Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 40 Half

The Xie family has a lot of property, not only a lot of hoarded gold and silver, but also many good things.

For example, Xie Sanbin himself is also a famous calligrapher, painter, and poet. He collected many ancient calligraphy, paintings and ancient books. Zhu Yihai also saw the Song version of the Han Dynasty books that Xie Sanbin bought from Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi is Xie Sanbin's teacher. He has two great loves in his life. One is Liu Rushi, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, and the other is the Song version of the Han Dynasty.

Coincidentally, Xie Sanbin also likes these two things.

Back then, teachers and students turned against each other in order to compete for Liu Rushi. Xie Sanbin even openly called it the enmity of the head of the trade, meaning that he wanted to take the other party's head.

Later, when Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne in Nanjing, Qian Qianyi came back to power, and Xie Sanbin, the villain, immediately ignored his harsh words at the beginning, and turned to pay homage to him again, and became his disciple again.

Qian Qianyi was also a big collector. After accepting Liuru as his concubine, he spent a lot of money on building Jiangyun Tower and Wowen Room. He often borrowed money from Xie Sanbin.

This set of treasures was taken away by Xie Sanbin with only a thousand taels of silver, which can be regarded as revenge for his teacher.

Now, this set of invaluable Song and Han books is in front of Zhu Yihai, and even countless treasures in the Tianci Garden have fallen into his hands.

"Xie Sanbin is really rich."

Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, Wu Kai, Qian Sule, Lin Shiping, who were invited to dinner, were all shocked when they saw the preliminary catalog of Xie's house raids.

"The money is planned in this way. Each battalion will be newly established, and each soldier will be rewarded with five taels of silver first."

This five taels of silver is considered as a reward for joining the group. Let everyone be at ease, and only when they really fight with the Tartars can they make everyone work hard.

The previous arrears, deductions, etc., will be written off.

Moreover, he had discovered earlier that many soldiers were poor, had no money, owed wages, but had knives in their hands, and in troubled times, they would definitely rob them. How can we maintain military discipline, and how can we talk about being a benevolent and righteous teacher?

"Reissue one month's salary for May, and withdraw June's salary in advance, so that everyone will have a few taels of silver in their pockets, and follow us to fight against Xingming with peace of mind!"

"Your Highness is too kind to us warriors. When the country is in crisis, it is our duty to be loyal to the country. Why do we need a big reward."

"One person will be rewarded with half a tael of silver."

Several generals were straightforward, and they all thought that the five taels were given too much, not too little.

"Although Your Highness has gained a lot of money, if they are fed too much now, it will be difficult for them to restrain them without money in the future."

Zhu Yihai still insisted, "What should be paid must still be paid, but one point must be reiterated. After receiving the reward and payment, there is absolutely no way to rob the people in the slightest, and it is also not allowed to privately apportion additional taxes or persuade them to collect donations."

"The generals just concentrate on training soldiers, defending the country and guarding the land, food, equipment and other things, and leave it to Gu to arrange."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yihai waved his hand, and Shen Wenzhong, a beggar and scholar from Dinghai Wharf who was newly promoted as a pedestrian, came in, followed by Yang Boxing, a former woodcutter and several other standard-bearer battalion soldiers.

"Qing and the others should be rewarded for their sincerity and loyalty, but now there are no conditions, so I can only wrong you first."

Wang Zhiren bestowed one hundred taels of gold, while Zhang Mingzhen, Wu Kai, and Wang Pengping each gave 80 taels of gold.

Qian Sule, Lin Shidang and other righteous gentry who revolted in Yin County also gave gold from one hundred and eighty taels to ten taels.

A large ingot of gold was placed in front of everyone.

A moment of silence.

Zhang Mingzhen stood up first, held up 80 taels of gold, and thanked the king for his kindness, "I don't dare to resign from the monarch, I accept the reward and thank you."

Wang Zhiren declined, but accepted.

But Qian Sule and others were unwilling to accept it.

But Zhu Yihai insisted on rewarding him.

"Qian Gong and others are dedicated to the country, loyal to the liver and courage, and deserve this reward."

"Gu will also add Qian Gong as the censor of the capital of Youqian and the minister of the military department, and integrate all volunteers in Ningbo to form a battalion of his own, led by Qian Gong."

