There are never any missing notes on major cases. After processing one batch, another batch will fill in the vacant seats on the case in time, which is always endless. At the beginning, Qin Feng was quite troubled by this, but over time, he was quite happy. He was not an emperor who was forgiven by the palace, but he could not take it seriously to go to all places under his rule, and it was even more impossible to experience everything personally. The support and control of the world mostly depends on countless officials to govern it. Through these notes, he could generally know what the world is like in the world.

Through these notes, Qin Feng could basically understand what kind of scene the Ming Dynasty is now. A prosperous and rising Ming Dynasty has already appeared in front of him.

He now has no doubt about the accuracy of the comments written by the county officials under his rule. Since he entered the capital, the reform of the administration began. After several years of hard work, the results have been revealed.

Qin Feng can proudly say that under the Ming Dynasty, he could not only be proud of the present, but also the ancients. When the Ming Dynasty was first established, the rectification of the officialdom was a totally thunderous method, but when it went back, it was boiling frogs in warm water. It was naturally not possible to kill them all, but it was impossible to change some things. The Ministry of Personnel did spend all his thoughts on this. The most effective way was to start a new stove. The pre-service officials in the crash course of the Jingshi University in Yuejing were graduated one after another.

When they went there, there was no need to expect these people to stand alone. But when they were in school, they had some specialized in their studies and worked together. After they went out, the court began to strip away the power from the original yamen and transfer it to the newly established yamen. When these new yamen gained a foothold, grasped the real power, and then sacked the old yamen. After two years, they finally calmly handled this huge matter, and occasionally there were a few small waves, but they could not make a big wave.

It was said without hesitation, but in fact, it was extremely laborious to do it. Wang Hou, the Minister of Personnel, was over 70 years old, and he worked hard to make efforts for the reform of the Ming Dynasty's administration. Today, he was already exhausted and finally survived that winter last year. But a few days ago, Shu Chang came over and said that he was afraid that his father-in-law's deadline would be in this period of time.

With Shuchang's method, Wang Hou was probably unable to hold on, which made Qin Feng feel sad. After the incident in Yanshan, Wang Hou defected to the Ming Dynasty and made great contributions. After the founding of the country, the old man did not enjoy any blessings. Instead, he was worried and worked hard, and finally exhausted his last bit of effort for the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, his heart felt a little sour. The most important step in the reform of the administration was done by Wang Hou. What he had to do was to check for omissions and make up for the shortcomings and improve the system. After Wang Hou, there would probably be no one who would have the qualifications of him, nor would he have the same ignorance of praise and criticism as he did.

"Wang Hou's funeral is always full of grief." Qin Feng said silently, picked up the note in his hand, and looked at the crooked handwriting on it, and felt even more uncomfortable.

This is a memorial written by Wang Hou on his sickbed, and it is probably his last memorial. It is not so much a memorial, but rather a memorial. What moved Qin Feng the most was that this old man did not mention his own family affairs in this memorial, and the whole article was full of official affairs.

What Wang Hou was most worried about, or what he regretted the most was the rectification of salt affairs in the Ming Dynasty. Although it was about salt affairs, it was still an official issue after all. The salt affairs in the Ming Dynasty were supervised by the government and the business office, and the salt courses were one of the most important sources of taxation in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty focused on agriculture and took the development of agriculture as its top priority. The policy for farmers has never been seen before. Looking back at any dynasty, as long as it was light taxes and taxes, it was a great virtue. However, in the Ming Dynasty, all the corvee labor service of the people was abolished. Whenever there was a war or a major project, it was necessary to collect civil servants. The Ming Dynasty paid money on a daily basis. Although the money was not much, it was a move to change the world. The tax was reduced to the lowest level for farmers. Although the Dingkou tax was retained, it was only better than nothing. The most important agricultural tax actually came from land tax. If there was land, tax was paid, and if there was no land, there was no tax.

This is also one of the Ming Dynasty's policies to curb land annexation. Land is taxed according to the amount. The more land an individual owns, the higher the tax rate. For example, if the people at the bottom are only ten acres per capita, the tax they have to pay is only one-tenth of the land.

This policy greatly curbed land annexation. Because the landlords could not afford the high progressive tax rate, they could only spit out their land, either purchased by the state, or redeemed by the landless person. The country owned more land, so they could use it as a meritorious person to give land or cultivate it as official land. In the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who could afford land now, and most of these people were soldiers retired from the army.

The soldiers' military pay was extremely high and the rewards were generous, while the soldiers' food, clothing, housing and transportation were all taken care of by the state. Therefore, after a few years, most of these soldiers had a lot of money. They retired and returned home, bought land, and settled their homes. These people were regarded by Qin Feng as the basic foundation for his control of the country. Most of the first batch of retired soldiers this year were like this.

