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

Therefore, the literati of the Qing Dynasty wanted to fill the vacancy as soon as possible after winning the election.

They often borrow Beijing debt and borrow money from the powerful to mobilize the powerful.

Let the powerful people speak again and let yourself take office as soon as possible.

As a result, our Qing officials had a lot of usury on their butts before they even took office.

It is obvious what to do after taking office.

Even honest officials have to scrape up land in order to repay Beijing's debt.

This pile of debts to the King of Hell must never be defaulted on.

People who lend money are either princes or county kings, and the worst ones are Baylor and Beizi.

If it happens again, you won't be qualified.

With this strength, let alone Yang Wenyue, a small county magistrate, even magistrates, Taotai, and even governors and governors would not dare not to repay it!

After all, these princes and nobles are the masters. Even if local officials become governors, they are still slaves after all!

Do the slaves dare not to repay this master's debt?

In this case, our local officials in the Qing Dynasty were actually workers of the Manchu nobles.

It is a tool for them to make money.

There was even a situation where a prefect, after scraping the land for several years, found out that he still lost money after settling the accounts!

This usurious interest rate is compounded. If the level of scraping the land is not good enough, the officials who came to the Qing Dynasty after a few years will really suffer!

So it’s difficult for our officials in the Qing Dynasty!

Although Yang Wenyue, the magistrate of Mizhi County, does not want to add any additional burden to the people.

But I have to repay the debt to the King of Hell on my butt.

There are also a lot of people from the county magistrate's office. This team he organized, he, the county magistrate, has to find a way to feed and drink so many people.

A county magistrate only earns a few dozen taels of silver a year, but no matter how much he saves on expenses, he still has to start with tens of thousands of taels.

So what else can we do, we can only suffer the people one more time!

"If the people have to suffer a little more, I'll give them another 20,000 yuan in food and salary!" Yang Wenyue gritted his teeth and said.

"The magistrate is so kind!" the master sighed.

The 20,000 yuan in food and salary was nothing left after deducting the debts from the capital and the food, drink, and toileting of so many people in the magistrate's office.

There are only a few establishments in one county in the Qing Dynasty.

With these few people, I'm afraid they won't even be able to control the county.

Therefore, Yang Wenyue had to organize the government officials and clerks himself.

If these people do not provide food, wages, rice and fat to the county government, they will be paralyzed.

In this way, heavy assessments fell on the people of the northern provinces after layers of increases.

Relying on apportionment and capital increases and discounts, the Manchu Qing Dynasty recovered the fiscal revenue lost due to the loss of Jiangnan and other places.

It seems that they have the ability to maintain an army and even further expand it to 300,000 armored men.

It's just that such a heavy tax is destined to drink poison to quench thirst.

Just like Chongzhen, because he didn't have enough money and food, he chose to impose an additional three rates.

This eventually led to a massive peasant uprising, further deteriorating the finances.

This behavior of the Manchu Qing also led to the precarious rule of its rule in the north.

But without additional troops, the Manchu Qing could not support its army at all.

After adding more troops, they can at least temporarily support and expand the army, giving them the ability to make a last stand.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the Manchu Qing Dynasty finally embarked on the path that Chongzhen once followed.

After adding more troops, they not only maintained the army but also tried their best to train new troops.

One is to have a decisive battle with Sun Kewang and others.

The second is to implement the spirit of taking from the people and using it for the people.

Be prepared for a rebellion that is bound to happen in the second year when the remaining food of the people is exhausted.

The reason why our Ming Dynasty perished was because we did not take it from the people and use it to the people.

If only Chongzhen could spend all the money and food scraped from the heads of the people on the heads of the people.

Will the Ming army, which is well fed and well paid, be unable to suppress the common people?

Even if it is half a salary, it will not be overthrown by the common people.

Our Qing Dynasty is different, although there are also corruption problems.

But the green camp soldiers can still receive some food and pay to maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

Although a large-scale rebellion by the people is destined to happen next year, the Manchus do not believe that the people in the northern provinces have the ability to overthrow their rule.

After all, with hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, as long as there is a certain amount of fighting power, ordinary people will not be able to overturn the situation.

However, the life and death of the Manchus did not depend on the rebels in the northern provinces, but in the hands of a few Han giants.

Just when the veteran Ao Bai tried his best to defeat Li Laiheng.

Sun Kewang showed a vitality in Jiangnan.

"Your Majesty, the autumn harvest is coming, and officials everywhere have made arrangements."

"The armies of the six towns, as well as the integrated and green battalion soldiers and the rebels are also stationed in their own places. There will be no problem with this year's autumn harvest!" Wan Niance said with bright eyes.

The more than one million hectares of arable land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be enough to produce more than 200 million shi of grain and grass after the autumn harvest.

With such a large volume, even if Sun Guozhu only receives 15%, it is still a huge amount of income!

Coupled with the prosperous commerce and handicraft industry in Jiangnan, the Sixth Department of Administration has entered such a blessed place, and it will not be able to live up to the name of the Sixth Department of Administration unless it comes out with tens of millions!

