Xiaozhan Town, located in the southern suburbs of Tianjin, is famous for its high-quality rice in later generations. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info In fact, rice cultivation has been started in the Xiaozhan area since the Song and Liao periods, and it did not start when it became famous in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the method of cultivating the fields in the south of the Yangtze River was adopted, and the cross fields were built, which was not less than 180,000 mu, and the yield per mu reached the level of four or five stones in paddy fields and one or two stones in dry fields. If you cover the place name, those who don't know think that this is Jiangnan and not Tianjin, the gateway to Yanjing.

Due to the loss of Jiangnan, the Qing court also tried its best to restore Xu Guangqi, Wang Yingjiao and other officials in the late Ming Dynasty to create the cross tuntian, but although Tianjin is not far from the capital, but there is also a small-scale anti-Qing army in the local area - Shunzhi five years, Tianjin anti-Qing heroine Zhang claimed to be the queen of the apocalypse to organize the people of Tianjin to resist the Qing was suppressed, the Qing court paid more attention to Tianjin, but the anti-Qing army still existed in the countryside, and the last two years have always been threatening the small station of Tuntian.

Because of this, from Dagukou to the Acropolis, it is possible to trace the Haihe River upstream, and the right army of Wuwei can move to the town and station, and the Haihe River in the Dagukou, the Acropolis and the Gegu section can be taken into account, and at the same time, it can deter and exterminate the local anti-Qing rebels in Tianjin, which can be called a multi-task.

The right army of Wuwei moved to the town, the construction of the camp and the preliminary preparations of Tianjin Mancheng still needed a lot of time, plus the fall of Lushun was not long ago, even if the Ming army was arrogant and really aimed at the General Bureau of Machinery Manufacturing of Tianjin Acropolis, it also needed time to strengthen Fort Arthur to ensure that this nail could be firmly inserted in southern Liaoning, but the town was not in a hurry.

As soon as the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming made a strange move in Lushun, the Qing court had no choice but to make necessary adjustments to the established layout. In fact, until today, the control area of the Qing court is still larger than the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but the size of the territory does not mean everything, whether it is the military situation, or the economy, the strength of the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is stronger, and as a stronger side, but where there is a storm, the weak side must tremble to make the most appropriate response, just like Zhejiang before the offensive and defensive situation.

When Chen Wen received the news, the Qing court's response to the adjustment of the grain route and the relocation of the right army of Wuwei had also been announced.

Without radio, Chen Wen would not have been able to remotely command Lushun, which was thousands of miles away, and he had never considered remote command.

The military affairs of southern Liaoning have been given full authority to Zhao Qian, the chief military officer of the military affairs of southern Liaoning, and the two lieutenant generals under his command, Zheng Qi is responsible for cutting off the grain route of the water division, and Li Huanxiang is responsible for attacking and harassing the four guards in the south. At least, Chen Wen has no plans to gather tens of thousands of troops in Lushun for the time being, and use huge ships and cannons to go straight to Dagu Pass or raid Shanhaiguan.

After several months of evidence collection and trial, a large number of gentry and businessmen in Susong Changzhen were arraigned for serious disturbance of social order and fornication, such as the Gu family in Wuxi, the Gao family, and the mastermind family like the Suzhou Wang family were uprooted, and Chen Wen carried out a round of bloodbath on those businessmen who participated in smuggling.

Of course, fines are also to be paid in silver dollars, and the officials of the Yamen of the Criminal Department have all changed their salaries to silver dollars, so naturally they are even more intolerant of those criminals using silver ingots to pay fines.

After this economic war was fought, Chen Wen used a brand-new tactic to strike at the local "reactionary forces," expanded his own strength, and even showed off his economic strength muscles to the whole of China and even to the surrounding regions.

Of course, Suzhou's economy was also greatly traumatized a year ago, and there was a large-scale vacuum in the capital base of the industrial chain, a large number of workshops and shops were seized, and the problem of "difficult employment" to find a job after the New Year has become a problem that the people of Suzhou often mention when greeting the New Year.

But before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole issue was no longer mentioned, because the case was quickly tried, and a large number of shops and workshops were sold by the government to the "moderate" gentry who had recently entered the Suzhou market and those workshop owners who had rushed over from eastern Zhejiang. The classmates took a hard bite on their bodies.

It will take time for Suzhou's economy to recover, but after eradicating these tumors that were accustomed to lawlessness by the Ming court and the meaning of existence is limited to disrupting the normal economic development, Suzhou's future development will be more benign.

It dealt a heavy blow to the Jiangnan gentry led by the remnants of the Donglin Party, and the "radical" gentry suffered a blow, but among the officials of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies and their supporters, there were still a large number of "moderate" gentry, among which there were more figures such as Qian Qianyi and Huang Zongxi who were also from the Donglin Party.

