Chapter 1030 Ming and North-South Events

In the morning and evening of Songjiang Prefecture, the cold is already very cold, and the single clothes can no longer hold on. The news from the north is also spread here one by one.

Liao Town was changed to Liaoning and established a province. The name Liaoning was given by the emperor. The court and the people praised the unique holy heart. This name is really good. However, Wang Tong has a vague impression that he once mentioned this name in front of Emperor Wanli, and it may have been used by Shunpo.

The border town was cancelled and three generals were established, including Sun Shoulian, General of Southern Liao, General of Western Liao, General of Western Liao, General of Liao, Ma Lin, General of Liaodong, and Li Chengliang retired. The Li Chengliang era outside the pass ended.

Among the children of the Li family, several young people resigned from their official positions, but they took their personal soldiers and servants to settle and open up the land outside the walls and build farms. Everyone also understood that the Li family was going to concentrate on making money.

The candidates for the establishment of counties, prefectures, prefectures, government departments, and general leaders of Liaoning Province were selected as governors of Henan Province. Xu Guangguo, the left-ranking political officer, and the juren was appointed as governor. This is the second example since Hai Rui. Xu Guangguo may not have any good official reputation in Henan, and he was impeached by the inspector once or twice.

But Xu Guangguo also has the title of capable minister. Henan cannot deny this. Xu Guangguo is very clear about the means of the officialdom. He understands it very well. It is difficult to hide it. Even the masters around him are difficult to do anything. Moreover, Xu Guangguo is not a mean person and has a good grasp of the right degree of advancement and retreat. The subordinate officials dare not hide it, but they cannot arouse any resentment. They all do things with their hearts.

The reason is nothing else. Xu Guangguo was born as a juren. He started from a prefect step by step. He did more and saw more. He naturally became proficient in practice and could not hide it from others.

He was able to be a governor in Liaoning, and unlike the governor in ordinary places, he was just a peace officer. He went to Liaoning to be the first position, but in order to open up the situation, it would definitely be of great use in the future. Many people in the capital said that he was one person and the erotic dog was just a benefit. However, some smart people could understand that Xu Guangguo was promoted by Wang Tong, but what was he doing later was watching King Lu in Weihui's mansion. I think that Long Sui's errands always remembered this job. If he could have the status today, it was because the other party was doing a good job, and it was simply in the emperor's heart.

The reclamation farms outside the wall have been established one after another. There are many wastelands outside the wall that have not been reclaimed, and it is also necessary to log up the mountain. The poor people recruited from the pass may not be able to fill their own territory in Liaoning Province. They can't count on them outside the wall. The first one to go out was the relatives of the border generals of the military town. They directly started to plunder the Jurchen villages, sell slaves to Liaoning, and then recruit ordinary people.

Large stores from Beijing, Tianjin and Shanxi have also set up shops outside the walls, purchased various specialties, and imitated the examples on the grassland, organized armed caravans to continuously expand into various places, sell goods and prepare for colonization.

In the past, in the late autumn and early winter, northern Liaoning was the most intense time. The autumn was high and the horses were fat, and most of the Mongolians on the grassland were ready to go south.

However, this year is different. The Korqin tribe and the coalition forces of various units have greatly damaged their vitality in the battle to invade Liao Town. Before they recovered, the naturalized merchant armed forces, who had already gained a foothold in Duolun, launched battles one after another. The purpose of the battle is very simple, which is to rob livestock and plunder the population.

In and outside the Liaoning walls, large amounts of people and livestock are needed. These things can be sold locally to make profits

At this time, the Eastern Expedition army had already returned to the pass. Everyone suddenly realized that beheading dozens of heads was as difficult as climbing to the sky, but now hundreds of heads are very simple. The guards organized by merchants on the grassland were almost defeated by the Korqin tribe. Everyone was surprised that the grassland was so powerful that they were as feared as tigers. So it was such a powerful tile dog?

After returning to the capital, according to the rules, a grand military parade should have been held, and ceremonies such as the Taimiao offer victory were required, but Emperor Wanli did not hold any of them.

As for why, news came from the capital. Emperor Wanli said in private that Wang Tong was not here, even if I felt bored even if the military parade was parade, I should save some money!

At present, three troops have been decided. Tan Bing is going to Shanxi, Li Tao is going to Shaanxi, Sun Xin may go to Ningxia, and then Guihua City will make a special arrangement, and Qiwu will send it there.

Some things are quite strange. When Wang Tong was in charge of the army, the court was suspicious and guarded, fearing that he had a strange intention. However, when Wang Tong demoted himself to Songjiang, Emperor Wanli and the ministers in the court chose to stay in the various regiments of the Tiger Force Army around the capital, they turned around.

Of course, we have to choose the most reassuring one. Although Li Tao, Sun Xin, Tan Bing and others are also close confidants of the emperor, they also have a background behind them, such as the relationship between Li Tao and Xuanfu and Jizhen, the relationship between Tan Bing and the armed forces of the merchant regiment, and the relationship between Sun Xin and the Jingying. These are all things that cannot be left in the capital.

