Wan Qian refers to whether Feng can bear the collusion in Section 58

In May of the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong made his last alarm in history, and he reported directly to Chongzhen Tianzi, saying that he had heard Houjin's plan of action, and Huang Taiji intended to enter the customs through the Jimen opening. Mao Wenlong also gave a specific time in the recital, and he believed that the unprecedented invasion was planned around mid-October.

In his recital, Mao again blames Yuan Chonghuan's economic blockade of him and the consequent collapse of Dongjiang Town.

Whether it is this history or the original world of Huangshi, in the second half of the first year of Chongzhen, the Ming court was discussing whether to move Dongjiang Town to Gaizhou, whether it should support the Dongjiang Army to attack Liaoyang directly, at this time, after Jin Zheng retreated in the Liaozhong Plain, probably no one would have thought that they would one day be able to raid Guannei.

However, only a few months after Yuan Chonghuan began to negotiate peace, Dongjiang Town gave up 99 percent of its land territory, and almost completely lost its ability to contain it. After that, without a single soldier or a single shot, Jin recaptured the land that countless martyrs in Dongjiang Town exchanged for blood, and the territory expanded nearly three times from east to west, and the number of armored soldiers also doubled.

In the previous early warnings to Liaoxi, Mao Wenlong's prediction of the battle of Ningyuan and the actual time of Houjin's dispatch of troops were only one day away, and the battle of Ningjin was only two days away. Mao Wenlong's prediction time was mid-October, and the time when Huang Taiji sent troops to break through was the second day of November, a difference of more than ten days.

Mao Wenlong was in his last warning. He appealed to the Emperor Chongzhen with all his might, asking the Ming court to stop the economic blockade of Dongjiang Town, so that the children of Liaodong could be saved from hunger and cold. Mao Wenlong earnestly assured the emperor that as long as the Dongjiang army could eat, they would definitely contribute to the defense of the country. As with the original history of Huangshi, Wenchen scoffed at Mao Wenlong's alarm, claiming that it was just a "trick" by Mao Wenlong to ask for money.

Luck, or great misfortune, Hou Jin's chariot is speeding along the track predicted by Mao Wenlong. Five months later, Huang Taiji carried out the first invasion of the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty in the time period predicted by Mao Wenlong and at the place where Mao Wenlong predicted, although Mao Shuai was no longer there. But the Ming court still had the opportunity to make targeted arrangements.

Luck, or great misfortune? It was precisely the enemy with whom Mao Wenlong devoted his whole life to fighting proved with practical actions that until the last moment of his life, Mao Wenlong was still thinking about warning his motherland and about contributing to the country. When Mao Shuai's most hated enemy proved his loyalty by ravaging the hinterland of his motherland, if Mao Shuai, who had been slandered, trampled, ridiculed, and insulted, knew under Jiuquan, would he cry bitterly or be angry?

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On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Dongjiang Island.

After Mao Wenlong received Yuan Chonghuan's letter, he immediately prepared to leave the headquarters of Dongjiang Town and go to Shuangdao to ask for food for his subordinates.

Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others hurriedly entered the camp when they heard the news. Recently, rumors have spread all over the Mongolian ministries, and since the end of April and the beginning of leap April, some people in the Mongolian ministries have been rumoring from time to time that Huang Taiji's peace conditions for Yuan Chonghuan include a clause that "peace can only be negotiated only when Wenlong is the first to come."

Seeing that Mao Wenlong was still going to leave for Shuangdao, Kong Youde said anxiously: "Father-in-law." Now the Mongol tribes are rumoring that Lord Yuan is going to be unfavorable to you, in order to prove the determination of the imperial court and Jiannu to negotiate peace. ”

Mao Wenlong looked disapproving, and said nonchalantly: "Yongshi, you are too worried, and the court does not nod your head when discussing such a big matter as peace." How can Lord Yuan call the shots?"

"Uncle," Mao Chenglu was the last living nephew by Mao Wenlong's side, and he also said urgently: "Huang Shuai also sent several secret letters not long ago, asking his uncle to arrange a knife and axe hand when he sees Yuan Chonghuan, just in case of accidents. ”

"Huangshi is still so ridiculous, he has always been hostile to Lord Yuan, and this time he probably heard some rumors again, so he worried about me. Mao Wenlong shook his head and laughed a few times. Huang Shi did not hesitate to figure out Yuan Chonghuan's intentions with the darkest thoughts, which made Mao Wenlong feel a little excessive, so he and a few henchmen burned the letters from Huang Shi after reading them. so as not to provoke right and wrong to Huangshi.

"I am the chief officer of the Yin Dongjiang Army. Give Shang Fang Sword, Daming Taibao. After Mao Wenlong finished speaking, he pursed his lips proudly, and said to Kong Youde and Mao Chenglu: "I am the minister of the Qincha, the chief military officer, the general of Pingliao, and the Taibao. There is also Shang Fang's sword, without the emperor's approval, who dares to touch a single hair of me?"

