Without the acquiescence and even cooperation of the three battalions of the Beijing Division, the Fuwang Party would never have dared to launch a coup d'état. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, no matter how bad it is, it is still easy to clean up a group of unarmed guys. If the three major battalions arrested King Fu and others in the name of usurping the throne and plotting rebellion, their coup d'état would be defeated immediately.

Of course, the cooperation of the Donglin Party is also a very important factor. Out of disgust with the eunuchs, after the prince officially took charge of the country, the Donglin Party has unabashedly released the rumors, once the prince succeeds to the throne, the harem eunuchs will be purged. All eunuchs will be liquidated. This caused great panic to all the eunuchs.

If you don't give people a way to live, of course others won't give you a way to live. Not all of the eunuchs were willing to oppose the civil officials. In front of civil officials, eunuchs are still very inferior. However, in the event of endangering their own lives, they must rise to the occasion. Otherwise, they're all doomed. Don't think that the Donglin Party is benevolent. These guys are much more fierce than Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

"Cheap father-in-law has no brains......"

Xu Xingxia only sighed silently and regretfully.

To be honest, his personal ability as a cheap Tarzan is really not good.

It is estimated that because of too much belief in the loyalty and strength of the Donglin Party, Emperor Taichang has neglected the integration of other forces. Whether it is in the harem, the inner prison, or the army, they are all at an absolute disadvantage. In particular, he was extremely hostile to eunuchs and distrustful of army generals. These made Emperor Taichang very isolated. He only cared about his own legitimacy. He thought that if he had an orthodox name, he would be able to succeed to the throne smoothly, but he did not pay attention to other factors.

In particular, Emperor Taichang was too hostile to the eunuchs, which created the most important impetus for this coup. From the analysis of intelligence from all sides, the eunuchs, this special group, played a very dishonorable role in this coup. The group of eunuchs around Emperor Wanli, except for Wang An, almost all the others took refuge in King Fu. The power held by these eunuchs, under exceptional circumstances, played an unimaginable role.

In the army, the only people who can confront eunuchs are officers at all levels. If they are desperately loyal to the crown prince, the Fuwang Party will still be useless. However, Emperor Taichang did not pay enough attention to the generals. In the army, the crown prince had little power. This was mainly influenced by the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party's idea of using literature to control military force is so strong that they regard military generals as pure tools, coming and leaving as soon as they are called, and they don't care about their feelings at all. It is conceivable that in a critical situation, there will be generals who will come forward and turn the tide. If King Fu sends someone to tempt him a little more, their choice is self-evident. To be honest, even if Xu Xingxia went to be an officer, he was unwilling to follow the Donglin Party.

When these ignored factors are all gathered together, Emperor Taichang can't do it without paying the price. King Fu's halfway out is the heaviest price he paid for it. His own family snatched the throne of his own family, brothers killed each other, no matter who won in the end, the Ming Dynasty was afraid that it would collapse. Judging from the current situation, he, the orthodox emperor, seems to be at a disadvantage in terms of the power of the substantive surname.

Of course, Xu Xingxia felt that the main responsibility for this coup was not that his cheap father-in-law was incompetent, but that he was too deeply influenced by the Donglin Party. In fact, behind the cheap father-in-law is the group of the Donglin Party. The relationship between the prince and the Donglin Party is too close. More often, the so-called crown prince and the so-called Taichang Emperor are actually doing things in accordance with the interests of the Donglin Party. It can be said that the advantage of the Donglin Party is the advantage of Emperor Taichang. And the disadvantage of the Donglin Party is also the disadvantage of Emperor Taichang.

The Donglin Party people do things too much attention to the form and pay too much attention to their own benefits. Their ambitions are too great, they always want to hold all the power, and they always want to concentrate all the benefits in their own private pockets. To put it bluntly, this group has made no contribution to the country's development and long-term peace and stability. All the policies and decrees they make are for their benefit. Or, to avoid harming their own interests.

In fact, the Donglin Party is still too pedantic and arrogant. The Fuwang Party secretly holds so much hidden power, and the Donglin Party has not raised its vigilance, thinking that it controls most of the civil officials, and as long as the crown prince is an orthodox monarch, they will definitely have the last laugh. As everyone knows, under the butcher's knife of the army, most civilian officials are actually unreliable. And the so-called orthodox monarchs can also be confused and reversed. Even Zhu Di can find a reasonable excuse for the Jingnan Campaign, what is the difficulty for King Fu to find some excuses?

