The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 663: Temporarily Burdening Our People - Wuyin Rebellion
Big man.

Liu Bang stopped laughing and looked at the edict which said "The rich and the poor shall pay equally, obey the law without disturbance, and be willing to pay for justice."

I also thought of the unspeakable tragedy of people eating each other.

"At the end of the dynasty... high above..."

The result of this decree was that the area south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River was seven or eight thousand miles long.

Instead of giving life-saving food to the government troops, the people would rather join the rebel army directly.

Lu Zhi seriously considered Lu Xiangsheng's strategy.

"Then Lu Xiangsheng's strategy is useful but not feasible."

Land surveying requires an efficient and honest administrative system.

But judging from Chongzhen's character and personality, it was a complete dead end.

……

Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

Liu Xiu looked at the edict that announced the news to all the people of the world and felt extremely absurd.

"The court has decided to change the grain distribution system to an equal distribution system, which will temporarily burden our people for a year, but will eliminate this great worry..."

"What a great job of tiring our people for a year."

The twelve dragon robes in the sky looked so dazzling.

Liu Xiu looked down at his hands.

Reminds me of the days when I worked the fields.

"I'm tired for a moment...haha...well said..."

Liu Zhuang looked at his father who had his head down and whose face could not be seen clearly, and he couldn't help but move closer to his mother.

Yin Lihua patted her eldest son's hand and looked at Liu Xiu with a trace of heartache in her eyes.

Liu Xiu looked at his hands with his eyes wide open, and murmured:
"I just want to make the people suffer."

"Why don't you think of talking to the leader of the rebels?"

"Is the emperor's reputation more important than the people of the world?"

"Is it so difficult to cry loudly and admit your mistakes?"

"Let them give you another ten years, and let them live and work in peace and contentment, with peace and tranquility..."

"Yes... you probably don't have the ability..."

……

Ji Han.

Liu Bei held Liu Chan's hand and muttered:

"It's not easy for ordinary people, especially farming, which is really not easy."

"In daily life, besides watering, irrigation and fertilizer, the most important thing is to prevent insects and pests, especially weeds in the fields."

"Don't underestimate this weed. Once it takes root, it will spread from one generation to two generations, and from two generations to four generations. It will be full in just a few months."

"When that happens, all the crops in your field will be squeezed to death."

“When the season comes, you won’t be able to harvest anything.”

"There is no other way. We can only burn them all in a fire and wait until the next planting season next year."

"The people are suffering..."

Among the people in the hall, some felt the same way, some remained noncommittal, some were eager to try, and some had no expression on their faces.

……

[In addition to increasing the number of levies, Yang Sichang also suggested checking the "overflowing land."]

[This means that the land reclaimed by farmers exceeds the original amount of land, and after finding out, levying taxes based on the amount of land can help solve the problem of increasing taxes.]

【The Minister of Revenue Cheng Guoxiang catered to the intentions of the emperor and Yang Sichang, citing the Tang Dynasty as an example, and suggested setting up a tax bureau to collect storefront taxes from the people. 】

[Based on this, the imperial court issued an edict saying: "Temporarily borrow the rent from the people for one year."]

[It is stipulated that regardless of whether a household is large or small, a tax of one penny is levied on the household according to the storefront.]

[Some local officials took advantage of the situation and made their own regulations: "Every room in each storefront will be taxed one penny."]

【Complaints abound.】

[Just as the people in the Jiajing period called the emperor's reign title Jiajing "Jiajing", they also called Chongzhen "Zhongzheng".]

[At the same time, Liang Tingdong, the Minister of War, also requested a tax increase, and once again added an additional tax of three cents per mu.]

【At this time, the tax per mu in the Ming Dynasty had increased by 12 cents compared to the early Wanli period. 】【The annual land tax revenue was more than 8 million taels. 】

……

{The pun is well played and very appropriate.}
{During the Jiajing reign, every household was clean; during the Chongzhen reign, heavy taxes were levied every year.}
{The wisdom of the people is the greatest wisdom, which will give the emperor a new skin.}
{Damn it... at that time, a large area of ​​land was abandoned. It was a foolish dream to clear the "overflowing land" of ghosts! }
{I don’t understand, this is called making up excuses!}

{I forgot the beginning and the end, let’s apply for World Heritage status!}
{It’s really hard to say. Once something bizarre happens, it will happen again in a different form.}
……

Datang.

