The dust was flying, the mules and horses were running around, and the hot sunshine was actually a little warmer at this time.
The project was still going on, and the emperor was observing calmly, feeling particularly accomplished.
In an agricultural society, water conservancy projects are a matter of life and death and must be monitored.
Jiangxi had a gathering of elites during the Ming Dynasty, and was known as "Half of Jiangxi was a court official, and many officials were in Hanlin." According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", among the 164 cabinet ministers, 22 were from Jiangxi, and 56 of them were chief ministers. There are nine assistant ministers from Jiangxi, which is the highest number in the country.
However, this is far from the credit of water conservancy projects. Shubei, Bobei, Jiaobei, Qianjinbei in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, Li Canal in Yichun, Chatanbei in Taihe, etc. are all large canals that irrigate tens of thousands of acres. Over the years, He came many times to dredge things up, which made Jiangxi rich and prosperous.
Therefore, if the North wants to rise, it must develop agriculture and lay a solid foundation. Only when the warehouse is solid can it know the etiquette. Only when the stomach is full can it have the opportunity to develop.
Of course, the greatest contribution of the Ming Dynasty's water conservancy projects was the control of the Yellow River.
Pan Jixun's policy of confining water and attacking sand prevented the Yellow River from being disturbed for decades, and his strategy was left as a reference for future generations.
Although the cabinet does not have a five-year plan, and it is impossible to have one. The politics are turbulent and there are many natural and man-made disasters, making it difficult to continue. However, the Ministry of Industry has its own planned projects.
First of all, Xishan water diversion and Miyun Reservoir are two important projects.
The Ministry of Industry has invested a lot of energy in this, just to ensure that there is no shortage of water in Beijing.
Secondly, there is no other major project that will last for decades than the Huaihe River.
The Yellow River and the Huaihe River are integrated into one, and the Yellow River takes the Huaihe River and flows into the sea, leaving the Huaihai Plain in a mess. A large number of fertile fields have turned into saline-alkali land, which has caused countless disasters.
What was once a granary has become a burden because of the Yellow River.
Controlling the Huaihe River is also a major project after 1949. It will take at least ten years and tens of millions of dollars to fund it.
Seeing the emperor deep in thought, no one dared to disturb him.
For a long time, Zhu Yixi felt a little cool. When he looked up, an umbrella had been held up above his head, blocking the harsh sunlight.
Glancing at the eunuch, he didn't say anything and got directly into the carriage.
Eunuchs deserve to be favored and gain power. How many people in the world can treat the emperor like this?
The carriages and horses moved slowly, and Dongchang Admiral Yang Le, who was following closely, approached cordially and said, "Your Majesty, the water diversion from Xishan Mountain will be completed by next year, and by then Beijing will be able to drink spring water."
"Yeah!" The emperor snorted and fell silent.
The few people on the side also had the good sense not to disturb him. Just like that it fell silent.
Soon, the emperor returned to Yuquan Mountain, and the coolness suddenly hit his face, not to mention how comfortable he felt.
As soon as I arrived at the Shanzhuang Cabinet, I submitted the voting plan.
Regarding the regulations of the Luzon Governor's Mansion, they are naturally well-organized and seem reasonable at a glance, and they also adhere to the rules of checks and balances.
However, when it came to selecting the governor, three people were submitted at once for the emperor to choose.
First of all, there is Sun Changzhou, the former Governor of Xuanda and now the Governor of Chahar.
That's right, Chahar was restructured into a governor-general's palace and became a military town, governing the three cities of Chifeng, Chengde and Kuanhe. It was responsible for managing the Chahar tribes, the Khan tribe and the Han people.
In the Chahar area, the imperial court followed a policy of encroaching step by step. From Chifeng, to Chengde, and Kuancheng, which was built on the lower reaches of the Kuan River last year, Chahar owned three cities.
The next target is the upper reaches of Kuanhe River, where Pingquan City is to be built.
Then it continued eastward and northward, turning the entire Chahar region into a mixed nomadic and farming area.
Today, Mongolia does not have a unified khan, so naturally there is no one to stop the Ming Dynasty's cannibalization policy.
Sun Changzhou led five thousand people to guard Chifeng, which was extremely hard work.
Zhu Yixi glanced at it and let him row away.
At nearly fifty years old, if you go to the Philippines again, wouldn't that mean you're courting death?
The second candidate is Lin Jiading, the chief envoy of Guangdong, a native of Putian, Fujian. He was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634). He once served as the head of the Ministry of Rites and a doctor in the Ministry of Households.
, and later served as deputy professor of Guangdong.
When King Fu was supervising the country, he served as the inspector-general of Guangdong and later became the chief envoy of Guangdong.
The cabinet's evaluation of him was that he was energetic, capable of studying in the West, and valued business and agriculture.
Clearly, he was an active-thinking, non-bookish official.
The other person was from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, named Jinbao. He passed the Jinshi examination in the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640) and was awarded the title of magistrate of Linqing County. He was later forced to leave by Liu Zeqing.
