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Chapter 243: Never Give

The people of Guangdong are panicked, Fujian is cloudy, the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River are rumoring, the Beijing division is not calm, the people are talking about it, and the DPRK and China are fighting endlessly, the cause of which is the edict issued by Kangxi on 29 February:

"I looked at the number of governors and editors in each province, and did not report the number of increases. Today, Haiyu has been peaceful for a long time, and the household registration is becoming more and more complicated, if you follow the current people, it is really impossible to increase the amount of money and food. Although the number of people has increased, but the acres of land have not been expanded, the governor of the province should be ordered to put the number of names in the present money and grain book, do not increase or decrease, and always be a quota, and the people born after him do not need to collect money and grain. At the end of the editing, the actual number will be added to the verification, and another inventory will be created. ”

This is the famous 'Holy Thyzdin, never give'.

The reason why this edict has such a huge repercussion is because the collection of Ding silver in the Qing Dynasty is not a unified national standard, and it varies from province to province, and even within a province, each state and county is often different.

There are nine rules of three classes, there is a whip, there are those who are sent with Ding, and there are those who are sent with Ding. Generally speaking, in the northern region, there are three classes and nine levies, that is, according to the number of households and the amount of grain, different amounts of silver are levied. In the south, most of them are recruited by unified branches, which are called 'one whip'. The 'Ding Suidi faction' is to merge Ding Yin into Tian Fu to collect, and it is also mostly in the south, especially in many places in southwest Sichuan, Guangxi and other provinces and southeast Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces.

The general situation is that the grain in the north is light and heavy, and all the tolerance miscellaneous factions are from Ding, and the southern soil grain is heavy and light, and all the tolerance miscellaneous factions are from the grain.

Kangxi's edict of the Holy World Ziding, never to be given, the southern provinces are naturally applauding, but the northern provinces can complain, and the Holy World Ziding, never increase, just fix the amount of Ding, can not solve the problem of Ding Yin, and the inherent shortcomings of the Ding Yin system still exist.

When it comes to their own interests and those of their families, the ministers of the DPRK and China do not even care about party disputes, and according to their respective interests, they naturally form northern and southern factions, arguing and attacking each other, and have no time to care about anything else.

Kangxi did not expect such a fierce controversy, and his original intention was to take advantage of the abundance at hand to gradually solve the Ding Yin problem, alleviate the increasingly acute social contradictions, stabilize the social order, and at the same time ensure the vested Ding tax revenue, so that it will not be in danger of being lost due to the continued flight of the people.

The endless arguments between the ministers of the DPRK and China made Kangxi very annoyed, but the reform of the Ding silver system was too extensive, and he had to be cautious, and he wanted to write to ask the old 14 what good plans he had, but he thought that the 14th was also anxious now, so he suppressed this thought, and had the intention to put the matter aside for a while, and he wondered how to divert the attention of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

In the study, Xiao Yongzao, the minister on duty, was carefully reviewing the chapter that was about to be reported to Kangxi, and the little eunuch Tang San on duty walked in hurriedly with a slightly panicked expression, and heard the sound of hurried footsteps, Xiao Yongzao raised his head and stared at him dissatisfiedly.

Although it was already spring, it was still a little cold, Tang San's forehead was a layer of fine sweat, he naturally noticed Xiao Yongzao's dissatisfaction, but he still did not slow down, and hurried a few steps to the side of the kang, before he bowed down and handed over the chapter and said: "Xiao Zhongtang, the Guangdong Navy Division has an emergency military report for 800 miles, and the Fujian Navy Division has an emergency military report for 800 miles." ”

As soon as he heard that it was an eight-hundred-mile emergency military report, Xiao Yongzao couldn't help but be slightly flustered, after inspecting the fire paint, he hurriedly dismantled it, and the military report to Kangxi was much more detailed than that given to Shi Shibiao and Yinzhen, after reading it quickly, he got up and got off the kang, according to Kangxi's practice, but whenever it comes to military affairs, all the originals will be played, and no abridgements will be written. ”

Kangxi was listening to the report of the third elder brother Yinzhi and Prince Heshuojian Yaerjianga in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and he had the intention of using this case to divert the attention of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Yarjiang'a's report has ended, "According to the preliminary trial results, Tuo Heqi, Qi Shiwu, and Geng E have indeed formed a party and plotted misdeeds, and the conclusive evidence needs to be further verified." ”

Kangxi was thinking about whether to end the case quickly, but he heard Li Dequan report softly: "Your Majesty, Xiao Zhongtang asked to see him outside, saying that there was an urgent military situation. ”

Urgent military situation? Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted that it was time for the Great Luzon Fleet to make trouble on the southeast coast, and he immediately ordered: "Call him in." ”

Xiao Yongzao hurriedly came in, and after saying goodbye, he said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of the Great Luzon Fleet disturbing our southeast coast, fighting fiercely with the Guangdong Navy Division off the coast of Macao, and then turning north, is not yet known. As he spoke, he presented the piece with both hands.

As soon as he heard that the Guangzhou Navy Division and the Great Luzon Fleet had already fought, Kangxi couldn't help but be surprised, and when he opened the chapter, he suddenly felt shocked, the Guangdong Navy Division was defeated, and the first lieutenant general was killed in battle, six out of ten warships were damaged, and more than 1,200 soldiers were killed or wounded.

