279 [Prosperity and Corruption Decay] (for the penguin boss
Lu Xiangsheng was dismissed from his post, but he was not punished to the end.
He was removed from the title of Governor of the World Qinwang Bingma, and the Sword of Shang Fang was taken back. He was also removed from the post of Honorary Minister of the Ministry of War, and was demoted to the rank of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. He could still continue to lead troops, but he could only lead his own five thousand pacesetters.
Gao Qiqian's two impeachment memorials were nothing but catalysts.
The real reason is that Chongzhen was extremely disappointed with Lu Xiangsheng. The Manchu and Qing invaders entered the customs several times, but never like this, actually fighting from Beijing to Jinan!
Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting were urgently recalled to Beijing.
Before the three of them arrived in Beijing, they needed a commander-in-chief. Therefore, Liu Yuliang, the chief minister of the cabinet, was thrown to the front line by Chongzhen and took full charge of the war situation as the chief minister.
Liu Yuliang is from Sichuan.
Just by looking at their place of origin, you can tell that they were promoted by Yang Sichang. Xiong Wencan is from Sichuan, and Xie Wenjin is from Sichuan, and they are both Yang Sichang's confidants.
Anyway, Yang Sichang was very willing to promote any official from Zhejiang who was not from Southern Zhili.
In other words, Chongzhen is very willing to promote!
The Donglin Party is really on its last legs and has been suppressed too hard by the emperor.
In "Records of Generals in Donglin", Xie Wenjin is "a victorious general with a powerful star in the earth". As for Sun Bixian, he is "a bright star in the earth with a zhangqing". Both of them betrayed the Donglin Party and were promoted by Yang Sichang to the rank of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War.
Right servant.
Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, can promote the chief assistant!
Liu Yuliang joined the cabinet in August last year and became the first assistant in June this year.
Chongzhen was already anxious and dismissed two chief ministers one after another, as well as cabinet ministers. As a result, Liu Yuliang had just entered the cabinet and became the chief minister within ten months.
Being sent by Chongzhen to command the overall situation, Liu Yuliang was scared to death, but he did not dare not to go.
This guy just arrived in Anping and heard that the Qing troops were coming. He didn't check whether it was true or not, so he was so frightened that he fled to Jinzhou.
Chen Hongxu, the magistrate of Jinzhou, closed the city gate and angrily scolded the chief minister: "The governor is here to defend against the enemy. The bandits are coming. Why are you so busy trying to escape? You said you came to collect food, but you went to the household department yourself. If you want to enter the city, you don't dare to obey!"
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Liu Yuliang was furious and sent a horse to impeach Chen Hongxu and arrest him and put him in jail.
The common people prevented him from leaving, saying that they were willing to go to jail on behalf of the magistrate. Some people threatened to go to Beijing to redress their grievances. There was no way, they could not arrest them, they could only demote them and transfer them to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Faced with such an outcome, Chen Hongxu was so angry that he simply went home and sought refuge with Zhao Han!
He is originally from Jiangxi.
Liu Yuliang ran to Tianjin again, but he did not dare to go south. He did not dare to face the Tatars directly, but he accused the generals of being afraid of the enemy and offended all the generals.
Finally, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led troops to serve the king, and together with Liu Yuliang, they had more than 100,000 troops.
More than 100,000 people froze in place, daring not to move, because Liu Yuliang was not allowed to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.
When Yang Sichang returned to Beijing, he was very dissatisfied with Liu Yuliang.
Xue Guoguan wanted to be the first assistant, so he asked Yang Sichang for help, arrested Liu Yuliang and imprisoned, and another first assistant in the Chongzhen Dynasty was finished.
Dorgon saw that the Ming army was not divided, and more than 100,000 people were huddled together, and there was no way to eat them. So Dorgon ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and returned to Liaodong with countless people, livestock, and property.
Next, the internal fighting begins.
Yang Sichang wanted to keep Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting's troops to guard Jiliao and prevent the Tatars from entering the pass again.
Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting firmly opposed it, and after some manipulation, they were thrown into prison by Yang Sichang.
The changes brought about by Zhao Han seem to have only made Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting become inmates...
Of course not only!
The finances of the Ming Dynasty were even more difficult. Soldiers who died in battle were unable to receive compensation, and soldiers who performed meritorious services had no money to reward them.
The Tatars only left for three months before a mutiny broke out in Baoding, followed immediately by a mutiny in Henan.
