Dashun Yongchang

Therefore, it is inevitable that businessmen began to be dissatisfied with the officials in Jiangnan, because the officials' inaction caused them economic losses.Against the backdrop of these clean officials, Ma Shiying's reputation improved inexplicably.

As for the citizens, it is even more necessary for the council to speak out, because they not only have to fight against the unreasonable policies of the government, but also fight against those workshop owners and businessmen.The level of wages, the length of working hours and the stability of prices are all related to the lives of citizens.

In the past, when there was no channel to speak out, they could only choose to support the gentry. Although the gentry did not necessarily speak to them, at least the gentry opposed the court, and the citizens could also take the opportunity to make some demands.But now that there is a council, the citizens gradually begin to support the representatives of the citizens who represent their own interests, and stay away from the gentry class.

After the two classes of merchants and citizens no longer became the pillars of the gentry, the ability of the gentry to resist the court was greatly reduced. Of course, Li Zicheng hoped that these Jiangnan gentry could be dealt with at once.At present, the Jiangnan gentry has become the leading force of the world's gentry, because the northern gentry is almost disabled, and the density of gentry in other places is not high enough. There are tens of thousands of gentry in Jiangnan. As long as the Jiangnan gentry is settled, the other The place can only surrender.

And under Li Zicheng's support of Ma Shiying's high-pressure rectification policy on Jiangnan, the gentry in Jiangnan finally couldn't bear it anymore.No way, they can't compare with Dashun in terms of force and propaganda, and they can't match Ma Shiying in intrigue. Ma Shiying has already ruined several prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River, and they all oppose the gentry's one-time payment of food.

Even several celebrities from Fushe were hooked into the case by Ma Shiying. Chen Zhenhui, Wu Yingji, and Mao Xiang were all arrested.

In the end, Hou Fangyu approached Fang Yizhi and wrote a letter to Li Zicheng to intercede, and these people were released.However, it is said that Ma Shiying forcibly took Maoxiang's concubine Dong Xiaowan away, and this matter is considered to be understood.However, Mao Xiang never mentioned this matter, and some insiders said that Ma Shiying was actually not asking for Dong Xiaowan for himself, but to connect with higher-ups.

The Jiangnan gentry found out from Ma Shiying's series of retaliations that they could not fight against a cabinet premier who had the full support of the emperor, so these gentry finally began to seek a way to compromise with the new government.

Chapter 565 Jiangnan II

On behalf of the Jiangnan gentry councilors, Qian Qianyi asked Li Zicheng for an audience, and on behalf of the Jiangnan gentry, he proposed the method of accepting the gentry's one-time payment of food and dividing the gentry into the mu.

After listening to Qian Qianyi's method, Li Zicheng was noncommittal. He leaned on a huanghuali wood armchair and looked at Qian Qianyi and said, "Do you know why I want to promote the policy that the gentry pays all the food and the gentry goes to the mu?"

After thinking for a moment, Qian Qianyi replied, "Your Majesty hopes to reduce the burden on the common people and enrich the national treasury."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "This is the reason on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is to attack the power of the local gentry. In order to deal with local tyrants, the Han Dynasty regularly recruited a group of rich people to guard the tomb, so in the past dynasties. Strong death.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty was due to the fact that the country was weak and the gentry was strong.In front of you, I can tell the truth, if the population and wealth of this country are in the hands of the gentry, wouldn't my emperor become just an empty shell?

Is the so-called three-payment plus nine per acre of land really high?According to the calculation of five yuan per mu, it is less than 2% of the yield per mu, and with the positive tax, it should be about 2% of the yield per mu.What really made it impossible for the people to live was that the landlord first took away half of the per-mu property, and then added all nine cents of silver to the tenants.The landed gentry and their servants are exempt from taxation, while the tenants and yeoman have to share the tax of these people.

