The rise of the prince

Chapter 839 Future Strategy
The next day, Li Xingzhou slowly woke up from the warm bed, while Shiyu was still sleeping soundly, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, she was too tired.

After last night's movement, everyone knew that he was back.

He Qian hung on his neck happily, then pouted and asked him about Pu Chaling, Li Xingzhou explained to her directly, her petty temper came and went quickly, and was quickly forgotten.

Gillian didn't mention it at all, she looked docile and sensible, but Li Xingzhou took the initiative to mention it to her, and said some love words, very elegant, said Gillian dizzy, and took the opportunity to recite a love poem to show off, Gillian I feel even happier, probably this is a talented woman.

It turned out that Pu Chaling was known by Shiyu when he arrived in the capital, not because Yan Shen was not strict with his mouth, but because Wei Yubai slipped his mouth, and then Shiyu took him to the palace.

Seeing that there was no commotion in the mansion, Qi Fang expressed her disappointment.

On the first day after returning home, the palace was extremely lively, and people crowded into the backyard to see him, so Li Xingzhou simply went out to let everyone see enough.

But then it was busy, downright busy.

Rewards for lieutenant officers and soldiers, post-war settlements, many problems urgently needed to be solved, and they were too busy to touch the ground soon.

Later, because of the close of the new year, and what happened this year, there was an endless stream of visitors to the palace, and envoys from various countries also came to Beijing to pay homage. After paying homage to the emperor, the first thing that came to mind was to run around the palace.

Fortunately, there are Shiyu at home and they help to make arrangements, so it's a little easier.

On the other hand, amidst the congratulatory voices of all the ministers, some people jumped out to make troubles, that is, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, who raised the matter of Pu Chaling and said that after all, Jingguo was too kind to the scholar-bureaucrats, so he didn't want to touch them.

Li Xingzhou was also annoyed, but there was nothing he could do with the old guys from the Ministry of Rites, so let them go.

With his current prestige and status, these people can only bark and bark, or incapable and furious. There is no other way but to shake the tree.

In the twelfth lunar month, when I was free, I spent time with the women at home. The two children only had nicknames, which were given by the emperor. The first name was waiting for him to come back, but Li Xingzhou didn't think of a good name for a while.

Don't worry about the child's name, anyway, they don't know anything now, so they have to think about it, and don't fool the child for the rest of their lives.

Degong, He Zhao, Xue Fang, Tang Zhouwei, Wen Daoli and others also visited the palace one after another.

Then almost all the generals in the army came, such as Wei Chaoren, Yang Wenguang, Zhe Weizhong, Gu Lichuan, Xin Zan and other frontier generals. The emperor asked them to go back after the year.

They settled down in the post house, ordinary ministers would not go to make friends with the generals to avoid suspicion, and the only place they could go in the capital was the palace.

Li Xingzhou also understood their situation, so he asked them to come to the palace more often if they couldn't stay in the post house.

With the emperor's trust, he didn't have to avoid suspicion, and these people fought side by side with him, they were all subordinates, so it was reasonable to come to the palace.

Li Xingzhou also helped Gu Lichuan and Zhe Weizhong.

Gu Lichuan is the general guard of Pingzhou, and he has a lot of money, but his little money is abundant in Pingzhou, but it is not enough when he arrives in the capital.

The Zhe family is located in the barren northwest, and they have to confront Xia Guo all the year round. Some money is spent on armaments, and they are not rich.

But Yang Wenguang and Wei Chaoren are different.

The envoy of Renguan North Jiedu in the Wei Dynasty is still in charge of Yanshan Mansion. The official salary of Jing Guo is already generous, and he holds several positions, so the salary alone is a lot of money.

Yang Wenguang manages the Taiyuan mansion. The high salary is one aspect. Taiyuan may not be a big deal in the south, but it is one of the most wealthy mansions in the north. Li Xingzhou doesn't believe that he has nothing to gain.

As for the remaining leader of the rebel army, Xin Zan, the emperor has rewarded him with 50 gold and a mansion, and there will definitely be other rewards in the future.

