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Chapter 319: Controlling Fuzhou Prefecture

This time to expand the scale of the administrator, Wang Xuan decided to take over the entire Fuzhou City at once, so that except for the docks under the government's jurisdiction, most areas in the city could be under Wang Xuan's control.

The vast majority of it is that there are some officials and other wealthy families in the city, such as those who have promoted people in their families, or who are officials in other places in the Ming Dynasty, or whose ancestors have produced powerful figures, and their families have not declined yet.

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These families and the government constitute the upper-level management system of the entire place.

In feudal societies, such as the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power did not go to the countryside. A huge Fuzhou magistrate's office only had the fourth rank of prefect, the fifth rank of Tongzhi, the sixth rank of general judge, the seventh rank of official promotion, the eighth rank of experience, the ninth rank of governor, and zhaomo

From the ninth rank, it is managed by seven officials.

You must know that there are many counties under Fuzhou Prefecture that also need to be managed by the prefect.

Apart from that, the rest are the six-room scribes.

How can such a small number of people manage such a large mansion?

The method is "contracting". Whether it is corvee service or taxation, it is contracted to some large local households.

There is a fixed amount of taxes paid by each place every year. If there is a disaster year or the like, it can be reduced. These are paid directly to the government by large local households.

How the local large households collect taxes? The government doesn't care who has more and who has less. They only look at the amount you pay.

There is no way, there are just three melons and two jujubes among the officials, and they really can't control it.

Even within the city, some yamen were temporarily recruited to deal with taxation, corvee, and public security issues when necessary, and were disbanded afterwards.

However, once Wang Xuan controls the area in the city except for the large outdoor areas, the remaining matters that need to be handled by the government are equivalent to being 'contracted' by him. In the future, if the government has any needs, it can be completed smoothly by just finding these responsible persons arranged by Wang Xuan.

To work, there is no need to temporarily spend money and food to hire people.

No one had done this kind of thing before, because people without status couldn't do it, and people with status looked down upon it. It was too low of status.

Of course, most of it is that there is no money to be made. Even Wang Xuan, if he is not prepared to get involved in the ancient entertainment industry, then doing these things will be thankless.

Apart from getting some insignificant rights, there is nothing else.

Therefore, after the one hundred or so newly recruited people were almost trained, Wang Xuan started to contact the other seven head catchers by wearing a head catcher.

The entire Fuzhou government office has eight catchers, sixteen catchers, and forty-eight yamen servants. As long as these catchers are dealt with, everything will fall into place.

Wang Xuan did not entertain these people in his own house, but in a large courtyard that he recently bought separately. This will be used as the residence of the future city administrator's 'company'. In the future, all related matters, big and small, will be handled here.

Corporate management, Da Lao Xuan is very familiar with this!

There were no outsiders here this time, just the eight arresters plus Wang Xuan and Tian Boguang.

There is a reason for calling Tian Boguang here. This guy has no problem with killing, but he is almost an idiot when it comes to management and dealing with the government. Wang Xuan wants to give him some knowledge, but he will not manage the sect for Tian Boguang in the future.

"I've met Mr. Wang."

"I've met Mr. Wang."

A group of arresters came in and when they saw Wang Xuan, they all respectfully clasped their fists and saluted.

The banquet started and everyone chatted for a while. Everyone was curious about the purpose of Wang Xuan calling everyone here today, including Dai Captou himself.

When they were almost done eating and drinking, Wang Xuan clapped his hands gently, and a man walked in carrying a tray.

As soon as the red cloth on the tray was uncovered, sixteen twelve-weight silver ingots were neatly arranged inside. All the targets of the arrests stared suddenly, with a touch of greed flashing in their eyes.

Everyone has heard that Mr. Wang is very wealthy and wealthy, and it turns out that he is well-deserved when we see him today.

This tray contains 160,000 large cooking cakes...

I heard that Dai Yutang made a lot of money after working with Mr. Wang for about a month. Everyone was envious, jealous and resentful. Knowing that Wang Xuan was having a treat today, everyone had some speculations in their minds. Now it seems that Mr. Wang really has something to give.

