Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 995 Customs in Guangxi

The censor of the right capital, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and other local admirals supervised military affairs, rations and governors.

From the second grade officer.

Compared with the servant, it can be regarded as a half-rank promotion.

However, at the local level, the chief envoys and governors are all from the second rank, and the official ranks are equal.

The difference is in dispatching.

Both the governor and the governor-general are officials in the capital, and they either hold the title of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If the governor holds the title of servant, he is a second-rank.

And if the governor holds the title of Shangshu, he is a second-rank official.

Therefore, at the local level, the governor and chief envoy are not afraid of the governor, because the two have no affiliation with them. In a sense, they are two departments, and the official status is not much different.

The governor can do things because he is dispatched.

Yu Chenglong was restless.

To him, being the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is no less than a leap forward. When he returns to Beijing, the eight ministers are just around the corner.

The capital is the outlet of the wind, and all kinds of news are flying all over the sky. In the various government offices, the news seems to have grown legs, and it spreads all over the capital almost instantly.

Liangguang Guild Hall.

After hearing about this incident, the Guangdong-Guangdong Guild Hall, which also served as the Beijing Office, immediately asked people to prepare gifts.

"What good is this for the governor?"

The head of the museum stroked his beard and asked.

"I heard that he is honest, self-sufficient, outstanding, and is also special among the ministries." The visitor reported: "Some expensive gifts may be counterproductive."

"Then prepare some special products from Guangdong and Guangxi to express your gratitude."

The head of the museum said seriously.

No matter what, establishing a good relationship with the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in advance will benefit the guild hall immensely.

Less than half an hour after returning home, the housekeeper said that someone had brought a gift to the door.

"Go out." Yu Chenglong said displeased.

It was too much for someone to visit me as soon as I was a provincial official.

"My lord, it belongs to the Guangdong-Guangdong Guild Hall."

The Beijing Office reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. Its name was Jinzuo Yuan, which was an important means for the feudal towns to inquire about news. In the Ming Dynasty, semi-official institutions such as guild halls replaced it.

Therefore, Jackie Yu knows a lot about it.

It is not uncommon for the guild hall to represent people from the province.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to accept it and express his position to the place where he will be an official in the future, and it is also easy to understand the situation in Guangxi.

A group of people at the head of the museum entered the mansion, and they couldn't help being amazed when they saw the spacious and bright mansion.

In the capital city, such a mansion with an area of ​​nearly five acres is really not bad.

But everyone understands that this does not prove that he is rich, but is a manifestation of the divine grace.

In the capital, the land is limited. Although after Li Zicheng's calamity, seven or eighty eighty-eight lands in the inner city were taken back by the imperial court, but the imperial court could not allocate good houses to all the officials.

Therefore, in order to take care of the emotions of all officials, the allocation of housing is also a good standard:
The newly recruited Jinshi and Shujishi will be allocated in the big house, with three or four rooms at most, and two rooms at the least, which can be regarded as a mixed residence.

However, as soon as one of them is assigned, they have to move out immediately to make room for the next Jinshi.

For Beijing officials below the fourth rank, there is only a rental subsidy, and the salary is ten stones more per year.

Officials of the fourth rank and above are regarded as Jane in the heart of the emperor, so they are basically allocated a house, as long as they are still officials in the capital, they can live there all the time.

Yu Zhai is so magnificent, it is obvious that his favor is very rich, and it is due to the emperor's care.

Thinking of this, the head of the museum immediately paid a lot of respect.

After walking hundreds of steps, several people were in the living room before they saw Yu Chenglong.

His cheeks are thin, his eyes are bright, his nose bridge is high and straight, he looks energetic, and he looks like a shrewd person.

Thinking of this, the head of the museum sighed, it seems that the governors of the two places are having a hard time.

"Students at the head of the Guangdong-Guangdong Guild Hall, pay a visit to the platform."

"Get up!"

Yu Chenglong looked at him, he had a big belly, his ears were protruding, and his cheeks were plump. It looked like he was eating the best food in the capital.

"The students heard that Taiwan will be in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the country will be ruled by virtue, so they are overjoyed. They have taken the liberty to come here. I hope you will forgive me."

"It's not uncommon for the people under my rule to come here." Yu Chenglong said softly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a relaxed look.

This made several people breathe a sigh of relief.

Yu Chenglong also knew at this time that those gifts were special products from Guangdong and Guangxi, and they were regarded as common practice in official circles, not a big deal.

Sometimes, there are birthdays in the home of the local chief official in the capital, and gifts are prepared in the guild hall.

"I heard that Guangdong is rich and prosperous. The prosperity of Guangzhou is no less than that of Suzhou and Yangzhou. It can be said that it is first-class in the south. Is this true?"