Li Xingzhou also slowly recalled, Xin Zan?Xin Qiji's grandfather seems to have this name too!
According to the development of the previous life, the Jin army went south, and the Northern Song Dynasty lost half of the country. Because his family could not escape, he had to stay in the Jin country as an official for his livelihood.

However, Xin Zan was typically in Jinying and his heart was in Song Dynasty, so even though he was an official in the Kingdom of Jin, he had been educating his grandson Xin Qiji, letting him learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, teaching him the art of war and martial arts, and letting him return to the south to serve the country in the future.

After Xin Qiji grew up, he organized a rebel army in the north to fight against the Jin army everywhere, and then led tens of thousands of people to break through the Jin people's defense line and go south to return to the Song Dynasty.

And Xin Qiji is also a genius of the sky, and his poems are well written, leaving "Looking at the sword with a lamp while drunk, dreaming back to the camp with horn blowing" "The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night." "The crowd looks for him." Thousands of Baidu, suddenly looking back, the person is in the place where the lights are dim." "The bright moon is far away from the branches, the magpies are startled, and the breeze sings the cicadas in the middle of the night. The fragrance of rice flowers says a good year, and listen to the sound of frogs." And other famous sentences through the ages.

Known as the word sect.

Zongzi is used well. If you talk about the style of writing, Li Bai is called immortal, because he has a sense of ethereal and ethereal.And Xin Qiji's poems have a sense of Wei Ran Dazong.

However, his talents are not only in poetry, but also in military affairs. He has already demonstrated his various struggles with the Jin army in the Kingdom of Jin. its strategic vision.

The strategy of "guarding the river must guard the Huaihe" that was often followed later was put forward by Xin Qiji at this time.

The general idea is that if the south wants to defend, the Yangtze River defense line is not easy to defend. The front must be pushed northward, and the Qinling and Huaihe Rivers can be used as the defense line for long-term defense.

If the northern regime wants to go south, if it cannot conquer the Huaihe defense line, it will be basically futile in the end.

However, if the southern regime wants to defend, as long as there is no Huaihe line of defense, it will basically be over.No matter how hard you try, it's only a matter of time.

It is said that the Yangtze River is naturally dangerous, but as long as the northern army crosses the Huaihe River, the South cannot regain the defense line of the Huaihe River in time, and there are countless battles of crossing the Yangtze River.

Therefore, Xin Qiji is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but it is a pity that he made a mistake when he voted for the Southern Song Dynasty.

Li Xingzhou is also worthless for him. Song Chao doesn't even worry about his generals, let alone him, a general who returned from the Kingdom of Jin?
After Xin Qiji's return, he was full of ambitions, thinking about making contributions to the country, and went north to regain the lost ground.

But as cowardly as the Southern Song Dynasty was, he had no chance at all.

For example, the death of Yue Fei, who was brought up in a mess by people, actually had some anti-sapient people who didn't know why they were self-righteous, and followed the trend to wash the ground for Qin Hui and Zhao Gou.

Yue Fei's death was very simple. Qin Hui and Zhao Gou asked the Kingdom of Jin to cede land for peace. The most important condition offered by the people of the Kingdom of Jin was that Yue Fei must die!

Because they were beaten badly by Yue Fei before.

So Yue Fei died later, and Zhao Gou became a minister and paid tribute to the Kingdom of Jin.

Xin Qiji was not as miserable as Yue Fei, but he was not much worse, and even the reasons were the same.

Because Xin Qiji has been admonishing that he wants to go north to recover the lost land and recover the Central Plains, so he has to think about progress, enjoy himself and wait for the northern army to go south.

After that, he was constantly treated coldly, suppressed, and excluded in the court, and then he was released everywhere, like exile, tossed around, and finally died in depression.

In the Southern Song Dynasty without bones, people with bones would end badly.

But thinking of these things made Li Xingzhou feel at ease about Xin Zan.

