Can the peak bear the fifty-fourth section of the storm (middle)

After the rebellion in the southwest was quelled, the emperor gave Zhang Heming a reward with the prince and young master, and also promoted Huangshi to the governor of the left capital, the young protector and the prince Taibao, and gave him a python robe and jade belt. At this time, Mao Wenlong had been promoted to Taibao because of his stubborn resistance in Liaodong, and among the military generals in the country, he was the only one who was slightly higher than Huangshi in terms of rank.

In the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, Liaoyang

Today, after Huang Taiji came to several brothers, he raised a letter at them: "Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Kingdom, has sent another letter asking for peace with us. ”

"Again?" Amin keenly grasped the word.

"Yes, it was a month last year, and after the Dongjiang Army of the Ming Kingdom captured Haizhou, Mao Wenlong sent someone to negotiate peace. ”

"Liar!" Mang Gurtai jumped up and scolded through gritted teeth: "They are all liars in Dongjiang Town. ”

"Fifth brother, don't worry, listen to me slowly. Huang Taiji sat down comfortably and said to a few people in the room: "I also thought that Mao Wenlong was here to delay the army, if he wanted to negotiate peace, how could he fight our Haizhou? But I didn't expect Mao Wenlong to write again, and now that his Haizhou City has been consolidated, I think it seems a little strange. ”

"What's so strange, Dongjiang Town is all liars. Manggultai muttered, and Daishan and Amin glared at him together, and Manggultai squinted at the ceiling, but kept his mouth shut.

Mao Wenlong emphasized that it was a secret letter this time, and he said that he had not reported the two communications to the Ming Court, as if he was communicating with us in private. Huang Taiji focused on biting the word "privately". Because this kind of communication is so easy to use, Huang Taiji has the meaning of trying.

Amin and Dai Shan glanced at each other, and it was Amin who asked, "What are the conditions proposed by Mao Wenlong?"

"We withdrew from the side wall, and Mao Wenlong was responsible for pinning down the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town and promising not to retaliate against us. Huang Taiji said Mao Wenlong's conditions without changing his face.

"Liar, traitor!" Mang Gurtai jumped up as if he had been burned by a red iron, this condition was not the first time he had heard it, so Mang Gurti was so excited that he almost lost his self-control. He pulled his neck and shouted at Huang Taiji: "Parade the messenger through the streets, and then cut it with a thousand knives." I'll be the main knife!"

"Shut up!" Before Huang Taiji could speak, Dai Shan and Amin scolded in unison, Mang Gurtai's face turned red, and he strode out of the tent angrily, and when he opened the tent door, he also angrily threw down a paragraph: "You never believed me, anyway, I told you, Dongjiang Town is a gang of scoundrels." You can go and fight with Mao Wenlong. ”

After Mang Gurtai left, Dai Shan nodded: "I think it's feasible, the former governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom...... It was that Yuan Chonghuan, the last time he was beaten in North Korea, he told the Ming court that North Korea was far away, and there was nothing to lose, and North Korea was already cold. But because of the bully Mao Wenlong by his side, North Korea has never dared to show its intention to coexist peacefully with us. Now if Mao Wenlong starts to negotiate peace. Then the DPRK is estimated to have no confidence to consume it with us. ”

Huang Taiji stroked his palms and smiled: "What Da Baylor said coincides with me, I also suggest giving it a try, if we can really let Mao Wenlong negotiate peace with us, then our situation will be much better." ”

"Well, yes, Mao Wenlong is so annoying. Every time we were inseparable from Mongolia, he would come and do bad things. Now that he occupies Haizhou, we can't do anything about him, if we can negotiate peace, it would be the best. ”

Since Amin also agreed, three of the four major Baylors were in favor of making peace with Dongjiang Town. Huang Taiji told the other two Baylors that he would personally go and do the work for Mang Gurtai in a while, and promised to make sense of him as well.

Amin had a nonchalant expression: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense, anyway, the fifth child is one person, and there are three of us, but you have to send a competent person to go, and you must make Mao Wenlong stunned." ”

"Don't worry. I will agree with Mao Wenlong's opinion first. As long as Dongjiang Town is willing to talk, as long as it can be seen by the vassals of the Ming Kingdom. ”

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Meanwhile. Huang Shi had returned to Fujian, and he found that the situation in front of him had become a mess. After the fierce battle between the Fujian and Dutch troops in Penghu, although the Dutch were forced to abandon Penghu, the Fujian officers and troops also withdrew from the Penghu area because they were relieved by the Dutch's land bond.

