Chapter 181 Your Majesty! The minister Yuan Chonghuan can increase taxes by one million in five years!
"Master, what did Ye Xianggao say?"
When Liu saw Fang Congzhe was reading Ye Xianggao's letter, he hurriedly asked.
Fang Congzhe smiled and said, "You can still say that. Although he only greeted me on the surface and did not say anything else, the sudden letter from the chief minister of the previous dynasty explained everything. He was just trying to ask whether I really want to be enemies with the powerful and noble gentry in the world."
Mrs. Liu hurriedly asked, "How will the master plan to return to him?"
Fang Congzhe thought for a while and said, "Although it was a private message, I have to show His Majesty his Majesty and let His Majesty take it."
As he said that, Fang Congzhe snorted: "This Ye Xianggao is also embarrassed to threaten me. Li Sancai was almost punished by the temple back then, which was the one who colluded with the enemy before. This person is also Ye Xianggao's disciple. Ye Xianggao didn't use these people to threaten him. Ye Xianggao is already enough to give him affection! If he really wants to attack me, then I won't be too polite to him!"
"Will the master really plan to continue to be so enemies with the powerful and powerful gentry in the world?"
Mrs. Liu asked at this time.
Fang Congzhe looked at his wife for a while, and then pondered for a while, then said, "Why did I plan to be an enemy of the powerful and noble gentry in the world? I just didn't plan to join those powerful and noble gentry who didn't see His Majesty or the court! You should remember that last year, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Su Song, explained that last year, the Fang family, who shared the benefits of the world with the royal family by operating the Chongwen Store, will not only be the Fang family, but also the reform will be more and more powerful people who do not exploit the people of their own country and benefit the royal family."
After hearing this, Liu nodded, and did not speak, but only thought deeply.
Fang Congzhe then indeed handed Ye Xianggao's letter to Zhu Youxiao.
After reading the letter Ye Xianggao wrote to Fang Congzhe, Zhu Youxiao laughed: "This Ye Xianggao knows to greet Yuan Fu, but doesn't know how to greet me. It can be seen that in his eyes, there is no one."
Fang Congzhe naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words and said with a smile: "I think that no matter how much Mr. Ye said, he dared not see His Majesty in his eyes. Even though he had assisted the temple, he had made great efforts to consolidate the country's foundation, so that the country's foundation could be protected. The dispute over the country's foundation did not cause any major changes. But he is my Ming minister, and Your Majesty is the monarch. How dare he see His Majesty without His Majesty in his eyes? Please give your Majesty a clear guide!"
"This Ye Xianggao loves to participate in the national foundation dispute! He is good at turning big things into small things!"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly said this with a smile.
Fang Congzhe just smiled slightly and said, "Then, your Majesty, do you want to reply to him and how should you reply to him?"
"Didn't he say hello to your health? You just say you are very healthy and plan to serve the court for another twenty years!"
Zhu Youxiao replied.
"I obey the order!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
"How did the household registration of refugees be carried out? How did the repair projects of Tianjin City and Jingji City walls and official roads be carried out?"
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask at this time.
Fang Congzhe replied: "Bi Ziyan and others are already starting to register households. According to your Majesty's instructions, they have disrupted refugees from all over the country to ensure that fellow villagers are not together to avoid gathering people to cause trouble. Twenty brick kiln factories for building cities and building pipelines have been built, and more than 50,000 refugees have been organized to be responsible for this matter."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then ordered Wei Zhongxian: "Dongchang sent elite forces to Tianjin to continue to keep a close eye. During the process of household registration of refugees, many detailed works that were mixed with refugees will be exposed because they were investigated for family background, or because there were too few fellow villagers. If they were discovered, they would be carefully examined first and then killed directly!"
"I obey the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to ask Fang Congzhe: "Did the Ministry of Personnel give a list of recommendations for the appointment of the Tianjin Chengtong Judge?"
"When you go back to your Majesty, the Ministry of Personnel has given a list of recommendations, including Yuan Chonghuan, Wuqing magistrate Hua Yuncheng, and Bao'an Prefecture magistrate Wang Duo."
Fang Congzhe replied.
Yuan Chonghuan?
Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that he would hear Yuan Chonghuan's name at this time.
"Why is Yuan Chonghuan recommended?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"When you go back to your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan was originally the magistrate of Shaowu. Because he had said that he had learned about the military affairs of the border town by visiting veterans, he expressed his willingness to transfer the border and promised to quell the Liao incident within three years! Therefore, he was praised by the Censor Hou Xun and others. Zhao Nanxing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also praised his talent. However, I believe that although this person has great ambitions, he loves to talk about military affairs on paper, so he promoted him to magistrate of Wanping to make his skills. This person has some skills. After being appointed as the magistrate of Wanping, he dared to attack the powerful."
Fang Congzhe came back.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and thought to himself: "Three years of pacifying Liao? Is it because the Liao incident is not as bad as the Chongzhen period, so it is two years missing?"
"Supreme him to see me!"
Zhu Youxiao knew that Yuan Chonghuan was quite controversial in history, but no matter what, his deepest impression of Yuan Chonghuan was two things.
The first thing is to love to boast about it. For example, in history, Yuan Chonghuan wrote a memorial to guard Shanhaiguan shortly afterwards. He could defend it by himself. Later, after being summoned by Chongzhen, he set the goal of pacifying Liao in five years.
The second thing is to kill Mao Wenlong.
Zhu Youxiao now sees Yuan Chonghuan, and he really wants to see what big goals Yuan Chonghuan will set in front of him because of the construction of Tianjin City.
Soon, Zhu Youxiao met Yuan Chonghuan, who was not yet forty years old.
For a moment, after Yuan Chonghuan greeted Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao asked: "Yuan Chonghuan, do you know that the Ministry of Personnel recommended you as the Chief Judge of Tianjin?"
"I have heard of it after your Majesty."
Yuan Chonghuan was ecstatic. He knew that the emperor asked this, which meant that his promotion was stable this time.
"Then tell me, if you were the magistrate of Tianjin, what kind of Tianjin city would you manage for me?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan thought about it. According to his experience, the superiors like to listen to those very ambitious words, and even the more moving the goals set, the better, no matter whether they can be achieved or not.
So, Yuan Chonghuan said: "Your Majesty, if I am the magistrate of Tianjin, I promise that within five years, Tianjin City will be richer than Yangzhou, with no less than 100,000 households and no less than one million taels of silver to pay for taxes!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao sighed secretly: "It turns out that he is a bragging person!"
But Zhu Youxiao really didn't dare to let Yuan Chonghuan be the judge of Tianjin because of this. He was really afraid that Yuan Chonghuan would not be able to complete it, so he would be slapped in the face.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao felt that Yuan Chonghuan's advantage of loving boasting can be used to make him a foreign minister, which may have a good effect.
Chapter completed!