I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 59 The four hatreds of the Liao people
At this time, Fourth Master Yuan was full of tea and food, and was about to return home with the "Beijing News" under his arm. Huang Dong quickly stopped him.

"Fourth Master Yuan, please wait a moment. I have something I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly. I have something to do and I'm going back in a hurry."

Huang Dong quickly bowed and said,
"Fourth Master, it's like this. I have a friend who has been preparing to start a business. I read the "Beijing News" you bought today, and I thought it might be of use to him, so I wanted to give this "Beijing News" to him. My friend, take a look, of course you don’t want it for nothing, I’ll buy it from you at the original price, do you think it’s okay?”

Fourth Master Yuan didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he bought the "Beijing News" just to show off. It was not interesting to read it today, so he might as well sell it to him at the original price, so he nodded in agreement, Huang Dong immediately took out the money and handed it over, and the money and goods were cleared.

"Okay, Fourth Master, please go away."

Huang Dong sent Master Yuan away, looked at the "Beijing News" in his hand, and prepared to put him back in the back room, for fear of any wrinkles.

Naturally, he didn't buy it to show it to his friends. He just understood from what he saw and heard today that the news contained in this newspaper would definitely affect the interests of many people, so many people would want to know about it. Didn't Fourth Master Yuan also say Well, many dignitaries queued up to buy it.

When he heard this, he wanted to buy it and sell it at the door of the General Affairs Department. People who didn't buy the Beijing News would definitely buy it at a higher price. It would be good to make a profit on the price difference.

Just as he was making plans in his mind, the scholar who was reading at that time came over and bowed to him:
"Little brother, to be honest, I am a scholar who came to Beijing to review for the exam. I heard you reading the "Beijing News" today. I am very interested in the question books and Hanlin comments in it. I also want to buy it and read it. . But you bought it first, so you came here to bother me. I can give you four coins to see the little brother sell it to me."

The price of four coins was very high, which made Huang Dong very excited, but he thought that he was a scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam, so he would be a candidate.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of a scholar was very high and he could also be an official. He couldn't help but re-examine the scholar and saw that he seemed to have just passed his prime and was very young. After thinking about it, he quickly said:

"What are you talking about? I see that you have been coming here often recently, and you are probably a neighbor. So, I will give you this brochure first, and you can give it to me after you finish it."

After saying that, he handed over the Beijing News.

The scholar took it and thanked him:
"Thank you very much, brother. I will sit here for a while and give it to you after reading it for an hour without delaying your use. I am Lu Xiangsheng in Yixing. I live not far away. If you have anything to write about in the future, I can Come to me, I'll be happy to help you."

Although Lu Xiangsheng was a scholar, he was a forthright person. Seeing that the teahouse clerk was also a cheerful person and not coy, he agreed.

"You are so polite. I just discussed with the shopkeeper that the teahouse will buy the Beijing News every day from now on. From now on, you can come here every day and I will show you the newspaper after I finish reading it in the afternoon."

So he didn't bother him, made another pot of tea for Lu Xiangsheng and went off.Lu Xiangsheng returned to his original position and started reading with gusto.

The contents of the title book published in the Beijing News not only caused waves in this small teahouse, but also caused an uproar in the capital, and continued to spread to the surrounding areas and even to the south of the Yangtze River.

Since Wanli, local taxes have been insufficiently paid everywhere, especially in Jiangnan.

The court didn't know whether the money could not be collected or was corrupted in the middle, but now someone actually proposed to recover the taxes owed over the years. If they really wanted to make up for it, it would be hard to say what they would find.

Besides, there is also opening up to encourage maritime trade and setting up tariffs.After the Longqing Switch, the imperial court also set up a county switch in Haicheng, and implemented the shipping system and the rate system to collect customs duties. The harvest was very fruitful, and the annual tariff was as high as "23400 taels"! (Data from the 43rd year of Wanli)

Sea trade profits are very high, but a lot of the profits are occupied by noble merchants from the North and South Zhili families. Therefore, in order to maintain such high profits, they often suggest that the court implement a sea ban so that they can monopolize the profits. Now it is said that the court is preparing to encourage For commerce and trade, tariffs are set up in many places.Interested businessmen in the capital began to contact each other to see if there was any way.

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The waves outside the palace were turbulent, and everything was as Zhu Youxiao expected.

This was also the reason why he asked the Di newspaper to publish the headline. How could he fish out of the muddy water without muddying the water?

But he didn't have the heart to care about this now. He was reading the question book written by Yang Lian, and the content in it made him a little stunned.

That day, Yang Lian took two Jin Yiwei from the capital and left Shanhaiguan. After staying for two days, he continued to set off, passing through Xifengkou, Ningyuan and other places, and now he has arrived in Guangning.

The location of Guangning is extremely important, as the offices of the three major officials who governed Liaodong (the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, the governor of Liaodong, and the eunuch of Liaodong) were all located here.

After he arrived, he did not go directly to the Yamen to see him. Instead, he went directly to the local area to find out more and made private visits. The results he obtained were shocking.

"I set out from the capital, worked hard at night, and arrived in Guangning two days before writing the inscription. I saw the poverty of the people along the way, and wanted to go to Shuntian via Shanhaiguan to eat. When asked why, I said there was a severe drought this year. There was so much exploitation that they had no choice but to survive in Shanhaiguan.

The minister also visited Ningyuan, Guangning and other places and found that many Liao people were poor and exploited by the rich, and the land was so vast that it was thousands of miles away.This year's drought has caused very high food prices in Liaodong.

A bushel of millet and soybeans is worth two cents and seven cents, a bunch of grass is worth two cents and five cents, and a bunch of kudzu wood is worth one cent and five cents.

I also asked the sergeants I met on the way, and they said that each army must receive three or four cents of a penny a day with men and horses to survive, but the monthly salary and horses they received stopped at eight cents.How can soldiers survive?How not to sell jackets and pants?How not to seize private grain cellars?How can one not take away horse feed to support one's own life?And how can a horse not lose weight or die? "

Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he saw it.In ancient silver, one tael was equal to ten coins, and one coin was equal to ten cents.

Now, for sergeants in Liaodong, their daily military pay plus horses is only eight cents a day, but they have to pay almost double every day to survive. As a result, they have to resell their belongings, clothes, and even buy their own horses, and plunder in order to survive.

But where does the money go? The imperial court allocates 500 million taels of silver every year. Such serious corruption makes him resentful, but he doesn't dwell on it now, because Yang Lian mentioned a more serious issue in the title book.

"Due to insufficient pay for the guest soldiers, in order to survive, they robbed the Liao people of their property and food. I asked the Liao people again and found that they hated the imperial court and the guest soldiers. Some people even concluded that the Liao people had "four hatreds":
Since the rise of the army, the reinforcements have been bullied and criticized, leaving Liao with no Ningyu, and the Liao people hate it;
When a soldier goes bankrupt and sells his sons, the people of Liao will feel resentful again;

When they expelled prostitutes and merged with the three major clans of Zhang, Liu, and Tian, ​​and uprooted the families that had been difficult to move for 200 years, the people of Liao became more and more resentful;
When the barbarians were taken in and settled in civilian houses, they were made to molest their wives and daughters, and robbed them of food and drink, which made the Liao people even more resentful.

I have these four hatreds, but do I expect them to protect me? "

The last sentence left Zhu Youxiao in silence. Yes, no wonder Xiong Tingbi always felt that Liao people could not be used. How could there be so many Liao people willing to flee to the pass or even exile to Jianlu.If I was from Liao and was bullied like this, I wouldn’t want to be used by the court!
　Sorry, something delayed me. I'm very sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)