Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 177 Huang Ama, It's All Your Fault! (Finally finished coding, thank you for your support)
Mount Wutai, Qingliang Temple.

Emperor Kangxi finally walked into the small building where the "Shunzhi Bodhisattva" ate fast and recited Buddha's name. Looking at the back of that Ama in the Buddhist hall, he was very angry!

What the hell is this Huang Ama doing?
The son of Emperor Chongzhen didn't know how to kill him, so he left a third prince Zhu hiding in Suzhou to study the rebellion!Although he was killed, he had already written and disseminated the two anti-books "The Theory of the World is Public" and "The System of Farmland in the Heavenly Dynasty" before his death, and created a professional rebel Tiandihui.

In the southwest, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi with ulterior motives, was sealed off. He developed influence in Yunnan and colluded with the third prince Zhu. From him, he got the righteous name of rebellion, "The world is public" and "the system of Tianchao Tianmu", Now it's even more of a backlash!Not only defeated the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers led by Yue Le, swept across Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, but also took down two prefectures in southern Shaanxi, and recently began to develop towards Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Gannan.

As a result, Kangxi himself couldn't stay in Beijing well, so he had to go to Xi'an to fight against Wu in person!

But before Kang Mazi came to Xi'an, another Li Zicheng appeared in Hunan. It is very likely to be true!
This is really killing half of Li Zicheng, and the half-dead Li Zicheng, like this Ama, has found a temple to hide and practice. Now he has finally cultivated to become a "anti-spirit"!
Li Zicheng is getting better and better!
When he rebelled last time, he was just a rogue who didn't know where he was based. He looked very powerful and claimed to be a million people, but in fact, there were only tens of thousands of people who could fight against the old battalion. It just went downhill all the way, and there was not even a base for him to slow down.

But this time, Li Zicheng, who has become a master, is also very impressive. He won Lizhou at the beginning, and he is no longer a bandit. Instead, he started to divide the land and build a base. There are mountains, rivers and plains. To the north is the Jiangnan part of Jingzhou, to the east is Dongting Lake, and to the west is the Kuidong Mountains. If Changde can be taken down to the south, there is Yuanshui to rely on!
It seems to be a land surrounded by mountains and rivers, abundant products, and a large population. If this Li Zicheng is real, then he must have spotted this good place, and he has been working hard for more than 20 years, just waiting for a change. Shocking!

So Kangxi went to Qingliang Temple today because he wanted to ask Shunzhi clearly. Did Li Zicheng die back then?
Thinking of this, Kangxi didn't talk nonsense with his Ama, who likes to give up halfway, and said directly: "Huang Ama's child, Xuan Ye, went to Mount Wutai this time to meet you. It's one side, not a back !
The second is to tell you about the general trend of the world today. Our Qing Dynasty is now in turmoil!
Wu Sangui rebelled in the southwest, defeated Prince An in Xuzhou, and then went all the way to the south of the Qinling Mountains, and now he is preparing to leave Qishan and Yueqinlings. This time, the boy is leaving Beijing to go to Xi'an to sit in town!

But as soon as the boy reached Wutai Mountain, he got eight hundred miles from General Jingzhou and the governor of Huguang... They reported to me that Li Zicheng had rebelled in Lizhou again! "

"What? Li Ziguo is not dead..."

As soon as he heard that Li Zicheng had rebelled against him in Hunan, the great monk Shunzhi, who had been practicing closed mouth meditation with his back to his son and pretending to be an eminent monk, couldn't hold back any longer!
He stopped worshiping the Bodhisattva, and quickly turned around to face his son, whom he hadn't seen for many years, who had a "successful career" (became emperor), and who was in big trouble recently.

This son's face...is still so "numb"!
Although he has grown up quite a bit, the outline is still there. It is obvious that he is the real Kangxi, and he has not been dropped by others—but when he was a child, he looked very clever. How can he treat an emperor like this now?
First, he destroyed the Great Wall by himself, and beat away Oboi who was left to him to protect his family - all the old men under Oboi can beat them!

If they were still there, Wu Sangui wouldn't dare to rebel!
Although Yue Le and Aobai look similar, they are both so-called veterans... But what is Yue Le's background?What is Aobai's background?
Yue Le is the only surviving senior prince of the clan, half of his veteran is reincarnated, and half is because he has survived smallpox!
And although Oboi was the hero of the founding of the country, there are too many Manchurians who are better at reincarnation than him!His veteran general was really hit with a single shot!
Now Oboi was actually forced by this kid to join Wu Sangui...

