Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Yang Qilong did not bring goods for others, but he brought 10 taels of gold... Yang Ziyun said in his heart: "This fierce man seems to know something, he can't be a censor, right?"

The black-robed man laughed loudly and said, "Go and tell your brother, the King of Ming, Zhu Heqi, is here!"

Chapter 475 Pay as much as you give, pay as much as you want!

"Ming Wang...you are His Royal Highness Ming Wang?"

Yang Ziyun stared at the black-robed strong man in front of him carefully... He really looked a bit like that heavenly king Zhu Cijiong.

They are all tall and strong, with such long beards, and they all look so fierce!

Thinking of Zhu and Qi's fierceness, Yang Ziyun's expression changed.Because she felt that Zhu and Qi must have come to arrest corrupt officials!

And her elder brother Yang Qilong is a big corrupt official. Just for the trip to contact Burni, he has corrupted at least 10 taels of gold, and if it is converted into silver, it is more than one million taels... This kind of money-greedy ability has been rare in the past and present. Yes, I have!

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just returned to the country, it must be the time when the rules and regulations are the strictest. If Yang Qilong's corruption crimes are exposed, even if no one is killed, he may have to be dismissed as a civilian.

Thinking of this, Yang Ziyun's big eyes were covered with a layer of mist, making them look more watery.A pretty face was also full of fear, as if frightened by the sudden appearance of His Royal Highness King Ming.

Zhu Heqi saw that this "Grandma Yang" who was quite aggressive just now was actually frightened to himself, and his heart suddenly aroused "the desire to bully"... He also looked at Yang Ziyun carefully just now, and it turned out to be the handsome man Yang Qilong. Needless to say, my girl is fair-skinned and beautiful, she looks quite tall, a pair of long legs are indispensable under a long skirt, and a tight-fitting little jacket trimmed with white fox fur on the upper body makes a good figure exquisite and embossed , her pitch-black hair was combed into a double flat bun that a girl who has never left the court would do.

What a rare beauty!

However, what Zhu Hexi likes the most is Yang Ziyun's pretending to be frightened, which is comparable to that Da Boling who always likes to wave her fists and pretend to resist.

Zhu Hexi said in his heart: "This Yang Ziyun should not be too young. If he is not twenty, he will be eighteen or nineteen. He has not yet left the cabinet. Could it be that Yang Dazhongliang is going to dedicate her to the king as Yang Guifei? She is so loyal. !"

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi burst into laughter: "The lonely family is Zhu Heqi! You are Yang Gui, Yang Ziyun, right? The lonely family has heard your brother talk about you! I saw you today, and it really is..."

"Um cough, um cough..."

When Zhu Heqi was about to tease Yang Ziyun with words, Yang Qilong's coughing sound came.

Zhu Heqi turned his head and saw Yang Qilong, who had short hair and was wearing a red collared robe, coming out of a cabin.

"Ziyun, you still don't show respect when you see King Ming!"

Yang Ziyun also seemed to wake up from a dream, and quickly gave Zhu and Qi a blessing, "My slave Ziyun respectfully invites the King Ming to live forever."

"Pingshen, Pingshen." Zhu Heqi nodded, looked at Yang Ziyun who was bowing to him with a smile, and just wanted to say a few more words.Miss Yang turned around and left in a hurry.

When Zhu Heqi was still thinking about whether to follow, Yang Qilong had already come up to salute: "My minister Yang Qilong respectfully invites the King Ming to live forever."

"Qilong, flatten your body." Zhu Heqi stretched out his right hand and gave Yang Qilong a virtual support, "I just heard that your boat arrived in Nanjing, and the lonely family will come here soon... It's been almost a year since we left Nanchang. We finally met again! How is it going? How much did you gain from the trip to the Northland?"

Yang Qilong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this minister's experience in Beidi is really...you could write a book!

As for the harvest, I got 7 strong men from the Cao Gang in Shuntian Mansion, plus their family members, a total of more than [-] people...

In addition, the minister also crossed the sea and marched east with His Royal Highness the Heavenly King, and captured the capital city of Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong!

By the way, I also received 20 war horses and 10 taels of gold from Burni as a reward, of which [-] horses and [-] taels of gold were left to His Royal Highness. "

"So much?" Zhu and Qian's eyes were rounded when he heard this, he pulled Yang Qilong, and both of them sat down in the cabin.Then he waved to Chen Yidao again, telling him to get off the boat and wait.

After Chen Yidao and others left, Zhu Heqi asked Yang Qilong again: "Qilong, what happened in Beijing a few days ago? Why did that Burni pay you so much?"

