Dashun Yongchang

The current prefect of Guide, Sang Kaidi, is a scholar from a poor family. Because of his feud with a big family in the prefecture, he simply voted for Dashun, so he was appointed as the prefect of Guide.After Shunjun went south, Sang Kaidi received a lot of support from the Marshal's Mansion, and now he has truly taken control of the power in Guide, and is no longer the prefect who was empty-handed before.

Seeing the changes in Sang Kaidi, some of the low-income scholars in Henan naturally had other ideas, and today's battle outside the city made Zhang Taisheng put aside his worries and wanted to give it a go.Because he knew that his knowledge was not as solid as those scholars from a scholarly family. If he followed them and went to the Marshal's Mansion, he would be just a petty official.

Zhang Taisheng still hoped that he could walk on a broader road like Sang Kaidi, so just now he made a desperate noise to alarm Li Zicheng.Hearing Li Zicheng's question now, he took a deep breath and replied: "It is not difficult to stabilize Henan. As long as the common people can eat. In the past ten years, Henan has been limited to During the chaos of war, either the rebels fought against the official army, or the local thieves fought against the local people, and even the local tyrants often broke out in battles. Most of these battles revolved around one thing, which is food..."

Chapter 398

To be honest, what this young scholar said did not bring much shock to Li Zicheng. As a person of later generations, he certainly knows that economy is the foundation of everything. Basically in this era, many people will realize that food importance because the economic activities of smallholder societies revolve around food.

Even the Qin State a thousand years ago knew that it was necessary to "build the country by farming and fighting", let alone a scholar who experienced natural disasters and man-made disasters for more than ten years in the late Ming Dynasty. Connected with this world, after all, he is nothing more than a bookworm.

However, Li Zicheng looked at the eyes of the surrounding soldiers and civilians on him, and after a change of heart, he cupped his hands to the scholar who asked him a question and said, "Food, what you said is good. I was a little casual just now. I don't know who this is." What is your surname, sir, and who is your teacher?"

Seeing Li Zicheng saluting to him in public, Zhang Taisheng was very excited, and the trace of dissatisfaction with the intruder disappeared immediately.Since Li Zicheng can treat himself with courtesy, does it mean that he is not the thief leader who is full of prejudice against scholars in the rumors? Since Li Zicheng is a righteous lord who respects scholars, then if he can help the other party to calm the world, it will naturally be a good story up.

Therefore, Zhang Taisheng raised his hands and put them together in front of his chest, left hand outside and right hand inside, and after bending down to Li Zicheng and giving a deep bow, he said loudly: "Student Shuangta, Mr. Zhang Taisheng, is now a student of Jinxiang Academy. ..."

Hearing the name of the academy, Li Zicheng's eyes flickered for a moment before he nodded slightly and said: "Jinxiang Academy, I have heard of this name before. It is said that this name comes from Suiyang Academy, the first of the four academies in the Northern Song Dynasty. Fan Wenzheng was in charge of Suiyang Academy. The academy laid the academic foundation for the Qingli reform. Unfortunately, Fan Wenzheng could not meet a promising king, which made the Qingli reform aborted halfway, and the disadvantages of the Song, Cheng and Five Dynasties could not be eliminated, and finally Jingkang was in trouble.

I have always admired Mr. Fan Wenzheng. Although his ambition of reforming politics has not been stretched, but: worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later.This is the real gentleman.If it wasn't for the military emergency, I should have gone to Jinxiang Academy to pay homage to Fan Wenzheng.

The scholars in ancient times, first the country and then the family, first the people and then the emperor, are not comparable to some scholars today who betray the country and seek glory.For example, Song Quan of Guide Mansion, although he has the ability to read, but he can't be loyal to his lord. When our army entered Beijing, he surrendered to me, and when the Qing army entered Beijing, he surrendered to the Manchus. There are still scholars like this Is it a festival?It's just a Confucian thief who pursues power.

