Zhang Liqi was shocked. The two hundred measuring teams were not only a matter of people, but also involved management, especially the household registration department behind them. The division of land required manpower and time.

Li Banghua seemed not to see Zhang Liqi's expression and said, "You should keep an eye on this year's imperial examination and draw a list. Whether it is a winner or not is not important. The key is ability. I will invite Lord Shangshu to meet Mr. Zhao later and ask him to book some people for us."

Now the various departments of the Ming Dynasty court are expanding rapidly, especially the new yamen is in a serious shortage of personnel. Li Banghua's affairs require even more manpower, and now he is ready to grab people in advance.

Zhang Liqi raised his hand and replied, "Sir, the official thinks that he can propose to the cabinet to expand the number of imperial examinations. In the next few years, the gap for officials may reach 40,000 to 50,000."

Li Banghua also thought of it and said, "Well, I'll go to the Governor's Office to take a walk later to see if the people in the wild can look for it."

Zhang Liqi nodded, this was a solution.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Liqi prepared and left the cabinet building, walked to Donghua Gate, and went to Jingshi University to welcome the newly seconded college students.

Before he left, Zhang Liqi "meeted" a classmate named Wei Xiaozhong. This man was involved in the Feng Quan's power investigation case and was never hired. He is now a famous big businessman.

When Wei Xiaozhong saw Zhang Liqi, he pulled him happily and said, "Brother Zhang, it's been a long time since I saw you. Let's have a drink."

Wei Xiaozhong is very good at engaging in the camp. He has had a very good relationship with Zhang Liqi over the years. He has never asked for or given anything. He is a completely gentleman friendship. This also makes Zhang Liqi have a good impression of him, so his relationship has always been good.

Zhang Liqi pressed his hand and smiled bitterly: "I am not as leisurely as you, Boss Wei. I'm having something to do now. After two days, I'll invite you to drink..."

Wei Xiaozhong didn't care about this, and pulled him into the walk, "Okay, it's noon, the emperor is not too hungry, let's go."

Zhang Liqi looked at Wei Xiaozhong, but there was no idea what he was thinking. He grabbed him and said, "Okay, just say anything if you have something to do. If you wait for me for so long, you probably can't help it."

Wei Xiaozhong smiled bitterly, turned his head, and said, "I knew I could not hide it from you. I didn't talk nonsense, it made me seem pretentious. I had two thousand acres of land in Suzhou, three fertilizer factories, and two hundred oxen oxen captives. Now the court wants to collect summer taxes, the fertilizer factory collects heavy taxes, and the oxen also needs to collect taxes... I don't do anything every day and have to go out for hundreds of taels of taels. These are all obtained by me who have lost all my money and have borrowed a lot of money from the bank. I really can't hold on. I want to ask when the imperial court will start purchasing..."

Zhang Liqi's face suddenly changed, his eyes sharply said in a cold voice: "I can't help you with this matter, and don't come to me again."

After Zhang Liqi finished speaking, he shook his hand away and strode away.

Wei Xiaozhong came to him, just to make a fortune from the court, and he was here to go to his back door.

When Wei Xiaozhong saw this, he hurriedly chased after him for a few steps and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhang, I really have no choice. If you don't want you to do anything, just give me a sigh and let me lose less."

Zhang Liqi stopped, looked cold and said, "You want to lose less. Now you are throwing out some people to pick me up. Why are you here to come to me? Also, the court is brewing anti-corruption now, and you must have heard the news. If you don't want to be implicated, you will not be involved with people in the officialdom in the future, so you can go."

After Zhang Liqi finished speaking, he turned around and left without hesitation.

Businessmen are afraid of being implicated by people in the officialdom, and people in the officialdom are also afraid of being dragged into the water by those who do business. Since Zhang Liqi knew that Wei Xiaozhong was already in Li Banghua's pit, he would not be willing to be pulled into it together.

Wei Xiaozhong looked at Zhang Liqi's back, no longer had the bitter smile he had before, and his expression was as calm as usual, and he said to himself: "From his attitude, the court will soon make big moves, so will the cabinet's procurement begin?"

