Cutting 1719

Chapter 366

The current Qing Dynasty is in a dilemma. Ever since Yongzheng promulgated the decree on reclaiming Manchuria, people in the Eight Banners have panicked. Some people of insight support it, but more people oppose it. These Eight Banners who are used to the prosperity of the capital , How many people can go back to live a hard life?

At this time, Zhang Tingyu once again proposed to save money. Naturally, it was not enough to reclaim the Manchuria. It was necessary to reduce the hard-core crops of the Eight Banners. The two strategies were implemented together to completely reduce the burden on the court.

But the problem is that as long as someone dares to speak out about this matter, it will completely offend more than 100 million Baqi disciples, and ordinary people cannot afford such consequences.After all, strictly speaking, the world belonged to the Eight Banners. Even the emperor had to think carefully about the consequences of offending the Eight Banners.

Zhang Tingyu threw out such a proposal, but it caused a dead silence in the hall, no one dared to speak, there was neither support nor refutation, only silence.

Emperor Yongzheng glanced at the rest of the military ministers, but found that everyone lowered their heads, so he snorted coldly, "What do you think?"

Xu Yuanmeng, who is a manchurian scholar, is naturally closely related to the Eight Banners, so he had no choice but to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the Eight Banners are the foundation of my Qing Dynasty. How can the hard-core crops of more than 100 million people be If you say cut it down, cut it down? Although the court’s money is saved, people’s hearts are confused. Not to mention that the Eight Banners are suppressing everywhere in the world, even the new army is my Eight Banners.”

Xu Yuanmeng's words were extremely sincere, and he had considered all aspects, but he did not take into account Emperor Yongzheng's determination, and he did not even understand that Zhang Tingyu would make such a suggestion, what is the hidden meaning behind it? , he is old after all, maybe the matter is too serious, making him lose the ability to judge.

In fact, no matter how brave Zhang Tingyu was, he would not have dared to say such a thing.

This incident itself was said by Yongzheng through Zhang Tingyu. He had the idea of ​​canceling the banner payment of the Eight Banners for a long time, but any decision was not a matter of Emperor Yongzheng patting his head, and more support was needed, so this The first time Zhang Tingyu passed Zhang Tingyu and put his family fortune in front of the ministers, it was to promote this resolution. Therefore, even if Xu Yuanmeng's words were hype, it could not shake Yongzheng's determination.

"The imperial court has no money right now, and they can't even deal with the rebels entrenched in Guanzhong. If we want money, we can only increase income and reduce expenditure. We have to learn from Chu Ni in the south. Suspending the banner salary is also a helpless strategy."

Emperor Yongzheng's face was a little livid. He had already communicated with some princes and ministers of the Eight Banners. Although some people expressed their incomprehension, he believed that they would understand sooner or later. You have to make up your mind, and you have to suffer a lot!

In order to increase income and reduce expenditure, Chu Ni even did not hesitate to offend the gentry all over the world. Why didn't he, Yongzheng, have such determination?When it comes to decisiveness, who is Yong Laosi afraid of?

Seeing this, Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said in a low voice: "Master Xu, although the flag payment has been stopped now, but in the future when the Qing Dynasty is preserved and Chu Ni is eliminated, the banner salary may not be paid again. One day the Qing Dynasty will restore Heqing Haiyan, the salary is naturally not a problem!"

Zhang Tingyu drew a big cake, but everyone knew in their hearts that once the flag salary was cancelled, it would be impossible to recover it. No matter what the situation was, the court would probably not pick up this burden again.

But Xu Yuanmeng knew in his heart that the Sacred Heart had acquiesced in this matter, and no matter how hard it was to turn around, he could only sigh in a low voice and not speak in silence. After all, they still love Xinjueluo in this world, and they love it no matter what Toss it.

"Then what about the livelihood of the Baqi disciples, without the hardcore crops, they will starve to death!"

Prince Yu Baotai, who had been silent all this time, said in a low voice, he is a kind man, and he would hate such a thing to happen, but Baotai also knew that he had no room for objection, so he could only ask this question.

Yongzheng coughed lightly, "Since the imperial court has promulgated the decree to reclaim Manchuria, let those who have no errands go to Manchuria. Others who have errands will stay in the capital. The Qing Dynasty can no longer support idlers!"

