Chapter 25 There is no bottom line for being an emperor
Zhang Hongbin proclaimed himself emperor and established the Chinese People's Republic, which is a thing worth celebrating for the people of the republic.
But for other forces, this is not necessarily a good thing.
Especially for the Ming Dynasty, the original dynasty of China, it was as disgusting as if swallowing a fly. At least, when Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty heard the news, he smashed the entire imperial study to pieces. At that time, even Li Luo could only stand aside silently, saving himself from touching his head. He knew that Chongzhen in this state had completely lost his mind, no different from a neurological patient, he couldn't control himself at all, and he didn't know what he had done.
In other words, even if it is beaten, it can only be regarded as a vain beating.
Li Luo is not suffering, there is no need to come forward to find abuse.
"Huhu ......" Chongzhen finally stopped, and it took more than an hour from the onset to the end.
"Aiqing, I want to attack the puppet dynasty!" Chongzhen clearly said what he was thinking.
"No, at least we won't be able to attack the puppet dynasty for at least twenty years." Li Luo shook his head and gave a desperate number.
In the past 20 years, I am afraid that I will have grandchildren, and even grandchildren can make soy sauce. Chongzhen couldn't accept this number, even though he knew that this number was already the most conservative situation, but he still couldn't accept it.
A few days ago, he reformed, adjusted the composition of commercial and agricultural taxes, and even abolished Liaoyu. It doesn't make sense for those generals in Liaodong to protest or not, after all, Liaodong has calmed down, Houjin has retreated to the periphery of Shengjing, and now in Chongzhen's eyes, Zhang Hongbin is more hateful.
However, the reform of commercial taxation has just achieved some results this year, but the results are not great.
The society governed by man is full of all kinds of helplessness, and how to ensure the integrity of officials is the biggest problem. But now Chongzhen has lost the hearts of the world's scholars, and it is extremely difficult to recruit a group of qualified scholars. Originally, in a few months, the new imperial examination raised by the Ming Dynasty was about to begin, and a group of available talents might be admitted at that time, but who knew that at this time, there would be miracles in Chang'an, even if it was artificial, but it was also the level of a true god in the world that could create that effect. Subsequently, Zhang Hongbin took advantage of the aftermath of this miracle to announce the founding of the country and officially sit on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention, now the corporal in the world has one more choice, but I am afraid of the scientific expedition in a few months...... Chongzhen didn't dare to continue thinking about it.
The worst thing is that Zhang Hongbin gave an ultimatum and asked Daming if he wanted to redeem Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin. This is actually nonsense, but it is also a difficult problem for Zhang Hongbin to Daming.
The two of them are the first-class martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, even if the rest of the Ming Dynasty declares its independence, Qin Liangyu still helps the Ming Dynasty defend Sichuan. It's a pity that the road is long, and Daming can't effectively help, so he can only send people to provide technical guidance, but he still lost to the puppet Qin at that time. One family and two loyal martyrs, it was good to be dead, but he was captured, and he was brought to ask: "Do you want to redeem it?" ”
If it is to be redeemed, Daming has to pay taxes equivalent to one year, and if it is necessary to maintain basic expenses, it will cost at least five years of taxes. In other words, it is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty working for five years for free, and he can't receive a penny, at most, he won't starve to death.
But if they don't redeem it, then I'm afraid that the courtiers will be cold-hearted. Such a loyal martyr Daming can actually ignore his life and death, so how can Daming care about life and death if he is not a loyal minister? In order not to be sacrificed in the future, he simply defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, and all the bad things were done. When the time comes, it will not only destroy Chongzhen's credit, but also the reputation of the imperial court, and even the people are afraid that they will be tossed to death by these officials, and if they are not good, they will be directly reversed.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty wanted to redeem the two generals. Fortunately, Li Luo said that at most three years, he will run the city ship division well, as long as there are merchant ships to start going to sea, starting to operate, and starting to collect taxes, then within three years can not only pay off the ransom, but also be able to make a slight surplus, and the annual tax will continue to increase in the future, and Daming will not be short of money.
