At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 263: Giving you % is just to give you face!

The main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always been Sun Kewang, and the two teammates Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong are not only weak.

Moreover, Sun Kewang also used a trick to protect King Xiao Ming and seize Nanjing's foundation.

In this situation, Sun Guozhu was able to make a comeback from a desperate situation. In the eyes of the world, if this destiny is not his, who else can it be?

Qian Qianyi also began to think after hearing this. He was not loyal to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not have had his hair cut off and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

But the world was still uncertain, so he still felt that Sun Kewang's move was inappropriate.

"My Lord, the world is still uncertain. If you rashly proclaim yourself emperor, I'm afraid that people will be dissatisfied and you will become the target of public criticism, giving the Manchus a chance." He said slowly.

Sun Kewang smiled when he heard this.

"Old Zongbo, if I proclaim myself emperor, Li Laiheng will not fight me even if he refuses to accept it, and Li Dingguo has already been unable to protect himself. As for Wu Sangui of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zheng Chenggong of Jinxia."

"I don't think becoming emperor alone will completely change their attitude."

Sun Kewang's proclaiming himself emperor actually means nothing to Shunjun. Li Laiheng couldn't get into trouble and fight with him for the sake of the secret room, right?

As for Wu Sangui and Zheng Chenggong, both of them are bustling for profit.

Although Zheng Chenggong has a bottom line, it cannot change some facts.

They all focus on their own interests, and the Ming Dynasty has no weight. Otherwise, Zheng Chenggong, the younger brother of the King of Tang, would not have turned a blind eye and allowed him to depend on Wang Xing in Wencun.

Wu Sangui and Zheng Chenggong would fall out with Sun Kewang when they should, and they would not fall out over proclaiming emperor when they shouldn't.

Besides, Wu Sangui still has some strength, but Zheng Chenggong's strength is not enough.

With Zheng Jun's current situation, even though he is still the overlord at sea, once he gets ashore.

Sun Kewang can defeat him by sending two soldiers and horses.

After the Battle of Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong's accumulated capital was reduced by half, and he no longer had much strength.

In this case, after Jiangnan is stabilized, it will be a good choice for Sun Ke to proclaim himself emperor and appease his subordinates.

With the five armies and twenty-two towns in hand, as long as he can completely control Jiangnan, there will be nothing in this world that can scare him.

For a time, Wan Niance and others all agreed that Sun Kewang becoming emperor was their dream, and now it was finally just around the corner.

In addition to these civil servants, this is even more true for military commanders such as Feng Shuangli.

Now the king of Xing'an, Feng Shuangli, the king of Anning, Wang Shangli, and the king of Fengjie, Wang Ziqi, have all made great achievements in battle.

It’s time for this two-character king to be promoted.

But if Sun Guozhu, the leader of the country, does not make progress, they will overstep their bounds if they become one-word kings.

Therefore, only if Lord Sun makes progress can they make progress.

And these Xiying governor-level figures have made progress.

Only the Duke of Han Zhang Sheng and the Duke of Chang Zhang Hu can make progress!

By the same token, these two core generals of the Qianqian Army have made progress.

Only marquises like Liu Tianxiu, Yuan Taoan, and Sun Jiayao could make progress.

Only when these generals improve can their lieutenants improve and be promoted from earl to marquis...

All in all, all in all, if Sun Guozhu does not make progress, it means blocking the progress of the entire Jiaqian Army.

If he didn't wear a yellow robe, the 300,000-strong front army wouldn't agree at all!

"Old Zongbo, I have given up all my intentions. When the south of the Yangtze River is stabilized, I will name myself in Nanjing, succeed to the throne, and then launch the Northern Expedition to expel the Tartars and unify the world!" Sun Kewang said solemnly.

"What the Lord said is true!" All the jackals, tigers and leopards cheered.

After following Sun Guozhu for so many years, we have finally reached this point.

Qian Qianyi wanted to say something more after hearing this, but in the end he shook his head helplessly.

In his heart, he was still happy to restore the Ming Dynasty, after all, it had been orthodox for three hundred years.

It’s just that now Qian Qianyi also understands that the Ming Dynasty is exhausted. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not entered the customs, our Ming Dynasty would have been over more than ten years ago.

Now Sun Ke is expected to occupy the south of the Yangtze River and ascend the throne as emperor.

Although he did not regain his sight, he was able to return to the Han Dynasty. Qian Qianyi felt that this was a virtue from God.

If the Manchus were allowed to occupy the south of the Yangtze River and unify the world, all the Han people in the world would shave their heads and change their customs.

That would be called blood-stained rivers and mountains, the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the species!

"Old Uncle Zong, the position of chief minister of the cabinet was specially reserved for you when I was in Guangxi. Are you willing to help Gu stabilize Jiangnan, unify the world, and leave your name in history?" Sun Kewang said slowly.

"What?" Qian Qianyi was shocked.

"Master, did you already expect that you and I would meet today in Guangxi?"

