The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 667 A Year of Blood Loss

Not long after, Xia Shangzhen asked again, how many fields does Prince De's Mansion have now?
The person below replied, [-] mu.

"..." Xia Shangyi was about to spurt blood.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Dewang Mansion of several major clans only had [-] mu?Of course Xia Shangyi didn't believe it, so he brought the book.

Answer, the books were gone, and when the Qing soldiers entered the city, they were all set on fire.

"..." Xia Shangxie.

He asked again, is there still a title deed to Prince De's Mansion, and who owns it?
Answer, there is a title deed, and it is in the hands of Mr. Liu Duxian.

"Where's Tian?" Xia Shangyi had a bad feeling.

"It's all distributed to the refugees. The imperial court let the displaced refugees fill Jinan, and Liu Duxian has been doing it." If you don't give the land, who will live in it.

Shao Jiechun said angrily, I remember that De Wang used to do more than this. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he divided thousands of hectares at a time.

Answer, then I don’t know, who remembers the founding of the country.

How about a few adults go to the capital to check and see how many fields King De has.

".." So how to check?Don't say that De Wang is not here, even if he is, I'm afraid I can't count how many fields he has.

There is also humanity, De Wang Renxian, sold land many times to help the victims, and sold a lot of land. Also, when the Qing soldiers attacked the city, De Wang used the land as an incentive to encourage the soldiers and the people to fight the Qing soldiers, and he also sold a lot.

"..." This is outrageous.

Who did you sell it to?

It seems to be Liu Duxian too.

"..." The three looked at each other.

Sir, if you don't believe me, go and see for yourself, Liu Duxian has a land deed.

At present, the left and right political envoys, according to the procuratorial envoys, Zhao Guangyi, Xia Shangyi, and Shao Jiechun wrote a memorial overnight to sue Liu Yuan for embezzling state-owned assets.

Chongzhen replied, I got it, and I made an understatement.

Liu Yuan wants to give me 30 silver a year, what are you talking about.

Chongzhen didn't want to be so lighthearted, but what could he do?

Rebuke Liu Yuan to hand it over?

These fields were in the hands of the clan of the Ming Dynasty, and a tael of silver was not handed over to Chongzhen and the court.

In the hands of Liu Yuan, he can still hand in 30 taels.

And to be honest, no one can count how many fields each clan has. Some clans can annex others, and some clans are not good enough to sell their fields.

From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, no one can figure out how many fields a clan has.

Therefore, Dewang Mansion was finally allocated [-] mu of land, which was confiscated and distributed to refugees for immigration to Jinan.

In December, Liu Yuan suddenly decided to separate rooms.

The Chief Secretary announced that everyone in Jinan City should vacate their living quarters, which would be allocated uniformly by the government.

Those anxious people who occupy other people's shops and houses, why, we lived here in the first place.

There is no reason, unified distribution, all previous deeds will be voided, and a new deed will be drawn up after the house is divided.

At this time, Liu Yuan had been here for nearly half a year, and the officials and soldiers were all in place. They stabilized their steps and the situation, and finally came to make a real move.

Zhao Guangzhang, Xia Shangzhen, and Shao Jiechun also had no objection, because it was useless to have an opinion.

Those who do this are the officials below, and they are not needed.

Moreover, after the three of them entered the city, all of them were allocated very small houses.

Every time Liu Yuan said, the other big houses are full of corpses and have a stench, and they haven't been cleaned up yet, so you should live in them first.

Either you live in the Chief Secretary Yamen.

They have no choice but to make do with it first.

There is really no way, Jinan City is full of Liu Yuan's people, and their orders are useless.

Among them, there were more than a dozen officials who wanted to flatter them and help them with affairs.

As a result, he was taken away by soldiers the next day, and the whole family was expelled from the city.

As soon as this kind of thing happens, everyone knows Du Ming.

In Jinan City, you can only listen to Liu Yuan and Liu Duxian.

All yamen in Jinan City must report to Liu Duxian for anything.

If Liu Duxian agrees, but the third division disagrees, they can continue to work.

If Liu Duxian disagreed, the three divisions agreed, and they couldn't go on.

Zhao Guangzhang, Xia Shangyi, and Shao Jiechun were not convinced, so they had to endure it.

When the report was reported to Chongzhen, Chongzhen asked, can you give me 30 taels of silver a year?

The three of them were speechless.

Now Liu Yuan divides the room, and first divides a large piece for each of the three.

They were all formerly the site of King De's Mansion, with two courtyards for each person, more than a dozen houses, covering an area of ​​more than ten acres.

The three of them are of course satisfied now, and mainly their family members are also there.

Then Liu Yuan sent someone to deliver the new house deed to them, and this, this, this, made them even more satisfied.

No one can live with money.

There were good officials in the Ming Dynasty, but good officials also needed money.

Xia Shangyi is more sympathetic to the people, but he also likes money. Sympathy for the people does not conflict with liking money.

Liu Yuan divided Jinan into several districts. One district is full of officials and officials. It is located in the best location and is equipped with a commercial street.