The Qing army captured Hangzhou and abducted Queen Lu. Jinbao and former governor Yao Zhizhuo raised an army to resist the Qing Dynasty, but were defeated alone.
Later, the Shaowu imperial court was established. Due to his unyielding resistance, he gained a good reputation and was awarded the title of prefect of Quanzhou, and later promoted to deputy envoy of Fujian.
Because of his unyielding integrity, he had led troops in battles, and had served as an official in Fujian for many years. He was familiar with affairs in Western Yi and Taiwan, so it was just right to go to Luzon without worrying about anything going wrong.
What's more important is that he is only forty-three years old, young and strong, just right.
Zhu Yixi was satisfied with this person's experience.
When he ascended the throne in Nanjing, when appointing old people from the previous dynasty, the court did not appoint them all, but selected them on a merit-based basis.
The first one to be eliminated was naturally the imperial official who had taken refuge with Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Beijing.
Priority will be given to those chaste men who lead troops in battle, are unyielding, and have a heart for the imperial court.
Putting aside whether you have ability or not, temperance is the most important thing.
Who can deny Hong Chengchou's ability?
But he just turned traitor.
Therefore, regardless of Jinbao's qualifications, ability, physical condition, and official experience, the emperor was satisfied.
"Let him be the governor of Luzon!"
Zhu Yixi picked up the third ticket and said.
Tian Fu, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly started to write and review.
As for Sun Lin, he is only in his mid-twenties, and he has already shocked the officialdom by serving as the commander-in-chief of the Nanhai Navy. If he is promoted to governor, he will definitely cause chaos in the court.
He did not dare to be like Qianlong, who appointed Fukang'an as Minister of Military Aircraft when he was 20 years old.
The promotion of favorite ministers should not be done in such a haphazard manner. Doesn't this create a gap between the monarch and his ministers?
Zhu Hong was a group, and the cabinet had no objections. They immediately drafted a decree and sent it to the staff for implementation, and the matter was finalized.
After completing the process, I hurried to Tianjin.
If in the past, such an imperial edict would have been sent from the canal south to Zhejiang, and then sent to Fujian, it would not have been achieved within two or three months.
But now we take a boat from Tianjin and go directly down the river to reach Fuzhou in about half a month.
At this time, Jin Bao, who was serving as the inspector of Fujian, took a boat and arrived in Taiwan.
Also known as "Jiantai", this official position is responsible for the judicial, criminal and prison affairs of a province, and is a third-grade official rank.
The Inspector-General is not only in charge of the judiciary, but is also responsible for managing the "Post Office" affairs of the province. He must ensure that the information sent from the central government to the local governments is correct.
On the one hand, the Jian Cha Shi focuses on the judiciary and Youyi. The Jian Cha Shi is equivalent to the current Director of the Department of Justice, Director of the Public Security Department, and Director of the Provincial Procuratorate.
In addition, in addition to the people, they still have the power to supervise officials. Any officials who have committed corruption, corruption and illegal acts have the responsibility to rectify and expose them and report them to the court.
The three-year assessment of local officials stipulated by the imperial court was also completed with the participation of inspectors.
Under the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard, there is also a Qianshi. The deputy envoy and the Qianshi are usually separated from each other to inspect local areas, including military preparations, training, patrolling the sea, Qing army, Yi Chuan, and farming.
However, Jin Bao came to Taiwan in person this time, and he really had to do it.
Taiwan's summer tax was earlier than that in Jiangnan, and was paid at the end of May or early June, but it shocked the entire Fuzhou and Fujian Provinces.
It turned out that after the three-year tax holiday, the Taiwan government began to implement a two-and-a-half-year tax. This was the rule of the imperial court, but this half-tax made the whole Fujian Province dumbfounded.
Summer tax of 270,000 silver dollars——
In other words, the Taiwanese government will generate about one million silver dollars in tax revenue every year.
The commercial tax is half and half, while the grain tax is 37%. Even if it is 37%, the Taiwan government can keep at least 300,000 yuan.
What a huge number.
In Fujian as a whole, the annual tax is only 4 million yuan, while in Taiwan there are only 600,000 people, and the first two taxes can reach a quarter of the province's total.
When the governor of Fujian learned about this, his first reaction was disbelief. After verifying it, his second reaction was that there was more to Taiwan than that.
He felt that many officials in the Taiwan government might be unclean, or that they might have been promoted too high.
The Shaowu Dynasty carried out financial reforms for many years. Local grain taxes were divided into one point, two points, and three points. The grain tax was divided into 30 and 70, while the commercial tax was divided into half and half.
What is handed over to the household department is called Qi Yun, and what is left in the local area is called retention.
Before Shaowu, there was no fiscal revenue at the provincial level. Taxation was based on counties and the fiscal revenue of the three divisions and yamen.
Therefore, once there is a major disaster, the governor will ask the wealthy households to donate food and silver to tide over the difficulties. At this time, for those county governments with rich treasury, the governor is unable to dispatch support and watches helplessly.
People are selfish, and each county will only sweep away the snow in front of its own door, without taking into account other counties.
As for disaster relief, it was necessary to report to the imperial court. Once this happened, it would have already led to a civil uprising.
