Chapter 333 The Qing Dynasty can also learn from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! (Please order and vote)
"Du Han, if you have any ideas, just say it. The Qing Dynasty is like this, what else can't I listen to?"
Xianfeng felt happy when he saw that his "senior brother" was still hesitant to speak.
He hesitated to speak, indicating that he needed to enlarge his moves!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I've just said it," Du Han said, "I suggest that the court refer to Chang Mao's new policies in the south!"
"What? Learn from Changmao?" Xianfeng's eyes suddenly lit up, "Are you talking about dividing the land to fight against the rich?"
You didn’t do anything to get the money, so quickly!
"No," Du Han quickly corrected, "dividing the land and attacking local tyrants offends the world's gentry. This is why Changmao will be defeated. Our government must never follow suit."
Xianfeng also knew that "dividing fields and attacking local tyrants" was simply not feasible for the Qing Dynasty, because he, the emperor, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Baylor, and all the senior officials in the court were all wealthy tycoons!
How is it possible to hit yourself?
Du Han then asked again: "Does your Majesty know that there is a "Celestial Land Acre System" over there in Changmao?"
"Isn't this just dividing the land?" Xianfeng frowned.
‘Not entirely,’ Du Han said. ‘I have carefully read the ‘Celestial Land Acquisition System’ and found that in addition to allocating fields, there are many measures to promote industry and commerce and encourage mining and logging to maximize the benefits of the land.
After observing the "Collection of Thieves" sent to Beijing by Zeng Guofan, Zhang Liangji, Luo Bingzhang and others, I found that some of the measures had been implemented well in Hunan.
For example, after Changmao occupied Daozhou, it relaxed the mining ban. First, it awarded the mines in Daozhou to several Tiandihui thieves who helped it seize the city to gain credit.
Later, when the territory became larger and there were more mines, the mining rights were sold to businessmen. Not only could they collect a large amount at once, but they could also collect mining taxes over time, and many poor people could have food to eat.
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Later, when all the long hair mines in Hunan were sold out, they began to sell the rights to logging in the mountains. The mountains with dense forests and easy logging were outsourced to businessmen, allowing them to cut and sell the trees. The effect was the same as selling mining rights.
In addition, Huguang Changmao also sold casino and museum licenses in Changsha, Wuchang, Hankou, Hanyang and other places three months ago.
This is another huge sum of money...
What Qi Duhan is actually talking about is only part of the policies to promote the development of industry and commerce implemented by Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, and Zhu Jiutao in their respective territories in accordance with the guidance of the "Chinese Land Acquisition System". In addition to these, there are many policies to stimulate industry and commerce and support small farmers.
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For example, the Hunan Official Bank Account and the Hubei Official Bank Account were established to manage the money industry in Hunan and Hubei Taiping Rebellion areas and guide interest rates down.
To help businessmen and farmers obtain financing.
Another example is the establishment of "industrial zones" in big cities such as Changsha, Hengyang, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou to encourage gentry landlords who came from rural areas in Hunan and Hubei to invest their spare money in handicrafts.
There is also the reliance on county farmers' associations to help small farmers sell agricultural products and grow cash crops to earn higher incomes.
Feng Yunshan even invited many craftsmen from Guangdong through the Tiandihui relationship, opened an official arsenal and an official shipyard in Hengyang, and sent people to search for minerals everywhere within his jurisdiction.
However, those policies to stimulate industry and commerce and support small farmers were very slow to produce results. Of course, they were not as profitable as "selling, selling, selling", so the Qing government did not pay attention to them.
When Xianfeng heard the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's method of raising money, his eyes lit up: "It's a good idea to ban mining and sell forests!
Our Qing Dynasty has a vast land and rich resources, and there are many mines. In the past, we were afraid that the strong and strong people would gather together, so we couldn't open them. Now we don't care about so many, just sell them! There are more mountains and forests...especially the old forests outside the customs.
I can’t even cut down all the land cover! It’s a pity that gambling houses and prostitution houses have always existed...:..Why didn’t our ancestors know how to ban them?”
"Your Majesty, there are still foreign cigarettes!" Du Han reminded, "Now the foreigners are forcing us to lift the ban, and we have something to ask of the foreigners, so why not just open it up...\n. But we can't open it all the way, we can do it
An opium monopoly. Each province has a monopoly envoy, each prefecture and Zhili prefecture has a deputy envoy, and each county issues several monopoly licenses. In addition, imported opium or self-grown opium is also subject to the control of the opium monopoly envoy. There are
Special licenses are required for cultivation and import.
There are three advantages to doing this. First, the monopoly license can make a lot of money first; second, the cigarette tax can be collected gradually in the future; third,...\n...\n.\nThe salt monopoly makes the people eat less, and the opium monopoly should
It has the same effect."
"Okay, okay!" Xianfeng said the word "ok" three times in a row, and then said with a smile: "Duanhua, Du Han, the ban on mining, the sale of forests and the opium monopoly, let the Military Aircraft Department first draft a charter
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As for asking Luo Xueyan, Zeng Guofan, and Zuo Zongtang to write the title book together...\n.\n.\n.\n. Duan Hua, Du Han, you are familiar with Zeng Guofan, so write him first
Letter, have a good discussion with him and see how it would be more appropriate to submit the memorial.
