Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

"A lot of taxes?" Kangxi frowned, "Is it going to send additional salaries, salaries and salaries?"

As soon as Kangxi's words came out, the ministers below were all taken aback.

Isn't this a three-pay increase?Why is this a bit like the way of Emperor Chongzhen?

Xiong Cilu really nodded, and said with a smile: "The emperor is holy... this additional faction must be added! Otherwise, where did the court get the money to run the new policy and train the new army? The little money donated by the Eight Banners in Beijing , it’s just an emergency.”

When Kangxi thought of his new policy and new army, he was really impatient!

Now Da Yuan and Da Ming jumped out together to seize the Qing Dynasty. Although Wu Zhou agreed to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, he left Wu Yingqi's mess to the Qing Dynasty.

According to Mo Luo, the governor of Henan, and Tong Guogang, the governor of Huaibei, this Wu Yingqi recently played the banner of "seeking Yuan for the Ming and revenge for the Qing", and received a large amount of supplies from Zhu Heqi!

In addition, Wu Yingqi's army is still mobilizing to Shanzhou, posing as if it is going to march into Shaanxi.

But Kangxi was powerless, because he had already transferred all the troops from Gansu and Shaanxi to the Eastern Front. Even if there were still a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals left, it would be impossible to resist Wu Yingqi's tens of thousands of troops.

So Wu Yingqi is really going west, and Kangxi can only pinch his nose and designate him as the king of Pingxi, pretending that Shaanxi and Gansu are still the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

However, once Wu Yingqi left, the three prefectures and three prefectures in Henan, as well as the Huaibei part of Runing Mansion, should all return to the hands of the Qing court... This can be regarded as regaining lost ground.

In addition, the Qing court and the Zhou court can also establish a direct connection, which is also conducive to the Qing-Zhou alliance to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

However, no matter how the Qing and Zhou dynasties were allied together, it would be difficult for them to resist Daming, who had completed the reform of the land equalization system.

Because once the land equalization reform is completed, Ming will be able to completely control the land and population of the six provinces of Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and its financial resources and military mobilization capabilities will be even higher.

If the Qing Dynasty does not carry out the necessary reforms to strengthen its military power, the Qing Dynasty will really end when the Ming Dynasty equalizes the land.

But the question is how should the reform of the Qing Dynasty be carried out?

Kangxi already had the way of military reform... But the money to support military reform has to be obtained through the New Deal, but how should the New Deal be done?

Thinking of this, Kangxi looked at Xiong Cilu again, and found that the other party was hesitant to speak, so he said to him: "Xiong Cilu, if you have any ideas, just say it. If it is wrong, I will forgive you. crime."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" With these words, Xiong Cilu had no worries, "Your Majesty, the situation we face in the Qing Dynasty is better than that of the Tianqi and Chongzhen Dynasties of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the addition of Tianqi and Chongzhen caused public dissatisfaction boiled down to the fact that the annexation was too much!All the land in the world was concentrated in the hands of the vassals and gentry, and these people did not raise taxes themselves, but even divided the country's taxes.And the ordinary people who bear the tax have no land and no job, so naturally they cannot afford more tax.But the imperial court continued to press, and the result was chaos in the world.

However, the current situation in the Qing Dynasty is different. The annexation of land in the Qing Dynasty is not serious now. Especially after the renaming of the land law, a large number of farmers with land and business have appeared in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Zhili and other places in the north. It can bear heavy taxes, as long as the gentry below are willing to help collect taxes.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty also had boundless fertile land in Liaodong... Even if some small farmers were forced to ruin their families because they could not pay taxes, as long as the imperial court could organize them to reclaim wasteland in Liaodong, they would not rise up. "

After hearing Xiong Cilu's analysis, Kangxi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Then how can I get the noble gentry below to help me increase my income?"

Xiong Cilu smiled and stretched out three fingers, "The servant has three tricks. One is to add more factions under the banner of respecting Confucianism and protecting religion. You can ask Yan Shenggong to come forward and ask the court to levy a 'Confucianism tax' to run the new army and fight Hypocritical Confucianism. If people like this hate the Confucian family, you are still a benevolent emperor!

The second is the law of package tax.All the tax revenues of the various capitals and villages below are contracted to the local gentry and tyrants... After paying enough money from the imperial court, the excess is their own!

The third is that the imperial power does not go to the countryside.Since taxes are to be included, the gentry and tyrants who cover taxes must have the right to control the local area and set up group training.Only when you have a knife in your hand can you force the people below to pay money to protect Confucianism! "

Kangxi finally understood what Xiong Cilu was thinking!

