"Brother Zhu's cavalry brigade has occupied Yuezhou Mansion and advanced the battle line to the territory of Huguang Province, the Qing army of the Jierharang Department has arrived at Baoqing Mansion and Tongren Mansion, where did they meet Li Guo's loyal battalion, the two sides are constantly fighting between the two prefectures, Mang Gurtai bypassed these two prefectures and resolutely advanced towards Guilin Mansion, on the way and Chen Youzheng's anyway army, the Ming army of the Yin Xi Department fought a few battles, and the two Ming armies were defeated and retreated."

Mi Chun opened his mouth, but instead of talking about the civil affairs situation in Jiangxi Prefecture, he reported on the battle situation of the cavalry brigade led by Brother Zhu in Jiangxi, as well as the situation of the troops of the two Qing army princes' clans who were transferred to Guangxi Prefecture.

Zhang Qiang knocked on the table and whispered: "This is not the time to attack, you can't run too fast, if the enemy seizes the opportunity and attacks the north and south, he will become a lone army, have you told him to withdraw and defend Jiujiang?" ”

Mi Chun shook his head and said very helplessly: "Admiral Liu Liangzuo supports his actions, as a civil official who manages civil affairs, I have no right to intervene in the actions of the generals, after all, we are not the Ming army, we are not the civilian army, the civilian generals are more advanced than the generals, we are the political system with the equal relationship between the civilian and military generals." ”

Zhang Qiang pinched his brows, he was really a little afraid that Brother Zhu's lone army would be annihilated by the Qing army, and Huguang was too complicated, He Tengjiao's Ming army and the Ming army of the Blockade Yin Xi Department, the loyal battalion Dashun troops, and many anyway army, rebel army, dogs and teeth are staggered, the situation is very complicated, where is the relationship difficult to handle, but Liu Liangzuo supports Brother Zhu, Zhang Qiang has nothing to say, after all, where is Liu Liangzuo in charge.

Zhang Qiang wants to adjust, and he has to negotiate with Wei Wuji, I don't know if Wei Wuji knows about this matter, what response he made, now the situation in Jinling Mansion is quite tense, Wei Wuji can't leave, Zhang Liang is negotiating with Hong Chengchou about the exchange of prisoners.

"After you go back, bring an order back, let Liu Liang Zuoan divide a little, don't pry Brother Zhu to attack the Qing army, now is the time for us to show peace of mind, let Brother Zhu's cavalry brigade retreat to Yuezhou Mansion, just hold Yuezhou Mansion, and when it's okay, go and clean up the surrounding water bandits, thieves or something."

Zhang Qiang looked up and said to Mi Chun.

"Yes, Grand Duke," Mi Chun replied respectfully.

"How's the civil affairs doing?" After asking these questions, Zhang Qiang turned the topic to civil affairs, after all, Mi Chun is a state official who manages civil affairs.

"Dadu Governor, that's the case, due to years of war, Jiangxi Prefecture is full of barren land and abandoned fields, poor mountains and bad waters, strong and strong villages in the mountains to protect themselves, robbers are rampant in the woods, most of the minister's energy is to command the garrison and militia army to suppress bandits, collect the remnants of the defeated enemy army, at present, only to restore some local government operations, the mode is still the kind of government operation mode of Longwu Nanming." Mi Chun said very uneasily.

Zhang Qiang stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly, signaling that he didn't need to panic, "As I thought, you can do this, and I am very pleased to put this in the first place. ”

Mi Chun looked relaxed, and he was a little restrained just now.

"So when will this ease and start to develop the economy and generate tax revenues?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Mi Chun hurriedly flipped through the information a few times, coughed, moved his body a few times, and replied: "Dadu Governor, although there is still some chaos in various places now, and there are often attacks on government offices, robbing transport teams, and escorting captured officers and soldiers, but in general, the situation is unfolding in the expected direction, the various government offices are barely operating, and the people who have passed in various places have begun to return to their homes, and the population loss is not large, but there are signs of growth. ”

"Oh," Zhang Qiang was interested, sat up straight, and looked at him.

"Yes, due to the chaos after the turmoil, the place began to stabilize, our work to suppress bandits is in full swing, the people in many places see this situation, they have returned to their homes, bringing the hearts of other places to the people of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers arrange the militia to guard a village, a village guard, set up a village guard, the cavalry of the garrison army patrols the territory under their jurisdiction, so that the bandits in the village, township, town, county, government and other populated places can not approach, can only take refuge in the mountains, or some remote places for chaos, Or rob places on the way that soldiers can't take care of. ”

Zhang Qiang suddenly interrupted Mi Chun's report, "How much population is counted by the government now, that is, the population of the people who have been registered and jointly guaranteed." ”

Mi Chun quickly flipped through the information a few times, pressed the information with his fingers, and took a closer look, "About 4.5 million people, growing at a rate of 200,000 people every week, in the long run, the growing population has gradually declined, and tends to be stable, but in the future, every week, or more, about half a month, it is estimated that there will be a population growth of 10,000 people, maybe after this year, the population growth will decline, or there will be repeated, but it will not exceed the population growth of 20,000 people per month." ”

"How's the tax?" Zhang Qiang asked again.

Mi Chun replied: "At present, the tax is still collected in the way of the former Nanming, but the ministers have reduced some unnecessary additions, and only collected land tax and levy tax, most of which are paid in kind, and a few are paid in silver. Since it is not a core area, Jinhuayuan cannot be implemented yet, and can only use silver and other methods to collect taxes. ”

"What do you say about the merchants' taxes?"

Zhang Qiang asked.

"This is not of much significance at present, many merchants do not come here to trade, some small merchants, such as selling needlework and thread, selling some local products, mountain people and other people are doing business, and then there are some traders who trade in illicit salt, but most of these traders do not pay taxes, and it is a big harm in the territory, and it is necessary to send garrison troops to repel them, or annihilate them, and the seized private salt is used as public property by the government, and it is equivalent to silver taels, the same currency, sold to the people at a low price, and has become the most valuable thing to appease the people, The meaning is even better than silver taels or other items of value. ”

Zhang Qiang looked helpless, Yin Liang and Jin Huayuan were squeezed out of the field of currency circulation, how primitive is this, barter, private salt acts as the function of currency, it seems that Jiangxi Prefecture has fallen behind a lot.

"Reverse this situation as soon as possible, with Jinhuayuan as the currency used internally, some good things, such as sugar, silk, cloth, horses, as well as cigarettes, wine and other things we produce, will be raised to controlled items, and they cannot be bought without Jinhuayuan, these items can only be circulated internally, and cannot be sold to outsiders, and the people are the same, they cannot be given to them, and they cannot accept the purchase and sale of silver taels and other goods, and they can only use Jinhuayuan." Zhang Qiang commanded.

Mi Chun looked puzzled and looked at Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang didn't want to explain, this didn't make sense, and he didn't have the eloquence to explain the principle of this method he said, so he could only let Mi Chun implement it.

In fact, this is very simple, people in later generations will understand when they hear it, the more they can't get it, the more people want to get it, internal circulation, can only use Jinhua yuan to trade, this is to make the people outside eager to get Jinhua yuan, because only these can buy all the items and luxury goods they need, so that they can take the initiative to accept, than they force them to passively accept much better.

(End of chapter)