Chapter 172 Good Things in Pair

April is undoubtedly a bumper harvest month for Xiao Tianjian. Sitting in the hall, he looked at the war report sent by Yan Chongxi, the northwest army, and couldn't help stroking his hands and laughing.

"Yan Chongxi, Liu Bao, Wang Chengping and others did a really beautiful job! Ha ha! Li Zicheng was captured alive! In this way, Shaanxi has basically calmed down and issued a decree to reward the meritorious soldiers and soldiers in this expedition to the Western Army! In addition, the soldiers and horses in the northwest rested on the spot for a month, and then turned to the suppression of the remnants of the Li thief, in order to eliminate the remnants in Shaanxi within half a year, and give the people of Shaanxi a stable life! In addition, after another month, it will be the summer harvest season. The Ministry of Household should find a way to transfer a batch of grain from Shaanxi to relieve the hungry people in Shaanxi, so that they can survive the autumn harvest. As long as the autumn harvest, Shaanxi can stabilize!

It has been more than 20 years since the natural disaster in Shaanxi has been in a row. It is time for the people of Shaanxi to rest for a period of time. Let's not talk about it this year. Next year, the people of Shaanxi will be exempted from a year's tax. More from Shanxi and Henan, we will mobilize some more cattle into Shaanxi, and resume farming in Shaanxi as soon as possible!

The Ministry of Public Affairs should also speed up the transfer of agents to Shaanxi and take over the government affairs of Shaanxi. I don't require much from them. Letting the people return to their land as soon as possible is the focus of what they need to do in the near future!

In addition, now the people's livelihood in Shaanxi is withered, and the population must be one in ten compared with 20 years ago. Taking this opportunity, the remaining people in some places can be relocated to places with better land conditions. There is no need to reclaim the two sides of the Yellow River. It is also good to seal the soil and restore the vegetation, which can also Let future generations have less water trouble! ......”

After Xiao Tianjian put down the war report sent by Yan Chongxi from Shaanxi, he was in a very good mood and gave a number of instructions to his subordinates one after another. Now that Li Zicheng has been captured, Dashun no longer exists. There are only some of Li Zicheng's old departments in Shaanxi who have not surrendered, but these people are not enough in front of the Dazhong army. Dang, the people in Shaanxi are now at peace. He has been exempted from Shaanxi's two-year tax. These two years are enough for the people of Shaanxi to resume production. As long as there is a year of recuperation next year, the situation in Shaanxi can be completely calmed down. Shaanxi farmers who have food to eat will raise their heads to rebel again?

Therefore, the destruction of Li Zicheng is one less trouble for the Greater China and North Korea, and Shi Ran and Liu Yaoben from Fujian also sent back the news of the great victory in Funingzhou a few days ago. Now Zheng Hongkui is on the way back to Nanjing and will arrive in Nanjing soon.

In less than half a month, the pseudo-Shun emperor Li Zicheng will also be escorted to Nanjing, which is undoubtedly a series of good news for the Great China and North Korea.

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, the ministers in the court hurriedly wrote them down and said that they would make immediate arrangements. Although the Ministry of Household touched Xiao Tianjian's mouth, Shaanxi's taxes in the past two years were all gone, and the Ministry of Household also had to mobilize a large amount of grain to Shaanxi for disaster relief, which was a lot of pressure on the Ministry of Household.

But Fu Deming thought carefully that if the military had not calmed down the rebellion of Li Zicheng so soon, it would have been impossible for Shaanxi to provide taxes to Dazhong and North Korea, and it would also have to invest a large amount of military money for the military to use, so he should think that Shaanxi has not recovered it yet.

However, with the increasing stability of the situation in various places, a large number of land abandoned due to the war have also been reclaimed. Although the fiscal revenue this year will not be very good, the food shortage problem in various places can be basically solved, especially in the north. Today's situation is the fastest to stabilize. A large number of people fleeing from the south returned to the north and returned to their old land before the New Year, so that the population in the north began to recover steadily. As long as the transfer of grain in the north after this summer, more than half can be reduced, which allows the Ministry of Household to breathe a lot.