The chapter only mentions that the Great Luzon fleet has a total of 35 large and small warships, and does not mention its losses, and it seems that the Great Luzon fleet is not damaged, which makes him even more worried, and the battle report of the Fujian Navy Division is only a report, and the Great Luzon fleet is heading north along the coast and approaching Fujian.

Looking at the recital, Kangxi was silent, there are only a few gun positions in the Lantau Fort, how can it scare away the Great Luzon Fleet, I think that the Great Luzon Fleet is not in Guangzhou, what is its purpose? Taiwan or Shanghai?

Thinking of the huge fleet of the Great Luzon, Kangxi was not only worried, although the Fujian Naval Division was the strongest naval division, but it had not been in battle for more than 20 years, and the scale of the warships could not be compared with the Great Luzon Fleet at all, and the defeat was only a matter of time, if the Great Luzon Fleet was heading for Taiwan, it would be able to slow down, and if it was coming to Shanghai, it would only block the channel of the Great River, and the entire Jiangnan would be shaken.

If the old 14th ocean-going fleet had been built two years earlier, how could it be today's worries? Thinking of the old fourteenth, Kangxi was suddenly shocked, how could he not see the old fourteenth? He was in Shanghai, it was impossible not to know about it, wasn't he in Shanghai?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Kangxi looked at Xiao Yongzao and said, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Xiao Yongzao came all the way over, and he was thinking hard, but he didn't know anything about the Great Luzon Fleet at all, and he only knew that the Great Luzon was an island country in the South Seas, and it had trade contacts with Guangzhou, while the battle report of the Guangdong Navy Division only had three large and small warships and five out of thirty and a few words, such as the thieves were powerful, and there was no way to deduce at all.

At this time, when he saw Kangxi asking, he was very frightened, but Kangxi had to reply to the question, so he groaned: "The slave secretly thinks that the top priority is to find out what is the purpose of the Greater Luzon fleet attacking our southeast coast?" Since the Great Luzon Fleet did not take advantage of the victory to advance into Guangzhou, it was expected that it had no intention of landing and offending the Qing Dynasty. In the former Ming Dynasty, the Hongmao State once forcibly occupied Taiwan, and Greater Luzon was an island country, so the slaves thought that the ambition of the Greater Luzon Fleet was also in Taiwan, so they might as well take it slowly. ”

Hearing this, Kangxi frowned slightly, and then said: "As the minister of the upper study, you are at a loss to know about the adjacent Nanyang, how can Greater Luzon be so simple as an island country?" ”

Xiao Yongzao secretly said that he was unlucky, how could it be his turn to be on duty today, Kangxi, who listened to it, spoke in a stern tone, anxious and afraid, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The slave is shallow, licking and in a high position, he can't share the worries of the monarch's father, he is really panicked, and he hopes that the emperor will punish him." ”

Kangxi was not harsh, and said with a slight bow: "Go down and find out the situation in Greater Luzon, and discuss it the day after tomorrow." After speaking, he looked at the third elder brother Yinzhi again and said, "Yinzhi, you are well-read, can you know the situation in Greater Luzon?" ”

Yinzhi listened attentively, and didn't want Kangxi to ask his head, so he groaned slightly, and then replied: "Back to Emperor Ama, although the sons are well-read, they are specialized in the subset of scriptures and history, astronomical laws, and commerce. ”

Kangxi said: "There is a specialization in the art industry, but I am harsh and demanding, so kneel down." ”

After the three of them retreated, Kangxi instructed Li Dequan: "Keep an eye on the secret folds in Shanghai at any time, and submit them as soon as they arrive." ”

Li Dequan knew that Kangxi was waiting for the fourteenth master's excerpt, so he hurriedly bowed down and responded, "Chirp." ”

Kangxi sighed lightly, got up and paced slowly in the hall, since the founding of the country, the Qing Dynasty has never encountered enemies from the West, South and East at sea, only when conquering Taiwan, there have been several naval battles, after the conquest of Taiwan, more than 20 years, the sailor has not fought again, only 20 years of comfort, the sailor has been so unbearable

Thinking of the six out of ten warships of the Guangdong Naval Division, and the Great Luzon Fleet was unscathed, Kangxi was angry for a while, decades ago, the Dutch warships had not disturbed the southeast coast several times, and Zheng Zhilong's warships were far inferior to the Dutch warships, but they defeated the Dutch every time.

Thinking that the Guangdong Navy Division died a deputy general and a general in this battle, and the soldiers suffered more than 1,200 casualties, Kangxi's mood calmed down a little, but he couldn't completely blame the soldiers for being greedy for life and afraid of death.

Thinking of the grand scale of the Great Luzon Fleet and the large number of artillery, Kangxi couldn't help but be bored for a while, if the Great Luzon Fleet was allowed to run rampant on the southeast coast, or forcibly occupied Taiwan, his reputation in this life would be in vain.

The Great Luzon fleet hit the Guangdong Navy Division hard, and the coast went north, and the news that Xiao Yongzao, the minister of the upper study, was reprimanded by Kangxi because he did not know the situation in the Greater Luzon soon spread, and for a time, all the civil and military officers of the Beijing Division were busy exploring the situation in the Greater Luzon, and striving to show that the Great Luzon was far away in the South Seas, and the maritime trade merchants and missionaries naturally became the first choice for the object of inquiry.

The bits and pieces about Greater Luzon quickly spread, and everyone knew that the so-called Greater Luzon was just a territory of the Spanish Empire overseas, and of course, they naturally asked about the situation of the Spanish Empire.

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