Chapter 721 Empire Twilight Cui Chengyou was puzzled, the Ming Dynasty only levied five to ten percent of the tax on merchants, but the Shang country's tax on merchants was very high, close to fifteen percent.Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "My king abolished the tax on acres of land and took it with easy taxation, and now it would be good for the people of Shaanxi to have a mouthful of grain to satisfy their stomachs, they will not sell a grain of grain, that is to say, Shaanxi Province, my king is afraid that the tax of one or two silver will not be collected!"
”The common people of China don't care about politics, they don't care who is the emperor, anyway, in their eyes, no matter who is the emperor, it will not be their turn.They only knew that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty not only levied normal summer and autumn taxes on them, but also heavy forced labor, heavy miscellaneous taxes, and of course, the apportionment of Liao salary.As the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison, but compared with Quan Xu, Chongzhen, the emperor, is much worse.What a wonderful person Jeon Wook is.The people farmed the land and did not collect taxes.In times of famine, the people can provide loans and only charge 20 percent interest, which can be said to have not been so low for thousands of years.He also built schools so that the children of the common people could go to school free of charge, and as long as the children returned from school, they could become soldiers, officials, and workers, and even if they worked, their income was higher than that of the landlords.Cui Chengyou is actually a fan of the authorities, the immigrants in Liaodong can be said to be the majority of Henan, followed by Shaanxi, and then they can count Shanxi and Shandong, those people who are mixed in Liaodong often show to the villagers in the old days, what kind of life they live now, how many family properties and so on......
Although the speed of transmission of these messages is slow, the whole of Shaanxi is no stranger to Liaodong under the rule of Quan Xu, and even the people can clearly judge what is urban management, what is a neighborhood committee, what is internal security, what is a councilor, and what is a representative.In the words of the common people, as a representative, that is the patent of the Ming gentry, in Liaodong, as long as you farm well, do a good job, or behave fairly, then you can become a parliamentarian or representative.For example, if you want to become the first chief, you must get the support of more than half of the ten households, and if you want to become the chief of the company, you must at least get more than 50% of the people in the insurance to support you, so the mayor needs the support of more than half of the people in the town.This is not the most critical, the most critical thing is that the government of the Ming Dynasty is only responsible for collecting taxes, and basically does nothing else, but those officials of Quanxu have more things to manage, and the rain is insufficient, so they need to take the people to repair the ditches, increase food output, and improve the geographical environment.In addition, every decree of Quanxu is not like the Ming Dynasty, which does not leave the county, but Quanxu's orders are directly transmitted from level to level, and newspapers can be conveyed to the ears of every person.At present, almost all the people of Shaanxi know that Quanxu does not collect taxes from peasants, and only when peasants sell grain, they will collect 3 to 5 percent of the grain they sell, that is to say, if a peasant grows grain that is barely enough to eat, he does not have to pay a penny of tax.If you don't have money to eat, as long as you are willing to exert your strength, you won't starve to death.When there is no comparison, when there is no choice, they can only obey the management of the Ming Dynasty, and when they can choose, the people will naturally choose the choice that is more beneficial to them.In fact, it was not all smooth sailing in Shaanxi, at least 19 county names were beaten to death by angry people, and more than 170 gentry were destroyed by the impact of the people.When Quan Xu knew the news of Shaanxi Yizhi, he was about to go to Huailai, according to Li Yanqing's report, he found Duoduo, and with more than 3,000 people, he surrounded Duoduo in Huailai City."
Your Majesty, do you have something on your mind?"
Yuan Shu, as the Minister of Defense of the Shang State, looked at the information for most of the day, and his eyes were full of dizziness, and he finally hid and was idle, and saw Quan Xu holding a letter and being in a daze there.Quan Xu casually handed the letter to Yuan Shu: "Take a look for yourself, Shaanxi has changed banners, what a nonsense!"
”Quanxu's headache is that Shaanxi is a province with a large population, and it is a large province of Juntun, under the jurisdiction of 24 guards, a total of more than 127,000 people in Juntun, of course, this is just an imaginary number, since the Jiajing period, the population of Shaanxi has been outflowing, and this outflow lasted until the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.Moreover, more than eighty percent of the outflow population is unwilling to return to their hometowns, and the population that flows to Xiangfan alone is as many as one million, of course, during this period, Quanxu has no way to better support Shaanxi.When he became his people, it was impossible for him to watch the people starve to death, and no matter how good they were, they could not let the people go without food.Yuan Shu smiled: "This is a good thing, the king probably forgot, the Hetao Council has now reclaimed as much as 778,400,000 tons of land, and the existing grain is as much as more than 80 million stones, and there are a total of 151 wineries of all sizes in the Hetao area, making wine day and night, and still can't consume so much grain, and now Shaanxi Province has a total of more than 976,000 yuan, less than 5 million people, and can afford it!"
”Quan Xu carefully read the recital that Sun Chuanting gave him, the huge Shaanxi Province, there are less than five million people, you must know that the population of Shaanxi is more than 20 million or 30 million, and now only one-sixth is left.This is actually not the most critical, now that Shaanxi has announced the change of banner, what about Ningxia?
