At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 158 Sun Kewang: My annual income is 2000!Are you afraid?
"Marquis De'an, do you have any objections to my king's decision?" Li Dingguo's eyes narrowed and he frowned.

"The King of Jin made a wise decision, and the general has no objection." Di Sanpin heard this and did not dare to conflict with Li Dingguo, so he quickly replied.

"As long as there are no objections, everyone, the northern troops are advancing day by day, the Tartars are rampant, and the state affairs have reached this point!"

Li Dingguo solemnly said: "If we cannot conquer Guizhou this time, Yunnan will be in danger! The Emperor will be in danger! The Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"

"I hope you will unite sincerely, serve the country, and never let down the expectations of the Holy One, the expectations of the Ming Dynasty, and the expectations of the people!"

"We are willing to die to serve our country!" Bai Wenxuan and other generals said one after another.

"Okay! Outside Qujing City, there is the Guandi Temple, and the people around it are constantly offering incense. I am willing to make a blood oath with you in front of the Guandi Temple. I wonder if you are willing!" Li Dingguo said with great satisfaction.

"We are willing to swear an alliance with King Jin!" Bai Wenxuan and others were the first to speak.

"I would like to make an alliance with the King of Jin." Seeing this, Di Sanpin, Li Rubi and others did not dare to disobey Li Dingguo and spoke quickly.

"Okay! In that case, today I will make an alliance with you all through blood to protect the Ming Dynasty and help the country!" Li Dingguo laughed loudly.

On that day, in front of the Guandi Temple in Qujing, Li Dingguo and the generals made a bloody alliance to fight the Qing army to the end. They vowed not to return to the court until the Qing army was defeated.

In the impassioned blood oath, the spirits of the generals in Xiying were lifted.

But among the many blood oaths, Jin Weixin was worried.

"Didn't Ma Jixiang say he would only get [-]%? How come the frontline military rations were actually mixed with a full [-]% of sand and soil!"

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

When Li Dingguo and others vowed to fight to the death with the Tatars in Qujing, in Guangxi, Sun Kewang took his civil and military men out of Nanning and began to inspect various places to lay the foundation for the upcoming autumn harvest.

The group of people traveled along the west side of the Yangtze River and arrived at Xuanhua just after leaving Nanning.

Looking at the endless golden rice on this one of the few flat lands in Guangxi.

Lord Sun is naturally Longyan Dayue.

"Master, after a year of hard work, we have more than [-] hectares of arable land in Guangxi and Gaolian Lei Sanfu alone."

"Although the water conservancy has not been overhauled yet, the soil fertility in the newly reclaimed wasteland is good. In addition, this year's annual yield is better. It is estimated that the yield per acre will be close to two stones. Although it is not as good as Yunnan after the Great Reform, even if In this way, our annual income is not low!"

"Haha, it's true." Sun Kewang said happily.

In one year, Sun Guozhu and the six administrative departments of Nanning under him were based on more than 4 hectares of land in Guangxi.

While recruiting mountain people and refugees, and reclaiming wasteland, they expanded Gao Lei Qiong's three mansions.

In addition, Wuzhou, Pingle, Luoding and other places were captured later.

The amount of cultivated land in his hands has equaled that in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Not only that, Guangdong is now basically in the hands of Sun Guozhu.

"Guangxi and other old base areas have a total of 11 hectares of cultivated land, which is 100 million acres. If we estimate based on an output of nearly two dan per mu, that would be a full 2000 million dan of grain."

Sun Kewang smiled and said: "Of these 2000 million stones of grain, our farmers will receive [-]% of the grain from the village, [-]% to the landowner, and [-]% to the cultivator."

"For the land without an owner, the government fee is six percent and the civilian fee is four percent, while the military settlements charge [-] percent."

"In this way, just in these old base areas in Guangxi, Gu can collect more than ten million dan of grain. Excluding the 700 to [-]% of the grain that is reserved to maintain the camp, the annual income of the Imperial Palace will be [-] to [-] million yuan. Stone grain!”

"In addition to these, the commercial taxes, salt taxes, and minerals in Guangxi and other places can increase the income by nearly 300 million taels of silver. As a result, Gu's annual income has exceeded that in Yunnan and Guizhou!"

Although Sun Guozhu's grain income in Yunnan and Guizhou was similar to what it is now, the industry and commerce in Yunnan and Guizhou were backward, and there was no additional income at all except land tax.

So no matter how hard Sun Kewang worked, he only made more than 100 million taels of annual income in a year.

Now in Guangdong and Guangxi, where industry and commerce are developed, even if we are based in Guangxi, we can earn more than 200 million yuan in industrial and commercial income a year, even if we are based in Guangxi. I have to say that Guangdong and Guangxi are really the blessed land of Sun Guozhu!
"Lord, that's not all!" Ma Zhaoxi, the Minister of Household Affairs, said with a smile.

"In addition to Guangxi and other places, Guangdong can also provide a huge amount of money this year."

