Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 631 Party struggle, have to fight
"That's unreasonable! The bastard Fu Wang betrayed us again, Commander, let me tell you, Shi Kefa's beard has already led the elite of the imperial army to the north anyway, so let's just abolish him! Brothers support you to ascend the throne, you are a bird Fu Wang!"

This support is a big event, and Sun Chuanting, Liu Zongmin, Zhou Yuji, Fu Shan and other old subordinates of Song Qingshu were also sealed. Except for Fu Shan who stayed in Anqing to preside over the political situation, most of the rest came, and the most violent Liu Zongmin punched On the table, shouting angrily.

It is indeed too irritating. Since the last time in Luoyang, this is the second time that King Fu has put together a beggar army. According to the agreed method, Shi Kefa will be squeezed out of the court as the nominal chief assistant, and Ma Shiying will be in charge of the government as the second assistant. One of the five cabinet ministers was distributed to Wang Duo of the former Fufu faction, two of the six ministers were distributed to the Fufu faction, and the rest were all nominated by the West India Company. In this way, Song Qingshu's wish to remotely control the government was achieved, but now?

Jiang Yueguang is a hardcore member of the Donglin School, and so is Gao Hongtu. Although Wang Duo is not, but as the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, he can be said to be smelly and tough, and he can be regarded as the most stubborn old school. Among the cabinet ministers, there are three more obstacles at once. To contain Ma Shiying, among the six ministries, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is the most powerful, in charge of the promotion, appointment and removal of officials in the world. Among the six ministries, only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials can sit on an equal footing with the cabinet ministers. It was given to Zhang Shenyan of Donglin, the Inspectorate responsible for impeaching the officials of the world. The Zuodu censor was given to Donglin Liu Zongzhou.

The most infuriating thing is that Qian Qianyi, who has been fighting against the begging army to the end, was actually called to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites.With Qian Qianyi's position as the leader of the Donglin Party, and Zhang Shenyan in charge of the promotion of officials, good guy, once again Nanming must be filled by Donglin scholars.

As for himself, as in history, Ruan Dacheng at least won the Minister of the Ministry of War, one of the most important powers. He brought back from the capital the "low-key" and unobtrusive former imperial envoy Wang Yaozhi as the Minister of the Ministry of Households. Huaifu Lu Zhenfei of the Fu school was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Cheng was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

But at this time, Bu Lun's military department and household department are all hard work. The military department is responsible for not only mobilizing the soldiers and horses of the world, but also responsible for paying the soldiers and horses of the world. Yes, but a group of bastards listened to the tune and didn't listen to the announcement, and had to pay them money by themselves, especially Huguang Zuo Liangyu, who still refused to accept himself. This position is simply taken advantage of.

This is especially the case for the Ministry of Households. The finances of the Ming Dynasty have been on the verge of bankruptcy. You can see how unlucky Hou Xun was before. The tax revenue in Jiangnan is also small, but the expenditure is everywhere. , Many expenses have to be paid by the Ministry of Households, which is even more taken advantage of.

In this political struggle, it seems that the Donglin Party is on the wrong team, and instead made a lot of money. When Zhu Yousong ascended the throne, Song Qingshu contributed the most, but got the least. car.

"Extremely great!"

"As it should be!"

Generals like Ma Shouying, He Jin, and Li Tiezhu were originally displeased with the court officials, and they also clamored afterward, but they were from the Liaodong Army with scar faces, and they still had some feelings for Daming, so they couldn't help but hesitated and said aside.

"If not, welcome Emperor Chongzhen back? If it's not possible, make the king emperor?"

"Neither!"

He didn't even bother to eat the state banquet. After the court meeting, Ma Shiying sweated profusely and rushed to Zijin Mountain Bieyuan. Hearing the murderous yells of these begging army generals, he was sweating like rain, mourning He quickly waved his hand forward.

"Everyone, now that the enemy is facing us, we have just established the King of Fortune. Doing so is tantamount to messing up our own positions. It will be an opportunity for trespassers or slaves! Moreover, if we do this, the name is not right and the word is not right, and it is easy to fall into the hands of the people of the world. Are you going to make the commander injustice?"

"Hmph, I see that you are reluctant to part with the Dongge University scholar who finally got it!" Liu Zongmin snorted contemptuously, breathing heavily from his nostrils.

"Okay, shut up!" Song Qingshu waved his hands irritably while sitting on the handsome chair.

What Ma Shiying said is right, the opportunity is fleeting. To put it bluntly, now that the name of Emperor Hongguang has been established, people in the world are also attached to him. If he wants to change the boss, he will commit the following crimes. Six-eyed, now Song Qingshu's strength is more than enough to clean up the three towns in Jiangbei, and Zuo Liangyu is no problem, but it is not enough to add intruders, not to mention Jiannu, who is even more ferocious than intruders.

Even in the age of firearms, the early firearms were still difficult to compete with large-scale cavalry. In the battle of Sarhu, the Juniper Army equipped with a large number of firearms was completely wiped out by the Eight Banners Army. Even in the Napoleon era , In the war against France and Russia, the arrogant French army was still beaten by the tsar's more than [-] Cossacks, and Jiannu was still Song Qingshu's greatest enemy in his life.

What's more, if the emperor is changed at this time, causing chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, those tyrants from aristocratic families take the opportunity to rise up, and before the war starts, there will be chaos in the rear. This Nanming may perish earlier than in history.

Seeing Song Qingshu's gloomy face, Ruan Dacheng, who had just joined the Minister of the Ministry of War, was also worried, so he coughed lightly and clasped his fists.

