Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138 Debate (recommendation ticket requested)
After finishing speaking, Zuo Shilang of the Household Department did not forget to look around. Sure enough, all the courtiers were shocked. In fact, even he, who often deals with money and military rations, was shocked when he heard the figures reported by his subordinates. Jump.

You must know that the tax revenue of the imperial court is only 400 million taels a year, and now it is more than 1 million taels!Happiness came too suddenly, and I didn't feel relieved until I ordered my subordinates to count again.

Liu Hung-chien took some time off and was disgusted by the astonishment of these ministers. He didn't believe that these old fellows didn't know where there was money, but they didn't know there was so much money.

Take Shanxi and Shaanxi, which are close to the border provinces, for example. He just plowed them roughly with a plow and rake, and he fished out so much. As for the rich and prosperous south of the Yangtze River, which province can be compared with Shanxi and Shaanxi?

In addition, some well-informed profiteers in the coastal areas did some shady smuggling business, and the profits made Liu Hongjian jealous just thinking about it.

But what can be done? The land in the south of the Yangtze River is getting richer and richer, but the imperial court's taxes are still not being collected. Liu Hongjian can't believe that these old men in front of him don't know what the problem is.

It's just that there are many interests involved, and everyone doesn't want to be the one who stands out.

Chongzhen was also stunned for a moment, but then his face showed surprise.

"Is there so much? An Guobo, how can there be so much wealth in Shanxi?"

He had already asked Liu Hongjian about this question yesterday, but Liu Hongjian's eagerness to go home had been vague. Now that the sky was full of wealth, Chongzhen was thinking again.

"The emperor doesn't know something. The people in Shanxi and Shaanxi are poor, but the merchants are not poor. Does the emperor know what those merchants are doing?
These old miscellaneous people bought food at low prices and sold high prices to the poor people from the south. Not only did they give them to the people, but even the humble ministers went to Shanxi to buy military food in person, which was still more than double the original price.

What's even more hateful is that these profiteers secretly transported supplies for the slaves. Not only that, these profiteers also secretly sold our Ming military for money, and the treasures robbed by the Tartars were all sold by these profiteers.

So that after decades, these old things are all fat and oily. What the minister said is well documented. Hearing this, the minister was very angry, so he ordered their homes to be confiscated and the land divided among them. With the people.

Shanxi and Shaanxi have been plagued by droughts and disasters year after year, and the people are suffering. I hope the emperor will allow this matter! "

It’s nothing to steal the house. After all, it’s for him to get money for Chongzhen, but it’s a bit presumptuous to distribute the land to the peasants privately. You must know that when the homes of the big officials in the capital were raided at the beginning of the year, not only the money, but the land was taken back. Hundreds of thousands mu.

All the land was merged into Huangzhuang with a wave of Chongzhen's big hand, which made the royal family very happy.

"The profiteers don't know the country, it's really hateful, can Ai Qing suppress these people to the capital?" Chongzhen was also filled with righteous indignation.

"Going back to the emperor, my ministers didn't like them, so I killed them all!" Liu Hongjian chuckled.

Chongzhen: "..."

"However, I brought back Li Zijing, the leader of the bandit army, to relieve the emperor, and Li Guo, the general protecting the country of Dashun Kingdom!" Liu Hongjian hurriedly added, thinking that it was just his own enjoyment.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, there were indeed prisoners handed over to the Ministry of War at the Thousand Households of Long Live Mountain yesterday." Li Banghua responded hastily.

"It's so good. I have been causing trouble in Daming for more than ten years. Aiqing has made great contributions this time. I will definitely not treat the soldiers who fought bloody for my Daming badly!"

"Your Majesty, An Guobo has done a lot to put down the Dashun Rebellion, but I heard that he not only looted merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi, but also returned the land to the local people privately.

What's more, An Guobo, as a general of the army, directly recruited the remnants of the trespassers and let them garrison the important towns on the nine borders. The minister thought that this was inappropriate, and if it went on for a long time, troubles would happen. "

Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, made a statement. Not long after Ma Shiying took Jiang Dejing's class, he was originally the head of the Nanjing household department.

It's this guy again, it's clear that I can't get along with Lao Tzu, right? This unfamiliar face said bad things about him when I saw him yesterday. At the dinner last night, the old Liang Tou specially reminded him that he was called Ma Shiying, the Minister of Rites, who was transferred from Nanjing.

