Win the Ding 1617

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Zuo Liangyu fled the camp to the east, and the places he passed were "burning huts, barging wells and stoves, leaving no chickens and dogs, and a thousand miles away. The next day, the rebel army entered Xiangyang. The news spread to Jingzhou. Minghui King Zhu Changrun, Pianyuan Governor Chen Ruimo and " The civil and military divisions fled at night on the eighth day of the eighth day, and there was no one at the gate of the city. "

On June [-], the Peasant Army occupied Jingmen Prefecture and advanced towards Jingzhou.The people of Jingzhou slaughtered pigs and sheep, and held up banners to welcome the rebels.On the [-]th, the rebel army entered Jingzhou and killed the family of Zhu Yan, the king of Xiangyin, the clan of the Ming Dynasty.Li Zicheng immediately ordered his generals to divide their troops into Zaoyang, Yicheng, Gucheng, Guanghua and other counties.

After the rebel army occupied Xiangyang and Jingzhou, the brigade continued to march towards Chengtian to join Yuan Zongdi's troops there.Prepare to attack Chengtian Mansion together.

Chengtian Mansion, now Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province, was enshrined here by Xingxian King Zhu Youzhu, the father of Emperor Jiajing in Ming Dynasty.The absurd emperor Ming Wuzong, who was famous for his mischief in the writings of literati, had no sons after his death, so Zhu Houcong, the son of King Xingxian, succeeded him.Therefore, Zhongxiang was regarded as the "Land of Qianlong" and the location of Xianling, so it was upgraded to Chengtian Mansion, and two guards of Chengtian and Xianling were set up for defense.

When the storm of peasant uprising swept across the land at the end of Ming Dynasty, the imperial court moved the general army of this province to garrison, and dispatched other provinces to assist and suppress the general army to assist in the defense.Although there are heavy soldiers guarding here, they can't twist the hearts of the people.

What frightened Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, was that the invincible thieves who roamed all over Huguang changed their usual style of galloping thousands of miles, but advanced slowly, step by step.Every time a state or county is captured, a notice is posted announcing the implementation of the so-called new tax system and the implementation of a unified progressive tax system.At the same time, according to the method of the Jiajing period, measures were taken to increase the preferential and exemption standards for the official and gentry families, so as to calm down those official, gentry and landlords who were reluctant to leave large tracts of land and escape.

Although according to the rules of preferential exemption during the Jiajing period, they only have a hundred acres of land at most, which can be exempted from taxes and labor.But with Zuo Liangyu's army acting as a negative teacher for the peasant army in the front, these officials and gentry could only hold their noses and admit this system abruptly, and handed over the money and food that should be paid according to the number of acres of their own fields.

So, when Yuan Zongdi's men marched unhurriedly on the land of Jingchu.Wherever they went, some residents from all over the country wrote "Welcome to the Master" on the gates, and some opened the city gates to welcome the rebels into the city.

All of this made governor Song Yihe, inspector censor Li Zhensheng, general soldier Qian Zhongxuan and others worried, especially when someone copied a notice posted in Jingmen Prefecture to them.It even frightened the three senior officials out of their wits.

""Suppressing the Soldiers and Annihilating the People" is about suppressing the soldiers and reassuring the people: the Ming Dynasty's ruthless ruler favored eunuchs, imposed high grades, corrupted taxes, imposed heavy penalties, and was unable to save the people; Suck the marrow and peel off the skin. The ten generations of this camp have been good at farming, and they are eager to promote the division of benevolence and righteousness. Save the people from suffering. Order Ding Chengtian and De'an to visit Jingzhou in person. Send a sign to inform: Wherever the soldiers go, the soldiers and the people should not be panicked. Everyone is safe and healthy. The government money and food system, listen to the deployment of the government officials in various places, so that the people will not suffer from the hardship of being forced to be punished. In each battalion, those who kill the good people without authorization will be killed. The people have the victory and the long cry to welcome my master, immediately Use it more heavily, and the rest will not get military uniforms, and it is difficult to separate jade and stone. This is the call."

