"When and how to send troops, I have a plan." Zhao Han said.

"I know where Zhao Zongzhen wants to send troops this summer," Xu Nianzu picked up his teacup, walked to Zhao Han's table, dipped the tea and drew a simple map, "It's nothing more than the land of southern Hunan, with the Yangtze River as the boundary, and confronting the northern officers and soldiers." ”

Zhao Han felt a little interesting, and said with a smile: "You go on." ”

Xu Nianzu did not continue to draw the map, but said: "Fujian has been in turmoil for many years, and the Fujian officers and soldiers have been wiped out in Jiangxi. The meaning of the general town is to send troops from Lead Mountain in the north and Chaozhou in the west. If Zheng Zhilong is subdued, he can still fight Fuzhou from the sea. The officers and men of Fujian will inevitably surrender to the wind. ”

Zhao Han sat up straight and looked at this person, his expansion plan this summer was actually clearly stated.

Well, it's not outrageous, anyone who knows military strategy can guess it.

Zhao Han smiled and asked: "In this case, why did you let me send troops to Jiangnan?" ”

Xu Nianzu said: "Mr. Zhao's delay in going to the south of the Yangtze River is nothing more than fear of the northern army of the imperial court. Now there is no need to be afraid, last year the Tatar slaves entered the customs, turning Beizhi and Shandong upside down. The Northwest Liukou took the opportunity to grow, and now they have beaten Henan and Nanzhi into a mess. Not to mention sending a large army to the south, the imperial court did not have enough troops to fight in the north, and it had to send additional training salaries to train the new army. As soon as the salary comes out, the Ming Dynasty will die! ”

"Sit down, don't stand." Zhao Han raised his hand to signal.

The Ming Dynasty collapsed a little quickly.

Judging from the current situation, even if Zhao Han doesn't do anything, Daming will definitely not be able to last Chongzhen for seventeen years.

Last year was a watershed moment –

Zhao Han expanded, the Tartars broke through, and the rogues revived.

The three forces are not involved in each other, but they influence and promote each other, and together they have beaten and disabled the imperial court.

The resulting chemical reaction is violent!

The Ming Dynasty's finances have completely collapsed, but in the spring of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, if you talk about the financial situation, it is estimated that it has collapsed to the extent of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

Even the officers and men who encircled and suppressed the rogues could not afford to pay their salaries and relied entirely on military force to rob the people.

The imperial court will continue to train the new army, and the total amount of training will be 7 million taels.

Most of the seven million taels of silver came from Henan, Shandong, Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Hubei, plus the silver embezzled by local officials, where can the common people bear it?

Zhao Han wants Daming to live a few more years, but for now, he really won't live long.

"Zongzhen," Xu Nianzu said anxiously, "Are you just watching the people of Jiangnan starve to death?" ”

Zhao Hanfa asked: "Your Xu family has so many fields, why don't you take out food to help the victims?" ”

Xu Nianzu sighed: "The Xu family does have a lot of cotton fields and mulberry fields, but there are really not many grain fields. If the Xu family wants to help the victims, thousands of people can do it. Once there are tens of thousands of hungry people, they have to buy food. But the head office is embargoed in Jiangxi and southern Hunan, and the Xu family can't buy food even if they have money! Fortunately, last year's drought was not severe, otherwise the price of rice in Jiangnan this spring would have risen to at least five taels of silver and one stone! ”

The Taihu Lake Plain and its surroundings belonged to the country's largest grain production base in the early Ming Dynasty.

The rapid development of industry and commerce has led to the fact that the grain output of this grain production base is not enough for its own consumption, and it is necessary to buy rice from Huguang and Jiangxi.

Zhao Han's expansion has broken this supply chain!

The decrease in grain shipped out of Jiangxi and Hunan has led to a sharp rise in the price of rice in Jiangnan. Workers and peasants cannot afford to buy food (many farmers grow cotton for grain), resulting in a social imbalance between supply and demand, and the ecology of both urban and rural areas is destroyed.

At this time, the imperial court also had to pay additional taxes, which was tantamount to a fatal blow.

