Chapter 350 Face Saint
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For his old face, Qian Qianyi certainly could not tell the truth to Jiang Yueguang.
"Your Majesty Yan and Brother, you don't know! Your Majesty is so broad-minded. My Majesty and I had a dirty trick in Nanjing back then. If I had changed to another emperor, I would have gotten good fruits? But Your Majesty completely repays his grudges with kindness. For the sake of my brother's safety, he actually sent a new army to his hometown in Changshu to pick me up. It really made my brother foolish to have no place!"
After hearing Qian Qianyi say that he had seen the new army, Jiang Yueguang quickly asked: "Brother Muzhai, your family is in Changshu. Do you know the real situation of the Jiangyin War? Is there really a lot of people dead in the Qing Dynasty as it is circulated?"
When Qian Qianyi heard Jiang Yueguang ask this, he finally didn't have to continue making up. As an intellectual, he still needs some face, which is essentially different from Zhu Hongsan who is completely shameless.
"Brother Yan and Xian, what kind of news are you hearing?"
"You know that my family is in Jiangxi. I heard a lot of news in this Jiangyin battle. There are many bizarre things. Some of them are really outrageous. What is the Ming army's artillery powerful, and it is destroyed by dozens of miles per shot. What are the Qing Dynasty being beaten to death by millions? I would like to ask Brother Muzhai, what is the situation like?"
Qian Qianyi sighed and said, "Yan and Weird Brother, Jiangyin was already finished when I went south from Beijing, but I did hear from the Qing Dynasty that a prince and a beller were killed. The eight banners of the Han army were basically wiped out, and even the eight banners of the Manchus were killed for several thousand. I didn't believe it at that time. When I arrived in Guangzhou and came into contact with the Chinese documents of the intercommunications at that time, I realized that the losses suffered by the Qing Dynasty were far greater than what they said."
Jiang Yueguang was shocked and said, "Oh? Please tell me!"
"Brother, you have been in Nanjing. You know how powerful the navy on the Nanjing river is, with hundreds of ships of all sizes! But these ships have been eliminated by the New Army Navy. Do you know how many ships the New Army participated in? There are only five!"
"What? Only five ships? Five ships destroyed hundreds of navy?"
Qian Qianyi nodded and continued, "Yes, in one day, the original Nanjing Navy's entire army was destroyed, Caojiang Admiral Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong was killed in battle, and tens of thousands of soldiers were drowned! The Battle of Jiangyin on land was similar to the legend. More than 50,000 people were killed in the Qing Dynasty, but the new army also suffered many casualties, and more than a thousand people lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Destroy 50,000 enemies, and you only lose more than 1,000 people. Is this a lot of casualties?"
"Brother, you don't know how much money each soldier of the new army will invest! Each new army requires 100 taels of silver, plus the military pay of 5 taels per month, and the monthly expense of 2 taels of silver per person. To support these new army, Guangdong will have to spend 500 million taels of silver every year. This is not the most expensive navy!"
When Jiang Yueguang heard that the new army spent so much money, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.
"After five or six million taels of silver every year, the best year of the Chongzhen period was less than five million taels. Isn't Emperor Shenwu a powerful military force?"
"You brother, don't know now. When you entered the city, you saw Nancheng! Do you know how much tax the Guangdong province pays every year now? It's 15 million taels, which is the income from last year. It's estimated that this year can reach more than 20 million taels!"
Jiang Yueguang is knowledgeable and has been able to practice his joys and anger without showing his emotions after decades of official career, but today he was still very surprised to hear the news.
"15 million taels a year? This is just a waste of land! Is there no civil war in Guangdong?"
"You brother, you have seen it when you enter the city. Do you think there is a sign of civil unrest?"
Of course, Jiang Yueguang, who Qian Qianyi said, knew that the city was peaceful and peaceful, and there seemed to be a sign of civil unrest. However, Jiang Yueguang was very unaware of it. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, he had already dried up the pond and fished, and he could only get less than 5 million taels a year. This was only obtained under the tax collection of the next two years. You must know that it was the whole country. But Guangdong was completely beyond Jiang Yueguang's understanding. There was no need to increase taxes. With commercial tax alone, Guangdong Province could collect 15 million taels?
Jiang Yueguang didn't know economic theory, and of course he didn't know Zhu Hongsan's insidiousness. Zhu Hongsan used his industrial capabilities far beyond this era to produce large quantities of low-priced industrial products, and then sold them across the country, squeezed out the local natural economy through dumping, and then formed a monopoly, making a large amount of high profits. This method is similar to that used by later American imperialists. After processing it with your raw materials, you are selling it to you, but you are exhausted but find that you are getting poorer and poorer.
Of course, Jiang Yueguang didn't know about this kind of economic theory. He just admired Zhu Hongsan's ability to manage finances.
After fooling Jiang Yueguang, Qian Qianyi asked, "Yan and Brother, are you coming from Jin Shenghuan, Jiangxi this time?"
"Of course, I immediately went to see Jin Shenghuan after receiving Brother Muzhai's letter. Just like what you said in the letter, Jin Shenghuan does have the intention anyway!"
Qian Qianyi was very happy. If Jin Shenghuan had anyway, his Donglin lineage would have received great support in the court.
"Brother, tell me what's going on in Jiangxi right now!"
