This cold wind blew with the smell of blood,
It blew away the last bit of warm and cool air.
The great cold had arrived. Even the spring-like Yunnan was wrapped in coldness.
In the end, the linen-clothed team that was once stationed in Yunnan..,
They were unable to fulfill their promise and turned back.
Winter, the original Nanjing..,
Now Shengjing. Not long after the news of Shou Yulou's death came from Nanjing.
Second Commander Fang Xiuming suggested,
In order to strengthen the power, abolish the Yuan Treasury, and all the merchants would continue to operate,
The local areas would pay grain and taxes as usual. And reopen the imperial examination,
Establish various levels of official positions. Establish village officials,
They would be local village sages and gentry who had rich experience in governing local areas and had surrendered to the rebel army.
In the rebel army, the supply system was abolished, and the old names of brothers and sisters were abolished,
They were no longer distributed equally and were called according to their positions,
And according to their positions and battle achievements,
They would distribute grain and grain and be given land.
The land that the peasants had already been allocated was all privately owned by the peasants and no longer belonged to everyone's public land. The previous policy of reducing and reducing taxes remained unchanged.
This was a much gentler decision compared to the previous policy of the rebel army,
For a moment..,
Scholars, farmers, businessmen,
The rebel army was filled with joy.
The Land Returning to Yuan Mu System was abolished in name.
Only the people who followed Shou Yulou protested fiercely,
Such as Rakshasa.
Fortunately, there were not many of them,
They were suppressed by Shengjing. It was just that they were very stubborn,
They resisted to the death. Therefore, Shengjing had no choice but to use force and set off an internal conflict. It caused some damage. But it replenished the new strength recruited from the local gentry in time.
At the same time, it abolished the Yuan Treasury System and the Land Returning to Yuan Mu System, which were presided over by Shou Yulou and the others. The gentle new policies that followed the will of the people were implemented, and the morale was greatly boosted.
Even though the dynasty seized this opportunity and sent an endless stream of grain, gold, and silver to the frontline and defeated the barbarians. They were finally able to mobilize a large number of troops to the south. However, they still returned in defeat.
The rebel army's first great victory since occupying Nanjing occurred.
They advanced triumphantly all the way, and the imperial court had no choice but to retreat to Jiangbei.
The situation was very good.
He jumped up and almost pointed at her nose in anger. "How can you walk …"
When he saw the flame-like western vest and the Huo Tong gun on his waist, the latter half of his sentence disappeared in his throat.
She glanced sideways at the man. Long gown.
The scholarly looking passerby felt uneasy under this gaze. He felt that he couldn't afford to offend this fiend. Feeling very guilty, he hurriedly slipped away.
Li Qingqing watched indifferently as he slipped away. She clenched the whip in her hand and snorted.
As soon as she got home, she went into her room. The maids were frightened to hear her thud, thud, thud.
"Miss …" They walked in timidly.
The only daughter of this branch of the Li family was the daughter of the old master and a Nanyang woman. Before the age of ten, she had been living in Southeast Asia with her mother's family. She had never experienced the upbringing of a lady from the Central Plains. Later on, he followed his master to travel to the West. She didn't return to the Li family until she was fourteen years old, when all women should be married.
Everyone in the Li family knew that she was the apple of the old master's eye, the apple of his eye. They had also heard that this young lady was violent and rough. Outside, she was nicknamed "Great Commander". She dared to take people from other people's families and dared to rush into other people's ancestral halls to make a scene.
It was just that in the past, the young lady always ran around outside the mansion and dealt with the men outside. The maids and maids in the mansion rarely had the chance to follow and serve her.
Recently, the young lady had been spending more and more time at home, and she was not in a good mood every day. They had learned enough about this petite, violent, and unruly young lady's temper.
God knows where this young lady, who took after her mother's petite figure, hid this endless firepower.
Li Qingqing's face was still full of anger. Looking at the timid faces of the maids, she barely restrained her anger and put away the whip. She would never vent her anger on children, women, and the weak.