"That's natural." Sun Kewang smiled slightly.

In the past, he escaped into Guangxi with 40,000 elite troops and six administrative departments, although it was extremely dangerous.

But in fact, it is quite easy and methodical.

As long as the Manchu Qing Dynasty gives him a certain amount of time, then with the ability of the Sixth Department of Administration and the 40,000 elites ahead.

An army strong enough to conquer the world will soon be formed!

Once the main force of the Qing Dynasty fell into Yunnan and Guizhou, he went north to Huguang to contact the Dashun Army. Once defeated, Jiangnan could naturally move down.

Meeting Qian Qianyi, the old uncle, was a natural thing.

"Old Zongbo, I don't know something. Since the first assistant Lei Yuelong rebelled, the king has no first assistant in Guangxi, and the old Zongbo is the exclusive marquis." Wan Niance said with a smile.

"Yes, the king has long expected that this day will come. The position of chief assistant has been waiting for the old uncle for two full years." Cheng Wanli also said with a smile.

Two years have passed since the water was handed over to now.

During this period, things and people changed, but in the end Sun Kewang successfully entered Jiangnan.

"The great talent of the country's leader is rare in this old man's life!" Qian Qianyi said with emotion.

But even so, he still had some concerns about how an outsider could steal the high position of chief minister.

So there is still some rejection.

"Old uncle Zong is already old. If a man is not famous for a hundred generations, he will be infamy for thousands of years."

Sun Kewang said slowly: "Don't you, old uncle, hope to work harder to help me unify the world, strive for a name in history for myself, and strive for a prince for generations to come?"

As soon as these words came out, Qian Qianyi understood instantly.

I am already seventy-seven years old, how many more years can I live?

It would be good for everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to achieve the feat of Conglong.

And for a dying person, what opinions could Wan Niance and the others have?

How long can I survive, and how many years can I stay in the first assistant position?

Why should Sun Kewang's cronies have to deal with being an old man like him?

"The humble minister Qian Qianyi has met the king!" Qian Qianyi thought of this and bowed his hands.

"Haha, my old uncle Jiangnan is not difficult to conquer."

Sun Kewang laughed loudly and said: "According to the decree, Qian Muzhai was appointed as the first assistant in the cabinet and was granted the title of Marquis of Yushan. His wife, Liu Rune, is a heroine and was granted the title of first-grade imperial concubine!"

When Qian Qianyi heard this, his whole body was excited. Sun Guozhu directly gave it to a marquis. This was not an ungenerous move!

"I would like to thank the Lord for your kindness."

"I would like to thank the Lord for your kindness."

Qian Qianyi and his wife saluted and were extremely grateful to Lord Sun.

"Please get up, both of you." Sun Kewang said with a smile, and then changed the subject.

"Mr. Mu Zhai, I am hosting a banquet for you and your wife today. In addition to commending your merits, I also need you and your wife to provide more suggestions for my governance in Jiangnan."

Qian Qianyi immediately became solemn after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, please see me. I will do my best to help you." "Jiangnan is the richest in the world. In Nanjing alone, I seized more than 800,000 taels of gold and more than 12 million taels of silver from Lang Tingzuo and other puppet officials. ." Sun Kewang spoke solemnly.

As soon as these words came out, Qian Qianyi and his wife took a breath.

Although there are countless wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, this number still shocks them.

Of course, Qian Qianyi would not be like this if he knew about King Li Chuang's capture in Beijing.

Nanjing is much richer than Beijing, so our officials in the Qing Dynasty naturally have a lot of wealth.

And that's not all.

After the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, their titles were abolished and their family properties were deprived of them.

Their three hundred years of savings went to the Qing Dynasty.

Most of the money went to the capable ministers and officials who ransacked their homes.

And now Sun Kewang has confiscated the homes of these capable ministers and officials in the Qing Dynasty.

So even if the impact is not widespread, there is still such a gain.

In fact, after seeing so much gold and silver, many civil servants and generals asked to continue copying.

It's just that Jiangnan is unstable, in order to learn from Li Zicheng's lessons.

Sun Kewang finally had enough.

Otherwise, if the impact is too wide, Jiangnan will not be stable.

"Now I have plenty of gold and silver in my hands, but in Jiangnan I still can't recover the stolen goods and support them like Li Zicheng did at the beginning, so I decided to confiscate the homes of those who had committed the unforgivable crime of being slaves, and not to punish the other officials and gentry."

"The ruler of the country is righteous. Li Zicheng lost his heart as a gentleman, and that's why he suffered a complete defeat." Qian Qianyi said with a cupped hand.

Sun Kewang nodded slightly. If you copy too much gold and silver, it would be useless.

What will be the end of Li Zicheng who stole so much gold and silver while chasing stolen goods in the north?

Establishing a stable rule is the top priority!

Of course, the time to become king was too short, which was his most fatal flaw.

"It's just that having said that, Jiangnan's tax system should also be changed."