Agriculture cannot collect much money. However, the country's expenditure is huge, so it needs to be retrieved from other places. Increased commercial tax is an inevitable solution.

The Ming Dynasty valued agriculture, but did not neglect business.

Agricultural farming is the main trunk, business is the vein, there is no main trunk, and there is no meridian blockage. The Ming Dynasty advocated vigorous business operations. Wang Hou's daughter Wang Yueyao was the director of the Ming Dynasty's Commercial Bureau, and she controlled the lifeblood of merchants all over the world.

Under the Ming Dynasty's policy of curbing land annexation and vigorously advocating industry and commerce, a large number of landlords sold off their excess land, and this part of the funds flowed into the industrial and commercial market. While it was extremely prosperous, it also brought rich taxes to the country. Now, the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax revenue has increased by more than ten times more than before.

But this still cannot block the gap in the entire country's fiscal gap. This means that there is another source of taxes in the Ming Dynasty, Salt Affairs. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the taxes obtained by the salt affairs accounted for almost a quarter of the entire country's tax revenue.

This ratio is a bit terrifying. In other words, once there is a problem with the salt affairs, the Ming Dynasty will be shaky. However, the Ming Dynasty's salt affairs system has inherited and moved forward. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Hou carried out drastic reforms in the administration, but only the salt affairs are more likely to be afraid to act rashly.

Wang Hou’s last memorial is about salt affairs.

According to Wang Hou's investigation, officials in the salt affairs department, who had enough money for a year, had to greed for as many as one million yuan. However, the court had been fighting in the past few years, so even though they knew the problem, they did not dare to expose the pustule and could only endure it. But now, there were finally a few years of rest, and Wang Hou believed that the salt affairs problem should be solved.

After gently putting down the note, Qin Feng thought in his heart that it was indeed time to solve it.

Wang Hou could no longer take matters, and the successor of the Minister of Personnel had to be put on the agenda. The Ministry of Personnel was the leader of the six ministries, and the selection of officials was in power. When Wang Hou was in office, the momentum of the Ministry of Personnel was even more due to his qualifications, the momentum of the Ministry of Personnel was so strong that other ministries could not breathe. Even the personnel appointments of the army had to pass the Ministry of Personnel. However, after Wang Hou left, the voice of the Ministry of Personnel would inevitably decline, but it is undeniable that he was still the one who held the six ministries.

There was a consensus between the government and the public that whoever could succeed Wang Hou as the Secretary of the Six Ministers this time, and the position of chief minister after Quan Yun would be inherited by the person who would be the one who would inherit it.

Qin Feng now has two candidates, one is Fang Dazhi, the county magistrate of Shayang County, and the other is Jin Shengnan, the county magistrate of Taiping County. Both of them have their own advantages, their own expertise, and their own counterparts to support them.

Taiping County and Shayang County were both important towns of the Ming Dynasty and were the beginning of Qin Feng's founding. It was the consensus of everyone that the county magistrates in these two places would definitely get great benefits for the court. This time the appointment of the Ministry of Personnel was a weather vane, and everyone was staring at this matter.

Wang Hou supported Jin Shengnan of Taiping County, while Quan Yun supported Fang Dazhi of Shayang County.

Wang Hou supported Jin Shengnan, not because he believed that Jin Shengnan's talent must be like Dazhigao, but because he believed that Jin Shengnan was an isolated minister. At the beginning, this man was a scholar from the Shuntian Army. After the Shuntian Army was defeated, he was captured and became a miner of Taiping Iron Mine. However, such a man stood out from Taiping Iron Mine and walked to the south step by step. Now Taiping County has become an indispensable link in the entire Ming Dynasty. This man has made great contributions, and this man has no background and no support. He can have today all by his own talent and outstanding people, and with the appreciation of the superiors, just like rootless duckweed, he can only rely on the imperial power. In Wang Hou's view, this is Jin Shengnan's biggest advantage.

Fang Dazhi's talent is no less than that of Jin Shengnan, but behind the north, it has a huge Shayang system group. In the eyes of outsiders, this is Fang Dazhi's advantage, but in Wang Hou's view, this is Fang Dazhi's biggest deficit.

There is no need to mention the reason why Quan Yun supports Fang Dazhi. Quan Yun himself was born in Shayang County and served as the county magistrate of Shayang County. Even if Quan Yun wants to cut it, he cannot cut it.

After reading Wang Hou's comments again, Qin Feng had another idea in his mind. He had to look at these two people. Both of them have their own advantages and their own strengths. When they were above the county government, they would tell each other. So, should they bring both of them into the court and let them continue to show off? Or who is better? It is revealed in this process of telling each other.
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