Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 743 He Geng fell, Jiaqing was full
In the final battle that ended the Millennium Empire of Byzantium, the Ottomans who besieged the city consumed a total of 47 pounds of gunpowder and fired approximately 55000 shells during a total of 5000 days of bombardment.

The Battle of Jinzhou was far less strenuous.After a [-]-jin cannon, [-]-jin cannon, and the heaviest [-]-jin cannon were transported to the Jinzhou battlefield, it took only three days for the Qi army to blast open the strongest shell of Jinzhou City.

"Fire!"

At the artillery position on the south bank of the Xiaoling River, more than 20 large-caliber heavy artillery were lined up in a row, spraying out hot anger.

The smallest cannon here is a twelve-pound cannon. Compared with the three-pound cannon and the five-pound cannon, the shells fired are not three or four times more powerful, but a qualitative change.

No matter how much the Jinzhou city wall has been thickened, the shells weighing more than ten kilograms and twenty kilograms will hit it.With the impact point as the center, the walls the size of a small wing were cracked like spider webs.The crackling earth fell like raindrops, and the shells could be embedded in the wall more than half a foot deep. With one shot, a big hole would appear on the wall.

No matter how strong the old city is, it cannot stop such encroachment.What's more, for a city like Jinzhou City that was reinforced internally and externally based on the original city defense, the seemingly thick city wall is not a whole, but just a three-ply board.

Yelu Ma Wu personally led the troops across the river, and the Qi army poured into the city like a tide along the gap in the collapsed city wall.

Shouts of Jinzhou City roared into the sky, puffs of black smoke fluttered over the city, open flames were lit in the city, and the streets and alleys were filled with the cries of city residents. Groups of golden soldiers resisted bravely, but the city wall The trauma of the collapse to the defenders' souls is by no means trivial, and the encouragement to the Qi army on the attacking side is extremely powerful.The Jin army resisted bravely, but they couldn't resist the Qi army's force anyway.

The helpless Jin soldiers could only set fire to the streets and houses to hinder the Qi army.

When the Qi army extinguished the open fire in front of them, the Jin army in the front row had already cleaned up the ranks.But can it be resisted by doing so?
More than a dozen figures rushed out of the Qi army's ranks. They worked in groups of two, carrying the Crouching Tiger Cannon and fired fiercely at the stacks of Jin troops on the opposite side. A stream of blood arrows sprayed out, and the Jin soldiers' queue collapsed again, or Either howling, turning around and running away, or running around in a noisy manner.The heavy armored soldiers of the Qi army on the opposite side took the opportunity to attack and kill them. Wouldn't it be as easy as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves?

Yelu Mawu with bloodshot eyes stood on the south wall of Jinzhou, looking at the scene in front of him with a cruel smile. Most of the people standing around him were generals from his old Japanese army. At this moment, he saw Jin Bing crying for his father and calling for his mother. How could he One after another, the mood is extremely joyful.

But Jinzhou Golden Army defender Wanyan Yinshu and Marshal Youdu who came to help were all livid.The group of Qi soldiers in front of them is not more numerous than the defenders in the city, but they have flexible tactics, tacit cooperation, and endless plots and tricks.There are shields to resist arrows and crossbows when they are far away, and small cannons are used to clear the way when they are close, and thunderbolts are frequently thrown from behind.

There are still many golden soldiers in the city, but they are unable to resist them.

If so, the battle of Jinzhou came to an end briskly.

Confined to cross the river, the troops were limited, and the cavalry was even more limited. Neither Hu Yanzhuo nor Yelv Mawu dared to let go and pursue them.What's more, the Jin soldiers set fire to the city when they retreated, and the Qi army had to fight the fire again, so the battle in Jinzhou did not cause much trauma to the Jin soldiers.

The significance of this battle is that the Qi army opened the door to attack Liaodong by land.

When the battle report of Jinzhou's victory was delivered to Emperor Lu, Lu Qian also received a secret report from the Intelligence Department, but it was that Nian Budao and Yin Shu Ke defeated who were severely punished by Aguda after returning to Liaoyang Mansion .Sticky and Yinshu are Jurchens nobles, and fortunately, many Khitan and Liaodong Han generals under them were directly deprived of military power.Soon Wang Bolong was also reprimanded by Aguda for the matter.