Calculated in this way, even if the peasants hand over all their annual income to the government, they will have to borrow another usury loan to pay the tax.Therefore, the troubles of the Ming Dynasty were the gentry, not the Manchus and the rebels. "

Qian Qianyi was sweating. Although he had communicated with Li Zicheng before, it was the first time that he directly pointed the finger at the gentry like this. If he knew that Li Zicheng's attitude was so firm, he would definitely not come to this trouble. .Although everyone surrounded him this time, it made him feel that he had truly received the support of everyone, instead of only a few people supporting him as before.

But if he offended Li Zicheng for this, then this kind of support is a sacrifice. What is a sacrifice? The pigs and sheep offered to heaven are sacrifices. He didn't stand up for these gentry just to be a sacrifice.

"Chen, I really didn't think carefully..." Just as Qian Qianyi was thinking about how to admit his mistake to Li Zicheng, he heard Li Zicheng interrupt him again, so he quickly calmed down and listened carefully to the other party's speech.

"Of course I know Mr. Qian that you are not a representative of the gentry, because we are standing together. Otherwise, why should I entrust you with the organization of the meeting? I know that Mr. Qian also has a lot of land in your family, but you are now Do you really need to live on land income? Before, I have given you congressmen the opportunity to buy shares in overseas colonial companies, and I thought you should know what this means.

For example, in February last year, I asked Qin Dapeng and Hu Shoujin to establish the Northern Fur Trading Company with a share capital of 2 taels.As of last month, the company has purchased 10 pieces of deer skins from Taiwan, worth 4 taels; 3200 pieces of mink skins, 1300 pieces of sea dragon skins, and 300 pieces of other animal skins from Sakhalin Island, Vladivostok and Heilongjiang Estuary. Zhang, worth 18750 taels; 2600 sea dog kidneys, worth 5.2 taels; 16000 taels of ginseng, worth 4.8 taels, were purchased in North Korea.

In nearly a year and a half, the total income was 13.75 taels. After deducting the cost of ships and personnel, the net income was 8.6 taels, and the return on capital reached more than [-]%.Can farming be so profitable? "

Qian Qianyi felt that Li Zicheng really didn't know how to settle accounts. Landlords guaranteed their income in droughts and floods, and they gave usury to farmers. The income was indeed much higher than this. Moreover, the land would not sink into the sea, but the boats would sink, so of course it was better for the landowners.

However, although he is good at calculation, he is not stupid, so it is impossible not to give Li Zicheng face, so he can only say vaguely: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, I am so stupid, I didn't realize it.

It's just that many gentry are farming and studying heirs, and they really don't want their children to be contaminated with business affairs, so as not to ruin the family tradition.In their view, rent collection by local landlords is the safest industry. As long as the children and grandchildren do not ruin the family business, at least they can live a stable life.

Your Majesty is sharing the land into the mu, and the gentry pays the food as a whole. Everyone feels a lot of pressure, because after all, they rely on land rent for food. If there is no land rent, they will have to drink the northwest wind. This is obviously not His Majesty's original intention. That's why I have the courage to pass on their request to His Majesty for you to listen to. "

Li Zicheng actually didn't care whether these gentry drank the northwest wind or not, the rotten boat still had three catties of iron nails, not to mention how much silver was buried in the family of these gentry who were farming and studying.If the silver hidden by these gentry cannot be brought out, the market will deflate, and these gentry can earn food and drink for generations just by hoarding silver.

But he really doesn't want to turn all the gentry into the opposite of himself. There are more than 4 gentry in the 4th prefecture of Su Changsong Town alone, which is equivalent to more than 0.5% of the population of the [-]th prefecture. It is really necessary to unite these people Fight against yourself, and the historical Jiangnan Anti-Qing Uprising will become the Jiangnan Anti-Shun Uprising.

He is not full of people, he can solve problems by killing people without any scruples.In this era, although killing is the most brutal means of solving problems, it is indeed the most effective means.If he really ordered a major suppression of Jiangnan, then the gentry forces in Jiangnan would be suppressed, but the commodity economy in Jiangnan would be completely over.

