Chapter 119                                                                                                                             

Yang Jisheng didn't regret it either.

Zhou Mengchen was brave, but Yang Jisheng was braver.

Zhou Mengchen transferred Yang Jisheng out of the capital, and also exempted Yang Jisheng from impeachment of Yan Song. You should know that Yang Jisheng was in prison and cut his bones and scraping his flesh without changing his face, and he was calm and laughing, and the prison guards were scared. After Yang Jisheng really made up his mind, even if there were thousands of people, he would go there.

However, suddenly, I couldn't help feeling a little stress in my heart.

The other pressure is financial pressure.

Since the court ordered the repair of the border walls, Zhou Mengchen had to do it. After all, Datong is not a lawless place, nor is Zhou Mengchen's own private land. Zhou Mengchen made some small moves and could still hide it. However, it is difficult to hide the big moves like building border walls without border walls.

As mentioned before, the biggest consideration for using soldiers to repair side walls is economical.

Using soldiers to repair side walls only requires the money for this material, no other expenses are required. After all, soldiers all have military pay.

In the case of civil servants, there will be another batch of expenses. Moreover, the expenses are not small, because the population of Datong, especially adult and strong men, has not been too large, which is also considered a sequelae of the war. With such a large project and so many people, this money is definitely not a small number.

Fortunately, I made a lot of money this year.

"Give me some time, this can be done." Yang Jisheng said.

Zhou Mengchen said: "The other thing can be said to be two things, that is, there must be enough money. The soldiers sacrifice their lives and sprinkle their blood. They cannot make them not rewarded enough. Don't expect the court to have any money after this battle. However, the rewards for this battle are probably around one million. It is likely that more. However, if you win, one million taels of silver will be enough to comfort the whole country. I think the court will not be able to pay a penny. But how to intercept one million taels of silver is not an easy task."

"Shangshu Fang of the Ministry of Revenue, he kept staring at Jiangnan and Datong with one eye." At this point, Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He actually has a good relationship with Fang Dun, but the problem is that some things are not enough for good or bad relationships.

The reason why Fang Dun was able to become the Minister of Revenue and even dared not to abandon Yan Song was because he had the ability to solve the current financial problems. He was a person who could do things.

Jiajing is still very tolerant of useful ministers. Of course, the emperor is inevitably ungrateful and will not care too much when you can't use it. When you are in good use, there is still appropriate favoritism.

Therefore, Fang Dun spared no effort in managing the Ming Dynasty's finances. Of course, due to the authority of the Ministry of Revenue, and the current government affairs of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to have a major reform. What Fang Dun has always done is actually a thing, and he should try to find money from all places where he can find money. In addition to the palace.

Don’t underestimate this matter. Some yamen seem to be rich, but in fact they don’t have money. Even if they are squeezed, they won’t be rich. Some yamen seem to be inconspicuous, but in fact they have family backgrounds. People who are not old enough to finance cannot do such things.

Although Fang Dun had many complaints about this, the court only complained. After all, this money was all the money of the court, the money of the yamen, not their own money. Of course, without this money, it would be a bit comfortable for local officials at all levels or the yamen. But no one knows the dilemma of the court now, so it is just a complaint.

If Yan Shifan was allowed to do it, the whole world would be in a big way. After all, some of the various funds can be reduced. To what extent, some money can not only be reduced, but also a little more. The knowledge is very great.

It is not an old minister who knows the operation of the court well. He cannot do such a thing.

But what happened that an old minister has set his sights on Datong.

Even Zhou Mengchen could foresee that whenever Datong finance has some surplus, the Ministry of Revenue would have to write a document. If possible, Fang Du wanted Zhou Mengchen to hand over all the silver coins in Datong, and then Datong would have any expenses to report to the Ministry of Revenue.

What? Some people say it is unruly.

Just include Datong in Zhili. No, no, does anyone know that the affairs of the prefectures in the north and south Zhili were directly under the jurisdiction of the six ministries? It is not a big deal to divide Datong from Shanxi Province to Zhili. Originally, after the Datong Governor, the relationship between Datong and Taiyuan became weak. After all, Zhou Mengchen could still overwhelm the Shanxi Governor. You can't let Zhou Mengchen report to the Shanxi Governor.

