I am the king of the dead

This place is indeed a strategic point. If Xuzhou is captured, the soldiers can reach the Yangtze River directly, and there is no danger to defend the Huaihe River.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the map of Xuzhou City and said: "Wang Ji said that he would fight with me quickly, which is exactly what I want!"

Shi Heng and other generals immediately sat up straight, and Shi Heng said loudly: "The front line came to report, the Xuzhou garrison only has more than [-] people, and I inspected the two battalions, and they can go straight to the city of Xuzhou and take Xuzhou!"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "I don't understand military affairs, but I also know the danger. Before the rebels can deploy heavy troops to fortify, the middle gate is wide open, and they will naturally come down."

"What does Yu Shaobao think?"

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "I invite the governor of military affairs to go to Xuzhou with Wu Qinghou."

This is also an established strategy that has been determined long ago, Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Then I will thank you generals."

"I have a word. In April of the second year of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty had already entered Pengcheng, and received its treasures and beauties. It held a high-level wine meeting every night, and played songs every night. Han Gaozu thought that Xiang Yu only had 3 people, which was not a cause for concern."

"It's called arrogant soldiers, and the arrogant soldiers will be destroyed."

Liu Bang was defeated in Pengcheng, and Sima Qian believed that the arrogant soldiers must be defeated. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw Sima Qian's assessment and did not comment.

After Liu Bang entered Pengcheng, which is now Xuzhou, he did look like a proud soldier.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "I don't want the army to look like an arrogant soldier. After entering the city, restrain the soldiers and horses. Fortify layers of defenses in Yi County, Zaozhuang, Zou County, Qufu, Ziyang, etc., and stand ready for battle!"

"Prevent the enemy's counterattack, consolidate the results of the battle, and appease the people."

Shi Heng and the others immediately shouted loudly: "Your servants respectfully obey the teachings!"

Zhu Qiyu said in a vibrating voice: "The Ming army is mighty!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!" All the generals shouted in unison.

The Twelfth Regiment Battalion received generous rewards, and their military discipline was excellent. In Hetao, Jining, they were also famous as master masters. This time Zhu Qiyu went to fight the rebellion himself, and his military discipline was even stricter.

The military orders of the Ming army were strict, and various continuous sitting systems emerged one after another, which would even harm family members.

The military is a tool of violence. Once it gets out of control, the consequences will be disastrous.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty was also very generous, he continued to reward generously, giving enough to prevent the army from robbing the people, increasing their cost of making mistakes, and working with military discipline in both ways, only then did he have the style of a king.

Zhu Qiyu's big driver, Yuren, will stay in Jinan, and will not leave for Xuzhou until the two Huaihe Rivers are settled and the soldiers' front reaches the city of Nanjing.

Although Zhu Qiyu won the banner of Deshengmen and Zhu Mingmenlongqi, he is not the emperor on horseback after all, so he will naturally move forward after everything is stable.

The personal conquest belongs to the personal conquest, but he does not participate in the specific command. The defense mentioned just now is the result of the agreement of many generals and the king's meeting.

In Xuzhou, there have been more than 400 large-scale battles in history. How to fight in this place and the terrain have long been thoroughly studied.

When the army marched out, there were only more than [-] people left around Zhu Qiyu. At this time, if the thieves had a strong horse and rushed straight to Zhu Qiyu's tent, they could capture him as many as possible.

It's a beautiful idea, but only beautiful.

Not to mention the Shandong army, but the governor Tao Jin has already rushed to Jinan Mansion with about [-] soldiers and horses. If someone really wants to go straight to them.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about Tie Xuan's old affairs either. Yan Mansion was taboo and would hide in Jinan Mansion directly. Jinan Mansion had a strong army, so it would be no problem to guard him for a few months.

Zhu Qiyu made a nest by himself to see if he could catch fish.

After the military conference adjourned, Shandong officials finally had the opportunity to meet with them.

Xing'an said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Li Binyan, governor of Shandong, Pei Lun, chief envoy of Shandong, Tao Jin, commander of Mizhou Shipping Department, and Tang Xing, commander of Jinyiwei, are asking to see you."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Xuan."

"Your Majesty is waiting to see you. Is Your Majesty bowing?" Several courtiers bowed and saluted.

"I am safe, flattened, and given a seat." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

Since he dared to come to Shandong and let the army go to Xuzhou City, he naturally knew the loyalty of the officials of Shandong provinces.

When those candidates were dismissed from the exam, Zhu Qiyu was skeptical about Shandong, thinking that they were all limped by the Confucian mansion.

But after arriving here, he realized that compared with the imperial court, the Shandong area hated the Confucian Mansion even more than the imperial court.

Which official was pressed by such a big temple above his head, unable to move, three years of planning, and inferior evaluation every time?Can't be promoted, can you be happy in your heart?

Before Zhu Qiyu destroyed the Confucian mansion, there were two pieces of sky above Shandong, one was the emperor, and the other was the Confucian mansion.