"Yes, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao are now hiding outside Guangzhou. Guangdong's taxes are naturally collected by Gu!" Sun Kewang laughed.

Guangdong used to be the territory of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, but it was destroyed by Sun Guozhu's three moves.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao could basically just stare in Guangzhou city.

Now that Sun Guozhu's [-] new troops are about to be successfully organized, Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi have returned from Annan.

There was renewed excitement across Guangdong, and Sun Guozhu regarded the two prefectures of Pingnan and Jingnan, as well as the Guangzhou gentry, as local tyrants.

Almost all strata in Guangdong stood firmly on Sun Guozhu's side.

The common people were allocated some land and received some relief food.

The green camp soldiers received silver rewards and were given land.

The gentry were loyal to Taoist friends but not poor Taoists. In the Pearl River Delta, they followed Sun Guozhu and took a lot of good land and industry.

Sun Guozhu now has an army of 10,000+, and he has done such a good job in united front work.

The [-] troops of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao lost the garrisons of the two vassals in Zhaoqing and other places in the vast ocean of the Guangdong People's War.

Under such circumstances, how could Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao dare to go out of Guangzhou City to arm-wrestle with Sun Guozhu with their little strength!

In desperation, they can only write complaints to our Qing Dynasty every day, but our Qing Dynasty's military strength is already stretched thin, and the Lord Sun has provided so much information, how can the Qing Dynasty dare to fall out with the Lord Sun now?

Now that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao are huddled in Guangzhou City, the more than 20 hectares of cultivated land in Guangdong is about to be harvested in autumn again. The taxes on these cultivated lands naturally do not flow to outsiders, and cannot fall in vain into the pockets of the gentry.

Naturally, Lord Sun had to collect it for Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao.

"Master of the country, the Sixth Department of Administration has drawn up regulations. According to the quality of each mu of land, the quota of four to six tons per mu of land will be expropriated. For the people's land cultivated independently, additional troops will be sent to the green camp, and I will reduce the allocation to the hiding place of the former army."

Lord Sun nodded slightly when he heard this.

"The situation in Guangdong is not yet stable, so Gu Yewei is unable to promote farming in Guangdong. Cooperating with the gentry and collecting taxes according to quotas will indeed save time and effort."

"It's just that every mu of land is levied at an amount of four to six bushels. Although it doesn't put much pressure on Guangdong's output, in order to prevent the burden of money and food from falling entirely on the heads of the people, we have to restrict Land rent!”

Promoting farming is not that simple. If the land rent is reduced from [-]% to [-]% or even [-]% to [-]% to [-]%, the gentry will go crazy.Sun Guozhu was able to implement it safely in Yunnan and Guangxi because the gentry in the two places were relatively weak and were often massacred.

For Sun Kewang, who has tens of thousands of dollars in capital, it is not difficult to suppress him.

However, in Guangdong, where the gentry is relatively strong, if Sun Kewang only gives [-]%, the gentry in Guangdong will be eager to give it a try.

Of course, with the strength of Sun Guozhu, it is not a bad idea to massacre all the gentry in Guangdong.

If a fight breaks out, how can the gentry be the opponent of the Qianqian army?

It is just a grassroots organization. It is easy to destroy but difficult to build.

In a short period of time, Sun Guozhu had captured all the gentry. Where could he find so many officials and cadres to take over a huge Guangdong?
In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the local gentry was autonomous.

Sun Guozhu was able to promote camp in Yunnan and camp in Guangxi because these places had their own special features, and Xiying's organizational capabilities could fully absorb them.

More than 2000 counties in the world can implement campgrounds. To complete the land reform, at least one million officials and one million cadres will be needed!

Therefore, the camp operation is implemented in small, weak and poor provinces such as Yunnan and Guangxi, and it is enough to manage a hundred thousand hectares of land.

If we want to implement it all over the world, we still have a long way to go!

Now that the Qing court is powerful, it is Sun's best strategy to strengthen cooperation with the gentry, offer benefits, and win over them.

"What does the king mean?"

"In addition to collecting a fixed tax of four to six bushels based on the quality of the land based on the more than 20 hectares of cultivated land registered in the register, the land rent is also limited. The land rent of the gentry cannot exceed [-]%, no! [-]%!" Sun Kewang said solemnly.

The yield per mu of cultivated land in Guangdong is relatively high. Even the yield of fertile farmland in the Pearl River Delta region can exceed three stones per mu, which is the same as that in Jiangnan.

The policy implemented by Sun Guozhu in the later period of Yunnan and Guizhou was six to seven battles for military fields and eight to one stone for two civilian fields.

Now in Guangdong, people only charge a fixed quota of four to six dou for farmland. This is already a huge benefit to the Guangdong gentry.

These land taxes are only equivalent to [-]% of the yield per mu.

But according to the behavior of the gentry, this [-]% will inevitably be transferred to the common people.