Sun Kewang continued: "I decided to clear land in the south of the Yangtze River, reform the tax system, and reduce rent and interest."

"Each acre of land will be expropriated according to the method of one for the official, four for the landowner, and five for the cultivator."

"Besides, the Tartars are still alive, so I will collect half-percent land tax from the cultivators."

"The rest of the corvee and extra duties will be exempted."

"Anyone else who borrows money from the common people will repay it according to the method of nine departures and eleven returns. The rest will not be recognized by the government!"

Sun Kewang's tax system in Jiangnan is still the same as that of a village.

It's just that the proportions were adjusted to a pattern of one for officials, four for gentry, and five for common people.

In addition, an additional half of the tax will be borne by the people. In fact, Sun Kewang will be 15%, the gentry will be 40%, and the people will be 45%.

This ratio is already very friendly to the gentry.

If not for the purpose of uniting the Jiangnan gentry, Sun Kewang really wanted to get 40% for himself and 10% for the gentry!

It's just that in this way, Jiang Nannan will have to have a second major uprising. It's better to be patient and destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty first.

As soon as these words came out, Wan Niance and others nodded.

Jiangnan is the richest in the world, even if it only takes 15%, it is still an extremely huge wealth.

Currently, there are 953,445 hectares of registered cultivated land in Jiangnan.

Zhejiang has 452,216 hectares of cultivated land.

There are more than 1.4 million hectares of cultivated land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

What a concept!

Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi are not in the same order of magnitude at all!

This 1.4 million hectares of cultivated land is different from the dry fields in the north. The yield per mu of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River is very high.

The upper field is more than three stones, the middle field is more than two stones, and even the lower field is more than one stone and five buckets.

The average yield per mu is as high as two stones or more.

According to this scale, even if only 15% of the yield per mu is levied.

Even if the 1.4 million hectares of cultivated land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are calculated as producing two dan per mu, three dou per acre will be required.

1.4 million hectares, 140 million acres, Sun Ke hopes to get 420 million dou, 42 million shi of grain!

The millions of hectares of cultivated land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are a real dimensionality reduction blow to the 300,000 hectares in Guangdong and Guangxi and the 100,000 hectares in Yunnan and Guizhou!

Excluding the remaining 30% of the 42 million stones of grain, the Lord Sun still had an annual income of 30 million.

Plus commercial tax, salt tax, and customs duties.

When Jiangnan is stabilized, Lord Sun is excited just thinking about how much income can be raised!

The 100,000 hectares of cultivated land in Yunnan and Guizhou create an annual income of 7 to 8 million, and the 300,000 hectares of cultivated land and commerce and sea trade in Guangdong and Guangxi create an annual income of 20 million.

They are all younger brothers in front of Jiangnan, and Yungui is the younger brother among younger brothers!

Therefore, the most important thing now is stability. As long as it is stable, Sun Ke is expected to do a good job in the autumn harvest.

Then with tens of millions of annual income, there is no need to mention other things.

With the internal affairs level of the six administrative departments under his command, they were fashionable in Yunnan and could compete with the Manchus.

Now that we have entered Jiangnan, it goes without saying the prospects.

A regime that can feed an army of 200,000 people in Yunnan and keep the people healthy.

Now that we have captured Jiangnan, it will be enough to equal the world!

"Qing Zhang's land, reduce rent and interest?" Qian Qianyi frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Wei Chen knows that the king is in urgent need of military supplies and is considerate of the people. However, the rent in Jiangnan has always been 70% to 80%. The 60% land rent in the old man's name is already a great example of good governance."

Qian Qianyi cupped his hands and said: "The king directly reduced the land rent of the gentry to 40%. Is it too hasty?"

"Too much haste?" Sun Kewang shook his head slightly.

"Old Zongbo, you don't know something. When the king was in Yunnan, he only gave 10% to the gentry."

"Although there is some slack in Guangdong and Guangxi, I already have great love for the Jiangnan gentry." Wan Niance said.

To be honest, the Jiangnan gentry’s fighting ability is not as good as those clans in Guangdong!

Our Qing Dynasty sent 4,080 banners and 20,000 men in armor, and we managed to make the Jiangnan gentry submissive.

There has been no large-scale resistance for more than ten years.

He has been giving us blood transfusions all the time.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's capital of 20,000 yuan was stabbed by the Guangdong gentry from time to time in Guangdong.

Our Qing Dynasty still has to subsidize military expenditures for Guangdong.

With this combat power and this united front value, Sun Ke is expected to have 130,000 men in armor.

Being able to give 40% to the Jiangnan gentry is already a great grace.

If you don't accept it, our Qing Dynasty can set off a literary prison and kill the Jiangnan gentry like pigs!

Sun Kewang has already killed the main force of the Qing Dynasty, what can the Jiangnan gentry do?

I! Rogue bandits!

Giving you 40% is just to give you face! Do you want love?

What? No!

Don't just confiscate your home or exterminate your clan!

(End of this chapter)