Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three: The Words Are Not Surprising
The governor belongs to the capital, so there are no fixed officials under his rule. Ordinary officials have their own hands. For example, there are co-prime officials under the prefect, and there are county magistrates, chief clerks, and clerks, but the governor is It's different, the governor has only his staff. Literature bar wxba
In other words, if you want to do things, there is no official sent to you, and you must recruit yourself.
However, this was very simple for Xu Qian. Soon, several staff members in the governor's yamen were born.
The one in charge of academic affairs is not someone else, but Wang Gen.
Now Wang Gen is really no longer necessary to promote Wang Xue through newspapers, because almost all the compilations of Ming Pao have been developed into offline. Unless Ming Pao is completely reshuffled, it is impossible to clear Wang Xueming Pao. The imprint of Wang Xue has taken root here and has evolved into a fashion, so Wang Gen has long been tempted to retreat. Now, Xu Qian hired him into the curtain, but he did not refuse, without hesitation Arrived on the boat.
Zhejiang has now become the base of Wang Xue, so the academic affairs here have almost been changed. Although it is under the banner of science, it is actually learning Wang Xue. Wang Xue is deeply rooted in people's hearts. So to manage academic affairs, you must Asking someone with respect to Wang Xue to come out to preside over the presidency, Xu Qian needed Wang Xue, led by Wang Gen, to give strong support in academic affairs, and Wang Gen was also very good at it. He took advantage of this aide to continue to manage his Wang Xue.
The two of them have the intention of hudding each other to keep warm.
The one in charge of military and political affairs is naturally Zhou Tai. Now the Royal Academy is training in Hangzhou City. Of course, military and political affairs must be used to use their own soldiers. These people are Xu Qian's trump cards and backbones. With them supporting them, military and political affairs will not be a problem. .
The aide in the prison of the prison was Zhang Cheng, and the aide in the civil affairs was Zhu Tao. These two people were recommended by their mentor Xie Qian. Since they were recommended by their mentor, Xu Qian had no good candidates, so he naturally felt at ease to use them. Thank you for your kindness. People who have passed the prime minister still have a vision, and both of them are considered experienced figures, but they are just unlucky and have lost their reputation.
There is also a person in charge of money and grain, but this person is not a person on the table, but a person selected from Ruyifang. He worked as a shopkeeper in Ruyifang, named Niu Jin. Obviously, he is a little out of place with the other people in the staff team. .
The staff were roughly the same. The stage was naturally set up. The new official took office and brought his friends to the governor's yamen. The governor's yamen was quite grand, because during the Hongzhi period, the provinces gradually established governors. During the Zhengde period, the governors were the governors. It was barely considered a formal official position. Since we wanted to stay for a long time, we must find a place. So in the 13th year of Zhengde, the first serious governor set up his residence here, which is located in the lively place. The Tongjiang Bridge was said to be called Ziji Palace in the Song Dynasty. Later, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and the palace was changed to the Three Emperors Temple. Finally, the temple was removed and became the governor's yamen.
This is the center of Hangzhou. The Governor's Office covers a large area and is very grand. It has carved beams and painted buildings, and there are also colorful glaze and gold lacquer under the corridor. However, Xu Qian was thinking about whether this was brought up by the monks in the temple in the past. In the yamen Brushing gold paint is really a nouveau riche.
The backyard has been clean and clean, and the officials do not repair the yamen. This is because it is cheaper to give the next one. According to the progress of this era, it will only be considered a small success for a more grand yamen for three or five years. If you can't see the person, you have to get out of here. What else can you do? It doesn't mean you don't decorate the backyard. The backyard is a place for officials and friends to rest. Xu has been here for a long time. When I stayed, the furnishings inside were quite exquisite and beautiful.
Of course, as a governor, material things are things outside of the body after all. At his level, the material enjoyment is only a small part. The most important thing is to feel the pleasure of power.
At this time, the Governor's Office was officially in operation. In the afternoon, the adults in Hangzhou came obediently. These masters did not see them glamorous in the eyes of others, but when they arrived at the Governor's Office, they could only stand and talk.
Xu Qian sat high at the head of the desk, looking down at the officials of the various yamen on both sides. Seeing that they were all cautious, they were all frightened, and they were only terrified, so they waited for their own instructions.
This feeling is really too beautiful.
This is the benefit of power. If you don’t like it, you kick you away with one kick, you have to crawl over and say with a smile to the master’s legs, and the lower officials will be taught. If you like it, you will have a thought and praise you a few words.
It's enough to make you happy for several days.
Xu Qian coughed.
Here, only Xu Qian has the right to cough. When he coughed, everyone seemed to have received some signal. The rigid face immediately became gentle, and they all smiled, as if they were saying that the governor coughed.
OK, it has made the atmosphere very liven up and injected new vitality into everyone.
