It is said that the New Year is difficult, but the Qing Dynasty has just passed the New Year, first Britain, France, the United States and Russia demanded to revise the treaty, proselytize, pay indemnities, and cede land, and then it was the voice of the war that swept the entire Qing Dynasty.

The accusations in the mouth and ears have just stopped a little, and the shocking news came from the south of the Yangtze River, the British and French Yangyi and the long-haired thieves were colluded together, and a large number of foreign guns and foreign cannons were sold into Tianjing, the lair of the long-haired bandits.

For this matter, the imperial court did not believe it at first, and it is very easy to judge this matter, only Zeng Zuofeng in Jiangnan talked about it, it is likely that they knew about the new battalion of the Eight Banners in Sushun, equipped with 3,000 muskets, and wanted to lie about the military situation and take the military expenses of the imperial court!

The imperial court was already wary of Zeng Zuo, and bought a gun for the second army of Hunan and Chu, even if the imperial court was killed, it would not be allowed, I thought that this matter was just Zeng Zuo's means, but I never thought that the time of a month was less, first Tuo Ming'a and then Hechun, were defeated by the musket team of the long-haired thief.

In the Jiangbei camp of Hechun, the men and horses gathered after the war were only less than forty percent of the men and horses before the defeat, and many green battalion soldiers were afraid of the power of muskets and became deserters halfway.

This matter is not an oversight of the imperial court, it can only be regarded as an untimely response! However, only forty percent of the green battalion soldiers who originally belonged to the camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were left, and this result was unacceptable to the imperial court.

The continuous war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, fortunately, was rescued by Feng Guifen's men and horses, otherwise this Tuo Ming'a and Hechun. It's going to be annihilated. But the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Tomin and Hechun are missing. The encirclement of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been broken, but fortunately, after the long-haired thief defeated Hechun, he returned to the west and went west, otherwise it would be difficult to protect Jiangsu and Zhejiang!

Intimidated by the sharpness of the long-haired thief musket team, the situation in Anhui and Jiangxi has also undergone great changes, and the second army of Hunan and Chu on the left has also changed. Evacuated many places, and could only hold on to the siege of the hairy thief.

If it weren't for the long-haired thief going west, if it weren't for Yang Meng in Guangzhou making the correct deployment, this iron-clad method would have fallen short!

And the person sent out by Yang Meng was none other than the Eight Banners New Battalion to which Su Shun, who had just been familiar with firearms for a month.

When Su Shun entered Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he also had a few moves with the long-haired rookie Li Xiucheng, killing and wounding more than 3,000 men and horses of the new battalion, but there were more than 7,000 heads beheaded. The combat power of more than 20,000 new battalions of the Eight Banners is enough to fight against the Taiping army of 40,000 or 50,000. lost 3,000 men and horses, and only killed 7,000 Li Xiucheng, although it was not a fiasco, but the defeat was not very good-looking.

But this kind of battle situation is a big victory in the eyes of the imperial court, and Su Shun originally had the hope of victory, but this guy's bad luck met the foreign gun team formed by Yang Xiuxin, and the three thousand dead and wounded were mostly caused by the foreign gun team.

Lost 3,000 men and horses in vain, Yang Meng directly sent people to the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and forcibly beat Su Shun 30 military sticks, these 30 military sticks beat Su Shun's skin and flesh open, Yang Meng in the past followed, and also scolded Su Shun, who was beaten and scolded, was also angry, and immediately sued Yang Meng to the imperial court.

If it weren't for the foreign spear team that encountered the long-haired thief, the first battle of the new battalion of the Eight Banners would have been a great victory! He Su Shun is a clan, in front of more than 20,000 people in the camp, he was beaten violently, Su Shun is no matter how good his cultivation is, no matter how deep the city government is, he can't stand it!

Yang Meng, who was in Guangzhou, was also unrelenting, and the fold of Su Shun's complaint went up, and Yang Meng directly went to the fold of asking to kill Su Shun, and the domineering Yang Laosan didn't kill much in the past few months, just because Su Shun's command was unfavorable, he wanted to kill a clan, and the court naturally wouldn't respond.

The imperial court did not allow it, but the command of the new battalion of the Eight Banners was still in the hands of Yang Meng.

