And moving rich families from all over the world to Zhenyuan Mansion is also a plan that Lian Zining has thought of a long time ago. Although the outer city of Zhenyuan Mansion has been planned, there are no households living in it, and although Zhenyuan Mansion has now opened a sea route from the Songhua River to major ports in the interior, there is a fatal flaw - the civil foundation is too weak.

To put it bluntly, the people are too poor, have no money, and have no capital to invest.

The poor people don't even have the money to buy ships and go to sea, and they don't even have the capital to buy goods to do business, and no matter how developed the transportation and how convenient the conditions are, they will not be able to develop at all. How important is the first pot of gold? Without start-up capital, it is in vain to say anything.

This is especially true of the private sector.

The relocation of wealthy households from all over the country to Zhenyuan Mansion can fill the Zhenyuan Mansion on the one hand, and solve this problem on the other hand. The arrival of a large number of wealthy gentry has brought a large amount of working capital, and according to the thinking of the Chinese people who have money to buy land first, some of these funds must be invested in land. As a result, some peasants must have lost their land as a result of land annexation, and these peasants would flow into the towns and villages—from the countryside to the cities—to work and earn money, and thus the burgher class in the embryonic period of capitalism was initially created.

The other part of the funds will be used to invest in workshops and produce goods for sale, and a considerable part will also be used to buy ships, purchase goods, go east to sea, and enter the customs to sell. This immediately boosted the economy around Zhenyuan Mansion.

And the abundant labor force will also solve the problem of labor shortage in those workshops that are about to be built in the outer city of Zhenyuanfu.

In this way, the entire industrial chain can be turned. The economy will embark on a benign path of vigorous development.

As for the aggravation of land annexation around Zhenyuan Mansion caused by the influx of a large number of wealthy gentry into Zhenyuan Mansion, Lian Zining has never worried about such a thing. It's useless to worry – unless it's a ban on land sales. It is absolutely impossible to stop this phenomenon by any decree or administrative system.

As the most valuable resource and wealth of this era, the accumulation of land into the hands of the rich is an inevitable phenomenon.

Looking at the previous dynasties, it is better to be true, at the beginning, due to the war at the end of the previous dynasty, the population was greatly reduced, and the ownerless land was everywhere, so as soon as the new dynasty was established, there was a large amount of land on hand that could be distributed independently. The peasants were given a lot of land and land. However, with the development of the economy, the land in the hands of the peasants became less and less, and the land in the hands of the landlords and gentry was more and more, and then in the later period, the contradictions were stimulated, and a large number of landless peasants became displaced people, and then a great peasant uprising broke out, and the whole dynasty fell apart.

The direction of its fortune is roughly like this.

If you want to solve this problem, unless the commodity economy is highly developed. Social commerce flourished, and agriculture and land relegated from a dominant to a secondary position in the economy – for example, the level of economic development in Lian Zining's time.

Obviously, this is not possible.

But Lian Zining also has a solution - the officials and gentry pay for the grain in one piece.

This is why he began to implement the integration of officials and gentry from a long time ago. You are rich and powerful, and your family has thousands of acres of fertile land, okay. If you occupy this land, you have to pay so much tax. And so it goes. The country's revenues were not lost, and the risk of peasant uprisings was greatly reduced – why did uprisings occur so frequently in the late Ming Dynasty? It is because the gentry do not pay food. No taxes were collected, and the land in the hands of the gentry was increasing, and the land of the yeoman farmers was getting less and less, but because of the policy of the gentry not paying grain, as long as the land was annexed by the gentry, it was equivalent to being out of the control of the state. With the development of a dynasty, the state institutions became more and more bloated and inefficient, so the expenses were only greater, so that the taxes could not be reduced, so these taxes were added to the people.

This is the most fundamental reason for the demise of the dynasty.

Ming died in civil officials, this is the truth.

Therefore, for Lian Zining, the integration of officials and gentry into grain is the most important and fundamental of all the policies he promotes!

Of course, the triggering of social contradictions is inevitable, but Lian Zining's measures can greatly slow down this process, and according to his estimates, it will take at least 200 years for the contradictions to intensify to an irreconcilable level. But 200 years from now, who cares?

Although Lian Zining is not the Louis XV who will be in charge of the flood after my death, he will not plan for his children and grandchildren hundreds of years later.

Those who want to build a legacy for all generations end up dying in the second generation.

Each person has his own fate, and his children and grandchildren have their own blessings.

On the fifth floor of Linchuan Building, Lian Zining was looking from the railing.

