Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 628 Old Fox

It really made several families happy and several families worried. They finally won the situation to their own side. Before they could hold a party to celebrate, the result was that this time, the army was overwhelming again. Watching his disciples dare not go out at all, they hid in the inn on the Qinhuai River for a whole day.

In the evening, when Lu Daqi came out of the Forbidden Palace, he went straight to the inn where Qian Qianyi hid. He had just entered the room and didn't bother to sit down and take a sip of water to catch his breath. The triangular beard in the shape of radish whiskers trembled from panting.

"Mu Zhai, Hu Hu... Hurry up and pack up your things, hurry up, leave tonight, before someone in Song closes down the city, you must escape from Yingtian City, go anywhere, hurry up!"

"Did Song Lianghuai force the palace to usurp the throne?" Hearing these words, Qian Qianyi's skinny old face like ginseng showed a wave of excitement, and while pouring a glass of water for Lu Daqi, he asked with his eyes shining.

Feudal society, there are layers of feudalism to have a society, and now at least half of Jiangnan, Ming's sense of belonging is still extremely strong, which can be seen from the extremely fierce resistance encountered when Jiannu conquered Jiangnan, even until the Kangxi period, missing There are still not a few Ming people, and future generations will rebel under the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. This year is not the time when you carry the banner and shout twice, and everyone foolishly follows you to rebel and call yourself the emperor.

Although Song Qingshu has strong financial resources and is extremely popular, the bourgeoisie is not the mainstream society after all, and the largest landowners in the south of the Yangtze River are still these landlords. If Song Qingshu really dares to tear down the great banner of Ming Dynasty, he Qian Qianyi has a lot to do .

"That's not true, if that's the case, Mu Zhai at this time; you won't be able to see the old man either!"

I was a little out of breath when I said this, even if Lu Daqi was anxious, he couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, but then he shook his head helplessly: "But it's similar to that. Today, the four towns in Jiangbei, under the leadership of Ma Shiying, a warrior lackey, welcome King Fu into the city , in the name of King Fu, all the officials had to go out of the palace, worshiping King Fu as the supervisor of the country, and now King Fu is surrounded by people from Ma Shiying. That's obedience."

"Look at the situation, King Fu will have to ascend the throne in a short time. Originally, Muzhai, you have organized a huge organization to support Lu Lixian, and if you are swayed by these two thieves, I am afraid that the prison in the Tianqi era will be prosperous soon! Jiangnan will be killed It's going to be bloody!"

"Following that, I guess it will be Jia Jiuxi, walking on the sword, not worshiping the emperor, and finally abdicating. Song Lianghuai is ambitious, and I am afraid that it is another Cao Cao of my Ming Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, it was full of sarcasm, Lu Daqi was quite indignant, but Qian Qianyi, who was listening, put down the teapot and sat back thoughtfully, rubbing his temples with his hands and thinking for a while, only then did he not take it seriously under Lu Daqi's anxious urging shook his head.

"I don't think so!"

"Mu Zhai!"

"Mr. Song is indeed ambitious, but he is not a vulgar warrior. These days, the old man has studied this person a lot in the countryside. He has at least one weakness, that is, he takes the overall situation into account and knows the general situation! At this time, the bandit peak in the north is wandering Outside of Lianghuai, if Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing were in the position of Song Lianghuai, they would probably start a big prison and massacre dissidents, but he won't! He dare not! He needs a stable situation to fight with all his strength. Thieves fighting for the top! Massacres will only arouse the Jiangnan gentry to rebel!"

"Hmph, this is an opportunity for us to take advantage of!"

As if holding a wisdom pearl, Qian Qianyi suddenly showed a sinister and sly smile on his face, turned his head to look at Lu Daqi and said with a smile.

"Fu Wang Jian Guo, isn't he going to pay a visit to Xiaoling in these two days? Give this old man an opportunity, I'm going to pay a visit to Jian Guo!"

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Things went very smoothly for a while, these days Song Qingshu is almost covering the sky with one hand, he really has the demeanor of Wei Zhongxian back then, all the edicts of the six ministries in Nanjing to report political affairs were sent to Ma Shiying for review, Ma Shiying naturally had to ask Song Qingshu for instructions , Indirectly, Song Qingshu's staff replaced the role of the cabinet, and all orders from the emperor came from him.

The price paid was only a dozen beautiful Japanese women, some good wine from the Western Regions and Sichuan, and other fresh things that the West India Company scoured from Southeast Asia. Not to mention how miserable the life was, King Fu coaxed him to be like Emperor Tianqi, obediently staying in the palace drunk and beating Doudou to death.

These days, the process of proclaiming the emperor has been much faster. First of all, there are many ministers in the south of the Yangtze River. The aristocratic family supported King Fu's succession from the beginning. Now the news from the north is cut off. Three months later, under the pressure of all parties, the six Nanjing ministers headed by Shi Kefa formally agreed to welcome King Fu as emperor, and the date of proclaiming emperor was set on the [-]th of this month.

