Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 255 Want to be rich and compete with the people for profit?

Huang Laifu said: "For more than two hundred years in the Kingdom, the soldiers and horses in all towns have been corrupted. Although Jin Town has a fixed amount of money and grain, it is difficult to collect and make a profit. Now the transportation in Beijing is overdue, and the transportation of grain is in arrears. , It is only enough for one year old, but it is still in danger of being insufficient. If there are police suddenly, how will the guest soldiers support them? Therefore, the strategy of Laifu is to take advantage of the leisure time of the contract to accumulate widely and try to cultivate , is also a precautionary consideration.”

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Princess Yang is in charge of the military affairs, money and grain, warehouses, post delivery, grain storage, farmland, and water conservancy affairs of a town. Laifu planned Shanxi Town for Yang Gong's consideration! After the rise of civil affairs in Shanxi Town, each town There is not enough money and food, and only Jin Town can be self-sufficient. How much political achievement will it be? How will the Holy Majesty and the cabinet lords think of Yang Gong? And these political achievements, the higher guilds will think it is my achievement or Yang Gong's achievement? What benefits can Huang Laifu get? ?... If Mr. Yang thinks that I, Huang Laifu, are too lenient, then forget it."

After finishing speaking, Huang Laifu stood up and said calmly.

The minds of Governor Yang Fanglue and Liu Tangsheng Bingbei were racing rapidly. What Huang Laifu said was right. Shanxi Town was the same as other towns. Transport food.If a town in Shanxi can be as self-sufficient as Wuzhai Fort, and can still hand over a large amount of money and food every year, what an achievement this is when the towns are in depression?

Moreover, this result indeed belonged to Yang Fanglue, Liu Tangsheng and others, and would not fall into the hands of Huang Laifu. The most he could do was to earn more money and food for himself.

Isn't it because of these things that Huang Laifu became so successful because of Wuzhai Fort, and was promoted from a thousand households to a general soldier in just a few years?If Shanxi Town is really established, and if it falls into the eyes of the sage, Governor Yang Fanglue may be able to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the Prime Minister, but Yang Fanglue is gone, and the throne of Shanxi Town Governor will fall to Liu Tangsheng Bingbei. ?

The two were thinking quickly, seeing Huang Laifu standing up in anger, Governor Yang hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "Why should Huang Junmen get angry? The old man also needs careful consideration because of the many planning affairs of Jin Town. It's not that he disagrees with Junmen. Planning everything! Sit down and talk slowly, talk slowly."

Liu Bingbei also tried to dissuade Huang Laifu from leaving, he said with a smile: "It's true that Huang Junmen has many items and needs a lot of money and food. Yang Gong's words like this are also old-fashioned words for seeking the country!"

Huang Laifu also sat down smoothly, and said with a smile: "Indeed, there are many planning tasks. It would be really abrupt to implement several roads in the whole town at the same time. Why don't we choose Ningwu Road to implement it first, and then implement it after we have achieved results. How about going to the whole town, Mr. Yang?"

Yang Fanglue nodded slowly, and the three of them had a detailed discussion on specific matters. In Huang Laifu's plan, agriculture was the main focus, especially the development of the village and town economy.Agriculture has developed, and the rest of commerce and industry are a matter of course.

In the Ningwu Dao that will be implemented, it will vigorously build water conservancy, plant trees, sericulture, afforestation, and animal husbandry.An assessment department was established, headed by Liu Tangsheng Bingbei, responsible for the assessment and supervision of political affairs.

In Ningwudao, government-run institutions and test bases such as the General Administration of Agriculture and Mulberry, Cotton Industry Experimental Factory, and Model Livestock Farm were established to specialize in the introduction and cultivation of new varieties.According to the population, land and natural environment of various places in the province, the "Water Conservancy Plan", "Sericulture Progress Plan", "Cotton Industry Yearly Plan" and "Forestry Yearly Plan" were compiled, and a series of regulations, regulations, regulations, etc. were promulgated. Regulations and rules have made detailed plans and regulations on the economic benefits and operational steps of various political affairs, so that each political affairs has laws to follow and rules to follow.

It will also compile a series of popular teaching materials such as "Speaking of Sericulture", "Planting Willows", "Textbook of Cotton Planting", "Agricultural Afforestation", "Textbook of Sheep Sheep", and hold women's sericulture seminars, farmer seminars, and forestry seminars And other short-term training courses, the promotion of new technologies and the training of key personnel.