With the end of the war in the northwest, the consumption of the military will also be greatly reduced. A large number of prisoners of war and exiles will be immediately resettled and start reclamation. In the army, there is also a group of soldiers who will gradually withdraw from the army and return to the place, which allows the household department to put down a big burden, so Fu Deming this time The promise is quite straightforward.

Li Jinde from the Ministry of Officials also replied, "Please rest assured that Weichen has already selected a group of capable personnel and is ready to go to Shaanxi to serve. After the Holy One has seen it, he can order him to rush to Shaanxi to take office!"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "The Ming Dynasty died in the chaos in Shaanxi. We also started our business in Shaanxi, because the people in Shaanxi live too hard. Now that the Li thief has been wiped out, our dynasty will solve this problem from the root, so that Shaanxi can stabilize at the fastest speed. As long as the policy can be given, it can be As long as the officials work hard and strive for a year later, I can see a calm Shaanxi!"

Li Xin came out and said, "The battle in the northwest can end in a month at most. Now Shaanxi has gathered nearly 100,000 troops. These soldiers and horses think that half of them can be transferred from Shaanxi. I don't know what the emperor's intention is?"

"Exercreate! Now Shaanxi can't feed so many soldiers and horses, and the Li thief has also calmed down. Don't leave too many soldiers and horses in Shaanxi. Pass the decree to Liu Bao, the former headquarters of the Second Town Army. After receiving the order, he will return to Henan to rest from now on. It will be enough for the first town army to stay in Shaanxi! In addition, after the rest and recuperation, the first town army transferred a division to return to Xuanfu to garrison, and let Wang Chengping go to Xuanda to sit in the town. On the Mongolian side, it is still necessary to make them feel a little pressure! For the unconvinced tribes, those who should be destroyed will be destroyed! Let them know that being the enemy of the court is worse than being the enemy of Jiannu!"

After hearing this, Li Xin immediately wrote down and retreated.

At this time, a bodyguard in front of the hall quickly walked into the hall, saluted Xiao Tianjian and said, "Thank you, Gao Su is looking for a meeting outside the hall!"

Xiao Tianjian was stunned for a moment. Since last year, Gao Su has been to Nanjing Lecture Martial Arts Hall to teach artillery officers, specializing in teaching artillery officers in the Dazhong Army. This year, he has lived a very easy life. It is said that he married a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River as a concubine. He rarely went to the palace to see Xiao Tianjian. Today, somehow, he was in the early morning. If you want to see him, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Let him see you!"

After a while, Gao Su, a red-haired devil, wore a straight military uniform of the army army and trotted all the way to the hall. In a standard official language, he said to Xiao Tianjian, "I see the emperor. Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations!"

Xiao Tianjian looked at this red-haired devil full of Chinese official language and felt a little ridiculous. It is true that Li Zicheng was captured this time, which is indeed good news, but although Gao Su is now in a military position, he is not directly in charge of the military. It is not his turn to run over and give it to him. Good for you!

So Xiao Tianjian said to Gao Su, "Exemption! Gao Su, you have a heart. It's really a great joy to pacify Li Thief this time, but why aren't you in the martial arts hall today? Why did you come here? Is it just to congratulate me on this matter?

Gao Su hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no! It's a good thing to destroy the Li thief, but this matter is not in the business of Weichen! Weichen came to see you today. It's another great thing. Congratulations to the Holy One!"

Xiao Tianjian's interest came all of a while. Is it difficult for this guy to make any new cannons? That's not right! With the current cannons of their large and medium-sized army, looking around the world, even if it is a European artillery, they will not give up much. It is even certain that the quality of the cannons they have cast can exceed the European cannons.