He didn't believe that the army who let go of their hands and feet knew who should be killed and who should not be killed.The problem is that he doesn't really want to be the head of a feudal dynasty, and it's not good for him to bring Jiangnan back to the small peasant economy, because the gentry will win in the end, and they will return to the small peasant economy. Of course, they are still gentry The final say.

Therefore, it is still necessary to give some moderate gentry a way out, and not allow them to unite and embarrass the government, so Li Zicheng thought about it and finally threw out the plan he had prepared long ago.

"I think you are aware of the slave change in Jiangnan. Some councilors have also publicly criticized that some gentry treat slaves as talking animals. They not only prostitute their wives and daughters, but also frequently use lynching, such as cutting noses and branding, etc. There was even a case of lynching people to death. Because the gentry was so powerful, the government did not dare to question the crime, so when the gentry reported a sudden illness, they threw people into mass graves and buried them, and the government did not dare to pursue them. Sir, I have never heard of it These things?"

Qian Qianyi hesitated and replied: "Maybe there is such a thing, but there must be no such thing in my family, I can guarantee it."

Li Zicheng took a look at Qian Qianyi, Qian Qianyi could indeed be regarded as a gentle man among the scholar-bureaucrats, although he didn't have much decisiveness, he was still kind, otherwise he wouldn't have married Liu Rushi as his heir.

In this era, no matter how outstanding a courtesan is, she is just a plaything in the eyes of literati. How can a plaything be put on the stage?Like Mao Xiang, marrying Dong Xiaowan home as a servant is the normal state of scholar-officials.Qian Qianyi's marriage to Liu Rushi was not only opposed by his family, but also scolded by his friends.

It can be said that it is impossible for Qian Qianyi to do such a thing without the slightest respect for people. As for love?For the scholar-officials and famous prostitutes who play on the occasion, this is just a spice of life, not life.Qian Qianyi really didn't want to marry Liu Rushi in the name of his second wife, Liu Rushi would marry in the end, because that's the fate of famous prostitutes.

Therefore, when Qian Qianyi said that there was no abuse of slaves in his family, Li Zicheng still believed it, because the report of the Statistics Department also said so.However, scholar-bureaucrats like Qian Qianyi are a minority after all, not to mention those villains who sound morally corrupt, even young people with good morals like Gu Yanwu also place great value on the relationship between master and slave.

If the landlord class and Confucianism that safeguard the interests of the landlord class are not eliminated, then this social order of superiority and inferiority will never be broken.Regarding Qian Qianyi's defense of the gentry class, Li Zicheng was naturally more calm. After all, other people belong to the same class, but he is only one person now.

Li Zicheng's proposal to Qian Qianyi is, "Nowadays, overseas development is in full swing, and overseas land is quite cheap, but it is not developed. Therefore, the gentry in Jiangnan can purchase land overseas and distribute it to slaves." Part of it, as their living capital after they were released from slavery."

Qian Qianyi was considering the feasibility of this plan, and Li Zicheng continued: "Similarly, if a slave wants to be liberated, he must reclaim a certain amount of arable land for the master's family. Except for the land allocated to these slaves by the master's family, other The developed land belongs to the owner. In order to encourage people to go overseas to develop wasteland, the state will not tax the output of these lands for 30 years, but mining and logging are not included in the tax-exempt list.”

Qian Qianyi, who was still thinking about it, didn't need to think about it now, and expressed his opinion to Li Zicheng again and again, this is indeed an excellent plan.What is so good about this plan?Fortunately, the servant who made trouble was driven to a deserted island overseas.

Who is the main force of the Jiangnan slave change?In fact, it was the servants who worked in the farm, the servants who really lived with the young master and young lady in the mansion, except for being wronged, their lives were quite good.But the servants who work in the farm or in the workshop are really miserable. For example, the weaving workshop opened by Xu Xiake's family, this weaving workshop uses his own maids, not to mention the wages for the work. If you are slow, you will be punished. Can these servants be less resentful?

