My life skills in Daming Liver

Pan Jixun looked at Tan Lun inexplicably.

This is where Su Ze made the mistake of historical empiricism.

Pan Jixun was a famous water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty, but before he was appointed to control the river, he was not a water conservancy system at all!

The current Pan Jixun is an inspector who focuses on the judiciary, and at the same time his greater ideal is in civil affairs.

Now Pan Jixun is promoting the even-level lijia method in Guangdong.

The so-called uniform lijia law later became a part of Zhang Juzheng's whipping law. The main methods of this decree are:

First calculate the needs of the states and counties, estimate how much will be used, and let the common people pay the government money according to their own labor force. Once there is a passer-by or public expenditure, the government will issue silver taels for purchase.

The head of the village only handles official duties in the government, and the head of the armor is all sent home to work in agriculture.

This set of methods actually has the embryonic form of the budgeting of modern governments in later generations.

The government calculates a year's budget, converts it into silver taels, and distributes it to the people for collection.

The excess of labor will be paid by the government.

And since Li Chang Jia Chang is not a court establishment, but has the most contact with the common people, and is also the most likely to run rampant in the village, Pan Jixun's method is tantamount to canceling Jia Chang's rentier privileges and letting them farm at home.

As for the village chiefs who needed grassroots organizations, their right to make decisions in the township was revoked, and they were allowed to serve as part-time officials to complete official duties in the official office on a regular basis.

Pan Jixun's method can be said to be a method proposed by him to reduce the burden on the people based on the actual work of the grassroots government.

In the face of endless apportionment of labor and forced expropriation, when the law of average level was implemented in Guangzhou, it really had a good effect.

However, such an insightful official in civil affairs was sent to control the Yellow River in the historical timeline before Su Ze crossed.

Thanks to Pan Jixun's talents in water conservancy, when he was harnessing the Yellow River, he proposed the method of "consolidating water to attack sand", which solved the problem of sedimentation in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. The lower reaches of the Yellow River have been safe for several years.

But such a technocrat said a few injustices for the Zhang family on the issue of ransacking Zhang Juzheng's home after his death.

Li Zhi impeached Zhang Juzheng with the party as protection, "friends and traitors, false accusations to deceive the emperor", and his words were harsh. Shenzong ordered Pan Jixun to defend himself, and Pan Jixun pleaded guilty, and was stripped of his citizenship.

Later, although the official returned to his original post and was appointed governor of Hedao, he died of illness soon in office.

But at this moment, Pan Jixun has not yet had anything to do with Huang He, he looked at Tan Lun suspiciously and said:

"Brother Zili, do you mean that the governor wants me to control the Yellow River?"

Tan Lun was also puzzled, but after passing on Su Ze's words, he said:

"Brother Shiliang, the chief governor wants you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright!"

Pan Jixun looked at Tan Lun, feeling a little troubled in his heart.

After Tan Lun's accident, Pan Jixun, as a good friend of the same year, also wrote to Tan Lun to express his grievances.

But now that Tan Lun appeared in front of him and asked him to go to Su Ze, Pan Jixun hesitated.

Tan Lun saw Pan Jixun's hesitation, and he immediately said: "Brother Shi Liang, I know that you are implementing the law of leveling and lijia in Guangdong in order to reduce the burden on the common people, but you have read the Governor's "Three Reports to the People" Is it? Even if the average lijia method is used, how does the burden of the people of Guangdong compare with that of Minyue?"

Pan Jixun shook his head and said, "The Law of Evening Rijia can only reduce the government's additional taxes, but it cannot reduce the existing taxes."

Tan Lun said again: "How many good laws in my Ming Dynasty ended up with the death of the people and the government. You are now promoting this law in Guangdong. After you take office, this law will be abolished."

"I know Brother Shiliang's ambition to reduce the burden on the people. If the governor of the capital is successful, the people in the world can be as light as the people in Fujian and Zhejiang. Isn't this what you want?"

Pan Jixun hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm just patrolling the case in Guangdong. Brother Zili, let's persuade Bai Zhifu first."

Tan Lun knew there was something going on, so he said to Pan Jixun, "Since this is the case, if the Bai Zhifu also agrees, anyway, can all the fifteen counties of Guangfu be in the hands of the governor?"

Pan Jixun was stunned for a moment and said, "As long as Guangzhou is under the city, I can help persuade the rest of the counties."

Tan Lun immediately said: "Then I'll go and persuade the prefect Bai anyway!"

Naturally, Tan Lun did not come alone this time.

ten days ago.

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After Tan Lun went south from Fuzhou, he immediately took a boat to Chaozhou City, which had just been conquered by the new army.

Tan Lun met Yu Zigao, who led the third brigade to repair, and Qi Jiajun could be regarded as Tan Lun's old subordinates.

When he and Qi Jiguang were transferred to Fujian, the backbone of the Qi family army was recruited and trained by him.

