Wang Dou looked coldly, during the Chongzhen period in history, the factional struggle between officials in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty was very fierce, for example, Shaozhan Shi Huang Daozhou had impeached Yang Sichang, a scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Ruoqi impeached Huang Daozhou, as well as Donglin, the eunuch party, and the Yanguan party struggle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

And between the various factions, they are fighting with each other, which can be described as very chaotic, perhaps, only in dealing with the military generals and nobles, they will be twisted into one heart again, Chen Yan gave Ni Yuanlu an ugly look on the surface, in fact, why not relieve him, let the court organize a new army, the discussion in vain?

Sure enough, the new head of the household department sighed: "Jiangnan is already a heavy tax, and the taxes rank first in the country. ”

He said: "Moreover, like the north, all over the south of the Yangtze River are full of disasters and famines, and the people are living in a sigh. ”

He gave an example: "In the spring and summer, there was no rain in Suzhou Prefecture, and the price of rice was four taels of silver per stone. In spring, there was a famine in Taicang Prefecture, and in summer, there was a great drought in Huzhou Prefecture, and the locusts covered the sun, and the seedlings and reeds were eaten up, and the people cut the bark and sawdust and mixed chaff to eat for themselves, or dug the white mud in the mountains for food, and the people were displaced, and the people were more difficult......"

Speaking of this, he choked up, and when he talked about the suffering of his father and elders in his hometown, he was also excited.

Emperor Chongzhen was silent, yes, everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, there was either a big drought or a big flood, the same starvation carried the road, the people were difficult, Daming, really exhausted.

Coincidentally, none of the cabinet members talked about the taxes of the wealthy families, not to mention that Yang Sichang's taxes were attributed to the "powerful families", or Xue Guoguan's asking officials and wealthy businessmen to donate money and grain, all of which proved that it would not work, and the final burden would only be passed on to ordinary homesteaders, making more people bankrupt and forming a larger-scale wave of displaced people.

In the end, let them bear the consequences and remove them from office. It's better not to talk about it. They don't dare to come to the real one, which of these cabinet members is not a big landlord. Born into a big merchant family? Is there any reason to let yourself lose your privileges and pay taxes for the country?

Chongzhen helplessly watched the cabinet members engage in a war of words, or a word of mouth, or attack each other. There is only one thing in common, and he can't come up with a key and effective plan, and he feels exhausted.

The new princes here are also disappointed. These literati scolded and scolded, fighting back and forth, but they couldn't come up with money and food, so did they have to find their own way to organize and train the new army?

Wang Dou also sighed, the end of the Ming Dynasty was already a dead end, big officials and businessmen. Big officials, noble generals, occupy up to ninety percent of the resources of society, they don't want to contribute, rely on those small people. Can the decline be salvaged? It's only going to make things worse.

In the end, I heard Chongzhen sigh: "Regarding throttling, what is Ni Aiqing's clever plan?" ”

On this point, Ni Yuanlu has also done a lot of homework, he can get the Chongzhen Emperor's heavy expectations, his own means, he respectfully said: "Back to Your Majesty, save money, the ministers have a number of strategies: the story, all the border pay divisions are in the middle, the ministers please change the big difference, order the nuclear army, the incompetent will be sent to replace them, the same salary, you can get elite soldiers." ”

Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and Ni Yuanlu said again: "Story, the court has repeatedly sent ministers to supervise the Quartet to rent, and it is useless for the ministers to disturb the people, so they can be stopped, and they are specifically responsible for caressing, so that the governor urges himself, and does not bother the envoys." Since the rise of the army, in addition to the regular supply, there are side salaries, new salaries, training salaries, and many items, and the officials are easy to be traitors, and the ministers are invited to become one. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded again, and the rest of the people were also contemplative.

The previous one was harmful to the warriors, because it compressed the space for them to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers.

And the latter one, if it is done, it is for the benefit of both the military and the people, but it is just a traitor of the local wealthy family, who is afraid of disagreeing and deceiving the subordinates and concealing it.

