Huguang must be bulldozed, the fields must be cleared and inspected, the government and the people must pay the grain together, and the ding tax must be paid by the cadres...
Not to mention the spokesmen of the landlord class like Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun, even Li Yan, the boss of the gangster who switched jobs, felt that Prince Zhu was a little too hasty.
If you are so radical, don't cause any civil or gentry rebellion!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince," Li Yan frowned, "there is no need to clear the fields, inspect the land, bulldoze Huguang, pay the grain to the government and the people together, and allocate the land to the farmers, right? Let's do it in order."
Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said with a smile: "Slowly, it's like cutting the flesh with a blunt knife...it hurts more! And it's not our family that is rectifying the gentry now. Dorgon is more ruthless than us, and they just plan to give the land to the dictation." ! What else do we have to worry about? If we have any means, let's use them together. Those people below can't vote for the Tatars, so they can only make a fuss."
That's right, if you follow the Ming Dynasty, you can still own legal private land, collect rent as usual, grant usury loans as usual, and you can still take exams and serve as officials... there are still many benefits!
Dorgon not only intends to teach the land by dictation, but also has no intention of opening up subjects in the entire North to obtain scholars. What is now implemented is the rule of the country by bannermen and coated slaves.
So those scholar-bureaucrats in the southeast have no way of betraying their country! If they don't follow the Ming Dynasty, where can they go to find a good life?
Zhu Cihong went on to say: "We just defeated the Tatars and killed people like Hauge. Who in the southeast dares to compete?
Moreover, Dorgon would not let go of the city of Qufu, which is filled with mountains of gold and silver... He would not let go of Qufu, so Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi begged me! If these three people don't come to cause trouble for me, how dare those gentry in the southeast who don't have swords dare to cause trouble? "
Qian Qianyi shook his head and was a little puzzled: "Your Highness, there is not much gold and silver in Qufu City... Although the Yanshenggong family has been rich for hundreds of years, it has a large population and a lot of expenses. The savings His silver is at most two to three million taels."
Two to three million taels is not much? Zhu Cihong glanced at Qian Qianyi and said in his heart: How much money have you embezzled, a corrupt official? Is it more than two to three million taels?
Qian Qianyi felt a little scared when he looked at him. He didn't know what he said wrong, so he had to lower his head and remain silent.
Seeing Qian Qianyi lowering his head in shame, Zhu Cixiang's eyes softened. For an official like Qian Qianyi, as long as he cooperates well and serves as his Donglin leader, being greedy is not a problem...
"It doesn't matter how much money there is in Qufu City now. What's important is that Dorgon wants his Eight Banners Soldiers and Green Flag Soldiers to believe that there is money in Qufu City!"
Zhu Cixiang said with a smile: "This is called a theme! Qufu's wealth is a theme. With this theme, Dorgon can unite people's hearts, implement his plan to change the green camp into a green flag, and consolidate his own power step by step. authority."
Prince Zhu's fighting skills are not good, but his ability to play with themes and create hype is not small! So he has already determined that Dorgon must play the theme of "There is a treasure in Qufu". With this theme in mind, those green soldiers who receive military pay may not be willing to change the green flag, and the original Lao Ba Banner may not be willing to have more green flags.
So there must be treasures in Qufu... Even if there are no treasures, you can still dig out the treasures if you dig three feet into the ground!
When Dorgon led the Eight Banners Soldiers and the Green Flag Soldiers to "hunt for treasure" in Qufu, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi had to beg Prince Zhu. Even if Prince Zhu was "fighting the landlords" in the southeast, they had to Hold your nose in support.
Therefore, Zhu Cixiang would not rush to lead his army north to Qufu to fight Dorgon, because whether he won or lost, it would be of no benefit to Prince Zhu.
Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun looked at each other. Now they could see the true face of Prince Zhu!
He is really treacherous, cruel, and despicable. He is not a good person at all!
"Then shall we continue the Northern Expedition?" Qian Qianyi asked in a low voice.
"The Northern Expedition!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "We have all gone on the Northern Expedition to Juehua Island and Zhangzi Island... We will be able to go straight to Huanglong soon!"
What he means is that he will not march from land to fight Dorgon and Duduo's soldiers.
"What's going on with Jin Zhijun?" Qian Qianyi asked, "We didn't find Hauge's body!"
