total war broken

Chapter 373
At the end of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen ordered another prince Zhu Cihong to go south to Nanjing to supervise the country. None of the officials objected. Twenty miles away from Guangqu Gate, some veterans wept to express their reluctance to part with the prince.

"The prince goes south to supervise the country?" At this moment, the only word that can describe Xiaochuan's thoughts is cheating. The south is extremely rich, especially the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Yangzhou, which place is not so rich. I want to go to the south, but south of the Yangtze River, I don't want the north to be affected by natural disasters at all, and there are no three rings added by the north.

The province of Jiangnan can fully support an army of more than 30, not to mention other places in the south. As the Jiangnan area where agriculture and commerce have developed to the extreme, there are also the best craftsmen. Foreigners come to buy excellent firearms from Guangdong. The gun factory, the artillery made by the company combines the casting advantages of Eastern and Western casting.

"Do you want to ambush him when he goes south?" Xiao Chuan said, wanting to get rid of this worry as soon as possible. If the southern land is rich and rich and let him gather in the area south of the Yangtze River, then the dynasty representing the interests of the landlord class will be in danger. Continue to rule, this is what I don't want to see.The opponent's Jiangnan is far ahead of his own Shandong. The only disadvantage is the lack of horses and strong generals who can stand up and fight well.

Wang Heng also looked solemn and said: "If the prince dominates the south of the Yangtze River, recruits people from the Huaihe River and Huaihe River as cavalry, and uses Guangxi wolf soldiers as his wings, as well as the power of southern firearms and artillery, it will be difficult for Shandong's soldiers and horses to resist!" Wang Heng said Heng Dao.

Be a minister of the dragon!Xiao Chuan didn't want to be Cong Long Zhichen of such a feudal dynasty, and said: "There are more than 180 million people in Shandong and tens of millions in Jiangnan!" Xiao Chuan shook his head and gave a wry smile.

"Especially since he is in the south of the Yangtze River, he can also recruit the people of the Huaihe and Huaihe tribes. Where are the original horse households, and the people of the two Huaihehe Rivers have strong customs, many have horse breeders at home, and horse thieves, so he can form a team. The powerful cavalry, no matter if the Jiangnan disciples form an infantry, it will be difficult for us in the north to resist, relying on Jiangnan." Wang Heng said with a kind of indifferent sadness in his tone.

The folk customs in Lianghuai are tough, and there have been many rebels since ancient times. Zhu Yuanzhang in the late Ming Dynasty, and the cavalry of the Nian Army in the Qing Dynasty, so the prince has everything. Wang Heng shook his head and said: "I think this son is a hero. If he wins the world Not a blessing to all people!”

Hearing his words, Xiao Chuan became entangled in his heart, a heavy thing weighed on his heart and said, "Let's take a step and watch one." Xiao Chuan said, it would be fine if he could unify the south, at least if he was wiped out by the Tartars in the north At least there is a unified Nanming in the south that can contend against the Qing army going south. I also have an unspeakable entanglement. I don't want the opponent to develop in the south of the Yangtze River, but I expect him to develop.

Wang Hengdao: "We can let Beidou's spies secretly contact Jiangnan Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo and others to sow dissension and provoke their Mao Dun!"

"Forget it!" Xiao Chuan shook his head and said, "If the Qing army can't resist the southward march to Shandong, the crown prince can still continue his clothes in the south of the Yangtze River." Now Xiao Chuan understands that when Zhang Xianzhong was about to die, he asked his subordinates to give up their prejudices and go south to join the Ming Dynasty. Time to think.

"My lord, talking about these things at this moment seems like our army will be defeated in the future." Wang Heng laughed loudly, and said, "As long as the Ming army is united, there is no possibility for the Qing army to go south." He laughed.

"Can the Ming army really unite as one?" Xiao Chuan shook his head and smiled wryly, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the city, said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Not to mention this, the field troops we sent out to collect customs duties will soon deliver the harvest!"

Tax!Xiao Chuan shook his head and smiled, but he was also helpless. In the Ming Dynasty, three tariffs were not collected, and official ships were not charged, so a large number of merchant ships were affixed with fake labels, or officials were hired to evade taxes. If they didn’t accept it, a lot of Jinshi Juren made a fortune. In the Ming Dynasty’s fabled storybook "The Biography of the Crazy Man", a scholar escorted two civilian ships at the same time, and took five taels of silver as a consultant fee.

There are also a large number of armed smugglers and local tyrants entangled in powerful positions, armed with weapons and swords, like strong thieves, trading at night, and moving tens of thousands." Large ships, engaged in illicit salt sales, gathered more than a hundred people in each ship, set up banners and held weapons, started from Suyang, went up to Jiujiang and Huguang for sale, and encountered official and civilian merchants and other ships along the way, wantonly looting, although there were inspections On patrol, there are few officers and soldiers, weak and invincible.

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The Canal, the Grand Canal built since the Sui Dynasty, was responsible for the water transportation of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the transportation of merchant ships from various places. A layer of white mist floated on the wide canal in the morning. Standing on the bank and looking into the distance, the misty waves Vast, there was a sound of running water rushing against the shore, and the sound of swishing was very crisp. On the shore were a few lucky boats with cannons flickering coldly.

"General, isn't the money collected here too much? The big ship pays 500 taels of silver." The official on the side said with a strange expression on his face: "It's good that they can pay taxes." He wiped his sweat and said, With a helpless expression on his dark face, he has worked here for almost 20 years, and he no longer has any extravagant hopes for receiving money, but in the end, these few people came directly to a big boat of 500 taels.

"How much?" Liu Yuan smiled, touched himself, glanced at the mustache, and said indifferently: "Then Zheng Zhilong received three thousand silver in a boat, and my 500 taels is his June [-]st, which is already very little." He said, stroked his robe and said: "General Cao, don't worry, you don't know how the lijin is collected at the checkpoints on the road, that's how much it is, haha"

Lijin?Cao Wen was stunned for a moment. He had heard that the fees charged at checkpoints on the road were even more outrageous. The caravans had to charge one-fifth of the money, and said: "General, aren't you afraid that they will bypass Shandong and use other places to pass?"

"Oh?" Liu Yuan smiled and said, "You don't know that there are as many bandits and thieves in other places. Shandong is so safe and they don't go to Shandong. Could it be that they force their caravans to be robbed! Haha"

this?Cao Wen was silent, it was indeed the truth, but he was still worried but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only look down at the water ahead, and he still didn't give any hope that those merchant ships could pay taxes.

Waking up on the river is a small boat, the unique shape of which is a bird boat. Ripples rippled on the water surface. A man in a long robe stood at the prow and looked proudly at the tax customs in front of him. The businessman had a haughty expression on his face, "Mr. Wang, I will rely on you for a while."

"Understood." Wang Mo hugged his fist and smiled. He didn't know how many times he had done things to help merchant ships evade taxes. Who would dare to move once he revealed his identity as a raiser?At that time, let those patrol inspectors be charged with beating Juren!

　The new book may not be written until March next year. I plan to delete the new book from beginning to end and rewrite the outline. If you have any expectations for the new book, please comment below.

　　
　
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