Zhang Taisheng, you are fine.Although I don't know how talented you are, being able to persuade me to comfort the people in front of me shows that the legacy of Duke Fan Wenzheng has not been forgotten by the people of Suizhou.This is what the ancient gentleman did, and it is the indispensable character of a true scholar. "

Hearing Li Zicheng's evaluation of himself, Zhang Taisheng opened his mouth and didn't know how to reply. He just wanted to find a chance to stand out, but Li Zicheng gave him a higher reward.He knew very well in his heart that when Li Zicheng's words spread, his life changed completely. Even the teachers in the academy would support him after today.

Because Li Zicheng's words not only evaluated him, but also improved him.

The status of Jinxiang Academy and the status of Suizhou scholars.Although the students and teachers of Jinxiang Academy expressed their intention to inherit the tradition of Suiyang Academy, they knew from the fact that they did not dare to directly use the signboard of Suiyang Academy that this kind of behavior of putting money on their faces did not get the approval of Shilin. Publicly recognized.

Those who dare to directly use the name of the Song Dynasty Academy, for example, Gu Xiancheng directly used the name of the Northern Song Dynasty Donglin Academy, but behind Gu Xiancheng is a group of extremely powerful bureaucrats and Neo Confucianists.And Suiyang Academy, as the head of the Northern Song Academy, was not something that the builders of Jinxiang Academy dared to inherit.

But after getting Li Zicheng's approval, Jinxiang Academy can truly claim to the outside world that it has inherited the orthodoxy of Suiyang Academy in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is no greater benefit to the teachers and students of Jinxiang Academy.

Although the Ming Dynasty recognized that the Mongolian Yuan ruled China, it only recognized the academic thoughts of the Song Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and this second Cheng's theory was also called Luo Xue. The local scholars in Henan followed it.

Ercheng's learning is higher than Zhu Zi's learning.But before Ercheng, there was another Song Dynasty thinker who couldn't get around, and that was Fan Zhongyan.

That is to say, if Jinxiang Academy is connected to Suiyang Academy's orthodoxy, then this place will become the source of Song studies. As long as one or two academic masters can be cultivated, Jinxiang Academy will become a holy place for scholars all over the world in the future.Those who have taught or studied here will become leaders concerned by scholars everywhere.

In the face of such great interests, Li Zicheng, the thief who killed the father of the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of the scholars in Suizhou, has a little more demeanor of the real man.

The representatives of the gentry in the surrounding city were silent for a while, and immediately understood what Li Zicheng had just said, so some gentry with better brains led the people around them to bow down to Li Zicheng, and then complimented loudly: "Your Majesty cares about all people, and he is sincere to the world!" It is also a blessing, I hope that my emperor will soon bring peace to the world and bring peace to all generations..."

As the gentry knelt down, the common people and soldiers on both sides of the street also knelt down and shouted long live to Li Zicheng.Li Zicheng knew in his heart that his promotion of Jinxiang Academy would win the hearts of the people in the city, but he did not expect the effect to be so good.But he changed his mind, if someone in future generations changed a local university into a 985 university, then the people related to this local university would also be grateful to him, because the benefits would be too great indeed.

However, given the current situation, the conversation between him and the scholar in this city could not continue, so Li Zicheng asked Zhang Taisheng to follow him and went to Yuan Shangshu's first narrative in the city.

After returning to Yuan Shangshudi, Li Zicheng went to wash and change his plain clothes first, and then met Zhang Taisheng again in the "Stone Immortal Hall".This time without the audience around, Li Zicheng asked more casually.After this period of calming down, Zhang Taisheng also calmed down, and he was able to explain his thoughts to Li Zicheng in an orderly manner.

After listening to Zhang Taisheng's thoughts, although some things are taken for granted, Li Zicheng believes that this is not Zhang Taisheng's problem, but that the other party's life circle is small, so he can't see the real overall situation, and can only get in touch with it from his own life. The experience of the outside world makes guesses, so these errors appear.

Of course, this is not a bad thing. If Zhang Taisheng was really a descendant of a famous family, he would not be so risky in recommending himself today. After all, the Manchus did not really fail, and it is still too early to invest in the Marshal's Mansion.As the children of a famous family, they naturally have the opportunity to choose a camp at will, there is no need to be so impatient.