She kicked the broken bottles. "Don't clean them up. They'll prick your hands. The broken things are worthless. Just sweep them away. "
She frowned and asked a new maid, "You're only eleven years old. Didn't I tell you to go home and go to the new school to learn how to read?"
Cui Ning was trembling. She lowered her head and said in a low voice. She was afraid of angering this violent master. "The new school said that it doesn't accept women. And my father said that it's useless for a woman to learn how to read. What's more, he has already sold me to the main family. He told me to go back to the main family … "
"You didn't sell to my family. You were just hired. My family has already paid you and told you to go home. Yunnan has already abolished human trafficking. What do you mean by sold to my family? When did the new school stop accepting women?
Cui Ning thought that the young lady was going to drive her back. She was scared to death. "Young lady, don't drive me away. The mansion is kind. If I go home, my father is addicted to gambling. He might sell me to a bad place again …"
A bad place …
Li Qingqing then remembered that human trafficking and brothels never came back after they left Shou Yulou. The new army general in Nanjing abolished the sacred treasury, abolished the rule that no one could buy or sell land, and abolished the rule that no one could get a piece of land regardless of their status. Starting from that, the concubines, prostitutes, and servants were more relaxed. After all, those generals were not as poor as they were when Shou Yulou was still alive. Naturally, they had to enjoy these things.
It didn't matter if those women were abducted, bought, or robbed.
The subordinates followed suit. Quietly, no one knew when the indenture contracts, brothels, and human traffickers became active again.
Li Qingqing's mouth was filled with a series of vulgarities in Nanyang, Taixi, Yunnan, and Hainan.
It was the first time that the maids heard a young lady speak such vulgar words. They were stunned.
"Young lady." The head maid Hongying called her. "Master said that the Chamber of Commerce's meeting is about to begin. You must go."
She waved her hand, clenched her spear, and stepped out.
"Everyone, we once had dirty thoughts, but today, we are all sitting here again. Today, we invited everyone here because it concerns our allies. We are invited to cross the Yangtze River and pursue the victory. Ask for our opinions. "
The people from the Sedan Bearers and the Blue silk school sat neatly.
"Does anyone have any objections? After all, there are also our Chamber of Commerce's allied forces in the army of the Revolutionary Army. "
In the past, under the rule of the imperial court, merchants raising private soldiers was a death sentence.
However, the world was in chaos, and there was the Revolutionary Army as an ally in front of them. In order to protect themselves, and also for a little selfishness, since they could transport arms for the Revolutionary Army, why couldn't they fish in troubled waters and raise private soldiers?
Moreover, even in the past, in order to protect their business overseas, they would organize elite … fleets and escort teams equipped with cannons and gunpowder. On the surface, it was just a caravan.
For example, Li Baiquan's family had soldiers. This was normal. His family was as rich as a country, and his silk was sold overseas. Although he was in Jiangnan, he had a lot of connections overseas.
If not for the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce's strong military force, Li Baiquan and the others would not have been able to get such a high position in the Revolutionary Army.
Therefore, the various Chambers of Commerce not only provided the Revolutionary Army with large amounts of food, gold, and silver, but also formed a new allied forces. There were many of them, and their equipment was new. They had been fighting with the Revolutionary Army.
Although the various Chambers of Commerce did not send many people, when they were organized, they were still a considerable force.
They also followed behind the Revolutionary Army and took up some space.
This time, the allied forces also contributed to pushing the imperial army back to Jiangbei.
"What does the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce say? Their financial power and military force are much stronger than our Yunnan Chamber of Commerce. "
This time, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and the Yunnan Chamber of Commerce were very embarrassed. Although they did not support Shou Yulou and the others' actions, a county official was not as good as a local official. Therefore, one of them had connections with Shou Yulou, while the other had cooperated with Shou Yulou's direct disciple, Rakshasa.
Who would have expected such an outcome?
After this matter, they could only try their best to deny that they had anything to do with Shou Yulou's actions. They expressed that the Chambers of Commerce had also been hurt by the Yuan Treasury System, price restrictions, and land restrictions. They were very supportive of the Revolutionary Army.
