Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 296
Yang Ponu asked even more excitedly: "Sir, do you mean that you don't even have to pay the imperial grain? The crops grown in Entian will all be harvested by 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 shall we do?"

"What you have to do is very simple." Xu Yan glanced at Wang Laoshi and said, "When slaves or bandits invade the country, you have to fight for the country. Armaments and rations are provided by the court, but there is no money anymore. You can take it, but if you win a big battle, you will still get rewards."

"That's it?"

"Isn't that what we're supposed to do?"

"That's right, if Jian Nu and Liu Bandit dare to destroy our home, we must do it with them."

Yang Ponu, Wang Laoshi, Ma Laosan and the general manager and post chief were all filled with righteous indignation.

Xu Yan smiled and said: "Okay, you guys will pass on the decree to the soldiers of each headquarters and sentry. Those who want to go back to their original places can go to the bank in the city to collect money. Those who want to stay in Xuzhou can Wait in the big camp, someone will come and count your names and the amount of Entian you want to buy."

"Is there any need for statistics?"

"It must be fully used."

"That is, isn't the war salary, bounty and An Jiayin just enough?"

"Even if it's not enough, you have to buy twenty-five acres of Entian by borrowing money. The price is so low at two to five dollars per mu. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop. Where can you find it?"

"Yes, Xuzhou is full of paddy fields!"

"If we leave it in our hometown, it will cost fifteen taels!"

Yang Ponu, Wang Laoshi and other military officers were extremely excited.

Xu Yan smiled slightly, and then left for the second place.

……

At this time, I was in the hall in Xuzhou.

Du Yinxi has also left.

There were only two civil servants, Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, left in the hall.

Chongzhen said to Lu Zhenfei: "Qing Lu, the abolition of the Governor's Office of Water Transport is inevitable. Even if the Northern Expedition wins and the capital is recovered in the future, the water transport will be restored, but the Governor's Office of Water Transport will definitely not be restored, because it has been proved that the government-run The efficiency of water transportation is actually too low.”

It's not that state-owned enterprises cannot be efficient, but Daming's state-owned enterprises are obviously unable to do so. At least at this stage, Daming's state-owned enterprises have nothing to do with high efficiency.

Because the drift is too ruthless.

A gloomy look flashed across Lu Zhenfei's face.

In other words, he will become the last Governor of Water Transport in Ming Dynasty.

There is one thing to say, such a "title" is really not glorious.

Chongzhen said again: "But I know that the inefficiency of water transportation is not your fault, Qing Lu, and you also hate the bad habits of drifting away and ushering in the officialdom."

"The sage's enlightenment." Lu Zhenfei said, "There are two things I hate the most in my life, one is drifting away, and the other is human relationship."

Chongzhen said solemnly: "Then Lu Qing, if I give you a chance, do you dare to fight against such bad habits as Piaomei? Do you dare to fight against the entire corrupt bureaucracy?"

Lu Zhenfei suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, and looked at Chongzhen.

Jin Xuan couldn't help looking at Lu Zhenfei.

Listening to the tone of the sage, does he want Jianba Lu Zhenfei to join the cabinet to assist the government?
It seems that what the elders in the cabinet have done has deeply stimulated the Holy One, so that the Holy One will not hesitate to confront the entire Jiangnan officialdom head-on, but also order the ministers of the cabinet to be removed.

But to be honest, those elders in Nanjing are really outrageous.

There is a war ahead, and it is a decisive battle that will determine the life and death of the Ming Dynasty. As a cabinet minister, he does not want to provide logistical support for the frontline soldiers, but actually drags his feet. How is this like a cabinet minister?
The Holy Majesty has a good temper, and he still wants to use political rules to deal with them.

If it were him, Jin Xuan, he would have led his troops back to Nanjing long ago, and killed all these people.

If you can't be punished as a doctor, you are not suitable for these silverfish national thieves who only know about party struggle but don't know about the country.

Straightening his clothes, Lu Zhenfei replied solemnly: "Thanks to the great love of the Holy Majesty, even if I die a hundred times, I will have no regrets!"

"Okay, that's what I'm waiting for." Chongzhen patted the imperial case and said, "Then you don't care about the stall of the Governor's Office of Water Transport, I will now decree that you will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Bachelor of Jiadong Pavilion, and Preliminary Maintenance. "

Jin Xuan realized in an instant that the Holy One might be going to a big prison when he returns to Beijing this time.

Chongzhen's eyes fell on Jin Xuan, and he said: "Jin Xuan, you can also go back to Nanjing with me, and now I will make a brief decree for you to be the governor of Yingtian and the admiral of Cao Jiang's military affairs."

Jin Xuan cupped his hands and said in response: "The minister accepts the decree."

Chongzhen also said: "Although the governor of Yingtian has been vacant all the time, the affairs of the governor of Yingtian are controlled and distributed by the subordinate officials, and the admiral of Caojiang has always been concurrently held by Liu Kongzhao, Chengyi Bo. Jin Qing, if you take the post alone , I am afraid that it will be difficult to accomplish anything, so I brought all three thousand fine riders with me."

