Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

Zheng Chenggong is a talent, but he didn't expect that his thief king Ba Laozi would look like this.

However, Zheng Zhilong's dress is also compounded by his pirate identity, and it would be more vivid if he was blind again.

But since he called me the emperor, it seems that my previous judgment was wrong, he should not have supported Emperor Longwu yet, buddy, the stone hanging in my heart has finally landed.

"General Zheng, please get up!"

Zheng Zhilong and the others climbed up, he looked at me timidly, and said: "Please atone for the emperor, the minister is busy with official business and is about to go out of the city to greet him, but I didn't expect you to arrive, the emperor!" ”

"Oops, out of the way!"

With that, the group walked into the Zheng family's mansion.

Since there was no large palace in Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong directly turned his General Military Mansion into a palace.

Although the journey was very difficult, the buddy did not rest immediately, but asked Zheng Zhilong how the situation was on Wu Sangui's side now.

Zheng Zhilong said with a sinister eyebrow: "Back to the emperor, the minister received a report from the little child Zheng Sen yesterday, he said that Wu Sangui has broken through Nanjing, and is ready to fight Tongling again, and then go south to Fuzhou!" ”

Damn, Wu Sangui's miscellaneous pieces are really fierce enough, Nanjing was broken in just six days, if he is allowed to continue to fight like this, Fuzhou will be broken within four months.

And now the only thing that can save the situation is to rely on the Manchus to send troops to Shanhaiguan.

It's a pity that Zhang Zhao hasn't come back for a long time, buddy, I'm so anxious.

That said, I didn't sit still.

I think that since the capital has been moved to Fuzhou, it must be used as a base to recuperate and then go on the Northern Expedition.

And if you want to use Fuzhou as a base for the Northern Expedition, you must first have enough troops, and then you must have enough money and food.

Thinking of this, I said to Zheng Zhilong: "General Zheng, you go and inform all the ministers who are going south, and the officials in Fujian Province, and ask them to count the total tax revenue of the area where they are serving, as well as the number of soldiers and horses in the five provinces south of the Yangtze River now. Tomorrow morning, you must report to me truthfully! ”

Zheng Zhilong's thief king looked at me a little blankly and asked, "What does the emperor want this data for?" ”

"Since I want to use Fujian as a base to recover the Ming Dynasty, if I don't even know these basic data, how can I repel the thieves and Wu Sangui in the future?"

"Oh, the emperor is wise, the minister will do it!"

……

Early the next morning, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in the court.

After the official secretary Shi Kefa counted the number of officials, everyone reported to me the number of soldiers and horses and the total amount of taxes.

After listening to the report of these people, Lao Tzu really shuddered.

The data reported one by one is extremely unbearable.

Especially in terms of the source of soldiers, many generals told me that the imperial court has no money now, and it is impossible to recruit soldiers at all.

Although the ministers are crying poor, I am not stupid, because before I crossed, I read Gao Xiaosong's "Tragic Song of the Southern Ming Dynasty", he specifically said that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the court did not have money, but the ministers were generally corrupt and bribed, and they all filled their pockets, which eventually led to the poor and undeveloped operation of the court.

In view of this, I said to the people, "Now that the treasury is empty, do you have a good plan?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Zheng Zhilong's bastard stood up.

"Your Majesty, the treasury mainly comes from taxes, and the minister thinks that the treasury is empty now, but the taxes are too small, and the taxes of merchants and farmers can be appropriately increased; The main reason for the shortage of soldiers is that the imperial court has always implemented a conscription system. However, now there is no food in the army, and the people do not want to serve as soldiers, so the ministers think that compulsory conscription can be implemented. ”

I grass! If he wasn't Zheng Chenggong's father, Lao Tzu would definitely scold him after hearing these words.

Zheng Zhilong is worthy of being born as a pirate, and he has no talent for governing the country at all, and his ideas are no different from those of robbers.

You must know that the main reason why the northern peasants revolted was that in order to fight in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court increased taxes, and the people could not even eat, so there were rebels such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

I had just arrived in Fujian, and the situation had not yet stabilized, and if taxes were to be increased, it would not be possible to win the hearts and minds of the people.

As for the issue of the source of soldiers, Zheng Zhilong's strategy is also nonsense.

The Ming Dynasty has implemented a conscription system since Zhu Yuanzhang, and the so-called conscription system is to use money as a soldier.

But Zheng Zhilong is the head snake of Fujian after all, and the local officials are afraid of him, and when he finishes speaking, everyone neither objects nor agrees, and directly throws the question to me.

Dude, I'm not an indecisive Chongzhen, and I will be led by the nose by the minister.

I pondered for a moment and then said, "What General Zheng said makes sense, but I don't think this calculation is a good idea. The reason why Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rebelled was precisely because the people paid too heavy taxes, and if we continued to increase taxes, it would only be counterproductive. Therefore, I have decided to reduce the tax of the people of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River by two layers from now on! ”

Yes, if you want to stabilize people's hearts, it is a key to be lightly endowed.

