The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

At the end of April, in the city of Beijing, the temperature is still very high in the evening, and the leaves of the Imperial Garden are wilting. There is no trace of wind in the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info which makes people feel unbearable.

Although he was sitting in the pavilion by the pool in the imperial garden, surrounded by ice cubes, and the palace maids fanning, Emperor Chongzhen still felt breathless.

Just stand up and walk back and forth in the pavilion. After a while, he began to stand in a daze again, staring blankly at the fish swimming in the pool.

Wang Chengen, who was waiting next to him, raised his head slightly to peek at Chongzhen, and keenly noticed that there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

In fact, Wang Chengen knows very well that Chongzhen has often had worries in his eyes since he was still a believer.

In the past, I was worried, worried about my life, and I didn't know when I would offend Wei Zhongxian and when a catastrophe would come.

Worrying now is worrying about the foundation of our ancestors, and there is nothing that does not bother people about the current state affairs.

Today, Chongzhen, who has always been diligent in government, followed his advice and came directly from the Wenhua Palace to the Imperial Garden to relax. It seems that he is really under too much pressure.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stopped walking, turned to Wang Chengen and said, "Companion, did you say it will rain recently?" ”

"Your Majesty, things must be reversed, and there has been a drought for so long. Now maybe the hot weather is concentrated in the capital, and it is already raining around Gyeonggi. ”

What else can Wang Chengen say, he has to comfort him with the wrong mouth.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at the fiery red sun in the west, which was about to set and still spewing fire, and couldn't help sighing.

He also knew that he couldn't ask anything, he just said it to relieve his stress.

I really hope that God can create a miracle and help me breathe, Chongzhen thought.

Recently, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Shaanxi ...... Governors of more than a dozen provinces have reported this year's drought, and in serious places such as Shandong and Shaanxi, they cannot even guarantee water for people and livestock.

Alas, the house leak coincided with the overnight rain, only a few days of comfortable days, accompanied by the drought that affected half of the Ming Dynasty, it is foreseeable that the future will be difficult.

"Big companion, you said that Bachelor Yang levied a year's salary, should you agree to it?"

said that it was a distraction, Chongzhen was always thinking about national affairs in his heart.

At the beginning of April, Yang Sichang resigned from the post of secretary of the Ministry of War in the name of Ding Wei and recommended Chen Xinjia to serve as the post.

At the same time, he seconded Lu Xiangsheng's proposal and agreed to eradicate the 40,000 rebels who were hoarding in Gucheng.

In order to avoid leaking the news, Zhang Xianzhong stabilized him, and concentrated on exterminating the rebels in one go.

Yang Sichang figured out the emperor's intentions and secretly asked the superintendent. Emperor Chongzhen Longyan Dayue ordered Yang Sichang to supervise Pingkou and give Shang Fang a sword.

Before leaving, he reiterated the encirclement and suppression plan of four squares and six corners and ten sides of the net, and pointed out three points: first, the outside must first be safe; Second, enough food and then foot soldiers; Third, only by protecting the people can we.

On this basis, it is suggested that four methods should be adopted: equal loss, overflow of land, cases of students sent to prison, and post delivery, and order the training of border soldiers and militia training.

An additional levy of one cent of silver per mu was levied, and a total of 7.3 million taels were levied nationwide.

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, how could he dare to make suggestions for such a military event?

But since Chongzhen asked, it was not good not to answer, he lowered his head and looked at his feet, "Emperor, why don't you ask Governor Qin's opinion, the old slave thinks that this young governor has a lot of ideas." ”

In fact, this sentence has already revealed his inner thoughts, and he still remembers that Qin Haoming suggested that Chongzhen should not accept three salaries, but he was beside him.

"The floods in the south of the Yangtze River, the drought in the north, the border gates need to pay silver, and the civil and military officials want to be paid...... But the tax tax of Daming is only four million a year.

The last time the Fan family and other three Jin merchants were checked, they finally got more than 7 million yuan, which can make up for the arrears of the past years, and there is not much left. ”

Chongzhen counted one by one with his fingers, and the entire brow was indissolvably rich.

