Deng Ming felt that the questions raised by Xiong Lan do need to be considered. Although not all veterans are as good at calculating as Xiong Lan, most people have their own small abacus. With precedents, it will be difficult to do the future retirement work.

"The soldiers who were the first to respond to the government's immigration call cannot suffer losses." After a brief thought, Deng Ming decided to pay attention: "All soldiers who signed the retirement army can automatically enjoy the most favorable treatment for ten years. What is the most favorable treatment? That is, no matter what preferential conditions someone has negotiated in the next ten years, his treatment will automatically increase, which is the best and the latest conditions. For example, when a soldier signs out of the army, the prescribed condition is to compensate him for 200 acres. Someone later negotiates 500 acres, and then he will automatically obtain a gain of 300 acres; for example, at the beginning, it was said that ten acres of forests were converted into one acre of arable land, and the later conversion was twenty to one, and he would also receive the same proportion of compensation. Moreover, this is just aligned upward, not downward. If the compensation conditions in the future are not as good as theirs, the government has no right to take back the land that has been granted to them."

"Ten years..." Several participants showed hesitation because they all felt that something might not happen in such a long time. If the most favorable terms were set, the government would only suffer losses in the future but not take advantage of them.

"The Duke of the State is good!" Xiong Lan was the first to express his support. He clapped and shouted: "This is really a way to remove the firewood from the cauldron. Most people have no worries and will take the lead in seizing land in Mianzhu, Jiangyou and other places. Those who stayed and were very careful with the government will definitely understand that he did not gain any advantage in a hard work, and everyone's treatment was the same. Moreover, the land close to the county town and the land far away from the county town must not be the same. When he bargained with the government, the best land was completely enclosed by the people who went first."

If there are many veterans who refuse to be compensated for the discharge, the government will have a headache, because without residents, it will make the West Sichuan Group return to Jiangyou more expensive, and they are even more worried that their protests and dissatisfaction will affect the enthusiasm of fellow scholars to join the army. But if there are only a few people, the government will not be afraid at all: if a few people do not accept compensation, they will not accept it. Their influence is limited, and the retired soldiers are batch after batch, and the idle land will only decrease. Even without these few people, the West Sichuan Group can still station troops in Jiangyou and other places, obtaining daily necessities and necessary help from local residents.

"It's just three years of the most favorable treatment." Xiong Lan put forward a revision opinion. In his opinion, ten years are too generous. Although these lands are still under the name of Emperor Yongli, many officials of the Western Sichuan Group believe that it is sooner or later Deng Ming's private ownership; so being too generous now means squandering their future property: "The year may be a little short, and some people may think about finding a job in the capital to see the direction of the wind; but three years is enough to dispel most people's wait-and-seeness."

"There is no need to be petty with our fellow scholars." Deng Ming shook his head. He never regarded the country's land as his own private property, and immigration work needs to be carried out every minute. The more people are willing to go to Jiangyou and other places at the first moment, the Western Sichuan Group will be able to make more profits earlier and have more profits.

Since Deng Ming, the master, did not care about the price, but believed that time was more important, and the butlers like Xiong Lan would not be stubborn, the revision of the retirement compensation plan was determined.

Next is to discuss the offensive direction of short-term wars. Now there is no target to attack around Chengdu.

Jianchang is an alliance, and it is constantly attracted, moving closer to Chengdu more and more quickly. Many Jianchang generals began to visit Chengdu, similar to the previous performances of Liu Yao and Yang Youcai.

Chongqing has no property worth extortion and robbery. The most valuable thing is probably various gem processing knives. Most of them were just sold to them in western Sichuan, and even if they were snatched back, there was no place to sell. Besides, Sichuan also hopes to sell cheap Myanmar specialties to the Qing Dynasty controlled area.

The situation in Kuidong is similar to that in Jianchang, and because of the relationship between Liu Jinge and Zhou Kaihuang, even if it fights with Jianchang, Chengdu will not have a forceful conflict with Kuidong.

A little further away is Huguang. Hunan produces rice and is the least needed goods currently in western Sichuan. The benefits of keeping Wuchang as a sales channel are better than getting it, so Zhang Changgeng was also excluded from Sichuan's attack list.

Next is Nanchang. There are porcelains here, but if you steal Jiangxi, it would be better to steal Jiangnan. Anyway, they have gone so far. Jiangnan is much richer than Jiangxi's products, and Jiang Guozhu can take out much more compensation than Zhang Chao can get. However, there is an excuse problem in both places. The yamen of the General Li against Deng seems to be becoming more and more prosperous at present. After Zhang Changgeng applied for the court's approval, he also established a branch in Wuchang. Zhou Peigong was already entitled to the title of governor of four provinces.

The establishment of the Zongli Yamen made Deng Ming much more convenient for his business. As long as he greeted Zhou Peigong, the goods from Wuchang to Nanjing were unobstructed, and there was no need to negotiate with the three places of Wuchang, Nanchang and Nanjing as before. Moreover, the goods in Chengdu only needed to pay a tax to the Zongli Yamen, instead of the way before, the Ming army's cargo ships would pay taxes to the local Qing government wherever they went.

But the disadvantage is that it unites the Qing governors in the southeast. Now there will be no such behavior as competing to harm neighbors. If Deng Ming had no excuses to attack Jiang Guozhu, the two Zhangs in Wuchang and Nanchang would not be as gloating as they were a few years ago. Instead, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and the things hurt their species.