After finally looking away from the 160,000 large cakes, everyone looked at Wang Xuan eagerly.

"You may all know Zhu Jiayan." Wang Xuan saw everyone nodding and continued, "Since my Wang family was attacked last time, I found that the public security in Fuzhou City is a bit poor and the management is extremely loose. This has led to many Xiao Xiaoxiao.

Seniors have the opportunity to do such a thing, and even now they still can’t find out why.”

"I am deeply disturbed and frightened by this. This is a huge threat not only to my Wang family, but also to the common people and wealthy families in Fuzhou City as a whole."

"So I decided to contribute to the city of Fuzhou and strengthen public security management, so I did an experiment in Beicheng. The effect, I believe everyone has seen, has changed greatly in Beicheng's public security. If you don't talk about the road, don't pick up leftovers, and don't close your house at night, you can basically see it now.

It’s getting into fights, quarrels, and other messy disputes.”

"So, I have decided to promote this management policy in the other three areas of Fuzhou City. Of course, your help and contribution are indispensable. Therefore, I have prepared a sample amount for you. From now on, no one will be arrested.

, you can receive 20 taels of silver from me every year as a reward."

"What do you think? If you are willing to help me, please take these twenty taels!"

After saying that, Wang Xuan didn't look at everyone's reaction and just picked up a glass of wine and drank.

All the catchers here are tempted!

What is the concept of twenty taels? These head catchers can only receive 2 taels of silver from the government every year, which is not enough to feed a family. Of course, their main source of income is some gray income.

During lawsuits, corvee work or tax collection, the profit can be divided more or less, but...it is only about ten taels of silver throughout the year. If nothing major happens, it will basically be like this.

These twenty taels of silver are enough for them to make a steady income for two years. Although this means that if they receive these twenty taels per year, they will have to obey Wang Xuan's orders in the future, and there will be no need to think about the other gray income. However,

This is also very cost-effective!

Safety and stability are guaranteed, and you can make a lot of money, who wouldn’t want this!

Dai Captou was the first to stand up, walked to the tray, took two ingots back, and solemnly walked to Wang Xuan and bowed, "Thank you, Mr. Wang. If you need anything in the future, feel free to send me."

This means that he will listen to Wang Xuan in everything from now on. After all, after eating Wang Xuan's rice bowl, he will be regarded as Wang Xuan's person until Wang Xuan loses power.

As for the Ming Dynasty court... Haha, that's about right. After all, the difference between two taels of silver and twenty taels of silver is quite big. Besides, those big shots have never looked at them.

As soon as the other catchers saw someone taking the lead, they stood up and took away their own twenty taels, and bowed in front of Wang Xuan, "Thank you, Mr. Wang. If you need anything in the future, feel free to send me."

The silver in the tray decreased little by little, and finally there were two ingots left unclaimed.

Xue Baotou, who had a resolute face and seemed to be upright, kept changing the expression on his face, and finally stood up with a gritted teeth.

He did not go to get the ingot, but bowed respectfully to Wang Xuan, "Little man, it's really inconvenient, um... there is an eighty-year-old mother at home with a three-year-old child... um, I can't ask for this money!"

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Wang. I'll take my leave now!"

After saying that, he strode out without looking back.

Does this "having an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child at home" have anything to do with doing things for yourself?

You can’t even make up the reasons, right?…

The other catchers also stared blankly at Captain Xue who was walking out. This guy is usually a well-rounded person. What is happening now? To say that he is an upright person is nonsense. Don’t look at his face.

He is upright, but every time he collects illegal money, he always asks for a penny less. I don't know why he is so crazy now.

Everyone is a colleague, but they are each responsible for one aspect on weekdays. Although they have a good relationship, it is difficult to say much about this matter.

Xue Baotou's departure did not affect everyone's interest. Wang Xuan accompanied everyone to eat some and then left. With him present, these people could not let go.

