Dashun Yongchang

However, he also knew that he could not intervene in this matter, and it was the limit to be able to intervene with those scholars. Emperor Yongchang had his own ideas in everything he did, and it was obviously not a good thing to confront him. He didn't like it too much. It was these Taoists who made his father refuse to flee south, which made him lose his parents overnight.

So after calming down, he concentrated his mind and replied to Li Zicheng: "For the planning of the new city, someone recommended Zhang Lian and Zhang Nanyuan to me. It is said that he built many famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River..."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "It's nothing to invite a famous gardener to plan the new city, but the construction of Yangzhou New City is not just to build a new city, it is also the beginning of our new world to the world. What is The new world? It is the world of axioms. We need to shrink the future of the new world into this new city and make it a city of the future..."

Chapter 275 New Deal 90

At noon on November 11, a group of boats slowly approached the Guazhou Ferry from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. After seeing the rules of the boats, the officials guarding the ferry sent people to row a small boat to inquire.

There are two tall buildings in the fleet, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are on one of them. They are standing by the window on the second floor, watching the scenery of Jiangbei, while chatting without saying a word.

"Yuan Hai, do you think you want to welcome the prince back? If you don't, I'm afraid the people in Nanjing will say that I have evil intentions; if you welcome, you'll offend King Fu again. This is a two-sided game."

"Brother Yaocao, why are you looking forward and backward again? Didn't we all make it clear when we left Nanjing that the crown prince can't welcome back, at least not now. If the crown prince doesn't go back, Nanjing is still up to you. But if the crown prince goes back to Nanjing , those people from the Donglin Party and Fushe can still let you have the final say? Just attacking you in front of the prince every day, you can’t justify it. Besides, you are in charge of the law and order in Nanjing now, prince If something happens in Nanjing, it is all your responsibility, can you bear it?"

Now Ruan Dacheng has completely leaned towards the Marshal's Mansion, so he has no scruples when speaking, but Ma Shiying is not as reckless as he is. After all, he does not have other options now, so he will naturally hesitate.

However, Ma Shiying also understands that other paths are not feasible.For an official like him who has already imprinted the brand of King Fu, it is actually difficult for other parties to accept him.In comparison, it is more appropriate to jump from Daming to Marshal's Mansion. After all, Li Zicheng still needs someone like him to control the direction of Nanming's wrecked ship, while others only want to drive him off the ship.

A gust of river wind blew, and Ma Shiying couldn't help wrapping up the brocade cloak outside, and then said: "But the crown prince won't come back, how can we suppress the government and the people? If the crown prince lives in Yangzhou for a long time, this Yangzhou will become another head , if the governors from all over the country use the order of the prince to oppose the government of Nanjing, how can this court continue?"

Ruan Dacheng could tell that this friend was still thinking about Daming, and he didn't want to die in his own hands.He couldn't help curling his lips in his heart, it's this time, even the crown prince doesn't mind taking orders from the Marshal's Mansion, so what's the rush for these courtiers?

But in terms of face, he still said to his friends with a straight face: "There are many talents around the prince, and he is not alone. When everyone in Donglin Fushe supported Fufan before, they said that even if the prince went south, it would not change the reality, but Do they still dare to fart like this now?

Those who restored the society in Donglin may not welcome the prince to go to Nanjing now, because the prince can also take away their positions and replace them with close ministers around him.Even if Chen Mingxia is also a member of Fushe, doesn't he have his own personal affairs to arrange?Shi Kefa and the others refused to come east, apart from having no face to see the crown prince, they were also worried that they would be overwhelmed by Chen Mingxia, and their reputation in Qingliu would be ruined. "

Ma Shiying nodded slightly, he could accept this kind of analysis in his heart, people like Shi Kefa called themselves Qingliu, and it was understandable that they were forced to support King Fu to succeed him, after all, King Fu was a vassal.But they actually proposed the candidates of Lu Fan and Gui Fan, and they didn't send anyone to the north to inquire about the whereabouts of the prince and the other two princes.

This kind of thing, as a treacherous minister, he did it, because he didn't rely on his fame for a living.However, Donglin and Fushe, a group of Qingliu, relied on their reputation to gain the support of a large number of ordinary people. When their reputation was stained, their influence gradually declined.Moreover, Lu Fan, whom they called a virtuous king, has been seen through by the people of Nanjing. Lu Wang is good at antiques, good rhythm, and good at Go, but he is not good at governing the country.

