This year's county examination in Jiangdu County was originally scheduled to be held on August 10th. Five days later, the county government issued a new notice about the county examination. """ As Jin Wanwan expected, the new notice emphasized
Only this year, foreigners are prohibited from taking part in the imperial examination. Subsequent years are to be determined and will be decided by the county government once a year.
And as Jin Wanwan expected, his colleagues really had differences. One side couldn't bear this shackles and wanted to resist; the other side was worried that if they angered Li You again, they would be banned from taking the exam next year. Both sides had different opinions.
Support, deadlock.
Under the high-pressure situation maintained by Master Li, it has been delayed until now. This year's county examination is too late anyway, so let's just argue about next year's county examination. This is still early, and the salt merchants have enough time to quarrel internally.
At the same time, the county government notice also stated that any resident who fails to pay the childbirth and real estate money allocated by the county government must not take the county examination. If he fails to pay it within three years, his registration will be cancelled, and his residence will be returned to his place of origin. However, the county magistrate also has
In places where there is extrajudgment, the new immigrants arriving in Jiangdu County often have uncertain livelihoods, so they are exempted from the two additional quotas in the first year.
In fact, Mr. Li's additional levy of tens of thousands taels of silver a year is largely to get rid of the constraints on county government caused by donations from salt merchants. The county treasury does not have much silver, but Jiangdu County has a large population and high expenses, so a little action is needed.
He shamelessly asked the salt dealer to donate silver.
Li You couldn't do this kind of work. He came as the county magistrate, not as a beggar. When he first met Jin Baiwan, what kind of face did Jin Baiwan have? "Then Li You came to Yangzhou."
He is just a county magistrate."
Anyway, he is very confident about receiving extra money for the residents, so he doesn't have to worry about not receiving the money, so why not do it.
Yangzhou City is located at the center of the world, where the Four Arks gather, and it is also the top wealthy city in the world. Countless outsiders, especially Hui people, want to come here to make a fortune, and indeed many have become rich.
Therefore, the county government has the initiative when it comes to household registration issues. If the residents cannot live here, others will come to you. Especially those in the salt industry, in order to facilitate dealing with the Salt Transportation Department, they must live in Jiangdu County. Since Chang
You have to pay to stay.
This method cannot be used in every place. If other places provide additional money to the resident population, it will be a waste of money. I am afraid that all the outsiders will run away, and then there will be a situation where all industries are depressed and business travelers are at a loss.
Even if Suzhou Prefecture, which is rich, does this, it will inevitably cause a stir, because in addition to businessmen, there are tens of thousands of outsiders working as craftsmen in Suzhou Prefecture, and their salaries are barely enough to make a living for the whole family. Add extra stipends to the craftsmen.
Silver tael will cause another chaos similar to the rice shortage at the beginning of last year.
That is to say, Yangzhou City's economy only relies on high-profit industries such as salt industry and commerce. The fish are both fat and endless.
Looking at the latest account books of the county treasury, Li You felt happy. If you have money, are you afraid of losing political achievements? Starting from this month, you will have to double the county school money.
The so-called endowment of money means that according to the regulations of the imperial court, the county must pay living expenses to the students and scholars at the school every month to encourage the scholars at the school to concentrate on their studies and not worry about basic living expenses. This amount of money and food will not be too much and will not
Too little, and the current students can barely support a family of three or four.
Now Mr. Li is going to increase the living expenses for the scholars in Jiangdu County. Of course, this money will not be spent for nothing.
The students and scholars are not only the main force of local scholars, but also love to form groups to discuss right and wrong in this era. Their mouths often represent the local will and public opinion. They are the largest tool of public opinion in the local mainstream society and also restrain the county magistrate.
One of the civil forces. Public discussion is also included in the supervisor's inspections, and he often visits county schools.
With the county treasury being loose, Li You felt that it was worthwhile to spend public money in exchange for good reviews from the scholars, and by throwing money at the county school, he could also gain a reputation as someone who valued education. As for the ridicule of the invited scholars, he should take it all for granted.
Just let the wind blow in your ears.
Later, the goal was indeed achieved. Master Li's "Chenshi Day" inscription has been preserved in Jiangdu County for hundreds of years. This is how the "Xingjiaohua" praised by local notes and history books came...
At this time, he couldn't help but lamented that the former magistrates really had no vision and courage. Did they not know that a scarce resource like household registration could make a lot of money? They gave him these achievements of benefiting the people for nothing.
Just as Mr. Li was counting money from the county treasury, a beautiful lady appeared outside the county government office and said to the gatekeeper: "A civilian woman came from Gaoyou and is an old acquaintance of Mr. Li. We made an agreement a few days ago, and today
Then I came to ask for an audience with Mr. Li County."
If an ordinary citizen rashly wanted to see the great master, the gate guard would definitely tell him to get out. But this woman is beautiful and claims to be an old acquaintance of the great master, so the gate guard would not dare to make a mistake. Maybe she is the great master.
The master's lover from outside came to the door, and he quickly reported it to Mr. Zhang San in the back office.
Zhang San had already received Li You's instructions, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that this was the new woman his master had seduced in Gaoyou. He ordered the woman to be led to the back office flower hall, and went to report to his master.
