See the essence through the appearance.

The money was robbed, the grain was robbed, and even the land was robbed, so we all joined forces to make trouble - this is the real content of this one-meter-long complaint, which can be described as blood and tears.

No matter how Wang Bangcai, Li Shouyang and other mutinous officials complained, and how Gao Huai looted the people's power in Liaodong, there is one thing that cannot be bypassed, that is, without Gao Huai, I am afraid that the money and grain will not reach the hands of the imperial court.

Who has to go?

Except for the civil and military forces of Liaodong, there should be no one else.

In this regard, Liangchen never doubted it.

Because, history clearly tells him that the formation of the Liaodong Army was formed in the Wanli period, reaching its peak at the end of Chongzhen. In the end, he changed his body and "entered the customs from the dragon".

Having a stable source of money and food and territory, as well as a large number of military and civilian envoys, is the basic condition for forming a military leader.

Gao Huai's actions, regardless of whether they are legal or not, and whether they are really brutal, disregard the people's power and fish like robbers. At least, in the eyes of Liangchen, he did a good job in Liaodong, otherwise Wanli would not have supported him for ten years.

Gao Huai's statement is that Wang Bangcai and Li Shouyang robbed him of the money and grain he paid tribute to the emperor, and took risks and led the public to mutiny.

Wang Bangcai's statement is that Gao Huai has been in Liao for ten years, causing the people to be impoverished and the army and the people to be miserable, so they have no choice but to make a noise.

Who is right and who is wrong, Liangchen does not assess, and he does not have this qualification.

He just came to see it, and Wanli didn't give him any power, any power to deal with this big matter.

However, from the perspective of a good minister, judging from this complaint alone, Gao Huai's tax envoy did his errand very well and tried his best.

No matter what kind of industry you are engaged in, as long as there is buying and selling, and there is profit, it is a matter of course and natural to pay taxes to the state.

If he is wrong, Gao Huai is a little excessive, or too greedy, and a little too small.

The vegetables grown by the people also have to be taxed, which is too unusual.

Of course, the truth of the matter remains to be further investigated by the good ministers.

As for the extortion of businessmen by tax collectors, of course, this matter cannot be left to the word of one party, but must be judged by dialectic.

Why do tax collectors extort merchants, do they fail to collect taxes when they should collect them, or do they extort them after the taxes are collected?

If we don't understand this issue and talk about right and wrong, it will be completely superficial and untrue.

You must know that the reason why Wanli sent a mine supervisor and tax envoy was because the treasury could not collect taxes. The tax on acres alone could not support the operation of a huge empire. If the treasury is rich, why would Wanli bear the infamy of an emperor who competes with the people for profit and loves money.

The mine supervisor makes money by opening mines. The tax envoy earns money by collecting taxes.

Obviously, at the beginning of the fight, Wanli's goal was very clear. Whether it is mining or collecting taxes, it is by no means aimed at ordinary people. Otherwise, the tax per mu can be increased, so why bother so much and quarrel with foreign countries all day long.

Wanli does not raise taxes on ordinary people, so who is the target of the tax?

The answer is obvious.

Whoever is rich in the world is a rich businessman.

Who controls the world's minerals, rich businessmen!

Collecting taxes from the wealthy to adjust the state finances, which should be praised by the common people, is good governance that should be praised by the common people.

Besides, these rich people are too unconscious.

Just taking advantage, not paying attention, only caring about one's own family, ignoring the country, this kind of person should always be a person who has been spurned by history books and the people.

Now, however, everything is turned upside down, which is amazing.

This may be the deformity caused by the country's development to a certain extent and excessive prosperity.

Laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes, talking about different things, but in essence, it is also in line with a series of problems arising from "competing with the people for profit" since Wanli.

It doesn't matter if the court doesn't have money, it doesn't matter if you want to get money, the important thing is that you can't get money from us.

If you get it, you will be a faint king, and you will compete with the people for profit.

…….

When I read the whole complaint, it looked like blood and tears, but it was all accusations and accusations. listed one by one, and at a glance, this Gao Huai is really inferior to a beast.

But if you look closely, in addition to the charges and crimes, the only examples are only pointing to extorting businessmen, and even to the appalling words such as ten rooms and nine emptiness, but they do not stand up to scrutiny.

Similar to this kind of article, Liangchen felt that if necessary, he could also get ten copies, and one was fiercer than the other. Anyway, at the big and bad, the eight charges of ten are not ruthless enough, and one hundred and eighty is not too much.

To be honest, it's still the slave chieftain who is real, and if he doesn't make too much of it, he can raise troops on seven charges.

Privately withholding military salaries, Liangchen felt that Gao Huai should not have the courage or qualifications.

Gao Huai is only a mine supervisor and tax envoy, and he is not the governor of Jiliao, nor is he the governor or governor of Liaodong, how can he deduct military salaries?

