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Arching his hand, Yang He continued: "My lord, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty mainly rely on the land tax, but the Ming Dynasty only pays taxes on less than half of the land, and those who do not pay taxes are the nobles, eunuchs and gentry, and all the people who pay taxes are ordinary people.

What is the living situation of those ordinary people, adults must be clear, now they are just barely maintaining food and clothing, once there is a natural disaster and the grain production is reduced, the people will have to go hungry, if the people can't even eat, can the imperial court still collect taxes? If the land tax is reduced, the life of the Ming Dynasty may be unsustainable.

In the humble opinion of students, if the Ming Dynasty wants to change the current state of the treasury, it must increase commercial taxes, and at the same time, it is necessary to change the original tax system, so that those nobles, eunuchs, and gentry can pay grain, so as to solve the problem of lack of treasury. ”

Yuan Keli shook his head and sighed: "What you said, the old man doesn't know, but do you know that if you let those nobles, eunuchs, and gentry pay taxes on grain, it is tantamount to being an enemy of the gentry and scholars all over the world." I think how bold Mr. Taiyue was back then, and he didn't dare to do this, what about the old man? Don't say that the old man, even the emperor doesn't dare to do this. The old man can tell you that whoever does this will be cut off from the world. ”

Yang He was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then said slowly: "The student dares to do it, and he has already done it." ”

Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi got up at the same time when they heard this: "What! Have you already started doing it? You don't want to die? ”

Yang He nodded, and told the story of the bandits in Funing County, and he took the opportunity to force those gentry to pay for food.

Then Yang He smiled bitterly: "The student thought that. Doing this will get the support of the gentleman and the adult, and even the emperor's approval, but I didn't expect ......"

Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.

Half an hour later. Yuan Keli suddenly said: "Those bandits are pretending to be your people, right?" ”

Yang He hurriedly shook his head: "How could a student do such a thing." ”

Yuan Keli said with a smile: "The east of Funing County is Shanhaiguan, where there are at least tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and the west is the Yongping Guard, where thousands of officers and soldiers are stationed. And the targets are all those gentry families who have families to take care of the home? ”

Shaking his head, Yuan Keli continued: "At the right time." You're too bold and too reckless, and you think you're doing things very well? Others can't get hold of you? There is a way to go up to the mountains and eventually meet the tiger. If this is revealed, you will be in a situation from which you will never recover.

Also, the old man asks you, why don't you let those gentry donate money and food. Do you have to let them pay for food? If you ask those gentry to donate supplies. In order to protect your family wealth, they only think that your means are despicable, and they will not do anything out of the ordinary, but when you let them pay food, you are putting yourself on the opposite side of those gentry, and with so many people against you, what can you do? ”

Yang He was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then said slowly: "I believe that the emperor must hope that someone will do such a thing for him." I'm sure the emperor would have known about it. He's sure to keep the people who do it. ”

Hearing Yang He's three affirmations, Yuan Keli shook his head and said, "But if all the ministers oppose it, even the emperor can't protect you." ”

Yang He smiled and said: "I don't think all the ministers will oppose it, at least Lord Yuan will not oppose it, and Mr. will not oppose it, as long as some people support it, the emperor will have confidence." ”

"Oh? You seem to know the emperor very well? Yuan Keli said with a smile.

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "I don't know the emperor, I just make a judgment based on what I know." ”

"Oh? What do you judge by what means? Yuan Keli asked with a smile.

Yang He said with a smile: "The emperor would rather be a carpenter than go to the court, is it possible that in the eyes of the emperor, the Ming dynasty is not as important as the carpenter work in his hands?" No matter how stupid the emperor is, he should understand that if there is no country, let alone carpenter's work, he will not even be able to save his life. Lord Yuan, you often see the emperor, the emperor shouldn't be stupid enough to do this, right? ”

Yuan Keli said solemnly: "Go on." ”

Yang He continued: "Why is the emperor unwilling to go to court? What were those ministers doing when they were in power? It's not that the impeachment of people is asking for money, what do you say the emperor can do except be angry? If it were you, would you like to go to court? ”

Smiling, Yang He continued: "Lord Yuan is upright, if the emperor doesn't even pay attention to government affairs for the sake of carpentry work, I'm afraid that the lord will be blunt and negligent." But I don't seem to have heard of an adult, this is obviously not the character of an adult, there is only one explanation, that is, the adult must have seen the emperor's helplessness. ”

Yuan Keli sighed softly when he heard this.

Yang He smiled and continued: "My lord, no matter how stupid the emperor is, he should see that the biggest problem of Daming is that there is no money, as long as the problem of money can be solved, other problems can basically be solved." Therefore, the students think that whoever can help the emperor get money at this time will be reused by the emperor. ”

Smiling, Yang He continued: "If the student guesses correctly, the Donglin Party will soon be unlucky." Because at this time, the Donglin Party not only did not think about how to increase the income of the imperial court, but thought about reducing taxes.

Lord Yuan, I know that you have a good relationship with some people in the Donglin Party, and I think if you want to do something, it's best not to get too close to them. ”

"Hehe, who is the old man friends with, do you still want you to remind him?" Yuan Keli said with a smile.