Wei Xiaozhong's face changed for a while, and he said thoughtfully: "It seems that he still has to go the way of the Ministry of Revenue, but I can't do it alone..."

There are countless people who are stalking like Wei Xiaozhong, and there are also many people who are corrupted by the court.

On the eve of Fu Changzong's departure, Fu's mansion.

After dinner, Fu Changzong and his son chatted with the children at home around the stove.

Fu Tao's eldest son is over teenage, a half-sized man, with big eyes open and listening to his father and grandfather chatting.

Fu Tao said: "Father, the emperor allocated five million from the treasury, plus the five million prepared in the bank, which was 10 million in the early stage, mainly for the reclaiming of Suyanghang land, the renovation of water conservancy, subsidies for oxen, fertilizers, etc. This is only the early stage, and the subsequent investment may be greater..."

Fu Changzong held the stove and said, "Well, the natural disasters are getting more and more fierce now, and the emperor is paying more and more attention to agriculture. Su Yanghang is the most important tax and grain assistance in the Ming Dynasty, so there is not much investment."

Fu Tao nodded and said, "Li Youtang wrote to me, saying that the land collection in Nanzhili was still smooth, but Su Yanghang and other places were still struggling, and the land was highly concentrated, and these people were constantly gathering together. One wanted to make huge profits, and the other didn't want to sell..."

Fu Changzong learned more than Fu Tao, saying: "The cabinet is planning more land acquisition plans, such as replacement in Annan, Liaodong, North Korea, Japan, Old Port, Luzon, etc., or allowing them to retain a certain amount, or adopt the court to rent, and the land rights belong to the gentry, etc. However, suppressing the restriction of land annexation in a short period of time to achieve the goal of "those who plough the land will have their own land". These goals will not change, and resisting the great power of the court will not have good results."

Fu Tao knew how serious the land annexation in Jiangnan was, and more than 80% of the people were tenants!

Fu Tao did not make any judgment and said, "Well, take this opportunity, Royal Bank has prepared more than 100 million banknotes and 80 million silver dollars, most of which are used for land purchases and procurements, and some are loaned to Spain."

Fu Changzong took a sip of tea, touched his grandson's head beside him, and said, "If you act according to the established plan, you will not make any major mistakes. Sun Baigu has been a little low-key recently, so we should be more low-key."

Fu Tao obviously smelled the smell from his father's words, nodded silently, and said for a moment, "Recently, there have been more and more private lending, mainly some businessmen, most of whom attempt to venture out to sea, and bad debts continue to increase..."

Fu Changzong listened, thought for a while, and said, "You should communicate more with the Royal Trading Group for these things. If necessary, see Su Mo'er."

Fu Tao understood Fu Changzong's meaning, and saw that Su Mo'er was fake, and the meaning of Bumu Butai and Zhu Xu behind him was true.

Although Bumubutai seemed to let go of the Shenlong Mansion, her team was still there and her influence on the Shenlong Mansion was still irreplaceable.

The father and son were chatting, and a servant came to the door and said, "Master, Vice-President of the Governor's Court, Lord Li Rongbing asked for a meeting."

Fu Changzong and Fu Tao and his son were both stunned. What did this person do?

King Jing is the chief minister of the Governor's Yuan, but after all, he is a cabinet minister and cannot take care of so many things. Most of the affairs of the Governor's Yuan are being presided over by Vice Chancellor Li Rongbing.

This person was a minister of the Ministry of Rites during the Wanli period. He was low-key, kept a good deal of himself, was meticulous in his work, was strict in self-discipline, had low reputation, but he had no bad reputation.

Although he has been in the court for many years, Fu Changzong and this Lord Li really have little contact, so he can only be regarded as a nodding friendship.

Why did he come in the middle of the night when Fu Changzong was about to leave Beijing?

Fu Changzong, Fu Tao and his son looked at each other, with some confusion.
Chapter completed!