To make matters worse, Jiangnan has been at peace for 200 years, and the population has continued to grow. The number of lands is small, and the land of the landlords has rarely increased, but the population of slaves is still increasing.Even if the slaves don't get paid very much, the master's family will always give them food and clothing, so that they have basic survival materials.The conflict between the two sides became intense. The master didn’t think he had the responsibility to take care of the slaves who didn’t work, but the slave thought that since he couldn’t go out to work, it was natural for the master to support his family. Otherwise, would he starve to death?

Chapter 566 Sisters

In Chen Yuanyuan's residence, a woman with similar appearance to Chen Yuanyuan was standing in the hall with her hips crossed, her eyebrows crossed. You are already married, what does it mean to take someone captive?"

Chen Yuanyuan rubbed her forehead with one hand, looked at Bian Sai standing over there, and then at Bian Min standing timidly behind Bian Sai. To be honest, she didn't want to see the two of them at this time at all, and she couldn't bear to think of it. I became resentful towards Ma Shiying, this person really has no rules, and he sent people to Pingshan Hall one after another if he was not enough, did he really treat himself as a decoration?

But in front of Bian Sai, she didn't want to be defeated, so she opened her mouth and retorted: "Xiao Wan was not taken captive. As for saying that she and Mao Sheng fell in love with each other, that's too much. I really want to fall in love with each other. How could Ma Shiying get Maosheng to agree to write a letter of divorce? Moreover, His Majesty has no intention of locking Xiao Wan up with you, you really don't want to stay here, and go away after two years."

Bian Sai was a little speechless after being blocked by these words. Indeed, Maosheng was too ruthless towards Xiao Wan. If he hadn't seen Maosheng's letter of divorce, Xiaowan would not have been sent here by Ma Shiying in despair. .But she still said unwillingly: "Since you want to let us go, why don't you let us go now?"

Chen Yuanyuan was silent for a long time, she was worried that this ignorant person would make trouble in front of Li Zicheng and hate Li Zicheng for no reason. Thinking of the arrogant person next to Li Zicheng, she finally explained: "Because you were sent by Mr. Ma Ge. , Your Majesty will not let you go if you want to put Ma Ge's heart at ease."

Hearing Ma Shiying's name, Bian Sai was very annoyed. She immediately said: "He is just a treacherous minister, why should he be reassured? Is Your Majesty also a fool?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I know you are angry, but it has nothing to do with Your Majesty." Chen Yuanyuan finally sat upright, and her tone suddenly became severe, "Your Majesty has so many important things to do on his chest, how can he care about these children's personal affairs?" You have been here for so many days, did His Majesty force you? Who can't break the willow of Zhangtai? What's so great about breaking it, Your Majesty?"

Bian Sai looked at Chen Yuanyuan strangely. In her impression, Chen Yuanyuan had never shown such an aura, but she felt a pang in her heart. Her background was different from other famous prostitutes. She took her sister on the boat, but she always felt that she was different from others.

But now Chen Yuanyuan's words finally broke her defenses. She finally threw her sleeves and turned away. Watching her sister go, the younger sister Bian Min who was beside her finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly to Chen Yuanyuan: "Sister! Ever since I broke up with Wu Sheng, I've been in a depressed mood, and I hope Sister Chen won't take offense."

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Bian Min, who was like a white jade beauty, but just smiled and said: "I know your sister's temper, just let her go. The more you persuade her, the more grievous she becomes. You are a lucky person, don't talk to you Sister learns."

Although she didn't know what Chen Yuanyuan meant when she said that she was blessed, Bian Min was getting used to the current life, she had enough food and clothing, she could read a few orchids on calligraphy and paintings every day, and no reckless people would bother her. She felt that This was the life she wanted. She saluted Chen Yuanyuan and then went after her sister.

