"Now do you know the benefits of being the governor?" Han Du said meaningfully.
Bai Yunhu took a deep breath and nodded heavily, "I understand."
It turns out that the governor's biggest source of income is not the 10% reward at all. It's ridiculous that the civil servants in the court are still staring at this reward with blood-red eyes, gearing up to make a big difference in the appointment of the next governor.
"You come from a humble background, and you have a big family at home asking you to eat. I understand that you want to make money. After all, a gentleman loves money." Han Du said in a soothing tone, unhurriedly: "It is precisely because of this, I I just feel that the position of governor of Horumos is not suitable for you."
At the beginning, when it was later said that he was not suitable for Governor Horumos, Baiyunhu was unconvinced. Now when he heard the Marquis say this again, Bai Yunhu not only felt no dissatisfaction in his heart, but also felt the slightest gratitude towards the Marquis.
"But Lord Marquis, is this really appropriate?" Bai Yunhu was a little worried for Han Du. Working alone in the Governor's Mansion was simply poaching the court. If someone reports him, won't he be prosecuted?
Han Du saw the change in the expression on Bai Yunhu's face and knew what he was worried about. He smiled and said: "Do you think that the imperial court should strictly supervise the governor's mansions and all the proceeds from the governor's mansions?" It’s enough to hand it all over and the governor only takes 10% of the reward?”
Seeing Bai Yunhu remain silent, it was obvious that this was what he had in mind.
Han Du suddenly laughed and said: "The world is so big, even Nanyang is thousands of miles away from the capital. Even if the imperial court wants to manage the governor's mansions, how do you think it should be managed?"
Bai Yunhu was stunned for a moment. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. How to manage it, Baiyunhu really doesn't know. After all, he is just a martial artist and is not familiar with the internal affairs of the court.
Han Du also knew that he did not understand this, so he glanced at him and said: "Nanyang is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it takes several months to go there and back. If the court is too strict and restricts the governor's As for me, if something happens to the Governor's Mansion, do you think you can still ask the court for instructions and wait a few months before handling it?"
Bai Yunhu suddenly stopped talking, and the principle of swiftness and speed was engraved in his bones. If he were the governor and had to ask the court for instructions before taking the next step in a life-or-death matter, he would probably die of depression. And after waiting for a few months, I am afraid that no matter what it is, it will be turned upside down long ago.
"Why did the emperor set up the Governor's Office in the first place and put all the military and political power in one place in the hands of one person? Do you think the imperial court didn't want to take care of it? That's because the imperial court had no way to control it and could only give the governors the power to make arbitrary decisions based on the situation!" Han Du looked at Baiyunhu and said with a smile.
"I see, I understand." Bai Yunhu lowered his head in shame and saluted Han Du with a fist in his hand. What he said just now was also offensive to Han Du.
Han Du smiled and did not care about Bai Yunhu's offense, and said with a smile: "As long as you can complete the annual turn-in amount, you can do other things with confidence and boldness. When Marquis Shun was in Luzon, Nearly one million acres of land were enclosed to grow sugar cane. Most of it was owned by the imperial estates, and the rest was also the property of the princes’ mansions in the capital. The Marquis of Shangshao himself only owned 30,000 acres. That’s all.”
"Luzon's current annual tribute is about 2 million taels, and the reward the governor can receive is only 200,000 taels. But his 30,000 acres of sugar cane... you also often travel to Nanyang, You should be aware of the price of sugar. Calculate for yourself how much income you can get from these 30,000 acres of sugar cane every year?"
"One acre of sugar cane can produce about 200 kilograms of high-quality white sugar. Even in Nanyang, it is worth a hundred guan. After deducting the cost of planting slaves and refining sugar, there is still a profit of 50 or 60 guan, right? Do the math. How much revenue can these 30,000 acres of sugar cane earn each year?"
Bai Yunhu can serve as the commander of the navy. Although he is not proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, he at least has read them. Under the influence of Han Du, he was no stranger to arithmetic. After a little calculation in his mind, he came up with an answer that stunned him.
When Han Du saw Bai Yunhu's appearance, he raised his head and smiled: "Now you know why I said that Governor Hulumos is not suitable for you, right?"
"Your Majesty is still far-sighted, and I will always admire him." Bai Yunhu no longer had any grudges in his heart, and bowed to Han Du sincerely.
Nodding, Han Du said to him: "If I want to open up the sea channel from the old port to Horumos, I need to set up a governor's palace along the way to ensure the safety of maritime merchants. So don't worry, we will build a new sea channel in this channel next." There are many governor's offices set up in the government, and yours will not be missing."
Bai Yunhu suddenly raised his head in surprise, looked at Han Du and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, I will never forget you!"
"You'd better think carefully about where you want to be the governor." Han Du gave Bai Yunhu a look that he understood.
Bai Yunhu laughed, lowered his head and said: "Yes, the general will obey the command of the Marquis. The general will go wherever the Marquis tells him to go."
