"Eat his mother, drink his mother, King Chuang comes to divide the fields..."

On the same day that Zhu Cixi ascended the throne and became the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, songs to welcome King Chuang rang over the city of Chongqing.

Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun Yongchang finally won his first major victory after his death!

What? Can you still win after death? Was this victory achieved in the world of heaven or in the underworld?

This question is a little more complicated!

Although Li Zicheng's body has died and his soul... I don't know where he has gone? But he is still alive in the history of history!

Although Zhu Cihong, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi had concluded the fact that Li Zicheng was dead through fundamental analysis, Daxi Zhang Xianzhong also guessed that Li Zicheng was pretending to be alive.

However, neither party publicly announced that Li Zicheng was dead.

Because the dead Li Zicheng did not have enough deterrence to the gentry and landlord class in Huguang, in order to smoothly implement the policy of "clearing the fields and inspecting the land to pick fruits", Zhu Cihong stopped exposing Li Zicheng's pretense.

Zhang Xianzhong also felt that a living Li Zicheng would be more beneficial for him to go north to Guanzhong and gain a foothold in Guanzhong.

Because as long as Li Zicheng is alive and maintains a state of war with the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will not launch a fierce attack on the territory in Li Zicheng's name - Dorgon, Duoduo, Fan Wencheng are all familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

Yes, looking at the map, isn’t the world divided into three parts now?

Moreover, Ming Dynasty is the strongest among the three parties. Even if Dashun and Qing Dynasty do not join forces, how can they still strangle each other?

Therefore, as long as Dashun is still at war with the Ming Dynasty, Dorgon will not send troops to Shaanxi. He will only seize the time and concentrate on attacking the Ming army in Shanxi - starting from last winter, the second siege of Datong was

The prologue has begun, and now people are still hungry in Datong Fucheng!

After figuring out this situation, Zhang Xianzhong, who went north to Guanzhong and occupied Xi'an Prefecture, continued to use the banner of Dashun Xiwang to the outside world, saying that he was taking over Shaanxi on the order of Li Zicheng.

Since both Zhu Cihong and Zhang Xianzhong "believed" that Li Zicheng was alive, and the Qing Dynasty seemed to have no objections. The Dashun Dynasty itself also claimed that Li Zicheng was still alive and sitting in Yong'an (Kuizhou), then of course Li Zicheng lived in Qing history.

According to the later "History of Shun. Gaozu", after Shun Gaozu Li Zicheng defeated Gong'an, he sent his troops to Sichuan, took Kuizhou as the base, renamed it Yong'an, and made it his base. Later, he sent Taizong Li Guo to attack Chongqing with 30,000 troops.

, and with the cooperation of 30,000 troops from Gao Yigong and Luo Hu, they attacked Chongqing and defeated the Ming Dynasty Governor-General of Sichuan Ma Shiying's troops!

However, Ma Shiying's failure did not mean the collapse of Ming Dynasty's rule in Sichuan. Because at the same time that Chongqing Prefecture fell, Yang Zhan in western Sichuan successfully regained the Chengdu Prefecture that had been abandoned by Zhang Xianzhong. Therefore, after Ma Shiying lost Chongqing Prefecture, Zeng Ying went to

Withdrew in the direction of Chengdu.

Qin Yiming, the Sichuan general who had stayed in Kuizhou before, withdrew to Zunyi Prefecture, where he met the loyal Duke Qin Liangyu who had come from Huguang with a large number of muskets and military pay. The supplemented Qin Yiming's headquarters was also stationed in Zunyi Prefecture.

Steady footing.

Therefore, the situation in Sichuan is still confusing.

The dead Li Zicheng will still survive for a while in Qing History, and the Dashun Dynasty will continue to progress under his banner!

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Yong'an City, the new capital of the Dashun Dynasty, was shrouded in the pattering night rain. In a certain mansion, candlelight shined through a thin layer of window paper, and two figures sitting opposite each other could be vaguely seen.

"As the saying goes, spring rain is as precious as oil... It seems that farmers in Sichuan will have a good time this year. God will reward them with food, and Prince Fujun will give them land."

In the room, Dashun Zuofu, who was a little overweight, and Niu Jinxing, a bachelor of Tianyou Pavilion, were leaning on a couch, holding in their hands a volume of Yong'an Mansion's account book of land encirclement and land allocation and accounting for the equalization of land, and they were looking at it carefully.

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"Although the emperor's method of enclosing land and equalizing farmland has benefited farmers, it cannot control industry and commerce. Previously, the industry and commerce in Xiangjing Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, and Jingzhou Prefecture suffered a lot. This year it is Sichuan's turn to be depressed."

The other person is a young man who looks somewhat similar to Niu Jinxing. He is Niu Jinxing's son Niu Quan. Niu Quan served as the Yin of Xiangjing Prefecture for a period of time last year, and now he has been transferred to Yong'an Prefecture as a household government by Li Guo.

Minister. He seemed to have some objections to the policy of equalizing land by mouth and mouth implemented by the Dashun Dynasty. He did not dare to speak out against it in public. He only dared to say it in front of his father Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing glared at his son: "What happened to the depression in industry and commerce? At the beginning of the founding of each dynasty, there were many people who emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. This dynasty takes the Tang Dynasty as its teacher. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, it also emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce."

