These years of being the queen mother!

The so-called death of the Ming Dynasty in Donglin is based on this. The Donglin Party members made the source of fiscal revenue in the late Ming Dynasty more single, making the court's tax source more dependent on ordinary farmers. In addition, it was in the Little Ice Age and various natural disasters continued. It caused a large number of farmers to go bankrupt, forming a large number of refugees, which directly led to the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty fell, and the group of Hou Jin took advantage of the opportunity.

In the Song Dynasty, although the national strength was weak, the treasury was abundant, and the economic prosperity was unprecedented.According to historical records, at that time, the navigation industry and shipbuilding industry achieved outstanding results, overseas trade was developed, and more than 50 countries in the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe were in business. Therefore, the domestic tax revenue of the Song Dynasty was as high as 1.6 million. Taxes accounted for 70.00%.

It can be said that agricultural tax has never been the bulk of taxes, let alone various mineral taxes, salt taxes, and tea taxes.To be honest, Empress Dowager Yang sometimes couldn't understand the thinking of these scholar-bureaucrats headed by Donglin party members.Pulling up the banner of serving the country and the people, at least they have to do one or two personnel matters. It sounds good in words, but in the end, everything they do benefits their circle of interests.

Since Zhu Cilin came to power, the reason why Empress Dowager Yang has strictly controlled various minerals, especially iron ore, was not to reduce the amount of iron ore flowing outside the customs. Let go of the excavation limit, isn't it to provide more raw materials for weapons to the Houjin group of Tartars and make them stronger.

And salt tax, tea tax...

Empress Dowager Yang sneered when she thought of the salt tax, and sneered again when she thought of the tea tax.People in later generations know that the richest people in ancient times were the salt merchants of the Jianghuai generation. When they fight for wealth and show off their wealth, they throw hundreds of thousands of gold directly into the water, while tea merchants are a little poorer than salt merchants. But each wealth should not be underestimated.Empress Dowager Yang thought that after killing the schistosomes of the Donglin party members, it was time to rectify the salt administration of the Jianghuai generation. It is also equal to the tea tax.This is looking at my focus on military affairs, so I want to fool people so boldly!

Empress Dowager Yang looked at Zhu Ciling after venting her anger towards the Donglin party members that had been suppressed in her heart for many years. "Emperor, do you think these people should be killed!"

"Of course I should be killed!" Zhu Cilin smiled, her voice was still hoarse, but the words she said were not much better than Queen Mother Yang, and every sentence could be regarded as punitive.

"They, looking at me for being young and easy to fool, bought off the eunuchs who served me and let the eunuchs tell me their aspirations and ideals inadvertently. In the name of helping me to take charge of the government as soon as possible, they changed Telling me that my mother's rights and selfish desires are too much, and I want to separate the mother-child relationship between me and my mother with evil intentions. You will not be wronged if you die a hundred times!"

So it's not only Empress Dowager Yang who wants to kill the Donglin Party members, but even Zhu Cilin doesn't want them to live.Those who are hated by the king never end well, let alone the queen mother who is above the king and listens to politics behind the curtain, so when the remarks about the "disgusting" Donglin party members said by Queen Mother Yang spread all over the world, the representative All the Donglin party members who led the gentry and landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River were seeded. Even Gu Xiancheng and others, who had already died, were also implicated, depriving them of posthumous titles and descendants.

This purge of the "Donglin Party ~ people" started again after many years, lasted for a month, and then gradually came to an end.After the cleansing activities were over, Empress Dowager Yang decisively attacked the salt administration in the Jianghuai area. In just a few days, the factory guards in charge of this matter filled up the prisons in the Jianghuai counties and counties. Officials who perverted the law and salt merchants who committed crimes and evaded taxes copied a steady stream of property, which was transported to the capital in large carts and small carts, greatly enriching the treasury, as well as the private treasuries of the empress dowagers and emperors!

"I remember that many scholars in the past were still white men, so they were selected from among them to fill the vacancy caused by this 'cleaning'." Zhu Cilin looked at Shi Fenglai and said seriously. "Remember to exclude the scholars from the Jianghuai area from the list. My mother said that there will be no Jianghuai people for ten years. I deeply agree. Without the support of the Jianghuai gentry, the Donglin Party members dare to jump up and down like this!"

Zhu Cilin didn't believe it yet. The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and a large population. Except for Jianghuai, there were no other places to find talents.Besides, what kind of talents are the Donglin Party members?