But Han Gang is different. Han Gang is Wang Tong's brother-in-law and is so close to Wang Tong. Such a person would be loyal to Long Live and must be kept.

The Huwei Army was dispersed and distributed everywhere. As expected, many people thought that after this, the Huwei Army would collapse and the Tianjin Wei became fat. However, Cai Nan became the governor and eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Li Hu was granted the title of marquis. The two were still in charge of Tianjin Wei. This attitude dispelled many people's delusions. Of course, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is now constantly being vague in the various yamen in the palace and has become a rank-up yamen for military eunuchs. Their functions have shifted from military to economic development, managing internal treasury, and operating royal industries such as the imperial treasury.

The whole world is full of attention to the next trend of the Huwei Army, how to abolish border towns, the changes after Liao Town was changed to Liaoning, and the corresponding personnel arrangements.

However, few people noticed that after several court meetings, the court issued an order saying that the northern part is now harvested. In order to reduce the burden on Jiangnan and reduce the amount of grain, the corresponding silver will naturally not be allocated.

However, the river from Tongzhou to Tianjin Wei began to recruit civil servants on a large scale to dredge and widen. Tianjin Wei is also building a port. Several shipyards in Tianjin Wei have received orders to build good ships. Tianjin Wei's grain merchants also received news that the government will purchase grain from Tianjin Wei next year.

This is actually the court wants to transfer part of the grain supplied from the south to the northern part of the grain from the canal transport to the sea transport. The grain consumes a lot of money every year. In addition to its own expenses, it benefits from it in all aspects. There is a huge interest group, which naturally cannot be removed at once, so it can be done slowly.

Moreover, the victory outside the pass was a great victory, and the prestige of the court was unprecedentedly high, and everyone's attention was attracted to this. Many people would not care too much about a slight change.

The taxes collected in Guihua City and surrounding areas are all included in the inner treasury. This time, the Ministry of Revenue outside the wall of Liao Town is no longer willing to let go. Now is not a time when tax collection is too little, and the land tax is shrinking, so we can only make plans on commercial taxes everywhere. A few big heads are all in the inner palace. Emperor Wanli held on to refuse to let go. Songjiang Mansion said that it belongs to the Ministry of Revenue Treasury. However, Wang Tong was watching over there, and it was not effective for a while, so he could only make a fuss outside the pass.

The Ministry of Revenue selected a group of people to go there, but outside the wall, the reclamation farms were either the heads of the Liaoning army or the servants of the Beijing-Tianjin nobles. Both sides were incompatible with each other, but no one could defeat each other. In desperation, they could only set a balance and paid according to the rules and regulations.

The news was sent back to the capital, which surprised many people. They probably figured out how to collect taxes.

Many things that happened in the capital were nothing strange to Wang Tong. Although many of them came to him twenty days or even one month after the incident, they could generally predict that they were all in the direction of the series of advice in the resignation memorials, and they were just more or less deviated.

Although Songjiang Prefecture is getting colder in autumn, Shanghai County and the surrounding area are becoming more and more lively. Not to mention anything else, several large warehouses have been built first. The warehouses are filled with alkali and fur ships transported from the north, and ships from the north are still coming in a steady stream.

As time goes by, it should be too late to rush back before the sea is closed. They come to Songjiang Prefecture, unload all the specialties from the north, and then fill all the various goods from the south of the Yangtze River. With just a canal and the inconvenient land communication, they can far from meeting the needs of both the north and the south.

What’s more interesting is that many of the big ships coming from Tianjin Wei used masonry as a basin. As a result, Songjiang Mansion lacked this, and these stones were sold at a very good price.

Alkali, fur, ginseng, pine nuts, etc. from outside the customs. These goods are all pretty goods from Jiangnan. It is rare to have such a large quantity, and the price must be cheap. Fortunately, they can still sell their own goods when they go there. It is profitable and good enough, so why not do it? For a time, many merchants gathered and were very lively.

Originally, Songjiang Prefecture was like everywhere. The goods were paid once every time they passed the checkpoint. This time the rules were changed. The goods entering Songjiang were not taxed, but only those leaving Songjiang were taxed. This seemed to require less money, but in fact it attracted more merchants. The people sent by the Ministry of Revenue and the Imperial Horse Supervisor to receive the money were lenient. I recalled the deserted situation when the Duke of Liao did not come to Songjiang, and I was really impressed.

Liao Lang's work to catch thieves and robbers in Taihu Lake and rivers and lakes in Jiangnan is still continuing, and people are sent here in batches, but the public security in Songjiang Prefecture is very good. Wang Tong is also used to walking around the streets and construction sites every day to see the style of Jiangnan and the lively construction, which makes him feel quite happy.

On the second day of November, Wang Tong received a report from his guards, saying that someone was looking around the house with his head and mind.
Chapter completed!