Prince of Chaos

Chapter 164 The Wanli Emperor with the World in Mind

Nurhachi went to the Korean battlefield, but Li Rusong did not embarrass him, and assigned him a task normally.

Li Rusong asked him to lead the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers to Yizhou to meet Tong Yangzheng, the deputy commander of Kuandian Fort, and then prepare the next battle plan.This Tong Yangzheng was the head of the army under Li Chengliang's sect, so arranging for Nurhachi to find him was considered to have found the "organization".

Tong Yangzheng was born in a family of generals in Liaodong. His ancestors also made a lot of contributions. His grandfather even died in battle, and his father also served as the general soldier.

Therefore, under the influence of such family conditions, he not only has a family style of martial arts, but also can write and write.In the eighth year of Wanli, he was awarded Wu Jinshi.After winning the Wu Jinshi, he was awarded the guerrilla general of Zhenwubao. In April of the 14th year of Wanli, he followed Li Chengliang out of the fortress and defeated the Mongolian army in Kemulin.In the 16th year of Wanli, he was included in the list of persons who should be "recommended and recruited" by Gu Yangqian, governor of Liaodong, because he accompanied Li Chengliang to conquer Mongolia and Jurchen tribes many times and trained troops well.

Therefore, judging from this resume alone, Tong Yangzheng can be regarded as a well-known general in Liaodong's Li family who has experienced many battles.

Closer to home, let’s talk about the Korean War.

In fact, the way Daming came to North Korea to fight is also quite touching, and I don’t know who came up with it.The supply of the Ming army was provided by Emperor Wanli out of internal funds, so let's not mention it for now.However, before the start of the war, the imperial court gave the king of North Korea 2 taels of silver, which was quite taken advantage of.Moreover, the convenience of military rations is also very poor. The original idea of ​​the Ming army was to supply part of the military rations from North Korea.But how can North Korea have the ability to raise military rations at this time?Their whole country is being ravaged under the Japanese pirates' iron hooves. Officials at all levels don't know whether they were raped by the Japanese or killed by the Japanese pirates. The basic bureaucratic system has long since collapsed. The weeping minister is working as a government-in-exile in Kuandianbao in Liaodong. How can he provide food and grass for the Ming army?

Therefore, you have to figure out a way for the military rations.After Tong Yangzheng arrived in Yizhou, he stopped moving, because there was no food, and there were so many people in the army, how much food would be consumed for a day of people eating horse chews.

At this time, after Nurhachi received Li Rusong's military order, he also obediently took the [-] Jurchen soldiers he pulled out to the Yizhou military camp. After arriving at the Yizhou military camp, Tong Yangzheng ignored Nurhachi.Because Tong Yangzheng had always been fighting Mongols and Jurchens in Liaodong, so if a Jurchen tribe who took the initiative to fight came under his command, he still wouldn't take it seriously.Even if the Jurchen tribe who came here is Li Chengliang's lackey!

In his opinion, this wave of Jurchens came to the Korean battlefield to show their favorability to the court, so he would not be fooled by Nurhachi.

But it's all here, and it can't be justified if you don't give some tasks.Therefore, Tong Yangzheng gave Nurhachi a task, and he asked Nurhachi to take the Jurchen soldiers to beat Jiang Sha down.The task of Jiangsha is not difficult. From Tong Yangzheng's cavalry investigation, there are hundreds of pirates stationed in Jiangsha to practice cavalry. Therefore, this task can be regarded as a small test for Nurhachi by Tong Yangzheng.

Don't think about this little test, Nurhachi must have easily completed it.Because of Nurhachi's easy success, the Ming army also misjudged the strength of the Japanese pirates, thinking that the strength of the Japanese pirates was nothing more than that.

So, there is the following encounter.The Ming army was unfavorable in the first battle!
However, Tong Yangzheng was not to blame for the unfavorable things in the first battle, because Tong Yangzheng was transferred away by Li Rusong at this time.The person who took over here became a deputy commander sent by the governor of Liaodong.The governor of Liaodong belongs to the imperial court and has nothing to do with the Li family in Liaodong, so it is more casual for them to call Nurhachi.

They divided the army into two echelons, with Nurhachi leading the [-] Jurchen soldiers as the vanguard to lead the way, and the guerrilla generals Shi Ru and Wang Shouguan leading the Ming army as the adjourned army to advance steadily.

In the end, before the fight started, the ministers on the North Korean side didn't know what kind of madness they wanted to command the military!This is just a joke.How could the Ming army spoil them like this?Therefore, the general of the Ming army continued to advance according to his own strategic thinking after kindly and friendlyly educating the North Korean minister.