"The thieves want to act benevolently and righteously, buying people's hearts!"

"I'm not afraid of thieves killing and burning. I'm afraid of thieves setting up their houses!"

After the three senior officials gathered in one place to discuss for a while, they immediately took advantage of Zuo Liangyu's army to arrive and the river was still calm, and dealt with the urgent matters at hand!

Send people to take a boat down the east to Nanjing.Then send the emergency memorial to the capital as soon as possible, and ask the court to send a large army to come quickly, otherwise, the fertile land of Jingchu will be lost, and the mausoleum will be shaken!

At the same time, the province's treasury money and food will be transferred.They loaded all of them onto the ship, and on the grounds of ensuring that the food and salaries were safe, they dispatched their confidantes to transport several 10 taels of silver and nearly a million stones of grain and rice to the east of Nanjing and Shanghai, and deposited them in Shanghai's business district. A bank, of course, the head of the household is the vest of the three adults.

Naturally, such documents were quickly sent by the cabinet to Chongzhen's study in Qianqing Palace to ask for the emperor's will.

Several bigwigs in the cabinet kept their eyes on their noses, noses, noses, and mouths, and held their breath, listening to the emperor's helpless tantrum above him.

No wonder.Chengtian Mansion, De'an Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion, and Xiangyang Mansion are not only one of the few areas where the famine is slightly less serious in the hinterland of Daming where there are famines and wars everywhere, but they can still have money for food collection, especially Chengtian Mansion. It is the location of Chongzhen's ancestral tomb.

Compared with the ancestral tomb in Fengyang's hometown, the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang in Nanjing is the general ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty clan. The Xianling Mausoleum in Zhongxiang County, Chengtian Prefecture is the real ancestral tomb of Chongzhen!If something happened here, I'm afraid Zhu Youjian would not be able to fast in sackcloth and plain clothes and cry in Fengxian Hall to be forgiven by his ancestors and himself.

What's more terrible is that the bandits have begun to set up officials in the occupied areas to collect money and food.Instead of mentioning the demagogic practice of exempting the tax for three years, it came up with a real clause. Compared with the previous set of the Ming court, as long as you have fame and fame, you basically don’t have to bear any obligations. As for the policy of preferential treatment for scholars and officials and gentry, the set proposed by Li Zicheng has obviously won the approval of the majority of ordinary people.

"The Wanli emperor's preferential treatment for scholars and gentry was cancelled. The [-] mu of excellent farmland for the students and supervisors became two people who were free of grain and two stones and two people. Thirty stones of rations for the first grade of officials, and thirty dong for each person, and the following will be reduced.” These rules and regulations have long been known to every household in the land of Jingchu.

"The land that was originally donated to avoid Wanli's evil government is promised to be taken back by the original owner. If the person who is donated dares to stop him, he shall be deprived of his fame, and the rent he has received since the date of taking effect will be refunded with interest."

What's the meaning? !That is to say, the original land of your family was donated to the names of people with fame and official positions in order to avoid the evil administration of the whipping law. Now you can take it back in a legitimate way.If these people dare to babble in front of you, you can ask him to pay you back the rent he has collected from you over the years.As for whether my rebel army will pursue other responsibilities here, it has nothing to do with you.

This method is undoubtedly the most powerful!Even more powerful than the firecrackers and cannons of Longhuying!

In the 24th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the "Excellence and Exemption Regulations" stipulated that the first-grade premium exempted food for Beijing officials should be 38 shi, and the people should be 350 dong, and the following should be reduced to six shi for the ninth-grade high-quality exempted food, and 3 dong for people; foreign officials should be halved; Ju, supervisor, and students are exempted from two grains, two stones, and two men; those who serve as officials are exempted from seven tenths of this product. (Note: "Jialong New Regulations Attached to Wanli? Household Regulations") The "New Regulations for You and Mian" in the [-]th year of Wanli stipulated that the current Jiake Jingguan's first-class free land should be [-] mu, and the following decreases.[-] mu of farmland for eight ranks; half for foreign officials; six tenths of this product for senior officials; up to [-] mu for non-official Jinshi, [-] mu for non-officials; There are [-] acres of excellent and free land for supervisors. (Note: Yao Zongyi: "Changshu Private Records" Volume [-], "Tax and Service? New Regulations for You and Exemption") Now you know why Mr. Fan Jin went crazy after learning that he won the Juren?Real economic benefits!