Judging from the thoughts Zhang Taisheng told, this person is still somewhat talented. At least he didn't just ask the Marshal's Mansion to pay attention to food, but he couldn't say how to increase the production of food, and he didn't completely stand on the side of the landlords. He demanded that the Marshal's Mansion let go of the landlords' hands and feet so that they could go into production.

The core of Zhang Taisheng's suggestion to Li Zicheng was on the vast abandoned land in Henan.Because of the war, a large number of tenants, owner farmers, and even small landlords ran away.Without tenants, the landlord would naturally have to leave the land wasted there; without the landlord, the landless peasant would not dare to cultivate, for fear that he would have to bear the tax on the land, and the landlord would ask him to pay the land rent again when he returned.

Zhang Taisheng believes that after years of wars, Henan is no longer the narrow and densely populated Central Plains, but has become a sparsely populated land, but the population of Henan has not decreased to the point where it is no longer possible to cultivate the entire province's land.Therefore, as long as the land rights are clarified, those farmers who have fled to other places will come back to cultivate the land, and the Marshal's Mansion only needs to distribute the seeds and cattle for the first one or two years.

Zhang Taisheng suggested to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty can use the name of Marshal Du's Mansion to distribute the land to the returning peasants for farming. Marshal Du's mansion will give seeds and cattle in exchange for a share of the land output, which is equivalent to allowing these returning farmers to be employed by Marshal Du. They don't have to pay additional taxes and land rents, and the Marshal's Mansion can take a share of the proceeds to fill the gaps in taxes and land rents, and the people of Henan will settle down.

When the people settled down, the people would not need to rely on the local tyrants to live, and the local tyrants could no longer rely on the local people to compete with the Marshal's Mansion.At this time, if the local tyrants run rampant in the countryside again, one or two county lieutenants can control them.The Central Plains is the heart of the world, if the Central Plains is safe, the world will have a chance to settle down... This is the student's foolishness at first sight. "

Regarding Zhang Taisheng's claim, Li Zicheng clapped his hands lightly and said: "Mr. Zhang is not a fool at first sight, but he is a great talent to stabilize the world. From the early years of Chongzhen to today, what I and the brothers in the rebel army want is not Let the common people live and work in peace and contentment? It's a pity that after more than ten years of fighting, we haven't made a bright future yet.

What Mr. Zhang just said is good. If you want to stabilize the world, it is fundamental to determine the land rights. Without land, the people will not be able to settle down.The problem with Ming Dynasty is that people who have land don’t pay taxes, but those who pay taxes don’t have land, so if there is a slight natural disaster, it is a man-made disaster in the local area.

I have always been thinking, can the land in this world really be controlled by a few people?The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years. At the beginning of the country, the princes only received [-] hectares of land, but after Jiawan, the land rewards for the princes were often tens of thousands of hectares. Where did these lands come from?Certainly not from those officials' families, but ordinary people who are unable to protect their property.

I believe that the root of the reincarnation of the dynasty lies in the fact that the royal family and dignitaries rely on public power to seek personal gain for themselves. They trample on all the power of the people, and naturally lose the public power that the people have given to this dynasty..."

Chapter 399

Zhang Taisheng could echo Li Zicheng's words at first, but later on he could only listen to Li Zicheng's lecture. Finally, when Li Zicheng stopped, he hurriedly got up and bowed to the other party: "What the students say is only focusing on the present, but What His Majesty said just now can bring peace to all generations, the students are ashamed, ashamed..."

Zhang Taisheng said this not only to flatter Li Zicheng, but he was really shocked by Li Zicheng's words.Even the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty still regarded the world as his own property when dealing with his relatives, and rewarded him as he wanted. The rule that the clan's land should not exceed sixty hectares was abolished before Zhu Yuanzhang's death. The Ming emperor's land rewards to his relatives and clan can hardly be restricted.

As a native of Henan, under the oppression of the two royal branches of King Zhou and King Fu, he hated the emperor's behavior of rewarding the clan with land. Now that he heard Li Zicheng's attack on this malpractice of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Taisheng naturally supported it .After all, if Li Zicheng really wants to abolish the land reward system for the clan, Henan people must be the beneficiaries.

