Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 177 Accidentally showed off

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said solemnly: "I swear that I will destroy the rebels, wipe out the bandits, and revive the Ming Dynasty. If you have ideas, just tell me and I will know it!"

If it were the former Emperor Chongzhen, I'm afraid if he had anything to say, these three feudal officials would just listen.Just talking big words, that emperor is not like that!

However, in this battle between King Qin and King Qin, Emperor Chongzhen had already put his own practice into practice and proved to these three ministers that he had the determination and ability to do this.Therefore, after he said this, there was an immediate response.

I saw Lu Xiangsheng respectfully said: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty has a big advantage in dealing with the Jianlu people. It is that our Ming Dynasty has a large population, while the Jianlu people are sparse. A feasible strategy is to divide and disintegrate the various parties in the Jianlu In order to increase the power and consume the Jianlu population, no matter how many Jianlu are killed at one time, the Jianlu will not be able to bear it if they add up to a small amount."

Emperor Chongzhen listened and nodded. This is obvious. If this strategy is possible, of course he must use it.

Previously, after he listened to the analysis by Lu Xiangsheng and three others, he no longer believed in the novels that he read on the Internet about the so-called platoon party that could sweep away Jianlu with the introduction of flintlock guns.

"The tribes in Mongolia used to be hostile to Jianlu, and they used our Ming Dynasty money to fight against Jianlu. Now under Jianlu, it's just a combination of interests." Lu Xiangsheng continued to talk, "There is also North Korea. Over there, they were forced to sign an alliance under the city because of the power of the Jianlu. In addition, among the Han people in Liaodong, in addition to those who worked wholeheartedly for the Jianlu, many of them surrendered due to helplessness. Jianlu."

Having said this, he solemnly raised his voice and said: "If these forces are divided, there will not be much of an army to fight based on Jianlu itself. Each one will die and one will be lost. At most, it will be just a big tribe. Sooner or later, it will be defeated. I will be consumed to death!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I will consider this matter. I will treat different forces in Jianlu differently according to the situation!"

"Your Majesty, even if we want to divide Jianlu, it must be done under the premise of winning the battle, so that those forces can see that Jianlu can no longer suppress me and fight against the Ming Dynasty, and will no longer have the same power as before. , people’s hearts are fluctuating, even if we want to divide them, it will be much easier, and I, the Ming Dynasty, can set the conditions!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded again in agreement with this statement.The differentiation they asked for will only allow them to take the opportunity to ask for high prices, which is also unreliable. What can they do if they turn around and regret it?

"Your Majesty, if you want to win the Jianlu in a local war, you must first have excellent weapons and equipment." Hong Chengchou followed up and said, "I did the same in the Ming Dynasty, and plus the rewards and punishments are clear, then my soldiers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty , there are so many loyal and brave men, it may not be as good as Jianlu, and it is not impossible to overthrow them head-on and deal a heavy blow to Jianlu's morale!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened and nodded again. He also understood this.

Although Jianlu suffered a big defeat this time, no one of them would think that they really couldn't beat the Ming army!They will only think that they are careless!

If they are crushed with upright strength, they will be able to show the momentum of the Ming army and break the morale of Jianlu.This will be of great benefit to the future battle with Jianlu.Of course, this does not conflict with the use of tactics.

When the army fights a war, as long as it can win, all kinds of means are used. From a military point of view, this is actually the case.

While he was thinking about it, Sun Chuanting suddenly started pouring cold water on him with an expressionless face, and heard him say: "Your Majesty, these are easy to say, but in fact... I am afraid it is very difficult to do. If nothing else, There is no money in the treasury, but it is impossible to talk about the well-equipped ordnance and equipment, let alone the timely payment of military pay to the soldiers. Therefore, I suggest that the policy of clearing the villages and replenishing pay can be implemented throughout the country, which can at least ensure that the soldiers can have enough food. My stomach is at war!”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou sighed inwardly.No matter how good the analysis is, no matter how good the outlook is, the reality is so cruel, and the emperor is not a god, so how can he do it?

Unexpectedly, after listening to Sun Chuanting's words, Emperor Chongzhen not only did not show any embarrassment, but instead smiled and said: "I have already solved these problems. Sun Qing's strategy of clearing the villages and replenishing wages is the ancestor's plan." What has been handed down from the system should indeed be strictly implemented. However, if it is to be implemented nationwide, I do not believe that the local officials can really implement it. Without enough credible manpower, it is temporarily impossible to implement it nationwide."

