The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 859 Assessment
Most of them are farmers, and two of them are officials from the county.

Judging by his clothes, he should be from the City Affairs Bureau.

One of them had a knife mark on his face, and he had a fierce look on his face. He looked like a retired soldier.

"Uncle Zhao, let your two sons go to school. What's the point of farming at home all day?" the man with the scar said nicely.

"You don't need to do the housework anymore? Will you do it for me?" Uncle Zhao shouted.

People around immediately made a fuss, probably all the villagers of Huang Village: "Old Zhao is reluctant to part with the money, the cost is too expensive."

"It's too far away, so far away from the county seat, where should I live?"

Rural men and women in this era have to work. It is impossible to live in the county with their children, and they have no money to rent a house.

Dao Scarba tried a few words of persuasion, but failed, shook his head, and then said to the crowd: "Next year's imperial examination will have the theme of King Yifa. If someone in the family wants to take the exam, please read and study the Dagan Code."

All the people booed: "What king is under the law?"

"Will it be tax-free next year?"

"You think it's beautiful."

"Give our village another two wells."

The common people in the countryside don't care about the king being under the law, and many people don't understand what it means.

They are more concerned about whether taxes can be exempted and whether two more wells can be drilled.

The man with the scar was about to leave, but he turned around when he heard this: "Huang Atu, your field is by the river, what kind of well do you want?"

"Master Qi, I'm talking about Widow Chen's field, which is far away from the water. Have you seen it?"

"I wasn't here last time, let's go and have a look." The scar-faced official surnamed Qi followed them and went to have a look.

Ding Yi and others also followed from a distance.

The person surnamed Qi was a little sensitive, and looked back at them from a distance, and had already paid attention to Ding Yi and others.

But it was hot today, Ding Yi and the others were all wearing straw hats, and they were so far away, so naturally they couldn't see who it was.

Scarface came back after watching the field quickly, and said to Huang Atu as he walked, "It's indeed a bit far from the water source."

"Speak to the village chief first, and I will report back when I go back. Someone from the county will come down and look at it. After the review is passed, at the latest three days, the funds will be withdrawn. The county will provide money and craftsmen, and you will send people to dig wells. .”

"Master Qi, I thank you on behalf of Widow Chen."

The surrounding people also praised him one after another.

"You don't need to thank me, thank you, Your Majesty." The scarred man cupped his fists and headed towards the capital.

The people around shouted again: "When we fought against the intruders, the Holy One lived in our village, I still remember."

"The one who confiscated a house from my family and gave it money, the Holy One is really benevolent and righteous."

"I remember giving Widow Chen a bag of food."

"You know everything about Widow Chen's family, Huang Atu, are you having an affair with her?"

The crowd laughed.

The scarred man hurriedly said: "Everyone knows the righteousness of the Holy One, you should support the Holy Majesty and let your children go to school."

There was silence all around.

In this era, it is too difficult to go to school in the county seat, and the common people have no money, so they are not willing to go.

Hong Anshu and Zhong Xian beside Ding Yi were a little moved.

The common people remember the emperor's benevolence and righteousness, but some things are not so easy to talk about.

The emperor's road to reform is still very long.

Huangcun is not bad here. Huangcun belongs to Liangxiang County, and it is only forty miles from Huangcun to Liangxiang County.

Some places in the northwest are even more than a hundred miles away from the county seat. It is indeed unrealistic to go to school in the county.

Looking at the whole country now, the Jiangnan area is better, and many villages in the Jiangnan area are only ten or twenty miles away from the county.

Many wealthy gentry are still willing to let their children go to school in the county. If there are horse-drawn carriages and the roads are good, the change will be faster.

Of course, some people will live in the county seat, which is more convenient.

When the man with the scar left, Hong Anshu called him to stop.

Two officials came over, and the scarred man clasped his fists at them: "How many are from the county government? What's the matter?"

Ding Yi was wearing a straw hat very low, and slowly raised his head.

When the man with the scar saw Ding Yi, his expression changed drastically.

"Emperor—" actually really know each other.

He almost knelt down, but was supported by Ding Yi: "Do you recognize me?"

"I belong to Xu Dabao." He said excitedly.

Qi Jinsong, a man with a scar, is over 40 years old. He also didn't learn Chinese characters well back then.

Now he is a captain of the Liangxiang County Urban Affairs Bureau, responsible for many tasks in Huangcun and another village.

Ding Yi was also a little embarrassed. There were only a few hundred people when he came out of Xu Dabao. Of course, he couldn't know all the hundreds of people.

When they arrived at the side, Qi Jinsong was very excited, he didn't expect to see the emperor here.

"You did a good job. I saw it just now. As an official of the court, you have to work so seriously."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this is - my job."

"The Dagan Law Code has made it clear that officials are now considered a type of official. You should call yourself a subordinate official." Ding Yi laughed.

"Yes, I know." Qi Jinsong burst into tears.

"What is the current salary for officials like you?"

"The lower official is five stones per month, and he is four stones." The other official is younger, so there are fewer, and the new officials start with three stones.

After three years of benevolence and morality, there are basically more people who pay silver, and fewer and fewer people who get food, but everyone said that salary is still calculated in meters.

Because the price of rice will change, when the price of rice is high, they take more money.

"Is it enough?" Ding Yi asked: "You tell the truth, I am in the palace, and I rarely hear the truth from outside."

