Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 561 Zhejiang’s tax resistance
It’s not just the capital that’s been raining.

Taizhuang.

Official post.

"It's raining at the wrong time!"

Cui Chengxiu stood with his hands behind his hands, looking out the window at the cloudy sky. The heavy rain kept falling, which made Cui Chengxiu feel a little irritable.

"Lian Xian, the rain came so suddenly, I'm afraid it won't stop for a few days."

Li Kuilong frowned, glanced at the sky outside the window, and then said to Cui Chengxiu: "If this happens, I'm afraid my time to go to Zhejiang will be postponed again."

"Yes."

Cui Chengxiu said in a low voice: "The Institute of Integrity was ordered to go to Zhejiang to investigate the water transport case. Although this matter has not been completely spread in Beijing, there is no guarantee that some people will know about it."

"Is Lian Xian worried about Sun Ruyou and the others?"

Li Kuilong said tentatively in his words.

"How can I not worry?"

Cui Chengxiu said: "Don't forget, the key to water transportation is in Zhejiang! Those things we checked in Shandong were just superficial, but even so, wouldn't there still be a lot of trouble?"

"Your Majesty asked me to wait until I went to Zhejiang, because he was disgusted with this kind of atmosphere in the court. Although everyone is an official in the central government, the accounts calculated in his heart are all his own private accounts!"

"I am worried that Sun Ruyou and the others are not the only ones who are worried about this matter."

Li Kuilong thought for a while and looked at Cui Chengxiu.

"That's natural."

Cui Chengxiu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Although Zhejiang is an important place for water transportation, Zhejiang is not the only place related to water transportation. This is the most difficult place to deal with."

Regarding the Integrity Commission's order to go to Zhejiang and continue to investigate the water transport case, Cui Chengxiu knew the secrets of this very well. The investigation was secondary, the most important thing was to shock the court!

After all, Cui Chengxiu is aware of how many things happened in the court and in the capital before this incident. It is precisely this that makes Cui Chengxiu want to rush to Zhejiang as soon as possible so that the situation can be opened up.

Perhaps this matter is difficult to handle, and many problems will inevitably arise during the process, but if this matter can be handled successfully, his status in the emperor's heart will definitely be different!
It was just that Cui Chengxiu did not expect that when he led the team of the Integrity Agency and took a canal boat all the way south from Tongzhou to Taizhuang, it would rain so heavily that they were forced to stop in Taizhuang.

When it comes to Taizhuang, few people may know about it, but when it comes to Taierzhuang, almost everyone knows about it.

Taierzhuang is located in a strategic location with convenient transportation. The terrain within the territory is high in the north and south, low in the middle, and gradually lowers and slopes from west to east. The southwest is rolling low hills and hills, the north is a plain, and the central and eastern parts are low-lying. Taierzhuang is located at the junction of Shandong and Suzhou. It is the southern gate of Shandong and the northern barrier of Jiangsu. Its strategic location is extremely important and has always been a battleground for military strategists.

Although Taierzhuang's geographical location is prominent, it has brought Taierzhuang into the world's attention. This is closely related to a major event done by Wanli Dynasty.

That is to dig the Jia Canal!

As long as the Wanli Dynasty is mentioned, the most memorable thing is that the Wanli Emperor did not go to court for thirty years, and the three major Wanli campaigns.

However, the excavation of the Ma Canal was of extraordinary significance in the Wanli Dynasty, but it has been ignored by many people, and is not even recorded in Qing history.

It all happens for a reason!
The Grand Canal started in the Sui Dynasty, but the famous Grand Canal did not connect directly from north to south from the beginning.

The strategic significance of the land transportation line of the Grand Canal has become particularly unusual. This is because the Yuan Dynasty no longer detoured through Luoyang in order to connect the north and the south, ensuring that food from the south could be transported to the north faster, so as to maintain the food needs of the capital. Three sections of rivers were dug successively, so that the horizontal canal of the Sui Dynasty, which was originally centered on Luoyang, was gradually built into a longitudinal canal centered on Dadu and going south to Hangzhou. There is an inseparable connection.

It took ten years before and after the Yuan Dynasty, during which no one knew how many people died, and the newly built Grand Canal was shortened by more than 900 kilometers, which can be said to have broken the original pattern of the Grand Canal.

However, there is still a certain deviation between this and the Grand Canal that is known to later generations.

The excavation of the Ya Canal in the Wanli Dynasty was based on the Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty. It changed the route from the intersection of the Yellow River in Xuzhou to Pi County via the Yellow River. The new idea was to avoid this section of the Yellow River and instead go through Taierzhuang. The Hanzhuang Canal was built to run across the entire territory from west to east. The Dasha River flows through the central part of the territory from north to south, and then flows into the Hanzhuang Canal. As a result, the pattern of the central canal has changed dramatically.