The Intelligence Division believes that their strategy of 'pretending to be confused' has already received results.

Lu Qian raised his brows, he didn't have a good impression of Wang Bolong, and of course he didn't have a bad impression either.In his previous life, he didn't even know there was such a person.The intelligence department wanted to use Wang Bolong as an introduction to force Yeluyu to submit, and Emperor Lu agreed immediately.As for whether this would bring Wang Bolong into trouble, he didn't care at all.

The famous Han general in the Jin army, he only knows one Han Chang.Who is Wang Bolong?

Therefore, this Wang Bolong should die.Regardless of whether he deserved to die or not, if he voted for Jurchen anyway, then he would not be wronged to die in the eyes of Emperor Lu.

This is also due to the fact that Emperor Lu is a history novice, and a bottle is not half full. Otherwise, I don't know how many people he would keep in his heart.Just like that Liu Yu, even though he looks good at the present, his position has come to an end.

But these are just trivial matters for the entire country.In Xuande Pavilion, in the current Lu Qi court, the weight of Xuande Pavilion is getting heavier and heavier.In the early days, the government affairs that had to be handled in the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall were now moved to the Xuande Pavilion by Emperor Lu.

Li Ying, who succeeded Hu Cheng as the transfer envoy, came over with a thick stack of account books and said: "Your Majesty, this is a dossier obtained from cleaning up the properties of local evil gentry and raped merchants in Fujian and Guangdong provinces."

Fujian and Eastern Guangdong, which were taken by the Qi army a long time ago, have only now begun to deal with the legacy of local evil gentry and rapists.Because the Fujian area was originally controlled by the Fang La army?

And according to his regulations, the property of the evil gentry and tyrants and rapists in the local area is divided into three parts, one part goes to the local government, one part goes to the provincial treasury, and finally goes to the national treasury. The money was used, and it was first charged into the emperor's internal funds.

The gentry, powerful and wealthy families in Fujian were all given to the Manichaeans by Emperor Lu as a reward for the Fangla tribe to go south.The latter suffered even worse conditions than those in eastern Guangdong where Qi Jun personally took action.Just like the scenes on Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road, Manichaeism even searched more carefully.Because this is their last 'territory'.

Therefore, in Fujian Province, when Emperor Lu took over all the provinces, there were not even a few big families to be found.

Take Fujian as an example. After the Manichaean army swept across the country, it was like a high-power tractor. The deep ravines it pulled out could be said to have completely destroyed the original social form.

But those rich families can be wiped out, and their floating wealth can be plundered by the Manichean army, and even the Manichean army has robbed a lot of people, but they cannot take away the land, real estate, and noodle shop.

Naturally, the big families in Fujian, the powerful gentry, etc., they can also escape.A lot of people were lost during the escape, and those who escaped hard, there were also many who dared not return to their lair afterwards.

These days, there are naturally some rabbits that don't eat the grass around their nests, but there are also quite a few rabbits that only eat the grass around their nests.How dare some evil gentry and rapists who have committed many crimes dare to go back and die?

Only a small number of people who really have no bad deeds will return to their original places, but it is not "I, Hu Hansan, is back again".The Lu Qi government is the ruler of everything. After confirming his identity, he will give back the property, or return a certain percentage of the real estate.But this group of people is small after all.

Moreover, due to such a disaster caused by Fang Lajun, the entire market in Fujian can be said to be cold and desolate.Take Quanzhou as an example. In such a large city, when Qi Jun took over the power, the market was deserted and no shops on the street were open.It's hard to tell that this place is one of the most prosperous maritime trade centers in the South.

Therefore, Lu Qi, who has regained the power of Fujian, how to restore people's livelihood is the top priority of the new government's management of Fujian.Even though many large maritime merchants who fled to eastern Guangdong earlier or went straight to Lu Qi returned to their old nests, their number was small.But the entire "fruit" to be processed is extremely rich.

Those ownerless storefront properties are now owned by the government and Lu Qi.

Acres of land are to be rented out, which cannot be counted as money, but the real estate of the shop is a huge income.

Maritime merchants are rich, but their money is a drop in the bucket for a large number of stores in coastal cities.Although the stores that were actually manipulated by the Transshipment Department, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and the bank were only stores in the state and provincial capitals of the two places, and the handling power at the county level was directly given to the local government, but it was also a complicated and huge matter.

