After the beginning and middle of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan's economic status in the country became pivotal, and the Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system, and the trust in the Jiangnan region in the economy was more than that of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the current Nanming government is not so urgent about Jiangnan's wealth. silver money, there is sea trade export; Grain is supplied by the two provinces of the Mekong River and the Laoguang Liberation Zone. When all the south of the river is recovered, porcelain, tea, silk, cotton spinning and other maritime trade materials will be more abundant, the quantity will be larger, and the profits will be more abundant.

Therefore, Zhu Yongxing wanted to change his course, not to support the national war with excessive taxes and grain, but to reduce the amount of money to support the people, and to vigorously develop handicrafts and commerce, and to make up for it with industrial and commercial taxes.

The original intention of this was good, but Zhu Yongxing also had concerns. The first is to reduce the endowment, for the large and small landlords in the south of the Yangtze River, will they reduce it accordingly and let the benefits fall on the heads of ordinary people? Then there is the industrial and commercial tax. After opening up the sea and carrying out commerce, Zhu Yongxing began to implement a new commercial tax policy, completely abandoning the original one-thirtieth standard of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, on the surface, the commercial tax has increased a lot, but it has reduced the arbitrary exploitation and exploitation in transportation and sales. And this situation is the most common thing in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Officials and businessmen collude, officials and businessmen, and businessmen take refuge in bureaucrats, isn't this filial piety and profit sharing more than the commercial taxes to be paid now?

The country is dying, and some "righteous men and gentlemen" are still shouting "tax cuts, tax cuts" there, and as long as the policies formulated touch their interests in the slightest, they will be scolded like mad dogs. It would be good if the tax cuts benefited the people, but they all went into their pockets. Now, the commercial tax has been raised, but there is a lot less flying, the actual burden of the merchants is not heavy, and the taxes are all in the treasury.

Really. When it comes to business taxes, many of the people present have changed their faces, some are thinking about it, and some seem to want to defend it.

"If nothing else, the princes here are under the rule of the Tartars. This business tax may not have increased, but there are fewer cases of road card exploitation and official extortion? Zhu Yongxing's expression became more and more strict, and a coercive momentum began to emanate with his fierce eyes, "But under the rule of solitary, officials who dare to be corrupt will never be forgiven." Emperor Gao peeled the skin and pulled the grass or was too cruel, and then exiled his family and beheaded him to show the public, so he didn't have this iron fist to punish corruption and fight corruption? ”

After benevolence, there is also a thunder method! Everyone pondered it. It's all in my heart. If it was just Kuanren, how did His Highness Min get to where he is today? How could those generals be willing to surrender to allegiance? After the recovery of Jiangnan, those Qing Dynasty officials, the plundering and routed soldiers, they were killing people's heads, and they would never be lenient!

Zhu Yongxing believes that today's remarks will soon spread, and there are still newspapers and magazines that publish their own remarks. And it's just a vaccination. Let those gentry and merchants have a psychological preparation. Once local officials arrived, new political and economic policies began to be implemented. He won't be involved. He didn't believe it, and his mouth could do it with the barrel of a gun.

The Qing court suppressed the gentry, and he also wanted to suppress it. But he doesn't use words, but has a valid reason. For example, those who have immediate family members in the family can be demoted; If there are facts of a crime, they can also raid their homes for questioning. Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to silence the Jiangnan gentry class with a strong state machine. Zhu Yongxing will not be polite to them just for a benevolent name.

In the Ming Dynasty, the gentry group went into decay and completed the transformation into a vested interest group. This clique influences the imperial power at the highest levels, purged dissidents in officialdom, and loots the people's fat and ointment everywhere—social relations between people are becoming more and more unorthodox wherever they reach. The policies implemented also increasingly deviated from the Confucian morality that the empire professed.

"Private kings, private ministers, private favors, and personal enmity, all of them are selfish in the Southern Dynasties", and the heroic martyrs of a few people cannot cover up the overall appearance of the gentry group. The preferential treatment and privileges given to the gentry by the imperial court did not make them grateful to Dade and loyal to the country. On the contrary, it has intensified, and it is commonplace to delay and pay less food, and to avoid differences; It is also common to merge on a large scale, encroach on other people's land, accept donations and refuge, accept other people's sledgs of land grain, and collect tax arrears; There are even more gentry who rely on their power to run rampant in the countryside, abusing and oppressing the people.

