In the Imperial City of Xuanfu, inside the Cunxin Hall, there was a sea of black gauze python robes, all of which were nobles who had just come from Beijing. This noble man from Beijing in the Ming Dynasty has never had a good life since Zhu You inspected Datong... If he loses his job, he will be lucky to go home and eat old rice. Those who are unlucky will be treated as loyal martyrs and placed on the memorial tablet. The superior asked people to hold the big incense and worship!
And which of these families is occupying land outside Beijing? Those lands have not paid a penny in taxes for a hundred or two hundred years! Even when Zhang Juzheng was in power, he did not dare to touch their interests. But this time I was forced to pay taxes... No one dared to resist!
Anyone who resists will be taken to Liaodong to become a loyal martyr!
But today, the faces of the relatives who gathered at the Xuan Mansion were filled with joy. When they spoke, each of them spoke in a louder voice. They were all talking and laughing loudly with each other when the emperor was not here.
They were all invited to the Xuan Mansion by Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei... And when Luo Yangxing invited people, he had already told them the reason - otherwise they would be afraid!
It turns out that Zhu Youjian invited everyone to go to Xuan Mansion, and he wanted to share the benefits with everyone! The little emperor wants everyone to bring their families and their families, and then each of them gather a group of more capable ones to go to the south to serve as generals and deputy generals... and they can also serve for a long time!
These nobles have all suffered heavy losses from Zhu Youjian in the past two years, and they all know that the south is richer than the north. Even Beijing, the most prosperous place, cannot compare with Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou in the south... For the same land, the rent of three bushels of wheat per acre in Beijing is sky-high. In the south of the Yangtze River, the best paddy fields can yield one and a half tons of rice a year for rent. This is a multiple profit!
Moreover, the industry and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River are developed, and there are many opportunities for road toll collection - catching a thief, suppressing a bandit, arresting a smuggler... you can make money for any reason!
If you really want to be a general or deputy general in the south for ten or eight years, how can you make hundreds of thousands of taels, right? This is much better than staying in the Beijing camp and eating the empty quota - how many people are eating around the Beijing camp!
Besides, now that the capital camp has been wiped out by the "settlement account", they can't eat even if they want to. Now they can only go to the south to find food.
With such a big fruit in front of them, how could these nobles, who were already a little thin from hunger, keep their voices from getting louder and louder?
Zhu Chunchen, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen, the leaders of Beijing's nobles, stood aside. They were not happy and did not join the discussion.
Zhu Chunchen already had an errand from abroad, and he was asked to stay at the Rehe Palace and serve as a garrison in Xingzhou - he came from the construction site of the Rehe Palace, and the general soldiers in the south did not have his share.
The two princes, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen, are both filial sons - their fathers both died in the third year of Chongzhen, so they both just ascended the throne and are observing filial piety in Ding You, and they have to observe filial piety for three years... ....You won’t be able to become a general soldier until the sixth year of Chongzhen!
I don’t know if there will be any commander-in-chief available by then?
It makes me sad just thinking about it!
When the two filial sons thought of this, they all secretly shed tears. It was obvious that they were thinking of their father - if their father was still here, they would be able to go to Jiangnan and become the general soldiers to make a fortune!
"Long live the Lord is here!"
With a shout, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian, came out swaggeringly, accompanied by two loyal ministers and generals, Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing.
Both of these men were laughing from ear to ear! I originally thought that after the bus letter incident, it would be good for the two of them to retire and go home, and maybe buy indulgences. Unexpectedly, Zhu Youjian would arrange for them to go to the south to fish for oil and water - Jiangnan General Soldier and the others did not dare to ask for it. There was too much oil and water for Jiangbei, and Jiangbei certainly did not dare to ask for it. The territory was too big... When the two fathers and sons were combined, they would It is proposed to split Jiangbei into Huaidong and Huaixi towns.
Taking Yangzhou, Huai'an and Xuzhou as Huaidong Town, the General Military Office settled in Xuzhou, which had just been flooded - these two men are very smart! It seems that the territory is smaller, and it has also settled in the bitter Xuzhou. But it’s a lot more affordable, and it’s not easy to make people jealous.
First of all, Yang and Huai Prefectures are important towns in the salt industry. You can make a fortune just by catching private salt!
Secondly, Yang, Huai, and Xu are still along the canal. Can the towns along the canal be wealthy?
