Dashun Yongchang

Although Yuan Yuzong didn't point it out, the implication in his words was that with these tens of thousands of taels of silver, an army could fight a big battle with all their might.

It's just that Li Zicheng's opinion is different from his. He said without hesitation: "Tens of thousands of taels of silver can enable our army to fight without any scruples. I think it is a very cheap price. If those near the cities If the residents don't leave, Jiannu can charge without hesitation, but our army can't do this, otherwise, who would support our army in fighting Jiannu in the future?

The army is not created out of thin air. Without the support of the people, there will be no army that cannot be defeated.Our Dashun Army grew out of nothing, because the people supported us against the official army, so the Dashun Army fought more and more, while the official army became weaker and weaker.If the war cannot benefit the common people, at least it cannot cause them to suffer complete losses. Otherwise, who will support us in fighting Jiannu? "

When Yuan Yuzong and Wang Zeyao walked out of the governor's office, he asked Wang Zeyao tentatively, "Master Wang, if we fight like this every time, can we really support it?"

Wang Zeyao thought for a while and said, "If Your Majesty spends all the money for recovering stolen goods and paying salaries here, I think the common people can still understand His Majesty's difficulties. At least, when I distributed the fields to the soldiers in the suburbs of Beijing, everyone was full of respect for Your Majesty." I am grateful. As long as the hearts of the people in the world lean towards His Majesty, Jianu will lose the foundation to gain a foothold in China."

Although the conversation with Li Zicheng and Wang Zeyao today did not make Yuan Yuzong full of confidence in Dashun's future, it also made him feel more at ease.After returning to the yamen, Yuan Yuzong settled down and started to work. First, he summoned the 12 sea ship merchants in Tianjin Wei.

According to the rules, every 12 sea-going ships is a gang, and 600 gangs are 12 sea-going ships.Of course, this is the number of seagoing ships in Tianjin during its heyday. Because of the failure of the Liaodong War and the Qing army’s repeated breakthroughs into the interior, Tianjin, the logistics base of the Liaodong army, has now lost most of its functions, because the transportation of materials to Liaodong has been reduced. , So even the Haichuan Gang has reduced the number of ships. At present, the ships of the 20 Haichuan Gang are less than half the size of [-] years ago.

The Dashun army requisitioned ships from the 12th Haichuan Gang to transport soldiers and civilians to Tangtouzhai, Denglai and other places. It was both a surprise and a joy to the people who traveled to and from Tianjin.Because their luck was really bad this year. First, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and then Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs. As a result, there were fewer merchants doing business here in Tianjin, so the goods they brought from Shandong were sold. I can't drop, and I can't collect all the goods that I want to bring back to Shandong.

Seeing that this year is about to lose all their money, the Dashun Army is preparing to recruit their ships. Naturally, the ship owners want to recover some capital from the Dashun Army, but they are also worried that the Dashun Army will recruit them for free. The ships of the Ming Dynasty did not seldom do such things.

However, the Dashun Army is really not short of money. Not to mention the property that the Dashun Army brought out from the capital, it is just the floating wealth that the Dashun Army went around to wipe out the rebels and the funds for the restoration of the country that the loyal people from the four villages voluntarily donated to Daming. There are also about 10 taels.

After talking with Li Zicheng, Yuan Yuzong naturally would not save money for him, so after the owners of these seagoing ships raised their own difficulties, he immediately agreed to buy their remaining cargo and give them a certain amount of transportation subsidies.So these ship owners immediately responded to the recruitment of the Dashun Army, expressing their willingness to transport soldiers and civilians to Shandong for the Dashun Army.

And from the afternoon of the 16th, craftsmen and merchants in the Acropolis of Tianjin had already boarded a tank boat and went down the canal southward.For ordinary residents, the Dashun Army can still persuade them, but for these craftsmen and merchants, the Dashun Army is almost a mandatory order.

The craftsmen were already familiar with the way the army behaved. When the Ming Dynasty was still in existence, they were ordered to move to places where they were needed.As for the merchants, the merchants who can be targeted by the Dashun army are all wealthy and almost all have connections with officials, but now those officials can't control the generals of Dashun, so they can only accept orders honestly.

