294 [If you want to be an official, you will leave the party]
In Jiangxi, many merchant ships were requisitioned to transport soldiers and grain to predetermined locations.
Although these requisitioned merchant ships were not paid, they could receive a tax subsidy. According to the cargo capacity of the ship, there were twenty tax discounts when passing through Jiujiang Banknote Customs.
Moreover, any ship can be used to pass the customs, and the tax collector will only recognize that tax sticker.
The merchants were very satisfied with this. They had always requisitioned civilians and merchant ships in wars. Even if Zhao Han didn't give him anything, they didn't dare to say anything. The toll discount card was already very good.
That's a real discount. Even if you don't use it yourself, you can resell it to other merchants.
This approach was done once last year.
Businessmen from other places were amazed by this. After returning to their hometown, they even took the initiative to promote it, saying that King Zhao was very kind and righteous to the businessmen.
summer.
Guangdong's Nanyuan Army
Jiang Dashan led 3,000 regular soldiers to the north. He recruited 3,000 peasant soldiers and 5,000 civilians in Jiangxi, for a total of 11,000 people. He left Poyang Lake and went up the Yangtze River. He first took Linxiang County as a stronghold and then attacked Yue.
The state capital (Baling County).
Jiang Liang led two thousand regular soldiers and continued to garrison Guangdong.
Hunan's Beiyuan Army
Huang Yao led 3,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and 4,000 civilians, a total of 9,000 people. He sent troops from Changsha to attack Xiangyin.
Li Zheng led 2,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and 4,000 civilians, for a total of 8,000 people. He sent troops from Changsha to attack Ningxiang and Yiyang.
Jiangxi Intermediate Academy Army
Zhao Han went on a personal expedition and commanded a thousand soldiers.
Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu led 5,000 regular soldiers, 3,000 peasants and 9,000 civilians, a total of 17,000 people, and entered Zhejiang via Guangxin Prefecture.
Jiangxi Dongyuan Army
Fei Ruhe formed a new army of 5,000 people, including 3,000 farmers and soldiers, and 8,000 civilians, totaling 16,000 people. They marched from Hukou to attack Dongliu County (Dongliu Town, Dongzhi County, Anhui Province).
The above, including civilians, totaled 62,000 troops.
Throughout the strategic plan, the Datong Army was like a crab with two large crab claws stretched out.
A pair of crab claws can be used to cut the Dongting Lake Plain, and a pair of crab claws can be used to cut the entire Jiangnan.
Must be resolved quickly!
By the end of May, Nanchang had become a transportation station. In addition to the Huguang army, several other armies had to pass through here, and countless merchant ships had to be requisitioned to transport grain and grass.
Gu Gao, Wu Yingji and Huang Zongxi were thrown directly into Nanchang because the navy was going to fight.
The riverside is densely packed with boats, the river is also full of boats passing by, and there are countless coolies carrying supplies at the docks.
Three celebrities were walking on the pier, and what they saw in front of them was somewhat beyond their expectations.
"The Jiangxi soldiers will definitely win this battle," Wu Yingji said with emotion. "In such a big war, no one panicked and no one complained. The hawkers took the opportunity to do business, the coolies could also make money by moving goods, and the merchants were even more moved by the news. That's it.
The officials who went out to work in the city also looked happy, because fighting meant that they would be promoted."
"The fighting here doesn't seem to disturb the people," Gu Gao said. "I think the civilians who were recruited seem to be very happy."
Huang Zongxi said: "I asked someone just now. The system for military and civilian servants in the Datong Army has been changed since last year. There is no salary, only monthly rations. There is no forced recruitment. They sign up voluntarily."
Gu Gao was quite puzzled: "I just want to eat and there are still people signing up?"
Huang Zongxi explained: "Children under the age of twelve cannot be divided into fields. In the land originally occupied by Zhao Zhuochen, some children are over twelve years old, but for this reason they have no land. If their family members become civilian husbands, children who do not have land will
You can get land in your hometown. Even if you are under twelve years old, you can reserve it in advance and be old enough to get the land immediately."
