Chapter 414: Lingnan Industry and Commerce Imagination
Zhang Ximeng and Jiang Nan simply summarized the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts and found many problems. This is not to say that they are very smart, but to this day, the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts are still very messy, and the huge financial and taxation system is attributed to one department.
, they have the final say on everything, including land taxes, business taxes, corvee labor, procurement, revenue and expenditure... all the power is in the hands of a group of people.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is impossible to supervise.
The difference between good and bad is nothing more than whether it will affect the country's political affairs... If we can ensure that more than half of the expenditure is implemented, we can probably recite Amitabha.
If nothing can be done, you can almost prepare a rope and find a crooked-neck tree to wait.
Zhang Ximeng has been working very hard in the past few years... He first created a food bank, then issued Baobao, and then created a tax branch. Recently, he broke through the restrictions of the six departments and created a tax department.
department.
That's why, in the face of this greed, I can reluctantly start to investigate, otherwise I won't even think about it.
Zhang Ximeng seemed to have suddenly realized. No wonder Yushi Yanguan likes to start from private ethics! It's not that they don't want to investigate serious matters, but that they don't have the authority at all. Even if they are asked to investigate, they can't understand it.
So we can only focus on a person's virtue.
Then if this person's virtue is better, the things he does are not bad. As for how to evaluate this person's virtue...that naturally depends on Shilin Qingyi.
It turns out that judging people based on morality also has a scientific basis. Sure enough, things that seem obviously unreasonable actually have inherent rationality...
Hahaha!
Zhang Ximeng's hand holding the chopsticks stopped in mid-air, a faint smile appeared on his face... Jiang Nan raised his head, glanced at him briefly, then lowered his head and continued eating noodles.
Zhang's noodles are good today. Zhang Ximeng slaughtered a non-milk-producing goat, boiled the bones for a long time, and added them to the soup stock and garnished with green vegetables. The taste was particularly mellow.
Jiang Nan finally discovered that Zhang Ximeng actually has a luxurious side, such as killing a sheep, making a pot of soup, and finally just for a bowl of noodles... And this guy is also very weird. He often falls into deep thought and frowns for a while.
Head, grinning for a moment.
Sometimes I go through the pile of old papers, sometimes I write furiously and write some messy things.
He is also very boring. For example, there are several turtles in the well of Zhang Mansion, which are used to verify the water quality. Zhang Ximeng likes to hold a fishing rod, and Jiang Taigong sits by the well.
All in all, the more we learn about him, the clearer it becomes that Master Zhang in the eyes of the world is actually just a young man with some weird hobbies and is really not that great.
At least when he was settling accounts, he made several oversights. All in all, he was just an ordinary person!
"Prime Minister Zhang, you should urge the Ministry of Industry to get the Menxia Provincial Office out as soon as possible. Then I can go to the Menxia Provincial Office to work." Jiang Nan suggested as she watched Zhang Ximeng eat noodles and return to normal.
Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a moment, then said: "That's right, otherwise it would be inappropriate to be busy working in my house all the time. Whether it's public or private, it's really inappropriate. What if... it would be even worse." He finally realized.
Here comes the problem.
But Jiang Nan laughed and said, "Zhang Xiang, you'd better stop thinking so much. I just don't want to eat noodles... Even if you are from Shandong, you can't eat the same thing every day?"
Zhang Ximeng was also anxious, "How can you say that what you ate yesterday was obviously fried noodles, the day before yesterday was shaved noodles, and today it's golden hot soup noodles...how can it be considered the same thing?"
Jiang Nan couldn't help laughing and said, "Then you won't do anything else?"
Zhang Ximeng blinked his eyes and said helplessly: "I know how to do it. In fact, I can do anything like Wensi tofu, crab meat and lion's head, boiled dried shreds... I'm just thinking about it. When I want to cook, I have to cook. Cook the rice."
, I just want to drink...Although my lord does not prohibit fruit wine, there is still a prohibition on alcohol after all."
Zhang Ximeng's voice is obviously getting softer and softer. In the end, he is still too lazy.
"Okay, I'll show you my skills. The big dinner will have to wait until things here are finished. I'll go catch a turtle first and boil some turtle paste to try."
Mr. Zhang really did what he said, and immediately went to the well. Not long after, a tortoise the size of a basin was cruelly torn off its shell...
Not to mention, Zhang Ximeng's craftsmanship is really good. Before leaving get off work, as another batch of accounts was sorted out, Jiang Nan had a large bowl of Guiling paste in front of her.
Jiang Nan took a sip and found it was very smooth, with the sweetness of honey amidst the bitterness. "Zhang Xiang, you can go out and set up a stall with your skills."
Zhang Ximeng laughed proudly, "This means that Yiduo is not stressed. But when we move to Menxia Province, we don't have to think about it. When we get to Menxia Province, we can eat the royal food. What is the standard for one day in Zhongshu Province now?"
"Three hundred cents." Jiang Nan said simply: "Li Xiang has three hundred cents per day, Zhu Shenzhen has two hundred and seventy cents, and the lowest among the others is also one hundred and twenty cents."
