Before signing the peace agreement, there were not many remaining problems between the central government of the Ming Dynasty and the Chinese army, and Liaodong was the most important one.
The most important tax in the Ming Dynasty is land tax. As for Hainan and Quanzhang in southern Fujian, they have never been important places for wealth. The tax paid on the entire Hainan Island is only a few hundred thousand taels of silver per year at most, and they have to come every ten years.
The Li people rebelled; Quanzhou and Zhangzhou were originally mountainous areas lacking land, and had always been rich in pirates. After the sea ban, the Ming Dynasty government did not receive much wealth here. Therefore, these two areas were leased to the Chinese army to "raise troops"
"Preventing Japanese pirates". These two places only need to pay a total of 100,000 taels of silver in rent every year, but Sheng Yihong and other Ming Dynasty officials still felt that they were getting a bargain - you know, there were thousands of officials in these two places who needed the Ming government
They also need to station troops to suppress bandits. Now these expenses can be saved.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Capital Division is different from Jiangnan, Hainan Island, Southern Fujian and other places. It is the northeastern barrier for the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Liaodong Capital Division has 25 guards and two states. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong has always been an important military area, but also because of
It has always been an important border defense area, but it has not been well developed. Later, it became the Liaohe Plain area with the most heavy industry in the country. At that time, it was just an agricultural area that was not fully developed. Throughout the ages, Liaodong has been equipped with counties and counties, but Taizu of this dynasty changed them all.
The only guard station in Liaoyang was originally located in Anle and Zizhou. Both the military and civilians were under the jurisdiction of the guard station. It was a typical border defense military area.
After the Battle of Sarhu, the original Eight Banners soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty basically occupied the Hetao area of the Liaohe River. Only the narrow western Liaoning Corridor and the west bank of the Liaohe River remained under the control of the Ming army.
In the first year of Tianqi, the Chinese Army launched the Northern Expedition to the Later Jin Dynasty. After the Battle of Hetuala, the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty collapsed. As a result, the Chinese Army basically took over and controlled the Liaodong area originally occupied by the Eight Banners soldiers.
During the Jiajing period, Liaodong Town had 3.16 million acres of farmland. In addition to the farmland, there were about 3 million acres of civilian fields. In good years, Liaodong Town was more than self-sufficient in food (soldiers' pay and food for the people), and it was often imported into Shandong in the form of commercial grain.
Liaodong Town's annual tax revenue is 364,900 shi of grain, more than 3.7704 million jin of grass, and 635 taels of fish tax.
"Ecao" is the product of the thousands of miles of reed swamps in Liaodong. Although these taxes are not large and cannot be compared with the products of a wealthy state in the south of the Yangtze River, the Ming Dynasty court, including the imperial envoys for this peace talks, have always insisted on
The recovery of Liaodong was not for tax revenue, but only for the needs of military geography and strategic situation.
Yin Feng values Liaodong because of the iron and coal there. At present, with the efforts of exploration experts from China and the West, many large-scale coal and iron mines have been discovered in the Dongningwei and Zhongwei areas of Liaodong. Although Yin Feng is not yet sure about these new
The mineral deposits discovered are Anshan and Benxi in another time and space, but looking at the location on the map, they should be in this area. A large amount of preliminary development work has begun, and countless Jurchen prisoners of war have been used as expendable labor in Dongning Wei and Liao Zhongwei.
It has been consumed in the mines of other places, and now Korean laborers and Mongolian prisoners of war are being recruited. At the same time, the first batch of steel has begun to come out... No matter what, Yin Feng will not give up this place.
"Order, the Sixth Division is assembled in Yazhou, Hainan. The assembly will be completed within a month. Then the Nanyang Fleet and Taiwan Fleet will cooperate to provide ships to aid Liaodong in the north."
Yin Feng issued another order at the old camp of the Chinese Army. Yu Zhihao, the staff officer on duty today, hesitated for a moment while writing the order. He hesitated for a moment before asking: "President, in order to quell the Nanyang rebellion last year, the Sixth Division dispersed its troops.
In all the islands in Southeast Asia, as far as Hainan Island is thousands of miles away, if the entire army is gathered together after receiving the order, it will not be impossible to do it within three months."
Yin Feng glanced at Yu Zihao, smiled and said: "Yes, you are right. In this way, the troops of the Sixth Division are ordered to gather in Yazhou. This remains unchanged. The Taiwan Fleet and Hainan's recruitment of ships will go to Yazhou in advance.
The troops of the Sixth Division arriving at Yazhou only need to reach the regiment level and go north as soon as possible. After arriving in Liaodong, the troops of the Sixth Division will be under the command of Colonel Huang Lue, the general manager of the Lushun Fortress Area."
Yu Zihao still had questions in his mind, but he still endured it and did not continue to ask questions.
While writing the military order, he lamented for the brothers of the Sixth Division. Of the six infantry divisions of the Chinese Army, only the Sixth Division has not had a fixed old camp location since its establishment. It was used as a mobile unit to move troops south and north, moving northward.
Fighting with the Jurchen Eight Banners in Liaodong, going south to Nanyang to quell the indigenous rebellion, and traveling thousands of miles across seas and territories, the brothers of the Sixth Division are probably the longest troops in the marching state of the Chinese Army.
"Huang Lue?" Yu Zihao turned his head in confusion and glanced at the presidential leader Yin Feng, who was writing something at the desk.
Huang Lue is an old man who has joined the Chinese Army since its founding. He is from Jinjiang and is a distant relative of Huang Zhi, the former director of the Chinese Company (Zheng Zhilong's uncle, who has been exiled). He was the superior who was brought out of Balian by Yin Feng.
