Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 682 Enemy on all sides, where is the main attack?
Yingtian’s Forbidden Palace now has a taste of the White House in the United States. The palace walls that sealed the central government offices have been completely demolished, and a large green lawn has been built instead, and there are two white marble fountains in front of Suzaku Square. Now, the strict hierarchy, oppressive and procrastinated atmosphere in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has been completely eliminated, and even the intrigue among officials has been greatly reduced.

There's no way, working for Song Qingshu is too fucking tiring!
Although the salaries of officials at all levels have been increased by more than ten times compared with Ming Taizu's years, which is enough for honest officials to be decent people, but Song Qingshu's philosophy is to use money to do things, the ledger must be accurate, the information must be delivered on the same day, and every day Official duties must be completed on time, a little procrastination can range from deducting wages, reporting criticism, and even expulsion.

Song Qingshu is equivalent to completely changing the face of the Ming government. Officials in the past were governed by doing nothing, but officials in the new era must govern by doing something. How many roads and factories are built in the local area every year, how much the economy grows, and how efficient the departments are. They are all counted in political achievements, there are too many things to be busy, the busy central government office is like a hive, with clerks and messengers coming in and out of various departments, and the door is almost never idle.

The officials were so busy that they sometimes had to work even when they returned home. Not to mention intrigue, they didn't even have time to listen to the little concubine singing a ditty.

But even with this efficiency, it still can't meet Song Qingshu's requirements. Now, he is sitting in front of the big desk that satisfies his vanity and resembles the first office of the White House, knocking on the table and roaring.

"The imperial court didn't receive the news, so the newspaper first appeared! What does the intelligence bureau of your Ministry of Punishment do?"

On the headline of Yingtian Daily, which still has a strong smell of ink today, there is a line of big characters!
The Justice of the Constitution!Give me back my land! "

The Ming Constitution, which was just revised a while ago, clearly mentioned that private property is sacred and inviolable under the day before it does not touch national security and public safety!After all, he is a scholar-bureaucrat class, so he can turn his head quickly, and he has already used it.

The invasion of Jianslaves dealt a great blow to the big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not an exaggeration to destroy ten families and nine out of ten families. A large number of rich lands were annexed by the Eight Banners Army and enclosed in the banner lands. According to the nationalization of the spoils of war, on the one hand, the land annexation in the south of the Yangtze River is too serious and needs mediation, and the defeated Beifu army also needs land resettlement.

But according to Zhu Yuhui's report, the landless landowners in Changshu, Yingtian and other places are now in contact with Lu Jiantai of the Conservative Party. This time they are going to the Yingtian Supreme Court to sue and demand the land back.

This is a big event, involving many policy adjustments. I didn't know it, but the newspapers knew it first. It is conceivable that Song Qingshu became popular, but fortunately, Zhu Wei reported it first. Song Qingshu was passive.

There was an extra layer of oily sweat on his forehead, and Ruan Dacheng, who was appointed as Minister of Punishment for the fat distribution within the party, couldn't help but wiped it with his thick slap, and then he stuttered to explain.

"The thirteenth princess has a good relationship with Jiangnan literati. Here, she has a unique source of information. The official, the official has a bad reputation, but her sense of smell is not as good as hers in this respect!"

"But don't worry, Commander! I'm sorry, even if these wealthy landowners go to Yingtian to file a lawsuit, I will have a way to prevent them from getting a piece of land!"

As he said that, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help showing a smug smile on his fat birthday face. Unfortunately, Song Qingshu slapped the table heavily again, and yelled helplessly.

"Who asked you to delay? The commander-in-chief asked you to check with Mr. Zhao of the household department first, and then distribute the land according to the book! This has been published in the newspapers. If you use the methods used in the party struggle, this is not open Are you slapping us Liberal Democrats in the face?"

"Really, do you really want to send all these farms back?"

Ruan Dacheng immediately made a bitter face. The 40 Beifu soldiers needed to be resettled. Moreover, the ministers of the DPRK and China were drooling over these lands. , he shivered with pain in his face.

