"Eat his mother, drink his mother, King Chuang comes to divide the fields..."
On the same day that Zhu Cixi ascended the throne and became the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, songs to welcome King Chuang rang over the city of Chongqing.
Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun Yongchang finally won his first major victory after his death!
What? Can you win even if you die? Was this victory achieved in the world of heaven or in the underworld?
This question is a little more complicated!
Although Li Zicheng's body is dead, his soul... I don't know where it went? But he is still alive in history!
Although Zhu Cihong, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi have concluded that Li Zicheng is dead through fundamental analysis, Daxi Zhang Xianzhong also guessed that Li Zicheng was pretending to be alive.
However, neither party publicly announced that Li Zicheng was dead.
Because the dead Li Zicheng did not have enough deterrence to the gentry and landlord class in Huguang, in order to smoothly implement the policy of "clearing the fields and inspecting the land to pick fruits", Zhu Cihong stopped exposing Li Zicheng's pretense.
Zhang Xianzhong also felt that a living Li Zicheng would be more beneficial for him to go north to Guanzhong and gain a foothold in Guanzhong.
Because as long as Li Zicheng lives and maintains a state of war with the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will not launch a fierce attack on the territory in Li Zicheng's name - Dorgon, Duoduo, and Fan Wencheng are all familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Yes, looking at the map, isn’t the world divided into three parts now?
Moreover, Ming Dynasty is the strongest among the three parties. Even if Dashun and Qing Dynasty do not join forces, how can they still strangle each other?
Therefore, as long as Dashun remains at war with Ming Dynasty, Dorgon will not send troops to Shaanxi. He will only seize the time and concentrate on attacking the Ming army in Shanxi - starting from last winter, the second siege of Datong has begun. At this moment, Datong Fucheng is still surrounded and hungry!
After figuring out this situation, Zhang Xianzhong, who went north to Guanzhong and occupied Xi'an Prefecture, continued to use the banner of Dashun Xiwang to the outside world, saying that he was taking over Shaanxi on the order of Li Zicheng.
Since both Zhu Cihong and Zhang Xianzhong "believed" that Li Zicheng was alive, and the Qing Dynasty seemed to have no objections. The Dashun Dynasty itself also claimed that Li Zicheng was still alive and sitting in Yong'an (Kuizhou), then of course Li Zicheng lived in Qing history.
According to the later "History of Shun. Gaozu", after Shun Gaozu Li Zicheng defeated the public security forces, he sent his troops into Sichuan, took Kuizhou as the base, and renamed it Yong'an as the place where he was stationed. Later, he sent Taizong Li Guo to attack Chongqing with 30,000 troops. With the cooperation of Gao Yigong and Luo Hu, a total of 30,000 troops, they attacked Chongqing and defeated Ma Shiying, the governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty!
However, Ma Shiying's failure did not mean the collapse of Ming Dynasty's rule in Sichuan. Because at the same time that Chongqing Prefecture fell, Yang Zhan in western Sichuan successfully regained Chengdu Prefecture, which had been abandoned by Zhang Xianzhong. Therefore, Ma Shiying and Zeng Ying, who lost Chongqing Prefecture, retreated towards Chengdu.
Qin Yiming, the Sichuan general who had stayed in Kuizhou before, withdrew to Zunyi Prefecture, where he met the loyal Duke Qin Liangyu who came from Huguang with a large number of muskets and military pay. With the replenishment, Qin Yiming's troops gained a firm foothold in Zunyi Mansion.
Therefore, the situation in Sichuan is still confusing.
The dead Li Zicheng will still survive for a while in Qing History, and the Dashun Dynasty will continue to progress under his banner!
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Yong'an City, the new capital of the Dashun Dynasty, was shrouded in the pattering night rain. In a certain mansion, candlelight shined through a thin layer of window paper, and two figures sitting opposite each other could be vaguely seen.
"As the saying goes, spring rain is as precious as oil... It seems that the farmers in Sichuan will have a good time this year. God will reward them with rice, and the Prince of Fujun will allocate land to them."
In the room, Dashun Zuofu, who was a little fat, and Niu Jinxing, a bachelor of Tianyou Pavilion, were leaning on a couch, holding in their hands a volume of Yong'an Mansion's account book of land enclosures, land allocations and land equalization, and were looking at it carefully. .
"Although the emperor's method of enclosing land and equalizing farmland has benefited farmers, it cannot control industry and commerce. The industry and commerce in Xiangjing Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, and Jingzhou Prefecture have suffered a lot before. This year it is Sichuan's turn to be depressed."
The other person is a young man who looks somewhat similar to Niu Jinxing. He is Niu Quan, the son of Niu Jinxing. Niu Quan served as the Yin of Xiangjing Prefecture for a period of time last year, and now he was transferred to Yong'an Prefecture by Li Guo as the Minister of Household Government. He seemed to have some objections to the policy of equalizing land based on population and population implemented by the Dashun Dynasty. He did not dare to speak out against it in public. He only dared to say it in front of his father Niu Jinxing.
Niu Jinxing glared at his son: "What happened to the depression in industry and commerce? At the beginning of the founding of each dynasty, there were many people who emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. This dynasty takes the Tang Dynasty as our teacher. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, it also emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce."
"But we can't live without industry and commerce. It's too inconvenient!" Niu Quan shook his head, "As soon as the Xiangjing Prefecture's land enclosure and debt exemption order came out, the big industry and commerce disappeared immediately. The money collected from our village the year before last year The rice has nowhere to go. Later it was shipped to Lexianqiao for sale, but what to do now? It has all flowed into Sichuan, so it can’t be shipped to Hankou for sale, right?