After Zhu Yihai and Wang Zhiren entered Yincheng, beheaded Xie Sanbin, and spread the news to all parts of Ningbo, the puppet officials who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty fled the city in fright. Many gentry raised the Ming flag again and came to Yincheng to meet .

For example, Wang Yuzao of Cixi, Zhu Maohua of Dinghai, Gu Zhijun of Fenghua, Jiang Qi of Xiangshan and others led crowds. Some of these people were former magistrates or magistrates of the Ming Dynasty, and some were local gentry. Take back the yamen, and then organize volunteers to come to serve the king.

Zhu Yihai was very happy, so he directly appointed these leading people as county magistrates, and at the same time decided to select a group of people from Qian Suleyin County from these counties to form a new army.

At the same time, his Banner Bearer Battalion and Wang Zhiren's Beijing Battalion also recruited some new troops here.

"Duke Qian's Ningbo battalion was given the name of Restoration Battalion alone. There are [-] soldiers, [-] regular soldiers, [-] personal soldiers, and [-] senior husbands." Zhu Yihai beckoned, and Shen Wenzhong moved in with Yang Boxing and others. gold and silver.

"Five taels of silver per person, plus two months' salary, this is 1 taels of silver, and the extra will be used for the public expenses of the camp. Please accept it, Mr. Qian."

The yellow ones and the white ones were lined up in front of them, and Qian Sule and other Ningbo gentlemen were also stunned.

Just now Jian Guo was obviously very greedy, swallowing the Xie family's 24 mu of land with one mouthful, but he turned around so generously, not only Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen's battalion soldiers were paid and rewarded, even Wu Kai's miscellaneous soldiers There are also rewards.

Now even these volunteers are rewarded?

"Your Highness, the ministers and others are only acting bravely and don't need to be paid."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"If you can come to serve King Juyi, you have already put your head on your trouser belt and worked hard. How can there be any regular soldiers, righteous soldiers, guards, and battalions? If there is a war, the Tartars don't care. What kind of army and soldier are you? Can't you have eyes with swords and guns?"

"Currently the civil uprising in eastern Zhejiang is very exciting. But we must also consider maintaining stability and try not to disturb the people. Therefore, all the volunteers who come to Yin County now choose the elite and strong construction recovery camps, and then select some supplementary flag bearers and Beijing camps. All the camps, the rest should be sent back to their hometowns as soon as possible."

"Everyone will give one tael of silver to go home."

A battalion with a head of 1 taels, Banner Bearer Battalion, Fifth Army Battalion, Three Thousand Battalion, Shenji Battalion, Yongwei Battalion, Shipu Battalion, Dinghai Battalion, Haimen Battalion, plus Yongwei [-]st and [-]nd Battalions, and now a new restoration battalion, a total of eleven camp heads.

Now it will cost 11 taels of silver.

And for those Xiangyong who were sent home, each of them got a tael of silver, and they also got tens of thousands of taels.

What a waste of money.

But Zhu Yihai didn't feel distressed, anyway, it was blown by the strong wind, no, it was copied by Xie Sanbin, and now his position as supervisor of the country is not stable, just when he needs to win people's hearts, he should spread money as soon as possible.

Don't be the same as when his elder brother Zhu Yipai faced the Qing army's siege in Yanzhou City back then. Most of the money saved by Prince Lu's Mansion was robbed, and much of it was left, which is still buried in the secret silver kiln underground of the Prince's Mansion.

Lin Shidui was appointed the prefect of Ningbo by Zhu Yihai.

He suggested that it is too early to dismiss the volunteers, so it is better for Jian Guo to play the banner of revival, call more volunteers to the Northern Expedition, go all the way north, attack Hangzhou, and even recover Nanjing.

For this very young celebrity, Zhu Yihai admired his loyalty and blood, but he did not recognize his underestimation of the enemy.

"Everyone, the situation in eastern Zhejiang has improved, but at this stage we still need to fully recover Zhejiang, stabilize the situation, drive out the captives and puppet officials, and even temporarily use the Qiantang River as the boundary to control the area south of the river first. Then we have to integrate soldiers and horses, build equipment, and don’t underestimate the enemy. The Tartars have 30 troops in Hangzhou, and [-] to [-] in Jinling. Now we are going to fight Hangzhou with only our blood. This is not brave. It's reckless."