In fact, he had already heard some news about the "Burni Rebellion", which was reported to him by the two generals Su Yong and Zhao Hongkui who led the troops to attack Huaixi and Huaidong.The source of these news is, of course, the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who were captured and surrendered.

Maybe these officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were not high-level and not well-informed, so the news they reported sounds a bit fake!

What about the restoration of the Yuan Dynasty, what about the empress dowagers and empresses of the Qing Dynasty living in the Eight Great Alleys, what about the Forbidden City taking turns to sit in the palace, what about the prophecy of "the return of the Chongzhen Emperor, and the end of the Qing Dynasty"... It is nonsense!

How could such a wise King Ming as Zhu Heqi believe in such a bizarre incident?

I dare not write novels like this!

But he never expected that these things, which sound bizarre, actually happened.

……

"This, this, this is all true! Burny, a clown-like character, has such shit luck..."

Zhu Heqian held the memorial written by Yang Qilong, which was almost as long as the novel, and read it through, his face was full of surprise.

"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong reminded, "Burni is the hero of the grassland, and the leader of Monan Mobei is a generation of heroes, don't take it lightly!"

This is judging heroes by success or failure!

If Burnie did those things, if he failed, he would be arrogant and ignorant, he would be ignorant of current affairs, and he would be a clown jumping on the beam.But this time he won the bet that the blind cat met a dead mouse, and he would be a generation of heroes!

Zhu Heqi was right when he thought about it. His father, Zhu Tianwang, was also promoted to the level of "Sanhe and Qilong can make the world safe". Who are Zhuge Sanhe and Yang Qilong in history? ?

Haven't they all become heroes who will go down in history now?

"You're right," Zhu Hexi nodded, "Burni is indeed a generation of heroes...Qilong, do you think Kangxi can destroy Burni soon? Can we use the opportunity of his fight with Burni to grow stronger? The power of the state army?"

"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong said, "I thought that since Burni had become bigger, it would not be so easy to perish...Although Kangxi clamored to destroy Burni, I thought it was just a means for him to gather people's hearts. Maybe he would Send troops outside the Great Wall to drive Burni a little farther away, but Burni just needs not to be confused enough to fight Kangxi on the grassland outside Zhangjiakou."

"It's impossible for him to do that," Zhu Hechi said, "otherwise he wouldn't have left Beijing so soon."

"What the king said is very true," Yang Qilong said, "Although Burni is not so easy to destroy, but his strength is limited, and he will try his best to avoid conflicts with Kangxi. Most of them will use the Hetao grassland as the foundation, and then slowly develop towards the Mobei grassland. Before annexing the three tribes of Khalkha in Mobei, there should be no war with Kangxi."

Zhu Hexi nodded, and said to Yang Qilong: "A big thing happened in the south recently. Wu Sangui died... It is said that he was killed by his lonely family, but in fact, most of them were killed by Wu Yingxiong. It's the wicked man's own fault." Wicked people! Qilong, you are very familiar with Wu Yingxiong, and you also know Wu Yingqi, what do you think will happen to these two brothers?"

Yang Qilong laughed and said, "My lord, Wu Yingxiong should still be alive now, right?"

"Alive!"

Yang Qilong asked again: "Should they also control part of Huguang territory and Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places?"

Zhu Heqi nodded.

Yang Qilong smiled and said: "You can guess how Wu Sangui died. His officials, his old Guan Ning department, are really so confused? Would they not guess?"

Zhu Heqi remained silent.The situation in Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou is unclear, but the Wu family army and Wu family officials in Huguang and Guangxi seem to have recognized Wu Yingxiong's rule.

Yang Qilong asked again: "My lord, do you know why they pretend to be stupid?"

Zhu Heqi shook his head, nodded again, and said leisurely, "Loyalty is placed on both sides, and Li is placed in the middle!"

Yang Qilong said: "It's human nature... This is especially true for Wu Zhou! In fact, after the tragic victory in Zhuxian Town, Wu Sangui's death was in the interests of most people in Wu Zhou. After all, the Northern Expedition has no hope of winning quickly, and Wu Zhou Zhou also doesn't have the financial resources to fight a protracted war. It is in the best interests of Wu and Zhou's civil servants and generals to maintain a third of the world. And these people are only profit-seeking people!"

He paused, "The people on Wu Yingxiong's side are the same, and the people under Wu Yingqi are also like this... But they now hold a heavy army, and their position is different from that of Wu Yingxiong's people. They can treat the anti-Qing Qing as a crime." Buy and sell, and pay as much as you want!"