Kong Youde and Mao Chenglu looked at each other for a while, and finally Kong Youde muttered: "Huang Shuai has written again and again, let's be careful, let Lord Yuan come to Dongjiang Island." ”

"No, maybe Lord Yuan will find an excuse to embezzle my Dongjiang military salary again. Mao Wenlong sighed.

Although Huang Shi had the intention to help Dongjiang Town, he still did not have the courage to blatantly allocate military rations from Funing Town to Dongjiang Town. What's more, even if Huangshi is willing to dial, Mao Wenlong still doesn't dare to ask for it, the two military towns communicate privately, and there will never be any emperor in this world who can tolerate it: "Look at our Dongjiang Town, people are starving to death every day, I must go to Shuangdao, I can't give Lord Yuan any excuse to embezzle our Dongjiang military salary." ”

On May 25 of the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan set out from Ningyuan and went to Shuangdao to discuss with Mao Wenlong about military salaries.

During the few days of talks, Yuan Chonghuan repeatedly asked Mao Wenlong to hand over military power, but Mao Wenlong refused to hand over military power privately. Mao Wenlong believed that Dongjiang Town was owned by the imperial court, and he had no right to hand over military power to someone privately.

On June 5, Yuan Chonghuan carried out a surprise attack and denounced Mao Wenlong for 12 cardinal crimes:

First, he refused to let civil officials manage the money and grain in Dongjiang Town;

Second, he has never made any military exploits in the past eight years;

thirdly, the tone of the recital is not respectful and rigorous enough;

Fourthly, soldiers have never been paid military salaries or food for eight years;

Fifth. Without the consent of the ** official, he asked the Emperor of the Apocalypse to open a horse market without authorization, and he never let the civil officials interfere in selling horses with the Mongols;

Sixth, a large number of godsons and godgrandsons have been recognized, with a total of more than 1,000 people;

Seventh, deceiving merchants of money and goods, and not paying their debts;

Eighth. Lustful by nature;

Ninth, do not give the Liao people enough food. caused countless people to starve to death;

tenth, hide the eyes and ears of the world, and secretly set up a shrine for Wei Zhongxian on an unknown island;

eleventh, once bragged in the war report, covering up defeat into victory;

Twelfth, in the past eight years, not an inch of land has been recovered, and the country's food has been wasted and the enemy has been wait-and-see.

After saying the twelve cardinal sins, Yuan Chonghuan bowed in the direction of Beijing. said that he would follow the holy decree and behead Mao Wenlong immediately. After Mao Wenlong heard that it was the emperor's will, he knelt in the direction of Beijing and killed without any resistance.

After killing Mao Wenlong, the Dongjiang generals wept bitterly, and the soldiers on the island were raging. Yuan Chonghuan felt that this might not be conducive to his own image, so he presided over the memorial ceremony for Mao Wenlong the next day. At the memorial ceremony, Yuan Chonghuan cried with tears in his eyes, so sad that he collapsed on the ground and couldn't stand up for half a day. Yuan Chonghuan put all the blame on Chongzhen Tianzi, the young man who trusted him infinitely, and he claimed that he killed Mao Wenlong yesterday to "act on orders". It is the "great law of the state", and today I cried a lot, which is a "personal relationship of colleagues".

I have to admit that Yuan Chonghuan's acting skills are still first-class, and since then, Dongjiang Town generally believes that it was Chongzhen who ordered Yuan Chonghuan to kill people. In the original history of Huangshi, after Kong Youde ran to become a traitor, he played "The Southern Dynasty is a traitor." framed Zhongliang, Mao Shuai was loyal and brave, and he was still slaughtered. When Kong Youde and other traitors attacked Lushun and other places under this banner, a large number of Dongjiang officers and soldiers fell in despair, and they all ran to join the traitor army.

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On June 12 of the second year of Chongzhen, seven days after Mao Wenlong's death, Liaoyang

"Mao Wenlong is dead, it has been confirmed. ”

After Huang Taiji finished talking about the process of the change of the two islands, there was a moment of silence in the account of the four major Baylors. After a while, Amin opened his mouth and said, "Although Wenlong has been difficult with us for many years. Cunning. But he was a hero after all, and he died in the hands of a villain like this. Is...... What a ......."

