Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 659

With the development of the commodity economy, financial institutions were born naturally to promote economic development.

But in Daming, money houses and other things must serve the imperial court.

For the Daming Bank, it would be easy to establish sub-helms in the provincial capitals of the country, but it would be a bit embarrassing if they spread all over the country.

So at this time, it is necessary for local banks to join in, so as to spread all over the country.

For example, if the local government pays taxes, it can get rid of the problem of releasing the prison, which is much easier. For the imperial court, it is extremely beneficial to change the tax payment cycle from half a year to one or two months.

The distribution of salaries of officials in various places, from the county to the prefecture and the province, is all handed down from the bank, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources have been liberated.

The wide-ranging application of banks can also be applied to the army.

In the past, military salaries were controlled by military judges, just to prevent generals from withholding military pay and buying people's hearts.

But now, the payment from the imperial court can be sent directly to the bank accounts of the soldiers. No one can be too thin, and the payment is real.

In this case, unless the court has no money, or the sky is angry and people complain, the imperial camp will not rebel.

Moreover, like disaster relief, with a direct order, the local officials can withdraw money from the local bank to relieve the victims, which saves a lot of time.

And everything is for the stability of the rule.

Zhu Yixi is so selfish, there is no way, human nature!

He doesn't mind promoting social progress while stabilizing his rule, and when progress hinders rule, that's courting death.

For example, he certainly knows that the land issue is the core of society, and the equal distribution of land is absolutely omnipotent.

But he will never do it, and it is impossible to do it.

To divide the land equally means to overthrow the gentry, and the gentry is the core of the ruling class. Is it self-destruction if you withdraw your own system?

What's more, apart from the help of firearms, the core driving force of the army's strong combat effectiveness and the ability to defeat the Qing Dynasty is the distribution of land.

A large amount of military land, Xun Tian is distributed, but you have to divide the land equally at this time, working hard with the army, ordinary people can lie down and win, so who would not rebel?

"For some prefectural cities and all provincial capitals, the Daming Bank will be responsible for the transfer of taxes, and for a large number of county towns, you and others will be responsible."

The emperor looked serious, and said word by word: "From now on, institutions such as banks and ticket offices that absorb people's money must have their main accounts in the capital and be supervised by the imperial court."

"Yes--"

After dealing with the Shaanxi merchants, Zhu Yixi negotiated with the Huizhou merchants again.

Subsequently, Shanxi merchants also got a chance to breathe and came to the capital.

In this regard, the three major merchant gangs of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Huizhou, as well as some local merchant gangs, obtained the opportunity to transfer local taxes.

In order to avoid monopoly, the three major business gangs must each establish no less than ten banks to cooperate with the Daming bank.

As a result, Shaanxi merchants were allowed to set up Shanzhuang in Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Lianghu, Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces.

Shanxi merchants can transfer local taxes in Shanxi, Gansu, Suiyuan, Ningxia, Guangdong and Guangxi.

Huizhou merchants, as well as former salt merchants, were qualified to transfer taxes in the three provinces of Jiangnan, Fujian, and Zhejiang.

In other words, the three major merchant gangs only obtained the power to transfer local taxes, rather than monopolize the finance of these areas, and other merchant gangs and banks can operate.

As a bank directly under the Ministry of Household Affairs, Daming Bank is mainly responsible for the transfer of taxes in the two capitals, the two governors (Xuanda and Jizhen), provincial capitals, and some prefectural cities.

Not for the purpose of profit, but to facilitate the use of money by the household department.

These things are not immediate results, but long-term work. If there is no seven or eight years, they will disappear at all.

There are nearly [-] counties and over [-] prefectures in the country. What a huge project this is. Even with the efforts of private business gangs, it takes a lot of time just to travel.

But once it's done, the effect is amazing.

The imperial court's understanding and control of the place will reach an unprecedented level.

This is centralization!

Before Zhu Yixi could sigh, he got busy again.

What he interviewed this time was the imperial hospital order.

In the Ming Dynasty, the main official positions were circulated through imperial examinations, father and son were officials, and there were very few relatives in the same dynasty.

But the medical officer and Qin Tianjian are exceptions.

Without him, talents are scarce, and this stuff depends on family traditions.

Although the medical officers of the Imperial Hospital are not very good at seeing a doctor (for fear of taking responsibility), they are very sloppy at work, and they are very good at following the emperor's eyes.

Considering the short lifespan of the Ming emperor, he really didn't dare to use these imperial doctors, so last year he summoned famous doctors from all over the world to stay in the capital in the name of compiling "Shaowu Medical Book".

As a result, the number of medical clinics in the entire capital immediately increased by hundreds.

The emperor didn't let them go to the imperial hospital, but directly set up a private restaurant to see a doctor for the people. After all, medical skills come from practice.

The imperial palace has benefited greatly, fewer court ladies and eunuchs died of illness, and no princes and princesses died young.

Baiguan and Xungui also benefited, so they don't have to worry about seeing a doctor.

Therefore, the emperor did not kill these imperial physicians with one shot, but let them popularize vaccinia on a large scale in the four counties of Guoguo, Wanping, Daxing, Xuanwu, and Chongwen.

Although the imperial doctors were reluctant in every possible way, the civil and military officials of the imperial court, as well as the nobles, were extremely happy, and no one wanted to let the whole family stay in the ward.

This is also why the emperor often went to Yuquan Villa to criticize very few people, just to prevent the plague, I understand.

"From the second year of Shaowu to the present, after two years, dozens of doctors from the imperial hospital, more than a hundred apprentices, and civilian doctors have vaccinated the whole city with cowpox."

Tai Hospital Ling told the hard work with bitter tears.

For example, how many imperial doctors are tired and sick, how many people are tanned, etc. All in all, they are here to benefit.

He even hinted openly and secretly, the emperor, folk doctors are unreliable, and we have to keep the doctors from our Taiyuan Hospital to be able to do it.

You see, several 100,000 people have been vaccinated, what a huge project this is.

Zhu Yixi knew this well, but deliberately ignored it. He cared a lot about his life.

"I understand."

The emperor smiled cordially and said: "You have worked hard too. All officials will be promoted to a higher level and will be rewarded with annual salary as a reward."

"The auxiliary folk doctors will all be rewarded with a hundred silver coins and a plaque with a benevolent heart to help the world..."

"In addition, the officers, soldiers and yamen servants who participated in this matter will also be rewarded with salaries for three to half a year, and the officers will be promoted to a higher level."

"Thank you Your Majesty—"

The promotion plus the reward, this treatment is generous, and the hospital order can only be grateful.

The medical officers of Tai Hospital are divided into three classes, doctors, physicians, and medical officers. The medical skills in the hospital are divided into thirteen departments: Dafangmai, Xiaofangmai, women, acupuncture, eyes, articulation, bone setting, typhoid fever, throat, massage, etc.

Its source is to select the children of medical families, who are admitted to the hospital after examination, called doctors, taught by the medical officer system, and can be appointed as doctors only after passing the examination in thirteen subjects.

It can be said that the disadvantage of the Tai Hospital lies in serving the emperor, fearing that it will implicate the family, [-]% of the level does not dare to play [-]%.

(End of this chapter)