Even if he dares, I'm afraid that the big head of the nine sides is not something that he, a mine tax supervisor with only more than 1,000 tax soldiers, can eat.

In Liaodong, the real first person is not Gao Huai, but that Li Dashuai.

Li Chengliang, a giant who has been in Liaodong for decades, can tolerate a eunuch temple deducting his military salary?

If this is indeed the case, the judgment of the good minister is that Li Chengliang deducted these military salaries and then distributed some to Gao Huai, the intention is probably to make friends and cooperate.

After all, Gao Huai, the tax supervisor of Liaodong Mine, has another layer of identity - Qincha.

Li Chengliang didn't want the emperor to know something, so he would inevitably have to buy Gao Huai.

In these years, no one in a high position has a clean butt. Hugh said that Li Chengliang is the head of the army, and Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the cabinet, is not a clean person.

Now, there may be a conflict of interest between the two, either Gao Huai feels that his wings are stiff and wants to bypass Li Chengliang to get more, or Li Chengliang feels that Gao Huai is sitting too big and threatens his status and power.

Anyway, the contradictions are irreconcilable, so the military mutiny occurred when the door was closed. With the military mutiny, it is difficult for Gao Huai not to die.

Even if the emperor still shields Gao Huai as before, and throws out the charge of deducting military salaries, Gao Huai will not be able to escape.

No matter what the truth is, as long as Wanli really removes Gao Huai in order to quell the military mutiny, then this complaint in the hands of Liangchen will definitely become Gao Huai's criminal evidence and ironclad evidence, and then be introduced into historical materials. When later generations study the mine tax supervisor in the Wanli period, they will definitely regard this as the crime of the mine tax supervisor, and then criticize Wanli as the "mastermind".

It's a pity that Wei Liangchen is a more rebellious sling, so he looks at problems from a different perspective than others.

…….

Gao Huai is a eunuch, and he can't rob women, otherwise he will rob money, food, and women.

Wei Liangchen looked at the closed civil and military with a smile, and found that many officers looked embarrassed.

Those who are soldiers, even if they are officers, are mostly illiterate martial artists. This kind of person, who speaks in twists and turns, chews the words, but can't understand it.

Grabbing money and food is the most practical.

After making trouble for so long, whether it is appeals or grievances, isn't it just for the word money and food?

This little eunuch has spoken to his heart.

Quite a few officers thought so.

But they can think like this, but they must not go along with it, or else, what will happen?

The big event launched by tens of thousands of people together, when it arrived, we said lightly because you robbed us of our money and food, which made us feel bad, so we all decided together to let you have a bad time?

"We are the masters of the military and civilians in Liaodong, and we are definitely not what the angels think!"

Wang Bangcai was very angry, and he asked for the people's lives and drove away the rebels, how did it become something to grab money and food. This little eunuch is a person from the palace, and like Gao Huai, he is a birdless person, and it is strange not to look at Gao Huai.

With this thought, Wang Bangcai couldn't help but think about whether to put some pressure on the little eunuch, or scare him, so that he would know what would happen to Gao Huai.

He looked at Li Shouyang, but found that the latter was whispering something to the people around him.

Wang Bangcai frowned slightly, his eyes fell on the little eunuch again, and he found that this little eunuch actually looked at him with a straight face, and said in a deep voice: "I will definitely present this complaint to Your Majesty." However, now that the ban has been opened, you still need to control your sergeants and no longer make trouble. ”

Wang Bangcai and the others obviously wanted to say something, but Liangchen signaled that he would talk about it tomorrow on the grounds of sleepiness. He also said that he would need to go to the forts tomorrow to listen to the people's feelings, and then return to the emperor as he was.

Behind closed doors, all the civil and military people, you look at me, I look at you, they all have no idea. In the end, it was Wang Bangcai who discussed it with Li Weiyang and agreed to talk about it tomorrow. After the closed civil and military retreated, Liangchen gave the complaint to Li Yongzhen and asked him to collect it.

Li Yongzhen's previous act of accepting the complaint on his behalf was quite satisfactory to Liangchen, because this move highlighted his identity very well, so that others could not help but pay attention to him even if they did not know his details.

In the end, it is the future Da Jue, the second uncle's right-hand man, with quick eyes and quick hands, and a lively mind.

It's just that Li Yongzhen hesitated a little, and finally asked: "Does the head of the small case really want to submit this complaint to the emperor?" If you want to do this, I'm afraid Gonggong Gao will..."

"Your Majesty asked me to take a look, I will come and see, what I heard, what I saw, what I obtained, and reported it as it is, and how to deal with it is Your Majesty's business." Liangchen smiled.

Li Yongzhen nodded, and asked again: "When will the head of the little case return to Beijing?" ”

"There's no hurry." Liangchen glanced at Li Yongzhen, "The charges on this case, and my father-in-law is still allowed to help bother to investigate, we can neither listen to and believe partially, nor can we wronged Father-in-law Gao." What the emperor wants is the truth. ”

"We understand." Li Yongzhen replied in a low voice, the truth is simple, but it is difficult to really explore.