After the North Korean minister was kindly greeted by the generals of the Ming army, he left in anger, and wanted to go it alone with his own defeated generals.It can be seen that the inferiority of some races is deeply rooted in the bones, and it did not change in the past 100 years.As a result, this "upright" North Korean minister was picked up by Japanese pirates again.

Now the North Korean ministers who realized the reality began to cry again. They sent envoy Li Dexin to Liaodong Governor Hao Jie, and they cried bitterly day and night under the governor's tent. Bingzu Chengxun led two thousand cavalry to the front to urge the Ming army on the front to hurry up.

In the end, it was because of this that something happened.In the beginning, the fight was quite smooth. After all, the Liaodong army was well equipped with firearms among the Ming army, so they quickly fought outside the city of Pyongyang.I thought that the war would end under such a destructive situation.

It's a pity that something unexpected happens!Just when the Ming army was fighting vigorously, God was not strong enough. The heavy rain overnight caused the firearms of the Liaodong army to fail. In addition, Zu Chengxun had just arrived and was not familiar with the Japanese pirates' tactics. Therefore, after this battle, almost Overturned.

Fortunately, there were [-] Jurchen soldiers from Nurhachi standing in front of them, otherwise history would definitely repeat itself: Shi Ru would die in battle.

However, with Nurhachi as a good meat shield, Shi Ru did not rush the army to the front. As a result, Nurhachi was unlucky. After this battle, his [-] Jurchen soldiers lost [-] people. See Seeing the army he worked so hard to draw died outside Pyongyang, Nurha's heart was bleeding!

But Zu Chengxun didn't feel sorry for Nurhachi's loss, because of his command error, he was naturally impeached by other generals, so Zu Chengxun ordered to retreat in desperation, and didn't care about the crying behind him. North Korean cuties.

Nurhachi took advantage of the situation and withdrew and returned to Yizhou with his remnant soldiers, waiting for Li Rusong's call.

But the imperial court and Zhu Changluo who were far away in Beijing did not know about all this.All I know is that the military report sent by Liaodong said that the army encountered a large number of Japanese pirates resistance outside Pyongyang, and finally retreated to Uiju temporarily because of the weather, waiting for the weather to improve before fighting.

After Emperor Wanli saw this military report, he was so distressed that he almost lost his breath.

"What's going on? Didn't the previous battle report say that the Japanese pirates could be put down within a month? Why are you back in Yizhou now? My previous money was wasted?"

Emperor Wanli questioned the cabinet ministers and the Ministry of War Shangshu Shi Xing, but they all stood in the Qianqing Palace without saying a word.

Finally, under the gaze of Emperor Wanli, Shen Shixing, the chief assistant, couldn't hold back any longer. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a good thing for the war. Our Chaotian soldiers have already been able to fight outside Pyongyang, which shows that North Korea Most of them are already under our control. Now it’s just a strategic retreat because of the weather. When the weather clears up, my Chaotian soldiers will definitely be able to wipe out the North Korean Japanese pirates.”

Emperor Wanli looked at Shen Shixing and asked, "How long will it take?"

Listening to Emperor Wanli's questioning, Shen Shixing could only bite the bullet and say, "It should be soon."

After hearing such an ambiguous answer, Emperor Wanli said, "Okay then. Keep an eye on it and fight hard. It's not easy for me to save some money."

Shen Shixing, other cabinet ministers and Minister of the Ministry of War replied: "I obey the order."

Emperor Wanli was not in the mood to chat with them anymore.Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said, "Go down first."

"My minister retire."

Then, the four cabinet ministers and the Minister of War left the Qianqing Palace.

Standing beside Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo watched the meaningless performance all the way, and he also sighed in his heart. The battle was fought like this, in the final analysis, it was due to inconsistent orders and improper management.

It's just a Japanese pirate, as for sending so many Liaodong army leaders?It's Li Rusong, the governor of Liaodong, and North Korea's cute self-assertion. Who should this army listen to?

Therefore, it is not wronged at all to be beaten like this, the only wronged person is the money of Emperor Wanli.It was flowing out like running water, Zhu Changluo felt distressed seeing the flow of money being spent.Millions of taels of silver have already been thrown in!This is completely not taking money as money!

Emperor Wanli took a sip of the fairy happy water to suppress the sadness in his heart, he turned to Zhu Changluo and said, "Chang Luo, do you see how easy it is for me to manage such a big country? Let me worry about everything, and I will pay for it. If they have merit, I will reward them, and if they have no credit, I will comfort them. I am the number one victim in this world."