Protecting Confucianism was originally a slogan, but protecting the Qing Dynasty is actually a business... It is a big business that sucks the bones of the people at the bottom and then shares the fat with the court.

And before the people at the bottom are wiped out, this business can still go on!

It's just such a trick...it seems to be harming the people!Is this what the Holy King should do?

Emperor Kangxi, who cared more about his reputation, was still hesitating, and Prince An Yue Le had already raised different opinions, "How is this method different from the method of 'selling a group to train envoys' proposed by that bastard Huang Zongxi? If these tax-paying gentry It's the same as the regiment training in Jiangnan, wouldn't the court suffer a lot?"

Kangxi was right when he thought about it, and quickly turned his attention to Xiong Cilu.

"No," Xiong Cilu shook his head and said, "The reason why those short-sighted regiments in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered to the hypocrite was because they didn't know that the hypocrisy would turn their backs and deny everyone their fields... and the powerful gentry in the north already knew How could they be willing to take refuge in Pseudo-Ming when they heard about Juntian in the south of the Yangtze River? Besides, they would inevitably offend people by collecting more taxes for the sake of the Qing court! How dare they surrender to Pseudo-Ming when they are heavily in debt?"

"It makes sense! These people voted for Zhu Heqi because they were in a daze!" Kangxi nodded and said to himself, "I don't know what will happen to the Juntian in the south of the Yangtze River? If one or two powerful people rise up Just stir up a bloody storm in the south of the Yangtze River!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the corner stood up and squeezed in front of Kangxi and knelt down, "Your Majesty, my servant Zhou Peigong has a strategy that can cause chaos in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Chapter 490 Zhou Peigong, please let the Qing Dynasty go!

Hearing Zhou Peigong's words, all the people in the tent were shocked!

This Zhou Peigong's plan looked pretty good before it was implemented, and counting with fingers, it was all for the Qing dynasty.But I don't know what's going on, these schemes are finally implemented, but the result is that they lose their wives and lose their troops. Half of the Qing Dynasty is almost lost!

So in private, many people called Zhou Peigong "Zhou Peiguang"... The Qing Dynasty almost lost everything after listening to him.

But when everyone wanted to hold "Zhou Peiguang" accountable, they chased after him, only to find that "Zhou Peiguang's" strategy seemed to be the best choice.If you listen to his words, you will pay less, but if you don't listen to him, you will definitely pay more.Therefore, this "Zhou Beiguang" still has merits and deeds, and it cannot be killed with a single blow.

But the big guys still don't want this "Zhou Beiguang" to offer any more suggestions, so that after a few Nanshufang ministers conspired in private, they recommended to Emperor Kangxi that "Zhou Beiguang" be the envoy of the transfer of salt from the two Huaihe Rivers. .This is a fat job, this "Zhou Beiguang" will definitely take up the post happily.

Unexpectedly, a few days after Kangxi nodded, the Ming army started to attack Jiangbei.Although they only sent troops to Huaixi at the beginning, they still frightened Emperor Kangxi.He hurriedly ordered Shi Lang and Fu Honglie to send troops to Yangzhou and Huai'an to tie up all the big salt merchants there... No, they invited them to Beijing to be slaves!

While the big salt merchants in Yangzhou and Huai'an brought all their property to Beijing to serve as servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Huaidong naturally gave up-there were so many silver, grain, salt and other various property and materials. If you want to move north, can't Shi Lang and Fu Honglie lead troops to protect them?Otherwise, what should I do if I ran halfway?

As soon as the troops of Shi Lang and Fu Honglie left, the Ming army followed.As soon as the Ming army arrived, "Zhou Beiguang" would naturally not be able to go to Yangzhou to take office.So he, the transfer envoy of both the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, could only continue to walk in the South Study Room... just let him "walk" and didn't let him speak.

And "Zhou Beiguang" himself felt left out, so he endured and didn't offer any advice during this time.Enduring until the Battle of Chahar ended with the "victory" of the Qing army, they did not offer any more suggestions.

But today, when he heard that Xiong Cilu proposed the strategy of "protecting Confucianism and Qing Dynasty", he couldn't bear it anymore.The hero sees the same thing, he has actually been thinking about using Yan Shenggong as a puppet to organize the Confucian Party to fight against the Confucian University Scholars Conference in Ming Dynasty, and he even planned to use the Confucian The party members went to incite Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty to oppose the equal land and the original Confucianism...