Li Zicheng stood up and helped Zhang Taisheng up, and said to him: "Actually, this is not my own idea. The Marshal's Mansion has been considering this issue before. The purpose of taking back the Wang Tian in Shandong and Henan is to re-determine the land property rights." Prepare.

It is not easy for you to speak up to me. After all, what I want to take back is not only the land of the royal family, but the Marshal's Mansion will also investigate and take back the land that was annexed by corrupt officials through illegal means, and then take appropriate measures. distributed to the general public.This is the foundation of my country in Dashun, but for those who have vested interests in Daming, I am an out-and-out robber.

So, if you stand up to speak to me today, you will inevitably be attacked and criticized by those wealthy and famous families in the future. Are you mentally prepared for this? "

Dare to jump out and speak out for himself when Li Zicheng entered the city, Zhang Taisheng naturally had some psychological preparations, after all, the Marshal's Mansion in the capital at this time is not considered the court in the eyes of the gentry, they are still waiting and watching, and Psychologically speaking, there are actually more gentry who hate Marshal Du's Mansion, because Marshal Du's Mansion always tries to change the local style, while officials in the Qing Dynasty and the south all advocate that the local government maintain the situation by itself.

Therefore, for the country gentleman, the latter two are naturally more lovely.After all, when the Qing Dynasty came or the Ming Dynasty came back, their lives would be as beautiful as yesterday, and there would be no mud legs to resist themselves. This is the so-called "the Tao does not change, and the sky does not change."Unless the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty completely failed, or Dashun obeyed the way of heaven, the gentry would always be half-hearted about Dashun.

For example, those scholars who took refuge in Dashun were almost all rejected by the local scholars, thinking that these people were the lucky ones.Therefore, Zhang Taisheng knew very well that he would be criticized by scholars if he openly voted for Li Zicheng. Unless Li Zicheng could secure his position as Emperor of Dashun, he would be difficult to be accepted by the gentry in his hometown.

The only thing that Zhang Taisheng didn't expect was that Li Zicheng had such big ambitions, not only wanting to be the Emperor of Dashun, but also trying to get rid of the old problems of the previous dynasty.It's just that at this time, he also knew that he had no way to turn back, because Li Zicheng had given too much, and if he wanted to leave at this time, even the Emperor Dashun would be offended.

Thinking of the praise he just received as an "ancient gentleman", he couldn't become a "hypocrite" and come out of this door, so wouldn't his hard work be in vain.After thinking about these many thoughts, Zhang Taisheng responded to Li Zicheng without slowing down: "Compared to Your Majesty, those powerful and noble families who cleverly seize the people's land are the real robbers. Your Majesty has the ambition to clarify the world, student Even though I am dull, I am willing to use my meager strength."

Li Zicheng grabbed his arm and said with a smile on his face: "The affairs of the world are naturally caused by the people of the world. As long as the people of the world are willing to contribute their own strength, then what is difficult in the world? Your power is not meager." .

It just so happens that I still lack a secretary who organizes paperwork. Would you like to do it for a while?If you want to do something, you must first collect data. We still don’t have enough data. You just helped me collect data on Henan’s population and land. If your classmates and teachers are interested, they can also participate in this matter , but they will not have any official appointments for the time being. "

For Zhang Taisheng, Li Zicheng's suggestion was much better than the best ending he imagined.The current magistrates are actually worthless, because the world is still in turmoil, neither the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, nor the Dashun have established enough authority, and the local officials representing them naturally have little central authority to borrow. It can only maintain the name of local ownership, and the actual affairs are still controlled by the local gentry.

Therefore, if Li Zicheng dismissed him in the name of a county magistrate, it means that the other party does not value him at all. How long this county magistrate can serve or whether he can take office depends on whether the troops of the Shun Army directly cover this area. Otherwise, you are risking your own life.In a chaotic world where various forces compete for the world, welcoming an official appointed by that force depends entirely on the opinion of the local squire. It shows that he is the official appointed by the Marshal's Mansion, but in essence it is just the local squire's invitation to the Marshal's Mansion. A political gesture of deference.

