Chapter 268: This Is What a Good Gentleman!

This is the champion, and I haven't taken the test yet!

Grand Duke Luo looked at Huang Zongxi's fire! This champion should be himself, but now he has been robbed by Huang Zongxi, a sinister villain! Aren't you "Huang Taichong"? Why didn't he rush at all today, but instead gave advice to Prince Zhu?

You should stand up and ask for your life! Why did you take refuge, you're a hypocrite!

And Hou Fangyu, Mao Xiang, and Zhang Huangyan looked at Huang Zongxi and "Zhu Yaofei" with complicated expressions, and they now guessed who "Zhu Yaofei" was?

This must be the prince of Fujun who is in power!

For the gentry in the southeast, the prince of Fujun, an outsider, is here to rob money and people!

But the crown prince now has the power of the imperial court, and he can distribute champions, jinshi and official hats, and if you want to be an official, you have to cooperate with His Royal Highness the prince!

And only when you become an official can you be greedy and keep your family's wealth for generations!

Now the prince is here to talk about state affairs with everyone, this is Corporal Lixian. If the few "scholars" here climb up the pole, glory and wealth will be at their fingertips.

If you don't climb up, but choose to fight, then you have to weigh your strength!

Prince Zhu not only easily eradicated the lords and nobles in Nanjing, but also copied out the flowers and asked the sons who wanted to survive to copy them themselves! If you copy well, you will be rewarded, and if you don't copy well, you will have to go to the island of Taiwan to fight against various infectious diseases

In this way, the efficiency of raiding homes has increased by I don't know how many times, and the land that has been embezzled by the nobles and ministers of the southeast for more than 200 years has been squeezed out, and the total number is tens of millions of mu!

In other words, the Prince Group will have a firm grasp of tens of millions of acres of land and at least 700,000 households on these lands in a very short period of time.

Although these lands and populations only account for more than 10% of the actual land in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, and about 10% of the population.

Moreover, Prince Zhu still has 50,000 land divisions of the New Army, 50,000 new troops and 700,000 households and 35 million mu of land, which is very powerful, and it is difficult to say whether he can make a northern expedition to the Central Plains, anyway, the southeast half of the wall is stable.

Since the situation of the imperial court in the southeast is stable, what can you do if you don't take refuge?

"Zhu Gongzi, I thought that when the imperial court first arrived in the southeast, it should still be gracious and powerful, and the law of grace should be given so as not to exempt the arrears."

Dagong Luo, who lost his first place, also began to offer advice at this time. The champion is gone, and Bangyan and Tanhua can still fight for it!

You have to behave well, but you can't let Huang Zongxi, a hypocrite, be too proud.

He said: "There are a lot of gentry fields and hidden fields in the southeastern state capitals, and the tax apportionment has nothing to do with them. The southeast has always been heavily taxed, and the total amount of tax grain in Nanzhili is as high as more than 600,000 stones, and the two provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi are 25.6 million stones. This is only a positive amount, and if we add the three salaries and all kinds of apportionments and envy, the burden will be even heavier.

And most of these taxes and grains, levies, assessments, and envy and consumption have been transferred to the poor households with little or no land, so the burden of the poor households in the southeast is extremely heavy, and the people's grievances are great! If the imperial court investigates households in the southeast Qingtian, these disgruntled people may be bewitched by Xiaoxiao and cause trouble.

For the sake of the stability of the southeast, it is better to exempt the land tax and the additional payment for three years, and exempt the arrears of the previous year. When the people's hearts are stable, the imperial court can clear the tun and inspect the land, and take back all the official fields, military fields, and hidden fields, and after they are recovered, they can be equalized. After Juntian, not only can you collect rent, but you can also implement the system of government soldiers as in the Sui and Tang dynasties! ”

Zhu Cihong nodded with a smile, thinking that the actual number of fields in Nanzhili may be 1.5 billion mu! The total amount of tax grain is only more than 600,000 stones, and the average mu is not even half a bucket of rice and noodles, and what kind of heavy taxes are being shouted, which is really hateful!

However, this method of Grand Duke Luo is still feasible. This is because the most important thing at present is that the division of land among the five divisions of the New Army has not yet been completed. Li Yan and Red Lady haven't completely completed the source of soldiers in Runing. Similarly, Zhu Chunchen has only arrived in Fengyang, and he also needs time to master Fengyang's Eight Guards. At this time, it is also advantageous to appease the scholars and people in the southeast and let them find less trouble.