Therefore, it seems that he can only attack Zhejiang. Zhejiang Governor Zhao Guozuo (Zhao Guozuo has not been transferred to Shanxi due to Deng Ming's influence) borrowed troops from Fujian Governor Li Rutai to resist, but in the end he was defeated and paid the city redemption fee to send the Sichuan Army away. I heard that he had been in private contact with Jiang Guozhu recently, and maybe he would also request the court to approve the establishment of the Wenzhou Suppression General Office in some time, so that Zhou Peigong would also be the governor of Zhejiang.

Ren Tang and others all believed that this possibility was very high. It has not happened yet. It was just because the governor of Fujian Li Shutai was determined to lead the suppression, so Zhao Guozuo was still hesitating, for fear of being discovered by the pro-war faction in Fujian, and instead provoked himself. The western Sichuan group believed that if Zhou Peigong took office as the governor of Zhejiang, attacking Zhejiang would become as jealous as attacking Nanjing, so it should be attacked as early as possible. Now, to beat Zhao Guozuo, it would not cause a fierce reaction from the governors in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

However, even if the Wenzhou Suppression General has not been established, it seems that there is still an excuse to attack Zhao Guozuo. Because last time, when they opened the land and redeemed the city, they made a promise that they had not come to three years. Zhao Guozuo helped the Ming army to collect Luo craftsmen and others, and did it impeccable. If he attacked him without reason, it might also arouse the fear and anxiety of the General Li Yamen in the suppression of Deng and damage the reputation of the Sichuan army that he would do what he said.

"Or might as well go to fight Fujian." Finally someone put forward this suggestion. Fujian is poorer than Zhejiang and has a longer journey; the Fujian governor Li Lutai has a higher level, and as a major coastal defense site, the quality and quantity of the Qing army stationed in Fujian are higher than that of Zhejiang. There is also Geng Jimao, the vassal king, whose private army has a considerable combat effectiveness than the garrison troops.

Therefore, attacking Fujian is a military activity with high cost and low benefits. Although you can count on the assistance of Zheng Jun from Jinxia, ​​the trophy must be shared with them, which will further reduce the benefits of sending troops - and Deng Ming has assured the members of the Imperial Parliament that he will not launch any military operations that require the elders of western Sichuan to pay for money without the approval of the Imperial Parliament.

"It is better to go back on your word than to go back on your word. It is better to make a plan with Zhejiang as the imaginary goal." Deng Ming instructed the military to prepare a combat plan based on this and calculate the benefits that can be obtained from attacking Zhejiang again: "If you have to go back on your word, it is also good to blackmail when passing by Nanjing."

Although Deng Ming said that he had been prepared to tear up the agreement without reason, he actually did not intend to do this at all. The reason why he asked his subordinates to prepare for the plan to attack Zhejiang and Jiangnan was because Deng Ming felt that he might enter a war with Nanjing and Hangzhou at any time was the "literary inquisition".

Although he is not proficient in history, he does not know the names of the major literary inquisitions other than the "Zhuang Family Ming History" case. It is the only literary inquisition that knows the name. Deng Ming does not know the time of the outbreak. But he thinks that the Qing Dynasty will definitely persecute Jiangnan literati, and Deng Ming will definitely interfere. Even if it is not for the purpose of launching a war, he cannot sit idly by and watch the Qing court do such a crime.

The plan was made in advance to avoid being caught off guard by the Ming army and not to find that it was completely unprepared when approaching. However, Deng Ming still did not see any signs of a literary inquisition, which made Deng Ming a little doubtful. He didn't know if it was because of his influence that the Qing court's tolerance of Han people's remarks became stronger than his previous life.

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Beijing.

After a period of review, Oboi has discovered several major cases. For example, last year, more than a dozen scholars in Wuxian cried to the Confucius Temple and accused the county of corruption. In Deng Ming's previous life, Jiang Guozhu was dismissed for the defeat in Zhenjiang and was replaced by Zhu Guozhi. The Wuxian County Magistrate was his confidant, so he arrested the eighteen scholars together and finally executed them all. But this time, Jiang Guozhu adopted a soft attitude, accepted the scholar's complaint, and removed the Wuxian County Magistrate who belonged to the Zhuguozhi faction and was finally executed for corruption.

What attracted Oboi the most was that Zhu Guozhi had also concocted a plan for the punishment of the memorial, which was planned to depose 10,000 to 15,000 Southeast Jinshi, Juren and scholars on the grounds of taxes owed the Ming Dynasty. For the Qing court, this was undoubtedly a good means to establish authority, and it could also bring huge financial benefits. However, before Zhu Guozhi's memorial entered the court discussion, the Battle of Gaoyou Lake broke out. Later, Zhu Guozhi was executed for the crime of betraying the late emperor, and the case of the memorial was suspended.

With more than 10,000 people freed from fame and fined the silver to recover, Oboi certainly understood how great this would have. If Zhu Guozhi's plan was successful, in addition to huge financial gains, it could also shock local tyrants and make them fear the Qing court. However, Oboi also knew that improper handling could bring serious consequences. Even if Oboi made up his mind, it would be hard to say whether Jiang Guozhu dared to execute the court's orders when Deng Ming and Zheng Chenggong were still seriously threatening the security of the Southeast, it would be difficult to say whether Jiang Guozhu dared to execute the court's orders.
Chapter completed!