Li You came to the flower hall and said to Mrs. Yu: "You don't have to worry, I have already agreed with that member of the Jin family. For future work, you can go directly to the Jin family's house to discuss it with the chief managers of his family. I will send someone to take it."
My name will lead you there."
Although Yu Wan'er was not afraid, she had some doubts, "Jin Wanwan is a hero. Even the four foreign ministers of his family are all eye-catching figures. You and I have touched their subordinates, the Du family, how can we be submissive?"
Tie? My family has a humble status. If I go alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to do well. It would be a sin to miss something important."
Yu Wan'er meant to drag Li You along, but Mr. Li didn't want to be directly involved in the matter, so he revealed the truth and said, "To be honest, the Jin family's daughter is my second wife."
Damn it! Madam Yu cursed in a very uncivilized manner, otherwise she would not be able to express her emotions at the moment. No wonder Mr. Li only heard that the Du family was a branch of Jin Wanwan and boldly asked her to report the news that night. No wonder Du Zhengjian was inexplicable
He followed Mr. Li to meet the army and captured him without a fight. Even if Du Zhengjian had ten nerves, he would not dare to touch Jin Wanwan's son-in-law.
Immediately, Yu Wan'er felt psychologically balanced again. Even Jin Wanwan's daughter could only be used as a concubine to Mr. Li. What could she be unwilling to do as a sloppy civilian girl with nothing but good looks? "Then the slave family can go and see Sister Jin first?"
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"Of course, but you are several years older than her. Are you really embarrassed to call her sister?"
"What's so embarrassing about this? The slave family will have to rely on her father for food from now on, so what's the point of calling her sister a few times?" Yu Wan'er said indifferently.
At night, Li You returned to the inner office and saw that Jin Baoer was not at home. After asking, he learned that she had gone to Jin Baoer's place with Mrs. Yu.
Li You shook his head and thought, it turns out that Yu Wan'er met Jin Bao'er first with this little plan in mind. She refused to go to Jin Wanwan's house with her, so she tried every means to get the Jin family's daughter to go with her to embolden her courage.
He went to the third room again. When Aunt Guan saw the master, she asked: "I want to open a salt store. I want to say hello to the county government and send some dental notes."
Li You said in surprise: "Didn't you say a while ago that you would traffic in silk and satin from Suzhou and invite a few of your family members to open a silk and satin shop? Jiangdu County official salt is not easy to sell. It is purely a business at a loss."
"Official salt cannot be sold, but private salt can be sold. Besides, I don't plan to open a salt shop, but a salt shop."
In this era, shops and dental shops are different in the commercial field. Shops face consumers directly, while dental shops are similar to officially recognized wholesale intermediaries. Dental practitioners must obtain a dental license (practice license) from the government every year before they can practice. The transaction process
By the way, China collects business taxes and pays them on behalf of the government.
Take official salt as an example. After a large amount of official salt is transported to a certain county by salt merchants, the salt industry experts in the county will break down the salt and sell it to salt shops in the county. They will also supervise the sales and collect the salt according to the amount and hand it over to the county.
Yamen.
Aunt Guan had the idea of opening a salt store. Since official salt could not be sold, she could sell private salt under the banner, so she begged the master to send some dental notes.
"Why did you have this idea? Where did you get the private salt?" Li You frowned.
As mentioned earlier, because Yangzhou Prefecture is too close to the salt-producing areas, it is too convenient to smuggle private salt. Therefore, private salt completely overwhelms official salt in various places in the government. The government is helpless, so the trading of private salt is not a shocking thing.
But if you want to open a salt industry, the source of channels is a problem. Without stable large quantities of private salt, you can't open it.
The big private salt dealers have the mentality of rabbits not eating the grass next to their nests. In order to avoid offending the powerful official salt merchants, and at the same time, they are no match for the power of the people, so they generally do not buy or sell private salt nearby. Therefore, private salt dealers in Yangzhou Prefecture
For salt, a large number of local residents carry baskets or boats to coastal areas to transport private salt and sell it back.
In other words, the characteristics of the private salt business in Yangzhou Prefecture are that it is small and scattered, and it is difficult to have a stable source. Where can Guan Xiuxiu get a large amount of private salt that she can use as a customer?
"Before noon today, Mrs. Yu came to my home and accidentally told me about my secret affair..."
So that's it, Li You suddenly realized. Yu Wan'er's visit to his home was not for nothing. He was simply here to join forces with Zong Lian Heng. Not only did he kidnap Jin Bao'er, but he also kidnapped Guan Xiuxiu, a traditional businessman who hated unhealthy practices the most.
I'm going to be dragged into the water, and two of the four houses will be destroyed.
But it doesn't matter if something happens, he said indifferently: "It's up to you! But don't do it yourself, find some reliable agents from your hometown."
In the evening, Mrs. Yu came back from Jin's house. It seemed that she had a great harvest. Li You didn't ask in detail. He just cooked the raw rice in the county government guest house that night and put his own mark on Mrs. Yu's body and heart.
However, Aunt Jin did not go home. I heard that her mother, Mrs. Xie, stayed overnight, but Mr. Li didn't pay much attention.
But for several days, until Mr. Li finished the county examination and selected dozens of children, Aunt Jin still did not come home and no message came back. This made Li You feel that something was not normal and there must be something wrong.
