The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 762
Of course, Shanxi doesn’t have much money now, but Ding Yi is confident that he can rely on taxes to support it, because Shanxi is his first pilot province outside of the country, and everything is done according to Shandong.

Appoint Cai Maode as the governor of Shandong, Shen Shikui as the general of Linqing, Chen Shiyou as the general of Denglai, Xie Zhiliang as the general of Qingzhou, and three generals of Shandong.

Shen Shikui was stationed in Linqing with [-] troops and was in charge of the defense of Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. Xie Zhiliang was stationed in Qingzhou with [-] troops and was in charge of the defense of Qingzhou and Yanzhou. The defense of the two places of Fu Denglai.

Shandong also has 2000 people from the Western Labor and Economic Department of the Navy, stationed in three ports, Dengzhou Port, Qingdao Port, and Laizhou Port.

The entire Shandong army consists of 7000 land and water troops.

In Shandong, there were many county officials controlled by Ding Yi in the past, and all of them will be assigned here. It is also one thousand for the state capital and five hundred for the county.

There are 89 counties in six prefectures, fourteen prefectures and [-] counties in Shandong, with a total of [-] officials.

Including officials from the entire province, there are about 11 people who eat administrative meals in Shandong Province, and the expenditure is at least 300 million taels.

The income here has already been approximated. Four years ago, the two states of Denglai were in the hands of Ding Yi. The annual income tax plus commercial income was close to 200 million, and the grain tax was 100 million shi.

Two years ago, the entire province of Shandong (except Yanzhou and Dongchang) was in the hands of Ding Yi. The annual income tax plus commercial income was 350 million taels, and the grain tax was 230 million shi. At that time, Jinan had not recovered, so no commercial tax was levied. .

Adding Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou, which are the most populous this year, Ding Yi estimates that next year's income tax plus business will be at least 500 million taels, and the grain tax is expected to exceed 300 million shi.

Excluding expenses in this way, only Shandong Province can have a balance of 200 million silver and 200 million shi. (Among them, 100 million will be used locally, such as raising soldiers, official food, etc.)
He appointed Liu Yuan as the governor of Zhili, Wang Weizhong as the general of Changping, He Xiaoche as the general of Baoding, Guan Fumin as the general of Shunde, and Zhang Qidong as the general of Shanhaiguan.

Wang Weizhong led [-] soldiers and horses to Changping and was responsible for the defense of the capital (Shuntian Prefecture), Yongping Prefecture, Baoan Prefecture, and Yanqing Prefecture.

He Xiaoche led [-] troops and was stationed in Baoding, responsible for the defense of Baoding and Hejian Prefectures.

The officials and civilians led [-] troops, stationed in Shunde, responsible for the defense of Zhending Mansion, Shunde Mansion, and Daming Mansion.

Zhang Qidong led two troops and was stationed in Shanhaiguan, responsible for the defense area of ​​Shanhaiguan and the original Ji Town.

In addition, there are [-] Beijing camps in the capital, and Chen Yang is in charge.

Zhili officials are the same as those in the above provinces.

Zhili has eight prefectures, nineteen prefectures, and one hundred and fifteen counties, and the number of officials has also reached a new high. Including the army and officials, it is estimated that 15 people will be fed by the finances, and the expenditure is also huge. Ding Yi estimates that Zhili will spend a year. Will be above 500 million.

Now only Jizhen and Tianjin have income here, and the task of generating income here is still very arduous, but the capital is here, and the proportion of business tax will definitely be large in the future, so it should not be a problem.

Xia Shangyi was appointed governor of Nanzhili and governor of Yingtian.

Xiao Yongqiu, the commander-in-chief of Yingtian, led [-] troops and stationed in Yingtianfu, responsible for the defense of Yingtianfu, Zhenjiangfu, Changzhoufu, Suzhoufu, Taipingfu, Songjiangfu, Chuzhou, Hezhou and other places.

Mao Xin, the general soldier of Chizhou, led [-] troops and stationed in Chizhou Prefecture, responsible for the defense of Chizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, Anqing Prefecture, and Guangde Prefecture.

