains Dynasty has always had control over Lingnan, it is actually far away from the sky and the emperor, so that the village system here is still similar to the village system in the tribal period.

Village is what Zhu Qing and officials call it.

In fact, this place is collectively called Zhaizi.

The number of people in a village varies.

Many, up to tens of thousands.

Few, only a few hundred.

Therefore, in order to uproot these village heads, Zhu Xi must have the support of strength.

Fortunately, he brought 3000 personal guards.

This was still the early Ming Dynasty.

As the personal guards of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of these soldiers. Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Lingnan, Zhu Ping had a lot of troops at his disposal.

Having troops means having confidence.

I have my identity and confidence.

But not enough.

You also need to be famous as a teacher.

Negotiation can only make these village heads cooperate with them.

If he wanted to completely change the village-based government style in Lingnan, he would also need thunderous means. Naturally, he needed an excuse for Zhu Ping to send troops, so Zhu Ping found the magistrate Xiang Hai and asked him: "Why is the magistrate here? Why don’t you come to see this king?”

Xiang Hai replied: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, how can there be a magistrate?"

Zhu Xi was surprised.

This is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it possible that such a large state capital doesn't have a governor?
"It's a joke, Guangzhou is the capital of our Daming Prefecture, so how come there is no magistrate?" Zhu Xi seemed dissatisfied.

Xiang Hai smiled bitterly and said: "There are prefects, but they only have official positions. As for who the prefect is, then... we have to wait for the imperial court to assign him!"

Zhu Xi understood.

It's still early Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet completely driven away Dayuan.

There is still war in the north!
Moreover, Prince Zhu Biao did not die suddenly.

Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet built a large prison.

Therefore, in recent years, the lawless officials have not been punished much.

In addition, the current Daming doesn't care about Lingnan at all, and has no intention of governing... It is a place that fends for itself, and no officials are willing to go to Lingnan, and the north is even more important. During the war, who would set their sights on Lingnan at this time?

Ever since, it has become what Xiang Haikou said.

There was no official post of prefect, but the court did not send anyone down, nor did it send any scholar-bureaucrats who had committed crimes to serve. Then the official post of prefect was vacant, and no matter what happened, it was the officials at the lower level who took charge.

For example, Xiang Hai is the magistrate of Panyu County.

However, as the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, Panyu has to bear the defense of the entire Guangzhou Prefecture.

These are all things that cost money.

Therefore, Xianghai, the magistrate of the county, had to patch all the clothes he wore, but at the same time he had to find a way to collect a few hundred taels to give to the court as tax money, and squeezed some money out of his teeth to maintain the entire Guangzhou Prefecture. Public security...

The key is that as a county magistrate, he didn't have much salary to begin with, but when he took office in Panyu County, no one even paid him a salary.

This is too miserable!
No wonder people say that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were the worst in history.

The reason lies in Zhu Yuanzhang.

Old Zhu!

He believes that when officials have power, as long as they can provide food and clothing with money, it will be enough.

Note that this food and clothing does not include family members.It may be included, but not many. At most, it includes your wife and children.

An official only has enough to feed himself, his wife and children.

Then, there are still servants in the mansion who want to pay their salaries...

Where did the money come from?
Zhu Yuanzhang requires all the officials under him to be saints!
However, no matter how beautiful the ideal is, it will always lose to reality.

The reality is that even if Zhu Yuanzhang was merciless to officials and even set a horrific punishment such as skinning and feeding officials, there would still be officials who would take risks and commit corruption... because if he did not commit corruption, his family would not be able to survive.

If there is corruption, the worst result is that the whole family cannot survive.

It’s like this anyway, so why not be greedy?

If your corruption is not exposed, you can still live a happy life.

However, Zhu Ping did not blame his father.

Very simple.

The limitations of the times.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the world had just recovered from the war, and had not even recovered yet. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had high demands on officials. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang's family was exploited by corrupt officials when he was a child, causing his family to almost starve to death. He himself also worked as a beggar and a monk, just to survive. This tragic experience also affected Zhu Yuanzhang's decision-making.

If you talk about it this way...

Zhu Xi thought of those big boxes that his personal guards had brought over.

What's inside is one hundred thousand snowflake silver!

In addition, there is a box of gold and a box of jewelry.

The total value is almost 50 taels.

Officials of the Ming Dynasty must not be corrupt.

However, the princes and princes did not care.

That's why Zhu Peng, the King of Qin, was so ridiculous and mischievous, but he was still so rich.

Officials like Xiang Hai are conscientious and considerate, and they have to patch their clothes...

It's really a drought, a drought, and a flood.

Fortunately, he is not the one who is short of money.

If you have money in hand, you can do things easily.

Zhu Chong naturally understood this. He said to Xiang Hai: "Go and notify the local village heads in Panyu that I want to summon them. How long will it take to complete this matter?"

"About ten days." Xiang Hai responded.

"It takes so long? Okay!"

Zhu Fang also knew that most people in this era relied on walking, and in Panyu, a place where government orders were blocked, the situation might be more difficult. He did not press Xiang Hai again. After all, he was indeed miserable. He just said to Xiang Hai: "Northern Flowers" Where is the magistrate of the county? Let him come and see the king."

"Okay!" Xiang Hai agreed, bowed and said, "Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"

"There are 100 taels here. It's for you. Go buy some better clothes, and then buy some office supplies for the Yamen. The excess will be taken back to support your family. In addition, have you notified the Wei Suo of the news of my arrival? Side?" Zhu Xi took out two large silver coins and handed them to him.

Xiang Hai's eyes lit up.

100 taels...

As expected of His Highness!

This is really generous.

I gave 50 taels before, but now I took out 100 taels.

It’s enough to pay Panyu County’s taxes for half a year!
"Thank you so much, Your Highness. The guard station has notified the commander, and he should be on his way to see His Highness." Xiang Hai responded.

Zhu Xi nodded.

Officials in Lingnan are in such a miserable state.

So, where are the soldiers here?

They should be able to live a better life, right?

After all, these are armies with weapons in their hands and even the power of life and death.

It's not too miserable, right?

(End of this chapter)