There is no classic saying in the West today, "There are ten thousand Hamlets in the eyes of ten thousand people", but the East has long had the proverb "The same rice feeds hundreds of people". The same conclusions obtained by reading the Four Books and Five Classics are also different.

Some people invented the study of mind in combination with the Four Books and Five Classics, while others used it as a moral standard to test themselves. Of course, more people regarded the words of saints as stepping stones to be officials.

Like most scholars, Yuan Chonghuan saw benefits in this ocean of the Four Books, Five Classics and Eight-Legendary Essays.

That's right, the road to imperial examinations is full of various benefits. If you become a scholar according to the Ming Dynasty, you can be exempted from corvee labor and not kneeling when you see an official. If you are good at writing, you are elected as a student by a county school. If you have passed the provincial examination, you will have six dou of food every month. If you pass the provincial examination, it will be even more amazing. You will join the family servants to offer the fields. Since ancient times, there have been poor scholars and rich scholars. In addition to being exempt from taxes, you also have the status of an official. Look at the two masters and county magistrates in the county government, all of whom are from juren, or you can become a county magistrate in a lower-class county. If you pass the Jinshi Golden List, you won't have to mention it.

It is said that officials from thousands of miles away are only for wealth, but now General Yuan is a Guangdong native to Liaodong and serves as General Liao, General Liu, who is already an official in thousands of miles away, is naturally even more for wealth.

The Fan family in Shanxi killed Mao Wenlong for one million taels of silver, and Mao Wenlong stepped down by 100,000 taels of silver - will he step down? It is still possible to recover in the officialdom. After the news came out, the entire officialdom was in full swing. So Mao Wenlong, who is a lowly military officer from a mud-legged background, is now a good general in Pingliao, the general commander of the Left Army.

Isn't it just that I won a few battles and arrested dozens of Tartars - this is also the only record of capturing Tartar officers in the Ming Dynasty. We have read the articles of a saint. If we were to become the general general of Pingliao, the Left Army, and the governor of the Left Army, would definitely do better than Mao Wenlong - this is also the mainstream idea in the Beijing court.

So after the Fan family secretly offered a reward order, a large number of censors, many of whom were censors raised by the Fan family and other eight major merchants in Shanxi, began to attack Mao Wenlong without any precautions. Even Mao Wenlong's army ate seven pigs and eight sheep in one meal, which was one of Mao Wenlong's crimes. It was pitiful. No matter how good Mao Wenlong's appetite was, he could not eat these thousands of kilograms of meat, so he must have eaten with his subordinates.

As for Mao Wenlong's timid fear of death, his low martial arts skills, etc., he was sent to the palace like a large number of censors, completely disregarding that Dongjiang Town had just completed the two great victory of the Ming Dynasty against the Later Jin Dynasty - the Censor, his original duty was to hear the news, that is, it would be fine to say something wrong. If the court really took Mao Wenlong's position as general because of his memorial, at least the Fan family's 100,000 taels of silver would be obtained.

As for the officials who reached the level of Yuan Chonghuan's supervision, they would seem petty if they were to get 100,000 taels of silver. Because Yuan Chonghuan's perspective was higher - Mao Wenlong from Pi Island was far away from the temple. He held heavy troops and could not be dismissed by the court's will, but he was afraid that the possibility of being forced to rebel was greater. Even if he did not surrender to the Tartars Dongjiang Town, he could still stand on his own. He even attacked North Korea from Pi Island, and the current North Korea and the Ming Dynasty could not be stopped.

So what Yuan Shishi wanted to get the one million taels of reward silver awarded by the Fan family. Of course, he led his troops to attack Pi Island and even suffered a defeat. It would definitely not work if he relied on the Ningyuan soldiers under Yuan Shishi who only dared to defend the city in front of the Tartars, but there was no other way.

The so-called plan for poison is to eliminate food after excluding food for several years. So Yuan Chonghuan's army was clear, so General Yuan ordered the order to cut off more than 100,000 yuan in Dongjiang Town's annual grain. This amount of money and grain is a piece of cake for General Yuan, who spent millions of taels of silver to settle the Liao Dynasty every year. However, for General Yuan, which produces small but consumes a lot, it is life-saving grain.

