Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 539 Why Cultivate Manichaeism?

"Finally, it didn't take me a lot of painstaking efforts." Lu Qian satisfactorily threw down the public sentiment survey collected by the cabinet.From industry and commerce to agriculture, from internal consumption to export sales, the bright red numbers put him in a good mood.

It has now entered June, and it has been a full month since the army returned. The summer tax was collected smoothly, and the figures made him happy.And according to the intelligence department's report, Zhao Songwu moved the capital to Jiangling with all his heart, and the prefectures and counties along Gyeonggi Road are already in a state of confusion.On the contrary, the intelligence department made a profit, and the action was smooth.

Similarly, the war in the south of the Yangtze River fell into a stalemate again.The failure of the Manichaeism to advance in aid made the Taiping Prefecture battle fall under the control of the Western Army. The two important cities of Wuhu and Dangtu fell one after another. Many generals of the Manichaeism died.Fang La's uncle died by setting himself on fire, but it was heroic.Once the Western Army won a battle, the soldiers were full and their spirits boiled, so they took advantage of the victory and entered Jiangning Mansion.Naturally, he wanted to make persistent efforts to win Jinling, but he was hit in the head!
The vanguard suffered a big setback, and Liu Guangguo, the vanguard, was almost lost in the formation. It was only because Fang La personally led the army and appeared in front of the army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Manichaeists.The Western Army was caught off guard, not to mention that they were very energetic, but they might not be strong outsiders but poor in strength.And because all the planning seems to have reached the moment of harvesting results, even if he dares to fight and be warlike, he may not be without pride.I was careless before the war, but I got hit in the head.

The Song army was frustrated, and the battle situation became stalemate for a while.

Lu Qian was very happy to see it.If the Manichaean army was defeated after the defeat in the battle of Taiping Prefecture, that would not be what he expected.

Zong Ze was sitting opposite him, and there was a big iceberg in the room, and the air-conditioning was everywhere, making this midsummer weather instantly cool.

After the end of the summer tax, civil affairs were instantly relaxed.Although it is important to rush to plant soybeans after the wheat harvest, it is not as good as summer grain and taxation.This year, the land of Qilu has a bumper harvest of grain, and the summer tax payment for grain is about 400 million shi.

This number is exaggerated, but it is not outrageous.

Lu Qian is one out of ten, but in terms of the basic amount, it is not lower than Zhao Song Beidi's one-dou per mu, or even higher.Compared with the Ming Dynasty's mu taking three liters and five combinations, it is sky-high.But the peasants under Lu Qian's rule did not have to face the various cost increases.Especially the transfer and change [mentioned above], which has brought great benefits to the common people.

The low grain tax in Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty could still collect 3000 million stones of grain and rice. Lu Qian took one out of ten, sitting in the land of Shandong, if he couldn't collect such a high amount, it would be a ghost.

It's just that these grains are stored in the grain depots of various states and counties. To bring them together, there will be some losses.

In addition, there are commercial tax, wine tax, salt tax, tea tax, deed tax, mining tax, customs duty, etc., totaling 310 eight guan for money, 740 three taels for silver, and three thousand two hundred and fifty eight for gold Two, 36 and eight pieces of silk, 640 pieces of silk, 250 and three liang of silk, 430 and 860 liang of cotton, 330 and nine pieces of silk, and 920 and five pieces of silk.

In addition, there are fodder, labor and so on.

It can be said without any secret that this summer tax made the entire Lu Qi civil and military forces feel relieved when they heard about it.Not to mention the whaling incident, all the revenue was sent directly to Lu Qian's private treasury, which was also a huge sum.

Just in response to a word, there is food in hand and no panic in heart.

Qilu has already been like this, and in the coming year, Huainan, Hebei, and Hedong will pay taxes and food, and King Lu, who has no shortage of money and food, has no fatal shortcomings.He also checked himself three times, but he looked and looked again and again, but there was nothing.

After the twists and turns last year and the twists and turns in the first half of this year, Hebei's natural vitality has been severely damaged.Many refugees have to return to their original places one by one, including the newly arrived Zhuozhou and Yizhou. Not only can they not collect taxes, but they have to fill in a lot of them first. The pressure is not comparable to that of Qilu; Taxes and grains can also be collected, and then the pressure on money and grain will be reduced again.

In front of Zongze were some side dishes for drinking wine, and there was a jug beside it, the wine cup was exhausted, leaving a strong aroma of wine.This kind of shochu is like this, with a strong alcoholic aroma, which is very comparable to alcohol. "Sure enough, it's good wine, not inferior to Maizao."

It is the sorghum shochu that was trial-produced last year.Sorghum is a traditional crop in China, but its yield has always been low.Just because of drought tolerance, most of them are planted on barren fields. For example, sorghum was planted in Dazhai during the Liangshanbo period.

The output of the latter is not high, only the added value is high.The sorghum grown in Qilu is all sweet sorghum, which can be used as feed and sugar crops. The sorghum stalks contain high sugar content, and livestock generally like to eat them.It can also be used to make wine, and the fiber can also be used to make paper.

As early as after the Liangshan Army swept Qilu, Zongze encouraged the barren land, and those dry fields where water canals were difficult to send, to grow sorghum.

And ask people to charge sorghum to make wine, who will keep the price of sorghum low?

China has distilled alcohol since the Tang Dynasty, but the purity was not too high, and it was still insufficient even in the Ming Dynasty in official history, but after all, King Lu came from a later generation, and he still knew about distillation.