Amin stopped talking after saying two "true", and it seemed that he couldn't find a particularly suitable adjective. Mang Gul Tai was stunned for a while before he whispered: "Didn't you always say that Yuan Chonghuan, a friend of Dajin? Why do you also call him a villain today?" ”

"I have a lot of dogs and I love them like my old friends, but they're still dogs. Amin had a trace of sadness on his face, but there was still a cynical smile on his slightly open mouth: "Wenlong is my enemy, I don't know how much trouble Wenlong has caused me in the past few years, I don't know how many ** people have killed us, I just hate not to be able to cut him with a thousand knives with my own hands, but this does not affect me to say that he is a hero." ”

Dai Shan let out a low sigh of emotion: "It's a pity that Father Khan didn't see this day. ”

The atmosphere in the tent became heavier. Huang Taiji suddenly said loudly: "Let's go to pay tribute to the old Khan King and tell him that Mao Wenlong is dead, and it is a shameful death, and my father Khan will be very pleased." ”

The remaining three people all nodded, and Huang Taiji suddenly let out a breath of air with ease: "Okay, let's go west for the whole journey." ”

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On 15 June, 10 days after Mao Wenlong's death, the Houjin side had already determined the plan for this dispatch of troops, Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai sent troops into the pass, and Amin and Dai Shan stayed behind.

The direction of this attack was the rich Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty, and all the banners hoped to get a piece of the pie, so Huang Taiji also ordered all Niu Lu to participate in the dispatch of troops to ensure that everyone could taste the sweetness.

"Each ox recorded ten or fifteen armored soldiers, first to the territory of the Karaqin Mongols, and then broke the border wall of the Ming Kingdom, and drove straight in. "Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai are discussing the issue of sending troops, and the former is telling the latter about the total strength of the troops in this dispatch.

During the reign of Nurhachi, there were more than 200 Niu Lu in the Later Jin, and each Niu Lu theoretically had 300 men from the age of 16 to 60 years old, and according to the principle of drawing one armor for every three dings, the Hou Jin had about 20,000 armor. After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he reduced the theoretical establishment of each cow record to 200 men. There are a total of 300 Niulu, and each Niulu provides 80 armor.

During this period, the Later Jin regime excluded the Mongol army and the Han army, and the Manchurian Eight Banners had about 24,000 armored soldiers. In this attack on Beijing, Huang Taiji drew ten to fifteen white-armored soldiers from each of the cattle records to form a total of 4,000 elite assault troops, while the remaining armored soldiers continued to be scattered throughout Houjin to be responsible for security and defense.

In addition to the combat unit of four thousand people. Huang Taiji also mobilized about 10,000 or so Wujia Qiding and Baoyi, who were still responsible for pushing the cart like Ning Yuan and Ning Jin. In order to carry the looted materials back to Houjin's territory, Houjin himself dispatched about 13,000 to 15,000 descendants.

"When we get to the Karaqin Mongols, we will have some allies. Huang Taiji has always wanted to convince the Mongols that the Ming Dynasty is completely bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and this time Yuan Chonghuan did not hesitate to kill the generals of the main battle faction to beg for peace, which is the best weapon that Huang Taiji used to persuade the Mongols to form an alliance with him: "We will probably have an alliance with thirty-six Mongolian tribes, and they will also send five thousand armor and thousands of men to carry things." ”

Mang Gurtai looked a little dissatisfied, so the total strength of the Houjin army was only about 25,000 people: "So little." There are only more than 10,000 Mongols. ”

"There's no way, this is the first time, they are still afraid of Daming, and they think that he is a behemoth that is not easy to mess with. But when these wolves taste the blood, they won't let go, as long as we can make sure that all the Mongol tribes have grabbed enough things, more people will come to join us next time. Huang Taiji looked confident.

Lin Dan Khan has now completely lost confidence in the Ming Dynasty, and has begun to carry out the annexation work in disregard of the Ming Dynasty. And tried to coerce Da Ming by force like Hou Jin to give the New Year's coin.

"As long as we win this battle, these thirty-six Mongols will be tied to us. ”

The Mongol region was also affected by natural disasters, so the Mongols were equally eager to plunder. However, before the first breach, they still planned to leave some retreat for themselves, except for the Karaqin Mongols, who were determined to follow the golden back, most of the Mongolian tribes were still waiting and watching, or hiding the banner of the tribe. Secretly send some people to meet with Houjin.

However, Huang Taiji believed that as long as he succeeded in capturing the Gyeonggi region, the richest part of the Ming Dynasty, then other Mongol tribes, including Lin Dan Khan, would join or follow the example of the Later Jin. As long as he could get enough money, Huang Taiji also had the means to buy much-needed grain and other supplies from several Jin merchants. In such a big country as the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji believes that he can always find some black-hearted businessmen.