This Ma Shiying's family was originally a gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were very dissatisfied with his treatment in Shanxi, which seemed to have affected his family's business, so Liu Hongjian should be careful with this person.

Damn it, these bird officials really can't be killed. Is the court all eating dry food?Why do you recommend such birdmen?

Liu Hongjian had some impressions of this Ma Shiying, but he didn't. After Emperor Chongzhen set up the southeast branch, the rapid collapse of the Nanming court was inseparable from this one.

Although his person is not like "greedy and vulgar without long-term strategy" as said in "History of the Ming Dynasty", he quoted Dacheng again, retaliated against daily affairs, recruited power without profit, and died. ’ But it’s not that far off.

After he was promoted to the chief assistant of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he reused his friend Ruan Dacheng who was in the same year. Once Ruan Dacheng took power, he purged some civil servants he was dissatisfied with.

From the outside, Nanming's army was in the hands of warlords like the Four Towns of Jiangbei, who had been obedient to the emperor of Nanming. From the inside, the power struggle among the civil servants and dignitaries never stopped.

Moreover, this struggle ran throughout the Hongguang regime in Nanming, and then intensified until it was taken advantage of by the Tartars.

The enemy is currently not thinking about how to keep the country, and only knows about internal fighting. No matter what righteousness and reputation you have, it is all false, and you are all mediocre and sycophantic officials. You deserve to die.

"Returning to the emperor, the arable land in Shanxi and Shaanxi has been taken over by those profiteers and tyrants. Millions of people have no land to grow and no food to eat. Are we going to let them all starve to death?
Your Majesty, the people of the two places are not stupid. If there is no food, there will be troubles. There is not only one King Chuang in this world!
At that time, the lack of troops in the hands of Weichen was also a matter of urgency. The people received this favor and called the emperor's sage, and Weichen thought that the only way to completely put down the chaos in northern Shaanxi.

Otherwise, if the common people rise up again after a while, I would like to ask Mr. Ma, do you dare to lead troops to suppress the bandits? "

After Liu Hongjian finished speaking, he raised an eyebrow at Ma Shiying, and then continued.

"As for the so-called remnants of trespassers, Gao Yigong and Hao Yaoqi have been personally questioned by Benbo. They are all loyal and courageous people, but they are useless when they fall into the sky. military.

As for Mr. Ma, have you ever experienced the embarrassment of not having enough food and clothes?Do you know the allusion of why not eat minced meat?Do you know that my Daming is not only short of food now?Still short of soldiers?
Do you know that Shanxi and Shaanxi border Mongolia to the north? Do you know that Mongolia and Jiannu are ready to take advantage of it?At that time, Mr. Ma, do you dare to defend the city? "

The Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty used to have 50 troops stationed at the frontier alone, but now, counting Gao Yigong and Hao Yaoqi, the Nine Frontiers together, and the newly collected [-] from Shanhaiguan Town, it is worth less than [-] troops. Two to thirty thousand.

These soldiers had to be stationed in the small and large guards in the towns on the nine borders, which was already stretched. Liu Hongjian became angry when he saw these scholar-bureaucrats who didn't know about soldiers, and he didn't save any face when he said something.

Ma Shiying didn't expect Liu Hongjian's words to be so sharp that he didn't leave any steps for him. He shook his beard angrily for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

Chongzhen didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Hongjian's handling. Now is a troubled time, if this can make one party stable, why not do it?

What's more, the more than 1 million taels of silver were all obtained from the two places, so what about the land?How many children are born in a year?
Which is more important? Can Chongzhen still have no ABC numbers in his heart?

"I don't think there is anything wrong with An Guobo's handling of the two places. Although I have no virtue, I still know that the king is the boat and the people is the water. It is a good idea to return the land to the people. Ma Aiqing should not make trouble for no reason."

Ma Shiying was almost going crazy, he wanted to help the emperor to bring back those lands and merge them into the Huangzhuang, so as to please the emperor, which one is not human inside and out, why bother?

"Aren't you going to retreat?" Seeing the emperor's anger, Ma Shiying retreated angrily to the civil service train. He was determined to check the family background of An Guobo carefully when he went back, so that he would never make such a mistake again next time.

Liu Hongjian let out a bad breath, and he couldn't be too happy. The emperor said so, clearly standing on his side, so Shanxi and Shaanxi will be used as pilots, so that there will be a breakthrough in the land reform in the future.

"Wang Erxi! Let's proclaim the decree!" Chongzhen adjusted his sitting posture again, and started to deal with the formal affairs of the court this morning.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)