"The situation in Jiangxi is not optimistic. After Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren fled back to Nanchang, the governor of Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty was very dissatisfied with them. He heard that the conflict had become public. However, Jin Shenghuan's team had lost all of them in Ganzhou. There were less than 10,000 people in their hands, and they were both old, weak, sick and disabled. So Jin Shenghuan had a request, thinking about whether they could support them with 5,000 muskets."
When Qian Qianyi heard Jin Shenghuan's lion spoke loudly, he actually wanted a musket, which was absolutely not possible.
"Brother, you must never give them muskets. You also know that Jin Shenghuan is capricious. After giving him a sharp weapon, he will attack us in reverse? In addition, the output of this new musket has not increased, and our own new army is not equipped, so we can give them! This is absolutely not possible!"
Before coming, Jiang Yueguang also knew that this condition had been passed, but Jin Shenghuan also had a substitute condition, and it would be fine if he didn't have a musket to give it to some people.
Jiang Yueguang pondered for a moment and said, "So that's the case. Can the Qing prisoners of war who were imprisoned in Ganzhou be put back? Jin Shenghuan has no one in his hands and he really dare not take action!"
Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "It should be no problem to give him some people, but this is not something I can decide. Yan and my brother, why don't you go to the palace with me to meet the saint and see what His Majesty the Emperor said!"
Jiang Yueguang had this intention, and he also wanted to see the legendary emperor Zhu Hongsan. After the two agreed, they went out to get into the sedan chair and went to the palace.
Zhu Hongsan is very busy now, but he is not busy dealing with state affairs, but busy dealing with Qian Qianyi's wife, Liu Rushi.
Zhu Hongsan was in his prime, and his body was comparable to Qian Qianyi, whose qi and blood were declining. After Liu Rushi was forced twice by him, he had a feeling. Every few days he would have a secret meeting with Zhu Hongsan while visiting Bian Yujing.
This feeling of having an affair also greatly stimulated Zhu Hongsan. Qian Qianyi worked hard for him in front, but he was with his wife behind him, which was exciting to think about.
Zhu Hongsan lay on Liu Rushi and asked while trying hard: "My mother-in-law, how do I compare with my father-in-law!"
Liu Rushi was so angry that he was so shameless that Zhu Hongsan was making a big frown, but she liked this shameless feeling very much. When she heard Zhu Hongsan ask, she hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is still powerful, I'm going to fly into the sky!"
After hearing what Liu Ru said, Zhu Hongsan felt even more and more hardworking.
"My mother-in-law, it's boring. Why don't you call Yuting together? What if you two, mother and daughter will come with me together?"
When Liu Rushi heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he cursed in his heart, "This emperor is really debauchery and shameless, can he think of such an idea?"
Before Liu Rushi could answer, Cao Fang outside the door whispered: "Master, Qian Qianyi is asking for a meeting outside the door!"
When he heard that his real husband came, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but curse: "When is this old turtle going? I haven't had enough fun yet?"
Zhu Hongsan felt the hot body under him tremble. He knew that Liu Rushi was afraid of being caught by his husband, so Zhu Hongsan lost interest. He poked it twice and got up. The eunuch next to him came over to serve him to put on his clothes.
Zhu Hongsan said to Cao Fang: "Take Mrs. Qian away from the back door, don't let people see it!"
Cao Fang cursed in his heart, "You foolish monarch, still you are afraid that people will see you?" King Zhou, who played with his wife, was not driven out in history. Only Yang Guang, the king of the devastated country, could speak this. But Cao Fang only dared to think about these words in his heart and never dared to say them."
Seeing Liu Rushi go out with Cao Fang naked, Zhu Hongsan was in a very good mood. This Liu Rushi came from the Qinhuai River, and his various skills were not comparable to those good women. His wives were like dead fish in bed except Bian Yujing, and they were really not interested.
With the help of the little eunuch, Zhu Hongsan put on his clothes, calmed down, and came to the study room in front to meet Qian Qianyi.
Qian Qianyi and Jiang Yueguang had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Zhu Hongsan coming out, they quickly got up and salute.
Jiang Yueguang looked up at the Emperor Shenwu. Zhu Hongsan was 1.75 meters tall, and in the length of the Ming Dynasty, he was five feet and four inches. He was relatively tall in this era. He was handsome and handsome, wearing a bright yellow ball dragon robe and a black veil crown. He was really heroic. It should be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants had been inherited for more than 200 years and looked at him well. However, this Emperor Shenwu looked very heroic, but his two pairs of eyes revealed an evil light. He looked at his eyes like an old bandit.
Just as Jiang Yueguang looked at Zhu Hongsan, Zhu Hongsan was also watching Jiang Yueguang. Seeing Qian Qianyi bringing an old man in his sixties, Zhu Hongsan was also very different.
Zhu Hongsan opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Qian, this gentleman is that!"
"Your Majesty, this is a new native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. He was a Minister of Rites and a Grand Secretary of the Dongge. Jiang Yue Guang Jiang Jue was a member of the Jinshi!"
It turned out to be Jiang Yueguang, who was the one who persuaded Jin Shenghuan to rebel. After the defeat, he led dozens of family members to commit suicide by committing suicide by committing suicide. Later generations called him, Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu together, called him "Three Sages of the Southern Middle School".
Zhu Hongsan knew that Jiang Yueguang was a big boss in Donglin. In the past, these Donglin stinky old masters always regarded themselves as stinky shit because of Qian Qianyi. Unexpectedly, they could take the initiative to vote for him this time. It was really unexpected.
Chapter completed!