"Haha, Mr. Jian is so dedicated to his duties, I dare not disobey him!"
Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others laughed.
They were not only confident in the governance of Yan State, but also quite proud.
Jian Yi nodded with satisfaction, thought for a moment, and then asked: "When Jian first entered this city, he saw that the streets were clean and tidy, and there was no filth. But all the people of Yan State wore, used, spoke, and Everything written... is all belonging to our Ming Dynasty. I wonder if these people are originally from Goryeo, or are they people who migrated from our Ming Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others all smiled lightly, their eyes full of pride.
At the earliest time of Confucianism, Sage Kong told his disciples that they should teach without distinction.
However, with the development of Confucianism, in the Han Dynasty, Confucianism wanted to educate everyone. Not only the common people had to accept their Confucian ideological enlightenment, but even the monarchs also had to accept their ideological enlightenment.
Therefore, starting from the Han Dynasty, Confucian scholars became more and more obsessed with ideological education.
However, no matter how hard the great Confucian scholars tried, they were only carrying out ideological enlightenment in the Central Plains.
As for the northern Tatars beyond the Central Plains, as well as the Goryeo and Japanese countries in the east, there has been no progress.
But now, these Confucian scholars, who are just scholars and successful candidates, have successfully carried out enlightenment in Goryeo. Even now, half of the people in Goryeo are accepting their enlightenment!
Therefore, even when facing Jian Yi, the left minister of the Ming Dynasty's official department, they were not timid at all.
"Hao Jian Gong learned that Kaicheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, originally had a population of 90,000. With our administration, it now has a population of 160,000.
Among them, our Ming Dynasty has only 160 million officials, military officers, generals, merchants and merchants. Among the remaining 140,000 people, 30,000 are new-born children, of which 20,000 are the descendants of our Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 10,000 children are from the Yan Kingdom. The seed of the people..."
"Now, there are 160,000 people in Kaicheng who are proud to speak our Ming Dynasty and write our Ming Dynasty characters. At least 20% of the people of Yan State can write our Ming Dynasty characters, and 80% of the people can use our Ming Dynasty characters in their daily lives. Verbal conversation…
As for food, clothes, and books, they are all brought from our Ming Dynasty..."
"Twenty percent? How is this possible?"
Hearing this, he couldn't help but be filled with surprise and doubt.
"Do you know that I am representing His Majesty this time? If you exaggerate the facts in the slightest, you will be suspected of deceiving the Emperor?
Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were probably not even 100 people who could read and write! "
Jin Zhong straightened his expression and said proudly: "Please rest assured, Mr. Jian, we will find out once we investigate this matter. We will never bother to commit fraud on this matter!"
"But how is this possible?"
Jian Yi's face was still full of disbelief and he couldn't help but look at Sun Ke who was standing aside.
Sun Ke nodded slowly.
Jian Yi's eyes widened instantly, "How did you do it?"
"This is so simple!"
Jin Zhong smiled lightly.
The corners of Jian Yi's eyes twitched slightly.
Jin Zhong continued: "In the beginning, when Your Majesty was still King of Yan, Your Majesty captured Kaicheng because the King of Goryeo, Wang Yu, dared to play tricks on Your Majesty and betrayed His Majesty.
Immediately, he used a long-term strategy to govern Goryeo, which is now the Marquis of Dinghai.
In Goryeo, we were allowed to have Ming Yanshan guardsmen marry Goryeo women as concubines, give them special treatment, create identity plates, and send a large number of Ming enlightenment books to the Goryeo people... and notified Kaicheng that everyone must speak Ming Mandarin in the future, who If you learn the fastest, there will be rewards..."
"Is that so?"
After hearing this, Jian Yi could not help but widen his eyes again, his face full of shock.
"That Marquis of Dinghai actually has such talent in governing the country?"
"It's natural!"
Jin Zhong nodded slightly, and then looked at Jian Yi in surprise.
On the side, Shang Kezhou, Chang Guoting and others also looked at Jian Yi strangely.
As the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you don't know the talent of the Marquis?
Is that Marquis hiding his clumsiness?
Jian Yi was startled, and then asked again: "I wonder how many states and counties there are in Yan State now? How many people are there? How much tax is collected every year, how much tax money is it? How much is the business tax? How many cases are settled?..."
Shang Ke Zhou bowed his hands to Jian Yi and said: "Reporting to Duke Jian, Yan State now has 71 states, 321 counties, 510,000 households, and more than 2.4 million people. This year, there will be 71 prefectures and 321 counties. The tax revenue is 1.3 million dan, the tax revenue is estimated to be 5.6 million taels, and the commercial tax is 350,000 taels of silver..."
"So much?"
Jian Yi's eyes widened again.
Although he is the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs, he also knows some about the taxation of grain and money in the Ming Dynasty.
Even in Ningguo Mansion, Taiping Mansion, and Huzhou Mansion, which are closest to the capital, although the people are not inferior to those of Yan State, their taxes on grain and silver are not half as high as those of Yan State.
Although Jingcha has four grids and eight laws, taxation of money and taxation of food occupy the most important position.
In addition, Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others have made such a great contribution to enlightenment in Yan State!
It can be said that before it was Jian Yi's turn to find trouble for the officials of Yan State, Jin Zhong and other officials gave Jian Yi and other officials a warning.
Even, Jian Yi and others were left speechless and intimidated.
Next, everything returns to normal.
Although Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others could tell Jian Yi some surprising things from time to time, they were still within Jian Yi's acceptable range.
Subsequently.
Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others held a banquet in honor of Yifan Jianyi and others as usual.
Let Jian Yi and other officials of the Ming Dynasty once again see the customs and customs of Yan State.
Ten more days passed, and the country of Yan began to get noticeably colder.
Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou, Chang Guoting, Chen Shou, and sixteen chief officials selected from various states took their families on six large ships and headed for the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
The officialdom of Yan State began to undergo great changes.
At the same time, all the officials of Yan State were also full of expectations.
Because, judging from this situation, His Majesty and the Marquis have not forgotten them.
In this way, they can all be promoted back to the Ming Dynasty slowly.
Although the Yan Kingdom is free, all of them still have the thought in their hearts that they want to go back to the Ming Dynasty and honor their ancestors!
As for Jian Yi, he was thinking about the situation that Yan State encountered along the way.
…
the other side.
In Fujian, Guangdong, and Yunnan, a major war broke out.
Rivers of blood!
All the gentry officials in Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places were trembling!
All the officials in the capital were shocked.
Especially Zhu Di, who directly cursed at all the officials in the court.
"Look, this is the wise minister of the Ming Dynasty whom you swore to recommend to us?
Ming’s kind house? "
"How dare you assassinate our Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and secretly manufacture counterfeit money!"
"Collude with the gentry and merchants, take bribes and bend the law, exploit the people's money, and even divulge the court's property. Death is not a pity, death is not a pity..."
"I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly! I gave Ming officials salary increases and year-end bonuses to make all Ming officials fulfill their duties and be honest and honest. As a result, now..."
"I am heartbroken..."
...(End of chapter)