As a result, there was a vacuum of power between Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Manila, and the northern end of the entire Maritime Silk Road was undefended, and pirates quickly rose to fill the gap left by the Dutch and Ming armies. At present, the biggest pirate leader is Zheng Yiguan, after Funing Town defeated the Dutch, the Penghu fleet was immediately disbanded, Zheng Yiguan hired these retired soldiers with a large amount of silver, and almost collected the sea elite of the original Funing Army, and even most of the warships of the Funing Army were pulled away by him.

By the first half of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zheng Yiguan began to set up cards along the coast of Fujian, stipulating that every merchant ship passing through this sea area must pay taxes to him/ By the second half of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zheng Yiguan's monthly income had reached more than 100,000 taels of silver. By the end of the eighth month of the Apocalypse, 12 of the 43 large merchant ships of Fujian had gone to sea, and Zheng Yiguan had taken 12 of them, and obtained nearly 2 million taels of silver, and became even more powerful, and tried to complete the unfinished business of the Dutch, which was to completely monopolize the maritime trade between China and Spain.

In August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian, saw that the pirates were powerful, so he ordered Yu Zhigao, the deputy general of the South Road of the Water Division in Funing Town, and the chief military officer with the rank of commander-in-chief, to reorganize the water division and send troops to fight. As a result, the hastily formed Daming Water Division of Fujian Province fought in the north in mid-September. Yu Zhigao, who was severely condemned, was anxious and helpless, and simply suggested "using razing to control the thieves" and leasing Dutch ships and sailors to crusade against Zheng Yiguan.

In October, Yu Zhigao promised in writing that he would apply for a trade license from the Son of Heaven on behalf of the Dutch, and after hearing the news, the Dutch cobbled together all the warships in Taiwan to attack Zheng Yiguan on Tongshan Island in Fujian. At this time, the number of Zheng troops had exceeded 20,000. Half of them were veterans of the Funing Township Naval Division, and the Dutch Naval Division was about to collapse at the first touch, one of the seven warships was destroyed, four were captured, and two of them did not even dare to return to Taiwan, but went straight to Batavia.

After defeating the Dutch, Zheng Yiguan continued to spend a lot of money to recruit sailors and soldiers from Fujian and Japan, and when he was ready, he began to attack Haicheng, Fujian. The 1,000 officers and men stationed there were all wiped out, and all the baggage ships were owned by the pirates. Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian, lamented: "The gangsters are all evil in the mainland, mixed with fierce and fierce, and more than 30,000 people are ......."

After the capture of Haicheng in November, Zheng Yiguan amassed nearly 20,000 sailors and more than 500 ships, and in December stormed Xiamen, the deputy general of Funing Zhennan Road, and thousands of officers and troops resisted for several days before collapsing. Yu Zhigao fled to Quanzhou. After Zheng Yiguan incorporated the Funing Town Water Division, he continued to attack Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, and the Funing army in southern Fujian collapsed and surrendered. Zheng Yiguan took away all the ships that could be taken away, and burned those that could not be taken away, "the officers and soldiers, the ships, and the weapons all came to naught, and the whole Fujian was shaken."

At the end of December of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zheng Yiguan invaded the interior of Fujian from the coast. "Haikou has formed partnerships to break into the interior, such as coastal Huzhou, Lieyu, Dadeng, Aotou, and Liuwudian. The center left and other places burned, plundered, killed, and wounded, ten rooms and nine escaped, and fled away from the road. When the South Road of Funing Town collapsed, the desperate Yu Zhigao sent people to the Funing Town Headquarters for help. At this time, the three battalions of Huangshi were still on the road, and Zhao Wanxiong had no soldiers and horses at hand, so he could only refuse Yu Zhigao's request.

After Zheng Yiguan annihilated the Funing army in southern Fujian, he released all the captured Ming army officers, and at the same time asked them to bring a letter to the imperial court, expressing his willingness to accept Zhao'an and "defend the coastal defense" for the Ming Dynasty. After letting go of the Ming military officers. Zheng Yiguan set up a notice in southern Fujian. He announced that he would collect taxes on the merchants who had passed by, and of course he would have to pay him a protection fee when he went to sea.

Fujian's political secretary played the imperial court: "There are thieves all over the sea." The people have no sails to come and go, and the traders are cut off. After this recital arrived in Beijing, Chongzhen immediately ordered the arrest of Yu Zhigao for questioning.