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Bian Min's leaving back and sighed softly.What she just said to Bian Sai was not an excuse. Li Zicheng really needs to reassure Ma Shiying now, because what Ma Shiying is doing now needs Li Zicheng's full support to continue. If he doesn't understand Li Zicheng's intentions, it is impossible for Ma Shiying to be right. Watching Jiangnan gentry brandishing knives.

Compared with the downfall of dozens of hundreds of famous families in the south of the Yangtze River, what is a mere Dong Xiaowan?In the eyes of outsiders, Ma Shiying is a traitor, but in the eyes of Li Zicheng, Ma Shiying is a good knife.Besides Ma Shiying, who else can subdue these Jiangnan gentry?Therefore, it is impossible for Li Zicheng to break the blade at this time.

While Chen Yuanyuan was sighing, Li Zicheng also finished communicating with Qian Qianyi.After sending Qian Qianyi away, he stood in the courtyard and looked at the sky, so he walked to Chen Yuanyuan's residence. Hearing the message from the maids, Chen Yuanyuan hurried out to greet him.

After Li Zicheng helped her up, he walked towards the hall and asked her, "Did the concubine sent by Dorgon go through the examination?"

Chen Yuanyuan followed behind him and said: "The information from all over the place is combined, and they are all right. That day the capital changed drastically, and Ning Hui entered the palace and took away his daughter with his identity as Jin Yiwei, and then lived in seclusion on the outskirts of the capital. Later, when the Manchus entered the customs and enclose land in the suburbs of Beijing, someone reported their family. Afterwards, they were placed under house arrest by Dorgon, and this time they were sent to the south.”

Chen Yuanyuan paused for a moment before continuing: "However, Dorgon sent the crown princess here, and I feel that he has no good intentions. Whether we send the crown princess to Zhu Cihong's side or not, there will be future troubles."

Li Zicheng randomly found a chair in the hall and sat down, then asked: "Then what did Zhu Cihong say? Have you ever visited her?"

Chen Yuanyuan sat down next to Li Zicheng, and then replied: "Zhu Cihong didn't come over by himself, but he wrote a letter and delivered things a few times. His majesty can decide what he wants."

Li Zicheng looked to the side, waved the others to step back, and then carefully asked Chen Yuanyuan, "Are you alive?"

Chen Yuanyuan said: "I asked the doctor to see it several times, and she has lived on the mountain for more than three months, so it should be true."

Li Zicheng said with relief: "Since he is in good health, Zhu Cihong didn't say he didn't want this wife, just let him come and pick her up."

Chen Yuanyuan hesitated for a moment and then said: "It's better to wait a little longer. Didn't Your Majesty point out Guo Weijing's daughter to the crown prince before? The procedure has not been completed yet, so it's a lot of trouble. It's better to wait until the procedure is completed before sending her home."

Li Zicheng glanced at Chen Yuanyuan, nodded slightly, and said, "You can handle this matter according to your needs, just don't let Deng's daughter have any resentment. However, there is one more thing, you can take a look and take care of it."

Chen Yuanyuan looked at him and asked, "What does Your Majesty want your concubine to do?"

Li Zicheng said: "A few days ago, Zhu Cihong said that his sister wanted to get married. I think this filial piety period is coming to an end, so let's arrange a marriage for her. I asked Li Xi, and he felt pretty good about Aunt Zhu, so Let's do this."

Chen Yuanyuan was a little stunned, because she heard that Auntie Zhu wanted to become a nun, and the difference between becoming a monk and getting married was too far away.After hesitating for a moment, she reminded: "Isn't Kunxing engaged to be married to my cousin?"

Li Zicheng replied disapprovingly: "Chongzhen's father-in-law is too dishonest. I am worried that Auntie Zhu and her cousin marrying will have a bad influence on Zhu Cihong. As I said before, peace is the most important right now. If It would be bad if the blood flowed into rivers.”

Chen Yuanyuan closed her mouth, she understood that Li Zicheng was not a servant, it was just that he wanted to do this.Li Zicheng casually asked about the recent situation of the prince of Joseon. He had not seen the prince of Korea several times when he was sent to Yangzhou, but it didn't mean that Li Zicheng didn't care about the movements of the prince of the overseas vassal state.