But being kept by Li Zicheng's side is different, which means that he is at least regarded by Li Zicheng as his own person or has the possibility of becoming his own person. No matter how low the official position Li Zicheng gave him, he is still a confidant who can often meet with Li Zicheng.They have all decided to sell themselves to Li Zicheng, so naturally the closer to Li Zicheng, the better.

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When Zhang Taisheng accepted Li Zicheng's appointment with great joy, Chen Yongfu also sent someone to report to Li Zicheng that the Qing army had all retreated and broke away from contact with our army, which also meant that the commander of the Qing army gave up the opportunity for a decisive battle with the Shun army. .

After hearing the news, Li Zicheng stopped the conversation with Zhang Taisheng, and asked Li Laiheng to find someone to send Zhang Taisheng to the office to register, and to report in the mansion in two days and get his identity badge.And Li Zicheng once again went up to the south gate tower to observe the movement of the Qing army.

Under the setting sun, the various units of the Qing army retreated to the camp in the southwest one after another. This was indeed a retreat.After putting down the binoculars, Li Zicheng looked at the

Chen Yongfu and other generals in the city said mockingly: "Azig's courage can only be seen in front of women and common people. This kind of person is bold and timid, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, he is a real coward. It is no wonder that after the death of the old slave, He will be persecuted by the four Baylors and agree to let his mother be buried..."

When Li Zicheng asked the soldiers in the army to shout this secret, Chen Yongfu and the generals in the city thought that this was just Li Zicheng's words to anger Azige, and it may not be true.But now seeing the scene of the retreat of the Qing army, they really began to believe that what Li Zicheng said might be true.

Chen Yongfu immediately echoed Li Zicheng's words: "Your Majesty is right, Azig is just a coward, if he can back down once, he will back down a second time, we have already won half of this battle.

What's more, there are no reinforcements around Azig, and we still have reinforcements.The longer the time dragged on, the worse it would be for Azig.From my point of view, Azig will inevitably abandon his infantry and run away in a few days. At that time, our army will be able to attack with all its strength and smash the Liangzhuang camp in one fell swoop, and the battle situation in the Central Plains will be completely reversed. "

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Since the Qing army has already retreated, let's also order the troops to withdraw. Except for the troops who camped, all other ministries can let them retreat to the city. Let's make a careful calculation tonight and see what to do next." How to clean up Azig and end the war in the west."

Facing Li Zicheng's assertion, the generals at the top of the city had no doubts at all at this time.No matter who it is, if he can lead thousands of infantry out of the city to fight tens of thousands of cavalry, and he can retreat unscathed, his voice will naturally become louder.These people thought that Li Zicheng's going out of the city to form an array was too risky in the morning, and it was an immature move, but looking at the final result, their confidence in Li Zicheng was a little blind now.

When the sky darkened, the troops of the Shun Army outside the city, except for a 3000-strong battalion guard, retreated safely to the city of Suizhou.Li Zicheng immediately invited the generals to have a banquet in the hall downstairs of the Yuan Mansion's library and hold a military meeting.It is said to be a banquet, but there is only one meat and two vegetables in front of everyone and only three cups of wine are allowed.

However, facing such a shabby banquet, none of the generals felt dissatisfied, because they felt that they had no credit for it. The real tough battle was fought by Li Zicheng himself. , now I can only sit here quietly and listen to Li Zicheng's speech.

After opening the banquet, Li Zicheng first paid tribute to the soldiers who fought for Dashun today and before, then paid tribute to the people who served for the war, and finally paid tribute to the logistics personnel in the rear, and then had a drink with the generals.

After three glasses of wine, Li Zicheng asked Li Laiheng to remove the drinks from the banquet. Liu Zongmin felt that his throat was not wet, but he still let others remove the drinks in front of him without saying a word. Even more afraid to speak, so everyone kept sober for a rare time, and listened to Li Zicheng's lecture at the banquet.

