Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 111 Father-son dialogue
Soon the food was served in the Governor's Mansion, and the father and son started chatting while eating.

"We encountered quite a few things on the way here, but with my and my master's abilities, there wasn't any danger. We also visited a few of our uncles along the way."

At the dinner table, Guan Shaoqing began to slowly recount his experiences on the way to and from Maoshan while eating. Guan Zongtang listened with great interest as if he were listening to a story, especially when it came to those evil spirits and ghosts.

"Oh, there are two more things on this trip. One is about a treasure from the Ming Dynasty, and the other is about a large tomb."

Finally, Guan Shaoqing told the story of the treasure map and the tomb of the former Ming Dynasty.

"I have heard of the news about the treasure map of the Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult to verify whether it is true or not. I didn't expect that you got the treasure map by accident this time. As for the big tomb you mentioned, I had no idea about it. But since you found it, you can handle the treasure map and the tomb yourself. If you need anything from your father, just tell me directly." Guan Zongtang said after hearing this.

"Well, I'll talk to father if you need any help. There won't be any action on the treasure map in the short term. We still need to wait for my uncles to completely decipher it. As for the big tomb, I plan to lead the army there to dig directly tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Guan Shaoqing also nodded.

After dinner, the father and son sat down under the veranda beside the lotus pond in the mansion and continued to chat while drinking tea.

"I wonder how father has been managing the province lately?"

"Overall, everything is under control, especially the military. Thanks to your reforms, Shaoqing, the army is now training daily, and its spirit is improving day by day. If this continues, my Guan family army will surely become a famous and invincible force."

Guan Zongtang smiled and said, as long as there is a large army to support it, no one in the entire eastern Guangdong will dare to disobey.

"What about taxation and local administration?"

Guan Shaoqing asked again.

When Guan Shaoqing asked this, Guan Zongtang's smile suddenly disappeared from his face and he couldn't help but sigh.

"It is difficult to conquer a country, but it is even more difficult to govern it."

When Guan Zongtang started his army to fight for his country, he only felt that it was difficult to conquer the country. But now as he became the Governor-General of East Guangdong and officially ruled East Guangdong, Guan Zongtang found that governing the country was equally difficult, especially since he started his career as a soldier and had many capable and brave generals under his command, but he was extremely short of political talents who could govern.

This also led to the fact that although Guan Zongtang nominally commanded the entire province of eastern Guangdong and no one dared to disobey him, he was somewhat unable to control taxation and local management.

There are two main reasons. One is that Guan Zongtang himself is not good at governing government affairs, and the other is that his subordinates lack talents in this area.

Guan Zongtang immediately discussed the problem with Guan Shaoqing.

"Dad, we must resolve this problem as soon as possible, especially in terms of taxation and local management. We must keep it firmly in our own hands. Otherwise, our Guan family's unification of Guangdong East will be nothing but an empty shell. Moreover, these two aspects are directly related to our Guan family's control over the foundation of Guangdong East."

"Taxation is related to our Guan family's direct financial income in eastern Guangdong, and local management is also directly related to our Guan family's control over eastern Guangdong."

If these two aspects are not firmly grasped, the Guan family's rule in eastern Guangdong will be no different from an empty shell.

It should be noted that in this era, taxation is the main source of revenue for the government.

Local management is also directly related to the government's control over the local area.

If the Guan family cannot firmly grasp these two aspects, then their so-called unification of eastern Guangdong will be a joke.

"There's a shortage of talent in government affairs, so we'll look for talent. We have to address these two issues head on."

Guan Shaoqing suggested.

"In addition, I have another idea. Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people will rule the world. If our Guan family wants to maintain its position in eastern Guangdong, we must win the hearts of the people in eastern Guangdong. How to win the hearts of the people is simple. As long as our Guan family can ensure that the people have enough food to eat and live a stable and prosperous life, they will naturally turn to us."

"Given the current state of the world, it is difficult to ensure that the people have enough food to eat and live a stable and prosperous life."

Guan Zongtang sighed when he heard this. In fact, he had thought about this problem as well, but the world was in turmoil right now and the people all over the world were suffering. What could he do in Guangdong?

