(0354) For Wang Qinian's analysis, Xu Xingxia thinks it makes sense.

The biggest problem in the Ming Dynasty is actually in the money and food, the financial resources are exhausted, and the income is beyond the means! It's not that the Ming Dynasty didn't have money and grain, but that these money and grain were not in the hands of the state or the emperor. If the country needs money and grain, there is no money and grain in the warehouse, and the emperor's internal money has no money and grain, then he has to hang himself bitterly.

The reason why the Houjin Tartars were able to enter the Central Plains and eventually became the lord of the Central Plains was, to a large extent, also due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty had no money and food to fight. The country's fiscal revenues have been completely depleted. Even basic military pay expenditures have become a problem, so how can the army have combat effectiveness? You can't let your army go to war hungry, can you?

In fact, the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty were very sufficient. The grain output of the Ming Dynasty reached the highest height in history, and the average rice yield per mu in the south of the Yangtze River was more than 400 catties. The yield of rice per mu in some relatively fertile paddy fields can even exceed 500 catties. The fields that can be cultivated in the Ming Dynasty are 800 million mu. If there is no impact of famine or anything, the total annual grain output of the Ming Dynasty (including rice and wheat) can be imagined.

As for gold and silver, it is even more prominent. Since the opening of the sea ban in the Longqing period, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty has been very developed. Especially during the Wanli period, the inflow of a large amount of overseas silver led to the amount of silver occupied by the Ming Dynasty, which accounted for almost half of the world's silver. It was also from this time that silver officially became the basic currency circulating in the market. The Wanli Dynasty can be said to be the most prosperous stage of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Ming Dynasty had enough grain and silver, why was there no money and grain in the country's warehouses and no money and grain in the emperor's hands? Where did the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty go? Did it disappear out of thin air? Of course not! In fact, most of the money and food went into the pockets of some people and into the pockets of private individuals!

Some of the people mentioned here include big bureaucrats, big landlords, big businessmen, etc. They are the richest group in the Ming Dynasty, occupying the most wealth in the Ming Dynasty and playing a vital role in the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. In a sense, the Ming Dynasty can also be said to have perished in their hands. In the end, of course, they themselves were destroyed.

In the late Ming Dynasty, with the development of the economy, industry and commerce flourished unprecedentedly, and social wealth gradually shifted to industry and commerce. Through their involvement in industry and commerce, many people have amassed a great deal of wealth. However, the tax policy of the Ming Dynasty was still limited to agriculture, and the main body of taxation was still the vast number of peasants, but it turned a deaf ear to industry and commerce. Zhu Yuanzhang had also formulated a commercial tax of thirty taxes and one in the past, but later it was simply exempted.

On the one hand, as the benefits of land annexation became serious, the tax burden on the peasants became heavier and heavier, and the wealth they could control became less and less, and eventually they went bankrupt and became displaced people. The amount of fiscal taxes that the state can collect is getting smaller and smaller. On the other hand, thriving industry and commerce do not need to contribute any taxes. A lot of wealth can be squandered at will.

The Wanli Emperor saw the drawbacks and decided to find another way to collect taxes on industry and commerce. However, his actions have been strongly opposed by vested interest groups. Because, the vested interests of the industrial and commercial groups are those big bureaucrats and big businessmen, who will not tolerate their wealth and be easily taken away by the Wanli Emperor. Perhaps, they alone are not the opponents of the Wanli Emperor. However, when everyone unites, they can put great pressure on the Wanli Emperor. In fact, they did it, and Emperor Wanli really couldn't fight them.

There was no way, so the Wanli Emperor had no choice but to send a large number of eunuchs to various places to collect taxes directly, and the income obtained was directly incorporated into his own internal treasury to bypass disputes over legal etiquette. He knew that if he took the regular route, he would never be able to fight those civil officials. He has been in the deep palace for decades, and he has been angry with them. Can't fight, can't we hide? Thanks to his efforts, the income of the internal treasury once reached a historical high of 10 million taels, filling many shortfalls in the national treasury. However, all sorts of problems have arisen.

