The two major evils of the Ming Dynasty were the corruption of the bureaucracy and the collusion of the gentry to conceal a large amount of land.

In all Chinese dynasties, except for the Song Dynasty, the two taxes accounted for less than half of the fiscal revenue, and the main income of the other dynasties was operated by the two taxes.

The bulk of the Ming Dynasty's finances were also two taxes, and the large amount of land and property concealed by the clans and the gentry in collusion undoubtedly caused the Ming Dynasty's revenue to be greatly reduced, and the finances fell into constraints.

Among these two accumulations, the clan can be thrown off for the imperial court, and without the clan for the world, not only is there a part of the privileged class missing, which can reduce social contradictions, which is a good thing, but also can reduce the burden on the court, so even if there are virtuous clans in the clan, or most of the people have not done evil, they will be sacrificed and mercilessly abandoned, because the clan does not take responsibility in the operation of the state apparatus, and it is completely redundant.

Although this is suspected of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, if it continues like this, it will destroy the country, and the clan has enjoyed the blessings for more than 270 years, which is enough to repay Taizu's achievements in recovering the Central Plains.

Another accumulation of drawbacks, the corruption and collusion of the official gentry, but it cannot be treated like the clan domain, because the country needs them to operate, the world needs the official gentry to govern, and the civil officials need to manage it, so the official gentry can only reform, can only distinguish the good and the bad, select the meritocracy, and clean up the corrupt elements, and this accumulation of disadvantages is much more difficult than the clan to deal with.

This problem, whether it is China or the world, has not been solved so far.

It is a long-term thing to transform the official gentry, but getting rid of the burden of the clan is just around the corner.

As long as one of these two drawbacks is solved, the Ming Dynasty will be able to live for half of it for a hundred years.

Now that the clan has compromised and moved the feudal domain to Taiwan has begun to be implemented, the issue of the clan and feudal domain of the Ming Dynasty has been basically resolved, and all that remains is the struggle within the civil official group.

In mid-July, in the city of Nanjing, the turmoil caused by the clan was pacified, and the relocation of Taiwan was ironclad, and the refugees in Jiangbei had nothing to say, after all, the clan and the royal family had to go to the island, so what reason did they have for ordinary people not to trust the imperial court.

By the end of July, the first batch of refugees began to be transported to Taiwan and Champa, and Taiwan was too late to sow seeds, but Champa had three crops a year, and there should be no problem in rushing to plant one season.

In the blink of an eye, the time came to August, and the Ming Dynasty returned to the right track and began to take scholars in the autumn.

This time, Enke not only opened the liberal arts, but also carried out martial arts, but the rules changed, the liberal arts had to be tested for archery and firearms, and the martial arts had to be tested for literacy.

Of course, the first change, the newly added subjects are only for the examiner's reference, and do not account for the main factor in the results, but even so, it still caused an uproar, even more than the discussion caused by the exam questions.

Many people in Shilin came out to attack, saying that it was insulting to Sven, but Wang Yan said a few words, "Chongwen and martial arts, Wen can raise the pen to calm the world, and Wu can immediately set the world, what's wrong?" Is Li Taibai insulting Sven? Are Ban Chao and Xin Qijian like Sven? "I went back.

Theoretically speaking, there is naturally nothing wrong with advocating literature and martial arts, but many people do not say it, but they still have opinions in their hearts, and they do not think so, after all, the status of literati has been high for so many years, and most of the elites in the entire society have flowed to the civilian class, resulting in a lack of talent among military attachés and the low status of the entire class.

Although the imperial examination has become the main topic of the government and the opposition, in addition to the change of examination questions, the newly established subject examinations are basically useless, because the vast majority of the scholars who participated in the examination could not shoot arrows, and few of them who participated in the martial arts examination could read and write words, which basically had no impact on the results, so it was just a quarrel in the court and the opposition.

This situation made Wang Yan a little disappointed, but he was not discouraged, the Han people were very utilitarian, since the imperial court had set up these two new subjects this time, and a good test could add points, then after three years, the literate martial artists did not dare to say how much it would increase, and the literati who would shoot arrows and guns would definitely increase a lot.

The Ming Dynasty was busy with civil and military examinations, and the Qing court in the north was not idle.

After the summer harvest, the food shortage that had lasted for more than half a year in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was finally alleviated, and after Dolgon reconciled with Daishan, the strength of the Eight Banners was restored to a certain extent.

Daishan went west to conquer Mongolia, but the Dzungar Khanate was unprepared, and he was killed by mistake and was not in a hurry, so that Daishan took away a large number of cattle, sheep and people.

This battle restored some strength to the Manchus, and also brought the Tushetu tribe of the three Mongol tribes of Mobei, which had originally maintained only tributary relations, into annexation.

This was something to celebrate for the Manchus, but Dolgon was not happy, because Wang Yan had planted another thorn in his back.

Beijing, the regent's mansion, in Dolgon's study, Dolgon and Dai Shan stood in front of a sand table, observing the situation in the world.

This sand table was heard by Dolgon that Wang Yan had to make a sand table every time he went to war, so he also asked the Ministry of Industry to make a copy for him.

The Manchus occupied Beijing and seized a lot of the wealth of the Ming Empire, the most noteworthy of which is the various materials stored in the household department, which allowed the Manchus to quickly understand the system of the Ming Dynasty, and also clearly know the population, resources, fertile land and wealth of each place.