At this time, Su Shun knew that he had stabbed the hornet's nest, and with three thousand musketeers, he fled back to Beijing in a hurry, and as for the new battalion of the Eight Banners in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he left it to the deputy general to take care of.

"Bastard, your battle, to put it bluntly, Third Brother Yang is well-trained, you Su Shun is stunned by eating lard, I don't know how thick the sky is, right?

Yang Sange said in the excerpt, you Su Shun fought and didn't know how to avoid it, killed the three thousand Eight Banner disciples, and beat you with thirty military sticks, I want you to remember this lesson, you are good, a copy of the excerpt will sue Yang Sange to the court, that one has beaten the monk Lingqin, aren't you looking for death?

Since you're back, don't go back, stay in Beijing and practice a new battalion, and Brother Yang's method is the same! ”

Su Shun, who hurriedly fled back to Beijing, was frightened by Yang Laosan, and the court did not allow him to dare to kill, this time he had to run fast, otherwise he would have to die in the hands of Yang Laosan.

"陛xià! The minion had no experience of fighting with the musket team before, and it was inevitable that some errands would occur in the battle array, but he Yang Meng was indiscriminate, and in front of the 20,000 people in the battalion, he picked off his pants and was a military stick!

In this way, how will the minions lead the troops in the future?

Your Majesty, the long-haired thief's foreign spear team is very sharp, the imperial court still has to make plans early, Yang Meng's domineering slaves don't look down on it, but his training method slaves are still very respectful, the combat power of the new battalion of the Eight Banners is at least ten times that of the Guangzhou general's department, in the face of the 5,000-person long-haired thief musket team, there are still more than 3,000 people killed and wounded, if the second army of Hunan and Chu is opposed, I am afraid that it will also be a fiasco! ”

Having a bad relationship with Yang Laosan, Su Shun doesn't want to, it's just that Yang Laosan is too ruthless to govern the army, and the main general of the first army will fight and kill when he says it, which is too domineering!

After being beaten and scolded that day, Su Shun was really angry, so he sent the excerpt, and he regretted it afterwards, but he never thought that this Yang Laosan would dare to forcibly kill someone!

In the face of the emperor's reprimand, Su Shun also knew that he was at fault this time, and the emperor favored Yang Laosan, so he could only get off the donkey.

"It's good to know that it's your own bad cuò! When Third Brother Yang entered Guangzhou, he almost killed Ye Mingchen that day, don't you know?

In a few days, when Third Brother Yang dissipates his anger, you can prepare a generous gift! I'll make peace with you about this, remember! Don't provoke Brother Yang! ”

on this. The four-color stick is also very helpless. If Su Shun is dead. This matter is another matter, Su Shun can only turn big things into small things if he doesn't die, think about the terrifying combat power of Yang Sange who killed those green battalion generals and the new battalion of the Eight Banners, in his heart, the four-color stick is still grateful to that Yang Sange, otherwise he can't open his mouth in front of Su Shun, and open his mouth and close his mouth is Yang Sange's long Yang Sange's short.

"Humph! Cheap and obedient kid, damn it! Lao Tzu trained soldiers. Just because this kid died at least more than 2,000 in vain, he should be killed!

This four-color stick is too, what kind of lobbyist? Can Lao Tzu really slaughter Su Shun?

Comptroller, have you done the tax assessment method I mentioned? If you're done, send it to the court! ”

Yang Meng made a big fuss about Sushun, the purpose was actually very simple, in order to cover up the new tax rules he made, the so-called tax assessment, the taxpayer was none other than the landlords, officials, scholars, and doctors of the Qing Dynasty, as well as merchants and wealthy households in various places.

What is it called tax assessment? That's the big guy estimating to pay taxes. If you pay less, you will come back next time, and you will pay more. Just this once.

This tax assessment law also hides a big conspiracy, this war starts, but it is not one or two money can be filled, the first tax, Yang Meng's expected scale, should be around five or six million to 10 million, once the imperial court tastes this sweetness, it will collect tax assessments one after another, the exploitation is terrible, these landlords, officials, scholars and doctors, etc., must be resisted, without the support of these people, how long can the Qing Dynasty survive!

