Chapter 42 Liu Wenxiu Travels East Again II

"Really?" Liu Wenxiu said.

The boat boss is shallow, and many things, he just feels that the world is getting better. But Liu Wenxiu is the one in power. He looked at it from a different angle, so he naturally knew how difficult it was.

This matter seems simple, but it involves the political affairs of dozens of prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River, and it is certainly not so easy to carry it out.

Of course, Liu Wenxiu also knew, even if the boat boss said so. Liu Wenxiu can also think of countless ways to exploit loopholes.

For example, forgery of documents.

The documents of this era, even if there are official documents and some secret records, are not impossible to forge.

But even so, Zhang Xuan's ability to create such an atmosphere really surprised Liu Wenxiu.

Liu Wenxiu asked the ship boss some things in detail.

It's just that the boss of the boat, who is on the river all the year round, knows what is above the river, but he is not very clear about what is on the ground. I couldn't ask anything. Compare a lot of ordinary people like this.

I can't see the things around me, and the things that are farther away, so naturally I can't think about it clearly, and I don't understand it very well. As for national affairs, I don't know much about them.

After Liu Wenxiu crossed the Three Gorges, he saw it with his own eyes, and his so-called inspection of the ship was accompanied by a ship of the sailor.

Liu Wenxiu's ship saw a lot of traces of fighting.

A man with a Henan accent jumped over from the boat and said, "Boatman, boatman." ”

The boat boss hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Jun, Master Jun." There's everything, there's everything. Then he hurriedly handed over the guarantee documents and the ship's certificate.

The soldier took it and took a closer look, but he didn't see any flaws. However, he turned his gaze to Liu Wenxiu.

His eyes swept slightly, and his gaze focused on Liu Wenxiu. He followed Zhou Fuchen on the Huai River, and he had seen the demeanor of the Shaanxi veterans who followed Luo Rucai. And today I saw the same style, and it was Liu Wenxiu.

He walked over and said, "Who is this?" ”

Liu Wenxiu stepped forward and said: "Under the surname Zhang, I used to work in the camp, but now the army is reorganized, the general gave some silver, and I begged for some life on the Yangtze River, and I ask the general for forgiveness." ”

When the military man heard this, his face was a little polite.

After Luo Rucai established the foundation, he has been doing things in the name of the world's righteous army as a family. And the remnants of the camp, the remnants of the camp are all in the Great Xia, if Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Li Dingguo. Although it is not as good as the Great Xia lineage, it is also a mountain in the court. This soldier is only a mid-level officer. Hearing that Liu Wenxiu has this relationship, he naturally doesn't dare to slack off. After a few interrogations, I won't say anything.

Just as he was about to get off the boat, the boat boss hurriedly asked someone to send a few big fish. The military man said a few words and accepted it. He shouted and said, "Add to the brothers."

Meal. ”

And so the inspection passed.

After the others left, Liu Wenxiu asked the boat boss and said: "My face in Yunnan and Guizhou probably still has some face, but on the Yangtze River, but there is no more, you don't rely on my face, just send a few fish." ”

Liu Wenxiu is not an ordinary person, he followed Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south and north when he was a child. I've done a lot of things, such as being a scout for horses, and I'm supposed to do it.

Li Dingguo has done such things, and Liu Wenxiu is also natural.

Therefore, they are not just people who know how to fight and kill, but they also have a very good understanding of the current world. In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of inspection was a great opportunity for the Ming officers and soldiers to make a fortune.

Without blackmail, it's simply impossible.

After Liu Wenxiu saw the officers and soldiers of the water division, he prepared for heavy bleeding. It's just that I didn't expect that it would be such a game.

The boat boss said: "The main family doesn't know anything, and the imperial court controls it very strictly. The people below didn't care about stretching out their hands, especially the most severe in the army. At the beginning, they didn't even dare to collect a few fish, and after a long time, they only dared to collect a few fish and go back to make soup. Whether it is silver taels or copper plates, they refuse to accept any of them. ”

"However, when it comes to tax collectors everywhere, it's a little bit different."