The Transportation Department and the Account Department were the main ones, and the State Administration of Taxation and the bank were the supplements. They worked together and worked together for more than a year in Fujian and eastern Guangdong before the whole matter was preliminarily handled, which is the important city in their hands. The street-facing shops are listed on the fifth or sixth floor.

Lu Qian took the file and didn't bother to look at it. He turned to the back and looked at the total. Even though he was prepared, he couldn't help opening his eyes wide.Those sea merchants and commoner hawkers who dared to take risks really borrowed a lot of money.

Fortunately, for Lu Qiyan, such a large amount of money was just handed over from his left hand to his right hand, and there was no need to actually take it out. Otherwise, the court would have to print money like crazy.

Trapping the family and exterminating the family is indeed the only way for the emperor to get rich.For some reason, Emperor Lu thought of He Shen directly, and thought of a saying that was circulated later, "He Shen fell, and Jiaqing was full." It was correct.

It's not that he has never ransacked homes. The reason why the Liangshan Army became so prosperous was because they had the ability to raid homes and take advantage of big families. However, they were all from one state or one county before, so the impact was naturally not as strong as it is now, and the windfall they received was far less than it is now.The reason was mentioned earlier. Emperor Lu's attitude towards the wealthy gentry was to "treat the disease and save the patient" - the rotten part was to be cut off, but Manichaeism was to eradicate the roots.The difference in attitudes between the two makes the benefits very different.

What's more, China's current foreign trade policy is even more open, which benefits coastal states and counties. Store prices in coastal cities in Fujian and eastern Guangdong will naturally increase a lot.Even if there is a discount when the government disposes of shop properties, this can make up for part of it.Imagine how much money can be exchanged in Fuzhou and Quanzhou alone?
In addition, Emperor Lu was always pursuing cash, including grain and cloth, and the shops and properties in his hands were sold at reduced prices. This was because in the early stages of the expansion of the political power, too much money and property was consumed.But now that he has sufficient finances, he can easily cash in and harvest slowly.In this way, the benefits will be even greater.

"Yes, Li Qing, you have worked hard these days." Emperor Lu was very satisfied with Pu Tian Diao. This guy is worthy of being a man who can transform from a green forest hero to a powerful landowner. He is responsible for the transportation of money and crops, so he is very suitable.Although the court was not short of money at the moment, Lu Qian was naturally happy to receive such a big gift.

"Your Majesty is absurd. Hu Zhongcheng deserves most of the credit, and I just did what I was supposed to do." Li Ying hurriedly said humbly.He is the transfer envoy who succeeds after Hu Cheng's succession, and Hu Chengcheng has been working on the matter of Fujian and Yuedong long before he took over the transfer department.It can even be said that the most difficult part has already been completed, and Li Ying can only take credit for it.It can be said that he took advantage of Hu Cheng.

Although he took over halfway, it would take a lot of energy to get familiar with and operate the store in order to proceed without any setbacks, but Li Ying must be humble, right?Ren Hu Cheng is one of the emperor's cheap uncles.

Putting down the file in his hand, Lu Qian asked: "It is said that the San Francisco in the south has spent a lot of money to take the opportunity to buy the shop?"

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. The three princes all held a large amount of cash in their hands, and they used part of it to purchase shops. They only said it was business." After buying the shops in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places, they all You don’t need to run it, just leave it for three to five years and you’ll be able to make back your investment.

Although Li Ying has never been to the southeast, he has been to Dengzhou and Jiaozhou. Compared with the past, the shops and properties in the two places are just wallowing.

In China, which is undergoing great social changes, there are countless ways to get rich.If you have capital in your hands, you can make money from whatever you do.Regarding San Francisco, he could only say that Fang La and the others had made a good deal.

Lu Qian felt a little headache, and subconsciously he felt that San Francisco was burying his son.Unfortunately, it is difficult to get a handle on this matter.Moreover, the country has changed, and local order has just been straightened out from chaos. If San Francisco wants to bury hidden secrets, they don't know how many hidden secrets they have already buried.

"Have the ships for the Ryukyu immigrants and the Korean immigrants been connected?" Emperor Lu asked in a blink of an eye a completely unrelated matter, but this matter still fell under the jurisdiction of the transshipment department.

(End of this chapter)