I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 90 Civil and Martial Competition
At the end of December in the first year of Yonghe, the new year is approaching.

The whole of Fujian is filled with joy in welcoming the New Year. Although the new tax laws have only been implemented for one month, they have already greatly changed the lives of the people in Fujian.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the former official officials no longer frequently go to the countryside to collect taxes. Other things such as land rent, tax, grain, various exorbitant taxes, and even labor assessments for the coming year are also gone.

Based on the current implementation of the New Deal, even people in barren mountainous areas will at least be able to have enough food and clothing in the coming year.Unlike previous years under the Qing government, famine broke out in Fujian almost every year, and even fighting incidents caused by insufficient food occurred from time to time.

By the way, in addition to sharing the land, Zhu Yijiong also imposed restrictions on the individual rent collection by landlords. Although Zhu Yijiong does not intend to completely destroy the original ruling class for the time being, these people must not be allowed to exploit the people without any limits. , transferring all the pressure of the New Deal to the people.

In fact, in history, Yongzheng's system of allocating people to farmland seemed very powerful, but in fact it increased the fiscal revenue of the central government and the government. These pressures still fell on the people.

But Yongzheng could do this, but Zhu Yijiong couldn't, not only on a psychological level.

More importantly, the foundation of Ming Dynasty still lies in the army, and the foundation of the army comes from the common people.

The kind of absorbing surrendered troops to expand the army is only a temporary measure. In fact, the Ming army has now begun to establish its own recruitment and army system. It will use the surrendered troops that can be used, and those that cannot be used will be used as official labor.

Those Eight Banners prisoners who had surrendered in the Battle of Fuzhou were now mining and smelting iron day and night for the Ming Arms Bureau.

This is not only true for the military, but also for those who are demoted. Except for the first few, those who surrender later will be used as they can, unless they have particularly high official positions. Those who cannot be used, or who violate the central government's decrees, cheat and cheat, will all be removed from their posts.

As for the removal of officials, it is not simple where they come from. The most indispensable thing in these local and state capitals is young scholars who have fame but no official status.

Anyway, everyone passed the imperial examination, no one is worse than the other.

In short, after a series of New Deal reforms, the Ming Dynasty did not completely strain the landlord class, but also greatly eased the survival pressure of the people at the bottom, giving them a way to survive and hope.

In response to this, the people of Fujian and the small and medium-sized landowners who also benefited all shouted long live the prison country. This day is becoming more and more promising.

Although those Jin gentry who were really harmed were dissatisfied, they did not cause trouble. After all, Zhu Yijiong demolished a door for them, but also opened a window for them.

Since the late Ming Dynasty, Fujian's maritime merchants and pirates have continued to develop and grow until they became the largest in Southeast Asia.

There was no way, who made the land in Fujian so bad that it was impossible to make money without taking the sea route. It was not until the country was closed to the outside world in the middle of Qianlong's reign that Fujian's maritime business power suffered a devastating blow.

Now, these gentry are all praying that the pirate ship of the Ming Dynasty will not sink, and at the same time they are looking forward to the end of the year. They are also rushing to open the sea in the next year of the Ming Dynasty, and then go to sea to make a lot of money.

At this time, the imperial palace and the imperial study were in place.

Different from the festive and lively atmosphere outside, there was already a commotion inside about the war in Zhejiang.

The Ming army has now established a complete set of post information transmission models. The war horses in it all come from previously captured cavalry, and then select riders with good riding skills.

In just a few days, the battle report on Yang Gong's side was quickly sent back to Fujian.

Wang Li spoke fiercely: "To report to the country, General Yang's move to bypass Wenzhou and go northward is really inappropriate. Even if he is the leader of the army going north, he should not be allowed to act recklessly!"

Hearing this, Zhu Chengxun, the privy envoy on the side, spoke quickly and argued with him: "Master Wang, what you said is wrong. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. We are only at the rear, so how can we make rash assumptions based on superficial battle reports? ?”

Wang Li sneered and said: "According to Lord Zhu's intention, just saying that the battlefield is changing rapidly, can you not obey orders?"

Zhu Chengxun's expression suddenly changed: "The supervisor of the country is a clear guide, and this is absolutely not what I mean!"

"What does that mean?" Wang Li chased after him.

Zhu Chengxun had a gloomy look on his face: "Then what should I do according to Mr. Wang?"

"I immediately drafted an order and ordered General Yang to return to the army. At the same time, he mobilized the army to go north. The best strategy is to attack steadily..."

"But if we go back and forth like this and miss the opportunity to fight, wouldn't it mean that we are ruining our plan to supervise the country?"

"Then what do you think Mr. Zhu has to say?"

"I can't talk about having high opinions, I just obey the orders of the country..."

Two central officials of the Ming Dynasty, in front of other ministers, had a quarrel in the imperial study room of Zhu Yijiong, the superintendent of the country, and there was even a faint tendency to turn into a scolding war.

