Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1115
Cao Song had to meet Li Wei, stopped at the Governor's Mansion for half a day, and set off on his return journey early the next morning.

Cao Yong prepared 1 taels of silver bills for him to save him from running out of money; for Chu Yu, he had a set of pearl-encrusted heads, a set of gem jewelry, and four pieces of high-quality materials. It was prepared for Zilan who followed Cao Song to the south, not only as a gift for the year, but also as a support for Zilan.

Jinghui is only three months pregnant, and it will take one or two years for the baby to be able to withstand a long journey after giving birth.Before this, Zilan, as a female family member of the General Military Mansion, had to socialize with each other.

In addition to the things prepared for Cao Song and Zi Lan, Li Wei and his wife also prepared a copy, and Wu Mao led people to go with Cao Song, which was regarded as Cheng Yi for Li Wei.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, when the governor's mansion was promoted to Yamen, Cao Yong met the big and small officials who came to work in shifts.

As early as the Kangxi Dynasty, only local courtiers who were favored by the emperor had the right to play the secret book.

In the Yongzheng Dynasty, the right to play the secret book did not seem to be that valuable.

In Cao Yong's hands, there are two sandalwood boxes with locks bestowed by the palace.It's just that he didn't have any secrets to report before, so he followed the rule and asked for a book every three days.

In the notebook, apart from respectful invitations to Sheng'an, it is his daily experience in government affairs.

If we want to talk about the achievements of this month, we have counted 560 hectares and 45 hectares of reclaimable land, hills and depressions in various counties.According to the usual practice, most of these newly reclaimed wastelands are sold on the spot, and [-]% of the proceeds from the land sale go to the state treasury, and [-]% go to the local government.

Cao Yong asked for an order to classify these new fields as official fields and cultivate them by local poor farmers. The corn and sweet potatoes planted would be used as communal warehouses to prepare for famine years.

In this way, the interests of the top and bottom officials in Zhili will be damaged.But Cao Yong is not worried, because he is the governor of Zhili and the one who has benefited the most from the chain of interests.In the eyes of outsiders, he gave up his interests to seek the favor of the emperor.

In fact, he was thinking about the words "open source" and "throttling expenditure".

Whether it's training soldiers or dredging rivers, it's a job that costs money.If he can't get the money together, everything will be empty talk.

Of the more than 2000 hectares of new land, fertile land only accounts for [-] to [-]%, and the rest are mostly hills and depressions. In addition, there are many tricks in the official sale, and they are not exchanged for much money; they are reserved for official land, but they can provide several communal warehouses.In famine years, direct relief of rice and grain instead of silver will reduce the government's spending and the common people's exploitation.

As for the loss of that part of the income of officials, Cao Yong is not in a hurry.Since he wanted to increase the income of the treasury, he would have to deal with the officials below him in the future.

There will be no eyes open, this time to challenge the governor's deterrence.

This year is the first year of "returning consumption and envy to the public", and it is also the first year of distributing the "Cultivation Bank".The "fire consumption" money of each state and county was unified into the treasury.

In Zhili this year, the province's taxable silver is more than 280 million taels, and the "fire consumption" of silver is more than 16 taels.Keyin had already been sent to the capital, while "Huoxin" silver had entered the treasury under the governor's mansion.

The amount of the "Integrity Bank" is related to the local economy, and also related to the officials' performance in one year.For the county magistrates, the difference is not too big, depending on the complexity of the county under its jurisdiction, it can range from several hundred to one thousand.The official evaluations of the prefects, prefects, and governors' mansions are different. The "nourishing bank" ranges from hundreds to thousands, and there is a big difference in this.

If Cao Yong had a black heart and controlled the amount of "yanglian silver", at least half of the "fire consumption" silver would be left.

But there is no need to offend all the officials in the whole province for 8 taels of silver.

After discussing with Jiang Jian, Song Hou, and Feng Chuan, Cao Yong decided to implement the policy of "developing agriculture to stabilize people's livelihood and promoting industry and commerce to enrich the treasury" first formulated by Cao Yong.

After drafting by several staff members, Cao Yong transcribed the relationship between Zhili's development in the next two years and handed it to the capital in a secret form.

Two days later, the sandalwood box containing the secret book arrived at the East Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Chen Fu took the corresponding key and opened the sandalwood box containing the secret book, Yongzheng was startled.

The half-foot-deep box was filled to the brim, as if it was about to overflow.

Yongzheng's face darkened, and he felt a little worried. Could it be that something happened in Zhili?Or is it that Cao Yong lacks experience and can't hold down Zhili officialdom?

He paused, calmed down, and then took out the booklet inside.

There is not one booklet in it, but four copies.

On the first brochure, the development plan of Zhili was written, and the remaining three brochures were all supplementary brochures.

The more Yongzheng looked, the more excited his face became, he couldn't sit still, stood up, and raised his voice: "Go and find the map of Zhili, pass on Prince Yi, King Guo... also pass on Prince Zhuang..."

Chen Fu responded and hurried away.

Since he was enthroned, he has been working in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so the map of the thirteen provinces was in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and it was sent to the imperial court in a short time.

Standing in front of the imperial case, Yongzheng spread out the map of Zhili province, looked at the secret book, and pointed at the prefectures and counties on the map, saying plausibly: "Outside the mouth, Chengde, the middle and upper reaches of the Daling River...Baoding Prefecture, Zhengding Prefecture... ..."

In the huge Zhili, the number of Dingkou accounts for [-]% of the total number of Dingkou in the world, but the tax revenue is only [-]/[-]rd.The money that the imperial court distributes to Zhili every year far exceeds the taxes of Zhili.Zhili is like a greedy beast with a big mouth, making the court unyielding.

