Chapter 1318: What His Royal Highness saw and heard (again)
Jin Jingnan, the second auxiliary of the Ming Dynasty, the chief censor, and supervising all the officials of the Ming Dynasty. He is a person who is truly at the top of the Ming Dynasty and is also a popular candidate for the next chief of the Ming Dynasty. For such people, Qi is naturally very concerned about them. As long as the information they can collect, they will be collected for the Qi court to study. Cao Yun naturally has a considerable understanding of him.
Ten years ago, this little thief who rebelled with Moro, was captured by Qin Feng and became a miner at Daye Iron Mine. It was this experience that made him stand out and gradually moved from a little thief to a point where he is almost invincible now.
He was so honest that he wanted to use this kind of honesty to clear his unclear resume back then. Smart and capable are a rare talent. Whether in Daye Iron Mine or Taiping County, he could achieve Qin Feng's instructions to a perfect level. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, his achievements were not inferior to those generals who fought on the battlefield, but they were not revealed to the world.
But he was also a cruel official. After he took office as the Chief Censor, the original Chief Censorate and the Supervisory Office expanded rapidly under the leadership of the powerful Jin Jingnan. The current Supervisory Office not only supervises all officials, but also explores the business community and the people. The Eagle Nest Domestic Office is the strongest minion under his command, and it continuously provides information to the Chief Censor who is specifically responsible for finding faults every day.
Jin Jingnan was not just monitoring corruption. He could not tolerate all behaviors that slowed down the development of the Ming Dynasty. One famous saying was enough to make all the Ming officials tremble, that is, they were ineffective and had mistakes.
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This reason shocked the Qi court. If the seven unlucky officials were viewed by the standards of the Qi court, they would definitely be good ministers. At least they could make the place safe. Just because when they were in office, the economy did not develop and the income of the people did not increase, they put such a hat on them and knocked out dust. In Daqi's view, it was simply unimaginable.
But in the Ming Dynasty, such a thing really happened.
Another secondary assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Dazhi, the Minister of Revenue, had a lot of tact. These seven officials were dismissed from office and were demoted by Fang Dazhi this year and sent to the newly captured Qin territory. Although those places were extremely poor, their starting point was also very low. It would be much easier to achieve results.
"Monor Chen, an official of your country, should he have a bad reputation for this Jin Cifu?" Cao Yun asked.
"It's polarized, I like it so much that I hate it so much that I can't peel it off." Chen also spread his hands.
"Mr. Chen must hate this Lord Jin very much?" Cao Yun laughed.
"Your Highness the Prince is wrong. I don't hate or like Lord Jin." Chen Ye said.
"What is this statement?"
"It's very simple. For those who want to do something like this, Lord Jin is an excellent official. I'm not afraid of him investigating it. I manage Wuling County well, the economy continues to rise, and the people will be able to make a contribution. Besides, my family is rich and there is no need to embezzle it. Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty wants to prosper, it is naturally necessary to have an official like him. Your Highness, Prince, think about it, a hungry wolf stares behind your butt and is always ready to come up and bite you. Who dares not run away quickly? The reason why I don't like him is because of my personality. I am a businessman and believe that kindness makes money. Lord Jin's methods are too cruel."
Cao Yun looked at the county magistrate with some surprise, and unexpectedly he had such an evaluation of Jin Jingnan. He originally thought that he must have been a slick person and must not like Jin Jingnan, but now it seems that he is not the case. The so-called not annoying is actually a kind of affirmation.
"It is widely rumored that Lord Jin will be the hottest candidate for the next Ming Dynasty prime minister. Lord Chen seems to support Lord Jin?" Cao Yun asked tentatively.
For Da Qi, the influence of whether the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty was Jin Jingnan or Fang Dazhi was very big. One was fierce and courageous, and the other was round and gentle, and the other was round and smooth, and the other was to move forward. Two completely different political styles were enough to influence Qi's policy toward the Ming Dynasty. Now Cao Yun has firmly believed that the confrontation between Da Qi and the Ming Dynasty must be a long-term thing, and no one could imagine that the other party could surrender in a short period of time. This time, perhaps ten years or twenty years or even longer.
