Chongzhen Chat Group

After hearing this, Wan Cailian felt that something made sense and was no longer so flustered. As a result, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have finished washing up, so she couldn't help but find an excuse to leave. When she hurried to wash up, she found that Sha Dingzhou had been very calm and didn't seem to care at all.

When Sha Dingzhou saw the way Wan Cailian looked at him, he immediately realized it and quickly defended: "I heard that Madam was anxious about the war, so I rushed over. Although the Ming army is large now, we and the two continents also have trump cards. It’s available, it doesn’t matter.”

At this point, he pondered for a moment and then said: "If this is not the case, I will personally lead the army to deal with the north where the Ming army is the largest. The west side will be left to Madam. How about you and I joining hands to deal with the Ming army?"

When Wan Cailian heard this, she couldn't help but feel proud, and thought in her heart, what if your Qin Liangyu's white-pole army comes? Mom, I’m still scared! Dragging you, consuming you, I will take care of you when I come back!

Thinking like this, the two of them got excited again and made an agreement.

However, before they could tell the details, they saw the maid who had been responsible for reporting the news almost crawling in this time. Regardless of the etiquette, she cried loudly when she saw Wan Cailian: "Madam! What's wrong, the master is gone! The master was harmed..."

"What?" Wan Cailian was shocked when she heard that. She stood up in a hurry and asked with an incredulous expression on her face, "What master is gone? Which master is missing?"

The news we got before was that Pu Mingming had already broken through Shenglong Mansion and could still plunder for one more day. The major event was settled, so what danger could there be? Subconsciously, Wan Cailian thought that this master was not that master!

"Master and Sha Zhizhou..." When the maid said this, she glanced at the pale Sha Dingzhou and said, "We were trapped and killed by Master Ruan. He also sent people to kill our people everywhere. It was not easy for a few people to escape. Came here to report..."

The maid roughly told her what she had learned. Before she could finish, another maid ran in and reported in panic that a new Ming army had been discovered.

Adding these bad news together, Wan Cailian's legs suddenly went weak, and she fell to the ground with a pale face. Sha Dingzhou was no different. Just like this woman, he was hit by bad news one after another. After holding on and taking a few steps back, he finally fell to the ground.

The two people who could no longer stand up on the ground did not hear the panic cries of the maid next to them. They just looked at each other and saw the despair in each other's eyes!

In the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen created a temporary group named Battle of Yunnan Chieftains. Not only is there the governor Zhu Xieyuan in the group, but there is also a Jinyi Guard in the guard troops training in various places in the chat group. The dynamics of each army can be reflected in the group to the commander-in-chief Zhu Xieyuan at any time.

This was Zhu Xieyuan's first time encountering such a war. This kind of instant messaging army command mode in different locations, even though Zhu Xieyuan was a little older, he was still excited.

He was very interested, and after he had a complete grasp of the situation, he immediately and excitedly reported to Emperor Chongzhen in a private message: "Your Majesty, the various guards troops transferred to Yunnan Province have surrounded the rebel chieftain, and the minister is about to order all the troops to The men and horses advance together to attack, and use these chieftains as whetstones to train my Ming Dynasty's elite masters!"

Emperor Chongzhen happened to see it, and when he was about to say something, he saw another private message sent by Zhu Xieyuan: "This march went very smoothly. Wei Chen thought that it was all carried out in violation of His Majesty's strict order and required the establishment of Tongzhong. School, the good deeds of paving roads and building bridges are related. The people in the chieftain's territory are not only no longer as hostile to the imperial army as before, but some people even quietly provide information and lead the imperial army."

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile. For the chieftains in Yunnan, they want to win over these lower-class people. Under the oppression of the chieftain, they are completely like serfs. They strive to provide benefits for them. They can see hope. As long as they are people living a normal life, they will know what to choose.

With this in mind, he replied to Zhu Xieyuan: "The main purpose of the large-scale mobilization of troops in Yunnan this time is to give the streamlined armies of each guard station an opportunity to train. These chieftain armies are small in size and have relatively strong combat capabilities. It's just average, and it's a good training target. Zhu Qing, please remember this and help me train these guardsmen into elite soldiers!"

