Chapter 377 When did you take action against those Japanese?
Liang Pengfei also told Villa that if he could successfully facilitate the deal, Liang Pengfei could give him the same amount of gold as a reward for his hard work.
In this way, Villa stood on the boat and waved frequently to Liang Peng, who was standing on the dock to see him off. Don't worry, dear and generous head of state, my dearest friend, I swear in the name of my mother that I will send the good news to you personally.
"Have a good trip and look forward to seeing you again." Liang Pengfei also waved his arm emotionally and said loudly. After walking to the ship and leaving the port, Liang Pengfei turned around and walked away slowly.
"Your Excellency, that's almost 10,000 taels of gold. Coupled with those antique treasures, I'm afraid it's worth more than those gold." Around Liang Pengfei, Sun Shijie was a little distressed and said, yes, no one who saw such a large amount of gold to give away, he was afraid that he was mentally fragile and wanted to grab it.
"I care more about those colonies than those gold." Liang Pengfei said with a smile.
"If we can really buy that vast land from the Spanish, it's true that it's nothing to pay some money, but the question is that we can't occupy the Nanyang now, so we have to occupy the territory thousands of miles away. Isn't it a little unrealistic for adults?" Ni Ming curled his lips and put on a posture of looking at money like dung. By the way, he also put forward his own dissent. Although he had mentioned it before, Liang Pengfei did not give a clear answer, which made him very depressed.
"The virtuous brother may not know. I'm afraid that it will be two or three months soon, and half a year if it is slow. I'm afraid this continent is going to set off a bloody storm. I don't know how many people will be displaced and leave their homes. And I'm afraid adults just want to take this opportunity to cross the ocean.
Hearing Sun Shijie's words, Ni Ming couldn't help taking a deep breath and turning his face to look at Sun Shijie. Could it be..."
"The White Lotus Church raised the flag around Xiangyang." Liang Pengfei said lightly to Ni Ming, who had just returned to Hong Kong Island from Taiwan, "Before the fifth day, because the people of Zhuxi, Hubei Province were dissatisfied with the government's increased taxes and competed with the service, resulting in the death of seven people, Zhuxi people carried coffins into the county and wanted justice.
As a result, the imperial army did not ask whether it was right or wrong, black and white, and slaughtered one-third of the tens of thousands of people gathered on the outskirts of Zhuxi County on the charge of gathering people to rebel. As a result, Bai Lianjiao saw the opportunity to revolt, and the dead soldiers sneaked into the barracks at night and set fire to the grain and grass. Qi Lin led hundreds of dead soldiers into the barracks and rescued many people who were detained in the camp. The people, taking advantage of the chaos in the camp, killed the main general Hubei Fubiao right general Qi Tai... This expected big event has happened in advance.
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"It's not the evil made by those corrupt officials, the evil made by this court." Ni Ming gave a fierce high-five, and his eyes were about to breathe fire.
Sun Shijie nodded: "Yes, court, hehe, if the British hadn't attacked the Yangtze River, this uprising might have come later. Now it seems that it's the right time."
You should know that from the early Qing Dynasty, the land annexation, which can be called crazy, has begun. At that time, the landlord class, represented by the emperor, skillfully seized and devoured a large area of land through various means such as encirclement, forced buying and usury. Many places have formed the strictness of "the rich are connected with each other, while the poor have no cone". Heavy situation. The "official field" and "huangzhuang" controlled by the feudal state and the royal family alone have reached more than 80 million mu, accounting for more than one-seventh of the total arable land in the country.
As for the general landlord's acquisition of land, the number is also amazing. After 50 years of Qianlong, 50% to 60% of the land in the Huguang area has also been divided up by the landlords. Guangxi is already "most of the fields belong to the rich, and most of the people are farmers". The majority of farmers lost their land and became tenants and servants. Most of the farmers in the area of Henan are already "tenants who grow other people's fields", "the end of the year is diligent, and the grain they get is not much left except for the rent and interest of the owner of the land... Although they have a bumper harvest, they only pay off their debts", "And the tenants are afraid that the landlord will seize the land and other tenants, often chickens, dolphins and silk, all of them search for accurate discounts, and even sell men and women to pay for renters, such a trend. Qi, probably all of them." The vast number of poor farmers near Sichuan, Shaanxi and Yanjing must also give half or even more than 60% or 70% of the harvest to the landlord.
In many places south of the Yangtze River, poor farmers even "do everything they can to rent for the rich. It's not enough." Poor farmers have worked hard for a year, and in the end, they get only a few buckets. Some people even say that they have finished rent today, and tomorrow they say begging and borrowing. Under this cruel exploitation, many poor farmers have lost the ability to reproduce; everywhere are "the rich benefit their wealth, and the poor see their poverty."
The process of land annexation is not only the process of farmers' bankruptcy as tenants or employees, but also the process of the bankruptcy and exile of the poor people.
In sharp contrast to this is the luxury corruption and extravagance of the ruling group. Qianlong, the supreme ruler, is a typical profligate. He built a lot of earthworks in many parts of the country, and built countless palaces, temples and temples, which consumed a lot of people's fat.