Yu Zigao also respected Tan Lun very much, but Tan Lun didn't come to catch up with him.

Tan Lun came up and asked Yu Zigao: "How many soldiers can the Chaozhou government bring on board and go south?"

Yu Zigao said honestly: "Qi's army has 5,000 people in the headquarters, and 2,000 people were recruited when the Feilong Army was suppressed."

"Although the loss in capturing Chaozhou Prefecture is not large, the ammunition and equipment need to be replenished, and there are at most 2,000 people who can still fight."

Tan Lun unfolded the map of Guangzhou and said, "Two thousand people are enough!"

He asked again: "Can your gunboat sail into the mouth of the Pearl River?"

Yu Zigao said: "This is quite possible. The Guangdong Haidao Yamen has already submitted a letter to the imperial court last year to temporarily lift the sea ban. Now many merchant ships can sail into the Pearl River Estuary and trade on the edge of Guangzhou City."

"We can disguise ourselves as merchant ships from Chaozhou Prefecture and sail into the Pearl River Estuary, but the big ships cannot enter, and the firepower of small ships cannot break through the city walls of Guangzhou."

Tan Lun said: "That's enough. We just need to fire guns outside the city to create chaos. Of course, the army still needs to control Guangzhou City."

"You order two thousand people, and go to Guangzhou with me!"

"Tan Gong, I will go with you too."

Tan Lun looked at Yu Zigao and said, "Then after I enter Guangzhou City, you lead the troops on the boat and wait for my signal."

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Back in Guangzhou City, Tan Lun disguised himself as a businessman and sneaked into Guangzhou City with more than 20 elites.

After meeting Pan Jixun, the next step was the Prefect Bai.

The difficulty of persuading the prefect Bai to surrender was much lower than that of Pan Jixun.

Since coming to Guangzhou, the prefect Bai has made drastic efforts to clean up the administration of officials, and it has indeed achieved some results.

In addition, the prefect of Bai also rectified the coastal defense and actively suppressed the Japanese.

The prefect Bai even donated all his family assets and hired the Portuguese to defeat the Japanese pirates who besieged Guangzhou.

With such achievements, Bai Zhifu has not been promoted in the prefect for three years because there is no one in the court.

Because of Su Ze's rebellion, the prefect Bai was immediately impeached by the officials and placed under house arrest in the mansion. Now the affairs of the Guangzhou mansion are all handled by the prefect.

Because of Su Ze's rebellion, the prefect Bai was immediately impeached by the officials and placed under house arrest in the mansion. Now the affairs of the Guangzhou mansion are all handled by the prefect.

He was naturally very angry when the court treated Bai Zhifu like this.

After Tan Lun inquired about the situation, he directly said to the elite escorting him:

"Everyone, are you sure you can break through the magistrate's office and rescue Bai Zhifu?"

Those who followed Tan Lun were all the elites of the Qi family's army. After checking the defenses of the prefect's Yamen in Guangzhou, Xiao Qi, the leader, made another deduction and said:

"no problem!"

"In that case, act tonight and follow me to rescue Bai Zhifu!"

Tan Lun himself had been in the military, and he was decisive in his actions.

In fact, the security of Bai Zhifu under house arrest is not strict. Now Bai Zhifu is only suspected of collaborating with the enemy and is imprisoned, and he has not waited for the imperial court to escort him to Beijing.

As a result, Tan Lun personally led more than 20 people, controlled the guarding soldiers in an instant, and entered the magistrate's yamen.

After hearing Tan Lun's intention, Bai Zhifu read Su Ze's personal letter to him.

Thinking of his recent treatment, Prefect Bai said heartily: "Gong Tan, I am willing to submit to the Governor!"

Tan Lun looked at the prefect Bai, but instead of taking him out of the city directly, he asked:

"Baifu Terrace, with your prestige, can you settle down the soldiers of Guangzhou Guard outside the city?"

Bai Zhifu was stunned for a moment, he looked at Tan Lun, and he quickly understood that the other party did not come here to save him, but to capture Guangzhou City.

Now is the time to submit your nomination certificate.

Prefect Bai gritted his teeth and said, "I can mobilize the soldiers and horses protecting the city, please ask Mr. Tan to escort me to the barracks outside the city!"

Bai Zhifu personally came forward and tricked the officers guarding the city gate to open the city gate. Tan Lun immediately led his men to control the city gate.

Bai Zhifu immediately entered Guangzhou Wei's barracks.

Tan Lun signaled.

After receiving the signal, Yu Zigao immediately ordered the ship to fire, and then led his men into the city of Guangzhou.

Originally, there was resentment for not getting enough military pay for the anti-Japanese war. After seeing the Bai Zhifu, the Guangzhou Guards quickly reached a consensus and stayed outside Guangzhou to wait and see what happened.

It has to be said that Daming is indeed not exhausted at this time.