Emperor Kangxi also had a bit of scalp numbness, but he still resisted the idea of ​​letting people throw "Zhou Beiguang" out - Ming Jun should be good at accepting advice, at most, he would not accept what "Zhou Beiguang" said , In this way, there should be no more "losing light".

Having made up his mind, Kangxi finally had the courage to ask: "Zhou Peigong...do you have another plan? Let's hear it."

Just listen, never take!

Zhou Peigong was a little moved when he heard Kangxi's words, and quickly kowtowed to the ground, and then said loudly: "Long live, now is the critical moment for the hypocrisy to practice the law of equalizing the land and harming the people. We must find ways to destroy it, otherwise once the hypocrisy is allowed to After breaking through the barrier of Juntian, the next step is to become a military soldier. The military soldiers of Juntian are bound together.

In the past, when the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties practiced the method of equalizing the soldiers in the field, they could send out one soldier from six households, and the hypocrisy should be able to do the same.Now under the Pseudo-Ming rule, there are no fewer than 400 million households. If six households send out one soldier, there will be an army of 70 million, each with a flintlock gun, a sugar-throwing hammer, and a rocket-throwing cannon... How could the Qing Dynasty block? "

Having said that, Zhou Peigong is already in tears... this is urgent!

In his view, Zhu and Qi spent so much effort to equalize the land in order to implement the government military system after the implementation of the equal land system, and then "violently" sent a wave of 70 million troops to flatten the Qing Dynasty.

Kangxi took a deep breath, leaned forward suddenly, "Speak on!"

"Yes," Zhou Peigong went on to say, "I just heard Lord Long Live say that if one or two tyrants from the south of the Yangtze River rise up... this is very likely to happen! But we can't just wait, we have to act. Slave It is suggested to use the banner of Yan Shenggong to mobilize the powerful gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and use various methods to resist Juntian, and even send capable and loyal officials from the south of the Yangtze River to sneak back to their original places in disguise, under the guise of the envoys of the Holy Duke. Instigate an anti-Ming uprising in the name!"

This strategy seems to be very good, and no matter whether the uprising is successful or not, it will not cause losses to Qing Dynasty.Kangxi couldn't help nodding his head in approval, but he immediately remembered that Yan Shenggong was just an ordinary boy, and Yan Shenggong's mansion was just a place to dawdle, how could he do anything to instigate rebellion?

If Yanshenggong Mansion really has this ability...then it should be destroyed!

Thinking of this, Kangxi lowered his head and sighed, and said, "Zhou Peigong, you are right. But...how can Yanshenggong's mansion do such a thing?"

"Long live Lord, of course Yanshenggong Mansion cannot do anything to instigate rebellion, but the imperial court can use the name of Yanshenggong Mansion to instigate and plan the gentry and tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River to rebel against Juntian."

After hearing this, Kangxi felt that it made sense, and vaguely felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he finally thought of a question, "But there should be no one in the imperial court who knows how to instigate rebellion, right?"

As he spoke, his eyes swept around the tent, and everyone he saw was shaking their heads——I really can't!

Everyone is a good slave, they will only be slaves and will not rebel!

Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and thought: "Since no one will rebel, then Zhou Peigong's strategy will be useless."

"Long live, the slave has a way!"

Before Kangxi had time to announce that he would not adopt Zhou Peigong's strategy, Zhou Peigong's method had already come.

"In the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, there are many files of the White Lotus Sect's counter-cases cracked over the years, including those of the previous dynasty. We can use some of them for reference, see how the White Lotus Sect is doing, and then follow their The method is to turn Yanshenggong Mansion into a government office capable of inciting rebellion. Of course, the Yanshenggong Mansion after this change must be firmly controlled by the imperial court!"

"Hahaha, Zhou Peigong, your strategy this time is much better than the previous ones!"

Kangxi jumped up, walked around Zhou Peigong who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Zhou Peigong, you can't just offer advice and do nothing... I will give you the title of imperial envoy now, and let you specialize in Yanshenggong's mansion." What happened!" He paused, then turned his gaze to several South study rooms that were also huddled in the corner, "Huang Zhisheng, Li Guangdi, Zhang Ying!"

The three Nanshufang who were named had no choice but to come out and kneel in front of Emperor Kangxi.

Kangxi said: "The three of you will assist Zhou Peigong and go to Yanshenggong together...Zhou Peigong, Huang Zhisheng, Li Guangdi, Zhang Ying, don't waste time on the grassland, go back and pack up, and leave tomorrow for Beijing. I went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to check the files, and found out how the White Lotus Sect rebelled, so I came up with a way to reform Yanshenggong's mansion, and sent it to me in an expedited six hundred miles.