Yang He shook his head and said, "Lord Yuan, I admire you very much, and the student knows that adults are people who really want to do things. In another person, a student would never have said so much to him at the first meeting. ”

Yuan Keli waved his hand and said with a smile: "You just said that the treasury is scarce, and you have found the reason and thought of a solution, so you can talk about how to solve the problem of the army's lack of fighting spirit." ”

Yang He said solemnly: "The first is to solve the soldier's salary, which is fundamental, and secondly, to appoint capable generals to be in charge of the war, if you also let those who do not understand military affairs serve as military commanders, then I can tell your adults frankly that even if the gods come, they will not be able to recover the decline." ”

"As long as someone who understands military affairs is arranged to serve as the economic strategy of Liaodong, the problem of the army's lack of fighting spirit can be solved?" Yuan Keliqi said.

Yang He said: "My lord, the student fought with Jianyu in Liaodong, and Jianyu is indeed very powerful, but it is not invincible. ”

After taking a sip of tea from his teacup, Yang He continued: "Where does the morale of the soldiers come from?" If we always win the battle, the soldiers will naturally be like a rainbow, but the fact is that when we fight with Jianlu, we always lose the battle, and the soldiers are afraid when they see Jianlu, how can they have morale?

Why do we always lose battles when we fight against Jianyu? Because our military commanders do not understand military affairs at all, and they are completely indiscriminate.

A Yang Hao, who didn't know the time, didn't know the location, didn't know himself, and didn't know the other, he even wanted to attack from all directions and annihilate the Jianyu, but the whole army was wiped out in the first battle of Salhu.

A Yuan Yingtai, who didn't even understand the simplest combination of inside and outside, actually opened the city gate to collect the refugees who didn't know the details when the strong enemy pressed the border, and ordered Liaoyang and Shenyang to fall into the hands of Jianyu in just a few days.

A Wang Huazhen, who didn't know how many catties and taels he had, actually wanted to recruit Li Yongfang, the son-in-law of the slave chieftain, but Sun Degong was rebelled by Li Yongfang, so that the entire Guangning defense line was lost, and more than 100,000 Liaodong troops had no choice but to retreat to the pass.

After so many defeats, where is the morale of the soldiers?

The situation in Liaodong has deteriorated to this point, and at this time, a person with iron and blood should be sent to rectify military affairs, but the imperial court actually sent a person who didn't know anything to serve as the economic strategy of Liaodong.

Look at what Zhang Heming did after he arrived at Shanhaiguan? If the Jianguan soldiers are under the Shanhaiguan City at this time, I am afraid that the Shanhaiguan will change hands in an instant. ”

"Iron-fisted man? You mean Xiong Tingbi? Yuan Keli groaned.

"At this juncture, only Xiong Jinglu can save the situation in Liaodong." Yang He said.

After a pause, Yang He continued: "Actually, I don't like Xiong Jingluo very much, what does this person say, this is a person who can't be a man, as the commander of an army, he has no grace to tolerate people, and often offends people, so he will be elbowed by others, and finally end up in the point of being famous and powerless." But we must admit that Xiong Tingbi knows how to fight the battle with Jianyu. ”

Yuan Keli shook his head and said: "If Xiong Tingbi does not withdraw to the Guannei with his troops, then Xiong Tingbi is indeed the right person to be in charge of the Liaodong war, but Xiong Tingbi gave up Liaodong and lost thousands of miles, how can he continue to serve as the Liaodong Economic Strategy at this time?" ”

Yang He hurriedly said: "Even if you don't use Xiong Tingbi as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, you can't kill Xiong Tingbi, as long as Xiong Tingbi is alive, Jianyu will have scruples." ”

"Liu Yushi said that you were ordered by Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen to stick to Guangning City, this is the idea you came up with, right?" Yuan Keli suddenly smiled.

"The student wants to keep Xiong Tingbi." Yang He said.

"Whether you can protect Xiong Tingbi depends on whether some people want to pursue Xiong Tingbi and abandon Liaodong, it's not that you can protect it if you want to. At that time, you should not participate in this matter anymore, it will not do you any good. Yuan Keli said.

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this.

Yuan Keli waved his hand: "Don't talk about this, who do you think the generals in Liaodong can be used, recommend it to the old man." ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Adults really look down on students, there are so many generals in Liaodong, how many people do students know?" ”

Yuan Keli smiled: "Just say you know." ”

Yang He pondered for a while and said: "There are three generals that the students know who can be used, and the deputy general soldier of Heiyunhe is more than cautious, and his courage is insufficient, so he can only be allowed to defend. Zhang Mingxian Zhang Shen General is quite bold, and he can be stationed at Dushikou. As for Li Maochun, Li Maochun is cautious, and now he is helping students manage logistics matters, and this person can't be given to adults. ”

Yuan Keli said with a smile: "Hahaha, no wonder Brother Zi is so important to you, I have to recommend you to the old man, when I see you today, it is really rare to find talents."

When the time comes, come to work under the old man, after a while, the old man may go to Denglai to serve as the governor, and there is a shortage of talents like you. (To be continued......)