The common people already have to pay more than [-]% of the land rent, but if they add another [-]%, I think the common people will miss the Qing Dynasty!
Therefore, for the sake of the stability of Guangdong, no matter what, Lord Sun cannot let the gentry pass taxes on to the common people!

"Master, if the gentry's rent is limited to [-]%, then the common people will bear about [-]% of the taxes and rent, and the common people can still maintain their lives." Wan Niance nodded slightly.

In Guizhou, Sun Guoguo had seven officials and three civilians. Since there were no excessive taxes and corvee, Guizhou could be stable.

The yield per mu of Guangdong is higher than that of Guizhou, and industry and commerce are developed. Sun Guozhu also opens large mines and recruits people to work.

In this way, although the land output will cost [-]%, the people can still live a comfortable life.

"Now that the war is imminent, all we can do is suffer for the people." Sun Kewang sighed.

In fact, don't look at the fact that Lord Sun collected such high taxes in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi.

But under his rule and the six administrative departments, the common people were in a paradise in this era of life, a paradise on earth.

Yunnan's [-]% tax revenue, due to proper governance, has become the famous southern Yunnan Paradise.

In the feudal era, Lord Sun's governance was already very good.

You must know that even Boss Cao’s farmland system was originally divided into six for officials and four for civilians. Those who owned private cattle were divided into [-] and [-].

In the later period, not many years later, it became the official government and the civilian government, and the people began to flee on a large scale.

During the ten years Xiying was in Yunnan, the camp system was established. From the beginning, there were four officials and six civilians. For those without landowners, the government and civilians were divided into five and five.

Later, there was a decrease in the number of military fields from six to seven buckets, and civilian fields from eight buckets to one stone and two buckets. The burden on the common people dropped a bit, and the gentry could get more things accordingly.

This situation is already worthy of praise.

You know, even in later generations, more than [-]% of the harvest will be harvested and millions of people will starve to death.

Lord Sun allowed the people to bear [-]% of the burden, which was already a virtuous policy.

"My Lord, the people's burden is [-]%, which is not heavy anymore. You must know that under the rule of the imperial court and the Tatars, the people not only have to bear more than [-]% to [-]% of the land rent, but even have to perform corvee labor. If the people of Guangdong and Guangxi know that the Lord is like this , I will definitely be grateful." Ma Zhaoxi looked at Sun Kewang who was full of emotion and said in confusion.

Sun Kewang rolled his eyes at Ma Zhaoxi. He had not treated the common people as human beings for a long time. This ghost society in the late Ming Dynasty had become a habit.

"Zhang Hu, regarding the rent restriction, we have sent Jin Yiwei to patrol various places. If any gentry dares to disobey, let the army in front of the palace and the green camp soldiers kill them without mercy!" Sun Guozhu shook his body and said sternly.

"The ruler of the country is benevolent and righteous, and the Jin Yiwei will not let the people of Guangdong be poisoned by the gentry!" Zhang Hu immediately agreed upon hearing this.

Sun Kewang nodded slightly when he heard this.

"The gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi are already in Guangzhou, and they have plenty to eat. If they are asked to pay more taxes and reduce the burden on the common people, if they are greedy, our front army and green camp soldiers will not agree!"

"Tell the Green Camp brothers that Guangdong's money and food are prepared for them! Their military pay this year and the rewards at the end of the year are all counting on this money and food!"

"Please rest assured, Lord, the Green Camp soldiers are now able to have enough food and clothing, and now they have been allocated land in Guangdong. They all regard the Lord as their reborn parents. With them watching from everywhere, there will never be any trouble in Guangdong! "Zhang Hu smiled strangely.

Our pigtailed Green Camp in the Qing Dynasty helped Sun Kewang collect taxes. This has to be said to be a very funny scene.

But the Green Camp followed Sun Guozhu to enjoy the hot food and drink, and Jiaqianjun did not bully them like the Eight Banners. Instead, under Sun Guozhu's strict order, they tried to treat them as equals.

Now a series of policies have been passed in various parts of Guangdong, and everyone is allocated thirty acres of land.

If the tens of thousands of Green Camp people in Guangdong don't follow Sun Guozhu, who will they follow?

"Guangdong has more than 20 hectares of arable land. Now the people of Guangdong have already consciously planted the seeds, and the autumn harvest is about to begin."

Sun Guozhi said angrily: "If the tax rate is four to six dou per mu of land, Guangdong's grain income will be more than ten million dan."

"The expenses and storage space provided to the Green Camp soldiers will amount to millions in annual food income! Coupled with the commercial taxes and maritime trade collected from Guangdong and other places, we can get another tens of millions in annual income from Guangdong."

"In this way, Guangdong and Guangxi's food and silver income will be as much as 2000 million yuan!"

"With this annual income, not to mention that we only need to support 10,000+ front troops and tens of thousands of green battalions, even if we need to raise another 20 elite soldiers, it is no problem!
(End of this chapter)