"I'm not worried that my taxes won't come in. I'm just worried about whether the gentry will reduce rents and interest rates for the common people!" Sun Kewang said slowly.

Although his 1.5% is calculated as several times the Manchu tax.

But in fact, he may not earn more in Jiangnan than in Manchu.

The Manchu Qing's tax revenue in Jiangnan and Zhejiang was about 8 million taels of silver and 4 million shi of grain.

These 12 million in food and salary accounted for about half of the national tax revenue.

But the Manchus got 12 million, and the exact amount that fell on Jiangnan after passing through the hands of corrupt officials is unknown.

The urine quality of our officials in the Qing Dynasty is only 1.5% more than that of Sun Guozhu.

In general, the Manchu emperors were not as noble as the dignitaries in Beijing.

The dignitaries in Beijing are not as good as the corrupt officials all over the world.

The Manchu emperors, dignitaries, and corrupt officials all combined were not as good as the local gentry who broke their bones and sucked their marrow.

The regime established by Sun Guozhu can almost be said to have reached the limit of the feudal era in the first three aspects.

Chongzhen's three salaries were collected, which caused great anger and resentment.

But with the powerful efficiency of the Sixth Department of Administration, even if it is reduced to 15%, the burden on the people will not be much.

But having said that, 15% is still a bit high.

Therefore, the gentry must impose strict restrictions.

Otherwise, if the gentry take away 70% or 80%, and if Lord Sun takes another 15%, the people in Jiangnan will rise up in rebellion.

The one and a half percent of Sun Kingdom's master cannot be reduced, so the Jiangnan gentry can only miss a few dishes for each meal.

"Please rest assured, Lord, with the heroes of the six towns here, there will be no chaos in Jiangnan!" Wan Niance sneered:

"In the past, the ruler of the country only gave 10% to the gentry in Yunnan, and kicked them out in Guizhou."

"When we arrived in Guangxi later, we only gave 10% to the gentry, but with tens of thousands of soldiers there, the gentry in these places could only bow their heads obediently."

"The culture of Jiangnan has been weak for a long time. If the gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi are still like this, what can they do?"

"In my opinion, even if the king only gives 20% or even 10%, the Jiangnan gentry will just have to keep their tail between their legs!"

Sun Kewang nodded slightly when he heard this. Although the gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi were not as large as the gentry in Jiangnan.

But in terms of combat effectiveness and bloody spirit, the gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi are undoubtedly much stronger than the gentry of Jiangnan.

Sun Guozhu now has six towns of Xiongbing in the south of the Yangtze River, and tens of thousands of green battalions and rebels. If the Jiangnan gentry dares to disobey, there is no need to lead the front army to take action.

The Green Camp and Rebel Army alone are enough for them to drink a pot.

Not to mention the Green Camp that once massacred people all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Most of the rebels who persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Taihu and other places were slaves.

The existence of Jiangnan Slave Change made these gentry scared.

Historically, slaves like Chanda persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Taihu Lake until 1672.

Later, he pretended to surrender and allowed his men to escape, and then went on a hunger strike and committed suicide.

Without him, I don’t want to be a slave!

Even though I am a human being, how can I be called a slave?

Because of the Ding Revolution, how can the slave regulations remain as before?

These famous slogans are the persistence of these martyrs.

If the Jiangnan gentry dared to play any tricks, Sun Kewang would just open the door and let Qian Da go.

Directly let these rebels who were born as slaves kill these Gonggun princes!

"Liang Cheng." Sun Kewang called.

"Wei Chen is here!" Liang Cheng said with cupped hands.

"At the time of autumn harvest, send out all the royal guards. If the gentry dares to resist the new policy."

"Kill those who deserve to be killed, and confiscate the homes of those who deserve." Sun Kewang said calmly.

"Please rest assured, Lord, I will take care of it personally at this time, and the people of Jiangnan will definitely feel the kindness of the Lord!" Liang Cheng said with cupped hands.

"Hmm...!" Sun Kewang nodded slightly.

The Jiangnan gentry are like this. They can't even defeat the 4,000 Eight Banners and the 20,000 Green Camp Armored Soldiers.

Sun Guozhu has paid enough attention to it. At the moment, it is more important to rectify military affairs than them.

"The autumn harvest in the south of the Yangtze River is approaching, and the annual income will be far better than in the past. It is also time for our Fifth Army and Twenty-two Towns to expand our troops."

As soon as this was said, everyone nodded.

Jiangnan has been captured, and massive amounts of money and food are just around the corner.

If we don't expand the military at this time, how can we wait?

"I decided to raise the military salary of each member of the front army by half a tael per month. Jiangnan is different from Guangdong and Guangxi, and even more different from Yunnan and Guizhou."

"If I have a lot of money, I have to let my brothers take advantage of it!"

"The lord of the country is very righteous!" Everyone held their hands and praised the lord Sun for his righteousness.

In the past, Lord Sun didn't actually give much in Yunnan and Guizhou. He led the front army to get only eight or nine buckets of food every month, and the money was almost negligible.

