Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 706 Conquering the whole territory of Nanzhili

A few days later, the gold and silver of Che Jingde and the gentry were sent to Xuanzhen.

For these gold and silver, Zhao Wen divided them into two parts: gold and silver.

Part of the gold was placed in the treasury, and the other part was sent to the mint.

The silver sent to the mint will be turned into silver coins, which will flow into Xuanzhen and be used to build industries.

Together with the gold and silver, there was also a memorial sent by Zhao Daniu and Song Hu to Xuanzhen, which was a memorial about Che Jingde.

Zhao Wen sat in the imperial study, looking at the memorial sent by Zhao Daniu, with a gloomy face.

"I thought I was the court of the Ming Dynasty, and the court of the Ming Dynasty will treat you preferentially, but it doesn't mean that I will treat you preferentially.

He also said that without you, I would not be able to control Nanzhili.It's so funny, Nanzhili would only be better without you guys.

The banks of the Qinhuai River are indeed prosperous, but what does this prosperity have to do with the local people?It's just you gentry who are prosperous, let all the people in Nanzhili raise you moths, it's really damned. "

Zhao Wen put down the memorial in his hand and looked at Chen Donglai.

"Let the Military Academy formulate an order to have Zhao Daniu and Song Hu execute the main planners of this incident, and the remaining family members will be escorted to Dengzhou and prepared to be exiled to the Americas. Check all their property and confiscate all the fields and shops under their names. , distribute it to the local people at an appropriate time. Also, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, follow this example." Zhao Wen looked at Chen Donglai and kept talking.

Chen Donglai walked out of the imperial study with Zhao Wen's order.

In the afternoon of that day, the imperial decree left Xuanzhen and headed towards Nanzhili.

Because of the trains and wood-burning cars, the speed was very fast, and the imperial decree reached Jinling City within a few days.

Zhao Daniu and Song Hu haven't left Jinling City yet. It's not that they don't want to leave, but it's not long since Jinling City was taken down. There are so many people in Jinling City, and many things are unclear, so they can't leave for the time being.

In front of the gate of Wei Guogong's mansion, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu took the imperial decree from the officials who announced the decree.

"The two generals are busy first, I'll go first!" The person who announced the decree was from the military academy, he bowed his hands at Zhao Daniu and Song Hu, and then turned and left with his entourage.

"Aren't you going to stay for a meal? Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Daniu shouted at the top of his voice as he looked at the backs of them leaving.

"No, thank you two generals for your kindness!"

The person who announced the decree gradually disappeared on the road, leaving only this sentence.

Zhao Daniu held the imperial decree in his hand, and a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes.

The next morning, Che Jingde and other main planners were taken by Zhao Daniu to the square outside the Jinling Palace.

Zhao Daniu wanted to use the lives of Che Jingde and others to deter disobedience in Jinling City.

There is a high platform outside the Jinling Palace, which was built overnight by Zhao Daniu.

On the high platform, Che Jingde and other main planners lined up, kneeling on it with their arms tied behind their backs.

Behind them, there are rows of executioners holding ghost-headed swords.

Zhao Daniu stood at the front of the high platform, holding a piece of rice paper in his hand, and read aloud the content on the rice paper.

The rice paper records the crimes committed by Cha Jingde and others over the years.

After Zhao Daniu read the content of the declaration, he turned around and looked at Che Jingde and the others behind him.

"The time has come, prepare for execution." Zhao Daniu shouted loudly to the executioner behind him.

Che Jingde's mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he was escorted by two soldiers to kneel on the ground. When he heard Zhao Daniu's voice, his body trembled violently.

No one wants to die, at least people like Che Jingde don't want to die.

Che Jingde's eyes were wide open, and tears and snot flowed all over the floor.

"How dare they, how dare they do this? Aren't they afraid of offending the entire Shilin? How dare they do this?"

Che Jingde kept roaring in his heart, he really couldn't understand, how dare these people kill them like this.And it's still this kind of shameless killing, and it's still in public.

Che Jingde could never figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all.

For the rulers of all dynasties, the gentry is more of a cooperative relationship.

The reason why the rulers of all dynasties chose to treat the gentry preferentially was not that they were really willing to treat the gentry preferentially, but that they had no choice.

If those rulers could find a substitute, they would probably be much more ruthless than Zhao Wen in treating the gentry.

Che Jingde didn't know the relationship, he only knew that gentry should be treated preferentially.It is precisely because of this reason that his confidence is bursting.

