"The Rogue is becoming more and more stable in the Southwest?"

Emperor Zhu frowned slightly, and asked rhetorically: "How can they make the Sichuan people happy, and at the same time make their own money not lacking, and still maintain so many troops, and even have surplus money to import foreign guns and cannons through Burma?" What is the reason for this? Ma Qing, Zeng Qing, have you thought about it? ”

Oh, yes? What is the reason for this?

Ma Shiying and Zeng Ying looked at each other, of course the two knew the answer!

Sichuan is known as the land of abundance, as early as the Tang Dynasty, it was known as "Yang Yi Yi Two", and it is the second richest place in the world after the southeast. The Nanzhili of "Yangyi" had a provincial direct tax grain quota of more than 6 million stones during the Wanli period, while the Sichuan of "Yier" only had 1.08 million stones!

During the same period, the total amount of taxes and grain in Jiangxi was more than 2.6 million stones, Zhejiang had more than 2.5 million stones, and even Shaanxi had to pay more than 1.7 million stones......

Zhu Cihong continued: "According to the provincial direct tax grain quota set during the Wanli period, Sichuan is 1.08 million stones, Yunnan is less than 180,000 stones, and Guizhou has more than 50,000 stones. The total of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan is about 1.3 million stones, and most of the Zunyi Prefecture in Guizhou and Sichuan are still owned by the imperial court. The Liukou bases are only most of Sichuan, the whole province of Yunnan, Hanzhong and Gongchang in Shaanxi, and Yunyang in Hubei. According to the rough statistics of the provincial direct tax grain quota, the annual income should be 1.4 million stone of white rice, plus salt tax of tens of thousands of taels, and commercial tax of tens of thousands of taels...... With this income, if you can fight against the imperial army?

And the imperial court spends no less than three million on military affairs in Yunnan, Guichuan every year, and this does not count the annual revenue of Guizhou plus Zunyi Mansion. How could the 100,000 Sichuan noble soldiers raised by more than 3 million taels be defeated by the rogues who only had an income of 1 million or hundreds of thousands? Can you talk to me? ”

Ma Shiying understood what Zhu Cihong meant, he sighed and said, "Why does Your Majesty ask knowingly? The system of acres of land in this dynasty is indeed quite omission. Sichuan is known as Tianfu, with thousands of miles of fertile fields and a population of 10 million, how can it only have more than 13 million acres of land? ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Yes, this number is about the same as Fujian!" Fujian is eight mountains, one water and one field, and Sichuan is Tianfu! ”

Zeng Ying saw Ma Shiying lift the lid, and also smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, of course, there are more than 13 million acres of land in Sichuan...... I don't know how many ministers have the real number, but the ministers only know that in the Chongqing area, the number of acres of land on the register is often only one-third to one-quarter of the real number. ”

In other words, the actual number of acres of land in Sichuan is at least 40 or 50 million mu! Moreover, these 40 to 50 million acres are still flat land, at least half of which are paddy fields. In later generations, the cultivated land area of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality was more than 130 million mu...... And there are only 13 million acres in the account books of the Ming court! The conscience is all for the dog to eat!

In addition, Sichuan salt is famous in history, which is enough to compete with Huai salt. In the last few years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, the salt tax in Sichuan was so small that it was almost gone!

Zhu Cihong snorted: "There are many paddy fields in Sichuan, and there are few disasters of floods and droughts, the climate is suitable, rice can be planted twice a year, even if it is more than 10 million acres of paddy fields, there should be 40 or 50 million stones of white rice a year, why only give 100,000 and 80,000 stones to the imperial court?" Where is the conscience? If Sichuan can give enough three million, will the imperial court still need to pay taxes in Shaanxi, which has been plagued by drought for many years? If the Shaanxi people can be exempted from taxes, how can they be troubled? Now the difficulties of the Sichuan gentry are really self-inflicted, I spend more than 3 million military expenses every year, and I am benevolent and righteous, and there is no more! ”

What do you mean? Such a big Sichuan, such a big Yunnan, this is not wanted?

Zeng Ying never expected that Emperor Zhu would ignore Sichuan and Yunnan at this time. But Emperor Zhu could give up, he couldn't give up, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, this, this...... How can the land left by the ancestors of Sichuan and Yunnan be donated? ”

"Don't talk to me about this uselessness!" Emperor Zhu smiled and said, "My imperial court now earns more than 10,000 yuan a year, not less than 1 million in Sichuan, it doesn't matter if you don't want it!" ”

Sichuan! O land of abundance!

How can you pay less than 10 million in taxes every year?

At present, a total of eight provinces in the four rivers and two lakes, Fujian and Guangdong have jointly borne the tax of 100 million yuan, which is definitely not light!

If Emperor Zhu only asked Sichuan to pay more than one million, then the gentry of the four rivers and two lakes and Fujian and Guangdong should not make a lot of noise? And the people of Sichuan can't get over it on their conscience!