So what's the big deal for this guy to come here to see him? So Xiao Tianjian's face sank and scolded Gao Su, "Now I'm discussing. If you come here today, if you say something irrelevant, be careful that I will punish you half a year's salary!"

Gao Su hurriedly explained, "I dare not! Weichen knows that the Holy Sun is a great opportunity, how dare he come here to disturb the court! Well, I'm afraid the Holy Father still remembers those missionaries recommended by Weichen for the Holy King last year! Now those missionaries have come back from Rome! And as promised, he brought back a lot of talents for the emperor! Now that they have arrived in Nanjing by boat, they are waiting in the city to meet the emperor!"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed. More than a year ago, Gao Su did introduce several missionaries to him. At that time, Xiao Tianjian was busy raising the Northern Expedition. He simply communicated with these missionaries and threw a big bait to them, so that they could find a way to attract some European talents. Come to China.

Later, because of the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Xiao Tianjian became forgetful. Unexpectedly, more than a year later, these people actually returned to Nanjing, so this news is really good news.

So Xiao Tianjian had no intention to continue the meeting. He immediately announced his retreat and asked Gao Su to recruit those missionaries to meet him. More than an hour later, the bodyguard reported that Gao Su had brought the missionaries to the palace and was waiting outside the hall.

"It's rumored that they met!" Xiao Tianjian immediately put down some of the things he was reviewing and replied.

In fact, the time for missionaries to work in China is not short. Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is not very xenophobic and not very exclusive to Western doctrines. Western missionaries also took advantage of the Ming Dynasty to purchase artillery from Western countries and took the opportunity to enter China and began to preach in China.

Famous scholars such as Xu Guangqi in the late Ming Dynasty were deeply influenced by Western learning. They were baptized and became Catholics, and pioneered modern Chinese science. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian is not disgusted with Catholicism. As long as Catholicism does not try to affect the Chinese regime, then let them preach in China. It's not a big deal, and through these Catholic missionaries, we can gradually integrate Chinese and Western cultures and create modern Chinese scientific concepts.

This time when he went north to capture Beijing, he also met a celebrity in Beijing. His name was Adam. Shar, this name may not be known to many people, but he chose a Chinese name for himself, Tang Ruowang. For future generations, they will know more about this name.

Xiao Tianjian also inadvertently, when controlling Beijing, he learned that there was such a foreign missionary in Qin Tianjian, so he accidentally asked before he knew that he had obtained a treasure.

For Xiao Tianjian, he knows very well that in this era, in addition to their missionary duties, Western missionaries also have at least one professional skill. Some people can even be called multidisciplinary scientists. The church runs colleges in many places and trains priests through these colleges. The systematic teaching of various disciplines makes many missionaries familiar with astronomy, geography, mechanics, mathematics, chemistry and other majors, and Tang Ruowang is a very representative example.

In addition to being proficient in mathematics, Tang Ruowang has a deep knowledge in astronomy. In addition, he can also cast cannons. He can be said to be a full-time talent. Even in the Ming Dynasty, he was highly valued. If it hadn't been for the change of the historical process after the appearance of Xiao Tianjian, Tang Ruowang also received great importance in the Qing Dynasty after the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Look at it, even if you used to be an official.

So after Xiao Tianjian met Tang Ruowang in Beijing, even if he appointed Tang Ruowang to the position of Qintian Supervisor, he was allowed to preach in Beijing and be responsible for the work of Qin Tianjian.

Calculating the time, since he met these missionaries last year, these missionaries left Nanjing in February and returned to Europe. Now it takes a whole year and two months to return here again, which is very fast for the current traffic situation.

It can be seen how excited these missionaries were after getting his permission. I'm afraid that over the past year, they have been working day and night to complete the task given to them by Xiao Tianjian.

(Today, I especially thank General Mao Mao and the two friends of the infantry regiment for not hesitate to give rewards! Thank you very much!)