Chapter 30                                                             �

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0 Although I don’t want to admit it, I have to admit that Zhou Mengchen is not as pure as Hai Rui.

The Taizu model that Hai Rui wanted was no longer re-emerged in the Ming Dynasty, or it could still be reproduced in some places, but it was absolutely impossible in Jiangnan.

Hai Rui was just a sharp sword, which made the gentry of Jiangnan frightened and gave in. The real result was indeed something that Hu Zongxian and Jiangnan gentry had in private. The reason why Zhou Mengchen didn't talk about it himself was that he had no time and had a lot of things. It was impossible for him to keep staring here, and the second was that he left himself the initiative.

Military system reform is destined to be in a hurry. The more urgent the more it is, the harder it is to be done.

Now that Haining Wei has been entrenched by Japanese pirates for so long, everyone in Haining Wei seemed to be dead. But now when the Japanese pirates left, Haining Wei has come back to life.

After all, Haining has been setting up garrisons for a long time. Although the people from these garrisons have migrated from other places, they are now considered indigenous.

Therefore, when the Japanese pirates come, it is very easy to find some secret places to hide.

Zhou Mengchen was preparing to deal with Haining for the crime of losing his land, so as to turn Haining into Zhou Mengchen's Haining Guard and Qi Jiguang's Haining Guard. But this is not the case for other garrisons.

It is necessary to analyze the specific situation. Military system reform is generally a long plan. It cannot be too urgent. If it is too urgent, problems will arise.

So you have to come one by one, and you have to come one by one.

All kinds of balanced transactions, as well as various legal, illegal, and non-compliant things in this are all Hu Zongxian's affairs.

After dealing with this matter, Zhou Mengchen was preparing to return to Suzhou.

Although Zhou Mengchen is the governor of six provinces, he will work in Suzhou for a long time in the future and be in the same city as the governor of Jiangnan.

The reason is very simple. He governed the six provinces and resisted the Japanese. However, money and food are also important. Not only did the imperial court need money and food, but also money and food are needed to resist the Japanese.

When he returned to Suzhou, Jiangnan Governor Wang Zongyuan had been working in Jiangnan Governor's yamen for a long time.

Zhou Mengchen had a good impression of Wang Zongyuan. After all, before Wang Zongyuan took office, he had already used his connections in Hubei to help the Datong Iron Cavalry to rush to Jiangnan as soon as possible.

It has been proved by facts that the fellow villager is indeed his own people.

Wang Zongyuan also knew that it would be impossible to have no one in the court without his own. His previous experience had already explained the problem. After all, if Wang Zongyuan had a foundation here, it would not have been so easy for Yan Song to get it done. After this incident, Wang Zongyuan felt a little painful and moved closer to Zhou Mengchen very actively. Wang Zongyuan was so kind that Zhou Mengchen could not keep others from a thousand miles away, so the two of them felt like they had fallen out of the past at first sight.

The relationship soon became eager.

However, the two of them soon became frowning, and Wang Zongyuan said, "I have checked that the money and grain of the four prefectures in Jiangnan are almost empty, and there is no surplus in each prefecture and county, and there is still a deficit. Zhao Wenhua didn't want to leave you a good stall. Now you are going to deal with this mess. More importantly, it's the end of the year. This year's spring tax, Zhao Wenhua did not report it on time. Therefore, the two taxes in spring and autumn this year must be transported together, Suzhou 2.08 million stones, Songjiang 1.02 million stones, 750,000 stones, and Zhenjiang 200,000 stones. Total zero is applied, and it is over four million stones."

"There are also a lot of gold, flowers and silver, Jiangnan, and I have seen a total of one million taels. They will be sent to the capital at the beginning of next year."

"What I am worried about now is that taxes are collected. The Japanese pirates have just passed and there have been great military disasters in various places. At this time, taxes are suspected of adding insult to injury. Not to mention, I found that Zhao Wenhua had already imposed additional taxes in the local area under the name of fighting against the Japanese. People may not be able to bear such high taxes. Second, it is the issue of fortune. They will arrive in Beijing next year and start fortunes at the end of this year, otherwise how could they arrive in the capital?"