Now that the prince has gone to Yangzhou, and there are so many officials and gentry from the north around him, how dare the Donglin Party members come to Yangzhou to touch the prince's brow?Regardless of the answer, the man is politically dead.

Ma Shiying let out a long breath, changed the subject and asked, "You have met Emperor Yongchang, what kind of person is he?"

Ruan Dacheng pondered for a few breaths and then said: "If you have the insight to know people and use the amount of people you can, you will be the real lord of the world."

Ma Shiying turned his head slightly, looked at his old friend with a strange expression, Ruan Dacheng stared at Ma Shiying's gaze for a few moments, and immediately argued, "I didn't praise Emperor Yongchang because of myself..."

Ma Shiying and a group of hundreds of people went ashore, but they had no intention of staying in Guazhou City, so they simply hired a boat to go to Yangzhou overnight, and Guazhou also sent envoys to inform the Marshal's Mansion.While Ma Shiying was transferring luggage, he also wandered around the city of Guazhou, and he found that this ferry city had completely restored its prosperity before the war.

Although Ma Shiying is not the kind of person who cares about the sufferings of the people, he has been working as an official close to the people. He still pays attention to the scene in the market on weekdays. After all, he still knows the reason why the people will rebel if they cannot survive.

As for the scene in Yangzhou, firstly because the rout of the north went south to plunder, and then blocked the Yangtze River because of the issue of supporting Dai Fufan's succession to the Datong. Trade exchanges were cut off by the government and the army.

In Yangzhou, because of the Zhang Xianzhong rebellion in Huguang, there has been a backlog of salt since last year. Because it cannot be transported to Jiangxi and Huguang, salt merchants and boatmen are afraid that they will be robbed by the government and even their ships.On Su Song's side, it was mainly the backlog of cotton cloth and the severance of the grain trade in the Yangtze River, which directly caused the price of cotton cloth to plummet, while the price of grain rose sharply, the market was depressed, and the common people complained.

The reason why Emperor Hongguang was willing to abdicate is that the people in Jiangnan are full of resentment. After all, in order to appease the five towns, he spent almost all the money he could spend. Now that Li Zicheng has conquered the four towns and wants to take money from Nanjing, he really has no choice He couldn't get money out of him, and even the citizens in Nanjing began to say strange things about him. Wouldn't raising taxes now force all the people in the south of the Yangtze River to seek refuge with the prince?

Since he was in a dilemma, he might as well step down on his own initiative and still retain the treatment of the vassal king, which would not be too much of a disadvantage.It's just that Emperor Hongguang was able to let go, and Ma Shiying didn't dare to retreat now, and if he didn't retreat, he would have to face the problem of money and food, not only from the various officials and troops in the south, but also from the Marshal's Mansion.If the financial situation of the Marshal's Mansion is better, it will make him feel a little easier.Therefore, looking at the prosperity of the market in Guazhou City, Ma Shiying felt a little relieved.

At noon on November 11, the fleet of Ma Shiying and others passed through Yangzhou Chaoguan, and then berthed at Guanglingyi Wharf outside the south gate.King Lu and others bid farewell to Ma Shiying and others here, and went back to the city by themselves, while Ma Shiying and others settled in Guangling Station, waiting for the summon of the Marshal's Mansion.

Yangzhou City is the main road for north-south traffic, so the Guangling Station located on the west bank of the canal is not only spacious but also quite clean, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are not uncomfortable living in it.After Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng settled down, they simply started talking in the post station, firstly to pass the time, and secondly to wait for the envoy.

After a hand-to-hand conversation between the two, they finally got someone to come. It was Song Fan from the Song family in Laiyang. His father Song Yingheng died at the hands of the Qing soldiers because of the Laiyang battle, so he gained Li Zicheng's trust, but this time he was On behalf of the prince to visit the two.

Although Song Fan did not join Fushe, his third younger brother was indeed a major member of Fushe Shanzuo Dasha, and he was also related to Fushe.But Song Fan himself had no intention of getting involved in the political struggle between Donglin Fushe and Ma Shiying's party at this time, because after his father's death, what he needed was to revive his family, not engage in any political struggle.