Tian Gang and Li Wei brought the food over, but Li Huoyang arranged for someone to send it over.

After putting down the meal, Tian Gang and Li Wei were about to go down, but Liangchen asked them to sit down and eat as well. The two were stunned and couldn't help but be a little grateful.

After eating, when Li Wei cleaned up the table, Liangchen suddenly said to Li Yongzhen that there should be someone coming over in the evening.

Li Yongzhen was surprised, not knowing what Wei Liangchen was referring to.

Wei Liangchen smiled and said nothing, half an hour later, someone really came.

The person who came was Li Shouyang, and he came to supplement Gao Huai's charges - "manipulating the horse market, exploiting the Jurchens, and provoking border provocations"

………

Since Taizu Hongwu, Liaodong has successively set up Kaiyuan, Fushun, Kuandian, Qinghe and other horse markets for border people to trade. Most of the people who entered the market were Haixi and Jianzhou Jurchens. Due to their daily necessities, they traded food and clothing to the mainland, and regarded the horse market as a "golden road" and a "place for circulation" of goods.

In view of the fact that the Kaiyuan of Liaodong was lonely all the way and surrounded by Yi on three sides, it was regarded as the most dangerous place among the nine borders, and the horse market played an important role in protecting the border and seeking peace, and because most of the people who committed the border were the leaders of various departments. Therefore, after the beginning of the country, the officials in charge of the horse market had all kinds of preferential treatment for the heads of various departments, so that they could trade honestly and no longer plunder.

To put it bluntly, it was the officials who took the money of the Ming people out and gave it to these tribal leaders in exchange for their "long-term peace and stability" when they were in office.

This practice has another name, called "thick to thin". Meaning, Da Ming will give you more, and he won't make money from you, so you just stay and don't make trouble.

Zhuma City in Liaodong can bring huge benefits and income to the Jurchen tribes, according to Li Shouyang, there are always seven or eight out of ten.

With such huge benefits, the leaders of the Jurchen tribes would never destroy the horse market without special circumstances, because the looting was not as profitable as the horse market trade.

However, all this was ruined by Gao Huai.

Before Gao Huai entered Liao, Yan Dajing, the first recital, included the economic income of "Kaiyuan and Guangning Horse City" in the income of the border pass. As soon as Gao Huai arrived in Liaodong, he made a provision to the horse market: "An additional 2,000 taels of silver will be purchased every year." ”

Not only that, as the emperor sent the "Qin Mission", Gao Huai made full use of his identity, every time the horse market opened, Gao Huai sent a lot of people in, picked some horses, said that they wanted to pay tribute to the emperor, either only give half of the horse price, or give some goods to prevaricate, and the horse was taken away in a grand manner.

After obtaining these horses, Gao Huai transported the sturdy ones to Kansai and sold them for profit, while the old and weak ones deliberately set high prices and forcibly distributed them to various military camps and other castles to make a profit.

"The angel knows that Gao Huai not only manipulated the horse market and exploited the Jurchens, but also falsely preached the holy decree and blackmailed the feudal kingdom." The more Li Shouyang spoke, the more angry he became, saying that Gao Huai not only monopolized the horse market in Liaodong, but also did not let go of the Yalu Jiangma market, which is connected to North Korea.

In the 28th and 30th years of Wanli, Gao Huai twice sent officials Zhang Qian and Li Zitai to ask the Li Dynasty for more than 1,000 pieces of local specialties, forcing the Li Dynasty government to collect from eight provinces across the country to meet Gao Huai's requirements.

"Last year, in Qinghippo City, the Jurchens who were exploited by Gao Huai were so bitter that they tied up their subordinates to tax eunuchs, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, and they were not given food, so that they died of hunger and thirst. After the last general heard about it, they all applauded! When Li Huoyang said this, he gritted his teeth, and he couldn't wait for the people who were there to help the Jurchens tie up Gao Huai together.

"Not only that, Gao Huai also angered Nurhachi, the leader of the Jianzhou Right Guard Jurchens, who was particularly exploitative of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and imposed additional levies in Fushun and sold them at a reduced price, but never gave Nurhachi the price of ginseng and pearls."

"And this?"

Liangchen was happy, secretly happy in his heart, and he also admired Gao Huai greatly, this father-in-law is really brave, dare to touch lice on the tiger's head, amazing, amazing.

One day, if I can be like Gao Huai, wouldn't I be very happy?

Well, he can take his place.

Liangchen was very yearning for it, but he didn't want to, but Li Huoyang said: "The angel doesn't know, I just got the news that Nurha led 5,000 elite cavalry and camped on Fushun Pass, and asked Gao Huai to return the ginseng money, and threatened to give him the money to participate, and if he didn't give it, he would attack my fortress." ”

Sizzle!

Nurhachi is here with his troops to ask for wages?!