Chapter 295 The Holy One Wants to Build a Great Prison
Yang Ponu asked even more excitedly: "Sir, you mean you don't even have to pay for the royal rations? All the crops grown in the fields belong to each family?"
"That's right." Xu Yan said with a smile, "Entian doesn't have to pay any taxes."
Only Wang Laoshi asked cautiously: "Sir, what should we do?"
"What you have to do is very simple." Xu Yan glanced at Wang Laoshi and said, "When slaves are established or soldiers invade the country, you need to fight for the country. Ordnance and rations are provided by the court, but there is no money anymore.
You can take it, but if you win a big battle, the reward will still be there."
"That's it?"
"Isn't that what we should do?"
"That is, if the slaves and bandits dare to destroy our home, we must fight against them."
Yang Ponu, Wang Laoshi, Ma Laosan and other generals and sentinels were all filled with indignation.
Xu Yan smiled and said: "Okay, you convey the edict to the soldiers in each headquarters and outposts. If you want to go back to your place of origin, you can go to the bank in the city to collect the money. Those who want to stay in Xuzhou can go there."
Wait in the camp and someone will come over to count your names and the amount of land you want to buy."
"Does this still need statistics?"
"You must use the full amount."
"That's right, wouldn't the war pay, bounty plus Anjia Yin be enough?"
"Even if you don't have enough money, you still need to borrow money to buy all the twenty-five acres of land. The price is so low as 25 cents per acre. If you miss this village, there won't be this store. Where can I find it?"
"Yes, Xuzhou is full of paddy fields!"
"If it were left in our hometown, it would cost fifteen taels!"
Yang Ponu, Wang Laoshi and other officers were extremely excited.
Xu Yan smiled slightly, then left and went to the second place.
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At this time, I was walking in the hall in Xuzhou.
Du Yinxi has also left.
There were only two civil servants left in the hall, Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan.
Chongzhen said to Lu Zhenfei: "Lu Qing, the abolition of the Water Transport Governor's Office is inevitable. Even if the Northern Expedition succeeds and the capital is liberated, water transport will be restored, but the Water Transport Governor's Office will definitely not be restored, because facts have proven that the government-run
The efficiency of water transportation is actually too low."
It’s not that state-owned enterprises can’t be efficient, but Ming’s state-owned enterprises obviously can’t do it. At least at this stage, Ming’s state-owned enterprises have nothing to do with efficiency.
Because the floating is really too harsh.
A dark look flashed across Lu Zhenfei's face.
In other words, he will become the last water transport governor of the Ming Dynasty.
There is a saying, such a "title" is really not glorious.
Chongzhen said again: "But I know that the low efficiency of water transportation is not your fault, Qing Lu, and you also deeply hate the bad habits of drifting and sending people to and from official circles."
"The Holy Spirit has a clear warning." Lu Zhenfei said, "The two things I hate the most in my life are drifting away and the exchange of favors."
Chongzhen said solemnly: "Then Lu Qing, if I give you a chance, do you dare to go to war with such bad habits? Do you dare to go to war with the entire decadent bureaucracy?"
When Lu Zhenfei heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Chongzhen.
Jin Xuan couldn't help but look at Lu Zhenfei.
Listening to the Holy Spirit's words, are you going to give Lu Zhenfei the imperial edict to join the cabinet to assist the government?
It seems that the actions of the elders in the cabinet have deeply irritated the Holy One, so much so that the Holy One did not hesitate to confront the entire Jiangnan officialdom and decided to remove the ministers from the cabinet.
But to be honest, those elders in Nanjing are indeed outrageous.
There is a battle ahead, and it is a decisive battle that determines the life and death of the Ming Dynasty. As a cabinet minister, he does not want to provide logistical support to the frontline soldiers, but he is holding back. How can he act like a cabinet minister?
The Holy Spirit is still good-tempered and wants to use political rules to deal with them.
In his place, Jin Xuan, he would have led his troops back to Nanjing and killed all these people.
A punishment that is not worthy of a high official is not suitable for these cowardly national thieves who only know party strife but do not know a country.
After straightening his clothes, Lu Zhenfei solemnly replied: "Thanks to the great love of His Majesty, I will have no regrets even if I die a hundred times!"
"Okay, that's what I've been waiting for." Chongzhen patted the royal eucalyptus and said, "Then don't worry about the Governor's Office of Water Transport. I'm going to issue an edict to promote you to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Grand Bachelor of Katong Pavilion, and pre-engineering department.
"
Jin Xuan instantly realized that the Holy Emperor might be going to jail this time when he returns to Beijing.
Chongzhen's eyes fell on Jin Xuan, and he said: "Jin Xuan, please follow me back to Nanjing. I will now issue a decree to appoint you as the governor of Yingtian and the admiral of Jiang's military affairs."
Jin Xuan bowed his hands and said, "I accept the decree."
Chongzhen added: "Although the governor of Yingtian has always been vacant, all the affairs of the governor of Yingtian are controlled and divided by the left officials below, and the admiral of Caojiang has always been concurrently held by Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao. If you, Jin Qing, take up the post alone,
, I’m afraid it won’t be possible to accomplish anything, so I’ll take all three thousand fine cavalry with me.”
"But there are still many things that cannot be done by the army alone."