Therefore, when facing Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, Song Fan acted neither far nor near, and did not exceed the status of an envoy.Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng also had no way to deal with Song Fan like this, but they could see a clue from Song Fan, that is, the prince was not completely controlled by Li Zicheng in Yangzhou, and the prince still had enough freedom to act.

When the condolences were about the same, Song Fan finally hinted to the two tactfully that the prince hoped that they would go to Yongning Temple to worship the late emperor tomorrow and immediately go to see Emperor Yongchang.

Ma Shiying heard the meaning behind the words, but he pretended not to understand, and asked Song Fan instead: "The people of Nanjing are eager to see the prince's arrival. I wonder when the prince plans to leave for Nanjing?"

Seeing Ma Shiying pretending to be stupid, Song Fan could only say clearly: "Fu Fan has just abdicated as supervisor of the country. It seems that it is not appropriate for the prince to go to Nanjing at this time. Moreover, the prince is still young, and it will take some time to learn the principles of governing the country. You can get in touch with civil affairs, and when you arrive in Nanjing, can the sixth department of the cabinet still let the prince out of the palace?"

Ma Shiying's eyes flickered for a moment before he asked, "Is this the prince's own idea, or is it?"

Song Fan replied with an unchanged expression: "There is the idea of ​​the prince, and the opinion of the majority of people in the Wenhua Palace. Otherwise, if you invite Fu Wang Jianguo to come to Yangzhou to meet him in person, then maybe many people will have different ideas. changed."

Naturally, Ma Shiying would not accept such words. How could King Fu come to Yangzhou? If he had such courage, they would not change like this now.But if these words were really ordered by the prince, then Ma Shiying's evaluation of the prince would be three points higher.

After Song Fan was sent out of the courtyard, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng returned to the living room, Ma Shiying couldn't help but said to Ruan Dacheng with a little wavering: "If the crown prince really has his own ideas, and we promote the merger of Dashun and Daming, he will really be unreasonable in the future." Do you mind? Emperor Yongchang is not yet 40 years old, so he may not be able to have a descendant, even if he does not, it is better for him to adopt a member of his own family than to choose a prince?"

Ruan Dacheng nodded slightly and said: "That's what I said, but how could this kind of thing be foreseen? Could Emperor Taizu Gao have foreseen that the prince would go ahead of him? Emperor Yongchang wanted to consider the issue of his descendants, at least he had to calm down the world first Let’s talk about it. Daming has no generals, Dashun has no popular support, and if everyone cooperates, there is still a chance to quickly stabilize the world. Otherwise, it may be a chaotic world for a hundred years. In the end, Emperor Yongchang just gave Daming a chance, and also gave himself An opportunity, as for how it will turn out in the end, that is not something we should care about..."

Chapter 276 New Deal 91

Li Zicheng's statement that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" was published in the Dashun Times soon after the Mingzhen Temple meeting.With the relocation of the head office of Dashun Times to Yangzhou, relying on Yangzhou's many literati and excellent printing technology, the Dashun Times has changed from a five-day period to a two-day period.

In order to strengthen the strength of the Times, in addition to the chief editor Zhou Zhong, three deputy editors were established below: Gu Yanwu, Xu Ye, and Song Zhengyu.Each of the three deputy editors leads a group of people, and each of them compiles an issue of the Times, which counts as one issue every six days, so the content of each issue of the newspaper can be regarded as meticulously crafted.

Of course, the publication speed of this kind of newspaper is much higher than that of general literary agency collections.The end of the Ming Dynasty was the period when literati associations were the most enthusiastic. This kind of literati association was held most frequently in February and March. People in the literary society gathered together to write poems and papers in one issue, and then assembled and published them. Discuss politics and form scholarly public opinion.

Inviting so many literati from all over the world, even if it is a gathering within a province, the cost required is not a small amount. Therefore, the purpose of these cultural and social activities is actually very strong, that is, whoever pays will tout who.You can't come here empty-handed, and when you leave, you have to take Cheng Yi with you, and take away your reputation.

