Chapter 735: Do Your Own Way
The turbulence in the north did not affect Nanzhili and Shaanxi in the slightest.
On the one hand, he tried his best to stabilize the army of more than 100,000 people, and confronted Li Zicheng, who had already occupied the city of Kaifeng, and did not take the initiative to attack for the time being. As for Shaanxi, Shanxi and Beizhili in the north, Xiong Wencan is not particularly worried, Shaanxi has the Zheng family army, and the Liukou will never dare to go, Shanxi has a large number of border troops, which can be dispatched at a critical moment, as for the North Zhili, it is the location of the Beijing Division, if the Liukou wants to attack directly, it is to find death.
In this way, Henan suffered a loss, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were concentrated here, because of the fall of Kaifeng City, the army of the guard suffered a devastating blow, but it became a temporary paradise for the Liukou.
Zhang Pu, the newly appointed governor of Henan, did not directly enter Henan, but commanded remotely in Shandong, which was also a strange news of the Ming court.
Zheng Xunrui once decided to lead the Zheng family army to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou at a critical moment, but a series of actions by the emperor and the imperial court made him completely give up this aspect of his mind, the emperor has regarded him Zheng Xunrui as the biggest enemy, and vigorously enabled the Donglin Party, the situation has reached this point, and he Zheng Xunrui has no need to stick a hot face to a cold ass.
The autumn harvest season has arrived.
Although it is said that many scholars and doctors in Nanzhili have relied on in the capital, and there are also a lot of scholars who go out to the capital to be officials, no one dares to openly stand up against the policy of paying grain for the officials and gentry. It can only be done in accordance with the requirements of the Nanjing Sixth Department.
The collection of commercial and trade taxes has also been made public and clear, and this matter, which was previously the responsibility of Hongmen, was officially handed over to the government at all levels, and the specific household of the government at all levels is responsible for the collection of commercial and trade taxes, but the difference is that the officials in the households are responsible for collecting commercial and trade taxes. It is not directly under the jurisdiction of the local government, but is directly managed by the household department in Nanjing, and the commercial and trade taxes collected are also directly handed over to the households, and finally a part of them is allocated to the local government according to the proportion.
Hongmen Qianzhuang is already a household name, the ticket stub issued by it has long been fully circulated in the market, a few years have passed, the ticket stub has not depreciated in the slightest, and the price of Nanzhili has been very stable. This also made the common people fully believe in Hongmen Qianzhuang, including those gentry and wealthy families and scholars, and regarded Hongmen Qianzhuang as a normal existence.
The influence of Hongmen Qianzhuang gradually expanded to the entire Ming Dynasty, even if it was the Beizhili and Jingshi places that solemnly guarded against Hongmen Qian, they could not completely prevent the circulation of Hongmen Qianzhuang's ticket stubs, and the vast majority of merchants traded privately, using the basic Hongmen Qianzhuang ticket stubs, after all, it was much more convenient to do so.
Of course. No one will know that Zheng Xunrui is in control of Hongmen Qianzhuang. Gathered a large amount of money, it can be said that it will not take many years, once Hongmen Qianzhuang is officially spread in all parts of Daming, he can fully control the economic lifeline of Daming.
In Zheng Xunrui's understanding, the economy and development are the most important, and the people can be stable and prosperous. This is the most important and the most basic, on this basis, vigorously develop commerce and make money. It is used to improve people's livelihood, strengthen army construction, etc., so that the Ming Dynasty can truly embark on the road of benign development.
The stability of Nanzhili for many years, as well as the enhancement of the ability of the government at all levels to control the locality, and the strong support for the development of commerce and trade, have put the development of Nanzhili's commerce and trade on the fast track, showing a rare situation of prosperity, the development and prosperity of Nanzhili's commerce and trade, directly affected Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangxi and Fujian and other places, although these places are not under the direct control of Zheng Xunrui, but they have turned a blind eye to the development of Hongmen Qianzhuang and Hongmen in these places, and secretly acquiesced. This also directly led to the rapid development of Zheng Xunrui's control ability towards the south.
As Zheng Xunrui's earliest development of Shaanxi Province, has become the most stable place in the north, stationed in Xi'an and other places, Zheng Jiajun firmly controlled the mutual market with the Mongolian tribes, while earning money, but also let the Ordos tribe, Tumut tribe, Yarkand tribe and Turpan tribe and other grassland tribes have the idea of dependence on the interior, especially the Zheng Jiajun to the Ordos tribe and other firearms such as Mauser guns, so that these tribes effectively resist the invasion of the largest tribes in the grassland such as the Chahar tribe and the Horqin tribe. While consolidating its own position, it also effectively weakened the Qing State's control over the grasslands.
Zheng Xunrui really wants to control the Ming Dynasty unconsciously, take a peaceful evolution to seize the Zhu family's country, and try to avoid fighting each other, as long as there is enough time, his goal can be completely achieved, after all, there are Houjin Tartars and Liukou to help from it.