Zhang Tianhao suddenly said thoughtfully: "Ye Xianggao, what a rare opportunity!" King Fu actually used the name of adding the first evil to deal with Ye Xianggao and others, and he really used his human way to govern his body. Speaking of which, this charge is really powerful. ”

Xu Xingxia smiled casually and said unhurriedly: "Perhaps, this is something that Ye Xianggao didn't expect, right?" Deserve! He is worth millions of dollars, and he is in a mess, but he always wants to make money from the people! This group of moths of the Donglin Party is really no more greedy than them. It's a pity that the Fuwang Party actually let him run out of the capital safely this time! The people of Beizhili, why didn't they kill him, a bastard? ”

Zhang Tianhao said with a smile: "I guess I can't recognize him." If you recognize it, it will be a hundred and one thousand Ye Xianggao, and they will all be killed. Add the first evil, this crime, Ye Xianggao, an old boy, will never want to wash it off for the rest of his life. ”

The content of the two talking and laughing involves a small allusion.

At the beginning of this year, Ye Xianggao returned to the imperial court and officially served as the second assistant. It stands to reason that the power of the second assistant must be weaker than that of the first assistant, and many things depend on the face of the first assistant to do things. However, Fang Congzhe is very good at being a man, since Ye Xianggao returned to the court, he, the first assistant, immediately automatically retreated to the second place, and everything is based on Ye Xianggao. In fact, Ye Xianggao is the real first assistant. The decision-making of the imperial court is basically based on Ye Xianggao.

Ye Xianggao's first action after returning to the imperial court was to order an additional endowment. In his opinion, there is no other way than to increase the financial revenue of the imperial court effectively and quickly. At the beginning of February, the imperial court officially issued a decree to charge an additional one dollar and three cents of silver per mu of land, which was called "training salary", that is, the salary for organizing group training. According to this decree, the imperial court could increase its revenue by at least eight million taels per year to cover additional military expenses.

The decree on the practice of salaries was supported by most of the local governments at all levels. At present, the most worrying thing for local governments at all levels is that they have no legitimate reason to make money from ordinary people in order to enrich their private pockets. Now, in the name of training, they naturally have to take a ride and make a lot of money. It is certainly necessary to increase the number of training salaries and increase the various auxiliary expenses a little. How can you not have it?

Some local governments, while increasing various fees, also issued decrees to levy three years' salaries in advance, requiring the common people to pay all of them at one time. If the payment is not possible, we will take any possible means to urge the payment. This includes, but is not limited to, punishment, imprisonment, distribution, exile, and palace punishment. When the decree came down, Beizhili, Shanxi and other places close to Jingshi suddenly wailed all over the field, the boards crackled, and the people were indignant.

These local officials of the Ming Dynasty were definitely smart people. They fancy the current imperial court, and what they need most is salary, as long as the collection of training salaries can be solved as soon as possible, other things can be put aside. Therefore, what is collected in advance, collected in advance, collected first and then returned...... And so on. Anyway, in a word, it is necessary to take away all the harvest from the land. Moreover, it is not enough to take it all, it is necessary to paste a large sum of money upside down.

There is no doubt that the emergence of the salary training has made the people's grievances boiling in various places where they are already boiling more and more. Increasing the tax by one dollar and three cents per acre of land is simply fatal. Because, idiots know that this kind of taxation is definitely layer by layer, and the sesame seeds are blooming more and more. The decree says that an additional one dollar and three cents will be charged, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be the same at the grassroots level. If you don't multiply it a few times, you'll be embarrassed to go out and meet people.

Local officials at each level should "reasonably" expand this number to seek some benefits for themselves. This is human nature, no matter what dynasty or generation. Under the increase at all levels, in the hands of the most basic government, the lowest will become five dollars and three cents. Most of the places are around seven or eight dollars. In some places, it even exceeds a full one or two! Coupled with the original taxes, it is more than two taels!

At that time, where was the output value per mu of land so much as two taels of silver? Under normal circumstances, a five-penny silver is about the same. In particular, in Beizhili, Shanxi, Henan and other places, due to long-term drought, the land has failed. Don't say that two taels of silver per mu of land, even two coins of silver, you may not be able to get it. The output of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River is slightly higher. However, taking out five coins of silver per mu of paddy field is already the limit.

What's worse is that the so-called levy of training wages per mu of land, in the end, often becomes levied according to each person's head. Local officials at all levels were well aware that most of the land was in the hands of the landlords, gentry, and bureaucrats, and that they did not need to pay taxes. Taxes are levied according to the number of fields, and nothing is levied at all. Benefits can only be reaped if they are taxed on a per capita basis. As for whether unborn children need to be taxed, the government can open the net. As long as you haven't given birth, this tax is exempt.

(To be continued)