Therefore, this kind of literary society is actually quite unfriendly to the children of poor families. They participate in the assembly but cannot make a name for themselves.For example, in the poetry club organized by literati here in Huai'an, although there are rich and poor people participating in the poetry club, when the poor post their posts, everyone can't refuse to go, and when Yan Xiuling posts a post, everyone is guaranteed to have no shortage of them, because the Yan family He was a salt merchant.

This kind of literary meeting held for fame and fortune, the quality of the final published poems and essays can be imagined. Apart from allowing the literati to entertain themselves, it is almost difficult to penetrate the bottom of the people.However, Dashun Times is not only written in vernacular, but also has news, reviews, stories, business articles and other articles on different themes, and the price is low and the timeliness is high.

Therefore, in Huaian, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and other places, newspapers have completely overwhelmed the pamphlets of literary societies, and have become the first choice for literati and citizens to obtain external information.As a result, the debate on Mingzhenguan quickly spread from the newspapers to the south of the Yangtze River, which aroused great repercussions.Leaving aside the reaction in the south of the Yangtze River, at least in Li Zicheng's current Yangzhou City, the citizens are all on the side of Li Zicheng.

After Mingzhen Temple was attacked head-on by Li Zicheng, scholars in Yangzhou were stabbed in the back by citizens, so they began to retreat.To put it simply, scholars who did not support Neo-Confucianism chose to cut off from Neo-Confucianism disciples in such an atmosphere of being enemies.

Yangzhou, as a relatively economically developed city, is essentially a city that pursues pleasure, and has never been interested in the so-called "get rid of human desires and preserve the principles of nature".It's just that Yangzhou's wealth comes from the monopoly salt industry. Although those salt merchants enjoy the luxurious life brought by money, they also know that without power, they cannot keep their family business, so they can only cultivate them after they have made a fortune. Readers at home.

Since the Ming Dynasty, all the books used in scientific examinations have been written by Zhu Xi, which means that it is easier to get a good score if you get close to Neo Confucianism.This makes the scholars in Yangzhou not believe in Neo-Confucianism in their hearts, but on the other hand they talk about Neo-Confucianism all day long.To paraphrase a common saying of the Soviet people in later generations: These party cadres can memorize every Marxist-Leninist book, but they live more capitalists than capitalists.

But when these scholars realized that Neo-Confucianism was not desired by the Xin Dynasty, they immediately abandoned Neo-Confucianism and embraced the axioms advocated by the Marshal's Mansion. These axioms were combined with natural science and were called New Studies.In fact, Xu Guangqi once consciously promoted the absorption of European culture by Confucianism, which he called Western New Learning.

Xu Guangqi's works contain a large number of new Western studies, and his highest achievement is the Chongzhen New Calendar built on the basis of Western new studies.It's a pity that Xu Guangqi died too early, and his disciples were involved in the Wuqiao mutiny. In the end, these Confucian enlightened scholar-bureaucrats who advocated absorbing new Western learning were suppressed by the conservatives.

However, after Li Zicheng established the Academy of Sciences to accommodate the research of new learning, and founded a newspaper to spread new learning, the new learning that had been suppressed by conservative scholar-bureaucrats finally began to recover.Li Zicheng was much more radical than Xu Guangqi. He no longer used the slogan of Confucianism fused with Western New Learning, but directly established a new world of axiom system outside of Confucianism, so Western New Learning became New Learning.

And after the unification of weights and measures and the units of mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, and physics, a preliminary framework for the new learning also emerged.At this time, new learning is no longer a kind of knowledge from the West, but a new kind of learning to understand the world, study the world and transform the world. The assertion that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" is a conclusion for new learning. Whether new learning is useful or not depends on practice rather than on the judgment of moralists.

When Li Zicheng blatantly denied Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism in front of Mingzhen Temple, some smart scholars immediately turned to Xinxue.This has also provided a lot of students for Yangzhou University, which is being prepared. Li Zicheng has not shown any dissatisfaction with these speculators. As long as he can expand the influence of Xinxue as soon as possible, he does not mind at all attracting some speculators, which can at least eliminate some of them. Conservative power.

However, following the latest pigeon book from the north, he also knew that his stay in Yangzhou would not be long.Of course, Li Zicheng can still hold his breath. After all, he knows the history of another parallel world. In that history, the situation of the peasant army was more dangerous than it is now. Now he has at least won the land of Jianghuai and forced Emperor Hongguang to abdicate. Now, the Peasant Army can at least get the support of Jiangnan's human, financial and material resources.

