Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 384

The Denglei rebellion was quelled so quickly, which is really surprising.You know, Dengzhou City is very strong. The city wall can withstand repeated bombardment by heavy artillery. The rebels are numerous and fierce. It is not easy to take down such a strong city.It will take at least three or four months to take Dengzhou, and thousands of people will die. This is already the most optimistic estimate.But everyone never expected that such a fortified city would be taken down by the new army of Heluo, and the indestructible city wall did not play any role!The ministers of the DPRK and China were dumbfounded. You must know that this time the Heluo New Army did not fight with the main force. There were [-] new recruits out of the [-] troops that went out, and [-] were left behind in Nanyang last year and failed to participate in the Dalinghe Battle. The old soldier, just such a second-line army, actually destroyed the main force of the rebel army in World War I, and then went down to Dengzhou in one go! ?My God, how strong is the fighting power of the Heluo new army?What else can stop them?

Of course, not everyone is satisfied with putting down the rebellion so quickly.On the contrary, many people are very dissatisfied with Yang Menglong. When the cannon is fired, the gold is ten thousand taels. How much food and salary will be consumed in a war involving tens of thousands of troops?And according to the proportion of floating and disappearing, how much can they get out of it?Such a war lasted for a year and a half, I don't know how many people could be fattened, but the result was good, it was over in less than a month, this Yang Menglong is really a shit-stirring stick!
————The reason why Qi Jiguang, the god of war in the Ming Dynasty, was so bleak and desolate in the evening is largely due to the fact that when he was guarding Jizhen, he beat up and subdued all the Mongolian tribes. Don't dare to violate the border, the border is very peaceful.The border is peaceful, and if there are no wars to fight, there will naturally be fewer opportunities to make money, and naturally many people will be dissatisfied with him.As soon as Zhang Juzheng fell, the first thing everyone did was to attack him, bring him down, and put the Qi family army aside.Soon, the border wars resurfaced, and the Mongolian ministries frequently invaded the border. The war continued, and the border people were in danger, but the princes in power were making money and making money... To put it bluntly, the Wenchen Group of the Wanli Dynasty had trouble with Qi Jiguang, not because of He is Zhang Juzheng's confidant, but because he cut off everyone's money.Now there is another product that will cut everyone's money, and the officials who are counting on taking advantage of the Denglai Rebellion to make a fortune don't mention how disappointing they are!
The minister was disappointed, but Chongzhen was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.Originally thought it would take several months of fighting, but it was over in about twenty days. A lot of the food and salaries that had to be allocated hadn't been shipped out of the treasury, so the battle was over, how much money was saved for him!The most amazing thing is that Yang Menglong can not only save him money, but also help him earn money!According to Wu Yong, after the capture of Dengzhou, the Heluo new army seized property looted by the rebels, as many as 100 million taels, all of which were intact and handed over to the internal treasury!After hearing the news, Chongzhen couldn't believe his eyes. It wasn't 100 taels, not 1000 taels, but a whole million taels!How much is Daming's annual tax?Among other things, just to raise Liao's salary, he has already made people complain. This Yang Menglong not only saved him tens of thousands of taels of food and salary, but also helped him get 100 million taels of silver!My God, where can I find such a loyal courtier!

Of course, Chongzhen was not an idiot either. Yang Menglong handed over 100 million taels of silver to him intact, and he didn't believe the nonsense that he didn't take a cent of it. Yang Menglong must have made a lot of money, but he didn't care.Which official in Ming Dynasty is not corrupt?It's normal to get a little bit. Besides, didn't you leave him 100 million taels?It's much better than those guys who are greedy and greedy, but they don't take a cent off!The most amazing thing is that Yang Menglong has even thought about how to rebuild Dengzhou, so caring, so caring!Chongzhen praised Yang Menglong fiercely in front of Wu Yong, and also praised Wu Yong a few words by the way, and then went up to court with a rare smile.Wang Chengen said to Wu Yong enviously: "You have met a living treasure!"

Wu Yong was very proud, and he sighed that his luck was so good!

On the Jinji Temple, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs shouted long live.Chongzhen was uplifted and straight to the point: "Dear dear friends, the Denglai rebellion lasted for a year, and the army and civilians were killed and injured countless times. Fortunately, the soldiers worked hard and finally conquered Dengzhou a few days ago, beheading Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and other thieves. , all the cities captured by the rebels were recovered, and the Denglai rebellion has been wiped out! However, after this catastrophe, Denglai has been completely corrupted. There are no people in the territory, and countless military resources have been burned. It is really shocking. Heartbroken! The most urgent task is to clean up the mess as soon as possible and resume production. What's the best plan for all my loves?"

Upon hearing this, a civil official from Shandong immediately came to his senses and shouted: "Report to the emperor, the rebels are tyrannical, and they are extremely poisonous to Denglai. There are not enough people in Denglai, and the survivors are also poorly clothed and hungry. The most urgent task is to quickly allocate food and relief, otherwise it will be very difficult for them to survive this winter!",
Well, as soon as I opened my mouth, I was asking for money and food!