But in this way, the enthronement ceremony has become a lot of storage. On the day of the announcement, Zhu Yousong, the King of Fortune, who was still playing with Japanese girls in the palace, had to be pulled out by the eunuchs and put on a cumbersome dress , immediately dragged into the carriage, and went straight to Xiaoling.

To say that the descendants of the Zhu family are not filial enough, since Ming Chengzu moved the capital to the capital, in more than 200 years, only the Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao who went to the south of the Yangtze River, who was famous for his playfulness, came to pay homage to him once, and he never came back again. Just now Shi Kefa emphasized that Fu Wang was not filial, but this time he was filial for a while.

"Marshal! King Fu is going to leave Yingtian and go to Xiaoling to pay homage. Master Ma sent someone to deliver a letter. Will the Marshal accompany you?"

Companion to the king is like companion to the tiger, the emperor has no small matters!This end was about to be pulled out, but Song Qingshu was knocked away by a messenger in the palace in the other garden of Zijin Mountain. Holding Wendu, Li Xiangjun rushed to the big study and asked Song Qingshu for instructions.

However, no matter whether she was Song Qingshu, she was obviously in a daze. There was no phone these days. After the fall of the capital, most of the eyes and ears of the begging army had to be withdrawn. Destroyed, Song Qingshu now only gets information about Denglai Governor Zhang Haocai who did not surrender to Dashun after the port defense. Even he inquired indirectly. No, it is not known whether the Chuang army was defeated or not.

Especially recently Song Qingshu is still planning two major events in a row. The most direct reason for the defeat of Nanming is military. Because of Shi Kefa's hesitation, the four towns in Jiangbei in history took the opportunity to win the victory and immediately became domineering At the beginning, there were more than 20 soldiers and horses in the four towns, but in the end, except for Huang Degong, all the other towns surrendered to the Qing army one after another. Zuo Liangyu died on the way, and his son Zuo Menggeng took refuge in Jiannu. These people formed the vanguard force of Jiannu to conquer Jiangnan.

Since Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing came to Beijing to seek meritorious service, Song Qingshu naturally did not intend to let them go back, but how to receive and control their chaotic and disorganized army is a big problem.

The other side is finances!The northern capital’s finances have been exhausted, and Emperor Chongzhen can’t even afford 100 million taels of military pay. Jiangnan’s finances are also not much better. In the places with strong literary style in the south of the Yangtze River, countless people rely on imperial examinations to enclose land, and land mergers are the most important. Great, but the source of taxation is getting less and less. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were 500 million shi of taxed rice. With the increase in population over the years, by the time of Zhang Juzheng, the taxed rice had dropped to 800 million shi.

During the reign of Chongzhen, three rates were levied, and the tax revenue was indeed several times higher than before, and it was much heavier, but the amount collected was even less than that in the early years of Wanli, from [-] to [-] shi. These taxes crushed the peasants, and eventually led to their own tragedies, while the landlords and gentry who sat and watched the Ming Dynasty perish, especially the Donglin Party, were still scolding a few treacherous officials, but never thought about their own reasons.

To be honest, with Song Qingshu's financial resources to support the operation of the small Nanming court, although it is not rich, it is still more than enough. He spends his own money to protect everyone's interests, so that those fat-headed bastards continue to watch the excitement. Telling the truth with his lips on the ground and cursing behind his back, let alone Song Qingshu quit, even his shareholders would not do it.

Once he got the power of the small imperial court of Nanming, Song Qingshu would start to reform the tax system. The first step was to completely restore the Qingzhang land that was abolished by Zhang Juzheng's reform.

The two major issues must be resolved in these days, and the timing is waiting for no one. This Song Qingshu is so busy that he is dizzy, and his hair is messed up, a bit like Chongzhen. Hearing Li Xiangjun's report, he waved his hand impatiently: "Let the first Li Jia of the Ninth Division will follow the retinue, just let Mr. Ma watch over it, and I will not go!"

"Yes!"

After agreeing, Li Xiangjun didn't pay much attention to it, and immediately went out to reply.

After getting Song Qingshu's answer, Ma Shiying didn't procrastinate any longer. Just this morning, all the officials surrounded the car and drove out of Yingtian again, heading towards Xiaoling Mausoleum in Zijin Mountain.

This time worshiping the Xiaoling Mausoleum, there is no doubt that Zhu Yousong's orthodoxy of the emperor's road has increased a lot. At the outer gate, the Ninth Division transferred by Song Qingshu gathered, riding on the horse and following the imperial driver. Ma Shiying's long and narrow face On the spot, an unprecedented sense of success was revealed.

However, the smooth sailing for so many days made him a little paralyzed, and he didn't pay attention to the glances passed by Donglin Party Gao Hongtu, Lu Daqi and others behind him.

(End of this chapter)