The important reason why Tang Zong and Song Zu were able to become a generation of Ming monarchs was to make the people's lives stable.

Seeing me say this, Zheng Zhilong's thief king was dumbfounded, and he asked nonoristically: "Your Majesty, the treasury is already short of silver and money, if the tax is reduced again, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Of course, Lao Tzu knew that the treasury had no money, but what these civil and military generals had in their hands was money.

Just one Zheng Zhilong, his family's money is several times that of the national treasury, which Gao Xiaosong has said many times.

"Of course I know that the treasury is empty, but I know better that all of you here are rich and rival countries, and as for why you are so rich, I believe you know better than I do. Therefore, I proposed that after three days, I should take the lead in spontaneously donating money to the treasury, and at the same time, all officials should not be extravagant and wasteful, and must practice frugality. ”

After saying this, the ministers talked a lot, and Zheng Zhilong looked at me with an unhappy face.

Obviously, many corrupt officials don't want to donate money to the country, but buddies have a way.

"On the way to the south, I listened to the reaction of the people, and many officials in Jiangnan were corrupt and bent the law. Therefore, I decided to conduct an inventory of the finances of all officials after the donation, and if there is any corruption and lawlessness, it will be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty! ”

As soon as he said this, those corrupt officials instantly shut up, and the buddy's strategy was to force them to donate, and it was also to correct the unhealthy trend when Chongzhen was in power.

After talking about money, I talked about the source of soldiers again.

I thought of a simple strategy for conscription, that is, as long as the military generals recruited the number of soldiers specified by the imperial court, the official position would be promoted by one level.

Hearing me say this, a group of generals instantly became energetic, as if they saw hope.

At this moment, a man standing at the door of the court walked out, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the villain has a suggestion for money, food and conscription, I don't know if the emperor is willing to listen to it." ”

The person who spoke was about the same age as Zheng Chenggong. He was dressed in a green shirt, holding a sword, stepping on cloth shoes, and his face was extremely cold, looking neither a civilian official nor a military general, but more like an ordinary person.

Seeing him stand up, Zheng Zhilong became angry all of a sudden, and said very unhappily: "Anan, we are discussing state affairs with the emperor, as a retainer, don't participate in peace!" ”

I could tell that Zheng Zhilong felt that this guy had a low status and didn't want him to speak.

But I don't think so, because now is the time to employ people, and there can be no distinction between high and low.

"General Zheng doesn't have to be rigid about the noble and the lowly, what I need now is someone to advise and advise. What is this young man's name? ”

"Back to the emperor, the villain is Chen Jinnan, a person from the rivers and lakes!"

I'm grass, he is actually Chen Jinnan, and Lao Tzu was excited.

You must know about Chen Jinnan, I have only seen it on TV before, but I didn't think that I really met a real person this time.

And the heroism revealed in him is indeed exactly the same as what he played on TV.

I couldn't help blurting out and said: "I don't know Chen Jinnan in my life, even if I call myself a hero, it's in vain!" ”

Hearing me say this, a group of ministers were stunned, and Chen Jinnan was even more shy, because he didn't know how high the future would evaluate him.

"The emperor has won awards, and the villain is just a passer-by!"

"Oh, in my eyes, as long as I can contribute to the country, there is no difference between rivers and lakes and temples. Anan, you say, what's the best plan! ”

The villain believes that if the imperial court wants to have enough food, in addition to taxes and donations, there is also a place that can be used as a food base for the imperial court. This place is Taiwan separated by a river, but it is a pity that Taiwan is now occupied by foreigners......"

If he hadn't mentioned the Taiwan issue, buddy, I would have forgotten that Taiwan is still occupied by the Dutch.

But when he said that, he did give me good advice.

Historical records record that after the Qing army entered the Central Plains, Zheng Chenggong retreated to Taiwan alone, and held out until the Kangxi period before it was completely defeated.

It can be seen from this that Taiwan's importance is not only that it can solve the food problem, but also has great strategic significance.

It's just that Wu Sangui has not withdrawn his troops yet, and the five provinces south of the Yangtze River are also unstable, so it is impossible for me to rashly send troops to Taiwan.

So he said: "Anan, what you said is very reasonable, but the troops sent to Taiwan have to be put back." However, I appreciate your wisdom, and now I will appoint you as the Taiwan Inspector, and the next thing you have to do is to investigate for me how many soldiers and horses the foreigners have in Taiwan, and the specific route of my Ming attack on Taiwan! ”

"Emperor Xie, the villain must live up to his mission!"

As soon as Chen Jinnan's voice fell, there was a sudden noise at the door of the court, and then an unkempt and ragged guy rushed in.

Seeing that someone broke in, everyone was in a mess, and Chen Jinnan was about to use his sword.

I looked at it and saw that it was none other than Zhang Zhao, who had gone to Shengjing to ask for help from the Manchus.