Wang Yue rebelled with his mouth open, and his mouth was closed.

Mao Xiang, Fang Yizhi and others listened to Wang Yue's words, and were secretly frightened, feeling that they might be on the thief ship, and thinking about it carefully, this Lord Wang had indeed rebelled against the imperial court.

Thinking of this, several of them began to sweat on their foreheads. Including Ruan Dacheng is a little overwhelmed, his utilitarianism is indeed very heavy, but if you want to rebel, it will take a lot of determination.

After Wang Yue looked around at everyone's expressions, he said endlessly: "From now on, the Yingtian region will cancel all land taxes and only levy management fees for grain trading. ”

His words are tantamount to dropping an atomic bomb, no, at least a super hydrogen bomb of 50 million tons! This is the first time in China, which has been based on agriculture for thousands of years, that this policy has already begun to be implemented in Taiwan.

"King Chuang came and didn't pay for food", Li Zicheng entered Beijing and overthrew the Ming Dynasty; "Dividing the fields and land is busy", Grandpa Mao surrounded the city in the countryside and seized power. Once such a policy is introduced, you will know what the result will be if you think about it on your toes.

But everyone present was dumbfounded, and Ruan Dacheng stumbled and said: "Zhong, Lord Zhongcheng, if this is the case, the court, the court will ......!" ”

Wang Yue smiled slightly and said: "Of course we can't let the imperial court starve to death, after all, the Jiangnan region is a wealth-rich land, and the taxes that should be paid can be converted into silver and paid from the urban management fees." ”

The Jiangnan region bears half of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, and if Wang Yue cuts off the taxes of the imperial court, Chongzhen may soon not even be able to pay the salaries of officials, and the Ming Dynasty will immediately be in chaos.

This land policy still exempted the tax on the part of the ration, which was a kind of protection for the small yeoman farmers, because the annual sales of less than forty taels of silver were exempt.

In fact, the land endowment of the Ming Dynasty is the lowest in the previous dynasties, only about four percent, and the reason why the people can't survive is because of the high apportionment and land rent. The commercial tax exemption policy in the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty has made private commerce extremely prosperous, especially in the Jiangnan region, so it is not a problem to use commercial tax to offset agricultural tax.

Wang Yue continued: "Article 2, from now on, all forced labor in Yingtian area will be exempted, and government project workers must pay wages. ”

"Article 3, all commercial operations in Yingtian area with annual sales of more than 40 taels shall pay 10% and a half of the management fee."

This is the first three new policies implemented in Jiangnan, and there will be new policies in the future.

He turned to Yang Yunhou, the head of the Jiangnan Branch, and said: "President Yang, for the above three new policies, you immediately led people to print leaflets overnight. In addition, those who have been heinous in the midst of the boycott must promptly surrender to the governor's yamen within three days, otherwise the punishment will be doubled. In order to make up for the losses of the people caused by the strike, the prices of all strikes need to be reduced by seventy percent during the half-month period. Don't wait for the obsolescence, otherwise you will be severely punished! ”

Wang Yue then said to Zhang Zhong, manager of the Jiangnan Trade Branch: "Manager Zhang, you immediately telegraphed to the Shanghai branch to allocate grain, salt, edible oil and other materials to Suzhou, collect them in various counties and sell them at a parity price to solve the shortage of the market. I will assign the Tiance Army to protect it, and if anyone dares to storm the grain store, they will be killed on the spot! ”

Wang Yue's orders were handed down one by one, and the orders were clear, which showed that he had already thought about it carefully, and everyone in the hall was also listening attentively, and those who received the orders were all loudly ordered.

"The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 5th Regiment of the Tiance Army will enter the city in three days to assist the Marines and the Military Investigation Bureau in quelling the rebellion, clearing the streets, and arresting the following people: Chen Hongmi, the prefect of Suzhou, Zhou Benshen, the general judge of Suzhou, Zhou Zhenglin, the merchant Zhou Zhenglin, Chang Dengfeng, the magistrate of Kunshan, and his cousin Chang Ning, Huang Shanyi, the garrison of Changshu, Cheng Sheng Maochong of Changzhou County, Qian Dehong, the student of Suzhou Prefecture, and Lu Shiyi, a student of Fuzhou University."

"All the fields and shops under his name have been confiscated. All the merchants who are still on strike are all arrested, and their shops are sealed. ”

"Those who dare to resist arrest, those who raise troops to resist, and those who commit the crime of fornicating with slaves, will be killed!"

Mao Xiang, Fang Yizhi and other former members of the Restoration Society couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard Wang Yue's murderous words.

Chen Zaiming and Li Chuanxin responded excitedly: "Yes, commander! ”

Li Chuanxin sang and knew the meaning of elegance, and then reported: "Commander, this Zhou Zhenglin's Zhou family had funded the Japanese in the early years, according to the latest intelligence, Zhou Zhenglin and Jiannu had many secret correspondence, and raised salt, iron and other materials for Jiannu several times. ”

"Wait......!" Wang Yue said in disbelief: "Is this situation true?" ”

Suzhou is in the south of the Yangtze River, and Wang Yue can't believe that the Manchu Qing's hand can be stretched so long.

"This is information that our Military Investigation Bureau has obtained after many days of surveillance." Li Chuanxin said affirmatively: "Nanzhili is rich in 'Suzhou Steel', the quality is second to none in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zhenglin has deep connections in Jiangnan and has a wide range of contacts, so he can organize a sufficient supply of goods." ”

Wang Yue listened and nodded again and again, this is indeed the truth, there is a season of tomorrow, there is a lot of iron around Nanjing, and steelmaking is made by secret methods, called Suzhou steel, and the quality is the best. The second is Foshan Steel, to the Qing Dynasty "Suzhou Steel" decline, Foshan Steel rise, this is all a later story.

Li Chuanxin then reported: "Suzhou Mansion Xuezheng Qian Dehong is not simple, this person seems to be stingy, but he suspects that his new sixth concubine is also a fine work sent by Jiannu. His concubine is named Zhang Ling'er, who suddenly appeared in the Baihualou in Suzhou at the beginning of this year, and was redeemed by Qian Dehong after meeting him. And this Zhang Ling'er also suddenly appeared without a trace, so it can be inferred that there must be something wrong with this person. ”

This is likely to be Li Chuanxin's random speculation about the crime, but Wang Yue did not delve into it, and the charge of fornicating with the Manchu Qing Dynasty made his actions even more justified.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said slowly: "Very good, these people are all arrested, just kill him cleanly." ”

Fang Yizhi, who hesitated for a long time, finally mustered up the courage and said: "Lord Zhongcheng, your foundation in Jiangnan is not stable, and you are afraid that such a big killing will damage your reputation in the future!" ”

Wang Yue said: "Mizhi, you are pedantic, Qingyu is this thing, you say that he is important, he is important, you say that he is not important, then he is a fart, history has always been written by the winner." In this contest with those profiteers, if we lose, then even if we are all reincarnated saints, they will say that we are demon butchers, and only if we win, will we become good people and righteous people! ”