At the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen took another prince Zhu Cihong south to Nanjing to supervise the country, none of the ministers objected, the prince led the prince to protect 15,000 people and the Shenji battalion, 3,000 battalions, a total of 5,000 people went south to Nanjing, and the ministers were sent to the place of 20 miles outside the Guangqu Gate, and some old ministers burst into tears to express their reluctance to the prince.

"The crown prince went south to prison the country?" At this moment, the only thing that can describe Xiaochuan's thoughts is the word pit father, the south is extremely rich, especially south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Yangzhou, which place is not rich to the point of flowing oil, if he is reluctant to his own full-war base, Xiaochuan also wants to run to the south, south of the Yangtze River does not want the north to be affected by natural disasters at all, and there is no three rings from the north.

Jiangnan Province can fully support more than 300,000 troops, not to mention other places in the south, as the Jiangnan region where agricultural commerce has developed to the extreme, and the best craftsmen, Guangdong firearms are excellent foreigners come to buy, Macao has foreign-made artillery factories, and the artillery made by the East and the West combines the casting advantages of Eastern and Western casting.

"Do you want to set up an ambush while he goes south?" Xiao Chuan said that if he wanted to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible, if the wealth of the southern land was given to the prince to gather the area south of the Yangtze River, then the dynasty representing the interests of the landlord class would continue to rule, which he did not want to see. The opponent's Jiangnan is far superior to its own Shandong, and the only disadvantage is the lack of war horses and fierce generals who can stand and fight.

Wang Heng was also dignified, and said: "If the prince is in the south of the Yangtze River, recruits the people of Lianghuai as cavalry, and then uses the wolf soldiers of Guangxi as his wings, as well as the benefits of firearms and artillery in the south, it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses of Shandong to resist!" Wang Heng said.

Be a servant of the dragon! Xiao Chuan was unwilling to be the dust of such a feudal dynasty, and said: "The people of Shandong add up to more than 1.8 million, and tens of millions in the south of the Yangtze River!" Xiao Chuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Especially he is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and he can also recruit the people of the two Huai branches, where are the original horse households, and the people of the two Huai are fierce, there are many people who raise horses at home, and the horse chivalry, so that he can form a strong cavalry, and the children of Jiangnan can form an infantry, and the north depends on the land of Jiangnan, and it is difficult for us to resist," Wang Heng said, with a kind of indifferent sadness in his tone.

The two Huai people are fierce, there have been many righteous armies since ancient times, Zhu Yuanzhang in the late Ming Dynasty, and the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, so the prince lacks nothing, Wang Heng shook his head and said: "I think this son is a hero, if he gets the blessing of the world, it is not the blessing of all the people!" ”

Hearing his words, Xiao Chuan was entangled in his heart, and a heavy thing pressed on his heart and said, "Let's take a step and watch one" Xiao Chuan said, if he can unify the south, it is fine, at least if he is destroyed by the Tartars in the north, at least there is a unified Nanming in the south that can compete with the Qing army in the south, and he also has an unspeakable entanglement, which is not only unwilling for the other party to develop in Jiangnan, but also expects him to develop.

Wang Heng said: "We can let Beidou's spies secretly contact Jiangnan Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo and others to sow discord and provoke their Mao Dun!" ”

'Forget it!' Xiao Chuan shook his head and said: "If the Qing army can't resist it when it goes south to Shandong, the prince can still continue to be dressed south of the Yangtze River" Xiao Chuan now has some understanding of Zhang Xianzhong's idea of letting his subordinates give up their prejudices and go south to join the Ming Dynasty when he was dying.

"Childe, talking about these things at this time is like our army will be defeated in the future" Wang Hengda laughed and said: "As long as the Ming army is united, the Qing army will never go south" He smiled.

"Can the Ming army really be united?" Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the city, and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult."

"Don't talk about this, the Tuntian army we sent out to collect customs duties at this moment will soon be sent to harvest!"

Collect tariffs! Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled, but also helpless, the Ming Dynasty's tariffs were not collected, and the official ships were not collected, so a large number of merchant ships were pasted with fake brands, or officials were found to evade taxes, the eunuchs' ships were not collected, and the Jinshi people were not collected, so a large number of Jinshi people made a fortune.

There are also a large number of armed smugglers and local tyrants who are entangled with the powerful and powerful, holding troops and swords, like strong thieves, trading at night, and moving tens of thousands." When Xianzong became a prisoner, "the fugitives everywhere, privately built large ships to cover the ocean, sold smuggled salt, gathered more than 100 people per boat, held weapons with banners, started from Suyang, and went up to Jiujiang and Huguang to sell, but along the way, they encountered ships such as officials, people, merchants, and merchants, and looted wantonly.

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The canal is the Grand Canal established since the Sui Dynasty, it is to bear the weight of the Ming Dynasty's transportation, as well as the transportation of merchant ships from all over the country, a layer of white fog floats on the wide canal in the morning, standing on the shore and looking into the distance, the smoke is vast, the sound of a burst of flowing water washes the shore, the sound is very crisp, the shore is a few search for fortune boats, the cannon flickering cold.

"General, isn't this too much money, the big ship pays five hundred taels of silver" The official on the side said with a strange expression on his face: "It's good that they can pay taxes" He wiped his sweat and said, his dark face had a helpless expression, he has been working here for almost twenty years, and he has no extravagant hope for receiving money, but these people came directly to a big ship for five hundred taels.

"How?" Liu Yuan smiled, touched himself, glanced at the mustache, and said with indifference on his face: "Then Zheng Zhilong collects three thousand silver for a boat, and my five hundred taels is his sixty-one, which is already very little" He said, brushed his robe and said: "General Cao, don't worry, you don't know how to collect gold at the checkpoints on the road, that's called much, hehe"

Likin? Cao Wen was stunned for a moment, he had heard that the money charged at the checkpoint on the road was even more outrageous, and the caravan had to charge one-fifth of the money, and said: "Then general, aren't you afraid that they will bypass Shandong and go to other places to pass?" ”

"Oh?" Liu Yuan smiled: "Do you know that there are so many bandits and thieves in other places, I am so safe in Shandong, they don't go to Shandong, do you force your caravan to be robbed!" Huh"

This? Cao Wen was silent, this is indeed the truth, but he was still worried but didn't dare to say anything, he could only look down at the water in front of him, and he still didn't have any hope that those merchant ships could pay taxes.

A small boat woke up on the river, but the unique boat type was a bird boat, the water surface rippled, and a man in a robe stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the banknote tax customs in front of him with an arrogant expression, and a businessman came out of it with an arrogant expression on his face, "Mr. Wang, I will rely on you in a while"

"Understood" Wang Mo hugged his fist and smiled, he didn't know how many times he had done to help merchant ships evade taxes, who would dare to move as soon as he revealed his identity? When the time comes, let those inspectors bear the charge of beating people!