Of course, he couldn't find it... Hauge was stabbed to death by Bahana. After he was stabbed to death, he was buried deep. Where could Zhu Cihong's people find his body?
"There are plenty of corpses!" Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "Look for one by the Qingliu River, and then find a nicer blue leather cover and give it to Jin Zhijun to take back."
Is this possible?
Several people were doubtful.
"It's okay," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Dorgon just wanted us to take over Hauge's murder case, and he won't do a serious autopsy."
Why does this sound so strange? To what extent have you and your husband-in-law colluded?
Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of the people below, Zhu Cixiang didn't explain much, just smiled and said: "Since Dorgon wants to encircle the land with a green flag and plan to give the land orally, he will not go south in a big way for the time being... ..It’s natural for me to pay tribute and return to the imperial court! However, I will leave two model divisions to station in Fengyang Mansion for some time. In addition, Huang Degong’s troops in Huaibei Town and Zhongdu Remaining Division can be guaranteed. I’m worried!”
The two major events of razing Huguang and fighting the landlords were not easy to deploy in Fengyang Mansion, so Zhu Cihong had to go back to Nanjing in triumph, and at the same time, he had to make a big show of it, so that all the landlords and wealthy people in the southeast would know how powerful he was!
...
The Han River is gentle and flows slowly. Now is the season of crisp autumn air. The Han River that flowed into the river in summer has now become gentle and calm, just like the situation in Xiangjing, Yuanyang, and Nanyang.
On the south bank of the Han River, a tall man wearing a blue cloth robe was taking a group of strong men who looked like Dashun civil and military officials for a walk on the embankment. Behind them were a large group of guards. There are golden rice fields on both sides of the Han River. Farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture all wear bamboo hats and harvest rice in the fields before the autumn rain comes. This man in a blue robe is none other than Li Zicheng, Emperor Yongchang of Dashun. Seeing him passing by the fields, these hard-working farmers were so angry that they didn't dare to say a word, and they all bowed down by the fields. When Li Zicheng saw these miserable farmers, he couldn't help but sigh.
Gu Junen, Yin of Xiangjing Prefecture, came to his side and whispered: "Your Majesty, it can be said that the weather is going smoothly on both sides of the Han River this year..."
Li Zicheng said coldly: "So what if the weather is good? How much rice will fall into the hands of poor small farmers? Our old soldiers have forgotten their roots now. The better fields have only received one stone of rent, and some of them are forcing the tenants to give away Let the yellow-flowered girl sleep with them!"
Gu Junen just smiled awkwardly and said after a while: "Your Majesty, this is something we can't do. If we don't share it with the old brothers, what energy will we have? Now we have stabilized the situation, and we can still make progress in the future. .”
"Why are we still aggressive? The Tatars have announced that they want to equalize the land and plan to dictate the land! But we treat the small farmers as cattle and horses. Now we are worse than the Tatars..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this..."
Gu Junen didn't know what to say - the Tatar plan to teach Tian by dictation was indeed beyond his expectation! This matter should have been done by Li Zicheng. Many systems of the Dashun Dynasty were copied from the Sui and Tang Dynasties in name. But the two items "equal land" and "fu soldiers" were missed!
Now the government soldiers have made up for it, but there is no way to equalize the land... There is no land to equalize! The territory is so cramped, it would be nice to be able to provide land to the soldiers under my command. Therefore, the Dashun Dynasty now only has enclosures but no equalization of fields. On the other hand, the Tatars could not encircle so many people due to the small number of people on the land, and the rest could still be planned to be farmed by dictation.
Speaking of which, Li Zicheng is also responsible for this matter - he has a share in the "Thanos Model" of the Central Plains!
"Your Majesty," Gu Junen gritted his teeth, "We can actually use the method of dictating the fields...Although the fields in Xiangjing Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, and Nanyang Prefecture have been allocated to the old brothers, the world's It’s much bigger than these three mansions!”
Li Zicheng turned around and looked at Gu Junen: "Second Military Advisor, are you asking E Nan to go and seize the Ming Dynasty's territory?"
Gu Jun'en said: "We are going to seize Zuo Liangyu's territory... After we seize it, we plan to give the land to the people so that the people can live a good life!"