"But. But our Eight Banners are not good at labor, let alone plowing the land for a living."

"The children of the Eight Banners, if there is land, we can recruit Han tenants to farm in the pass, so that the fields can be developed, and the harvest in the field can also support the children of the Eight Banners."

Yongzheng felt that his thinking was getting clearer, and he continued to talk, "Not long ago, many Han people were newly recruited to become the Eight Banners. Among these people, those who can serve as soldiers will stay and expand into the new Eight Banners army. Sending them outside the customs as tenants is a way to survive, and they probably won’t refuse.”

"Your Majesty, the previous emperor once issued a customs ban, isn't this...doesn't it break the ancestor's family law?"

Prince Yu Baotai hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed. He knew in his heart that Emperor Yongzheng was the most sensitive about this, but he had to say it now.

The so-called customs ban refers to the "Liaodong recruiting people to appoint officials, and forever stop" promulgated in the seventh year of Kangxi, under the pretext of "ancestors trace the king's place", protect "the benefits of participating in mountains and rivers", and impose bans on outside the customs. closure policy.Before that, due to war damage and other reasons, Manchuria had a small population, so refugees were recruited from inside the customs to work as slaves outside the customs, so the open policy has been implemented.

Speaking of which, the Qing court’s customs ban seems reasonable on the surface, leaving a retreat for the descendants of Manchuria, but the problem is that the people who formulated the policy thought things too simply. The reason is very simple. Development, it is impossible to become the last place of refuge!

The children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, who had lived a good life, suddenly returned to the old forests of Manchuria to hunt, and they would not be able to do so now. Therefore, this is a policy that sounds good, but is very unreliable in execution.

Sure enough, after hearing the 'ancestral family law', Yongzheng's face darkened. How could he not know what the ancestral family law is?But can the ancestral family law save the Qing Dynasty?Why do some people always fail to understand his painstaking efforts?

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said: "The customs ban is not a law that will last forever. The reason why the first emperor enforced the customs ban was to leave a way for my Qing Dynasty to retreat. But now my Qing Dynasty has reached this critical moment. If Wouldn't it be contrary to the original intention of the former emperor to cling to the old order?"

"This"

Prince Yu Baotai couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while, so he had to keep his mouth shut. After all, it is indeed a critical moment now, and it seems impossible to justify it if he doesn't use it anymore.

Yongzheng's face darkened, and he said loudly: "Nowadays, the world has undergone great changes, and the children of Manchuria should show the courage to re-enter the customs! The court has no money, so it can't train a new army, and it won't be able to win this battle in the future! What's more, if you really can't win in the future, although returning to Manchuria will be a bit hard, it will still be a way to survive."

At the end of October, when the imperial court promulgated the decree to suspend the banner salary, there was a sudden storm in the capital. Many disciples of the Eight Banners who were living on the banner salary in the capital all flocked to the sect in anger. People's Government, hoping to get an explanation.

"Is the imperial court stopping the payment of flags because they want us to die?"

"Without the standard salary, how can I support a large family?"

"The emperor was deceived by the traitors!"

Under the turmoil of the crowd, the gate of the clan mansion has been closed. Prince Lian Yunyu, who was in charge of the clan mansion, has been imprisoned in the mansion by Yongzheng, and now the Zongling is Prince Cheng Yunzhi, who is the third brother of Yongzheng. .

Yunzhi was close to the crown prince in the early years, and he was considered to have participated in the battle for the heir apparent, but he was a little more self-aware than Yunhu, so after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he chose to be soft early, but even so, Yongzheng still Yinzhi was dispatched to Malanyu in Zunhua to guard the mausoleum of Kangxi. It was not until Prince Lian Yunhu was imprisoned that a turning point occurred, and he was appointed by Yongzheng as the order of the clan mansion.

However, Prince Cheng Yunzhi, who just took office, faced a very embarrassing situation as soon as he came. He became the person who blamed Yongzheng, and he was somewhat unwilling to do it. Fearing that Yongzheng would be directly angered, but also a little afraid, he had to close the door to see no outsiders.

