Outside the Restoration Palace, a group of people blocked in front of the palace gate and begged to see the emperor, and among these people, it was rare to see all kinds of people with different positions without fighting each other - of course, eye contact was quite sharp. The civil servants who came all the way were appointed to higher positions than before, and regarded themselves as the emperor's old team, and looked down on the "non-right" bureaucrats who had "changed jobs" and "made departments". And these two types of people don't have a good face for the former. In the eyes of each other, several high-ranking officers have good karma on both sides: civilian officials who have survived to this day generally have a good relationship with military attachés, while bureaucrats who have been transferred to other jobs face their old superiors.

And the one who is the leader of them is Tai'an Gong Dou Fame, Dou Fame returned the favor on both sides, and quietly separated them. Fighting here, no matter how you say it, the impact is not good.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 20 people blocked outside now, and now they are blocked in front of the palace gate, and I ask Your Majesty to see them."

Zhu Youlang tried his best to look calm and relaxed, but there was a piece of paper in front of him full of all kinds of strange strokes and symbols from left to right, which showed that he was manic at this time: "Yang Banban, didn't I say it, don't you see?" ”

"However, Tai'an Gong is also outside." Yang Qiangyi said tentatively.

Since the fame of Tai'an Gongdou contacted many native soldiers with the gold-lettered signboard of Wu Sangui, he has commanded the old army of a battalion with the position of deputy chief of staff; In the face of this national hero who has the merit of protection, Zhu Youlang feels that he really can't see it.

"Then let Tai'an Gong come to see me. The others told them to disperse quickly, and if they had to wait, then I would not care. ”

Zhu Youlang flicked his sleeves, revealing an impatient expression. Yang Qiangyi blinked, and the insider who was standing in a corner ran out to give the order.

"How is Tai'an Gong doing recently?" Zhu Youlang stopped Dou Mingming's salute.

"I didn't dare to ask His Majesty, but when I heard about the victory of the Northern Expedition, I was naturally comfortable physically and mentally. Thousands of Manchuria and Eight Banners fled without a fight, the traitors of the Green Camp surrendered to the wind, and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Yunnan returned to the rule of the imperial court, how could the ministers be bad? ”

Hold on to a high profile?

"You group of martial artists, also give me some flowers." Zhu Youlang thought to himself, "It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country, on the map, there are about 400,000 households in the three counties of the five prefectures and two prefectures under the Burmese political envoy, but in fact, we can also control the eight counties of the two prefectures and two prefectures along the Irrawaddy River, and the rest of the places are the land that will be pulled down when the tax is paid." ”

"And these two prefectures, two prefectures, eight counties, and the combined population can exceed 500,000."

"Needless to say, I also know that the Duke of Tai'an is here to persuade me to move back to the capital and no longer put it in this foreign place, but why don't I want to?"

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that you need to return it to the capital of Yunnan, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Yunnan and other places can always collect more money and goods." Dou Mingming has fought for so many years, but he will not be full of dogmas like Confucian scholars.

"But what about Burma?" Zhu Youlang asked rhetorically, "What about Myanmar?" ”

"In the opinion of the Duke of Tai'an, why can the imperial court gain a foothold in Burma?"

"Hmm... The Burmese king's army is too weak, and it will collapse at the first touch, and the weak will bully the strong, and there is a reason for it to survive again? ”

"Alas, Tai'an Gong's words are wrong! Meng Yuan was in the Central Plains for more than 100 years, relying on the Han army in the early stage, and in the later period, the same large landlords ruled the localities, and implemented the tax package system in various places. Many of the previous reigns of the Burmese kings in Myanmar were like this, but can we do that? ”

"Of course not! The reason why Dongyu was able to seize the opportunity to steal Shenzhou during the window period of breaking into the camp and the internal fighting of the Emperor was because of its high tax efficiency, and it was said that in the first year of Longwu, the area controlled by the Imperial Court was able to solve tens of millions of taels of silver! Before the Northern Expedition of King Min, it exceeded 20 million taels. This is still against the background of the slaughter of the Eastern captives everywhere, and the routs and rogues are wreaking havoc in China and infringing on the people! ”

"If our tax methods are the same as those of Meng Yuan, even if they are restored to the Hongguang period, they will also be strangled by the Dongyu!"

"On the contrary, if we are diligent in cultivating our internal strength, develop with peace of mind, and squeeze out every inch of oil and water as much as possible, we will be able to finally defeat Dongyu. Of course, this is not the same as squeezing the small people--- Chongzhen added an average of about a few points per mu of land during the Chongzhen years, how many people really can't afford a few pieces of silver? How can it be! It's not a good thing that those local tyrants and bad gentry do! When Shenzhou is sinking, China is in danger, there are many wanderers in the Guan, and the East is knocking on the Guan, why don't these people obediently take out the silver and hand it over to protect their families and defend the country? Didn't you say that for the sake of capitalism, you shouldn't surrender if you starve to death? ”

Zhu Youlang complained frantically in front of Dou Mingming, and he was in a fog when he listened: What is capitalism? It's understandable to defend the country, but how come I've never heard that? However, let them obediently take out the silver to understand it, but "good money is hard to give up", and those who can take money and food out to work in the army at critical moments like Comrade Zhu Gongqi are still relatively sober.

However, Dou Mingwang also felt that this was quite right: he followed Zhang Xianzhong in his early years, and he also broke a lot of fences at that time, and some of them even broke to kill chickens and scare monkeys because they refused to pay "protection fees". In addition, even if Xiying and Chuangying are not very harmonious, he has heard about the recovery of stolen goods and salaries in Shuntian Mansion, isn't this looking for death by himself?

Dou Mingwang nodded, expressing his agreement with the emperor's statement. But before he could figure out how to persuade him, Zhu Youlang said again: "I will give you a hand, it seems that the household department and the internal affairs office are throwing money everywhere, but in fact, the silver in my hand is quite nervous, and I have borrowed a lot of silver from a few merchants." And more than 20% of this silver was actually invested in Ava and ZTE's workshops. ”

"The minister has heard of it, and he dares to ask His Majesty why this is?"

"I think that the water in the rivers can push and imitate the operation, and the steam that spews out can naturally be pushed, and it can be pushed better, as long as this kind of machine can be built, and the track is laid, it can travel more than a thousand miles in a day and night at the fastest, if this thing is completed, from Yunnan Mansion to Ava, at most a few days! At that point, it's not too late to head north again. ”

It is good to say that it revealed the ambition of some traversers and sent away the enthusiastic Dou fame, and Zhu Youlang decided to face this problem directly. He splashed ink and wrote a half-written article by himself, calling Liu Xiang, who was in charge of intelligence and other things in Jinyiwei: "Print this and send it to the market as soon as possible." ”

Liu Xiang nodded yes, but Zhu Youlang didn't wave his hand to let him leave.

"Let me ask you, can you do it if you have a text messenger?" This question was asked by Zhu Youlang after thinking about it for a long time, and he was able to run from Yunnan to Nanjing and back, and along the way, he memorized so much information from memory, and found a lot of Zheng Jun's problems.

(End of chapter)