"No wonder those civilians are so active in fighting with only rations." Wu Yingji sighed.
"Does Jiangxi have so much land that can be divided?" Gu Gao asked.
Huang Zongxi explained: "Jiangxi has been immigrating to replenish the population in war-torn areas. Every time a new land is occupied, after Jiangxi immigrated, some land can be vacated in the hometown, which can be distributed to the children of the husbands. In addition, some women
When you get married, the land remains in your natal family, and there is no more land in your name. As long as the husband becomes a civilian husband, the woman who lost her land can regain it."
Wu Yingji sighed with emotion: "This series of land affairs is indeed very powerful. Farming war, farming war, the ancients are sincere and I can't bully them!"
Gu Gao murmured to himself: "Everyone here in the Ming Dynasty is afraid of war. On the other hand, under Zhao Zhuochen, the officials, generals, soldiers, vagrants, merchants, and farmers are all looking forward to war."
Huang Zongxi said with a smile: "Only the big landowners suffered losses, and there was not much left after the land was divided."
Suddenly, more than ten large ships arrived in a mighty manner.
"Mr. Zhao is here!"
Someone knowledgeable suddenly pointed at the fleet and shouted.
All units of the Datong Army are not allowed to use the surnames of generals as flags, and can only display the Datong military flag and unit number flag.
But the fleet in front of them was flying the flag with the word "Zhao".
Because the waterway near Nanchang was too crowded, Zhao Han's fleet did not dock and sailed directly from the tributary of the Gan River towards the Xin River.
The three celebrities took action immediately. They hired a small boat and caught up with the docked fleet in the evening.
Taking out the navy's letter of recommendation, the three of them were quickly summoned.
Zhao Han asked these three celebrities to sit down and couldn't help but look at Huang Zongxi a few more times.
Wu Yingji cupped his hands and said: "The students originally wanted to go to Jiangxi and asked Mr. Zhao to send troops to Jiangnan quickly, but I didn't expect that the students didn't need to say anything at all."
"Are you from Guichi?" Zhao Han asked.
Wu Yingji said: "Of course."
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Go to Hukou and help General Fei plan and serve as a guide. After he captures Dongliu County, his next target will be your hometown."
Wu Yingji said: "Talents born late are not soldiers."
As he said that, Wu Yingji took out several articles, all about how to maintain public security in Jiangnan, stabilize prices in Jiangnan, and stabilize the market in Jiangnan.
After Zhao Han read it carefully, he found that this person was not an ordinary scholar, but a socioeconomic scholar.
"Your article on pirates shows that you are very familiar with Jiangnan water bandits." Zhao Han said with a smile.
Wu Yingji said awkwardly: "When I was young and frivolous, I used to fight with swords in the world and had many interactions with Jiangnan rangers."
"very good!"
Zhao Han said: "When the army reaches Taihu Lake, I will give you an errand. Surrender the Taihu water bandits, let them hand over their boats, and be good citizens and divide their fields. I don't want the small fishing boats, so they can continue fishing. The sins of the past
, let’s forget the past, but if we do it again, we will settle the old and new debts together!”
"Relying on Mr.'s power, we will be able to attract water bandits!" Wu Yingji was very happy because he had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds when he first came to join him.
Zhao Han's attitude towards officers, soldiers and bandits has changed. Unless there is great public anger and a notorious reputation, others are allowed to be disarmed and return to their fields, and there is no longer a requirement to kill the leader.
The world is becoming more and more chaotic. Take Zhejiang as an example. Many people have the experience of cannibalism.
Not just eating corpses, but killing living people to eat!
How do you track this down?
Including the prisoners who were sent to mine in the early days, they are now being released one after another. For example, the Guangxin soldiers captured in Jishui County, as long as they did not die of exhaustion in the mines, were all returned to their places of origin, and they could also divide their fields. Fei Ruhe's tribe also
Released.