"I obey the order!" Zhu Xieyuan now has a powerful imperial force in his hands, and he doesn't have to worry about the source of money and military supplies. This is not much better than when he suppressed the She'an Rebellion before, so naturally he was full of confidence and replied immediately , "Wei Chen believes that after this battle, the Yunnan chieftains will be well deterred, so that they will no longer dare to defy the imperial court! The implementation of the reform will be much smoother in the future!"

The scale of the imperial military strength this time is really rare, fully demonstrating the military power of the imperial court, cat-and-mouse-like suppression! It is even more shocking!

Emperor Chongzhen was naturally assured of Zhu Xieyuan's ability. For this reason, he not only let Zhu Xieyuan command the war in Yunnan, but also gave Zhu Xieyuan the command of the various Ming armies in Guangdong and Guangxi in another temporary group. According to the prior plan, all Ming armies would eventually invade Annan and join forces there.

Now the troops who have left Zhennanguan first are still advancing slowly, putting enough pressure on Ruan Fuyuan and preventing him from having the strength and energy to recapture his lair. After the chieftain rebellion was suppressed in Yunnan, all Ming armies pressed towards Shenglong Mansion.

In general, the coalition of Ruan Fuyuan and the Portuguese was more powerful than the chieftain's army. Based on the order of training troops with easy first and then difficult ones, in the end, all Ming armies will use this coalition army to practice their skills.

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking this, and then he heard another "ding" sound, and the system prompted that a private message had arrived.

He opened it and found that it was sent from Zheng Zhilong. It was also good news. Zheng Zhilong reported that he launched a surprise attack in the early morning and used arson boats to burn Ruan Fuyuan's navy at the mouth of the Red River, completely cutting off the Ruan army's sea retreat.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile after seeing it. Li Zhiqi was probably no match for Zheng Zhilong in terms of his ability to fight at sea. This Zheng Zhilong did a good job! I assigned him a factory guard in the chat group so that he could grasp the opponent's situation. The good news came one after another.

As the New Year approaches, the Liao army will return to the capital immediately, and the military parade that the cabinet will take the lead in preparing is almost ready. For Liubu, everything is under control and we can have a good year this year!

Emperor Chongzhen thought this and felt very good, so he began to look through the chat records in the public chat area, just looking at it as if he was bored.

Unexpectedly, it would have been better for him not to look at it. When he looked at it, he immediately noticed the chat records of several Jiangnan scholars.

"There is a party at Mr. Pan's manor today. Mr. Zhou Ge and Mr. Xi Ming are both there. We can't miss it!"

"Is it the Hundred Gardens owned by the great salt merchant Pan Ru? I heard that he lost a lot of money to keep the manor this time!"

"Who says it's not! But I have plenty of money and don't care about this. I have also received the invitation and have to leave. I heard that Mr. Ximing has a new work, so you can just go and listen to it."

"Yeah, I'm far away and can't make it there. With Mr. Zhou Ge and Mr. Xi Ming here, maybe we can work on a new "Tombstone Story of Five People"! It's such a pity that we can't get there!"

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen had already paid attention to the Fushes that were slowly spreading across the country from the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fushes, also registered with him. Previously, because Zhang Pu took action too early in Nanxun Town, or because Zhang Pu was far away and did not rush over to sell his articles, he escaped. Nowadays, if a big salt merchant wants to write something like "Tombstones of Five People", Emperor Chongzhen will not be happy!

There is also Zhou Yanru, who was asked to correct the ethos of the Jiangnan scholars, but the result was good, and he got together with Zhang Pu and was still in the house of a big salt merchant. The big salt merchant was rich, Zhang Pu and others were talented, and Zhou Yanru had a government background. Could it be that they were going to do something when they got together?

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment, then clicked on the icon of Dongchang Admiral Wang Chengen, chatted with him privately, briefly explained the situation, and asked Wang Chengen's men to inquire about the specific situation.

There are now nearly 450 members in the chat group, and some people were selected from them. After background checks, Emperor Chongzhen approved and absorbed into Dongchang and Jinyiwei. It is also for this reason that all Ming armies in the south are now accompanied by chat group members. And Dongchang's fanyi have also begun to spread out in various industries in major cities across the country.

