Cabinet, room.

Yan Chengjin held the documents of the Ministry of Personnel and carefully read each line.

The first list of officials to be assessed after the administration of the government came to the cabinet.

After watching Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and five others, they had no objection. They wrote a note of two fingers on the bill and prepared to send it to Fengtian Palace for red comments.

"Zhang Cai was actually in love with Yan Chengjin, and I really didn't expect it."

Han Fu looked at the list of officials and thought about it.

It was mentioned in the court yesterday that the assessment of the Ministry of Rites and Personnel has come today. It seems that Zhang Cai is really determined to have sex with Yan Chengjin.

Capital City, Shunyi County.

Song Zhen walked back to his mansion from the Yatang, a small courtyard with two in and two out.

As soon as I walked into the yard, I heard curses from afar, and even threw out my house.

However, Song Zhen stroked his beard and asked, "What's the matter today?"

He has two wives and concubines, and it seems very lively in the yard, and he has to make a big noise every day.

The villain was worried: "Master, did you come to the second wife last night and bought her a wooden hairpin?"

Song Zhen said in confusion: "The second wife is my wife, why can't I beg her?"

It’s not that it’s not possible, but that you have to get the rain and dew evenly. The big house knows this, can you give up?

Song Zhen sighed, one day his father was kind to him for a hundred days, and the eldest wife suffered a lot with him. Now that he has increased his salary and lived a good life, how can he be a lover?

Just as I was about to bypass the main hall and go to the study, I saw the county magistrate holding the document and hurriedly running in: "Sir, you have been selected!"

Song Zhen knew what was going on.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Personnel issued a document and then all the Beijing officials were selected for the irregular assessment.

The county magistrate was worried: "It must be that we paid too little taxes and were targeted by the Ministry of Personnel. What should we do?"

Fangshan is the poorest county in Shuntian Prefecture, and now the people are gradually lifting out of poverty.

Shunyi became the poorest county in the capital.

There is no war on the Nine Borders for the time being. If the military households and merchants do not go to the Xuanfu in the north, it will be difficult to do business.

"I am not corrupt." Song Zhen thought for a while and said, "It's good that he is here. My memorial cannot be entered into the cabinet, so I just let the Ministry of Personnel see it."

The county magistrate sighed: "Mr. County Master, you should think about how to fill the people's stomachs."

Speaking of this, Song Zhen sighed.

At this time, on the road in Gyeonggi.

Yan Chengjin came to Shunyi for a tour. Shunyi was about fifty miles northeast of the capital, and it was a poor county for raising horses.

The low thatched houses and the streets are like the good hometowns they used to be.

People sell many straw products, such as straw hats, straw sandals, straw mats and straw raincoats, etc., which are not worth a few copper coins.

Zheng Qian said: "I heard that the people here are so hungry that they eat grass roots. The wages are three cents a day, which is half the lower than those in the capital."

Zhang Cai chose this place for the assessment, probably because he wanted to see where the silver went.

Yan Chengjin understood his intention, and Zhu Houzhao lifted the curtain of the car and glanced: "Lao Gao, what are we doing here?"

"If your highness wants to establish a reputation, you need to come here."

Zhu Houzhao didn't believe it: "My father and the dukes knew that I was so far away from the capital, and they would definitely call me stupid."

"The new emperor was also called stupid in the palace, so why not take a try?"

"Hehe, you guy always makes sense."

The carriages walked northward, attracting the attention of many people. There have not been so many carriages in Shunyi County for a long time, with five twin-horse carriages.

The streets were bumpy, and even with rubber pads on the wheels, Yan Chengjin was shocked and ached.

Zhu Houzhao got off the carriage, "How can I let my father know that I am wise?"

"The new emperor still remembers the bet with the Supreme Emperor? If Shunyi County can be enriched, its achievements will be the new emperor."

If Zhu Houzhao wants the old ministers to surrender and sit firmly on the throne, he needs to show his political achievements.

Although there is still the Supreme Emperor in charge today, the political achievements Zhu Houzhao has made in person here are considered to be owned by him.

Yan Chengjin went straight to Shunyi County Yamen.

At this moment, the Zao Li stood listlessly in front of the drum of injustice. When he saw Yan Chengjin and his group coming over, he moved a little: "Want to report the case?"

