In the first year of Dongping Daxing, it was really a bad year for Wuhua Mountain in Kunming.
The failure of the Battle of Southern Shaanxi and the Dajianshan Uprising suddenly stripped away the glorious face of Dashun, the "peasant dynasty". If we talk about the battle between the two armies on the battlefield, the news of the heads of Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin and his son, and Wu Sangui's death from injuries in front of the battle gave the rulers of the Dashun Dynasty a little hope of victory. However, the defection of the people in southern Shaanxi, the uprising in Dajianshan, and the constant riots in various parts of Sichuan completely destroyed the golden signboard of "Welcome the King of Chuang".
The people in southern Shaanxi and Sichuan no longer support the Dashun Dynasty. They are looking forward to the Ming Dynasty and King Ming! I hope someone can smash the rule of the Dashun Dynasty, drive away the government soldiers and landlords who have oppressed them for more than 20 years, and start a vigorous land reform again...
According to the research of some historians in later generations, the periodic law of China's feudal dynasty is actually closely related to the intensification and relaxation of the contradiction between man and land - it may not be completely consistent, but there is definitely a connection.
If we make a vivid metaphor, the inevitable corruption, incompetence, foreign invasion, and natural disasters of the feudal dynasty are various bacteria and viruses, and the contradiction between man and land determines whether the immune system of the feudal dynasty is strong.
If there were fewer people and more land, the output of the land would be enough to feed and clothe most people, and it would also be enough to support a land military service system to defend the feudal dynasty. So as long as the upper echelons of this feudal dynasty don't mess around (any brain defect is a terminal illness), Guo Zuo will still be able to continue.
If the contradiction between man and land accumulates to a certain extent, then the immune system of this feudal dynasty is on the verge of collapse, and unrest that is not fatal in the first place can kill the dynasty.
In the process of dynasty change, it is usually accompanied by fierce competition and population loss... After a large number of population losses, the land naturally becomes relatively abundant, and the contradiction between man and land is resolved to a certain extent. The new feudal dynasty It will be easier to stabilize and prosper.
The current round of external and internal troubles that began in the late Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty happened to coincide with the intensification of conflicts between man and land. Moreover, it also hit a mini ice age that caused a large reduction in grain holdings - the decline in grain yields meant that the population that the land could support decreased, and the contradiction between man and land was suddenly intensified!
Of course, if the politics of Tianqi and Chongzhen were clear enough and the monarchs were wise enough, they might be able to hold on for a while longer to postpone the coming of troubled times... But it is just a postponement. If you want to really solve the problem, only two There are two ways out: one is to reduce the population; the other is to increase the land.
It's a pity that neither Tianqi nor Chongzhen were wise emperors, and the Ming Dynasty's bureaucracy had reached a stage of corruption and rigidity, which was why the rise of Manchuria and the growing peasant uprising army occurred.
However, the emergence of Zhu Cixiang and the Age of Discovery that had begun nearly 200 years ago saved the life of the dying feudal dynasty of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cixiang temporarily abandoned the northern region that could not support a large population due to the Little Ice Age. Ming Chao, who was dying, temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. After the Ming Dynasty embraced the Age of Discovery, it had a tonic that continuously enhanced the dynasty’s immunity!
So the troubled times were only halfway through, and they were stopped!
And this troubled world, which has only been in chaos for half a period, has not completely resolved the intensified contradiction between man and land, especially the conflict between man and land in southern China that is not chaotic enough...including the seizure of land by the Dashun Peasant Dynasty in the troubled times. The contradiction between man and land in the Sichuan base camp.
Although in the early days of Dashun's takeover of Sichuan, a land reform greatly alleviated the pain caused to the people by the intensification of conflicts between man and land. However, land reform cannot cure the root cause of the contradiction between man and land, but can only cure the symptoms.
The land military service system that the Dashun Dynasty relied on would in turn aggravate the pain caused by land conflicts to the people - because the landowner class responsible for military service had too strong demand for land, and their ability to seize land was also limited. Stronger than the previous literati and landlord class!
One uses the pen to seize the land, and the other uses the knife handle and the pen at the same time!
So in the first year of Dongping Daxing, the Dashun Dynasty, which had risen due to the intensification of the conflict between man and land in the Ming Dynasty, was also facing the anger of the 30 to 40 million working people in Sichuan and southern Shaanxi who had lost their land... Of course After all, the Dashun Dynasty was only established for 25 years. The first generation of entrepreneurs has not disappeared, and the second generation of Shun they have trained are all very capable.