The distant mountains are turbulent, and the dense forests are dyed with ink.

Looking at the city again, there was a hustle and bustle everywhere, and there seemed to be a faint burst of crying and sighing, from his point of view, he could see that many people were busy, and many people were coming in and out.

Naturally, I was busy packing my bags and was about to move.

The voice of the guard came from behind: "My lord, the Su County Order is here." ”

"Hmm." Lian Zining nodded, and waved his hand without looking back: "You go down!" ”

"Yes!"

The guard went down, there were only two people left upstairs, and Su Jisheng stood behind Lian Zining, looking down, not knowing what he was thinking. It's just that the sound of heavy breathing from time to time means that his mood is definitely not as calm as it seems on the surface.

"Master Su, do you know why this official came to you?" Lian Zining asked lightly.

Su Jisheng smiled bitterly: "Is the adult finally going to do something to him?" ”

Lian Zining smiled slightly: "Who said that this official wants to do something to you?" ”

"My lord, you first beheaded Liu Fengli, and then installed cronies in the Gold Mining Bureau, and then moved those wealthy businessmen and rich gentry to Zhenyuan Mansion, and all the forces in Luoshan County are almost empty, except for the lower officials." Su Jisheng looked at Lian Zining's back, his eyes were a little surprised, and a little strange: "The adults act, the lower officials don't understand it, but no matter how domineering you are." Eradicate dissidents, or simply have a disobedience to the current court. wants to dominate one side, and Xia Guan is from the imperial court. Officials who are not under the control of adults cannot be kept or tolerated. ”

He thought that he would die, so he spoke unscrupulously, so he sighed and said lightly: "It's just that the lower officials want to advise your lordship that since the first emperor unified the six countries, the only person who can seek a country with the power of one place is Emperor Yongle, the ancestor of this dynasty." I don't know why Uncle is so confident. Is it a vain attempt to use the power of Songjiang to seize the world? ”

"Today's Daming is no longer the original Daming, although this official does not dare to compare himself with Emperor Yongle, but the sentence that the ruler is short and the inch is long, hasn't Master Su heard of it?" Lian Zining smiled faintly: "Besides, there are countless elite soldiers under the command of this official, but at this point, there are only 50,000 soldiers under his command at the beginning." Emperor Yongle in the land of Beiping Erfu in Baoding is much stronger. ”

Su Jisheng was silent.

When he listened to Lian Zining's words and jumped out of the limitation of 'the power of one place will definitely not be able to defeat one country', he found out. What Lian Zining said is indeed very reasonable.

Lian Zining continued: "Su Jisheng, others don't know where you came from. But the official is very clear. ”

"You were originally born as a Jinshi, and you passed on to high school when you were not a weak crown. can be regarded as a dragon and phoenix figure among people, but he is just a young man. Inevitably arrogant, when he was serving in the Hanlin Academy, he wrote poems to ridicule Jiang Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and was hated by Jiang Bin, and instructed someone to impeach and frame him, and demoted to the order of Luoshan County. On the way to take office, he encountered mountain bandits again, and the whole family was killed, leaving you alone to escape with your life. How's it going, official, right? ”

"How do you know that clearly?" Su Jisheng's complexion changed greatly, and Lian Zining's words aroused the great hatred in his life, and he was in great pain, his white face instantly turned red, and his eyes seemed to be about to spew fire, and he shouted at Lian Zining.

Lian Zining naturally knew that in order to unify the slaves, he was also extremely well prepared, and before leaving from the capital, he specially asked his father-in-law to make a list. The directory is a file directly submitted from the Ministry of Officials, which records the identities and resumes of all civil and military officials under the jurisdiction of Nuergan, what their backgrounds are, whether they are good or evil, and their style of conduct. Now the resumes of these officials are all recorded in Lian Zining's mind.

For Lian Zining, killing is not the best way, in fact, killing is never the best way, let alone the ultimate goal, it is just a less clever but absolutely effective one. Of course, there are people in these officials, but more of them are people with both talent and learning, and they have been officials for many years and have rich experience.

Lian Zining said slowly: "This official not only knows this, but also knows that those mountain bandits who killed your whole family are actually behind them under the command of the local Jinyi Wei Qianhu. ”

"I know that, too!" Su Jisheng let out a low roar in his throat, he clenched his fists hard, and the corners of his eyes were almost breaking and bleeding: "But how do you know?" Don't know what? Jiang Bin's power is all over the world, how can I help him? ”

"You can't help it, I can't help it."

