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Due to incredible accidents and historical opportunities, Zhu Yongxing was pushed to the top of the pyramid of power, and let him sit at the top of the tower and look down on all directions, is this a kind of enjoyment, or is it a kind of torture?

For Zhu Yongxing, who has to take on the responsibility of changing the world, this will certainly make people have the fun of controlling huge power, but it also makes people feel like they are on the edge of the abyss. And the Zhongxing of every dynasty in history was reborn precisely because of reform, and it perished if it was not reformed.

It's called ZTE, but it's actually a reconstruction. The Ming Dynasty, which was difficult to return, has been swept away in the bloody storm, and the people who have experienced this tragedy, whether it is officials or ordinary people, have been enlightened; However, the great merits and the supreme authority given to Zhu Yongxing by the feudal tradition enabled his reforms to be launched and implemented relatively smoothly.

More importantly, the current Ming Dynasty has not yet formed a huge interest group, or the interest group that may hinder reform has not yet formed a climate. Therefore, as a reformer under the totalitarian system, only with Zhu Yongxing's Chinese resources can he have the grand ideal of being a historical giant that changes the world.

That's right, the capital of the Chinese, this is Zhu Yongxing's positioning of himself. In addition to the vision of the times, he believes that he cannot be compared with those historical sages. Of course, when it comes to the idea of making money, Zhu Yongxing is still more, wider and more unexpected than others.

Just a few days after Zhu Yongxing set off to the north, starting from Nanjing, the government introduced new tax regulations and management measures, directly targeting the entertainment industry. That's right, the land of gold dust in the Six Dynasties is to scrape money from bitches and prostitutes.

In Zhu Yongxing's view, the problem of prostitutes cannot be solved by the law. Because the prostitute industry has a long history. In today's society, although the political and economic forms of different countries are different, prostitutes are basically common. The emergence of the sex industry is the result of the joint efforts of various interests in society, and cannot be easily constrained by morality or law.

Since it is already a legal deposit, then increase the tax burden. It is both a restriction on this industry and an increase in revenue for the state treasury. At the same time, the management measures have standardized measures for various entertainment venues, ranging from the issuance of business licenses to the establishment of a registration system for prostitutes, and have intensified the crackdown on criminal acts such as forcing good people into prostitution. Among them, there are also explicit provisions for prostitutes to be good and help weak women who have the heart to jump out of the turbid fireworks. Standardize management, do not prohibit, do not promote. Discouraged, this is the policy adopted by the government.

Starting from Nanjing, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and other places have also begun to implement the new policy, first in key cities, then in the whole region, and finally in the whole country. Although this is not a major event related to the people's livelihood in the world, the government's steady pace is still the same.

In the short term, we can't see an increase or decrease in the fireworks tax, but with the relocation of the capital. Land prices in the Kisuke area have risen to a new level. In particular, land prices and housing prices in Beijing and Tianjin have risen rapidly. This made the auction of the first phase of the shop very successful. The profits were quite large, and more than two million taels of silver eased the finances at once. Subsequently, led by the local government, various localities began to auction off the reverse property one after another. Among them, Zhangjiakou, Datong, Lanzhou these three newly opened border cities are the most sought-after, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Kaifeng, Baoding, Jinan and other big cities are in the traffic arteries, the price is second.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier. It's not just officials, it's other people in the interest group. Those who had been officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty bore the brunt of the crimes, and those who did not have meritorious service such as anyway and surrender to sincerity were punished for the crime of "rebellion", and their family property was confiscated. The first offender was imprisoned, and his family was exiled to the Mekong and River reclamation wastelands; The scope of the attack continued to expand, and it was those northern gentry and merchants who supported the Qing Dynasty and attached to the Qing Dynasty, among which the Jin merchants were the mainstay, and they were replaced by the emerging merchant groups in the south, as well as the surviving landlords and merchants in the north.

The shrewdness of the businessmen and the profit-seeking of the businessmen are evident in this time of change of power between the old and the new. Both the political and military centers of gravity have shifted to the north, and economic adjustment is also imperative. Border trade has always been a very lucrative industry, and cheap porcelain, silk, cotton, ironware, tea, etc., in the border market, in exchange for cattle and horses, and other livestock, as soon as they change hands, it is a huge profit.

The collapse of the Jin Shang Group, which originally controlled foreign trade, just gave the emerging business group a good opportunity to replace it. Although the government has made a macro adjustment to the types and quantities of goods sold in the border markets, it is still popular without the exploitation of corrupt officials and generals.

From sea trade to land, the maritime group headed by the Zheng family tried their best to expand in the north with the help of the dragon's gong and the good relationship formed with the government by purchasing treasury bonds several times. Whether it is the auction of shops or the bidding for quasi-business licenses in the border market, they all show strong financial resources and aggressive momentum.