"As long as we can succeed this time, in the future, there will be enemy countries outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, and the border wall of the Ming Dynasty is tens of thousands of miles long, how can they be prepared. Huang Taiji looked at the map with emotion, looking at such a big behemoth as the Ming Empire. The post-Jin regime struggled for many years, but the land was lost and the population was decreasing. A few of them Baylor looked pretty good. But in fact, he lived a life of walking on thin ice: "Finally. We're about to come out, and then we're going to be jumping with a fish. The sky is high and the birds are flying. ”

"What about Huangshi, Huangshi will still come back. Although life is getting better day by day, Mang Gurtai still can't suppress the fear in his heart, knowing that the eighth brother is excited at the moment, but Mang Gurtai still can't help but pour cold water and say: "If the situation is too bad, Huangshi will still be transferred back." ”

"After this breach, even if Huangshi comes back, it will be useless. Huang Taiji chuckled, and he casually pointed to the endless Mongolian steppe on the map: "He is the commander of the army, and he can have 10,000 soldiers under his command." In the past, we were only thousands of miles away, trapped in such a small cage in the Liaozhong Plain, and he was allowed to run rampant for the time being. After this breach, Monan Mongolia will be in the hands of our Dajin, what great things can he do with his 10,000 infantry?

"Well, what you said is Eighth Brother, when we win over the Mongolian tribes, we will faintly have the tendency to fight against the Ming Kingdom. Mang Gurtai looked at the map and looked forward to the future, and his heart was filled with great joy, and this hard time was finally coming to an end.

"But this is the first time we've pulled in the Mongols, so it's better not to fight any tough battles, and the fewer people die, the better. "Huang Taiji is worried that the loss will be too big to chill the Mongolian heart, and this entry must play an exemplary role. In order to make the allies more desperate to follow him, and also to make other Mongols who maintained a wait-and-see attitude to accelerate the investment into the arms of Houjindi: "20,000 to 30,000 troops, 10,000 armor, not too much, but less is not too much, as long as it can be applied properly, there is still a lot to do." ”

Mang Gurtai nodded in agreement, and then asked, "How is the grain and grass prepared in Karaqin?"

In the past, the Jin simply could not afford to occupy the land west of the Liao River. After conquering Quang Ninh, they had to carry things back to Liaoyang, because their food was almost out of food. Therefore, it is even more impossible to maintain a large army outside. In the past, they all started from Youtun in the two battles of Ningyuan and Ningjin, while Dalinghe and Xingshan relied on the military rations of the Guanning army all the way. Hou Jin's tactics were the same as Mao Wenlong's, only bringing a part of the grain and grass at the beginning, and then moving the enemy's land and things to his own home.

So after Yan Mingtai took charge of Liao, the first thing Yan Mingtai did was to move everything from Jinzhou and other places back to Ningyuan, and Yan Mingtai's theory was to let Houjin "have nothing to plunder". As a result, Jin immediately lost the ability to rob the Guan Ning army. During the seventh year of the Apocalypse and the first year of Chongzhen, the Later Jin Army's attack on the Dongjiang Army and Mongolia was also very weak, because these two brothers were poor ghosts, and it was impossible for the Later Jin to get rich by robbing them of both places.

In the original time and space of Huangshi, this is also the largest period of Dongjiang Town's territory, Mao Wenlong has a Ming Dynasty behind him, and the Houjin Army has no reaction to the Dongjiang Army that is forcing into Haizhou, because there is no benefit from fighting with the Dongjiang Army. It was in this situation that the courtiers advocated moving Mao Wenlong to Gaizhou in the first year of Chongzhen.

Now that Mao Wenlong is dead, Dongjiang Town has also abandoned Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou, and retreated all the way to Lushun, but this does not mean that the Houjin army does not need to think about the food problem. First. There is no surplus grain in Liaoyang; Second, with the economic capacity of the current post-Jin regime, it is not a big project to transport grain for 2,000 miles to Karaqin Mongolia.

It is even more impossible to collect grain from Monan Mongolia, because in the second year of Chongzhen, the Monan grassland encountered a major drought, and the Mongolian tribes ate all the lambs, and a large number of people still starved to death. Therefore, Huang Taiji had to find another way to prepare military rations, and his plan was to buy grain reserves for the Ming army from Yuan Chonghuan. This plan is very feasible, because Chongzhen in order to ensure that Yuan Chonghuan can achieve "five years of Pingliao", so he will scavenge a large amount of grain from the people to Ningyuan, and now Yuan Chonghuan has more than half of the Ming Empire's national grain in his hands.

Next to Karaqin Mongolia is the town of Ji. Put the military rations there. When the Houjin army invaded the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, it could be used directly, which was really convenient. Since the beginning of the negotiation and the peace. Huang Taiji sent hundreds of men to the Karaqin Mongols, and these people went to Yuan Chonghuan with the Karaqin Mongols to buy rations for the Ming army, and then stored them for the troops in case of invasion.

"The matter of buying grain has been going well in the past, and no envoy has been sent to report the situation recently, but with Yuan Chonghuan here, there should be nothing to worry about. Huang Taiji said lightly.

