Chapter 92: Six Years of Apocalypse

From the beginning of the fourth year of Tianqi, the city of Beijing began to become quiet and peaceful. There was no civil strife in the Central Plains, and there were occasional wars in Liaodong. But with Sun Chengzong around, Nurhaci did not dare to be too arrogant. At most, it was just some small talk.

Just to make a small fuss, take a detour into the Central Plains to grab it. Nurhachi doesn't have the courage yet. Mao Wenlong is too powerful. If you don't go to him, he will come to you from time to time.

Just like that, after four months of calm, there was a commotion in Luoyang Mansion and Hejian Mansion. Lu Xiangsheng was the magistrate in Luoyang, in charge of this year's tax revenue. Master Lu was not only upright as an official, but also had a bad temper.

I intend to complete the assigned tasks meticulously.

In the past, commercial taxes were only collected for the first three months of the year to meet the quota assigned by superiors, but this month they are collected every month. When the fourth month of taxation begins, merchants are inevitably a little uncomfortable and refuse to pay the tax.

.Thirty tax per one, this is such a low tax rate. If you don’t pay such a small amount of money, wouldn’t it be annoying? Mr. Lu has a bad temper. If you dare not pay, he will forcefully close your shop. Luoyang’s

There are many businessmen, and many of them are well-established. Seeing that you, Lu Xiangsheng, are being ruthless, they simply united together and staged a strike.

No matter what kind of trading shop they were, big or small, all of them were closed at once. Even Fu Wang Chitose, who did not have to pay taxes, was so crazy that he closed the shop. However, he did not go on strike arrogantly.

Come up with a reason, interior decoration.

There is no business, which is not fun. Other business shops are not open, but luckily, the rice shop and other daily necessities are also closed, leaving the people to live how they live. This matter should be left in peacetime, Luoyang

The censor of Henan who was appointed by Lord Yue in Luoyang was also a disciple of Yue Su. They all came from the same department and were all members of Lord Yue. Who could

I'm sorry not to give you face. Henan Yushi can only discuss with Mr. Lu, hoping that Mr. Lu will solve the matter here in a short time and save himself the trouble.

Just at this time, news came from Hejian Prefecture that Yang Yishan also encountered trouble when collecting taxes in Hejian Prefecture. The merchants also staged strikes and demonstrations. Yang Yishan was obviously more crooked than Mr. Lu, and he targeted the strike

The businessmen pulled half and beat half, and quickly settled the matter.

Why pull half and hit half? In fact, it is very simple. Businessmen are all pursuing profits and have no sense of loyalty. Master Yang is not merciful at all towards those businessmen who are leading the strike. Anyway, with Yue Su's support, what does he fear?

Shops that don't pay taxes will be seized. They will ask you later if you pay the taxes. If you don't pay, the money will be confiscated. Naturally, the first businessman to be seized will grit his teeth and say that he will not pay taxes. If you can, you can take down the entire city.

The shops were all confiscated. Who would have thought that Yang Yishan would turn around and find other merchants and say that he would sell the stolen shops to you at 10% of the original price. Who would not want to pick up such a good thing like a pie in the sky? Rich people

It was a good idea not to fight with the officials. The businessman immediately paid for it and bought the shop. Yang Yishan even signed the official certificate contract himself.

As a result, the first merchant who resisted was dumbfounded. Yang Yishan continued to look for the second merchant, asking you whether to hand over the goods or confiscating the goods if not. The owner of the second merchant did not want to lose business like this. After all,

Thirty taxes were not much, so I simply paid them. With someone taking the lead, and with Yang Yishan's thunderous tactics, the merchants in Hejian Prefecture had no choice but to pay the taxes.

Hejian Prefecture achieved results easily, but Lu Xiangsheng of Luoyang had no choice but to imitate the situation. As a result, the merchants in Luoyang had no choice but to admit defeat and continue to open their doors for business.

The commercial taxation matter gradually became successful. By the end of the fourth year of Tianqi, the tax revenue of Luoyang and Hejian Prefecture was obviously three times more than in previous years. The results were reported to the capital, and the emperor was also happy. He issued an order to be implemented nationwide and included it as an item in the performance evaluation.

Important standard. But not every place can double it, so Mr. Yue has set a rule that it is at least twice as much as in previous years. If this standard is not met, the performance evaluation will be regarded as poor, and then it will be directly

go home.

There has also been significant progress in the salt tax. After one year, it is obviously nearly two million taels more than in previous years. Seeing this result, Zhu Carpenter was even more happy, and thus he hated the previous salt officials even more.

.However, Zhu Carpenter's temper was still good. He did not kill all the officials who were in charge of the salt administration in the past. Instead, he issued an order to basically replace the salt administration officials in other places across the country. This time

The officials who were replaced were basically from Yue Su.

Xichang also achieved good results, uncovering more than a dozen extremely corrupt officials and having their homes confiscated. When Xichang was monitoring officials, they followed Liu Mingguo's instructions and allowed small corrupt officials to be spared to see their political achievements.

Well, if you are capable, you should be less greedy. But if you are a fool who is incompetent and still greedy, then you don't have to show mercy at all, just tell the emperor directly, and do whatever you want.

This year, the emperor summoned a total of twenty princes, with the purpose of building a garden and asking for money. These princes did not dare not agree, and each of them honestly paid money to buy peace. Of the twenty princes, at least one prince had to pay.

A few hundred thousand taels of silver are more than enough to build a garden, and as long as there is no moisture, Zhu Carpenter originally planned to share half of the money with the Hubu family.

