People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 260 Build a castle on the border! Get ready to take in the vast Gobi desert!

Zhao Huaide was even more happy when he heard this.

He also hoped that the imperial court could help them build several large markets here.

Now that he is serving as the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu here, he has discovered that the big market here is quite promising.

The most important thing is that both the people and the officers can benefit from this.

The common people can get wool and dairy products from the Tatar tribe in the north, and they can also eat more cheap meat.

The people of Tatar can get cheap cotton cloth and daily necessities. This is very beneficial to the people of both places. Why can't it be done at the same time?

And they, the local commanders, can fully enjoy the rare peace.

After all, he had transformed from a civil servant to a military commander, and what he thought in his heart was that if the conflict could be resolved peacefully, it would be best not to fight.

"My lord, we have always suffered from not having a fixed place to conduct trade. If we can build several large towns as you said, the people will be more willing to trade.

You can exchange for daily necessities through trading without robbing, so there is no need for everyone to fight for life or death. "

Chen Han nodded: "This is only one factor. Mr. Zhao, you said that after we built the town at the border, we pushed it all the way north and wore it like grapes. What kind of scene would that be?"

Zhao Huaide was not a simple martial artist. He was a Jinshi, so his mind was quite clear. When he heard Chen Han's words, he looked towards the vast Gobi outside the big market.

After thinking for a while, he said: "My lord, do you mean to build a town in the entire Gobi Desert?"

Chen Han nodded: "Yes! Think about it, if there are towns everywhere in the vast Gobi Desert, and there are very hard roads between each town,

There are countless small villages between towns. At that time, would we still worry about being in the vast Gobi without food supplies?

Will we still need to use city walls to block the invasion of aliens like we do now?

Between each town is a bunker, and it is a solid bunker.

Push forward bit by bit, and sooner or later we will be able to bring the vast prairie back into the arms of our Ming Dynasty. "

Listening to Chen Han's words, Zhao Huaide felt that his brain was not enough.

All he could think of was building a few towns so that people on both sides could have places to trade.

But what Chen Han was thinking about was how to use these towns to form fortresses, so that these lands could be brought under the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

This is a matter of pattern!

Zhao Huaide suddenly felt very ashamed when he thought of this. As the commander-in-chief guarding one side, his vision was so narrow.

However, after Chen Han just arrived here and saw the situation here, he immediately proposed that a town could be built and then used as a bunker for combat.

Looking at how young she is now and how old I am in my forties, I feel even more ashamed.

"My lord, otherwise I would say that you are the lord, you are the one with the big picture!" Zhao Huaide said with a trace of guilt on his face: "I am a martial artist here who only knows how to make people Those Tatars didn't need to invade, but they never thought they could use this as an opportunity to go deep into the desert."

Chen Han waved his hand: "Everyone has a duty. Your duty is to protect one side. Our duty is to help you defend it in the best way. There is no need to be ashamed.

This is called everyone performing their own duties. If you are thinking about how to build towns every day, then who will protect the border, there is no need to blame yourself. "

Chen Han's words made Zhao Huaide feel much better. At the same time, he also admired Chen Han's high emotional intelligence.

Look at this pattern.

It's obviously a very revealing thing, but in other people's mouths, the words that come out are so precise that you won't feel uncomfortable.

Then the two of them wandered around the surrounding area, watching the people in these two places happily trading here.

The people living at the border really have no so-called prejudices. They just do business and care about what's going on in their own homes.

As soon as they chatted, they all complained that there was a war between the two countries, and ordinary people like them couldn't get involved. They just wanted to save their lives.

In the past, history books always said that the Tatars were all soldiers, but this does not seem to be the case now.

Not all Tatars want to fight, they also want to settle down.

After this investigation, Chen Han was more certain about the idea of ​​​​carrying out mutual trade, and at the same time, he was more determined to build more towns to maintain peace.

"Mr. Zhao, you should take people to inspect the surrounding areas this time to see where is suitable for building towns and where is suitable for building roads. Draw them all with drawings.