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June 25, 2nd year of Chongzhen, Xiapu

Now Funing Town is facing increasing economic pressure, originally the price of a stone of good rice in the south of the Yangtze River is about three yuan silver, the price of a stone of coarse rice is about two yuan of silver, and the price of miscellaneous grains can buy one stone of silver. Therefore, Huangshi's original target was that every fisherman who relocated, including the baby at home, would receive a monthly subsidy of one penny, so that they could do some odd jobs in the mainland and their lives would not be a big problem.

However, with Fujian's several large loans, grain prices have continued to rise, and now prices have nearly doubled. In addition, with the long-term ban on the sea, the unemployment problem has become more and more serious, and the subsidy given by Huangshi has to be increased steadily, and now it has exceeded two yuan per person per month. Therefore, Huang Shi had to discuss with Zhu Yifeng, and the two of them borrowed another 500,000 taels of silver, and now they have a debt of 5 million taels of silver.

After seeing that the repayment of the Pingman's large loan land was basically smooth, Liu Qingyang was transferred to Funing by Huangshi and was fully responsible for the work of Fujian commercial land. Since the Funing Army once again announced the rebuilding of the Naval Division, the Minshang group has become more enthusiastic about Funing Town, and according to Huang Shi, their starting point is different from that of those small people.

Ordinary people simply think that Zhu Yifeng is a Qingtian lord who is the master of the people, so they have to respond to the call of a good official who is the master of the people, but the Fujian merchants completely understand it. As long as the officers and soldiers do not eliminate Zheng Yiguan for a day, then they will never want to do maritime trade.

Everyone saw that after the defeat of the second naval battle, the imperial court was still supporting the Fujian Buzheng Division and Funing Town, and everyone also understood that for the imperial court, Zhao'an was just a way to save a military budget and avoid the expansion of chaos, so as long as Huangshi still controlled the mainland firmly for a day, and as long as Zhu Yifeng could solve the military problem by himself for a day, the imperial court's support for the Fujian political army would not change.

And as long as the imperial court is still dying for a day, Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi are up. Then the two of them will be able to borrow military funds again and again to rebuild the water division. Huangshi's statement of rebuilding a hundred times is indeed an exaggeration, but it is no problem to rebuild dozens of times. And continue with this momentum. The people's livelihood and economy of the entire Fujian Province will inevitably be tied to the chariot of Zhu Yifeng and Huangshi, these two brothers have nothing to lose, and they will definitely go to the black, so if Huangshi is really deposed, the economy of Fujian Province will collapse instantly.

After the Fujian merchants understood this, they completely abandoned their illusions, and they absolutely could not let Huangshi be deposed. Yellowstone must be fully supported to defeat the pirates, and the sooner the better. Therefore, after the third rebuilding of the naval division, many Fujian businessmen came to buy Jinghai bonds, and after Huangshi officially began to rebuild the naval division, more Fujian merchants came to ask for help to Funing Town, and they unanimously expressed their willingness to fully support the official army to eliminate the Haikou as soon as possible, and return the fathers and elders of Fujian Province to a prosperous future.

Today, Liu Qingyang held a meeting and invited all the businessmen who came to help him to attend. He first led the merchants on a tour of the battleship under construction. Then he took them on a tour of the cannon factory, the steel-making and iron-making works, and a large number of ancillary factories, such as iron nails, hammers, saw blades, etc.

The first purpose of Liu Qingyang to lead them to visit the Military Industry Department of Funing Town was to strengthen the confidence of the Fujian merchant group in Huangshi, and make them realize the strength of Funing Town and the uncompromising fighting will of the Funing Army. There are even people who want to buy a few craftsmen to go.

Of course, this condition could not be satisfied, and Huangshi tried his best to break the personal attachment of the craftsman, but the merchant brought up this topic to Liu Qingyang, because it could lead to the main goal he wanted to achieve today.

Under the fertilization of millions of taels of silver, the military industry department of Funing Town has swelled into a terrible monster, and now the total number of craftsmen has exceeded 20,000, and they are running towards 30,000, and they will take away tens of thousands of wages from Huangshi in a month, which is really a bit overwhelming for him, so Huangshi is eager to find someone to help him carry this big burden.

Liu Qingyang once again said that Funing Town does not accept donations of any kind. Because the businessmen who came to help Funing Town were all "righteous businessmen". It is the duty of Funing Town to help the "righteous businessmen" make profits, so Funing Town will never take their money in vain. Of course. Funing Town is really in need of help right now, so Liu Qingyang threw out something called the "Lend-Lease Act".

"To put it simply, I want to ask you to rent our craftsmen in Funing Town, pay them every month, and then produce the goods we need, whether it is ship boards, sails, steel, glass, and telescopes, we need them. ”

Liu Qingyang patiently explained what Funing Town meant, and it took a lot of effort for the merchants to understand that Huangshi asked them to give priority to hiring craftsmen from Funing Town, build factories that meet Funing Town's standards, and then produce the goods that Funing Town needs, and Funing Town will pay for their products.

