Xiong Buyou took the piece of paper and saw that it was a "commitment note" for contracting the agency's treasury. This was his first time handling this matter, so he couldn't help but ask: "Is this all right?"
"You have to get approval from the Yamen and issue a notice." Wang Zhaomin said, "The matter will be settled. I will naturally handle it."
Seeing how sophisticated he was about this matter, Xiong Buyou suddenly became suspicious. Could it be that Wang Zhaomin had done something like this in the past?
Wang Zhaomin probably knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "You don't have to look at me, this matter of acting as a public treasury has been handled somewhere in Ming Dynasty -"
"This method has many benefits," Wang Zhaomin said meaningfully, "Although I have never done it before, there are people among my brothers who can do it."
"Oh?" Xiong Buyou became interested, "I'd like to hear the details."
"It's nothing unusual to say, it's similar to what you do." Wang Zhaomin said, "However, it also depends on the lack of qualifications. In some places, it can't be done - like here."
There must be several prerequisites for the place where a bank can act as an agent for the public treasury. First, it must be a prosperous area with developed commerce and frequent circulation of people and goods. It will involve the flow of large amounts of public funds - such as the prefectures and counties in South Zhili. Banks will not be opened.
In the backcountry.
Banking as an agent for the public treasury is naturally beneficial for official matters, but the biggest benefit is for the county magistrate's private business. Merchants who open banks should pay attention to making money in a harmonious manner, discussing everything, and not easily adding insult to injury. And greedy and cruel cunning
Officials are much easier to deal with than others. Sometimes public funds cannot be transferred for private use at the moment, so you can borrow them temporarily.
"Then if there is a shortfall, wouldn't it be difficult to make up for it——"
"Hahaha," Wang Zhaomin laughed, shook his head and said, "No one in the Ming Dynasty can match you in terms of the ability to study things and put them into practical use. But when it comes to the ethics of being an official, your ethics are still very shallow."
"I will ask Master Wang for more advice in the future."
"Haha, with your talents, if you serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty, you will all be capable." Wang Zhaomin deliberately wanted to praise them.
"Where, where." Xiong Buyou said, "It is said that the pen of the curtain friend is very powerful. Every word that goes in or out can be the fate of the family. It can determine life and death, and sometimes it will also affect the future of the master! Someone else said, '
The world's articles are in the shogunate', which shows the effort involved."
"This is not an exaggeration." Wang Zhaomin accepted it calmly, "But I am not good at studying and I am not at this level. Otherwise, why would I be in this small county?"
He seemed a little sad when he said this, and seemed to feel lost for his own dissatisfaction.
It seems that this sleek Master Wang is also a dissatisfied member of society. Xiong Buyou thought, this is good, only dissatisfaction will give you motivation.
According to reports from informants, Wu Mingjin has begun to gradually distrust this master in private. Wang Zhaomin has received a lot of benefits because he has been responsible for contact and negotiation with the time traveling group for a long time. Wu Mingjin often wonders whether he is causing trouble among them.
In this case, we can pull him over in the future and cut off one of Wu Mingjin's arms.
So after a few perfunctory words, Xiong Buyou resigned. In less than a week, the takeover of the county government was completed, and everyone in the county government was refreshed. Wu De ordered most of the action personnel to withdraw from the county seat.
The new government officials who completed the task of taking over were officially put on duty. In order to ensure that the county government was firmly controlled by the Chuan Chuan Group, a "county office" was specially built next to the county government, and transmission lines and telephones were installed.
Line. Xiong Buyou is the director. You Guotuan is the security commissioner of the county office and is fully responsible for the political and military security work in the county. In order to facilitate unobtrusive access to the county government office at any time, he also works between the county government office and the county office.
A closed corridor was built in between.
After the county treasury was counted by the Planning Commission and the accounts were re-established in accordance with modern treasury management methods, it officially belonged to Delong Agency. In order to avoid irritating Wu Mingjin too much, in addition to the grain warehouse and bank warehouse, the salt warehouse, material warehouse and stolen goods warehouse were also
It is managed by the county government, but all the treasury officials are replaced by interns trained by the Planning Commission, who manage the treasury in accordance with the rules and regulations specified by the Chuanchuan Group.
"The next step is to start a large-scale liquidation activity." Wu De sat in Zhang Youfu's house and continued to give instructions over the phone, "We must thoroughly check the assets of all subordinate officials working in the county! Especially!
He's in a position where he has a lot of money."
"Now Zhou Dongtian and the others are concentrating all their efforts on dealing with Chen Minggang and his group..." Zhou Botao felt painfully that there were not enough manpower.
"Tell them to expose each other!" Wu De said coldly, "First select a few that are not important but have blood debts, find their enemies, and hold a public struggle meeting in the class, so that everyone can repay grievances and take revenge.