Seeing that the emperor had a clear understanding, Lu Xiangsheng on the other side couldn't help but feel a little more surprised.

Compared with Sun Chuanting's strategy of clearing the villages for payment, the strategy of food supply that he himself had carried out relied even more on the integrity of the executive officials.Therefore, he did not propose anything to the emperor to implement throughout the country.

After hearing the emperor's answer, Sun Chuanting didn't care. Instead, he asked with a little doubt: "I wonder if your Majesty has any solution?"

There were only these three ministers in the Wenhua Palace, and the other four were the personal servants he had trained. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not hide anything from them, at least give them a little confidence.

So, he said to them: "I believe you have heard about what happened in the capital before. 40 taels of silver were copied from the former Marquis Wuqing's Mansion, 30 taels of silver were handed over by the former Jiading Bo; and 150 taels of silver were copied from the former Duke Chengguo's Mansion. 100 million taels of silver were obtained, and [-] million taels of silver were confiscated from the original Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Among them, this did not include land and shops. In addition to being used to reward King Qin’s army for their contribution this time, these silvers also had a lot of Part of it can be used to pay soldiers, improve military equipment, etc., right?"

At this point, Hong Chengchou seemed to want to speak. Emperor Chongzhen expected that he would say that the money spent on armaments was being spent like water. Even though there was a lot of money, it would eventually be used up.Therefore, a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and then he said to them: "In addition, I estimate that I can also copy hundreds of millions of wealth. This will be enough for you to do something good, right?"

Hearing this, the three of them, no matter what their family backgrounds were or how rich their experiences were, were all taken aback. How could there be so much wealth of hundreds of millions!
Lu Xiangsheng was shocked, but quickly came to his senses, and quickly reminded worriedly: "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate? With so much money, how many houses will be robbed? This..."

Previously, Xungui had committed a serious crime of treason and had his family confiscated and his family exterminated, and no one else would say anything.But if someone like Lu Xiangsheng and others would be afraid of such an emperor who often confiscated his family and exterminated his family at every turn.

"Don't worry, Lu Qing!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile when he heard this, "I am the kind of unreasonable person, would I just confiscate homes and steal people? I will announce the charges when I am ready. I believe you will wait for me. I just scream!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng opened his mouth, but couldn't say much.But Sun Chuanting is straight-tempered, he still has something to say: "Your Majesty, the proceeds from confiscating the house are not in the right way, and taxation is the long-term solution!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened and nodded. He still liked such honest ministers, so he said to them: "The three beloved ministers are all my confidants, so my plan for the future depends on the three beloved ministers." Let’s settle it down.”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting couldn't help but be very curious. Seeing the emperor's behavior, he seemed to be very sure and had a clear idea about the future. However, this money situation was the most difficult to solve in all dynasties. Something!What ideas does the emperor have to solve this problem?

"Farming is the foundation of a country. If there is not enough food, the people will have nothing to eat. Nowadays, there are so many thieves, and the lack of food is the main reason." When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his face became serious and said, "Therefore, In my mind, to control food, prices cannot rise too much. Just like since Jianlu entered the customs, food has skyrocketed. Now that I have the energy, I must take action against this hoarding. But if If we keep suppressing food prices, just like in the south of the Yangtze River, farmers will switch from rice to mulberry and plant other crops that are more valuable and earn higher incomes."

"Therefore, when the imperial court gains strength in the future, it will gradually reduce the land tax and purchase grain at a fair price, so that it can always control grain prices." When Emperor Chongzhen said this, the three people in front of him all looked surprised. Especially when Sun Chuanting opened his mouth and wanted to speak again, he stretched out his hand to stop it and continued, "At the same time, the imperial court will levy corresponding taxes on cash crops, and the imperial court will impose high taxes on some crops that do not want to develop rapidly. Taxation, that is to say, the future trend will be to use the level of taxation to control the trading output of our Ming Dynasty, instead of just taxing everything across the board and applying a standard to all regions without any money as before. If so, we will impose additional taxes, and these must be abolished.”