Huangshi didn't mind the merchants putting the salaries of the craftsmen in Funing Town into the cost of goods, and at this time Huangshi wanted to play the role of a trade union, so as to avoid feudal barriers to encircle the craftsmen again. These craftsmen are all registered in the military of Funing Town, so they can also move in these enterprises.

In addition, Huangshi also plans to take the opportunity to collect personal income tax, so that the craftsmen who lease out the land will pay part of their wages for the military expenses of Funing Town, which is also a source of revenue. It is impossible for these merchants to produce goods only for Funing Town, as long as they employ workers trained by Funing Town, then Yellowstone will open up a new source of tax revenue.

The best thing is that collecting this tax can easily bypass the Ming Law. Theoretically speaking, the military households in Funing Town were originally the property of Funing Town, and the income that Huangshi rented out was of course owned by the military town, and according to the regulations designed by Huangshi, the average income tax of the workers would be about 40 percent, but no one should praise the sentence "Huang Shuai is kind and gives 60% of the lease fee to the craftsmen." ”

"The most urgent need for us in Funing Town is definitely the boats. Not only are they needed now, but they will also need a large number of seagoing vessels in the future. Liu Qingyang immediately explained the needs of Funing Town, shipbuilding will drive other industries, such as ship boards, sails and nails, which in turn will drive timber, saw blades, etc. In short, the work of the more than 20,000 craftsmen in Funing Town is useful, and Liu Qingyang hopes that Fujian merchants can open various factories. Lease all these craftsmen.

The Min merchants exchanged their heads, and in their opinion, this condition was nothing more than trouble. There is nothing else. Funing Town also gave a very attractive condition, that is, the technology is transferred for free, and when renting the craftsman's land, Funing Town will give all the results of scientific research for so many years to businessmen, and Funing Town also put forward a "patent" concept to ensure the interests of businessmen.

"In the future, all orders in Funing Town will only be placed on the boss who leases the craftsmen of the military town, even if it is a table or a bench. As long as there is a boss to sell, we will never buy from outside. After Liu Qingyang threw out this guarantee, the businessmen have begun to be moved, since ancient times, it has been the most profitable official businessman, not to mention that Huangshi's credit has always been very good, and it seems that the expenses are also very large.

However, Liu Qingyang's burden has not yet been shaken, and Huang Shi gave him an order to tie all the Fujian merchants to the ship of the Dark Council, so Liu Qingyang began to sell the Council.

"Whoever participates in this council. Then let the board of directors buy 50% of the shares for free. As soon as Liu Qingyang's words came out, the businessmen present were immediately shocked, and the shares taken away for nothing were inevitably too much, but they all politely waited for Liu Qingyang to finish the conditions.

"If the net profit in a year is more than one million taels of silver, the council will take away 500,000 taels, and if the profit in a year is less than one million taels. Then the council will not take 50% of the shares. ”

After Liu Qingyang finished speaking, everyone's faces relaxed, and a white and chubby businessman also laughed: "General Liu said that he laughed, don't say that I earn one million a year, it is 500,000 a year, no, as long as you have a way for me to earn 300,000 taels of silver a year, I am willing to share it equally with General Liu." ”

"Oh, I was wrong just now, the board of directors takes shares in a segmented system," Liu Qingyang explained the meaning ......of the segmented system, that is, if you make a profit of more than one million. Half of the council of more than one million; 500,000 to 1,000,000 is 40 percent; 300,000 to 500,000 is 30%. 100,000 to 300,000 will be 20 percent, and less than 100,000 councils will only need 100 percent.

Most of the merchants here made a net profit of 10,000 taels of silver a year. As for one million taels of silver, it was an astronomical amount for them, and they felt that it was not too much to give Huangshi Yicheng dry shares, of course, this would have to wait for Huangshi to come up with benefits in exchange, so everyone began to ask questions.

"Please wait a minute, I'll talk about this later, I'll talk about the council's request first. Seeing that Liu Qingyang had the following words, the merchants politely closed their mouths and listened quietly: "Merchants who enter this council must abide by two obligations, the first is to give priority to the purchase of goods in the council, in principle, as long as there are merchants selling something in the council, then they are not allowed to buy from outside; Secondly, internal competition is also restricted, and the price of goods must not be maliciously lowered in order to crush fellow members within the Council. ”

There are still many details of these two articles, but this is all to be said later, Liu Qingyang then took out a list of some Lu merchants, and showed the current scale of this organization to the Fujian merchants. Although these businessmen had no concept of this kind of organization, they also vaguely felt something, and many businessmen had an inexplicable sense of excitement in their hearts, which made them secretly wonder in their hearts.

Huang Shi had been in this era for too many years, and he had almost forgotten his junior high school political textbooks, but he vaguely remembered that the so-called imperialism was a combination of the financial oligarchy and the force of the state, and the financial oligarchy seemed to need to be created by a "monopoly group with great privileges".

