Excluding the part where he committed suicide, the dumper was deceived by these seemingly loyal ministers, and the country was ruined and the family was destroyed. In the end, only Wang Chengen and a crooked-neck tree were left to accompany him on the road. How tragic and heroic. .
Including the part where they committed suicide, it was equivalent to falling in love and killing each other, but they did not die together. It was just that the emperor was buried with the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers below also followed dozens of people. The rest happily took refuge with the bandits and bandits one after another. braid.
Among the dozens of people who died for the country, there was also a guy like Fan Jingwen who firmly refused to let the emperor move south. In other words, the blame dumper was first deceived by the treacherous ministers who planned to surrender to the enemy, and then was tricked by the foolish and loyal ministers. Once again, it was so satisfying.
"...Who are these traitorous ministers?"
Chongzhen was deeply moved by this, so he planned to know their names. If conditions allowed, he also planned to set an example to others, so as not to be harmed by these idiots again.
Know people, know faces, but don't know the heart. The court is full of bastards who appear to be loyal and good, but in fact harbor evil intentions. Why didn't I see these villains in the first place?
"Father, these people have either been promoted to official positions or sent to Shandong to mine!"
Fan Jingwen and other foolish and loyal ministers were divided into two parts, the poor were promoted to official positions, and the rich had their homes confiscated. Guys like Chen Yan, Guang Shiheng, Wei Zaode, etc. who are shameless and surrender to the enemy are now enjoying mining in the mining area of Shandong Peninsula.
It would be a huge loss if all those traitorous officials were killed. Not only would all their property be confiscated, but the last bit of value from them would also have to be squeezed out.
Not counting the cost of raising them, even if they could squeeze out ten taels of silver a year, it would still be one hundred taels in ten years. The whole family could at least contribute thousands of taels of silver to the court.
"These officials who mistakenly surrendered to the enemy should be punished!"
Chongzhen was still obsessed with revenge. If the rebellious son's words of subjugation were true, then no matter whether they were foolish ministers or traitorous ministers, they were all rebellious ministers, and they would have to be punished first and then despised before they could comfort the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
The actions of this rebellious son can be regarded as serving the country and Min, and Chongzhen can let go of the past, but for those rebellious ministers, Chongzhen is not going to let them go easily, and has to find ways to relieve the hatred in his heart.
"Father, I understand your hatred of evil. If you try to punish the national traitors severely, there will be many more in Nandu..."
When we move to Nandu, we will have nothing to do anyway. We will capture a group first and then cut down a few. This way we can establish prestige and make money roll in. It is the best of both worlds.
Chongzhen had no way to capture and kill the two ministers who had been assigned to the Shandong mining area, so he had to lower his head and go over the minister evaluation form again, and fixed his eyes on a group of guys who were waiting to die...
"About Qian Qianyi, my father doesn't need to worry. In terms of ability, Qian Qianyi is not as good as Qin Hui. At most, he is just a yes man who follows the crowd. When my father's dragon body shook, he was frightened. And there is no need to let him down. He makes the decision on his own. After he joins the cabinet, just let him nod and post a note. He is considered a mascot. He likes to pursue false reputations, so this can just meet his needs! As for other people with bad intentions, the father has his own holy judgment, and the son There is no need for me to elaborate further here.”
If the dumper changes his mind after he arrives in Nandu, it means that he has been deceived into being mentally retarded by a minister again. If he doesn't look for the crooked neck tree in the capital, he has to find another one in Nandu.
Although Qian Qianyi was the second head of Donglin, in terms of reputation and appeal, he ranked first. Even Zhou Yanru, the leader of the Tang Dynasty, could only hold a candle to him. Especially in this corner of the south of the Yangtze River, he could be regarded as a famous scholar in the world.
But if this guy didn't know much about political tricks, he wouldn't be Zhou Yanru's opponent for playing tricks. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been kicked out of the cabinet by Zhou Yanru last time. He would be easier to manipulate than Zhou Yanru.
Qin Hui has been infamous for thousands of years, mainly because he tricked Yue Fei to death. Qian Qianyi is still far from being where Qin Hui is.
Especially the general soldiers fighting outside are just like loaches, very slippery, trying to trick them, then Qian Qianyi really drank too much...
If you look carefully, Qin Hui actually didn't play well. Zhao Gou didn't want to win back the Hui and Qin sects because of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition. Qin Hui could only cater to the holy will.
But Qin Hui didn't understand military affairs. If he knew a little bit, he would have understood that the Song Dynasty, which had lost most of its land in the north, had already lost its horse-raising land.
The size of the Song Army's cavalry that can fight with the Jin Army in the field is only 20,000 to 30,000, and the rest are heavy infantry. If they want to fight from Lianghuai to the hometown of the Jin Kingdom, which is the Acheng District of Harbin, for most Song Army soldiers , which is almost a life-or-death mission.