When the hungry people in Dongjiang Town were everywhere, I took my money and grain to hold a Hongmen banquet near the Peel Island, and I was not afraid that Mao Wenlong would not take the bait. One million taels of silver. Although the annual cost of Liaoning was several million taels of silver, when I was drinking soldiers in Liaodong, there were six officials in the capital who were peeling off the skin. The lower level also had to take care of these Ningyuan generals. As for how many years the soldiers at the bottom would be able to make up for such a big business - if there were less Ice Jingtang and Jing, who would offend people.

Yuan Chonghuan, a master who was from the top three and Jinshi, could be the governor of Liaodong, Ji Liao, and the governor of Liao. When he was a local official, he fed all the big men in the capital - otherwise there would be so many local officials. Who would remember who Yuan Chonghuan was?

Therefore, although Yuan Chonghuan handled a lot of money every year, he could not leave much. After becoming the supervisor, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to support his family members according to the atmosphere in the late Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, who would he rely on when fighting? The most powerful person was the personal soldiers and servants he raised himself. In history, Yuan Chonghuan killed Chen Jisheng and joined the Later Jin Tartars after his death.

The salary of the imperial court cannot even be supported by the military staff. Everyone can only show their magical powers when raising family members. For example, the Shangwei Station in this place has long begun to occupy the land of military households, and the recruitment system only has one trick to drink blood from soldiers. This is a trend of the times, not based on the will of one or two people. In other words, those who dare to block the rolling wheels of history will surely be crushed to pieces.

As for the matter after killing Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan didn't think much about it, or he was similar to those censors who attacked Mao Wenlong crazy, thinking that even a rough man could do it, and he, who had read the books of sages, could definitely do better. Besides, now that Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan governors are in a peaceful state of harmony with the Tartars, Mao Wenlong took the opportunity to kill the Tartars and even captured many high-ranking Tartar officials and destroyed the good things he had made to unilaterally discuss peace with the Tartars. It was really intolerable.

Alas, why do you want to negotiate peace? What should I do if I don’t negotiate peace? Now there are Tartars fighting and causing trouble in Liaodong. Only then can the imperial court allocate millions of silver to Ji Liao every year. If Mao Wenlong accidentally destroys his established strategy, he will really destroy the Tartars. The court can still give himself millions of sands to Liao every year. Without this millions of silver to Liao, what will the governor Yuan use to support these thousands of soldiers? Without these thousands of soldiers, Yuan is not as tough as Zu Dashou, his subordinates.

On this day, Yuan Chonghuan's concubine said after the supervisor got up: "My husband called Mao Wenlong eighty-seven times last night."

Yuan Chonghuan scolded: "This is a state matter. Please don't ask, woman."

The concubine hesitated and said, "My husband called out one million taels and two hundred and seventy-six times last night."

Thinking of one million taels of silver, Yuan Chonghuan was already waving to him, and he smiled: "The ancient poem says: I have a hundred thousand jin of money. I ride a crane to Yangzhou. After I get the million taels, my family will go to Yangzhou for fun together. Hahaha."

But after a good mood that morning, I arrived at the General Manager's Mansion, the news sent back by the detailed work of the Superintendent Yuan stationed on Pi Island was shattered: "What? Some seamen sold ten thousand stones of grain to Pi Island and hundreds of thousands of kilograms of sea fish? Those seamen were so brave, check it out for me, where did they come from?"

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents. Master Yuan's strategy was originally perfect, but unexpectedly it was cut off by a group of ignorant seamen.

The following followed and replied tremblingly: "It is said that it is Australian seamen. They have a large iron ship, which is extremely large. They can move without sails, and their speed is as fast as flying fish. The large iron ship can be used to take tens of thousands of kilograms of sea fish in one net. In a few days, the ice cellar on Pi Island was full of sea goods."

Master Yuan scolded: "You dare to say something bad. What kind of iron ships, those lies that move without sails can only deceive the foolish men and women in the village. A net of more than 100,000 kilograms of fish, how can such a big fishing net come from this world?"

He answered in person: "Report to the commander, this large iron ship has not only been to Pi Island, but also to the offshore of Tianjin Wei. The Australian seamen also pulled a lot of refugees from Tianjin to board the ship and said they were going to Australia to open up land and work. It is said that as long as the Australians work, they would be treated as servants. Tens of thousands of people have been taken away several times. Even the imperial court said that there was no way to use this large iron ship. There are rumors that the imperial court has invested money to buy a lot of Australian firearms. It is used to suppress rebellions in Shaanxi."

