Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 474 Zhang Lirong’s Explanation
Zhu Qiyu asked Zhang Lirong to sit down and said, Zhang Lirong just sat down!

"I heard that you wrote a memorial and hope to establish a workshop area?" Zhu Qiyu asked Zhang Lirong!
"Yes, Your Majesty, I wrote three memorials and sent them back. I know that this is my dereliction of duty. In the five-year plan, I did not consider such far-reaching considerations. The main reason is that I did not know that the workshop has grown so much." Come on, now, there are workshops everywhere in Luanzhou, and there is no idle land left for use!
I really have no other choice, please forgive me! "Zhang Lirong stood up and saluted Zhu Qiyu!

"Sit down, you've done a good job. It's normal for some things to happen unexpectedly. Then tell me, how big does this workshop area need to be?" Zhu Qiyu pressed his hands and asked Zhang Lirong!
"It may require tens of thousands of acres of land. I plan to move all the workshops in the city. The city will only be used as a commercial area, where people buy supplies, such as restaurants, restaurants, shops, etc., workshops and wholesale markets. , put them all outside the city!
In order to meet the needs of the next few years, I need to plan ahead. This is also the result of my discussion with Luling Hou. It is estimated that ten thousand acres of land will need to be expropriated. But, eh, I also know that expropriating ten thousand acres of land will have a negative impact on the people who farm the land. For me, it is a disaster. The people depend on the land as their lifeblood. I have not yet thought of compensation measures!

The Marquis of Luling proposed to compensate one hundred taels of silver for each acre of land, allowing the people to buy land elsewhere. The other option was to exchange the land with the people because the court still had a lot of land. , one acre in Luanzhou is exchanged for 1.5 acre of court land!

I would like to ask Your Majesty and your Lordships to decide on the specific measures to be taken. If the first option is adopted, it will cost one million taels of silver. We in Luanzhou have this money. The commercial taxes collected by Luanzhou are returned to the local government. There is no problem if we have saved a lot, one million taels, and after the land is expropriated, we can build workshops or divide them into areas and sell them to the workshop owners, and we will probably make a lot of money!
With the money we earn, we need to repair the land and roads, and at the same time, we need to equip enough government officials to patrol. After all, outside the city, we also need to prevent theft, fire prevention, etc. Therefore, we in Luanzhou need to hire a large number of people to do these things!

Up to now, we in Luanzhou have hired almost 1,100 people to do these things, and the monthly expenses for these personnel alone exceed 1,500 taels!

There are also road repairs, laying sewage pipes, etc., which also cost a lot! "Zhang Lirong sat down and explained to Zhu Qiyu!
Chen Xun and the others were very shocked. One person in Luanzhou could actually spend one million taels of silver and hire so many people. No wonder Zhang Lirong was unwilling to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Here, Zhang Lirong was the local emperor, and he had the power in his hands. Very big!
"Well, Shouming, what do you mean?" Zhu Qiyu immediately looked at Lin Cunde!
"I support it. Moreover, it really needs to be set aside now. Otherwise, there will really be not enough land for it. However, the use of fertile land still requires your Majesty's consent. Without your Majesty's consent, no one can encroach on fertile land. Therefore, Please give your Majesty's approval!" Lin Cunde immediately raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said!
"Well, then write a memorial and send it up. After the cabinet receives the memorial, they can discuss the matter. In principle, they agree. Of course, all this needs to wait until I and the ministers have finished inspecting Luanzhou before we can make a decision!
However, since Shouming and you both say so, it’s not a big problem. I believe you!

After all, the prosperity of Luanzhou is right in front of me. It is impossible for me to say that I want the horses to run but not let them eat grass!
It’s not just about opening up a lot of business tax for the court, it’s about millions of people working here. It’s a place where the people of the Ming Dynasty can make money and have money to support their families. This is not easy!
There are three million people here, and there are other places where goods need to be transported and sold. I estimate that this affects the lives of at least five million people!
Behind five hundred people are five million families, which is almost one-sixth of the population of Ming Dynasty!

How could I just sit back and watch such an important place! "Zhu Qiyu said to Lin Cunde and the others!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Cunde and Zhang Lirong both stood up and said with their hands raised to Zhu Qiyu!
Zhu Qiyu pressed his hand and said: "It's not you who want to thank me, it's me who wants to thank you. That's great, Shouming. You have done a great job in this matter. In three years, my Ming Dynasty has such a prosperous area. This is probably something that everyone has never imagined!
When you proposed coming to Luanzhou, I just hoped that you could establish an ocean-going navy. But I didn't expect that the ocean-going navy is still under construction, but this place is already prosperous!
You told me at the beginning that it might take ten years or even more, but now the battleship has been built, it just needs expansion and training. I am very satisfied! "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Cunde said to Zhu Qiyu again!

