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Chapter 48 I told you not to leave the protection scope of Master Tongzhi, but you died

After the Hongmen Banquet on the night of the Ghost Festival, the division between the enemy and the enemy has basically become clear.

Shen Shuren knew very well that Yuan Zhongyi, a small group of "local tyrants and evil gentry", would not cooperate with the government, and they wanted to make every effort to maximize their own interests.

Just like those officials who were forced to donate by Chongzhen, what they care about may not be the money and food at the moment, but that after opening this hole, the poor will become nail households and the government will think they are easy to bully.

This can be regarded as a series of sequelae caused by the lack of rule of law and the lack of private property protection in ancient society.All the rich people think in their hearts is "I have given in to the robber for the first time, and the robber will still stare at me in the future", and they will never give in until they are paid.

However, at least Yuan Zhongyi and the others didn't dare to break up with Shen Shuren directly, and Shen Shuren was not in a hurry to tear up his face - the real conflict would not erupt completely until the harvest of autumn grain.

Right now, these people are mostly engaged in other small actions that are not direct confrontation.

As for the specific trick, Shen Shuren can basically guess it with his IQ.

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On the second day after the Hongmen Banquet ended, Shen Shuren called his confidant Shen Fu over, and asked him a few questions: "Did you kill anyone during the years you spent at sea? Did you lead your men to kill someone?"

Shen Fu was unambiguous, he changed his cautious attitude when he was the eldest young master's servant before, and rarely showed a bit of fierceness:

"I did. I was still traveling to North Korea three years ago. There was a typhoon on the return journey of ginseng traffickers, and the route deviated and drifted south to Jeju. When I returned to Ningbo from Jeju, I met the Shuin boat of the Hizen Matsukura clan on the way. He even killed a real wo."

Shen Shuren almost showed surprise, but fortunately he was deep in the city, so he quickly controlled it, and asked in a concealed manner:

"Oh? You still have this ability? It seems that my father arranged you by my side because he knew your abilities well. No wonder you performed well when transporting food to Shifutai last year. By the way, Matsucang Fan for this kind of thing Why didn't you retaliate later? And isn't that place Zheng Zhilong's territory?"

Shen Fu rarely showed a presumptuous smile, as if recalling the proud things in his life, he said like a few treasures:

"Isn't that a chaotic year? In order to avoid suspicion, Zheng Zhilong restrained his subordinates from sailing to several ports in Hizen and Higo, so as not to offend the Edo shogunate and be misunderstood as a traitor.

As a result, the Shimabara Rebellion broke out in Kyushu in the following year. The feudal lord Katsuya Matsukura was arrested by Tokugawa Iemitsu and returned to Edo for questioning because of the rebellion. "

Shen Shuren has a good history, and he also loved playing games in his previous life. After a little memory, he understands what's going on.

The "Shimabara Rebellion" was a rebellion in the Kitakyushu area of ​​Japan from 1637 to 1638 when the Catholics rebelled against the rule of the shogunate.The leader of the rebellion, "Amakusa Shiro Tokisada", is the prototype of the big boss in the "Samurai Soul" series of games.

The Shen family's status as the "Overlord of the Yellow Sea" is indeed not for nothing.Even if there is only one-twentieth of the power of the Zheng family, it is more than enough to deal with these inland river merchants now.

After Shen Shuren was relieved, he went straight to a showdown with his subordinates: "At the Hongmen Banquet last night, I revealed the source of the seeds of tilapia, Indian chicken, and corn and potatoes to those gentry. This is also my intention to show my sincerity and throw stones to ask for directions.

Those gentry who are willing to cooperate with the government should rush to pay the money in the next few days, actively apportion and re-sign the lease, so as to exchange for the good breed of chicken and fish in my hand.

And those who are unwilling to cooperate will definitely not be idle when they hear that these things are highly productive. They will probably find a way to go from Jiangxi to Fujian to find a way to bypass my "middleman" and prevent me from making a difference.