The most prominent problem at that time was that Emperor Wanli himself had selfish intentions, and the tax supervisors and mine supervisors below also had selfish intentions. Without the constraints of a strict system, it is inevitable that anyone will have selfish intentions. They used the power given to them by the Wanli Emperor to enrich their own pockets and put their wealth into their own pockets. Of the one hundred taels of silver they earned, only thirty taels may eventually go into the inner treasury, and the rest are divided among the eunuchs at all levels.

Emperor Wanli did this, for the country, or for the emperor, it is definitely beneficial. I have food in my hand, and I don't panic! This has been the case throughout the dynasties. However, his behavior has encroached on the interests of big bureaucrats and big businessmen, and of course they can't easily defeat Emperor Wanli. So, they united and tried every means to ask the Wanli Emperor to withdraw the tax supervisors and mine supervisors from all over the country, and there was a lot of uproar for a while.

Many people attacked the Wanli Emperor for competing with the people for profit, using the excuse that I don't know how many magnificent and magnificent excuses, feeling as if the Wanli Emperor was heinous, and all the faults should be borne by him. In fact, in the final analysis, it is basically dog-eat-dog, or dog-eat-dog-hair. No matter how flowery, magnificent, righteous and awe-inspiring, and talented the Donglin Party's articles are, they will never be able to cover up their selfishness and ugliness and short-sightedness.

From a national point of view, if the Wanli Emperor wins, perhaps the Ming Dynasty will survive for a longer time. As long as the state has money, it can compensate the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi and reduce the strength of the rebel army as much as possible. Similarly, as long as the country has money, the war in Liaodong will not repeat. It's a pity that the final result was that Emperor Wanli failed. Two fists are invincible with four hands, and he is outnumbered, and in the face of the siege of interest groups, he is defeated again.

The country has no money, and when it encounters major events, it will inevitably be in chaos. Emperor Wanli relied on his own internal money, and finally barely supported it. When the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian still had some money in his hands, and he also knew how to make money, and he could support the Ming Dynasty through the ups and downs of the past few years. From this point of view, Wei Zhongxian is definitely meritorious.

After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the finances of the Ming Dynasty completely collapsed. The imperial court no longer knows how to make money, or rather, there is no one who has the ability to make money. Emperor Chongzhen was full of enthusiasm and ambition, and he was bent on reviving the Ming Dynasty. But he doesn't have any money! Without money, everything you do is! Hanging a mountain of coal, almost inevitable!

It can be seen that solving the stable income of the state treasury is the top priority of the emperor. However, to solve this problem, it is necessary to fight against the big bureaucrats, big landlords, and big businessmen, and cut the flesh from them. Their attacks must be blocked, they must be defeated. Obviously, this is definitely not an easy thing to do.

…… Far away...... Regarding the attack of the imperial court, Xu Xingxia was actually not too worried. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army is really not good. The Weisuo army in Ningxia Town, not to mention, can be ignored at all. The soldiers of Ningxia Town, Xu Xingxia has also seen it, they have a little combat effectiveness, better than the Weisuo army, but it is only a little, and it is absolutely impossible to want more. In front of the rifled guns, the Ming army, which was dominated by infantry, was completely the target of passive beating and slaughter. As long as the white-clothed army dispatched a thousand musketeers at will, it could defeat tens of thousands of Ming troops.

