At present, the distribution of power in Chengdu is still very chaotic, Deng Ming did not stay in Chengdu for a long time, and every time he built a framework and hurriedly set out to fight, and always went and did not return for several months, which led to the fact that all factions in Chengdu had space and opportunities to compete for power.

For Deng Ming, there is no way to do this, if the Sichuan army does not attack, it is waiting for death, and every time the attack is suspended, it is a big step towards the edge of the cliff of destruction. Therefore, it is impossible for Deng Ming to consider staying behind to supervise and guide the development of Chengdu, and not to mention that foreign plunder is also of great benefit to the development of Chengdu, so far Deng Ming has scooped the least things from Li Guoying's hands, but it is those hundreds or thousands of cattle, and Sichuan itself will not want to make it out even if it is stuffy for a few years.

Although Deng Ming set up a tax bureau before leaving Chengdu last time and transferred the tax work from the prefect's yamen to the tax yamen, it was not fully completed by the time Deng Ming left. After Deng Ming crossed Wuchang and marched downstream, Liu Jinge stopped handing over rights to the tax bureau, even if the latter was a subordinate agency of the prefect's yamen within the framework of Deng Ming, he was naturally helpless about it.

Deng Ming attaches great importance to Sichuan salt, so Liu Jinge also attaches great importance to this, he can't meddle in various industries because of energy problems, and most of the industries that can't be managed before are handed over to Qin Xiucai, but the salt industry is highly profitable, and it is Deng Ming's key support project, of course, Liu Zhifu firmly holds it in his hands and refuses to let go, Liu Jinge has always personally inquired about the salt tax issue, and even the taxes are directly handed over to the prefect's yamen instead of the Tongguò Taxation Bureau.

Most people in Chengdu take this for granted, including the tax commissioner, Qin Xiucai.

It is a tradition that taxes are paid directly to the prefect's yamen, but the intermediate structure of the tax bureau is a new thing, and Deng Ming's reason for establishing this agency was also to help Liu Jinge share his worries - a statement that Chengdu officials have accepted. Since it is to help, in other words, it is to help Liu Jinge deal with the tiredness he doesn't want to suffer, and Governor Liu is very willing to do things himself, and the tax bureau naturally can't take care of it.

With the support of the prefect's yamen, Lu Huan was not afraid of Pu Fu, the deputy director of the tax bureau, and said to the deputy director of taxation reluctantly: "If the tax bureau can refund our taxes, so that the profit of Sichuan salt can be maintained at 100 yuan per 100 catties, and the Huai salt sold on behalf of the bureau is 50 yuan per 100 catties, we can consider accepting Director Park's pricing." ”

Of course Pu Fu can't do it, the salt tax was set by Deng Ming, and even Liu Jinge may not be able to revise it, and the tax is not collected by the tax bureau, where can he go to give the salt merchant a tax refund?

After seeing that Pu was annoyed and didn't speak, Lu Huan said to Yu Youming again: "If we collect every one yuan of the Industrial Bank's voucher in Wuchang, and the Industrial Bank compensates us in Chengdu at three times the price, we can also consider accepting it." ”

Of course, Yu Youming couldn't agree, in fact, even if Yu Youming agreed, Lu Huan's consideration was mostly not accepted, because even if Chengdu Industrial Bank gave three times the exchange rate, it would just be a loss for the salt merchants. But now Wuchang is in short supply of IOUs, and this one-third of the salt that needs IOUs can be sold at a premium. The usual practice of the salt merchants now is to let Wuchang exchange the materials designated by the prefect yamen, including even the population, according to the meaning of the Chengdu prefect's yamen—although Deng Ming had instructed Liu Jinge to find an opportunity to obtain craftsmen and try to import gunpowder and bronze if possible in the future, in view of the grim situation of Chengdu where there are more men than women, Liu Jinge has changed Deng Ming's policy to give priority to importing unmarried women.

In addition to the backing of the prefect's yamen, Lu Huan also faintly felt that he was a higher national than Yu Youming and Pu Fu, he and other salt merchants were Liu Yao's auxiliaries, no matter how low the status of their auxiliaries in the army, Lu Huan and they were still the local faction of the Sichuan army, and they were the earliest forces in Chengdu. The people hired by the salt merchants are also mainly localists, especially those who have served under Liu Yao and Yang Youcai, and they are deeply favored by Lu Huan and others. Among the five generals under Deng Ming, Lu Huan's favorite is Li Xinghan, who thinks he is a localist; Although Liu Yao, Yang Youcai, and their henchmen mysteriously refused to reveal it clearly, Lu Huan and the others had heard a lot of rumors about supporting the establishment, that is, Liu Yao, Yang Youcai, and Li Xinghan, these local factions had once supported the Shaoshu King Deng Governor.

