"My father-in-law, you don't have to worry about the 30,000 troops of the two thieves Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong. The right deputy military advisor has his own secret plan to defeat the enemy. Just leave it to him. There will definitely be good news within three days! You can drink with confidence, this is It’s the Maotai-flavor Royal Sake from Bei Brewery… This wine is very strong, so you can only drink a little.”
Zhu Heji, who had just given birth to a baby son, diligently poured a small glass of wine for his father-in-law Qiu Hui, and then filled it for himself.
Qiu Hui happily drank it all!
Qiu Hui came to ask for help with a large group of Chaozhou clan bosses. He happened to be in a good mood when Zhu Heji was happy to have a son. So Yang Qilong was immediately sent to retreat from the enemy with a newly formed rocket launcher battalion.
That's the rocket launcher camp!
Thirty-six rocket launchers can fire out thirty-six sugar rockets at one time... put them on the west bank of the Beixi River at night and hit them eastward, and then let the people in Jieyang City come out to wave the flag and shout. After a while, Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong almost ran away separately.
So Yang Qilong can win a free victory right away!
Later, Zhu Heji ordered him to march into Haiyang, Raoping, Chengxiang, Zhenping, Pingyuan and other counties... This was another unearned contribution!
Only with meritorious deeds can Yang Qilong be promoted to a high official or a nobleman. Zhu Heji couldn't say that Yang Qilong had merit in helping Chongzhen write his edict, could he? This won't work!
And he has to use Yang Xiuqing's name to get around Zhu Heji... He can't let the world know that Yang Qilong and Yang Xiuqing are the same person yet!
Of course Zhu Heji knew about the fact that Emperor Kangxi issued an order to arrest Wu Sangui's chief military advisor Yang Qilong. So he planned to let Yang Qilong work for Wu Sangui for free for a while...
After arranging for Yang Qilong to perform meritorious service, Zhu Heji held a banquet in the Qiu Family Courtyard where he lived, and invited Chen Yonghua, Qiu Hui and a large group of Chaozhou local bigwigs to have a drink and talk.
The banquet was placed in the courtyard of the Qiu Family Courtyard. There were a dozen tables in total, including Zhu Heji, Qiu Hui, Chen Yonghua, Qiu Bao, a patriarch of Da Boling's natal family, Haifeng Ye Family, and several others. Leaders of wealthy clans from Chaoyang, Puning, Chenghai, Huilai, and Jiexi Mianhu Village were all sitting around a large table.
Because there were Zhu Heji, Qiu Hui, and Chen Yonghua on the table, the others were more restrained and did not dare to eat and drink. However, Zhu Heji, Qiu Hui, and Chen Yonghua were eating, drinking, laughing and chatting, and they all looked very happy. . It wasn't until after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food that Zhu Heji gently put down his glass and started talking about business.
Before getting down to business, Zhu Heji coughed first. At this time, the other guests at the table stopped chatting in low voices, and no one was eating or drinking. They all turned their attention to their "Third Grandson of Chaozhou".
"You must have heard the news about President Wu Sangui's invasion of Western Hunan, right?" Zhu Heji said, "According to the news just received by the Gu family, President Wu's army has captured the entire Yuanzhou Prefecture and divided its troops. Two routes advanced towards Chenzhou Prefecture and Baoqing Prefecture... It seems that it won't be long before most of Hunan will be occupied by President Wu.
However, Qing Yao still has some strength and will not give in and run away so easily. Therefore, this war against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty has only just begun, and there is still much to fight. The Gu family estimates that the decisive battle between Wu Sangui and the Qingyao court will take place in Changsha, Yuezhou and Wuchang.
This is a major change related to who will rule the world in the next three hundred years! And we in Guangdong and Chaozhou can no longer stay aloof! "
"Yes! You can't stay out of it!" Qiu Hui drank a little too much and seemed a little excited, "This is ten lifetimes of glory and wealth... If you miss it, your descendants will be poor for ten generations, and you will be sorry for your ancestors. I'm sorry for my descendants, you are unfaithful and unfilial!"
This awareness is okay!
Zhu Heji nodded and glanced at Chen Yonghua again. Chen Yonghua immediately agreed: "Yes, we Hu Jianren can't miss it! This is an opportunity to be a founding hero!"