The second district is for common people and merchants in the original city, and the third district is for common people who immigrated in later.

It took two years of immigration to bring the population of Jinan back to before the Qing soldiers slaughtered the city.

All the shops in the city were first confiscated by the chief secretary, and then distributed, and those who followed Liu Yuan could get good shops.

When the berths are allocated, the commercial tax will be set. According to the standards of Denglei and Lai, the population will increase after two years.

When Liu Yuan, Zhang Qidong and others emigrated in Jinan, hoarded land, and allocated houses, they had already entered Chongzhen for 13 years. During the Ming Dynasty this year, the Peasant Army, Man Qing, and Ding Yi were not idle.

And Ding Yi went to Linqing to see Wang Weizhong after seeing Jinan and assigning the target task with Liu Yuan.

Linqing is the garrison of the Shandong General Army, and Wang Weizhong's troops are stationed here.

In the past, Liu Zeqing was stationed here. When Liu Zeqing left, he actually took 1 soldiers and horses with him. It can be seen that he has been a good soldier in Shandong for these years.

But anyway, Linqing is a county with a large population and good economic strength.

In the Ming Dynasty, more than [-] shi of grain was regarded as Shang County, less than [-] shi was called Zhong County, and less than [-] shi was called Xia County.

So don't look at Linqing as a county seat, it is very powerful.

Because his position is very important, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not let the Shandong General Army station here.

Linqing is located in the northwest of Shandong Province, at the confluence of the Zhangwei River and the Ancient Canal, across the river from Hebei Province, and is an important gateway for Shanxi to go east and Shanxi and Hebei to go east.

Linqing County is located along the north-south Grand Canal, Wanhu is connected to the north and south, Xu and Huai are connected to the south, and Tianjin and Beijing are connected to the north. The commerce and handicraft industry are relatively developed, and it has already entered the list of 33 famous commercial cities in the country as early as the Yongle period. .

In the Ming Dynasty, the population of Linqing had three parts: one part was registered civilian households;

During the Ming Yingzong period, there were 3520 registered households in Linqing, with an average income of 7.83 per household at that time, which was quite high. Therefore, the population in that year was 27561.

In history, the next year is the 13th year of Chongzhen, and the number of Ding in Linqing is 640.

It's around that number now.

See clearly that this is Ding.

Ding in the Ming Dynasty refers to an adult man, and a woman is called kou.

There are more than 1 adult males in Linqing, so the county's population is at least [-] to [-].

Moreover, these statistics do not include past merchants, resident merchants, etc.

When Ding Yi arrived, he asked Wang Weizhong. Wang Weizhong said that according to local records, Linqing is a fairly developed county with a population of more than 5.

But he is currently clearing the fields and recalculating the population. The real population will only increase, not decrease.

And this is when Liu Zeqing took away more than 1 soldiers and horses here.

Linqing has such a large population, which is also related to the performance of the Manchus entering the customs.

Even Jinan in Shandong was breached, but Linqing was not.

There are many businessmen here, who gave money and supported the defenders. The common people also ran here. Afterwards, everyone felt that Linqing was safe and did not leave. Now people from other nearby counties also ran here.

So now Linqing has a large population.

The key point is that there is an official waterway and post road in Linqing, which is very convenient to come and go, and merchants from many places in Ming Dynasty can come here.

So Linqing is in Shandong, and it is still one of the most famous commercial cities at this time.

No wonder Liu Zeqing was making a lot of money here, so he refused to leave. If it wasn't for the fact that he was jealous of Wang Weizhong's elite soldiers and dared to fight the Qing soldiers, Liu Zeqing probably wouldn't be willing to move the town.

After Ding Yi arrived, he saw the waterway in Linqing, and he really felt that this place is very good, and this place must be guarded.

There is really a reason why Daming designated this place as the headquarters of the Shandong General Army.

The official post river channel leads to Tianjin in the north, and to Zhili in the south. This allows Ding Yi's soldiers and equipment to be sent from Lushun to Tianjin, and then transported from Tianjin to Linqing. It is really convenient .

From Linqing to Tianjin, the waterway along the way passes through Dezhou and Cangzhou.

Dezhou is also one of the four states in Jinan Prefecture, and Cangzhou belongs to Hejian Prefecture.

Ding Yi can't manage Cangzhou now, but he can manage Dezhou. The task he gave Wang Weizhong was to have [-] troops in one year, [-] to be stationed in Dezhou, and [-] to be stationed in Linqing, so as to firmly control this section of officialdom in Shandong. Post road waterway.

There are many military households here in Linqing, and it has been a garrison since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Zeqing took away more than 1 people, and there are still more than 5 people in the local area. Wang Weizhong followed the way Lu Chao and the others did in Jiaozhou. The method of exempting [-]% tax, I believe it is not a problem to levy another [-] soldiers and horses.

After Ding Yi left in early October, Wang Weizhong began to collect land tax and commercial tax in Linqing. His goal was to make money to subsidize the investment of Xu Fuzuo in Ji Town.

