Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 92 Compromise, Shi Heng leaves Zhejiang
Wang Yan understood Ma Shiying's thoughts to some extent, but he was worried that the northern captives would repeat themselves, and he didn't want to leave Zhejiang Province and stay away from the front line of contact with the northern captives.

"Ma Fu means to let me take the people out of Zhejiang?" Wang Yan said with a cold face.

"Of course!" Ma Shiying looked at Wang Yan's expression and knew that he was unwilling to leave Zhejiang, so he immediately said: "Since the Qing court entered the customs, the first decree was to abolish the three salaries, so it was able to stabilize the hearts of the people in the north, but our dynasty has not. With the move of reducing taxes and exempting taxes, the loyal and brave Marquis wants to resettle the people in Zhejiang, so the imperial court has no choice but to increase taxes, which may cause opposition from the gentry in Zhejiang Province and cause the imperial court to lose support!"

Wang Yan also knew about Ma Shiying's words. After Li broke into Beijing, he had a policy of "exemption from taxation for three years". , taxes were collected according to the booklets of the Wanli period, and people's hearts were gathered, so that there was little resistance in the North and the land of Kyiv was quickly stabilized. On the other hand, the Hongguang court did not reduce the tax. There is resentment in the heart, which makes the people's hearts not attached.

Now it seems that the rapid demise of the Nanjing court is mostly related to this, and Ma Shiying is not a worthless treacherous and evil person.

Chinese historical figures are always too stereotyped, thinking that loyal ministers are good, treacherous ministers are bad, subjugation is a state-owned traitor, the emperor is fatuous, and it is really unfair to blame it on the confidante.

After listening to Ma Shiying's words, Wang Yan's anger subsided a little, but the matter still had to be resolved, so he asked: "People who are resettled in Zhejiang Province need to increase taxes, and if they are resettled in other places, don't they need to pay taxes?"

"Since the first emperor was martyred, the imperial court's control over the localities has been very weak. Now that the southern capital has fallen again, and Hangzhou has just been established, it has almost lost control over the localities. It can only barely affect Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi Province. As for Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, etc. The taxes from the land were not transported at all." Ma Shiying explained: "The Zhongyonghou led his troops and brought the people into Guangdong to eat, and the imperial court will seal them with six prefectures: Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Qiongzhou, Leizhou, Luoding, and Gaozhou. Helping the imperial court exert influence, and secondly, the six prefectures can tax and support the people for resettlement, which is really the best solution at the moment!"

There are examples of Sizhen and Zuozhen in the past, but Ma Shiying wanted to build a feudal town in Guangdong to resettle Wang Yan and make him leave Zhejiang with his people. This shows that he still has not learned his lesson, but Wang Yan did not refuse.

He consciously has no disagreement with the imperial court, and having gained the power of the military administration of the six prefectures, it is also beneficial for him to arrange for the people without worrying about other people's constraints. In addition, Wang Yan's political failure made him change his mind a little. The longing began to grow stronger slowly.

Since the common people could not be resettled in Zhejiang Province, Wang Yan accepted Ma Shiying's statement, but he still had doubts about the current situation in his heart, so he said casually: "I would like to bring the soldiers and civilians into Guangdong, and I can also urge Guangdong officials to escort Yu Taxes entered Hangzhou, but there were few soldiers in Zhejiang Province, and after our army left Zhejiang, the northern captives repeatedly, how should Ma Fu deal with it?"

Seeing that Wang Yan agreed to leave Zhejiang, Ma Shiying was overjoyed, and wanted to settle the matter down, and immediately promised: "There are only [-] soldiers stationed on the south bank of the northern captives, and there are Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and other ministries in Zhejiang Province, as well as three There are [-] people. Although they are not aggressive enough, they are more than enough to defend the old, and this auxiliary wants to rebuild the Forbidden Army, train at least [-] troops within a year, and restore the authority of the court. We should not be afraid of the return of the northern captives!"

Duoduo's soldiers have already crossed the Yangtze River, leaving four towns to surrender to Jiangbei, and then led the Eight Banners soldiers to Huai'an and went north along the canal. They should not return in a short time.