Then... Xu Qian lowered his head to drink tea. After drinking the tea, he smiled slightly. This smile that was as soft as the spring breeze was softer than the smile of any beautiful woman, because when everyone saw him laughing, they suddenly became nervous and suddenly
Relax.
Xu Qian stretched out his hand and gently knocked the desk, and finally started talking: "I have received the holy grace and become the governor of Zhejiang. Speaking of which, I am old..."
As soon as he talked about his age, someone immediately felt like he was injected with chicken blood. The magistrate of Hangzhou Jiang Feng immediately jumped out and said righteously: "Ganluo can still be called prime minister. Although he is young, he is already condescending to the governor with his merits..."
A scent of flattery that came to his face made Xu Qian dizzy, almost causing Xu Qian to rise directly to the sky.
Xu Qian quickly interrupted him: "Forget it, don't mention this matter again. Since I am in charge of Zhejiang, the new official will take office, and I will have to burn the fire first. How to burn this fire? Although the court has already customized it,
After all, there are some mistakes in the old law. We are officials, the court and the people at the top. Therefore, we must make innovations so that we can become officials without vain."
Everyone was confused, but when the new official took office, they would inevitably say a few passionate words. Everyone was calm and secretly speculating on Xu Qian's words. It should be noted that everyone is smart, and often the new boss talks casually.
In this sentence, you can roughly guess the new official's temperament, so everyone is now guessing what kind of personality the new governor is?
Xu Qian continued: "I have been thinking about it all over the place, and this first fire is to make a fuss about the food tax."
When everyone heard this, they were shocked. Grain and tax? Could it be that Lord Xu, who saw that Zhejiang's grain and taxes were decreasing year by year, planned to pay levy taxes? Zhejiang's grain and taxes were originally heavy enough. If it was an extra tax, it would be a joke.
Who is the person with the largest land? Of course, they are gentry and landlords. These people are angry, not fun, and they are not sure, and they will cause major tax resistance.
One of the officials saw Xu Qian say this, not only did not worry, but showed joy on his eyebrows. This person was the inspector Zhou Chang. The inspector was like the governor, both belonging to the Beijing official nature and belonging to the Censorate.
However, everyone is just on duty in the Censorate. For example, if this inspector is not responsible to anyone, he may not take it seriously. He has the right to memorize books and is directly responsible to the palace and the cabinet.
In this Zhejiang, anyone who wants to impeach will be impeached, and whoever you want to be scolded will be scolded.
This Zhou Xunguan knew that many people in the capital had bad intentions for the new governor. Anyway, he was not controlled by Xu Qian and could be independent. Although he was polite to Xu Qian on the surface, he kept thinking in his heart.
If you pick Xu Qian’s mistakes, as long as you find fault and report them, this is a great achievement. Of course, there is no need to say about your future prospects.
I thought the new governor had just taken office and thought he would be successful and would not cause any sensational things, but who knew that Xu Qian had just taken office and wanted to charge more grain taxes. This is not a trivial matter, as long as he caused a little trouble
Come on, Zhou Chang has many articles to do.
Who knows Xu Qian's next sentence: "Everyone knows that the court has always been strict with Zhejiang's grain tax, and other places are 10% 10%, but Zhejiang is twice as high as that, so many people are suffering.
In other words, the meaning of this official, in the future, the tax on grain farmers who grow grain will be reduced to 30 yuan. If only the farmers who have only spread out five acres and one cal, they will all be exempted from taxes, what do you think?"
I thought Xu Qian wanted to increase taxes, but who knew that he actually reduced taxes. Moreover, the reduction was really great. From one to one in ten draws to one in thirty draws. If the average person in the family is only five acres, tax exemption will be given.
This... is definitely an unprecedented event. Since Taizu, the Ming Dynasty has only heard of the rules of tying and tying taxes and more and more, but has never heard of it. There is also a saying of tax reduction. Moreover, this is too ruthless.
It means that all the families who grow grain almost do not have to pay grain taxes to the court.
If you do not pay taxes, where will the food come from? Where will the tax come from? Where will the gold, flowers and silver come from?
This new governor is simply crazy.
The governor Zhao Ming felt that the matter was very important, so he immediately stood up and said, "Sir, no, if this is the case, this year's grain collection will not be guaranteed, and nearly one million harbors of grain have been entered into Beijing in previous years.
,If this is the case today, not only will the court blame you, but I am afraid…”
Xu Qian pressed his hands down and said, "You all, listen to my official's words. I am exempt from grain tax, but I will also impose additional mulberry tax. In the future, whoever uses land to plant mulberry trees will change to the tax law of ten to four,
Use silk to fold silver to pay taxes, so that uncontrollable mulberry seeds can be suppressed. On the other hand, wouldn’t it be good to use mulberry seeds to replenish the insufficient grain planting?”
Everyone was stunned again...
Because this so-called plan seems reasonable, but in reality, it is simply a joke.