At the same time, there was also a quarrel in the court, and some people advocated that Huang Shi personally go out to clear the pirates in the Fujian Sea, but there were also many people who advocated recruiting An Zheng Yiguan and promoting him to the coastal defense officer of Funing Town. The current situation is that the Southern Association of Funing Town has collapsed, and although Huangshi has a great reputation, he and his troops have never been known for water warfare. In the end, the emperor decided to order Huangshi to start suppressing the bandits, and at the same time planned to promote Xiong Wencan to be the governor of Fujian, so as to suppress and appease both.

However, the military expenditure still had to be raised by Fujian Province and Funing Town, and after Chongzhen carried out a large tax cut, the income of the inner treasury was almost completely cut off, and the treasury could no longer be subsidized, so the Donglin Party suggested that the agricultural endowment be added. Although the Wanli Dynasty set the agricultural tax at about one-thirtieth of the peasants' income, Wanli still added a total of 5 million Liaoyuan land. However, in the Wanli and Tianqi dynasties, once a natural disaster occurred in a certain province, the imperial court would reduce or exempt the taxes of the province.

The Emperor of Chongzhen intended to make great efforts, but unfortunately there was a serious shortage of money in his hands, so he stipulated that the taxes of all provinces must be collected, and the local officials were not allowed to delay and delay. At the same time, Chongzhen and the Donglin cabinet believed that it was necessary to show the atmosphere of the new dynasty, and decided to investigate the arrears and shortcomings of the provinces, in order to make up for the gaps left by the previous dynasties.

Taking Shaanxi as an example, the Wanli Dynasty estimated that the grain per mu could be sold for about five cents of silver, and the tax per mu was about two cents of silver, plus two cents and seven cents of Liao's salary, and a total of four cents to five cents of silver. In the Wanli year and the Apocalypse year, not only will this be exempted in the event of a famine, but there will also be related relief.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the emperor's inner treasury was no longer able to provide relief to the disaster areas in Shaanxi, not only that, but Chongzhen also ordered to collect taxes without discrimination.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the military food, weapons, and clothing of the military towns in Shaanxi were all raised by the military towns themselves, and after entering the Xiaoice River period, they were mainly subsidized by miscellaneous taxes collected by Wanli. Now that the source of the domestic currency is almost exhausted, the Donglin Party suggested that the tax be distributed equally to the peasants in the disaster-stricken areas of Shaanxi according to a whip rule, which is equivalent to two coins of silver per mu, and the Son of Heaven approved this bill.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up a horse administration in Shaanxi, and specially drew a grassland to prepare horses for military use...... There is not even a single horse bone, and the pastures have long since degraded and disappeared.

During the Wanli Dynasty, military horses were mainly purchased from the income from the mining tax of the domestic currency. After the Taichang Dynasty Donglin Party abolished the mining tax, Wei Zhongxian, who was born in the old peasantry, did not dare to make up his mind about the poor peasants, so he secretly ordered the Dongchang to investigate who was rich in the civil and military officials. Horses were then collected by giving the Forbidden City the right to ride horses (this policy has been discussed in this book before, so I won't repeat it here).

After defeating the evil Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin gentleman immediately abolished this unpopular decree. However, Wei Zhongxian could not build 570,000 horses out of thin air in Shaanxi, but the Jiubian military towns still needed a supply of horses. The Donglin gentlemen were not from old peasant backgrounds, they did not have Wei Zhongxian's sense of small peasants, and the Donglin cabinet first put the responsibility for the abandonment of Ma Zheng to Wei Zhongxian, and then told the emperor that the reason why he couldn't raise horses now. It was because the horse farms had been occupied by the "Diao people" in Shaanxi to farm, so they suggested that the emperor should follow a whip rule. Increase Shaanxi by five dollars per mu of silver to buy horses, Chongzhen approved this vote.

During the period of Zhang Juzheng, the number of clans in the Ming Dynasty had increased greatly, and Zhang Juzheng only gave eighty percent of the rated supply in order to save money. When it came to asking for money and shameless Wanli's pro-government, he was only willing to give fifty percent or even less to some of the clans. Moreover, the emperor of Wanli also creatively invented the method of not giving a name so not giving money, and during his reign, some distant clans of the Ming Dynasty could not get an official name for a lifetime. So I can't eat the imperial food.

After Chongzhen, the king of Yao Shun, came to power, the Donglin cabinet suggested that he make up for some of the needs of the clan by collecting taxes from the peasants according to a whip rule, and Chongzhen agreed to this vote, so Shaanxi had another additional endowment.