The old merchants in the south are still fighting on their own, and they have only realized the importance of uniting under the weak strength, but they have lost a lot of opportunities.

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"Don't sell these houses first, and draw up a new one according to the size and scale." Zhu Yongxing crossed out some of the names in the second auction list, the establishment of the new dynasty, the reward of the meritorious ministers has not yet been implemented, and these mansions in Beijing will be left to them!

"Tianjin wants to expand, and whoever invests will benefit, and formulate specific measures based on this principle." Tianjin, as the most important commercial port in the north, is already a sure thing, the government can't come up with money, so raise funds from the private sector, and then use land and houses to top!

"Sue the Ministry of Households, calculate, pull out some silver for the Ministry of Water Resources, and Cha Rulong complained to me again."

"The payment of military salaries to the Guangzhou Military Region has been suspended, and the war is about to begin, sue them, defeat Annan, and take double the salary from the capture as a reward."

"The matter of sending troops to the camp in Rehe (now Chengde City) has been approved, so that the Beijing Military Region will step up its actions and tell Sù Bulni that the border city will be opened there, isn't he afraid that Datong and Zhangjiakou are far away and inconvenient?"

"Tell the governors of Gansu and Shaanxi that if there is a surplus in the local finances of the two provinces within three years, they do not need to be transferred to the Beijing Division, but are directly transferred to the Northwest Military Region."

"The income of Lanzhou border city is divided into three percent separately, and the special fund is used to hoard grain and grass materials in the northwest. Well, if Dongshengwei (now Ordos) is restored and the border city is opened, it will also be handled according to this example. ”

Officials of the Prime Minister's Office recorded Zhu Yongxing's instructions or transcribed them into wills. or wrote a document to various ministries, seeing that Zhu Yongxing did not explain again, he bowed down and withdrew from the room.

Zhu Yongxing opened the wooden box on the case and began to reply to the close ministers one by one, and the first letter was for the skin bear of the king of Qianyang.

At present, the war in Liaodong is in a stalemate, and the Qing army dug trenches in Shuangtai, Liangtun, and Wolongquan in the south of Gaizhou and east of the city. Garrison garrison. The two sides are constantly fighting, and neither can help the other for the time being. But judging from the battle report, the Ming army still has a slight upper hand by virtue of its firepower superiority. Of course, this is related to the plan formulated by the General Staff and the purpose set by Zhu Yongxing, and the Ming army did not do its best.

For such a war situation, the generals of the Northeast Military Region were inevitably a little anxious, or increased their troops to fight; Or Ning Yuan's Dangshuo army went north to Jinzhou. intensify containment; Or allow them to press all the reserves and North Korean recruits in order to win in one fell swoop.

Zhu Yongxing disapproves of this. From a local point of view, it is a stalemate, but from the perspective of the entire Liaodong war situation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has become more and more passive. As long as the current situation is maintained, the collapse of the Manchus is just around the corner.

To the northwest, the rebellious Chahar tribe was stronger than in history, with the Chahar Left Wing Four Banners, the Right Wing Four Banners, the Khalkha Gongdrizab, the Dutong Jinjin, the Deputy Dutong Budari, the Naiman Banner King Zamuchan, and the Ao Han Banner defeated by Burnni. and in the Chahar Department and the Ming army to flank the Karaqin left flank attached to the subordination, the number of men and horses reached more than 20,000. As long as they can defeat the combined forces of Horqin, Alu Korqin, Wengniut, Balin, Tumut, and Zalut that were urgently summoned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they can go straight from Yizhou Wei to Liaodong, and even cross the Liaohe loop to threaten Shenyang.

In the western direction of Liaoning, the Dangshuo army stationed in Ningyuan has completed the construction of fortifications, and is in a favorable situation of attacking and retreating. So. If it relied on firepower to take the defensive position, the Dangshuo army would be able to draw nearly half of its men, that is, 20,000 people, to fight on the battlefield. Either to reinforce the Northeast Military Region, or to carry out an amphibious landing in the Yingkou area at the mouth of the Liaohe River to complete the flank encirclement of the Qing army in Gaizhou.

North Korean direction. The new independent division was replenishing a large number of Jiangwutang officers and crossed the Yalu River in regimental units, conducting a number of small-scale adaptive operations with the Qing army in the Fengcheng and Kuandian areas. With the rich combat experience, as well as the strengthening of artillery and cavalry, because the number of Qing troops in front of them was the smallest, Zhu Yongxing felt that this might be the most explosive force.

One, two, three, four. As long as the troops of the Northeast Military Region continue to consume the Qing army near Gaizhou, the threat in the four directions will become greater and greater, until the threat in one direction becomes a breakthrough, and the entire Liaodong war situation will be turned upside down at once. Quite simply, the Manchus had no troops to adjust, and it was already their greatest effort to support the current situation.

