Chapter 664: Root Cause

"Did you hear that? Tianjin Wharf relied on a number of sea ships, and the ships of silver and gold were brought back, and there were also a lot of Tianzhu goods. When he got up in the morning, the cabinet was on duty, and Yang Tinglin habitually ran to Lu Xiangsheng's office, holding a teapot in his hand, taking figure-eight steps, and his kung fu to nourish his qi became more and more successful, and he was calm.

"What? You also moved the mind of Haimao? "Lu Xiangsheng is very busy, the new army has been in operation since the time of the first emperor, and it has basically become an army so far, and he now has to formulate a plan to change the military system of the whole country step by step to imitate the model of the new army. This will be busy writing, "Set up a new army in the key passes, set up city management in various places, and place the old army." After writing this, I looked up and spoke.

"What can I think, but I feel that it has changed too much over the years, when the first emperor was dying, Sihua gave an order, and the Liaodong army gathered in Shanhaiguan and entered Nanjing. How domineering, look at the good situation he opened up in Nanyang, although you and I are ministers, we can't compare with him. Now this Beijing division, which one is not running sea trade, as far as yesterday's events are concerned, in the past, the imperial historians had not to be impeached as if they were crazy? Yang Tinglin's words, Lu Xiangsheng felt a little strange in his heart. Chen Xie has never understood this person, he has a bunch of whimsical ideas in his head, and he is still bold. In the minds of ordinary Wenchen, this is the living Cao Cao, the reincarnation of Wang Mang. But look at the things he did, who can deny that when the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, it wasn't Chen Xie who made a move to turn the tide? Who can deny that Chen Xie is the first capable minister of the Ming Dynasty? Who dares to say that he is a traitor? Unfortunately; Lu Xiangsheng had a strange feeling in his bones, these things that Chen Xie did seemed to be a bit dangerous for Daming.

"If you put it in the past, the country was in turmoil for more than ten years, and the entire northern land was shattered, such a situation. should have rested and recuperated, lightly resigned from meager service, and did not raise soldiers. Chen Sihua is a little bit of the opposite, but hell, Daming is getting better day by day. Now the treasury is abundant and the localities are stable. Industry and commerce prospered, and the noble ministers earned a sea of silver in the South Seas and India. Lu Xiangsheng felt that his brain was not enough, and shook his head with a wry smile.

Yang Tinglin thought for a while and said: "You said this, but I think of the statistics of the last year, the commercial tax of a province in Jiangnan is three million taels, plus the two million taels of the Ship Division, this is five million taels." This is in the past, do you and I dare to think? ”

"But now the hearts of the people. You can go to the teahouse and sit down, and the conversation is full of people who have earned how much money, who has returned two boats from the sea, and so on. Lu Xiangsheng mentioned this, and Yang Tinglin's reaction was very disdainful: "Jiandou, I'm worried about it, it's not like now, and I haven't seen anyone who has less money." The difference is that now it is mainly done from the outside in, and it used to be greedy. ”

"Hey. Needless to say, it's all this hour. Why didn't you see Sihua come to work? Lu Xiangsheng looked at the door, he had something to find Chen Xie. Yang Tinglin also looked at the door curiously and said, "Yes, what time is this?" Didn't His Majesty intercept it, right? Hey, I still have something to discuss with him, the Tianfu of Liaodong is going to be collected this year, I have to talk to him. ”

"How much silver is Tian Fu now? His Majesty is not Shaanxi, Jin, and Ning. Did the three provinces last year's field endowment? What do you mean by staring at this? Lu Xiangsheng asked curiously, and Yang Tinglin smiled: "Jiandou, don't you understand?" Liaodong is not a guannei, and what is done is the way of the officials and gentry to pay grain in one piece. ”

It was the first time Lu Xiangsheng had heard of this, so he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "You wait." When did it happen? Why haven't I heard of it? Yang Tinglin said with a smile: "I also only learned about the report I received recently." When Sihua was in Liaodong, he set this rule. I asked, there was not much rebound in Liaodong, and they were all willing to pay grain, and no one cared about this bit of silver. After asking carefully, I realized that if the gentry did not pay the grain, the yamen would not issue any business license, this thing was made by Sihua when he was a slave in Liaodong, and later it became customized. It doesn't work for anyone to make a fuss, do you know why? Speaking of this, Yang Tinglin suddenly lowered his voice.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned and said, "Why? Yang Tinglin said in a low voice: "I heard that merchants who don't get this license, when the caravan goes out, they have to meet horse thieves, and they want to do business in the city. ”

"Isn't this nonsense? Government dereliction of duty! Lu Xiangsheng was anxious and took the case.

"This business license is not given for free, and there is a management fee to be paid every year. Jiandou, do you think the government can manage it? After Yang Tinglin said this, Lu Xiangsheng was silent. Yes, how to care, this is a lot of input. "This Chen Sihua, how dare you do this?" When talking to himself, Chen Xie entered the door and saw the two of them with ugly faces, and looked at them in surprise.

"What's the matter, this is." Chen Xie asked with a smile, Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and grabbed Chen Xie's hand and said, "You say, what's the matter with the business license?" ”

Chen Xie was caught very tightly, smiled and struggled a few times, and said before he broke free: "If you have something to say, what are you anxious about?" Lu Xiangsheng gave his hand, and Chen Xie glared at the initiator, knowing that it was Yang Tinglin's good deed.