"Gu has summoned two groups of gentlemen and virtuous people, and quite a few people have reduced their taxes to Gu to show the emperor's virtue of loving the people and caring for the people." Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly, but some people looked like they were sneering, "Think the lonely king is so bullying?" Do you think that you don't know that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are heavily endowed in Caoyun, not Tianfu? Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Tianfu, judging from the rules or the amount of silver levied, is it too heavy in the provinces of the Yangtze River? If compared with the output per unit area, I am afraid it is lighter than other regions, right? Where is the luck now? Could it be that there are still people who want to transport grain to Tongzhou, Beijing, to relieve the urgent need of the Tartars? ”

"Your Highness is very true." Qian Qianyi wiped away his tears and echoed and said: "Some gentry just want to deceive His Highness, and they only hear the name of His Highness's benevolence, but they don't know that His Highness is wise and martial, and he is bestowed with heaven and knows everything. The first is the original amount of grain, and the second is the weight of additional rice. In addition, there are various additions, as well as the floating income and extortion of the state and county levies, which are weighed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but have nothing to do with the positive endowment. ”

"That's right, the crux of Jiangnan's reassignment lies in this, and it must not be confused." Zhu Yongxing nodded appreciatively, this Qian Qianyi's help is more detailed and convincing, look at how those gentry are still crying poor? His mother ×, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty wantonly looted and gathered on the grounds of the sale case and the weeping temple case, and severely attacked the landlords and gentry, they dared to disobey, and they were not obedient and honest.

"Your Highness is close to the people and loves the people, but you must make kindness to the people, but you must beware of those who are greedy and live up to the grace of the court, and make the people suffer according to the burden." Qian Qianyi has already been released, if he offends people, he will be offended, he is already old, as long as His Royal Highness Min is happy.

Zhu Yongxing nodded lightly, no matter how exempt the government is, the direct benefit is only those yeoman farmers and landlords, and whether the tenants who rent land benefit depends on the actions of the landlords. The government is exempt, and the landlords are added, and this heavy burden still has to be borne by the people at the bottom.

However, now is not the time to be clear. Betraying God's grace and being greedy and tyrannical is also a crime. When the position of the landlord has been decided, it is all the more necessary to use laws and regulations to limit the amount of rent, so as to protect the interests of the landlords who can love the good and take less, and also reduce the burden on the peasants. As for those insatiable landlords, it is natural to have a tough iron fist to clean them up.

"If you are rich and benevolent, you will be rich." Zhu Yongxing clapped his hands, and someone brought in a plaque from outside, and he stretched out his hand to point. said: "Zhang Yuzhi, a gentleman, has good moral character, compassion for the people and orphans, and this plaque is awarded as a reward." ”

Zhang Yuzhi is not very famous among the gentry, but because of his kindness, he suddenly won this grace honor, and his face was immediately flushed with excitement. Hurriedly knelt down and prostrate.

Good examples are set up, and bad examples will also be found out, where to go, you can do it yourself! Zhu Yongxing smiled and praised Zhang Yuzhi a few more words, before ending the summons.

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When he returned to the mansion, Zhu Yongxing saw Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, whose eyes were red, and Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the criminal department who accompanied him from the sea.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were called "the collapse of the heavens", and the reason why this was so was not only because of the change of political power. The change of dynasties in Chinese history. It may only be similar to the Ming and Qing dynasties during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the common denominator between the two is the entry of foreign races into the Central Plains. As the saying goes, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different", Wang Fuzhi said: "You can be Zen, you can continue, you can reform, but you can't make it between others"; "Those who destroy Di are not unkind. It is not unrighteous to take it, and it is not unbelievable to lure it. If you are not of my race, you will not be considered by me. ”

From the above, it is not difficult to read his bitter hatred for the Qing rulers who came to dominate the Central Plains. In the early Qing Dynasty, a series of tyrannies such as the "Nagi Order" and the "Ten Days in Yangzhou" and the "Three Massacres in Jiading" aroused the strong resistance of the people in Jiangnan.

In the Ming generation, the Ming Tomb has always been the ancestral foundation and is highly respected. There are three fixed festivals and five small sacrifices every year. All the major events of the country. All of them need to send the ministers to pay tribute. For the large number of Ming Dynasty relics in the early Qing Dynasty, the Ming Tomb does have an unusual symbolic meaning. The worship of filial piety actually represents the remembrance of the homeland. Therefore, it is natural that there will be so many people who go to the "Crying Tomb". The so-called "lonely and loyal old man, after the fall of the society." If you die, you can't do anything. Du often sings and cries on the tomb, and mourns the sorrow of his aspirants. ”

"Bo Hai mourns, and the bereaved ministers weep thickly", the sadness of the bereaved people's state of mind when they visit the tomb is difficult for future generations to truly understand. "Lonely ministers for more than 20 years of tears, endure until this autumn to sprinkle filial piety", filial piety has become a place for that generation to express their sorrow and emotions, and it is also the last symbol of the Ming Dynasty that has perished.

