False eunuch in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 74 Suspicious and Useless

Shi Fenglai's ability to cooperate with Zhu Youjian in this way was actually rehearsed in advance.

The plans put forward by Zhu Youjian and Shi Fenglai were all Cao Qing's opinions in time.Agricultural tax has always been a very complicated and troublesome issue under the feudal system.Agricultural tax is a very important source of tax revenue in agricultural society.Because other taxes are very difficult to control, but agricultural taxes are almost constant.This is a very important source of state revenue.

However, the management of the payment process of agricultural tax is extremely complicated.Taking Daming as an example, the biggest problem is that the agricultural tax is collected on a per capita basis.After losing their fields, the bankrupt people still need to pay taxes.As a result, many people who lost their land could only become refugees in order to avoid taxation.However, the landlords and local tyrants who have annexed the land do not need to pay taxes for the land they annexed.In this way, the agricultural tax will naturally not be collected.The original stable income was suddenly lost.It will soon affect Daming's financial revenue.Then various political affairs cannot be carried out.

In this way, at least temporarily solve the most urgent problem of Ming Dynasty.In addition, firmly controlling the salt and iron in the hands of the court can control two very stable sources of income.But in this way, it will inevitably directly affect the interests of some gentry.It is conceivable that there will be great resistance.But with the current control of the Ming court, there is no problem at all.After all, the handling of Wei Zhongxian's forces is completely different from that in history.Zhu Youjian successfully took over the two major forces of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Zhu Youjian was regarded as an iron fist in history. Although he often did some unwise things, he was still very skillful in controlling the court.It can also be called ruthless.

Although the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were unwilling or unwilling, the censor was already planning to give advice, but his arms could not twist his thighs. Zhu Youjian, who had imperial power in his hand, was still very capable of dealing with these ministers.

With the cooperation of Shi Fenglai and others, Zhu Youjian quickly took control of the Ming court.

"Since this is the case, I plan to combine salt and iron for supervision. Specially organize salt and iron divisions and open special salt and iron bureaus in various places to sell salt and iron. No one is allowed to operate salt and iron, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!" Zhu Youjian said. When the word "no amnesty" was used, the murderous look was so strong that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty trembled with fear.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty began to realize that the emperor was not so easy to fool, and the future life might not be as easy as before.

"I need a competent person to handle the matter of salt and iron. Do you have a suitable candidate?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"I think Zhou Yanru, the Minister of Rites, can take up this position." Huang Liji said.

Everyone looked at Zhou Yanru.Especially Qian Qianyi's eyes were fixed on Zhou Yanru, a latecomer.He thought Zhou Yanru had already surrendered to Shi Fenglai and Huang Liji.But Zhou Yanru couldn't argue.And this is also a very good opportunity for him, how can he let it go?If he refuses this time, he may not have the chance to do anything in Zhu Youjian's hands in the future.Zhou Yanru has very big ambitions.

"Zhou Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Zhou Yanru bit the bullet and said: "Thanks to Mr. Huang for looking up to me. I should do my best to be loyal to the emperor."

"Okay, with your words, I am relieved. The matter of salt and iron is of great importance. Zhou Aiqing must take care of the matter of salt and iron. If anyone dares to get involved in the matter of salt and iron, no matter how big or small the official position is, no matter how many people there are, they can be dealt with decisively. I will give you the Tiger Talisman, and you can mobilize the Dongchang Changwei and Jinyiwei to deal with it." Zhu Youjian's decisive treatment made the ministers in Fengtian Hall secretly complain.Many of them got involved in the private salt trade.Now Zhu Youjian has made it clear that he is going to attack private salt.

Zhu Youjian dealt with the most important matter, and said: "The matter in Shaanxi should be settled. What do you think?"

"Yuan Chonghuan is quite capable, and he can let Yuan Chonghuan be the governor of Shaanxi's trilateral military affairs." Li Guopu said.

There was an extremely controversial figure in the Ming Dynasty, and that person was Yuan Chonghuan.Some people say he is a loyal minister, some people think he is a traitor.Chongzhen killed him, and the common people of Ming Dynasty shared his meat and ate him.However, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty reversed the case for Yuan Chonghuan.This is the weirdest thing in history. Our own people regard it as traitor, but the enemy regards it as loyal.