This reduces the threat of Yellow River floods that have always plagued water transportation in this section, thereby ensuring the relative stability of water transportation from the north to the south. The strategic significance of a grand canal running through the north and south is by no means as simple as transporting grain from the south to the north. Because of the existence of the grand canal, the connection between the north and the south has become closer, affecting various fields such as politics, military, economy, and culture. It is even more difficult to evaluate.

A piece of history not only buries so many things and people.

Just as the canal built in the Sui Dynasty benefited the Tang Dynasty, the canal built in the Yuan Dynasty benefited the Ming Dynasty, and the canal built in the Ming Dynasty benefited the Qing Dynasty...

"Lian Xian, you said that after we stationed in Zhejiang, if we find out that the situation involves more than just Zhejiang, and some people even choose to break the pot and deliberately lead the fire to other places, what should we do?"

Li Kuilong clenched his hanging hands tightly, looked out the window at the cloudy sky, and said quietly: "This time we are sent to Zhejiang with orders, which is completely different from the previous orders to Shandong. After crossing the Yangtze River, there are too many things that are going to happen. It’s different north of the Yangtze River.”

"What do you mean by that?"

Cui Chengxiu frowned, looked at Li Kuilong and said, "According to your opinion, then when we rushed to Zhejiang under the order, we just fooled around casually?"

Cui Chengxiu is from Jizhou, North Zhili, while Li Kuilong is from Nan'an, Fujian. Although Cui Chengxiu has knowledge about the southeastern provinces, Cui Chengxiu's knowledge is still inferior compared to Li Kuilong.

"Integrity and humility are definitely not what I mean."

Facing Cui Chengxiu's gaze, Li Kuilong said: "It's just that when I was in Shandong, the water transportation case supervised by the Office of Integrity involved all the vassals in Shandong and the Yanshenggong Mansion, and even involved many Jin gentry and Qingliu. This case can Achieving such results, to put it bluntly, is inseparable from the Jinyiwei who secretly went to Shandong, and even the Tianjin garrison who rushed to Shandong. "

"But has Integrity Xian thought about it? Our Integrity Institute is going to Zhejiang. Although there are Qi and Jinmen who went to Huaihe and Huaihe to suppress the banditry, there is only the Qijin Department. With the manpower of our Integrity Institute, our Integrity Institute is going to Zhejiang. Jian Zu followed, but..."

"enough!"

Cui Chengxiu frowned and reprimanded: "I don't want to hear such words that shake the morale of the military in the future. I still say the same thing. What the Integrity Institute does and does not do is not something that anyone can influence if they want to. I will wait. The only thing to be respected is His Majesty’s will!”

In fact, on the way south to Zhejiang, Cui Chengxiu has been thinking about a problem, that is, the emperor has repeatedly raised major cases in the Institute of Integrity, and they are so targeted. It is really just to combat the arrogance of some people in the DPRK. ?
But when he saw the ships going south and north, Cui Chengxiu gradually realized that he was afraid that the emperor wanted more than this. What the emperor wanted was also the misappropriated taxes!
The Donglin Party and the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party are fighting. Is it just about power? Unseen by many people, the imperial court's permanent taxes and even official land have undergone great changes, and these changes can only be said to be bad for the imperial court!
Boom!

There was a sudden thunder, and within a few breaths, the cloudy sky suddenly brightened.

"Report!!"

Under the rain curtain, a sound suddenly sounded, which made Cui Chengxiu and Li Kuilong turn around.

"Integrity!! Something big happened!!"

When Cui Chengxiu was surprised, he saw people running under the rain, but they shouted loudly, "There are people gathering in many places in Zhejiang to resist taxes!!"

hum.

Cui Chengxiu was shocked when he heard this.

Although he didn't see clearly who the person was, he knew his origin.

This was sent by Ni Wenhuan who went to Zhejiang first! !

Cui Chengxiu has always been cautious in doing things and never puts himself in a passive position. After all, nothing the Integrity Institute does is simple.

It seems that Zhejiang is not a whirlpool, but a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire.

At this time, although Li Kuilong didn't know what Cui Chengxiu was thinking, he felt inexplicably fear deep in his heart, and his hanging hands even trembled slightly.

The emergence of tax resistance in Zhejiang is no small matter.

It must be a big deal to cause such a commotion. This is the first time since the Tianqi Dynasty, but such things are very common in the Wanli Dynasty. When the Wanli Emperor punished the eunuchs who were guarding the eunuchs to collect mining taxes, it was caused by the southeastern provinces. It's the most vicious.

Thinking of this, Li Kuilong even worried about the turbulent situation they would face after they rushed to Zhejiang...

(End of this chapter)