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, came to the mausoleum, in order to avoid suspicion, naturally he would not make a big fanfare, but Zhang Huangyan and several other people accompanied him, and cried in front of the mausoleum.

If in terms of generation, Zhu Yihai is the uncle of Chongzhen and Yongli, Zhu Yongxing typesetting is Yong, and the word "by" of the Yanfu system is the same generation, to call Yongli the imperial brother, and Zhu Yihai as the imperial uncle.

Although he called it a little awkwardly, Zhu Yongxing still called him "Uncle Huang" and comforted Zhu Yihai, who came back from crying.

"Can the summons be returned?" Zhu Yihai temporarily cleaned up his still somewhat agitated mood and asked: "These gentry, they are not people who are ordered in danger, but they are good at icing on the cake. ”

"On the surface, he is still deferential." Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly and said, "Secretly, I think it is very possible to do tricks and feet. These people always don't cry when they don't see the coffin. ”

"Before the Northern Expedition, it is better not to touch them too much, so as not to cause turmoil." Zhu Yihai euphemistically persuaded: "Jiangnan is not as strong as Yunnan and Guizhou, the morale is the strongest, and the gentry are the most powerful, so it can be slowed down." ”

Zhu Yongxing pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle Huang overestimated them. At present, they are being exploited by the Manchu liquidation, their power is weak, and they have not yet penetrated the officialdom, even if they are commercial, they have to start from scratch. If you wait for them to sit down, it will be even more difficult to deal with the intertwined roots. ”

Zhu Yihai nodded lightly and said with emotion: "You have a benevolent heart and the power of thunder, if they despise it, it will be their own fault." Well, let the idlers and others step aside, I have something important to discuss with you. ”

Zhu Yongxing was stunned for a moment, and waved away the idle people, but the two officials in the confidential room, as well as Zhang Huangyan, and the two personal guards, were not idle.

"The Sons and Sons of God and Grandchildren are always the territory of their ancestors. And when you are disheartened, the dove gathers for labor, repeatedly in battle, born and died, and now the glory of Shenjing, is already half of the foot of Zhongxing. Zhu Yihai's words can be described as shocking, but his face is quite calm, "The king of meritorious people, the conclusion is not grinding." Where the merit lies, who should fight for it? ”

Zhu Yongxing looked at Zhu Yihai and judged the sincerity of his words.

"The Holy Patrol is like a captivity in Burma, and it cannot summon Chinese and foreign countries, and it has no size in Zhongxing, but it wants to make the court subject to barbarians." Zhu Yihai continued: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, your talent is hundreds of times better than today, you can follow the old things of Yingzong, and you are already famous." ”

Zhu Yongxing had a plan. But he didn't expect that Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was the first to persuade him, he pondered for a while, and said: "The country should change greatly, and all the descendants of Emperor Gao should work together to rejuvenate and recover." I have no intention of benefiting the world. And the great enemy is still there, and the same surname fights first, how can it become a prosperous business? ”

Zhang Huangyan sighed secretly in his heart, as a loyal subordinate of Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, he had already promised Zhu Yihai to persuade him to enter, and then he could make Zhu Yihai cloth a corner scarf, Xiao Ran, and be an idle king.

"Your Highness." Zhang Huangyan arched his hand and said: "Shizhi is the first to be the elder. The chaos of the world comes first. His Royal Highness recovered half of the rivers and mountains, and wanted to raise troops for the Northern Expedition, wise and martial, but he could worship Zhengshuo in the south. If the Son of Heaven who is still patrolling and fleeing, the hearts of the army and the people will be uneasy, and when will Zhongxing be? ”

Zhang Huangyan has no feelings for Yongli, half of this remark is because of the insistence of Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, and half of it is indeed from the bottom of his heart. Zhu Yongxing's actions. Repeated miraculous feats have indeed condensed the aspirations of many people. And. Persuading him in front of King Lu is also the foreshadowing that King Lu has done for him. King Lu wants to be an idle prince, so he hopes that his old man can have a good future, so it can be regarded as lifting the brand of King Lu on Zhang Huangyan's body.