There is a large amount of cultivated land on both sides of the Huihe River and the Fen River in Ningwu Road. However, the farmland has been abandoned for many years, and a lot of the cultivated land has been abandoned there. If we want to reclaim the wasteland and build water conservancy, we need a lot of money and food.It is impossible to rely on Liu Tangsheng and others. Except for some from the town, the rest can only be found by Huang Laifu.

There is also the construction of water conservancy and vigorous farming. Although Liu Tangsheng is in charge of money and grain, warehouses, post delivery, grain storage, farming, water conservancy and other affairs in the Dao, in terms of experience and achievements, he is still inferior to the Wuzhaibao Grain Bureau. .It is necessary for Huang Laifu to send someone to guide when the time comes, not to mention animal husbandry, afforestation, sericulture, etc., but also the guidance of Wuzhaibao Agricultural Technology Bureau.

In short, after all aspects of the Dao are implemented, the influence and interests of Wuzhaibao people in the area will be even deeper.

The immediate issue is road construction. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first.Only when the roads are built can the communication and circulation in all aspects be more convenient.

The Ming Dynasty has always attached great importance to the construction of principles. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, vigorously implemented the construction of postal facilities across the country, not only rectifying and restoring more than [-] post stations in the interior.A spacious post road leading directly to Yunnan and Guizhou was also built, many post stations in Liaodong were built, and a post road leading to Tibet was built.Along these post roads, water horse stations and delivery offices are widely distributed. The usual documents are handed over to the walking delivery shops, and important and urgent documents are handed over to the horse stations.Formed a complete set of post system.

However, over the past few hundred years, due to central or local financial problems, the post roads in many places have been in disrepair for a long time.These roads are basically gravel or dirt roads. From Wuzhaibao to Ningwuguan, it can be said that the road surface is full of potholes and it is very difficult to walk.It's time to fix it.

In Huang Laifu's plan, he needed to build a cement road for sixty miles from Wuzhaibao to Ningwuguan, a cement road for forty miles from Wuzhaibao to Kelanzhou, and a cement road from Wuzhaibao to Bajiaobao to Pianjiao. There are tens of miles of cement roads between Guan and Laoyingbao.Among the more than 100 miles of roads in these castles, if all the roads are to be built into concrete roads, there are many kinds of roads, and it will cost more than 3 taels of silver.

The construction of the road will benefit all the forts, so everyone should contribute funds together, and these places are also related to the power and responsibility of Ningwu Bingbei Road and Kelan Bingbei Road.So we need to sit down and talk together.

After hearing Huang Laifu's summary of road construction funds, Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei both took a breath, more than 3 taels, this is not a small amount, in Daming, road construction in various places will definitely not cost so much money First, they built the road according to their principles, and the road surface is naturally not as good as Huang Laifu's cement road. Second, when they build the road, they always conscript local laborers as a kind of labor.Of course Huang Laifu couldn't do that.

Huang Laifu has already decided that, except for part of the money, he is willing to contribute the rest, and the merchants in the two forts and other forts must contribute the rest.However, Huang Laifu also proposed an idea to Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, that is, after the road is completed, in addition to engraving monuments for investors, a toll bureau will be established on the cement road to collect taxes and tolls for passing vehicles , road maintenance fees, etc., the time is limited to 15 years, except for a part of the tax collected for road maintenance, each investor will have a dividend.

This made Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei very interested, and the two also decided to contribute capital and participate in dividends at that time.

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After Huang Laifu discussed with Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, various matters started vigorously.The construction of roads in various forts, the relocation of the Wuzhaibao cement factory to Shenchibao, and the development of Ningwu Road are all in full swing.Huang Laifu was also very busy.But he didn't know that some undercurrents had already begun to rush towards him.

On the ninth day of March in the 23rd year of Wanli, Wenyuan Pavilion in the capital.

After the Qingming Festival, the weather gradually warmed up. Under the statue of Confucius in Wenyuan Pavilion, several cabinet ministers were still busy.They buried their heads in the case, and from time to time they were reading the memorial documents from all over the place.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, let out a cry of surprise. He took the two memorials and looked at them carefully for a while, and said to Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Zeng Tongheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, "Two cabinet ministers, take a look at this memorial. !"