Now that the monopoly group has taken shape, Liu Qingyang's next work will be to give it "great privileges". Liu Qingyang first came up with a detailed tax rule: "Gentlemen, this is the Jinghai tax standard drawn up by Huang Shuai himself, please take a look." ”

The Wanli Emperor's land and sea tax standard is the zhang pumping method, the boat is one zhang and six feet wide, each foot draws five taels of silver, and each foot wider in the future, plus five silver coins. Under this standard, a six-foot boat is eighty taels of silver, a seven-foot boat is ninety-three taels and five coins, and a one-foot eight-foot ship is one hundred and eight taels of silver...... The largest two-foot and six-foot ship is ten taels and one feet. Each ship should draw two hundred and sixty taels of silver.

However, Huang Shi did not intend to collect taxes according to this standard, and he admired the Wanli Emperor most because he wanted money and shamelessness, so Huang Shi was determined to carry this forward. Liu Qingyang distributed the fee standard to the merchants, and recited aloud: "A six-foot boat has a tax of 1,000 taels of silver in Jinghai, and a 7-foot boat has a tax of 1,200 taels of silver in Jinghai...... Two-foot and six-foot boat. Jinghai tax silver 6,200 taels. ”

Several of the businessmen in the audience, who are mainly engaged in maritime trade, all look like ashes. Huang Shi and Liu Qingyang have already carefully calculated, even if they draw such a high tax. Maritime trade is probably still profitable, but about half of the profits have been taken away by Funing Town, anyway, the amount of tax revenue in Jinghai is up to Funing Town, and when the time comes, the Taiwan Strait will be blocked, and ships and goods will be confiscated if tax evasion is found.

"General Liu, this Jinghai tax is too high, and there will be a lot of Xiao Huo and take risks. Once they succeed in tax evasion, serious merchants simply can't compete with them. ”

Liu Qingyang knew that what these businessmen said was very reasonable, such a crazy tax collection would definitely make many people risk their lives to smuggle, although this kind of smuggling group will also take great risks, but the profit margin of honest businessmen is too low, coupled with the risks that sea trade may face such as shipwrecks, about sixty to seventy percent of the profits will be siphoned off by Funing Town, and they will not be able to compete with the smuggling group at all.

In the long run, the number of serious businessmen will gradually decrease. And the number of smugglers continues to increase, and eventually the profits of maritime trade will still flow into the hands of smugglers, and Funing Town will not be able to benefit from it. The town of Funing needs to rely on sea taxes to develop sailors, and smugglers will also use the profits to form private armies, which will eventually develop into violent tax resistance sooner or later. If there are too few serious businessmen, the smuggling force is too rampant. That will create a new large group of pirates, and they will be able to get the support of countless merchants.

"The cadres and shares obtained by the council will be used for military spending, so anyone who joins the council is a righteous businessman, and Huang Shuai will never forget your righteous businessmen. Liu Qingyang said and took out the second tax bill, and the merchants saw that the taxes and fees on this tax bill were only about one-third of the first, and the smallest one-zhang six-foot ship received three hundred and sixty taels of silver, while the two-zhang six-foot ship charged two thousand taels of silver.

Although this price is still very high, it is much better than taking the risk of being confiscated by Funing Town, and several merchants who are engaged in maritime trade business glanced at each other and nodded slightly. As long as the Funing Town Water Division is strong enough. It is estimated that more than 90% of businessmen will choose to pay taxes to cross the border.

"Dare to ask General Liu, why is there such a big gap between this tax bill and the previous one?"

"This tax bill is for the righteous businessmen. That is, the benefits for the members of the council. Huang Shuai believes that all merchants who buy ships are also righteous merchants. Therefore, we in the town of Funing have designed two tax bills, the second tax bill will be applied to those who purchase the boats of the council members, and the first tax bill will be applied to those who use the boats made by businesses outside the council. ”

This policy was also thought out by Huang Shi, and Liu Qingyang applauded when he heard it. Now most of the merchants below haven't reacted for a while, and many of them are still frowning and thinking about the meaning, so Liu Qingyang explained to them loudly: "Gentlemen, when we eliminate the Haikou and then start to collect the sea tax land, where do you think the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will come to buy ships?"

After saying this, someone below finally began to show an expression of sudden realization, and soon this sudden awakening was divided into many expressions such as ecstasy, excitement and shock, Liu Qingyang said with a smile: "Gentlemen, don't say that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will come to buy ships with you." ”

After letting everyone digest the huge information contained in these words, Liu Qingyang further explained: "Huang Shuai also said that since the bosses are willing to hire the craftsmen of Funing Town, then we have the obligation to help them find buyers.