Speaking of which, Yuan Chonghuan is also a very interesting person.When Wei Zhongxian was around, he actively responded to the call and applied to build a living temple for Wei Zhongxian.But he himself is highly valued by Sun Chengzong.In this way, he has been in both directions.When Wei Zhongxian was in power, he was able to enjoy himself, and he was promoted all the way to the ranks, making rapid progress.Even showing fear of fighting, he was not substantially punished, which shows that Wei Zhongxian regards him as his own.Later Wei Zhongxian fell, but he was not affected at all, and suddenly became the mainstay of the country.

For Cao Qing, whether Yuan Chonghuan is loyal or traitor, he is not an expert in history, so there is no need to investigate whether it is true or false.But one thing is for sure.He certainly would not hand over his wealth and life to such a controversial person.There are many people who know how to fight and are good at fighting. Cao Qing didn't need to bet his life to prove whether Yuan Chonghuan was loyal or traitor.In addition, apart from Yuan Chonghuan's loyalty and treachery, as far as he praised Haikou for five years and killed Mao Wenlong without authorization, this kind of person should not be reused.Even if Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong not because of adultery, it must be because of factional disputes.If one day there is a fight with him, will he also design to kill himself?According to this, Yuan Chonghuan will not be let down.

So when Zhu Youjian talked about the generals of the Ming Dynasty, he also mentioned Yuan Chonghuan.Speaking of Yuan Chonghuan is really a talent, the two lineups have a good impression of him.If there is no butterfly effect of Cao Qing, the traverser, perhaps Yuan Chonghuan can still develop along the previous track.I just don't know if the same result will appear two years later.

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Yuan Aiqing is capable, I have heard about it. Before the age of nine thousand, she also valued it quite a lot. She will be appointed in the future."

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, he directly assigned Yuan Chonghuan to Wei Zhongxian's party.Although Wei Zhongxian hadn't come up with a solution at this time, Yuan Chonghuan was included in the eunuch party, which naturally cut off his path of ascension.

This trick is really poisonous, and he put on the hat of the eunuch party, and no one in the civil and military courts dared to speak for Yuan Chonghuan.

"I heard that the magistrate of the famous prefecture is quite talented, so it is better to promote him to be the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the right servant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Shaanxi's trilateral military affairs." Zhu Youjian said.

No one knows how Zhu Youjian knew such a character.But since Zhu Youjian has spoken, it is naturally settled.

In history, this position was originally given to Yang He. Yang He once pointed out the origin of "thieves" in a book, "It is always because of the extreme famine that the people are in dire straits."Yang He put forward the strategy of "mainly recruiting, supplemented by pursuit and suppression".Thanks to Yang He's efforts, the recruiting policy achieved some success, and almost all the rebels in Shaanxi accepted recruiting.But this recruitment actually had the opposite effect.These rogues were allowed to recuperate, and they were supplemented with supplies.In the end, the imperial court had no way to satisfy the lion's mouth of the rebel army.After a period of self-cultivation, the rebel army suddenly flourished.

And Cao Qing believes that to deal with these insurgents, we should combine recruiting, differentiation, and suppression.After being appeased, it is natural not to give him the chance to become a bandit again.Yang He's strategy at the time was wrong. After recruiting, he still let these rebels maintain their organizational system.without effectively de-differentiating them.I just know how to satisfy their demands blindly.

During a court meeting, Zhu Youjian resolved several of the most pressing issues at present.He was also very proud in his heart, he wasn't very worried that someone would act inappropriately.Of course, it is not that Zhu Youjian has a high degree of trust in the character of his courtiers, but that he just needs a target to show his prestige.If anyone can't wait to jump out, don't blame Zhu Youjian for killing a lot of people.

Empress Yi'an and Princess Le'an stayed at the steel factory for a few days, and finally decided to leave for Longquan Temple.

This time, Cao Qing stepped up his defenses again. He sent [-] forwards in front to conduct a detailed search along the line, and [-] guards in the middle for strict protection, and later [-] guards for protection.

This time it went smoothly, without any accidents, and he had already arrived at Longquan Temple.This Longquan Temple was very popular with the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. Several emperors repaired and expanded the Longquan Temple, and now it has become one of the famous temples in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)