"However, there are still many things that cannot be done by the army alone."

Speaking of this meal, he said again: "I will second you another thousand Qin Wang Shizi."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jin Xuan was overjoyed when he heard the words, "With three thousand cavalry and one thousand diligent princes, I will surely control Ying Tianfu and the gang of silverfish from the Caojiang Admiral's Office into obedience."

"Well, then you go back." After Chongzhen finished speaking, he specifically told Lu Zhenfei to say, "Lu Qing, after you return to Pizhou, ask the soldiers of the Yun Army, and those who want to return to their original places will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and those who are willing to move back Those who settle in Defu enjoy the same treatment as frontier soldiers, not only can buy 25 mu of Entian at a low price, but also exempt from all taxes."

"Yes." Lu Zhenfei bowed to the ground, "I would like to thank the Holy Majesty on behalf of the soldiers of the transport army."

"Lu Qing doesn't have to be like this." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "The soldiers of the Yun Army also sacrificed in this Xuzhou battle, and they are also meritorious soldiers, so they should be treated like this."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I must never let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty shed blood and tears."

"My sage, my sage." Lu Zhenfei fell to the ground again, and this time Jin Xuan also fell to the ground, shouting long live three times, because the sage is not just talking, but actually doing it.

Regardless of whether it is the frontier army, the Yun army or the township brave, everyone who participated in this Xuzhou battle will be treated equally.

All the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are also honored. In addition to their names being engraved on the stele of heroes, their parents, wives and children will also receive a pension of fifty taels of silver.

In the future, when my nephew is admitted to the Guozijian, he will be admitted first.

This kind of courtesy is already rare in ancient and modern times.

It's no wonder that many frontier soldiers, township warriors, and soldiers of the transport army sighed that they had a good emperor and a good court this time.

……

Sending off 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 sad, and his whole body seemed a little depressed, obviously he hadn't come out from the shadow of Jiannu's bloodbath in Kaifeng.

After all, he is still young, and there are still few things he has experienced.

"Huang Zongxi, are you still feeling guilty?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of lives." Huang Zongxi said sadly, "If it weren't for the students, these hundreds of thousands of old and young women and children might not die, and maybe they are still alive right now."

Speaking of this, Huang Zongxi started to pull his hair again.

Chongzhen could only enlighten patiently: "You can't think this way, you have to think in reverse, if you hadn't decisively agreed to lend Kaifeng City to Li Zicheng, the Puppet Shun Army would not have sent troops to Germany, and the Puppet Shun Army would not have sent troops to return to Germany. If Jiannu would not transfer troops from Xuzhou, we would have no opportunity to take advantage of it, and Xuzhou is still 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 be far from being as simple as a bloodbath of Kaifeng City. The entire Nanzhilu and even half of Jiangnan may be bloodbathed."

"Huang Zongxi, instead of being at fault, you have immeasurably meritorious deeds."

After another pause, Chongzhen said solemnly: "You saved tens of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Chongzhen's words are really not casual. Once the defense line of Huanghuai is lost and the slaves go south in a large scale, the eight prefectures and one prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River will flow into rivers in an instant. Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi may also be unavoidable.

In another time and space, how many people lost their lives because of the slaves going south?

Therefore, Huang Zongxi really made great contributions, and he exchanged his personal infamy for tens of millions of lives.

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi fell into deep thought. It seems that Chongzhen's words still have some effect.

Chongzhen then turned his gaze to Yan Yingyuan, and asked, "Yan Yingyuan, are you talking about Zhengfeng and Lu Hong accepting bribes and sending them to Biao Xiaxiangyong for working food rice? Are you using old rice? Are you still keeping it in the outer room?"

Tan Zhengfeng and Lu Hong were also sons of Prince Qin sent by Chongzhen to Huai'an Mansion to train Xiangyong.

It is estimated that the two Qin princes have been living together for too long, so their beliefs have been shaken.

Yan Yingyuan said: "My lord, what they bought was not old rice, but moldy and rotten rice! Because of the unbearable treatment, those two standards of bravery almost led to mutiny."

When Chongzhen heard the words, his complexion suddenly collapsed.

It was in his expectation that such a thing would happen.

Prince Qin's scholars are also human beings. It doesn't mean that they can become perfect people with noble morals after participating in a tribulation march. In fact, if they really break away from collective life, only a very small number of scholars can keep their hearts in the end.

The vast majority of the rest of the scholars will be eroded by the outside world, and they will become no different from civil servants. They will be as greedy as they should be, and they will be contaminated with the same bad habits as they should be. 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 the system.

Chongzhen asked: "So, do you know what went wrong?"

"Students know." Yan Yingyuan nodded and said, "There is no monitoring mechanism for Prince Qin's scholars."

"You are right, there is a lack of a monitoring mechanism." Chongzhen said, "I heard from Huang Zongxi that you once discussed with him the idea of ​​putting people first into the teachings of the emperor's ancestors. Is there such a thing?"

(End of this chapter)