Chen also laughed: "I can't guess or participate in this kind of thing. I just care about Wuling's three-point land, and use all my skills to manage it well, so that everyone here can make money. In the future, His Majesty the Emperor and the adults of the Political Affairs Hall think I am still useful. If I change the place, I will repeat what I did in Wuling. If I think I am not good, then I will go home and take my grandson to enjoy the joy of family. Who will be the chief assistant? I don't care. Your Highness, let's not talk about these scenic topics. You should take a look at the appearance of my Wuling. You can also come here too. When you left, you didn't leave anything for us. Now you are revisiting the old place, but you will see a different scenery!"
Cao Yun smiled awkwardly. Whether it was Ben Kuan or Chen Ye, they were both worried about the fact that he ordered the abolition of the three counties, and they would ridicule themselves when they were a chance. At the same time, they were showing off to themselves that no matter how hard you tried, we could still revitalize these places and manage them vividly.
This is a silent demonstration!
Cao Yun felt a little bitter.
Compared with Taoyuan County, Wuling County is indeed very different. Wuling County looks much more prosperous, villages and towns are everywhere, and the traffic flowing on the road is no longer as sparse as Taoyuan County.
The construction of the villages here is no longer like Taoyuan County, but is no longer the same as the ordinary villages in Cao Yun's image.
There was no change in Cao Yun's face, but his heart was surging. Don't underestimate this small change, but this represents the strategic direction of the Ming people.
Taoyuan County has very few people, most of them are concentrated in the direction of the county town, and are scattered everywhere, and they are also in the form of fortresses. As long as these villages are stationed in a sufficient number of troops, they will become difficult bones and become obstacles on the way forward of the Qi army. But in Wuling County, all of these are gone.
This shows that the Ming people had plans and were mentally prepared to use Taoyuan County as a battlefield. Moreover, they were confident that they would block the enemy in Taoyuan County and prevent them from stepping into Wuling County.
Taoyuan County is developing slowly now, not because they do not have the ability to build him better, and are unwilling to be destroyed again in the war in the future.
Originally, he thought that the Ming people would take everything east of Zhaoguan as the battlefield in the future, but unexpectedly, the Ming people didn't think so at all. Do they have such strong confidence? Or they thought that once the two countries started a war, the land of the Qi people would become the battlefield, not their territory!
This idea came out, which made Cao Yun a little shocked. Qi State's discussion on how to attack the war with Ming State and what methods would the Ming people take to defend, but it was obvious that everything he saw represented that the Ming people thought the same as they were, and what they wanted was also attack.
After walking in Wuling County for three days, Cao Yun's heart was getting more and more sinking. Now it was almost the slack season. Ming people were busy repairing roads and building water conservancy projects. What scared Cao Yun was not these facilities. Every time it was slack season, Qi would do these things. What scared him was the attitude of those Ming people.
They were happy, everyone had a smile on their faces, waving their tools with all their might. From time to time, they could hear rural tunes, including locals, Qin Opera, and barbarian slang songs that Cao Yun could not understand at all. This place brings together people from different places, but they live together harmoniously.
Qi State could not do this at all. Not to mention other places, there were countless conflicts between the local area and the former Yue people who were forced to move to the past, and sometimes even had to mobilize troops to suppress them. The government's preference led to the disinterest of the former Yue people, so that escape happened from time to time. Xian Bisong was also very worried about this, and the casualties caused by the conflicts with the Ming army due to the pursuit of these fugitives were not the same number.
Moreover, when the Qi people were doing these things, they could not be so happy. For the Qi people, the annual corvee service was the most difficult time for them to survive. Not to mention the hard work, they still brought their own food. In order to avoid labor, the Qi people were full of tricks, and those officials who held the power of corvee service made their fortunes.
The Ming people did not have corvee service. They usually used two methods of doing these things. One was to contract them to merchants, and the other was to still be borne by the people but paid the people. However, in Qi, this was not realistic. The rules passed down for thousands of years have too many entanglements of interests. How easy is it to change?
Chapter completed!