Lian Zining's devilish voice full of temptation sounded again: "This official sees that you are a talent, so he will not kill you, but this official has a principle, that is, the order is forbidden, all local officials within the jurisdiction must be the confidants of the official, and it is because of you, the Luoshan County Order, don't be it first, Nuer Gandu Division controls the military and political power outside the Guan, and has jurisdiction over the Senate and is in charge of political affairs, so you can go inside and hang up an errand." You have only one errand, and that is to calculate Jiang Bin. As long as you can come up with a plan, the official will carry it out, how about it? ”

"Is that true?" Su Jisheng raised his head suddenly, his blood-red eyes were full of shock and excitement, staring at Lian Zining deadly.

"Seriously!"

The contradiction between Lian Zining and Jiang Bin is already irreconcilable, and using Jiang Weijin to restrain Jiang Bin is not a long-term way after all, and after a long time, maybe Jiang Bin will do something.

Lian Zining doesn't want to tear his face with the court now, not to mention that now that he has the line of King Liang, he can't let people ruin his plan for the time being.

Therefore, how to completely eradicate Jiang Bin's forces must be put on the agenda.

It just so happened that Su Jisheng sent it to the door, so naturally he couldn't do without it?

Su Jisheng agreed: "Okay!" Wu Yibo is full of words, and he will definitely not lie, I will go back and pack my things. Go to Zhenyuan Mansion. ”

He is also such a cheerful person, and the most important thing is that this hatred has been buried in his heart for decades. has long been unforgettable, and I hate Jiang Bin and can't drink his blood and eat his flesh. At this time, after listening to Lian Zining's promise, he was really excited, and the flesh on his cheeks jumped suddenly.

Looking at Su Jisheng's distant back, Lian Zining smiled slightly.

The matter of Luoshan County has been disposed of, and it is the most thunderous and fierce means, without any fetters and shackles.

Next, it's time to continue the westward campaign.

Lian Zining said loudly: "Someone! ”

"Your Excellency." The voice of the guard came from behind.

"Tell the order to go down, so that I can rest for an afternoon, and today is the end of the hour. Pull out the camp and start the village. ”

"Yes!"

After dealing with all the affairs of Luoshan County, on April 23, that is, the fourth day of Wu Yi's army crossing the river, and the second day of the expedition, the army of the northern front left Luoshan County.

Zhang Maogong was left by Lian Zining to serve as the commander of Luoshan County, a young man from the Wei Han people of Suli River, who was the leader of the 300 young people selected by Wu Yijun from all over the country as a 'reserve cadre reserve'. It can be said that it is entrusted with a heavy responsibility. After that, he was evaluated for meritorious work, and he was promoted to the county magistrate of Suli Hewei, which is similar to the position of director of the public security bureau and the head of the armed forces. This time, Lian Zining went to the west and brought a lot of young civil officials. He was one of them.

The experience of the past few years has made him have enough ability to take charge of the government affairs of a county, which can be said to be far more than those nerds who have risen up by taking the regular imperial examination route. And most importantly, they have enough loyalty - it is clear to all. Who gave himself all this.

Not the imperial court, but Wu Yijun. It's Wu Yibo.

At the same time, Lu Zhen also left a henchman to serve as Qian Wei's deputy, saying that he was a deputy, but in fact he secretly controlled everything, and he also held the strength of a hundred households in his hand, which could control the overall situation from time to time, and if he couldn't do it, he would suppress it.

The army went west.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhang Maogong took the soldiers of the 100 households left by Lian Zining to monitor a total of 116 wealthy gentry households, a total of 2,745 people, and left Luoshan County and marched towards Partridge Town. After a brief stay in Partridge Town, they crossed the Songjiang River east and headed for Zhenyuan Mansion.

These people were all well-paid—as can be seen from the number of households and the number of households, there were on average twenty-five or sixteen members per household, most of whom were servants.

It is conservatively estimated that the total family property of these people will exceed 150,000 taels, and they are just a few outposts in the surrounding migration tide.

At the beginning, Emperor Hongwu moved 100,000 wealthy families to his hometown Fengyang, and forcibly turned this backward small county town into a prosperous and wealthy central capital of the Ming Dynasty.

When the army on the northern front left Luoshan, the Wu Yi army of Yang Husheng's headquarters in the southern front cluster had also occupied Tulunwei.

When the White Lotus Sect was raging, there were also many people who went to the countryside to hide in the mountains and forests, and when the White Lotus Sect was raging, Fang Zi came out, and it was because of the detachment that there was also some prosperous atmosphere, and a master who was originally on an errand in the county government was elected to temporarily serve as the magistrate of the county.