Speaking of this meal, he said again: "I will second you a thousand Qin Wang's scholars."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jin Xuan said with great joy after hearing this, "With three thousand cavalry and one thousand Qin Wang's scholars, I will definitely control those silverfish in Yingtian Mansion and Caojiang Admiral's Office."
"Well, then you can go back." After Chongzhen finished speaking, he specifically told Lu Zhenfei, "Lu Qing, after you return to Pizhou, ask the soldiers who transported the army. Those who want to return to their place of origin will be given a reward of 20 taels of silver. If you are willing to move back,
Those who settle in Defu enjoy the same treatment as frontier soldiers. Not only can they buy 25 acres of land at a low price, but they are also exempt from all taxes."
"Yes." Lu Zhenfei bowed his head to the ground, "I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of the soldiers of the Yun Army."
"You don't have to be like this, Qing Lu." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "The Yunjun soldiers also made sacrifices in the Xuzhou battle. They are also meritorious soldiers and deserve such treatment."
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I must not let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty bleed and shed tears at the same time."
"Holy Lord, Holy Ming." Lu Zhenfei prostrated to the ground again, and this time Jin Xuan also prostrated to the ground, shouting "Long live the Holy One", because the Holy One did not just talk about it, but actually did it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Regardless of whether they are frontier soldiers, Yunjun or rural warriors, everyone who participated in the Xuzhou War will be treated equally.
All soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are also honored. In addition to their names being engraved on the monument of heroes, their parents, wives and children will also receive a pension of fifty taels of silver.
When my nephew takes the imperial examination in the future, he will be given priority in admission.
Such courtesy can be said to be rare in ancient and modern times.
It is no wonder that many frontier soldiers, rural warriors, and military transport officers and soldiers sighed that they had a good emperor and a good court this time.
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After seeing off Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to call Huang Zongxi and Yan Yingyuan to Xingzai.
Huang Zongxi's expression still looked a little unhappy, and his whole person seemed a little depressed. It was obvious that he had not yet come out of the shadow of Jian Nu's bloodbath in Kaifeng.
After all, he is still young and has experienced few things.
"Huang Zongxi, are you still feeling guilty?" Chongzhen asked.
"Your Majesty, after all, these are hundreds of thousands of lives." Huang Zongxi said secretly, "If it weren't for the students, these hundreds of thousands of old, young, women and children might not have died, and maybe they would still be alive and well at this time."
Speaking of this, Huang Zongxi started pulling his hair again.
Chongzhen could only patiently enlighten: "You can't think like that. You have to think about it the other way around. If you hadn't decisively agreed to lend Kaifeng City to Li Zicheng, the puppet shun army would not have sent troops to return to Germany. The puppet shun army would not have sent troops to return to Germany.
If we establish slaves, we will not mobilize troops from Xuzhou, and we will have no chance to take advantage of it, and Xuzhou will still be in a confrontation."
After a pause, he added: "Since it's a stalemate, anything can happen."
"And once our Ming Dynasty is defeated, it will not be as simple as just a city of Kaifeng being bloodbathed. The entire Nanzhilu and even the entire southern half of the Yangtze River may be bloodbathed."
"Huang Zongxi, not only do you have no fault, but you have made countless merits."
After another pause, Chongzhen said solemnly: "You have saved tens of millions of people in Jiangnan!"
Chongzhen's words are really not just casual. Once the Huanghuai defense line is lost and the Jiannu move south in large numbers, the eight prefectures and states in the south of the Yangtze River will flow into rivers of blood in an instant. Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi will also be inevitable.
In that other time and space, more than tens of millions of people died because of the slave-building movement south?
Therefore, it can be said that Huang Zongxi has great merits and deeds. He exchanged his personal infamy for tens of millions of lives.
After hearing this, Huang Zongxi fell into deep thought. It seemed that Chongzhen's words had some effect.
Chongzhen then turned his eyes to Yan Yingyuan and asked: "Yan Yingyuan, tell me that Zhengcheng and Lu Hong accepted bribes to distribute the labor rice to Biao Xiangyong. They used old rice? And they kept it in the outer room secretly?"
Tan Zhengcheng and Lu Hong were also Qinwang scholars sent by Chongzhen to Huai'an Prefecture to train Xiangyong.
These two diligent princes probably had their beliefs shaken because they had been living in groups for too long.
Yan Yingyuan said: "Your Majesty, what they bought was not old rice, but moldy rotten rice! Because they couldn't bear the harsh treatment, those two local heroes almost led to a mutiny."
When Chongzhen heard this, his face immediately fell.
He had actually expected such a thing to happen.
Qinwang scholars are also human beings. It does not mean that everyone can become a perfect person with noble moral character after participating in a suffering march. In fact, if they really break away from collective life, only a very small number of them can keep their true intentions in the end.
The vast majority of the remaining scholars will be eroded by the outside world and become just like civil servants. They will be greedy when they should be greedy, and they will be infected with the same bad habits. They will not be any better than those civil servants who have a scientific background.
Go, because this is human nature, and it is unreliable to expect personal cultivation to restrain the greed and desire in human nature.
Human nature cannot be restrained by moral cultivation, only by systems.
Chongzhen asked: "So, do you know what went wrong?"
"Students know." Yan Yingyuan nodded and said, "There is no supervision mechanism for diligent scholars."
"You are right, there is a lack of a supervision mechanism." Chongzhen said, "I heard from Huang Zongxi that you once discussed with him the inclusion of people-centered ideas in the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty. Is this true?"