Chen Yuanyuan remembered the report about the son of the Joseon king, and could only shake his head and said: "This son does not have the small family spirit of the Koreans. He can not only talk about literature with literati, but also sit and drink with those low-level people. ..."

Chen Yuanyuan commented that Li Mo, the heir of the Korean king, was not like a Korean. At this time, he was visiting the sweeping mountain with Min Dingzhong, the vice-principal of the Hongwen Museum. Seeing the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus coming from the wind, Li Mo couldn't help but said to Min Dingzhong beside him: "North Korea should also build such a university."

Hearing this, Min Ding smiled wryly. The reason why the country sent him to Yangzhou to accompany the son was because he didn't want to be involved in the war in the Central Plains.In the past, the Manchus controlled the land passage, and the Ming people were unwilling to take the risk to come to North Korea, so North Korea could respect the Ming Dynasty while obeying the Manchus, thus satisfying both inside and outside.

But the new dynasty that destroyed the Ming Dynasty was really fierce. The Manchus have not been cleaned up here, but the North Koreans have already been punished here.Unexpectedly, the new dynasty has such a powerful force at sea, North Korea can only give in again, but North Korea does not want to provoke a large army of people to attack, so it has to lower the level of envoys.

Min Dingzhong understood that the Seoul court actually did not want to change the status quo, and did not have a good opinion of the new dynasty that replaced the Ming with Shun. Even though the new dynasty seemed to be stronger than the Ming Dynasty, they were still unwilling to obey the newly established Shangguo.Under such circumstances, the son wants to bring the university back to North Korea, and he wants to change North Korea by referring to the way of Manchuria. I am afraid that it will not work.

However, Min Dingzhong couldn't help admiring Li Zicheng's courage while standing on the sweeping mountain and looking at the huge school.Although I heard that the other party was just a postman and hadn't read a few books, but after ascending to the throne, he didn't want to build a palace but went to a university first, which shows that this new dynasty attaches great importance to education.

The sweeping mountain was originally a private garden, but under Li Zicheng's order, the owners of these gardens had to donate their houses. After the walls were demolished, the sweeping mountain became a large garden.Even so, buildings are still being built up and down the mountain, which shows that the university Li Zicheng wanted has not been fully displayed.

Chapter 567 Jiujiang

In June of the third year of Yongchang, Yang Tinglin arrived in Jiujiang and handed over official duties to Yuan Jixian, although in name Yuan Jixian was the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang, Anqing, Yingtian (Nanjing) and other military affairs.But in fact, he only commanded the movement of Jiangxi, and in fact only the garrison in Jiujiang.

Nominally, Zuo Liangyu was controlled by him, but since Yuan Jixian was stationed in Jiujiang but not in Wuchang, he knew that Zuo Liangyu didn't take this boss seriously at all.Yuan Jixian has always been opposed to Emperor Hongguang's abdication, because he felt that once Nanjing was threatened by the Marshal's Mansion and asked Hongguang Emperor to abdicate, then the Nanjing court would lose its reputation of commanding the whole country, and would instead be inferior to the Marshal's Mansion. The power was stolen by Li Zicheng. This is a blatant way of coercing the emperor to make the princes.

But although Emperor Hongguang liked the position of the emperor, he didn't have the courage to defend the throne with his life. After all, he picked up the throne, not his own struggle. In the end, the performance of these people in front of the four towns has already explained everything.

Therefore, the representatives sent by Emperor Hongguang and Li Zicheng negotiated the remuneration after the abdication, announced the abdication and returned to the vassal, and then went to supervise the country in name.His main job of supervising the country is to build the tomb of the Chongzhen couple. This is actually a good job. Some people criticized it in the newspaper, saying that King Fu supervised the construction of the imperial tomb but ended up embezzling the imperial wood to build his own mansion. Cover up businessmen to evade taxes in the name of building mausoleums.