This child is really outrageous... Fuquan should have been made emperor if he had known earlier!That kid Fuquan has been kind since he was a child, if he becomes the emperor, he will definitely not hurt Oboi's heart, let alone force Wu Sangui to rebel.

I really went astray...

"Ama, is Li Zicheng really alive?" Kangxi had already opened his mouth to ask Li Zicheng's life and death at this time.

He was also sure that the slightly thin middle-aged monk in front of him was his irresponsible emperor Ama—although Shunzhi had been a monk for many years, he had already left a portrait before he became a monk. Kangxi wanted Ama to take it out often when he was a child of.

Now this monk Ama looks similar to the Huang Ama in the portrait...

Hearing this question, Shunzhi could only sigh: "Xuan Ye, Li Zicheng is probably cheating his death...he is a man who can't see people when he is alive, and can't see the corpse when he is dead! At that time, the area around Jiugong Mountain was in chaos. People, trespassers, and local tyrants are all fighting each other. When we got the news, the dead man had already died! Although the gold seal dragon robe was handed in, it doesn't mean that those things were picked up. Li Zicheng must be dead."

Finished!

Hearing what Shunzhi said, Kangxi knew that Li Zicheng in Lizhou was probably true!
Really, it's much harder to deal with than fake ones!

The fake Li Zicheng rebelled for the first time, so he must be inexperienced.Moreover, it is impossible for the fake Li Zicheng to master a group of old battalion elites who have been beaten to death for half their lives, and it is even more impossible for the fake Li Zicheng to plan for many years.

Kangxi frowned and muttered: "Since you can't figure out the situation, why do you think Li Zicheng is dead?"

Shunzhi smiled wryly and said: "Dorgon, who was in power at the time, felt that it would be more beneficial to treat Li Zicheng as dead... First, Li Zicheng died, and our Qing Dynasty's merits of revenge for the Ming will be considered complete.

Secondly, without the banner of Li Zicheng, the trespassers would be leaderless... At least in face, they would be leaderless, and it would be easier to suppress or appease them. "

"That's okay, but what about afterwards?" Kangxi asked again, "After Huguang is settled, why don't you make a secret investigation?"

Is this blaming you, Ama?Shunzhi's face sank, he was obviously a little unhappy, but he is not the emperor now, so he couldn't reprimand Kangxi who had been emperor for many years, so he said calmly: "I also knew about this after I took office, but at that time the world was already ours. Qing and the remnants of Remnant Ming were fighting. So I didn't care too much, just regarded him as a dead person.

I thought to myself that as long as Remnant Ming can be leveled to rule the world, would he still be afraid of Li Zicheng who is cheating his life?As long as the world is stable and the world is safe, let alone Li Zicheng, even if Zhu Yuanzhang is resurrected, he will not be able to turn the world around.That's why I didn't want to create side effects and kill again. I didn't expect this thief to be so tolerant, and he didn't turn back until now. "

How can you, an emperor, not understand such a simple principle of getting rid of evil?Besides, have you and Dorgon committed fewer murders?Wouldn't it be okay to kill a few more 10 people?

Kangxi was so annoyed!
If the monk in front of him was not his Ama, he would have turned his face and scolded others long ago.

"Huang Ama," suppressing the anger in his heart, Kangxi said to the great monk Shunzhi again, "Then according to what you see, should I destroy Wu Sangui first, or attack Li Zicheng first?"

The great monk Shunzhi was taken aback, looked at his son and asked, "Xuan Ye, do you have the strength to destroy Wu Sangui now?"

Of course there is no such thing!

When Shunzhi exposed the lie, Kangxi looked unhappy—you, Ama, are confused, can't you get rid of Wu Sangui while the important minister and general of Manchuria are still there?Wouldn't it be okay to send people to Huguang to search for Li Zicheng after the personal conquest?
"Ama, although I don't have the strength to destroy Wu Sangui all at once, I am sure to block Qishan and Qinling!" Kangxi said confidently, "As long as Wu Sangui can be blocked in Yunguichuan, it will be no problem to kill him slowly. .only."