One of the Thousand Chinese. The commander of the Sixth Division was originally Huang Lue. It was not until the year before last that he was transferred to the general manager of the Lushun Fortress Area. Veteran military leaders at the level of infantry division commander were basically awarded the general level at this award ceremony.
In terms of military rank, only Huang Lue was still a colonel.
Huang Lue's military rank cannot be promoted to general. Is this due to the influence of Huang Cheng's family?
Yu Zihao suddenly thought: Huang Lue was transferred to the Lushun garrison just before the internal purges of the Chinese Army and the Chinese Company.
Yu Zihao defected to Yin Feng before the Great Purge, but he was not affected at all during the Great Purge. Even so, when he saw that several big directors were confiscated and exiled one after another, Yu Zihao was still a little panicked at the time.
. Therefore, during the Jiangnan Campaign, Yu Zihao was a little too "active" and went into battle in person to fight with the white-armed soldiers with bayonets, causing himself to be injured.
After Yu Zihao finished writing the military order, he thought of a question: Could it be that Huang Lue was transferred out of the field troops to prepare for the Great Purge? Then he thought of Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu and others who were all transferred to remote areas two years before the Great Purge.
Ceylon Island and Songhua River, so to speak, Yin Feng did not start cleaning up the interior because of the "New Army" purchase of Western cannons. In fact, he had already planned to clean up the interior. Han Ping and his son, Huang Qian and others colluded.
The affairs of the Ming Dynasty were just the reason for the great purge.
When Yu Zihao thought of this, he quickly cut off his thoughts, sighed secretly, and then handed the general order to Yin Feng with both hands in a respectful manner for review and sealing.
…
That evening, Yu Zigao rode tiredly back to his home. A graceful young woman greeted him at the door of the inner room: "Thank you for your hard work, general. Dinner is ready."
This young woman is Shi Li, the boat girl that Yu Zigao took away from the West Lake in Hangzhou. She is now Yu Zigao's concubine. Yu Zigao is in his forties this year. After many twists and turns in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he had to defect to the sea.
In the Kou Army, he has long lost his ambitions in the past. Now he works conscientiously in the Chinese Army, just to maintain a stable life for his family. He has reached the position of deputy commander-in-chief in the Ming Dynasty military system, and now he is a lieutenant colonel in the Chinese Army.
He holds a military rank and serves on the staff of the old battalion, and he feels pretty good about himself.
There are also Yu Zigao's wife and children in his hometown in Haogetou Village, Hao City, the northern suburbs of Quanzhou. Because of the rebellion of the new army trained by Yu Zigao, he has been wanted by the court. In order to avoid being implicated by him, his family has asked the patriarch to come forward.
By dividing the property of Yu Zigao and his family and living separately, it can be regarded as kicking Yu Zigao's family out of the family tree and establishing a new branch.
He is the oldest son of Yu Dayou. His parents have long since passed away, so his family has no status in the clan. It is only because Yu Zigao served as a high-ranking official in the imperial court that people in the clan treat him differently.
Fortunately, Quanzhou is under the occupation of the Chinese army, and the Yu family does not dare to really kick out Yu Zigao's wife and children. Similarly, for the sake of Yu Zigao's face, Quanzhou garrison Wang Shuowang is forcibly promoting the "integration of gentry and gentry"
When paying for food, no action was taken against the Yu family who persisted in their uncooperative attitude.
"Ali, I have been busy with military affairs recently... Next time I come home late, you can eat first." Yu Zigao took the towel handed by Shi Li and wiped his sweat.
Shi Li helped him take off his coat and whispered: "Sir, the second master from my hometown in Quanzhou sent someone here."
"Second Master? What did he send people to do? Who is here?"
"I don't know who it is. The person here is over fifty years old. He is older than me, but he calls you third uncle." Shi Li smiled and said, "I had a hard time listening to the Quanzhou dialect he spoke.
clear."
Yu Zigao frowned: "I know, this person should be Yu Mingyuan, my second cousin's youngest son."
"The youngest son of the patriarch's family? Are you here to recognize your ancestor?"
Yu Zigao shook his head and sneered: "Haha, it's only been two years since I kicked my family out of the clan and divided the property. What are you planning to do now? Where is this person now?"
"He said he would stay at Nanchengguanyi tonight and come back to visit you tomorrow."
"Come back tomorrow, and you can tell me that I am busy with military affairs these days. I will have a holiday in three days, and we will talk to you then."
…
Three days later, Yu Zigao met his nephew, who was more than ten years older than him. The two met in a serious manner as uncle and nephew, and Yu Zigao asked his nephew to take a seat.
Yu Mingyuan is a typical country rich man. Not only is his clothes gorgeous, but he also has a gold-plated purse hanging around his waist. He rushed to Yu's house early in the morning, and as soon as he sat down, he hurriedly said: "Uncle, there is something going on in the clan now. You
I must help.”
Yu Zigao said calmly: "My family has established another branch, so it doesn't count as your Yu family, right?"
Yu Mingyuan's expression remained unchanged: "After all, we are from the same clan, and we all live in the same village now. These pirates, oh oh, the Chinese army is going to enter the village to implement the policy of integrating the gentry with food, and the land must be re-measured. These hundreds of years of
How can the rules be changed just by changing them? Third uncle..."
Yu Zigao had long thought about what happened to this person in the family. As expected, he waved his hand impatiently and said: "I already know what my nephew said. The king, the shipowner, governs for the people, even if
The gentry paid the grain as one, and the tax rate was no more than one tenth of the tax, and the grain was divided into acres, and the poll tax was not included. Compared with the rules of the Ming Dynasty, it was already much less."
"But my family has three scholars and one scholar. According to the rules, we are exempt from land tax..."
"Which family's rules do you follow?" Yu Zigao cut him off and asked sharply.