Zhu Changluo didn't expect Emperor Wanli to have such a high level of awareness. Originally, Zhu Changluo thought he was on the first level, but he didn't expect him to comprehend the second level.

It turned out that Zhu Changluo had always thought that Emperor Wanli was a monarch who was greedy for money and food, and a bit ashamed of his family and country.I didn't expect him to have such a mind, with the world in mind!This made Zhu Changluo involuntarily have a new understanding of his generous and fat father.

Zhu Changluo comforted: "Father, you are the son of heaven and the father of the subjects of the world. You are considerate of your subjects. This is their blessing. My son sees it in his eyes and remembers it in his heart. My son understands the difficulties of my father. If you If the son has the ability of the father in case, the son can relieve the father's worries."

Emperor Wanli looked at Zhu Changluo with a gratified smile and said, "It will be fine when you grow up."

Zhu Changluo said: "Father, my son doesn't want to grow up. With my father around, my son will always want to be a child."

Emperor Wanli felt even more sad when he heard Zhu Changluo's words.He thinks that he is not as lucky as Zhu Changluo. When he was only nine years old, the burden of the country was on his shoulders. Every day, he worked diligently and carried all the expectations and pressures to move forward, not daring to make the slightest mistake.

Mr. Zhang, who was admired by him, he thought that Mr. Zhang would be his support and arm.Unexpectedly, after the death of his Mr. Zhang, the impeachment and exposure of Mr. Zhang by the officials made him suddenly not know the wise and personable Mr. Zhang.

His Mr. Zhang turned out to be a pious careerist full of intrigues and tricks, which made Emperor Wanli's heart collapse instantly.

Later, he wanted to cheer up and start a good career, but he also discovered that this world was not a world where the emperor could make his own decisions.

Any thoughts and actions of his will be subject to ministers stepping up and constantly restricting them with the ancestral system and etiquette, and in serious cases, they will be pointed at their noses and scolded by the civil servants.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli gradually lost the patience to get along well with civil servants. Now he can only hide in the deep palace and rely on his own ideas to do his own things, such as using eunuchs to collect mining taxes.

Emperor Wanli drank another bottle of fairy happy water, and after hiccupping, he finally felt much better.

Emperor Wanli asked: "When is Xishan Entertainment City going to open? I can't wait."

When Zhu Changluo heard that Emperor Wanli suddenly brought the topic to Xishan Entertainment City, he quickly replied: "Father, we are already doing the interior decoration of the first phase of the project. Erchen expects to be able to open after the fall. gone."

When Emperor Wanli heard Zhu Changluo's time, he silently calculated it in his heart. It is now July, and when autumn comes, it will be August.

Thinking about the opening of Xishan Entertainment City in about a month, Emperor Wanli's mood suddenly improved again.

Emperor Wanli said: "After the opening of Xishan Entertainment City, won't my internal money be put into the treasury again?"

Zhu Changluo said: "Yes, father, according to my son's preliminary estimate, about three to fifty thousand taels of silver will be credited to the account every month."

After Emperor Wanli heard the news, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Not bad, not too much, but it's better than nothing."

Zhu Changluo said: "These money are just monthly property income and rental income. After we extract 20.00% of the business tax from the operating income of the tenants, there will be more."

When Emperor Wanli heard Zhu Changluo talking about commercial taxes, his eyes were about to glisten.This is not small compared to income!It turned out that Emperor Wanli didn't even dare to expect to receive commercial taxes.

Although the Ming Dynasty also set a [-]% commercial tax, this rule has long been broken by the officials and gentry. Most of the merchants rely on the family of officials to survive. None have been handed over.

And this huge empire still needs to run, and the direction of tax collection can only be collected from farmers who only have a few poor fields in their hands. Therefore, this has also led to the intensification of land annexation. He can sell himself to the officials, gentry and landlords as tenants in exchange for food.This also led to the embarrassing situation of the Ming Dynasty's finances becoming more and more difficult in disguise.

Think about it, how sad it must be!

Now under Zhu Changluo's suggestion, Emperor Wanli understands the importance of commercial tax. Although it is impossible to collect it across the country, it is a wonderful way to collect it in a large centralized shopping mall!

The biggest reason why Zhu Changluo dared to collect business taxes was because Xishan Entertainment City was on his territory, and the banner of his running this entertainment city was also to support the front line of the War of Resistance, so the collection of this money was justified.What's more, the rich and honorable families who were taxed were also collected with peace of mind. Who made them want to hug the crown prince's thigh?

Since you want to hug, it is only natural to pay a price.Moreover, Zhu Changluo still has a coup to prevent them from evading taxes in the future. I don't believe that they will not pay taxes honestly!

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