The well-known Yuanming Garden at home and abroad, as well as many magnificent garden palaces in other scenic spots in Yanjing, Chengde Summer Resort and Outer Eight Temples were mostly completed during the Qianlong period. He also "during the south" six times. Every time he went to the place, the gentry offered to fight for wonders and cleverness, and it was almost a waste of money for the people.
In addition, every time Emperor Qianlong and his mother Xiaosheng empress dowager live, they will order ministers and rich businessmen to build archways with colorful silk and bouquets along the road dozens of miles from the Xihua Gate of Yanjing Palace through Xizhimen to the gate in front of the Yuanmingyuan Palace, and a stage and a sutra hall are often built at every interval. And they forced the shops along the street to decorate the facade, so they had to squander more than one million taels of silver every time.
In order to celebrate the birthday of the emperor and the empress dowager, civil and military officials from the central government to the local government competed to give gifts to get the favor of Emperor Qianlong. Tens of thousands of golden Buddhas alone have been offered from all over the country. In the 42nd year of Qianlong, Qianlong cast a "Tibetan hair tower" for his mother and used more than 3,000 taels of gold.
Criorical officials are greedy, and military officers are scorrupted, and there are endless. There are many corruption cases of local officials and governors alone, such as Guotai, Wang Yuwang, Fusong, Wulana, Pulin and others, with more than hundreds of thousands of taels of assets confiscated each time. The politics of Huguang, Sichuan and other provinces [***], corruption is more famous throughout the country.
Since last winter, the British have invaded the Yangtze River. Fukang'an raised troops to fight against the British and recruited countless fishermen. When the British fought, they took fishing boats as the forerunners and damaged thousands of fishing boats, resulting in hundreds of thousands of fishermen on both sides of the Yangtze River.
In addition, this war lasted for half a year. In order to ensure the supply of grain and fodder for the army, our governor of Fuda asked for a decree that officials in the provinces near the two rivers and lakes were on the one hand to transport grain and materials for General Fuda, and now they are now sending various taxes on the grounds. You know, there are millions of shantytowns in the land of the two lakes. That is, those who can't live in various places and have fled to the two lakes to make a living. This makes a lot of people excited.
And Bi Yuan, the governor of Huguang, is the best of them. As soon as he took over as the governor of Huguang, he was annihibited with senior officials such as Fu Ning, the governor of Hubei, Chen Wangzhi, the governor of the government of Hubei Province, and he wanted to scrape the people's fat and the people's ointment. Therefore, it is said that "I don't care about it, I want to be blessed, Chen is inverted"; "Bi Like a bat, it does not waver, but sucks insects and ants. Blessing is like a wolf and a tiger, although people can't help it, Chen is like a rat, drilling holes and eroding things, and people don't know it."
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As for their local officials at all levels, the effect of the ups and downs has intensified. Wuchang Prefecture in Hubei Province knows that Chang Dankui has always been able to abuse the people. In the 60th year of Qianlong, the committee investigated the territory of Yidu County, and it was useless to scare the rich. The extremely poor are settled according to their names, released with money, and less confessions. They stand in a tragic sentence, and attack many people with iron nails on the wall or hammers. If the love is suspected, it will be solved in the provincial capital. Each ship will carry one or two hundred people, and if it is hungry or cold, it will be killed, and the corpses will float in the river. Those who are in prison also have no coffins."
Dai Ruhuang, Zhizhou, Dazhou, Sichuan Province, is similar to Chang Dankui. In the name of the cult, he blackmailed the Yinshi family. The stolen goods were in a mess, and the people's grievances were boiling. Everyone knew it, and he even set up as many as 5,000 people in private. All those who practiced Buddhism were cheated by him.
And the Zhuxi incident happened to be the first spark to ignite this completely dry firewood pile.
"First there is the disaster of Yingyi, and then the chaos of white lotus. There is no peace in the world. It's just those poor people who suffer. Ni Ming never thought that such a big thing had already happened in just a few days after he left.
"It's messy, it's messy. Anyway, now, I can't join in this hustle and bustle. I don't like Manqing, and the white lotus religion is not a good thing. The only pity is those ordinary people. Liang Pengfei sighed and strode away without looking back.
"Brother Xian, how about this trip to Taiwan?" Seeing Liang Pengfei's back, Sun Shijie, who knew that Liang Pengfei was in a bad mood, asked Ni Ming.
"Wu Liang did a good job there. In addition, under the cover of his identity, a large number of transport ships can directly bypass Taiwan Island to the north to the Republic of China Island, where they can go to the South Ocean after receiving supplies and repairs."
"In addition, there has been news from General Fan that he has gained a firm foothold in Hokkaido. With Okushiri Island as their fleet base, the refugees who came out of Jiaodong began to migrate to Okushiri Island. Relying on our precious Chinese silk and tea and those Fushou pastes, we allied with Matsumae Qingxi, the lord of the Matsumae clan. Through this Matsumae clan, our business has penetrated into the Honshu Island of Japan. At present, the business of Fushou paste is quite good, and the lord of Matsumae has been very happy.
Speaking of this, Ni Ming turned his head and looked at Sun Shijie. By the way, Wu Liang has found out that there are more than 1,500 Japanese Satsuma vassals in the Ryukyu Kingdom. He wants to ask my lord, when will he fight against those Japanese?
(to be continued)