As a ruling group, Dashun Dynasty is quite energetic!
Now, a large number of energetic military households from Hanzhong, Yunyang and Gongchang are pouring into Sichuan and Yunnan like a tide.
"Your Majesty, King Li Jin's report said that there are at least 40,000 households and more than 200,000 people on their way south to Yunnan. The court must find a way to resettle them!"
"Your Majesty, the Jiedu Envoys of the three prefectures of Baoning, Kuizhou, and Long'an have reported that a large number of soldiers from the north have passed by recently. Some of them have no food and clothing. They have harassed civilians along the way, asking for food and drink. If they don't comply, they will fight with swords. Many households in prefectures and counties have fled to the mountains and forests because they are afraid of the soldiers coming from the north. There are also monsters from the White Lotus Sect who are provoking them and inciting civil uprisings. The situation is very chaotic..."
"Your Majesty, the Jiedu Envoys of Chengdu, Tongchuan, and Shunqing and the Left-behind Envoy of Chongqing have reported that money has been abundant in various places recently, prices have soared, people's livelihood is difficult, ordinary people are suffering from recruitment, soldiers in the government are suffering from military service, and people's hearts are There are demons from the White Lotus Sect causing trouble everywhere, and the situation is very chaotic."
"Your Majesty, the Songpan Army and the Xichuan Army Jiedu Division have reported that the native people in the states and counties under their jurisdiction have been in commotion recently, resisting rent and conscription, gathering in the mountains and forests, and some people are raising flags of residual light in an attempt to resist the heavenly soldiers. Please send out troops to suppress them! "
"Your Majesty, prices in Kunming have begun to rise again recently, with a bucket of rice rising to 300 wen. Cloth, ironware, gunpowder and other military supplies are in short supply..."
Li Laiheng, Emperor of Dashun Dongxing, walked up and down the Jinluan Hall impatiently as he listened to the ministers below reporting bad news one by one. He wore only a blue robe washed white to promote frugality. Since Li Jicheng's triumphant return from Tianzhu, Kunming, the southern capital of Dashun, which had always been prone to luxury, suddenly became extravagant. The higher-ups are pursuing Hu Ma, Hu Ji and various Western toys. The middle class enjoys eating and drinking, and the demand for various meats and alcohol has increased significantly, thus increasing food consumption.
At the same time, the industrial and commercial activities in Kunming, Dali, and Qujing were also intensified due to the "Tianzhu Gold and Silver" and the "Second Expedition to Tianzhu", which further promoted price increases. The rising prices and huge demand forced the Dashun court to transfer supplies from Chengdu, Jiading, Xuzhou and other prefectures, which in turn aggravated inflation in those areas...and inflation caused the middle and lower class soldiers to However, the middle and lower-class government households tried every means to pass their losses on to the lower-level farmers, which intensified the already serious "prefecture-peasant contradiction."
At this juncture, Hanzhong, Yunyang, and Gongchang were occupied by the Ming army again...
Dashun Dynasty suddenly felt a bit precarious!
"Damn it," Li Laiheng cursed, interrupting the minister who was reporting, "Isn't there some good news?"
"Yes, yes, there is good news!" Zuo Fu Niu Jinxing hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Fujun reported that the Southern Expedition Army sailed across the sea to Madras, South India in mid-January to besiege the Western Kingdom of England. For more than 20 days at Fort St. George, the stronghold in southern Tianzhu, the British soldiers were forced to surrender..."
Madras, later known as Chennai, was the earliest stronghold of the British East India Company in India. It was not on the territory of the Timurid Empire in India, but on the territory of the Kingdom of Romankodel in southern India. Because Li Jicheng stayed in the fortress in Orissa Province of the Timurid Empire and was attacked by Aurangzeb's troops at the end of last year, Li Jicheng and his Dutch friends decided to find a "weak chicken" to attack. Next, Li Jicheng found the British...
"Don't mention Tianzhu!" Li Laiheng became angry when he heard about Tianzhu, and waved his hand, "Say something useful!"
"Your Majesty, the Chongqing Left-behind Division has reported that there was a civil uprising in Jiannan Division of the Zhu Thieves adjacent to Shizhu Prefecture and Wanzhou. The rebels of Jiannan Division launched a banner to welcome King Chuang and sent people to Wanzhou and Shizhu for help! "
