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  Chapter 296 294 [If you want to be an official, don’t form a party]

  In Jiangxi, many merchant ships were requisitioned to transport soldiers and food to the predetermined location.

  These confiscated merchant ships, although not paid, can receive a tax stamp. According to the cargo capacity of the ship, there are 20 tax discounts when passing through Jiujiang Chaoguan.

   Moreover, you can change any ship to pass the customs, and the customs officials only recognize the tax sticker.

  The merchants are very satisfied with this. They have always requisitioned civilians and merchant ships in wars. Even if Zhao Han didn't give them anything, they didn't dare to say anything. The toll discount card is already pretty good.

   That's a real discount, even if you don't use it yourself, you can resell it to other merchants.

   This practice was done once last year.

  Businessmen from other places were amazed by this. After returning to their hometown, they even took the initiative to publicize, saying that Zhao Tianwang was very kind to the merchants.

  Summer.

  Guangdong South Campus Army—

  Jiang Dashan led 3,000 soldiers to the north, recruited 3,000 farmers and soldiers in Jiangxi, and 5,000 civilian husbands, a total of 11,000 people. Go out of Poyang Lake and go up along the Yangtze River. First attack Linxiang County as a base, and then attack Yuezhou Prefecture (Baling County).

  Jiang Liang led two thousand soldiers and continued to garrison Guangdong.

  Northern Academy Army in Hunan—

  Huang Yao led 3,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and 4,000 civilian husbands, making a total of 9,000 people. Send troops from Changsha to attack Xiangyin.

  Li Zheng led 2,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and 4,000 civilian husbands, making a total of 8,000 people. Send troops from Changsha to attack Ningxiang and Yiyang.

  Jiangxi's Intermediate Academy—

   Zhao Han personally conquered and commanded a thousand soldiers.

  Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu led 5,000 regular soldiers, 3,000 peasant soldiers, and 9,000 peasants. A total of 17,000 people entered Zhejiang through Guangxin Mansion.

  Jiangxi's Eastern Academy Army—

  Fei Ruhe formed a new army of 5,000, including 3,000 farmers and soldiers, and recruited 8,000 peasants, a total of 16,000 people. They attacked Dongliu County (Dongliu Town, Dongzhi County, Anhui Province) on foot from Hukou.

   and above, including civilian husbands, a total of 62,000 troops were dispatched.

   Throughout the strategic plan, the Datong Army is like a crab, with two big claws stretched out.

   A pair of crab claws to cut the Dongting Lake Plain, a pair of crab claws to cut the entire Jiangnan.

   Must be resolved quickly!

  At the end of May, Nanchang had become a traffic station. Except for the Huguang army, several other armies had to pass through here, and countless grains and grass had to be requisitioned by merchant ships to transfer them.

  Gu Gao, Wu Yingji and Huang Zongxi were directly thrown in Nanchang because the navy was going to fight.

  The riverside is full of boats, and the river is full of boats, and there are countless coolies carrying supplies at the pier.

  The three celebrities were walking on the pier, and the situation before them was somewhat beyond their expectations.

"Jiangxi soldiers will win this battle," Wu Yingji said with emotion. "In such a big war, no one panicked, and no one complained. Hawkers took advantage of the opportunity to do business, coolies can also move goods to make money, and merchants are even more moved. The officials who go out to work in the city also have happy faces, and fighting means that they can be promoted."

   "Wars here don't seem to disturb the people," Gu Gao said, "I see that the recruited civilians seem to be very happy."

  Huang Zongxi said: "I just asked someone a few words. The Datong Army's civilian husbands have changed their system since last year. There is no salary, only monthly rations, and there is no compulsory recruitment. They sign up voluntarily."

  Gu Gao was quite puzzled: "It's just that there are still people signing up for the meal?"

Huang Zongxi explained: "Children under the age of 12 cannot divide the land. In the land occupied by Zhao Zhuochen, some children have already reached the age of 12, but because of this reason, they have no land. You can get a field in your hometown. Even if you are under the age of twelve, you can reserve it first, and you are old enough to divide the field immediately."

