This is the number one scholar and I haven’t even taken the exam yet!

Grand Duke Luo looked at Huang Zongxi and was so angry! He should have been the number one scholar by himself, but now he has been robbed by Huang Zongxi, a sinister villain! Aren't you "Huang Taichong"? Why are you not rushing at all today, but instead you are taking the place of Prince Zhu?

What about making plans?

You should stand up and plead for the people! Why did you take refuge? You are a hypocrite!

Hou Fangyu, Mao Xiang, and Zhang Huangyan looked at Huang Zongxi and "Zhu Yaofei" with complicated expressions. Now they had roughly guessed who "Zhu Yaofei" was?

This must be the powerful Prince Fujun!

To the gentry in the southeast, Prince Fujun, an outsider, was here to steal money and people!

But now the prince has the power of the court and can distribute champions, Jinshi and official titles. If you want to be a Jinshi or become an official, you have to cooperate with His Highness the Prince!

Only when you become an official can you be greedy and protect your family's wealth for generations!

Now the prince has come incognito to talk about state affairs with everyone. This is the polite corporal. If the "scholars" here can climb up the pole, they will have glory and wealth at their fingertips.

If you don't want to climb up, but choose to fight, then you have to weigh your own strength!

Prince Zhu not only easily eradicated Nanjing's distinguished ministers and nobles, but also ransacked the houses and found flowers for the princes who wanted to survive. If you copy well, you will be rewarded. If you copy poorly, you will have to go to Taiwan.

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In this way, the efficiency of house confiscation has been increased countless times, and the land that the nobles and ministers of Southeast Asia have worked hard for more than 200 years to embezzle and embezzle is squeezed out. The total number is tens of millions of acres!

In other words, the Prince Group will firmly control tens of millions of acres of land and a population of at least 700,000 households on these lands in a very short period of time.

Although this land and population only account for more than 10% of the actual land in southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, and about 10% of the population.

Moreover, Prince Zhu also had 50,000 new army troops to defeat the new army. The combination of 50,000 new troops, 700,000 households and 35 million acres of land would be very powerful. It is hard to say whether the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains can be achieved. Anyway, the southeastern half of the

It's stable.

Now that the imperial court's situation in the southeast is stable, what else can we do if we don't surrender?

"Master Zhu, I think that when the imperial court first arrives in the southeast, it should still show kindness and power at the same time, and the best way to show kindness is to avoid giving gifts and accumulating debts."

Grand Duke Luo, who lost the top spot, also started to offer suggestions at this time. The top pick is gone, and the second and third overall picks can still be fought for!

You have to perform well, but don't let Huang Zongxi, a hypocrite, get too proud.

He said: "There are so many hidden fields in the capitals of the southeastern states that the tax assessment has nothing to do with it. And the southeast has always been heavily taxed. The total tax and grain tax in South Zhili is as high as more than 6 million shi. Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces both have 2.5 million shi.

Six hundred thousand dan. This is just the full amount. If three wages and various assessments are added, the burden will be even heavier.

Most of these taxes, increases, apportionments, and expenditures were transferred to poor households with little or no land. Therefore, the burden on poor households in the southeast was extremely heavy, and the people's grievances were huge! If the imperial court clears land and inspects households in the southeast, these grievances will be

The people may be bewitched by Xiaoxiao and cause trouble in groups.

In order to stabilize the southeast, it is better to exempt civilian land from taxes and increase the allocation for three years, and waive the accumulated arrears from the previous year. When the people's hearts are stabilized, the court can clean up the land and take back all official land, military land, and hidden land. After taking back,

The land can be equalized. After the land is equalized, not only can rent be collected, but also the system of government soldiers can be implemented as in the Sui and Tang Dynasties!"

Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, thinking: The actual number of fields in Southern Zhili may be 150 million acres! The total tax and grain tax is only more than 6 million shi, and the average one acre is less than half a bucket of rice and flour, and they are still talking about heavy taxes. It is really disgusting!

However, Grand Duke Luo's method is still feasible, because the most important thing now is that the distribution of fields and areas for the five divisions of the New Army has not been completed. Li Yan, Red Lady, and others have not yet completed Runing, the source of troops.

Completely done. Similarly, Zhu Chunchen has just arrived in Fengyang and needs time to master the Eight Guards in Fengyang. At this time, it is also beneficial to appease the scholar-bureaucrats and unruly people in the southeast so that they can cause less trouble.