"Mr. Ruan, why do we establish a government? Why do we order Jiangnan, and even take over your majesty's rights? It is based on the authority of the constitution. If we start to destroy the authority of the constitution now, what is the difference from digging the wall? Before long, we will have to degenerate to the same level as the previous dynasty, without Jiannu attacking, we will collapse ourselves!"

Hearing Song Qingshu's heartfelt and helpless tone, Ruan Dacheng's forehead showed sweat once again. The old guy was also very knowledgeable, and hurriedly bowed sadly: "The commander-in-chief's lesson is that the next official will prepare as soon as he returns. Distribute the materials of the land."

"However, some of them have been treated as meritorious service fields and have been distributed to the families of fallen soldiers and disabled soldiers. This part of the fields will be returned, and Xiangguo will communicate with the generals of the Ministry of War..."

Today is still in the military and political era. In order to deal with the crisis in the north and south, the entire Nanzhili is now recruiting on a large scale, and the status of warriors has also risen with Song Qingshu.

Who knew that Song Qingshu interrupted him even more because he hated iron for being weak.

"Who asked you to return all the land? Mr. Zhao of the Household Department has the field records of the second year of Hongguang. Don't they want their own legal land? It will be distributed immediately according to the taxation records. Hold them accountable for tax evasion and evasion over the years, and even get back what they owed over the years!"

These words really made Ruan Dacheng as comfortable as if he drank hot ginger tea for three or nine days. The matter returned to the political dispute of Qingzhang land. During the time of Emperor Hongguang, those bastards even launched a mutiny to force Song Qingshu away in order to pay less taxes. , and used his connections to destroy the field books after clearing the land and replace them with the previous ones. The concealment and omissions were even more serious than before.

In addition, many landlords died in the Jiannu invasion. If they return according to this field book, then there are millions of hectares of land, but less than one-twentieth of the land needs to be returned. Still smashed his foot.

And Song Qingshu's new government has nothing to lose, and it has preserved the majesty of the Ming Constitution!Thinking about it, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help being a thumb tree.

"Master, Gao!"

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Since the return of Emperor Chongzhen, the reign title of Daming has been restored to the reign title of Chongzhen. This year is the 19th year of Chongzhen. In early March, before the spring plowing is about to begin, the most important case of Song Qingshu's first assistant reign has attracted the attention of many parties. The Supreme Court was convened, and the suing party was Changshu. There were more than 200 landlords in Huzhou, and the suing party was actually the Ming government.

This is related to both the old and the new classes, and it is also related to many Yingtian people who have already received land from the new government, martyrs, various newspapers, and people of all sizes. The Rulin Libao has already written an article on how to criticize the hypocrisy of the Song Qingshu government and the unfairness of the Ming Constitution.

But such a big case that has attracted worldwide attention was completed in just one day. The Ministry of Household Affairs returned the land property very poorly, but the amount returned was pitiful and unacceptable.

Just when those landlord families were still entangled, and when the Conservative Party was about to start attacking, the Ministry of Household Affairs announced the field records of the first year and the end of Hongguang. For a while, the whole public opinion quickly turned around. The guy is still trying to evade taxes, which has caused great suffering in the south of the Yangtze River. For a while, most of the emerging mainstream newspapers have criticized these aristocratic families in a large space, especially the editor-in-chief of Yingtian Daily, Zhu Yuhui, who has the most sharp words, bluntly saying that they are The thieves who have brought disaster to the country should be held accountable.

However, what caused the most social repercussions was Song Qingshu's words, when you fulfill your civic duties and protect the country, the country will have strength and have the obligation to protect your legitimate interests!If the country is not strong, the people are not strong!

The impact of the big land case lasted for more than a week, but immediately, the other two major news quickly diluted this matter completely. It was also a headline in the newspaper, "The king of Lu supervises the country does not recognize the legality of Emperor Chongzhen." Sex, especially shameless, stirs up rebellion! " and "Full of nonsense, the slave chief Dorgon threatened that His Majesty is a false emperor!"The clamor goes south again! "

Although it is urgent, but it is expected that Jiannu in the north and King Lu in the south have declared war on themselves!
Since the country was not strong a few days ago, the influence of the people was at its peak when the people were not strong. As soon as these two news came out, Yingtian City once again boiled, and countless fanatical patriots appeared in the streets and alleys.