Three thousand miles across, and the deeper you go into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, the more Jin troops you encounter, and the more dangerous your own supply line becomes. If you want to advance step by step to your destination, you will probably have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse...
The smartest way is to support Yue Fei's 50,000-strong Northern Expedition, leaving the remaining "Three ZTE Generals" to guard the local defense line. The final result will not be any better than that of "Chen Qing's Northern Expedition".
At best, if the Yue Family Army wins repeated battles, Zhao Song can make the Jin Kingdom make substantial compromises and concessions, and even regain the "land of dreams" - the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
Further north, if you leave the customs, it will be more dangerous, especially in the mountainous areas of northern Liaoning, which is almost a nightmare for cavalry and heavy infantry. Without professional mountain infantry, it is impossible to break through the enemy's defense lines there.
Even if we break through here, there will be a vast plain to the north, blocked by the Songhua River. Without enough ships, we will not be able to reach Harbin.
The Shangjing of the Jin Kingdom was built in the "Ji" Bay of the Songhua River. If you want to attack this place, you must cross the river. There is no way around it. Therefore, in theory, "attacking Huanglong directly" is unlikely to succeed unless it is in In winter, the river froze, so the cavalry could pass calmly.
The Meng Army was able to destroy the Jin Kingdom from north to south. In addition, at the end of the Jin Kingdom, they committed suicide, which was why they succeeded. In the early stage of the Jin Kingdom, it was extremely difficult for the Yue Family Army to succeed.
Qin Hui was timid and fearful, and did not understand military affairs, so he tricked Yue Fei and gained infamy for himself. Otherwise, when Yanyun and other places are recovered, he will also be one of the "famous prime ministers" in history, and his reputation will not be much less than that of Chen Ping, Fang Xuanling, and Zhang Juzheng.
The reason for this calculation was because a certain prince thought about what the Ming army should do after the pigtails retreated to the north. It was very out of scope. In the next twenty years, if they could recover and hold the area south of northern Liaoning, it would be considered a great success.
Without strong financial support, the recovery of Shenyang would be the end. Even so, the 200,000 troops maintained outside the customs would require six million taels of silver in salary alone.
Including armaments and grain, the annual "Liao pay" requires more than 10 million taels of silver. The imperial court's annual income of 30 million taels accounts for more than a staggering one-third. For the Ming Empire, this is definitely a huge amount. An extremely heavy burden.
Fifty thousand troops are responsible for guarding various cities, fifty thousand are responsible for defending the mountainous areas of northern Liaoning, and one hundred thousand mobile troops are sent to suppress the braid. It looks like a lot of troops, but in the huge northeastern plains and Changbai Mountains, it is simply not enough.
If the troops are reduced, the braids will come back and come back with a vengeance. They will come out from the mountainous areas and wreak havoc across Liaodong, just like the lingering flies.
To regain the entire Nurgansi, in addition to dealing with braids, we must also be on guard against Tsarist Russia. It is estimated that it will cost roughly 500 million taels of silver, or even more. It seems that it cannot be done without using that "overseas gold mountain".
However, the Grasberg gold mine is thousands of miles away on the island of New Guinea. It is definitely an invisible and intangible "future". It has been at least seven or eight years since it was excavated. Before that, the Dutch had to be defeated at sea.
"Father, the reason why the Ming Dynasty is in such a situation is because of the word 'poor'. If the imperial court can have an income of fifty or sixty million silver dollars every year, it will not be a big problem whether it is Donglu or rogue bandits!"
If the Southern Song Dynasty could have this harvest, then the Great Dynasty, which had a much larger land area than the Southern Song Dynasty, could also do it. If it could not reach this amount, it would be poor management and lose most of the fiscal revenue, and it would be close to collapse.
"...If you come to run the eight places in the south of the Yangtze River, how much silver can you earn in Taicang every year?"
Chongzhen raised his head, looked at the traitor, and came up with a hypothesis in his mind, that was this problem. He wanted to see how successful the traitor would be in running Jiangnan.
"In the last five years, I will earn about 15 million taels of silver. After five years, I will earn more than 20 million taels of silver per year!"
This is a relatively reliable standard. It is not too harsh on the people, but it can also take into account the many interests of the court, and it can be achieved without imposing the "three rates".
"...Then the imperial court is located in eight places in the north. How much income can it make every year?"
Chongzhen felt that this amount was not high, especially since taxes and fees were levied on eight major categories of commodities, including salt, grain, tea, iron, sugar, wine, cloth, and porcelain, as well as the mining business. Do it.
"If you don't collect the 'three rates' and add in the five million taels of silver from Jiangnan, you will probably have 20 million taels of silver per year!"