You guys are all seagoers, and our boats are also fast. In the past few days, we have kept a close eye on the wharf towns at the mouth of the Qishui, Bashui, and Xishui rivers.See what gentry wants to get around me.

In addition, since the matter of money and food has been ordered, the matter of recruiting and training soldiers must also be taken care of.You can first recruit the local poor people who have lost their land and turned into fishermen, screen their character, and take the old and new ones into our Shen family's fleet.

In terms of ships, you can also take some money to expand the collection of civilian ships, and then let the hometown in Suzhou transfer some.Anyway, I'm going to get stuck in the Yangtze River waterway for business travelers from various counties in Huangzhou. I have to know whoever is going to Jiangxi. "

Shen Fu heard this, and showed embarrassment: "If you use any means, just keep an eye on it, it's not difficult. But if you want to come secretly, our manpower and ships are far from enough. Young master, you come this time, but only He brought twenty or thirty large ships, five hundred sailors, and five hundred elite servants."

Shen Shuren waved his hand: "You don't need to come completely in the dark, you can do it in the open. In a few days, I will announce at the right time that Liu Xiyao went further rampant, searched civilian ships in Huanggang, and went out to the counties by water to rob food. I want to strengthen my guard. Set up speculation checks at various estuaries, and temporarily collect escort likin by the way."

The young master's words made Shen Fu startled, he knew a little about the household laws of the imperial court, and what the regular taxes on money and food were.

The Ming Dynasty did collect commercial tax, but the proportion of the total fiscal revenue was very low. The big banknotes of water transport hub nodes such as Linqing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou were only 10,000 + two to two to three hundred thousand taels of commercial tax per year. It would be great if there are tens of thousands of taels in other banknotes.

However, the "lijin" system obviously never existed in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court did not allow commercial trade circulation taxes to be collected in places other than the legal banknote customs.

Shen Fu was worried that the young master would violate the national law, so he quickly reminded him tactfully.

Shen Shuren didn't take it seriously, and just waved his hand easily: "What's the matter, first of all, it's wartime, the local government is in a hurry to raise troops and suppress bandits, what's the matter?
Secondly, the imperial court originally had a tax card in Wuchang, but it wasn’t that Liu Xiyao and other thieves cut off the Yangtze River, and there were many leaks in Wuchang, and in fact it couldn’t be collected?
In the end, what we collect is not 'tax', but money for escorting the merchant fleet of the common people.

Even if His Majesty is worried, he will just turn a blind eye and see the curative effect first.If the curative effect is not good, or if a bigger problem is aroused, His Majesty may convict me to appease the anger of the gentleman.If the curative effect is good and the situation is controllable, His Majesty would like to push the boat along.

Besides, the Zheng family in Fujian has already been doing it for escorting and collecting money, and we are not early bird. "

When Shen Shuren said this, there is no need to finish the follow-up, Shen Fu already knew what the young master was targeting.

According to the model of the Zheng family's flag silver and the de facto commercial circulation tax, isn't that "you pay the protection fee, and I will escort you to ensure your safety. If you don't pay the protection fee, you are guaranteed to be arrested by Jiang. Thieves rob."

Most of Zheng Zhilong’s family business came from this way-the Zheng family owns one or two thousand large ships, and the sea ships of other countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia add up to one or two thousand ships, and each ship pays 3000 taels of silver to the Zheng family every year The flag silver, which is the protection fee.

This piece is 200 to [-] million taels per year, which is equivalent to two of the three salaries of the imperial court.

The Shen family in Huanghai actually has a similar model, but the scale is only one-twentieth of the Zheng family's, but everyone is familiar with the operation process.

Shen Fu took a deep breath, and solemnly asked the young master for a final measure: "Master, if you really follow the method of 'flag silver', you can push it until you 'die at the hands of Liu Xiyao's thief' when you meet someone who resists stubbornly." on the head?

This inland is no better than the sea, it is easy to get through.The master is still an official in the capital, so you won't cause trouble for the master, right? "

Shen Shuren's face darkened: "It's really a last resort, pay attention to the scale and keep it secret. The thieves are so chaotic, some things can't be explained clearly.