"Dad, it's actually not that difficult. Since ancient times, the biggest reason why the people have lived a hard life is land annexation and the layers of exploitation by the upper class. If our Guan family returns the land to the people, they will have land to earn and taxes can be reduced."

"Moreover, the current tax revenue is not enough to collect much from the people. The wealth is all taken by the gentry. But most of those gentry evade taxes and don't pay much at all. In the end, we can't collect much in taxes at all."

All the wealth was earned by the middlemen, the gentry and landlords.

"In this way, we only need to defeat those landlords and gentry and make them hand over the land to the people. Then, not only will the people have more harvests and live a good life, but we will also receive a large amount of tax revenue. Even if we only take a small portion of the tax revenue from the people, with so many people in the province, it will be enough to make our tax revenue rich."

"You want to take action against those gentry and landowners."

Guan Zongtang immediately understood Guan Shaoqing's thoughts and started to think.

"Dad, we only want their land, not to kill them all. If they are sensible, it's fine. If they are not, we can just kill them and use them as a treasury. Besides, our Guan family does not rely on those gentry and landlords." The Guan family's reliance on rebellion mainly depends on the manpower support of the clan and the financial support of uncle Renfa. They do not rely on other landlords and gentry. In this way, as long as they can convince the Guan family clan and Renfa that there will be no hidden dangers in this matter.

"Guan Zongtang fell into deep thought after hearing this.

"Besides, Dad, our Guan family is the ruler of East Guangdong now. The wealth of East Guangdong should belong to our Guan family, not those gentry and landlords. They are robbing us of our money."

"bump!"

Hearing this, Guan Zongtang no longer hesitated and slammed the table.

"Okay, done. You're responsible for how to do this. If you have any needs, just tell me directly."

In this way, the father and son finalized the matter.

Then the father and son chatted for a while.

Guan Shaoqing also stood up and left to return to the Young Marshal's Mansion. Along the way, Guan Shaoqing began to think about how to deal with this matter.

First of all, you must find someone who can handle this aspect, otherwise it will be too time-consuming to do it yourself.

Secondly, we have to find a way to create an opportunity, preferably a legitimate opportunity.

Finally, people will definitely be needed to manage the matter after it is completed, so in general, the most urgent task to accomplish this is to find people.

There are also business matters. Next, Guan Shaoqing plans to enter the medical field. After all, he has a powerful weapon like penicillin in his hands, and with his current strength, he doesn't have to worry about being spied on after taking it out. It's time to get penicillin out.

After penicillin is developed, he will definitely be able to make a fortune. With the money brought by penicillin, he can slowly get involved in the business of making guns and cannons and climb the technology tree.

Guan Shaoqing had long thought about getting involved in industry, but without sufficient funds, it was absolutely impossible to do so. Many countries could not do it even with the whole nation's efforts, let alone Guan Shaoqing before.

But if penicillin can be developed and a huge amount of funds can be obtained, then Guan Shaoqing will be almost there.
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"Young Marshal!"

"Young Marshal!"

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He quickly returned to the Young Marshal's residence, and the soldiers at the door and on patrol immediately bowed and saluted.

"Well, send someone to notify Deputy Commander Guan of the Fifth Division, the three brigade commanders, and the three deputy brigade commanders, and have them come here for a meeting tomorrow morning."

Guan Shaoqing nodded and gave the order.

Then he walked into the Young Marshal's Mansion.

Two months passed, and nothing had changed in the Young Marshal's Mansion. Everything was clean and tidy, and in perfect order.
"Young Marshal!"

"Young Marshal!"

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When the servants in the mansion saw Guan Shaoqing coming back, they hurriedly bowed to him. Some female maids who were proud of their looks were even more amazed when they saw Guan Shaoqing. They knew that if they really got together with Guan Shaoqing, they would be able to become a phoenix in an instant.

However, Guan Shaoqing didn't have any thoughts about these maids.

After all, rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows.

After returning to the Marshal's Mansion, Guan Shaoqing first took a comfortable bath and then changed into loose and comfortable clothes.

"cousin."

At this time, only a cry of surprise was heard.

Then Guan Shaoqing felt a gust of fragrant wind coming, and when he turned around, a beautiful figure fell into his arms.

"cousin."

The person who came was Ren Tingting.

(End of this chapter)