The only thing to worry about is the north. The white-clothed army defeated the Kyllegin tribe, and it can be said that they have completely formed a mortal enmity with the Tatars. He also defeated Mo Yuegen, which made Mo Yuegen lose face. Whether there will be more Tatars going south in the future to find him Xu Xingxia's trouble, it's hard to say now. In the face of the overwhelming and rolling Tartar cavalry, the white-clothed army was still a little stressed. Therefore, Xu Xingxia said calmly: "I'm worried about the Tatar side. ”

Wang Qinian nodded and said cautiously: "Your worries are justified. The Tatars are indeed a great danger. Their tribes are indeed too numerous. The number of their troops is indeed too much. The entire desert is their sphere of influence. In addition to the Tatars, it is estimated that there are hundreds of tribes ruled by the Tatars and sent troops to fight with the Tatars. If they all joined forces, it would not be difficult to dispatch 300,000 cavalry at once. ”

"In addition, Lin Dan Khan of Mongolia is also an unwilling guy. The iron lance cavalry under his command is very strong in combat. In terms of equipment alone, Lin Dan Khan's iron lance cavalry equipment was much stronger than that of the Tatar cavalry. Lin Dan Khan was quite familiar with the situation in our dynasty and knew very well about our combat methods. If he also joins in the excitement and goes south, it will indeed cause us a lot of trouble. However, there is no need to worry too much. ”

"On the Tatar side, it is impossible to cooperate with the imperial court in the short term. They did not trust the imperial court. The Tatars still hold a grudge against the last time they were in Bobai! In recent years, the imperial court has also adopted a completely hostile attitude towards the Tatars, and it is not easy to turn it around at once. It is necessary to beware of Lin Dan Khan. As long as there are enough benefits, he is happy to act as a thug for the imperial court. However, Lin Dan Khan's troops are too far away to come here from Naturalization City. ”

Xu Xingxia groaned and said, "By the way, you just mentioned that Sobud's current position ......"

Wang Qinian said: "At most, it is a hundred miles east of Lanxing Gorge, and it is far away from Datong Mansion!" At his current marching speed, he didn't have three months to reach Datong Mansion. The Feng Qingwu under your command has done a good job, and the prairie in the future is estimated to be the world of this young man. Talent, really a talent. ”

Xu Xingxia closed his eyes, called up the general map from his mind, and carefully measured the distance. In the end, he thinks that Wang Qinian's statement is very reasonable. Feng Qingwu, this young man, this job is indeed good. When Sobud met him, it can only be said that he has been unlucky for eight lifetimes. Since breaking up with himself that day, Sobud has only walked a little distance, and it has been more than half a month, and he is really like a snail.

If everything goes well, he only needs to send a cavalry of a few hundred men to meet Feng Qingwu, and the goods transported by Sobud should be in hand. Of course, it is estimated that Lin Dan Khan will not sit idly by, it is not difficult to grab the goods, but the difficulty is to bring the goods back. This matter has to be considered in the long run. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said in a deep voice, "Very good! Just keep gathering information for me! Let me know if there is any news! ”

Wang Qinian agreed, and then lowered his head and stopped talking. When Xu Xingxia walked to the door, Wang Qinian suddenly said in a deep voice: "Xu Xingxia, I thank you!" ”

Xu Xingxia smiled and said lightly: "There is no need to say this. ”

Wang Qinian said in a somewhat old tone: "If you have time, I will tell you about the grievances between me and the two of them." Speaking of which, it was also in North Korea. ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and left the grocery store. As a result, as soon as he went out, he found that outside the door, Chen Denglong, Liu Guangliang, Gao Zhengcheng and others were waiting for him to come out! Looking at their faces, with a cautious and serious face, they knew that they had something important to discuss with Xu Xingxia. You don't need to ask, you know if it's for the rebellion or not.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, Xu Xingxia went on a killing spree in Huokou Manor, and Chen Denglong and others knew about killing Jinyiwei. For them, this is not bad news, let alone a shock, but a real good news. Because, they finally found a reason to let Xu Xingxia embark on the road of rebellion without hesitation. Killed the two thousand households of the Jinyi Guard, and sixteen Jinyi Ti Cavalry, can you still rebel immediately?