After leaving the yard, Tian Boguang asked directly: "Mr. Wang, this man named Xue is so disrespectful, why don't you chop him with a knife?"

Tian Boguang was told by Wang Xuan before that he could only watch but not talk, otherwise he would have wanted to kill Xue Baotou when he refused just now!

This is what everyone in the world does. It's just like choosing a leader or a leader. Everyone agrees that you are the only one who opposes it. I'm sorry. It's natural to kill you to sacrifice the flag.

"Cut whatever you want. We know how to chop people all day long. We are all civilized people!" Wang Xuan replied angrily, "From now on, you will be the master of a sect, so you should be more reserved in your actions."

"Why did he refuse even though everyone else agreed? If there is any problem here, you have to figure it out before you can take the right medicine. Don't rush it."

"Of course, these are not absolute. It mainly depends on the priority of the matter and the comparison of everyone's strength. I am sure that the person named Xue cannot turn the palm of my hand, so why should I be anxious."

Many supporting characters think this way. The last bit of experience is given to the protagonist. In the last thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people in love...

However, Wang Xuan does not feel that he is a supporting role.

The person named Xue is already in his 30s. How can there be such an old protagonist...

The incident of Capt.

The money Wang Xuan got was higher than their previous gray income, and everyone was naturally happy.

What does it mean to win people's hearts?

This is called buying people's hearts!

The annual salary has doubled and there are still people who can’t be poached? Unless there are special circumstances, such as Xue Captou...

Now, the yamen officers under Xue Captou were not happy. The pressure suddenly came to Xue Captou's head. If they could not benefit their subordinates, it was almost certain that they would turn around and leave.

All Wang Xuan's plans are proceeding step by step. Except for the area that Xue Captou is responsible for, all the remaining places have been inspected by various merchants, and those with a certain scale have been included in Wang Xuan's fee list.

Of course, Wang Xuan has not touched the properties of those wealthy families, so there is no rush!!

These merchants in this city are more or less connected. Of course everyone has heard about what happened in Beicheng. It is impossible not to pay. Looking at the situation that covers the whole city, the government must have opened up.

Once these methods are used, they will not be able to escape from Wuzhishan.

Moreover, in the past month, the public security in Beicheng has indeed improved a lot. I don't know if all the rogues were dragged into training by Wang Xuan or what. Anyway, the merchants in Beicheng now have fewer minor troubles.

Besides, if a group of guys wearing uniforms and carrying whistle sticks patrol back and forth every day, how can the security level not be improved to a higher level!

Therefore, Wang Xuan’s expansion this time did not bring any resistance, and everyone was still willing to accept management.



On the other side, Xue Captou was not idle either. The next day he went to find the prison clerk among the six clerks in Shangfu Yamen.

It is true to say that he is well-connected and has a wide range of contacts, and his relationship with his immediate boss, the prison clerk, is also very good.

Dai Captou invited Ge Yuanliang to his home, and the two of them drank some wine and started chatting about Wang Xuan's actions.

Sometimes it's not a good thing that this person is too smart. Xue Captou saw the secret from Wang Xuan's every move. Although Wang Xuan doesn't like the profits here, it doesn't mean that others don't.

Xue Captou carefully calculated an account for Wang Xuan. Based on Wang Xuan's current investment in personnel, if the government office is not included, the annual income of Beicheng alone will not be less than 300 taels!

What kind of concept is this... 300,000 white flour pancakes... ahem!

How could someone as smart as Xue Baotou give up these 300 taels to get Wang Xuan's 20 taels of silver!

Send away the beggar!

Of course, he definitely can't occupy an area as big as Beicheng, but there is a market in the area under his control, which is a huge advantage!!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xue Baotou also knows his own disadvantages. He is not Wang Xuan and does not have the status to recruit people, but he can pull people!

As long as he can deal with the clerks in the torture chamber, there will be no resistance from the Yamen side. As for finding rogues, he doesn't find it difficult. The people are still the same people anyway, and the money comes faster, and everyone flocks here. From then on,

He followed the lead immediately.