"Third master, let's go on the strip! If you put it on the excerpt, it's not good for us, if you put this thing in the excerpt of the reply to Su Shun, I'll find someone to write it for you. ”

Yang Sanye's tax assessment law is too vicious, at first glance, this method is a good way to make money, but if there are too many times, it will inevitably endanger the community, this kind of thing should not be the first of his own third master, it is best to find a scapegoat.

"Alas...... Others play this, I'm afraid they won't be able to pass the level of the military plane, let's play this emperor support! Just do what you say, find someone to write for you, and do things secretly! ”

This matter can only be pushed to the four-color stick, the military planes are all old oils, Xu Ziwei's handwriting is very clear to them, and even if the four-color stick detains this matter on his head, it will not have much effect.

Yang Meng's secret fold fell into the hand of the four-color stick, and looking at the strips with different handwriting, the four-color stick also smiled.

"Alas...... This Third Brother Yang, he came up with a good idea, but he was afraid that the court would suspect him, right?

That's it! Leave this matter to Su Shun! The right is that he will atone for his crimes! ”

Tuck Yang Meng's strip into his sleeve, the four-color stick should have no such thing, and after reading Yang Meng's fold, he sent someone to summon Su Shun into the palace.

"Su Shun, this is a way to solve the matter of muskets, can you see if it works?"

Su Shun took the note handed by the emperor, looked at it carefully, and the expression on his face became bright.

"Your Majesty, what a trick! Whether it is a minister in the government or the opposition, a rich landlord in various places, or a merchant who does business, they are all rich people, and they do this! ”

"That's good, I'll leave this matter to you, and I'll talk about it in the excerpt!"

"Slaves obey!"

On this financial journey, many officials in the Qing Dynasty were unclear, and Su Shun thought that the emperor wanted to promote him! The fool gave the fold.

"Su Shun kills talents, and he has a good brain, but this method of tax assessment has drawbacks! It's hard to distinguish between the people who pay taxes alone, but now that the situation in the court is like this, we can't control so much, just press this errand to the yamen below! ”

At the Military Aircraft Department, Peng Yunzhang said these words with a worried face, the method of paying grain for the officials and gentry is the means of Emperor Yongzheng, but how many officials and gentry pay taxes, God knows about this!

This time, the tax assessment law is vicious and abnormal, I am afraid that there will be a trick, this self-assessment of the tax, pay less, I am afraid that I will also be guilty of it! It seems that a specific number must be given to the yamen in various places, otherwise they will not accept all of them, and this matter will make a big fuss.

As soon as the new tax assessment law of the imperial court came out, the first person to respond was none other than Yang Meng, who was in Guangzhou, and his shot was 300,000 taels of silver.

In Yang Meng's view, muskets are a scarce object in the imperial court, and the five major commercial ports, except for themselves, no one has a large number of muskets, two hundred taels of silver, ten million taels of silver, and only 50,000 muskets! To put it bluntly, this silver will eventually flow into his own pocket, and if he gives such a figure as 300,000, he is also afraid that the officials of the imperial court will be jealous, otherwise 3 million will be successful!

The official offices of Yunnan, Guizhou, Lianghu, Liangguang, and Sichuan also took the opportunity to deal with a group of huge rich people who made small money and deceived the big landlords of the imperial court, most of these people were difficult to deal with before Yang Meng, with these people's references, following the two million in Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, the provinces were as little as eight or nine million, and as much as one or two million, and the land south of the Yangtze River barely scraped together enough silver of 10 million taels, what is called rich in the people, this is!

For the use of the silver in Jiangnan, the four-color stick was also very generous, and directly allocated 8 million to Yang Meng for the purchase of muskets, and the remaining 2 million was sent to the imperial court, after all, the imperial court administration also needs silver.

The tax assessment in the south of the Yangtze River, that is the result of Yang Meng's promotion behind the scenes, the tax assessment in the northwest and Zhili area, but it is pitiful, the entire north, only more than one million tax assessments, the four-color stick is very dissatisfied with this, but this time there is silver to purchase foreign guns, and the imperial court also has more than three million more income, and the four-color stick will temporarily press this matter, and when the military budget is insufficient in the future, the northwest and Zhili are the places for tax assessment! (To be continued......)