The second is the Dong Army, although the name of these thieves has not yet been cleared, but they are also from Sichuan, so in the eyes of Lu Huan's group, Zhou Kaihuang is the second favorite of Deng Ming's five generals. The current Chengdu prefect Liu Jinge was born in a similar way to Zhou Kaihuang, and this Liu prefect heard that he had also fought with Admiral Deng in Dongchuan Mansion, and he was injured to protect Admiral Deng, so Lu Huan also respected him very much.

It is Jianchang's group of people again, the West Thief is the enemy of the Sichuan Army, and now although he is lost and knows how to return to the King of Shaoshu, he obviously can't compare with the Sichuan Army, and Lu Huan They think that the loyalty of these Xiying is still suspicious, which can also be found from Zhao Tianba, one of the Five Tigers from Xiying, for example, he refuses to follow Admiral Deng Dongchuan and Kunming - Lu Huan They can neither distinguish the relationship between the Jianchang Western Army and Zhao Tianba, nor do they know the real reason why Zhao Tianba can't go to Dongchuan Mansion.

And Yu Youming, a barbarian who obviously fled from other places and entered Sichuan, although he is a descendant of the Ming army and not a thief, his status in Lu Huan's mind is basically the same as that of Xiying. It is said that Pu Fu is also from Sichuan, and he should be able to be classified into the local Ming army, but unfortunately his Xiong Lan's subordinates, Xiong Lan's repeated rebellion has spread in Chengdu, so in the eyes of the localists, the status of Xiong Lan and his gang has also plummeted, and they are on par with the Western Thieves.

The background of the local lineage and the strong support of Deng Ming also made the Ming army even change its strategy for the benefit of the Sichuan salt merchants, which made Lu Huan and Ye Tianming their superiority more and more intense. It is precisely because of the change of mentality that these auxiliaries originally gritted their teeth when they talked about the soldiers who once rode on their heads, but now they began to have feelings for their comrades after retiring. After earning some money last month, Lu Huan, Ye Tianming and several other salt merchants also went to Dujiangyan to invite a few soldiers who kidnapped them to the army to introduce people to dinner. The soldiers all smiled as they ate, and one of them shouted embarrassedly while eating: "I ate too much, I ate too much." ”

Despite the dust of the salt merchants, the IOU voucher of the Industrial Bank was given basic credit, because with the exception of salt, the other goods were not private but public. With Pu Fu's endorsement and exemption, there is no need for the left-behind personnel to get along with the benefits of Wuchang, and they don't have the authority to set prices, so for them, how to deal with these public things has nothing to do with them, and it is completely nosy to interfere in the pricing matter. Although Lu Chenyin felt a little regretful that he couldn't change the salt, this was just a fly in the ointment, and the profits of other goods were also very large, which could be fully satisfied.

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At another meeting with Deng Ming, Zhou Peigong casually mentioned the war in Fujian.

"Does Envoy Zhou Bu have any inside information?" Deng Ming asked casually, in his opinion, it was impossible to hear the truth from Zhou Peigong's mouth, because any news of Zheng Chenggong's victory was good news for Deng Ming, the more brilliant the victory of the Min army, the more favorable Deng Ming's position in the negotiations would be, and now that Zhou Peigong was his negotiating opponent, the correct strategy was to deny the rumors that Yiqiē was beneficial to the Min army, and dismiss them all as propaganda and rumors. This reason is very simple, Deng Ming knew that Zhou Peigong must be very clear, so he hedged that he heard the good news of the Ming army in his mouth without any hope, and if Zhou Peigong said bad things about the Ming army, then Deng Ming would first suspect that this was the other party's attempt to increase his bargaining chips instead of taking it seriously - since it is impossible to hear good words and not believe the bad words of the other party, it is a complete waste of time to discuss Fujian's shape with Zhou Peigong, which is also the reason why Deng Ming is careless.

"The imperial court replaced Dasu as the general of Annam with Bei Ziluoto, presumably Admiral Deng already knew about it, right?"