Zhang Ximeng was slightly startled, "It's enough to buy hundreds of meat buns. There are actually quite a few ministers and ministers in various ministries. I gave them these salaries and some subsidies. They said that the lord was mean to the officials and the salary he gave was too little. But in reality
If they only eat, drink, and have diarrhea, why is it not enough? If they think about messy things, how much salary can they stop their greed for ink?"
Jiang Nan deeply believed it, nodded vigorously and said: "Xiang Zhang is so right, the people are rich and the people are rich, these people should pay the price!" Gu Hui
Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly and didn't say anything else. He just asked Jiang Nan to go back and rest first and get busy again tomorrow.
Investigating corrupt officials and hating evil are all good things. But if you want to run the household department smoothly, you need some preparations.
Just when he was sending Jiang Nan away, Zhu Ying suddenly came.
The little guy looked very tired and haggard. He had not slept well for several days.
"Brother, I'm here to hand in my homework."
Only then did Zhang Ximeng remember that he did let the little guy think about what he was afraid of...
"Tell me, what have you figured out?"
"I'm afraid of chaos." Zhu Ying said simply: "I was afraid when I was a child... Before I met my eldest brother at that time, my mother always complained, saying that the world was in chaos, that people were in chaos, and that there were no good people in the world..."
This was the first time in a long time that Zhu Ying took the initiative to recall what happened when he was a child. Although almost ten years had passed, he still remembered it vividly and could not forget it.
"Brother, you said that I obviously like to get into trouble, but in my heart, I really want to have rules. Do you believe it?"
"Believe it! Why don't you believe it!" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "You probably want to have rules too much, so you have to prove the existence of rules by getting into trouble. Whenever the board falls on your butt, you feel relieved, right?"
Zhu Ying's eyes gleamed and she couldn't help but said: "Brother, you are so amazing, that's what happened! What do you think is wrong with me?"
"What's wrong? It's not that simple, you're just being mean!" Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly: "Don't tell me that there are some or not, just tell me what are you going to do?"
"I, I want to set rules for them!" Zhu Ying shook her head, cheered up, and said to Zhang Ximeng: "When I go to Lingnan, I have to set rules. No matter what happens, I must strictly follow the rules. Rules are better than
Whoever breaks the rules will be severely punished!"
Zhang Ximeng looked at Zhu Ying who was extremely serious, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes... The little guy actually had such an idea, it was really surprising, and there were many surprises.
"Are you planning to govern Lingnan by relying on laws?"
Zhu Ying nodded, "That's what I think, but I don't have many people who understand the rules, and I don't know how to set them myself..."
Zhang Ximeng laughed happily, "This is not a problem, as long as you remember to focus on the law, that's it. Let me help arrange the rest."
Zhang Ximeng has rarely been so happy. For Zhu Ying, he has always adopted a free-range attitude. In fact, he doesn't know how to teach this child. Zhang Ximeng has always been worried that Zhu Ying will not be able to take charge of his own role because of his involvement.
But as he grew older, this boy's academic performance was poor, his behavior was out of control, his mouth was nasty, and he liked to get into trouble... Yingtian may not have many playboys, but this boy was definitely among them.
This became Zhang Ximeng's heartache. Did he ruin Zhu Ying?
However, the changes in recent times have made Zhang Ximeng overjoyed. First, the battle of Fuliangzhou, and now his enlightenment... all of which gave Zhang Ximeng a sense of surprise that he had regained what he had lost.
It can even be said that he just wanted to plant a radish, and ginseng grew out!
This harvest was really satisfying, and Zhang Ximeng couldn’t wait to find Li Shanchang.
Zhang Ximeng came to Zhongshu Province and met with Li Shanchang, but Lao Li was not surprised at all, and even felt like they were going in both directions... Sure enough, he came! My guess was not wrong at all!
"Xiang Zhang, if you don't come, I will still look for you!"
Zhang Ximeng also said: "Brother Li, I am actually here to beg you."
Li Shanchang remained calm, "What do you beg me for? Do you want me to attack the household department? Are you unwilling to dirty your hands?"
"Xiang Zhang, if you have anything to do, just give me your instructions. Do you need to go to such trouble?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Brother Li, it's like this. In the former case, I encouraged my lord to set up a special commercial section. This time I would like to ask Brother Li for help and set up a special criminal and legal section."
Li Shanchang was startled, it was not a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs?
"Xiang Zhang, what are you doing?"
"I don't want to do anything. I just want to select a group of talents to go over and help Zhu Ying to govern Lingnan." After a pause, Zhang Ximeng added: "Brother Li, in the past we have been promoting land equalization and the land has been divided. I want to
Adjustment is difficult. Lingnan is vast and sparsely populated, and there are large tracts of land around it that can be used. Zhu Ying is a little out of touch, but I think he is fully qualified for the task of governing Lingnan... If nothing else happens, he can explore
A development path that is completely different from that of the Central Plains, our Ming Dynasty has two systems, one is the basic agricultural base, and the other is Lingnan, where industry and commerce are booming. If they complement each other and learn from each other's strengths, our Ming Dynasty will have great potential!"