"Then you say!" Lu Xiangsheng gave his hand, Chen Xie went to make tea for himself unhurriedly, looked back at Lu Xiangsheng, whose eyes were like bull's eyes, and said lightly: "What was the situation at that time?" Liaodong is full of horse bandits, all of whom are the remnants of Jiannu and Tartars. If you want to maintain the cost of the army, you have to think of crooked tactics. I train the army, I don't need a penny of silver from the court, this is not allowed, that is not allowed, do you think I can say the past? Besides, even if you don't fight a war, you don't need money to maintain the local government and the government's expenses? To do business in Liaodong, you only need to pay three fees every year, one is the normal business tax, one is the management fee, and the other is the health fee. Then everything else is gone, and no one dares to make trouble when they do business seriously. Otherwise, if you catch it, it's just a word, die! I said Jiandou, do you know how the merchants of Daming do business? Let me give you an example, the boat on the canal, between my trip to Shandong, from entering Shandong to Shandong, a ship of 50 materials, no matter what kind of goods you have, you have to pay various fees more than a dozen times. When I went, I handed it over once, and walked all over Shandong with the voucher, and no one dared to collect the money twice, and whoever accepted me cut whom. It doesn't matter if the hooligans make trouble, go and report to the local garrison, send troops to arrest people, and throw them into the mine if they are caught. Let me tell you this, paying three kinds of fees is much less than doing business in the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, do you think the merchants in Liaodong are fools? ”

Chen Xie was talking about crooked reasoning, but Lu Xiangsheng couldn't refute it, because he didn't know the specific situation in Liaodong. Moreover, this Liaodong is now Chen Xie's private territory, and the imperial court can't insert a needle into it, and the water can't be spilled. Send officials over, as long as you do your duty honestly, then it will guarantee that nothing will delay you. Once you have crooked thoughts, it means that you are going to hit a wall.

Everyone in Liaodong has a gun, and the government doesn't dare to mess around at all, and if you accidentally get a black gun, do you dare to mess around? The entire Ming Dynasty, that is, Liaodong and Dayuan, is this rhythm, and it is also in Nanyang, as long as it is a Han Chinese, you can legally hold a gun. But this gun, you have to report to the relevant departments every quarter, and the inspection is still not there. If you lose it, you have to report it in time, otherwise you will be punished.

Lu Xiangsheng's brain was a little dizzy, Chen Xie's crooked reasoning was one after another, he had never been exposed to these things before, so naturally he couldn't refute it. Yang Tinglin said unhurriedly: "Sihua, what you are doing in Liaodong, the household department can't manage it, but you can't pay less taxes at all." ”

"You can rest assured, Liaodong has a complete industrial and commercial and agricultural management system, and you don't have to worry about tax collection, and you are guaranteed to have a lot of money." After Chen Xie finished speaking with a smile, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng thinking there, stepped forward and said: "Don't think about it, come with me to Beijing to have a look, the new army is almost finished, and after you go to the review, report to Your Majesty together, please arrange a time to take a look." ”

"I'm not going!" Lu Xiangsheng resolutely refused, the reason was very simple, the new army was a demonstration army, and it was the silver of the inner treasury. In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng is resistant, why is there resistance? The reason is very simple: the logistics system of the new army is self-contained, and the military department cannot speak at all. In this case, what kind of excitement does he, the secretary of the military department, have a lot of? An army is out of the control of Wenchen, and Lu Xiangsheng is very unhappy in his heart. You know, this is not the previous Dengzhou camp, this is the Beijing camp.

Chen Xie didn't force it, and said with a smile: "If you don't go, forget it, I'll go by myself." said the request, but was stopped by Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Sihua, don't go, in the future, after the reform of the imperial court military system is completed, how do you plan to arrange these officials of the Ministry of War?" "The contradiction that has not come out has finally surfaced. This problem must be faced squarely. The reason why Zhu Youzhen insisted at the beginning was that he felt that the format of Wenchen controlling military generals was inappropriate? So I want to change it, but how to change it? The Forces nouvelles are exemplary.

If the new army of Jingying is not counted as cavalry, it is organized into two towns, both of which are good families recruited by Zhili. It has its own logistics system, equipment system, and is completely out of the control of civilian officials. Now there are only two towns, what about the future? So Lu Xiangsheng's worries are not unreasonable, he is really worried that once he loses the control of Wenchen, the military generals will appear in the feudal town. After all, not everyone is Chen Sihua.

Chen Xie knew his thoughts very well, but he just couldn't agree with it. It's a pity that this matter really can't be bypassed, since you want to ask, let's sit down and talk about it. simply picked up the teacup and sat down and said: "Jiandou, you should know best about the danger of Wen and Wu." ”

Lu Xiangsheng knew it very well, but he still retorted: "Don't forget the disaster of the feudal town." ”

Chen Xie smiled and said lightly: "Do you remember Zuo Liangyu?" Do you dare to say that when I beheaded him, he was not a feudal town? Listen to the tune or not, this is not a feudal town? On the battlefield, can he listen to Xiong Wencan's orders? Yang Sichang's order, what about Yang Sichang, when it came to the future, wasn't Zuo Liangyu a living town? Otherwise, why do you think I would do such a ruthless thing? I know more about the scourge of the feudal town than you do. Do you know what is the root cause of the rapid erosion of the Ming army? ”

Lu Xiangsheng froze, this question is too big, he really can't answer it for a while, even if he has thought about it a lot before, there is no clear answer, what is the root cause? Standing at his current angle and vision, he couldn't even think of going up there. (To be continued......)