This is probably the case for a certain prince. If he gets any higher, he will have to scrape the land. The problem is that there is no oil and water at all. Both the people and the lord have become extremely poor.
"...Oh? How did you get here?"
Chongzhen was very curious about this. He wanted to know that most of the areas under the jurisdiction of this traitor were poor places. Huguang and Sichuan were relatively wealthy, but now that Huguang had become a battlefield, he probably couldn't expect much in the near future.
"Father, my son and I manage the north, focusing on 'digging' and 'making'. 'Digging' means focusing on the products of the ground, such as sea salt, oil, gold mines, and coal. 'Making' means large-scale manufacturing Military and civilian products are for export, such as medicines, vehicles, lamps, stationery, toys, toiletries, etc.”
A certain prince allowed the production of anything that could make money, and men, women, old and young could work together. As long as the quality could be guaranteed, the more the better.
There is no need to worry about mining. There is nothing else in the Ming Dynasty. There are many disasters. There are no less than millions of people in the Central Plains alone. Not to mention salary, no matter what kind of work can make you half full, it will be robbed. head.
"...Hmm! But according to what you said, running so many projects will require huge upfront costs. Where will the money invested in them come from?"
The combined income of the two imperial courts in the north and south amounted to 35 million taels of silver per year, which truly set a record since the beginning of the dynasty. The imperial court generally no longer had to worry about funding.
"The first is to use the moth-free property, the second is to use the funds raised from Zijin Bonds, and the third is the contribution of the feudal lord. It is to turn 'dead money' into 'living money' through many profitable projects. Money comes to make money, and then make profits from it. On the one hand, it can pay taxes and increase annual income, on the other hand, it can feed the people and appease Min's heart."
No matter what, let’s get through the first three years first. This is the most difficult period of time. As long as you get through it, all the hardships will be over.
"...How much money will be raised from Zijin Bonds? How will it be repaid?"
Chongzhen heard from Wang Chengen that his eldest friend also spent a lot of money to buy a lot in order to save his life. Therefore, Chongzhen knew that this was a loan, but he didn't know the specific total amount.
"Father, I have raised approximately ten million taels of silver and used the Shandong Gold Mine as collateral. If my father is willing, I can increase the ten-year interest rate to 40% of the total amount, which means that my father will lend I have one million taels of silver, and ten years later, I will get 1,400,000 taels with interest!"
Whose business is not done?
As long as the dumper agrees, maybe a certain prince will see the "money back"!
"...I still have to go to Jiangnan to mine, and I also have to support the rear residence and the Yongwei Camp. How can I have any balance?"
Chongzhen knew that if there was no income, the ten million taels of silver in his hand would not last long, so he wanted to buy some properties like this traitor, which was equivalent to the imperial business around the capital.
"Father, how about you do Zijin Bond agency business in Nandu? I will give you 40% interest, and you will give 2.5% interest to Jiangnan wealthy businessmen. In this way, you don't have to do anything, just send the borrowed money to Here, I can earn 15% of the net interest. As long as I can borrow 20 million taels of silver, my father can pocket three million taels of silver. This transaction costs nothing to you. !”
Who can say for sure what will happen ten years from now?
I don’t even know if Da Zhan Chao is here or not!
No matter what, let’s first use the temptation of high interest rates to defraud the fools in Jiangnan out of their money!
How happy it is to teach a dumping father to take care of two families with one hand, eat the difference in price, and play the game of empty handed and white wolf. Each of you will get what you want. In this way, it will be good for you and me. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
"...Three million taels of silver?"
Chongzhen was really excited. He could get a huge sum of money into his account without paying anything, and it was from internal funds. How could he not be excited?
"That's right! As long as my father can raise twenty million taels of silver, my father can get three million taels of silver at once!"
A certain prince originally wanted to get one million taels of silver per year for the first three years, but in order to stimulate his father, he decided to give him all the interest. It would be better for the father and son not to have anything to do with each other, and at least he could still have something. Seventeen million taels of silver are available.
"……really?"
Unexpectedly, the traitor was so generous. Chongzhen wanted to agree immediately, lest the traitor feel that he was at a loss and regret it later.
"It's absolutely true. I always keep my word when it comes to business. If my father raises 40 million taels of silver, I will pay him 6 million taels of silver in benefits."
Who knows what earth-shattering things the emperor who has been exonerated by him will do after he arrives in Nandu? If he takes out the money from his own bank account and lends it to him, he will eat it as well. The matter of repaying the principal will wait for ten years. Let’s talk about it later in the year.
"...I will consider it!"
Chongzhen cursed in his heart. According to what the treacherous son said, in other respects, the treacherous son deceived everyone, even his father.