Chapter 476 How Can Daming Be So Rich?

The number one military division in the world still makes sense!

He still has a thorough understanding of Wu Zhou's internal situation.Basically speaking, Wu Zhou is not a group with ideals, but an interest group.Perhaps there are a few courtiers in the Wu Zhou Group who have the ideal of revitalizing the Han family, but most of them are not such people.

Moreover, the emergence of the new Ming Dynasty also made the ideal of revitalizing the Han family's world gradually move away from Wu Sangui's group, turning them into a pure interest group.

This is probably not as good as the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There were still many idealists in the Manchu Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi period... It is also an ideal to maintain the rule of the Eight Banners nobles forever!

The lack of ideals made the Wuzhou Group too mercenary and unable to withstand major setbacks.

When Wu Sangui's sudden death was in the interests of the majority within the group, no one cared how Wu Sangui died.

After all, Wu Sangui was alive, so it would be difficult for Wu Zhou and Qing Dynasty to join forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty—Wu Sangui was too capricious, his ambition seemed too great, and he seemed to be a little stubborn and confused.

And Wu Yingxiong's wife, Princess Jianning, is the daughter of Huang Taiji and the aunt of Emperor Kangxi... If Wu Yingxiong becomes the leader of Wu Zhou, then it will be easier for Wu Zhou and the Qing to join forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of this group of high-ranking Wu and Zhou who are familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", now is the best time to promote the "union of Wu and Shu"!

So Wu Sangui died as soon as he died!

But Wu Yingqi's tone must be different from Wu Yingxiong's group... If Wu Yingqi also supports the United Qing Dynasty against Ming Dynasty, then why should he oppose Wu Yingxiong?Just because Wu Sangui's death was suspicious?

It's okay for the two brothers of the Wu family to discuss this matter by themselves, but it's not okay to risk the future and fate of the entire Wu Zhou Group!

Didn't the prominent people in the Wu Zhou Group know the result of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's cannibalism?

Therefore, Wu Yingqi had to hold high the banner of anti-Qing in order to temporarily maintain control over the army under his command.

But if he lacks a feasible goal and sufficient financial resources, it is still very difficult to maintain the situation.

Because those of his subordinates are also the masters in the middle of the word!

The battle of Zhuxian Town has been fought so badly, and now the old lord is dead, if they want to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty, they have to pay more.

"Qilong," Zhu Heqi patted his chest and said to Yang Qilong at this time, "Now Daming is rich... I can give as much money as Wu Yingqi can retaliate! If he has enough money, as long as he is willing to listen to me and rebel against the Qing .”

"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong looked at Zhu Heqi, the "rich king" with suspicion, "Wu Yingqi is not the only place to spend money now... Dengzhou also has to hurry up and spend money!

It costs money to settle the family members of the water workers who followed the king of heaven to Dengzhou. It costs money to recruit strong men in Shandong. It also costs money to raise military rations, equipment, and horses in Shandong. Occupying Lushun and Pidao, rebuilding Liaonan Town and Dongjiang Town will cost a lot of money!

And the faster the money is invested and the harder it is spent, the better the results! "

Zhu Heqi smiled, "Understood... This is burning money to grab land! The money was burned at the beginning, and the situation in Shandong and Liaodong was opened. In the future, soldiers from Shandong and horses from Liaodong can be used to pass through the west of Liaodong." Corridor, break the mountain and sea pass, go to Dingding Beijing!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yang Qilong frowned, "My Majesty, do you have that much money? Can you buy Wu Yingqi to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time spend a lot of money in Dengzhou? These money must be spent immediately !"

"Yes!" Zhu Heqi said calmly, "Isn't it money? How much can you spend? How much did Yuan Chonghuan say that he planned to spend in a year during the five-year Pingliao period? I will give my father the amount according to this amount." , I also allow him to open a mansion in Dengzhou. Is this the head office? As for Wu Yingqi... Now that Su Yong has opened up the road to Henan, the lonely family plans to make Zuo Chunqiu have a hard time!

Qilong, you see, giving Wu Yingqi 100 million taels of silver at one time, let him use it to buy our weapons, gunpowder, sugar medicine and other things he wants...is it enough? "

Yang Qilong didn't know how much Yuan Chonghuan asked Chongzhen for?But the number must be quite a lot, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen would not let someone cut Yuan Chonghuan to pieces.

Now Zhu Heqi wants to give Zhu Tianwang the same amount, and plans to give Wu Yingqi 100 million... How can this Ming Dynasty be so rich?

