After the Hongmen Banquet on the Zhongyuan Festival night, the division between enemies and us was basically clear.

Chen Shuren knew very well that Yuan Zhongyi, a small group of "local tyrants and evil gentry", would not cooperate with the government. They also wanted to suck bones and marrow to ensure that their interests were maximized.

Just like those officials who were forced to donate by Chongzhen, what they care about may not be the current money and food, but after opening this hole, the poor will become nail households and the government will think they are easy to bully.

This is also a series of sequelae brought about by the lack of rule of law and the lack of private property protection in ancient society. What the rich people think in their hearts is "I have surrendered to robbers for the first time, and robbers will stare at me in the future." They will never surrender until they torture their wages.

However, at least Yuan Zhongyi and the others have not dared to tear each other out of their faces with Chen Shuren, and Chen Shuren is not in a hurry to tear each other out of their faces. The real conflict will not be completely concentrated until the autumn grain is collected.

At present, these people are at most doing other small actions that are not direct inconfrontation.

As for what kind of small moves are, you can basically guess with Chen Shuren's IQ.

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The day after the Hongmen Banquet ended, Chen Shuren called out his confidant Chen Fu and asked him a few questions: "Did you kill someone after spending these years in the sea? Have you ever killed someone with your subordinates?"

Chen Fu is not vague. He changed his cautious look when he was the eldest son before, and he rarely showed a bit of evil light:

"I've been killed. I was still running to North Korea three years ago. Once I encountered a typhoon when I returned to ginseng traffickers. The route deviated from the south and floated to Jeju. When I returned from Jeju and Ningbo, I met the red seal ship from Matsukura on the sea halfway. We also killed the man."

Chen Shuren almost showed surprise, but fortunately, he was very cunning and quickly controlled it, and asked concealedly:

"Oh? Do you have this ability? It seems that my father has arranged you to me and knows your ability. No wonder he performed well when transporting grain to Shi Futai last year. By the way, why didn't Matsukura Fan take revenge on this matter? And isn't that place Zheng Zhilong's territory?"

Chen Fu rarely showed a presumptuous smile, as if he had recalled the things he had been proud of in his life, and said as if he had known it:

"Isn't that year a mess? In order to avoid suspicion, Zheng Zhilong restricted his subordinates to suspend flights from several ports in front of the taiwanese, so as not to offend the Edo shogunate and be misunderstood as a thief.

As a result, the Shimahara Rebellion broke out in Kyushu next year. The vassal lord Matsukura Katsuya was captured by Tokugawa Igami and beheaded and questioned for being punished. How could he care about his subordinates' small losses."

Chen Shuren has a good history and loves to play games in his previous life. After a moment of recollection, he will understand what is going on.

The "Shirahara Rebellion" was a chaos in the Kitakyushu region of Japan from 1637 to 1638. The rebellious leader "Shiro Shiro Toshita" is the prototype of the big boss in the "Samurai Soul" series of games.

The status of the Shen family as the "Yellow Sea Overlord" is indeed not a waste of time. Even if it is only one-twentieth of the Zheng family, it is more than enough to deal with these inland merchants now.

After Chen Shuren felt relieved, he directly confronted his subordinates: "I revealed the source of the seeds of tilapia, Indian chicken, and corn and potatoes to the gentry at the Hongmen Banquet last night. This is also my intentional show of sincerity and throwing a stone to ask for directions.

Those gentry who are willing to cooperate with the government should quickly pay the money in the next few days, actively pay the deposit, sign the lease contract, and exchange it for the chicken and fish varieties I have.

Those who refuse to cooperate, and those who hear that these things are high-yield, will definitely not be idle. They will probably find a way to go from Jiangxi to Fujian to find them, bypass me, as a "middleman" and prevent me from making a profit.

You are all running to the sea, and our boat is fast. In the past few days, we have been watching the wharfs at the mouth of Qishui, Bashui and Xishui River. Let’s see which gentry wants to bypass me.

In addition, since the money and food matters have been ordered, we must also pay attention to recruiting and training troops. We can first recruit poor local poor people who have lost land and become fishermen, screen out their character, and use the old to lead the new to join our Shen family fleet.

In terms of ships, you can also get some money to expand the enrollment of civilian ships, and then transfer some from your hometown in Suzhou. Anyway, I want to block the business travelers in Huangzhou and go to the Yangtze River waterway. I have to know what to do if I want to go to Jiangxi."

Chen Fu heard this and looked puzzled: "If you do anything and just keep an eye on it, it will not be difficult. But if you want to come in secret, our manpower and ships are far from enough. Master, you only brought twenty or thirty big ships, five hundred sailors, and five hundred elite servants this time."

Chen Shuren waved his hand: "Don't be completely secretive, it's okay to be open. In a few days, I will announce at the right time that Liu Xiyao has become more rampant, plundered civilian ships in Huanggang, and went out to rob grain from various counties. I want to strengthen my vigilance, set up a check on the river estuaries in various places, and temporarily collect escort lijin."

The young master's words shocked Chen Fu. He knew the rules of the court and what are the regular taxes for money, grain and food.

Daming actually collects commercial taxes, but the proportion of total fiscal revenue is very low. Dachaiguan at the canal transport hub nodes such as Linqing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou is only 100,000 to 200,000 taels of silver per year. It would be great if other coins could have tens of thousands of taels.

However, the system of "Lijin" was obviously unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty, and the court did not allow commercial trade circulation tax to be collected in places other than the statutory banknotes.

Chen Fu was worried that the young master would violate the national law now, so he hurriedly reminded him tactfully.

Chen Shuren didn't care, but just waved his hand easily: "What's the matter? First of all, now it's time for war, what's wrong with the local government's urgent need to support soldiers and suppress thieves?