Standing on the tower of the north gate, Li Zicheng was relieved to see the large and small ships start to go west.During these days in Tianjin, he almost ordered all the surrounding ships to be collected together. In this way, even if they evacuated from Tianjin, the Manchu and Sangui Army would not be able to find many ships to transport supplies and sergeants.

On the plains, it is natural that the cavalry unit moves the fastest. Although the stamina of the infantry is stronger than that of the horse, the exhausted infantry is just a piece of wood in the face of the cavalry attack.But walking along the canal is different. Not only can all the luggage of the army be placed on the boat, but the soldiers can take turns boarding the boat to rest. This means that as long as the soldiers do not lose their courage to fight, they can continue to fight with the cavalry.

As a modern person, when someone realizes that he has traveled to this era, he completely abandons the idea of ​​fleeing back to Shaanxi. What better way to retreat than going south along the Grand Canal?As long as the Dashun army can control the ships on the canal and have enough supplies, the Qing army can only rely on the physical strength of the horses to consume the load capacity of the ships, and the latter obviously has the advantage.

While Li Zicheng was paying attention to the movement of ships in the canal, Chen Yuanyuan was also standing not far from him looking at the scenery outside the city. This was the first time she saw the scene of a war about to break out. She was not caught in Huangtu Village. I was allowed to watch the battle, but I didn't have that interest.

Only now, after confirming her safety, can she stand here and feel the emotion of war, watching the setting sun shine on those boats and the river, as if seeing the blood of a river.It is impossible for her to see or feel such emotions on the Qinhuai River in the south, which is full of powder and powder.

Only after seeing such a scene, could she realize how ridiculous the rhetoric of those scholars who recite poems and poems on the Qinhuai River is to go to the border villages to make meritorious service.War is not the false world described by these scholars with their poems, but a bloody world created by warriors with swords.

While Chen Yuanyuan was standing on the tower, Li Zicheng was also listening to Song Xiance's defense plan for Tianjin: "...With the help of the many rivers around Tianjin, we can set up three lines of defense from north to south...

The second line is the South Canal and the Haihe River for defense... The third line is the city wall of Tianjin Wei... When these three lines of defense were broken by the Jiannu and Sangui troops in turn, their forward troops were almost consumed, so Our army can also calmly withdraw to Tranquility..."

Li Zicheng followed Song Xiance's instructions and observed the terrain outside the city. Although someone didn't know much about military affairs, after combining Li Zicheng's memory, he also felt that Song Xiance's plan was quite safe.But it was too safe. He felt that he might not be able to teach the chasing Qing army and Sangui army a hard lesson, which would obviously be detrimental to the subsequent southward retreat.

Chapter 68 Statistics Room

On the morning of May 3000, Zuo Guangxian, Yang Zixiu, Li Tong, and Li Shi led two divisions of cavalry and 50 infantry to the south, and this force also brought 1 tank boats to transport supplies.The quota of tank ships in Daming was about [-]. However, due to the rise of civilian ships in Wanli, many official ships were scrapped. This was because civilian ships were larger, and officials could embezzle money by hiring private ships.

There are nearly 4 official and civilian ships in the canal north of Dezhou, and they are all controlled by the Dashun Army.However, most of these ships were used to transport the belongings of women, children and civilians, and less than half of the ships transported the military supplies.

Because there is a convenient canal available, the Dashun Army forced about 3000 officials and gentry from the capital and nearby areas to join the army. In addition, it also took away about 20 artisans and family members from the capital, and voluntarily went south with the Shun Army. As a result, the Dashun Army had an additional [-] to [-] non-military personnel accompanying the army. Adding in the military personnel and military members of the Dashun Army, the size of the East Route Army also reached nearly [-].

In fact, as the Dashun Army continued to migrate its population on its way south, the number of this army continued to expand.After all, the coast of the Grand Canal is where the essence of the northern part of the Ming Dynasty lies. That is, because of the previous plague and war, most of the population in the canal area from the north of Shandong to Tianjin has been lost. Otherwise, there would be more people who could follow the Dashun Army southward.

The following of a large number of non-military personnel certainly slowed down the pace of the army going south, but after organizing these non-military population, it also greatly enhanced the army's logistical capabilities.That's why Li Zicheng organized these non-military personnel into the supply camp and managed them in the way of the army.