"Your Majesty, our imperial court really has so much money?" Yang Qilong still couldn't believe it.

What he has heard and seen from childhood is that the Long Live Lord (Chongzhen) has no money, and the imperial court (Daming) has no money. When Li Zicheng called, he couldn't afford money to "buy soldiers to save his life", so he died of poverty... Now The territory of the new Ming Dynasty is only one-third the size of the Chongzhen Dynasty. How do you think there is so much money?

"Rich!" Zhu Heqi said with certainty, "Qilong, I'm different from Master Weimiao, I know how to make money!"

Fighting wars and rebellions is actually Zhu Hechi's "side job", making money is his specialty.

"What's going on?" Yang Qilong was still asking.

Zhu Heqi laughed and said loudly, "Chen Yidao, come and collect taxes!"

tax?

Yang Qilong was taken aback, whose tax is he collecting?

Just as he was thinking, Chen Yidao had brought the tax collectors in...to collect taxes!

Zhu Heqi smiled and asked Yang Qilong: "Qilong, you just said that Burnie gave you 20 taels of gold, and you gave my father 10 taels of gold. Did the remaining 10 taels come with the ship?"

"My lord, please listen to my explanation..." Yang Qilong was in a hurry, he knew it was wrong to be greedy for money, but Zhu Heqi always pampered him, so he got a little carried away.

Zhu Heqi smiled and waved his hands, "There is no need to explain...the lonely king gave you 20 taels of gold to go north to make troubles, and the lonely king didn't even ask how you spent it, he only looked at the result!

And this result, Gu Wang is very satisfied!So that 10 taels of gold is what you should earn... This is earned by skill, and the lonely king is not jealous.But if you earned so much gold, the lonely king wouldn't be able to credit you, otherwise many people would suffer from pink eye. "

Yang Qilong couldn't believe it, 10 taels of gold!This king really doesn't want it?

"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong was stunned for a long time before uttering a word, "Is this 10 taels of gold really returned to the minister?"

Zhu Heqi smiled and nodded, "But...the tax still needs to be paid! Is your 10 taels of gold physical gold?"

"Yes...they are all gold ingots."

Zhu Hechi nodded: "According to the new tax law, if you bring physical gold that exceeds 1000 taels, you will be subject to transportation tariffs! Because the gold has not been taxed before, you have to pay about 5000 taels of gold according to the standard of [-] taels of gold. Tax."

"Just pay 5000 taels?"

"It's almost 5000 taels, and there is a tax-free amount to be deducted."

"I will hand it over immediately!" Yang Qilong laughed, "I will send someone to carry the gold immediately!"

"Wait." Zhu Heqi waved his hands and stopped him, "How much is this gold worth and how much tax you should pay... It's not up to you, or Chen Yidao and the others to decide."

"Then who should decide?" Yang Qilong was at a loss.

Zhu Hechi laughed and said: "The Dongchang official bank has the final say! Qilong, there is the Nanjing general account of the Dongchang official bank outside the Longjiangkou wharf, and all the tax banks at Longjiang Pass are passed by the official bank. Yes. At Longjiang Pass, you can’t see a tael of silver, so there is no need to spend money.

In addition, if gold, silver, silver dollars, copper coins and other items pass the customs in physical form, as long as they exceed a certain amount, they must pay customs duties in accordance with the "New Tax Law".But as long as it is deposited in the official bank or other banks and banks, and passes through the customs in the form of bills, there is no need to pay customs duties.However, when collecting interest, you have to pay some interest tax, but this is much less than customs duties.

So if you have money in the future, just deposit it in the official private bank account...it is easy to carry, and you don't have to pay taxes when you pass the customs. "

Yang Qilong immediately nodded and said: "My lord, I listen to you, I will send someone to invite someone from the official bank to bring back all the gold from the official, and the gold will be stored in the official bank from now on."

Chapter 477 Rise of the Silver Dollar Empire!

The Nanjing Headquarters of the Daming Dongchang Official Bank is located on Yifengmen Street outside the Longjiangkou Wharf, occupying a newly completed square building.

Wailou, a popular architectural form among the folks in Guangdong and Fujian, seems to be favored by Zhu Heqi and other high-level officials of the new Ming Dynasty. It not only appeared in large numbers in Chengtian Mansion, Guangzhou, Daming Haijing, but has also been brought to Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing. .

However, most of the surrounding buildings that appeared in Chengtianfu, Guangzhou and Yingtianfu, Nanjing were not private residences, but were used as government offices, barracks, businesses or handicraft workshops.