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Chapter 256 Ministers fighting?People's Post set up a newspaper to attract people's hearts

However, Huang Laifu has the support of Emperor Wanli. As long as the current Ming officials are not blind, they will know that Emperor Wanli and Huang Laifu are on the same boat.According to news from Shanxi Town, many workshops and mines operated by Huang Laifu have shares of Emperor Wanli, and they get a lot of dividends every year.If he wanted to move Huang Laifu, Emperor Wanli would never agree.Even if Huang Laifu was overwhelmed by the impeachment memorials of the officials, it would not help.

Thinking of this, Yang Junmin remained silent.After Zeng Tongheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, took the memorial and read it, he immediately put the memorial aside. Whether Huang Laifu opened the mine or collected commercial taxes was none of his business.

Luo Wanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has always been the most respectful of etiquette, and many of the family's children have connections with big merchants. After receiving the memorial and reading it, he said: "The two officials, Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen, are right. Opening a mine is a natural way to gather chaos. It caused villains everywhere to compete for profit, causing people to be confused and the world to be in turmoil. As for the commercial tax, Emperor Gao of the Taizu once said that every commercial tax would take one if it was thirty, and it would be severely punished. Today, all the prefectures, states and counties in the world, The commercial tax is no more than a few hundred taels, and the most is no more than a thousand taels. The commercial tax in Wuzhaibao is as high as 5 taels. The law of the ancestors! It should be impeached, it should be impeached!"

Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, has been wooing Huang Laifu, and Huang Laifu is also a member of his Ministry of War. How can he be impeached casually?After listening to the discussions of several ministers, he also took a look at the two memorials, and said with a sneer: "In 19 years, the Holy Majesty warned the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate that there should be no small ministers from all over the country who slander the ministers, otherwise they will be severely punished." Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen invited meritorious service and slandered the generals and ministers with ulterior motives! As far back as Emperor Taizu Gao, there was a law to follow in the matter of mining. As for the business tax, this is Huang Laifu's meritorious service in governing a place, the place is prosperous, and naturally there are many business taxes, just like the many taxes and grains he has paid in these years. This is his outstanding ability, which I did not expect But it has attracted the jealousy of the villain, which is slander!"

Luo Wanhua pointed at Shi Xing and shouted: "Huang Laifu insulted the merchants and the people, imposed heavy taxes, and competed with the people for profit. Is this reasonable?"

Shi Xing slammed the table and shouted: "It's nonsense, Mr. Huang's government is clean and he loves the people, and the soldiers and civilians under his rule are full of praise. How can he humiliate the merchants and the people? The villain's slander will only make the soldiers of the border town feel cold! Luo Wan Hua, don't think that I don't know about your nasty things, the reason why you are afraid of Huang Junmen's mining and tax collection is because you are worried about your own clan's business plan!"

Luo Wanhua was so angry that his whole body trembled, he said: "My husband, you are insulting me, I will fight with you!"

Shi Xing shouted: "Old man, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

Both of them rolled up their sleeves, and they were about to step forward and beat each other.

Seeing this, several ministers next to him stepped forward to persuade them to fight, while Zhao Zhigao, the chief minister of the cabinet, was so angry that his white beard was raised, and he shouted: "Presumptuous, this is an important place in the cabinet, why are you so noisy? You two Is it impossible for a person to be a wild man? If you don’t stop, the old man will punish you!"

Shi Xing and Luo Wanhua stopped, panting, and sat aside sullenly.

Zhao Zhigao glared at the two of them angrily for a while, and said: "The matter of impeachment, the Sacred Heart has its own decision, I will let the Holy Majesty handle it, you two are like this, how is it proper?"

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Soon, Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen's memorial to impeach Huang Laifu was handed over to Dongnuan Pavilion. Emperor Wanli saw the papers of the two attacking Huang Laifu, and couldn't help being furious, saying: "Stunning! Huang Aiqing is a loyal minister, how can you wait?" The minister slandered?"

At the beginning of the year, Huang Laifu had already shipped a large amount of dividends to Emperor Wanli, and the vain money made Emperor Wanli laugh so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.In the heart of Emperor Wanli, Huang Laifu was his cash cow, the number one loyal minister in the world, how could he allow others to say that?
Soon, Emperor Wanli issued a decree to slander the generals of Bianzhen with Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen, with ulterior motives, give Yu Chongzhi, and demote them to the people.It also aroused the anger of many civil servants towards Huang Laifu!
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On April 23, the [-]rd year of Wanli, Ningwu Pass.

From February to April, the concrete road from Wuzhaibao to Ningwuguan has been repaired, and the rest of the roads are almost completed.When building these roads, Huang Laifu and others invested a lot of money and food, and along the way, many villagers were employed and earned wages to support their families at the doorstep, which was a joy.

The completion of the cement road has greatly facilitated the circulation of military and civilian merchants, and also facilitated the rapid delivery of military posts.In the past, from Ningwuguan to Wuzhai Fort, due to the many mountain roads and difficult roads, villagers and merchants needed to walk for at least two days. Now, they can go from Wuzhai Fort to Ningwuguan within one day.

This road can also be regarded as an official road and a post road. In the past, the post road was maintained by the Junbao County along the way, but for this road, after discussions between Huang Laifu and Governor Yang and others, it was managed by the Wuzhaibao Construction Bureau.

