Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 962, demoted on the spot

Hearing Liu Jin's words, all the ministers present also nodded.

"Your Majesty, I also think that a targeted anti-crime campaign should be carried out. At present, the law and order in Beijing and Tianjin are extremely poor, and gangs are rampant. At the same time, there are frequent roadblocks and robberies on the concrete roads built across the country. "

Li Dongyang also stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, there are many extremely vicious people not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also overseas. In the Golden Island, there are even horse bandits who specialize in robbing gold mines. In Nanyang, there are also new types of pirates. These pirates It's not the people from the Nanyang countries, but the Ming people, they often use extremely cruel methods, and every time they make a move, they will kill everyone on board, murder their lives, and commit all kinds of crimes."

Zhang Mao also stood up and said.

He is in charge of the Dudufu of the Five Armies and the garrisons in various parts of Ming Dynasty. In addition to defending the country, the garrisons are also responsible for local security.

Judging from the situation reported by the garrisons in various places, the law and order in all parts of Daming is not very good, and the interests are touching. There are many evil forces generated because of the interests, and there is a trend of rapid development and growth.

"Hmm~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately frowned and pondered.

After thinking for a while, he said, "The Five Armies Commander's Office took the lead, and with the cooperation of government offices from all over the country, they carried out an operation to burn gangsters and eradicate evil within the scope of the entire Ming Dynasty. Always clean up."

"For the gang forces in the city, we must deal a heavy blow and completely eliminate these gangs that oppress the people. We must also severely punish the bandits who block and rob rivers, seaways, and highways, occupy mountains as kings, and collect protection fees. All the bandits will be punished without mercy!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

When the officials heard this, they immediately shouted in unison.

Some frowned deeply. Emperor Hongzhi directly asked the five armies to be in charge, and the local government yamen cooperated. This meant a lot of things. These officials had no right to intervene.

Many people have already seen the scenes that are about to appear in various parts of Ming Dynasty. Many tyrannical and ruthless people will definitely die under the bullets.

"Well, go ahead!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly to signal the continuation of the debriefing.

Liu Jin thought for a while and then asked Zhang Mingzheng: "What do you think about the future of Beizhili, and what kind of plan do you have?"

When Zhang Mingzheng heard it, he immediately fell into a groan.

"Ma Dan, is this Liu Jin letting people live?"

"We are just local officials, not the emperor of Ming Dynasty. What do we think about the future and what plans do we have? Isn't this killing people?"

The many officials sitting below couldn't help scolding Liu Jin in their hearts, how comfortable it was to be an official before, drink tea, read the newspaper, and try the case again.

Now it's all right, we need to pay attention to taxation, population, bridges and roads, law and order, and future affairs. Is this still how people live?

"Northern Zhili is the center of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an important place for Beijing and Tianjin, with a large population. The future of Northern Zhili is bright, with huge potential and development prospects."

"For the future planning of Beizhili, I think we should continue to focus on the development of factories, workshops and commercial banks, and at the same time promote port construction and road construction, and build developed sea transportation and convenient land transportation."

Zhang Mingzheng thought about it for a while, but he answered bravely, the question Liu Jin asked was really too difficult to answer, and he could only answer like this after exhausting his brain.

"Ok!"

When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others heard this, they all nodded.

There are many factories, workshops, and commercial firms in Beizhili, and they have huge advantages. It is obviously very appropriate to continue to develop capitalist industries. At the same time, he sees the importance of transportation.

As for Liu Jin, he nodded slightly. Compared with the officials of later generations, this Zhang Mingzheng is obviously not qualified, but for the officials of this era, he is still quite good.

"Your Majesty, I have finished asking questions. From all aspects, although the chief envoy of Beizhili has not done enough in terms of law and order, overall it is still very good."

Liu Jin got up and said to Emperor Hongzhi who was above the dragon steps.

"Well, it's really not bad, give it a first-class evaluation!"

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded and said.

"Yes!"

Liu Jin quickly replied.

In the examination system for officials, Liu Jin set a total of six levels of ratings for the officials being assessed: upper, upper, middle, lower middle, lower, and lower.

A mid-level rating is considered qualified, while a mid-to-low rating requires criticism. As for a low-level rating, it needs to be demoted and punished. Those with a low-level rating go directly to planting sweet potatoes at home.

The higher-level evaluations have bonus points for political performance. If you have accumulated two or three higher-level evaluations, you can be promoted.

Therefore, the evaluation given by Emperor Hongzhi to Zhang Mingzheng's superior is also a very good rating.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

When Zhang Mingzheng heard this, he was overjoyed and thanked En.

"South Zhili chief envoy Ye Xian reports on his duties!"

Zhang Mingzheng walked down with a face full of joy, Xiao Jing shouted again at the top of his voice.

Soon an official came under the dragon rank, and after some salutes, he began to report on his duties slowly.

