Zhu Youxiao was not sure who was superior or inferior between the more than 10,000 horses that Duoduo brought with him when he pacified Jiangnan and the more than 10,000 horses he mobilized in the West Factory.But Zhu Youxiao believed that the soldiers and horses he temporarily mobilized for the West Factory would not be worse than the butcher of Duoduo.Needless to say, Qi Jin and his Zhejiang soldiers did not need to say that the loyal and brave army that was annihilated by the entire Ming army in history suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, and the grievances between Wu and Yue were very deep, and the Zhejiang soldiers who were mainly Zhejiang people would undoubtedly be very motivated to go to Wu to collect taxes.Not to mention Qin Minping's white-pole soldiers, like the Zhejiang soldiers, they have only fought against the Dongyu, and they can even fight the Tartars, and it is impossible to defeat the gentry's slaves.Zhao Shujiao is a border general, and he has been instructed by the emperor to expose the drifting of civil officials, which shows that his loyalty is reliable, and he is also a great general who died on the battlefield for the Ming Dynasty in history.Man Gui is the same, he is a naturalized Mongol, and it is difficult to have anything to do with the southern gentry, and he also died for the Ming Dynasty in history, and his loyalty is also reliable.It is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to wait for his pro-army to be trained on a large scale before collecting taxes.Because the powerful gentry will definitely not just watch the emperor's pro-army grow more and stronger.These powerful gentry, who controlled most of the food resources of the Ming Dynasty, would definitely limit the way in which food could flow into the hands of the emperor, and now the emperor would raise more pro-army.Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao wants to raise more strong troops, he must control more food resources, silver alone is not enough, it must be food, after all, food is the most important strategic resource, if there is only silver, if people don't sell it, silver can only be silver, and it can't be used to fill the stomach.Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao wanted to control more grain, he had to ensure that the gentry paid the grain in full.In order to do so, he had to use his position as emperor to first draw a group of gentry to fight another group of gentry, and at the same time use loyal northern military landlords against disloyal southern gentry landlords, or conversely, use loyal southern gentry to fight disloyal northern military landlords.Then, Zhu Youxiao took this opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman's profits and slowly expanded the scale of his pro-army."
Ministry, chief, I would like to ask, why did Your Majesty suddenly ask us to go south to cooperate with the collection of taxes?"
On the way, Qi Jin, Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui and other generals couldn't help but ask Wang Yingjiao and Li Yongzhen because of curiosity, after all, they suddenly received a secret edict to urgently transfer them into Beijing, so that they thought that there was something wrong in the capital, so they needed their own people to be the king, so they rushed to Beijing without unloading their armor.But they didn't expect that the imperial court would actually want to make these people who went into battle to kill the enemy become the tax supervisors of the West Factory."
Because the imperial court can no longer collect taxes, many people at the bottom do not take the emperor's order in their eyes, even if they give an order to urge, no one pays attention to it, so His Majesty has no choice but to transfer troops to form the West Factory to collect taxes."
Wang Yingjiao replied."
Who the hell dares to have no emperor in his eyes, is he going to rebel, Lao Tzu killed him!
Ministry, you say, what does the holy decree say, how many tribes will be destroyed!
”Zhao Shujiao suddenly burst into a loud cry and pulled out his knife.After Zhu Youxiao ordered the white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers to assist the Jinyi Wei to confiscate the Jin merchants, he did not ban the border trade function of the Jin merchants, but replaced them with the city ship division, and as a result, the grain of the officers and landlords in the border towns was purchased by the city ship division on a larger scale than that of the Jin merchants, and was hoarded as an important strategic resource or sold to the Mongolian tribes in the name of the government as an economic weapon to control the Mongolian tribes.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao also controlled the economic interests of the border town officers, so that these border town generals not only did not become dissatisfied with the court because the Jin merchants were copied, but became more loyal.Zhao Shujiao was so excited, impulsive and reckless on the surface, but in fact it was also to show his loyalty.Li Yongzhen couldn't help but turn pale for a while, and said with an embarrassed smile: "General Zhao, don't be impatient, when the time comes, the main thing is to raid the house, not to kill people." ”At this time, Man Gui said: "No wonder this year's food and salary have not been paid, I don't know if the ministry can send our food and salary first, it is not a secret, the officers and soldiers below have already complained." ”Wang Yingjiao said: "The food and salary will be issued, and Your Majesty specially aims to pay the military salary, but also to pay the performance reward silver, whoever catches the tax and recovers more, who gets the reward silver, even if the most salary is still in the hands of those who are not willing to pay the tax, the court has to recover the tax before it is issued to you." ”"Soldiers are not less than fifty taels?