The rebellion in Henan was very big. Faced with the conquest by the officers and soldiers, they turned into rogues and went to Shaanxi to join Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng, who was crippled, regained his strength, led his officers and soldiers around, and returned to Henan to recruit hungry people. In an instant, there were more than 100,000 people (mostly weak and hungry people).
When rogue bandits cross the border, they no longer need to be coerced; the people will come to join them.
Because the imperial court took the initiative to attack, Zhang Xianzhong fled in advance. It did not mean that he surrendered and rebelled again, and Xiong Wencan was not convicted for this.
While the officers and soldiers were encircling Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong jumped out of the encirclement and ran to Nanzhili again, almost tearing up the ancestral grave of Lao Zhu's family in Fengyang again.
The northwest bandits are growing more rapidly than ever before!
Faced with such a situation, the imperial court could only send additional training salaries. Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong, which were occupied by Zhao Han, were naturally impossible to negotiate, but the total training salary was not reduced much, making it even more unbearable for the common people.
Not to mention the war-torn provinces in the north, several peasant armies have appeared in Sichuan!
Exactly two years in advance, the Shandong uprising blocked water transportation and the price of food in the north skyrocketed. Some of the officers and soldiers who besieged Li Zicheng, as well as the Jiliao officers and soldiers who were guarding the Manchus, were transferred to Shandong to suppress the rebels.
Due to the increase in dispatch, civil unrest broke out again in Guangxi and Fujian.
In the past, the rebel chieftains in Guizhou, because Zhu Xieyuan was transferred to Jiangxi to conquer Zhao Han, some of the remaining soldiers were hiding in the mountains and have not been wiped out. Now they have come out again and captured many prefectures and counties in Shuixi.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Zhejiang was free from military disasters, while all other provinces were experiencing war.
The butterfly effect brought about by Zhao Han completely exploded in the twelfth year of Chongzhen!
Even if Ming history experts were allowed to travel through time, they would definitely not be able to understand the situation. It’s already all in fucking chaos.
Today's Ming Dynasty is just a pot of paste.
No matter how much trouble Zhao Han made in the south, Chongzhen couldn't control it because the whole north was at war.
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Jiangxi is very stable, and Zhao Han is living a good life.
Taking the time back to the winter of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still raging, and Zhao Han ordered the reform of the system.
Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong were officially established as provinces, and government offices such as the Department of Industry and Commerce were added. Merchants in the three provinces must apply for industrial and commercial licenses, which are scheduled to take effect on the first day of the first lunar month. Those who have not obtained the license after the first day of the first lunar month are not allowed to operate any business.
Brothels also need to be licensed.
And there is no pornographic business, and the business attribute is "Singing House and Dance Pavilion". Regular inspections are conducted twice a month, and surprise inspections are conducted to see the situation. If caught, heavy fines will be imposed. It is commonly known as anti-pornography.
It is definitely impossible to ban it. No country can do it. Even if it is banned for a while, it will relapse.
Whether it can be banned is one thing, and whether it can be banned is another.
Even in Japan in later generations, selling those things is illegal, and pornography crackdowns are carried out every now and then.
Once it is made legal, it will inevitably lead to a large number of crimes, such as trafficking, imprisonment, and abuse of women.
At the same time as political reform, the military is also reforming.
The Datong Army expanded from 16,000 to 23,000.
The Nanyuan Army has 5,000 troops and is temporarily stationed in Guangdong.
The 5,000-strong Beiyuan Army is temporarily stationed in Hunan.
5,000 troops from the Central Academy of Sciences are temporarily stationed in Jiangxi.
Zhao Han's personal troops of 1,000 were stationed in Ji'an Prefecture.
The Jiangxi Navy expanded its troops to 4,000 troops and stationed them at Poyang Lake.
The Guangdong Navy expanded to 2,000 personnel (including crew) and was stationed in Guangzhou.
The Guangzhou Coast Guard was added, with a strength of 1,000 troops (including the Guangzhou Inspection Department and the Xiangshan Inspection Department), temporarily under the leadership of Fei Ruhe, who was dismissed.
Zhao Han's 1,000 personal soldiers were divided from the Central Court Army. The shortage of soldiers in the Central Court Army was selected from Jiangxi peasant soldiers.
The remaining troops will recruit soldiers nearby.