Secondly, the imperial court originally had tax cards in Wuchang, but it was not that Liu Xiyao and other thieves cut off the Yangtze River, and there were many leaks in Wuchang. In fact, can't they be collected?

Finally, what we collect is not "tax", but just the money to escort the people's merchant fleet. This is so natural. If you go out of the way, the Minister of Chiang, the Minister of State in the court, will also help us.

Even if your Majesty is worried, he will only turn a blind eye and first check the efficacy. If the efficacy is not good or it arouses a greater problem, your Majesty may punish me to calm my anger. If the efficacy is good and the situation is controllable, your Majesty will not let go.

Besides, the Zheng family in Fujian has been doing it for a long time, and we are not the first to come forward.”

At this point, Chen Shuren said, without saying anything, Chen Fu already knew what the young master was benchmarking.

According to the Zheng family’s flagship silver model, the actual commercial circulation tax is collected, isn’t it “If you give protection fees, I will escort you to ensure your safety. If you don’t give protection fees, you will guarantee that you will definitely be robbed by the thieves”?

This is how Zheng Zhilong's home business comes from - the Zheng family owns one or two thousand sea ships, and there are also one or two thousand sea ships from other countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Each ship pays 3,000 silver silver for the Zheng family every year, which is the protection fee.

This area has 1,000 to 1,200 taels per year, which is equivalent to two of the three taxes in the court.

The Shen family is in Huanghai, and there is actually a similar model. It is just one-twentieth of the scale of the Zheng family, but everyone is very familiar with the operation process.

Chen Fu took a deep breath and asked the young master to give him a final measure: "Young master, if you really follow the "flag silver" method, and encounter someone who resists desperately, can you push him to the head of "dead at the hands of Liu Xiyao Jiang thief"?

This mainland is not as easy as the sea, so it is easy to get into trouble. The master is still an official in the capital, so he won’t cause trouble for the master, right?”

Chen Shuren's face darkened: "It's really a must. Pay attention to the standard and keep it confidential. The thief is so chaotic that some things cannot be explained clearly.

Huangzhou is also blocked. As long as you can control the navigation on the river, they still want to make a fuss, so they have to go through Yinghuo Mountain District by land to An and Lu.

Liu Xiyao is in the north and Lin Yangcheng is in the east. If these gentry really have the ability to break through the thief's defense zone, would they be beaten to only four or five counties?"

Chen Shuren thought very clearly. What he bet on is that these people cannot beat the thieves and cannot kill a bloody way. Even if he acts as a mighty person in Huangzhou, these people will be temporarily intimidated by his tyranny.

After suffering, the rebels may not give up hatred, but they will definitely put aside their hatred, thinking, "The news is now closed, and the lawless news of Chen Tongzhi cannot be sent out.

But as long as they endure for a year or two, they will wait for the imperial army to clear up Liu Xiyao and Lin and make a way to get the road to the passage. Then they will go out to report the case and expect to reach the sky! There is no need to take risks in vain to "snatch the time difference in reporting the case."

Only Chen Shuren knew that the Ming Dynasty today has a situation every year. This year, the imperial court can still manage local governments to collect taxes or exploit gentry in order to suppress thieves, but next year it will be even more chaotic and the scale will be larger.

At that time, as long as you make achievements, Shen Shuren will not be afraid of these small fish and shrimps waving.

Two years before Emperor Ling of Han died, Zhang Lu killed the Han envoy. Two years before Chongzhen's death, could he not kill the insects?

If you want to go through the Dabie Mountains to report the case, you can ask for it yourself. It is their ability to be able to fight a path.

...

Chen Shuren knew very well that in today's remote and closed mountainous areas, the deterrence of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom was no longer useful. Instead, it was the jungle law that was even more prevalent to the weak.

Unfortunately, Yuan Zhongyi and others didn't know that they were still holding on to the rules of officialdom and frantically gaining benefits for themselves.

Chen Fu organized the fleet to patrol and deploy defenses as the young master ordered. After only half a month of investigation, he found that there were problems with the guys like Yuan Zhongyi.

They actually went to southern Jiangxi and tried to get back excellent varieties of crop seeds and eggs from Fujian people.

The key is that some of these people do not cooperate with the warning of Master Zhi.

Lord Tongzhi repeatedly told them that Liu Xiyao had received a lot of civilian ships recently, and another famine occurred in Huanggang County. Liu Xiyao organized people to rob and resolve his famine. But these guys regarded Lord Tongzhi's warning as an excuse to collect liquor protection fees! He also refused to participate in insurance!

The risk can not explode for a while, but it will definitely explode in the end.

Just one day in early August, about a week left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, something happened to the Yuan family's fleet trying to return to their hometown to connect.

After transporting corn and eggs to Qizhou, the fleet returned to Jiangxi. Yuan Daotai's distant nephew Yuan Zhongyi also planned to go back to Jiangxi with the fleet that day so that he could report to his hometown to discuss some things.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fleet left the estuary of Xishui River, it encountered the interception of the thief of Liu Xiyao on the surface of the Yangtze River.

The 100 people from the Yuan family's merchant fleet were killed by the Jiang bandits, and no one of them was left. However, their family had not paid the protection fee for liquor, so there was no escort of Shen Tongzhi's navy patrol ship at that time.

Despite this, out of the mentality of loving the people as much as a son and humane attention, Chen Tongzhi immediately led his troops to the scene to understand the situation and guide the aftermath work.

He also announced martial law on the river surface of Huangzhou's territory. Local civilian ships are not allowed to leave the river to avoid being harmed by Liu Xiyao.

If you have to travel far, please cross the Dabie Mountains by land and cross the defense zone of the Fifth Camp of Gezuo.
Chapter completed!