1115 Yan Song in the court
When Wan Cailian heard this, she felt something was right and she was no longer so panicked. As a result, she suddenly realized that she had not finished washing up and couldn't help but make excuses to leave. When she hurried to dress up, she found that she had been very calm and didn't seem to care much at this time.
When Shadingzhou saw Wan Cailian looking at him, he immediately realized it and quickly defended himself: "I heard that the wife was anxious about the war, so I rushed over. Although there are many Ming troops now, we and the two continents also have trump cards available, so it's okay."
Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and said, "Why not like this, I will personally lead the army to deal with the north of the Ming army, and leave it to my wife on the west side. How about you and I work together to deal with the Ming army?"
When Wan Cailian heard this, she couldn't help but feel proud, and thought to herself, what if your Qin Liangyu's Baigan Army is coming? I'm still afraid! I'll drag you and waste you, and when the master comes back, he will deal with you!
Thinking of this, the two of them became excited again and made an agreement.
However, before they could tell the details, they saw the maid who had been in charge of reporting the news. This time, she almost crawled in, regardless of whether it was etiquette or not. When they saw Wan Cailian's figure, they burst into tears: "Madam! No, the master is gone! The master has been killed..."
"What?" Wan Cailian was shocked when she heard this, and she stood up in a hurry, with an incredible expression on her face and asked, "What master is gone? Which master is gone?"
The news I received before was that the reputation had already broken through Shenglong Mansion and could still rob one day. The major event had been decided. What other dangers could there be? Subconsciously, Wan Cailian thought that this master was not that master!
"Master and Sha Magistrate..." When the maid said this, she glanced at Sha Dingzhou with a pale face and said, "I was lured and killed by Lord Ruan, and sent people to kill us everywhere. I finally escaped and ran to report the news..."
The maid roughly told the situation she learned about. Before she could finish her sentence, another maid ran in and reported in panic that she had discovered a new Ming army.
Together these bad news, Wan Cailian suddenly felt weak and her face pale and fell to the ground. There was no difference between Shadingzhou, exactly like this woman, and was hit by one bad news one after another. After forcing her back a few steps, she finally fell to the ground.
The two people who couldn't stand up on the ground didn't hear the panic crying of the maids beside them at all. They just looked at each other and only saw the despair in each other's eyes!
In the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen brought a temporary group, named the Battle of Yunnan Tusi. Not only did Zhu Xieyuan, the governor, but there was also an Jinyiwei in the army of the military training in various places. In this chat group, the dynamics of each army can be reflected in the group at any time to the commander-in-chief Zhu Xieyuan.
This is the first time Zhu Xieyuan encountered such a war. Even if Zhu Xieyuan is a little older, he is still very excited.
He was very interested. After fully grasping the situation, he immediately excitedly reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the troops of various garrisons transferred into Yunnan Province have surrounded the rebel chieftains. I am about to order all the troops to attack together, and use these chieftains as whetstones to train our elite troops in the Ming Dynasty!"
Emperor Chongzhen happened to see it and was about to say something, when he saw Zhu Xieyuan sending another private chat: "This advance was very smooth. I think it was all about His Majesty's strict orders to implement the illegal implementation of the ward and house, requiring the creation of children's schools and the construction of bridges. The people in the chieftain's territory were not only no longer hostile to the imperial army as before, but also some others secretly provided information to lead the way for the imperial army."
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh. For the chieftains in Yunnan, they wanted to win over these lower-class people. Under the exploitation of chieftains, they were completely serfs, and they fought for them to benefit. They could see hope. As long as they were people living a normal life, they would know how to choose.
Thinking of this, he replied to Zhu Xieyuan: "The main purpose of this large-scale underground troops in Yunnan is to give the simplified troops the army of each garrison to train. These chieftain troops are not large in scale and have relatively average combat power, which is a very good target for training. Zhu Qing remembers this and helps me re-train these garrison troops into elite soldiers!"