Commander Yuan cursed hatefully: "Don't lose your mother. Australians, I and you all have to finish it."

However, this Australian iron ship would not come to this Liaodong place, and the commander Yuan could not take care of the Tianjin garrison at the emperor's feet. It would be useless if the Australians had only limited support to Dongjiang Town this or two times. If it continues for a long time, I am afraid that Dongjiang Town will not need the court's food and salary to provide assistance - although North Korea, which is very close to Pi Island in Dongjiang Town, does not have much money, but there are really a lot of goods that can be taken out.

Moreover, the food and salary on Pi Island was cut off for a long time. I was afraid that Mao Wenlong would become independent even if he was not independent. Since he could do well without the money and food allocated by the Ming government, who would take the Ming government into consideration?

After scolding, General Yuan asked in a low voice: "What is the news over the Later Jin Dynasty?"

The follower also whispered: "After the fall of the Later Jin Dynasty, I want to bypass Ningyuan and go south to plunder through Mongolia. The king of the country means that he can cooperate with the troops who are in charge of the army under the city of Beijing to attack the Ming Dynasty emperors and ministers to see the loyalty of the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. It doesn't matter if he died or injured some Aha slaves. What's important is the agreement with the army."

"I understand, if you send someone to send me a message, I, Yuan Chonghuan, will definitely abide by the Peaceful Trade Agreement. I will never send troops while the Later Jin Dynasty is empty. Tell them that only you can be good. Speaking of which, what's the point of doing it without the Tartars, the Ji Liao Commander. Hahahahaha."

I saw that this person who followed the etiquette of the Later Jin Dynasty beat him up: "Slag."

The Lushan shipped south from Tianjin Wei Road, recruiting refugees to buy and sell goods in Zhili, Shandong, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places, and its control over this firearm gradually became loose. The Ming Dynasty itself could not resist the firearms. In theory, if you have a red cannon, it would be fine. At least the government has no right to interfere. What's more, the simpler Big Tiger Cannon and Australian Quick Gun are no longer a problem. The best-quality firearms are hidden among the people these days.

Until today, Australians still opened their doors to do business in the Ming Dynasty. As long as there is silver or goods that need Australian demand, there is nothing that cannot be sold - of course, what Australians cannot produce now naturally have to increase the price and supply in limited quantities.

Generally, the Australians' cannons and guns are not resistant to them, and they often buy them. Even if they are calculated based on the price of steelmaking, they will make a profit. What's more, the inner wall of the Australians' cannon is as smooth as a mirror and the inner wall of the Ming Dynasty's pit-shaped cannon is too different.

The officials bought it and were naturally equipped with servants. There were richer provinces who bought it with treasury silver to defend the city. Of course, the operation was definitely the servants. What should I do if the guards who ate sucking vegetables were taken away? This was all bought for nothing.

The Ming Dynasty itself was not short of silver, and most people even traded with silver. Copper coins and other things were almost withdrawn from the larger market, but these silver were all in the treasury of the civilians or in the treasury of a wealthy businessman. The treasury that was always short of silver was the national treasury. According to historical records of the Lushan History Group, the taxes of the Qing Dynasty were more than ten times that of the Ming Dynasty. The annual treasury tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only a few million taels of silver, while the Qing Dynasty was tens of millions of taels of silver.

Moreover, Kang Mazi also created a fixed number and never adds taxes, which is relatively the fixed number and never adds taxes. If there are those who have paid the award, the reduced taxes will be paid out from other places, otherwise they will wait to participate. A phenomenon in the Qing Dynasty was that you sold the land but did not move (this is rare under the road guide system). If the later owner of this land did not have to pay taxes, the former owner would still have to pay the tax on the previous land even if he sold the land - and families without a backend obviously could not afford the land.

A major project of the historical research group now is how to save the Ming Dynasty financially. It is easy to say in military terms. As long as the Lushan people are willing to take action, whether it is the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty or various rebels, it is just a word of death. But if there is no economic strategy to save the Ming Dynasty, then after killing Li Zicheng, Zhang Zicheng and others, the King of Breakthroughs will emerge continuously - you must know that the first King of Breakthroughs Gao Yingxiang has been killed long ago.