Now is the stage of integration, not the stage of fanatical counter-offensive, so the more pawns, the better.

It is good for Ningbo Yiyong to keep only one battalion head. The reason is that if there are too many people, it will be difficult to supply food and equipment, let alone command and command. It is better to select 800 people, with [-] long husbands, enough soldiers and enough wages. Coupled with integrated training, it can become a real combat power.

Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, they are just a mob.

Lin Shi was able to accept being refuted, although he was still a little bit dissatisfied in his heart, and felt that the momentum was now in full swing.

"Lin Qing, you will ask the government office to issue a notice to the whole government tomorrow. Ningbo is also the same as Taizhou, exempting the people from the tax arrears owed to the imperial court over the years, and exempting this year."

"Your Highness, now that the great cause of the revival is taking place, money is being used everywhere, and money and food are all free. How can we raise troops to support the army?" Lin Shidui objected.

However, Zhu Yihai believed that the original taxation system had collapsed long ago, and it would not be able to collect a few taels of silver. Instead, it had become a tool for officials and gentry everywhere to collect money and embezzle. win hearts and minds.

As for military expenses, he has to think of another way. His plan is to build another taxation system, such as collecting grain by the mu, so that both officials and gentry pay food as a whole. , restart the stove.

Find a way to bring all officials, businessmen, scholars and people back into the tax system, and pay taxes for all people, instead of putting all taxes on the poor people, but letting those landlords, bureaucrats, dignitaries and even wealthy businessmen get away with it.

It's just that it's inappropriate to make it too big now, so we have to take it step by step.

"Lonely think of another way!" Zhu Yihai prevaricated like this.

Qian Sule felt that Jian Guo's actions were very kind. Since Wanli, the people have been suffering day by day. Now that Lu Jian Guo has started this benevolent government, it will definitely win the hearts of many people.

People's hearts, this is what Daming lacks the most.

Wang Zhiren told Zhu Yihai that many people came to him today to intercede, and some gave him gifts.

"They are all country gentry who surrendered captives like Xie Sanbin?" Zhu Yihai smiled.

"Your Highness is wise." Wang Zhiren asked Zhu Yihai how to deal with it, "If you are Yichen, why don't you chop off all these soft bones, and then search the house for payment."

Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Then what's the difference between us and trespassers? No matter how sharp our knives are, we must aim at the Tartars, not the people of Ming Dynasty."

"They don't think of themselves as Ming people anymore."

"It still has to be treated differently. For example, Xie Sanbin not only actively surrenders to the enemy, but also secretly intends to murder righteous people. Naturally, we cannot tolerate thieves. Kill one to serve as an example to others."

"However, if you were forced by the situation and had no choice but to surrender to the Tartars, and you didn't help the Tartars lead the way, or worked as a slave to the tigers, helping to harm the people, then you don't need to go too deep into it."

Those who take the initiative to surrender to the enemy and lead the way to harm the people are traitors and traitors, those who are forced to surrender are considered refugees, and those who lose their land but remain loyal are loyal ministers and good people.

"Just let them go like this? It's too cheap for them!" Wang Zhiren said.

Zhu Yihai just smiled.

Zhang Mingzhen glanced at Jian Guo, but read his smile, and then said, "Death is inevitable, but life is inevitable. They have to pay some price for their surrender. These people are all powerful, wealthy, and even In the past, those who actively donated money and silver to the Tartars, now they have corrected themselves and are not allowed to donate silver and salaries to show their loyalty?"

Wang Zhiren laughed loudly, "That's good, it's better to leave this matter to the minister."

But Zhu Yihai said, "Banner Ying has already copied his experience in raiding the house, so let Banner Ying assist Qian Shilang and Lin Zhifu in this matter."

Zhu Yihai would not let these gentry who surrendered to captives in Ningbo easily let them go if they didn't shed some blood this time. Of course, he would give them some leeway.

"It's good to donate half of the family wealth."

Lin Shidang, Qian Sule and other Ningbo local squires were secretly startled by the word "half" and asked them to hand over half of their wealth. In the scene where Xie Sanbin's head was chopped off with a sword, they felt that maybe the country gentry would be more talkative this time.

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