Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1315, Bully Sun Zixiang
In the Huairou county government office, Zhu Houzhao walked up and down in the county government office with some distaste. He was accompanied by the county magistrate Sun Zhuopeng and the lord Bo Zhongrui.

The county magistrate is equivalent to the second-in-command of a county in later generations, and in this era, the power is much greater than that of the second-in-command in later generations. As for the master, it is equivalent to the secretary of a county, and is in charge of many things, most of them are scholars. Those who come to take up the position are all famous candidates, and after failing to pass the imperial examination, they sign up to be a small official or a small official.

But don't think that Zhu Bo is an ordinary official. Think about the current third-in-command in a county, and you will know that countless people can't do this step.

Both Sun Aipeng and Zhong Rui looked middle-aged in their forties, and they looked at Zhu Houzhao helplessly at this moment.

I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking, but they are a little puzzled to transfer an eighteen or nineteen-year-old person to be the county magistrate.

For a long time, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has acquiesced to many rules, such as not being admitted to the cabinet unless it is a Hanlin, not being an official unless it is famous, not being promoted unless it is a Jinshi, and many other rules.

Zhu Houzhao looked very young at first glance, he became a county magistrate at the age of eighteen, which seriously violated the rules of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

You must know that it is very rare to be admitted to Jinshi at the age of nineteen. Since the establishment of the entire Ming Dynasty, there have been few people. If it is not a Jinshi, it is really too difficult to become a county magistrate.

He has good hands and eyes, a deep background, and a lot of money, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to get such a young person to the position of county magistrate.

In the Ming Dynasty, there could be a young emperor, but it is absolutely impossible to have a young prime minister!
"Master Zhu, this county government office is quite satisfactory. Is there anything you want to repair?"

Bo Zhongrui asked with a smile.

The young man in front of him is very likely to have a very deep background. If I try to please him a lot, it will definitely be useful in the future.

"Repair?"

"I want to tear it down and build a new one."

"Look, these are all wooden houses, but reinforced concrete is popular now."

Zhu Houzhao pouted, extremely dissatisfied with this county government.

"My lord, it's no problem to renovate it. The relevant expenses and budget are fixed every year, but if we need to rebuild a county government, we don't have so much money in Huairou County, unless the higher-ups are willing to allocate funds."

The master Bo Zhongrui replied helplessly.

Since Liu Jin carried out the tax reform, Daming's taxation has been divided into two parts, one part is collected by the government, which is similar to before, mainly collecting land tax and land tax, and the other part is directly under the Daming Household Department The tax office is mainly responsible for collecting commercial taxes.

The government collected land tax and land tax. In the past, they could still receive some, but they were all in kind such as grain and cloth. But now that Ming Dynasty is booming and the court has sufficient tax revenue, Emperor Hongzhi also reduced and exempted local tax many times. The land tax and land tax received are getting less and less.

"Forget it, Liu Jin, you find someone to repair it again, and I will pay for it."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head slightly and gave instructions to Liu Jin beside him.

"Yes, son!"

Liu Jin nodded quickly, they are now playing the role of a master and a housekeeper.

"Sun Xiancheng, how is the situation in Huairou County?"

After inspecting his county office, Zhu Houzhao was also planning to take a walk in the county town to take a look, and chatted with Sun Xuepeng and Zhong Rui beside him while walking.

"My lord, this Huairou County is located in the northwest of the capital, and is greatly influenced by the capital. The situation in all aspects is still very good."

"We have a lot of coal in Huairou County, and the capital has a great demand for coal, so the main industry in Huairou County is coal mining."

Sun Xuepeng didn't quite agree with Zhu Houzhao in front of him, nothing.

Because he has coveted the position of Huairou County Magistrate for a long time, he has been the county magistrate for many years, which originally meant that after the original county magistrate was transferred, he would have a chance.

After all, now that the officialdom of Daming has confirmed that many Juren used to be county magistrates, and he himself has been a county magistrate for some years, and he also spent a lot of money to clear up relationships.

Originally, the reply given above was sure, but who knew that Cheng Yaojin would kill him halfway.

How could Sun Xuepeng have eyes for Zhu Houzhao?
To be able to reply politely is also to be afraid of Zhu Houzhao's background. After all, when Zhu Houzhao arrived, there were dozens of carriages, a large group of servants, servants, and housekeepers, etc. One could tell at a glance that this was not an ordinary family children of the.

"The coal mining industry?"

Zhu Houzhao also wrote it down silently.

Then I wandered around Huairou County very casually.

This place is indeed greatly influenced by the Beijing-Tianjin area. Many houses are already the same as the Beijing-Tianjin area. They are built with reinforced concrete, painted white on the outside, and then put on glass windows. It looks very beautiful.