The Zuo Shilang of the household department immediately retorted: "Allow the food for relief? To put it lightly, this war has already emptied the national treasury, so where is the food for relief? In my opinion, it is better to move the survivors of Denglai to the inland Come, it would be better for them to go to their relatives!"

Shandong officials quit immediately: "Master Wang, are you going to let those surviving Denglai people fend for themselves!?"

The left servant looked helpless: "What else can I do? Anyway, the household department can't come up with money!"

Immediately, a large group of officials sprayed off, accusing Wang Shilang of being cold-blooded and disregarding the lives of ordinary people with one voice.Not to be outdone, Wang Shilang took a group of friends and sprayed back, accusing those guys of not being in charge of the family and ignoring Chai Migui.Chongzhen watched them blushing from arguing condescendingly, and the more he listened, the more impatient he became.These guys can chew on words, and after talking for a long time, none of them made any meaningful suggestions, and each of them was more advanced than the other, and it was hard to listen to!It's better for Yang Menglong, who won't show off his poems in parallel, but cuts to the point and goes straight to the point. He still uses the vernacular, which doesn't seem to be troublesome at all!When he saw that the people who supported abandoning Denglai were actually in the majority, he couldn't help but get angry. The vision of these guys is too shallow, and they will stare at the thing in front of them. They are not even as good as a small general. Is it really okay for these people to govern the country?

He raised the volume, and the court immediately quieted down. Everyone had enough spraying, just wait for President Zhu to make a decision.Sure enough, President Zhu had already made up his mind, and said word by word: "Denglai is an important military town, and its geographical conditions are even more advantageous. It is the rear of the Liaodong battlefield. How can we give up lightly! If you give up Denglai, you will be killed!"

Hou Xun, Shangshu of the Household Department, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not willing to give up Denglai, but... there is really no way. If you want to rebuild Denglai, I don't know how much it will cost. How can there be so much money and food in the treasury?" !"

Chongzhen said: "I plan to rebuild Dengzhou Wei!"

Everyone was taken aback, boss, what are you doing?

Chongzhen ignored it and said directly: "Laiyang, Pingdu, Zhaoyuan, Huangxian, Wendeng, Ninghai, Penglai, Qixia, Haiyang, Dengzhou and other counties were severely poisoned by the rebels, and the people died or fled. No people are seen, only ghosts crying, if things go on like this, the countryside will be desolate and the people's livelihood will wither! Therefore, I decided to appoint Heluo Town General Yang Menglong as the general of Dengzhou, and all the above areas will be assigned to him to manage and rebuild Dengzhou Guard!"

Damn, after working on it for a long time, it's not Yang Menglong's idea!

Now everyone understands that the big boss is taking advantage of that little general!They have seen Yang Menglong's ability to govern the local area. Throwing him to Nanyang, Nanyang quickly prospered in just three years; giving him the Luoyang Weisai, he completely solved the problem of Luoyang Weijun households in less than a year. As for the food problem, if Dengzhou is given to him, maybe he can really do a good job in Dengzhou!One of the great advantages of giving Dengzhou to Yang Menglong is that he can find a way to solve the food problem of his subordinates by himself, and he doesn't need to worry about it for him. On the contrary, he can also receive a lot of taxes from his territory. Where can I find such a good thing?So, everyone called the big boss Gao Ming, and began to discuss with enthusiasm which county was too poor and bad, and they also gave it to Yang Menglong.The faces of the Shandong officials present were not very good. Yang Menglong is capable, but the problem is that it is difficult to squeeze money from him. I did not see that he has been in Henan for three years, and Henan civil servants have not been able to get much benefit. what?Bringing this product to Shandong...not good!They immediately protested, but it was useless. Everyone continued to discuss excitedly how much tax they should collect after Dengzhou developed, and turned a deaf ear to Shandong Wenchen's protest...

After two days of research, the results finally came out. All ten counties in Denglai and Denglai were allocated to Yang Menglong, exempted from tax for five years, and Yang Menglong was authorized to recruit refugees from Shandong, North and South Zhili, and even Dongjiang Town to reclaim land and resume production.The number of guards in Dengzhou is 800. Yang Menglong will spend a little on the trouble of food and pay first, and help the court to pay for it. The Ministry of War said that it can open the supply of weapons. Of course, discounts are not allowed!As for the more than 100 ships in the Dengzhou Water Camp, let Yang Menglong forget it. Anyway, Denglai is already rotten, and the maritime restraint on Houjin no longer exists. It is useless to have these ships. On the contrary, it will increase the burden. It's better to leave this burden to Yang Menglong!Such an arrangement seems to be a happy one for everyone. Shandong got rid of a huge burden, so it is naturally satisfied; the Ministry of Households does not have to spend so much money and food to help the victims, so it is very satisfied; Ten thousand taels of silver, more satisfied!Even Dongjiang Town is very satisfied, they can finally get rid of a lot of refugees and save a lot of food!In a word, everyone is very satisfied!
I just don't know if Yang Menglong will be satisfied...

(End of this chapter)