It's just that the people around Li Zicheng were obviously more nervous than him when they got the news that the Yellow River defense line had fallen.For example, Chen Yuanyuan persuaded him, "Since the defense line of the Yellow River has been breached, why don't your majesty wait to see if the garrisons in Xuzhou and other places have changed. If Xuzhou and other places can't be defended, your majesty should use the Huaihe River as a defense. This is really an irreversible situation, and if His Majesty can still take the crown prince to Nanjing, there must be more choices than going north now, right?"

As for Zhang Nai and other generals trusted by Li Zicheng, they said that it is better to let them return to Xuzhou with their troops for reinforcements, while Li Zicheng continues to sit in Yangzhou as the backing of the army.Obviously, after the Yellow River defense line was broken by the Qing soldiers, the will of these generals was also shaken. This forced Li Zicheng to convene a meeting of the military and political personnel of the Marshal's Mansion in Yangzhou on the morning of the 10th.

In Pingshan Hall, Li Zicheng said frankly to the [-] or [-] military and political officials present: "A pigeon book came from Xuzhou the day before yesterday, and it recorded a piece of information, that is, the Yellow River defense line has been broken. I have read the Yellow River carefully, and now I am marching deep into the hinterland of Henan..."

In fact, only half of the people in the hall didn't know the news, but after hearing Li Zicheng's announcement, people who knew it or not before the meeting can now discuss it openly.Everyone was obviously panicked at the beginning, after all, they didn't expect that the Yellow River defense line, which was regarded as a natural danger, would be breached so easily.

But after they made a noise for a while, seeing Li Zicheng who suddenly stood up, they finally regained their silence one by one.Li Zicheng stood there and scanned the crowd, and then said: "The Yellow River defense line and some areas in Shandong, in the previous military calculations of the General Staff, were supposed to be broken through by the Qing soldiers, but they came sooner rather than later." Just a few.

In the deduction of the General Staff Headquarters, the key to our army's defense lies in the section of the canal from Xuzhou to Jining and the section of the Yellow River from Xuzhou to Guide. As long as these two lines are not lost, the Qing soldiers will not be able to attack the Huaihe River Basin south of Xuzhou.Therefore, the Qing soldiers only gained a small amount of tactical gains, but it did not change the strategic confrontation between the two sides.

As long as the triangular area of ​​Jining, Guide, and Cao County is not occupied by the Qing soldiers, it will be difficult for the Qing troops to reconcile the east and west armies. So whether it is the Qing army entering the hinterland of Henan or the Qing army entering the hinterland of Shandong, in essence Still two lone troops.

Compared with the Qing Army's East Route Army that relied on the canal to go south, the Qing Army's West Route Army that entered the Yellow River had a great logistical pressure.This also means that when they break through the Yellow River defense line, they will try to obtain military food from the local people. Henan is a dilapidated province. It is difficult to support an army of tens of thousands.

Therefore, at the beginning, the West Route Army of the Qing Army was able to drive straight in, but as they penetrated deeper into the hinterland of Henan, they would take various looting measures against the people along the way.When they started to plunder the people, the people would stay away from the Qing army, and the Qing army would send out more small troops to go further afield to collect food.

Then we will see that the Qing army, which was relatively concentrated when crossing the Yellow River, will unconsciously spread into a big pie as they go deeper into the south.Then this is our opportunity. When the Qing army disperses its troops, we will eat up its weaker troops first. The army is bound to fail.

Therefore, we don't need to worry about the Qing army breaking through the Yellow River defense line. Instead, this is a great opportunity for us to destroy a Qing army.Of course, in order to eliminate this Qing army going south, we need to make various preparations.

The first is to feed and clothe our soldiers, and then equip them with solid armor and excellent weapons.The next step is to analyze the Qing army's marching route and find a place that can encircle and suppress them in one fell swoop.Let our soldiers go to this place to set up a camp, and prepare to lay an ambush to destroy them.You see, it is actually not difficult to eliminate the Qing army, as long as we do every step of the work well. "

Li Zicheng's speech made everyone present smile, but they did not expect Li Zicheng to talk about the war so simply and directly.However, everyone was a little nervous at first, but now they have relaxed a lot.Because they listened to Li Zicheng's few steps, which really made sense.