"I am following the order!" Zhu Xieyuan now has a powerful imperial army in his hand, and there is no need to worry about the source of money and military resources. This is much better than his previous suppression of the She'an Rebellion. Naturally, he was full of confidence and replied immediately, "I am confident that after this battle, it will be able to shock the chieftains of Yunnan so that they will no longer dare to disobey the imperial court! In the future, the implementation of land reform and return to the current will be much smoother!"
The scale of the imperial military force this time is really rare, fully demonstrating the imperial military power, and a cat-playing and mouse-like suppression! It is even more shocking!
Emperor Chongzhen was naturally relieved of Zhu Xieyuan's ability. Therefore, he not only asked Zhu Xieyuan to command the war in Yunnan, but also handed over the command of various Ming troops in another temporary group, namely the Ming troops in Guangdong and Guangxi. According to the prior plan, all Ming troops would eventually invade Annan and meet in Annan.
The troops that had left Zhennan Pass first were just advancing slowly, giving Ruan Phoenix enough pressure to prevent him from having the strength and energy to regain his lair. After Yunnan wiped out the rebellion of the Tusi, all the Ming troops pressed towards Shenglong Mansion together.
In general, the coalition of Nguyen Phucyuan and the Portuguese were more powerful than the chieftains' army. In the order of training in which the easy first and then the difficult, the Ming army in the end wanted to use this coalition to practice.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about this and heard a "ding" sound again. The system prompted that a private chat came.
He clicked and found that it was from Zheng Zhilong. It was also good news. Zheng Zhilong reported that he launched a raid in the early morning and burned Nguyen Phucyuan's navy at the mouth of the Honghekou with a fireboat, completely cutting off the retreat of the Nguyen army at sea.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. Li Zhiqi was probably not Zheng Zhilong's opponent in this ability to fight at sea. Zheng Zhilong did a good job! He equipped him with factory guards in the chat group so that he could grasp the situation of his opponents. The good news came one by one.
As the end of the year approaches, the Liao army immediately returned to the capital, and the military parade that the cabinet took the lead was almost ready. Everything is under control of the six ministries, so we can have a good New Year this year!
Emperor Chongzhen was in a very good mood when he thought about this, so he began to flip through the chat records in the public chat area and just took a look at it as if it was bored.
Unexpectedly, it would be fine if he didn't read it. After seeing it, he immediately noticed the chat records of several scholars from Jiangnan.
"Today there is a party in the manor outside Mr. Pan. Master Zhou and Mr. Ximing are here, so you can't miss it!"
"Is it the garden of Pan Ru, the big salt merchant? I heard that he had bleed a lot in order to keep the manor this time!"
"Who said no! But they have money and don't care about it. I also received the invitation and have to leave. I heard that Mr. Ximing has a new work, so I can just not listen to it."
"Oh, I'm far away and can't get through. With Mr. Zhou and Mr. Xi Ming here, maybe I can get a new article "The Legend of the Five-person Tombstone"! It's a pity that I can't get through!"
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Emperor Chongzhen had already paid attention to Fushe, which slowly spread across the country from Jiangnan. The leader of Fushe, Zhang Pu, naturally also registered with him. Before, because he had taken action in Nanxun Town too early, or Zhang Pu was far away, he did not rush to sell his articles, which allowed him to escape. Now, in the great salt merchants, there was something like "The Tombstone of the Five People", Emperor Chongzhen was not happy!
There was also Zhou Yanru who asked him to correct the trend of the Silin people in Jiangnan. But the result was that he got along with Zhang Pu and was still at the Dasalt merchants. The Dasalt merchants had money, Zhang Pu and others were talented, and Zhou Yanru had an official background. They got together, could they do something?
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment, then clicked the icon of Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, chatted with him privately, and briefly explained the situation, so that Wang Chengen's men could go down to find out the specific situation.
Now there are almost 450 members in the chat group. Some people are selected from them. After verification of the background, they are approved by Emperor Chongzhen and absorbed into the Dongchang and Jinyiwei. It is also for this reason that only the members of the chat group are accompanied by various Ming troops in the south. The Dongchang side of the fight has also begun to lay out layouts in major cities and various industries across the country.
