Cheng Weigao, the governor of Yongping County, has been in high spirits these days. When he was clamoring to build the business road to Hulao Pass, he really did not expect that this business road is so important to the Ming Dynasty. Without this business road, the strategic intention of the Ming Dynasty to annex Hulao would be impossible to talk about. So these days, the praise he received from Qin Feng was simply too small to think that his bones were lighter.

When it comes to his business road, it is a forced one. When the Taiping Army rose, he was a local county magistrate in the Former Yue and a local tyrant. He led the local government and knew the current affairs and defected to the Taiping Army at the first time. The subsequent development of the situation was indeed not beyond his expectations. The Taiping Army was unstoppable and beat Wu Jian to the point of urination. Finally, he built the capital of Yue Capital and established the Ming Dynasty. Of course, he also laid the political foundation in the Ming Dynasty because of this incident.

But this was just the first step, and the subsequent series of political reforms of the Ming Dynasty really made him a headache. He had seen the mighty Ming army, the decisiveness of the Ming Emperor Qin Feng, and the skills of the emperor. When some county governments were still pushing for three obstacles and quasi-hindering the yin and opposing the sun, he stood up immediately, firmly supported the decision of the center, and vigorously implemented the reform of the government in Yongping County.

Like other places, Yongping's official hats were also controlled by wealthy families, and the Cheng family was one of the big families. It was not a big deal to implement the reform of the officials and remove the official hats of some guys who were waiting to die in chaos. Even if those people are not officials, they will still live a prosperous life.

The county magistrate set an example and drove the children of the Cheng family as officials back home. Naturally, the others did not dare to nourish their teeth. Even if they were unwilling to accept it, they could only go home obediently. Then, the scientific examination system implemented in the county was reselected, and those with talents could naturally stand out.

In fact, Cheng Weigao is very clear that even if it is a scientific examination, most officials will still be children of aristocratic families in the end, because in this era, education is still a very luxurious thing, and not every family has money to study.

This is true. After the scientific examination, most of the official hats still fell back to the hands of the children of aristocratic families. Of course, there were also poor children standing out in this reform that spread throughout the county.

The education policy introduced by the court later was what made Cheng Weigao really scared, because it was a policy that benefited all the people. As long as you have the talent to study, from enlightenment to the final achievement, the country will take all the fees for you. Cheng Weigao is very clear that as long as this policy is implemented for a long time, the days when the children of aristocratic families are in power will be gone forever.

Of course, now, it is basically a change of soup and no medicine. For Yongping County, everything has not changed much. As a local county governor who is quite respectful to the central court, the court is still quite proud of Cheng Weigao, whether it is the bosses of the Political Affairs Hall or the Emperor. Some of them are forced to take charge of the court, but now they are cleaned up and the emperor's methods are quite domineering. Even if they only use a guy who only knows a few big words to be the official, they will never let those guys be the master again.

The influence of this incident made Cheng Weigao's prestige in Yongping County reach a higher level. After seeing the fate of the gentry in other places, the families of Yongping had to thank Cheng Weigao for his foresight. It was Cheng Weigao who led them to overcome another crisis.

If Cheng Weigao said that the reform of the administration was easy to pass, the following policies such as measuring land, paying taxes and land, made him really busy.

Land is the lifeblood of local gentry, and the court, this time, is their lifeblood. Strictly restrict land mergers, taxes are implemented based on the amount of land. The more land, the more taxes will be. After a certain amount of land, the income will be completely insufficient to pay taxes. Moreover, the method of hidden households is not feasible. The policy of measuring land and checking Dingkou is implemented at the same time. If a landlord dares to say that his land is dependent on his tenant, he will immediately let the tenant get the land certificate, which is really a meat bun to look for a dog, and there is no return.

The court used money to redeem the land that the gentry and landlords were willing to sell, and then distributed it to landless farmers. In the long run, this was of course a good policy, but it affected the interests of most people. Yongping County was naturally undercurrents at that time and was very uneasy.

Cheng Weigao had to find another way out for these gentry landlords. Of course, he also found a way out for the Cheng family. The Cheng clan was originally the largest landlord in Yongping County. Needless to say, he had to take the lead in taking the lead. Quan Yun, the chief minister who was responsible for land reform, went to Yongping three times at that time, and later he kept sending letters, saying that he was concerned about Yongping's land reform, but in fact he put silent pressure on him.

Once this advanced hat is worn, the honor comes with it, of course, it is necessary to do more.