Although he was forced to make a living as an official in the Kingdom of Jin in the occupied areas, he kept educating his grandson, and finally let him join the rebel army and lead troops south. His loyalty and bravery are reliable, and his ability cannot be doubted.

But Li Xingzhou is also a little guilty, after all, he copied his grandson's words to pretend to be coercive, and that's what a guilty conscience says.

Fortunately, Xin Zan is still very young now, and he doesn't look like he will have grandchildren.

By the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, many things have been dealt with almost. I gather with relatives and friends every day, go to Houshan to research new products with Qiu Er, Zhao Si, Tieniu, Zhu Rong and others, and spend time with my wives. My days are leisurely again.

Jin Guo was also afraid. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the first batch of graphite mines went south along the waterway and arrived in Kaiyuan City. The action was very quick and agile.

The palace has been out of graphite for a long time. It had been using the reserves in the warehouse before, and then the warehouse ran out. Now that the goods finally arrived, everyone cheered.

Li Xingzhou has sent many people to search for various mineral veins all over the country, but it is difficult to achieve results within a few years.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, a strange thing gradually appeared. Many people from other places came to visit Qifang, and they all had precious gifts. They seemed to be from rich families.

After communicating with Qifang, I realized that it turned out to be a rich family from the coastal states.

they are also scared
Last year, Qifang was ordered by him to carry out tax reforms in the coastal states, mainly charging fees for going out to sea, and reforming the tax system as a side effect. As a result, they were unanimously opposed and obstructed by these local clans and some officials.

This move even put Qifang in danger. If she hadn't been a ruthless person who had been on the battlefield, she might not be able to stand up to someone else.

Li Xingzhou's new tax system is actually Yongzheng's reform, and he just copied it.

Yongzheng is one of Li Xingzhou's favorite emperors, and he is also an emperor who truly considers the people and wants to benefit the people.

Before him, the tax system in China was basically paid on a per-person basis, and how many people paid how much tax.

But the problem is that some people have people in their families, but they have no or little land, and some rich families have tens of thousands of mu of fertile land, but they only pay taxes according to the head of the family. People who have no fields and no land pay about the same tax.

Is this fair?

Therefore, Yongzheng demanded that "a person should be divided into mu", and the tax should be calculated according to the number of acres of land owned by the family.

This move will abolish the agricultural tax in later generations, and set a minimum salary. Those who do not pass the line do not have to pay tax.

It can not only greatly reduce the burden on the people at the bottom, but also prevent the unscrupulous land annexation of rich and powerful families, because if there is too much land, just paying taxes can kill you.

In addition, scholars are required to pay taxes in the same way as farmers, and they cannot be special just because they are scholars. Children of the Eight Banners will not be able to rely on the state for nothing in the future, but must be self-reliant.If the scholars pay taxes, the farmers' taxes can be reduced, and the children of the Eight Banners are self-reliant, so the national treasury does not need to increase taxes.

Yongzheng's reforms can be described as ambitious and earth-shattering, and they fought for the interests of the bottom in the true sense. For this reason, he did not hesitate to oppose most ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, countless gentry and scholars.

Although scholars do not have guns, they have pens and have the right to speak, so Yongzheng was the worst scolded, scolded to pieces, and he was so angry that he was in literary prison.

On the other hand, officials colluded with local tyrants to hinder his reform, because this reform was to cut out a big piece of the cake and distribute it to the people at the bottom, which touched their interests.

The worst thing is that literati and bureaucrats have the right to speak, and because of their limited knowledge, the people at the bottom do not understand that Yongzheng's reforms are for them. When scholars scold them, they don't understand, so they scold them. Anyway, scholars have insight, and what they say must be Yes.

It is also very sad to think about it. Yongzheng worked hard all his life and died young when he was in his prime. He tried his best to fight against the scholars, the children of the Eight Banners, and the officials and gentry in order to distribute profits to the people at the bottom and prevent the gentry from continuing to annex land.

It turned out to be the emperor who was scolded the worst by the people
Later, scholars said that "the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong" deliberately excluded Yongzheng.