After the first month of the 23rd year of Wanli, the Minister of the Household Department of the Ming Dynasty was replaced by Yang Junmin from Wang Lin.Yang Junmin passed his sixtieth year this year. He was born in October of the tenth year of Jiajing.In the first month of the 41rd year of Wanli, Wang Lin, the former Minister of the Household Department, begged for his bones, so he was promoted to the post of Minister of the Household Department.

At this time, Yang Junmin took over the memorial, but it was Cheng Shao from the household department and Yang Yingwen from the engineering department who impeached Huang Laifu.

Cheng Shaoshu said: "... I heard that Huang Laifu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, did what he wanted. , All over Ningwu opened mines to collect taxes, competed with the people for profits, and lured villains from all over the place to compete for mines, and the world was in a commotion. Please order the closure of all mines under Huang Laifu's rule, and please punish Huang Laifu for the crime of arguing about mines!"

Yang Yingwen said: "The people's livelihood is extremely poor, and the country is in danger: now there is Huang Laifu, the general soldier of Shanxi Town, who mines mines and collects taxes. For all things to gather money, he strips the skin and bone marrow of the merchants. All iron coal gauze pieces are silk. The business tax is increasing every year, and Huang Zhizhang is cutting it down endlessly. The people in Shanxi Town have deep complaints, and they are sincerely afraid of chaos! All the ministers have heard about these disasters. Please punish Huang Laifu for his crimes. The emperor hangs down!"

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Huang Laifu's opening of mines in Shenchibao and Ningwuguan, of course, violated the interests of the local tycoons, and Huang Laifu's thunderous methods also made the mine owners of the rest of the local tycoons feel sad and worried.He was worried that one day Huang Laifu would come to his place and take away his minerals by violent means.

Besides, Huang Laifu opened mines to collect taxes, and got rich rewards. Emperor Wanli saw it, and his heart was itchy, and he couldn't help ordering the world to open mines more and more.This makes many stakeholders feel uneasy.

In the current Ming Dynasty, powerful mine owners in many places are related to local officials and merchants. These officials include Beijing officials and local officials.The interests of mine owners have been harmed, that is, the interests of many official families have also been harmed.If there is still some money to be made by cooperating with Huang Laifu, Emperor Wanli orders the mine to be opened, and then these officials and local tycoons will not be able to make a penny.Seeing that things are getting worse and worse, of course they have to react.

After much deliberation, Huang Laifu is the culprit. If he hadn't made such a profit from mining, would Emperor Wanli have been tempted?

Besides, Huang Laifu collects business taxes in Wuzhaibao and other places, and the tax types are perfect and rich, which makes some rich and official businessmen who come to Wuzhaibao to operate dissatisfied.They enjoy the thrill of making a lot of money in Wuzhaibao, but they are unwilling to let them pay taxes according to law.Moreover, there was news that Huang Laifu and others were going to build roads and toll fees on the roads, which made some people who wanted to go to Wuzhaibao and other places to do business even more dissatisfied.

The news that Huang Laifu collected more than 5 taels of silver in Wuzhaibao's business tax has spread, and he is worried that Huang Laifu's model will expand to the whole country, so everyone is now launching the first wave of attacks on Huang Laifu.

Seeing these two impeachment papers, Yang Junmin, the current Minister of the Household Department, has mixed feelings. For him, Huang Laifu is a very popular figure in the Household Department. They are all in large quantities, and they are not in arrears.Especially last year, he paid a full 20 taels of tax silver to the Ministry of Households, which is even more commendable.

However, at the same time, his business tax in Wuzhaibao exceeded 5 taels, which caused some officials of the Ministry of Households to start arguing. Owned by Huang Laifu.

Everyone quarrels and quarrels, which makes Yang Junmin a headache, but in his heart, Yang Junmin also disagrees with Huang Laifu's mining and collecting business taxes, because his family members are inextricably linked with the mine owners and merchants in his hometown. Whether Huang Laifu develops mines or collects business taxes, if the model spreads to the whole country, it will affect his private interests.

Although Huang Laifu pays a lot of taxes every year, he is the darling of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but how can the country's money and food matters be compared with private interests?

(End of this chapter)