The light of the knife on the high platform kept flashing, and the heads rolled down one by one.

The smell of blood pervaded the high platform, Zhao Daniu just frowned, showing no mercy.

If they had mercy on them, who would have mercy on the people who were oppressed by them?
Jinling City was extremely prosperous, and in the final analysis, it was just a carnival for the gentry.What does it have to do with those ordinary people?

After the execution, Zhao Daniu had the corpses hung up on bamboo poles and placed on the wall of Jinling City to warn the remaining local gentry.

It is not to say that all gentry are heartless, but the proportion of gentry who are heartless is very large.

In the afternoon, Che Jingde and his family members were loaded into a firewood truck and sent to Dengzhou.

They were also accompanied by people from the Duke of Wei's mansion. Zhao Daniu did not wantonly kill the people from the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Although these people are high-ranking nobles, compared with the gentry like Che Jingde, they are not as cruel to the common people as the gentry.

After doing these things, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu left ten thousand soldiers in Jinling City.

Jinling City has a large area and a large population, so it needs a little more soldiers left behind.

Zhao Daniu and Song Hu led troops to attack the rest of Nanzhili.

At the end of August, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu captured all of Nanzhili.

It took two months from dispatching troops to taking Nanzhili.

After taking down the entire territory of Nanzhili, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu did not choose to continue to attack, but stayed in Nanzhili to rest.

During the rest period, Zhao Wen sent officials to take over Nanzhili.

The area of ​​Nanzhili is very large, so the number of officials Zhao Wen sent this time is a bit large.

In addition to the officials from Huguang and other places in Shandong, so many people almost emptied the university.

If Zhao Wen hadn't increased the number of students enrolled before, I'm afraid it really wouldn't be able to handle it.

After these officials entered Nanzhili, the first thing they did was to clean up the gentry.

When cleaning up the gentry, the main target is those evil gentry and bullies.Once these evil gentry and bullies are identified, they will be sent to Dengzhou.

As for those kind gentry, they didn't deal with it much.

Nanzhili is a place where the style of writing flourishes, and the number of gentry is not comparable to other places. The number of evil gentry and bullies cleared out is also much more than other places.

The clean-up lasted for more than a month. In one month, Nanzhili was roughly cleaned up.

It was for this reason that Zheng Yiguan's trip to America was delayed.

At the end of September, Zheng Yiguan's fleet finally set off.

It is different from when they came back. When they came back, all the things the fleet carried were supplies. When they went back, what they carried the most were people.

And they are all people like vassal kings and gentry.

In Zheng Yiguan's fleet, there are also wood-burning vehicles, generators and a series of engineering personnel.

Zhao Wen intends to completely take down the Americas, so the Americas must be developed in advance.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was already the end of October.

At this time, Nanzhili had been taken over by the officials sent by Zhao Wen, and the reserve soldiers and horses were also stationed in various places.

Because the territory is too large, some of the reserve soldiers and horses were recruited locally in Nanzhili.

After Nanzhili was taken down by Zhao Wen, it seemed to have lost its former prosperity.

The current Nanzhili is the real Nanzhili.The previous prosperity was just a carnival of the local gentry, and had little to do with the local people.

Although Nanzhili is not as prosperous as before, the local people clearly feel that their lives have obviously improved.

The common people are forgetful. They quickly forgot the previous battle and turned around to hug Zhao Wen.

After the officials sent by Zhao Wen cleared up the gentry, they began to distribute the land.

When the land was distributed, local officials began to conduct a census of the number of local people.

During this period, these officials also promulgated various laws of the new dynasty.

The caravans in Zhao Wen's hands also began to enter Nanzhili, and various factories in Zhao Wen's hands also entered Nanzhili. The largest number of them were those light industrial factories, represented by factories such as textile factories and soap factories.

The coastal area of ​​South Zhili has more developed transportation than the interior.

All kinds of light industry factories are here, and the goods produced can go to sea in the first time.In terms of foreign trade, there are great conveniences.

After these factories entered Nanzhili, they began to select sites and build factories.

Huge amount of labor and reasonable remuneration suddenly attracted the attention of local people.

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Zhao Wen sat in the imperial study, dealing with the memorials sent by the Council of Political Affairs and the Military Academy.

Now in the Little Ice Age, the end of October is already very cold.

Floor heating is installed in the imperial study room, so the temperature in the imperial study room is much higher than outside.