Seeing the arrival of the army of Wu Yijun, the common people and gentry were really overjoyed and went out of the city for ten miles to greet them. It's just that he didn't expect that Wu Yijun was also a tiger.

As soon as Yang Husheng's army arrived, he abolished Nazhi County, appointed Wu Yijun's accompanying civil officials as the prefect, and at the same time ordered the few remaining rich households to be relocated to Zhenyuan Mansion.

Once you've done that, it's time to move on to the next goal.

In short, Wu Yijun is basically doing three things - occupying territory, controlling resources, and relocating wealthy households.

The three-way army of Wu Yijun is marching westward at a fast pace, and Amin's department and Fuyu Weiha, who have already received the news, do not come out, seemingly immovable, but in fact they are secretly preparing.

The three sides are ready for a big battle.

Before the war, spies came out in all directions, each showing their own magical powers, and the intensity of espionage can be said to be very strong.

Wu Yijun doesn't talk about it, let's talk about the Jurchen side.

In the next few days, the news continued to arrive, and as Wu Yi's army advanced westward, the distance from Ali Zhiwei became closer and closer, and the speed of the news was conveyed.

At the beginning, it took three days for Wu Yijun's news to be delivered here, and later, Amin could know what Wu Yijun did yesterday.

April 24. On the fifth day of Wu Yi's army crossing the river, Amin received information. Wu Yijun left a part of his troops to garrison Partridge Town, and all the cavalry soldiers were divided into three routes. Conquer the city. Among them, the northern line was led by Lian Zining himself, with about 30,000 troops, and the southern line was led by General Yang Husheng, with about 20,000 troops. The middle line is the general Dong Laohu, with more than 10,000 troops

On April 25, Amin received news that the cavalry of the Wuyi Army on the southern front had marched 300 miles in one day and had captured the White Lotus Sect's founding place, and was marching towards the Vulture.

In the evening of the same day. Amin got the news that Wu Yijun had been stranded in Partridge Town for three days.

The news kept coming, and in Amin's eyes, the outline of Wu Yijun, the distribution of forces, and the number of troops were becoming clearer and clearer, and he could even grasp some of the main veins, and deduced a lot of Wu Yijun's intentions from above.

It's just that as he gets more and more news. A mystery is getting bigger and bigger in my heart.

It must never be unraveled.

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The guards of the vultures, the guards command the yamen.

Although he was used to living in a tent on the grassland, he lived in the mansion compound of the Han people, and he didn't see anything uncomfortable with the Jurchen magnates. Probably because of the pavilions and pavilions of the Han people, the windows of the small pavilions, it is always more comfortable to live. From thrift to luxury. It is difficult to return from luxury to simplicity, which is a truth that is not easy through the ages.

Small lake in the backyard. The waves are rippling, cool and pleasant. Next to the small lake is a flower hall, half of which protrudes over the lake, and every summer, this place is cool and pleasant.

In the flower hall, he was sitting on his own and drinking tea, his face was a little solemn, and he looked preoccupied.

It wasn't hot, but he was sweating all the time.

The two maids were fanning behind him, and the two maids were average, at most they were just delicate - but this was already the best beauty that the vultures could find, they were originally the maids in the palace of the commander of the guard, and the beautiful ones were taken to the vultures by the commander, and there were only some crooked melons and cracked dates left.

They were careful in their movements, for fear of angering the Great Khan and falling into the same fate as the poor sisters—though they were not very good-looking, but the hungry soldiers were not picky eaters, and they knew the miserable fate of the other handmaidens who were rewarded to the soldiers below in the Commander's Mansion.

"Great Khan, Mr. Liang is here." The voice of the guards was heard outside.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Liang Yanqiu, who was dressed in a green shirt, walked in slowly, and said, "Great Khan, are you looking for me?" ”

Without waving his hand, the two maids hurriedly retreated as if they had been pardoned.

"Wu Yijun has sent troops, this is a letter from Amin, you see." Ha Bu pointed to the letter on the small table next to him.

"Lian Zining really can't help it?" Liang Yanqiu took a deep breath.

For this news, neither he nor Ha Bu was surprised. After all, long before sending troops, he had expected that Wu Yijun would definitely send troops, but it was difficult to grasp when the time would be to send troops. It is precisely because of the fact that Wu Yijun is going to send troops, and he has scruples about this, so he has to delay it again and again.

