It’s best if both the intruders and the Manchus suffer losses!
It is a great thing for Ming Dynasty to regain its lost territory!
This battle made these scholars in the Jiangnan area very excited.
But Qian Yiqian still maintained his dissatisfaction. He still felt that it was not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty that the Qing soldiers could not directly destroy the intruders.
He still feels that thieves are the greatest disaster in the world!
The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were just suffering from scabies.
But now the entire Jiangnan area is very happy. At this time, it is impossible for him to stand up and sing the opposite. Therefore, Qian Yiqian did not speak, but continued to attack His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the newspaper for what he did in Shandong.
The fact that officials and gentry receive food from the same body is simply the work of a tyrant!
Not to mention, His Highness the Crown Prince's wanton pursuit of tax evasion officials and gentry is simply intolerable.
There are many people who share the same views as Qian Yiqian, but there are also people who hold different views.
For example, Huang Zongxi made it very clear in Jiangnan Shilin Newspaper.
It is our duty to pay for the food. At present, land annexation is serious and people's lives are already very difficult. It is simply impossible to expect them to fully support the finances.
Letting officials, businessmen, and gentry pay the grain together is a matter of service to the country and the people, and it is not a bad thing!
Don’t always think about your own selfish interests!
Debates like this appear in newspapers all the time, and people in the Jiangnan area are already used to reading them.
Emperor Chongzhen saw the battle report between the intruders and the Manchus in the palace.
There was also joy on his face.
"They are dog-eat-dog! No one gets any benefits! It would be better if they fight more fiercely, but this intensity is not enough!"
Chongzhen smiled and said to Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
"Your Majesty said so!"
Wang Chengen also had a smile on his face. Emperor Chongzhen was happy, so he was naturally happy too.
"By the way! From the prince's side, is there any news recently?"
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly thought of something. He looked at Wang Chengen in front of him and asked.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recently carried out a large-scale campaign in Shandong to allow officials, merchants and gentry to pay grain together, allowing officials to pay grain along with ordinary people, causing large-scale tax resistance.
But His Highness the Crown Prince was also very tough. He directly sent troops to suppress them, carried out a bloody suppression of these officials and gentry who resisted taxes, ransacked their homes and exterminated their families..."
Wang Chengen hesitated for a moment, looked at Emperor Chongzhen in front of him and said.
After hearing Wang Chengen's words, Emperor Chongzhen's expression became a little solemn.
There was silence for a while.
Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen in front of him: "What do the outside newspapers say about this matter?"
"Let me get you today's newspaper! You haven't read it yet!"
Wang Chengen quickly said to Emperor Chongzhen in front of him.
Chongzhen nodded and quickly brought the newspaper.
After reading the newspaper for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen sighed.
"Confucianism is good, saying that the people value the king, but if I want to govern the world, I have to rely on these scholar-bureaucrats and these landlords! Without these people, the rule of the Ming Dynasty will be shaky!
Now we have to collect taxes from these landowners and officials, which infringes on their core interests. How can these officials endure it?"
As he spoke, the expression on Chongzhen's face became more solemn.
"You ask someone to tell the prince! Things in Shandong should be controlled as much as possible in Shandong! And it's best to find a better excuse, such as the cultivation is to support soldiers and there is a lack of money! Make sure it won't spread!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Wang Chengen in front of him nodded quickly.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the palace in front of him with a serious expression, a light flashing in his eyes.
In fact, let alone the prince, didn’t Chongzhen know that those officials and gentry were the richest? Their taxes were the ones that should be collected the most!
If we don't collect their taxes, the problem of refugees will become more and more serious due to land annexation, and the country's finances will become increasingly difficult to collect!
Without money, nothing can be done!
Chongzhen knew this very well!
Therefore, if the country wants to revive, it must collect taxes from the gentry!
But how to collect it, Chongzhen didn’t know!
Now the prince has started to collect money in Shandong, which has already made the gentry in Jiangnan feel uneasy!
The storm is coming!
Chongzhen sighed in his heart.
Zhu Cihong and Li Zicheng made a private agreement. This agreement was just an ordinary agreement, although it was not elevated to a covenant.
Li Zicheng was a little disappointed, but Li Zicheng also understood very well.
It is impossible for Prince Zhu Ming to sign an alliance with him, because it involves Ming's face. If Zhu Ming signs an alliance with a rebel of his, what does it mean?
It was already very good to have such a private agreement, at least that's what Li Zicheng thought.
At this time, in the city of Beijing.
Because of the prosperity of the city of Beijing, countless nobles from the Eight Banners have begun to move into the city one after another, seizing the residences of the Han officials and princes. All of them were occupied by the arrogant people.
Dorgon sat on the dragon throne without hesitation.
Fulin was sitting next to him.
"So many died!"
Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou in front of him with an ugly expression.
Hong Chengchou knelt in front of Dorgon, while Hauge sat beside him.
"Your Majesty! It's all because of Wei Chen's misjudgment. I originally thought that their reinforcements were far away, but I didn't expect that their reinforcements were much closer than our reinforcements, so they caused such heavy casualties!"
Hong Chengchou's face was full of shame. He had spent his whole life in the military, but he didn't expect to be deceived by such a little trick.
Even the whole army was almost wiped out!
Simply...
Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart.
"snort!"
There was a sneer in Dorgon's eyes. He looked at Hong Chengchou in front of him coldly and said: "Off your position as Crown Prince and Taibao! Demoted to Minister of War! Take away the flower feather on your head! Do you have any objections??
"
"Wei Chen, thank you Lord for your kindness!"
As he spoke, Hong Chengchou kowtowed to Dorgon in front of him.
Several guards nearby came over and took away the flower feathers on Hong Chengchou's head, and also took away the clothes on his body.
At this time, Hauge, who had been silent next to him, finally spoke.
He said to Dorgon on the side: "Actually, this matter is not to blame Hong Shangshu, he..."
"Brother Wang, are you trying to avenge Hong Chengchou? Do you think this king has wronged Hong Chengchou?"
Dorgon looked at Hauge in front of him with flat eyes.
"Don't dare!"
Hauge hesitated for a moment and said to Dorgon in front of him.
The power he has now is completely inferior to Dorgon in front of him, let alone Dorgon's current status as regent!
The strength of the two yellow flags under his hands is simply not comparable to that of Dorgon!