Zeng Ying was speechless by Zhu Cihong's words, and Ma Shiying already understood that Zhu Cihong wanted to increase Sichuan's taxes!

"Your Majesty," Ma Shiying said, "Sichuan has gone through many years of war, the people's livelihood has withered, and all industries have been wasted...... Even if it is recovered, it will take years of recuperation. ”

Zhu Cihong asked with a smile: "Since the people's livelihood is withering and all industries are in ruins, how can the rogues maintain so many troops?" There are no less than 100,000 troops in Sichuan and Guizhou, and there are all kinds of muskets, cannons, and cuirasses, and military salaries and rations are also fully supplied, so why can't they defeat the rogues? Zeng Ying, tell me about it. ”

What do you say?

Every year, the Military Division Office sends a staff group to Sichuan and Guizhou to investigate, and they have a very good understanding of the situation in Sichuan and Guizhou. Although the Sichuan-Guizhou army is not as elite as the army directly under the imperial court, and the battalion-level phalanx is also a little inflexible in the Sichuan-Guizhou mountainous area where "the land is not three feet flat". But there is only one main reason why the Sichuan Guiming army has many defeats and few victories - the Dashun army has at least 200,000 people! And the level of equipment is not too bad, at least in the rugged mountain and forest terrain, Dashun's equipment is enough.

And how much does it cost to have 200,000 troops with not bad equipment and training, and high morale? How can you not spend six million a year enough?

Moreover, in addition to using troops in Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Hubei and other directions, the Dashun Army has also carried out land reform in Yunnan and Sichuan in recent years, and has cleaned up all the local snakes, including Mu Tianbo, and is invincible!

How much does this cost?

What makes a famous Sichuan general like Zeng Ying even more speechless is that Sichuan under the rule of the Liukou has basically maintained a well-off situation in which the people are happy. Although it cannot be compared with the prosperity of the southeast, the comfort of small farmlands is still there.

"Your Majesty," it was Ma Shiying who relieved Zeng Ying's siege, "Liukou implemented the law of enclosing land and equalizing land in Sichuan, and circled more than 10 million mu in Sichuan and distributed it to the soldiers below, so that they could collect rent and support themselves. The rest of the land was divided equally among the common people, and taxes were collected by the puppet dynasty of the rogues...... The specific approach is the same as that of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it did not cost them much to raise 200,000 soldiers, and the rice, cloth, and servant income from the rent and Yong were enough to maintain the expenses of the puppet dynasty and subsidize the military, and they still had the spare power to transport silk to Salem in Burma in exchange for Westerners' guns. ”

Ma Shiying's words are only half of what he said, and the other half is that after the Dashun Dynasty settled down in Sichuan for a long time, it continued to implement "soil breaking", cracked down on Haoqiang Tusi, and found out all the hidden fields in the past! At present, in Sichuan Province alone, there are no less than 53 million acres of land on the register! There are more than 6 million acres of land in Hanzhong, Yunyang, Gongchang and other places. Yunnan has cleared nearly 30 million acres!

Now there are 90 million acres of cultivated land in the account book of the acres of land in the Dashun Imperial Court!

Among them, 30 million mu was distributed to more than 200,000 soldiers, and on average, there were more than 100 mu, and the annual income of white rice was as much as dozens of stones, which was enough to support military service. The remaining land was distributed to 3 million small farmers, and a total of more than 10 million yuan (stone and horse) could be paid in the "rent" every year, plus salt tax and commercial tax, Dashun's finances were of course very rich.

If the income from the land of the soldiers is also included in the income of the Dashun Imperial Court, there are at least more than 20 million yuan a year (stone, horse, and guan), and the funds allocated by Zhu Cihong to the Sichuan-Guizhou army are only 3 million taels per year, plus a little self-raised funds, it will be 31.2 million when it is full, less than one-sixth of the people, so it is strange that they can win!

Emperor Zhu paused, then looked at Zeng Ying and said, "Zeng Qing, now most of the famous gentry in Sichuan are taking refuge in Guizhou, right?" I now order you to be the governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, Li Qiande to be the governor of Sichuan, and Mu Tianbo to be the governor of Guizhou, abolish the two military towns in western Sichuan and eastern Sichuan, and then appoint Yang Zhan as the governor of Sichuan and Li Zhanchun as the governor of Guizhou...... You go and discuss with the nobles and gentry of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, and set a tax amount to be paid by each county in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces after the restoration of Sichuan, and then report it to me. If I think it's feasible and profitable, I'll mobilize a large army into Sichuan.

In addition, the land owned by the Liukou puppet dynasty was not allowed to be returned to its owner, and the Sichuan gentry and the soldiers of the Sichuan army could only obtain land from the land enclosed by the Liukou as a reward and compensation. In the future, these lands will also need to be taxed in the same way as private land! Xuntian must also pay first and then return during the tax exemption period! ”