Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

When Zhang Shouren felt his own strength in Huguang and saw clearly the pulse of the Ming Dynasty, he did not expect that at this time, Zhang Pu also faintly touched his veins, and knew the source of his strength and the reason for his invincibility. The mystery lies. [
Before Chongzhen, the military officials were severely suppressed, and the civil officials deliberately told them to be ignorant and ignorant of the scriptures, and they were only worthy of being educated by them with the responsibility of commanding and teaching.

Military officers who dare to charge and kill are called waves of war and do not care about the survival of soldiers. However, military officers are cautious and prudent, that is, they are timid. In the early days of the kingdom, Taizu Taizong still had the power to suppress the outside world. When it came to civil wars, Yexian had a total of less than 3 soldiers and horses, 30 to 6 elites, at least [-] soldiers in the Beijing camp, and [-] to [-] forwards. The British Duke Cheng Guogong was also the leader of the military ministers, all of whom died in this battle. The combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp was already insignificant in the Yingzong Dynasty, and there was no pride at all.

And the provinces have set up governors to suppress the general army, and the local military officers have been deprived of their logistics capabilities. The central government controls the promotion and transfer of the military officers. The civilian officials have suppressed the military officers so hard for more than 200 years. The main purpose is still not to influence more than one area. Up to a powerful figure with subversive power!

But at this moment, Zhang Pu, the extremely intelligent leader of Fushe, observed that the answer during this trip was almost the truth. [

Just like aliens come from the human body, Zhang Shouren's new system was born out of Daming, and has already emerged from the cocoon.

"This general, I regret not coming to Fushan sooner..."

In the past two years, when Zhang Shouren was mentioned, Zhang Pu and others didn't take him seriously, but now Zhang Pu has understood that the other party has mastered the power that is completely independent of others, and the rest of the time is probably for him to show this With this kind of power, the time to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly is almost here.

In the past, only when dynasties changed, a few talented people, such as Liu Ji and Zhu Chongba, used their strong personal abilities to form a new group. This group has control, execution, and fine-tuning. Civil servants only played a lubricating role in the modernization of management, and only after the establishment of the dynasty did the role of civil servants gradually emerge.

And Zhang Shouren has obviously figured out the trick, the door of the world has been opened for him, and a giant beast has shown a ferocious face... At this time, Zhang Pu believed that even if the Emperor Chongzhen did not grant Zhang Shouren the Earl and General Given him an artifact like the Golden Lingjian, it is an unchangeable fact that Zhang Shouren has strong strength in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places.

"Fortunately, arrangements have been made now..." Along the way, this was the only thing that could comfort Zhang Pu.

He hastily sent a letter to Liu Zeqing, warning and admonishing him, admonishing him not to make mistakes, to wipe out the thieves as soon as possible, and not to give Zhang Shouren a chance to return to Shandong. The comrades of the Donglin Party in the Central Committee must grit their teeth and persevere at this time. They must not succumb to public opinion just because the officials in Shandong are making trouble. Don't let him go back to Shandong at this time.

After writing dozens of letters and getting tired of staying in the Gaomi area, his sedan chair wobbled into Jiaozhou.

As soon as I entered Jiaozhou, I felt even more different from before.

In Qingzhou, although there are prosperous places, there are still many poor peasant households. The cities along the way are not very majestic and magnificent, and the residents look more ordinary. Only the farms have a completely different color from the outside world.

The only difference from other places is that there are no refugees or beggars in Qingzhou and Jinan, and the farms take in refugees, and Zhang Shouren's Civil Affairs Office is responsible for taking care of beggars and widows and lonely people, so the scenes that we often see are not seen on this road.

Even so, compared with the richness and prosperity of Jiangnan, compared with the affluence and self-confidence of the citizens of Jiangnan, it is a lot worse. In the past, only Dongchang Mansion and Jining in Shandong could barely match [-] to [-]% of Jiangnan. After the war, I believe it is much worse now. Shandong was originally the poorest area in Jiaodong, especially Laizhou and Dengzhou. Knowing that after entering, the scene is completely different, which is beyond Zhang Pu's expectation.

All the official roads have been repaired and compacted, and trees have been planted on both sides of the road, which are lush and green, and have sprouted, giving them a spring look.

On both sides of the trees, there are drainage ditches dug out, stretching all the way for an unknown number of miles, and there are water diversions in the ditches. Now it is the dry season, and the water is very shallow. If it is the time of water storage in summer, these ditches can be used to store water water, to moisten the fields on both sides of those roads.

The field is full of green wheat seedlings, which are about two feet high, and the density of the seeds is not small. Obviously, it is a good field with no shortage of water and fertilizer, and the harvest is not bad.