The gentry of the Susong and Changhu Prefectures were either directly engaged in industry and commerce, or provided raw materials for industry and commerce. How could they not be affected?

Now it is no longer the price of food that has skyrocketed, but the overall rise in social prices!

The provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, whether landlords or merchants, hope to end this situation as soon as possible. The economic ecology they have been operating for more than 100 years has been completely disrupted by Zhao Han.

"The town, cannibalism!" Xu Nianzu shouted.

Zhao Han sighed: "There are too many clans in the south of the Yangtze River, and the resistance to dividing the fields is too great. ”

Although Jiangxi has serious land annexation, there are many mountains and little land, and tens of thousands of acres of land are already super clans.

And Jiangnan, one family with one surname, hundreds of thousands of acres of land at every turn!

This was the inevitable result of the boom in industry and commerce, where capital not only allowed the fertile land to be converted to cotton, but also allowed the rapid concentration of wealth in a few families. The richer these families were, the more they wanted to annex land, and so on all over the world.

Xu Nianzu was silent.

"I'll think again." Zhao Han did not immediately refuse.

Xu Nianzu still wanted to say that he was pulled by his brother Xu Fengcai, for fear of angering this Mr. Zhao.

Zhao Han waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

The Xu brothers left, and three prostitutes were invited in.

Zhao Han leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping on the armrest, his mind was full of Jiangnan affairs.

Plans can't keep up with the changes.

Since the beginning of the army, Zhao Han's military expansion plan has not been able to stick to it to the end.

The decay of the Ming Dynasty and the fragility of the Ming Dynasty are beyond Zhao Han's imagination, and his plans are all too conservative.

"Meet Mr. Zhao!"

The three famous prostitutes saluted together.

"Sit down." Zhao Han said casually, still thinking about business.

At this time, it was the end of spring, and Zhao Han was wearing a cotton robe, which was a Ming Dynasty casual dress made of cotton.

The costumes are very ordinary, but they can't stand the extraordinary characters.

The three famous prostitutes have seen many big people, including famous people and Hongru, and there are also one side of the governor. But there is really no one, who can have Zhao Han's momentum, just sitting there quietly, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Suddenly, Zhao Han came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, I was thinking about things just now." ”

As if the ice melted, the sense of oppression suddenly disappeared, allowing the three of them to relax at the same time.

Wang Wei is the oldest, and she flattered: "Mr. Zhao is in charge of everything, I'm afraid he is thinking about something big in the world." ”

"You really guessed right," Zhao Han asked, "Tell me, should I fight Jiangnan first, or Fujian first?" ”

The three girls were dumbfounded.

They are good at poetry, painting, tunes and singing, and they really haven't talked to guests about this kind of content.

Zhao Han smiled: "Don't be afraid of making mistakes, just say what you want." ”

Lin Xue said: "The concubine is from Fujian, and I hope that Mr. can fight Fujian first." ”

"Hit Jiangnan first!" Wang Wei and Liu Ru spoke at the same time.

Zhao Han asked, "Why did you fight Jiangnan first?" ”

"Jiangxi has traveled all the way, and the people live and work in peace and contentment," Wang Wei replied, "The land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, instead of the silver falling into the hands of corrupt officials, it is better for Mr. Zhao to fight down, so that the people in Jiangnan, like the people of Jiangxi, can live a good life as soon as possible." ”

Liu said: "Nanjing and Zhenjiang are better, but in remote prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that the price of rice has risen to three taels of silver. Where can the people afford such a high price of rice? If Mr. Zhao does not send troops, Jiangnan will starve to death many times this year. Two years ago, the concubine traveled from Songjiang to Suzhou, only more than 100 miles away, and saw three cannibalistic scenes. If there is no one to escort, the concubine is afraid that she will also be eaten. ”

Jiangnan is too fragile, with more money and less food, and in the event of a natural disaster, there will definitely be famine.

Zhao Han suddenly changed the topic and said with a smile: "The three of you came to Jiangxi, what do you want to do for a living?" ”

Wang Wei said: "The concubine wants to be a teacher in a girls' school. ”

Lin Xue said: "The concubine is good at painting, and she can draw some illustrations for the bookstore." ”

"Concubine...... I also want to be a girls' school teacher. Liu said.