Winning with the most stable tactics is Zhu Yongxing's purpose. As long as it can firmly absorb the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and fight with it, the Northeast Military Region will already be a great achievement. If you rush too much, you are prone to change.

The north was initially decided, and the relocation of the capital had just been completed, and Zhu Yongxing didn't want any bad news that shook people's hearts. The restoration and reconstruction of the north, the funds that can be raised from the sale of land and houses, all of which require stability, social stability, and people's hearts, even if it is a small failure, he does not want to have it.

“…… The Manchus can still support it, but time is on our side, and there may be some difficulties in the short term, but the more we fight, the weaker the Manchus become, the stronger we are, and the smoother the war. From the perspective of the overall situation, there is no doubt about victory, and I also know that the generals are eager to win, but the north is initially decided, and I hope that after the relocation of the capital, good news will come from Liaodong, and it will not be a failure, even a small defeat will frustrate people's hearts, thus affecting the established operation of the entire imperial court. ”

Zhu Yongxing stopped thinking about it and continued to write: "The weak fight with the strong, the weak take advantage of the victory, and the strong are conducive to wrestling; The rich sue the poor, the poor are happy to settle the matter quickly, and the rich are happy to last. Now that the Manchurian Qing Dynasty has shrunk to a corner, why is it different that the weak wrestle with the strong, and the poor compete with the rich for wealth? Therefore, you must make up your mind and fight the enemy according to the established purpose, so that the attack will be fruitless, and the defense will be safe, which is a great achievement. Thou shalt show this letter to the outside world, so that the generals will also be relieved. ”

If we want to ensure stability, we can only win steadily, which is a decision made by Zhu Yongxing from a higher position and from the overall situation.

As long as there is no internal chaos, there is no doubt about the fall of the Manchus. The possibility of civil strife, on the other hand, is very small and cannot be considered.

Pressing the Northeast Military Region's eagerness to fight, Zhu Yongxing took out Zha Rulong's secret fold again, and he had already read it for the second time, so he saw it quickly.

In this year's spring flood, there was another breach at the Qingjiang estuary in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, but after the water receded and the embankment was built, a large area of fertile land could be silted. In addition to the farmland in the affected areas, more than 2,000 hectares remained. Cha Rulong means that it will be sold at the official price, and the silver will be at the disposal of the Ministry of Water Resources, which can solve the shortage of the river's industrial and silver banks.

Although the method sounds good, and it can save a lot of treasury silver, it is not completely Zhu Yongxing's mind, because they confuse the difference between owning land and not owning land. According to Zha Rulong and Chen Huang, when the river was repaired, those rich squires were asked to work and pay, and they complained bitterly and did not pull out a dime, and when the river was repaired, they wanted to return a large piece of land for nothing, how could there be such a good thing?

"For thousands of years, the Yellow River has been flooded frequently, and there is a lot of silt land. However, if there is a land of the Lord, it shall not be transferred to the state because the state spends money to control the river. The state spends money to control the river, in order to benefit the people, and the benefits are in the future, and it is natural and righteous for the silted fields to be restored to the Lord, how can the country compete with the people for profit? And the contribution of money and effort is voluntary, and can be rewarded for it, but not punished for it......"

After Zhu Yongxing finished writing, he checked again, and said that river control is a public welfare undertaking and something that the government should do, not a profit-seeking move. It doesn't matter what the silt field was like before, since it has a master, there is no reason to rob it because of this, or ask the original owner to pay for it.

In fact, this is also the difference in thinking, the gap between the times. Zha Rulong, Chen Huang and others still have the concept of the traditional government, or they are eager to control the river, anyway, they are not the same as Zhu Yongxing's ideas. Just like Zhu Yongxing hates to use the name of the government to requisition materials or manpower without compensation, it is the same reason.

It seems that the reform seems to be smooth on the surface, the law has been enacted, and the policy has been implemented, but when it comes to the actual implementation, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. The thinking of officials and the understanding of policies by officials are important factors in whether the reform is implemented and whether it really has the desired effect when it was formulated.

There are policies and countermeasures, which is what Zhu Yongxing is most worried about. It is in the ninth layer, and it is difficult for the people to get through, and this secret folding system is also a remedy. Ten days a fold, even if there is no major event, the local situation must be heard to the heavens.

For example, whether the weather is sunny or rainy, whether the price of rice is cheap or expensive, as well as taxes, the political achievements of officials, the competition in the officialdom, the struggle between factions, the poetry and chapter of the literati, the anecdotes among the common people, etc., there are all kinds of contents, and everything can be available. It is precisely because of these seemingly tedious and useless trivial things that Zhu Yongxing can more truly understand the situation of the officials in the north and south of the river and grasp the political situation. (The novel "Countercurrent Clearing" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)