Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Under attack from both inside and outside, Dang Shooyi had to give the order to abandon the city and break out of the siege.

As soon as this order came out, the morale of the soldiers immediately collapsed, they immediately threw away their swords and guns, ran back to their homes in the city, and became civilians.

But those who actually followed Dang Shoui to break through were less than two thousand defeated troops with war horses.

I ran to the west gate, opened the city gate, and ran into the Ming army who was banging on the door. The two sides did not talk to each other and just used the knife to kill them.

After fighting hard, Dang Shouyi rushed out of the west gate.

Not long after they broke out, Guan Ning's cavalry came after him. Dang Shouiyi, who was not interested in fighting, simply hit his horse and fled.

One of his own dead soldiers was forced to cut off the rear, but they were overwhelmed by Guan Ning's cavalry in a blink of an eye.

Dang Shouyi panicked and rushed to the bank of the Fen River. Tima jumped directly into the Fen River.

Because he was wearing heavy armor, Guan Ning could only stand in the Ma Fen River, watching helplessly as Dang Shouyi and the few remnants floated downstream and escaped to heaven.

Dang Shouyi was defeated and fled. Liu Jianye urgently opened Dang Shouyi's bank account and said to the surviving brothers: "Whether the Ming army will accept us or not in the future, I will give some money to the brothers first. But not more. It can only be a hundred taels per person, and those who know the families of the deceased brothers should also bring one."

The brothers cheered. With this hundred taels of silver, their future lives will be stable.

The four gates of Taiyuan City were opened, and all the bandits who had no time to escape knelt down and surrendered.

Lu Mou, accompanied by Wu Sangui, entered Taiyuan with great pride.

The people in the city came out one after another, cheering that Taiyuan had returned to the Ming Dynasty and that the people were at peace again.

The Ming army entered Taiyuan, and the Jin Yiwei patrolled the streets. Lu Mou ordered to immediately put out the fire, comfort the people, and relieve the victims of the war, which made him even more loved by the people.

Entering the General's Mansion, Liu Jianye led more than two thousand brothers to kneel down and greet him. "The sinner appeals to the regent."

Lu Mou dismounted and supported him with both hands: "According to the emperor's decree, you have been pardoned a long time ago. This time you cooperated with the army to regain Taiyuan. The general has made great achievements and has made great achievements. Don't be a general of Dashun. Now you are my general of Ming Dynasty. , a fifth-grade guerrilla general. Become a deputy division commander first and get familiar with the experience."

Liu Jianye kowtowed again to express his gratitude.

"These brothers of mine—"

"According to the recruitment regulations of our army, those who pass the examination and are willing to join the army will join the army. Those who are unwilling to join the army will be treated as soldiers originally and will be given retirement and resettlement allowance. But I want to explain in advance that they are no longer your soldiers. They are They are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and will be dispersed and resettled. Please forgive me for this, general."

Liu Jianye smiled: "It doesn't matter. As long as my brothers have a good home, I will be satisfied." Then he stretched out his hand and said, "The general has sealed Dang Shouyi's treasury and will hand it over to the prince now."

Wherever they hit, being the first to inspect and inventory the bandits' treasury was something Lu Mou couldn't wait to do.

The Shanxi merchants were the richest in the world. Although Li Zicheng came and the eight traitorous families fled, and Li Zicheng obtained most of the wealth of the merchants, gentry and landlords, Dang Shouyi, as the head of Shanxi, fell into the trap and was tortured in an expanded manner. With the help of his salary, he actually accumulated nearly five million silver, as well as a large number of antique jewelry and treasures.

Eat what you want and eat what you want, you are really fattening your brain. Lu Mou is even addicted to this job.

At this time, Lu Mou really couldn't understand why the party was so righteous and did not hesitate to cause Shanxi's economy to decline and materials to be extremely scarce. Why did he accumulate so much money? Is it because he felt sorry for Lu Mou's lack of money and left it behind?
Lu Mou ordered an urgent notification to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital and sent personnel to Taiyuan to set up a mint department. After a sonorous operation, the income was 6.5 million.

Wang Weiwei, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, and Wang Jincheng, the staff eunuch of the Ming Dynasty Central Bank who had been recruited urgently, arrived.

Why are the main staff of the bank eunuchs? The reason is not just one, but to facilitate debt collection.

Lu Mou made arrangements for Wang Yiyi: "Now, so far, you are the real and only chief envoy in charge of our Ming Dynasty. You have a heavy responsibility."

Wang Weiwei replied carefully: "This humble minister understands."