"Sun's Casino?"

"Sun's pawn shop?"

"Sun's Supermarket?"

"Sun's Red Mansion?"

"Sun's Grain and Oil Store?"

The county town is not very lively, there are relatively few people, most of them are children and old people, not many young people can be seen, but there are quite a lot of various shops and the like.

But soon, Zhu Houzhao discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, Sun's name was written on the front of many shops and shops.

"Why do these shops say Sun's? Are they all owned by one person?"

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the shops on the street and asked Sun Xuepeng and Zhong Rui beside him.

"This is indeed..."

Halfway through Zhong Rui's words, Sun Xuepeng said with a smile: "My lord, there are a lot of people surnamed Sun in Huairou County, so we can see a lot of shops opened by the Sun family."

"Oh, that's it~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately nodded slightly, but there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"It's true that the prince is young and ignorant, so foolish. No matter how many people have the surname Sun, it is impossible for them to all be Sun's shops. What's more, the family patterns and logos on it are the same, so they must all be from the same person. of."

Zhu Houzhao is very smart, and he is very clear in his heart, but he did not expose Sun Xuepeng's lies, but pretended to think about it and said: "When I never came to Huairou County, I heard about Huairou County. There is a man named Sun Zixiang who said that if we get along well with him, I can live a comfortable life as a county magistrate."

"I don't know, do you know this Sun Zixiang?"

"I know, I know, of course I know~"

Sun Xuepeng rushed to say: "He is a big landlord in our Huairou County. He is indeed quite prestigious in our Huairou County. He is also very forthright and likes to make friends with a family like your lord."

"Then I really want to see you too."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

"It's not difficult. I'll have someone notify Sun Zixiang later, and let him act as a host to clean up the dust for your lord."

Sun Xuepeng readily made the decision for Sun Xuepeng and agreed.

After wandering around Xuancheng for a few times, Zhu Houzhao returned to his county office. After Sun Xuepeng and Zhong Rui both left, Liu Jin called Liu Jin and asked about the situation in Huairou County in detail.

"Your Highness, there are many coal mines in Huairou County, and it is the main coal supplier for our capital."

"But the coal business in Huairou County is monopolized by this Sun Zixiang."

"This Sun Zixiang is a proper bully..."

Liu Jin began to report to Zhu Houzhao what she had investigated and found out in detail.

Sun Zixiang was born into a wealthy landlord family in Huairou County, but he didn't like reading since he was a child. He liked to fight and hang out with a bunch of local hooligans.

Originally, the family was very powerful in Huairou County, plus he had been mixed with local hooligans since he was a child, and gradually became a bully that everyone in Huairou County turned pale.

Bullying men and women is the lightest word for Sun Zixiang.

He is far more than simply domineering here in Huairou County. Relying on the power of his own family, together with a group of hooligans and desperadoes under his command, he has almost monopolized many industries in the entire Huairou County by various illegal means. .

From the largest coal industry, almost all the coal mines are occupied by his grandson's family, and other people can't get in at all. Originally, there were many coal mine businessmen here, but they were all squeezed away by him by various means, and it was even said that There was also a tragedy of extermination of families, and more than a dozen people died at once, but in the end it was nothing.

In addition, the gambling houses, brothels, pawnshops, grain and oil, supermarkets, restaurants, etc. in Huairou County are almost all occupied by one person. In order to achieve this goal, it is said that some people were forced to hang themselves and many businesses Had to go far away.

Monopolizing all kinds of business in Huairou County, wantonly raising prices, and making huge profits are not enough to satisfy his huge appetite and ambition. He also has his eyes on some factories here in Huairou County.

Those who run factories are all well-connected and powerful, so he uses all kinds of dirty methods to force the other party to partner with him, and then uses various methods to squeeze them out.

Excavating coal requires a lot of manpower, so he forced the people in Huairou County to mine for him, but only paid a small salary, which was far below the market price.

Some people were even unwilling to dig coal for him, and he ordered his men to kill more than a dozen people, using bloody means to suppress the rioting coal miners and farmers.

The many crimes committed by the bully Sun Zixiang in Huairou County are too numerous to write down. It is not that the people here in Huairou County have found ways to move to this Sun Zixiang.

But no matter what method was used, Sun Zixiang still got a good job. Even if he went to the capital to sue the officials, he was arrested by Sun Zixiang's people before he arrived in the capital, and many people died because of this.

As a result, people here in Huairou County are constantly going out to work and do things in the capital, and they rarely return to Huairou County.

As for this Sun Zixiang, he dared not speak out, and could only accept it submissively, enduring this local ruffian.

(End of this chapter)