Seeing that some salt merchants wanted the government to punish themselves, those salt lords immediately reacted, the biggest problem of the government now is to settle the displaced people, that is, they need food, and they are willing to donate food to atone for their past behavior. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He Qidao loudly promised that in order to forgive the sins of the past, he was willing to donate 1,000 loads of food to resettle the victims.

Seeing that He Qidao, a smuggler of salt, actually wanted to invite pets, other salt merchants had a lot of money, and they increased their weight, some claimed to be willing to provide food, some claimed to be willing to provide silver, and some were willing to help local roads and bridges.

Subsequently, it was announced that the salt introduction would be issued in June and the month of each county in the next year, and it would be distributed according to the calculation of 5 catties of salt per person per year.

Taking Pengxi County as an example, there are now 80,000 people (fighting for many years, and there are more dead), and about 400,000 catties of salt need to be consumed every year, and 200 catties per small lead, and the county can distribute 2,000 small leads.

Everyone pays a deposit of 1 percent first, and then pays taxes to get other salt quotes after using it up. ”

Some businessmen also felt strange, in the past, the Pengxi County Imperial Court only had 400 salt citations, how could 2,000 citations be issued now, is this too much?

However, the smuggled salt dealers think that it is too little, and in the past, the salt was two or three hundred copper coins a catty, and everyone could not afford to eat it at all, and many people saved money.

If the price of salt is only 60 copper coins now, of course everyone has no such concerns.

The salt merchants and salt barons left one by one, and before leaving, they hoped that the government would determine the resettlement sites for the displaced people to lose the recipients, for fear that the government would blame them for making mistakes.

After watching everyone leave, Qian Bangxin sighed and said: "My lord, salt politics is the most important task of the country, you actually say that change will change, I don't know whether to say hello or praise you?"

For each introduction of salt, you need to pay 2 taels of silver for salt introduction, plus Guan Fu Shang Fu or something, so that the yamen can receive at least 3 taels of silver for each salt introduction.

There are 80,000 people in Guangpengxi County, and if each person can eat 5 catties of salt, at least 2,000 taels of salt and at least 6,000 taels of silver are needed.

Now there are more than 20 counties under its jurisdiction, with a population of nearly 2 million, and every year the salt endowment alone can receive 100,000 taels of silver for salt and 50,000 taels of silver for customs and commerce. ”

Next to the northern Sichuan political Liu Liangchang arched his hand and said: "Qian Jianjun, what the adults have done is really beneficial to the country and the people, not to mention the people, in the past, two or three hundred copper coins a catty, not to mention that it has been reduced to 60 copper coins now, even if it is reduced to 100 copper coins, the people will be grateful to Dade."

As the adults just said, Pengxi County alone can increase the tax of 4 taels of silver, and more than 20 counties under the jurisdiction of my loyal and righteous army, if you do a good job of 100,000 taels of silver every year, there are 100,000 taels of silver in the customs and 50,000 taels of silver.

In the past, to suppress bandits or fight against the Tartars, whether it was Lu Xiangsheng or Sun Chuanting, it was because the country had no money and food, so they forced everyone to send troops, and finally the army was defeated by the Liukou and the Tartars.

If they are like adults, there are 1,400 states and counties in the world, and there are more than 8 million taels of silver in salt alone every year.

My lord, this is 8 million taels of silver, if the imperial court had this money in the past, let's talk about it, the displaced people can't settle down? The imperial court doesn't have the money to exterminate the rogues and fight the Tartars?"

For the first time, Yang Xuan looked at Liu Liang next to him and said: "What Brother Liu said is true, there are more than 60 million people in my Ming Dynasty, which is actually twice as many as the government statistics.

The reason why the displaced people cannot be resettled, why the wanderers are not extinguished, and why the Tartars are not extinguished, is because there are too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the taxes and silver that should be handed over to the government have not been paid.

If Inspector Wang blames and Fan Zhixian blames, then blame me alone. ”

Everyone looked at each other, Yang Xuan supported the army and respected himself, almost separating one side, coupled with the identity of the guest of honor of the Shu Wangfu (the husband of the county lord), it is too late for the court to win over the court in a corner of peace, how dare you blame?

In May 1646 (the second year of Longwu), since the defeat of Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu's Great Western Army at the end of last month, Yang Xuan garrisoned Tongchuan Prefecture, on the one hand, restored the order of the counties, established county and township administrative institutions, reformed bad governance, organized and trained new troops, trained local militias, resettled displaced people, and carried out farming, on the other hand, he paid close attention to the movements of Chengdu Prefecture, the provincial capital adjacent to this township.

After the fiasco, Zhang Xianzhong was even more annoyed, and said that he had done his best to the people of Sichuan since he entered Sichuan, exempted from taxes for three years, and slaughtered the relatives of the Shu kings who ate the marrow of the people, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but the Sichuan people were actually not grateful, and they actually rebelled against the rule under the agitation of the scholars and the leadership of the gentry.

Zhang Xianzhong decided to rectify military discipline and slaughtered those generals who usually did not like him, and his subordinates with poor military discipline.

In less than a month, more than 10 general soldiers, including Guo Jiahuan, the chief soldier of the Longxing Battalion, Song Guan, the chief soldier of the Sanqi Battalion, and Wang Wanxiang, the chief soldier of the Gancai Battalion, were executed, and the number of troops involved was nearly 10,000.

Zhang Xianzhong's wanton purge of military discipline not only failed to save the fate of defeat, but also made the contradictions in the internal rule of the Great Western Army superficial and intensified.

was purged of generals, and his colleagues released rumors to the outside that Zhang Xianzhong would slaughter the Sichuan people.