In the past few years, there has been severe drought. The drought in Shandong is less severe than that in Zhili, Henan, and the disaster in Denglai is even lighter. But even so, the wheat fields in front of us have once again subverted and impacted Zhang Pu and his followers.

"The scene here is a bit like our Jiangnan."

"That's right. Look, there are ponds over there, one after another, and there are rivers beside the road. Doesn't it mean that there are very few rivers and ditches here in Shandong?"

"There are water diversion canals in the fields. Look at the ridges dug out. A lot of work has been done." [

"It seems that there are still waterwheels and deep wells, right?"

"Well, yes, I recognize it. That is a big overturned car, and there is a well for collecting water. No wonder, their wheat seedlings grow so well, it is really amazing. In Changzhou, Suzhou, we now grow cotton for five to six cents in one field, two Planting mulberries for three points, and oranges and pears for one point, there is no family that grows rice and wheat. If you want to eat food, you have to buy it with money. There is too much money, and the price of this food is increasing year by year. There are hundreds of families in the city. Grain line, I sometimes think, if one day the grain ship arrives a few days later, it will be a lot of fun.”

"Isn't there once in six years of Chongzhen? The grain price has risen to two taels and one stone, and people are almost starved to death."

"How can ordinary people store food in their homes? There is only one or two days' worth of food at home. It's a big deal to run out of food!"

A group of bearers and entourages were chattering all the way from Shandong to Jiangnan, and they also talked about the people's livelihood in Jiangnan. Zhang Pu never forbids his servants to talk. I also listened to the discussion of current affairs by the subordinates, but the more I listened to it, the more bored I became. This group of followers all got the benefits from Shandong, and praised them desperately, and Zhang Pu didn't have much to say, because the facts lay in the In front of us... the road is compacted, and it seems that it has been padded with stones and other soil layers, so it is not afraid of water seepage, but one can imagine the magnitude of the project. On such a road, the situation on the side of the road is better than that of Jiangnan. Passers-by people and farmers are also wearing neat and clean clothes, with satisfied smiles on their faces. There are a lot of small businesses and small businesses. Groups of shopkeepers and vendors pushing small carts pass by, shouting endlessly, every three to five miles. There are tea sheds and other places where people can take a break and sell tea and snacks in addition to tea. Zhang Pu always thought that he could only see the scene of prosperity and prosperity in Nanzhili. When I saw it here in Jiaozhou, I felt refreshed for a while.

If every place can be governed like this by military generals, what do scholars like them do?

"Where did you come from? Lu Yin took it to check."

"My master is a Jinshi master, so I don't use crossing guides when I go out."

"Then may I ask, what is the name of your mansion's master Junwang?"

"Did you understand...Taicang, Zhang Tianru."

"Hold on!"

At the city gate of Jiaozhou, there were no guards from the city battalion to check. A group of soldiers in gray military uniforms, with collars and buttons, and armed belts were very energetic, with pistols on their belts, waist knives, and leather boots. Pedestrians, they check very seriously, but not everyone checks, but when they see strangers, they check carefully, and those who carry bulky goods are also carefully checked. Seeing such a situation, Zhang Pu is really I remembered one thing: from Jinan to Qingzhou, and then to the Jiaozhou boundary of Laizhou Prefecture, the road was unimpeded, and I was not blocked by a checkpoint.

With his status, of course he does not need to pay taxes, and he is not a merchant, but in Jiangnan, Henan and Yanzhou, there are randomly set up checkpoints everywhere, mainly local military generals and powerful clans. , will definitely be blackmailed.

There are a total of eight tax customs in the world, and the annual tax settlement quota is 40. In theory, only these tax customs can collect national taxes. According to the size of the tanker, from Chongwenmen to Linqing customs, and then to Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou , These eight banknotes are the main source of commercial tax in Ming Dynasty. Strictly speaking, banknotes are not commercial tax, but a fixed source of central revenue, and they are not collected according to the degree of commercial prosperity, but a certain amount stipulated by the Ministry of Households. For example, this year's quota is 40, and the seven banknote gates except Chongwenmen will be divided equally, and each gate will be tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This kind of collection method, of course, will not be related to the real financial and tax adjustment, and the income is too small. Later, in the Qing Dynasty when the gentry forces were suppressed and commercial activities were suppressed, Yangzhou had an income of 60 taels, compared with the Ming Dynasty. The annual income of a banknote is even more.

And the checkpoints in the localities are just nonsense. If you have a lot of power, you can close them with guns and knives. Many local defenses set up checkpoints at will, and behind them are local wealthy families and officials. Political background, or simply a noble family doing business, otherwise, the checkpoints along the way can bankrupt a wealthy businessman.If Zhang Shouren were an ordinary town general, he and his subordinates could set up a lot of checkpoints in places like Denglai and collect fees at will.