However, there is one thing that Zheng Xunrui expected, that is, with the stability of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangxi and even Fujian, the Daming Dynasty seems to have become much more stable.
Just when Zheng Xunrui was thinking hard about how to solve this problem, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help it and took the lead.
The large-scale reshuffling of the cabinet and the reuse of the Donglin Party have explained everything.
Next, the cabinet will definitely take action against Nanzhili and Shaanxi and other places, and the way to do it is also very simple, that is, to directly adjust the officials, let the officials loyal to the emperor and the imperial court go to these places to take office, and let Zheng Xunrui's henchmen leave these places.
Of course, in this process, Zhu Youzhen can stand aside, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, Zhu Youzhen uses the Donglin Party, just to let the Donglin Party people complete all this, if the Donglin Party and him Zheng Xunrui break out in a large-scale conflict, when the two sides fight to the death, Zhu Youzhen needs to stand up and clean up all his Zheng Xunrui and Donglin Party members.
Zhu Youzhen's idea is very good, this is also the emperor's mental technique, it is a pity that Zheng Xunrui, whom Zhu Youzhen faced, is an out-and-out traverser, and he is very clear about these indiscriminate deeds, and he has already made all the preparations.
Just after the emperor adjusted the cabinet, Zheng Xunrui's six ministries in Nanjing and the Caoyun Governor's Mansion in Huaibei also began a large-scale adjustment.
Nanjing Military Department.
Zheng Xunrui held a document in his hand, which was his decision to make adjustments to Nanzhili and Shaanxi and other places.
Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Wen Kun, Li Yan and other absolute confidants discussed this plan with him.
"The emperor has carried out a large-scale adjustment of the cabinet, and we will also carry out large-scale adjustments to the officials in Nanjing's six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Huaibei Caoyun Governor's Mansion and Shaanxi and other places, the focus of this adjustment is the problem of correspondence between the top and bottom, Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there are too many government institutions set up, and the power is too scattered, which is not conducive to the development of Nanzhili, and changes must be made."
"My personal opinion, Nanzhili, Shaanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, temporarily become a whole, with Nanzhili, Shandong and Shaanxi as the focus, to build a set of teams, radiating to other regions, the implementation of all the decrees in these places, to the Nanjing military department issued by the edict shall prevail, as for the imperial court issued by the imperial court, including the emperor's decree, must be discussed by the Nanjing military department, agreed before implementation, if not not the Nanjing military department consent, then shelved."
"The Nanjing Military Department has set up a staff department, similar to the imperial cabinet, composed of Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Wen Kun, Li Yan, Sun Chengzong, and other five people.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the General Staff I am talking about can veto the emperor's decree and the imperial court's edict, as for the imperial court's adjustment of officials in Nanzhili and other places, it must be approved by the General Staff, if it is not approved by the General Staff, then no matter what kind of holy decree and edict it is, it will be invalid."
"The Zheng Jiajun is subordinate to the command of the Nanjing Military Department, and the Zheng Jiajun needs my consent to transfer one soldier and one pawn, and the general soldier Zheng Jinhong will issue an order, otherwise no one is allowed to transfer the Zheng Jiajun, and the Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shaanxi, Penglai, Fuzhou and other places must strictly implement this order, and anyone who violates this regulation will be severely punished."
"The official positions of the governor of Nanzhili, the governor of Fengyang, and the governor of Su Song continue to be retained, but they do not interfere in local affairs, and they have no specific powers, and all political affairs are responsible for Yingtianfu Yin, Fengyang prefect, Suzhou prefect and Songjiang prefect, etc., if the imperial court adjusts the officials of Nanzhili in the future, they will be tossed by the official positions of the governor of Yingtian."
"The army of the Nanzhili Guard Station was all abolished, and the garrison yamen and patrol houses in various places were responsible for local security matters, and the Nanjing Beijing camp was temporarily retained, and the number of troops stationed in it was reduced to 10,000 people, mainly responsible for the guarding of the Nanjing Imperial City, and all its expenses were responsible for the Nanjing Military Department, and the Jinyi Guard of the Nanjing Imperial City was abolished, and its functions were responsible for the Nanjing Beijing Battalion."
"Shaanxi gradually abolished the guard army, and its defense was also responsible for the local garrison yamen and patrol houses, as for the Yulin border army, the Ningxia border army, etc., they will not move for the time being, and then adjust when the time is ripe, but the number of troops must be clearly restricted, and the expenses must also be reduced." ……
Xu Wanghua and the others listened very carefully, and their expressions were unusually serious, these decisions made by Zheng Xunrui, in the eyes of the emperor and the court, were already rebellions, and they only maintained the leadership of the emperor and the court on the surface, but at this point, it was logical for Zheng Xunrui to make many decisions. (To be continued......)