I'm going to Taiyuan right now. Then you can have all the information sent to me there, and I'll help you solve the money problem. "

Zhao Huaide was overjoyed: "That's great! It would be great if the court could have more officials like you who do practical things. Fewer officials who only talk nonsense would be better than anything else."

Hahaha……

As expected, he was a military commander and he spoke quickly and quickly, making Chen Han burst into laughter.

……

After leaving the border of Xuanfu, Chen Han quickly came to Xuanfu's Baochaoduji Yamen.

The construction of the yamen here was faster because it was close to the inner gate. In the past, the tax issue here had always been a mess.

The reason for the confusion is simple. This is an important place for transshipment of grain and grass.

Although the old man's ruthless methods now scare many people away from corruption and bribery.

But it is true that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Many military leaders, including Zhao Huaide, have more or less problems with the issue of food and grass.

Their corruption is not for their own personal wallets, but mostly because the military households are living too hard.

For a general like Zhao Huaide, whose details have long been found out, he is still very sincere and practical, so the old man just turned a blind eye to this little flaw.

However, on Chen Han's side, the purpose of asking the Treasurer's Office to speed up the process of setting up the yamen here is also to facilitate people who go out to do business.

Sure enough, Baochaodujiu Si Yamen quickly became busy with business after settling here.

There are too many people coming and going to do business here. Merchants from the mainland go out of the customs to do business, and merchants from outside the customs need to transfer wool and mutton to the inside of the customs, which requires a lot of money to be transferred.

Although it is difficult to figure out all the business taxes here, with this yamen, such things will be much less common in the future.

Inside the Yamen.

Chen Han sat in the hall, watching the staff continue to handle business, and watching the traders leaving happily.

Everyone has big and small bags of yellow and white things before coming, but after leaving, they can get a few brand-new notes.

Everyone's initial doubts disappeared after two taxes.

In the past, they had to be urged by court officials to pay taxes, but now they pay taxes by themselves at the Yamen.

In the past, it was too unsafe to carry large and small bags of yellow and white things out of the customs when doing business. Now it's better, just take a few pieces of paper with you.

The key is that after a year of practice, Tatars outside the customs also recognize treasure banknotes, which greatly facilitates trading.

It’s safe and easy, which is something everyone likes.

Chen Han was drinking tea, and standing next to him was Master Tiji from the Xuanfu Baobaoduji Department.

"You sit down, you don't have to stand. I just want to check the situation first." Chen Han said. Unexpectedly, the Wang family and this promotion were really temperamental.

"My lord, you are really good at joking. We don't know what the rules of other yamen are. In our yamen, where all treasures are raised, you are our head. I still have a place to sit in front of you. Why don't you come to our remote place?" Check out the situation. Brothers outside are queuing up to see you.

This time you come, no matter what, you have to have a meal before leaving, so that the brothers can meet you.

Many brothers have said that the biggest regret in this life is that this place is too far away from the capital, and they cannot meet people like you who exist in myths. "

Hahaha……

Chen Han couldn't help laughing.

He didn't even expect that he had such prestige now.

"Okay! Go and make arrangements. I'll see to you no matter what. You are my direct descendants!"

This sentence made Wang Jiahe feel very comfortable.

All the brothers in Baochaoduji Si Yamen are members of the Jinyiwei. Their immediate boss is supposed to be the commander of the Jinyiwei, but many people know that the person above the commander is Chen Han.

Because the Banknote Collection Department and the Tax Inspection Department are now under the Department of Commerce, and there are rumors that the Department of Commerce will soon be independent from the Department of Accounts and establish a Department of Commerce.

Then wasn't the first Minister of Commerce Chen Han?

At that time, I was an official under the Ministry of Commerce, who was promoted by the Xuanfu Treasure Bureau.

As the founder, Chen Han has made great contributions. If it weren't for Chen Han, they wouldn't be as prosperous as they are now.

