Chapter 544 The autumn wind rises and the war drums beat Shen Mingze came to the Wuwei Hou Mansion, that is, the Red Palace in Liaodong, because this mansion is built on the mountain, covering an area of more than 450 acres, narrow and long, from the bottom of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain, it takes 1,300 steps.Shen Mingze ran to Quan Xu's study almost as fast as he could, and he panted and said: "Master Hou, think twice, quickly take back the newspaper, once the newspaper is distributed, the consequences will be very serious!"
”Quan Xu smiled a little disapprecantly: "How serious can it be?"
”"I'm afraid that Lord Hou will become the public enemy of the gentry of the world!""
Haha!"
Quan Xu laughed: "Do you think that now I am not the enemy of the gentry?"
In the capital, when will the palace not receive a recital to impeach me?
Father-in-law Cao wrote to me that there were as many as seven rooms just to store the impeachment memorials!
”Shen Mingze, as a former gentry, didn't know that what Quan Xu wrote was the truth.The background of the Song Dynasty's advocacy of science is because of the chaotic times when the five dynasties and ten kingdoms were the martial arts of the country, the chaotic wars continued, the blood flowed and the pestle flowed, and human life was as cheap as mustard.At that time, the imperial court needed a set of theories to unite people's hearts.However, it gradually spiraled out of control, and science, as a political faction, had in fact decayed.The gentry class of the Ming Dynasty, as aristocrats, had actually lost the responsibility and responsibility of the nobility.During the peak of the politics of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China, the aristocracy at that time at least had the spirit of aristocracy, for example, Liu Kun after King Jing of Zhongshan, his life can be divided into two extremes.When the world was unified and the Western Jin Dynasty was extravagant, he was the twenty-fourth friend of Jingu, a well-known gentleman.At the beginning of the Yongjia disaster, he, like Zu Ti, took more than 100 domestic servants to the north, and guarded Jinyang alone for 14 years to fight against the Xiongnu.Xie An and Xie Xuan, as a family, enjoy a luxurious life, but when it was time for them to take responsibility, they stepped forward.After the outbreak of the First World War, by the end of 1914, there were 6 nobles of the House of Lords, 16 sons of Barons, 95 sons of Barons and 82 sons of Barons.Throughout World War I, 20 nobles of the House of Lords, 49 heirs of the nobles of the House of Lords, and many more children of the nobility were killed in battle.Eton College in the United Kingdom is centered on the children of the nobility, and among the 5,679 Eton College students who participated in the war, the casualty rate was as high as 45%, far exceeding the participation rate and casualty rate of any other social group, and many of the first heirs of the nobility died in battle, and one tenth of the family heirs of the 558 families with more than 3,000 acres of land were killed in battle.After the Second World War, the Junker aristocracy in Germany largely disappeared, and of the 8,800 Junker soldiers who came from noble families who participated in the war, 6,400 died on the battlefield, 500 committed suicide after the war, and 500 died in labor camps.The nobles of the Ming Dynasty, although the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were not all bastards, but in comparison, compared to the nobles of Europe, they were still a little bit less dedicated.This is the most basic point of view, that is, a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, he spares himself too much, and it is said that it is difficult to rebel in ten years, which is the reason.When it comes to the aristocracy of the West, Westerners are respectful, but when it comes to the nobility of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the gentry class, the common people want to scold their mothers.Because they lack responsibility and responsibility.To get back to the point, how could Quan Xu not know what the consequences would be after this article was made public?
In fact, it is obvious that as long as this newspaper is made public, Quan Xu will become the enemy of the gentry in the world.But if you know, will Quan Xu not solve this problem?
The entire gentry and landlord class of the Ming Dynasty was all to be overthrown, and Quan Xu had actually been cultivating landlords, and the peasants of Liaodong could be regarded as landlords in the Central Plains.However, Liaodong, including Quanxu, did not have extra-large landlords.The upper limit of land is 1,000 mu, and if it exceeds 1,000 mu, a heavy tax system will be introduced, so that there will be no loss.So, even if a person has more than a dozen sons, and each son can get a hundred acres of land, then they will divide up and become independent.Otherwise, taxes are really deadly.The income of 1,900 mu of land is not as high as the income of 999 mu, because the excess part is doubled by the tax system, so that the re-annexation of land has no practical significance.Quan Xu looked at Shen Mingze's worries, and smiled disapprerovingly: "Today's Daming is actually a pool of stagnant water, are you satisfied with this situation?"
”Shen Mingze didn't answer, in fact, he wasn't satisfied, but with his identity and position, it was not easy to speak, and others didn't dare to speak."
So, there's no better way to get this puddle of water flowing than to throw a stone into the water!"
Quan Xu smiled: "This stone, I have already smashed it, have you ever seen the stone that was smashed out, and there are any that have been fished back??"