In addition, the Donglin Party claimed to increase the production of water control in Shaanxi, according to the whip example......

Moreover, the Donglin Party believed that the cost of transporting grain to the Ganshan military town should not be completely dependent on salt ......

And also. ......

Originally, in Shaanxi Province, which was assessed by Zhang Juzheng in the harvest year as the income per mu could reach four or five coins of silver, the total amount of taxes per mu set by the Son of Heaven and the Donglin Party for the local peasants in the first year of Chongzhen was as high as two taels of silver.

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Huang Shi returned to Fujian at the end of the first month, when the order of the imperial court to arrest Yu Zhigao had just arrived, and he immediately went to Quanzhou to meet with Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian. After seeing Governor Zhu, Huang Shi was not polite, and said bluntly: "Lord Zhu, the last general will not practice naval warfare. If General Yu is sent to prison, the last general will not know how to train sailors, let alone eliminate the thieves. ”

Zhu Yifeng was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but at present, he is also unable to protect himself, let alone protect Yu Zhigao. He smiled bitterly at Huang Shi and said: "Huang Shuai, this time the thieves have entered the hinterland of Fujian Province, such a big matter, the imperial history has already made a lot of noise, how can this not be held responsible?"

"Lord Zhu, now there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 thieves who were originally officers and soldiers of Funing Town, if the imperial court had not withdrawn the Penghu Naval Division before. It's not going to be like this now. ”

Zhu Yifeng nodded again and again. casually echoed: "What Huang Shuai said is that it is all Wei Wei's traitor. If it weren't for his withdrawal of Penghu coastal defense, there would indeed be no today's rebellion, but it is useless to say anything now. ”

Zheng Yiguan himself wanted to make a big deal in order to recruit peace, so as to justifiably collect protection money from the Fujian Construction Card. And the main force in the Zheng army is also the official army of the former Funing Town, so accepting Zhao'an is very marketable in the Zheng army. In history, after Xiong Wencan came out, Zheng Yiguan immediately accepted the imperial court's recruitment and became the coastal defense guerrilla of Funing Town.

After obtaining the Ming Dynasty officials, Zheng Yiguan cooperated closely with the Funing Zhen Army, and used the resources of the imperial court to annihilate the other major sea bandits in the Fujian Sea, stipulating that all ships passing through the Taiwan Strait must pay taxes to him, otherwise the safety of the merchants' cargo ships would not be guaranteed. Eight years after Chongzhen, Zheng Yiguan's annual income was more than millions of taels of silver, and he monopolized the trade on the southeast coast with his Ming official body and fleet, raising hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

If it is just a personal feeling, Huang Shi still has a good impression of the Zheng family, he still remembers that when he went to Xiamen when he was a child, the adults once pointed to a statue of Gulangyu to show him: "This is the national hero Zheng Chenggong, he recovered the territory of the motherland from the hands of foreign people, and his name will be passed down from generation to generation." ”

At that time, Huangshi's elders also told him: "The biggest mistake Zheng Chenggong did in his life was to promote a traitor named Shi Lang." This Shi Lang turned his back on his parents' country because of his greed for wealth and wealth, betrayed his ancestors' clothing and culture to foreigners, and dyed his head red with the blood of his compatriots, so he should really create a kneeling statue of Shi Lang in front of the statue of Zheng Chenggong!"

When Huangshi grew up, he gradually learned that Zheng Chenggong's father was doing the same thing as Shi Lang. When the Qing soldiers went south, Zheng Yiguan, who was regarded by Emperor Longwu as the dry city of the country, reached an agreement with the Manchus in private. betrayed Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty and the people of Fujian, who trusted him. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty brutally slaughtered the people of the coastal thirty miles, Zheng Yiguan, who was a native of Quanzhou, humbly begged the Manchus to crown him as the "King of the Minhai Sea", and finally took his savings of tens of millions of taels to Beijing to keep braids and become a duke.

But Zheng Chenggong said loudly: "If the father is not a loyal minister, the son is not a filial son." Categorically rejected the Manchu surrender.

Because of Zheng Chenggong, Huang Shi has no ill feelings towards the Zheng family, and he has no murderous intentions towards the Zheng family, but now Huang Shi is an officer and soldier. And Zheng Yiguan is a Haikou.

- This is not a personal vendetta.

Huang Shi said to himself in his heart, and then raised his head and asked Zhu Yifeng: "The last general dares to ask Lord Zhu." Are you the master of the caress or the main suppression?"