The tax prospects were very good, so he changed his mind and used all the money as internal funds. When the country ran out of money, it would not be too late to allocate it from internal funds.

Twenty princes can earn at least one million taels of silver from one prince, and some can even earn more. Taken together, Zhu Carpenter earned 20 to 30 million taels of silver this year. Seeing this number,

Carpenter Zhu was so happy that he was so happy that he worked even harder on designing the garden, sometimes even staying up all night.

Days passed day by day, and soon it was the sixth year of the Apocalypse. The current imperial court was no longer unable to make ends meet and had a surplus. This year was the first year of the imperial military competition. According to the three-year

According to the previous regulations, the imperial court had to mobilize 3,000 troops from the nine provinces and thirteen provinces to assemble at Tianjin Guard.

These nine important towns are Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Ningwu Town, Yansui Town, Yinchuan Zhen, Guyuan Town, and Zhangye Town. There is no need to introduce the thirteen provinces. There are twenty in total.

On the second route, each sent three thousand soldiers and horses to Tianjin.

Because it was the first military parade, out of curiosity, Zhu Carpenter came to preside over it in person. Naturally, those who came with him included Dongchang, Xichang, Jinyiwei, Imperial Army, cabinet ministers and ministers who knew the military. Now Xiong Tingbi

He has taken over from Gao Di and became the Minister of War.

A teaching military field had already been set up outside Tianjin. After Zhu Carpenter finished his opening remarks, he handed it over to Xiong Tingbi to preside over. According to the rules set by Yue Su, the competition was divided into formations, "drilling", walking, riding, and "shooting".

Each army went into battle separately.

Because there were too many soldiers and horses, there was only one competition in one day. The first day was about formations. Liaodong's soldiers and horses won the first place without any suspense. The soldiers and horses of Jizhen came second, but it was unexpected.

What's surprising is that the third place winner turned out to be Huguang's troops.

The person in charge of commanding the troops in Huguang is Pei Xuan, the commander-in-chief, who is Pei Yingjie’s father. Pei Xuan was formerly the deputy general of Huguang and rose to the position of commander-in-chief four years ago. His precious son is still imprisoned in Zhao Prison, although later Hou Guoxing

There was no embarrassment, but he did not dare to release the ordered prisoner, and just let him squat inside. Pei Xuan also came with a mission this time, which was to rescue his son from prison.

He had spent the money a long time ago, giving money to Wei Zhongxian and giving money to Hou Guoxing. However, after receiving the money, the two men only said that they would not embarrass Pei Yingjie, but did not agree to release him. Imperial prisoners are one thing.

, Pei Yingjie and Yue Su have some entanglements, which is a more important matter. Once Pei Yingjie is released, and Yue Su knows about it, God knows what kind of trouble will be caused. Mr. Yue is so favored, even Hou Guoxing is now

I don't want to touch that brow. I want to be my own official and make my own money. What's the point of spending a good life? It's not worth it for your three melons and two dates.

If you don't let them go, you won't let them go. This time Pei Xuan came to the capital, he once again gave these two generous gifts. Wei Eunuch was also a very particular person, so he pointed out a clear way to Pei Xuan. As long as you can get it in the military parade.

If you are in the top three, I can find a way to help you get your son out.

PEI

The soldiers and horses achieved good results in the first formation. It is not as good as the excellence of Liaodong and Jizhen, which is reasonable.

There is still a big gap in strength between the troops and horses in the nine-border and thirteen provinces. The Liaodong troops and horses are basically the most powerful, and they are much stronger than other troops. In the next four days, there were another round of competitions, and the Liaodong troops were not even strong.

It was suspenseful to win the first place, but the competition for the second place was fierce. Even though Jizhen and Huguang finished second and third respectively in the first battle, Yunnan's soldiers ranked second in terms of cavalry, "shooting" and infantry.

Horses, soldiers and horses from Shandong, and soldiers and horses from Shaanxi were also competitive to a certain extent. In the end, Yunnan's Mu Army won the second place. Pei Xuan seemed to have given the death order to his own soldiers, and Huguang's soldiers

No matter which competition the horse competed in, they fought hard and finally won third place with great difficulty.

Where there are strong troops and horses, naturally there are weak troops and horses. The soldiers from Fujian won the last place without any suspense in these five competitions. According to the original reward and punishment rules, the Fujian general soldiers directly

The two generals who won the second-to-last and third-last positions were also demoted.

Zhu Carpenter watched the battle for five days and was very satisfied with the outstanding performance of the officers and soldiers, so he did not hesitate to reward him. The officers and soldiers in Liaodong were rewarded with one hundred thousand taels of silver, and Sun Chengzong was conferred the title of Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace. The soldiers and horses in Yunnan were rewarded

He was given 60,000 liang of silver, and Mu Qiyuan was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army. Of course, Huguang's soldiers and horses were also rewarded with 30,000 li of silver, and Pei Xuan was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army Commandery.

However, when Pei Xuan received the reward, he politely refused the emperor's title, and even apologized on his own, saying that he taught his son Fang, and asked the emperor to punish him. Zhu Carpenter was stunned at the time, and when asked what happened, Pei Xuan quickly told him that his son had cheated in the exam.

He said it again and asked the emperor to deal with him. Raising this matter at this time is not an apology, but a plea for mercy. Zhu Carpenter is now in a good mood. For the sake of Pei Xuan's good command of the army, he issued an order to exempt Pei Yingjie from being punished.

It was a crime, but the official position of Governor Qianshi was terminated.

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