Chapter 375: Mountain Rain Destroys the Building III

Chen Cao finally did not go to see Zhang Yan and others, but arranged for the palace maids and eunuchs to be in charge of serving, and the next morning held the first all-army meeting since entering Nanjing in the meeting hall of the Yamen of the Houjun Governor's Palace.

"Jiannu has entered the customs, and his movements are extremely fast, and now there is no news from the spies in Beizhili, except for the news brought back by Xu Kaixian and others more than ten days ago..."

Chen Cao stood up and knocked on the map behind him: "This king ordered Wang Xiaojie's troops to cross the river and enter Yangzhou to strictly prevent the rout of the Northern Army after the battle against Jiannu..."

Everyone here knows the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army, and it will definitely be defeated in the face of Jiannu, and besides, the main force of the Northern Army is still in Gaoyou at this time.

"Lord Wang, if the northern army flees, how will our army take over?"

In the face of Huang Chunyao's question, Chen Cao already knew that this guy must have some ideas, but for the sake of insurance, he still said his thoughts: "The defeated army is not a problem, as long as our army is strictly guarded, after all, they are a trained army, and they can effectively settle down, and the king is most worried about the fact that the people are coming to Jiannu, at that time..."

There are many locals from Liaodong in the church, and they have all experienced the Han people of Liaodong who were coerced and besieged by the Jiannu Tartars during the Nurhachi period, and many defeats are not unrelated to the unconscionable operation of Jiannu.

Li Yan saw that the hall was silent, as one of the staff officers, and because of the new relationship, he had to come forward to show at this moment: "Lord Wang, the lower officials think that they can give up Gaoyou and use Shao Bozhen as an outpost, if they build slaves and coerce the people to come...

Xiaguan means that if there is such an evil act, it will also be a good opportunity for the prince. ”

Huang Chunyao stared at Li Yan, then at Chen Cao, and whispered: "Lord Wang, invite people to buy people's hearts..."

Chen Cao knew it in his heart, so he nodded and admitted that Li Yan's words made sense.

Seeing this, Li Yan continued: "Xiaguan said earlier that Shao Bozhen was the outpost, but also because it was an excellent place for Yangzhou to go out of Gaoyou, Gaoyou City is surrounded by water on three sides, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is really a place of chicken ribs, when the King of Zhongshan went on the Northern Expedition, he trapped the Yuan army in Gaoyou and died in Gaoyou, so that the Gaoyou defenders surrendered;

Jiannu is mostly cavalry, there are puppet army assistants, the lower officials think that when it is not the opponent of our army, yes, clear the surroundings of Yangzhou, hold the canal and the pass of the river, then our army can attack and retreat..."

There are not a few people who are fighting and defending, and Chen Cao feels that it makes sense, but the main topic today is the direction of Gaoyou.

"This king estimates that with the speed of Jiannu's actions, it is very likely that they will only be able to penetrate Shandong and enter the Gaoyou realm in the past ten days, but now that Chongzhen's life and death are uncertain, how Zhu Yanrong chooses is still a big question mark."

Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao as he spoke: "Yunsheng, this king is sitting in Nanjing to deal with the matter of Juntian's exemption, Yangzhou only has Wang Xiaojie, I am very worried, you and rush to Yangzhou with manpower, staff affairs;

Generals, when you go back, train your troops hard and compete for the world... It's a matter of time..."

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Chen Cao still adhered to Li Yan's previous proposal, with the Yangtze River as the line of defense, and first handled the matter of Nanzhili's Juntian exemption, after all, there are hundreds of years of heritage here, and there are too many rich people, if Chen Cao is stabbed from behind at a hot fight with Jiannu or at a critical moment, it is really worth the loss.

Fortunately, he himself is a traverser, otherwise he would not have understood so much belly black studies in later generations, and he wanted to level the world and internal affairs first, which Zhu Yuanzhang did back then.

Accumulating grain, slowing down the king...

The Duke of Wei still maintains its original appearance, even if Nanjing has suffered two disasters, with the name of the centuries-old lord of this dynasty, no one treats the Duke of Wei as well.

The owner is still the master, but after a comparison, the former identity has changed from the original lackey to the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

is the King of Zhongshan, which is also posthumously sealed.

Xu Hongji's health is not very good, I heard that he has been obsessed with the elixir of Longhu Mountain in recent years, Chen Cao remembered that Zhang Ru privately alchemy in Shanghai Mansion was taken by his wife and concubine at home, and was scolded by Chen Cao after learning about it, Chen Cao didn't know this so-called 'alchemy', normal people eat so many heavy metals, whose body can bear it?

"Guogong, I think you should eat less of the so-called elixir..."

Xu Hongji arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "King Liang is broken..."

Chen Cao doesn't care about this, after all, the current identity is indeed not the past, after a few words of greeting, Chen Cao simply stepped into the topic: "Presumably Wei Guogong already knows about Jingshi, and now Chongzhen's life and death are unknown, but I estimate that there will be news in the next few days." ”

"Here, I congratulate King Liang..."

Xu Hongji's words are very clear, he also knew what Chen Cao said back then, the emperor is not dead, he will not have any ideas, but now Nanjing has fallen into his hands, the north Jiannu has entered the customs, and the Zhu family... There is no hope.