Of course, Zhu Yifeng is the main suppressor, but now he can't suppress it. Since the imperial court has moved the intention of using Xiong Wencan, it means that the main Fu faction has gained the upper hand in the imperial court. Zheng Yiguan has repeatedly claimed that he wants to accept Zhao'an, it seems that Xiong Wencan will most likely be able to complete the affairs of Zhao'an, so he Zhu Yifeng may lose the opportunity to recover forever because of "improper handling and provoking chaos".

These days, Zhu Yifeng thought about it, and he was almost desperate for his future, and he could only smile bitterly after hearing Huang Shi ask such a thing: "The Nanxie Water Division has perished." Old General Yu is in prison, is there anything else Huang Shuai can do?"

"Build bridges and pave roads without bones, kill people and set fire to gold belts. Gathering crowds to make trouble, attacking prefectures and counties, and then being recruited and turned into an official, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world?" Huang Shi sneered a few times, and said loudly to Zhu Yifeng: "Lord Zhu, the last general thinks that it should be dealt with strictly. There will be no recruitment. ”

"Huang Shuai is so courageous, but the dynasty is responsible for the internal coquettishness. ”

"That's for the homeless people who can't eat, not for pirates and pirates. This time, the thieves went deep into the interior and killed tens of thousands of officers, soldiers, and civilians, resulting in the impeachment of Master Zhu and General Yu, and General Yu even feared for his life. If General Yu has anything, what if. On the contrary, let the last general and the thief become colleagues, then it will be impossible to figure it out no matter what. ”

"Huang Shuai said well!" Zhu Yifeng couldn't help but agree. Zheng Yiguan broke through many states and counties this time, making Zhu Yifeng's official position also disappear, if Zhu Yifeng lost his official position and saw Zheng Yiguan become an official of the imperial court, then he felt that he was also going to be angry to death.

However, Zhu Yifeng turned his mind and became discouraged again: "But there is no grain and grass, ships, sailors, and no sailor generals, where does this start?"

Huang Shi gently took off his official hat, held it and said to Zhu Yifeng solemnly: "Lord Zhu, the last general is willing to use this black yarn to protect General Yu." Shang Song Shu pleaded with the imperial court to suppress the pirates. I don't know if Lord Zhu is willing to lead the performance. ”

Hearing these words, Zhu Yifeng was surprised and delighted. It is said that this event will not be unlucky for Huangshi this round, if Huangshi is silent. Most Zheng Yiguan will also become his nominal subordinates. Naturally, there is no big problem in keeping a Yu Shigao in the name of Huangshi's current place, and as long as the imperial court passes the suppression, then most of his official position of Zhu Yifeng will be retained.

Of course, this preservation is only temporary, and if the final suppression fails, the punishment will become heavier. Zhu Yifeng knew that he was just losing his official position if he retreated bravely now, and if he failed to suppress the bandits again, it was estimated that there would be murder. After his surprise, he hesitated: "Huang Shuai, I don't know if it will be successful?"

"The last general is willing to limit it to two years, and the old general Baoyu will be able to successfully suppress the bandits. ”

Zhu Yifeng thought about it, the time limit of two years is not too long, and the imperial court can probably accept it, if the situation does not deteriorate too much by then, his own activities may be transferred to other places. Even if it deteriorates too much, maybe it won't be a capital crime, and it's better than losing your position now. Thinking of this section, Zhu Yifeng agreed with Huang Shi's plan: "Since Huang Shuai is so sure, this official will also use this Venerable head to protect General Yu." ”

The two of them hurriedly wrote a rush song, and then the two began to discuss the issue of the army. Zhu Yifeng immediately proposed: "Funing Town originally had an establishment of eight battalions, but in the opinion of this officer, it may not be enough, and this official thinks that he can write again and expand the officers and soldiers of Funing Town to ten battalions, and Huang Shuai will be fully responsible for the battalion system." ”

A battalion in Huangshi reported that there were 5,000 soldiers, and Zhu Yifeng gritted his teeth and said: "There are about 40,000 or 50,000 Haikou in Haikou, if the official army in Funing Town has 10 battalions of 50,000 soldiers, with Huang Shuai's martial arts." We will definitely be able to drive the thieves out of Fujian Province. ”

However, Funing Town said that it could not afford to raise 50,000 soldiers. Although Zhu Yifeng didn't mention it, he had also heard a little about the big loans of Pingman, so he estimated that Huangshi originally planned to disband the existing three battalions to save expenses. If you want to support Huangshi and Yu Zhigao to fight, then Zhu Yifeng must also find a way to come up with some money.