”Shen Mingze's worries were unnecessary, and sure enough, although this newspaper had been printed in 5,000 copies, it was still in short supply, and it had a huge repercussion.Many people were indignant, and some people rallied, but the key was their own small circle, but no newspaper spread widely, and everyone knew that the sales volume of the first issue of the Liaodong Industrial and Commercial Times was more than 20,000 copies, and now it has immediately exceeded 30,000 copies.This means that the articles in this newspaper can be read by at least 20,000 or 30,000 people, or even 100,000 people.As a result, the Liaodong Business Times became a battlefield.Shen Mingze thought that Quan Xu was only strong in leading troops to fight, and he was very good at doing business and production, but when it came to the combat effectiveness of the scolding war, Quan Xu was not weak at all.Since the second issue, the Business Times has printed four additional supplements, which are more than twice as thick as the original, almost like a thick book.The editors thought they were going to lose money, but in fact, they thought badly, and as sales went up and the newspapers paid more and more, they made more money.He did not have the slightest excuse for the rebuke of the gentry and literati, and directly responded with data.The Ming Dynasty is because the eunuch party misled the country, dear, I can admit that Wei Zhongxian is not a good bird, can you explain why when the eunuch party is here, the imperial court can still collect millions of taels of silver in commercial taxes a year, but since the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian was defeated, the power has come to you civil officials, but only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are collected a year?
Although some online articles write that in the great Ming Dynasty, under the governance of those literati and Confucians, the total amount of commercial taxes collected in a year did not exceed ten taels.This data is actually not quite right, the highest commercial tax in the Chongzhen Dynasty is more than 690,000 taels, and the lowest is more than 210,000 taels, a decrease of nine-tenths This is certain, but it is not as exaggerated as ten taels of silver.However, the problem is that in Liaodong now, a slightly larger factory pays more than 100,000 taels of silver a year, just like the largest shipyard, the annual tax is more than 100,000 taels of silver.In the face of this problem, the literati still have excuses, and they have pushed the problem on corrupt officials, such as Qian Longxi, who is now deposed, has been pulled out and whipped again.It's all done by the corrupt officials led by him, a few scum doesn't mean that all literati are bad guys, anyway, Qian Longxi has fallen, and he won't jump out and bite them, just draw a clear line.Quan Xu once again put pen to paper.Self-esteem is not blown out, it is not written by the pen of a literati, nor is it sprayed out by those mouths and cannons all day long, dignity is made and beaten.It is the bloody sacrifice of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, the countless peasants who fight day and night in the fields regardless of personal gains and losses, five expeditions to the north of the desert, and seven trips to the West.One stone stirred up a thousand waves, but what is surprising is that when Quan Xu's article was published, the gentry class who were ridiculed by him throughout the article collectively lost their voices.It's not that I don't want to refute it, but I can't refute it at all.If Quan Xu's first article ruthlessly lifted off the last fig leaf on the gentry class, making countless gentry ashamed and ashamed, or even angry, then his article gave the vast majority of people real confidence and pride, and also made them see real hope.As he said, the Ming Dynasty has the best soldiers, the most industrious workers and peasants, and the most selfless intellectuals, so what reason is there not to be rich and strong in such a country?
What is a Westerner?
Is it a yarn?
What is Jiannu?
During the Wanli Dynasty, Nurhachi was still a slave of Li Chengliang, and he was afraid that he would not be able to cure them?
In the near future, Jeon Wook will drown them with steel.…… The city of Ninguta, the royal palace of the Great Golden Khanate.said that it was a palace, not even as good as Quanxu's Wuwei Marquis Mansion, not to mention Wuwei Marquis Mansion, and even as good as Yuan Shiqing's own courtyard.Yuan Shiqing is now considered a rich man, and he bought a homestead for his son Yuan Zongdi in Liaodong, with an area of seventeen or eighteen acres.As the most trusted person of Huang Taiji, the candidate in charge of the command of the new army has become Wei Daishan, Dolgon and Hauge.Every once in a while, the three of them had to report to Huang Taiji on the training of the firearms army.Now that the fat old man has lost a lot of weight, the increasingly bad situation in Dajin Kingdom has made him restless in his sleep, and even his hair is much whiter.Feeding a professional army and a slave army that is all soldiers are two different concepts entirely.In the past, Huang Taiji didn't care about how the armor soldiers of the various banners lived, and when it was time to fight, he just gathered them.Now it's good, from eating, drinking, pulling, and sprinkling, everything is arranged, and the most important thing is that the muskets of Westerners are not cheap, especially gunpowder.If a salvo goes down, dozens or hundreds of taels of silver will be gone.Seeing Dolgon, Daishan, and Hauge coming in, he smiled a rare and asked, "You're back so soon?"
Did the training go well?
”Dolgon said respectfully: "King Hui Khan's words, the three thousand armor soldiers under his command have been able to complete the training task excellently, and they have been unanimously praised by the Xiyi instructors?"
”Huang Taiji said coldly: "The autumn wind has risen, it's time for the warriors to move!"
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