For example, the Guangdong Navy recruits from coastal fishermen. The Nanyuan Army stationed in Guangdong recruits mountain people from Guangdong to join the army when it replenishes its troops. The Beiyuan Army in Huguang recruits rebellious miners into the army.
These measures are also for balance.
Otherwise, not only would there be a lot of Jiangxi officials, but even the army would be all Jiangxi soldiers.
In addition, there are internal reforms within the military.
The military system of the Ming Dynasty has been changing, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military system in the south and the north were still different.
The basic units of the army before Zhao Han were divided into corps, teams, sentries, headquarters and battalions.
If we compare it with the People's Liberation Army, a squad is a squad, a team is a platoon, a company is a sentry, and even the number of people is exactly the same.
None of these are planned to be changed, but the general group will be abolished and regiments and brigades will be added, namely corps (5 people), units (10 people), teams (30 people), sentries (90 people), battalions (450 people), and regiments (1,350 people).
people), brigade (4050 people).
Including various other personnel, the strength of a battalion is about 500, the strength of a regiment is about 1,500, and the strength of a brigade is about 5,000 (including the military medical team).
Zhao Han used the brigade camp and other things as soon as he brought them, and they were easily accepted by the soldiers.
Volunteers, strong troops, these are originally terms used by the military.
The reform and prosperity of the three provinces were in sharp contrast to the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
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"Greetings to the main town!"
Several scholars from Guangdong and Hunan arrived one after another and came collectively to pay homage to Zhao Han.
Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, was unwilling to surrender because he was worried about his five sons. This man was a scholar and had profound practical knowledge, so he was sent to Bailuzhou Academy to become a teacher.
Wang Qisheng, the prefect of Changsha, and Yang Guanji, the magistrate of Changsha, were given the job of mayor in Changsha because they helped to govern Changsha, so they did not have to start from a junior official.
The four Tao brothers all contributed greatly to the dedication of the city.
Let’s record their merits for the time being. Because they were too young, the second, third, and fourth children were arranged to study in Ji’an Mansion.
The boss, Tao Aizhi, was recruited as secretary of the General Military Mansion.
Wang Dai, who was presenting the city in Xiangtan, was also recruited to Zhao Han's side.
In addition, there are Zhang Jiayu, Chen Zisheng and Kuang Lu from Guangdong, who are now Zhao Han's secretaries.
Hu Mengtai was released and sent to Hunan to be the county registrar.
Zhao Han's former secretaries were sent out half of them. Anyway, there is a shortage of officials everywhere now.
"Have you all seen it everywhere in Ji'an?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.
Wang Dai cupped his hands and said: "The late student first went to Bailuzhou, then to Luling County Middle School, and then visited the city, outside the city, and the countryside in the suburbs. What he said and heard was amazing. Although it cannot be called Datong, it is
It’s not that far away. The main town is the hero of the ages!”
"Why can't it be called Datong? I think Ji'an Mansion is already Datong!" Tao Aizhi immediately retorted.
Zhang Jiayu said with a smile: "In the countryside of Luling, everyone is martial, and farmers and soldiers from villages and towns can sweep the south."
Chen Zisheng sighed: "Everything is good, brothel... don't mention it."
Because the brothel was forced to apply for an industrial and commercial license, it was declared to be a singing house and dancing pavilion. Therefore, when it was operated, it mainly focused on singing and dancing, and you had to pay extra if you wanted to have sex.
Zhao Han smiled and asked Kuang Lu: "Why doesn't Mr. Kuang speak?"
Kuang Lu sighed: "I've been wasting my time so far. I just want to do things, but the headquarter just wants me to be the secretary."
"Isn't it good to be a secretary? This is equivalent to being a secretariat in the cabinet. Every day's official documents are related to world affairs," Zhao Han asked, "If you are posted outside, what do you want to do?"
Kuang Lu was troubled: "I don't know, I know a little bit about everything."
This man has both civil and military skills. He has been away from trouble for several years and has traveled half of China. His dissolute character has been tempered a lot.
Zhao Han asked: "You have traveled through various provinces, what have you seen?"
Kuang Lu replied: "The people are in dire straits, and the dynasty is at the end of the world."
"Follow me and work hard. I will make this dynasty as stable and prosperous as Ji'an Mansion in the last days." Zhao Han said.
"It would be great if that could be done." Kuang Lu said with a smile.
Zhao Han suddenly remembered someone: "Why didn't Zheng Sen come today?"
Zhang Jiayu replied: "He went to the Mathematics Society."