There was an uproar below, many people originally only thought of buying and selling land in Funing Town, but if everything is really as Liu Qingyang said, then after Huangshi starts to collect Jinghai taxes, they will not only do land business tomorrow. As far as Huangshi is concerned, he naturally hopes that these businessmen's business can become bigger and bigger, in addition to the Jinghai tax, Huangshi is also waiting to draw the personal income tax of merchants and workers.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please pay attention. Liu Qingyang stretched out a finger and kept shaking it to attract everyone's attention. Everyone was drawn to leaning forward and listening to him with bated breath. Liu Qingyang said loudly: "Don't forget, once you join the council, in principle, you can only buy goods within the council, and you can't maliciously reduce the price, so the sales and prices of your bosses will be guaranteed." ”

The merchants nodded again, and among them, they had already begun to ask Liu Qingyang for the details of the Dark Council. The rest of the people couldn't hold their breath either. They whispered to their acquaintances. Liu Qingyang didn't want to disturb them, so he was about to leave the boiling house. Let them discuss it on their own first, but before going out, they instigated another sentence: "Gentlemen, our council has formulated regulations with an annual profit of more than one million taels of silver, not for the sake of fun. ”

By the time Liu Qingyang came back with Shi Ce, the businessmen had already talked about it. Liu Qingyang first introduced Shi Ce to everyone: "This is General Shi Ce Shi, the current Funing Town Haiphong guerrilla, and also the deputy of General Yu Zhigao Yu. In the future, he was responsible for commanding one-third of the naval division in Funing Town. General Shi will be directly responsible for collecting the Jinghai tax and purging the pirates in northern Fujian. ”

The businessmen were suddenly sycophants, Shi Ce first used Hokkien to politely say a few words to everyone, and then introduced himself generously: "Brother, I was originally from northern Fujian, and my uncles and elders were originally bandits from northern Fujian. Ten years ago, we were exterminated by the Penghu Naval Division of General Yu, and I was confiscated to Liaodong because I was young, and I listened to orders under Huang Shuai's account, and this time I can be regarded as returning to my hometown. Now I am under the orders of the Great Marshal. Together with General Yu, we were all very emotional when we talked about the situation ten years ago. ”

When the businessmen heard about this tortuous experience, they all sighed at the friendship between Shi Ce and Yu Zhigao, and then they asked about some of the rules in the regulations of the Dark Council, for example, many people were puzzled by the word "most favored". And these two words often appear in the regulations of the Council of Darkness.

"The so-called 'favorable' means that all preferential conditions are automatically enjoyed. For example, all council members are the most favored merchants in Funing Town, which means that if Funing Town gives any merchant a preferential condition, then all council members will automatically enjoy this preferential treatment. Liu Qingyang glanced at Shi Ce when he said this, and added: "Jinghai tax also has the most favored problem, so please ask General Shi to introduce this." ”

Shi Ce took a step forward and said with his chest straight: "Ladies and gentlemen, the sea vessels manufactured by the members of the Council are automatically eligible for the 'most favored' sea tax, and in addition to the existing and possible future tax exemption preferences, this 'most favored qualification' also comes with a tax reduction ratio. That is the Jinghai tax that the sea vessels built by the council need to pay. It should be one-third of the vessels outside the council, that is, regardless of how the specific MFN tax increases. Other vessels are always subject to three times the local tax; And no matter how the specific tax is reduced, the tax that the most favored vessel needs to pay will always be the lowest!"

After Shi Ce finished speaking, he stepped back and stood up, Liu Qingyang nodded with satisfaction, and then turned around and asked the merchants: "Do you have any questions?"

An old businessman coughed with his long beard twisted, and said slowly: "General Liu, the old man is worried that within ten years, not more than twenty years at most, shipyards in other places will close down one after another. Fortunately under the Ming Dynasty, if Hongyi also proposed similar regulations, the maritime merchants would face a dilemma, either pay more taxes here or pay more taxes in Manila, and whoever buys a ship will have to smuggle it. ”

Liu Qingyang smiled, then turned his head sideways and said to Shi Ce, "General Shi, let's ask you to come here." ”

Shi Ce took a big step forward with his hands behind his back, and said loudly with full of anger: "Gentlemen, we in Funing Town believe that all merchants in the world are equal. Of course, this part of the businessmen in the council is a righteous businessman, so it will be more equal than other businessmen!"

In short, Funing Town opposes all forms of unequal competition. If there is a barbarian attempt to impose unfair competition or unreasonable fees on the head of the Ming Yishang......" Shi Ce maintained the posture of putting his hands behind his back, and his waist was still straight, he slowly turned his body, and said in an unquestionable calm tone:

"On behalf of Huang Shuai and Funing Town, I promise you: We will definitely carry out an armed crusade to ensure that the equal rights of the Ming righteous merchants are not violated!"

......

"Exterminate the bandits and return Fujian Province to a bright future!"

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty had always been timid and polite, but when they left Funing Town today, they let out a cry of righteous indignation.

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