"Thanks to His Majesty's grace and trust, I have the honor to be in charge of one side..."

"In the [-]th year of Hongzhi, Nanzhili achieved a tax revenue of [-] million taels of silver, an increase of [-] million taels of silver compared to the [-]th year of Hongzhi..."

Ye Xian was obviously unprepared, imitating Zhang Mingzheng, but just talking about the taxation, Ye Xian couldn't help but start to stammer, because the tax revenue of Nanzhili Hongzhi in the fifteenth year was compared with the tax revenue in the fourteenth year. It's only an increase of one million taels of silver. The amount and growth rate of this increase are frighteningly low.

If it is other provinces, such as Yunnan and Guizhou, it is more or less reasonable, but Nanzhili has always been an important province of Daming, the core of Daming, located in the south of the Yangtze River, and has always been the center of Daming's economy and taxation.

However, North Zhili has increased by [-] million taels of tax silver a year, while Nanzhili has only increased by less than one million taels of silver. This is obviously unreasonable, and there must be problems in it.

"Why does Nanzhili's tax money only increase by one million taels this year?"

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help asking.

"I don't know, as far as taxes are concerned, the land tax is collected by the local government, and the commercial tax is collected by the tax office directly under the Ministry of Households. The data is also from the tax office in Nanzhili."

Ye Xian thought for a while and said.

"Jing Zhong, what's going on?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the Minister of the Household Department, Zhong Zhong. The importance of taxation is self-evident. In the past, Emperor Hongzhi would be fooled by civil officials, but it is different now. Liu Jin has repeatedly emphasized the importance of taxation. I also realized the feeling of being rich and easy to do things. Emperor Hongzhi attached great importance to taxation.

"Your Majesty, I also have some understanding of the tax situation in Nanzhili. The tax collection in Nanzhili is considered to be the most difficult place to collect taxes in Ming Dynasty. The tax office has encountered many difficulties in collecting taxes. It is not only the local gentry and businessmen who hinder tax collection. , Even the local government offices are unwilling to cooperate with the imperial court in collecting taxes.”

He Zhong stood up and said very seriously, on this matter, he had also communicated with Ye Xian before, but Ye Xian was not a bird at all, just perfunctory very casually.

After all, Nanzhili is a special place. It is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and the influence of Jiangnan people in the officialdom is very large and intricate. Officials from Jiangnan accounted for half of the Ming Dynasty.

The Jiangnan area has always had a tradition of resisting tax payment.

In the past, when the imperial court wanted to levy a business tax, almost all the officials in the Jiangnan area opposed it unanimously. Anyone who proposed to levy a tax would be killed, and even the emperor would not even think about levying a business tax.

Later, although Liu Jin led the tax reform, with the strong support of Emperor Hongzhi, and the officials from the south of the Yangtze River suffered heavy losses, the tax reform was successful and commercial taxes were levied.

But on the Jiangnan side, the collection of business taxes is still very difficult. Although the tax police in the tax office are not vegetarians, the tax collection work on the Jiangnan side is still very difficult. The reason is lack of cooperation and support from the local government.

"Ye Xian, is there such a thing?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face sank, he looked at Ye Xian coldly and asked.

"Your Excellency, I have already issued an order to require local governments to cooperate with the tax bureaus in collecting taxes."

Ye Xian replied obediently.

"Hmph, have you already ordered?"

"Shall I take out the correspondence between you and me and show it to His Majesty?"

"The imperial court has issued repeated orders, and His Majesty has repeatedly emphasized that the government offices in various places must actively cooperate with the tax office to collect taxes, but what about your Southern Zhili?"

"Not only did you fail to cooperate with the tax office to collect taxes, but you even helped the evildoers to obstruct the collection of taxes by the tax office in Nanzhili. Now you are asking all the local government offices to cooperate with the tax office in collecting taxes?"

Zhong Zhong couldn't help but snorted and said, as the Minister of the Household Department, the tax collection work is also the focus of his assessment. The tax revenue growth in all parts of the Ming Dynasty is very good, but the tax revenue growth in the Jiangnan area is extremely slow, and it is difficult to collect taxes. is the main problem.

"Your Majesty, minister, I will cooperate with the tax office to collect taxes after returning~"

As soon as Ye Xian heard this, he immediately fell to his knees, feeling terrified. He is a traditional official who opposes taxation. He believes that taxation is too heavy for the benefit of the people, and it will cause the people to live in poverty, so he is unwilling to cooperate with the tax office to collect taxes. , believe in governance by doing nothing, and there is nothing to do in Nanzhili.

"go back?"

"You don't have to go back."

Emperor Hongzhi knew what the situation was like at a glance, and immediately said coldly: "Immediately remove Ye Xiannan from the post of Zhili chief envoy, downgrade three ranks in a row, and send him to Huangjinzhou as an official."

(End of this chapter)