"Yes, this Lian Zining, it's really not a rabbit or an eagle, if we don't send troops, he won't send troops, let's send troops, his army will arrive immediately, this is to catch us off guard!" It's also a sneer.

As two bystanders, trying to be the profiteer after the snipe and clam fight, between Fu Yuwei and Wu Yijun, whoever enters the battlefield later will be able to take the lead. Fu Yuwei invaded first, but only gained two empty cities in succession, and found nothing else, and because Amin's army was eyeing them from the flank, they were now in a dilemma.

Therefore, the low morale and low morale of the army is a major loss of morale of the army, which is equivalent to two people playing chess, losing one move first.

It seems to be insignificant, but in fact, in the end, it is this small chess piece that affects the overall situation.

The so-called layout of the world is this truth.

Strictly speaking, the reason for this situation lies with Ha Bu, because Ha Bu failed to suppress those powerful people, so Fu Yuwei sent troops early, so he fell into such a situation.

The difference between Fu Yuwei and Wu Yijun is that Wu Yijun's affairs are decided by Lian Zining, while Fu Yuwei needs to take into account the interests of the magnates below, and it is not that one person has the final say.

If Fu Yuwei had sent troops for a few more days, he would not have so blindly occupied the two cities because of the lack of information, and in the end, it would have led to a dilemma. When the time comes, it will be Fu Yuwei who sits on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and then jumps into the game, and the winner is determined in one fell swoop.

Liang Yanqiu sighed in his heart, but his face naturally did not show it, he smiled slightly: "I want to calculate us, but it is not so easy." ”

He picked up the letter on the table, opened it and read it carefully, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Amin wants to join forces with us?" ”

"Yes, this treacherous boy is also honest this time, and he said that Wu Yijun is not something he can deal with alone, so he invited us to crusade against Wu Yijun together, and after solving Wu Yijun, we will talk about anything else. What do you think? Ha Bu asked.

Liang Yanqiu read the letter again, pondered for a moment, and said: "The number of cavalry sent by the Wu Yi Army this time is nearly 70,000, even if the number of foot soldiers is very small, it is quite worrying. Amin's department, the elite is only 40,000, and the rest are all local chickens and dogs, and Wu Yijun is known as the elite, and he took the initiative to attack, and there has been no loss, and Amin is unreasonable. But if you add our 50,000 elite riders, it's pretty much the same. Great Khan, what do you mean? ”

"Join forces!" Ha Bu said without hesitation: "For Lian Zining, whether it is us or Amin, we are both aliens, and there is absolutely no room for tolerance, even if we don't provoke him and clean up Amin, he will not let us go." What's more, when we attacked Zhenyuanfu, he burned our old camp, and this feud has already been settled. Besides, after dealing with Lian Zining, Amin is not a hard bone, and it is easy to gnaw. ”

"That's what it means below." Liang Yanqiu bowed his head and said: "It's just that if it is an alliance, we must determine who is the master and who is the auxiliary, who is the servant and who is the servant, and set the priority, and we can't let Amin treat us as a substitute for the dead ghost to block the knife in the hands of Wu Yijun." ”

Ha couldn't laugh: "I've thought about this in my heart for a long time, let's not fight, let Amin command." ”

"Let Amin command?" Liang Yanqiu was puzzled, this is very bad for his own side!

"That's right." Ha Bu said: "If we talk about Lian Zining's understanding, we are categorically inferior to Amin, we command, we can't say how many wrongful roads we have to take, and Amin's command is beneficial to the overall situation, as for those orders that are unfavorable to us, is it possible that we must listen to them?" ”

Liang Yanqiu suddenly realized, stroked his palms and smiled: "The Great Khan is really wonderful. ”

He waved his hand, and suddenly said, "Mr. Liang, you say, if we form an alliance with Amin now and attack the Vultures, what about it?" ”

Liang Yanqiu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, the Wuzhi Acropolis is high and deep, I don't know how long it will take to take it, the Wuyi army is all cavalry, and it will be there in a moment, if we can't attack it for a long time, how can the tired soldiers stop them?" ”

Ha Bu nodded, his expression was a little displeased, although he also knew that his proposal was unlikely, but he was still quite uncomfortable when he was rejected by Liang Yanqiu like this.

Liang Yanqiu is such a clever person, he naturally sees it clearly.

Sighed secretly and said, "Since this is the case, we might as well delay it for another two days, and we will ask for a price when the time comes." ”

He didn't let out a sigh and waved his hand: "The military advisor is afraid that he is also tired, so go down, and I will leave this matter to Hairi Chagai." (To be continued.) )