Xu Xingxia said casually: "You know everything? Okay, let's sit down and talk! ”

Chen Denglong and the others were silent, but they were actually quite excited in their hearts. They couldn't wait to suggest that Xu Xingxia immediately uncover the uprising and declare a rebellion. The group came to the old barracks and sat down in the conference room. There were a total of seven people in the 100 stewards of Weizhenbao that night, headed by Chen Denglong and Liu Guangliang. The other four people have also sent someone to inform them, and they should be coming soon. For such a major event, all the hundred households must be present.

Xu Xingxia gave a general account of the reasons for the incident. His account concealed the grievances between Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Wang Qinian and others, and only said that Jinyiwei's people wanted to arrest him, and he resisted arrest and killed them all. He finally said slowly: "This is the situation, let's see, how should we deal with it?" ”

Chen Denglong was the first to stand up, his eyes widened, and he said eagerly: "Lord Qianhu, good job!" We're just waiting for you! If you kill the Jinyi Guard, the court will definitely accuse you of rebellion! Say you're a rebel! Evil! I don't think we have to wait for the court to plant a crime, let's just turn it back! ”

Lin Hainiu then stood up and said loudly: "Those guys from Jinyiwei deserve to die!" It's better to be all dead! The best of the East Factory is also dead! I agree with Chen Denglong's words, we don't have to wait for the court to plant the charge, let's just go back! Anyway, I look at those bastards in the court, and they don't like it for a long time! ”

Gao Zhengcheng also said excitedly: "I just said that we can't mix with those guys above, it's all some garbage!" It's worse than garbage! They have long seen us unpleasantly, and they have been trying to find a way to kill us behind their backs! Anyway, we don't like them, Lord Qianhu, let's just go the other way, draw a line with them, and kill them! ”

Sun Mo said in a muffled voice: "I will never forget who threw us to the Tartars, and who rescued us!" On behalf of the vast majority of the brethren who have been taken captive by the Tartars, I solemnly state my position! Our number one enemy is the Tartars! The second enemy is the imperial court! Lord Qianhu, as long as you lead us to rebel, we will definitely have no words! ”

Hu Yishan said loudly: "That's right, we would rather die than let them continue to lead us." The Tartars are our number one enemy, and the court is our number two enemy. We will kill the Tartars, and we will overthrow the court! My lord, if you don't want to rebel, just kill us. Anyway, in our hearts, we have long thought about rebellion! ”

Zhang Yunda said thoughtlessly: "I'll follow what you do!" ”

Xu Xingxia frowned and said: "Rebellion is not a family play, it is not a child's play, it is to lose your head, it is to behead the whole family and even punish the nine clans!" Do you really want to rebel that much? If that fails, we'll all have to move our heads. When the time comes, it will not be us who use the carriage to carry other people's heads, but someone else who will use the carriage to carry our heads. ”

Hu Yishan said in a sullen voice: "Our heads have fallen countless times a long time ago, what are we afraid of?" Senhe-sama, if you hadn't rescued us, we would all have died at the hands of the Tartars sooner or later! You saved our lives! We owe you! Whatever you tell us to do, we'll do! If you don't want to rebel, send us to the court, chop off our heads one by one, and hang our heads to show the public, we don't have a word! Who made us follow the wrong person? ”

Sun Mo also said: "That's right! Our lives are long gone! Now this life is all favored by God and let us pick it up. The number of Tartars we have killed seems to be about the same, and we are almost the same as killing the dog officials of the imperial court! My hatred for the dog officer is second only to the Tartar! I'm going to kill those dog officers! They were the ones who pushed us into the fire pit in the first place! Thousands of Tartars came to kill, and they actually stayed in Ningxia City, motionless, watching us being broken and taken away by the Tartars! This revenge is not a gentleman! ”

"This ...... You guys...... Too positive, right? Xu Xingxia suddenly found that his biggest problem was not to incite these people to rebel, on the contrary, but to dissuade them from rebelling as much as possible. Or, don't be in such a hurry to rebel. These people in the conference room, when they heard that they had killed the Jinyi Guard, did not feel shocked at all, nor did they feel panicked. In their eyes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

(To be continued)