In addition, in the past two years, the Chengdu Plain has suffered a disaster, in previous years, thousands of miles of fertile soil, the country of abundance is now flooded, the cultivated fields are less than 3 percent of previous years, and the harvest in the fields is less than 80 percent of previous years, and the people are even harder.

First of all, when he heard that the Loyal and Righteous Army had defeated Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu and other generals one after another, occupied Tongchuan Prefecture, and the troops were directed at Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't sit still.

In late May, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to the south, preparing to defeat the southern Sichuan People's Army first, or enter Huguang again, or return to the division to defeat the loyal army.

In early June, he led hundreds of ships down the Tuojiang River and met the Ming Dynasty deputy general Yang Zhansuo.

Yang Zhan once tested the flowers of the National Martial Arts Association, saw that the Great Western Army was menacing, and did not dare to defeat the enemy, so he led the elite soldiers to attack the baggage fleet of the Great Western Army to force it to retreat.

The contemporaries described the battlefield of that day, Yang Zhan's soldiers divided into two routes, took the lead, slashed and killed several people, approached the rear team of the rogues, and then set off fireworks.

The wind was strong, the rear team was suddenly attacked, the front of the Great Western Army was in chaos, and there was no way to fight back, Zhang Xianzhong led the main force to turn around and go back to help.

However, the two sides of the strait are steep, the waterway is narrow, and thousands of ships in front and behind, end to tail, are difficult to advance an inch.

At this time, the wind is fierce and fierce, and the momentum is like a prairie fire;

Yang Zhan took advantage of the situation to lead the main force to counterattack, and the Great Western Army was defeated, with many soldiers killed and wounded, and thousands of boxes of jewelry sank to the bottom of the river.

This is the battle of Pengjiangkou in Sichuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the mystery of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure that made a lot of noise.

At this time, after seeing the gradual establishment of the local county and township governments in Tongchuan Prefecture and the gradual stabilization of the place, Yang Xuan met with the generals of the Great Western Army who had escaped from Chengdu Mansion every day.

Among them, including Hong Zhenglong, a native of Hubei, the chief soldier of the Zhenwu Battalion

The chief soldier of the Sancai Battalion, a native of Shandong

The chief soldier of the decisive battalion, a native of Yanzhou, Shaanxi, Wen Zirang

Yongding Battalion Chief Soldier, Huguang Wusheng, Guo Shangyi.

…….

They are respectively awarded to the chief of staff of the regiment, the battalion commander, or the senior staff officer of the loyal army, and the real power is granted to those who lead the troops to take refuge.

These people are different from Jin Tongwu, Wang Zhibang, Yang Wei, Wang Fuchen and others captured on the battlefield, seeing Zhang Xianzhong**** making people angry, and the local people are not happy, abandoning their future, risking life and death, hoping to continue the westward expedition and eradicate Zhang Xianzhong****.

Wen Zirang and Hong Zhenglong introduced that in 1644 AD (the seventeenth year of Chongzhen), Zhang Xianzhong led 300,000 people into Sichuan, including about 200,000 soldiers and horses, and 100,000 family members.

However, because there were too many people and horses in Sichuan, and the floods in the Chengdu Plain, many farmers were abandoned, and local displaced people were everywhere, and local production was limited.

Daming is an agricultural society, Chengdu Plain has always been the country of abundance, in the first year of Chengdu Treasury, Shu Wangfu still has a large amount of grain, everyone can eat a lot, but just like the ****** People's Commune in the previous life, everyone eats until the summer of the second year, everyone feels the seriousness of the problem.

Dujiangyan was destroyed, the Chengdu Plain is still troubled, and many low-lying areas have become ponds in the event of heavy rain, and the land is rarely renovated due to a large number of people abandoning the land, but it was more serious last year.

Due to the floods, although some people continue to farm, most of them have been abandoned, and the land is limited, and even if you have money, it is difficult to sell food.

There are few people who sell grain in the locality, and there are many people who sell grain, and the price of grain has soared all the way, and in the peaceful and prosperous times, the price of grain is generally 5-8 yuan a load, and now 2 taels of silver and 3 taels of silver cannot be bought.

Seeing that the government yamen inventory of grain is decreasing day by day, the Ming Dynasty has accumulated for more than 200 years, during which although the army is in chaos, but in rich places like the Chengdu Plain, the government has a lot of grain, and it stands to reason that it can be eaten for a year or two, but now there is very little grain sales in the market.

Of course, the cunning Zhang Xianzhong knows that many large families hoard grain at home, and now that the price of grain is so high, he does not take it out to buy it, which is more than his own.

In this way, soldiers and horses were sent to various places, arrested large families, and forced them to hand over money and food.

But the news that Zhang Xianzhong was going to slaughter the Sichuan people had already spread, and now seeing Zhang Xianzhong like this, everyone believed in the fact of slaughtering Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong complained bitterly, the Ming army was pressing step by step, and the granary grain was decreasing day by day, and the Great Western Army still had more than 100,000 people, but if you include the family members and the soldiers and horses of the local guards who captured Zhuangding, the number of people who ate was more than 300,000.

Since last summer, everyone has reduced their rations, just like eating a big pot of rice in their previous life, ****, first the families of the army, the displaced people, followed by ordinary soldiers and horses, and finally even the four major governors and the pro-army of the four generals are not very full.

In order to have a full stomach, the Onishi Army was mixed, and many people went out to collect food, so that military discipline deteriorated day by day, and the local economy was even more dilapidated.