Bring the whole war back to Nanming

Chapter 116 Plan ahead
The time came to January 1646, and the situation outside the customs became more and more unpredictable. Before that, Chaos burned Ninggu Pagoda, and later, Nanming occupied Lushun Port by force.For the Qing court, after more than half a year of entering the customs, the momentum was overwhelming at the beginning, with the potential to unify the Central Plains. Later, Fang Xiaobai was born, and after the Qing army fell under the city of Yangzhou, almost all received bad things.

The treasury of the Qing Dynasty has always been in a state of deficit, unable to make ends meet. All kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have weighed on the heads of the Han people in the ruled areas, which is worse than that of the Ming Dynasty. Even the Eight Banners soldiers began to complain about the inaction of their superiors.

It was against this background that the news of the siege of Shengjing spread to the capital, and the Manchu Dynasty was shaken. Due to the internal pressure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dorgon promised to send troops back to aid immediately after the Lantern Festival.

The news spread to Nanjing City through Dodan's intelligence network, from the emperor Zhu Yousong to the ordinary people, all clapped their hands and gloated, completely ignorant of the reason.Only a few farsighted people gathered in the prime minister's courtyard to discuss the current situation.

Fang Xiaobai sat around a large round table with Zhu Dadian, Yosparis and others. A giant map outside the customs was hung behind the first seat, and steaming tea was placed in front of everyone attending the meeting. Everyone's mood is as hot as this tea.

"Presumably everyone already knows that Shengjing, the old capital of the Tartars, was besieged. As for who did it, you don't care. Anyway, you are happy if the Tartars are uncomfortable. Forget it, let's not talk nonsense, let's have a meeting. Alara , starting from you, did those traitors do anything wrong?"

Fang Xiaobai has never been a patient prime minister, his style of doing things in a hurry, even the various departments of the official residence.

Al Ruili stood up, holding a paper report in her hand, and nodded to everyone: "After half a month of negotiations, I have basically figured out the needs of the other party. What Master Fang Xiaobai said is not bad, and the barbarians are just delaying There is no substantial progress in time negotiations, but Sun Zhixie may develop into a double agent."

Signaling Alara to sit down, Fang Xiaobai said: "Alara is right. The Tatars thought they could clear the customs with their 10,000+ iron cavalry. Ha ha, I can only say that those who don't know are fearless. They and we will face The enemy army here is beyond the recognition of everyone here, they are a group of half-human, half-beast, cruel monsters."

In the meeting room, everyone looked at each other, and Zhu Dadian took a closer look at his appearance: "Po Luhou, you are not crazy. I have lived for 40 years, and I have never seen such a monster as you said."

Fang Xiaobai felt a little funny: "If you haven't seen them, it doesn't mean they don't exist, and I didn't say they are creatures in this world."

Zhu Dadian was at a loss for words at the moment. According to the current scientific level, it is indeed difficult to understand the concepts of parallel universes and space magic. Fang Xiaobai decided to give up explaining this thing to the ancients, and immediately changed the topic.

"By the way, Yosparis, how is our finances? Do you support the formation of a new army?"

The face of Yosparis who was named was a little ugly: "Master Fang Xiaobai, this is the income of the Ministry of Finance for the past six months, please have a look."

"Hey, you still engage in this kind of formalism." Fang Xiaobai laughed while holding the bill in front of him.

"That's unreasonable! Yosparis, why are our taxes so low! Could it be..."

"You guessed it right. Except for Nanzhili and Hunan, other provinces have not paid taxes to the imperial court, and some localities have even resisted taxes."

Yosparis's words were filled with distaste for the tax resistance actions in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. In her opinion, if one is protected by the state, one has to pay taxes for the country. There is no reason for tax resistance.

Fang Xiaobai couldn't help supporting the amount. The Ming Dynasty resisted taxes, which was an excellent tradition. It began in the Wanli period and followed until the complete demise of the Ming Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty pursues disobedience to me?Let’s cut it off!The massacres of the city killed all Nanming's strong bones.

Finally, after the "crying temple case" that shocked the government and the public, the Qing Dynasty never encountered any slight resistance in taxation.

Since then, the Qing Dynasty has collected finger donations, loan donations, mu donations, house donations, shop donations, boat donations, salt donations, rice donations, salary donations, card donations, gunboat donations, embankment donations, board per cent donations, live per cent donations, When grass donations, reed donations, land donations and other various exorbitant taxes were imposed, the common people were as completely numb as slaves, and they were beaten and killed.

Poor people must have something to hate. Tartars dare to do it, but I dare not. Every source of soldiers is a force against chaos. It takes 15 to 20 years to train an adult.And it only takes a few days to cultivate a chaos, which is not directly proportional.

Just when Fang Xiaobai was frowning, Zhu Dadian, who knew the inside story of Daming's tax resistance, said with a relaxed smile: "Poluhou, the authorities are obsessed, and bystanders are clear. They are called tax resistance, Lord Marquis, where do you think those mud legs have the courage? ?”

As expected of a veteran in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he hit the point right away.Mud legs have no guts, but gentry everywhere have them!All of them are fat and oily. In the fish and meat village, if something happens, the farmer uncle will take the blame.

How did I forget this: "Yosparis! Order the garrisons everywhere to quickly search the troubled areas, arrest the local tyrants and gentry, and would rather kill them by mistake than let them go, oh and! Distribute their land to the farmers and tell them this is The country’s land is only allowed to be cultivated, not bought and sold, so please let them off this time for resisting taxes, and the next time they resist taxes, they will be punished on the spot.”

Yosparis quickly replied: "Yes! I made a note of it."

I didn't expect Fang Xiaobai's handling method to be so different. It not only cleaned up the hidden dangers, but also won over the muddy legs, which is not bad.

As for the warlords who don't pay taxes to the court, hey, isn't the sword sharp when it's not out of its sheath for a long time?
"Zhejiang is a prosperous land. If commercial taxes are collected, the imperial court's income will be greatly increased. I propose that on the one hand, Zhejiang Fang Guoan be given an ultimatum to accept the imperial order and be transferred to Nanjing to serve. On the other hand, I will personally lead an army of 5 people. Go south and make military threats. If he refuses, we will take the opportunity to regain Zhejiang."

Zhu Dadian and other former Ming Dynasty officials felt a burst of slander: His grandma's ultimatum, it's obvious that you are itchy and want to fight!
But this is only good for them, there is no harm, everyone is a member of the Great Ming Hawks, and gaining one more province means that their status among the Jiangnan warlords has risen to a higher level, so why not do it?

"I agree with your proposal." Zhu Dadian was the first to express his opinion, and then everyone in the conference room expressed their support.

Fang Xiaobai laughed, but he didn't feel arrogant in his heart: "If people don't die, it's better to have fewer deaths. Joseph will be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Yingtian Mansion, and he will be responsible for the security of the capital during my absence. Alari, you stay, As interim prime minister, in charge of running the empire."

After talking a lot, I felt my mouth was dry, so I picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp: cool!All is ready except for the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)