After the release of the "Pingzhou Edict", after the troops in Jinling were rectified, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general, Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, and led 200,000 elite troops to launch a general attack on Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng's army was like a frightened bird, and was about to collapse with Zhu Yuanzhang's army. In less than three months, Xu Da captured Huzhou, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing Zhu Yuanzhang's army successively arrived outside Pingjiang City, forming a siege against Zhang Shicheng.

In the vast Eastern Wu Kingdom, only Pingjiang City is left.

Although I had known that Zhang Shicheng was not Zhu Yuanzhang's opponent, Xiao Yun still did not expect that Zhang Shicheng, who had fought to the death in the past, would be defeated so quickly, with half of the Jiangnan area, and only Pingjiang was left. Especially when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang gave up Pingjiang in this battle, and only took Huzhou, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing. He was extremely impressed by this beggar monk in his former beggar. Although he could not fight, he also knew that although Zhang Shicheng was not able to bear it, if he attacked Pingjiang directly, Zhang Shicheng's troops in Hangzhou would definitely come to rescue him, and Pingjiang would be extremely difficult to conquer. If he attacked Hangzhou and other regions first, he could cut off Zhang Shicheng's wings, and Pingjiang would naturally become a treasure. With this alone, Xiao Yun felt that Monk Zhu was terrible.

After the carriage entered Jinling City, the most common people along the way was no longer Zhang Shicheng's battle, but a small thing that happened in Jinling City recently, which was a small thing, but he was indeed a small thing, but the people along the way were not talking about Zhang Shicheng's battle, but it was not a simple small thing to talk about this matter.

Xiao Yun also investigated this matter clearly, and it seemed to him that it was indeed a trivial matter.

It turned out that many Tartar banknotes were circulated in Jinling recently. The Tartars issued paper money in reserves. If there was no gold and silver, they would not issue paper money. Moreover, there was a fixed quota. Those who hold paper money could exchange gold and silver from the court at any time. I don’t know how this banknote was heard in Zhu Yuanzhang. He saw that the Tartar banknotes could be circulated, so he became aware of the Ministry of Revenue and asked the Ministry of Revenue to print a batch of circulating in Jinling. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that too much of this thing would easily depreciate. The salaries of those officials on weekdays were not high. Under the impact of Zhu Yuanzhang’s banknotes, they became a pile of waste paper every month. But naturally they did not dare to say these words to Zhu Yuanzhang. So some officials in Jinling City began to take a deviant approach and thought of ways to make money. The silver could not be released from Zhu Yuanzhang, and naturally came from the hands of the common people.

After a while, some smart officials found a way out of there. This method was fire consumption. The people in Jinling City often paid taxes in physical objects, such as grains, silk fabrics, etc., but sometimes silver and copper coins were levied. There may be losses when melting and forging and crushing silver. The government used this name to collect excess silver. These taxes were called fire consumption.

I don’t know who came up with this idea. In short, with this method of making money, officials from Jinling City rushed towards the people under their jurisdiction like hungry wolves, desperately collecting fire and consumption. Originally, one ounce could have collected a normal demand, but now they have to collect three or four cents, or even seven or eight cents. At first, there was not much of these silver, so Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t pay attention to it, but once the matter started, it couldn’t stop. The fire and consumption collected more and more silver. Somehow Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this matter, and he was furious and ordered the arrest of many officials and executed a few of the leaders. He thought that the matter would be over, but he didn’t know that some officials who were not afraid of death, saw that this method was cut off by Zhu Yuanzhang, were ingenious and thought of the trick of the slight kicking Hu.

This move is much more powerful than fire consumption. You should know that when the people pay grain, the government uses hukou to pack it. The people put the grain into the hukou, weigh it, and calculate the grain share they have completed. The grain piles must be loaded in the shape of the hukou pile, and some of them will exceed the hukou wall, and then kick it a few times by the warehouse and Dou level. The overflowing grains, and these grains were blatantly taken to their pockets by some officials. Zhu Yuanzhang also learned about this incident. This time, he constantly clearly stipulated that he would abolish the hukou kicking and killed two thousand people in one go, which really caused a sensation in Jinling City.

"Hmph, isn't this asking for death when playing tricks with Zhu Yuanzhang?" Xiao Yun sighed inwardly in the car, and drove into Jinling City in a carriage.

After more than ten years of rest and recuperation by Zhu Yuanzhang, this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties really brings together the prosperity of Jiangnan. Merchants, literati and scholars, and all walks of life gather here. This capital, which was originally very prosperous, is even more prosperous. Hundreds of thousands of people and business officials, start shops and do business, either travel around the streets and alleys to sell coolies, recite poems and songs, and make this golden place lively and lively. It is a prosperous scene.

"Is this the city of Jinling? It's really lively?" Fang Taiping had never been to Jinling City. At this moment, he hurriedly raised the curtain and looked around. When he saw the majestic Palace of King Wu not far away, he immediately stuck out his tongue. At first he thought that his Fang family's mansion was magnificent, but compared with this Jinling City, it was a witch.

Su Erxiao and Xiaoyue have been to many places. In addition, they have been in Hangzhou all year round, and they have seen many beautiful scenery. When they saw Jinling City surrounded by mountains on three sides and one side facing the city. Zhongshan is majestic in the east of the lake, the ancient city is bordered by the southwest, rich and overturned, Jilong Mountain is listed in the south, Xiufeng Pagoda scenery is shining across the city, Chaoyang, Mufu Mountain extends to Hubei, surrounded by mountain city, with many famous scenic spots and historical sites along the lake, towering Ming City walls, beautiful Jiuhua Mountain, and the antique Jiming Temple surround it. In the distance, the Qinhuai River, the willows hanging by Xuanwu Lake, the wine shops are rippling, and the pleasure boats are not inferior to the shore of West Lake, and they can't stand looking around.

After the four of them looked for a while, Xiao Yun rushed to the residence of Xuanwu Lake. He was about to bypass the imperial city, but he saw a carriage slowly coming along the official road. There were two war horses on both sides. Two generals were sitting upright, looking very majestic at first glance.

Xiao Yun glanced at him and said to himself, "Damn it, can't you look for me?"

Just as hesitating whether to stop, he suddenly heard a voice in the carriage shouting to him: "Is General Xiao Yun and Xiao in front?"

Xiao Yun was stunned: "I am just a general at most. When did I become a general?" Just as he was confused, the carriage was already rushing up: "General Xiao, please stay?"

At this moment, Xiao Yun was sure to look for him, and he was secretly wondering: "As soon as he entered Jinling City, someone came. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's spy was ambushing very well and he knew everything."

When Xiao Yun saw a yellow flag in the carriage, he knew that it was Zhu Yuanzhang's order, so he couldn't leave. After only a few feet of his carriage, a young general on the left side of the carriage jumped on the horse, and leaped a few times and landed in front of Xiao Yun's carriage.

"The last general Xu Zheng, have you ever seen the General Zhongyong?" Xu Zheng knelt on the ground with one leg, and bowed to Xiao Yunxing with a respectful look on his face.

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