In the blink of an eye, it was April, and officials from the Ministry of Rituals made a statement: two or three township examinations and general examinations were also used to calculate martial arts scriptures.After the rankings are released, the riding and shooting will be tested.In May, Dorgon, the third Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, officially proclaimed himself emperor, changed his year name to Chongde, and changed his country name to Qing.In the late thirties, a total of [-] people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia were mobilized to attack Ming Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Yang had already expected that, after Jin, no, it should be said that the Qing Dynasty would invade the south again sooner or later, so she firmly supported the expansion of the Liaodong army.At this time, the Liaodong army had expanded to one million people, of which the navy accounted for [-]%, and the cavalry with guns and bayonets accounted for half of the army.Sufficient food and salaries coupled with excellent equipment, today's Liaodong defenders can be described as strong soldiers and strong horses.

As soon as the battle broke out, Empress Dowager Yang issued an imperial decree to spare Mingda's Ding You and let him return to Liaodong to coordinate and take charge of the battle.This is not because Empress Dowager Yang doubted the acting governor's ability to manage Mangui, but because she was afraid that Mangui would not be as respected as Mingda, who was a relative of the emperor, so that the villain with shallow eyelids would target and delay the opportunity to fight.

In June, Mingda, who was "used by Duoqing", returned to Liaodong, and continued to serve as a supervisor and governor, managing Liaodong.At this time, the war had already started, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia led by Dorgon himself were also blocked outside the checkpoint for a long time.

Different from "luting the enemy deep and ambush on all sides" during the Battle of Lushun, Mingda expected that the Qing Tartars, who had suffered a big loss, would not be fooled in the same way again, so they simply relied on the strength of their troops, and the number of them was more than ten times that of the Tartars. , took the initiative to attack, and caught the Tazi soldiers who thought that the Ming army would only play defensive battles by surprise.

Not to mention the increasingly fierce battles outside the Liaodong Pass, the people in Daming were busy with autumn harvest and autumn plowing in July.In the first half of the year, Empress Dowager Yang made great efforts to rectify the salt policy, so that the gradually rising salt price returned to the low price that could only appear when the weather was good.

The price of salt is low, and it is said that the salt tax collected will be less, but unexpectedly, the salt tax collected is much higher than before.Compared with Zhu Cilin's half-knowledge, Empress Dowager Yang had already expected this, and she couldn't help complaining to Zhu Cilin.

"These insatiable corrupt officials colluded with salt merchants to drive up prices, enriched their own pockets, and withheld tax money. It's really not a pity to die."

Salt administration has always been rich in oil and water, but it is fat and short.In the past, none of the incumbents dared to say that their hands and feet were clean.

As I have said several times before, Empress Dowager Yang is very tolerant of corruption. As long as you are greedy for money and you do a good job, you will be fine.

"The queen mother is right, these people are really worthless."

Thinking of the difference between the salt tax collected this year and the salt tax collected last year, Zhu Cilin, who had figured it out, also showed a sinister smile like Queen Mother Yang, and suggested to Queen Mother Yang. "Queen, it's time for the tea administration to rectify."

So the officials who followed the salt administration and managed the tea administration also began to suffer.Since the opening of foreign trade and the closure of the country, over the years, tea, silk and porcelain have always been important products exported by the Ming Dynasty. The latter two belong to industrial commodities and are included in the industrial and commercial tax, while the tax generated by the former tea sales is separately calculate.

The number of tea exports is increasing, and it is said that the tax money collected should also rise every year, but the result is that the income of tea tax does not fluctuate much every year.Empress Dowager Yang made a comparison of the salt policy, and now that the tea merchants are getting richer and richer, she realizes that the tea policy is probably as problematic as the salt policy, so she also made up her mind to vigorously rectify it.

Because of the fate of the salt government officials and salt merchants as an example, the tea government officials and tea merchants were quite obedient, and they took the initiative to admit their mistakes without the Queen Mother Yang's further investigation.

Regarding their interest, although Empress Dowager Yang was a little disgusted by menstrual periods, she still generously said that she would be lenient and would not barricade them, but she would dismiss them and investigate them, and never hire them.

After vigorously rectifying the tea policy, Mrs. Yang made persistent efforts to deal with the mining policy, and also carried out vigorous rectification.After doing this, Empress Dowager Yang issued an order to amnesty the world and exempt agricultural taxes across the country for three years.Empress Dowager Yang wanted to take one step at a time and permanently exempt the national agricultural tax like the three provinces of Shaanxi, Shanshan and Gansu. However, considering that she was still at war with the Qing Tartars, it was not easy to rush for success, so she only issued an edict to exempt the national agricultural tax for three years.Anyway, after three years, the agricultural tax exemption can be issued for another three years. Therefore, Empress Dowager Yang does not feel sorry for not being able to fulfill her wish of exempting agricultural tax in one step.

After completing this series of tasks, the time will come to the end of the year.In order to have a good year, Empress Dowager Yang ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare a state banquet early, planning to host civil and military officials and envoys specially appointed by European countries to Daming on the eve of the New Year's Eve.

The author has something to say: the second update is completed o(*￣︶￣*)o