After reassuring these military and political officials, Li Zicheng continued: "Of course, in order to do these tasks well, I think the personnel in the Marshal's Mansion and the local government have to make some adjustments..."

Chapter 277 New Deal 92

In Pingshan Hall, Gu Jiang, sitting in the middle of the second row to Li Zicheng's left, was holding a notebook made of paper sandwiched between hardwood veneers, and used a charcoal pen to record the main points of Li Zicheng's speech from time to time.

Although this kind of charcoal brush made of willow twigs is more convenient to use than a brush, if you can’t use it, either the marks on the paper are too light due to too much force, or the tip of the pen is broken due to too much force.But even with these and other shortcomings, the convenience and portability of charcoal pencils still cover up these shortcomings.

If it was normal, Gu Jiang would still study how to use charcoal to write with the same aesthetic feeling as a brush, but today he put all his thoughts on Li Zicheng's speech.

In addition to the introduction of the northern war situation and coping strategies at the beginning, most of the administrative divisions and personnel changes that Li Zicheng introduced today were actually drafted by Gu Jiang's System Research Office.

As a personal participant, Gu Jiang naturally wanted to see the reaction of today's participants when they heard the list of system reforms and personnel changes.To be honest, it is really rare to be able to participate in such an important institutional reform design at his age.As for a group of people in the System Research Office, 32-year-old Gu Jiang is still the oldest one, which means that Gu Jiang is not a participant but a principal, which is even more rare.

Gu Jiang led a group of young people to design a new civil servant system with the vigor of a newborn calf. When they reported this plan to Li Zicheng, they didn't feel much, they only felt the satisfaction of completing a difficult task.But when Li Zicheng was ready to implement the system they had drawn up, they began to feel panic again, always feeling that the system they designed was not so perfect.

But at this time, Li Zicheng had considerable decisive power. After reading the system design plan, he waved his hand and decided: "I will use this, issue it first, start experimenting with Yangzhou Prefecture, and correct it if it is wrong."

Gu Jiang is not as optimistic as Li Zicheng, so he is ready to stand up and face doubts at today's meeting.It’s just that the prestige of the Marshal’s Mansion is high at this time. Two days ago, at the Mingzhen Temple rally, 30 moral men were sent to educate the savages overseas. No one dared to stand up and intercede for these scholars.

Therefore, at today's military and political meeting, Li Zicheng introduced system reforms, administrative divisions, and a series of personnel changes, and there were basically no voices of doubt.What everyone is concerned about is when Li Zicheng will return to the north to drive the Qing soldiers back to the north of the Yellow River, so that the world will be peaceful.

Therefore, a series of administrative divisions and personnel appointments and dismissals proposed by Li Zicheng were passed. Among them, the most important things are: the three prefectures of Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, plus Chongming County, Chuzhou, and Hezhou, formed Jiangbei Province. , with Zhang Jiayu as the governor.

The Governor Salt Censor and Governor Water Transport Censor who were originally in charge of the Lianghuai salt industry were abolished.The Lianghuai Salt Field was changed to the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Company, and the Salt Transportation Department was changed to the Salt Administration Bureau; a canal management company was established on the canal from Yangzhou to Jining, and the Jiangbei Governor's Yamen supervised the company.That is to say, the two high-ranking Huaihuai salt transport envoys and the governor's water transport positions in the past have been downgraded, and most of the functions have been assumed by commercial companies.

The reason why Li Zicheng wanted to make such a change was naturally to reduce the burden on water transport during the period of decline of water transport. The [-] water troops and their families numbered almost hundreds of thousands. This was also the reason why the Ming Dynasty never changed water transport to sea transport. The reason is that too many people rely on the canal for food.But now that the war has led to a confrontation between the North and the South, the water transportation has naturally collapsed, and many Cao Ding have gone to join the militia.

The Cao army was changed to a shipping company, a canal management company, and various wharf managers, which was tantamount to dividing the Cao army into several small tribes.Now that Li Zicheng wants to move some of them, he doesn't have to worry about the dissatisfaction of the entire Cao army.