Thinking of the excitement, Xue Baotou's face immediately lit up, "Mr. Ge, you know that Wang Xuan, the new candidate in Beicheng, is the same family that he went to a while ago."

Ge Yuanliang was a clerk, not an official, so he could not be called "sir". In order to distinguish him from ordinary people, his subordinates respectfully called him "sir".

Ge Yuanliang picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Of course you know this, what's wrong?"

"He has a group of scoundrels under him..."

Xue Captou explained everything about Wang Xuan clearly and clearly. In fact, Ge Yuanliang also knew some things, but he was not so detailed.

It's just that he didn't dare to say anything about where Wang Xuan received the twenty taels of silver from other arrests, as he couldn't offend all his colleagues.

"Then what do you mean?" Ge Yuanliang looked at Xue Captou thoughtfully.

"You know, I happen to have a market over there. I can't sustain this 'business' on my own, so I would like to ask Mr. Ge to help me from behind. How about 50/50 of the monthly profit?"

Ge Yuanliang thought about it for a while and then agreed. If it worked, he would have the money to take it. If it didn't work, he would have no loss. Since he didn't have to operate it anyway, why not?

Xue Captou was quite generous, he just asked for half and half. In fact, it was definitely not that much. However, part of the money spent was tied to the scribe of the execution room, which allowed him to be under one person in the entire execution room.

, above others, which will bring many benefits to the future.



Wang Xuan had always seen Xue Captou's actions and understood the other party's plans, but he just smiled disdainfully.

Is society so messy?

Then anyone can come up and be the boss!

This time it’s just right, I’ll use Xue Captou’s monkey to scare the other chickens!

Wang Xuan quietly controlled most of Fuzhou's capital city, and there was no fireworks at all. Except for the many navy blue coats in many places in the city, they were marching neatly with whistle sticks in their hands, and a team

Except for the occasional patrol by the team, nothing else happened.

But Xue Captou is in a lot of trouble...

There are a lot of scoundrels, many of them are crooked melons and cracked jujubes that Wang Xuan picked from other places in the city. They can't survive in other places in the city, so they have no choice but to concentrate on Xue Baotou.

At this time, the number of people is a bit exceeded. If all these people are absorbed, then the person named Xue will be waiting to lose money!

There was no choice but to compete for selection. Within a few days, more than a dozen people were arrested just for fighting, and this finally calmed down a bit.

Thirty more men were selected, and there really couldn't be any less. These rogues didn't dare to cause trouble even though they were driven out by Wang Xuan. That's because Wang Xuan's men were fierce enough!

The bodies of the few guys who dared to provoke me at first didn't know where they were thrown. Anyway, they just disappeared so quietly, no one was alive or dead, no corpses were seen.

I don’t even know how people disappeared. After three times, these scoundrels were so scared that they didn’t dare to speak loudly anymore. As for reporting to the official? Not to mention whether there was anyone from Wang Xuan in the yamen, there wasn’t even a corpse. What a crap report.

At most, it was just a missing person. Who cared about this in ancient times?

But it's different when it comes to Xue Baotou. Hum, the most you can do is arrest him and give him a beating. Who the hell is not a piece of meat?

Come on, come on, say hello here...

What's wrong with the head arrest? With so many people watching, you still dare to kill me!

Therefore, with no other choice, Xue Captou could only recruit more people.

After the selection has been made, the share ratio becomes an issue again. Now everyone knows how this system needs to be run. You, Xue Captou, are the initiators. It doesn’t matter if you take the big share. You should also send money to the yamen, but those of us who are serious about working on the front line

Don’t give too little to live!

Who doesn't have an 80-year-old mother at home...

This discussion went on and on, and finally Xue Captou made the calculation and thought, damn, the expenses are too high... Come on, the merchants in the area need to pay more. He is not Wang Dashan, he only charges merchants above a certain size for security.

He has no intention of letting go of the small vendors!

As a result, we ran into big trouble right after we opened!


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