Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 502 Guo An makes a year-end report to Zhu Di

During these few days, Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others also began to take office in the Sixth Department.

Perhaps because they knew that Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others were the confidants of the emperor and the prince, no one from the six tribes tried to embarrass Jin Zhong and others.

However, few officials took the initiative to get close to him.

instead.

Those officials who went to Fujian, Yunnan and other places were crowded with people every day.

Regarding these, Guo An just smiled lightly and didn't pay much attention to them.

Black or white, corrupt officials or honest officials are all their own choices, and he has said everything he needs to say.

Now, he also has to give a year-end report to Zhu Di.

"Year-end report? What is this?"

In Fengtian Hall, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi looked at Guo An with surprise. They had never heard of such a report.

Guo An cupped his hands and said, "To report back to Your Majesty, the year-end report is for me to give you a complete report of what I have done in this year."

Zhu Di's eyes widened, "Isn't this just you commending your own achievements to us?"

"Your Majesty's words are wrong!"

Guo An smiled slowly and said: "Your Majesty, as a minister, I am a minister who lives by the emperor's salary and is loyal to the emperor. I should report to your majesty everything I have done this year!
In addition, it can also give His Majesty a clear understanding of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce!

As for achievements... Your Majesty, Wei Chen has been honored as a prince of the world, and has a thousand houses, honors the ancestors, and has a wife and children. This kind of pursuit in life has been realized by Wei Chen. "

Zhu Di: "..."

Zhu Gaochi: "..."

Guo An continued: "However, this is because Wei Chen is eating His Majesty's salary, and what he has done should be explained to Your Majesty to show that Wei Chen is not a minister who eats a vegetarian diet.

Of course, as for whether the behavior of other officials is suspected of showing merit, Wei Chen does not know.

However, Wei Chen felt that if any official dared to imitate Wei Chen and report to His Majesty at the end of the year, he must be a virtuous official!

And if there are hundreds of officials who dare to report to His Majesty like this, it will be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty! "

"If there are hundreds of officials like Guo Qing, why should we worry about the Ming Dynasty not being prosperous?"

Zhu Di sighed lightly, ignored Guo An's boast, and asked directly.

"Bring it here, we want to see what achievements you, Marquis of Dinghai, have made in this year?"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Guo An bowed respectfully and handed the book and account book to Zhu Di.

"Your Majesty, this year, there will be a cement road from Jiangjun Mountain to the capital, a dock that can accommodate [-] ships at the same time, a Jiangjun Mountain glass workshop, a sugar workshop, a carriage workshop, a paper workshop... a total of twelve workshops. Square.

Each workshop has as few as fifty people and as many as two hundred people...

These twelve workshops alone can support a thousand households. In addition, due to the debts incurred in building the workshops, these workshops can only earn 12 taels of silver this year.

The same is true for the wharf, which can support hundreds of families. In addition, because of the debts for the construction of the wharf, it only earned 2 taels of silver this year! "

“In addition, there is a street around the workshop, with more than fifty tea shops, restaurants, restaurants, inns, glass shops, paper shops, horse-drawn carriage shops, etc., supporting nearly a thousand households.

Due to the need to repay the debts for the construction of streets and shops, these shops combined have only earned a few hundred taels of silver this year..."

"In addition, there is a craftsman school, half a military school, and half a medical school, which will be completed next year!" "In addition, there are two shipyards of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce, and construction of large ships will begin next year!
There is also a shipping company under the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce with 1 cargo ships. After excluding the cost of purchasing the ships, it will earn more than [-] taels of silver this year, but it will support at least [-] households!
In addition, there are thousands of passenger ships, which are all over the south of the Yangtze River, and can reach as far as Nanchang Prefecture. They can feed thousands of households. Excluding the cost of buying ships, we will earn more than 2 taels of silver this year..."

"..."

After hearing this, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi stared blankly at Guo An with disbelief.

"According to what Guo Qing said, this year, Guo Qing has supported more than [-] households through sea trade alone?"

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, these are not counting the craftsmen and laborers who built the workshops, shops, and schools."

On the side, Zhu Gaochi thought of something, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Teacher, even if those people don't go to workshops or shipyards, they can still survive by farming!"

Hearing this, both Guo An and Zhu Di couldn't help but be startled.

"Dad, teacher, what's wrong with what I said?"

Guo An sighed slightly and said, "Your Highness, do you know how many people have no land just around the capital?"

"No fields?"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help being surprised, "Teacher, the people in the capital should be the richest in the Ming Dynasty. How come they don't have land?"

Guo An smiled softly, "Your Highness, the people in the capital should be rich, but the dignitaries, officials, gentry, and merchants in the capital are also the most numerous.

If these dignitaries, officials, and gentry want to compete with the common people for land, how can the common people fight for it?
How can they even keep their farmland? "

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face darkened.

Zhu Gaochi, on the other hand, frowned and said, "Teacher, this is the capital, and under the emperor's feet, which powerful and traitor would dare to do that?"

Guo An smiled softly again, "Your Highness, if I am greedy and set my sights on twenty acres of fertile land, and then order my subordinates to take that fertile land away, will Your Highness kill me?"

"teacher……"

Zhu Gaochi was startled.

Guo An shook his head again, "Of course, what I said is wrong. It should be that I took a fancy to fertile land, and then the housekeeper or steward took it away privately. Do those people who were taken away dare to report it?
Or, can they allow Jiangning or the magistrate of Shangyuan to provoke me, Dinghaihou?
Even after those people reported the crime, their family members would be arrested or injured. They were sure that if they wanted to return to their fertile land, Your Majesty or His Highness would cut off my title or even put me in jail. Or exile?

If they can't, I am a noble prince and I have many ways to put them to death. Even if they are willing to dedicate their farmland to me, I will not forgive them! "

"This……"

Zhu Gaochi's expression changed for a while, and then he said: "Teacher, you are a noble prince. You will definitely not do such evil things, nor will you set your sights on that mere twenty acres of fertile land!"

"Of course I don't like it, it's just a metaphor!"

Guo An said with a smile, "There are so many dignitaries, officials, gentry, and merchants around the capital. Which of these people can the honest common people afford to offend?

If they set their sights on a common people's fertile farmland, they will use all kinds of despicable methods, even more despicable than what I said..."

"The people in the capital are in much more difficult circumstances than His Highness imagined!"

Zhu Di: "..."

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(End of this chapter)