"Commander! Ladies and gentlemen! The emperor's move is certainly treacherous and irritating, but we have the upper hand after all. The commander-in-chief is in charge of the Beijing camp. The entire land should be under the control of our Huai army soldiers and horses, and Shi Kefa is not there." Well, the cabinet is our Lord Ma who is in charge of the house, and Qian Qianyi and a few scholars can't make any troubles."

"Besides, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are in our hands. This is a sharp weapon! He selects officials from the Ministry of Officials? Does he have to spend his salary? He has to ask for money for the imperial examination of the Ministry of Rites, right? The three towns in Jiangbei, Chu Town and even Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai, Huang Fuqing, Huang Chi, Bu Congshan and other eight towns in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi have to obey the orders of the Ministry of War in name, right? Without money, they can’t play well!”

"Damn Ge, let's set up a bullshit emperor, and still have to spend money on these bastards?"

It's true that Liu Zongmin has been influenced by Song Qingshu for a long time, and this Liu Zongmin has also become a miser. When he heard this, he immediately patted the table and stared at him, but Song Qingshu waved his hand to stop him, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily. Said, as expected of an expert in the party struggle team, when others are still angry, Ruan Dacheng has already figured out the general idea of ​​what to do next.

"Mr. Ruan continued."

Startled by Liu Zongmin, Ruan Dacheng stared at him with a guilty conscience, and continued cautiously: "Deputy Marshal Liu is right, we are working so hard to support the King of Fortune, not for the sake of posting! But with the Ministry of Finance in hand, We have a way to find money! Didn’t the commander-in-chief propose to restore Zhang Juzheng’s whip these days to clear the land in the south of the Yangtze River? This is our sharp knife! The gang of Donglin gangsters have swallowed and annexed the land for hundreds of years. How much, let’s just say that Qian Qianyi, the last time he vomited to our commander-in-chief was almost a few counties’ land, how much of it was embezzled and concealed, and he concealed the tax that should have been paid, so let’s investigate. Find him crying father and mother!"

The salary of the Ming Dynasty was low, so the officials who served as officials had the privilege of not paying taxes. Everyone had the impression that these officials and gentry took advantage of their privileges to squeeze the country's finances, but it was not the case. Zhu Yuanzhang was not an idiot. Of course he thought about it. In the case of land occupation by officials, officials at all levels have a limited amount of non-taxable land. For example, Qian Qianyi has a maximum of [-] mu of non-taxable land.

In fact, it has been like this in all dynasties. Official families have used their political privileges to conceal reports, embezzle land, and falsify the number of acres of land. Some also use the illiteracy of farmers to deceive them into signing agreements and purchase farmers’ land, but the tax revenue is not transferred. Song Qingshu I have encountered a lot in the north. It is obvious that some farmers have lost an inch of land and have to pay taxes every year. It is strange if they are not forced to death.

This is also why Zhang Juzheng's whip method is so hated by people. He cleared the land, so in the localities, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, nearly seventy-eight out of ten of the gentry and celebrities' concealed land had to be exposed, which added a huge tax expenditure. In a word from later generations, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents!As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, Emperor Wanli showed his tone a little bit, and the local people really attacked him and abolished most of Zhang Juzheng's new policies.

However, Song Qingshu's promotion of Qingzhang land, a whip method is from the heart for the country, even he intends to fully disclose his field records in the south of the Yangtze River, pay taxes according to the regulations, do not rectify the tax system, and really reduce the burden on the small people's team, the Nanming court will be finished sooner or later But now this statement was used by Ruan Dacheng as a tool for party struggle, and Song Qingshu still felt uncomfortable when he heard it.

What's the difference between Lao Tzu and Qian Qianyi's bastards?

But governing a big country is like cooking a small fish!You can't eat a fat man in one bite, the internal enemy is present, and seeing what he said, his staff Sun Chuanting, Gu Yanwu, Shi Lang, Liu Zongmin and others all nodded in praise, especially Liu Zongmin came to a Sichuan opera to change his face, and even picked Ruan Dacheng. Thumbs up, Song Qingshu had no choice but to nod along with sullen heart.

"Just follow Mr.'s plan!"

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On the first day of the opening of the dynasty, the largest warlord in the south of the Yangtze River ran away in anger, which indeed made many people in Yingtian tremble with fear. The city guards the city, the market is still open, and there are no soldiers shouting or looting, which can be regarded as reassuring the officials of the Donglin Party, especially Qian Qianyi who ran back to his hometown Changshu for more than ten days. He ran in a graceful manner and responded to the sky when he was his Minister of Rites.

However, Song Qingshu kept silent on the surface, but secretly began to spread the Internet. These days, Songjiang West India Company has specially trained many employees, and the shopkeeper has started to go on business trips. To Zhejiang, the Jiangxi area is filtered like a net.

Zhang Juzheng is relying on the country's top-down Qingzhang land. Among them, I don't know how many officials resisted. Officials are even more unreliable. Song Qingshu decided that it would be better to rely on himself. The plan is to complete the settlement of the land in Nanzhili within three months. Give the Donglin Party a heavy blow and kill two birds with one stone!
However, when the land clearing was in full swing, on June [-]st, a happy day for a child in later generations, another big event happened in the Ming court.

"Yangzhou Superintendent's urgent report! Urgent military situation!"

A Ming army knight with a red flag on his back rushed in from the north gate and rushed into the palace in one breath. After a while, Tian Cheng, the eunuch who was holding a yellow post, ran into the inner palace with great excitement. Lian Hongguang The emperor didn't care that he was watching the play, and the theater troupe shouted and pushed away in surprise.

"Your Majesty, rejoice!"

(End of this chapter)