Lianzhou Prefecture was assigned to Guangxi a few years ago, which gave it access to the sea, but Guangdong was particularly dissatisfied.
You must know that Lianzhou Prefecture is really from Guangfu and speaks Cantonese vernacular.
But at that time, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Yu Chenglong, was so famous that he suppressed him for a while, and no one in Guangdong Province dared to file an impeachment petition.
But with access to the sea, it only means that it is easier for Guangxi people to eat seafood and the price of salt is cheaper, not that there is great economic development.
Because there are only ten major customs offices in the country.
After all, if goods can be imported and exported at any port, how can the court collect taxes and control them?
If goods from Guangxi Province want to be exported overseas, they have to be shipped to Guangzhou by ship, and the transshipment costs are too high.
"Customs!"
Zhu Cunqu showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.
In the final analysis, this matter is still a matter of interests.
As mentioned before, goods from Guangxi must come to Guangzhou before they can be exported overseas, which naturally creates a large number of people who eat for it.
Parking fees, drivers, coachmen, boat yards, hotels, etc., affect hundreds or thousands of people.
How can this benefit be given away to each other?
Seeing the opportunity, the governor of Guangxi immediately said:
"At the beginning of the 26th year of Shaowu's arrest, there were three million people in Guangxi Province, 12 million acres of cultivated land, and a provincial tax of 1.2 million yuan."
"There is only enough food for the officials of the whole province. If a disaster occurs, we have to rely on the government's allocation. It can be described as poverty!"
"If there is a customs, Guangxi's tin, iron, copper, lead, gold and silver and other mines can also bring in all taxes. The number of contractors will increase greatly. I estimate that the province can increase to 1.5 million in the first year.
Yuan, it can reach 1.8 million in three years..."
Such chest-slapping made Zhu Cunqu laugh.
Last year, Guangdong contributed nearly 9 million in taxes, 4 million in commercial taxes, and 3 million in customs.
The provincial government's reserve has reached 800,000, which can be said to be quite generous. This is also the logistical support for him and Yu Chenglong to return to their hometowns.
The tax allocation in Guangxi is actually transferred from Guangdong.
Seeing that the prince showed no reaction, the governor of Guangxi gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Highness, Guangxi can reach two million within three years——"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense with me!" Zhu Cunqu laughed angrily.
The bottom line of bureaucracy has once again dropped in front of him.
Although the governor's term is three years, the actual time spent on the road is considered to be good.
Therefore, after three years, this guy might have been promoted due to his political performance and left, leaving a promise for the next one.
As for the fear that the prince will not like it?
Stop making trouble, the emperor will give birth to several princes and princesses this year, and he will live to be sixty or seventy years old. By then the day lilies will be cold, who will remember them?
Zhu Cunqu touched his chin and started thinking.
The land in Guangxi is barren, and its only advantage is probably that it is suitable for growing sugar cane. At the same time, it is adjacent to the Qin State, making trade more convenient.
So developing business is the only way.
Whether it's minerals or sugar cane, as long as it can make money.
Customs is still very helpful to Guangxi.
"That's all, I'll write a letter for you Guangxi, but I can't make a guarantee!"
"On behalf of the people of the whole province, I would like to thank His Highness for his kindness!"
After saying that, he lifted up his clothes and knelt down to kowtow.
Zhu Cunqu nodded slightly.
No matter what his original intention was, in the end he was doing things for the people.
And working for the people is equivalent to doing things for the Zhu family, which deserves recognition.
"Your Highness, this is a specialty of Rongxian County, Guangxi. Sheep's forehead seeds (Shatian pomelo), which are sweet and crispy when eaten, are famous in both Guangdong and Guangxi."
"Oh?" Zhu Cunqu looked at the yellow-orange-orange grapefruit and smiled: "To be loved by the people, it must have some flavor."
After he left, Zhu Cunqu smiled slightly: "Let's share all the things in this basket!"
"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!"
Staying in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, fruits that are rare in the north are available here every month, such as lychees, mangoes, grapefruits, grapes, watermelons, there are too many to mention, and they are very sweet.
He was already used to it.
"Let's go to the market!"
Although he stayed in Guangdong and Guangxi for more than a year, Zhu Cunqu was wandering around Guangxi and Qiongzhou Prefecture, busy with the work of returning land to land and filling in the people.
Complex and troublesome.
After all, toast is different from toast.
In some cases, the environment is harsh and the land does not produce much. Even if the land is converted and returned to the countryside, the officials sent by the court cannot hold it, so they will naturally not convert the land.
And some are large-scale chieftains, loyal ministers for generations, who take away other people's rights for no reason, and naturally need to be treated with caution and constantly comforted.