Finally, Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister, please discuss the policy of Tuntian." ”

He glanced at Wang Dou and said with a smile: "This is also the spirit of the minister from the Marquis of Yongning." ”

When everyone was puzzled and Emperor Chongzhen's face changed slightly, he said slowly: "The minister's play Chen Tuntian Eight Things. ”

"One is the military tun. Now the army buys officials, the people occupy the military land, and the leaves are passed down from generation to generation, so there is no need to ask, but they are registered to report for explanation, that is, to change the true color of the levy. ”

"The second is Mintun. Where there is no arable land, show the recruitment of military and civilian businessmen, willing to donate funds to reclaim, that is, to give the post for eternal industry. ”

"The third is Bingtun. If there is something to use soldiers to fight, and if there is nothing to do, they still defend the city with seven points and plant with three points. ”

"The fourth is Shangtun, and the title is awarded according to the number of reclamation fields. The fifth is Shuitun, summoning the southerners of water conservancy, living in its original place, so that there is no open land, and the water is not profitable, and it will start after three years. Six for Lutun, choose a barren land, tree with mulberry dates, whatever it takes, never get a branch. ”

"Seven for the crime to abolish the tun. The eighth is to set up officials, and the special ministers are in charge of the affairs of the cantonment, and the cantonment officials are divided into divisions, and the officials are lenient and the years are late, so that they can act cheaply. ”

Emperor Chongzhen followed his proposal, and Wang Dou thought about it carefully, if Ni Yuanlu's policy was promoted, it would indeed be a great benefit to the country, but it was difficult to be effective.

Looking at Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, he talked about it, Emperor Chongzhen nodded from time to time, Long Yan Dayue, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but be hot, and said: "Regarding opening up sources and reducing expenditure, the minister also thought of a strategy. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Ni Yuanlu's strategy, and his mood improved a lot, and he smiled: "I know that Chen Aiqing knows about military affairs, and I don't know about financial affairs?" Come quickly, let me hear. ”

In the laughter of everyone, Chen Xinjia was in good spirits and hurriedly said: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

He was impassioned: "The ministers look at the opportunity to pay attention to the emperor today, and they care about the wealth and peace of the people!" ”

He said: "In the humble opinion of the minister, every time he supervises the march, he will fake the handle, and the minister thinks that all the business of casting the crane can be heard cheaply, and the claim is full of money, and the victory comes out of itself." ”

"In the past, the families of the Song Dynasty generals were all eaten by the county officials, the city rent tax, and all the donations were given, and all the generals had gold enjoyers, cattle wine manuscript masters, and the end of the Song Dynasty, famous generals were like clouds, and they were so posted. The law of controlling the generals, it will make it difficult to be expensive and easy to get rich, and it is also arrogant, rich, and brave, this is the policy of the micro-ministers, waiting for the holy judgment.

Emperor Chongzhen endured his anger and listened, his face was not good-looking, at this time the Ming Dynasty was not the old Song Dynasty, and his control over the border town was greatly weakened.

As soon as Chen Xinjia's strategy came out, didn't he make local warlords? The so-called city rent tax is donated to it, which is a fact at this time, but it is also carried out secretly everywhere, and the imperial court also enjoys great righteousness, so that they can be made public, how will the imperial court control it in the future?

Wang Dou is a typical representative of the city's rent tax and donations, do you still want Daming to appear again Wang Dou?

However, looking at Chen Xinjia's look of anticipation and waiting for his praise, Emperor Chongzhen knew that he was doing bad things with good intentions, and at this time, all the new princes were there, so it was inconvenient to lose his temper, Emperor Chongzhen reluctantly smiled and said: "Chen Qing's proposal is indeed a good policy, and I will definitely think about it." ”

The generals of the border towns next to him, with a high level of education, such as Wu Sangui and others, understood Chen Xinjia's words and couldn't help but be full of good feelings towards him, Wang Dou shook his head in his heart, Chen Xinjia's political wisdom was a little worse, and he always said things that were out of place at the right time.

