Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi also looked at each other and smiled.
Li Chengliang took the initiative to spit out the benefits of Liaodong trade that his Li family had monopolized, which was naturally something that made them very happy.
Although Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi both followed Zhang Juzheng in reform during the Zhang Juzheng era, they are still important officials in the court who support the reform.
But they also knew very well that if the imperial court really wanted to carry out reforms in Liaodong, that is, to expand tax sources and use commercial means to control the Jurchen and Mongolian tribes in Liaodong, the Li family would undoubtedly be the biggest obstacle.
Because both the powerful officials and gentry inside the Pass and the Jurchen Mongolian nobles outside the Pass are hiding behind the scenes of the Li family, with the Li family acting as the middleman.
Therefore, if the imperial court really wants to reform in Liaodong, the first force to be moved is actually the Li family in Liaodong.
But now Li Chengliang takes the initiative to cut off the flesh, which will naturally make the court's reforms in Liaodong less troublesome.
Therefore, Shen Shixing reported in advance: "Your Majesty, Marquis Ningyuan understands the righteousness so well that he requested that he be lax in guarding his nephew and allow his disciples to break the law. After discussion, the cabinet ordered the three law ministers to think that his merits should be narrated. I plan to give him a lenient vote and only take away his title of Crown Prince and Taibao as a light punishment."
"In view of the fact that the Li family has made great contributions to the country in several great victories in Liaodong, we will not be implicated. We only copied Li Rubin's family property and slaves, and only brought his head to Beijing to spread the news to Jiubian!"
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"As for the matter of opening a border in Liaodong reported by Marquis Ningyuan, it should be discussed by the political affairs hall. The cabinet's Department of National Taxation, Si Li Supervisor, Sixth Section, Jinyiwei, and Metropolitan Procuratorate will each send an official to Liaodong, together with the governor of Liaodong and Anton Ningyuan Marquis, the guardian of the governor's office, negotiated border issues and customs duties, and all customs duties collected were put into the internal funds to be used by the emperor as rewards for military ministers, soldiers, and other gold and silver in the future."
"In this way, although Burma is about to be destroyed, there is no need to think about using national funds to reward them with gold and silver."
"More national funds can be used to strengthen post roads and build additional border towns."
Gold and silver have always been a big expense for the imperial court, and they have to be spent, because maintaining the loyalty of officers and soldiers to the imperial court and maintaining military discipline all over the world essentially relies on money.
It’s just that the emperor is the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, so the money is basically paid by the emperor.
Now Shen Shixing also advocates using the increased profits from Liaodong as gold and silver, and avoiding the need for national funds to supplement the internal treasury due to the war.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded: "Absolutely! The Cabinet Branch Office and the Royal Horse Supervisor also sent an official to discuss with Ningyuan Marquis the establishment of Liaodong Commercial Bank to operate Liaodong commerce on the basis of the country, the inner court, and Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, so as to facilitate domestic and foreign affairs. The goods are transported to the border barbarians, but it is not regarded as a trade with the barbarians. The existing merchants under the name of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion are responsible for the operation, and the profits made are divided into dividends, and the losses are also divided accordingly. "
fenshu means dividing shares.
Beginning in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the form of merchant capital partnership has appeared, but people in the Ming Dynasty often referred to split shares as fenshu.
Therefore, in order to make it easier for the officials to understand, Zhu Yijun also calls it Fenshu here.
Zhu Yijun had no intention of directly taking away the Li family's business and trade industry in Liaodong.
It looks too ugly to eat like that.
Zhu Yijun also didn't want people in the world to think that it would be useless to take the initiative to offer benefits to the court.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun just decided to let the national funds and the inner court pay to help Liaodong Li's business expand and make money together.
This will also let the generals of Liao know that maintaining good business order is also related to their interests, not just maintaining business order for the court and the emperor.
After hearing this, Shen Shixing held up his hands and said yes, and then said: "Your Majesty, can we provide tax exemption for small-value goods passing through the customs? This will encourage Han Chinese small traders to be willing to go out of the customs and no longer fear the severe cold outside the customs. This will increase the number of Han people outside the customs. , it is also conducive to activating trade outside the customs and reducing the willingness of ordinary Fanyi to plunder."
"allow!"
"Your cabinet will discuss it and decide what the appropriate tax exemption limit should be."
"Anyone leaving customs, as long as the value of the goods does not exceed a certain amount, can be exempted from tax. Especially for daily necessities of the common people rather than luxury items, such as homespun cloth, ceramics, etc., the tax-free limit can be set larger to allow ordinary traders in the country to They are more willing to go out to make profits, and the cost for ordinary barbarians to purchase these goods is much lower than the cost of robbing these goods, achieving the purpose of breaking the hearts of the Jurchen and Mongolian tribes."
The pass here refers to Shanhaiguan Pass.