However, Cao Yong's plan not only solved the cost of dredging the North River and training troops, but also increased revenue for the court and the local government.

Yongzheng only felt that his heart was surging, and he was faintly proud.

In the hands of the emperor's father, Cao Yong was only the assistant hall who sorted out the books; when he ascended the throne, he had the courage to share the province with Cao Yong and let him display it.

The three princes work at different distances from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

But there was not much difference between before and after, and they all arrived at the imperial front.

Among the former emperor's sons, these three lords are the most respectable ones in front of the imperial court, so the little eunuchs who delivered the decree were all tight-lipped.Therefore, although these three people were not the reason why the emperor delivered the decree, they knew that the emperor summoned three people at the same time.

When all three of them arrived, Yongzheng passed on Cao Yong's secret book to them.

Like Yongzheng, the three princes were surprised when they read Cao Yong's booklet.

Judging from the excerpts, Cao Yong mainly mentioned five points. One is to set up prefectures and counties outside the mouth and Rehe to develop agriculture and animal husbandry; the other is to increase the mining of several open-pit coal mines on Zhili North Road. Go south to increase the development of the mining industry; the third is to promote cold-resistant crops in the central and southern parts of Zhili, so that crops can be harvested twice a year, increasing food production, and increasing cotton and hemp planting in hilly and other places to enrich farmers; Set up processing plants in several large dry and fresh fruit counties in the central part of Zhili to absorb the local idle population and increase taxes; fifthly, in coastal counties and counties, the development of marine aquaculture is mainly to enrich the people; fifthly, in the above-mentioned places, set up city Set up and promote trade exchanges.

On the booklet, there are several tax quotas over the years, as well as the expected income after the implementation of the development plan.

In the three booklets attached at the back, one is a detailed account of the "agricultural" plan, the other is about industry and mining, and the thinnest one simply mentions the development of commerce and trade.

It's not that Cao Yong doesn't understand the importance of commercial circulation to local development, but that in the eyes of the world, merchants are lowly. Cao Yong wants to impress Yongzheng with booklets, but also cares about the world.

Yongzheng has seen thousands of words in the papers, but there is no nonsense like Cao Yong. It is the first one that uses data to speak.

Yongzheng was very satisfied, but he said in his mouth: "This Cao Yong has only been down for a few days, and he will be tossing. It's really worrying. What do you think?"

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother both looked at the thirteenth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother also saw the unconcealable joy in Yongzheng's brows and eyes, bowed and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, you have won a capable minister!"

The corner of Yongzheng's mouth was slightly bent, and he looked at the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother is hesitant, the thirteenth master is now in charge of the household department, the prime minister Beihe affairs, the seventeenth elder brother is in charge of the military department, and what Cao Yong did in Zhili can be related to these two, but it can be related to the internal affairs Shouldn't the government be on the border?

But Yongzheng just looked at him, as if waiting for his answer.

The sixteenth elder brother changed his mind, but showed a bit of bitterness, and said: "Your Majesty, the 'canned meat', 'canned fruit', and 'canned fish' mentioned in Cao Yong's book are all made of glass. In this way, I am afraid that the glass prescription will not be kept, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will lose a piece of income."

Yongzheng gave him a blank look, and said to the thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother: "No wonder the sixteenth brother speculates with Cao Yong. Isn't this a kindred spirit? What is it? These little tricks." Speaking of this, to the sixteenth elder brother Said: "Don't complain about it. These kinds of processing are all delicate work. Cao Yong is still worrying about the lack of manpower in the booklet. You can find a way to help him."

The sixteenth elder brother bowed and agreed, but he knew in his heart that this was to let the Ministry of Internal Affairs intervene, after all, the internal treasury is not rich.

In the end it was Elder Seventeen's turn, he refused to overstep, and said as he did his duty: "As long as Cao Yong can get money, that's fine, otherwise we can't train soldiers in vain."

Holding the booklet, Yongzheng couldn't pick out anything from the words, and said with a straight face: "Hmph, it's just talk on paper..."

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What Yongzheng said is right, Cao Yong's book is indeed "talking about war on paper".Therefore, the money and food data mentioned above are written very conservatively.

If he was looking for safety, he planned to submit this paper after a few months, when he had a more detailed understanding of Zhili affairs, but Song Hou still suggested that he submit the paper now.

Before ascending the throne today, he was the prince in charge. After ascending the throne, he has to do everything by himself, with a strong sense of control.As a courtier, it is not advisable to cover everything.

Cao Yong thought so, and adopted Song Hou's suggestion.

According to his outline, adding Song Hou and Jiang Jian's old-fashioned words, and after being polished by Feng Lao Hanlin, this secret book is made with flesh and bones, and it has something to say, which is very captivating.

In fact, what moved Yongzheng the most was the establishment of prefectures and counties outside the mouth and the implementation of "two incomes a year".

The former will increase the number of acres; the latter will increase the grain.

To determine these two points, Zhili self-sufficiency is not empty talk.In Yongzheng's view, other trivial matters are just icing on the cake.

With this memorial, Cao Yong also fulfilled his wish, that is, the emperor ordered him to return to Beijing.

Cao Yong went to Beijing with the list of "Tan Jing" listed by Song Hou. First, the antique calligraphy and painting that Chu Yu received when he passed his birthday had already been sent back to the capital. Naturally, it was also used as "filial piety"...

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It's time to double the monthly pass again, and Xiao Jiu bursts into tears to ask for the monthly pass. .

(End of this chapter)