Zhao Han thought for a while and said, "Sweeping Eyebrows Academy, there is no shortage of female gentlemen. Jishui, Nanchang, Raozhou, Leadshan, Jiujiang and many places are preparing to set up girls' schools. As for the bookstore, I can also write letters of recommendation. ”

Liu Ru suddenly asked: "Mr. Zhao, can a woman be an official in Jiangxi?" ”

"Yes," Zhao Han sighed, "but it's very difficult, and it's easy to provoke criticism." ”

Xiaohong is already married, and in order to take care of her family, she no longer runs around as a missionary. Instead, he became the chief bookkeeper of Anfu County, which is equivalent to the director of the county office, which caused a sensation last year, and there were even pedantic people who went to the door of the county government to post big-character posters.

Zhao Han's general military office also received a large number of petitions, hoping that he would prohibit women from being officials.

Liu Ru hurriedly said: "The concubine just asked casually. ”

Lin Xue immediately changed the topic: ""The Legend of the Condor Heroes", is it written by Mr. Zhao?" ”

"Haha," Zhao Han couldn't help laughing, "Have you read that book?" ”

"Two years ago, I drew illustrations for The Legend of the Condor Heroes," Lin Xue said, "There are two signatures for this book, one is Li Zhuowu (Li Zhen) and the other is Zhao Ziyue. In recent years, it has been rumored that Zhao Zi is Mr. Zhao in Jiangxi. ”

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid it's not Mr. Zhao in Jiangxi, their original words are Jiangxi Zhao thieves." ”

Lin Xue didn't answer this and asked, "Is it really Mr. Zhao's doing?" ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I used to be a house slave for others, and I had no money in my hand, so I wrote to earn some pen fees." ”

"Sir, what a talent." Lin Xue complimented.

Through this, Lin Xue successfully made the atmosphere relaxed and harmonious.

Liu Ru made persistent efforts and asked, "According to legend, Mr. Zhao has a reputation for showing talent, but is it true?" ”

"I took the test twice, but I didn't pass it." Zhao Han said.

Wang Wei asked, "Is Mr. proficient in poetry?" ”

Zhao Han smiled and said, "I haven't practiced. ”

Famous prostitutes have their own way of dealing with famous prostitutes, and these three women all tried to get out of Zhao Han's interests.

has no other thoughts, just to get Zhao Han's care.

Liu Ru listened to the conversation between Xu Ying and Zhang Pu that day, and she asked: "I heard that Mr. is fourteen years old, and he is favored by the Jiangxi Inspector, and he wants to accept Mr. as a disciple?" ”

"There's this." Zhao Han nodded.

Wang Wei and Lin Xue were very surprised, they thought that Zhao Han was superficial, but they didn't expect that he was still a prodigy.

It is rare for a provincial student to take the initiative to accept apprentices, because it will definitely provoke criticism.

Liu Ru curled the corners of his mouth: "I guess Mr. Zhao must be full of wealth, and only regard poetry as a side road, so he disdains to talk about poetry and words with others." Mr. Zhao must have a few masterpieces, right? ”

They also understand "national affairs", but they are all old-fashioned, such as rectifying the rule of officials and appointing people on the basis of merit.

Needless to say, Jiangxi has already done it.

Then you can only quote poetry, which is the strength of famous prostitutes.

Zhao Han smiled: "I think of an old work, in front of three famous artists. Don't sing the song of hatred of the past, the world also has its own galaxy. In the stone trench village, there are more tears than in the palace of eternal life. ”

After chanting this poem, the three famous prostitutes hurriedly stood up: "Thank you, sir, for your teachings!" ”

Their careful thinking was seen through by Zhao Han, and they were also beaten by this poem. Let them sing poems and songs in the future, pay more attention to the sufferings of the people, and don't just care about the emperors and generals and talented and beautiful women.

This poem was thrown out, and it was also Zhao Han admonishing the subordinates.

Liu Ru thought to herself: Mr. Zhao is worthy of being a prodigy, he is really proficient in poetry, and he hides it in his heart without revealing a trace.