Take revenge and kill a few of them."
"Understood!" Zhou Botao understood what he meant, "I'll ask people to decorate the venue and make it louder."
"We need to find out everyone who has a grudge against them, whether they have blood debts or have suffered a small loss. When the atmosphere rises, the masses will inevitably take action -" Wu De instructed, "Let the masses vent their anger.
But you have to be careful. You have to protect others and let them suffer a little bit."
"Yes, I will make arrangements right away."
"When will Operation Clearance No. 1 begin?" Wu De asked.
"Three days later," Zhou Botao reported, "the troops and necessary equipment for the operation are being mobilized."
Operation No. 1 was to remove all the family members of the subordinate officials who were taken to study classes from the county. First, it was to ensure the stability of the county and prevent sabotage. Second, their properties were inspected and used to replenish the planning committee's warehouse.
.
"We must prevent them from gathering in crowds to resist or setting fires - it will disturb ordinary people and affect our reputation." Wu De spread out the layout of Lingao County on the map, "Some subordinate officials live in clusters, and these families
Pay close attention.”
"We have already made a plan and will launch arrests at the same time according to the unified signal."
"Is anyone watching them now?"
"Yes, that's what people in the Zhuang class are mainly doing."
"Remember, the entire clearing work must be done quickly," Wu De said. "People and things must be sent out of the city as soon as possible. After the completion, people must be arranged to guard the scene - the special search team of the Accounting Committee will not be able to take care of many places for a while.
Just in case someone takes advantage of the fire and steals the hidden items we didn't find."
The Special Search Team of the Planning Commission is a newly established special search team of the Executive Committee, directly under the Planning Commission. It consists of a number of tribal and indigenous personnel, and its mission is to specifically search for hidden property and important items. It is also known as
"Home raiding team".
After arranging the work in the city, he called the study class again:
"Has Chen Minggang confessed?"
"Not yet." Zhou Dongtian's voice came over the phone, "I plan to start with other people first and collect all the surrounding materials before starting to interrogate him."
"Okay, but as soon as possible! Especially the fish scale book and account book in his hand. We must get it as soon as possible!" Wu De said the word "as soon as possible" in a strong tone.
The matter of collecting grain taxes has only been halfway through so far, and cannot be abandoned halfway. How many tricks Chen Minggang has done in it, and how much of the real situation of Lingao's "hidden fields" he has mastered, must be understood from the account books. Not to mention the following
Next comes the tax system reform and land property rights re-registration.
"I'll get it as soon as possible." Zhou Dongtian smiled on the phone, "I'll make sure he opens his mouth in one night."
"It's all up to you."
"But you have to arrest his family first, as well as the little wife named Hong. I think this old boy is a piece of meat, and he needs to be 'moved with emotion' before he can be captured."
"Okay, we've sent people to keep an eye on it. I'll send someone to take care of it right away."
After making the phone call, Zhou Dongtian returned to his interrogation room. The study class camp was located in a temple not far from the county seat. This temple was built when Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and when counties improved supporting facilities.
It is a kind of official sacrifice. Which god is being worshipped over the years? Even the locals cannot tell clearly. There is no incense in the temple, but some high-quality temples are still standing. Now they are time-travel.
The Lingao Construction Company used by the group renovated the dilapidated houses that were available, and simply demolished the stone house foundations that were not usable.
The construction company used existing building ruins to build rows of barracks, towers and barbed wire fences. This place has a moderate geographical location and does not encroach on arable land. Although it is close to the county seat, it is relatively hidden. The executive committee plans to turn this place into a prison in the future.
to hold important captives and prisoners.
Zhou Dongtian's interrogation office was located on the stone platform of a collapsed palace. The construction company used prefabricated wooden structures to build a special modular house with complete facilities. It was equipped with electric lights and telephones.
He walked through the corridor and opened a leather-covered earthen soundproof door at the top of the corridor. All the furniture in the room was fixed to the ground or the wall. A desk lamp was on, and the beam shone on the person who was handcuffed in the interrogation chair.
On the face of the umbrella shop Xiao Hu with his head hanging down.
There were several of his apprentices in the room, all with their sleeves rolled up and sweat dripping from their heads. They stood at attention and saluted when he came in.
"Okay, did you ask me anything?"
"Report to the chief! Nothing new has been learned." The person in charge of taking confessions stood up and reported loudly.
Zhou Dongtian walked up to Xiao Hu. His face was clean and his clothes were neat, but he was exhausted. Zhou Dongtian followed the most important rule of doing this job in another time and space - no obvious scars.
to teach his students.
"Okay, you're a ration man, do you need to be so loyal to Chen Minggang?" Zhou Dongtian knew that he had suffered a lot and needed a gentle person to play the red-faced role.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Please spare the little one..." Xiao Hu just lowered his head and cried, "The little one really knows these things..."