Fortunately, today Li Zicheng didn't make any long speeches. He just talked a few words and brought the topic to the main topic of tonight, asking everyone to talk about how to deal with the Azig army.

Liu Zongmin was the first to speak by name by Li Zicheng. After licking his lips, he stood up and said, "If Azig's entire army presses against us today, the victory or defeat is still unknown. But after he lost the first battle, he gave up fighting our army. This is really a big mistake.

The Azig army broke through the Yellow River and went down the Yellow River, gathering a large number of local tyrants along the way. Are these tycoons sincerely loyal to the Qing Dynasty?I don't think so.They were just taken from the military power of the Qing army.Azig's retreat in the face of our army means that the Manchus have lost the power to deter those local tyrants who surrendered. As long as our army continues to press on, there will inevitably be chaos within the Azig army..."

Chapter 400

Most people may not feel the coming of failure, but they are quite sensitive to the coming of victory.When Li Zicheng took the infantry out of the city to form an array and really resisted the attack of the Qing cavalry, no matter Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu or the lowly generals, they all realized that victory was within their reach.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin's views were quickly recognized by the generals, and everyone also supplemented Liu Zongmin's claims to varying degrees, turning what was originally just an opinion into an almost implementable combat plan.

Of course, the views of the generals, including Liu Zongmin, were all based on the judgment that Li Zicheng had always advocated that there was a conflict between Manchu and Han within the Qing army.If it hadn't been for Li Zicheng's repeated emphasis on this point all the time, and confirmed the existence of this contradiction within the Qing army in the battles of Cao County and Kaocheng, then the generals present would not have thought about it from this perspective.

After all, judging from their life experience, there is no distinction between Manchu and Han in the allegiance of the subordinates to the superiors. Just as the Mongols can be loyal to the Ming Emperor, they can also be loyal to the Jiannu, and they can also be loyal to the Golden Family. Due to the ethnic differences between the Manchus and the Han people, their loyalty to the Ming emperor and Jiannu was less than that of the Jin family.

Doubts about this point, in essence, violated the Ming Dynasty's values ​​of governing the world with loyalty and filial piety.After all, the Son of Heaven, as the father of the world's subjects, naturally has the righteousness of the world's subjects to be loyal. To question this righteousness is to question that the current emperor is not the real Son of Heaven.That is to say, those Mongols, Manchus, and other nationalities who betrayed the Son of Heaven betrayed the Son of Heaven only because of their personal evil virtues, not because of any absurd national remarks.

Li Zicheng talked about the differences between Manchu and Han in front of his subordinates. In fact, he has already changed the traditional values. That is to say, he mainly talks about the army. For soldiers, winning the war is the first. It doesn't matter if such a victory talisman does not conform to traditional values.

What's more, for those basically illiterate generals of the rebel army, the analysis based on the theory of contradiction is indeed easier to understand than some clever schemes.A Manchu-Han conflict, clearly stated the internal problems of the Qing army directly, and the so-called I Ching calculations and other strategies, except for those scholars who knew what they were talking about, these big bosses could not understand at all.

Under the guidance of Li Zicheng, the generals of the Shun Army have begun to think about the nature of war, instead of blindly emphasizing the bravery of soldiers or implementing strict military discipline as before, trying to turn their subordinates into a group of people who are not afraid of life and death. Submit yourself to the beast.

Everyone began to accept what Li Zicheng said, first figure out why our enemies fight, why our army fights, why the people support us, or why the people support our enemies, instead of just killing people to solve the problem.

Although everyone's thinking about war is relatively superficial, only a few people with really keen intuition can deepen this kind of thinking, but compared with the previous peasant army and Ming army, the current generals of the Shun army really have Looks like a professional military officer.

The biggest difference between professional officers and traditional military generals is that professional officers regard war as a kind of skill, and believe that this skill is a knowledge that can be studied and improved.Traditional military generals, on the other hand, regard war as a kind of mystery or a product of pure experience.Therefore, when professional military officers sit together, they like to discuss war the most, while traditional military generals only drink and talk about women when they sit together.