Zhu Yifeng asked about the cost, and Huang Shi honestly reported: "The monthly salary of each soldier in Funing Town is one or two and five yuan, and if you count the armor, grain and grass, equipment, shipbuilding, and cannon casting, how can it cost two taels of silver a month." ”

Zhu Yifeng, as the governor of Fujian, also knows the basic number of Funing Town: "Well." Huang Shuai is right, the 50,000 soldiers are 100,000 taels of silver a month. One hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver will be required for a year, and five taels of silver will be paid for recruiting soldiers, which is another two hundred and fifty thousand taels, well, we must take out five hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver as soon as possible, and a total of one and a half thousand taels of silver will be needed within a year. ”

Huang Shi proposed that he could use the military ticket to save some of it, if all of it was settled in silver coins. Only about one million taels of silver a year is enough, and Funing Town can solve some of it by itself. The two of them calculated and calculated, and in the end, Fujian Province still took the lion's share of the main food and salary, and it was at least 700,000 taels of silver in the first year, and it was impossible to be less than this number in the second year.

"How good is this, the imperial court has ordered the suspension of sea taxes. "If the sea tax is not stopped, Fujian will probably be able to get a monthly income of 100,000 taels of silver from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and a large part of this money will be allocated to Funing Town to maintain the water division land. It's just that now it can't be counted on. Without waiting for Huang Shi to answer, Zhu Yifeng lowered his head and calculated, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "The only way to do this is to add Jinghai Fu." ”

According to Zhu Yifeng's calculations, he can add some additional special taxes to merchants and citizens, and how can the province extort 200,000 taels a year. The remaining 500,000 taels of land Zhu Yifeng planned to pass on to the peasants in the name of Jinghai Fu and fire consumption, and he also planned to collect a little more for the sake of insurance: "Adopt a whip and increase the ...... per mu"

Huang Shi did not have any good opinion of this plan, because he thought that the peasants might not be able to pay it at all, and it would be strange if the local officials did not take advantage of the additional tax of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. In fact, Zhu Yifeng also believes that the balance of the people's hard work in a year may not be comparable to this tax, and Fujian's grain output per mu has not been high, and coastal farmers have to go out to sea to fish while farming to make a living.

Now, in order to fight the pirates, it is likely that the Funing Army and the Fujian Buzheng Division will also impose martial law and ban on the Fujian Sea, which will cause even more losses to farmers and fishermen. And if the citizens and merchants are taxed. It can also cause commercial damage. Coupled with the sea thieves and the martial law and sea ban imposed by the imperial court, the merchants are estimated to suffer huge losses.

However, Zhu Yifeng thinks that ordinary people's money is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze it, you can always pick it out: "Xiaomin generally has some savings, and if he can't do it, he also has family property that can be pawned, as long as Huang Shuai can pacify Haikou within two years, the official thinks that they can still get this money." ”

Huang Shi shook his head secretly when he heard this.

Now, in order to collect intelligence, Zheng Yiguan deliberately made a generous gesture, and when he met a scholar, he would give some silver to rush to take the exam, and when he met the poor, he would give some copper plates, and he also spent a lot of money to buy a lot of fine works, so that the people "were virtuous thieves and took thieves as their ambitions" appeared.

But after all, this kind of people are a minority, Zheng Jun's robbery on the coast of the Fujian Sea made a large number of people in Fujian unable to eat, and he also burned a large number of merchant ships in Zhangzhou, Xiamen and other places, so most of Fujian's Shinong, industry and commerce are still eager to see the officers and soldiers exterminate the bandits and give them a peaceful life.

If Zhu Yifeng's strategy is implemented, then the imperial court will inevitably lose people's hearts, and the Fujian elders may hate the officers and soldiers more than the pirates, and the call to accept Zheng Yiguan's recruitment will become louder and louder.

"Lord Zhu, the last general dares to ask, can the imperial court and the Fujian political secretary agree to Funing Town to collect Jinghai money in the Fujian Sea? For example, collect a certain amount of silver according to the size of the goods or ships, and use this money to form a sailor. Huang Shi is talking about the rights that Zheng Yiguan got in his original history, when Zheng Yiguan was a coastal defense guerrilla in Funing Town, and he could get at least one million taels of silver a year by setting up cards to collect taxes along the Taiwan Strait.

"Isn't it just a makeover of the sea tax, well, although the imperial court has a ban on the sea, but this official thinks there should be no big problem, as long as it is ......"