The purity of Liang Shanjun's distilled liquor is getting higher day by day, and the unit cost of extracting alcohol is also decreasing day by day.No one can say anything about the role of the latter in medical treatment, and the former is also very popular in trade with Liao and Jin.

Shochu is another commodity that is in high demand in the Northland.No matter if they were Khitan people from the Liao Kingdom or the Jurchens from the Jin Kingdom, those people were addicted to alcohol and would be willing to exchange a jar of wine for a horse.This is why Lu Qian and others still use grain to make wine, knowing the importance of grain.

Honey also disinfects.The state capitals of various places bought it at a high price earlier, which made beekeepers popular for a while.But in this day and age, the source and output of honey are really limited.

This thing seems to be more convenient than chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, but it is dangerous and will disturb the neighbors.Therefore, don't think about asking people to raise bees on a large scale in this era.

Also this year, the Liangshan army expanded its army and many workshops and factories, and also increased its foreign trade. The prices of ironware, cloth, salt, etc. all have an upward trend.

The decrease in the quantity of textiles such as linen and silk has led to a considerable rise in the price of cloth.

This can be regarded as self-adjustment of the market, because everyone knows that cotton cloth is more promising.However, it is not known how long it will take until cotton cloth appears on a large scale in Shandong.

Because such items have been classified as military supplies, cotton cloth and cotton, Liang Shanjun opened up his income.

Cotton cloth can be used for military uniforms, and cotton can be used not only for winter clothing, but also for cotton armor. Compared with the latter, the number of garrison troops is growing day by day, and it is not known how long it will take to fill them up.

On the whole, the people in the land of Qilu have recovered their vitality after a period of recuperation.Also because a large number of young and strong people entered the garrison, this move not only strengthened the relationship between Lu Qi and the common people, but also benefited tens of thousands of military families through this matter.

The treatment of the garrison army cannot be compared with that of the regular army, but it is much better than those who work in the market.This military salary will not just be hidden in the earthen jar at the bottom, it will become daily needs, and this is the economic market.

So Zongze was very relaxed. Judging from the land of Qilu, the taxation and management are already very good.To use Lu Qian's words, it is to enter a virtuous circle.And taking Qilu as the version, thinking about Huainan, Hebei, Hedong, and the whole world, if this is the case, then how timid and happy the people in this world should be!

Zongze was already the head of Lu Qian's civil servants, and he no longer needed to seek fame, fortune, and wealth.

King Lu is also different from Liu Xuande, people don't need a military adviser to tell them what to do, they only need Xiao He to take care of their internal affairs.In this battlefield, who can do better than him?Who else thought that he was just a bandit leader and not a famous general?
Who else?
At least Zong Ze was willing to bow down, and Wen Huanzhang didn't need to mention it.It is enough for Lu Qian to have Xu Guanzhong by his side.

In this way, Zong Ze has already reached the pinnacle of his life, and it seems that he can only follow the market as he goes, day by day until Lu Qian ascends the throne, regardless of whether he has already ruled the world at that time, he will be 'consummated'.

But now it's different.He had a new pursuit, and Lu Qian invisibly pointed out a way for him, a higher pursuit.He was very excited, very happy, and very willing to fight for it.

"The summer tax situation is very good, and the autumn tax situation is also the same. I intend to raise troops in late autumn and sweep the Central Plains. I don't need to march into Guanzhong, but I want to fight south."

There was a different meaning in Lu Qian's words, but Zong Ze understood it immediately: "Your Majesty is worried about the defeat of Manichaeism?" Late autumn, at least at the end of August, two months from now.Presumably Zhao Song has already moved the capital, and the battle of Jinling has already come to an end.

Lu Qian wanted to fight Xiangnan with Zhao Song, and the army was going straight to Jiangling. This was obviously to contain the Western Army.Naturally, he helped Fang La in the battle of Jiangnan.

"It's mostly a routine of the rivers and lakes, how can it be an opponent of the Western Army." Lu Qian thought so, and naturally he would not deny it.

The Manichaeism can only be said to be much stronger than before. Compared with the Imperial Army who has rotted away since my death, it is naturally not timid, but if it wants to compete with the Western Army, it will inevitably be inferior.

Looking at the strategy of the Western Army, it was so obvious, but they pushed it to the Jinling City step by step.why?Just because they are strong!
If one person works hard, ten people will not be able to do so.That's bullshit!
Didn't the Yellow Turban Army go all out?But isn't it crushed into powder by the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty?
When the difference in strength exceeds a certain limit, desperate efforts will only lead to death.

Compared with the Western Army armed to the teeth and the Western Army with rich combat experience, it is inevitable that they cannot hold on.

Instead of calling the Manichaeism to run out of water so quickly, Lu Qian still thinks that they can last until this moment next year.

To be honest, the Liangshan Army has reached this point, and Lu Qian's heart to win over the afterglow of the Manichaeism has faded a lot.It's nothing more than a group of people with high martial arts skills. They are still not ready to lead the army in battle.

And it's easy for people like this to get ahead in the military, just train them.Fighting more battles and going to more battlefields will naturally produce talents more easily than ordinary pawns.But the war is not endless, only Liang Shanbo's old brothers in the past, he is not enough to take care of them, so Li Ying has only just emerged now, why should he cultivate Manicheans?
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