Money and food do not count, but they must also be rewarded with titles to prevent them from rebelling.
After all, the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi is based in Wuzhou, and his time in Guangzhou is minimal.
Perhaps because it is close to Nanyang, the market in Guangzhou is different from that in the north. Almost everyone here sets up leather tents to block the sun.
At the same time, almost everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, walked around wearing wooden clogs and single clothes.
There are the most fishermen who smell fishy, and naturally there are also the most fish stalls.
Fresh and cheap seafood is the favorite of Guangzhou people, and it is also the cheapest meat they can get.
Of course, there are also many gout patients with round bumps on their limbs, and they simply turn a blind eye to it.
The vernacular was flying all over the place, making it confusing to listen to, and only a few spoke official Chinese.
Zhu Cunqu shook his head: "Shaowu Pinyin should sell well in Guangdong!"
Suddenly, he saw some people gathered in a shop at the entrance of an alley, and it was very lively.
"Let's go and have a look!"
When he saw it, he couldn't help but be very surprised.
I saw the boss in rags slowly opening the birdcage, and a big fat white pigeon came into view:
"Everyone, it's time to guess the word again today. Don't be in a hurry. What if you scare the pigeon and pick up someone else's word?"
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
The boss smiled and asked the waiter to bring out a wooden tray with eighty paper balls on it, all of which were curled up without revealing any information.
Everyone stared at the ball of paper attentively, with nervous faces on their faces.
Immediately, the boss whistled, and the pigeons picked up paper balls in their mouths on the wooden plate, a total of twenty.
The boss opened them one by one:
"The first word is yellow!"
"The second one, Xuan!"
…
It was not finished until twenty words were read.
Zhu Cunqu narrowed his eyes. These words were all selected from the Thousand-Character Prose.
The spectators took out the papers they had bought a long time ago and compared them one by one.
Some people jumped for joy, some clapped their legs and cried, and some sighed helplessly, neither surprised nor happy.
He grabbed a lost spectator, looking like a businessman, and asked: "What is this?"
"Is this young man from the north?"
"Uh, right!"
The businessman sighed: "This is called a white pigeon ticket. The banker will pick eighty characters from the "Thousand-Character Classic" and print them on the ticket. The person who buys the ticket needs to circle ten characters in advance. The next day, the banker will let one
A big white dove picked out twenty words out of eighty."
"As long as you hit five out of ten, you won't lose anything; if you hit six out of ten, you will get three times; if you hit seven out of ten, you will get ten times!"
"If this is a hit, it will be thirty times that, and you will make a lot of money!"
Zhu Cunqu was stunned.
"We Guangfu people like to play this thing the most. Some of us have lost everything. We all know that the banker is sure to win, but we can't stand a chance. What if we win?"
The businessman left with a wry smile.
Zhu Cunqu shook his head: "It was sold yesterday, so why can't we calculate the least number of words overnight?"
"Besides, that big white pigeon looks innocent, but in fact it has been trained for many years..."
He could easily guess the reason for such inferior tricks, but this group of people were addicted to it and couldn't help themselves.
At this time, someone from the side interrupted: "This thing is a scam, and it only defrauds poor people out of their money."
"The one who is truly fair must be the top lady!"
At this time, a man wearing Taoist robes approached and interrupted.
"What is a flower?"
"Actually, it is also called the Wei surname gambling list. As we all know, the imperial examinations are the most stringent and fraud is strictly prohibited. Therefore, some people have researched and compiled the names and study status of all the candidates that year for the reference of gamblers when placing bets."
"The four surnames of Zhang, Wang, Li, and Chen are not allowed to be written. You can list ten people. The more people are chosen, the greater the profit multiplier will be. Only half or more will make a net profit!"
"Of course, this is mainly in the rural examination and the general examination. As for the boy's examination, haha!"
Zhu Cunqu listened carefully and was quite angry: "A scholar who has lived in poverty for ten years has turned into a tool for gambling. It's really hateful!"
"Hey, Guangfu people are willing to bet on everything, and they also love gambling. Fishermen will bet every day on who can catch more turtles; vendors will bet on whether the number of fruits sold will be odd or even."
"Even farmers like to bet on the odd and even numbers of wheat grains."
The man didn't take it seriously and left, leaving Zhu Cunqu alone deep in thought.
As a political creature, he first saw the harm caused by gambling to the people, and secondly, the promotion of imperial examination fraud by the ranking system.
Once the profit is too great, the banker will inevitably resort to fraud and promote people with rare surnames or poor knowledge to come to power.
Of course, everyone must be unaware of this future danger, so it will not be of great benefit to him.
After returning to his residence, he wrote a letter and had it sent to Beijing.