Emperor Chongzhen remembered clearly that there was a Dongchang fan service in Yangzhou where Pan Ru was located. It was not an emergency, so he would not give orders directly to the officers. Instead, Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, would be responsible for the matter.

After giving this order, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to the salt merchants. Submitting to the illegal laws, in fact, it is impossible to achieve personal income tax like that of later generations. After all, there is no way of knowing how much money a salt merchant makes in a year. These salt merchants today, especially the big salt merchants, must be very rich. Now they just spend an extra sum of money and continue to enjoy their previous life. A large amount of money must have been hidden in the cellar. Regarding this, there is nothing they can do about it by obeying the illegal laws.

In fact, even in later generations, it is impossible to have a clear picture of the income of some big businessmen, and it is impossible to collect taxes on every income. Not to mention reasonable tax avoidance, you can hear about tax evasion from time to time.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen has already learned from factory guards and later information about these big salt merchants that they bribed officials in the salt field to give priority to exchange for salt, or mixed official salt with private salt to make a lot of money from the government and the people. At present, there are many loopholes in the entire salt administration system, so that the cost of salt for the people is very high. The high price of official salt has also led to the rampant operation of private salt dealers. No matter how hard they ban or kill them, they can't be stopped.

"Haha, just wait for a while. When I establish my power in the New Year, I will announce the plan to draw out the firepower and see if you can still enjoy the wealth of the people!" Emperor Chongzhen thought with a sneer in his heart.

Now, he can make money without flipping the table. For example, to deal with these salt merchants, the methods they have used to make money for hundreds of years have been accompanied by the salt policy for hundreds of years. Even the illegal methods among them have become the unspoken rules of the industry. If this is forcibly changed, If there is such an unspoken rule, it will inevitably lead to a violent backlash. After all, salt merchants are not just salt merchants. Behind them, there are local and court officials. These ancient merchants have never been real merchants!

For this situation where government-business collusion has existed for hundreds of years, simply and crudely turning over the table is only the last resort. If Emperor Chongzhen dared to take action directly, the inner treasury might be the first to suffer losses.

The salt industry, silk industry and other hugely profitable industries, hundreds of years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, have already had constant conflicts and conflicts with all walks of life, including the royal family. Including the emperor, you must follow certain rules of the game when doing things, and you must respect the basic laws of development of things. If just killing people can solve the problem! Then this emperor is too good!

Management, in the final analysis, is about fighting people! This kind of thing is never simple!

Wen Tiren, the first assistant, also had various concerns about the salt administration. Although he wanted to innovate, he had been hesitant. After hearing that Emperor Chongzhen had a thorough solution, he kept staring at Emperor Chongzhen.

Over the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, Wen Tiren was not the only one to realize the problems in the salt policy. There were also people who proposed reforms. The Kaizhong Law was abolished and re-established. It was repeated several times, but it was ineffective. Solve the problems existing in the salt administration.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head. Among the scholars in ancient times, there were very few people who could make a good summary of the subject of economics. In fact, no one paid due attention to economics and went to study stereotyped writing.

However, now the Ministry of Rites is vigorously promoting basic scientific knowledge, and there are new things that are changing with each passing day, such as the application of new equipment to people's livelihood, which also has an impact on the original ideological system of the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, science and technology have had an impact on the dominance of stereotyped writing. When the conditions are ripe, we can start engineering subjects again and use the imperial examination to improve the status of science and technology. This will slowly and fundamentally change the old cultural system. At that time, mathematics, physics, chemistry, economics, etc. could gradually become specialized subjects for interested readers to study.

The day after Emperor Chongzhen made some plans for the future, Wang Chengen came to reply. According to the investigation conducted by the Dongchang Fanyuan in Yangzhou, it was found that salt merchants generally complained about the illegal service.

This gathering at Panru Manor was a dissatisfaction with the obedience and violation of the rules. Zhang Pu even wrote an article, from the perspective of the people of the Ming Dynasty, openly and covertly accusing the obedience and violation of the rules. Criticizing this policy is to prey on the common people and not treat the common people as human beings. It is because there is a "Yan Song" in the government who is trying to make money.

At the end of the article, he mentioned how Zhou Yanru was outstanding in knowledge and conduct, yet he was ostracized and left the court. There is no greater injustice in the world than this!