He is a treasurer who has promoted the promotion of the Si Yamen, but he also serves as the promotion of the tax inspection department of the Xuanfu.

He is in charge of the taxes in the Xuanfu area.

Although this divided the power of the local chief envoy to a certain extent, the responsibilities and powers between the two were different.

The chief envoy is in charge of a province's finances, but because the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty were very chaotic, their work was also difficult to do. They were usually in charge of in-kind taxes.

Now that taxes in kind have become taxes in cash, their work has become much easier.

Now the chief envoy's job has become to manage the province's financial issues, and taxation work has been transferred to the Tax Inspection Department.

After everyone's responsibilities and rights are clearly defined, it actually becomes easier.

It’s personal business.

The chief envoy is only responsible for production and generating profits.

The Tax Audit Department is responsible for collecting taxes, so there is nothing wrong with it.

……

Treasures and money are all mentioned in the dining hall of the Si Yamen.

Chen Han was sitting in the middle, and the people sitting next to him were all officials from the Yamen who had raised their treasures and money.

Judging from the fact that although they were civil servants, the patches on their clothes were from beasts, we knew they were following the official uniforms of Jin Yiwei.

So now people outside jokingly call these beasts the God of Wealth.

Many people are eager to enter this department.

Why is this?

There is nothing else because the benefits provided by Chen Han are very good.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the salaries given to officials by His Majesty the Emperor have generally been low.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when everything was in dire need and material life was not abundant, everyone was still willing to live in poverty.

But once there is peace for a period of time, supplies gradually become abundant, and officials will inevitably become restless, so continuous financial investment is needed.

And if they cannot be satisfied with money, they will engage in corruption and bribery.

Instead of guarding them against corruption and bribery every day, it is better to satisfy their material requirements to a certain extent.

Everyone is a mortal, not a saint, and not everyone can control their own material desires.

Especially for yamen like Baochaodujisi Yamen, which often deal with money, if they are not given enough protection and promotion channels, they will line their own pockets.

Therefore, Chen Han set up a lot of benefits in the registration and promotion department.

For example, in terms of salary, in addition to the normal salary, there are also corresponding subsidies. There are many and miscellaneous subsidy items. I won’t list them one by one. Anyway, the salary they can get is five to ten times that of officials of the same level. wait.

Then there are the benefits.

Many of the officials promoted by the treasure banknotes were selected directly from the capital. Those with family members could directly arrange accommodation for them locally.

Their children's education issues can also be directly addressed to private schools.

It should be mentioned here that the supporting private schools are all textbooks carefully prepared by Chen Han and others, which were brought from Daming Engineering College.

In other words, Chen Han trained his direct family members to allow their children to receive new education from an early age.

At that time, the children of these people can directly enter Daming Engineering College, which will also provide a stable source of students for Daming Engineering College.

As for the officials in the Yamen Department of Baochao Duti Jue, because they had received such great favor from Chen Han, how could they object to such a thing or even support it with both hands.

This is only one of the benefits, and more benefits include supporting the elderly.

Their upward path is also very transparent, and everyone has a way to make progress.

Who would think of committing adultery when there is such a good job?

According to their logic, having such a good job and going to work well is better than anything else.

Chen Han sat on the main seat and looked around. Those with higher ranks could sit with him on the table, while those with lower ranks could have sat on the chairs beside him. Chen Han did not require them to stand and accompany him. Own.

But the officials wanted to see Chen Han so much, so they just wanted to stand and look at Chen Han.

It is said that his immediate boss is a man with three heads and six arms. Even in the capital, he is someone that no one dares to mess with.

And in order to benefit the direct officials, he spared no effort.

Who wouldn’t want to work well with such a direct boss?

These are all complementary to each other.

Chen Han smiled and said: "Everyone, if you stand and look at me like this, I feel that I am a special person. Everyone, sit down."

Chen Han said this and finally made them put aside their curiosity and sit down...

(End of this chapter)