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The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
An army of 20,000 marched out of Shandong, and it cost a lot of money to eat people and chew horses along the way.
Jiang Yueguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, had a headache.
It stands to reason that the Shence Army is a new army organized and trained by the emperor, and it should allocate money and food from the inner treasury.
However, a large part of the grain stored in the warehouse some time ago was used to stabilize grain prices.
Money is easy to come by, but grain is hard to come by.
In desperation, Jiang Yueguang had no choice but to go to Emperor Shu and request that the grain confiscated from the Shen family's granary be used as ration for the army.
When Zhu Cihong saw this memorial, he was both angry and laughing.
What a good Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who only knows to reach out to me when encountering difficulties.
If everything has to be solved by me in the end, what else do you, the Minister of Household Affairs, do?
Zhu Cixi also knew the crux of the problem.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, land has been remeasured across the country and resources have been redistributed.
It can be explained that the distribution of land resources was relatively even at the beginning, and the conflicts between landlords, farmers, and tenants were not serious.
However, as time goes by, the land annexation situation becomes more and more serious, and more and more land is concentrated in the hands of a few people.
These few people are generally divided into two categories.
One category is scholars with great reputations.
Generally, as long as there are more than one person in the family, you can obtain tax-free privileges, and the land under your name can be exempted from taxes.
It is said that the Ming Dynasty did not have too many candidates, and thousands of candidates did not take up too many resources.
But there are policies above and countermeasures below.
In order for the land to be tax-free, ordinary farmers put the land in their own name under the names of fellow villagers and Jinshi, which is the so-called contribution.
With one operation, the land from farmers became the land of the lords who promoted people and the lords of Jinshi.
Naturally, they could no longer be taxed.
There is another type of people who are the royal family.
Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants reproduced very quickly.
After more than ten generations, there were tens of thousands of people in the clan.
Of course, these people are not all princes or princes, they may just be the lowest-level clan members.
But to some extent, it also explains the huge number of clans.
Take the princes and princes as examples, they all have their own land.
These farms also do not pay taxes.
It stands to reason that the number of farms owned by princes and princes is fixed and will not have a big impact on the overall tax revenue of the imperial court.
But rules are dead and people are alive.
It was common for feudal lords to appropriate private land, and it was common for homesteaders to actively donate their land for tax exemptions.
Most local officials turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
Otherwise, what should I do?
Could it be that I rushed to the gate of the palace with dozens of "wolf-like and tiger-like" servants to ask the feudal king why he embezzled the land?
It was these two types of people who made a large amount of land tax-free, and the court could collect less and less tax money.
In desperation, the court could only distribute more taxes to the powerless farmers, which led to more and more bankruptcies of the farmers.
A large part of the reason for the large-scale peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was land annexation, and the Little Ice Age was only a catalyst.
Solving both problems is not easy.
Take the tax exemption for scholars as an example.
If Zhu Cihong carried out land reform now, he would definitely push the gentry and landlords who originally supported the Ming Dynasty to the opposite side, and directly force them to be the leading party of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Even if land reform is to be implemented, it cannot be implemented now.
It must wait until the Manchus are completely defeated.
What's more, if we want to implement land reform, we must re-measure the country's land.
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The fish scale album in the hands of the imperial court today was drawn when the one-whip method was implemented in the early years of Wanli, and it has long been counted.
This workload is huge, and the current national crisis is by no means a time to be distracted.
It is possible to implement land reform on a small scale, but it will not achieve much.
Zhu Cixiang felt that it was more in line with the current situation to fight against the Qing Dynasty with all his strength.
The money issue is easy to solve, and the crackdown on corrupt officials and profiteers is very effective.
The inventory alone is enough to cover at least three years of expenses.
But food is a problem.
South Zhili's grain production is limited, not even as large as Guangdong and Guangxi.
The entire south actually relies on grain imports from Huguang.
And Huguang is not completely in the hands of Ming Dynasty now.
Baiwang's tribe and Zuo Liangyu's tribe faced each other across the river, and frictions occurred from time to time.
When there is a possibility of war at any time, it is difficult for farmers to calm down and cultivate the land well.
Because they have to worry about being caught as young men at any time and serving as masters in the army.
In the final analysis, this is a proposition between family and country.
The war will also cause the already unstable food prices to skyrocket.
Even if you have money, you will not be able to buy food.
Therefore, for Zhu Cixiang, the significance of recovering Xiangyang, Jingzhou, De'an, and Chengtian was no less significant than that of recovering Shenjing.
The former allowed Ming Dynasty to monopolize the Huguang granary and solve the problem of having enough food.
The latter is more of a political symbolism.
If the original historical development were to follow, Li Zicheng would probably abandon Guanzhong and flee to Huguang.
At that time, the chances of Zuo Liangyu being deserted and fleeing down the river greatly increased.
What Zhu Cixiang has to do is to avoid this situation from happening.
Therefore, we must not let the Manchus easily take over Guanzhong.
The Gaojie Department of the Northern Expedition became the most critical link in the entire plan.
If necessary, Zhu Cixiang even wanted Qin Gongming's Ministry and the Tenth Battalion of the Shence Army to reinforce Gao Jie.
Of course, the most important thing right now is to supply the army with food.
Gao Jie's military rations allowed him to raise them on the spot in Shandong.
However, the military rations on the Shence Army road must be allocated by the court.
Zhu Cixiang did not intend to let the Shence Army raise food according to the guest army model.
This was no different from plundering, and it would make the Shence Army dirty and black.
Zhu Cixiang could only choose to allocate the grain from the Shen family's granary that had just been confiscated to Zhao Xin, and let him use it as military rations for the army.
Alas, the grain was poured out and Zhu Cihong played the role of a grain shop clerk.
I only hope that this time the Northern Expedition plan can have the desired effect and buy more time for Zhu Cixiang and Ming Dynasty.
The decisive battle with the Manchus is far from coming, and Zhu Cixiang still has a lot of work to do before that.
"Here, here comes the order.
We order Lu Zhenfei, the Minister of War, Gao Hongtu, the Minister of Industry, Jiang Yueguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Zhao Xin, the commander of the Shence Army, to come to the palace to see your majesty immediately."
The Shence Army is about to leave, and Zhu Cixiang still has many things to say.
It involves some matters of cooperation between various departments, and he needs to explain it clearly to Lu Zhenfei, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu, and Zhao Xin face to face.
“If we unite as one, the mountains can be shaken.
Only loyalty and righteousness come, and the bullfight is full of anger.
The Lord will kiss me better than a parent.
If you violate military law, you will not be free.
The orders are clear and the rewards and punishments are given.
Go through fire and water, dare to stay late Report to the emperor, and save the head of Guizhou.
Kill all the bandits and find a marquis. " Soldiers from various camps of the Shence Army gathered at the main campus and sang military songs together.
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The military song was loud and clear, singing out the feelings of the sons of the Han family about their family and country, the aspirations and pride of the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, and the innocence of the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation.
Liu Sanshui had already lost his voice and his eyes were red.
He clenched his fists and said silently in his heart: Report to the emperor, and save the head of Guizhou.
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