"But we can't live without industry and commerce. It's too inconvenient!" Niu Quan shook his head, "As soon as the Xiangjing Prefecture's land enclosure and debt exemption order came out, the big industry and commerce disappeared immediately. The money collected from our Zhuangzi the year before last year

The rice has nowhere to go. Later it was shipped to Lexianqiao for sale, but what to do now? It has all flowed into Sichuan, so it can’t be shipped to Hankou for sale, right?

Moreover, we had the old foundation before, so we could give everyone some money as salary to make up for it, but this year I am afraid that there will be no money to give out, and we will have to give out rice and noodles instead... and many brothers have lost Xiangjing.

Zhuangzi from Nanyang followed, and it will cost money to relocate in Sichuan!"

The gentry landlords of the Ming Dynasty did not exclude industry and commerce, and they also had the privilege of tax-free customs clearance. In most places, industry and commerce and the gentry were integrated. Therefore, while Dashun deprived the gentry of their land and used laws to exempt farmers from debts, they also

It destroyed the foundation of industry and commerce.

This problem existed in Huguang before, but now that we have entered Sichuan, I am afraid it will be even more serious! Because Sichuan is self-contained, once the foundation of industry and commerce is gone, it is unlikely that the old warriors of Dashun will obtain goods through mutual trade with the Ming Dynasty.

They need handicraft products.

In addition, the Dashun court now has no source of cash. So soon there will be no money to distribute to the officials below, and they will probably have to distribute rice instead.

From now on, officials from the Dashun Dynasty would have to drive horse and ox carts to collect their salaries...

"What a big deal..." Niu Jinxing sneered, "You are worried that the rice will not be sold, so you won't ask the farmers for other things? Some cloth, some meat, some furs and game. Fu Li

Just let Zhuangzi give you whatever you need. As for salary, there is no difference between giving out money and giving out rice and noodles. Moreover, it is not necessary to give out rice and noodles. You can also publish it.

Since ancient times, men farmed and women weaved. The tax system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was based on men farming and women weaving. However, the Sui and Tang Dynasties were based on "Ding" and did not care about land or property. It was too unfair to the common people.

We can be land-based. From now on, for every acre of land, we will be required to pay part of the rice, part of the cloth, and some of the corvee, isn’t that enough?”

Niu Jinxing's method cannot be said to be brilliant. In fact, it is the path of self-sufficiency and the essence of small-scale peasant economy (manor economy).

In the early days of many feudal dynasties, many populations were wiped out due to successive wars, industry and commerce were destroyed, and the commodity economy lost its foundation. The self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy thrived like a fish in water because there were fewer people and more land.

At this time, the feudal dynasty adopted the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, restraining mergers, and protecting small farmers. This was completely correct!

There are no people to engage in gross industry and commerce!

However, when the feudal dynasty developed into the middle and late stages, due to the increase in population, the intensification of conflicts between man and land, and the gradual failure of policies to inhibit annexation, the development of industry and commerce became unstoppable. At this time, if the country could not follow the trend, adjust policies, and persist in the dynasty,

The so-called ancestral family law in the early years was troublesome.

The Ming Dynasty was just such a feudal dynasty that didn't know how to adapt...

Niu Jinxing, the Zuofu Prime Minister of the Dashun Dynasty, is now preparing to start a small farmer model for Li Zicheng in the early dynasty.

Niu Quan asked again: "What about the industry of hundreds of industries?"

"Official camp!" Niu Jinxing smiled, "Do you still remember the "Examination of Work" in "Zhou Rites"?

"Remember something."

Niu Jinxing said: "Isn't it said at the beginning of "Kao Gong Ji", 'There are six state-owned jobs, and one hundred labors are the same as one'." Our dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, so naturally we did not expect unscrupulous merchants to develop hundreds of labors, so we vigorously developed government-run businesses.

This is the right way. We must not only have government-run workers, but also specialize in salt, iron, tea, wine and other items and large mines in various places. In addition, we must set up commercial officials in the mutual markets on the border to strictly control the export and import of goods.

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Niu Quan thought for a while, "Where do craftsmen come from?"

"Let's set up a craftsman household!" Niu Jinxing said, "The craftsman household does not count on land equalization, and does not have to pay rent, but it must serve as an official for two or three months a year, and it can be given food and clothing as appropriate."

Niu Quan wrinkled and asked: "Then are people still allowed to run industry and commerce?"

"Yes," Niu Jinxing said, "the government-run business will be the main one, and the private-run business will be the supplement. If the private-run business is not allowed, how can hundreds of craftsmen serve in the government?"

However, salt, iron, tea, and wine must be specialized... Anyone who smelt iron, brew wine, boil salt, or grow tea must be strictly controlled by the government and must not operate privately.

In addition, all metal mines must be run by the government, and the private sector must not be involved. The business of making money from copper and iron must also be run by the government!"

Niu Jinxing is also making progress! When he first started planning the system for Li Zicheng four years ago, he was actually fooling around with half a bottle of jealousy. Although he was a juren, the juren in the Ming Dynasty were only proficient in eight-legged essays, and their policy level was not very high.

, I don’t know much about the laws and regulations of past dynasties - in theory, you need to be proficient in classics to make policy decisions. However, scholars in the Ming Dynasty were clever and developed many tutoring materials for exams, which allowed scholars to pretend to understand and get through. Niu Jinxing is this

The juren who got out...

However, in the past two or three years, while he was running the country and studying at the same time, he gradually gathered many staff around him, and his level naturally improved a lot.

What he has set for Li Guo now is the route of a typical feudal country based on the small-scale peasant economy.
Chapter completed!