Volume Three, The Return of the Ming Dynasty, Chapter 94, The Back Road
.After the land was found out, it will be temporarily rented as a royal farm to the coated slaves who were originally under the flag. These coated slaves have been ordered to be restored to freedom by the emperor. They only need to pay half of the production as rent, which is why these people have regained gratitude to the emperor.
The emperor disposes the land occupied by Manchu in this way, which disappoints many people. The land occupied by Manchu is all possessed by the masters. Although many of the original owners of the land were killed by Manchu, many of the owners of the land are still alive and they want to take back their land.
On the surface, this requirement is reasonable. Even Qian Qianyi and Qu Shi suggested to the emperor that the land of the gentry who were still alive should be returned, but Wang Fu refused it. He joked that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by natural disasters, and the land was annexed again. There was no reason to return the land he had seized from the Manchus to those gentry landlords. Instead of returning it to those gentry, it would be better to directly allocate it to tenants who rented land.
Of course, there is no free lunch in the world. These tenants have no choice but to become Manren's coat slaves. However, the facts helped Manren, making Manren devote all his efforts to the war without any worries, renting the land to them, and paying only half of the rent is a great favor, and there is no reason to directly distribute the land to them.
If the land is not divided or returned, the production of these lands can make Wang Fu excited. Although it has not yet been found out how much land the Manchus occupied, the roughly amount will not be much different, about 200 to 3 million mu. Based on the yield of two stones per mu, half of the rent tax can charge 200 to 3 million stones of grain every year, which is exchanged for silver, which is 200 to 3 million taels. The extra silver in his hands can make Wang Fu do many things.
The Ming Dynasty had no less than 600 million mu of arable land, and the imperial court's land tax revenue reached more than 30 million stones when it was the highest. It can be said that the tax rate was low in the early days, but it dropped to about 20 million stones by the time of Chongzhen. This was only after several consecutive taxes, in addition to the court's taxes, at least 600 million stones of rent and tax were supported by the entire landlords and gentry class. This was the reason why the rise from the late Ming Dynasty to the beginning.
If these millions of acres of land were not used as royal farms, they would be divided directly. In less than a few years, it would be good if the court taxes could receive one-tenth of the land. Although Wang Fu is not short of money at the moment, he does not have the reason to push the money out.
The emperor insisted on taking over the land occupied by the Manchus into the imperial village. Qian Qianyi and Qu Shi just muttered a few words, but no longer spoke. They were all from the south, and the land in the north had nothing to do with them. The reason why they persuaded the emperor to return was that they saw that the same class said a few good words for the northern gentry, but they would not fight with the emperor for the interests of the northern gentry. The owners of the original land could survive and cooperate with the Manchus. It would be fine if the emperor did not pursue their crime of regulating, and they did not have the courage to fight with the emperor. This matter was decided.
In the Jinfu study, Wang Fu was looking through the memorials. Next to him was a girl in purple who was gently grinding ink. The girl in purple was graceful, with her snow-white jade wrists and thick ink in a fun way. Her face was melon-shaped, willow-leaf eyebrows, and her face was as delicate as white jade. Standing on one side, like an elegant orchid.
This girl is Jin Lanzhi, half of the owner of Jin Mansion. Compared to half a month ago, Jin Lanzhi's face has a hint of bright redness, and her eyebrows seem to be open. She no longer looks clear and astringent, but her figure has become much more graceful, just like flowers watered by rain and dew.
After entering the capital for half a month, the emperor was still stationed in the Jin Mansion. This made Qian Qianyi, Qu Shi and others a little puzzled. Although the Jin Mansion covers a large area, it cannot be compared with the imperial palace in any case. Qian Qianyi thought that the emperor thought that the Emperor was burned. The emperor was unwilling to live in the palace. He asked for an order to rebuild the Huangji Palace. The emperor did not agree. The palace is still empty at the moment.
Wang Fu was unwilling to live in the palace. Of course, it was not because the Huangji Palace was burned. Other buildings in the palace were intact. Huangji Palace was only used when he was in court. Most of the court officials are still in Nanjing. If Wang Fu wanted to live in the palace, he could choose another side hall for the use of meeting the ministers. He was unwilling to live in the palace. He was purely unwilling to stay in the depressing atmosphere of the palace.
While grinding ink, Jin Lanzhi kept staring at the emperor quietly. Seeing the emperor's face, her heart was pounding, and her lips were slightly moved. She wanted to speak several times, and she wanted to speak but stopped several times. She didn't know if she should interrupt the emperor. She finally plucked up the courage. A sound of footsteps came from outside. Jin Lanzhi quickly swallowed the words and focused on grinding the ink.
"The emperor is overjoyed. It's overjoyed." Qu Shi came in. He was holding a military newspaper in his hand. He just came in and congratulated the emperor.
Wang Fu raised up and saw Qu Shi, happy and looked like he looked. He was very surprised. Generally speaking, Qu Shi rarely had any rude things. He asked quickly: "What kind of happy event? Let me see it."