It's equivalent to labor reform.
Those with minor crimes will be released after one year of mining; those with more serious crimes will be released after three years of mining; those with serious crimes will be released at least five years.
It's a good idea to set a time limit like this to give the labor reformers something to think about, so as to avoid miners rioting.
Zhao Han looked at Gu Gao again: "Sir, is he the son of Gu Donglin?"
"Congzi." Gu Gao replied.
Zhao Han said with a smile: "Gu Donglin founded Donglin Academy. I like that couplet very much. It is actually the motto of scholars. The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading can be heard in my ears; family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, I care about everything."
Gu Gao raised his hand and said, "Sir, you are overly complimentary."
Zhao Han added: "I still remember an article, which seems to have such a sentence: Puppet Lanxi, Siming; Baby Shanyin, just newly built. Is it at the end of the Loujiang River?"
The expressions of the three celebrities changed drastically.
This is an article written by Gu Xiancheng, the leader of the Donglin Party. As a civilian who resigned from office and returned home, he regarded the current prime minister as a puppet and a baby. A commoner could influence the choice of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Gu Gao quickly stood up and bowed: "This joke was not made at that time."
It is indeed not a work at that time, but a summary article written by Gu Xiancheng a few years after that struggle. It has the flavor of "strategic contempt for the enemy" and is not a sure-fire way to change the leader and assistant in a political struggle.
But this kind of statement is enough to make any ruler afraid!
Some people say that the Donglin Party represents a certain class and the Jiangnan plutocrats. But there are also big landowners and businessmen in Jiangnan who are against the Donglin Party. This thing cannot be judged in black and white.
It’s just partisanship!
Once involved in political struggles, no matter how pure a person is, he will become filthy, and the Donglin Party is certainly no exception.
At first, there was no Qi Chu Zhe Party and Dong Lin Party. They started to fight and blamed each other. After many accusations, they believed it, so they decided to join the party. Many officials who were helping to speak on the side were also classified as so-and-so.
Party, as long as you speak and do things, you will be included in a certain party.
Then they don’t distinguish between right and wrong. No matter how bad someone in our party is, they must keep it, and no matter how good someone in your party is, they must be killed!
Only by completely controlling the court can you govern the country according to your own ideas.
The first is the struggle between the cabinet and the ministry. Both the cabinet and the six ministries want to take power. The power of the prime minister and the power of the ministry are the core of the party struggle. The second is the cabinet and the power of the department. The power of the prime minister and the power of supervision use each other. At the same time, they are in the same position.
In the cabinet, he acts as a troublemaker among the six ministries.
In the end, the civil service department and the imperial police became a whirlpool of struggle for prime ministerial power, ministerial power, and supervisory power.
The imperial power is so high above that it is not so much being emptied out as it is that the imperial power has lost control over its departments because party strife has messed up the various central agencies.
Zhao Han asked: "Do you want to form a party in Jiangxi?"
"I don't dare." Gu Gao quickly denied.
"Don't dare, or don't want to?" Zhao Han asked.
Gu Gao explained: "It's not necessary."
Zhao Han smiled and asked: "Why is it not necessary?"
Gu Gao replied: "Whether it is the Donglin Party or the Fushe Party, their purpose is to drive out traitors, select talents and use their talents, and strive to govern. And Jiangxi has already been in great rule, so the Donglin Party members and Fushe scholars came to Jiangxi.
What reason is there to form a party? The reason for forming a party no longer exists."
"If you want to be an official in Jiangxi, you must leave Fushe!" Zhao Han stated his attitude directly.
When Gu Gao boarded the ship in Nanjing, he only said that he was coming to Jiangxi to observe the government and did not admit that he wanted to be an official in Jiangxi. But at this moment, he promised on the spot: "I am willing to leave the society."
Zhao Han smiled and asked Huang Zongxi: "Where is your Excellency?"
Without saying a word, Huang Zongxi handed over the article called "Yuan Jun".