Liu Wenxiu asked, "How is it a little worse?" ”

The captain said, "Although these tax collectors also have some old men who have retired from the army. But there are still some old people. They were accustomed to stretching out their hands in the previous dynasty, although His Majesty killed a large number of them when he ascended the throne in Xijing. But it's only been about a year, and it's germinated in a solid state. However, I was always frightened by the fate of those people before me, and I didn't dare to stretch out my hand more. It's not just a few copper plates. It's hard-earned money. ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "Is this really the case? ”

The boat boss said, "Why am I lying to the master's family? If the main family doesn't believe it, you can take a look at it when you go to Yiling. ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "I want to see it." ”

It is really because Liu Wenxiu understands the world that he knows how hateful the tax collectors at various gates are.

On the Yangtze River, there are not many passes. There are standing customs set up by the state, and there are not many of them, all of which are in dangerous places, such as the mouth of the lake, where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River meet, there is a checkpoint.

In the Ming Dynasty, these checkpoints could have more than a dozen taels of silver a year, which was also one of the national taxes.

In addition, there are some local checkpoints, and even some checkpoints set up privately by officials and eunuchs.

Liu Wenxiu from the official documents of the imperial court, there is an order to remove private checkpoints, sort out local checkpoints, and all of them are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households.

There are still some fine rules, but Liu Wenxiu didn't pay too much attention to them.

It's just that I didn't expect that Zhang Xuan would be able to curb such a situation.

After all, according to Liu Wenxiu's understanding, the bribes to be handed over to officials and officials at various checkpoints in the Ming Dynasty were even several times more than the regular tax.

With Zhang Xuan's ascension to the throne, some of his previous policies have also been turned over, such as a large-scale purge of the Xu official class.

Liu Wenxiu sneered in his heart and said secretly: "It's just the plan of my father-in-law and other seniors." ”

Indeed, whether it is Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, after the city is broken, the poor people do not suffer much, and the rich people may be ruined, but if the resistance is not tenacious, their lives may be saved. Even if it is a clean official, even the life of the official may not be left behind.

But there is a kind of person who will never survive, and that is the Xu official.

Because these officials were in direct contact with the people, they were hated by the people for all kinds of meanness. It is impossible for the rebels to let him go.

Zhang Xuan is just expanding this matter and scaling it up. But Liu Wenxiu couldn't deceive himself.

After all, when they were in power in Chengdu, they did not kill Xu officials, and even Zhang Xianzhong killed more people. But does killing alone work?

Liu Wenxiu understands it too well.

He also knew that all he saw was killing. And not the system behind the killing.

Liu Wenxiu can't deceive himself.

"Is this the so-called new dynasty and new atmosphere?" Liu Wenxiu said secretly.

Because most of the soldiers under Zhang Xuan's command are from the bottom of the society, like Liu Wenxiu, they are familiar with the suffering of the people. Therefore, Zhang Xuan took these people as the foundation, cleaned up the officials, and placed some disabled veterans in these seemingly low-ranking but powerful places.

Coupled with Zhang Xuan's reasonable arrangement and integration, there is such an effect, I don't know how much effort it took Zhang Xuan, of course, this is also because the Yangtze River waterway is the blood of the Xia Dynasty, for the regime based in the south, this Yangtze River waterway is very important, it is Zhang Xuan's key focus on the place, all the tax cards along the river, the county, and other officials, everyone's resume, Zhang Xuan has seen them one by one, so that there is today's weather.

But how long this kind of sport-style cleanup can last, even Zhang Xuan himself is not too clear.

Not much, for Liu Wenxiu, this is shocking enough.

"Take a peek and see the whole leopard." Liu Wenxiu said: "This Zhang Xuan really has a destiny. ”

After all, Zhang Xuan didn't grow up in the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know enough about the bottom of society in the Ming Dynasty, so he couldn't see many things. But Liu Wenxiu knows that the people of the world don't ask for much.

Zhang Xuan's big clean-up does not seem to have a tax cut, but in fact, it is already quite a tax cut.

The foundation of the south is better than that of the north, and the people can breathe this breath to ease their strength. Under Zhang Xuan's decree, the simple restoration of social order satisfied the people.

And Liu Wenxiu also knows that Zhang Xianzhong can't even do this, and he can't do it either.

Liu Wenxiu looked at the rolling Yangtze River and let out a sigh of relief, even the breath in his heart.