Chapter 165                                                                                                                             

It is time to test whether Qi Jiguang is a talented person or a talented person.

Zhou Mengchen could only hope that the Qi Jiguang he trained would not be worse than Qi Jiguang in history and would become one of the most outstanding handsome mentors in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhou Mengchen also estimated that there would be no big battle with Zhang Lian in the past few months.

There are three reasons. First, Guangdong has to take the lead. Zhou Mengchen has to write a letter to apologize, and Guangdong governors, the generals have to find a way. Otherwise, this matter will not be easy to pass. At this time, Guangdong has no intention of organizing the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Lian.

Second, Qi Jiguang had only more than 10,000 people here. One of his battalions had been allocated to Yu Dayou. The Fujian army was being integrated and had no offensive ability for a while.

Although there are many ten thousand people. If Zhang Lian was willing to fight Qi Jiguang to the death, Zhou Mengchen believed that more than 10,000 people would be enough to destroy Zhang Lian's troops. However, Zhang Lian chose to drill into the valley. If you look at the map, you will know that the scope of Zhang Lian's troops advance actually overlaps with many places in the Central Soviet Area.

This also proves how high the mountain and dangerous the land is.

If you want to encircle and suppress Zhang Lian, what you need is not to defeat Zhang Lian, but to block Zhang Lian’s place from all directions and then catch turtles in the jar. The troops needed will be greater. Zhou Mengchen estimated that he would have to be 100,000 people.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen decided to advance the reform of the Fujian military system, and let Qi Jiguang set up a large camp in Tingzhou and recruit Fujian soldiers. Establish Fujian camp soldiers instead of the garrison soldiers. Hu Zongxian accelerated the reform and abolishing of the Fujian garrison. When will the Fujian soldiers also have 10 battalions soldiers, and then join forces with Jiangxi and Guangdong soldiers to encircle and suppress them again.

The third reason is the problem in Jiangxi. There are many thieves in Jiangxi, which is a fact that existed from the early Ming Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty. It is also related to the population structure of Jiangxi. It can be said that countless people have suppressed Jiangxi thieves. From Wang Yangming to now, many people have thought of many ways but have no way to eradicate them.

But after a while of calm, it will explode again.

Zhou Mengchen estimated that when Zhang Lian enters Jiangxi, there must be many thieves coming to meet. Zhang Lian will also be integrating within this time.

The government army and Zhang Lian had no idea of ​​a big battle for a while.

Zhou Mengchen has been in Jiangnan for nearly a year, and this year's events have finally put Southern China in a peaceful atmosphere for the time being. However, Zhou Mengchen also knew that this atmosphere was an illusion. If it was not dealt with, it would be broken soon.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen had to take advantage of this gap to do a lot of things.

Zhou Mengchen placed Yu Dayou, and then called another person, Xie Bin, who performed very well in the entire Yuegang incident.

Zhou Mengchen treated Xie Bin different from others because Xie Bin had the reputation of being a Jinshi. He had served as a magistrate of Guangdong. This kind of gentry is difficult to deal with. Although Zhou Mengchen also knew that Xie Bin was a typical example of Fujian gentry who had privately connected to the sea.

But precisely because he is a typical example, Zhou Mengchen cannot touch him easily.

Because it will cause a chain reaction. Although all the gentry in Fujian seem to be lying flat and let Zhou Mengchen deal with it, Zhou Mengchen really thinks this way, and it is to bury the next one.

Zhou Mengchen exchanged a few greetings with Xie Bin and said, "Yuegang has been pacified. But it is not the root cause. As the leader of the gentry of Yuegang, I don't know what to do to stabilize Yuegang?"

Xie Bin said: "You are polite. I have only one idea. Yuegang is far away from Zhangzhou. Can it be established to safeguard the people?"

"Set up a county seat." Zhou Mengchen thought about it carefully and found that it was OK. The reason is very simple. The water and land transportation in Yuegang is not too close to the nearby counties. Moreover, there are many people gathering. It is a standard to divide a county from here. At the same time, if there is a county town, there are officials, and if there are officials, there are tentacles of the imperial court. Since the imperial power does not go to the countryside, there will be another county.