"Defend Your Majesty, defend the Chief Assistant, and defend our regime!"

"If we don't stand up for the hot-blooded young people today! In the future, the northern barbarians will enslave our descendants again!"

Young scholars and workers were standing on the street giving speeches impassionedly, with big banners swaying behind them. After a few days, the number of people who signed up to join the army increased sharply. The daily training of several large military camps near Yingtian, Changshu and Songjiang called for killing The sound was overwhelming, and freedom and public opinion began to play a huge role. These changes brought about by Song Qingshu were positive, and the people in Nanzhili no longer wanted to go back to the past.

However, the morale was available, but at the joint staff meeting of the Ministry of War, it was still dignified.

No matter how powerful the legion is, it can't sustain the attack from the north and the south. Now it is still facing enemies from three sides. Huguang's Haoge and Wu Sangui's army are likely to launch an attack again, and the back belongs to Ming. The situation is uncomfortable.

"Marshal, the last general advocates that the army should go north with all its strength. Jiannu is still our main enemy at present. As for the boy of King Lu and a group of wine bags and rice bags in Zhoushan, it is not that the last general looks down on him. Give him half a year. It may not be possible to touch the walls of our Hangzhou city!"

Liu Zongmin is still the most reckless and enthusiastic one, and no matter how many authorities are added now, he is still the first one to yell loudly and pat the map.

However, this proposal made the chiefs of staff present nod their heads, especially Sun Chuanting, Minister of the Ministry of War, pinching the beard on his chin, couldn't help nodding in agreement.

"Xiangguo, General Liu's words are justified. To defend the river, we must defend the Huaihe River! The King of Lu's supervision of the country is slow to mobilize, and the courtiers are old! Although sending envoys to formally declare war on His Majesty is treasonous, but it will take at least a few months for the Zhejiang soldiers to threaten our court. , besides, the morale of our army is available now, and the slave-building army is still restrained by the volunteers of Qingzhou, it is indeed a great time to recover Xu Huai!"

As the capital, Yingtian and the army of the Jianghuai River and the Jianghuai River are separated by a river, making people sleep uneasy. Huai grain and grass equipped troops, but when Chen and the late Southern Song Dynasty lost Jianghuai, the country almost perished immediately.

Among all the chiefs of staff, the one who is most worried is Zheng Sen, Fujian Zheng Yiguan, his father, who is also ranked as the king of Yanping County in Lu Wangjian, and belongs to the enemy country. Father and son are fighting on the battlefield. To be honest, Zheng Sen actually didn't care, otherwise in history he would not have fought with Jiannu even though Zheng Zhilong had already surrendered, but now he is most worried about whether Song Qingshu still trusts him.

Once Song Qingshu doesn't trust him anymore, I'm afraid that all the hard work for so long will be in vain. Therefore, Zheng Sen is also actively rushing to stand up.

"The last general is willing to be the vanguard! Attack Xu Huai!"

Almost all of his subordinates have reached one, but surprisingly, Song Qingshu shook his head slowly.

"The fight against Xuhuai now is nothing more than taking back the Huaihe River Basin. Now our army is taking advantage of the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Taking back Xuhuai is just a double insurance. It has little strategic significance. But when we were out of breath fighting Jiannu, Zhu Yihai and Gao Hong Tulu Daqi and the others should stabilize their footsteps, it will be difficult to take them back!"

"But Marshal, what should we do if we attack King Lu and Jiannu kills us again?"

He clearly felt Song Qingshu's surging ambitions, but Sun Chuanting clasped his fists in a worried way. His worries were not unreasonable. In terms of combat effectiveness, King Lu Jianguo's applause could not keep up with the northern army that built slaves. The troops guarding the river are really worrying.

With his hands crossed and his chin pressed, Song Qingshu said leisurely as he looked at the map like Conan, as if he didn't notice Sun Chuanting's advice.

"Now I have to find a way to find something for Jian Nu to do!"

(End of this chapter)