   "No wonder those peasants are so active in fighting with only rations." Wu Yingji sighed.

   "Is there so much land in Jiangxi that can be divided?" Gu Gao asked.

Huang Zongxi explained: "Jiangxi has been immigrating abroad to enrich the population of war-torn areas. Every time a new land is occupied, after Jiangxi immigrates, some land can be vacated in the hometown, which happens to be distributed to the children of those peasant husbands. Also, some women After getting married, the land remains in her natal family, and there is no land under her name. As long as the husband becomes a civil husband, the woman who lost the land can regain the land."

  Wu Yingji said with emotion: "This series of land administration is indeed very powerful. Farming wars, farming wars, the ancients are sincere and do not deceive me!"

  Gu Gao muttered to himself: "In Ming Dynasty, everyone is afraid of war. On the other hand, under Zhao Zhuochen's command, officials, generals, soldiers, vagrants, merchants, and farmers are all looking forward to war."

  Huang Zongxi said with a smile: "Only the big landlords suffer, and the land is divided into very few."

  Suddenly, more than a dozen large ships came.

   "Mr. Zhao is here!"

  A knowledgeable person suddenly pointed at the fleet and shouted.

  All ministries of the Datong Army are not allowed to use the surnames of generals as their banners, but only the Datong Army Flag and the unit designation flag.

   But the fleet in front of him was flying the "Zhao" flag.

  Because the waterway near Nanchang was too congested, Zhao Han's fleet sailed from a tributary of the Gan River directly to the Xin River instead of docking.

  The three celebrities acted immediately. They hired a small boat to catch up with the docked fleet in the evening.

  Take out the letter of recommendation from the navy, and the three of them are quickly summoned.

   "Wuxi Gu Gao (Guichi Wu Yingji, Yuyao Huang Zongxi), meet Mr. Zhao!"

   "Haha, the three of you don't need to be formal."

   Zhao Han invited the three celebrities to sit down, and couldn't help but look at Huang Zongxi a few more times.

  Wu Yingji cupped his hands and said: "The students originally wanted to go to Jiangxi, so I asked Mr. Zhao to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River quickly. I didn't expect the students to talk too much."

   "Are you from Guichi?" Zhao Han asked.

  Wu Yingji said: "Yes."

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "You go to Hukou and help General Fei plan as a guide. After he conquers Dongliu County, his next target is your hometown."

  Wu Yingji said: "A late-born talent is not a soldier."

   As he spoke, Wu Yingji produced several articles, all about how to maintain law and order in Jiangnan, stabilize prices in Jiangnan, and stabilize the market in Jiangnan.

   After reading carefully, Zhao Han found that this person was not an ordinary scholar, but a socioeconomic scholar.

   "You are very familiar with Jiangnan water bandits in this article about countering bandits." Zhao Han laughed.

  Wu Yingji said awkwardly: "When I was young and frivolous, I used to use swords in the rivers and lakes, and I had many contacts with Jiangnan rangers."

"very good!"

Zhao Han said: "When the army reaches Taihu Lake, I will give you an errand. Recruit those Taihu water bandits, let them hand over their boats, and obediently divide their land as good citizens. I don't want small fishing boats, and they can continue to fish. Past crimes , Don’t blame the past, but if you commit the crime again, the old and new scores will be settled together!”

   "Relying on Mr.'s prestige, you will definitely be able to recruit the water bandits!" Wu Yingji was very happy, and he had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds when he first came to join him.

   Zhao Han's attitude towards officers, soldiers and bandits has changed. Except for people who are extremely angry and notorious, the rest are allowed to be disarmed and returned to the field, and there is no longer a requirement to kill the leader.

  The world is getting more and more chaotic. Take Zhejiang as an example, many people have the experience of cannibalism.

   Not just eating dead bodies, but killing living people to eat!

  How do you track down this?