Zhang Leping of the History Group read the materials and analyzed them for several months and summarized in the large classroom in Lushan: "The problems of the Ming Dynasty appeared in several aspects. First, the royal family. The royal family had become a big vampire in the Ming Dynasty after hundreds of years of population expansion. The cost of supporting these royal families in the late Ming Dynasty was as heavy as the burden of the government raising the children of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty.

For this matter, we can only reduce the cost of the vassal kings or wait for the peasant army to kill these vassal kings as fat pigs. In the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army who entered the pass all killed many of them, but now, it is hard to say whether they have this opportunity with us.

The second and third questions are actually consistent, that is, the privileges of the officials and the great landlords and the great merchant class. In this era, the great merchants and the great landlords all raised a group of scholars for tax exemption. These scholars actually monopolized the Ming Dynasty's official class in the late Ming Dynasty because of their rich learning resources. They eliminated the path of advancement for poor families. Otherwise, the peasant army would not have been added to so many scholars later. One of the biggest forces among them was the Donglin Party. It seems that it is not a good idea to eliminate them purely by relying on the **.

The fourth problem is the traitors of the eight major merchants in Shanxi. This can be solved by eliminating them. However, Shanxi seems to be a little far away for us. It would be easy to talk about Zhejiang and Guangdong, just go up and attack."

Jin Sanduo asked: "How did the Qing Dynasty solve these problems?"

Zhang Leping said: "Well, the Eight Banners' children replaced the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty occupied a large number of good farmlands in order to support these Eight Banners' children. However, the land enclosure movement during the Kangxi period of Shunzhi also left countless Han people homeless. Of course, these lands could only meet the daily needs of the Eight Banners' children. As soon as the court fought, the Tartars in the Qing court began to sell official positions, starting from fourth-rank officials. The virtual and real and scattered, and even women's maids could buy it. Not only did they sell official positions but also sold them in a short time, they could reach the level of a prefect.

The Qing court called this selling official porridge and titles called opening donations. There was also a saying in the Ming Dynasty that it only sold the identity of a student, which was a scholar, which was called a tribute. Although it could theoretically take the imperial examination, almost no one was afraid of that bad news, because the article rating was divided into sixth grade, and the fifth grade was fined and rated as sixth grade, which was to be dismissed, so it would be a waste of donations. Therefore, the donors generally only wanted to be exempted from corvee labor and did not kneel down when they saw officials and did not need to lead them to do business everywhere."

Jin Sanduo asked: "We advise the Ming Dynasty court to start selling officials to pass the success rate? This is much better than adding Liao tribute or something."

Zhang Leping said: "Almost less than 10%. The emperor had the final say in the Qing Dynasty. In the middle and late periods of the Ming Dynasty, without the consent of the cabinet, the emperor's words were not considered an imperial edict. There is no difference between letting these officials lose face and starting to sell official porridge and kill them. That was a matter of gentle sweeping the floor. Whoever got involved would be criticized for the rest of his life."

Jin Sanduo asked: "The Tartars were small, and in the later period it was also a city of Beijing where peasants were destroyed. However, the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty did not improve, so would our largest trading partner have to wait for death? That, if we persuade the Ming Dynasty court to pass the integrated food payment system of officials and gentry in the One-Whip Law, how much pass can there be?"

Zhang Leping discussed with several people from the history group for a while and replied: "The chances of paying food through the One Whip Law of officials and gentry will definitely not be higher than those who asked the Ming Dynasty court to sell official porridge and titles."

Jin Sanduo asked again: "Then how meaningful is what we are doing now? Should we contact Dashun or Daxi regime in advance?"

Zhang Leping said affirmatively: "It still makes sense. We took away some refugees so that more people can get job opportunities in the Ming Dynasty and social stability will be strengthened - this is a butterfly effect, and the specific effect will be seen again. We sold a large amount of arms to the Ming Dynasty government, and they did not accompany these arms transactions. With these slightly more advanced new weapons, the Ming Dynasty government can eliminate the peasant army faster, so that the additional taxes for farmers will be less."

"The amount we sell can also produce a butterfly effect in the military and change history?"
Chapter completed!