Under the leadership of Li Zicheng, the Shun army was gradually getting rid of the tradition of the feudal army in the past, and began to align with the European army at this time.After experiencing the huge wealth brought by the Age of Discovery and the wars for the huge wealth that flowed into Europe, European armies are rapidly breaking away from the traditions of the Middle Ages and moving towards professional armies.

The Thirty Years War, which has not yet ended, is a watershed in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.Not only is the mode of war very different from the past, but even the relationship between European countries has changed from sovereign diplomacy to national diplomacy.It was this war that spread throughout Europe and lasted for 30 years that made Europeans face up to the relationship between people, nation, country and religion. If they did not have such a deep understanding, then the people of Paris would not be able to accept it more than 30 years later. The head of the tyrant cannot be chopped off.

Although the British will soon cut off the head of the first European monarch, after all, it is a group of country gentlemen who cut off the head of the British king, not the general public in the UK. So completely collapsed.

Faced with the discussions among the generals at the banquet, Li Zicheng was quite satisfied, and the scene in front of him was exactly what he wanted to work hard for.Even if he is an activist, he knows very well that only by making my business our business, can everyone's subjective initiative be stimulated, so as to truly push Dashun's business forward.Otherwise, the scene that happened in Beijing may not be repeated in the future.

As a later generation, someone really doesn't have a good impression of the emperor. After the Revolution of [-], those who still advocated autocratic monarchy are either Man Yi or Little Pink.The full meaning is to recall the glory of the ancestors, but the little pink advocates the centralization and dictatorship, so someone can't figure out what the purpose is. After all, the real communists talk about the democracy and dictatorship of the proletariat, not the centralization of bureaucracy rule.

But in Little Pink's eyes, as long as centralized rule can promote the strength of the country, it doesn't matter who owns the country.Perhaps this is the root cause of a group of Han people advocating the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong, and erecting a monument for the gangster who slaughtered Han people.After all, as long as the country is strong, the people will be happy.

Therefore, in someone's eyes, the emperor's title is actually nothing to respect, and the real important thing is to destroy the people's superstitious belief in the emperor.After all, a leader of the peasant army who started his career by rebellion, became the emperor and went to advocate the red country to be passed down from generation to generation. To put it bluntly, "You deserve it too!"

If it is not possessed by Li Zicheng, someone is the first to oppose, even if you invite the royal family of the previous dynasty to be the emperor, it is better than you, a traitor who betrayed the people.This is also the confidence for someone to support the former prince of the Ming Dynasty to build the Wenhua Palace and incorporate it into the power structure of the Marshal's Mansion, because the Dashun he wants to create now is not the same as the feudal dynasty in the past.

After the meeting in the Yuan Mansion Library was over, Li Zicheng asked Zuo Yi and other accompanying staff to sort out the minutes of the meeting tonight, and based on the records, re-drafted a battle plan to eliminate the Azig army.

Zuo Ye and others stayed up all night, and when the next day dawned, Zuo Ye with red eyes took out a new plan and handed it to Li Zicheng who was eating breakfast.Li Zicheng, who was eating pancakes and millet porridge, looked through the plan, took a brush and signed it, and then said to Zuo Ye: "Jiao Zongmin and Yongfu have read it, and if they have no objections, they can print and distribute it." Pass it to officers above the regiment level to let them understand the next combat objectives."

Zuo Yan asked in surprise when he heard this: "Is all the content of the plan distributed?"

Li Zicheng nodded, and put the finished porridge bowl on the table by the way, picked up a towel beside him and wiped his mouth and hands.Here, Zuo Xie said with some hesitation: "But in addition to the arrangement of our army, this plan also has some content to persuade the enemy army on the opposite side. If these contents are also distributed, once they are leaked, the plan will be difficult to come true." .”

Li Zicheng threw down the towel, then got up and looked at him and said, "Don't pin your hopes on the enemy's self-disruption, although the goal of our plan is to make the enemy self-disruption. However, if we want to win the war, we only need Can rely on oneself.

Therefore, the purpose of distributing this plan is to tell the soldiers below that there are opportunities within the enemy, but this opportunity comes from the strength of our army itself, not a few idle speculations within the enemy.