For example, say you are moving bricks at a construction site.Suddenly someone tells you that the two-color ball you bought has won hundreds of millions of grand prizes. It's no wonder you're not crazy!

"Tricksters! A bunch of tricksters! They have completely forgotten the virtues of the imperial court for hundreds of years!"

"Zuo Liangyu is incompetent! Idiot!"

"My land of Jingxiang! My De'an! My land of fatness!"

"Imperial Tomb! Chengtian's Imperial Tomb!"

The hoarse Chongzhen slammed on the table behind the desk, throwing the pens, ink and inkstones on the table all over the place. The robes of several cabinet chiefs were splashed with ink and they didn't dare to say anything.

"Your Majesty, I am a soldier in charge of the Ministry of War. I am guilty of losing ground and bereaved again and again. Please punish me!" Zhang Guowei, who succeeded Chen Xinjia as Minister of the Ministry of War, the most life-challenging position in the Chongzhen Dynasty, knelt down in front of the book case, fearful plead guilty.

It didn't matter that he pleaded guilty, the chief assistant of the cabinet Xue Guoguan, the secretary of the household department Fu Yongchun, the cabinet ministers Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others immediately fell to their knees, claiming that they were incompetent and guilty.Please punish the emperor.

"I won't punish you today! I only need one way to prevent Li Chuang from entering Chengtian and harassing the mausoleum! Then let the left army return to the division to recover all parts of Xiangyang!"

Several people glanced at each other, and they all had a clear understanding of the emperor's mind.Right now, if the Mausoleum of Emperor Chengtian is lost, it means that the Ming Dynasty will not even be able to keep the place where it advertised that it has the legitimacy of inheriting the sky.This is a colossal political failure.Needless to say economically, the four prefectures of De'an are all grain-producing areas, and they are densely populated, guarding the Yangtze River and the Han River. If they were really used by Li Zicheng as a lair for conspiracy and rebellion.Then, he is in the upper reaches, I am afraid that the threat to the old Zhu's family is no worse than that of Chen Youliang back then!In the military, condescending.You don't need any powerful navy, you just need to recruit civilian ships and go down the river to the east. Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, and Wuhu are safe to defend!I'm afraid that the banner of the rogues will rush all the way to the city of Nanjing!

Nanjing!Absolutely not!

In the past few years, everyone, whether they belong to the Donglin Party or not, have been quietly everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.In particular, Songjiang Prefecture and Shanghai County purchased fields, built houses, and added industries.The reason is to be optimistic about the natural danger of the Yangtze River as a barrier.No matter how strong the soldiers and horses of the bandits are, they can only move in Jiangbei, and they will definitely not be able to cross the Yangtze River for half a step!

What's more, there are left-behind yamen in Nanjing and naval divisions of the Nanyue Army in the middle of the river patrolling!Even if the bandits have thousands of troops, they can only look at the river and sigh.However, now that the upper reaches of Xiangyang are lost, it is bound to affect everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that since Chuang Cao Huige and others sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers and brought millions of soldiers to the south to attack Xiangyang, their purpose was nothing more than to go south to eat. Hou Xun once said that day, "The ministers came from among the thieves. It is said that there are millions of people. Now let’s count 50 people and [-] horses. If a person’s solar eclipse is one liter, and a horse’s solar eclipse is three liters, it means that the place where he goes will get [-] bells of millet per day. The Central Plains is thousands of miles away. 'How can we support so many people? This generation went south for food and grass."