"But the reunion is not a simple thing, and it also has a lot of losses. Generally speaking, one to three percent, four million stones are added in proportion, and one percent is 400,000 stones. This is not enough. If you add more, the people will be overwhelmed."

"Not to mention, 400,000 stones may not be enough."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen had already prepared in his heart, but he never expected that the situation would be like this. He immediately understood that this was actually one of the methods Zhao Wenhua prepared, and these things were all traps that Zhao Wenhua prepared for Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "Fortunately, I will take the initiative first, and fortunately, Zhao Wenhua is dead."

Indeed, now that Zhao Wenhua is not jealous, he was just stunned by Zhou Mengchen at the beginning. He took it directly, but he couldn't use many subsequent methods.

Zhou Mengchen said: "One of them, first of all, is food. Can the tax on 4 million stones of grain be collected?"

Wang Zongyuan said: "It's okay, but all the levy comes from silver. We need to go to our hometown to buy rice. Now Jiangnan is not the case. When Jiangnan weaving the world, it also familiarized Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the world's fullness has been thrown aside. Since orthodox, the Jiangnan taxes paid in essence are actually sold from the upstream. Every season, I don't know how many merchants buy grain from Wuchang and Anqing to pay taxes directly."

Zhou Mengchen rubbed his chin slightly and said, "In this way, as long as the money is enough, there will be no problem with this matter."

Wang Zongyuan said: "Do you think you have enough money?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Don't worry about this matter. I must be preparing to raise the money. It will cost about two or three million taels, right?"

Wang Zongyuan said: "If you buy too much, you can bargain. But I'm afraid I don't have time. After all, it's not long before the end of the year. Grain merchants from the upstream are probably waiting and watching. There are quite a lot of variables to buy grain like this. Even if there is support from fellow villagers, it may take some money. If it's too urgent, the price will be hard to say."

Zhou Mengchen nodded and said, "In other words, if we postpone buying, it will be cheaper?"

Zhou Mengchen understood these merchants very well, and hoarding goods was a common method used by these merchants. Such a large sum of food itself represents wealth, and the situation in Jiangnan cannot be hidden from others. After all, news from the government has always been everywhere. I guess many big merchants outside knew about this at this time.

Wang Zongyuan said with a wry smile, "This is the truth, but do you dare to be late for this matter?"

Zhou Mengchen shook his head slightly. He estimated that even if he was late for a while, there would be no big problem. But Zhou Mengchen naturally didn't want to be late. First of all, this would make Fang Du very embarrassed. The court's expenses were so difficult that Fang Du almost had not arrived yet, and he had already arranged the place to go. Zhou Mengchen stopped here for a while, and the impact of Fang Du was huge.

Second, Zhou Mengchen was unwilling to eliminate the relationship between him and Jiajing.

Third, this represents Zhou Mengchen's ability. If you can't send money and food in this situation, it is understandable for outsiders, but in Zhou Mengchen's view, it is unacceptable.

Zhou Mengchen did not directly answer Wang Zongyuan's words, but said, "How is the follow-up to Zhao Wenhua's affairs?"

Wang Zongyuan said: "I just received the news that the people of Jiangnan complained about Zhao Wenhua's crimes. The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice almost all gave Zhao Wenhua. For a time, Zhao Wenhua became an unforgivable person. Even though he had not died before, he was already dead now."

Zhou Mengchen understood as soon as he heard this, that was that the Yan Party pushed all the charges to a dead man and successfully removed the trap from all the dirty things in Jiangnan.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Since that's the case, please ask Lord Wang to search the house and confiscate all the things Zhao Wenhua left in Jiangnan into the official position. I think there is at least one or two million taels. In addition, there are some spoils in Zhapu where I have recorded it. I guess this hole can be filled."
Chapter completed!