Ma Yue, the commander-in-chief of Fengyang, led [-] troops and was stationed in Fengyang. He was responsible for the defense of Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and Xuzhou Mansion.

Nanzhili's finances are not a problem. Ding Yi has more than 15 officials and troops, but as long as the taxation here is taxed, it will definitely be the best in the country.

Appoint Zhao Guangzhang as governor of Zhejiang.

He Liangwu was the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou, leading [-] troops stationed in Hangzhou, responsible for the defense of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Huzhou.

Zhou Yougen was the commander-in-chief of Wenzhou, leading [-] troops, stationed in Wenzhou, and responsible for the defense of Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Chuzhou.

Yang Zhen is the commander-in-chief of Jinhua, leading [-] troops, stationed in Jinhua, responsible for the defense of Jinhua Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and Quzhou Mansion.

There are also 1 people in the Ruan Siqing Department of the Navy in Zhejiang, who are stationed in Zhoushan and Songjiang in South Zhili.

Appoint Shao Jiechun as the governor of Jiangxi, appoint Zhu Dadian as the governor of Fujian, and appoint——.

Ding Yi ordered one after another, changing all the governors of the entire Ming Dynasty, and a large number of generals were assigned to the provinces.

Basically, the governors are all acquaintances he knows, and some of the three giants who have worked with him in Shandong for many years have been sent as governors.

Some of them are not his direct descendants, but they are either upright and honest, or they are old acquaintances.

For example, Zhu Dadian, the former governor of Jiangbei and Huguang military affairs in Henan, was an old friend of Ding Yi. He had a good relationship with Ding Yi when he was the governor of Jinan.

But last year, he was accused by the Donglin Party members of the crimes of ""longing the son to the thief", collaborating with the thief" and "the thief goes and the soldiers don't disperse".

Chongzhen confiscated Zhu Dadian's house last year, which made Zhu Dadian go bankrupt.

The original history is that after the death of Chongzhen, King Fu ascended the throne and re-elected Zhu Dadian, Governor of Shangjiang Military Affairs.

In March of the second year of Longwu (1646), the Manchu Qing conquered the eastern part of Zhejiang and sent troops to the western part of Zhejiang.

The Qing soldiers besieged the city for two days. Later, Ruan Dacheng knew that the newly built soil of Ximen was not firm, so he focused on the place with artillery, and the city collapsed.The women in Dadian's family first committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well. Zhu Dadian himself brought a fire rope and gathered with his descendants and guests in the gunpowder storehouse to detonate, and the whole family died for the country.After the fall of the city, the Qing soldiers massacred the city for three days, and the dead were innumerable.

Although Zhu Dadian was greedy, he was really greedy in history, and Ding Yi also bought him with money, but he has a lot of backbone, his whole family died for the country, and he would rather die than surrender.

It was precisely this aspect of him that Ding Yi liked, so he immediately reappointed him and sent him to be the governor of Fujian.

Ding Yi first appointed governors and commander-in-chiefs for all the territories he could control and would control. The commanders near Beijing were all interviewed by Ding Yi, and Ding Yi gave them face-to-face requirements for the localities.

The first year was mainly local conscription. According to the number of soldiers and horses in the imperial decree, soldiers were recruited on the spot, and then trained. At the same time, part of the veterans were withdrawn and officials were recruited on the spot.

In the second year, we started to completely copy Shandong, measure the fields, hoard the fields, collect agricultural taxes, and collect business taxes, step by step.

The initial cost is huge, and Ding Yi has to recruit a large number of soldiers and horses. Fortunately, he got more than 7000 million taels of silver from Li Zicheng at once, and with his own savings, he now has nearly 9000 million silver in his hands. He will naturally have a steady stream of taxes later on.

When Ding Yi's imperial decree was spread to all parts of Daming.

Shi Kefa will still be Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and he is leading troops to prepare to enter the capital of Wei. When he arrived in Pukou, he heard the news that the capital was destroyed and Chongzhen committed suicide.