As for whether those "reactionary forces" will be jealous of Mr. Shui Taileng, not only Chen Wen doesn't care, but even Qian Qianyi won't care in the slightest, because he is well-informed and has already learned some important information, and maybe it won't be long before he can return to the court, and it is not inconceivable that he will be the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet.

In the first battle of Suzhou, the income was as high as tens of millions of taels of silver, and a large amount of materials were only sent back to the treasury of the government after only turning around in the treasury of the gentry and merchants, most of which will be used for the ongoing expansion of the army, training and the following Northern Expedition. Of course, the tiger whips sold by those Sichuan people are an exception, and the army does not need such a thing to "improve combat effectiveness".

has a lot of income, but Chen Wen is a lot stingy with his daughter-in-law and children, and he just gave a customized thing by himself. In contrast, since the formation of the army on Dalan Mountain in the fourth year of Yongli, Chen Wen directly increased the salaries of the officers and soldiers in the army, as well as the officials of the Qi palace and local places with silver money and grain.

"The local garrisons of the army and the inland river divisions of the provinces, the salaries of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, one or two five cents of money, and one stone of grain, increased to three silver dollars and one and a half stones of grain, and the number of officers increased; The salaries of all divisions, battalions, and naval soldiers of the army increased from one or two to five dollars and one stone of grain, to four silver dollars and two stones of grain, and the number of officers increased. The officials of the Qi Wangfu and the yamen of the prefectures and counties increased their salaries according to their official ranks and dispatches, and the governors ......"

The announcement has been issued, and officials in the army and local governments have responded enthusiastically, after all, no one will be disgusted with more money, and besides, it is all normal money.

"In this way, the annual military salary alone will be as high as more than nine million taels of silver, and this is not counting the grain. Furen, the strength of our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Division is strong, but the time to restore half of the Jiangnan is still short, and the family foundation is still too thin, is it a little ...... to be so big-hearted?"

In the first month, Chen Wen conducted a round of transfer services between the first-level officials of the governors of various places and the officials of various departments of the Qi Palace, including a series of local officials such as Sun Yu and Wang Jiang who were transferred back to the Qi Palace. As a recognized financial expert, Wang Jiang still learned the news of the growth of Yulu on the road, which was already a fait accompli, but after he arrived at the Qi Palace, he still couldn't help but complain to Chen Wenfa.

"Uncle, the taxation of the dynasty was originally Emperor Gao's attempt to restore the phenomenon of people's livelihood withering from the violent Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and recuperation is the core idea of such a wonderful tax system. However, the times have changed, and such a tax rate has been pursued for a long time, so why does the country raise troops. ”

"Furen, you must not raise taxes, now that half of Jiangnan has just been restored, the people really can't afford such a toss."

Before Chen Wen finished speaking, Wang Jiangdang interrupted. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three salaries were added, the number was not large, and the proportion was not large, but it still forced the people in the north to rebel. Chen Wen knows all this, and Wang Jiang also knows very well that Chen Wen knows this, but once it comes to tax increases, especially in this year, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies do not compete for salaries and salaries, but when Liao salaries still exist in taxes, it is indeed not a good thing to raise taxes again.

"Uncle, let me finish my words."

Knowing that Wang Jiang was well-intentioned, Chen Wen also shook his head and smiled before continuing what he said just now: "I remember that the salt tax in the Tang Dynasty accounted for half of the tax revenue, and the same was true for salt tea in the Song Dynasty. ”

The industrial and commercial taxes of the Ming Dynasty, on average, were basically no different from the thirty taxes of the grain tax. Huge profits in industry and commerce, far better than positive taxes, maintain such low taxes, handicrafts and commerce developed, by the end of the Ming Dynasty was not inferior to the Southern Song Dynasty, but the Ming court not only had no money to raise soldiers, but also forced the common people to rebel, which is also rare in the world.

Chen Wen's decision to raise the industrial and commercial tax rate was justified, but Wang Jiang was a little hesitant about this, and he pondered for a moment before saying to Chen Wen: "Furen, I know that you are not afraid of those gentry and merchants, but now the Northern Expedition is still the most important, and the stability of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the first priority. ”

Wang Jiang's meaning is very clear, for the sake of temporary stability, suspend the promulgation and implementation of the decree on raising the tax rate, which is also very tempting for Chen Wen, because it is not surprising that this year, that is, in the thirteenth year of Yongli, Chen Wen will raise an army to the Northern Expedition, with the current strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if it can be defeated, that is, a year's effort, it is indeed not impossible to consider.

