The best military strategist in the world still makes sense!
He still had a thorough understanding of Wu Zhou's internal situation. Basically, Wu Zhou is not an ideal group, but an interest group. There may be a few ministers within the Wu Zhou Group who harbor the ideal of reviving the Han family, but most of them are not such people.
Moreover, the emergence of the new Ming Dynasty also gradually moved the ideal of reviving the Han family away from Wu Sangui's group, turning them into a pure interest group.
This is probably not as good as the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There were still many idealists in the Manchu Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi period... It is also an ideal to maintain the rule of the Eight Banners nobles forever!
The lack of ideals made the Wu Zhou Group too profit-seeking and unable to withstand major setbacks.
When Wu Sangui's violent death was in the interests of most people within the group, no one cared how Wu Sangui died.
After all, if Wu Sangui is alive, it will be difficult for Wu Zhou and the Qing Dynasty to join forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty - Wu Sangui is too capricious, his ambition seems too great, and he seems to be a little stubborn and ignorant.
And Wu Yingxiong's wife, Princess Jianning, is the daughter of Huang Taiji and the aunt of Emperor Kangxi... If Wu Yingxiong becomes the leader of Wu Zhou, then it will be easier for Wu Zhou and the Qing Dynasty to join forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
In the view of this group of Wu and Zhou senior officials who are familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", now is the best time to promote the "Wu-Shu Alliance"!
So Wu Sangui should die if he dies!
However, Wu Yingqi's policy must be different from Wu Yingxiong's group... If Wu Yingqi also supports uniting with the Qing Dynasty to resist the Ming Dynasty, then why should he oppose Wu Yingxiong? Just because Wu Sangui’s death was suspicious?
It's okay for the two Wu brothers to settle this matter themselves, but it's not okay to risk the future and fate of the entire Wu Zhou Group for this!
Don't the prominent figures within the Wu Zhou Group know the result of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang killing each other?
Therefore, Wu Yingqi had to hold high the banner of anti-Qing in order to temporarily maintain control of his army.
But if he lacks a feasible goal and sufficient financial resources, it will still be very difficult to maintain the situation.
Because his subordinates are also the masters of profit!
The battle of Zhuxian Town has been so miserable, and now that the old master is dead again, if they want them to continue to fight against the Qing, they must increase their money.
"Qilong," Zhu Heji said to Yang Qilong, patting his chest at this time, "now Ming Dynasty is rich... I can give as much as Wu Yingqi can counterattack! There is plenty of money, as long as he is willing to listen to me If so, go and fight against the Qing Dynasty."
"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong looked at Zhu Heji, the "rich king," with a somewhat suspicious look, "Wu Yingqi is not the only place to spend money now... Dengzhou must also seize the time to spend money!
It costs money to house the family members who followed the King of Heaven to Dengzhou to work on the canal work. It also costs money to recruit strong men in Shandong. It also costs money to raise military rations, equipment, and horses in Shandong. It also costs money to organize and train tens of thousands of new troops in Dengzhou. Occupying Lushun and Pidao, and rebuilding Liaonan Town and Dongjiang Town will cost a lot of money!
And the faster the money is invested and the harder it is spent, the better the results will be! "
Zhu Heji smiled and said, "I understand... this is just burning money to grab territory! The money was burned in place from the beginning, and the situation in Shandong and Liaodong was opened up. In the future, we can use the troops from Shandong and Liaodong." Horse, pass through the Liaoxi Corridor, break through the mountains and seas, and go to Dingding Beijing!"
"Your Majesty, you are wise!" Yang Qilong frowned, "Your Majesty, do you have that much money? Can you bribe Wu Yingqi to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time spend a lot of money on Dengzhou? All of this money must be spent immediately !”
"Yes!" Zhu Hefeng said calmly, "Isn't it just money! How much can it be spent? Yuan Chonghuan said how much he planned to spend a year during the Ping Liao period in five years? I will give this amount to my father. , I also allowed him to open a mansion in Dengzhou. Is this okay? As for Wu Yingqi... Now that Su Yong has opened the road to Henan, the Gu family plans to make Zuo Chunqiu have a hard time!
