"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 the 10% 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 that 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 Hulumos, Bai Yunhu was not convinced. Now when he heard the Marquis say that again, Bai Yunhu not only did not feel dissatisfied at all, but also felt a sense of dissatisfaction towards the Marquis.
I am so grateful.
"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 he was reported, wouldn't he be punished?
condemn?
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 each governor's mansion and transfer all the proceeds from the governor's mansion?
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. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. How to deal with it, Bai Yunhu really didn't know. After all, he was just a martial artist and was not familiar with the internal affairs of the imperial 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 imperial government 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. The principle of military speed is engraved in his bones. If he was the governor and encountered a life-and-death matter, he had to ask the court for instructions before taking the next step. Then he would probably die of depression. Moreover,
If you wait a few months, I'm afraid no matter what it is, it will be turned upside down long ago.
"Why did the emperor set up the Governor's Mansion in the first place to separate the military and political affairs of the area?
All the power is in the hands of one person? Do you think the imperial court doesn't want to take care of it? That's because the imperial court has no way to control it and can only give the governors the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arises!" Han Du said with a smile as he looked at Baiyunhu.
"I see, I understand." Bai Yunhu lowered his head in shame and saluted Han Du with his fists raised. His words just now were also an offense to Han Du.
Han Du smiled and didn't 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 belonged to the princes’ mansions in the capital. The Marquis 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 you often travel around Nanyang for his 30,000 acres of sugar cane, so you should know the price of sugar.
, calculate for yourself how much profit these 30,000 acres of sugar cane can generate every year?"
"One acre of sugar cane can produce about two hundred kilograms of high-quality white sugar. Even in Nanyang, it is worth a hundred kilograms. After deducting the cost of planting slaves and refining sugar, there is still fifty or sixty kilograms of income, right? You can do the math.
How much revenue can these 30,000 acres of sugar cane earn each year?"
Bai Yunhu is able to serve as the commander of the navy. Although he is not proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, he at least has read it. Under the influence of Han Du, he is no stranger to arithmetic. After a little calculation in his mind, he came up with a concession.
His jaw-dropping answer.
When Han Du saw Baiyunhu'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 with sincerity.
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 you can rest assured that we will build a new sea channel on 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
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 in agreement, and then waved his hand, "You go down first, the fleet cannot sail without you at the helm."
"Yes, the general will go back right now. 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, 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.
Since Lao Zhu announced the rewards to the governors in public in the court, the attitude towards the governors' offices inside and outside the court has changed drastically, and it has completely made a U-turn. In people's eyes, the governors are no longer exiles, but
A true official of the third rank of the imperial court, a high-ranking official in the frontiers just like the chief envoys of the provinces.
Overseas is no longer a barbaric land, but a land rich in food, spices, minerals, sugar and other wealth. Countless Ming merchants walked to the ocean, and the eyes of the people who originally looked at the maritime merchants began to shake their heads with regret.
, to full of surprise, and then to red eyes with jealousy. This can be seen from the 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. Due to the rewards given by the founding of the country, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty generally had some title. Even if the third-class titles of Dukes, Marquises and Bos were not many, there were 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 Lumi is not much, just compare it with the salary of civil servants and you will know. Take Hande as an example, he was once a second-grade Minister of Household Affairs, and his annual salary was only 576 dan. At first glance,
It seems that the title of the county man is not much different from that of the county man, but the county man is called 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 encountering
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, pepper, pepper, silk cloth, cotton cloth, etc. So in the early years of Hongwu, every day
Whenever officials distribute salaries, they will see many people carrying peppercorns, pepper, silk cloth, cotton cloth, etc., selling them in the streets and alleys. Without even looking at these people, the common people will know which Beijing official they must be.
Moreover, the first treasure banknotes that Lao Zhu made were just toilet paper with some ink printed on them. Not only were they easily soaked by sweat, but their appearance was also very poor. As the treasure banknotes depreciated in value, civil servants were taking them
The moment you get the treasure banknotes, what you have to do is 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 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 their salaries. In addition, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry has controlled grain prices and a large amount of grain in Nanyang.
Flooded into the Central Plains. Whether it was a famine year or a good year, food prices remained relatively low. The same salary could buy more food, which 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 a prosperous country and a strong people, especially Lao Zhu's internal treasury is simply ridiculously rich. It costs tens of millions every year.
All the wealth poured into the inner treasury, 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 salary of hundreds of officials, the Shipping Department of the city also has more than 10 million yuan in sea trade taxes every year, and these money go into the national treasury. Such a large amount of income, even if it is given to hundreds of officials,
It would be impossible to spend more than twice the official salary, but Lao Zhu was unwilling to give even one penny more to the officials.
Let all the officials look at the wealth of gold and silver that accumulates in the treasury every year, but I can only hold a small amount of salary in pain. I can see it but can't touch it, which makes the officials feel uncomfortable as if there are countless cats.
Same as scratching.
According to Han Du's guess, Lao Zhu was not unwilling to increase the salary of the officials, but wanted to give Zhu Biao the opportunity to be kind to the world. Among the officials, there were not a few people who had this guess, and almost everyone
Know the secret.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there are countless officials who look forward to the stars and the moon every day, hoping that Zhu Biao will 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.