Historically, it was not until the Yongzheng period that there was provincial finance, called retained reserve, which came from the return of fire consumption to the public, but the rules were limited to death. If more than five hundred taels were used, it would have to be reported.
However, in the Shaowu Dynasty, provincial finance gradually took shape because the governor also served as the province's disaster relief dispatcher.
Provincial-level finances are managed by the chief envoy, used by the governor, and supervised by the inspector-general. They can only be transferred with the consent of the three parties.
In terms of application, it can only be used for five purposes: repairing official roads, dredging river embankments, relieving victims, paying military salaries, and offering sacrifices to good deeds.
The source of provincial finance is commercial tax.
Fifty percent of the commercial tax revenue is given to the Ministry of Household Affairs, 30% is retained in the local government, and 20% becomes a reserve for the provincial government.
Even if it is only two cents, in a province like Fujian that emphasizes commerce over agriculture, commercial taxes have already exceeded agricultural taxes, and the vassal treasury can keep four to five million silver coins a year.
Although it is not much, it is enough to provide relief to the victims in an emergency.
For example, in Jiangsu Province, the annual business tax is more than three to four million, and the savings can reach about one million, which means you are truly wealthy.
The Fujian Third Division is concerned about commercial taxes, and what they hate the most is local underreporting. Since Taiwan has such a big win, it needs to investigate, for fear that something will go wrong.
Of course, the reason was that some members of the Taiwan government reported to the governor that there were many red barbarians in Taiwan, and the folk customs had deteriorated and were offensive to public morals.
"Taiwan, I heard that Taiwan has only been around for a few years. The land is rich and it has become the first choice destination in Fujian..."
The staff on the side looked at the sea, stared at the rough waves, and couldn't help but sigh.
"With nearly 50,000 Westerners, Taiwan is different."
Jinbao held its head high and blew the sea breeze.
At noon, the ship arrived at Penghu County, and in the afternoon, it arrived at Dayuan County, Taiwan Prefecture.
All the magistrates and county magistrates of Taiwan came to the pier to greet him. They were all cautious and respectful, even more careful than waiting for their parents.
There is no reason why they should be so timid.
Ming system - Prefectures and counties inspect once a month and report to the government. The government inspects and reports once a year to the chief envoy. Every three years, the governor and the inspector general review the official affairs and prepare a record to report to the officials. Ministry, as evidence of inspection by foreign officials.
Previously, foreign officials were divided into eight grades: one is greedy, two is cool, three is impetuous, four is inadequate, five is old, six is sick, seven is bad, and eight is careless.
After the Shaowu Dynasty, foreign officials were divided into three grades: excellent, medium, and inferior. The inferior ones were demoted, the average ones were transferred to other provinces, and the superior ones were promoted to Beijing.
As before, the position of county magistrate had been transferred for decades, but now it no longer exists.
Arriving at the pier, Jin Bao felt that the atmosphere was indeed different.
The ships docked at the pier are basically Western-style sailing ships, but there are only a few lucky ships, and Western boats can be seen everywhere.
Facing him like this
Sir, this group of red-haired and green-eyed Xiyi showed no respect. They just bowed slightly and left.
Jin Bao felt his energy rising.
When I got on the carriage and opened the curtain, I saw that there were all kinds of shops along the street, and the buildings were all kinds of strange, like swords thrust into the sky, and some were rough and devoid of any sense of beauty.
The Ming-made architecture is unremarkable.
In his heart, he became even more angry.
When we arrived at the government office, the space was huge. The front office and the backyard were spacious and brand-new, clean and tidy. Several vases were placed very elegantly, and the calligraphy and paintings were also good.
"Where is the county government here?"
Since the Chinese dynasty, it has been popular to undermine the integrity of county government offices. Now in Taiwan, they are extremely beautiful.
Jin Bao had accumulated a lot of sullenness, and when the prefect proposed to hold a banquet, he smiled slightly, but his sullen face still made everyone in Taiwan tremble.
The next day, he sent his master to check the account books, and then went to the county warehouse to have a look.
Dozens of boxes of silver coins, hundreds of thousands of pieces, which made Jin Bao breathless.
Suddenly, he felt his anger drain away.
The magistrate on the side said respectfully: "Taiwan, the four counties of Taiwan Prefecture, Penghu, Dayuan, Jilong, Tamsui..."
"I know." Jin Bao nodded, glanced sideways at him, and said, "Why is your summer tax so high?"
"Are there any harsh people?"
After asking this question, Taiwan's prefect's waist immediately dropped even lower.
"In fact, the maritime merchants purchased cane sugar in large quantities, with an annual output of millions of tons. Because of the tax of 30 per cent, the annual tax is no less than 300,000..."
"Moreover, in the past two years, our government has exported tea, rice, wood, mothballs, etc. on a large scale, and has also collected a lot of taxes."
"The money obtained is used to support officials (the chief official of the county government is the chief envoy who distributes money), to conquer the natives, and to recruit people to reclaim wasteland to fill the household registration..."
ps: Damn it, Japan and South Korea have entered, how angry! ! ! ! ! !