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting finally spoke, but he said with a sincere face: "Your Majesty is wise, the poor land of the people in the northwest is really crushed by taxes, not that the people in the northwest are born rebellious. Nowadays, bandits are raging. Although the momentum has been suppressed by the ministers, according to my opinion, it will definitely revive in the future. If the imperial court solves the root cause in the future, I can guarantee that the thieves will be pacified and they will be eliminated soon!"

Among these three people, Hong Chengchou is the highest when it comes to knowledge.He grew up in a poor family, and started learning by eavesdropping on other people's classes. He has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child.However, he half understood what Emperor Chongzhen said about the economy, so he couldn't help but ask: "Now that taxes have been collected for many years, Your Majesty still wants to reduce the land tax. Can we make up for the shortage by collecting other taxes?"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said: "The output of grain fields may not be of much value. The most important thing is to solve the problem of full stomachs. In the future, I will encourage other high-value activities, and in addition, establish a court The controlled shops are specially used to do some businesses that will seriously affect the national economy and people's livelihood. Well, that's what you think, these things are to compete with the people for profit, or in other words, the people cannot participate, this is the bottom line! "

Seeing that the three courtiers wanted to talk, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head at the three of them, and explained at the same time: "For example, the grain business I mentioned just now, the imperial court also wants to do this business. If the grain is raised, the grain merchants controlled by the imperial court will keep the price unchanged, so those black-hearted grain merchants will naturally have no profit and will not affect the lives of the people!"

This example was easy to understand. After listening to it, Lu Xiangsheng and others began to think deeply and no longer wanted to argue.They have initially accepted the concept of state-owned enterprises.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to explain it from the perspective of currency issuance, but this may still be difficult for people of this era to understand, so he gave up the explanation.

"In addition, I will encourage the people of the Ming Dynasty to innovate and encourage buying and selling. Only when trading becomes prosperous can the circulation of goods be promoted, so that the goods can be sold at a higher value, which will in turn lead to more output of goods and more taxes. .”

"To give a simple example, just like silk, it is one price in Jiangnan, and another price here in the capital. Then when it goes overseas, such as those in the Western Yi countries, it will be a high price. If it can be sold In those places, the merchant will definitely make a lot of money. In the past, he could only earn one tael of silver. If the court charged him one tael of silver in tax, would he be willing? But if he could earn five taels of silver, then the court would charge him one tael of silver. One tael of silver, is he happy? High taxes may not necessarily make the people object, it just depends on how to collect it!"

This example was so straightforward that the three leading ministers nodded with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

In fact, due to the limitations of the times, they can only see one-third of an acre of their own land, and can only focus on the grain fields.Now that Emperor Chongzhen had opened their eyes like this, it naturally opened up a new world of taxation for them.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and looked at the light coming from outside the lower hall. Knowing that he had been talking for a long time, he stopped going into details and concluded: "In short, please rest assured, I will definitely be the one to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan." Only a heinous person would deal with them like this. The money confiscated from the house is just to meet the current urgent needs of the court. The source of the court's wealth is also planned for another reason, so you three beloved ministers don't have to worry!"

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and others all said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, knowledgeable, and far-sighted. I can't wait for you!"

If in the past, they respected the emperor more and felt the personal charm of Emperor Chongzhen because the emperor could become their strong backing, so that they had no worries, then from now on, Emperor Chongzhen's knowledge and insight also made them feel the personal charm of Emperor Chongzhen. They were shocked and admired.The impression of Emperor Chongzhen in their minds has improved to a higher level.

Emperor Chongzhen just smiled slightly.A lot of what I talked about today is actually just common sense to future generations.But it was four to five hundred years in advance. If you say this, you can shock the elites of this era.

In fact, this matter was not the focus of today. He did not want to show off, but wanted to discuss military innovation, but he was pulled away by Sun Chuanting and others.

So, at this time, he mentioned military reform again.Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting no longer had any logistical doubts, and began to put forward specific suggestions to Emperor Chongzhen based on the situation of the Jianlu Army, thus giving a specific framework for the military restructuring under the Yuma Supervisor. .

The four monarchs and ministers continued their discussions until dark before finally reaching a conclusion.Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen promoted Wang Cheng'en to the position of eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and began to reorganize King Qin's army with Lu Xiangsheng and other three people, and get the specific things done first.

(End of this chapter)