"Got it." Deng Ming nodded slightly, he was not very clear about the history of his previous life, so after hearing the news, Deng Ming's first impression was that Zheng Chenggong's victory was very limited. Although I don't have much interest in the history of the Qing Dynasty, the sea ban is this

After traveling to this era, Deng Ming found that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not yet begun to ban the sea, and as he learned about the army and the economy, he began to realize the meaning behind this order, and understood that only when the Zheng army had a great advantage would the Qing court be forced to use this kind of policy that harmed others and did not benefit himself.

When he first heard that Dasu was going to attack Xiamen, Deng Ming secretly guessed whether this would be the beginning of the sea ban, and in order to avoid being regarded as a magic stick, Deng Ming could only hide this guess in his stomach. However, after learning that Da Su had only received a demotion, Deng Ming felt that his hopes were dashed, and he even suspected that his arrival had shrunk Zheng Chenggong's victory.

When he heard Zhou Peigong's words, Deng Ming's first reaction was that the other party wanted to belittle the significance of the Xiamen Battle, so as to seize more initiative in negotiations.

"I don't know if Admiral Deng has heard of it, the imperial court is considering banning the sea."

Zhou Peigong's words were like a bolt from the blue to Deng Ming, and he forgot to answer in shock.

"It seems that Admiral Deng doesn't know." Zhou Peigong was very satisfied with Deng Ming's reaction, and the other party's surprised and unspeakable expression greatly satisfied Zhou Peigong's vanity, at least he had not achieved this effect in previous negotiations.

"Is this the news that the envoy of Zhou Bu heard from Governor Zhang or from Governor Chiang?" After being surprised, Deng Ming immediately asked, it is not news that Da Su was punished, but the Qing court must have had a chance to hear about the ban on the sea.

"Very high, very high." Zhou Peigong replied mysteriously that the Qing court had begun to consider Huang Wu's countermeasures, and secretly asked several governors for their opinions on this, wondering what they thought, after all, this would be a national policy, and the Qing court wanted to know what the major governors thought about it, and whether they thought it would cause any trouble to the Qing court's rule, or if there were any problems that needed to be guarded against in advance. At present, the news is only circulating in a small circle of confidants around the governors.

"Can you tell us more about that?" Deng Ming asked involuntarily.

"Admiral Deng asked, of course the lower officials knew everything." Zhou Peigong was very honest today, there was no quid pro quo, no guanzi, but immediately replied: "I heard that this construction was proposed by the rebel general Huang Wu, about a few days ago, Huang Wu also passed through Jiangning, and then went north along the canal, it is said that this time he hurried to Beijing or the emperor's will, to let him play in front of the emperor." ”

"I must have heard about the ban on the sea in Wuchang, but Huang Wu passed by a few days ago and most of the matter had just been investigated," Deng Ming muttered after hearing this: "Zhou Bu's political envoy has a heart." ”

As the other party to the negotiations, Zhou Peigong's release of this kind of news was like handing over the weapon to Deng Ming, so that Deng Ming could fire at him with impunity. Thinking of this, Deng Ming couldn't help but add: "Thank you." ”

"Admiral Deng is polite." Zhou Peigong smiled slightly, but did not admit or deny Deng Ming's speculation about his intelligence source.

"Hmm." Deng Ming pondered, if it was someone else, he might be suspicious of Zhou Peigong's words, but Deng Ming was very familiar with the word forbidden sea, and as soon as he heard Zhou Peigong mention it, he knew that this matter must be true. It's just that how to use this weapon, Deng Ming hasn't thought about it right away.

"Does Admiral Deng think that this forbidden sea refers to the coastal areas of Fujian?" Zhou Peigong didn't give Deng Ming time to think, and interrupted the other party's train of thought.

"Isn't it?" Deng Ming blurted out, but he immediately remembered that he seemed to have said in history that the scope of this forbidden sea was very large.

"Could it be that the south of the Yangtze River should be forbidden to the sea?" Deng Ming quickly corrected his problem, but Zhou Peigong still looked noncommittal, which made Deng Ming's heart tighten even more, and when he spoke up again, his tone also revealed unusual nervousness: "Could it be!" Could it be a total ban on the sea? ”

"Yes," Zhou Peigong nodded lightly: "From Shandong to Guangdong, the board is not allowed to go to the sea; It is forbidden to live or set foot within fifteen miles of the coast, and those who violate it are regarded as rebels and will not be pardoned; All existing ships were to burn on their own, including the warships of the five provincial naval divisions; The maritime trade of the five provinces was completely banned, and those who were previously engaged in maritime trade were all punished as collaborators, and their family property was confiscated from the officials. ”