"It makes sense," Zhu Cihong smiled, "Enke of Ming Chun, the eldest duke will definitely be able to get the first grade." ”

There are three places in the first class, champion, list, and flower. Now that the two of them have been allowed out, there is still one place left, it depends on how Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang fight!

The two sons of the Restoration Society are also a little anxious. Hou Fangyu is better, his father is Hou Sui, a bachelor in the current dynasty, and he is not worried about his future. And Mao Xiang is different, although he was born in a famous family in Yangzhou, the family of the eunuch, but he himself is not good at exams, he has participated in six Nanjing Township exams and failed, and he is still a showman.

Xiucai can't participate in Enke, and now the prince is taking the Jinshi merit name in the big distribution, but he is not qualified to take it, do you say that people are in a hurry?

"Zhu Gongzi," he is 33 years old this year, looking old again, looking at the 40-year-old Mao Xiang and holding his beard, he said, "I heard that the Tartars colluded with the eunuchs to destroy the Konglin in Qufu, and there will definitely be a big war at that time." And as soon as the war begins, the consumption of food and wages will inevitably be staggering. The imperial court now wants to exempt from taxes and arrears, and the state and military are afraid of being insufficient. Fortunately, there are many talented people here in the southeast, and they are also willing to pay money and food for the protection of the name of the guard Kong Lin. It would be better if the imperial court could give Xiucai a meritorious person who donated more than a certain amount of money and food, and let them participate in next year's Enke. You can win hearts and minds, and you can get a lot of money and food."

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, this method is good! He glanced at Zheng Sen again, you don't seem to be famous, why don't you buy one too. In this way, you will be able to participate in Enke, take the exam well, and strive to be admitted to the Jinshi, so that the father-in-law of the palace, Lao Taishan, will also be happy.

And Hou Fangyu, Zhang Huangyan, Luo Dagong and Huang Zongxi all looked at the scumbag who couldn't pass the exam with disdain, and now they actually thought of buying it, it's too embarrassing

"Zhu Gongzi," Zhang Huangyan, who hadn't spoken much before, finally spoke at this time, "I heard that Dongyu and Liukou are both mobilizing troops and preparing to decide again." Is the court just sitting back and watching the two thieves decide the winner? ”

What else can you do if you don't sit and watch? Why don't you stand and watch? Zhu Cihong sighed lightly and said, "Brother Xuan, do you have a clever plan?" ”

"The imperial court should keep a close eye on the war between the rogues and the Tartars, and be prepared for both. If the Liukou wins, then the Tartars will probably abandon the Beijing division and go to Liaodong. This is a good opportunity for the imperial court to take Gyeonggi in the north, and it is absolutely impossible to let Liukou Er enter the city of Beijing!

If the Tartars win, then the imperial court should float to the sea and attack Liao. You can send a sailor to transport a group of elite troops, land on Guanglu Island and Xiaochangshan Island near Jinzhouwei, and reopen the Dongjiang Military Town! ”

Well, the heroes see the same thing! Zhu Cihong nodded, and said in his heart that Zhang Huangyan actually wanted to go with him, he really deserved to be a hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty in history!

"Brother Xuan is really a talent in both civil and military affairs!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "It seems that this time Enke, Brother Xuan can also go to high school." ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at Hou Fangyu again, Hou Sui's son just smiled and said nothing, it seemed that there was no clever plan.

He retracted his gaze, coughed, and said with a smile, "Enke next spring will surely have many Donglin successors gather in Nanjing, for us Donglin successors, this is a good opportunity to convene the Donglin Conference and elect a new generation of Donglin Sanjun!"

In addition, if there is chaos today, the land of Jingshi has fallen into the hands of the Tartars, and Kong Lin of Qufu is also under the threat of the Tartar soldiers, and he will not be safe. Yan Shenggong had already ascended to the heights and issued "Seeking the East", calling on the scholars of the world to do their best to defend Kong Lin. And we should also respond positively to Donglin's successors.

Therefore, at the same time as the election of the three monarchs, we should also publish our Donglin's "Seeking Hu Luxuan" and announce it to the sea. I don't know what you think? ”

What else? Yes, of course!

Now Zhu Cihong's situation in the southeast looks quite stable, and Donglu and the eunuch party are hooked again, and they are smeared as going to Qufu to fight. Can the Donglin Party in the southeast not let their mouth open? As soon as the mouth cannon is released, the text is written, and the name is signed, it is best to arrest Sun Zhiqi again and publicly criticize it. Even if these Donglin Party members were kidnapped by Zhu Cihong's anti-Qing cause!