Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1399
Several people in the room heard the words and saw that he was holding a military newspaper tightly in his hand, Du Yinxi and Chen Zilong couldn't help getting up at the same time, but it was Su Guansheng who turned around and asked first: "What is the result?"

A smile leaked from Chen Bangyan's face. Looking at the expressions of several people, he paused intentionally, and then said: "Naturally, it is a great victory."

As soon as his words came out, the hearts of several people fell to the ground. Chen Zilong sat down slowly again, while Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng stepped forward a few steps, walked up to Chen Bangyan, took the military newspaper, and eagerly unfolded it to read.

The two of them glanced around quickly, with expressions of excitement on their faces, and their expressions were uplifted.

After reading it, Du Yinxi returned to his seat, and Su Guansheng handed the general report to Chen Zilong, and then said: "Jianguo smashed 20 gold thieves in Lintong and took countless prisoners. Hauge only fled north with dozens of people. Right now the army is divided into three On the road, they pursued Wu Sangui all the way, and Meng Qiaofang all the way, while Jian Guo assembled his troops and went straight to Chang'an."

Chen Zilong took the military newspaper, read it again, and said a little excitedly: "The main force of the gold thieves has been defeated, and there should be no obstacle for the supervisor to take Chang'an, so Guanzhong can be settled. Well, it's really great!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Zilong read the military newspaper several times, still a little too excited to contain himself, "It's really great, after this battle, the Kingdom of Jin should not be able to organize any counterattacks, and the battle in Guanzhong is probably coming to an end soon. "

At this point, Chen Zilong paused, looked at the few people and said, "If the Guanzhong war is over, the common people will not suffer from hard labor for a while. After the peasants return to their hometowns, this year's autumn harvest should not be affected. In this way, the court Taxation will not be affected too much."

After Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng made a round of inspections, they were worried that the war would be delayed and production would be affected. Taking Chang'an now means that the big war is over, and even if they continue to use troops in the future, the scale will inevitably be much smaller, not such a large scale up.

For a moment, several people couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, the whole person relaxed, Su Guansheng sighed: "From Jiashen to now, the world has gone from disintegration to reunification, it is really not easy in retrospect!"

His words made several people sigh. A great empire went from collapse to rebirth from Nirvana, and then to the great unification again. How many sufferings have been experienced and how many people have sacrificed for it, it is not surprising.

I think back to when I retreated from Nanjing to Hangzhou, from Hangzhou to Fujian, and finally retreated to Guangzhou to gain a firm foothold. Thinking about how many people died along the way, it was really a difficult journey in retrospect.

Su Guansheng and Du Yinxi on the side were a little worried about the war just now, but now that they got the report, their attitudes changed immediately.

But when several people sighed happily, Du Yinxi suddenly said: "Everyone, since Jian Guo has already marched towards Chang'an, I think Chang'an will be captured soon, and it's time for us to take action at that time."

When Chen Zilong and the others heard the words, the smiles on their faces disappeared. They heard that the defeated Jin army was about to recover Guanzhong. They were happy, but they forgot that Guanzhong is actually a mess.

Chen Zilong's complexion changed, and he nodded: "Du Gong is right. I'm afraid it's not the time to be happy now! I just received the report that the rebellion of the hungry people in northern Shaanxi has swept to the north of Shanxi, and the situation in Guanzhong may not be good. The situation we are facing may be that taking Chang'an is easy and governance is difficult!"

The civil uprising in northern Shaanxi spread to Shanxi, and everyone looked serious.Regarding the riots of the hungry people, it can be said that the officials of the Ming Dynasty who experienced large-scale riots by bandits during the Chongzhen period were very sensitive to the riots of the hungry people.

At that moment, everyone couldn't help straightening their bodies in their seats, put away their relaxed posture, and became serious one after another.

Destruction is easy, but construction is difficult. Before the Ming Dynasty, they played dirty tricks and made a mess in Guanzhong. When they thought of cleaning up, they felt that they were in a mess and had to cheer up.

Su Guansheng straightened his body, nodded and said: "Governing is indeed more difficult than conquering. Guanzhong was prosperous for a short time before. If we want to return to our hearts, we must at least do better than Jin Guo."

For a place to develop, it must have its own advantages and characteristics. After the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties in Guanzhong, the land has been relatively barren. Compared with farming, it is naturally inferior to other provinces, and it seems that there are no special products. How to restore it? , but is really a problem.

In fact, Jin Guo found a way for Guanzhong, which is to re-establish the Silk Road, but this matter Jin Guo can do well, but it is more difficult for Ming Dynasty to do it.