Chen Cao paused, and then clapped his hands on his knees: "I said back then, as long as I Chen Cao does not die, no matter what happens in the future, I will definitely give an explanation to the Wei State Mansion, and today, I will come..."

Xu Hongji was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "It's okay to be good, hehe, my Wei State Mansion was sealed by Emperor Taizu... Chen Cao, what do you want me to do? ”

Xu Hongji is not stupid, Chen Cao has been in Nanjing for so long, except for his Wei Mansion, other nobles in Jinling have more or less sent people to contact him, and now Chen Cao suddenly visited, it would be strange if there was nothing to say.

Chen Cao stared at Xu Hongji, who was already a little self-deprecating, and then shook his head slightly: "The Ming Dynasty is rotten in the bones, I said, to reshape the Ming Dynasty, so we must bring forth the new, if you want to succeed in reform, you must die, as the so-called does not break and does not stand, now is the time." ”

Xu Hongji raised his head: "So, you Chen Cao want to take my Wei State Mansion... Hahaha..."

Chen Cao also smiled, but it was a pity that he sneered: "For the sake of the situation back then, I don't care about you Wei Guogong, it's better to open up and say, I want to implement the Songjiang New Deal in the entire south..."

Xu Hongji paused, and then gasped: "You... You... You are going to be exempt from taxation in the south of Zhili Juntian..."

Chen Cao smiled and nodded: "Wei Guogong is very smart..."

"Hahaha..."Xu Hongji couldn't stop laughing: "Chen Cao, are you crazy?" Now that Jiannu is eyeing the customs, you don't want to resist it, but you are exempt from the land in the rich land in the south, you... Hahaha... Do you want to achieve great things? Foolish dreams, do you know how many rich people there are in Nanzhili?

If you leave them, your territory will only be in chaos in the future..."

"Oh..."Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "Really?" Songjiang Mansion's current commercial tax revenue has reached thirty-seven times that of the sixth year before the Apocalypse, which is fifteen times higher than the northern tax paid in the second year of Chongzhen..."

Chen Cao said with some pride: "Guogong may not know the taxes in the north in the second year of Chongzhen, but I do know that the wealth of the seven northern provinces in that year was only two million taels of silver, and the commercial tax of my Songjiang Mansion has reached 30 million taels..."

Xu Hongji felt a chill in his heart, how terrifying this data is, the commercial tax of Songjiang Mansion is 30 million taels a year, which is the total tax of the entire Ming Dynasty for ten years, and this is just one government...

Chen Cao continued: "There was indeed a rebellion when Suzhou Juntian was exempted, but after the suppression, it has quieted down, and now the people in Suzhou Prefecture are also living a stable life like Songjiang, and the people will spend a lot of money after stability, and the business will be more developed after circulation. ”

Chen Cao's mouth was a little dry, he took a sip of tea, and took a smooth breath: "Wei Guogong, Juntian of Nanzhili is exempt, I hope you will cooperate..."

"What if I don't cooperate?"

Chen Cao smiled, stood up and walked to the door of the middle hall, and said without looking back: "If the Duke of Wei wants to keep the centuries-old foundation created by King Zhongshan in the future, you have to think clearly..."

Chen Cao is gone, Xu Hongji is a little depressed, he is not unaware of the family background of the Wei State Mansion, after more than two hundred years of accumulation, he is already the richest man in Nanzhili, no one can compare, if he hands over the land and goes out, his net worth...

Chen Cao left Xu Hongji with a fatal multiple-choice question.

There are those who are stubborn and stubborn, and there are those who are clever and clever.

Jinshan Hou Puxiang is an example...

More than a dozen Jinling Marquis Boxun headed by Pu Xiang handed over to Li Yan the land property rights deed and the details of their family property in the Yamen of the Household Department in Nanjing.

They are just an example, Chen Cao's important purpose is to exempt the land from taxation, and the people will not say anything, but the landlord class who owns the land is the biggest obstacle, especially the noble official class.

Chen Cao did not accept their family wealth, but only made a request, to hand over the excess land, whether it was a contribution or a century-old inheritance, as long as it was land that exceeded the population, it must be handed over.

As soon as the slogan of Juntian exemption was raised in Nanzhili, public opinion was in an uproar, and thousands of scholars joined in the condemnation, and even directly arranged for local ruffians and hooligans to smash and loot in Shangyuan and Jiangning counties.

After the gaffe got out of control, Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, didn't know why, and suddenly announced that he would cooperate with Juntian to exempt himself from taxation and hand over the land at home.

Even the Wei Mansion has compromised, what reason is there not to choose to compromise.

It's just that because Chen Cao is in Nanjing, the matter can be resolved smoothly, and there are many troublemakers in other prefectures in Nanzhili, including Zhenjiang, and even openly attacking the official government abounds.

Of course, it is not surprising that Shangyuan County, Nanjing, suddenly launched a vigorous landlord movement, and then dispersed towards all parts of Nanzhili, the situation is exactly the same as the landlord movement in Suzhou, but Chen Cao had already predicted that all parts of the Dingwu Army would be scattered in the south of Zhili, and then sit down.