Only by letting the soldiers understand this, then no matter if there is no chaos within the enemy army, our soldiers will not pin their hopes of victory on a few sloppy defections.As long as our army always maintains strong pressure on the enemy, can Azig still make a comeback? "

Zuo Yan immediately shook his head and said, "Of course not. As long as our army does not reveal its weaknesses, the Azig army has no other choice but to retreat."

Only then did Li Zicheng spread his hands to him and said, "Look, you understand this very well. The point of this plan is that our army should not reveal its weaknesses. If we place our hopes on others, then we will surely win. In this case, the most important thing is to use this plan to strengthen the belief of our soldiers in victory. As for whether there will be defectors in the enemy camp, it is just icing on the cake Act of…"

Only then did Zuo Ye come to his senses, and just as he turned the corner, Li Zicheng continued: "Besides, even if we leaked out the content of persuading the other party now, do you think Azige's character , Can he continue to trust these Han troops?

In addition, do you think the Han soldiers at the bottom of the Qing army would really work hard for the Manchus?When they hear the news that their Lord will be persuaded by us, do you think they hope that their Lord will accept it?Or continue to be loyal to the Manchus? "

Zuo Ye fully understood it now, and he immediately nodded to Li Zicheng in response: "I am indeed confused, Your Majesty is right. At this moment, some plans are more effective if they are leaked than not. Mutual suspicion exists between the Manchu and the Han. We did not send people to persuade them to create this kind of conflict. Therefore, we only need to stimulate their mutual suspicion, and it is not necessary to persuade them to join our army. Minister This passes the plan on to the two generals..."

On January [-]th, Li Zicheng did not continue to urge the army to go to the battlefield. Instead, he went to Jinxiang Academy to meet the surviving teachers and students in the academy, and paid homage to Fan Wenzheng.The person in charge of the academy was full of enthusiasm for Li Zicheng's arrival. Although Li Zicheng could feel that the other party had tried his best to suppress his joy, his reception was much more warm and thoughtful than the scholars in other places. The evaluation of Jinxiang Academy did arouse the desire of some people.

Although Li Zicheng let go of military affairs this day, Shunjun's actions today are much smoother than yesterday.Although a certain person's knowledge is hundreds of years ahead, he is still inferior to generals such as Liu Zongmin and Chen Yongfu in the actual deployment of the battlefield.This is also the reason why he handed over the command to Zuo Guangxian after he left the city yesterday, and he just sat in the army without saying a word.

Without the pressure from Li Zicheng on the sidelines, these generals who have fought old wars are more comfortable, and the military staff system has greatly reduced their command workload.

Chapter 401

A situation that is beneficial to the Shun army naturally becomes a situation that is not conducive to the Qing army.In the Liangzhuang camp, the Qing army after one night did not forget the defeat of the infantry attacking the Shun army yesterday. Not to mention the Han who had just surrendered, even the old Han who had surrendered to the Manchus for more than ten years, faced the Shun army. The army's advancing momentum also began to panic.

The scene in front of them reminded them of the scene where the old slave defeated the Ming army's 4-way attack and then swept Liaodong.Although the Qing army has not yet reached the level of panic, but for the Shun army who stood outside the camp and built a camp, they can no longer find the sense of superiority they used to have.

After breaking through the defense line of the Yellow River, facing the soldiers and civilians who were watching the wind and surrendering along the way, Azig's troops naturally developed a strong confidence in the Shun army to win the battle. He dared to rush to the city with a population of tens of thousands and demanded that the soldiers and civilians in the city surrender.

It can be said that the soldiers of the Qing army who went south at that time already regarded the defeat of the Shun army as an established fact, and did not consider that the Shun army would organize a counterattack at all, or that even if the Shun army wanted to counterattack, they had the confidence to smash it.

But everyone did not expect that the Shun Army's counterattack would be so fierce, and they had no chance to reorganize their defense at all.At this time, how could the Qing army not know that Luo Luohong and Shang Kexi were finished, and even the Shun army had already targeted their main force outside Suizhou city.This transformation process from hunter to prey is a great blow to the weak-minded.