When Chongzhen heard this, he could only pinch his nose and endure it.
signed a series of unequal agreements with the envoys of the puppet dynasty, and finally exchanged the two generals. Qin Liangyu was disheartened, naturally he was disarmed and returned to the field, only Ma Xianglin was blind in one eye, and his appearance was not very likeable, but his bravery was still available, and he could still serve on the front line. However, the treatment is much worse than when I was a toast before. Thankfully, it is much better than the previous military attaches of the Ming Dynasty.
Today, Chongzhen not only has the four provinces of Beizhili, Liaodong, Shandong and Henan, but also has increased its tax revenue after adjustment. However, he owes a sky-high ransom, at least this year, he can't move, at least he doesn't have the money to replenish military supplies, let alone wartime salaries.
If you don't care about the tax next year, you can start a war, but I don't know why, after hearing what happened to Qin Liangyu, Chongzhen and even Li Luo couldn't think of attacking the puppet dynasty.
"Twenty years?" Chongzhen should tighten the root of his teeth.
"Twenty years later, after technological reform, we have already seen a flowering bomb, and the remaining question is how to improve production efficiency and reduce costs. Of course, there is also the need to improve the technology of smelting metals, but there is very little silver that we can apply to technological reform at the moment......" Li Luo sighed.
Even if you catch up, according to Li Luo's estimate, it will take 20 years to catch up with the Chinese People's Republic. The premise of the past 20 years is that the other party will not produce any moths, and the speed of the rocket has increased more than ten times before dawn. Now the appearance of electric lights has made him at a loss, and he is even worried that he will not be able to catch up for the rest of his life.
Well, what about an alliance, or a non-aggression pact? Back then, Zhuge Liang said that the world was divided into three, and now it should not be an exaggeration to divide the world into two. But the Three Kingdoms of history finally returned to Jin, so this idea is really lacking in confidence.
Chongzhen saw that Li Luo really had no choice, so he could only take a breath and said secretly: I endured!
But he didn't want this thought to have just fallen and hadn't landed, and a brocade guard quickly came to the front of the hall. first looked around and was stunned for a moment, and then saw his commander Li Luo, whose expression seemed to have something to say. But after looking at Chongzhen again, he seemed to have some scruples.
Li Luo was speechless, he could only look at Chongzhen, he believed that this would not be good news.
"Say it...... Now I can handle anything! "Chongzhen is out of the way.
"According to the report of the spies in the south, the independent provinces have been declared emperors. originally supported the local government of the Ming Dynasty as a puppet, and after tearing off the face and punishing the prince's family, he founded the country and became the emperor; Among the Liukou forces, Zhang Xianzhong established the Great Western Kingdom in Guizhou, Cao Cao established the Wei State in the northern part of Huguang, and Lao Huihui established the Song State in the southern part of Huguang. Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, was dissatisfied with the status quo and went south to Guangxi. Jinyi Wei Fanzi reported tremblingly.
Well, originally one Huaxia and two emperors were messy enough. Who would have thought that a few days after Zhang Hongbin became emperor, the world was originally nominally under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but now they all threw away the fig leaf and became emperors one after another!
"What's going on with Houjin?" Li Luo asked casually, not knowing if it was to change the topic.
"Houjin has not moved, and still considers itself a tribe." Fanzi replied truthfully.
"If this general of the defeated army still dares to call himself the emperor, then the emperor is too worthless." Chongzhen didn't know if he was angry to the extreme or what, so he actually laughed.
Speaking of which, Chongzhen is the orthodox Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, let's not talk about it; Zhang Hongbin also used miracles to pave the way for his own emperor; But what kind of goods is the local government, if you want people to look forward to it, if you want to be majestic or not, such a thing is embarrassed to be called the emperor? Besides, on the side of the Liukou, then the territory will be called the emperor, and the feeling is not to say, 'I feel qualified to be the emperor, so I am called the emperor', but 'TMD Zhang Hongbin, the thief capital, can be called the emperor, why can't I be called the emperor by my wisdom and martial arts', so I can't choose low...... TNND: What is this?
Forget it, these days, there is no bottom line for the emperor......