"From the battle report issued by Zuozhen, it can be seen that all the elite thieves who invaded Cao Huige and other ministries went south to Huguang. Henan's heart must be empty. The ministers thought that the governor of the three sides, Sun Chuanting, could come out of Tongguan to follow behind and attack the rear. Slaughtering his family's young women and children. Disturbing the thieves' army, they will surely return to their divisions to save the base. At that time, the elite Qin army trained by Sun Baigu will just be able to wait for work at leisure. If this battle goes well, the thieves will definitely lose their vitality! "

"Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Ministry of Households, and I know very well the difficulties of taxation, money and food. Now there are famines everywhere, and a lot of land is abandoned, and you can do farming in various places. I call it the eight things of garrisoning fields. One is military garrison. Occupying military land is passed on from generation to generation, so there is no need to ask. But as far as the book report is concerned, that is, the color will be used to change the true color. The second is for the people to settle. Where there is no land that can be cultivated, it is willing to donate money to cultivate it. That is to say, the post is Yongye. The third is military garrison. Soldiers are used to fight when there is something to do, and soldiers are used to cultivate when there is nothing to do. Seven points are still used to defend the city and three points are used to farm. In Shuitun, the southerners who are trained in water conservancy are called to save the original land, so that there will be no open land and no leftover benefits from the water. After three years, the branch will be established. The sixth is Lutun, and the barren land will be selected, and the trees will be mulberry jujubes. , never get up from the department. The seventh is the crime of abolishing the opening of the village. The eighth is the establishment of officials. There are no refugees. In a few years, there will be sufficient food and wages, and the thieves will be settled!"

Fu Yongchun's method also discovered the root cause of the current chaos, which is that a large number of land mergers and concentration, the country can not collect money, food and taxes.However, this set of plans is also a castle in the air built on the beach.

Among other things, recruit refugees to reclaim wasteland.Where do farm tools, rations, seeds, and houses come from?To put it nicely, after three years, Qike will start to collect money and grain. I'm afraid it won't wait until three years, and it will be invaded by big households just after turning from a wasteland into a grain field!

this spring.There was a severe drought in Taicang Prefecture, and the money for a bucket of rice was 110 Wen, and the people had food for their children.Yihui Temple and Longfu Temple gathered more than a thousand hungry people, who died every day without stalks, taxes and food were urgent, and about one-third of the grain was available.Change the price of wheat to a discount of [-] yuan per stone.The winter rice was four taels per stone, starved to death, and corpses rolled in the river.Hundreds of children abandoned at the city gates and alleys formed a group, or were lured away by someone, or those who were regarded as dead were abandoned in clusters, gathered and burned, or dug and buried.For those who survived, the elm bark was peeled to make cakes, and the chaff to make porridge. Looking at the village, the bark was peeled off, which was a famine that had not been experienced in decades.There was a severe drought in Huzhou, and migratory locusts covered the sky. Wherever they gathered, the seedlings and reeds stood up. People peeled bark, sawdust, chaff and chaff to eat, or dug white mud from the mountains to eat. It was called Guanyin powder.The place on the left side of Hanshan Mountain is called Liangcun. Hundreds of gangsters gathered to rebel. Fortunately, they were wiped out in a few days.However, the price of rice in Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture is as high as three taels of silver per stone, and two taels of silver per stone.The people are struggling to eat, wandering and fleeing, the old and childish abandon the roadside, the urban and rural houses are dumped in mid-empty, and the dead bodies are lying on the pillow.Taicang, Huzhou, Suzhou and other places are known as rich lands and rich areas. This is the case, and it will be clear if you think about other places.

You can't even talk about disaster relief, so why talk about opening up wasteland?This is tantamount to not even having to eat, but saying that everyone persists and endures the pain. After a few years, we will have four dishes, one soup, or even eight dishes and eight bowls!

Regarding Fu Yongchun's opinion, Chongzhen could only smile wryly, "Since Qing has this intention, you can make a report for me to take a look."

On the contrary, Xue Guoguan's eyes flickered, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I intend to order the navy under Liang Guogong, Xinjian Bo, Xu Gongye and others to go west along the river and set up defenses on the front line of Anqing. One of them can respond The soldiers and horses on the left, the two, Liang Guogong's navy, has always been known as the elite, and the invincible boats and guns can make his navy accept the restraint of the Zuoping bandits, and set up the navy's camp in Xiaogushan, Anqing. Flow eastward!"