"Oh my God." Despite the vague memory of his previous life, Deng Ming was still shocked, just now Zhou Peigong had already said that the proposer of this construction was Huang Wu, who was one of the witnesses and actual commanders of the battle of Xiamen, and the subtext behind this construction was that the Qing court had lost the right to control the sea from Shandong to Guangdong, and it could not be restored in a short period of time; As for all the maritime trade merchants are punished as collaborating with the enemy, it is even more severe, this is not a threat at all, not that you dare to engage in maritime trade in the future, but all merchants with maritime trade experience must be eliminated, there are two subtexts in this, one is that Huang Wu believes that the Qing court sailors have been weakened to the point that they are completely unable to deter the maritime merchants from falling to the Zheng family or protecting them from paying taxes to the Zheng family; The second is that Huang Wu's ban on the sea is obviously not a short-term policy, but will be a long-term national policy, and the merchants who have experience in maritime trade in the visible time will not be of any benefit to the Qing court, and can be eliminated neatly, not only to increase their income, but also to prevent them from engaging in smuggling activities with dissatisfaction.

"Huang Wu's construction itself shows that there are almost no water divisions in the five provinces, and it is impossible to rebuild them in a short period of time, and if the Qing court adopts Huang Wu's construction yì, it means that they recognize Huang Wu's judgment." Deng Ming's brain was running rapidly, analyzing the impact of the current shape on himself: "I can't control Fujian and other places for the time being, but the coastal residents, fishermen, and seagoing boatmen here in Shandong, Zhejiang and Nanjing will definitely have no livelihood, maybe many people will be patient and will obey the orders of the Qing court to enter the interior, but there will still be a considerable part of resistance, and in the short term, Zhoushan will not only not be threatened, but will be greatly strengthened." In order to suppress the rebellion and ensure that the ban on the sea was enforced, Shandong and Zhejiang needed to send more troops to the seaside, and they would not have the strength to reinforce Nanjing, at least for a year or two, Jiang Guozhu not only could not count on a large amount of support from the neighboring provinces, but also had to face the carefree and much more powerful Zhoushan. ”

"Previously, our army had asked to garrison troops in Chongming, and Governor Jiang went to explain to the Qing court why Chongming could not be recovered, and this requirement was that our army persisted to the end, without any room for compromise, and would not bargain over this." After thinking about it, Deng Ming slowly said to Zhou Peigong: "In order to ensure that Chongming is not threatened, our army requires that both sides of Chongming Island also implement a sea ban, but not for the people but for the Qing army, and no Qing army shall be stationed within fifteen miles of the coast. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Ming was suddenly stunned, and found that he should not know about the sea ban, if he used this term, it might have an impact on Zhou Peigong: "Wrong, our army has no requirements for the sea ban for the time being, and I will talk about it later, Zhou Bu's political envoy does not have to consider or convey it to Nanjing." ”

"Okay." The smile on Zhou Peiyuan's face remained unchanged, and he asked rhetorically: "Why did our army agree to such unreasonable conditions from you?" ”

"Because I just received a letter from the king of Yanping County today, he said that he had eliminated the water division of the five provinces in the previous naval battle, and he could attack Shandong north at any time, or enter the Yangtze River again to return to my division, and the king of Yanping County also said in the letter that because he has no worries now, the troops entering the Yangtze River this time will be stronger than a year ago. Because I built Governor Chiang carefully considered my request, in addition to Chongming Island handed over to us, I also asked for the establishment of a firm responsible for helping us purchase materials and sell goods, and the profits of this firm were willing to be shared equally with Governor Chiang. ”

"What if we don't accept Admiral Deng's conditions?" Zhou Peigong asked calmly again.

"Then I will attack Suzhou and Songjiang to meet the army of the king of Yanping, for I am convinced of every word of the letter of the king of Yanping; If Governor Chiang thinks that the annihilation of the sailors of the five provinces by the king of Yanping is an exaggeration, he can ignore our request. ”

"Understood, the lower official must bring the Admiral's request and reasons to the Governor of Jiangning." Zhou Peigong nodded, indicating that he had written it all down.

Before the two broke up, Deng Ming said seriously again: "Thank you." ”

"Admiral Deng is too polite, and the official will leave." Zhou Peigong walked out of the Ming army camp with his head held high, this was the first time he firmly had the upper hand over Deng Ming-

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