Although the problems of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department are better than those of the General Cao Yamen, the rigid system within the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department and the intertwined relationship with subordinate staff determine that it is impossible for Li Zicheng to hand over the power of tax collection to such a group of corrupt elements.After the reform, at least one-third of the subordinate staff in the two yamen will be abolished, which greatly reduces the financial expenditure of the Marshal's Mansion, and also takes power back from the subordinate staff of the two yamen.

It's quite funny to say that, although the Governor's Water Transport Yamen and the Lianghuai Salt Transport Department are both prominent positions, the actual power in these two yamen are subordinate officials.Because these two positions are recognized to be rich in oil and water, they cannot be held if they are not trusted by the emperor, and even if they are trusted by the emperor to hold these two positions, they will leave soon, because they have to give someone else a job. opportunity to make money.

In this way, the people who negotiate with the merchants are naturally mainly subordinate staff.The chief officials didn't spend enough time in these two yamen to look through the old files, so the water transportation and salt transportation were also controlled by the subordinate officials.The chief official did not dare to offend these subalterns in charge of practical affairs, so that he could safely collect bribes from businessmen, and then stay safely until the end of his term of office.

With the high position and weight of the Yanmen of the Lianghuai Salt Transport Department and the General Cao Yamen, the subordinate officials of these two yamen have been rectified, and the subordinate officials of the following counties will be honest.And the reason why the subordinate officials of these two yamen are arrogant is nothing more than that I quit, and no one can take over my work, so the loss of the court will be great, so the court can only turn a blind eye.

But in fact, it is not that no one can take over their work. In fact, the businessman can manage himself, but if it is not profitable, the businessman will naturally not offend these subordinates.But when the canal and the saltworks were restructured, in order to share the benefits, the businessmen naturally assisted the Marshal's Mansion in undertaking these affairs.

And the crackdown campaign in Yangzhou also hit the arrogance of these subordinate officials, making them realize that they are nothing without the protection of the yamen.When those neighborhood committees authorized by the Marshal's Mansion taught them a lesson, the yamen could only keep silent.

In addition to the establishment of Jiangbei Province, Fengyang, Luzhou, and Anqing also established a new province-Anhui Province.The governor of Anhui appointed Gao Doushu, who had returned from Yunyang, to control the governor of Anqing.

Gao Doushu did not appear in Pingshan Hall because he was not a core figure in the Dashun regime. Li Zicheng appointed Gao Doushu as governor of Anhui because he was suitable for this position.As the newly conquered people in Fengyang, Luzhou, and Anqing, they are actually closer to the prince emotionally, and the biggest threat in this area is actually the Zuo Liangyu tribe in Wuchang.

After Gao Doushu arrived in Yangzhou, he expressed his position, saying that he was only loyal to the prince.Therefore, in his capacity, it is easier to be accepted by the people of the three prefectures.As a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty who had resisted the peasant army for several years, Gao Doushu had a lot of experience in defensive warfare, which meant that when Zuo Liangyu moved eastward, he could at least command the local army and civilians to resist.Gao Doushu, who swore to obey the crown prince, had more reason to resist Zuo Liangyu's eastward advance in name.

In addition to establishing these two new provinces in Jiangbei, Li Zicheng also announced the establishment of the Yangtze River Administration, Customs, Taxation Department, Procuratorate, Court, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Education and other institutions.The subordinates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are mainly the police department, the minister Zhang Fengxiang, and the police chief Li Qifeng.A group of abolished troops were transferred to the police department, which can be regarded as reducing the unrest in the army.

After Li Zicheng finished reading the system reform and personnel transfer in his hand, he asked everyone present: "This time the system change is roughly like this. Except for some changes that have already started before, there are not many new things. I think, If these policies are promulgated, there should not be much opposition, so do you have any other opinions?"

Qiu Junsun couldn't help asking: "If the courts, procuratorates, police stations, finance bureaus, tax bureaus, municipal administrations, and a council are added from the prefectures and counties, wouldn't the original county government and Liufang be nothing? Can it be done? So many people need to be supported by the state, can the state and county afford it?"