Seeing that Kangxi was hesitating to speak, Shunzhi followed his words and said, "It's just that once Li Zicheng becomes big, he may turn back into a bandit again, cross the Yangtze River and the Han River, and enter the Central Plains all the way?"

Kangxi nodded: "Ama's words are very true. What my child is worried about is the road to revive the Han Dynasty planned for Liu Bei in Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Dui" after Li Zicheng grew up and went north to the Central Plains. Isn't it that Liu Bei takes Guanzhong and Guan Yu? Entering Zhongzhou? As long as one of the two roads succeeds, Cao Wei will be finished. If Guan Yun didn’t accidentally lose Jingzhou, this Longzhong match is very likely to come true!”

Kangxi's worries are not unreasonable. Although Li Zicheng now pretends to be a bandit and slowly manage the "Xiangbei Base Area", he is an elderly man after all, and he will run the "Xiangbei Base" for another ten or eight years. He doesn't need Kangxi to suppress him, he will be cold himself.

If he still wants to enjoy the addiction of being king in his lifetime, he must get bigger and gather a hundred and eighty thousand rebels to cross the river to the north.In the current situation, even if Kangxi can block Qishan and Qinling, it is impossible to destroy Wu Sangui.Wu Sangui failed once he got out of Qishan, but he could still go out twice, three times and four times. If Li Zicheng went into Zhongyuan and went on a rampage, the situation would not only be similar to what Longzhong said to Li, but also the same as when the Ming and Qing were fighting.It's just that Chongzhen changed Kangxi, Huang Taiji changed Wu Sangui, and Li Zicheng did Li Zicheng.

Shunzhi already understood Kangxi's thoughts, but he didn't make a choice between Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng. He just said lightly: "Li Zicheng can be a disaster for the world for more than ten years, and he is by no means a thief who can be easily wiped out. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would have died early If this thief is wiped out, there will be no misfortune to hang Jingshan later."

He was reminding Kangxi not to underestimate the enemy, don't think about sending an army of ten thousand and eight thousand to destroy Li Zicheng in one go!

If Li Zicheng is so easy to destroy, how can there be a Qing Dynasty?To destroy Li Zicheng, one must be prepared for a protracted war!
Of course, Emperor Kangxi could understand Shunzhi's words. He was also hesitating before whether to act steadily or vigorously.Hearing what his father said now, he finally made up his mind. He nodded his head emphatically and said, "Ama, my son understands your teaching! You mean that when a lion fights a rabbit, you must do your best. Only the general of Jingzhou and the governor of Huguang They will go all out to wipe out this thief Li Zicheng in one fell swoop!"

What?How can you, a child, understand my words so well?The great monk Shunzhi was dumbfounded.

He was just about to explain to his son again when Kangxi spoke first: "Ama, are you still used to living in Mount Wutai all these years? Do you want to change places? My son is going to Shaanxi this time. Fuquan and the Empress Dowager are really worried, Ama, can you go back to Beijing and become a monk?"

Back to Beijing. Be a monk?
what does this mean?
Shunzhi was stunned for a moment. In this world, there are some emperors and monks, but what is this monk?What does this pockmark mean?No. There is no father and son in the Tian family!
However, Shunzhi did not hesitate for too long, and he had already reacted, and immediately showed a hopeless expression, shook his head and said: "Xuan Ye, with the Empress Dowager here, there will be no chaos in Beijing. Don't worry. I won't go back, and I can't go back, because the empress dowager doesn't want to see me, an unfilial monk, Amitabha!"

After chanting the Buddha's name, the Great Monk Shunzhi slowly closed his eyelids, and began to chant the mantra: "Ma Mi Ma Mi Coax, Ma Mi Mi Coax"

Seeing that the Great Monk Shunzhi looked like he only loved the Buddha and not the country, Kangxi breathed out, folded his hands together, and performed a Buddhist salute to his Ama, then turned and left to give Ezha and Cai Yurong orders to encircle and suppress The imperial decree of the "Xiangbei Base Area"!
Li Zicheng must be suppressed!

But at this time, Kangxi probably would never have imagined that he would soon receive a new "anti-feeling". Someone in Guangdong was going to rebel again!
This Qing Dynasty has rebels every year, especially this year!
"My lord, Wang Fuchen and Wang Datou have turned against each other!"