In addition, you send someone to go to Qufu, Shandong, and invite Kong Yuqi, Duke of Yansheng, to come to Beijing! "

This is a sudden disaster!

Huang Zhisheng, Zhang Ying, and Li Guangdi all gave Zhou Peigong a hard look, not to mention the hatred in their hearts, walking in the South Study Room well, and now they have become "queen rebels".Although it is "used by the imperial court", who knows that when you use it, Kang Mazi becomes suspicious, and really treats you as a traitor?

Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty!What's more, a slave who has mastered the art of rebellion, is that okay?

But Emperor Kangxi asked them to learn to be rebels, and they didn't dare to disobey the order. If they disobeyed the order, they would be beheaded!So a few people had no choice but to bite the bullet and take over the errand...

Chapter 491 Shenggong Order, Dragon Head Stick, Confucian Boss!

Beijing, the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

In a quiet room next to the archives room, four people were staring at each other...more precisely, the three pairs of big eyes of Huang Zhisheng, Zhang Ying, and Li Guangdi were staring viciously at Zhou Peigong's pair of small eyes.

Zhou Peigong also seemed a little guilty, and after looking at each other for a while with Huang, Zhang, and Li, he lowered his head and continued to flip through a thick thread-bound book that was yellowed and moldy.

The room was quiet, except for the sparse sound of paper being flipped.

I don't know how long it took before Zhou Peigong closed the yellowed and moldy old book, tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously, and said softly: "This book from Jin Yiwei's "Bai Lian Secret File" is still a bit real. Every aspect of the religion is explained very clearly, how they organize, how they preach, how they collect money, how they cause trouble, how they hide their tracks... everything! If anyone learns the above things and intends to oppose the court, maybe they can really stir up trouble. Storm!"

Hearing Zhou Peigong's words, the eyes of Huang Zhisheng, Zhang Ying, and Li Guangdi were full of vigilance, as if the person sitting in front of them was no longer a colleague in the officialdom, but a traitor lurking among the slaves of the Qing Dynasty!

Zhou Peigong also seemed to notice that the eyes of these three people were strange, so he smiled wryly: "Brother Zhisheng, Brother Dunfu, Brother Jinqing, sooner or later the four of us will be sent to the south of the Yangtze River to stir up an uprising. If you have learned one set, then you are going to give away the head!"

Huang Zhisheng said coldly: "I, Huang, am a dignified disciple of a famous religion and a member of Confucianism. How can I learn the methods of Xiaoxiao taught by Bailian?"

Zhou Peigong shook his head and said: "Brother Zhisheng is on a mission. The master said: Three people must have my teacher! Can't the director of the White Lotus Sect be used by my Confucianist sect? Besides, Zhu Heqi used the method of beheading Confucianism. They’re not all Confucianists, are they? The most holy master used to behead people with swords and shoot people with bows...it’s definitely not possible to use bazookas and grenade hammers!”

"Zhu Heqi is not a true Confucian!" Huang Zhisheng said eloquently, "If he is a true Confucian, even if he does not serve the imperial court, he should follow the example of Boyi and Shuqi. He starved to death in Danan Mountain. Set off a terrible military disaster, and make the world that has finally settled down fall into a world of great conflict?"

"Yes, if you are a true Confucian, then you should be like this!" Zhang Ying also nodded heavily.

Li Guangdi also said solemnly: "Exactly, there is a sage king in court, but he still vainly tries to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and he does not hesitate to cause disasters from the sky. How can such rebels deserve to be called Confucian scholars?"

Zhou Peigong's nose was almost twisted by these three troublesome guys, he nodded repeatedly and said: "You are all from the top two rankings, and you are all great Confucians... You don't bother to use the methods of the White Lotus Sect. When you go to the south of the Yangtze River, you are captured by Ti Qi of the Jinyiwei , and brought it to Zhu Heqi, use these great principles to talk to him!"

"How did we get caught by Jin Yiwei?" Huang Zhisheng was full of confidence when he said this.

He is not afraid of Jinyiwei... He has joined Jinyiwei himself!The current real identity is the Fourth Grade Investigator of the Yousi Division of the Daming Military Division.With this status, there is no need to be afraid of Jin Yiwei's Ti Qi?

Zhang Ying also said: "Brother Zhisheng is right, how could we fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei? Although we have never learned the methods of the White Lotus Sect, haven't you, Peigong, learned it? You can just say what to do. "

Li Guang nodded and said, "Exactly...Brother Pei Gong, tell me quickly!"

