Chapter 535: Rebels
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With Zhai Zhe sitting in Nanjing, various strategies are implemented little by little.
The court decided on the battlefield, and Zhai Zhe always remembered what Liu Suifeng once said.
In mid-April, Dong Zhining, one of the six madmen in Ningbo that year, was transferred from the prefect of Guangde to Nanjing to take charge of the reform of the tax system, along with Fan Yongdou and Zhu Dabiao, a guerrilla general in Beijing.
Dong Zhining was born poor, and his family was destitute before the anti-shaving order. Moreover, he is just a showman, and without the support of King Jin, he will soon be overwhelmed by the prominent clans everywhere, so he works extremely hard.
At the same time, Liu Quan, the big shopkeeper of Rishengchang, and Zhai Tang, the second shopkeeper, convened a gathering of wealthy businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing to establish the Daming Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce is not a rare thing, but in the past, the Chamber of Commerce was established because of the region and industry, and there was never a large Chamber of Commerce composed of powerful wealthy businessmen from all over the world as it is today. There are salt merchants, cotton yarn merchants, silk merchants, tea merchants, and of course, there are also arms merchants who have emerged in recent years, and they are all powerful merchants.
It is not a secret that the King of Jin is behind the rise of the sun, some people want to use this to get closer to the King of Jin, and some people avoid it.
The Great Chamber of Commerce is booming, and the King of Jin does not need to snatch the silver by killing chickens and eggs, and everyone is cooperating in doubt.
Before leaving Beijing, Fan Yongdou took time to attend the chamber of commerce's gatherings, because he was also a wealthy businessman.
Here is his old friend Zhai Tang. He didn't expect that Zhai Tang had not been reused since he fled to Jiangnan, and he was appointed as the second treasurer of the Rishengchang until a few days ago.
Liu Quan is good at dancing with long sleeves and greeting the owners with a smile. Sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, he has been operating in Jiangnan for many years, and he knows a lot of people, and people who are not familiar with him also know each other after being introduced.
There were also some people in front of Zhai Tang's seat, but the excitement was obviously not proportional to his prestige. Pleasant face is not Zhai Tang's forte, and now he is also full of thoughts. He was the elder brother of King Jin, but he was subservient to Liu Quan.
Whenever Fan Yongdou goes to a place, he can have more friends, and he and Liu are all the same kind of people.
During the three-day meeting, he easily borrowed 200,000 taels of silver. Fan Yongdou made a note on behalf of the household department, and borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from 20 wealthy merchants with 20% interest for one year.
After receiving the money, the Ministry of Household allocated funds to the Ministry of Industry, and the head of the Ministry of Industry assisted by the prefect of Songjiang to build the embankments of the Huangpu River and the Songjiang River.
After the matter was done, Fan Yongdou, Liu Quan, and Zhai Tang were summoned to meet the King of Jin. The three of them were the cronies of the Jin king's cronies and were directly in charge of the Jin king's finances.
Several people were in front of Zhai Zhe, but Zhai Tang sat at the bottom instead.
Zhai Zhe seemed to be in a good mood, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he said in a strict tone, "The matter of borrowing money to build the embankment was an accident, but it happened to be a meeting. Two hundred thousand taels of silver is not a large amount, but it is a heavy weight, do you understand? ”
All three nodded.
"The people have no trust and no strength, this time the matter is done, and the credibility is gradually established, and the money of the Ming Dynasty can be used by me"
The three of them only listened to Zhai Zhe and did not dare to interject.
The three people in front of them would not understand what Zhai Zhe had in his head.
He sighed with emotion and said: "After the embankment is built, colleges will be built in various places, and the silver will never be enough to spend" He is not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he is already doing what the emperor should do.
The spring rain will come to an end.
In the fertile fields of Jiangnan and Huguang, the seedlings hang their heads like shy beauties.
In just a few days, all prefectures and counties in Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang posted notices to announce the new tax system of the imperial court.
The household department began to dispatch tax collectors to various mines.
The collection of mining taxes was the hardest, and the household department had prepared for it, and things were worse than they imagined.
There are large mines in Taiping, eastern Zhejiang and Huguang.
Taiping Mansion is close to Nanjing, and Dong Zhining, the chief tax official, was born in eastern Zhejiang, and both local mine owners were initially on the sidelines. The first to cause trouble was Changsha.
Changsha was originally He Tengjiao's base camp, and after he was appointed governor of Huguang, he had been restraining the loyal camp in Jingzhou. The people of Hunan were fierce, and soon after the tax collectors of the household department arrived in Changsha, they were immediately driven back by the rioting miners.
The tax collector did not arrive in Nanjing, and the news reached Nanjing first.
What Zhai Zhe got in his hands were two urgent reports, one from the Changsha prefect and the other from Ji Hong.
The two reports say one thing, but they stand on very different grounds.
"Miner riots?" He sneered. The ghost will believe that it is a miner riot, and how much money can the miners get from the mine?
Changsha has always been He Tengjiao's backyard, those two assassins are from Changsha, He Tengjiao is dead, and there are still many remnants left there. Plug Yinxi and He Tengjiao are at odds, but he is also a member of the Donglin Party and will not help the court clean Changsha.
He instructed the guards outside the door: "Call Xu Yiyang over"
It's not difficult to do, but just killing people will definitely not solve it. There are many generals in Huguang, but Zhai Zhe still decided to use the newcomers. Xu Yiyang is a good seedling, but he has been staying in the city of Nanjing, and he cannot grow.
Half an hour later, Xu Yiyang walked into the Jin Palace.
It's been almost three months since the assassination, and he hasn't moved on from that incident because he went from being a family to a person.
This is the first time he has entered the Jin Palace.
Walking into the door of the study, King Jin looked at him kindly, and that look reminded him of his father.
"Xu Yiyang"
"The Last Will Be"
"This king has a difficult thing for you to do, you have the guts"
Xu Yiyang was overjoyed, raised his head and said: "Go to the soup and go to the fire, and do not give up" He was already tired and crooked in Nanjing City, and he was bent on making contributions to Xiangyang District.
What a teenager
Seeing Xu Yiyang's appearance, Zhai Zhe was a little uneasy, and he decided to study it.
"Eight days ago, there was a rebellion in Changsha Mansion, and the rebels beat the tax collectors sent by the imperial court, and this king is going to let you go to quell the rebellion, what will you do?"
Xu Yiyang raised his head and thought for a moment, and said: "Only eliminate evil, not too much"
"Very good" Zhai Zhe was very satisfied and asked, "How many people do you need?" ”
"Only 500 people"
"There are tens of thousands of rebels, and you only need 500 soldiers, how can you catch the evil?"
"That is still the land of the Ming Dynasty, the rebels are just deceived and used, I bring too many soldiers and horses to make the rebels nervous, it is better to only bring a few soldiers, paralyze the people behind the scenes, and wait for them to slack off and take them down in one fell swoop"
The two answered each other fluently.
Zhai Zhe was overjoyed in the past, and only hoped that it would not be another Zhao Kuo.
"Okay, I'll give you five hundred soldiers and horses" Zhai Zhe readily agreed, took out two letters from the desk, and said: "Here one is an official document of the imperial court, and the other is a letter to the governor of Huguang.
"Obedience"
"The people of Hunan are fierce, and the mine is deep in the mountains, so you have to be careful."
Xu Yiyang's face was full of red light when he walked out of the Jin Palace.