"Shanxi has been in decline for many years and needs to be restored. The Jinyiwei Military Workers Team has taken control of the local towns and villages, and cities around the country have also spread the word. Your main task is to restore the economy of the entire Shanxi. In the next few years, Shanxi will become an important asset to the capital. The source, you have to be clear about this.”

"Weichen understands." "So, in the rural areas, I will implement the direct control of the imperial court. There will no longer be a situation where the imperial decree does not go to the countryside and the tax revenue is contracted by the gentry."

It turns out that imperial edicts do not leave the capital, and government orders do not leave the county seat.

The management of the countryside relied on the gentry and wealthy families in various places. As a result, many government decrees could not benefit the people and were withheld by the gentry and wealthy families. At the same time, a group of local tycoons were also cultivated, who used chicken feathers as arrows.

The most fundamental thing is that the tax farming system implemented at this time became an excuse for the powerful gentry to exploit the people.

Now, this phenomenon must not happen again.

"Our Jinyiwei armed workers team will return to work again. Of course, I will not force anyone to settle here. We will set up a village chief for every five hundred households in the countryside, who will directly obey the county magistrate and be responsible for the village. Manage taxation. The village chief will receive a fixed salary. I set it to be from the ninth rank. If the Jinyiwei originally settled in the place, the Jinyiwei who is unwilling to return will be the village chief. But if there is no Jinyiwei, the villagers will elect a person with high moral character. Take responsibility.”

"This is a wonderful method, Prince Regent."

"Don't flatter me."

"Wei Chen is telling the truth."

"To be honest, it sounds like flattery. After this reform, the county magistrate will no longer have leisure time, and you, the chief envoy, will be even busier."

"I'm just a mess."

"One more thing, the rogue bandits have completely destroyed all the powerful landlords, gentry, and relatives of the emperor and the country in Shanxi. Their lands have been released. But when Shanxi returns to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty, there will be surviving gentry and landlords, and even The royal family returns and demands their original land, what will you do?”

When the matter involved the royal family, ordinary officials would not dare to say anything, but Wang Wei was different. He said calmly: "According to the regulations, we will leave them a hundred acres to support their families."

"What if they bring the title deed and demand it?"

Wang Weiwei sneered: "The official land deeds have made the bandits less angry. Without the foundation to archive, how do I know whether the land deeds in their hands are true or false? Now in the new dynasty, we only recognize the new land deeds, and the rest are If it is false, it will be invalidated."

Lu Mou clapped his hands: "That's right. But you have to remember that the emperor's policy towards the ancestral family was a national policy. Regardless of the gentry or the royal family, we recognize their noble status as gentry and royal family. But that hundred acres of land only They will be exempted from service payment, but will not be exempted from land rent. If they want to contract more land, they can, but once there is abandonment, it must be taken back immediately and will not be tolerated."

"Wei Chen understands."

Who says there is no good in troubled times? This is a big break. He destroyed all the old ills and created space for the new rulers to implement new policies.

"Okay, this matter is settled. Now let's talk about Shanxi's economic recovery. Shanxi merchants are famous all over the world. Without business, the economy cannot survive. Therefore, at this stage, you must vigorously support the development of business. Don't think We have abolished the inherent household registration system, so that merchants will no longer be discriminated against. We start from you, we must truly equal merchants and truly value merchants."

"Weichen was born into the common people and understands the importance of businessmen."

"Now, Shanxi merchants were tortured and paid by Li Chuang's bandits. They have been plundered and have no business capital anymore. For this reason, Jincheng."

"The servant is here."

"I will leave you four million silver as principal to open the Royal Bank Shanxi Branch in Taiyuan."

"My slave obeys the order."

"At the same time, we opened branches in important cities in Shanxi, mainly to lend money to merchants, and the interest rate was reduced from one cent to five cents."

Wang Jincheng grinned, his flesh ached.

"Then, the exchange business will be carried out in each branch. A handling fee of 2% will be charged for each exchange." He took out a booklet with wet ink and handed it to Wang Jincheng: "This is the exchange business operation manual written by me. Just take it, study it carefully, and follow it."

Wang Jincheng took it with both hands. While Lu Mou continued to discuss with Wang Weiwei how to govern the place, he read it carefully. The more he saw, the brighter he became. The more he saw, the more he admired his own prince's money-grabbing methods. This time, his own royal family must be able to do it. We have arrived in a country that is extremely wealthy.

After the arrangements were made here, Lu Mou began to face the real enemy, Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yaoqi. (End of chapter)