Qiu Junsun's question caused several civil servants to nod slightly in agreement, obviously they also felt that there were too many yamen under the new system.But for Li Zicheng, he still feels that this is not enough. After all, modern management is the management of people. Without so many government agencies, the state knows almost nothing about the people and cannot mobilize them to do something.

However, in the current small-scale peasant economy, the setting of these departments does seem a bit exaggerated, because there are not so many public affairs to be handled in agricultural society, and litigation and tax payment are the biggest problems that farmers encounter in their lives.

Li Zicheng reached out and pressed his temple, and then explained: "For those remote mountainous areas and agricultural areas with poor transportation, the New Deal will not be implemented for the time being, because the countryside does not need so many specialized institutions.

However, for the key points of transportation along the river and the coast and the big cities with developed handicraft industries, it was difficult for the six offices of the county government in the past to manage so many affairs, so the government would choose to ignore them. Of course, the local officials claimed to rule by doing nothing.It's just that I thought, if this yamen doesn't do anything, then why do we set it up?Isn't it a waste of people's fat and people's ointment?

What I mean is that the New Deal should be implemented in large cities with a concentrated population, or a standard can be set, that is, the New Deal should only be implemented when the urban population is over 20.In short, for a city with a concentrated population, it is absolutely impossible for us to adopt the method of managing the countryside, otherwise the city will not be able to develop rapidly.

What is a city to a country?It is human, material and wealth.If we can't manage the city well and turn the city into a big village, then it is tantamount to wasting the power that the city can mobilize.

As for the maintenance of people, the taxes paid by the urban population are sufficient to support them, so long as there are indeed so many affairs to be settled.The crux of the problem is how to formulate a reasonable tax, which can not only pluck the feathers of the goose, but also prevent the goose from crowing.There are two prerequisites for formulating a reasonable tax, one is to understand the income of the citizens; the other is to ensure that there are enough tax collectors to collect taxes..."

Li Zicheng's answer made several civil servants want to say something, but felt that there was nothing to say.The civil servants who can sit in the Pingshan Hall are at least open-minded in their new learning attitude.The taxation system proposed by Li Zicheng matched the national budget system. In the past, the Ming people used to live within their means, but in the Dashun period, it became a matter of living within their means.

In Li Zicheng's view, after the annual national budget is calculated, taxation should be adjusted to meet the budget as much as possible.If tax revenues are insufficient for the current year, then future tax revenues should be used as collateral to borrow to meet the budget.Li Zicheng's financial proposition has been debated many times before, and now those sitting here are all agreeers, and they naturally have nothing to object to.

Chapter 278 New Deal 93

After Li Zicheng announced the new policy and his itinerary to go north, the military and political meeting is over, and everyone should go to complete their own tasks.

But at this time, Li Zicheng left Zhang Nai, Zhang Jiayu, Jiang Chen, Zhou Zhong, and Gu Jiang behind. After watching the others leave Pingshan Hall, Li Zicheng turned his gaze to the remaining five people and said: " At the meeting just now, I said that by the end of this month at the latest, I will lead my troops to the north, and the five of you will stay and preside over the daily work of the Left-behind Division of the Marshal's Mansion in Yangzhou.

I said before that the main daily work of each department is responsible, but this enumeration method cannot deal with some unexpected situations.So I have kept you here, and I want to explain to you some of my ideas for the future of Dashun. You can also be regarded as my Dashun's national building program.

In this way, when you encounter emergencies later, you don’t have to worry about whether I have explained similar problems. You only need to check whether it conforms to the program of the founding of the country that I said, and you can come up with a solution that conforms to the program.As long as it is in line with the policies and administrative instructions of the national founding program proposed by me, it represents what I mean. If three of the five of you agree, you can issue a document in the name of the Yangzhou Left-behind Department of the Marshal's Mansion. "

Zhang Nai and Zhang Jiayu frowned slightly when they heard this. They felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to say such a thing before setting off for the expedition, but after thinking about it, they still didn't point it out.Jiang Chen just watched Li Zicheng earnestly, wanting to hear clearly what Li Zicheng's national founding program was, and didn't think of anything else.

Zhou Zhong looked at the other four people in the hall meaningfully. He heard another meaning in Li Zicheng's words. After Li Zicheng went to the north, the five of them in Yangzhou were the ones to decide. Is it his friend?