"Back to Taiwan, the prosperity of Guangzhou is naturally real. In the eyes of the students, Yangzhou has already declined, and only Suzhou can compare with it."

Talking about rising, the head of the museum started to talk endlessly.

The customs in Guangzhou and the commercial houses in Guangzhou can be said to be first-class in the world, and even the merchants in Guangdong have put forward the slogan of Cantonese merchants.

The Pearl River breeds bustling cities.

"According to the students, there were 800 million people in Guangdong last year, of which nearly 200 million were in Guangzhou, which shows its prosperity."

"What about Guangxi?" Yu Chenglong asked suddenly.

"I heard that civil unrest in Guangxi is not small."

The head of the museum stammered: "Guangxi is also very good, but the folk customs are martial arts..."

Yu Chenglong served his tea, took a sip, and Shi Shiran said: "Let's make it clear from the head of the museum."

Faced with Jackie Chan's oppression, the head of the museum looked ashen, and struggled for a long time before he had to speak.

Guangxi as a whole is very special in Lingnan.

Although Guangdong and Guangxi are cousins ​​with the same language and customs, Guangxi has a contradiction that is different from Guangdong: the contradiction between Tu and Han.

From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Guangxi, like Guizhou and Yunnan, belonged to the key military areas, and a large number of military households were registered, flooding the population of Guangxi.

Because these people settled down with their families, the land they occupy is all important places in Guangxi, either the land is fertile or the location is dangerous.

With the passage of time, the military households continued to multiply, and the conflicts of fighting for land and earning water continued to occur.

During the years of Xuande and Jingtai, civil unrest continued, and even during the reign of Chongzhen, it continued.

However, the court's handling method is very problematic: kill.

Once there is a rebellion, kill it directly.

There was never any compromise.

As a result, although the Tong and Yao people in Guangxi continued to be chaotic, the population continued to decrease. Most of the land in Guangxi was occupied by Han people, and it became a veritable Han province.

We must know that in the early Ming Dynasty, the situation in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi was similar. Even many places in Guangdong were controlled by barbarians, and there were many chieftains.

However, following these 200 years of massacres, the Han people in Guangxi gained the upper hand. Only the northwestern frontier near Guizhou, with its high mountains and mountains, became the base camp of the Tong and Yao people's rebellion, which could not be wiped out at all.

Yu Chenglong rubbed his temples, and couldn't help snorting coldly: "The civil disturbances in Guangxi are mostly caused by officials forcing people to rebel!"

The head of the museum twitched his eyelids and lowered his head.

Military households need land, military officers need slaves and land, and military exploits, and local officials need political achievements: reform the land and return it to the people.

So the three merged, and the cycle continued for hundreds of years, forcing Yao and Tong to migrate, so that when they reached the mountainous area, they could not move.

This is a matter of tacit understanding in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Yu Chenglong can see through, so he is naturally capable.

Of course he didn't know that during the Manchu Qing period in history, the conflicts between the Tu and the Han were exploited by the Manchus, and they jumped back and forth, so that they piled up and turned into killing each other.

Especially with the increase in population and the crowded living space, this kind of hatred has been passed down from generation to generation, and the fighting with weapons has continued, and it has evolved into Guangxi wolf soldiers.

But from Jackie Chan's point of view, even Guangxi Province at this time is a crater that is gathering momentum and is extremely dangerous.

"Your Majesty is asking me to go to Guangxi to clean up the mess!"

Yu Chenglong sighed, the contradiction between native and Han people really makes people scratch their heads.

"Tell me, what does Guangxi need at this time? Elite soldiers? Silver? Or something?"

Elite soldiers represent suppression, and money and food represent appeasement.

As soon as this sentence came out, the few people at the head of the museum fell silent.

After a long time, the head of the museum suddenly clasped his hands and said, "Taiwan, in the eyes of the students, what Guangxi lacks the most is the port."

"Port?" Yu Chenglong was taken aback.

"Although there were quite a few Xiyi people who came to Guangdong before, it was not too prosperous, but after the customs was opened, all kinds of goods were exported continuously, and the people benefited greatly."

"The yamen can collect taxes, the merchants can sell goods, the common people can make money, and the market will gradually flourish."

"So, according to the students, Guangxi now lacks a port."

Yu Jackie's expression moved.

He crossed the Huaihe River in Jiangsu, so he naturally understood the importance of the port and also the importance of the customs.

Today's Songjiang Mansion is comparable to Suzhou in the whole of Jiangsu. Apart from a slight shortage of population, the taxation is almost the same.

The Ministry of Household Affairs even estimated that by next year, Songjiang Mansion will overtake Suzhou and truly become the number one mansion in the world.

Among them, the port and customs played a key role in it.

But Guangxi does not face the sea!

Yu Chenglong was shocked, and he looked up at this person.

The head of the museum also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately bowed his head.