After all, if you don’t do anything, Yuegang will become what it is in less than a few decades. The ruling power here is not allowed by the court, so it will be subordinate to the gentry. However, these gentry are both tough and strong, and are both weak and weak.

Within the court system, many voices must be taken seriously. However, these gentry faced the thieves nakedly, they became soft-legged shrimps.

Zhou Mengchen secretly pondered Xie Bin's thoughts and said, "This is also a solution. I will report to the court to see if there can be a county here. However, can the matter in Yuegang be solved by just setting up a county?"

Xie Bin's thoughts well reflect the duality of the gentry class. On the one hand, they compete with the court and want greater local power. On the other hand, they are also the foundation of the court's rule, spontaneously maintaining the court system, and at the same time they do not prevent them from digging out the corners of the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Bin said: "My dear master. It is not just Yuegang, but also the entire Fujian problem. It is on the sea ban. Didn't you say that you should open the sea ban when you arrive in Fujian? Fujian is looking forward to it. This is the real solution to the dilemma of Fujian."

Zhou Mengchen said: "I am bound to open the sea. But there is one thing that I have never been able to grasp. I was about to ask Mr. Xie for advice."

Xie Bin hurriedly said, "Sir, it's too much to ask for advice."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Otherwise, no one can answer me if it is Mr. Xie?" He paused slightly and said, "Do you know why Your Majesty gave me so much power and allowed me to open the sea because I promised Your Majesty that after opening the sea, it would bring a large amount of taxes to the court. Now, on this tax, I have seen the tax collection of the imperial court, and the regulations are unclear. I was about to ask Mr. Xie, how to collect taxes so that it can not harm the people, but also collect sufficient taxes."

Xie Bin was stunned. He almost thought Zhou Mengchen was asking him.

When taxes can be achieved without harming the people, and sufficient taxes can be collected. Just like Wang Anshi's no tax increase, and the country's self-sufficient use is impossible. Taxes are originally a way of distribution of wealth. No matter who taxes are collected from, some people will suffer losses.

It can be said that when the court has money, someone must have borne the money, and it will definitely not exist. Taxes come from the void. Even if it is printing money, the people of the whole country will bear the cost of additional currency issuance.

As one of the gentry in Fujian, Xie Bin was very clear about the tax collection process. It can be said that once the sea ban was opened, many people would definitely participate in the sea trade, including his Xie family. At this time, Zhou Mengchen wanted him to ask this question, which gave Xie Bin a headache for a while.

Don't know how to answer?

Of course, I don’t know how to answer. Instead of saying, I don’t know what to do?

As Zhou Mengchen said, asking Xie Bin about paying taxes at sea is considered to be the right person. Xie Bin grew up in Yuegang. He really thought that pirates were generous and did not charge money for passing ships. In fact, the fact is just the opposite. For pirates, the most profitable business is probably not sea trade, but protection fees. Zheng Zhilong’s family is a manifestation of this. If you just collect protection fees, you can earn tens of millions of taels.

Zhou Mengchen looked down on the way the Ming Dynasty collected taxes. On the one hand, it was very complicated, and on the other hand, it was easy for clerks to do something, causing corruption. Zhou Mengchen also wanted to develop a convenient and fast tax collection method that could be maintained easily.

He asked Xie Bin if he was sincerely asking for advice, and he also asked a little bit of temptation to test how many customs taxes the Fujian gentry could accept.

After all, Zhou Mengchen hopes that customs taxes can be collected for a long time. He must form a consensus with the participants and form a balance. Otherwise, repeated tossing will be very annoying.

Xie Bin said: "Sir, this matter is of great importance. It is difficult to answer for a while. Please let me go back and think about it."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry. This way, why don't Brother Xie go back to Jiangnan with me? As long as I do this, I will definitely recommend talents to the court. If I want to come to maritime affairs, I also need a lot of talents like Brother Xie."

Xie Bin was stunned and had a lot of thought in his heart. Sure enough, the common tacit understanding of the gentry is not as important as his future. He immediately bowed and said, "Please rest assured, I will do my best to provide you with a constitution that will satisfy everyone."
Chapter completed!