Zheng Gandao: "My adult wants to meet the officials in the hall."

When the Zao official heard the words "Adult" in my family, he quickly stood up and ran into the yamen hall to report.

Soon, Song Zhen strode out and bowed slightly to Yan Chengjin: "I am the magistrate of Shunyi, I don't know which of the two are?"

Yan Chengjin bowed and said, "I am the magistrate of Fangshan County Zhang Cai."

Zhu Houzhao also bowed in a proper manner: "I am the Chief Censor Yan Chengjin."

Damn, just let it go if you pretend to be me, and you still pretend to be in front of me.

Yan Chengjin turned his head and said, "Little Zhu Xiucai, you have passed."

"Only you can bear the talent of this palace in the world, and I am forced to do so."

Yan Chengjin didn't want to pay attention to him, "I came here today to discuss a deal with Lord Song."

Song Zhen's expression calmed down. There were regulations in the court that officials could not operate business.

"Where can you do business as an official? Lord Zhang please come back."

Yan Chengjin said: "This business can be done for thousands of years, and it is safe to make money without losing money, so that everyone in Shunyi Prefecture can be rich."

The summer tax paid in Shunyi County every year is only 1,000 taels of silver.

In many years, the tax was deducted by straw bundles, such as the most unpromising son among the prefectures and counties under Shuntian Prefecture.

Song Zhen said in a deep voice: "What?"

"Shunyi County is adjacent to Jizhou, and there are grasslands everywhere, so that people can raise cows. I, Zhang Xian, promised again that no matter how many there are, the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce will collect them." Yan Chengjin said.

Song Zhen knew that Fangshan and Liangxiang were raised by the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce.

Zhang Xian is the county magistrate of Fangshan and Liangxiang.

Nowadays, except for the main city of the capital, the taxes in various parts of the capital are not as good as those in the Liangxiang.

Song Zhen hesitated: "But I cannot accept the will of the court, so how dare I use the grassland to raise black and white sacred cows?"

The grassland belongs to the court and is specially used to raise war horses from the nine borders.

Not to mention raising cows on the pasture, even if the pasture degenerates, he will be questioned.

If war horses could be sold, Shunyi Mansion would not be so poor. However, war horses are military supplies and people are strictly prohibited from trading privately.

Zhu Houzhao said happily: "With this official here, you can be bold and support me. Whoever dares to ask for guilt, please let him come to the Censorate to find me."

This guy is worthy of being an actor, and Yan Chengjin even suspects that he is fake.

Song Zhen took a deep breath, "The Liaodong war horses needed to be raised in the grassland of Shunyi, so the officials really dare not."

Zhu Hou took a look at the little eunuchs beside him, and Gu Dayong immediately understood.

...

Fengtian Palace,

Han Wen handed Xiao Jing the assessment list of the Ministry of Personnel.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi opened his eyes and then closed the memorial after a while, "Only Song Zhen can get the inferior assessment?"

"Shunyi County is in the northeast of the capital, with a vast territory and a larger population than Changping Prefecture. It cannot collect taxes for many years. Your Majesty, please look at the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue." Han Wen said.

The more you work hard, the more tax you can collect.

Although Song Zhen was not greedy for personal gain, his talent was not enough to be an official.

Emperor Hongzhi opened the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. Shunyi County gradually arrears taxes from the 18th year of Hongzhi.

Xiao Jing said carefully: "Just just now, Xinhuang and Lord Yan went to Shunyi, pretending to be Zhang Xian and Yan Chengjin, and wanted to raise a thousand black and white divine cows in the pastures of the court. Then Song Zhen thought he was forced."

The face of the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi gradually became colder. The new emperor ran out of the palace and threatened local officials?

Korean people heard about this and said worriedly: "Black and white ox can eat grass better than war horses."

In the capital of the capital, there is only one pasture in Jizhou, which supplies war horses from Xuanfu and Liaodong.

"What are you doing to raise black and white sacred cows?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, it is said that it is to increase taxes in Shunyi County."

A thousand black and white sacred cows will degenerate the grasslands in Shunyi and the number of horses will be sharply reduced.

Liu Jian said: "The Han people do not like to drink milk, but like to drink tea. If you go to merchants from all over the country today and need horses to transport goods, why not take back the pasture?"
Chapter completed!