Zhu Yifeng made a gesture to send money, and Huang Shi nodded: "Of course, this silver will not be swallowed alone." Just ask Lord Zhu to give permission to the last general, and the last general plans to rely on this to form a water division. ”

"Hmm, a piece of paper is easy to do, but this is far from water can not quench the thirst of the near, and now there are thieves everywhere in Fujian, and we don't have a sailor who can't collect the Jinghai tax......" Zhu Yifeng said and stopped, he felt that his thinking was a little chaotic.

"Lord Zhu wants to say that we must have a sailor before we can collect taxes. And you have to collect taxes before you can have a sailor, so judging by the current situation. We will have neither a sailor nor a tax. But so?"

Zhu Yifeng looked at Huang Shi stunned for a while: "Huang Shuai is right, that's exactly what he said." ”

"In other words, as long as we have a sailor and exterminate the Haikou, we will definitely be able to have taxes?" Huang Shi asked with a smile, and without waiting for Zhu Yifeng to answer, he hurriedly said, "Then please ask Lord Zhu to give permission to the last general immediately and inform the whole of Fujian." Let every merchant know that the water master of Funing Town has the right to receive this money. ”

"But...... But we don't have the money yet?"

"Borrow! With the Jinghai tax as collateral. ”

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February 21, Jingshi,

After Li Biao, the head of the Donglin Party, and Qian Longxi, the second assistant, got Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng to expedite the chapter, they couldn't help laughing, and then suggested that the Son of Heaven accept Huang Shi's guarantee, and listen to him adopt a strategy against the Fujian pirates for a period of two years.

Unexpectedly, Chongzhen did not immediately approve the vote, but summoned Qian Longxi to interrogate: "Ge Lao." Huang Shuai doesn't seem to be famous for water warfare, isn't this difficult for some strongmen?"

"Saint, Huang Shuai is really the first fierce general of my Ming Dynasty, Huang Shuai was stationed on Changsheng Island in the past, in the opinion of the minister, the water war is naturally quite good. I just didn't have a chance to show it. Besides, Huang Shuai is outstanding in martial arts and has made great contributions to the country, since Huang Shuai is so sincere, he must ensure that Yu Zhigao is guilty of meritorious service, and the minister thinks that it is not easy to refute this performance. ”

The boy in the dragon robe pondered for a while, and felt that what Qian Longxi said was true, he nodded and said, "What should Yu Zhigao be guilty of?"

"Back to the saint, the minister thought that Yu Zhigao deserved to be killed. However, he has been on the border for many years and recovered Penghu for the country, even if he is punished with death. The minister thought that the crime should also be reduced by one degree. Deprivation of the world is about the same. ”

"Well, since sin does not deserve death. Then listen to Huang Shuai to protect him for his crimes. ”

"The Holy One sees a thousand miles. ”

When Qian Longxi returned, he ordered a holy decree to be issued to Fujian quickly, and changed the policy of appeasement to a policy of suppression. At the same time, he detained the holy decree of dismissing Zhu Yifeng and promoting Xiong Wencan as the governor of Fujian to recruit Zheng Yiguan. After getting off work in the evening, Qian Longxi personally went to visit Sun Chengzong, since it was a cabinet minister's visit, Sun Chengzong naturally did not dare to slack off, and after the two of them divided the host and guest and sat down, they discussed with their peers in a few words.

After a long time, Sun Chengzong finally asked about Qian Longxi's intentions, and the latter told Sun Chengzong about today's recitals of Huangshi and Zhu Yifeng, and also told Sun Chengzong about the decision of the cabinet.

Sun Chengzong asked a little confused: "Brother Jishan, what does this mean? I have never heard that Huangshi is good at water warfare, let alone with the strength of Funing Town, how can it quickly sweep away the Japanese invaders?"

"It was meant to frustrate his edge!" Qian Longxi sneered and took the tea and drank it. At that time, the eunuch cabinet transferred Huangshi to the Pingxuanan Rebellion, in addition to sharing Mao Wenlong's strength, he also felt that Huangshi was too strong, so he planned to let him spend his sharpness in the southwest.

Unexpectedly, after several years of the rebellion of Lu'an, Huangshi first sent a Shenxing army of 3,000 miles to help, and then put down the rebellion of Lu'an in one fell swoop. Although Huang Shi gave all the credit to Zhang Heming, a discerning person could still easily see whose credit it was. Not only did the ministers of the court think so, but even the storytellers of the Beijing division also counted this credit on Huangshi's head, and in their mouths, Zhang Heming, who made the first contribution to pacifying the southwest, became a supporting role.