After listening to Ma Shiying's words, Wang Yan wanted to train the imperial army again. Although he didn't know how much he could train, he let go of his doubts and said with a sigh of relief: "Since Ma Fu has countermeasures, I will lead the army soon. The people are going south, but our army regulates it, and we need to discuss the payment clearly, and the money and food that the soldiers and people will spend going south must be distributed by the court as soon as possible, otherwise our soldiers and people will not be able to go to Guangzhou.”

Hearing that Wang Yan agreed to leave Zhejiang, Ma Shiying was quite happy, but when he saw him asking for money and food, his face immediately turned ugly, so he said with a bitter face: "The army under the command of Zhongyong Hou will follow the old rule of the four towns, with a strength of 20 troops. , supplying 40 shi of rice and 15 taels of silver every year, but the imperial court is currently short of money and food, but cannot afford it. Is it enough in two thousand?"

Wang Yan now only has 20 taels of silver left in his hands. With Ma Shiying's allocation, it is not difficult to go to Guangdong, but in the future, there will be big problems in resettling the people and paying the soldiers.

"30 soldiers and civilians consume in one month, and the food alone costs 10,000+ stones. Ma Fu only gives this amount of money and food, but it is really too little!" Wang Yan thought about the future: "I also know that the court is difficult, so I don't mind it. It’s difficult for Ma Fu, the imperial court will pay our army three months’ salary, and our army and people will go south immediately, is that okay?”

The tribute silver that the imperial court wanted to release to the Qing court had not yet arrived, and it was not easy to give 15 shi of rice and [-] taels of silver.

One of Ma Shiying's intentions to avoid seeing Wang Yan was to make him ask for less when he had no choice but to leave Zhejiang, but now Ma Shiying had no choice but to agree. After all, Wang Yan can lead troops directly into the prime minister's mansion today, and he can make more changes tomorrow. Something out of the ordinary.

Ma Shiying was eager to send Wang Yan out of Zhejiang, so he had no choice but to agree: "Yes!"

Seeing Ma Shiying's response, Wang Yan stood up from the main seat, walked in front of Ma Shiying, bowed his head and said, "In this case, the affairs of Hangzhou depend entirely on Ma's assistance! Yan is worried about the people's timidity. If you offend me, you will be punished." I hope Ma Fu will understand!"

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he led the soldiers out of the hall and walked outside the mansion, but Ma Shiying didn't see him off, but sat there with a complicated expression.

Ma Shiying was very uncomfortable with the change of Wang Yan's attitude. This was different from the old practice of the two parties fighting in the Ming Dynasty, which must be life and death. Instead, both parties compromised and took a step back to make things happen. This could not help but arouse him. deep thought.

When Wang Yan walked to the gate of the Ma Mansion, he saw Ruan Dacheng leading a large number of officials, confronting the soldiers who Wang Yan stayed outside the mansion. Seeing Wang Yan leaving the mansion, Ruan Dacheng immediately cursed: "Wang Shiheng, you want to hold the chief assistant hostage and disrupt the court. yeah?"

"Wang Yan is domineering! This is no different from the same raccoon dog in the four towns!"

When Zuo Maodi heard that Wang Yan led the soldiers into the Ma Mansion, he was also very frightened and hurried over.

"Shi Heng's move is too Meng Lang! The power of the imperial court has fallen to the side, and there are many generals who disobey the imperial court's control! If the political opinions are not in harmony in the future, the military generals will lead troops to threaten the imperial court. Wouldn't the court's majesty be demolished? Shiheng opened today In this case, there is really a lack of consideration!" Zuo Maodi went up to Wang Yan and reprimanded him with a sullen face.

"Please ask the imperial court to demote my rank and cut off my position as the right governor!" Hearing Zuo Maodi's words, Wang Yan also felt a little impulsive, but the matter had already been done, so he didn't need to regret anything, just walked along as he went. It is called Zuo Maodi Road.

Wang Yan didn't want to entangle with Ruan Dacheng and others anymore, so he ignored everyone's abuse and led the soldiers back to the camp.

At that moment, Ruan Dacheng and others entered the Ma Mansion to look for Ma Shiying. They all said that Wang Yan must be severely punished to strengthen the government, but Ma Shiying waved his hand and said: "Wang Shiheng is also for the people! I will wait for the peace, Wang Shiheng will lead the battle, let him stay." In Tiannan, it doesn't affect us. If we fail, he can become a glimmer of hope for Da Ming's revival, and there will be no harm in keeping the benefits!"

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