It's better to go to Jiangnan, you don't have to go to the border town to be cold and cold this winter, I didn't expect such a beauty difference. ”The eyes of all the officers and soldiers lit up.And because of this, next, the enthusiasm of the people of the West Factory to go south is particularly high, and the speed is also very fast, almost three or five days faster than expected.This time, Zhu Youxiao asked the cadres of Xichang and Feng Quan to sit directly in Suzhou, and temporarily used the yamen of the Suzhou prefect as the yamen of the southeast governor and the official yamen of the Xichang.After copying some of the gentry who really wanted to resist taxes to the end, they reported to the gentry residence as the official office of the governor of the southeast and the officials of the western factory.Therefore, Wang Yingjiao and other cadres came directly to Suzhou after coming to Nanzhili.As soon as Wang Yingjiao, Feng Quan, and others arrived in Suzhou, they immediately summoned Xiao Jingao, the governor of Yingtian, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of Susong, and other officials of the southern Zhili, and demanded that these officials immediately notify the people in their areas to pay the levies within a period of half a month, and asked these officials to immediately make preparations to arrange for the clearing of fields and acres and the clarification of taxes.As early as when Wang Yingjiao and others left Beijing, local officials such as Nanzhili and the Jiangnan gentry learned from various sources that the imperial court had sent a large number of soldiers and horses and some important ministers to Nanzhili.However, because Zhu Youxiao did not let the holy decree of transferring troops into Beijing to form Xichang be announced to the public through Di Bao and Huangming Bao, and Dongchang secretly adopted secrecy measures, although the local officials and gentry of Nanzhili heard some rumors, they were not very sure of the purpose of the imperial court to send a large number of soldiers and horses and some important ministers to the south.Now, after learning the true purpose of the imperial court, the local officials of Nanzhili were naturally surprised.However, because they were worried about the black gauze hat on their heads, some civil officials did not dare to openly resist the decree of the imperial court at this time, although they had the intention to stand on the side of the Jiangnan gentry.Therefore, next, the recovery of the levy and the clearing of the acres of land went smoothly at the beginning.In particular, Xiao Jingao, the governor of Yingtian, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of Susong, were more supportive, after all, the emperor's order was difficult to disobey.Therefore, officials at all levels informed them of the seizure of the levies and the imminent liquidation of the acres of land.But as soon as this decree was announced, it caused a great shock among the gentry in Jiangnan."
How can the imperial court be like this!
Sending so many soldiers and horses here is actually to collect the levies!
Is this really a direct attempt to force us to rebel?
”Wang Shiqi was furious because of this and slapped the table directly.And Dong Zuhe, who was discussing the matter in the Xu family's garden with him, sneered: "Needless to say, this tyrant is really mean and unkind now!"
Sometimes I really want to rebel!
”"Hugh has to say so, be careful of the scourge of the nine clans!
Although the Son of Heaven has no way, but in the end he is the lord of the world, in my opinion, don't worry about this in advance, as long as we don't rebel, the court may not kill us, after all, it is useless to kill us, it is almost all the gentry who are futing, unless they kill us all, but can his court kill us all, kill us all, does he want this Jiangnan?
If the imperial court wants to rule Jiangnan, it can't do without us. ”Shen Yongjia spoke."
That's right, building bridges, building roads, providing relief to disaster victims, controlling the livelihood of ordinary people, strictly preventing pirates and robbers, educating neighbors, and cultivating people who govern the country, all of these need our gentry to do for the court, even if he Zhu Youxiao wants to mess around, those old ministers in the court will not agree!
This is what my grandfather Xu Wenzhen said, if the Son of Heaven wants to maintain long-term peace and stability, he cannot do without the scholar doctor to govern the country for him. ”Xu Yuanqing spoke."
But we can't take it too lightly, let's look at the situation first, if the imperial court is harsh, we don't have to hold on!
Anyway, the entire Jiangnan gentry are giving, not us. ”Shen Yongjia spoke.Everyone else nodded.