But Qu Shi~ as if he had just remembered the etiquette at this time, he bowed to Wang Fu and said, "I am here to see the emperor. Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
Hearing Qu Shi~ a serious visit, Wang Fu felt amused and crying
, quickly raised his hand: "Qu Aiqing, please give me the gift. What kind of joy did you just say?"
"I obey the order." Qu Shi~ Then the general reported to the emperor with both hands. Wang Fu took it and his face was bright: "Okay, okay, now I have no worries. It's time to deal with Wu Sangui, a big traitor.
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Qu Shi~ This report was a good news from Yan Yingyuan, Huang Degong, Li Benshen and Li Chengdong. It describes in detail the process of encircling and suppressing Dorgon's main force. In addition to the severe damage of Dorgon's army, the old and weak man who withdrew were also Huang Degong respectively. Yan Yingyuan wiped out tens of thousands of people. Even if there was no Ming army to chase him, there were still many more than 100,000 old and weak man who died along the way. It can be said that the loss of vitality of the Manchus this time was even more powerful than several years ago.
After this battle, the Manchus had no chance of turning the world upside down. Even if Dorgon escaped and waited for Dorgon to survive, the Ming army could enter Manchus to sweep it at any time. If it weren't for the long war or the rear was unstable, Wang Fu might have led the army to fight again and completely wiped out the Manchus.
However, it is better to let go of the whole person for the time being and deal with Wu Sangui first and Li Zicheng and the other two. In the past half month, Wu Sangui has been very rampant. He has conquered cities and land in Shandong and even approached Huai'an for a while. Although Wu Sangui is not a good person, he will definitely be able to fight twice. In addition, his top ten generals can all stand alone, which is like a tiger with wings.
At least Wang Fu admitted that if he was in another place, Wang Fu would never do as good as Wu Sangui. In just half a month, Wu Sangui captured the 36 counties of Shandong's two prefectures and 36 counties, and Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture both fell into the hands of Wu Sangui. If it was said that there were not many troops in each county to guard the courts, it would be not surprising that Wu Sangui had taken it down, Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture had heavy troops, and the defenders also included two thousand Yulin Guards. Wu Sangui used various means to capture them in more than half a month. Except for some Yulin Guards who escaped, the other officers and soldiers were either killed in battle or captured.
But what made Wu Sangui uncomfortable was that Jinan Prefecture was so impoverished that he could not take it no matter how he attacked. Otherwise, as long as he took Jinan Prefecture, the whole world would definitely vibrate and put the Emperor of Ming into a dilemma. Of course, this was just Wu Sangui's wishful thinking. He never expected Dorgon to be defeated so quickly, and even if he took Jinan Prefecture, it would be useless.
At present, Wu Sangui has enough freely, and it is time to give him a favor. Wang Fu's previous life was actually a little contradictory. Li Zicheng's actions after entering the capital lost the hearts of the people, especially Wu Sangui's father and concubine. This indicates that Li Zicheng did not take Wu Sangui and his army seriously at all. Wu Sangui is not a saint, so naturally he will not surrender even if he knows that he has not ended up being good.
In this case, Wu Sangui had no choice but to surrender to the Qing court. Only after defeating Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui could find an opportunity to become independent, rather than just buying life for the Qing people wholeheartedly, and finally giving the country to the Manchus. His final act was not for justice, but just resisting because his glory and wealth were cut off.
Without Wu Sangui charging forward for the Manchus, it can be said that it is difficult for Manchus to have the opportunity to unify the world, occupying at most half of the territory in the north, and one day it will be destroyed by the Han people or driven back to their hometown. Wu Sangui's crimes are unforgivable, but it is not that the sins are full of people entering the pass, but that after the full of people entering the pass, they do not know how to deal with it.
Now that Wu Sangui knows that Manchus is not an opponent of the Ming Dynasty, he still has the plan to disrupt the world for his own glory and wealth. It is hopeless. Wang Fu naturally will not have any sympathy for Wu Sangui anymore.
If you want to beat Wu Sangui, it is best to beat him to death with one handful. Otherwise, with Wu Sangui's ability, if it is not good, if it runs to the grassland or the desolate land in the northwest to hide, it will be difficult to wipe him out. If you want to beat Wu Sangui to death with just one stick, it is still a bit insufficient in the military power in Wang Fu's hands, and you must wait until the troops all the way back.
If we talk about the number of firearms, it is Wu Sangui, except for the Ming Dynasty. When he was in Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui had many firearms on hand. In recent years, after obtaining the style of the Ming army's guns, Wu Sangui also ordered craftsmen to improve the muskets. He had a firearm unit of about 10,000 people. In addition to the muskets, there were dozens of cannons, which was why Wu Sangui conquered the two prefectures in Shandong in succession.
Wang Fu gently tapped the table with his hand, considering whether to transfer the 20,000 troops in Shanhaiguan first. With these 20,000 troops and the strength he had at hand, it would be probably enough to wipe out Wu Sangui. However, if he wanted to attack Manchu's nest in the future, he would definitely pass by Shanhaiguan. It would be too troublesome to transfer it back. Should he wait for Yan Yingyuan's subordinates to return.
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Chapter completed!