In fact, after Zhu Qiyu got rid of the Confucian Mansion, many problems in the entire Shandong territory became easier.

For example, the thieves, who had been a disaster for a long time, finally slowly became a thing of the past. After repeated conquests by the army and repeated orders from local officials to persuade the thieves to go down the mountain, the boundary of Shandong has become much more stable in the past two years.

What's more, His Majesty brought the Mizhou Shipping Department, which greatly solved the difficult life problems of the people in Shandong.

For example, the price of rice and sorghum, before the establishment of the Mizhou Shipping Department, was about four renminbi a stone of rice in Shandong, but now it has dropped to three renminbi. Business activities have become more frequent, and there have been more workshops.

Even unemployed people, wandering people, and landless people can go to the workshops around Bosi, Mizhou City to make a living.

Li Binyan held a thick book and said, "Your Majesty, the Mizhou Shipping Department has a balance of 74 taels of silver this year."

Zhu Qiyu took the account book, and Li Binyan earned 74 taels in half a year.

The tribute trade system of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three modes: tribute, tribute ship, and merchant ship.

Among them, the tribute is opened in the Huitongguan of the capital. The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea and Ryukyu is the best. The North Korea and Ryukyu will open the market every time the tribute will be held in the same hall. This part is the part of the Ming Dynasty that lost money. The imperial court is gracious to heaven.

But the tribute is one share, so the tribute ship is ten.

Then the tribute ships, the Ming Dynasty made money.

Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Li Binyan's work. He said with a smile: "In the 17th year of Hongwu, the Taizu set a tribute to the ship, saying: All overseas countries who pay tribute and have private belongings will be exempted from their taxes. If the tribute of the Siyi native officials is attached to Fanhuo, and those who want to trade with China, the officials will take six points and pay the price. The tax will still be deducted.”

Because the Fan Kingdom may not have silver or copper coins to pay, in order to facilitate trade, for every [-]% of the tribute ship, [-]% of the material is collected as tax.

Isn't the points draw a kind of taxation in disguise?

The Ming tributary system never lost money.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Nowadays, if the merchant ship tax is set to [-] and [-] real tax, if you give the silver and the superior four points."

"Li Yushi did a good job."

However, in the past, the management of merchant ships was neglected, and the Mizhou Shipbuilding Department issued ship certificates and surveys. As long as they are willing to pay taxes, they are considered legal business.

Li Binyan also turned a blind eye, allowing merchant ships to have firearms, artillery, etc., as long as they enter the port to cover up, everyone will pretend nothing happened.

This approach is because Daming lost the most powerful navy and cannot guarantee the safety of the merchant ships. If the merchant ships are not allowed to protect themselves, that is to let the merchant ships die.

Zhu Qiyu's management of merchant ships is divided into two methods: drawing points and taxation, one is to draw one out of ten, and one is to draw ten shares from a hundred.

It would be even better if there was money to pay the tax, [-]% of the tax could be reduced, and [-]% of the tax was already very light.

Because there will be people involved in the physical purchase, and there will be a lot of losses when escorted to Beijing. If it is converted into silver, the actual income of the court will exceed the physical purchase.

Li Binyan talked about an interesting incident, and said with a smile: "Recently, many merchants who originally went to Ningbo Shipping Department have arrived at Mizhou Shipping Department. It has been a long time."

"It is said that in order to raise military funds, Li Xian set a tax of five to one. There are more three-masted ships in sea trade, and the tax is [-] cents and six cents. State is coming."

Li Binyan was all smiles. The gang of rebels only felt that the emperor was harsh, but they hadn't even interpreted the tax rules of the Mizhou Shipping Department.

After the rebellion, it was discovered that there were much more taxes to be paid, so I had to go to the Mizhou Shipping Department.

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "I'm still wondering why Jingtai's merchant ships suddenly increased by nearly a thousand ships in three years."

"My servant asks for 20 silver coins to expand the wharf and ships, which is not enough."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Send them all to the capital, and after the court discusses, the Ministry of Households will give you money."

Seriously, he's conscripting himself!

Naturally, if they don't deal with government affairs, they will all be sent to the capital.

Li Binyan was helpless, he thought it would be easier after face-to-face, but in the end he had to go to the court to go through the formalities.

Isn't this going around in a circle and adding more procedures?

But a system is a system, and the establishment is to be followed by everyone. Since Zhu Qiyu asked Zhu Zhanqian to supervise the country, he naturally let him handle government affairs.

Li Bin talked for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, the Mizhou Baoyuan Bureau has recently increased the number of Japanese silver coins replaced by [-]%. I suspect that some of the southern rebels escorted the silver taels and exchanged silver coins."

Chapter 343 King Xiang is too good at protecting himself

"Give them a change." Zhu Qiyu nodded. He knew about this and thought that Li Xian was just fooling Sun Zhong. The rebels used the imperial currency. Is that still a rebel?