"It makes sense," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "In the next spring's Enke, the eldest brother will definitely win the first prize."

There are three places in the first place, the top pick, the second place, and the top pick. Now two have been promised, and there is only one spot left. It depends on how Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang fight for it!

The two Fushe young men were also a little anxious. Hou Fangyu was better off. His father was Hou Xun, a bachelor of the dynasty, and he was not worried about his future. But Maoxiang was different. Although he was born in a famous family in Yangzhou

, a family of officials, but he himself is not good at taking exams. He failed the Nanjing Provincial Examination six times and is still a scholar to this day.

Scholars are not allowed to participate in Enke. Now the prince is handing out the title of Jinshi, but he is not qualified to get it. Do you think you are in a hurry or not?

"Master Zhu," Maoxiang, who is already 33 years old this year and looks very old, twirling his beard and looking as old as 40 years old, said, "I heard that the Tatars colluded with the eunuchs to destroy Kong Lin in Qufu.

There will be a war. And once the war starts, the consumption of food and salary will be staggering. Now the court has to exempt taxes and debts, and the national and military supplies are afraid of insufficient. Fortunately, there are many scholars in the southeast who are well-off and are willing to protect Kong Lin's reputation.

And if you give money and food, it would be better if the court could give the talents who donate money and food more than a certain amount a meritorious title and let them participate in next year's encore. It can not only win people's hearts, but also get a lot of money and food."

Zhu Cixiang's eyes lit up, this is a good idea! He glanced at Zheng Sen again, you don't seem to have any meritorious service, why don't you buy one too. This way you can participate in Enke, take the exam well, and strive to be admitted to the Jinshi.

Let my father-in-law, Lao Taishan, also be happy.

Hou Fangyu, Zhang Huangyan, Luo Dagong and Huang Zongxi all looked at Maoxiang with disdain, you are a scumbag who couldn't pass the national examination. Now you actually think of buying it. It's so embarrassing.

"Master Zhu," Zhang Huangyan, who had been silent until now, finally spoke, "I heard that the Donglu and the rogue bandits are mobilizing their troops and preparing for a decisive battle. Is the imperial court just going to sit back and watch the two thieves decide the winner?

Negative?"

What else can we do if we don’t sit and watch? How about standing and watching? Zhu Cixiang sighed softly and said, “Brother Xuanzhu, do you have any clever ideas?”

"The imperial court should pay close attention to the war between the rogue bandits and the Tatars, and make preparations for both. If the rogue bandits win, then the Tatars may abandon the capital and run to Liaodong. This is a good opportunity for the imperial court to seize the capital from the north. The rogue bandits must not be allowed to enter Beijing.

city!

If the Tatars win, then the imperial court should launch an attack on the Liao Dynasty. It can send a navy to transport a group of elite troops, land on Guanglu Island and Xiaochangshan Island near Jinzhouwei, and reopen the Dongjiang military town!"

Well, heroes have similar views! Zhu Cixiang nodded and thought to himself: Zhang Huangyan actually wanted to go with him. He really deserves to be the anti-Qing hero in history!

"Brother Xuanzhu is indeed a talented man in both civil and military fields!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "It seems that this time Enke, brother Xuanzhu can also go to high school."

Zhu Cixiang glanced at Hou Fangyu again. Hou Xun's young master just smiled and said nothing. It seemed that he didn't have any tricks up his sleeve.

He looked away, coughed, and said with a smile: "Next spring in Enke, there will be many Donglin successors gathered in Nanjing. For us Donglin successors, this is a time to hold the Donglin Conference to elect the new generation of Donglin Three Kings. opportunity!

In addition, the world is now in chaos, the capital has fallen into the hands of the Tartars, and Kong Lin in Qufu is also threatened by the Tartar soldiers and is in danger. Yan Shenggong has already ascended to the high ground to speak out and issued the "Conquer the Eastern Barbarians" "Message", calling on scholars all over the world to do their best to protect Confucius. And we, the successors of Donglin, should also actively respond.

Therefore, while recommending the three monarchs, we should also publish our Donglin's "Exhortation to the Hulu" and announce it to the whole country. I wonder what you think?"

What else can I do? Of course I agree!
Chapter completed!