After Chongzhen received the resignation after the rebellion of Lu'an subsided, he immediately asked the cabinet if he could give Huangshi a knighthood, which frightened the ministers a lot. Huang Shi is only thirty years old, and now there is a faint tendency to overshadow the Wenchen land, so they desperately persuaded the emperor to give up this idea, saying that it is not appropriate for the first emperor to go to reward him, and on the other hand, the new emperor should be cautious in using the famous weapons of the imperial court when he ascends the throne, and finally dispelled the idea of Chongzhen's child.

Qian Longxi took a sip of tea slowly, and then leaned slightly in the direction of Sun Chengzong: "The Holy Lord has announced that Zhang Weng and Yuan Chonghuan have entered Beijing, and it is estimated that he wants to ask the question of Ping Liaoce." In my opinion, I'm afraid this Zhang Weng will protect the Huangshi Admiral Liaodong, right?"

Sun Chengzong knew that Qian Longxi's attitude towards Zhang Heming was not very friendly. Because Qian Longxi was also an official to the right servant of the Ministry of War, but he was dismissed by Wei Zhongxian, but the old man Zhang Heming has always been a tumbler in the political arena, and he also got the title of a secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry when he was in the worst place. Zhang Heming's article was done from beginning to end, and Wei Zhongxian didn't have any good excuse to rectify him, so he simply sent him to the southwest, hoping that the old man would kick his legs himself if he was not adapted.

Unexpectedly, this seventy-six-year-old man not only lived more and more energetically, but also took advantage of Huangshi's victory to reach a higher level. Originally, the Donglin Party, who was dismissed in the Apocalypse Dynasty like Qian Longxi, was envious, jealous and hated this old man, and now he was even more red-eyed. However, even if they were dissatisfied with Old Man Zhang before, they definitely didn't dare to vent it now, after all, Old Man Zhang's merits and qualifications were there.

Unlike Qian Longxi, the relationship between Sun Chengzong and Zhang Heming is still very good. In addition to his teacher Ye Xiang's relationship with the highlands, Sun Chengzong was not very unlucky in the Apocalypse Dynasty, and he mixed quite well. Because of this reason, Li Biao and Qian Longxi in the Donglin Party do not think very highly of Sun Chengzong, and always feel that he is not his own person who shares hardships and hardships, and the cabinet of the Donglin Party has also rejected Sun Chengzong since the Chongzhen Dynasty, so Sun Chengzong and Zhang Heming have some sympathy.

"I'm afraid so. ”

Qian Longxi pondered and said: "Someone criticized Zhang Weng behind his back, saying that he was appointed by Wei Wei. ”

"Nonsense!"

"Some people also say that Huang Shi also hooked up with Wei Wei. ”

"This is even more chasing after the wind, Huang Shi is upright, I guarantee that he will never have this matter. ”

"Then why did Wei Wei give the two of them such a big credit?"

Sun Chengzong was silent for a while. After so many years, he has long seen through the things in the officialdom, Sun Chengzong remembered that in the past, the Donglin Party used to scold each other with three cases, accusing others of being against the party. Now that the other parties have been defeated, the Donglin Party drew its sword and looked around at a loss, and began to accuse each other of being the remnants of the eunuch party.

"Brother Kaiyang, I support Zhang Weng. You see, I even suppressed the holy decree to summon Yuan Chonghuan to Beijing, and I didn't use it urgently, and the holy decree was also vague, and the arrangement along the way was the treatment of the workers. Wait for Yuan Chonghuan to receive the order and then set off for Beijing, why will it be July, and then Zhang Weng will probably have dealt with the aftermath of the southwest, maybe he can arrive before Yuan Chonghuan?"

"Yuan Chonghuan is not a person who has not fought before, Ning Yuan and Juehua's great victories are all his strategic achievements, and he beheaded more than 2,000 corpses, but it is the first victory against the northern captives in a hundred years. ”

"Brother Kaiyang, I remember that there was also Huangshi there that time, right?"

"Yes, but the relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Huangshi seems to be very bad. ”

"That's right!" Qian Longxi gently slapped the table, and then said to Sun Chengzong: "The cabinet has already reached a proposal, and Huangshi cannot be used for Liao affairs." If Zhang Weng does not recommend this person to the Holy Lord, we will support Zhang Weng to supervise Liaodong, otherwise, we would rather have Yuan Manzi. Zhang Weng will definitely be able to listen to Brother Kaiyang's words, and this matter will be over. ”

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