The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 716 Traitor Flattery
Most of the people who came to persuade King Tishan to surrender were survivors of the destroyed countries in Southeast Asia, and several countries were far stronger than the Lancang Kingdom.

The only remaining kingdom in the Indochina Peninsula chooses jade fragments or tiles?

Force Tishan convened civil and military officials to discuss the kingdom's future, but the king was extremely discouraged. The kingdom's generals had no fighting spirit, and tried their best to persuade the king to give up resistance and surrender to "Nanming" as soon as possible.

Many civil officials also asked the king to make a decision as soon as possible, because if the delay continues, civil strife may break out in the kingdom due to food shortages. Once the mob starts to rob the princes and nobles, the consequences will be disastrous...

In the spring of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Lancang Kingdom, who knew current affairs, surrendered without a fight, and Tishan was forced to become the "Nanming" Guishunbo, with the same treatment as Anlebo, and he was allowed to settle in "New Hangzhou".

So far, the Indochina Peninsula has been fully included, and this will become a land that the Han people will never give up. "Nanming" has increased the number of acres of land by hundreds of millions, and conquered millions of foreign nationalities.

Since Guangnan Kingdom and Lancang Kingdom are voluntary submissions, it is not suitable to adopt a serf policy for the soldiers and civilians of these two countries, but it must not make them feel that they have changed their lives.

Next, the obedient citizens of these two countries will be dispersed throughout the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula under the temptation of giving five acres of land as private property, and the seized houses will be allocated to them for use.

Of course, there are still some differences between Shunmin and Hanmin. At the very least, they need to pay the imperial grain for the five acres of land they own as private property, instead of being exempted from taxes like Han immigrants.

It is easier to disperse the obedient people who have returned to the country, because the Southeast Asian countries are poor, and the life of the ordinary people is far worse than that of the people of Ming Dynasty.

These grassroots people are basically extremely poor and have little property, and the thatched huts they live in are not worth a lot of money.

They farmed land for landlords in their hometown, but after immigrating, they farmed land for themselves. Of course, they did not have any resistance.

Therefore, farmers and serfs of different ethnic groups at the lowest level of Sinicization can achieve twice the result with half the effort. After learning Chinese well and passing the selection, they will become Baochang, get five more acres of land and be exempted from taxes. Many people attend night schools.

Soon the obedient people found that their life was much better than that of the slaves, and everyone had a sense of superiority. They immediately positioned themselves as the main ethnic group and tried their best to speak Chinese as well as possible, lest others would hear that they belonged to the Pseudo-Han people.

Whether passive or active, national integration must be carried out. The original system of the entire Indochina Peninsula was broken, and armed Han people appeared in every piece of fertile soil. "Nanming" government is like an arm and a finger.

Huang Sheng is already considering upgrading the management system, because it is obviously out of date for the government to be the largest local administrative organization. It is time to divide the provinces. Soon, ten "Nanming" ministers and one Zhili district will appear.

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In the first month of the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Ming court entered Hong Chengchou as the minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy governor of Ji and Liao military affairs. At this time, Hong Chengchou's power was comparable to that of Yuan Chonghuan.

The inland rogue rebellion seems to have subsided, and the Liao incident is not too bad. The emperor placed high hopes on Hong Chengchou, the first hero of the Ming Dynasty to suppress the bandits, and expected him to train a strong army to pacify Liaodong.

Military training definitely needs food and salaries, but how can the imperial court finances support Hong Chengchou and the local battalion training?

As a result, the increase of training payment was announced. So far, the Liao payment, the suppression payment, and the training payment are collectively known as the "three payments", which increased the burden on farmers and became one of the scourges of the Ming Dynasty's subjugation.

In fact, the total of the "three rates" is only nine cents of silver, which is only a dozen catties of rice per mu of land, which is not the cause of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. Some scholars think so.

In fact, it is not the case. The country's "three rates" require more than ten catties of rice, which is the amount of storage. The level of corruption is paid by farmers.

In this era, the yield per mu is extremely low. One mu of land in the north can harvest less than 260 catties of wheat in a good year, and the land tax added exceeds 20.00% and is close to [-]%. How much land rent and regular tax do you have to pay?

If production is reduced due to disasters, how can ordinary people get a little income from farming?

Farming has no income, no rations and subsidy, are farmers stupid?Who would sit and wait to die?

The momentum of a large number of self-cultivating farmers going bankrupt and fleeing began to spread again, and the achievements of suppressing bandits came to naught.

In the final analysis, Chongzhen did not know how to govern the country. He had no way to squeeze money from vested interests, and would only foolishly demand taxes from Tianmu and Dingkou.

However, there were not many acres of land that the court could collect taxes on, and too many acres were concentrated in the hands of princes, nobles, and scholar-bureaucrats, so the richest people in Ming Dynasty did not have to pay taxes.

Huang Sheng also owned millions of acres of fertile land in Yongping Mansion, and no court official dared to collect taxes. However, Huang Sheng did not transport the grain obtained from the farmland out of Daming, but also brought in grain to rescue the suffering.

It is also because of Huang Sheng's large farms in Yongping Mansion and Liaoxi Corridor that the soldiers and civilians under He Kegang and Cheng Dashi who stayed in Liaodong were able to eat their stomachs, and the reserve of Liaodong army food became possible.

Hong Chengchou, who was supported by money and food, lived up to expectations. The integration of the army led by various generals to train soldiers was indeed fruitful. The 12th year of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty had a slight sign of ZTE, but unfortunately this was actually just a flashback.

The burden on farmers has increased, official corruption has intensified, and the natural conditions are particularly harsh. Chongzhen did not carry out drastic reforms, and of course the problem cannot be solved fundamentally. Daming has no hope.

In the autumn of the 12th year of Chongzhen, in the imperial study room of "Xinjing" in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a group of traitors were flattering, and a big fat man was overjoyed.

Zhang Wenheng, deputy director of the Manchu House of Secretaries, reported: "Your Majesty, Huang Shengyuan, the king of the 'Southern Ming', traveled thousands of miles to expand the soil in Yunnan, and the tens of thousands of 'killing gods' of the Ming Dynasty have gone south to make three announcements and six comforts. It took more than half a year, and now the 'Killing God' army should be fighting in the south."

Ning finished me and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has obtained the latest report from the south. 'Killing God' has high ambitions to seize the territories of many countries in the south. He wants to conquer the great mountains and rivers between Daming Yunnan and 'Nanhua Island'."

Bao Chengxian said: "Nanwang's courage is commendable, but it's a pity that he is too arrogant. I have read history books since I was young, and I can't talk about ancient and modern times. I am not talking about myself when I am familiar with Ming history.

In the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, the Three Propagandas and Six Comforts were not able to achieve long-term peace and stability. The King of the South went south to attack with his own strength. That area is much larger than Liaodong, with a population of tens of millions. I am afraid that the war will be protracted. It is not known whether the people and horses can retreat completely. "

(End of this chapter)