When Wang Weizhong came to Linqing in July, he brought three thousand soldiers and horses, and a small number of craftsmen and doctors, but did not bring officials.

At that time, Ding Yi transferred a thousand officials to Liu Yuan in order to control Jinan.

Now Shen Shikui in Tianjin wants to increase his troops, and he has drawn a large number of hoarded troops, so Ding Yi didn't give Wang Weizhong an official, and let him solve it by himself.

There is a large population here, and there are a large number of military households.

After Wang Weizhong came, he checked the population first. According to the information obtained from the local county government, there were more than 3000 households and more than 5 people.

With the experience of Denglai and Denglai, Wang Weizhong knew that the landlords and the gentry would conceal the population. A large number of servants and even tenants would not be counted in it. The real population must be higher.

The reason why landlords and gentry hide their population is to pay less taxes, because sometimes the government will collect taxes on a head-to-head basis; Less corvee, naturally less people and less money.

The third point is to hoard manpower and train them to be servants, so as to protect their own family, interests and wealth.

On October [-], Wang Weizhong summoned officials in Linqing.

According to the requirements of the officials, ordinary people or low-level military households, who are mature and strong, and who are literate are of course preferred.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in an uproar. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, everyone was still very willing to be an official.

Moreover, the treatment of officials on Wang Weizhong's side can be said to be very good.

First of all, food is provided, which is not available in other places in Ming Dynasty. Ding Yi now has a lot of food, and it can be transported by water and land. It is also good to store land, so on the territory controlled by Ding Yi, the officials all provide food. .

Don't think it's so simple to eat and drink, but it actually relieves the officials' worries at once.

At least they can eat enough for themselves, and only when they are full can they work hard.

Then there is five renminbi of silver per month, and one renminbi will be added every three years, with a maximum of two taels.

For silver alone, the officials can get six taels a year, which sounds a bit small, but Wang Weizhong's free food, which is purely obtained, is relatively high.

In the Ming Dynasty, the salary of the ninth-rank officials in the county government was 60 shi for a whole year, which was formulated in the early Ming Dynasty.

In Wanli, the natural color salary was 42 stones, and the color salary was 12 stones.

In fact, when you get it, the real rice is 12 shi, and the silver salary is 25 shi. (It’s hard to say about the silver salary. Assuming that one tael of silver could buy one stone of rice in Wanli, the imperial court wanted to give 25 taels of silver or 25 stone rice to Cong Jiupin officials, but now two taels of silver can buy one stone of rice. Do you think the court will Give you 50 taels of silver? Wrong, the imperial court may give you twelve shimi in turn. In short, what is worthless, the imperial court will definitely give you something.)
In addition, the salary for folding silk and the salary for folding cloth are the same.

Now at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to find rice and silver, but here in Shandong, especially in Linqing, there is no shortage of rice and silver, so it doesn't matter what you give.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most important issue was the issue of having enough food. Ding Yi first ensured that they were full. It was quite attractive to get five coins.

Less than a month after Wang Weizhong arrived, he recruited a thousand officials.

Then, like Jiaozhou Denglai, we will train for half a year.

Some learn to measure fields, some learn to collect taxes, some learn to catch fast, and all of them have to queue up for training, and provide them with delicious food and drinks. In the early stage, Dengzhou has a lot of money to support them.

Now it's all investment, but Ding Yi is not in a hurry. When the officials here are trained, of course it's time to start collecting money.

In fact, it is said that there were [-] million people at the peak of Ming Dynasty, and there were quite a few people in the Ming Empire.

However, the Manchus entered the customs several times, burned, killed and looted, all of which were here, so that a large number of people were either arrested, killed, or fled.

So there is a shortage of people here.

With Ding Yi's management ability, as long as there is no war, given him two years, Wang Weizhong and Shen Shikui can both make money, and then form a balance of payments with Xu Fuzuo, so that Ding Yi does not have to pay the three towns.

So far, after this entry, Chongzhen's adjustments allowed Ding Yi to own more than half of the territory in the northeast of Daming Pass from Jizhen behind Shanhaiguan, to Tianjin and then Shandong, in Ding Yi's hands.

All these lands are added up, and the area is already as large as the entire Shandong Province.

According to the goals Ding Yi set for them when he left.

By this time next year, Jizhen will hoard 20 mu of land, Tianjin will hoard 15 mu of land, Linqing will hoard 45 mu of land, and the three places will add [-] mu of land to Ding Yi.

The soldiers of the three places must reach [-], [-], and [-], respectively, and the hoards must each have more than [-].

To be honest, it is not very difficult to recruit soldiers, but it is still a bit difficult to hoard the land. It mainly depends on the supporting cattle and farm tools in each town, and how well the canal construction can achieve.

And because the three towns were newly opened, with additional troops and hoarding land, Ding Yi's expenditure this year has increased significantly. The initial expenses of the three towns are estimated to reach more than 150 million taels in total.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Ding Yi is destined to suffer another year of blood loss.

(End of this chapter)