The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 811 Mantis Catching Cicadas
Huang Mingli's task is to deploy encirclement circles in the west and north of the capital.

The siege of the east and south of the capital was completed by He Kegang, part of the original team under Cheng Dashi's command, and the "Nanming" soldiers who accompanied the officials and queens of the Ming Dynasty to land in Tianjin Wei. At that time, Huang Sheng would personally lead ten battalions to join the battle.

There is not much strategic space for the capital to go east. There is a vast sea there, and the thieves have no navy. In any case, it is impossible to lose their head and choose to break out of the siege when they are besieged.

Therefore, the layout of the west of the capital is the key point, not only to prevent the intruders from escaping back to their hometown, but also to deal with the intruders who came to meet them and stayed in Shanshan.

Huang Mingli has been fighting for 20 years. He started as a spearman and assassinated Jiannu face-to-face, and then served as a cavalry.

From commanding a few people to commanding 10,000+ people to sweep across the prairie, his growth is really one step at a time.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.Huang Mingli knew that now that the peaches were ripe, it was just around the corner that the head of the family would become the favored son of heaven.

Of course he understands that now he has to hide his strategic intentions, and "Nan Ming" will jump out to pick peaches after the intruders fight Daming to death.

Therefore, the deployment of troops must be concealed, so that the intruders must not be aware of the "God of War" and give up the courage to attack the capital.

Mao Yuanyi, who was affirmed by the King of Nan and obtained the title of "Nanming", has long considered himself a minister of "Nanming", and he is looking forward to making great achievements again.

Mao Yuanyi led the 6000-man Fubiao Battalion who participated in the war in Liaodong back to Denglai, and Lu Chengzu also returned to Qingjiao to dispatch the "God of War" troops deployed in Shandong.

Lu Chengzu is the founder of the Shandong "God of War" team, and his "green rubber cavalry" is famous all over the world because it is one of the main forces that captured Gao Yingxiang alive.

Lu Chengzu only brought dozens of guards to Fushan to issue orders, and the soldiers and civilians in Jiaodong Peninsula responded positively.

In a few days, more than [-] troops were immediately formed. Although most of them were first-class township warriors, their combat effectiveness with flintlock rifles was not at all comparable to mere rogues.

Lu Chengzu's temporary "God of War" Shandong soldiers and Mao Yuanyi's Fubiao Battalion will be involved in the battle to besiege the capital and eliminate the intruders, with no less than [-] troops.

Mao Yuanyi had already set off with his troops, and under the banner of entering the capital to serve as the king, he dawdled and counted the time to start on the road.

Mao Yuanyi honestly and unceremoniously took over all the counties, prefectures, and prefectures that he entered along the way, and as long as there were Ming soldiers, he would call them in front of the tent to listen to orders.

The land of Shandong is not peaceful either. There are bandits and bandits everywhere. The news of the founding of the "Dashun" has stimulated many rebel leaders, and there are many people who pull up teams to attack the city and try to become generals in the "Dashun" new dynasty. yes.

Too many officials in the Ming government have lost confidence in the situation, and there are even some magistrates who just hang up their seals and quit.

Some county magistrates who were born as Jinshi resigned because they were disappointed with Zhu Mingjiang, and some fled because they saw that the bandits were coming to attack the abandoned city.

Although Mao Yuanyi is the governor of Denglai, according to the Ming system, he can't control the parents and officials in other places, even if he is the third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty.

But now he still has the second-class title of "Nanming" Marquis of Anguo, and is the chief governor of the "Nanming" Shandong people.Along the way, the civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty actively cooperated with Mao Yuanyi's work, and basically no one had too much resistance to the "Nanming" taking over the Shandong city.

Because giving up the land in Shandong also means not having to worry about the livelihood of the common people on this land. There are constant wars and disasters, and years of natural disasters. Too many people who are starved for food need money and food to resettle them. How can the Ming government have this ability.

"Nanming" must be responsible for the people here when it wins a place. Many counties and prefectures in Shandong have temporarily appointed town governors and propaganda team officers to resume administrative management.

Military management is an administrative institution used for excessive use in extraordinary times. Immediately there will be "Nanming" pavilion chiefs, township chiefs, and county magistrates. Wherever Shandong Qinwang led by Lu Chengzu and Mao Yuanyi passed by, the "Nanming" organization took advantage of the trend build.

The life-saving food will be loaned to all ordinary people facing hunger without interest. The ordinary people can get land to cultivate, get seeds and cattle loans, and also get low-interest assistance funds for production and self-help.

"Nanming" first delineated land without owners and sub-leased it to land-lost peasants. Even tax plus land rent should not exceed [-]% of the yield per crop, and could be paid in kind.

If the unclaimed land obtained was not enough for the landless farmers to cultivate, the "Nanming" government adopted the method of redemption to purchase land from large landlords.

At the same time, a unified land tax was implemented. The upper limit of the tax exemption for scholar-bureaucrats was [-] mu per household, and the tax exemption for ordinary people was [-] mu per household. The land tax exceeding this amount was about one bucket per mu.

However, the tax for a bucket of imperial grain generally refers to the average value of all land, and naturally there are corresponding proportions for fertile land, thin land, and mountainous land.

A large number of farmers rent and plant land provided by the government. Taxes and land rents are open, transparent and reasonable. In case of large-scale production reduction, the government will provide relief.

In the situation where big landlords compete with the government for labor, there is no doubt that it is unequal competition, and landlords are completely vulnerable groups.

Any big landlord who dares to hoard a large amount of arable land in his hands beyond his means may not be able to find people to cultivate it, and if he fails to get a harvest, he has to pay the emperor's grain, which will drag the landlord into bankruptcy.

Policies and regulations such as "Nanming" have been implemented for many years, and Shandong scholar-bureaucrats have also heard about it. The government offers a fair price to buy acres of land and sublease them to the common people. good choice.

This is actually the land reform of the "Nanming" government, another way of "land to the tiller".

There is no bloody and violent snatching, respecting the rights and interests of poor farmers to obtain cultivated land, and safeguarding the vested interests of the rich. The accumulation of the rich may not be all robbery, and it may be the hard work of the ancestors. It is unknown.

The "Nanming" government does not hate the rich, let alone scholar-bureaucrats, and governs with an attitude of treating everyone equally, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

"Nanming" will persevere in taking the path of common development, and will gradually solve the serious social inequality between rich and poor at the end of Ming Dynasty, and first solve the crucial land conflict.

Strictly stipulate a series of welfare benefits such as reduction or exemption of land tax and small tax enjoyed by the scholar-official class, and extend the tax-free benefits to the homes of ordinary people.

Immediately there will be government projects starting in Shandong. The construction of roads, reservoirs, and bridges will require a large number of laborers. With more employment channels, ordinary people at the grassroots level will gradually accumulate wealth. In a few years, a thriving Qilu land will emerge. .

(End of this chapter)