Although Fu Wang swore that he would never do this, his newly built mansion in Nanjing seemed to have punctured his oath.Although no one pursued the matter in the end, Fu Wang's reputation was badly damaged in Nanjing.Once Fu Wang's reputation is bad, the situation of those ministers who support Fu Wang is even worse.

Since Emperor Hongguang abdicated, the ministers who supported King Fu were mainly Yuan Jixian and Zuo Maodi. In fact, they were not supporting King Fu, but the successors of Ming Dynasty. These ministers knew very well that once Emperor Hongguang abdicated, the south would lose A banner figure who can compete with the prince for the throne, then the people in the south will automatically gather under the banner of the Marshal's Mansion.

They were not against the prince, but against the prince manipulated by Li Zicheng.The current relationship between Li Zicheng and the prince is not fundamentally different from the relationship between Cao Cao and Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, and the situation is even worse, because Li Zicheng did not submit to the prince, so he does not even have a relationship with the prince. Li Zicheng can replace him at any time, and he will not What a violation of righteousness.

And these ministers are also the backbone of the South's independence. Without their opposition, the South would have surrendered to Dashun long ago.But Emperor Hongguang's voluntary abdication was tantamount to stabbing them in the back. After King Fu's reputation was ruined, even the common people didn't quite understand why these ministers insisted on supporting the incompetent and greedy King Fu instead of the orthodox heir to the throne.

Without the banner of righteousness and the support of the common people, Yuan Jixian and Zuo Maodi could no longer resist the order of the new dynasty. After all, the current new dynasty has the approval of the council, so these courtiers who are loyal to Ming Dynasty It also lost the name of the separatist area.

Facing the arrival of Yang Tinglin, the people of Jiujiang are very happy, because this is also from Jiangxi, and they are all local officials in the township, so it doesn't make any difference if they change one.But for the officials around Yuan Jixian, this is obviously bad news. Once the emperor and courtiers, no matter whether Lord Yang is still loyal to Daming, at least outsiders like them will not be allowed to occupy key positions.

However, compared to the resistance of his subordinates, Yuan Jixian was much calmer. Although he advocated protecting Daming, he really couldn't compare with Lu Zhenfei in terms of talent.Lu Zhenfei was able to organize the soldiers and civilians in Huai'an to resist the Shun army's recruitment with his bare hands before King Fu went south. Yuan Jixian did not have such a great ability.

Because Yuan Jixian did not dare to break the official rules and touch the interests of the gentry, Jiangxi is the hometown of imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty, and it is also an extremely wealthy province. The annual tax is about 170 million taels of silver and 94 shi of rice, ranking among all provinces in the country. third.

The so-called "huguang is ripe, the world is full" is a bit exaggerated in the late Ming Dynasty, because at that time Hunan had not yet been developed, and there were still a large number of lakes, ponds and marshes in Hubei. The grain sold abroad is more than that of other provinces.

For example, Jiangxi is a province with a large grain production, but it is also a province with a large population. Although the annual rice output is nearly 1000 million shi, the rice exported outside the province is less than [-] million shi, which is nearly one-tenth.Jiangxi also has local specialties such as tea, wood, porcelain, dyes, paper, linen, etc. It can be said that it is a place where both agriculture and handicrafts are developed.

Such a resource-rich and populous province, if Yuan Jixian learns from Lu Zhenfei to form a militia and asks the gentry to donate money for military expenses, then Jiangxi's military strength will soon surpass that of Zuo Liangyu who occupies Wuchang, and there is no need to face Wuchang Zuo Liangyu conceded three points.

But Yuan Jixian would rather send the money and food to bribe Zuo Liangyu than use it to strengthen the army in Jiangxi, let alone let the gentry pay to form a militia to defend Jiangxi.It was because he was worried that he would end up like Yang Tinglin.