Emperor Chongzhen remembered clearly that there was an agent of the East Factory in Yangzhou where Pan Ru was located. It was not an emergency. He did not directly order the agent, but Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, was responsible for this matter.
After giving this order, Emperor Chongzhen's attention turned to the salt merchants. The law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband must have been hidden in the cellar. For this, the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband and the law of the husband must have no choice but to do anything to them.
In fact, even in later generations, I could not clearly understand the income of some big businessmen, and I could not collect taxes for every income. Not to mention reasonable tax avoidance, I could hear some tax evasion from time to time.
Now these big salt merchants, Emperor Chongzhen, have learned from factory guards and some information from later generations that they used bribe officials in the salt farm to give priority to exchange for salt intake, or mix private salt into official salt, making a lot of money from the government and the people. At present, there are many loopholes in the entire salt administration system, so that the cost of using salt for the people is very high. The high price of official salt has also led to the rampant private salt dealers, no matter how banned or killed it, it cannot be eliminated.
"Haha, please wait first. When I establish my authority during the New Year, I will announce a plan to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot. Let's see if you can still enjoy the wealth and ointment of the people!" Emperor Chongzhen thought with a sneer in his heart.
Nowadays, he can make money without turning over the table. For example, for dealing with these salt merchants, the means they used to make money for hundreds of years have been with the salt administration. Even the illegal means among them have been the unspoken rules of an industry. If such unspoken rules are forcibly changed, it will inevitably lead to a sharp rebound. After all, salt merchants are not just salt merchants. Behind them are local and court officials. These ancient merchants have never had real merchants!
For the collusion between officials and businessmen for hundreds of years, simply and roughly lifting the table is just the last resort. If Emperor Chongzhen dares to take action directly, the first thing that will be affected is the inner treasury.
The location of the huge profit industries such as salt industry, silk, etc., has been inseparable from all walks of life and even the royal family after its founding. Including the emperor, one must follow certain rules of the game when doing things, and respect the basic development laws of things. If killing and killing people alone can solve the problem! Then this emperor is so easy to be a emperor!
Management is ultimately about fighting with people! Such things are never simple!
The chief minister Wen Tiren also had various concerns in the Salt Administration. Although he wanted to innovate, he was hesitant. After hearing that Emperor Chongzhen had a thorough solution, he kept staring at Emperor Chongzhen.
Over the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, it was not only him who realized the problems of salt administration like Wen Tiren. Some people also proposed reforms, and China and France were abolished and established. After repeated several times, they could not effectively solve the problems of salt administration.
After thinking about this for a while, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head. There were few scholars in ancient times who could summarize the subject of economics, and even no one paid the due attention to the economy and studied the eight-legged essays.
However, now the Ministry of Rites is vigorously promoting basic scientific knowledge and new things are changing with each passing day. For example, the application of new equipment and people's livelihood is also an original ideological system that has impacted the Ming Dynasty. Now science and technology have also had an impact on the dominance of the eight-legged essay. After the conditions are ripe, we will start engineering and use the form of imperial examinations to improve the status of science and technology, and gradually change the old academic system. At that time, mathematics, physics, chemistry, economics and other things can gradually become specialized knowledge, allowing those interested scholars to study it.
Just the day after Emperor Chongzhen made some plans for the future, Wang Chengen responded to the decree. According to the investigation by the Dongchang Fanfu in Yangzhou, it was found that salt merchants generally complained about the violation of the service house.
This gathering in Pan Ru Manor was a dissatisfaction with the cottages. Zhang Pu even wrote an article, starting from the perspective of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and secretly accused the cottages of the cottages. Criticizing this policy is to make people meat and not treat the people as human beings, but to have "Yan Song" in the court making money.
At the end of the article, he also mentioned how outstanding Zhou Yanru's knowledge and behavior were, but he was excluded and left the court. This is the injustice of the world!
Chapter completed!