That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1247

Unknowingly, the 24th year of Taiping has come to the twelfth lunar month at the end of the year. This is supposed to be the reunion season when wanderers return home, but two small things happened.

The first thing is to raid the house. There is a saying that goes well, if the court has no money, it will be plundered from the people.If the businessman has no money to plunder, he can only search the noble family.

The treasury of the imperial court is far from sufficient. As early as the 21st year of the Taiping Imperial Conference, because of the Qinghe flood, Han Xuan once attacked Lan Yu, who was in charge of the household department at that time, and Xiao Bai had to come forward in person in the end. , Go to Jiangdu to raise money and food.During the San Francisco Rebellion, Daqi's finances were even more stretched, stretched from left to right.

In today's world, the people are suffering from wars and turmoil, and the people are in dire straits. They still need relief from the imperial court, and they cannot act arbitrarily.In the war to quell the San Francisco Rebellion, the reason why the Daqi court was able to survive until now is because of the cutting and bloodletting of many merchants.

As early as the beginning of the war, the Confucian-born Chief Assistant Han Xuan bluntly said that the merchants were unrighteous in order to prevent collaborating with the enemy. Later, under the thorough investigation of the Secret Guards, several major merchants had secretly communicated with Lin Han outside the pass Whether there is, continue to thoroughly investigate along this line, and it will also involve the collusion between many big businessmen in Yanzhou, Shanzhou, Qizhou, Jiangzhou and the three vassal kings.Long before the Three Kings raised their troops and went southward in rebellion, they often traveled to and from the grasslands, the Northeast, and the State of Wei.After the three vassal lords raised their troops, these merchants believed that Daqi was exhausted and that King Wei was expected to rule the world because of the help of the Daoists. Therefore, in addition to the normal business of salt, tea, copper, iron, gold and silver, medicinal materials, etc. , They also provided information for the three major vassals, acted as pawns of the three major vassals, and wanted to be the people of the dragon.

After the incident was detected by the Secret Guards, the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies immediately issued an order to confiscate the properties of the merchants involved in the case and return them to the state treasury. Go to the northwest and Baozhai military households as slaves, and the women's family members are filled into the Jiaofang Secretary. As for the servants and maids at home, they are sold on the spot, and the money sold is also poured into the treasury for military supplies.

Under the thunderbolt method of the court, the other businessmen who were killed as an example to the monkeys were all shocked. Therefore, when the court raised donations, all the businessmen dared not refuse to follow.

This is the last major event presided over by Han Xuan. Xie Suqing agrees with this very much, and even said to Xiao Zhinan in private, "Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, the people who rebelled were all farming people. I have never seen a businessman." It can shake the country and the country, so at this time, don't be soft."

However, even if relying on merchants to prop up the national treasury, the huge expenditure of the court after a year of war still brought the Daqi court almost to the point of desperation. Now if they want to raise military supplies for the Northwest, they have to find another way. Merchants, the only ones left are the real powerful families.

In addition to the powerful families in the imperial capital that once attached to Fu Zhongtian, there are also the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River that were attached to King Wei. Jiangnan is a land of prosperity. Those aristocratic families have been rooted in Jiangnan for many years, so they are naturally wealthy. Wei Wuji, who is in the military and political power in the south of the Yangtze River, will do it.

Wei Wuji was originally one of the three governors of the Dark Guard Mansion. The case of Chen Qiong, the left governor of the Jiangnan Army who secretly informed the king of Wei, was also handled by Wei Wuji. Even as early as the seventh year of Taiping, Wei Wuji was ordered to recover the money owed to the treasury. Because of this, Jane is in the emperor's heart and has made great achievements since then, so Wei Wuji is the most appropriate to entrust the house raiding to Wei Wuji.

As expected, Wei Wuji lived up to expectations, acted resolutely, within a few days, he confiscated all the family property headed by the Li family. After registering their property, they were transported to the northwest on the spot for military use.

The Li family in Jiangling, which was once famous, failed to reach a higher level after the head of the family, Li Qingyu, came to power. Instead, it went straight to a dead end. After being uprooted by the court, there was no hope of a comeback.

However, another big family in Jiangnan, the Jiangzuo Xie family, has come through all hardships.Previously, Xie Suqing was an official in the court, and the Xie family rejected Xiao Jin's solicitation, and suffered heavy losses due to Wei Wang Xiao Jin's wrath. This time, being compensated by the court, not only regained his vitality, but also had a further momentum.It also made other aristocratic families have to sigh for it. Xie Gongyi and Xie Suqing, the two heads of the Xie family, placed their bets on the Xiao family of Daqi successively, and then they were right twice. This is the contribution of the two dragons. , and Xie Suqing is now in charge of the cabinet, with great power in his hands, the Xie family has completely secured the throne of the No. [-] family in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is both luck and skill, and I can't envy you.

As for the second major event, more than [-] people from the Shuzhou army rushed to the northwest.

In the past, Zhang Wubing used the northwest to fight against the grassland country, which was really a last resort. Now the imperial court has finally put down the rebellion of the Liao king in the northeast and the Wei king in the south of the Yangtze River, and can free up its hands to deal with the grassland rebellion in the northwest.

Regarding the direction of the war in the Northwest, the entire imperial court is very optimistic. In addition to successive reinforcements rushing to the Northwest, there is also Xu Taibao who has personally set up the town of Zhongdu. If we set Jiangnan again, I am afraid that the last Northwest will not let it go. We really want to imitate the saints to save the world, help the building to collapse, and turn the tide from the collapse.Some people even praised it as "a sword lifts up the great sky", which is a step up from the previous "Southeast Pillar".

As for sayings such as "one sword can stop a million masters" and "one sword can light nineteen states", there are too many to enumerate.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a foregone conclusion that His Royal Highness the eldest princess will ascend the throne and proclaim herself emperor, so the current emperor's son-in-law will become the emperor's husband at that time, as the so-called husband and wife are one, and now praising Xu Taibao is praising the eldest princess. To praise the eldest princess is to praise the future emperor.

As long as it is to praise His Majesty the Emperor, no matter what words are used, it is not considered too much.

When it comes to those who look forward to these two things the most, they are not the cabinet elders, nor the chief eunuchs who are in charge of ceremonies. After all, they are all far away in the imperial capital. The one who is really happy is Zhang Wubing who is on the front line.

Previously, Xu Beiyou lost several people in a row, deterring Lin Han, making the grassland army dare not act rashly.Now that military supplies and reinforcements arrived in the northwest one after another, Zhang Wubing, who had been tense all this time, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even the entire northwest army breathed a sigh of relief.

If it is said that the previous Northwest Army already had the intention of fighting to the death, then the current situation is that countless warships are coming behind them, and the boats are full of their own brothers.

Although there is less determination to die generously, but more confidence to turn defeat into victory.

Now Zhang Wubing not only has the confidence to defend Zhongdu, he also has the confidence to drive Lin Han out of Shanzhou, and even regain Liangzhou.If the imperial court is determined and has enough money, food and soldiers, even if it goes all the way to Wusiyuan, it is not impossible.

(End of this chapter)