He must find another way out for the landlords in Yongping to make money.

The business road leading to Hulao came into being. His luck was that just when he was sleeping, in order to stop Deng Hong from Kaiping's control of Ming's supplies, Xiao Qiang of Hulao also dreamed of independent escape from Deng Hong's control and came to his door.

Everything came naturally, Kaiping County began to build this business road. Of course, the poor man in Qin could not afford to pay, and they had to allocate Youfeng Laiyi to Yongping County of the Ming Dynasty.

Cheng Weigao was overjoyed. This was an alternative way to expand territory for the country. The court only took out half of the money to build this business road, which was already valuable. At that time, the central court was already owed a lot of debts, and the remaining half of the money needed Cheng Weigao to raise.

Of course, it is not easy to take out money from the landlords to build roads. Building roads has always seemed to be a good deed, with investment but no output. These landlords felt that they had suffered a great loss in land reform, and at this time they asked them to use money to build roads, so they naturally refused. However, the wise Emperor of Ming Dynasty gave Cheng Wei an idea, but this problem was solved easily.

When collecting funds to build roads, set up checkpoints and charge fees after repairs. Anyone who walks from this route has to pay. Cheng Weigao got this idea and told the landlords that the fundraising comes very quickly, and the road construction progress is also rapid. No one is a fool. He didn't do it before, but they were not qualified to set up checkpoints and charge fees. Those who can do this are all the court. Now that the court has given them this power, why don't you build the road quickly so that your own money can give birth to a son and grandson?

First, a simple business road connected the two places. Before the road was completely repaired, a continuous stream of caravans began to walk on it. By this year, this road has become a thoroughfare.

Cheng Weigao found a way out for the huge amount of money in the hands of the gentry and landlords of Yongping County. Everyone suddenly realized that being a businessman actually had higher income than the local owners. Although the business tax was quite high, they earned more.

As soon as this enthusiasm comes, it is like pouring a scoop of oil on the fire and rushing to the sky vigorously. Now who has asked the landlords of Yongping County to turn back and buy a lot of land? He will definitely spit on your face. If farming, how can the money for merchants come quickly?

Yongping County, the taxes paid by the court have been paid more than in the past, and there are naturally more people who stay in the local area. With enough money, Cheng Weigao naturally had to do a big face project. After a few years, when the people of Yongping talked about him, who wouldn’t give a thumbs up and say that they had become a good county magistrate?

More importantly, because of this business road, Yongping County's strategic position in the court suddenly increased by several levels, and now it has become the base for the Ming Dynasty to plan for Qin. As for Kaiping County, it is better to wash and sleep! Everyone knows that as long as the Hulao is taken down, the soft middle-belly area of ​​Qin will be exposed in front of the Ming Dynasty's iron hooves.

"Your Majesty, Yongping County has prepared enough food and supplies for the army. As long as the front line needs it, Your Majesty can organize enough manpower at any time to provide logistical support for the army." Cheng Wei reported to the emperor with confidence.

"Monor Cheng should be a model for the Ming Dynasty counties!" Qin Feng was indeed very proud of Cheng Weigao, not only because of his current affairs, but also because of his talent. Although it is still questionable whether his starting point is for the Ming Dynasty or for the landlords and masters of Yongping County, there is no doubt that this person has made outstanding contributions to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

When he threw Lu Dayuan's ten thousand soldiers in Yongping, Cheng Weigao dared to use them as labor force, and the final effect was many times better than he estimated. Cheng Weigao used the wealth of Yongping County to defeat the last persistence of these Qin soldiers, making them a group of people supporting the Ming Dynasty. He originally thought that he would have to make some effort to clean up and rectify them, but in the end, he didn't have to do anything. The Eagle Nest became a person who threaded needles and threads in it, and the greatest contribution was on the princess.

Or, he himself hasn't realized this yet.

"Compared with the Ma Jun Ma in Changyang, the subordinate officials are far inferior to those of the subordinate officials." Cheng Weigao quickly said modestly: "It's still Lord Taiping Jin and Lord Shayang Fang, the achievements are not comparable to those of the subordinate officials."

Qin Feng smiled and said, Jin Jingnan, Taiping County, is now the second assistant and the chief censor, and Fang Dazhi of Shayang is now the second assistant and the Minister of Personnel. Both are the pillars of the next generation of imperial court that Qin Feng is focusing on cultivating.

"Can County Governor Cheng move and work in Yuejing?" He said lightly to Cheng Weigao.
Chapter completed!