However, Yunzhi doesn't want to see outsiders. It doesn't mean that people outside want to let him go. They clamored outside the clan mansion together, claiming that the court is unfair and treacherous officials are in power. The admiral's people were caught in the cell. The key point is that these people who are causing trouble are all yellow and red belts of the clan, so they can't be taken easily.

Among those who made troubles, one person made noise for a long time, spouting out his saliva. When the other people were in a turbulent mood, this person began to shrink back gradually, and then quietly separated from the crowd, and then Along an alley, I came to a teahouse, went up to the second floor, saw a young man who was drinking tea, and hurried over.

"My lord, I just went to see it. My good fellow, the inside and outside of this clan's mansion is surrounded by water. All the old and young masters in the capital are scolding! The servant also went up and scolded several times. Hey, it's really relieved." !"

"Okay! Grandpa has a lot of rewards!"

That young master was Hongshi, the third son of the emperor, and after hearing these words, he immediately cried out loudly, and even the smoldering anger between his brows dissipated a bit. He had been dissatisfied with the emperor for too long.

Since Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, not only did Hongshi feel no benefit, but he was deeply dissatisfied with Yongzheng's various measures, from dismantling the Baye Party to implementing the New Deal, these measures made Hongshi feel that Yongzheng was crazy. I even began to feel that Yongzheng's improper position was becoming more and more real.

After all, compared with emperors like Kangxi, who served under his superior ministers, Yongzheng was more than mean and ungrateful, and now he almost wanted to drive the Eight Banners to extinction!I don't know whether he is the emperor of the Han people or the emperor of their Eight Banners!

Hongshi thought angrily in his heart. He even felt that if the eighth uncle had succeeded to the throne, the situation would not have become so bad. Maybe even Jiangnan would not be lost.
"Hetai, during this period of time, you should hurry up and take people to the gate of the clan's mansion to make trouble! I still don't believe that the world that was brought down by the Eight Banners back then can turn the Han people over?"

That guy is Hetai, and he doesn't have a serious job right now, he hangs out with Hongshi and the others every day, as a servant, it's not difficult to make a living, so after hearing what the master said, he naturally rushed to the place At the front, I made up my mind to take a few people to make a fuss, and make the trouble as big as possible.

However, just after Hetai left the teahouse, he saw soldiers coming and going all over the street. They ran over fiercely one by one, and arrested the clans surrounding the gate of the clan mansion. If he dared to resist, he smashed down with the scabbard, but many people were smashed to the ground and fell to the ground.

Seeing these clansmen being dragged away like dead dogs made Hetai feel chills in his heart, but he knew that there were quite a few yellow belts in this crowd, who would dare to treat them so cruelly?
When He Tai was thinking about whether to report back to Hong, he saw several people coming on horseback, and the leader of them was the admiral of the Nine Gates, Long Kedo. His face was extremely gloomy, and he was holding a roll of bright yellow edict.

As soon as Longkodo came over, the crowd became more and more noisy. Some even grabbed the soldiers' knives and scuffled with the soldiers patrolling the city. The scene became more and more chaotic for a while.

Long Kedo got off his horse, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he roared loudly. After everyone's eyes were focused, he slowly spread out the yellow imperial edict in his hand, and coughed lightly.

"Your Majesty has an edict that no one may cause chaos in the city without reason, and those who disobey the order will be sent back to Shengjing for resettlement. I respect this."

Everyone dared to make trouble in front of the clan's mansion, but no one dared to make trouble under the imperial decree. The former can only hit the board, but the latter is not smooth and loses his head, and the whole family has to be implicated.

After Longkodo's will was finished, he glanced at these dudes kneeling on the ground, sneered, but left without saying a word.

The emperor's will is very clear, don't you want to make trouble?Whoever dares to make trouble, first go to Manchuria to open up wasteland!When those who dare to prick are sent to Manchuria, no one will dare to make trouble.

He Tai saw this scene with his own eyes, and was about to go back to look for Hongshi, but found that Hongshi had stood behind him at some point, with an unpredictable expression on his face, and blue and white fingerprints on his palm.

"That's all, that's all"

Hongshi looked at Longkodo who was leaving, with a bit of resentment and resentment on his face, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Yongzheng, he didn't dare to show it openly, but the determination in his heart became more and more firm.

(End of this chapter)