"That's it!"

Chongzhen immediately made a decision and ordered Yousi to handle the matter.But he was so confused, he thought that an imperial decree could make the nobles in Nanjing and Li Shouhan's sailors obediently obey Zuo Liangyu's temperance orders?

On the contrary, the purpose of the navy to march westward to Anqing and defend against thieves going eastward has been fully implemented in Nanjing.Dozens of gunboats, large and small, marched westward along the river, which was quite majestic.

At the same time, a decree ordered Ma Shiying, governor of Lufeng Military Affairs, to deal specifically with Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of Xiying who is currently capturing Luzhou and trapping Wuwei, Lujiang, and Yanshui in Chaohu.

Since the new year, the fortunes of the Eight Great Kings have completely turned around. First, they killed Sun Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, and then defeated Huang Degong, the commander-in-chief of the eunuch Lu Jiude, and Liu Liangzuo. Get Huang Degong Huang Chuangzi hid in Dingyuan City.Let Gao Douguang, governor of Fengyang, be punished for losing five cities.

On the recommendation of Wang Xigun, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Ma Shiying was appointed Governor of Fengyang because of his reputation as a soldier.

In the Mansion Newspaper and the Jiangnan Times, both the imperial government's decree and the comments of Shilin were published.For this point, the ruling and opposition parties praised it.

"Liang Guogong's navy marched westward to prevent the bandits from poisoning Jiangnan in Anqing. The Zuoping bandit army stationed in Wuchang was ready to recover the land of Jingxiang. The governor of Huguang and Song Dynasty defended Chengtian and attracted the bandits. The governor led the elite to follow the bandit back, and all the armies surrounded him, so why worry about the bandit not being wiped out?"

In the teahouse of the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, a few scholars in Tsing Yi held the residence newspaper in their hands and recited it shaking their heads.

"Sun Baigu's soldiers and horses came out of Tongguan?" A scholar who was born with an acerbic appearance snorted in disdain, "What this person did in the Three Qin Dynasty is similar to that of traitors and Duke Liang. What's the difference? The thieves even know how to leave a little respect for the scholars, but they don't have any!"

What he was talking about was the system that Sun Chuanting and Li Huayu implemented in their respective self-governing offices.In Shandong, the Confucian family in Qufu also received tax bills from tax collectors, which clearly indicated the amount of money and food that Yanshenggong Mansion should pay in accordance with the unified progressive tax system.

"Hmph! Fortunately, the lords of the DPRK ordered Liang Guogong to expand the scope of Shanghai's business district so as to help the victims of the disaster. Li never dared to say no, otherwise, we Jiangnan scholars will definitely scold him. One time!"

Several companions next to each other exchanged glances, and they were very disdainful of this person's remarks.

"Young Master, Young Master! Are you still drinking tea here? There is a letter from home! Something serious has happened!" The servant of the scholar was sweating, rushed into the teahouse and stuffed a letter into the hand of the scholar.

"The Japanese ship brought a letter from the young lady at home!"

It was clearly written in Xiucai's family letter that this time the scope of the business zone was expanded, and with a swipe of a pen, almost the entire Shanghai county and the nearby Jiading, Qingpu, Baoshan, Yangshupu, etc. were forcibly included.The hundreds of acres of land under the name of the scholar's family and the nearly thousand acres of barren beach outside the city immediately became treasures. Countless people came to the door to buy, and the women in the family were overwhelmed. big shot.

Therefore, please go home and deal with this matter as soon as possible after seeing the letter!

After reading the letter, the scholar immediately imitated the teachings of the sage, sword and shoes, and left.

"Brother, brother, tomorrow there will be a few great Confucian scholars giving lectures at the academy, why did you leave?"

"Go to his grandma's great Confucian scholar! It's important for me to go back and make a fortune!"

The scholar didn't even look back, he just ran wildly. (~^~)