Later, when his son Qianlong came to power, he abolished all his reforms. Because of his ease, he didn't have to bear the pressure of all parties, and he still had a good face.

Therefore, Qianlong was praised the best. Scholars praised it, officials praised it, and the common people followed suit. Qianlong was happy to hear the "perfect old man" and "Wencheng Wude".

Officials are also happy, they can corrupt unscrupulously; scholars are also happy, they don't have to pay taxes like old farmers, and they are superior to others.

The gentry are also happy. Even if they have tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in the future, the tax they pay will not be much different from that of ordinary people who have no land, and they can continue to annex land without scruple.

Only the people are miserable. More and more people have no land in their hands, but they still have to pay taxes on the basis of their head.

But for ordinary people, they certainly don't know that there was an opportunity to change everything in front of them, but it was a pity that they passed by.

The Qing Dynasty in the Qianlong period also seemed to be prosperous on the surface, but in reality it began to decay continuously. In fact, many of them were blown out by mouth.

Scholars want to brag, after all, Yongzheng wanted them to pay taxes like peasants, and Qianlong treated them so well, of course they should brag.Children of the Eight Banners, most officials and noble gentry also want to blow it.

Knowing that in the late Qianlong period, whitewashing the peace could no longer conceal the corruption inside the empire, and the seemingly gorgeous Empire Building suddenly began to collapse.

Fortunately, people in later generations looked back at Yongzheng's reforms and gave him a correct evaluation.

Li Xingzhou actually admired Yongzheng, an emperor who dared to fight against the whole country, and who dared to devote all his efforts to reform.

It's a pity that he doesn't have military exploits like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Gaozong or his father, so he doesn't have enough prestige and popularity.

In fact, Li Zhi also suppressed the wealthy family. If he hadn't suppressed it, the Tang Dynasty might have entered Qianlong after Li Shimin.Li Zhi also faced the same predicament, and the sons of noble families were all over the dynasty.

But Li Zhi has military exploits. Su Dingfang helped him destroy the Western Turks, the Western Regions, Baekje, and Koguryo. The prestige can be seen from the posthumous title used.

But Yongzheng didn't, he couldn't convince the crowd.

It was Li Xingzhou who learned his lessons that he felt that he would launch wars abroad, accumulate prestige, and then use this prestige to gradually reform internally.

Another regret of Yongzheng is that his reforms stood with the people at the bottom, but most of the people at the bottom were not wise enough to understand that it was for them!In the end, Yongzheng was isolated and helpless, and died of overwork.

So the second lesson is to publicize, grassroots publicity must be enough!Even if the common people don't understand what the rationale for the policy is, at least let them know that such reforms are for their own good.

Otherwise, most of those big families will be scholars, who can speak well and speak eloquently. Just a few words can fool the people to make a fuss, just like the last time he wanted to build a road, but was stopped by the people because of breaking Feng Shui.

He has been preparing these for years.

Now triumphant, his prestige is strong enough to carry out reforms.

However, Yongzheng still has one last lesson, that is, you can't make a lot of enemies, you must divide and encircle them, let them be paralyzed, and defeat them one by one.

Yongzheng's heart for the people is good, but he was too anxious and made too many enemies.

He made enemies with most of the country's officials, gentry, children of the Eight Banners, and scholars at once. Even though he had a fearless spirit of going to the top of thousands of people, and worked hard, he died of illness in the end. Part of the victory he won He was immediately turned over by his son.

So Li Xingzhou made up his mind and had to take it step by step.

From the coast, then the north, and finally in the middle of Shu!Pull one faction to fight another faction, divide and eliminate one by one.

And try not to conflict with literati groups when suppressing the powerful clan, which is why he ignored the attacks of those in the Ministry of Rites.

Watching the sky gradually become more beautiful with snowflakes, Li Xingzhou stood in front of the guardrail and said to himself: "It seems that I will go to Sichuan after the next year."

(End of this chapter)