"As long as the Ming Dynasty's gazette publishes the bet on the list of beauties and makes the scholars of the Ming Dynasty angry, I will follow the trend and propose a ban on such bets on the list of beauties, and I will naturally win the hearts of the scholars."
He thought happily.
Gazette of the Ming Dynasty.
"The people in Guangzhou are dissatisfied with the rankings?" the editor read with squinted eyes.
"You can't put it on the head." At this time, another person said: "This flower is limited to one place at this time. If it is published in the newspaper, it will definitely cause a sensation across the country and provoke everyone to follow suit. It will do more harm than good!"
"What do you know? This is to nip hidden dangers in the bud!" The editor-in-chief said solemnly: "Nowadays, people travel from north to south, and it only takes three to five years to spread the word all over the country. Why do you still need us to spread the word?"
In this way, the Ming Dynasty Gongbao weekly reported this matter on its front page.
For a time, the crowd was excited.
A few days later, it was circulated in the court that the prince had written a letter banning flowers, and your majesty approved it.
The scholars all cheered and praised the prince, which further won the hearts of the scholars.
…
At this time, Lhasa City.
In front of the Potala Palace, nobility, big and small, and officials gathered.
Compared with the Zang robes of ordinary people, these people are different.
Although the styles are similar, the embroidery inherited from the Ming Dynasty was embroidered on the front and back of Zang's robe. Taking into account the size of his clothes, the square was reduced by about one foot from a foot and three inches, and changed from a square to a circle.
Of course, the colors are also different.
Ordinary Zang people can only wear white, gray, and black colors, while officials can wear green, green, and scarlet colors.
But even if it is used by ordinary people, they cannot afford this expensive fabric.
After all, slavery has lasted for thousands of years and strict hierarchy has become a habit.
They now wear felt hats, and in summer they wear black gauze hats.
The nobles who surrendered also wore Zang robes, but the felt hats they wore were more precious, with things like agate and pearls on them.
After His Highness the Crown Prince convinced Quan Zang, he stipulated the amount of land owned by the nobles.
The large nobility shall not exceed 10,000 zang grams (ten thousand acres), the middle nobles shall not exceed 5,000 zang grams, and the small nobles shall not exceed 3,000 zang grams.
Ninety percent of the land and slaves of the great nobles were wiped out, leaving only about a thousand grams of land and dozens of tenants to drive them, making them no different from the small and medium-sized nobles.
The small and medium-sized nobles were so frightened that they donated part of their land and liberated most of the slaves.
Of course, those who rebelled had their whole families die.
In order to appease the nobles and commend them for their contribution of land and slaves, His Royal Highness the Prince divided the nobles into three categories: uncle, son and male, and granted their titles to be hereditary and non-replaceable.
Among them, any family that has produced Da Lai or Ban Chan is ennobled as an earl, given a house and land, and the same is true for the families who will be reincarnated as soul boys in the future.
The great nobles who served in the Diben, or during the Zangba Khan period, or the Khoshote Khanate period were viscounts.
And the rest are barons.
By the end of the reform, there were only about 60 noble families left in the entire plateau, which can be said to be in severe pain.
In addition to their titles, they were also assigned senior officials from Xizang, which was very reassuring.
As long as the official position remains, there will still be land and slaves sooner or later.
"kneel--"
Officials and nobles knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and saying nothing.
A sixteen-year-old young man stood on the high steps calmly and said loudly:
"Worship, the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva, the protector of Wei Zang monks and laymen, His Majesty the Ming Emperor——"
So everyone kowtowed towards the northeast.
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Manjushri, the sun shines on the world of sentient beings. All the civil, military, monks and lay officials in Wei Zang are aware of it. Because the ancestors of the Duoren family sincerely worship the Buddha and are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the sun and the moon have learned from it..."
"Therefore, Doren Nyima (Moon) is enthroned as Count Duoren and appointed as the Chief Envoy of Xizang in order to commend and reward this——"
"Torhen Nyima, please accept the order!"
"Thank you for your grace!" Doren Nyima, who was in her forties, stood up happily and respectfully received the imperial edict from the young man.
At this time, Zhang Jingmo, the governor of Xizang, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness. I have already prepared a banquet."
"Yeah!" King Yong nodded and said softly:
"I was granted the title of Nepal, and I took the mission this time just to see the situation in Nepal. I will have to be taken care of by the governor a lot in the future!"
Zhang Jingmo was unaware of his arrogance and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Zang Province only has a lot of grain and gold and silver. How dare I refuse to serve?"
"Thank you very much!" King Yong laughed.
Many nobles rushed forward, even more excited.
Because they heard that the emperor was planning to choose several concubines for the prince among the plateau nobles. This was a good opportunity!