Daming's family is not easy to be!

"I really want to learn from Qin Aiqing, regardless of the autumn wind and looting money to raise soldiers, but after all, the country's legal system is not allowed by the ancestors.

One place is fine, but the whole country is not good. ”

Recently, there have been occasional rumors of the imperial historian impeaching Qin Haoming for looting money everywhere. Later, when I received his secrets, I realized that the reason was to raise money and train the troops.

It should be said that by now, Chongzhen has become extremely disgusted with the Qingliu Imperial Historian in the court, that is, the Donglin Party.

It turned out that he thought he was smarter than his brother Tianqi, and he could control the wild horse of the Donglin Party for his own use.

Therefore, as soon as he came to power, he immediately expelled Wei Zhongxian's party, and the Donglin people reinstated.

However, he suffered a lot. In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, the Donglin Party, which returned to power, exempted many taxes.

However, the nine-sided town alone consumes 9 million taels of silver from the treasury every year, and consumes the finances of the Ming Dynasty in a few years.

However, these Donglin Party members, who took advocating Confucianism as their own responsibility, turned a blind eye and did not hear it.

Most of the pieces presented are stupid and corrupt opinions, strange theories on paper, and moral articles that do not help national affairs.

Moreover, the party struggle between the DPRK and China has intensified, attacking each other and restraining each other.

No matter how ambitious Chongzhen is and makes great efforts, it is difficult to cope with this situation.

"Big companion, send five hundred taels of silver, two royal horses, and ten pieces of silk to celebrate Qin Aiqing's engagement."

Chongzhen indifferently ordered, this move is also to warn the imperial historian that in the future, don't let go of this matter again, it's just a normal human relationship.

"No!"

Wang Chengen bowed down to receive the order and ordered the little yellow door who followed him to prepare.

"There is only one year of temporary suffering for the people!"

The hot weather made Chongzhen a little irritable, and in front of the people and the country, Chongzhen finally chose to increase his salary.

On April 23, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty decided to train the elite soldiers of each town and increase the salary for training due to the increasing importance of the eastern affairs.

Auxiliary minister Yang Sichang decided: Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, Guyuan, Lintao, Liaodong, Jizhen, and Baoding, Jifu, Shandong, and Hebei towns and soldiers should be trained by the general towns, governors, and general soldiers.

Therefore, there is a levy for training, and the initial increase in training is expected to end in one year. The salary is exhausted and the chaos is not settled, and half of it is levied.

On April 27, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Qin Haoming received a secret performance from the imperial court, and along with the holy decree, there was also Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of Xuanda Town.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!

"Yang Sichang misunderstood the country, Yang Sichang misled the country!"

Qin Haoming pinched the secret music in his hand and muttered to himself, his heart full of sadness.

It can't be said that Emperor Chongzhen is not vigilant and diligent, judging from what he did, he really hopes to revive the Ming Dynasty.

To this end, he purged the eunuchs and appointed ministers he trusted.

But Yang Sichang, who he trusted the most, was one of the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty.

With the collection of three salaries, the rebellion of the domestic rebels was no longer unstoppable.

The Ming Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, and it may be no way to suppress the rebels and strengthen the border defense by increasing taxes.

Chongzhen's original plan was to stop collecting it for one year, but what he didn't expect was that the salary had been exhausted and the chaos was not settled, which increased the burden on the people, and the people were struggling to make a living, so that more people joined the ranks of the uprising.

This led to a strange circle, because as the rebels grew, they needed more military spending, which was supported by heavier taxes.

Of course, in the end, it could not be supported, and the mansion of the Ming Dynasty collapsed.

The wage suppression failed to quell the civil strife, and the salary training did not work.

It's not that the more money you spend, the more beautiful things will be, but because you have more money, there will be more people who have the idea of making this money.

Hopes of strengthening the border were also disappointed, and in the end they were unable to resist the entry of the Jiannu army.