However, Chen Wen shook his head, he hadn't thought about this matter, but in connection with the current situation and the new era he wanted, this risk was also worth taking. Moreover, now that the Jiangnan gentry had just suffered a heavy blow, Chen Wen was confident that he also had the prestige to subdue all opponents.

"Furen wants me to come back, just for this?"

Chen Wen had made up his mind, and Wang Jiang was helpless, so he had to do his best to help. The two have worked together for many years, and Chen Wen is too familiar with Wang Jiang, but he didn't just ask Wang Jiang to preside over the tax increase, at least not only that.

"Uncle, let's put it this way, now that the territory is bigger, the original authority of the Qi Wangfu is already a little insufficient, and the Northern Expedition is imminent, it is impossible for me to raise troops for the Northern Expedition while also disposing of the government affairs reported by the provinces, which is unrealistic, so we must further integrate and adjust the administrative system. This time, I asked you to come back, that is, I have a position equivalent to the head of the household, and I have to bother the great talent of the eldest uncle to preside over the financial plan for my Jiangsu and Zhejiang kings. ”

Chen Wen said that Wang Jiang could only understand that when there were only two provinces, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, one province was in charge of Sun Yu and the other was in charge of him, but with the continuous expansion of the occupied areas, there are now seven provinces and nine governors' jurisdictions, and a large number of high-ranking civil officials have been dispatched to various places, and they are directly responsible to Chen Wen alone, but such a large area, especially after Chen Wen raised troops to the Northern Expedition, this way of ruling is somewhat insufficient, and a new team must be established in Nanjing to manage it in a unified manner.

It's just that Chen Wen has not done this in the past few years, and a large part of the reason is that the Ming court did not grant him the corresponding rights. Chen Wen, the king of Qi, was only in charge of the military affairs of these provinces, and had no right to meddle in local administration, at least nominally.

"Furen, have you really figured it out?"

"Yes."

Chen Wen knew very well what Wang Jiang was referring to, but the time he had been waiting for was approaching, especially the situation in the southwestern provinces and the expansion of the Manchurian New Army, which drove him to make up his mind.

"So what is the name of this official position that Furen is going to leave me?"

The Ming court did not grant Chen Wen enough rights, and since Chen Wen still served the Ming court as the main one, there should be corresponding evasions. Wang Jiang understood what he meant, and Chen Wen laughed when he heard it.

"How's it going, Treasurer?"

"Minister of Finance?" Wang Jiang tasted this word for a while, but his face was narrow, and then he said with a smile: "It sounds really not deep, it might as well be called the book of the degree branch." ”

Wang Jiang's words, Chen Wen also put his mind at ease, this is an adjustment of the official system, but also a political statement, Zhang Huangyan has been temporarily left behind by him with the righteousness of expelling the Tartars, but for other people's thoughts, he has some expectations, but he does not dare to guarantee that there will be no accidents. But with Wang Jiang's words, he can be regarded as relieved.

"The Du branch is a good name, but I don't dare to use the word Shangshu, and I have no intention of providing materials for those imperial historians in the court to write chapters."

"Furen is also afraid?"

"I'm afraid that I'm not afraid, but I'm preparing for the Northern Expedition this year, and it's really unlucky to have a group of crows calling."

As soon as these words came out, the two also looked at each other and laughed. In the Han Dynasty, there were many cypress trees outside the Yushi Tai, and there were many crows in the mountains, so people called the Yushitai Wutai, and with Wutai, the imperial historians who were working in Wutai were all crows' mouths, but they also echoed their identity positioning.

Chen Wen has always disliked empty talk, and he would rather have the cool officials of the Supervision Department who supervise others for the sake of their official positions, rather than use those mouths to make the imperial history. Not to mention anything else, one is sincerely wanting to create political achievements and painstakingly investigating and collecting evidence, while the other, especially the imperial historians in the late Ming Dynasty, heard about things and made empty talk, this era is largely delayed by empty talk, and naturally it can't attract Chen Wen's favor.

After talking about the business and laughing at the jokes, Chen Wen took a sip of tea, but Wang Jiang remembered something and asked Chen Wen directly: "Furen, the marriage between Wanxun's daughter and Taichong's son, I remember that it is scheduled to be a month later." ”

The marriage between Wang Yi's daughter and Huang Zongxi's son was set very early, and even Chen Wen talked about it when he met Huang Zongxi for the first time after Wang Yi's death. Because Huang Zongxi's son was too young, the marriage was postponed to this day. Fortunately, with the current situation, Wang Yi's daughter does not have to resolutely self-judge in the face of being forced to marry someone else, which is also the last thing that Chen Wen can repay Wang Yi for his kindness back then.

"Yes, on the twenty-first of next month, I should also go and meet that Hainei Hongru."