Zhao Wen put down the memorial in his hand and let out a sigh of relief, "The Chinese New Year will be in two months. After the Chinese New Year, within the next year, all the remaining places will be taken down."

"There was an epidemic this year, and there is no guarantee that there will be no epidemic in the future. It seems that hospitals in various places must be established as soon as possible. In addition to hospitals, institutions such as welfare homes must also be established as soon as possible.

Although these things cost money, they cannot live without.The cost of these things should be paid from the state treasury for the time being, and will be paid in a joint way between the state treasury and local governments in the future. "

While talking, Zhao Wen took out a piece of rice paper and wrote down a series of nouns related to people's livelihood such as "Huimin Hospital, Orphanage, Nursing Home" and so on.

Zhao Wen said that to make this land look brand new, although the world has not yet been completely pacified, these things cannot be given up.

It didn't take long for Zhao Wen to write out the plan.

In Zhao Wen's plan, each county in the territory must set up institutions such as hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, and relief homes.

Among them, when the hospital treats patients, if they encounter people from poor families, they can charge a part of the money less or not.

Orphanages are for homeless orphans, nursing homes are for homeless elderly people, and relief homes are responsible for helping people like homeless people.

These things are included in the evaluation criteria of the local government. If the local government takes advantage of these institutions, even if they do well in other places, it is impossible to get promoted.

After Zhao Wen finished writing the plan, he handed it over to Chen Donglai, "Take it to the Senate, and ask the Senate to draft the relevant documents. After the drafting is completed, it will be implemented."

Chen Donglai took the plan and walked out of the imperial study.

Not long after, Liu Wenzhong came to the imperial study.

Liu Wenzhong came to Yushufang not for anything else, but for these institutions set up by Zhao Wen.

Liu Wenzhong was given a seat by Zhao Wen and sat opposite Zhao Wen.

"Your Majesty, these institutions are important matters related to people's livelihood. I dare not stop them, and I can't stop them." Liu Wenzhong first explained that he supported Zhao Wen's approach.

"But..." Liu Wenzhong changed his tone, and said: "Your Majesty, the war is not completely over yet, and the war requires money. And now the money in Xuanzhen relies on overseas trade, business taxes sent from various places in Xuanzhen, and various places in Xuanzhen. The seizure and the support of the Japanese Iwami Yinshan.

Although these silvers add up to a lot, they also cost a lot.

His Majesty has implemented tax exemptions for Sichuan, Shaanxi and the places that have just been taken.In this way, if these institutions are established at this time, there may be a financial gap.

Your Majesty, I have no objection to His Majesty's establishment of these institutions, that is, can Your Majesty delay for a while?Wait until the world is completely settled and all taxes are stabilized before implementation? "

What Liu Wenzhong said is not unreasonable, now Xuanzhen is spending money everywhere.

Not only did the steel mills not produce, they even kept swallowing money.The key is that the steel mills cannot shut down. Not only can they not shut down, but they must also provide strong support.

Today's railways don't make any money at all.Although train tickets can be sold for money, the current train tickets cannot even cover the construction cost.

The other factories also serve the war, and there are only a few factories that can make money.

Coupled with the consumption of wars, the reconstruction of cities in various places, and the newly pacified places cannot collect taxes.However, these institutions established by Zhao Wen have no output, and they are gold-swallowing behemoths. If they are implemented at this time, although they will not drag down the finances, they will have a considerable impact on Xuanzhen's finances.

"I know what Ai Qing said, but are we conquering the world for our own selfish desires? From ancient times to the present, countless emperors have shouted that the people are the most important, the society is the second, and the king is the least, but what can we really do?" How many people arrived?

Just like the Nanzhili that was captured this time, Nanzhili is extremely prosperous, and Jinling City is even more luxurious, but what does this prosperity have to do with the people there?This kind of prosperity is nothing but false prosperity.

The world is not only the world of the superiors, but also the world of thousands of people.Confucius said that the old man does not only kiss his relatives, nor only his sons.So that the old will end, the strong will be useful, the young will be strong, and the widows, widows, lonely, disabled and sick will all be supported.

I deeply believe these words, only when the people are strong can the country be strong.Although these institutions will cost a lot of money, they cannot be reduced by spending money.

Zheng Yiguan discovered silver mines in America before, and these problems can be effectively alleviated after the silver mines are mined. "

(End of this chapter)