Qi Jinsong nodded: "We eat two hundred catties per stone of rice, (one catty is six hundred grams), and the four members of my family can't eat one stone of rice for more than a month."

Having said that, he shook his head and said with a smile, "It's just that the school costs a little money."

It turned out that in order for his son to practice archery, he had to buy a bow and arrow, and even asked him to buy a horse, but he didn't buy a horse. It was money to buy a pair of bows and arrows, and arrows were still consumables.

But generally speaking, Mrs. Qi Jinsong just doesn't work, and his five shi is enough to support his family.

And he still has the land allocated to Lushun back then. Now that he has transferred to Liangxiang, the original 75 mu of land in Lushun has been exchanged for five in Liangxiang, which is [-] mu of land.

Someone like him must have lived a life of ease and no shortage of money.

This kind of person is also the person who supports Ding Yi the most in the entire Daqian.

Ding Yi wandered around the capital for four days. The first two days were officials' holidays, and the next two days were due to go to court, but he didn't go to court, and the chief assistant, Lu Daqi, didn't ask. It was solved.

Because all the courtiers knew that Ding Yi wanted to eliminate the imperial power, so they naturally kept silent. Originally, in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor had not been in court for decades, but everyone was very surprised, where would the emperor go?
Based on the understanding of the Lushun department, the emperor would definitely not sit idle in the palace.

On the fifth day, Ding Yi returned to the capital and went to court again.

He went out and walked around, and got a general understanding of some difficulties at the grassroots level and below.

Before he could speak, Zhang Xin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, spoke first.

Governor Zhu Dadian of Fujian has reached his age, please change governor.

Zhu Dadian is actually not young. He was born in 1581 and is now 67 years old.

In the original history, he set fire to himself in 1646 because of resisting the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There will be no Manchu Qing. He is in great health and alive and well.

According to Ding Yi's original regulations, civil and military officials of the second rank or above, those who have not entered the cabinet and have no titles, retire at the age of 63, and those who enter the cabinet and have titles retire at the age of 66.

Ding Yi and Zhu Dadian are old friends, so on the day of the award, Zhu Dadian also got a Marquis.

This made Zhu Dadian the governor until now.

But now that he is 67 years old, he has to retire.

Ding Yi asked Lu Daqi: "Lu Daqi, what are your cabinet's thoughts?"

Lu Daqi turned to look at Zhang Xin, and said slowly, "The Ministry of Officials recommended Feng Quan, Qu Shixu, Ding Kuichu, Wu Weiye, and Yu Sidong."

The first three were all important ministers of the former Ming Dynasty, and some of them were governors and monks. Wu Weiye was the prefect of Yingtian, and Yu Sidong was from Lushun, and now he is the prefect of Dengzhou.

Zhang Xin immediately said: "Ding Kuichu was the governor of Henan and Huguang, and also the governor of Chengtian, De'an, and Xiangyang. He also served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Minister of the Ministry of War——"

Lu Daqi directly retorted: "He has been idle at home for several years."

Zhang Xin glared at him immediately, with a confused expression on his face, everyone is from the past, what do you mean?
Lu Daqi said in a loud voice: "The way of Ming Dynasty is different from what we are doing now. I think Wu Weiye and Yu Sidong can be assessed."

Directly kicked the three ministers of the former Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Xin gritted his teeth angrily when he waited for the former courtier, Lu Daqi, you have to eat your own food, don't forget who voted for you to come up?
But thinking about it now is useless.

Ding Yi said with a smile: "According to Qing's wishes." He said that he delegated power to the cabinet.

Ma Shiying stood up to support Zhang Xin at this time, meaning that Yu Sidong was too young, how could he be the governor of a province?

Yu Sidong is only 32 years old this year, younger than Ding Yi.

Huang Zongxi, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, also stood up immediately: "According to the Dagan Code, when an official is promoted, his performance in office must be assessed?"

"Feng Quan, Qu Shixu, and Ding Kuichu are all officials of the former Ming Dynasty. How can we examine the performance of former Ming officials? Can they be compared with Dagan? It is simply a joke in the world."

Ma Shiying remained silent, bowed his head and retreated.

Now everything in the imperial court is measured by the Dagan Code, as soon as Huang Zongxi opened his mouth, other officials did not object.

In less than 20 days, when they went to court again, the results of the court's assessment of the two came out.

The total population of Yingtianfu and eight counties is 340 million, the land tax in the second year of Rende is 1403 million shi, and the commercial tax is [-] million taels.

Terengganu has a total population of 120 million in one prefecture and seven counties. In the second year of Rende, the land tax is 130 million shi, and the commercial tax is 260 million taels.

There are more than 3000 primary and middle school students in Yingtianfu, and more than 1000 primary and secondary school students in Terengganu.

In addition, Yu Sidong has been excellent in the assessment for two years, while Wu Weiye has only been outstanding for one year.

After everyone listened to it, they found that except for the grain tax, Dengzhou crushed Yingtianfu, because Dengzhou did not have as many fields as Yingtianfu.

But everyone knows that that is the place where the emperor started his family.

Seems a little unfair.

But doing a lot of codes can't afford to start a family.

Moreover, Yingtianfu used to be in southern Zhili, with countless landlords and gentry, a huge city, and shops several times that of Dengzhou, but the commercial tax revenue was not as high as that of Dengzhou, which is also a problem.

So in comparison, there is no fairness or unfairness. Everyone is similar, and each has its own advantages.

(End of this chapter)