Zhu Yongxing knew Zhang Huangyan's personality and character, and the words came out of his mouth. It can be seen that it is not a falsification. But now he still had to make a gesture, so he shook his head with a smile and said, "It's a big matter, don't be careful." Thanks to Uncle Huang, thanks to Zhang Shangshu, this matter will be released. First of all, the picture is important. ”

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, did not continue to persuade, his attitude has already shown that how to operate is Zhu Yongxing's business. Persuasion, there are also rules and procedures, how can you say it cheekily agree.

In history, the usurper seized power in the name of "Chan concession" and "Zen". When the "edict" of the country was issued, he pretended to be submissive, so that the courtiers repeatedly went to the table and persuaded him to ascend the throne, and then ascended the throne. For example, Cao Pi Dai Han. There were also foreign invasions, the imperial system was interrupted, and the ministers advised the clan to ascend the throne to inherit the imperial system. After the change of Tumubao, Emperor Jing ascended the throne and respected Yingzong as the emperor, which is an example.

After Zhu Yihai and the others left, Zhu Yongxing pondered for a long time, and asked Zha Rulong, the director of the confidential office: "Can everything be arranged?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, it's all ready." Zha Rulong was a little excited, he was a meritorious person, and he was also a founding hero.

"Then wait for a reply from all over the world!" Zhu Yongxing smiled with relief, he had accumulated popularity with struggle, established merits, and gathered the military generals, and finally it was time to go further.

And ascending the throne is not only Zhu Yongxing's personal matter, but also allows his civilian and military generals to relax and not worry about which day Yongli will come back, and it will be a drama of new people replacing old people. Even the common people will be relieved that the current policy of benefiting the people will one day be abolished because of the return of the Yongli calendar.

Patrolling Myanmar, Yongli has lost hope at home and abroad. Zhu Yongxing has laid the foundation with hard work, and although he still has to make a name, it can be regarded as a matter of course, and it is relatively easy.

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Chongqing.

Kuang Guogong Pi Xiong has gone to Nanjing, and the first division of the water division has traced the river to establish the Chongqing water division, which is temporarily dispatched by the Zhenshuo army. Preparations have been made for the reclamation of military cantonments in the surrounding areas of Chongqing, and many Huguang troops have been transported to fill Sichuan, and Chongqing officials have been properly resettled, and their families will also be brought in in the future, and they will become Sichuan people rooted in Shu from then on.

If the Ming army crosses the river and marches north now, there is a great hope that Boryeong will be conquered. However, both the General Staff Headquarters and Zhu Yongxing felt that attacking at this time was not the best choice, and the lesson of Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, who defeated Baoning, was still there, because he was eager to forge ahead and lacked weight.

Judging from the current situation, the Qing army has been blocked in a corner of Boryeong, and if it can hold Boryeong, it will already celebrate itself, and there is no possibility of launching a counteroffensive. The Ming army postponed the direct attack on Baoning, and while strengthening the guard of the Qing army in the city, it took effective measures to run Sichuan, set up officials to secure the people, recruit exiles, contact Tusi, step up the tuntian, reserve supplies, and connect with Chengdu by land, so as to make themselves invincible.

As far as military affairs are concerned, after the recovery of Chongqing, the Zhenshuo army has been linked with the Shuo army and the Shuo army, and the number of troops that can be mobilized has been greatly increased.

In the final analysis, this kind of steady arrangement is still limited to grain and grass materials, and Li Dingguo clearly understands this. The whole battlefield is a game of chess, and the supply of materials to Sichuan is already very generous, and it is not good for him to ask too much. As long as it takes a year, as long as a year, the reclamation around Chongqing, coupled with the support of Chengdu, the Zhenshuo army will have the strategic offensive ability to attack Shaanxi in the north, rather than only capturing Baoning.

Just when Li Dingguo was full of ambition and looking forward to the golden iron horse and the crisscrossing of Gansu and Shaanxi, Zhu Yongxing's secret envoy had already come to Chongqing, and the secret letter he brought immediately put Li Dingguo in a dilemma.

I want to be the emperor, what do you think? The meaning of the letter is very clear, and the style of wording is very similar to the election speeches of later generations, confident but not arrogant, powerful but not domineering. In short, it means that "I can do it", "I am stronger than Yongli", "I will revive China", "I will let everyone have a good future and future"...... (To be continued......)