"I will keep it in mind for you." Han Du nodded and agreed, then waved his hand, "You can go down first. The fleet cannot sail without you at the helm."
"Yes, the general will go back right away. Don't worry, Mr. Hou, the general will not miss the main business." Bai Yunhu stood up quickly, bowed to Han Du with fists in his hands, and then turned around and walked out of the cabin.
Han Du watched Bai Yunhu's figure disappear at the door, shook his head slightly and smiled.
Ever since Lao Zhu announced the rewards to the governors-general in the court, the attitude towards the governor-general's offices inside and outside the court has changed drastically, and it has completely taken a U-turn. In people's eyes, the governors were no longer exiles, but real high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and frontier officials like the chief envoys of the provinces.
Overseas is no longer a barbaric land, but a land rich in wealth such as food, spices, minerals, and sugar. Countless merchants from the Ming Dynasty walked onto the ocean, and the eyes of the common people when they looked at the merchants changed from shaking their heads with regret at first, to full of surprise, to red eyes with jealousy. This can be seen from people buying securities and more and more people either becoming maritime merchants or following maritime merchants' ships to the ocean.
The most miserable people in the Ming Dynasty were actually the civil servants. The military generals of the Ming Dynasty generally had more or less titles due to the rewards they received from the founding of the country. Even though there are not many third-class titles such as Duke, Marquis and Boss, there are still many county sons and county men. With a title comes a lumi, ranging from a few hundred to a thousand stones.
Although it seems that there is not much lumi, you will know it if you compare it with the salary of civil servants. Take Hande as an example. He was once a second-grade Minister of Household Affairs, with an annual salary of only 576 dan. At first glance, it seems that the title is not much different from that of the county boy, but the county boy's name is Lumi, which means that all the money given to them by the court is rice. Rice can be said to be the hard currency of this era. Even when the price of rice is low, it is okay not to buy it and eat it yourself.
The civil servants were given a salary. Take Hande as an example. Only half of his salary was rice and noodles, and the rest was some treasure notes, Sichuan peppercorns, pepper, silk cloth, cotton cloth, etc. Therefore, in the early years of Hongwu, whenever officials distributed salary, you would see many people selling peppercorns, pepper, silk cloth, cotton cloth, etc. in the streets and alleys. Without even looking at these people, the common people knew which Beijing official they must be.
And the treasure banknotes that Lao Zhu first made were just toilet paper with some ink printed on it. Not only is it easily soaked by sweat, but its appearance is also very poor. With the depreciation of the treasure banknotes, the moment the civil servants got the treasure banknotes, what they had to do was not go home, but quickly go to the rice shop to exchange the treasure banknotes for white rice.
This phenomenon intensified until Han Du took charge of the treasure banknote promotion department. With the exquisite treasure banknotes and the promise that they could be directly converted into cash in the bank, as well as Lao Zhu's divine power, the common people and officials completely recognized the treasure banknotes again. . It even allowed many officials to make a small profit at the beginning.
At that time, the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty were very grateful to Han Du. After all, it was Han Du who allowed them to live a comfortable life without discounts on salary. In addition, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry has controlled grain prices, and a large amount of grain from Southeast Asia has poured into the Central Plains. Whether it is a famine year or a good year, food prices remain relatively low. The same salary can buy more food, which has greatly improved the lives of many officials from poor families.
Han Du didn't know why Lao Zhu was unwilling to give officials a salary increase for so long. Perhaps stinginess was Lao Zhu's original attribute.
When the People's Republic of China was founded, Lao Zhu used the excuse that the Ming Dynasty was in ruins and the country was weak, so he asked all officials to live within their means. But now the Ming Dynasty has long been rich and powerful, especially Lao Zhu's inner treasury is simply ridiculously rich. Tens of millions of dollars of wealth poured into the inner treasury every year, but Lao Zhu didn't even add any salary to the officials.
Even if Lao Zhu is not willing to spend his own money to increase the salaries of officials. That city's Shipping Department also pays more than 10 million yuan in sea trade taxes every year, and this money goes into the national treasury. Such a large amount of income could not be spent even if the salary of Baiguan was doubled, but Lao Zhu was unwilling to increase the salary of Baiguan by even one penny.
Let a group of officials look at the wealth of money that accumulates in the treasury every year, but I can only hold on to a small amount of salary. He could see it but couldn't touch it, which made Baiguan feel as if he was being scratched by countless cats.
According to Han Du's guess, Lao Zhu was not unwilling to increase salaries for officials, but wanted to give Zhu Biao this opportunity to be kind to the world. Among the officials, there are not a few people who have this guess, and it has almost become a secret known to everyone.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there are countless officials who look forward to the stars and the moon every day, hoping that Zhu Biao can ascend the throne as soon as possible. Once Zhu Biao ascends the throne, he will definitely increase the salaries of all officials.
From this point, we can see that Lao Zhu really gave all the good things to Zhu Biao.
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