Road maintenance requires a lot of money and food every year, especially the cement pavement is prone to expansion cracks, uneven settlement, etc., and it needs to be repaired in a few years. It was decided to set up toll bureaus at both ends of Wuzhaibao and Ningwuguan on the first day of May to collect tolls and road maintenance fees for 15 years.

Of course, the prosperity of commerce, coupled with the ease of roads, also prompted the emergence of a civilian post office in Wuzhaibao, Ningwuguan and various places: "Minxin Bureau".

Among the network-like post roads in various parts of Daming, there are water horse stations, delivery stations, and express delivery shops along the way.In the Ming Dynasty, a station is generally set up at 60 or 80 miles, and the most important things are assigned to the station.Express delivery shops are set up every ten miles, and official documents are delivered by vocational colleges.The delivery station is specialized in transporting military supplies.Of course, the above are all official post office affairs, and there are few civilian ones.

However, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a non-government communication organization appeared in Sichuan, namely the "Minxin Bureau". Parcels, charge a certain postage fee, exchange money on behalf of others, charge a certain amount of remittance fee, etc.Over the past century, the Daming Civil Information Bureau has been established in many prosperous commercial cities. Ningbo, Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Beijing and other places have dedicated privately operated civilian postal services. The Civil Credit Bureau provides services, collects remuneration, etc.

In early April, some businessmen set up civil letter bureaus in Wuzhaibao and Ningwuguan to carry out civilian postal services. Huang Laifu also noticed this phenomenon.However, at this time, the civil letter bureaus, like the civil postal services in Western European countries at that time, had many irregularities in their affairs.For example, at this time, the Civil Credit Bureau stipulated that half of the postage should be paid by the sender and half by the recipient, which has many shortcomings.

Huang Laifu planned to issue stamps in the future and intervene in this matter.Another great source of wealth.

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On April [-]th, the mansion of the General Army of Ningwuguan.

With a sound of "Pa!", Huang Laifu slapped the table with his palm. Looking at the newspaper in his hand, he realized what it means to reverse black and white.What was reported in the mansion, "Using power to humiliate the merchants and the people, extracting heavy taxes... What to compete with the people for profit, and lure villains from all over the place to compete for mines... What is the Shanxi town's people complaining deeply, and they are sincerely afraid of chaos..." Wait, wait, etc., they are all words of criticism, and they are all theories that confuse black and white.Fortunately, Emperor Wanli loved him, otherwise he would be in trouble.

Speaking of which, in this world, there is no better Huang Laifu for the soldiers, civilians and businessmen under his rule, but there are still many people who are not satisfied.Huang Laifu knew that Cheng Shao, who was in charge of household science, and Yang Yingwen, who was in charge of engineering, were just soldiers. Behind them, there were many profiteering groups.No matter how much money these people earn, they are still dissatisfied and eager to reap greater benefits, but to make them fulfill their due obligations is as painful as cutting their flesh.

Huang Laifu knew that these people had no conflict with his interests for the time being. After all, he was just messing around in Shanxi Town, but their eyes were sharp, and they could see the terrible future, so they couldn't wait to nip the danger in the bud.

Huang Laifu knew that in Wuzhai Fort and Ningwuguan, many merchants followed him to make a lot of money, and at the same time made irresponsible remarks about the business taxes he collected, especially dissatisfied with the road tolls he was about to charge, as if in their eyes, they collected taxes by themselves. It shouldn't be.Maybe these impeachments are also related to these merchants. After all, many of these people's families are also officials.Also, in Wuzhaibao Academy, some literati teach, and while taking their own money and food, they don’t devote themselves to teaching and don’t talk about it, but they also whisper to themselves secretly, making troubles when they suffer.It's time to deal with these people.

At the same time, Huang Laifu also realized that it is terrible to be controlled by literati Qingliu. Huang Laifu, who came from later generations, of course knows this kind of power.Even if you are good, they can still speak badly about you. They should have their own propaganda positions, and opening a newspaper is an effective means to guide the power of public opinion.There are also related intelligence agencies, which should be set up by myself. I have to know every move in various places, and I can't always be led by the nose by others.

At the same time, Huang Laifu was also secretly grateful to Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He did not expect that he would act bravely and speak for himself.Thinking that two years later, Shi Xing would make a wrong judgment because of Shen Weijing's deception about tomorrow's peace negotiation, and was finally dismissed from office. He died of illness in prison a few months later, and he should save him at that time.

Seeing Huang Laifu get angry, Yang Xiaolu, Gu Dadao, Zhou Wendong, Wang Qinian and others beside him were startled. Yang Xiaolu could read a few words, so he picked up the mansion newspaper that Huang Laifu had abandoned underground, and read it When I saw it, I couldn't help shouting: "Isn't this wronging people? In Shanxi Town, who cares more about the soldiers and civilians than adults? These people are talking nonsense! Dare to slander adults, I can't wait to hack them to death!"

Then he laughed and said: "Fortunately, the emperor, Shengming, did not listen to the false accusations of the villains. These people deserve to be dismissed from office!"

Zhou Wendong and Wang Qinian also took the mansion newspaper to watch. Huang Laifu was surrounded by rough men and no literati think tanks.No matter what they say, Zhou and Wang are both scholars who have passed the examination, so Huang Laifu always brings them with him for inquiries.

After Zhou Wendong and Wang Qinian had read the mansion newspaper, Zhou Wendong was about to speak, when a family member hurried in to report that the Shanxi inspector had come to Ningwuguan, and Governor Yang asked Huang Junmen to go and greet him.

(End of this chapter)