In the end, there was a long controversy, and there was no way to talk about the food and salary of the new army, that is, the new army was now going south to suppress thieves, and the money and food needed had to be conceived in many ways, and Emperor Chongzhen's mood turned depressed, the country was in danger, and it was extremely difficult for anyone to take a single step.

Fortunately, in the first battle of Jinzhou, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties needed to rest, and the border troubles would not arise again in a short time, so that Emperor Chongzhen felt a little calm, and took this opportunity to hope to exterminate the thieves as soon as possible.

He looked at Wang Dou, who didn't say a word, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, he reluctantly smiled again, raised his glass and said, "Zhongqing drink bitterly." ”

In the surprised eyes of everyone, he put down the cup and said, "The Marquis of Yongning comes with me." ”

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Wang Dou followed Emperor Chongzhen, some henchmen and eunuchs, through a delicate hanging flower gate, to another pavilion and pavilion, there was no one around, only some snowflakes remained, quietly falling from the sky.

Entering the pavilion, the cold air hits in, and you see the rockery pond in the courtyard, a wide pavilion, built on several layers of bluestone steps, there are several cold plum trees blooming next to it, and there are lotus leaves in the pool below.

It's just that the buildings and trees seem to have a sense of decay.

In the pavilion corridor, only two cases are opposite, one is on one side, there is a drink, not very far away, next to the throne, there is the big eunuch Wang Dehua, and Wang Chengen, behind them, there are also a few little eunuchs.

Among them, Wang Desheng, the little eunuch that Wang Dou had seen, also stood respectfully behind Wang Chengen, watching Wang Dou come with Emperor Chongzhen, with a surprised look on his face.

It was the first time for Wang Dou to discuss and talk so privately, he secretly guessed in his heart, swept his eyes, and saw that there was a small pavilion not far from the pavilion corridor, and in the attic, there were several figures on that side, looking at this side, and I didn't know who it was.

When he arrived at the case, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Marquis Yongning, please take a seat." ”

Wang Dou apologized first: "The minister is guilty of death, without the permission of the saint, he went out of the fortress without permission, and because of rumors...... If the minister is guilty, please punish the saint. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's face softened, his heart warmed, and he sighed: "I don't blame Aiqing, I know about the affairs of the court, if I tell me in advance, I will definitely leak the battle situation, so that the Dongyu can take precautions, and the battle of Jinzhou may change again." ”

This Liaodong incident, the Jingbian Army and the Grassland Front Army, was indeed the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Chongzhen said that to prevent the leakage of the war situation, it was also to give Wang Dou a step.

Wang Dou bowed again, and sat down under the guidance of a eunuch, feeling that in the attic opposite, a few eyes were fixed on him, and it was difficult to look up.

Emperor Chongzhen stared at Wang Dou, when he first heard Wang Dou's name, he was just a small defense, but after a few years, his credit was getting bigger and bigger, and now he has become a marquis, and he has become a heavy soldier, and he has become an existence that he cannot ignore.

As long as he goes to the battlefield, he will create miracles, and no means can stop his meritorious service.

At this time, the sky will be dark, the two of them talked, Emperor Chongzhen first opened his mouth to say some gossip, in the tone of his father, talking about his son and daughter, there was expectation and annoyance. Behind him, Wang Chengen and the others were all smiling, and it was rare to see such a gentle and kind side of the emperor.

Those little eunuchs who were standing even more admired and secretly observed Wang Dou.

Wang Dou also talked about some interesting things about his children, such as his daughter Wang Yao, who likes to climb up and down on herself, treating herself as a tree, and her eldest son Wang Zheng, who often sneaked her buttocks at a young age, which made her very angry.

Wang Dou's words caused Emperor Chongzhen to laugh from time to time, making the atmosphere of the talks between the monarchs and ministers very relaxed.

In the attic opposite, there were bursts of snickering from time to time, and listening to the voice, it seemed to be a woman. (To be continued.) )