Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 658 Convening a court meeting
"I'm still too naive. No wonder the officials applauded when I was exempted from the land tax in the southern provinces. Only now did I realize that I made wedding clothes for others."

As soon as Zhu Youjian figured out the key point, he couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"But Your Majesty, no matter what, we can't let the civil chaos continue like this, or the country and the country are in danger."

Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, persuaded him.

"It's not so critical, it's better to have chaos, so that the court and the princes think that the world is really peaceful, and that the people of the world can really be exploited by them at will."

Zhu Youjian said with a smile again: "For example, if this world is a pasture for me, and the gentry and the common people are like a group of wolves and a group of sheep raised by me, now the sheep don't want to be eaten by wolves. If you attack them together, do you think I would let the sheep defeat the wolves, or let the wolves eat the sheep."

"Of course the wolves cannot eat the sheep, and the sheep will certainly not be able to eat the wolves, so His Majesty does not need to help the wolves."

Wang Chengen replied.

"That's the reason. Tell the Grand Marshal's Mansion that there is no need to dispatch troops to quell the chaos. In addition, pass an order to Jiangxi Dudu Commander. Most of the people in Jiangxi are citizens of our Ming Dynasty. They should not be treated as pariahs and should not be treated without authorization. Kill the people, you can repel them, but you can't attack them, you can recruit them, but you can't massacre them, otherwise the Military Law Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely punish them severely. Secondly, let the cabinet issue an order. This is Jiangxi's civil affairs, not Ming Dynasty's The war should be dealt with by Ding Chukui, governor of Jiangxi, and the situation must not be expanded, otherwise it will be dismissed as dereliction of duty!"

Soon Ding Chukui, governor of Jiangxi Province, received a decree from the Generalissimo's Mansion and the cabinet.

Ding Chukui, the governor of Jiangxi, made a difficult decision on the spot: "What should we do? If you don't want to send troops and don't want us to attack, don't you intend to indulge these rioters."

"The imperial court refuses to send troops, so it can only allow the localities to recruit village braves to form security groups to resist these rioters under the pretext of protecting their homes. We all command the small number of soldiers and horses of the envoys to only guard a few prefectural cities, and at the same time send people to appease these rioters , it is necessary to spend some money, since the imperial court said that it can be recruited, then the imperial court will at least send money if it is not willing to send troops, otherwise how can we recruit. "

Jiangxi Metropolitan Commander Yuan Ziyi said.

Ding Chukui had no choice but to nod after hearing this, and began to arrange people to contact the leaders of the rioters, and at the same time ordered the local government to recruit brave men to guard their homes.

As a result, the Jiangxi Rebellion intensified.

The rioters began to sweep across southern Jiangxi, but gradually, the local gentry began to organize enough armed resistance.

Most of the rioters used hoes and sickles as weapons, while Ding Yong organized by the local gentry mostly used swords and spears, and the two sides were evenly matched.

But because of the strong organizational skills of the gentry and the help of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Command, the offensive of the rioters was gradually contained.

Then, because of Jiangxi governor Ding Chukui's initiative to appease, and the people did not really want to overthrow Daming, but had no choice but to rebel under the persecution of the gentry. The land occupied by the common people was divided among the common people or arranged for employment, so that the rebellious people stopped making rebellions and continued to be obedient people with peace of mind.

The leaders of the rioters who took the lead were naturally brought to justice.

The common people have already obtained the promise of the governor's yamen and the transfer of the interests of the squires, so they no longer need these "heroes" who led them to rebellion. It is also in line with the opinions of the common people that these "heroes" should be executed as the culprits of the rebellion. After all, they are not dead, and the imperial court is not at ease with these common people.

Naturally, the local gentry lost a lot. The squires in several counties were looted, and the land was finally returned to the people in a way that the people rebelled and the government was forced to admit it.

In addition, the local gentry also had to sacrifice some interests in order to organize a strong resistance to the rioters, such as granting silver rewards and land gifts.

In addition, after this turmoil, many gentry also realized that they should not exploit too much, and began to take the initiative to reduce rent.

The situation in Jiangxi has stabilized, as Zhu Youjian expected, there is no major disturbance, but Zhu Youjian's worry is even heavier.

Because he realized that the three social ecologies of Ming Dynasty meant that it would still be very difficult for Ming Dynasty as a great country to realize the reform of complete industrialization.

With a little carelessness, an immature reform can stir up chaos.

Today, the Ming Empire has three social and economic structures in one country. The north is the recovery area of ​​the small peasant economy, while the southwest and central south are the collapse areas of the small peasant economy, and the south of the Yangtze River is the area with a highly developed commodity economy.

But it is not such an obvious geographical division. Chengdu in the southwest is the same as Jiangnan and the north, and Tianjin and Beijing in the north are the same as Jiangnan.

The relationship is intricate.

Zhu Youjian was afraid that the Ming Empire would have civil strife due to the disharmony of the economic structures in various regions, just like the North-South civil war in the United States.

The United States has fought a civil war between the North and the South for eight years.

Such a complex economic distribution and geographical structure of Ming Dynasty may not be less than eight years old. At that time, it would be a great loss to the entire nation.

It would be fine if Jiangnan's capital group won, at least the empire would still be in line with historical development.

But if the bureaucratic group in other regions wins, and even takes over the country of the Ming Zhu family, or if the Zhu family is the emperor or his descendants support the bureaucratic group, then history will turn back again.

Moreover, no matter who wins, the entire Chinese nation will suffer great economic and national power losses, and the newly unified world will even fall apart, especially the newly established provinces such as Monan, Northeast, Lelang, and Dongying will even become independent again go out.

Zhu Youjian did not want such an incident to happen.

Therefore, he was deeply anxious about this, and had to call a group of ministers to hold a court meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"This is the current situation of Ming Dynasty that I found out during this southern tour. The three social forms are the Central South and the Southwest after the land annexation, the North and the outside of the customs before the land annexation. Most people are engaged in business and industry in the south of the Yangtze River. Two interests Groups, our bureaucratic groups and capital groups that control wealth, five roles, workers, peasants, officials, merchants, and gentry;
The social structure of my Ming Dynasty is not uncomplicated. Businessmen don’t want to be taxed too hard by officials, workers don’t want to be exploited too hard by businessmen, and farmers don’t want to be taxed too hard by gentry. The Jiangxi Rebellion that just ended shows that these problems have always existed and even intensified.

If it is not resolved and prevented now, who can guarantee that it will not lead to chaos in the future?If the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River formed armed forces to boycott the imperial court, and the peasants in the southwest and central south formed thieves to fight for the world, if the corruption of officials led to changes in the people in the north and outside the customs, wouldn't the world be divided again?Even give the alien race a chance to rise? "

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he couldn't help saying meaningfully: "My dear friends, we have to be vigilant."

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