"My lord, you can't ignore them! If you want to ignore them, after they finish dividing the land in Xiangshan, Xinning, and Xinhui counties, and then the land in Zhaoqing Prefecture and eleven counties, they will come to attack Guangzhou city! "

"My lord, the father and son surnamed Wang are now acting completely according to the "Tian Mu System of the Heavenly Dynasty". They must have joined the Tiandihui!"

"My lord. Many officers and soldiers in the Wang family army have already cut off their braids!"

"My lord, they really turned against each other, you send troops quickly!"

Outside the Great Buddha Temple in Guangzhou City, at this time, it has also become a gathering place for dilapidated landowners to sue and invite soldiers.The dilapidated landowners who came to Guangzhou to sue for soldiers were all from Xiangshan, Xinning, and Xinhui counties. They were all big landowners whose land was "forcibly exchanged" by Wang Zhongxiao, regardless of whether they had obtained "Macau household registration" or not. And "Xiangdao Hukou", this kind of status always needs to be sued.

Moreover, their lawsuit was quite reasonable, because Wang Zhongxiao's land equalization in Xiangshan, Xinning, and Xinhui counties strictly followed the method in the "Tianchao Farm System".

What Wang Datou has done in these three counties is not Wu Sangui's "Wei Suo System" or Li Zicheng's "Fu Bing System", but the most friendly to the poor and lower-middle peasants, and the easiest to maintain. The "five buckets of rice tax (this is the standard for paddy fields in Guangdong)" plan.

In fact, the taxation of most dynasties in China is not high, even the "regular tax plus three rates" in the late Ming Dynasty is actually not much.However, the three disadvantages of labor, unfair taxes, and too much room for grassroots manipulation have always existed.

Because the labor is free, local officials often do not cherish the slaves, and even wantonly abuse the people who serve.

The tax injustice is further divided into the injustice between regions and the injustice between gentry and common people.For example, Guangdong had a serious problem of unfair taxation in the Ming Dynasty-Cantonese paid too little tax!It's so unfair!

The total land tax determined by Guangdong during Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Wanli year was less than 100 million shi, but Shaanxi has 170 million shi!
Moreover, there are three important towns in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Yulin, and Gansu (there were no provinces in Shaanxi and Gansu at that time). The land population under the jurisdiction of these military towns was not included in the total land tax of each province.And the tax borne by the military households in the guard far exceeds that of the civilian households!

In addition, after Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, most of the provincial taxes can be discounted to collect silver.And the Guangdong side is the Maritime Trade Center, and the money is much more profitable than the Shaanxi side!Foshan iron industry, Chaozhou ceramics, silk, tea, sugar. Just pick up any one and you can get a boatload of silver from the foreign devils.

With more silver, agricultural products will naturally be more expensive, and the tax burden on farmers will be lightened.

Therefore, the pain suffered by the Cantonese in terms of taxation is simply incomparable with that of the Shaanxi people. This is probably the reason why the Cantonese loved Daming more in history, right?
Daming’s taxes are so low, smuggling is ignored (can’t be controlled), it’s easy to travel to Nanyang, and there are no vassal princes in Guangdong.I once sent a Zhu Zhanqi to Shaozhou, but this guy didn't like Guangdong very much, and he went to Shangrao, Jiangxi to harm the people of Jiangxi within a few years.

In addition, the unfair taxation between regions does not only exist between provinces, but within a province, or even within a prefecture, different counties also have different taxation standards.

In addition to the unfair taxation between regions, the preferential taxation of gentry and landlords is another great injustice!

The more injustice there is, the more room for grassroots officials and gentry to manipulate!The more room they have to operate, the more injustice there will be. This is basically a vicious circle. In the end, it will definitely cause a large number of small farmers to go bankrupt and accelerate land mergers!
In order to maintain the results of land equalization for as long as possible, Wang Zhongxiao formulated a "high tax rate", low military service, no corvee (hire), no apportionment, and no preferential tax and military service plan as a supporting package for land equalization.

But no matter how much he tosses, it is not only the local landlords and gentry who are hurt, but even the subordinates who control the village are also very dissatisfied!In addition, his set of land equalization, taxation, and military service laws are all different from the system of the Qing Dynasty.

So it is not surprising that a large group of people went to Guangzhou to sue the Wang family and his son for rebellion!
(End of this chapter)