Guanzhong is the core of the Kingdom of Jin, a place of focus, and has a high political status. However, in the Ming Dynasty, Guanzhong was just an ordinary province, and its political status declined. It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to give too much preferential treatment and special attention. Officials in Guanzhong did not have a voice in the court. Unlike the southern provinces, they basically controlled the right to speak in the court. The policies and resources of the Ming Dynasty would definitely be tilted to the south.

In this way, it is actually very difficult for Guanzhong to recover.

Chen Zilong hadn't thought about the future recovery. He shook his head and said, "Grand Su, now that we have recovered to the level of the Jin Dynasty, don't talk about it for now. I am poor and short-sighted now, and I just want to let Guanzhong settle down first." , just don’t cause a big famine.”

After hearing this, Du Yinxi couldn't help asking: "Why doesn't the household department have any money?"

"Having an army of 50 and more than a million civilians, it's not just that they have no money!" Chen Zilong wondered: "The Ministry of Households is already heavily in debt."

"That still needs to increase taxes, and continue to reform and improve the tax system." Du Yinxi said.

The Chu faction in the court is always partial to the Wudehao. In the previous economic war against the Jin Kingdom, the Wudehao made a lot of money. Now that the court is governing Guanzhong, they should contribute.

Regarding the improvement of the tax system, Du Yinxi has mentioned it several times, but it was always rejected by interest groups and dragged on.

Chen Bangyan couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, "Du Gong, even if the tax system is reformed and the tax system is improved, the tax revenue will not be collected this year. Guanzhong is an urgent need and must be resolved immediately, so I suggest that a large number of rich people should be seized in Guanzhong. Households and dignitaries, this way you can quickly get a large amount of money and food, which should be enough for the court to stabilize Guanzhong."

Here, Chen Bangyan and Chen Zilong are both members of the Chu Party, and their main purpose is to safeguard the interests of the South, so their ideas are naturally biased toward the South.

Su Guansheng heard the words, but helped Du Yinxi, he frowned and said: "I have no objection to confiscating the property of a group of Jin Guo dignitaries in Guanzhong, but this matter cannot be expanded. At present, the most important thing is to stabilize the people's hearts, and it involves too much , is not conducive to the stability of Guanzhong, and the wealthy households have copied it, how to restore the economy of Guanzhong? If you want to reopen the Silk Road in the future and manage the Western Regions, how can you do it without the participation of rich people?"

"This~" Chen Bangyan didn't think so much.

Seeing this, Chen Zilong hurriedly smoothed things over, "Then don't expand, just copy high-ranking officials and nobles. The land and wealth of the Kingdom of Jin are actually very concentrated. Copy one Meng Qiaofang, worth a hundred or ten ordinary wealthy households. After copying, it will not be enough. According to Henan’s example, it should be barely enough to sell some land to wealthy households in Jiangnan.”

Du Yinxi couldn't help frowning when he heard this. He went around Henan and found out after inspection that many lands in Henan were in the hands of southern merchants and wealthy families. According to their requirements, various crops were planted, and the province's economy also grew. It is basically controlled by the South, and in the words of later generations, it is just like an economic colony.

Right now, there are no problems. After a long time, the gap between regions will become bigger and bigger, and conflicts will erupt sooner or later.But at this time, Du Yinxi only realized that there was a problem, but he didn't know what the problem was, after all, he didn't know much about economics.

After discussing for a while, several people dispersed, and Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng passed by. As the two were walking on the road, Du Yinxi couldn't help asking: "Su Gong, you just spoke for the rich households in Guanzhong, do you want to save some strength and fight back?" Chu faction gentry."

Su Guansheng nodded, "Politics is about checks and balances. Absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption. After the separation of affairs officials and political affairs officials, partisan disputes are no longer hidden and have long been on the table. I think it is also a good idea to do so." That’s right, but two things must be achieved. First, one party cannot rule the country. Second, the power of the state supervisor must be limited. The power must be handed over to the cabinet. Only then can our Ming Dynasty’s politics be clear and corruption be limited to the greatest extent. Now many gentry in the south support the Chu faction, and in order to gain their support, the Chu faction continues to seek benefits for them, which actually harms the interests of the court, so we must stand up and speak for the people of other provinces, otherwise the court will sooner or later Something went wrong."

Du Yinxi couldn't help nodding frequently, "Exactly. Jian Guo has become more self-willed recently. After the extermination of money this time, his prestige will be even worse. Once he commits a crime, no one can stop him. I agree that power should be returned to the cabinet. in one hand."

Now that the position has changed, Wang Yanyi is a corrupt ruling class. He clamored to limit the imperial power before, but now he has become the opposite of others who want to limit it, which can be regarded as digging a hole for himself.

(It's too late, I have the audacity to ask for a monthly pass, recommendation, subscription.)
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