Huangzhou is a closed place. As long as you can control the navigation on the river, if they want to shake the sky, they have to go overland to An and Lu through the Yinghuo Mountains.

Liu Xiyao was in the north, and Lin Chengcheng was in the east. If these wealthy gentry had the ability to break through the thieves' defense zone, would they be beaten down to only four or five counties? "

Shen Shuren thought very clearly, his bet was that these people would not be able to deal with thieves, and would not be able to kill a bloody path.Even if he is domineering in Huangzhou, these people will be temporarily intimidated by his coercion.

After the rebels have suffered, they may not give up their hatred, but they will definitely put aside their hatred, thinking, "Now that the news is blocked, we cannot send out the news of Shen Tongzhi's lawlessness.

But as long as they endure for a year and a half, and wait for the imperial army to clear Liu Xiyao and Lin Cheng, they will be able to open the way." Then they can go out to report the case and hope to reach the blue sky! There is no point in taking risks in vain because of the "time lag in reporting the case".

And only Shen Shuren knows that the current situation in Daming changes every year.This year the imperial court can still control local governments to collect taxes or oppress the gentry indiscriminately in order to suppress thieves, but next year it will be even more chaotic and on a larger scale.

At that time, as long as he has meritorious service, Shen Shuren will not be afraid of these little fish and shrimp making waves.

Two years before the death of Han Lingdi, Zhang Lu killed the Han envoy.Two years before Chongzhen's death, Shen Shuren couldn't kill those insects!

If you want to go to the Dabie Mountains to report the crime, please do it yourself.It is their ability to kill a bloody road.

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Shen Shuren knew very well in his heart that in today's remote and closed mountainous area, the deterrence of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom is no longer effective.Instead, there is a more law of the jungle.

It's a pity that people like Yuan Zhongyi don't know that they are still clinging to the rules of the officialdom, frantically seeking benefits for themselves.

According to the young master's instructions, Shen Fu organized the fleet to patrol and set up defenses. After less than half a month of investigation, they discovered that Yuan Zhongyi and the others had problems.

They actually made a trip to southern Jiangxi, and tried to get back good varieties of crop seeds and eggs from the Fujianese.

The point is that some of these people still haven't complied with Master Tongzhi's warning.

Master Tongzhi repeatedly told them that recently Liu Xiyao got a lot of civilian ships, and there was another famine in Huanggang County. Liu Xiyao organized people to come out by water to rob and solve his own famine.But these guys just took Master Tongzhi's warning as an excuse to charge lijin protection fees!Still refused to participate in insurance!

The risk may not erupt for a while, but it will definitely erupt in the end.

No, one day in the first ten days of August, about a week before the Mid-Autumn Festival, something happened to a fleet of the Yuan family who was trying to go back to their hometown to join forces.

The fleet was on its way back to Jiangxi after transporting corn and eggs to Qizhou.Yuan Daotai's distant nephew, Yuan Zhongyi, also planned to go back to Jiangxi with the fleet this day, so that he could report to his family to discuss some matters.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fleet left the mouth of the Xishui River, it was intercepted and killed by Liu Xiyao's bandit sailors on the Yangtze River.

The hundred and ten members of Yuan's merchant fleet below Yuan Zhongyi were all killed by the Jiang bandits, and there was not a single one left alive.Unfortunately, their family hadn't paid the lijin protection fee, so there was no escort from Shen Tongzhi's naval patrol boat at that time.

Even so, out of the mentality of loving the people like a child and considering the consideration of humanity, Shen Tongzhi led troops and boats to the scene as soon as he got the news to understand the situation and guide the aftermath work.

And declared martial law on the river surface of Huangzhou boundary.Local civilian boats are not allowed to go out of the river, so as not to be harmed by Liu Xiyao.

If you have to travel far, please cross the Dabie Mountains by land and cross the defense zone of the Fifth Gezuo Battalion.

(End of this chapter)