Third, although Xuzhou is poor and has just been flooded (for several years!), it still has a large area of "flooded land" that can be developed. The city of Xuzhou also needs to be rebuilt, and the rivers and embankments need to be repaired... You can figure out how much oil and water there is with your heels!
Of course Zhu Youjian is also satisfied with the choice of Luo and his son - he originally only wanted to split South Zhili into two parts, but now it seems that he can split it into more details, demolishing a total of four towns of Huaidong, Huaixi, Jiangnan and Jiangdong. , plus a naval town of Caojiang in charge of the Yangtze River, a Nanjing Jingying camp, and a canal army, there are 7 towns, and seven general troops can be arranged...
In addition, Huguang is such a large territory, how can a general soldier manage it? It can also be split into two general armies, Hunan and Hubei, and then a deputy general of the Jinghu Navy can be arranged.
The four provinces of Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong can each add a naval deputy general, and can also set up a naval admiral's office in Quanzhou and Dengzhou...
Adding all of them together, we have the second admiral, the fourteenth general (plus Jiangxi), and the fifth lieutenant general! Although these more than 20 good jobs cannot all be given to Beijing nobles, they are all "resources" in Zhu Youjian's hands and can be used in exchange for benefits.
A group of nobles had already kowtowed to Zhu Youjian too much. Emperor Zhu saw them all standing in different classes, each one looking so mighty and majestic, and nodded with satisfaction - they all looked just like the real thing! In my last life, I thought you could fight, but you turned out to be useless!
But it doesn’t matter, waste can also be used!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian spoke: "Did Luo Yangxing tell you? This time I plan to take out Huaidong, Huaixi, Jiangnan, Jiangdong, Caojiang, Yunhejun, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, a total of 10 A general soldier, plus a deputy general Jinghu, a total of 11 are sent to you. Luo Yangxing has already taken Huaidong, and there are 10 left... Each of you can fight for it, including the British Duke and Ding Guogong! Ding You is important, but killing thieves for the country can steal love!
Now the Ming Dynasty is in troubled times. There are thieves everywhere. The only difference is that there are more thieves and less! "
Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen became excited as soon as they heard it!
They are filial sons, but they still have to be officials! Now in order to destroy the thieves and seize love, the spirits of their two deceased fathers in heaven will definitely be happy.
"Long live my lord," Zhang Zhiji asked immediately, "How can we win over this general?"
Xu Yunzhen asked worriedly: "Is it going to be a competition to win the handsome man?"
"No competition, no competition," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "Let's hold a bidding process to win the commander... Whoever offers me the best conditions can be the commander-in-chief and the deputy general!"
Why does it sound like selling an official position?
A group of nobles were shocked.
Zhu Youjian saw their expressions and hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sell my official position... I have two requirements. One is to contract a thousand-household office in Yanshan and Daning! We need to bring people to live with the director... Now there is a shortage of food in the north, and there are too many people eating in the big cities in North Zhili. Take away as much as you can!
If you want to be the commander-in-chief, you have to take away at least 3,000 men, and at least 10,000 of their family members...and the more, the better! You go back and add up the numbers, and then report them to me, and I will select the top 10 from them and appoint them as commander-in-chief and deputy general, with terms of 10 years each. "
In other words, removing 4,000 households from around Beijing (of which 1,000 go to Yanshan and Daning) can be exchanged for 10 years of generous positions for generals and deputy generals.
The cost of relocating 4,000 households is much less than the cost of 10 years of military service and deputy generals. Moreover, if you go to the south to serve as a general or deputy general, you can bring your own personal soldiers! The commander-in-chief's town badge has always been recruited by the commander-in-chief himself. 3,000 strong men can be put on errands without having to pay for their own maintenance.
Only the 1,000 households immigrating to Yan and Ning are more troublesome, but it is not a problem for these people who have been nobles for a hundred or two hundred years - the nobles control a large amount of land and population, so this trouble is really nothing.
And through the appointment of these 10 generals and deputy generals, the population around Beijing will be reduced by 40,000 households... At least 200,000 people will leave after opening their mouths, and a considerable number of these 200,000 people are members of the Jinyi Guards or The eliminated Jingying and the strong men of Xuan, Chang, Ji, Bao and other towns.
Now that they have a place to go, Zhu Youjian can truly take Jin Yiwei into his pocket, and then safely take over the city of Beijing!