"Okay!" Yu Chenglong sighed, and then saw the guest away.

It has to be said that these words were very inspiring to him.

Guangxi is now an inland area, with poor mountains and bad waters. It has been peaceful for 300 years, and the population has accumulated.

At this time, the transfer of Qinzhou Prefecture and Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangdong to them will not only increase the number of Han people in Guangxi, which is conducive to ruling, but also increase their taxes.

Once the customs is established, it will be no less than a complete change for Guangxi.

"What's there in Guangxi? Iron mines, copper mines, silver mines? All of these can be mined. Isn't Foshan in Guangdong an Iron City, one of the four famous towns in the world?"

Thinking of this, Yu Chenglong's doubts disappeared.

At the same time, assigning the territory of Guangdong to Guangxi is also a blow to the officials of Guangdong and Guangxi.

As a governor, before taking office in Guangdong and Guangxi, he won the trust of the imperial court and directly cut off the land in Guangdong. Who would dare to compete with him?
Although it hurts the hearts of Cantonese people in a certain way, it is necessary in officialdom.

After all, it is the emperor who can determine his future, not the people of Guangdong.

Of course, this is also because Guangdong is not his hometown. If the imperial court allocates part of Shanxi to Suiyuan and Hebei, then he will do his best.

He thought for a while about the high-ranking Cantonese officials of the imperial court, and found that none of the eight ministries was above a minister, and he was instantly relieved.

In this way, the resistance in the center is minimal.

After thinking about this, Yu Jackie thought it over and over again, and finally decided that Guangxi should have a seaport.

The next day, he quickly entered the palace and expressed his thoughts to the emperor.

At the same time, he also expressed his views on civil unrest in Guangxi.

After hearing the words, the emperor showed a trace of astonishment, and immediately smiled happily:

"Yu Chenglong, Yu Chenglong, you gave me a big surprise."

"The civil unrest in Guangxi, in the final analysis, is the contradiction between more people and less land. You allocated land to Guangxi and opened customs to allow it to trade. This is to make Guangxi rule!"

"I don't dare to talk about great governance, I just want to calm down the rising civil unrest..."

Yu Chenglong said seriously.

"not enough."

The emperor looked at him, and suddenly said: "Just these two items are not enough. Qinzhou, Lianzhou and other places are relatively barren and cannot support many people."

"If you can't even eat enough, how can you talk about business?"

Yu Chenglong was puzzled.

"migrant."

The emperor said decisively: "Go to Annan, Qi, and even Luzon. These are the solutions once and for all."

Yu Chenglong sighed, as expected.

For those vassal states, the emperor is really enough.

"But Your Majesty, Tong and Yao are barbarians. They don't know Wang Hua. Going to other countries may not be of much use!"

"You don't understand." The emperor showed a little complacency: "They were tyrannical in Guangxi, but when they went to the vassal state, they couldn't take care of themselves and had to submit. There would be no tribe of them to tyranny there."

"At that time, his king will be even faster."

After saying that, the emperor looked at Jackie Chan with a little satisfaction in his eyes.

To be able to think of land allocation from Guangdong and the establishment of customs has already represented its overall view is very good, and it knows how to think about issues from the perspective of the imperial court.

That's pretty good.

Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice: "You don't need to participate in this matter anymore, and prepare to go to Guangdong to take office!"

Obviously, the emperor was going to be arbitrary in this matter, and directly divided the two mansions of Qin and Lian to protect Yu Chenglong politically.

Offending the officials and people of a province is extremely detrimental to Jackie Chan's going to Guangdong and Guangxi when the township party is prevalent.

Even the resentment of the common people was beyond imagination.

In the past two or three days, the cabinet drafted an imperial decree to transfer Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangdong to Guangxi, and to open a port in Qinzhou and set up customs.

As soon as such a move was made, the people in the capital were fine, but the officials in Guangdong and Guangxi reacted greatly.

The officials from Guangdong were shocked, and then they refused to accept it and complained. There were hundreds more memorials about the impeachment of the cabinet;

The consequence of these two parties is that the Guangdong-Guangdong Guild Hall split directly, and Guangdong did not want to be in the Guild Hall with Guangxi.

Such a farce made the cabinet laugh bitterly.

Fortunately, there is still a general understanding in the imperial court, and the Guangdong-Guangdong Guild Hall ended the split, but there is little unity like in the past.

And at the beginning of May, the test announced the list.

This is the first implementation of the new system, which is of great significance.

Among them, among the 60 places in the rich province, Jiangsu still takes the lead, accounting for 40 people, Zhejiang is second with 35 people, Anhui is third with 20 people, and Shandong used to have only [-] people, which can be described as miserable.

Among the rookies in the poor provinces, Suiyuan, Ningxia, and Chahar finally achieved zero breakthroughs, each with one person.

(End of this chapter)