But they did come, how troublesome is it to set up a mint?

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu took three years to get on the right track.

"Tao Dudu, I have something I want to communicate with you." Zhu Qiyu stopped asking about Mizhou Shipping Department, but talked about another matter.

"Your Majesty has an order, and I will do my best." Tao Jin said hastily.

"That's right. There are [-] capital camps in Fujian so far, and more than [-] of them have families in the capital. They have been in Fujian for four full years."

"No matter how well the Marquis of Ningyang leads his troops, no matter how long it takes, there will be no way to restrain them. After the rebellion is suppressed, the [-] Jingying Battalion of Mizhou Bosi will change defenses with Fujian Jingying. I don't know if Dudu Tao is here. No difficulty?"

Fujian Jingying is an old battalion in the Zhengtong period. It has fought in Fujian for more than four years. For such a long time, from south to north, many soldiers hugged their quilts at night and cried bitterly.

As a matter of fact, if Fujian hadn't been a serious matter, and the farm law was being implemented, everything was complicated, and the sergeants were extremely busy, otherwise the camp might have collapsed.

Zhu Qiyu decided to let Mizhou Shipping Division switch to Fujian, and let the Fujian capital return to Beijing.

The time is really too long.

"It's no problem." Tao Jin immediately said loudly, "To be loyal to His Majesty!"

"If the shipping routes between Mizhou Shipsi and Yuegang City Shipsi are very smooth, you can take the sea route in the future, and the north-south dispatch will become easier." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Changing defenses every three years will become a customized, returning homelander, and he still hasn't given up, but Chen Mao used guns to prevent the gentry from returning home.

These gentry were also one of the supporters of this rebellion.

The purpose of Chen Mao's construction of the Yuegang City Shipping Department also had the idea of ​​guarding against Japanese pirates at sea.

The pirates of the Ming Dynasty are just like there is no wife in the wife cake, and there is no husband and wife in the husband and wife's lungs. Although the pirates of the Ming Dynasty are called Wokou, the people behind them are all Ming people.

"The Chief Secretary of Shandong has done a good job this year, let's make persistent efforts." Zhu Qiyu praised Pei Lun. Since the collapse of the Confucian Mansion, Shandong has finally ushered in a respite.

However, the herdsmen of Pei Lun'an did a very thorough job, and there was nothing to criticize.

"Your Majesty, I request the Farm Law. Your Majesty's Farm Law is in Jingji, Kyushu outside the mountains, Jining, and Jing'an. Fujian also has a Farm Law because of the war. The people in Shandong are dying. I request that the Farm Law be implemented in Shandong. Heaven's Grace Zebei." Pei Lun mentioned an idea.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "No hurry."

Since the implementation of the Farm Law for three years, it has undergone many changes, and the north-south span is extremely large.

Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Sichuan all asked for farm law, but Zhu Qiyu was not allowed to reply.

Yu Qian once wrote a letter, saying that a policy can only be regarded as a sufficiently stable policy after three years of trial operation;

The current farm law has been in effect for nearly four years, and it is stable enough.

After five years of stable operation, it can be regarded as a real policy that can be implemented;

Zhu Qiyu planned to observe for another year, find out the problems again, and then carry out the implementation. The main purpose is to train commanders and announce all matters to the people.

In fact, the farm law did not benefit the court much, but the common people benefited greatly.

Zhu Qiyu decided to wait.

Those who do not seek small gains have big plans.

Zhu Qiyu hopes that his policy can continue to operate for more than 20 years, making him a stable and normal national policy.

If you want to run for a long time, you must take every step firmly.

Pei Lun sighed, and said helplessly, "I obey the order."

Your Majesty has His Majesty's considerations. How can it be so easy for local governments to obtain policy support from the imperial court?

In particular, Li Binyan, the governor sent by the imperial court, was assassinated. Although Li Binyan was not dead, one can imagine His Majesty's fear of Shandong.

After arriving at the border of Shandong, His Majesty only camped outside the city and never entered the city.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Pei Lun's rather disappointed expression, and said with a smile: "Pei Qing, don't worry, just wait a little longer."

"The ministers will leave." A group of courtiers left the tent of the Chinese army, while Zhu Qiyu left Tang Xing alone.

"Your Majesty Tang is about to give birth. I'm afraid that there will be some changes in the capital. I will give you the Yongle Sword to take care of Tai'an Palace." Zhu Qiyu said seriously to Tang Xing.

Tang Xing is Tang Yunyan's father, he has a bit of a happy temper, but being happy is not escape, it's not that he doesn't know the severity.

Zhu Qiyu gave a few more instructions, Tang Xing knew that this was a serious matter, so he immediately took Sanwu Tiqi, followed the post station, and hurried back to Beijing.

Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since Your Majesty is worried, why didn't you let Lu Zhong go back?" Xing'an asked suspiciously looking at Tang Xing's leaving back.