"Zhang Lirong, I have been mobilizing you to go to the Ministry of Revenue, but you have never gone. Now I ask you again, when are you going to go to the Ministry of Revenue?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile!

"Your Majesty, I actually want to wait until the workshop area is completed before leaving. I hope to leave something behind for Luanzhou. However, if Your Majesty asks me to leave, I will leave. After all, I am the Ming Dynasty. Minister, wherever you need me, I will go!" Zhang Lirong stood up and said to Zhu Qiyu!

"Well, that's good, I can't help but fulfill your wish. After all, Luanzhou is managed by you alone. Come back to the capital next spring, and you and Shouming will recommend people here!

Such an important place cannot be messed with, let alone ministers who don't understand!
If they mess around and destroy our Luanzhou of the Ming Dynasty, I will not agree to it! "Zhu Qiyu thought for a moment and said to Zhang Lirong with a smile!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" When Zhang Lirong heard that Zhu Qiyu gave him one year, he was very excited and handed over to Zhu Qiyu!
"Well, work hard and return to the capital. I am considering your post. You have done a good job. What you are doing here involves one-sixth of the population of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that many chief envoys have not To do this kind of thing, therefore, I still need to consider your use!" Zhu Qiyu then said to Zhang Lirong!
When Zhang Lirong returns to Beijing next year, it is impossible for him to serve as the right minister of the household department. At least he will be the left minister! After all, this place can receive a lot of business taxes, and it can manage so many people. There is no doubt about its ability. It just depends on where it is used!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I still rely on the Marquis of Luling for all this. Everything here is guided by the Marquis of Luling. I didn't understand it at first. Gradually, I was able to keep up with the Marquis of Luling. I will succeed you." I hope he is an open-minded and studious person, and I hope he is a pragmatic person. Luanzhou only needs pragmatic officials, not pragmatic officials. If he is pragmatic, Luanzhou may be destroyed!
I also know that in a few years, the navy will be built, and it is estimated that the Marquis of Luling will not take care of it. If there is no good successor in Luanzhou by then, many things may change! "Zhang Lirong said worriedly, Lin Cunde doesn't like power, everyone knows this!

When Chen Xun and the others heard this, they actually had something in mind. After all, Luanzhou is a place with so many workshops. Officials who serve as prefects here need at least one counselor in Beizhili!
The key is that there are so many workshops here. If you operate it properly, you have a great chance to make money. Of course, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is strictly inspecting it now, but if you can get rid of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, then this place will lay a golden egg. You can have as much money as you want for your chicken coop!

However, they also know that it is impossible for the officials serving here without Lin Cunde's nod!
Even if His Majesty wants to send someone here, he probably needs Lin Cunde's consent!

There can be no mistakes or problems here. Once those officials cause problems, Zhu Qiyu will really kill people!

"Well, let's talk about it then. With Shouming here, I won't worry. If someone messes around, they will be arrested. There can be no chaos and no bad changes here! Shouming, I originally planned to stay here for three days. Yes, now it seems that three days may not be enough, so let’s stay for ten days. You can make arrangements for me to go to your house for dinner in the evening! I won’t invite other officials, so I will go. I also want to see my nephew. Go, this time I came to Luanzhou, the queen asked me to bring a lot of supplements!" Zhu Qiyu said to Lin Cunde with a smile!

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements now!" Lin Cunde stood up immediately and said!
"What arrangements are you going to make? Cheng Jing, you go to Shouming Mansion, explain it to me, and find the second brother back!" Zhu Qiyu said, and the second brother he was talking about was Lin Cunyi!

"Yes, slave, go right away!" Cheng Jing said with a smile and cupped his hands!

"Okay, if my second brother comes back, he will also understand those things!" Lin Cunde nodded and said
"In these ten days, you two will always be by my side. I want to ask, I came with a learning attitude this time, why Luanzhou can develop like this? If there are three or five places like this in my Ming Dynasty, Then the people of Ming Dynasty will have a good life!

Now I just hope that people's lives can be better and they can have more children!
I hope that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and that they can have enough food and clothing to wear warm clothes!
This is my lifelong wish. My, it’s not easy to leave the palace. There is a war going on in Wala now, which is not bad. So far, everything is advancing according to the plan. No one dares to enter the three-pronged army! No one is greedy for credit! "Zhu Qiyu sat there and said with emotion!

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Lin Cunde stood there and said with cupped hands!

"You also said such things to me! Come, sit down and talk, I am so lucky to have you to help me. I woke up several times in the morning and it felt unreal!" Zhu Qiyu pointed at Lin Cunde and said with a smile!

(End of this chapter)