In later generations, Ningxia was a provincial-level autonomous region, and in Daming it was actually a prefecture, and there were 187 such prefectures in Daming, which was equivalent to a prefecture-level city in later generations.The Hetao Parliament and the Shaanxi Parliament have already achieved a border, and of course, part of it is blocked by Ningxia.Thinking of this, Quan Xu said: "Practice the word!"
”"The minister is here!""
This king appoints you as a special envoy, you go to Xi'an, no, change the name of Xi'an, it is still called Chang'an, you pass through the Hetao Council, and join Luo Shiming, this king will give Luo Shiming an order, let him draw two brigades from the sixth division to you, you use the two brigades of the sixth division as the base, dismiss the old, weak, sick and disabled of the Qin army, and establish a new fifteenth division!"
Yuan Shu bowed and said, "Your Majesty takes orders!"
”"The commander of the fifteenth division, with Xu Biao as the commander, Xu Biao is now a colonel, and he will be promoted to his rank again!"
Quan Xu thought for a while and said, "You tell Sun Chuanting, let him settle down in Shaanxi, and come to see me!"
”Quan Xu only didn't give specific orders, not because he was afraid of Sun Chuanting's thoughts, but because Shaanxi Yiqi was so big, Shaanxi's bull ghosts and snake gods were probably going to jump out.In fact, Shaanxi's change of banner has indeed caused a chain reaction.Especially in the mountains of Micang in Hanzhong Prefecture, Li Zicheng took his heart and soul to discuss their future.In this time and space, Li Zicheng was very miserable, he thought about breaking into the Central Plains and making trouble in Henan Province, but when he had just passed Shangluo, he encountered a regiment of the Seventh Division of the Whole Family Army for training.In the face of this rogue, the whole family army has always been suppressed by firepower, temptation by food, and under the double blow, Li Zicheng finally pulled up more than 50,000 men and horses, but after the first battle, more than 38,000 people were lost.The men happily became prisoners of the whole army, and then went to the local lord of Luzon in high spirits.Wandering in Shaanxi Province, he met Sun Chuanting's Qin army again, at the beginning of the establishment of the Qin army, morale was like a rainbow, beating Li Zicheng, there was no ambiguity at all, and now Li Zicheng has only six or seven thousand people around him, and he is ragged and demoralized.Li Zicheng has also been confused and at a loss.Until Sun Chuanting, as the prefect of Xi'an, suddenly attacked, captured Xi'an City, and officially pulled the flag against the Ming Dynasty and returned to Shang, in just a few days, the Qin army swept all the provinces in Shaanxi.Here, Sun Chuanting became the speaker of the Shaanxi Council of the Shang State, and he became the minister of the Shang State.This gave Li Zicheng hope.Li Zicheng began to test the meaning of his subordinates, but his proposal was opposed by Liu Zongmin, who said it very tactfully, telling him that now they have no subordinates, no chassis, and even if they surrender to Quan Xu, they will not be reused, unless they can be like Sun Chuanting, they have territory, an army, and they can take refuge in the past and become a force.Luo Shiming, the king of fairness, took refuge in Quan Xu, and he relied on the territory of several prefectures in Hetao, plus tens of thousands of horses, so he became one of the fourteen division commanders of the whole family army.Li Zicheng is now throwing himself in the past, but he is afraid that he will appoint a brigade commander at most, you must know that there are dozens of brigade commanders in the whole army, more than the general officers of the Ming Dynasty, and what power does a Ming general soldier have.Li Zicheng suddenly had momentum, he could attack south and take Sichuan.…… The mansion of Qin Chengzu, a thief general in Jinan City, Shandong Province.When the news of the change of banners in Shaanxi Province came, Song Xiance was very excited: "Brother-in-law, the opportunity has come!"
”Qin Chengzu looked at the words on the letter, and his beard began to twitch."
Shall we change flags too?""
It must be changed!"
Song Xiance was slightly regretful: "It's a pity, this matter was preempted by Sun Chuanting, but don't worry, our Shandong New Army itself is the person of the whole master, and like Luo Shiming of the Fair Army, Luo Shiming is one of the stewards of the whole master, and the brother-in-law is also the person of the whole master, and now the Dongjiang Army has become part of the whole family army, and we can say it!"
”"What about the six mansions in Shandong?""
Whoever dares to disobey will be killed!"
Qin Chengzu let out a long sigh: "From the bottom of my heart, Emperor Chongzhen is good to Qin, but Qin, not Qin!"
”Qin Chengzu's words confused Song Xiance.Qin Chengzu looked at Song Xiance and said: "A certain is Chen Qiang, the former general of the Dongjiang Army Kashima, eight years ago, on the order of His Royal Highness the King of Shang, he changed his name to Qin Chengzu, and he came out of Shandong to sound and disturb Wuqiao, I never thought about ......it" Song Xiance sighed: "Xiance was worried that my brother-in-law would be jealous of the King of Shang if he voted there, if it was, it would be better!"
”On June 19, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Shandong changed banners.The Shandong New Army quickly went out, cut off the canal, and cut off the connection between Jiangnan and the capital, which had become an isolated island.