Li Shimin looked at the unrealistic operations and said helplessly:
“They still don’t understand.”

"The military operation caused a fiscal imbalance. The fiscal imbalance led to the collapse of the civilian economy, which finally triggered this irreversible uprising."

"At this time, the Ming Dynasty was already under the oppression of both the rebels and the Qing Dynasty."

"In order to deal with the rebellion of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, the court must mobilize more troops, and mobilizing troops requires more finances."

"But as the rebels destroyed the local economy, the court's tax base gradually shrank, forming a vicious cycle."

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"And this tax increase will completely break the critical point of the private economy."

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said seriously:
"Every time there was a famine, it was recorded in history books as a result of natural disasters."

"But natural disasters happen every year. As long as the private economy is intact, people can hedge against the risk of disasters by storing food or bartering."

“Only when the imperial court draws too many resources from the people, causing the people’s ability to recover to decline, will a real famine occur.”

"Military failures lead to frequent tax increases."

"The Ming Dynasty will only move in smaller and smaller spaces until it perishes."

Li Chengqian heard it clearly and asked the core question:

"So what should we do?"

Li Shimin frowned.

The child still didn't understand.

"Lower your head."

"Come out of the palace."

"Let the people see you."

……

[At the same time, due to Lu Xiangsheng's departure, Wang Jiazhen's inability to manage the army led to the failure of the encirclement and suppression.]

[Yang Sichang recommended Xiong Wencan, the Fujian governor who persuaded Zheng Zhilong to surrender, to replace Wang Jiazhen, who failed to suppress the rebellion, and his recommendation was approved.]

[In November, Yang Sichang ordered the towns of Shaanxi, Yunyang, Huguang, Anqing, Fengyang, Yingtian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Baoding to guard the key points and cut off the rebels' escape route. He also ordered Prime Minister Xiong Wencan to lead the border troops, eunuch Liu Yuanbin to lead the imperial guards, and the governor of Henan to lead Zuo Liangyu, Chen Yongfu and other troops to jointly suppress the rebels in the Central Plains. The deadline was three months to suppress the rebels.]

[In December, the imperial guards assembled in Xiangyang, and the rebels had to retreat to Yunxi (Shiyan, Hubei).]

[In the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), General Zuo Liangyu defeated the rebel army led by Zhang Xianzhong in Yunxi, and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered.]

[In February, Governor-General Hong Chengchou set up an ambush in Zitong and ordered the Sichuan Army to feign defeat to lure the enemy, successfully defeating Li Zicheng who had entered Sichuan to fight. He then sent troops to drive the rebels from western Sichuan into Guanzhong and headed towards Tongguan. He then surrounded and annihilated them in the southern plains of Tongguan. Li Zicheng escaped with only 18 riders.]

【Afterwards, Li Zicheng tried to seek refuge with Zhang Xianzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong first refused and then tried to murder him. Li Zicheng had no choice but to seek refuge with the leader of the rebel army in Xichuan, Lao Huihui.】

【The measures taken by Yang Sichang and others did have a booster effect in a short period of time.】

[But the Ming court had forgotten Li Zicheng's ally whom he had never met.]

……

On the canopy.

Huang Taiji sat on the upper level of the altar facing south, with a yellow curtain and a yellow umbrella, and weapons and flags lined up all around him.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers formed a battle array and supported the army, with music and drums beating, causing shock to the whole area.

……

[August 1638, the th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty and the rd year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty ().]

[Huang Taiji appointed Prince Rui Dorgon as the general in charge of the left wing army, Beile Yuetuo as the general in charge of the right wing army, Beile Dudu and others as deputies, and they marched against the Ming Dynasty in two directions.]

[On September 22, Yuetuo broke into the city from Qiangziling, north of Miyun, and destroyed the Great Wall.]

[On September 28, Dorgon destroyed the Great Wall at Qingshan Pass and entered.]

[The two armies met in Tongzhou, outside Beijing, bypassed Beijing to Zhuozhou, and divided into eight routes to plunder in various directions.]

【Chongzhen urgently summoned Xuanda Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others to Beijing to defend the emperor.】

[This year is called the Wuyin Year, and is known in history as the "Wuyin Incident"]

(End of this chapter)