The news of the Shun army's invasion of Beijing spread to Jiangxi, and Yang Tinglin recruited troops in Jiangxi to serve the king, but the clan Zhu Tonglei filed a complaint in Nanjing, saying that his recruitment of soldiers was a conspiracy, and Yang Tinglin was forced to dismiss the soldiers.The reason for Zhu Tonglei's complaint was that Yang Tinglin's actions harmed the interests of some gentry in Jiangxi and aroused Hongguangchao's suspicion.

This is probably also a chronic illness in the late Ming Dynasty. The court had no soldiers to use, but it was very worried that someone in the local area would build an army to threaten the rule of the court.Everyone can only involve each other, and can't do anything at all.What Yuan Jixian didn't expect was that Yang Tinglin, who he thought had broken the rules of the officialdom, was actually sent by the new dynasty to succeed him.

At the private banquet for Yang Tinglin, Yuan Jixian shunned the others and asked Yang Tinglin, "Is Jianshan here for the Ming dynasty? Or for the new dynasty?

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After Yang Tinglin drank a glass of wine, he sighed and said: "Coincidentally, I also asked Emperor Yongchang this question when I was in Yangzhou. I asked him, what if I go back to Jiangxi to rebel?"

Emperor Yongchang replied to me: "If people in Jiangxi think that there is a future in rebelling with me, it means that the new dynasty is unpopular. Why doesn't an unpopular court rebel? He supports me in rebelling. If I just rebelled for my own selfishness, Jiangxi people I will definitely not follow, without the support of Jiangxi people, such a rebellion will only hurt Jiangxi's vitality, and Jiangxi people will only hate me, not the court.

For the imperial court, such a rebellion is not a bad thing, because Jiangxi can just be cleaned up. After the chaos, there will be great order, and Jiangxi will truly become the Jiangxi of Dashun in the future.The reason for choosing me is because I am willing to do something for the elders in Jiangxi, rather than just sit and watch those gentry continue to fish and meat the villagers.

Marquis Lin asked me what I was doing to make the Ming Dynasty a new dynasty, and I could only say that I came here for the sake of the elders in Jiangxi. "

Yang Tinglin's answer kept Yuan Jixian's words in his heart, because he realized that he had nothing to persuade the other party, so he could only shake his head and smile wryly: "Emperor Yongchang started in the grass, but this knowledge is really ordinary. Unattainable. This is Daming's misfortune."

Yang Tinglin picked up the jug and poured a glass for Yuan Jixian, and said, "It's also the luck of the people in the south. Linhou may not be able to do something when he goes to Yangzhou. I hope you will take care of it."

Yuan Jixian shook his head and said with relief: "I have been exhausted in this position all these years. If it wasn't for protecting the elders in my hometown, I would have resigned and went home to retire. Since you will replace me, I will naturally return to my hometown after I leave office. As an idler, after a few days of comfortable life, I will not go to Yangzhou."

Yang Tinglin was silent for a moment and then said: "I don't think you are suitable to stay in Jiangxi. I didn't come to Jiangxi to maintain harmony. You may not be able to live a stable life in your hometown."

After hearing this, Yuan Jixian immediately frowned and asked, "How do you say that?"

Yang Tinglin looked at Yuan Jixian and said seriously: "The Marshal's Mansion issued an order to you before, requiring you to clean up the Wangzhuang in Jiangxi. You have dragged this matter down?"

Yuan Jixian replied in displeasure after hearing this: "Although it is the emperor and the courtiers, but the Marshal's Mansion is not the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can he ask the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty to do such a thing? Isn't this asking me to bully the clan?" ?”

Yang Tinglin sighed and said: "My Jiangxi is mountainous. Although there are a lot of fertile land, there are not many of them. Since the founding of the country, there have been three kings in Jiangxi. After King Ning was abolished, there are still King Huai and King Yi. Two, these two clans occupy a lot of land in Jiangxi.

In normal seasons, I would support you, but now it is a time of war, and those people who have no land are the supporters of Dashun. If they cannot get the land, not to mention the clan, even the gentry may not be able to keep the past life.