Shi Kefa suddenly cried bitterly to the north, hit his head on the pillar, and blood flowed to his feet. At the same time as he was mourning for Chongzhen, his colleagues in Nanjing, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu, Lu Daqi, Zhang Shenyan, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying and others sent horses Catch up and call him back to Nanjing.

In the original history, these people were already discussing who to recommend as the emperor.

But at this moment the prince is still there, and Ding Yi has not yet summoned them to discuss the matter of assisting the government, but some people have already thought of it.

After Shi Kefa went back, the six ministers of Nanjing and some nobles were discussing who to send to the capital.

Unexpectedly, the capital suddenly came to order Ma Shiying, Lu Daqi, and Zhang Shenyan to come to Beijing to discuss the matter of supervising the state and assisting the government. The three were overjoyed and rushed to the capital without waiting.

In addition, Shi Kefa was ordered to be the governor of Guangdong, Gao Hongtu was the governor of Henan, and Jiang Yueguang was the governor of Shaanxi. The imperial decree ordered the three to go to Shandong first and wait for the soldiers and horses from Shandong to escort them there.

The three were dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

Most of these officials were officials from the six ministries in Nanjing. Being appointed as the governor was basically equivalent to being demoted. The key point was that Ding Yi recruited all the chief officials of the six ministries away at once, almost disbanding the six ministries in Nanjing.

But Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Jiang Yueguang are all patriotic youths who are known as the "Three Wise Prime Ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty" in later generations.

The imperial decree cannot be violated, so the three patriotic comrades packed their luggage and set off for Shandong without saying a word.

There were still two famous capitulators in Nanjing at this time, one was Qian Qianyi and the other was Ruan Dacheng.

However, in the original history, these two people only came to the fore when the new emperor was elected, and they have not recovered now.

When they heard that the six ministries of Nanjing had left one after another, either to go to Beijing or go to governors of other provinces, both of them had their thoughts, and they found people to do activities one after another, and wanted to be the minister of the six ministries of Nanjing.

At the same time, the clans from all over the country received orders from the capital not long after, allowing them to go to Beijing.

In fact, there are not many clan princes in Da Ming at this time.

Li Zicheng swept across the Central Plains, Zhang Xianzhong killed all directions, and the Ming clan will be killed a lot.

After Lu Wang Zhu Changhao captured Huaiqing Mansion by the army, he immediately abandoned the city and fled first to Nanjing and then to Hangzhou. This meeting is in Nanjing, not Hangzhou yet.

Zhu Yousong, the King of Fu who became Emperor Hongguang in history, first fled to Weihui after Luoyang was captured, and then fled to Huai'an with King Lu, and lived in a Huzui boat with King Zhou who fled south.On March [-]th Zhou Wang Zhu Gongsun died on the boat and fled to Nanjing with Lu Wang. This meeting is also in Nanjing. This time the prince is still there, Zhu Yousong will not be Hongguang Emperor anymore.

In addition, King Jin of Shanxi, King Qin of Xi'an, and King Zhu Shihong of Lanzhou were all killed by Li Zicheng, King Chu was killed by Zhang Xianzhong, King Gui Zhu Youlang was hiding among Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses, and Zhang Xianzhong had not yet discovered them. .

There are still some descendants of the Fan kings in Nanjing. Their father died, and they themselves have not been edicted by the imperial court to inherit, so they are all hiding in Nanjing.

And Ding Yi still has King Dai, King Qing and King Lu in his hands (King Lu's fiefdom is in Yanzhou, which happens to be in Ding Yi's territory.)
After receiving the imperial order, the kings of Nanjing decided to set off for the capital not long after.

Because news came from the capital that the crown prince had no virtue, and all the officials resisted.

If you can get the support of King Zhenbei, maybe?
The news immediately spread to all parts of Ming Dynasty, and all the capable feudal kings and descendants who were still alive and able to go, went to the capital to gather one after another.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty still had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and there were quite a few general soldiers, including Gaodi, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of the Ningyuan Regiment, both of whom were in Shanhaiguan.

There are the most in the south of the Yangtze River, with Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Huang Fei, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, etc. who claim to have 80 troops, and they soon received the imperial edict to let them enter Beijing.

(End of this chapter)