  Including the captives who were sent to mine in the early days, they are now being released one after another. For example, the Guangxin soldiers captured in Jishui County, as long as they did not die of exhaustion in the mines, they would all be returned to their hometowns, and the fields could be divided. Fei Ruhe's clansmen were also released.

   It is equivalent to labor reform.

  For minor crimes, one year for mining will be released; for slightly more serious crimes, three years for mining; for serious crimes, at least five years for mining.

  It is good to set the deadline in this way, to give the reformers a thought, so as not to cause a miner riot.

  Zhao Han looked at Gu Gao again: "Mister is Gu Donglin's son?"

   "Congzi." Gu Gao replied.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Gu Donglin founded Donglin Academy. I like the couplet very much. It is actually the motto of scholars. The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of reading is in your ears; family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and everything is concerned."

  Gu Gao cupped his hands: "Mr. is overrated."

  Zhao Han said again: "I still remember an article, which seems to have such a sentence: Puppet Lanxi, Siming; Baby Shanyin, Xinjian. Is it to curb Loujiang's ears?"

  The expressions of the three celebrities changed drastically.

  This is an article written by Gu Xiancheng, the leader of the Donglin Party. As a commoner who was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, he regarded the current prime minister as a puppet and a baby.

  Gu Gao quickly stood up and bowed: "This joke is not made at that time."

   It is indeed not a work at that time, but a summary article written by Gu Xiancheng a few years after the struggle, which has the taste of "strategic contempt for the enemy", and it is not a sure-fire replacement of the chief assistant during political struggles.

   But this statement is enough to make any ruler afraid!

  Some people say that the Donglin Party represents a certain class, the Jiangnan chaebol. However, there are also big landlords and big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who are against the Donglin Party. This thing cannot be judged in black and white.

   It’s just partisanship!

  Once involved in political struggles, no matter how pure a person is, they will be filthy, and the Donglin Party is no exception.

  In the beginning, there were no Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and Donglin parties at all, and they fought and labeled each other. After deduction and deduction, I believed it, so I really went to form a party. Many officials who help to speak are also classified as a certain party. As long as they talk and do things, they will be classified as a certain party.

   Then you don’t know right from wrong, no matter how bad someone in our party is, you have to keep it, and no matter how good someone in your party is, you have to kill him!

   Only by completely controlling the court can one govern the country according to one's own ideas.

  First of all, there is the dispute between the cabinet and the ministries. Both the cabinet and the six ministries want to be in power, and the power of the prime minister and the power of the ministries are the core of the party struggle. The second is the cabinet and the Ministry of Education. The power of Prime Minister and the power of supervision are mutually used, and at the same time they are in the same situation.

   In the end, the Ministry of Officials and the Jingcha became a vortex of struggle for the power of prime minister, ministerial power, and supervisory power.

  The imperial power is high above, not so much being emptied, it is better to say that the imperial power has lost control of the authorities, because party struggles have messed up the central agencies.

   Zhao Han asked: "Do you want to form a party in Jiangxi?"

   "Don't dare." Gu Gao quickly denied.

   "Don't dare, or don't want to?" Zhao Han asked.

   Gu Gao explained: "It's not necessary."

  Zhao Han asked with a smile, "Why isn't it necessary?"

Gu Gao replied: "Whether it is the Donglin Party or the Fushe, the purpose is to expel traitors, select talents and make use of them, and strive to govern. But Jiangxi is already under great rule, and the Donglin Party members and Fushe scholars have come to Jiangxi. What reason is there to form a party? The reason for forming a party no longer exists."

   "If you want to be an official in Jiangxi, you must leave the Fushe!" Zhao Han expressed his attitude directly.

  When Gu Gao boarded the ship in Nanjing, he only said that he came to Jiangxi to observe politics, but he did not admit that he wanted to be an official in Jiangxi. But at this moment, he made a promise on the spot: "Someone is willing to leave Fushe."

  Zhao Han smiled and asked Huang Zongxi: "Where is your Excellency?"

  Huang Zongxi handed over the article called "Yuan Jun" without saying a word.

   (Ask for a monthly pass.)

  (end of this chapter)