When Liu Bang entered the customs, Xiao He entered Qin, and the gold and silver treasures and palaces were given to Xiang Yu, only the documents of the Qin State were all collected, that is, Xiao He's move, which made Liu Bang obtain an intangible wealth, which not only enabled the Han to absorb the Qin system, but also made the Han army clear at a glance when fighting, where there is food, where to replenish the people and horses, can be known in advance, so the Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Chong said, "The Han can control Kyushu, and the power of the document is also." ”

The Ministry of Household Affairs in Beijing stored materials from all over the world, so Dolgon asked the Ministry of Industry to make a sand table, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry quickly made it, and it was even more elaborate than Wang Yan's sand table.

At this time, Dolgon and Dai Shan bent over the sand table, discussing while watching, Dai Shan looked at Yangzhou and asked casually: "How about Feng Quan's peace in Nanjing?" ”

Dolgon listened and straightened up, "A few days ago, I sent back the news, saying that I met with Wang Yan, and that guy asked for Shandong and Henan when he opened his mouth, and he was not afraid of flashing his tongue, and I really couldn't help him in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Old Fourteen!" Dai Shan frowned and straightened up, "You said that the Southern Dynasty is sitting on the ground, what do you have to talk about?" Or do you want to procrastinate? ”

Daishan's question made Dolgon very uneasy, from the negotiation to now, there has been no progress, he has been thinking about it for more than half a year.

"Second brother, what do you think?" Dol took a few steps in thought, left the sand table, sat down, and decided to have a good talk with Daishan.

Dai Shan walked up to him and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "I think this problem, we have to think about it." If the Southern Dynasty wants to sit on the ground and raise the price, then we will pay back the money on the spot and talk slowly with them, it doesn't matter, but in case the Southern Dynasty wants to delay, we should consider the intentions of the Southern Dynasty. ”

Dolgon nodded, a little worried, "I'm also very worried about this, Wang Yan's cunning and cunning, last year I sent someone to Guangzhou, pretending to negotiate peace, and playing the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers, this time I am afraid that the Southern Dynasty will take revenge and deliberately deceive us, but in fact, it will be against Yangzhou." ”

"Is there any news from the old fifteen in Yangzhou?" Dai Shan suddenly asked, "What are the movements of the Ming army in Jiangbei?" ”

"Before the Ming army besieged the city for a long time, and did not attack, the long soldiers were sluggish, the old fifteen seized the opportunity to go out of the city to raid the Ming army, broke the Ming army's two camps, and then the Ming army retreated to the east bank of the canal, lifted the siege of Yangzhou, so far there is no new movement."

Dai Shan smiled a little after hearing this, "After the loss of Jiangnan, we broke two kings in a row, morale was low, the old fifteen can break through the two battalions, it is also a small victory, we should publicize more in the flag and the green camp, it can stimulate morale!" ”

Speaking of morale, Dolgon also had a headache, "The old fifteenth letter said that if it weren't for the poor morale in the city, he would be able to defeat Liu Shun's entire army, but unfortunately the green battalion was too many to use, and the number of bannermen was too small, so only two battalions of Liu Shun were broken." ”

"Morale aside, run a little far." Dai Shan moved down, moved closer to Dolgon, and then said: "This place in Yangzhou, if we negotiate peace, it will be our bargaining chip, but if we can't negotiate, it will be our weakness!" ”

Dorgon knew this for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious.

Yangzhou is too close to Jiangnan, although it can threaten Jiangnan, and can be used as a stronghold for the Qing army to go south again, but also because it is too close to Jiangnan, so that the Southern Dynasty can quickly mobilize troops and horses, besiege Yangzhou, and cut off Yangzhou from the outside world, and Beijing is too far away from Yangzhou, Huai'an is in the hands of the Ming army, and it will be difficult for the Qing army to respond and support.

"It's time to make a decision!" Dolgon groaned for a while, "Now that the Southern Dynasty has 30,000 troops stationed in North Korea, we have put a sharp sword behind my Qing Dynasty, in case Yangzhou fights, we will be very passive." ”

"What does the old fourteen think, take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Ming army in North Korea and attack North Korea first?" Dai Shan squinted his eyes and said: "If you fight North Korea, I'll go, after all, I'm more familiar with North Korea." ”

Dai Shan was very dissatisfied with North Korea's defection to Nanming, mainly because some people in Manchuria said that it was because he was too ruthless in looting North Korea, so North Korea fell to Nanming.

Dolgon shook his head, "I want to fight North Korea, now North Korea is like the original Jiangdong Town, if I don't pull out the nail behind me, my actions in the Qing Dynasty will be restrained everywhere, and the threat brought by North Korea must be considered everywhere, which makes it difficult for me to sleep, but if I want to fight North Korea, Wang Yan will definitely encircle Wei to save Zhao, and if I want to fight Yangzhou, then the old fifteen will be in danger." ”

Dolgon paused and took a deep breath, "So I'm thinking about whether to withdraw the old fifteen from Yangzhou and let him guard the first line of Hefei and Xuzhou, so that we will not be so passive on the southern front." ”

"In this way, it is necessary to give up a large area of land in Huainan." Dai Shan pondered, "Old Fourteen, have you thought about it?" ”

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