Prince, just tell me what you want to do...we all listen to you! The Prince of Yanping County also said that he must listen to the sage’s prince! "
As soon as Qiu Hui and Chen Yonghua expressed their opinions, the leaders of the Chaozhou clan below would certainly not rebel. They all patted their chests and promised to lead Zhu Heji with their clan members to "shoot people"... not "shoot them to death". "That kid Kangxi can't!
Seeing that everyone below was "demanding progress", Zhu Heji nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "If we want to achieve success and create ten generations of wealth for our descendants, we cannot rely solely on the bravery of a few people... ...Because in the northern expedition from Guangdong, there are many places to be conquered!
Not to mention the sword pointing at the Central Plains, even if we take the southeastern half first, we still have to capture Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Southern Zhili. How could it be possible without a hundred thousand troops? And Guangdong cannot be without defenders, right? Send out 100,000 troops and leave 50,000 behind, that’s an army of 150,000!
And how many people are there in Guangdong Province now? No more than three million, right? It's not easy to support an army of 150,000 with a mere three million people! "
Three million people send 150,000 troops, that's 5%!
This ratio is quite high!
But it does require so much!
Fifteen thousand people may seem like a lot, but if you divide it into the land and water armies, and then divide them into the troops staying in Guangdong and the troops going to the southeast, it's really not much at all.
When Zhu Heji said this, his tone became serious. He said: "If we Cantonese and Chaozhou people want to enjoy the wealth of these ten generations, then there is no other way but to implement Guangdong Weigong and Guangdong Datong. .....Three equalizations must be implemented in Guangdong, that is, equalization of land, equalization of taxes, and equalization of service. The burden of this 150,000-strong army can only be borne by three million Guangdong people.
And we must also take it up and grab the wealth of these ten lives...because we can't afford to lose! We Chaozhou people have already taken part in the gambling game of the world. If we lose, we will be wiped out by the demons! We can only fight and win! "
"That's right, let's fight them!" Chen Yonghua slapped the table, "We have Zhuge Tianlei, Tianhuo, Tianlei Rockets... and an invincible navy army. Are we afraid that we can't defeat half of the country? "
Qiu Hui also slapped the table, "Master Chen is right... we Chaozhou people are not afraid of hard work, only if we love hard work will we win! My uncle, tell me, what should we do? I support you!"
Zhu Heji nodded and said: "Let's talk about equalization of land first... This equalization of land is not equal to households or people, but to clans.
We Cantonese, especially Chaozhou people, have always worked together as a clan. Therefore, the Gu family planned to divide the farmland in the countryside of Guangdong according to the population of each clan. Those with more people will get more, and those with fewer people will get less. Roughly speaking, one person can divide fifteen acres to twenty acres, which is enough. No matter how much you plant, you won’t be able to plant more!
All the land that was allocated was family property... and was not allowed to be bought or sold. It was to be left for future generations to eat and study. It was an industry that guaranteed the family's bottom line, and it was also an industry used to pay for military service and military rations. "
What Zhu Heji wants to implement in Guangdong now is actually the clan version of the equal land system and the military system.
Of course, the equalization of land and soldiers in the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties was actually combined with the clan.
However, there is still a big gap between the clans at that time and the clans in Guangdong today. In the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties, "reincarnation as an official" was emphasized, so the hierarchy within the clan was very strict... There was a huge difference between direct descendants, commoners, and evil ones. .
Nowadays, the clans in Guangdong are actually more influenced by the "righteousness gate" that became popular in the Song Dynasty. They are relatively equal internally, and the scale of "clan ownership of public property" is relatively large - this is because officials have to take exams since the Song Dynasty! In the Ming Dynasty, there were two more "famous titles": scholar and scholar. Therefore, the "Yimen" system is more competitive.
Regardless of whether one is a legitimate child, a concubine, or an unlucky child, it is the same when entering the imperial examination room, and no one will be given extra points. Whether you can pass the exam depends on your hard work and your IQ.
In this way, of course it would be easier to achieve equality within the clan. This kind of relatively equal clans lasted particularly long in Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi and other places, and existed until the "New World".
Therefore, Zhu Heji would not consider breaking up these clans at all. What he has to do now is to integrate thousands of big surnames in Guangdong into a "three equalization system" of equalization of land, equalization of labor and equalization of taxes, and at the same time build Create several ascending channels.