It turned out that Huang, Zhang, and Li had made up their minds to sit back and enjoy their success. They would not even read the "Rebellion Guide" even if they were killed, but they were very happy to adopt the rebellion method proposed by Zhou Peigong after reading it... If one day in the future, Emperor Kangxi wants to settle accounts with Qiuhou, the crimes of the three of them should be smaller, right?

Where did Zhou Peigong not understand the thoughts of the three of them?But these three people were implicated by him after all, so he had to take more care of them.

Zhou Peigong said: "In this case, then I will say it." He considered for a while, "If you want to rebel, you must first have a famous and impressive name. This is Yan Shenggong's name." "Yan" is a bit redundant, why not take it away and call it "Shenggong"!"

"Shenggong?" Huang Zhisheng nodded, "It's a little smelly!"

Zhang Ying also said: "That's right, that's right...it's called 'Shenggong'."

Li Guangdi also said: "It's good to be called Shenggong, you can tell what you are doing after listening!"

Zhou Peigong went on to say: "With a famous name, you have to establish a sect, name orders, and set up family laws." He thought about it, "Only with a sect can we have strict ranks, set up official duties, and establish branch offices... ...The name of this Confucian school can be called Confucianism or Confucianism."

"Let's call it Confucianism!" Zhang Ying said, "Yan Shenggong is the first sage after Confucius, so he deserves the word 'Zong'."

Li Guangdi also agreed: "Using the name of Confucianism can let the world know that Shenggong is the authentic Confucianism in the world!"

Huang Zhisheng also nodded in agreement.

"Then it's called Confucianism!" Zhou Peigong said again, "After having a sect, it is natural to be strict with orders... Confucianism used to only pay attention to teaching and preaching, and didn't pay much attention to orders and commands. Now Zhu Heyi often publishes decrees of saints. Let us There must also be a decree here, why not call it the Shenggong decree! Later, someone will use the high-quality Western Region black iron to forge a few black iron Shenggong tokens, which will look sacred and solemn.

The order must be supported by family law, otherwise what if the people below don't listen?You can ask the Lord Long Live to give Shenggong a Dharma-guarding dragon-headed stick... Anyone who dares to disobey orders will serve him with a Dharma-protecting dragon-headed stick! "

When Zhou Peigong said this, he looked at the three people in front of him again, and said with a smile: "I can only think of these for the time being. Is there anything else you can add?"

Both Zhang Ying and Li Guangdi shook their heads.

And Huang Zhisheng asked: "Pei Gong, what are we? How old are we in Confucianism?"

"Forget it..." Zhou Peigong thought for a while, "Let's count it as a big boss! We have four people, one big boss, and please ask Long Live Lord to appoint an old Manchu as the chief boss. There will be five big bosses in total! In the future, Confucianism Shenggong will still have The descendants of the most holy teachers are hereditary, but the real power of Confucianism is held by the five big bosses. And the candidates for the five big bosses are appointed by the emperor."

"What about the expenses of the sect?" Huang Zhisheng asked again.

"You can use the income from the sacrificial fields and school fields in Yanshenggong's mansion." Zhou Peigong was not polite at all, "In addition, you can ask the emperor to give you a few more manors... By the way, Confucian sects can also set up schools to accept disciples , the tuition fees of the disciples can also be used for the sect."

Huang Zhisheng asked: "Can you do business?"

"Business?" Zhou Peigong was taken aback, unable to make up his mind, so he looked at Li Guangdi and Zhang Ying.

Li Guangdi is from Fujian, and of course he is more interested in business activities, so he nodded and said, "Of course we have to do it... Firstly, it can earn money, and secondly, it can cover the penetration of Confucianism into the territory of the Puppet Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Ying is from Tongcheng, and his hometown is close to the headquarters of Huizhou merchants. He is no stranger to business, so he immediately said: "Buddhism and Taoism both do business. Why can't our Confucianism do business?"

Zhou Peigong nodded: "Then let's do some business... There is never too much money!"

Huang Zhisheng said with a smile: "That's it, the big things have been finalized, and the remaining details can be discussed slowly... Long Live God said that one of us should go to Qufu, Shandong Province to invite Yan Shenggong to go north. Instead of running errands, why don't you let the lower officials go!"

A trip to Yanshenggong's mansion must be a "oil and water errand", but Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, and Zhang Ying are all slaves with great ambitions. The oil and water errands were handed over to Huang Zhisheng.