After all, the annual income in Yunnan and Guizhou is more than one million taels of gold and silver, and it is impossible to pay the military salary of an army of 200,000 with silver.

But even these grains in the Qing-occupied areas were worth about 30 taels of silver.

It was precisely because they had more pairs than the Green Camp soldiers that the Qianqian Army was able to beat the Green Camp.

After arriving in Guangdong and Guangxi, the military pay given by Lord Sun was one tael of silver and five dou of rice per month for the infantry.

If this level is fully paid, it will not be a waste to compete with the Eight Banners soldiers to defeat the front army.

After all, although the Eight Banners soldiers seem to have higher military pay than before, there are also deductions.

After entering Jiangnan, it increased by half a liang.

The infantry's military salary reached one or two and a half dollars per month, five buckets of rice.

This is actually higher than the Eight Banners Soldiers.

After all, the monthly salary of the Eight Banners soldiers is only twenty taels per month. Although it is higher than that of the Jiaqian army, they can only receive about 60% of the salary.

The salary is higher than that of the Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness before driving will naturally not be lower than that of the Eight Banners.

The military salary of eighteen taels per year plus six kilograms of rice is enough to lead a well-off life in this era.

"In addition to improving the salary of the army, Gu also wants to expand the number of twelve strong soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River."

Sun Kewang said calmly: "Among them, there are six towns in the east of Zhejiang, four in the south of the Yangtze River, and two in the north of the Yangtze River."

"Our army can recruit 150,000 new soldiers and set up camps in seven places: Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jinhua, Nanjing, Suzhou, Luzhou, and Anqing to train new troops."

"By next year, 150,000 new recruits will be trained, plus 100,000 new troops trained in Hunan and Guangdong and Guangxi."

"In addition to replenishing the losses of each town, we can at least organize and train the soldiers and horses of twenty towns, turning the five armies and twenty-two towns into the five armies and forty-two towns!"

"As long as these 250,000 new recruits are successfully trained, the entire world will be at your fingertips!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Once such a large number of soldiers and horses are successfully organized, then as the leader of the country said, the whole world will be at your fingertips!

Now Sun Kewang has five armies and twenty-two towns. Counting the troops stationed in various places, as well as the green battalions and rebels recruited, the number of armored soldiers under his command is already more than 300,000.

Such a powerful force has surpassed the original Manchu Qing Dynasty and became the best in the world.

But in the world, although Sun Kewang is the most powerful, he cannot suppress all his strength for the time being.

Although the Qing Dynasty suffered a great loss in strength, nine out of ten of the 160,000 elite soldiers who marched southward were lost, leaving less than 20,000 people who returned northward.

The troops in Huguang, Guangdong, and Jiangnan were wiped out.

Only Shang Kexi in Guangzhou and Dasu in Wuchang are still lingering.

But with the success of 100,000 new soldiers, the number of Manchu armored soldiers was still around 200,000.

Among them, there are 100,000 in Shaanxi and Gansu, tens of thousands in the Beijing area, and tens of thousands scattered in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Henan.

Wu Sangui of Yunnan and Guizhou originally had 40,000 to 50,000 men in armor. After recruiting soldiers and horses from all directions in the southwest, he had more than 100,000 men in armor.

Li Laiheng and others in Hubei also had tens of thousands of people wearing armor.

Although Zheng Chenggong of Jinxia was defeated in Nanjing, he lost more than 20,000 pieces of armor.

But including the defenders who stayed in Jinxia, ​​he still had more than 50,000 armored men.

The total armor of other forces should be more than 400,000.

Although Sun Guozhu's family is the only one in power, if all the forces unite, they will still be able to temporarily suppress him.

Therefore, Sun Guozhu was like the Wei State in the early Warring States Period. Although he dominated the world, he still could not withstand the alliance of various forces.

If all forces unite, Hunan and Guangdong and Guangxi will be in danger if Wu Sangui goes eastward.

If Li Laiheng counterattacks again, Hunan's fall will be a foregone conclusion.

If the Manchu and Qing Dynasties mobilized the Shaanxi and Gansu armies to march eastward, Zheng Chenggong contacted the Qing armies of Fujian and Zhejiang to go north.

Then Sun Kewang's main force in Nanjing will face the siege of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps during the Taiping Rebellion.

In general, although Sun Kewang was strong at this time, various forces still had the possibility of strangling him.

Use his strength to face the four major forces of Qing, Wu, Shun and Zheng.

One against three is fine, but one against four is barely enough.

But if he can win over Li Laiheng, he can be like the Wei State after the Battle of Guiling.

Han Wei joined forces to defeat all enemies from all directions and won the final victory in the Battle of Xiangling.

This is also the reason why Lord Sun tried his best to favor Luo Shunjun.

Although he tried hard to figure it out, why did the King of Wei attack his only ally when he was already surrounded by enemies on all sides, which ultimately led to the decline of Wei.

But he can use this as a lesson to prevent himself from becoming a real loner.

As long as Shunjun can join forces with him, Sun Kewang will not be afraid of the Qing, Wu, and Zheng families combined.

(End of this chapter)