Guangzhou City is the prefectural city of Guangdong Province, and the Guangdong Sansi yamen are all located in the city. In addition, there are many yamen such as the Guangdong governor's yamen and Haidao yamen.

Tan Lun commanded properly and led the elite to quickly control these yamen, but no one was willing to surrender.

Tan Lun just asked soldiers to surround these yamen, then took the prefect Bai back from the military camp outside the city, and immediately took control of Guangzhou City with the order of the prefect's yamen.

When Pan Jixun saw that Guangzhou city fell into Tan Lun's hands so quickly, he immediately fulfilled his promise and led the Qi family army to knock on the gates of the counties around Guangzhou.

Among the fifteen counties in Guangzhou, the ten coastal counties all fell into the hands of Su Ze.

Tan Lun issued an announcement in the city of Guangzhou, responding to Fujian and Zhejiang's "Call for Rebellion", asking the imperial court to expel treacherous officials, rectify the court, and announced that Guangdong would also join the Fujian-Zhejiang coalition and participate in mutual protection.

Then Tan Lun reiterated the "Three Issues to the People", and the people of Guangzhou City responded immediately, and the people in the remaining five counties were also tied up as county magistrates, and Kaesong surrendered.

Almost all the dignitaries of the province of Guangdong are gathered in the city of Guangzhou, and Guangzhou Mansion is the largest mansion in Guangdong and the most developed mansion along the coast.

Tan Lun was not in a hurry to capture other mansions in Guangdong, but reorganized the soldiers of Guangzhou Guard to control the entire Guangzhou mansion first.

In the southeast region, there are already two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, the second prefecture of Susong in Nanzhili, the fourth prefecture of Jiangxi, and the second prefectures of Guangzhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong have fallen into the hands of Su Ze.

Su Ze in Fuzhou received the news that in order to unify the current government and military orders, under the name of "Southeast New Army", the Southeast New Army Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was established.

The Southeast New Army once again published the "Returning the Power to the People", reaffirming the requirements of the "Call for Rebellion" to support the court and punish evil, and put forward several new demands:

The imperial court is required to reflect on its own sins, the emperor must issue an imperial edict, the Xu Jie cabinet must resign, the imperial court must reform the law and reduce taxes, cut the expenses of the vassal kings and cancel the privileges of the clan.

At the same time, Su Ze officially shouted the slogan of "returning the government to the people", proposing the legitimacy of his "suspending the people and punishing crimes"!

Naturally, the Ming court of the capital still did not respond, but the official documents of the Ming court increased a lot, and various urgent military information was passed on in the post station, and the elite from the Nine Borders also began to mobilize.

In November, Zhao Zhenji, the servant of the household department of Nanzhili, was promoted to the minister of the household department of the capital because of his diligence in the king's affairs.

The imperial court secretly ordered Li Chengliang, Liaoyang's deputy commander-in-chief, to be the commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, and ordered him to recruit 3,000 Jurchen cavalry, and to go south to serve the king immediately after the beginning of spring.

Zhang Juzheng's request for reform was rejected by the court, but he was promoted to the governor of Nanzhili, in charge of military and civilian affairs in Nanzhili, and allowed Nanzhili to make cannons and guns by himself, and Zhang Juzheng was allowed to recruit troops in northern Jiangsu.

But Zhang Juzheng who received this order was not happy at all.

Liu Shiyan rushed into Zhang Juzheng's official office excitedly with the official documents from the imperial court, but seeing Zhang Juzheng's weakened will, he couldn't help asking:

"Butang, the court handed over Nanzhili to you, why don't you look happy at all?"

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "The court is going to give up Nanzhili."

"What!"

Liu Shiyan said in horror: "Did Xu Shoufu write to you?"

Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "It's not a letter from your benefactor, I inferred it from the imperial government's decree."

"Ministry?"

Zhang Juzheng stood up and said: "The imperial government's decree on recruiting horses and supplying frontier troops, it seems that the imperial court is planning to use cavalry to fight against bird guns."

"Actually, it's right to think about it. The Su bandit boat has strong guns and is good at firearms. It can't be defeated by infantry. Cavalry is an inevitable choice."

"And South Zhili is not a good place for cavalry to fight."

"Although northern Subei is a plain, there are many mud, sand, ponds, and large streams, so it is not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations."

"Zhao Zhenji drew blood and sucked the marrow in northern Jiangsu to drain the last blood from the entire Southern Zhili."

Zhang Juzheng looked at the map and said, "The place where the imperial court will fight is Shandong."

Liu Shiyan was silent, Zhang Juzheng's analysis was completely fine, the Qilu Plain is indeed a good place for cavalry to fight.

Reminiscent of the various measures of the imperial court, it is only natural to give up the idea of ​​​​Nanzhili.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the map and said, "However, before the spring of next year, there should be no war in Nanzhili."

(End of this volume, next volume tomorrow, "All Quiet in Nanjing")