In this regard, Zhu Yijiong, who was sitting firmly in front of the imperial court, saw it very clearly.

On the surface, Wang Li and Zhu Chengxun were quarreling over the war in Zhejiang. In fact, it was the cabinet civil servant group headed by Wang Li who was competing for power with the military attache group affiliated with the Privy Council.

You must know that in both the Ming and Qing dynasties, fighting between civil and military forces for military power was almost considered a traditional art.Although Zhu Yijiong gave the civil service group headed by Wang Li the power to mobilize local soldiers, the soldiers were all disbanded from the regular army and could only be regarded as patrolling and patrolling at best.

In addition, Zhu Yijiong later established an additional Privy Council, which was independent of the cabinet and specialized in military affairs.

This made the civil servant group of the cabinet headed by Wang Li feel that they seemed to be excluded, especially since the Ming Dynasty was still a rebel dynasty based on the army.

Therefore, when he saw the opportunity, Wang Li directly launched an attack. While fighting for power, he also took the opportunity to test the attitude of Zhu Yijiong, the supervisor.

Zhu Yijiong did not let him fight to decide the outcome. He slammed the table and scolded: "Okay, a high-ranking official of the imperial court is here to behave like a shrew. How is it unbecoming?"

"Wei Chen dare not!"

Wang Li and Zhu Chengxun quickly leaned down to plead guilty.

Zhu Yijiong ignored the two of them, and continued: "Moreover, Yang Qing has already set off, and now that he has given the order, can he be recovered? If the Qing army ambushed the army when it was returning, Wang Qing, do you think it should be done? how?"

These words were not only to stand aside Zhu Chengxun, but also to knock Wang Li.

Civil service does not dominate military affairs. This is Zhu Yijiong's bottom line and cannot be changed.After all, civilian control of the military is extremely destructive to the political power.

Wang Li felt a pain in his heart and could only say in panic: "What the supervisor said is true. It's a humble minister who didn't think well. Please forgive me!"

"Since I realize my mistake, I will let this matter go." Seeing that Wang Li had nothing to say, Zhu Yijiong did not hold on.

"The Holy Ming who supervises the country!"

Everyone shouted.

Although Zhu Yijiong sided with Yang Gong and the Privy Council for the sake of the political bottom line, in fact, Zhu Yijiong also felt that Yang Gong's move was too risky. Even if one of them failed, the entire First Army might be destroyed in Zhejiang.

But there is no way, Zhu Yijiong is the king, and since Yang Gong has been given full power to make the decision, he cannot and will not interfere unless he encounters a big problem, and interference is actually useless at this time.

Now that the matter has come to this, we can only unconditionally believe in the judgment of Yang Gong, the commander of the First Army.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yijiong added: "Zheng Qing, Zhu Qing, Wang Qing!"

Zheng Dingrui, Wang Li and Zhu Chengxun quickly raised their hands and said, "Wei Chen is here!"

Zhu Yijiong said: "Zheng Qing, I order you to lead the Second Army of our headquarters to set off immediately and go north to Zhejiang to cooperate with the First Army's combat operations. As soon as the food, grass and baggage are provided, the Privy Council and the cabinet ministries must deploy them as quickly as possible."

"Wei minister leads the order!"

The three people once again held their hands and accepted the order in unison.

When Yang Gong went north to Zhejiang, the first phase of the Privy Council's recruitment plan was full, the second army had been formed, and all basic training had been completed.

But it has not been in actual combat, so its actual combat effectiveness is worrying.

But now, there is no choice. If the Second Army is not strong enough, then it will be transferred to the Zhejiang battlefield to practice slowly.

After all, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Although Zhu Yijiong is willing to trust Yang Gong, he still has to leave some backup.If the First Army was really lost on the Zhejiang battlefield, then the Second Army going north would be the bridgehead blocking the Qing army from going south.

After arranging the battlefield in Zhejiang, I took the opportunity to give some advice to the cabinet to which Wang Li belonged.

Zhu Yijiong immediately issued an order for the Privy Council to start the second phase of the recruitment plan as soon as possible, and at the same time, planned to form a fourth army.

As for the candidates for the commander of the Fourth Army, Huang Dian is tentatively selected, and the deputy commander is Li Yong.

But this cannot be given immediately; one has to wait for the right time.

The main force of the Second Army went north, and the main force of the Third Army was in Zhangzhou, not only to guard against the Qing army from Guangdong going north, but also to watch over Lin Jun's troops in Tingzhou.

The defense of Quanzhou Prefecture and other state prefectures was temporarily handed over to Zhu Yijiong's Imperial Army.

　I'm exhausted both physically and mentally. When will I have a holiday?Oh, I have to work overtime on weekends, that’s okay

　　
　
(End of this chapter)