Moreover, we had the old foundation before, so we could give everyone some money as salary to make up for it, but this year I am afraid that there will be no money to give out, and we will have to give out rice noodles instead... and many brothers have lost their jobs in Xiangjing, Zhuangzi from Nanyang followed, and it was necessary to spend money to resettle the land in Sichuan! "
The gentry and landlords of the Ming Dynasty did not exclude industry and commerce, and they also had the privilege of tax-free customs clearance. In most places, industry and commerce and the gentry were integrated. Therefore, while Dashun deprived the gentry of their land and used laws to exempt farmers from debts, they also destroyed the foundation of industry and commerce.
This problem existed in Huguang before, but now that we have entered Sichuan, I am afraid it will become even more serious! Because Sichuan is self-contained, once the foundation of industry and commerce is gone, it is unlikely that Dashun’s old camp warriors can obtain the handicraft products they need through mutual trade with the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the Dashun court now has no source of cash. So soon there will be no money to distribute to the officials below, and they will probably have to distribute rice instead.
From now on, the officials of Dashun Dynasty will have to drive horse and ox carts to collect their salaries...
"What a big deal..." Niu Jinxing sneered, "You are worried that the rice will not be sold, so you won't ask the farmers for other things? Some cloth, some meat, some furs and game. The house Just let Zhuangzi give you whatever you need. As for salary, there is no difference between giving out money and giving out rice and noodles. And it is not necessary to give out rice and noodles, you can also publish it.
Since ancient times, men farmed and women weaved. The tax system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was adjusted to target men who farmed and women weaved. However, the Sui and Tang Dynasties were based on "Ding", regardless of the amount of land or property, which was too unfair to the common people. And we can be land-based. From now on, one acre of land will be required to pay part of the rice, part of the cloth, and some corvee, isn’t it enough? "
Niu Jinxing's method cannot be said to be brilliant. In fact, it is the path of self-sufficiency, the essence of small-scale peasant economy (manor economy).
In the early days of many feudal dynasties, many populations were wiped out due to successive battles, industry and commerce were destroyed, and the commodity economy lost its foundation. The self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy thrives like a fish in water because there are fewer people and more land.
At this time, the feudal dynasty adopted a national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, restraining mergers, and protecting small farmers. That was completely correct!
There are no people, let’s engage in gross industry and commerce!
However, when the feudal dynasty developed into the middle and late stages, due to the increase in population, the intensification of conflicts between man and land, and the gradual failure of policies to inhibit annexation, the development of industry and commerce became unstoppable. At this time, if the country could not follow the trend, adjust policies, and persist in the dynasty, The so-called ancestral family law in the early years was troublesome.
The Ming Dynasty was just such a feudal dynasty that didn't know how to adapt...
Niu Jinxing, the Zuofu Prime Minister of the Dashun Dynasty, is now preparing to start a small farmer model for Li Zicheng in the early dynasty.
Niu Quan asked again: "What about the hundred industries?"
"Official camp!" Niu Jinxing smiled, "Do you still remember the "Examination of Work" in "Zhou Rites"?
"Remember some."
Niu Jinxing said: "Isn't it said at the beginning of "Kao Gong Ji", 'There are six state-owned positions, and one hundred labors are the same as one'." Our dynasty focused on agriculture and suppressed commerce, so naturally we did not expect profiteers to develop hundreds of labors, so we vigorously developed government-run businesses. This is the right way. We must not only have government-run workers, but also specialize in salt, iron, tea, wine and other items and large mines in various places. In addition, we must set up commercial officials in the mutual markets on the borders to strictly control the export and import of goods. .”
Niu Quan thought for a while, "Where do craftsmen come from?"
"Set up a craftsman's household!" Niu Jinxing said. "The craftsman's household does not count on land equalization and does not have to pay rent. However, it must serve as an official for two or three months a year. Food and clothing can be provided as appropriate."
Niu Quan wrinkled and asked: "Then are people still allowed to run industry and commerce?"
"Yes," Niu Jinxing said, "the government camp will be the main one, and the private sector will be the supplement. If the private sector is not allowed, how can hundreds of craftsmen serve in the government?"
However, salt, iron, tea, and wine must be specialized... Anyone who smelt iron, brew wine, boil salt, or grow tea must be strictly controlled by the government and must not operate privately.
In addition, all hardware mines must be operated by the government and private parties are not allowed to get involved. The business of making money from copper and iron must also be run by the government! "
Niu Jinxing is also making progress! When he first started planning the system for Li Zicheng four years ago, he was actually fooling around with half a bottle of vinegar. Although he was born as a juren, the juren in the Ming Dynasty were only proficient in eight-legged essays, and their level of policy analysis was not very high, and they did not know much about the laws and regulations of the past dynasties. In theory, policy theory requires proficiency in classics, but scholars in the Ming Dynasty were clever. Many tutoring materials for exams have been developed, allowing students to pretend to understand and get through. Niu Jinxing is just a random person...
However, in the past two or three years, as he was running the country and studying at the same time, he gradually gathered many staff around him, and his level naturally improved a lot.
What he has set for Li Guo now is the route of a typical feudal country based on a small-scale peasant economy.
The country's military foundation is the enclosure military service system. The economic basis is land equalization based on population calculation and government-run industry and commerce, which is a small-scale peasant economy. Now there is still a way to get soldiers, and we can almost live together.