In other words, Datong Prefecture seems to be affiliated with Shanxi Province, but it feels like Zhili in its status.

If this could solve the problem, Fang Du would have done it long ago.

After all, Fang Dun knew that the problem of Datong was not where Datong belonged, but Zhou Mengchen. Zhou Mengchen had always bargained with the Ministry of Revenue for various reasons. Moreover, Fang Dun was a civil servant in the traditional sense, and he was very proficient in the traditional financial field of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said to be a financial expert. However, he still could not understand the situation of Datong.

This is like an expert in the traditional industry who cannot understand the efficiency of Internet wealth creation. A financial expert in the same agricultural government cannot understand how industry creates wealth.

He can't understand how wealthy Datong Prefecture caught up with Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and a few metropolis in just a few years. In terms of financial contributions to the court, it was second only to the four prefectures in Jiangnan, namely Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, and Songjiang. In addition, Yangzhou is also there.

Of course, it is not that Datong has become more prosperous than most places in the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, although Datong is in a state of nouveau riche, it is still not as good as many places with hundreds of years of background. Instead, Emperor Taizu was light on taxes in formulating fiscal policies. Whether it was only a few liters per acre, commercial tax of thirty taxes, one or one, or the edict that all the goods needed for daily necessities were free.

Apart from one place, it is Jiangnan. It is also Jiangnan’s heavy fu.

As for Yangzhou, it is because Yangzhou is a place where salt merchants gather, and most of the salt tax is also issued by Yangzhou.

Yang Jisheng was also in a dilemma for a while. He had read the so-called accounts of Datong, including Shuozhou taxes and coal sales income, commercial taxes in Datong Industrial Zone, Yulin tariffs, and profits that had just been established in the textile industry. The original Datong money and grain. These taxes combined totaled 2 million taels a year. However, Zhou Mengchen also had a lot of expenses. Not to mention anything else, the dressing that had already been promised would require a considerable amount of money.

However, Yang Jisheng thought about it and it was still possible to have a balance of one million taels.

After all, it’s not that you haven’t lived a hard life. Yang Jisheng himself is particularly able to endure hardships, just let the whole people of Datong perform their work style. What? Don’t want to? Then I will lend you a person’s head. When the house is searched, there may be additional income.

However, in the face of the Ministry of Revenue Shangshu Fang of the Ministry of Revenue being too concerned about Datong Finance, Yang Jisheng didn’t know what to do?

Yang Jisheng thought for a while and said, "There is a way to money, but what should I do if the Ministry of Revenue?"

Zhou Mengchen was also very distressed.

First of all, the money must be kept openly in the Datong account. After all, Zhou Mengchen dared not and could not let the money leave the Datong account. Once he left, he couldn't explain it clearly. It's not that Zhou Mengchen was afraid of being corruption, but what he was afraid of was that others said that he had his own money as military expenses.

The latter is much more serious than the former.

When Jiajing heard the former, he might just laugh. But the latter, with Jiajing's suspicion, Zhou Mengchen's life was not easy.

But the problem arises. Fang Dun of the Ministry of Revenue should be concerned about Datong accounts than the Ministry of Revenue’s own accounts, and send people to check them from time to time to urge the payment of accounts and other means. It would be fine if it was temporarily kept for one or two months. After all, the Ministry of Revenue is in Beijing, and there is always a reaction time. However, Zhou Mengchen doesn’t know when to start the business. This million taels of silver must be kept on the accounts for at least one year.

If Fang Dun doesn't know, he will be blind.

Zhou Mengchen was upset for a while and said, "Brother Yang, you are proficient in common affairs. Can you find a way to make this money both in the account and invisible to others?"

Yang Jisheng was speechless for a moment. Yang was open and upright all his life. When he never did these steals, he always made the accounts clearly, not the opposite. Now you have to do such a villain. Just thinking about the big thing about reconnaissance, Yang Jisheng could only say: "I'll give it a try."
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