They also gave a lot of blood and generously took out a lot of money to help the allied forces.
This made the Chambers of Commerce so distressed that they were almost speechless.
Lin Ruoshan and Li Baiquan were examinees in the same year, so they could be considered friends. He had always been in charge of contacting Jiangnan, so he smiled and said, "There are no objections from Jiangnan. They said that they support the Revolutionary Army going north, so they will do their best to follow. The other Chambers of Commerce also said that they will do their best to support. "
Everyone looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, "We will do our best to support. We will do our best to support. We will also do our best to support. "
"In the past, I didn't like Shou Yulou. He restricted our use of land and our freedom to buy and sell. He was very strict. However, I feel that he is a good person. What's the difference between the people that Shengjing sent over and the way the dynasty did in the past? "Suddenly, a young man sitting at the back of the Blue silk school spoke.
Everyone fell silent.
The people that Shou Yulou's faction left behind in Yunnan had basically all been removed. The newly added people were mostly from noble families. Their attitude towards the Chambers of Commerce had returned to their previous attitude of disdain. There were even extortions.
Gradually, the books of Confucianism began to be sold in the bookstore again.
Although the Revolutionary Army still said that they were allies. However, everyone could see that the situation was getting worse.
The young men buzzed. Many people showed their agreement. Although they hated Shou Yulou, the Chambers of Commerce also didn't like the new Shengjing people who acted like the old lords of the imperial court.
At this moment, Li Qingqing said in a low voice, "Everyone, my daughter has something to say. I don't like these people either. Shou Yulou's actions were indeed inappropriate, such as the Yuan Treasury, such as selling and selling to the public. However, he removed the influence of the dynasty's gentry, abolished the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant … "
She still remembered the scene when she and the Revolutionary Army soldiers had rushed into the ancestral hall together, abolished the sale of marriage, and released the concubines and slaves. Then she thought of what she saw today. The people were dead and the government was in power. The anger and sorrow in her chest rolled into a ball, and the flames couldn't stop.
Li Qingqing suppressed her voice and said, "Abolishing the sale of marriage and liberating our personal freedom. In terms of the word 'people', Mr. Shou could be said to be taking the lead and doing his best. There's nothing wrong with that. Shengjing killed people to clean up. They even talked nonsense because of people and stopped eating because of choking. They changed the good side of Shou Yulou. It was indeed stupid! However, if we kill each other because of this and let the dynasty take the initiative, wouldn't it be even more stupid? What's the difference between this and Shengjing's actions? "
These youths from the Blue silk school seemed to see her as their leader. When they heard her speak, they all shut up.
"I also think that we should continue to work together. The imperial court is the biggest problem. No matter what, the Revolutionary Army didn't put us at the bottom of the hierarchy, right? After all, they are our allies. Qingqing is right. If we fight among ourselves, there's no difference between us and the Revolutionary Army. We have the allied forces in our hands, and we're not helpless lambs. Why don't we fight all the way across the Yangtze River and force those vermin to flee all the way to the north? Then we can talk about the agreement between us and our allies. That's what I call satisfying! "Lin Ruoshan said.
Everyone looked at each other.
After a moment, the head of the Sedan Bearers Faction, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Ding Shihao, who had always been at odds with the Blue silk school, took a puff of smoke and lazily leaned back. His eyes couldn't be seen clearly in the smoke. He smiled and said, "Even if you want to rebel, you have to think about your descendants. I, Old Ding, do business with integrity. In any case, the dynasty won't let us off. Moreover, compared to the time in Shou Yulou, at least the Revolutionary Army didn't set a price limit on us, right? Therefore, I also think that we should continue to work together. I wonder what Vice President Li thinks? "
Li Yulang glanced at Ding Shihao. It was rare for them to see the sharpness in each other's eyes. They looked at each other and smiled. "The three of you are right."
In less than seven days, the opinions of the various Chamber of Commerce were gathered in front of the Revolutionary Army's generals.
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