Qilong, do you think it would be enough to give Wu Yingqi one million taels of silver at a time so that he can use it to buy our weapons, gunpowder, sugar, medicine and other things he wants? "
Yang Qilong didn't know how much Yuan Chonghuan asked Chongzhen for. But there must be a lot of them, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen would not have Yuan Chonghuan chopped into pieces.
Now Zhu Heji wants to give this amount to King Zhu Tian, and he plans to give Wu Yingqi one million... How could the Ming Dynasty be so rich?
"Your Majesty, does our court really have that much money?" Yang Qilong was still a little unbelievable.
What he heard and witnessed from childhood was that Long Live Lord (Chongzhen) had no money, the court (Ming Dynasty) had no money, and when Li Zicheng called, he couldn't get the money to "buy soldiers to save his life", so he died of poverty... ..The current territory of the New Ming Dynasty is only one-third of the size of the Chongzhen Dynasty. How come there is so much money?
"Rich!" Zhu Heji said with certainty, "Qilong, I am different from Mr. Wei Miao, I know how to make money!"
Warfare and rebellion were actually Zhu Heji's "side jobs", and making money was his true calling.
"What to do?" Yang Qilong was still asking.
Zhu Heji laughed and said loudly: "Chen Yidao, come and collect taxes!"
Collect taxes?
Yang Qilong was stunned. Whose tax would he collect?
Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Yidao had already come in with the tax collectors... to collect taxes!
Zhu Heji smiled and asked Yang Qilong: "Qilong, you just said that Burni gave you two hundred thousand taels of gold, and you gave my father one hundred thousand taels. Did the remaining one hundred thousand taels come with the ship?" "
"Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation..." Yang Qilong was anxious. He knew that it was wrong to be greedy for money, but Zhu Heji had always indulged him, so he was a little forgetful.
Zhu Heji smiled and waved his hand, "No need to explain... The lonely king gave you two hundred thousand taels of gold and asked you to go north to make trouble. How do you spend it? The lonely king doesn't ask at all, the lonely king only cares about the results!
And with this result, the lonely king was very satisfied! So that one hundred thousand taels of gold is what you should earn... You earned it based on your ability, and the lonely king is not jealous. But since you have made so much gold, the Lone King cannot give you credit, otherwise many people will suffer from pink eye. "
Yang Qilong couldn’t believe it, one hundred thousand taels of gold! This king really doesn’t want it?
"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong was stunned for a long time before he managed to say something, "has this hundred thousand taels of gold really returned to me?"
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, "But... you still have to pay the tax! Is your one hundred thousand taels of gold physical gold?"
"Yes...they are all gold ingots."
Zhu Heji nodded: "According to the new tax law, if you carry physical gold out of more than one thousand taels, you will have to pay transportation duties! Because this gold has not paid taxes before, you have to pay about five thousand taels according to the standard of twenty tax one. A tax on gold.”
"Just pay five thousand taels?"
"It's almost five thousand taels, and there is still a tax-free amount to be deducted."
"I will hand it over immediately!" Yang Qilong said with a smile, "I will send someone to move the gold immediately!"
"Wait a minute." Zhu Heji waved his hand and stopped him, "How much this gold is worth and how much tax you should pay...it's not up to you or Chen Yidao."
"Then who has the final say?" Yang Qilong was confused.
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "The Dongchang Guanyinhao has the final say! From Longjiang, there is the Nanjing headquarters of the Dongchang Guanyinhao outside the Longjiangkou pier. All the tax money at Longjiang Pass is passed by the Guanyinhao. Yes. You can't see a tael of silver in Longjiang Pass, so there is no need to waste money.
In addition, if gold, silver, silver dollars, copper coins and other items are passed through customs in physical form, as long as they exceed a certain amount, they must pay customs duties in accordance with the "New Tax Law". But as long as you deposit it into an official bank account or other bank account and pass the customs in the form of a bill, you don't have to pay customs duties. However, when collecting interest, you have to pay some interest tax, but this is much less than the customs tax.
So if you have money in the future, just deposit it into an official and private bank account...it's easy to carry and you don't have to pay taxes when passing customs. "
Yang Qilong immediately nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I listen to you. I will immediately ask someone from the Guanyinhao to come and transport all my gold back. This gold will be stored in the Guanyinhao from now on."