East of Shanhaiguan, that is, the Northeast area in later generations, what is most needed now is to allow a large number of Han people to leave the customs and enrich the frontier fortresses, so as to prepare for future expansion to the north.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun agreed to Shen Shixing's proposal and granted appropriate tax exemptions to ordinary Han traders leaving customs.
After hearing this, Shen Shixing raised his hands and said yes.
Fang Fengshi here said: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council believes that because Jue Chang'an, Taksi, Li Ruzhen and others were the rebels who rebelled against the imperial court with the traitor Wang Gao in the past, it was only because Wang Gao was defeated in the second year of Wanli After they were killed, although the remnants of Wang Gao's troops became prisoners of the army, they were adopted as slaves by Ningyuan Marquis, who was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Army at that time. Therefore, now that they are related, they have not been rewarded by the court because they have not yet been rewarded. Being killed by Ning Yuan Hou can only be regarded as the family master killing the slave; and because Ning Yuan Hou did provide evidence that they were treasonous, Ning Yuan Hou's killing him can be regarded as eliminating thieves for the country, so he will not be held accountable."
"But I won't give you a reward either!"
"Gai Yin Ningyuan Marquis has never made it clear that the former Jianzhou Zuowei slave chief was actually a slave in his house. He knew about it but refused to repay it; now it is considered that the merits and demerits are equal to each other."
"appropriate!"
Zhu Yijun nodded and asked: "Where are the more than two thousand Jurchen Yiding captured by Marquis Ningyuan in Gule Village?"
Fang Fengcheng replied: "Marquis Ningyuan has requested that it be set up as a main barracks, led by Guerrilla Cha Da, and go to Yunnan to conquer Burma. Please give me a name from your Majesty."
"It's called Green Camp, and the military pay is the same as that of the Jiubian Auxiliary Army."
"Those who have made great achievements can also be awarded military medals."
Zhu Yijun said.
Fang bowed his hands and said yes at every opportunity.
"Jianzhou Right Guard and Jianzhou Left Guard no longer exist. It is time to reorganize the area and return it to its original position. There is no need to set up a guard post anymore. It is set up as two prefectures, one is Xinbin Prefecture and the other is Qingyuan Prefecture."
Zhu Yijun continued to give instructions at this time.
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
Then, Zhu Yijun asked Fang Fengshi: "Can Annan accept the order and send troops?"
Fang Fengshi replied: "There is no reply yet."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked again: "How is the transportation of grain and grass to destroy Burma?"
Fang Fengshi replied: "We have ordered the governors of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong and Guangxi, Huguang, Fujian, Nanzhi, and Sanbian to make preparations for the military preparations. We must ensure that each post station has enough troops, water, grass and food. At the same time, we have set up five additional post stations." One thousand, six hundred and seventy-two people, 2,064 horse and post horses, and 1,024 mules. Nanbenbing (Nanjing Ministry of War Minister) Yin Gong reported that 300,000 shi of grain and 200,000 shi of grain have been mobilized. The stone fodder is used to destroy Burma.”
Fang Fengshi continued: "Now we just wait for His Majesty to appoint the person to lead the army."
"Logically, this is my first crusade since I took charge, so I should do it myself;"
"But the traitors have only been eliminated in the capital, and the people's hearts are not yet stable. Besides, this dynasty has no shortage of talented military commanders, so we should choose a veteran minister who is familiar with military affairs to lead the six armies and attack the unjust barbarians on my behalf!"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he asked Fang Fengshi: "Who is your Privy Council talking about?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Privy Council is discussing between the Deputy Privy Envoy and the Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of War, Rongzheng Liang Gong Menglong and Nanben Bing Yin Gongmao."
Fang Feng replied at the right time.
Zhu Yijun said: "Your Majesty needs to coordinate in Beijing, and Ji Guogong has to assist with military aircraft, so it is not suitable to leave. Yin Zhengmao is well aware of the difficulties of fighting in the southwest, so I need him to sit in the Nanjing Military Headquarters and supervise the transportation of grain and grass. If it is replaced by someone else, I am not at ease, as if The governor of river and water transportation must be someone like Ling Yunyi; let Liang Qing be the one who is familiar with maritime affairs and Mingxiao military affairs."
Liang Menglong stood up and raised his hands: "Yes!"
"Get the troop deployment card!"
Not long after, Fang Fengshi handed over the troop deployment card.
Zhu Yijun handed this to Liang Menglong.
Liang Menglong knelt down and took the troop deployment card.
Zhu Yijun said: "According to the decree, Liang Qing sent an imperial envoy to oversee the military affairs of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, and Sichuan. He was also in charge of the grain road belt and salt law in the three places. He was also the deputy privy envoy, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the minister of the Ministry of War. The governors of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan also obeyed his control!"