After you have reached an agreement with Zeng Guofan, I will give Luo Xueyan and Zuo Zongtang a secret order!"
Huai'an, the Governor's Office of Water Transport, the largest yamen in Huai'an city, has now become the temporary yamen of Zeng Guofan, the minister of regiment training in Hunan and the assistant minister of the Jiangbei camp with the title of minister of the Ministry of War.
Although Zeng Guofan's official official positions were only the minister of regiment training in Hunan and the assistant of the Jiangbei camp, he was in charge of the Caodu Ministry.
Now he seems to be the Qing Dynasty's top official in Jiangbei.
Qi Shan, the original imperial envoy of Jiangbei Daying, took the blame for Prince Gong and was dismissed from office and went home to eat old rice. The original governor of Jiangsu Yiliang was also dismissed from office because of the fall of Suzhou Prefecture, the place where flood control was conducted. As for the chief envoy of Jiangsu
, officials such as the Inspector General, Jiangnan Admiral, and Jiangbei Admiral either died for their country, disappeared, or were dismissed by Xianfeng.
Nowadays, Jiangsu's officialdom is almost empty, with only Zeng Guofan and Luo Xueyan, two important officials who cannot be moved easily, left.
These two men have both soldiers and money!
Luo Xueyan has more than 10,000 Nanyang New Army troops, which are all foreign gun teams! Moreover, they also control the "gold-filled" beach of Shanghai.
The monthly tax revenue is 700,000 to 800,000 taels, making him extremely wealthy.
Zeng Guofan is the leader of the Hunan Army. Although he was beaten by Yang Xiuqing and threw himself into the canal last time, most of the Hunan Army under his command was saved. Yang Xiuqing was in a hurry to seize Yangzhou City and did not pursue Zeng Guofan. etc.
After he ran to Gaoyou Prefecture, he received the assistance of his fellow villager Wei Yuan, and gathered the landlord regiments of Gaoyou. Together with Li Wenxuan and Miao Peilin's Huai army, he gathered more than 10,000 people and retreated to Huai'an.
After entering Huai'an, Zeng Guofan sent his disciple Huang Shijie to lead a battalion of Daozhou soldiers on the pretext that the Yangzhou salt merchants were colluding with thieves, and sent troops to seize the Huai'an branch of the Lianghuai Capital Transportation Salt Transportation Department, and took control of the Lianghuai Salt Administration.
Then he ordered Zeng Guoquan and Luo Zenan to lead the Hunan army to hunt down the big salt merchants in Huai'an and force them to donate two million taels of silver!
After that, he ordered Zeng Guobao to lead a battalion of Hunan troops to control Gaojiaba in Hongze Lake - today's Hongze Lake is a suspended lake above the ground.
It is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of millions of living beings in northern Jiangsu.
Once Zeng Guobao blows up Gaojiaba and releases water from Hongze Lake, the Huainan area of ​​Huai'an Prefecture and the northern part of Yangzhou Prefecture will be flooded!
After such operations, Yang Xiuqing, who was temporarily "full" in Yangzhou, temporarily stopped going north and began to patiently manage the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture, Tongzhou, Haimen Hall and Jiangning Prefecture Jiangbei area. This also gave Zeng Guofan some breathing space.
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At this time, Luo Bingzhang and Luo Raodian, who stayed in Hunan, sent him several thousand Hunan troops, while Miao Peilin and Li Wenxuan helped Zeng Guofan recruit a group of Huaiyong, and British merchants from Shanghai shipped a group of foreign troops.
Guns and foreign artillery arrived in Haizhou, so Zeng Guofan's military strength was revived.
However, Zeng Guofan, his confidant Guo Songtao, Huang Shijie, his brother Zeng Guoquan, and Li Wenxuan were huddled in the Kadu Yamen.
Miao Peilin and others knew in their hearts that once the Taiping Army launched a large-scale northern expedition, it would be difficult to hold on to the territory of Huai'an, Haizhou, and Xuzhou.
"Di Zhang, throughout history, Xuzhou and Huai'an have been the focus of the struggle between the north and the south in the past dynasties! If the Southern Dynasty captured Huai'an, it could defend itself by relying on Huai'an. If the Southern Dynasty captured Xuzhou, it could turn from defense to offense.
, passing through Zhongzhou...\n.\n.\n.\n. Therefore, Xuzhou and Huai'an must be the primary targets of Changmao's Northern Expedition. If we hold on to Xu-Huai, we may become a human shield for the imperial court!"
The person who was advising Zeng Guofan was Miao Peilin. He knew the situation in Huai'an and Xuzhou very clearly!
Zeng Guofan, on the other hand, squinted his triangular eyes, stroked his beard, said nothing, and didn't know what he was thinking?
"Di Zhang," Miao Peilin whispered, "In the past, Chahan Timur occupied Shandong, Boluo Timur occupied Shanxi, Zhang Liangbi, Li Siqi and others occupied Shaanxi... I wonder which one do you want to imitate?
Chapter completed!