The main purpose of staying in Tianjin these days is also to rectify the military system and reorganize the civilians, so that the civilians can help the old and the young to follow the army. It will not do any good except to drag the footsteps of the army.But after the civilians are grouped according to men, women, old and young, these civilians also become part of the army's combat effectiveness.

At this time, the Dashun Army was not urgent in terms of time, because the pursuit of the Qing Army and the Sangui Army was not yet clear; they had collected various materials and ships from the capital, Tongzhou and along the way, and there was no shortage of resources and transport capacity; With so many officials and gentry brought out of the capital, even the manpower to manage these civilians is quite sufficient.

So Li Zicheng boldly stayed in Tianjin to manage these civilians.From the current point of view, the organization and management of these civilians is relatively smooth. After all, the Qing army broke through and entered the mainland not to send warmth. The last time the Qing army entered the customs was from the 15th year of Chongzhen to the 16th year of Chongzhen. From Hebei to Shandong, it raged for eight months, conquered 3 prefectures, 18 states, 67 counties, and 88 towns, and took away nearly 40 people and more than 30 large animals. The number of people killed is beyond calculation. .

Therefore, when Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, the local gentry might praise and support them, but for the common people, there was only hatred and fleeing.Jiannu might treat those gentry kindly, but he certainly would not treat them kindly, because the gentry can sell their country, but the common people have no country to sell.

Except for those people in the capital who were reluctant to part with their family property and fled to the countryside for refuge, those who wanted to flee chose to go south with the Dashun Army. Naturally, they would not have any resistance to the management of the Dashun Army.Because the original officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty came forward to organize and manage them, and the ships were also controlled by the Dashun Army, unless they ignored their family, they had to accept the arrangement of the Dashun Army.

Of course, the military discipline of the Dashun Army since it left Beijing has also won the trust of these civilians. Those women who were separated were not violated by the soldiers. The same is true for the generals of the Dashun Army.Therefore, after arriving in Tianjin, many civilians took the initiative to entrust their family to the women's camp.

On the afternoon of the 2th, Li Zicheng bid farewell to Liu Zongmin and other generals. They will lead the [-]nd division of cavalry and more than [-] infantry as the second route army, as the backing of Zuo Guangxian and others.At the time of parting, Liu Zongmin still hesitated, and he suggested to Li Zicheng again that he should stay in the rear of the palace, and Li Zicheng would lead the Second Route Army to go first.

Li Zicheng who was standing at the city gate looked at the generals on the left and right, then smiled and said to Liu Zongmin: "When it comes to leading troops to fight, of course Jiexuan is stronger than you, so I hope you can open the way for the army. It is necessary to let our army go south unimpeded.

And in terms of peace of mind, is there a more suitable candidate here than me?As long as I am here, the Qing army and the Sangui army will not cross me to chase you, and our army will not be disturbed.Otherwise, as long as the enemy army sends a few cavalry around in front of the central army, the rear army will be in chaos.If this army cannot go south in its entirety, wouldn't it be a dead end for Guangzhen to go south alone? "

Liu Zongmin had no choice but to assure Li Zicheng: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely remove the obstacles for the army to go south, and never let anyone hinder the army going south."

Li Zicheng also said to him: "I am aware of Jiexuan's ability, but you also have to make good use of those former Ming generals and local gentry who surrendered to us, and the old brothers who followed us in the South and North Wars. You can save as much as you can." Save some..."

After sending away Liu Zongmin and others, Li Zicheng who returned to the governor's office in the city asked Li Laiheng to call Chen Yuanyuan.Of course, this time it was not for her to play the piano for himself, but to talk to her about something serious.

Seeing Chen Yuanyuan walk into the study, Li Zicheng said to her in a gentle tone, "Sit down and talk."

Chen Yuanyuan glanced at the layout of the study, and after saying a blessing to him, she picked a chair on the right side of Li Zicheng and sat down.The contact with Li Zicheng these days made Chen Yuanyuan realize that although Li Zicheng doesn't know how to recite poems and paint, he is not annoying when he treats others. At least he treats women with respect. Much less pretense.

After seeing her sit down, Li Zicheng said frankly: "The women's camp is now well managed, and the Xu Shanchi you recommended is indeed a talent."

Xu Shanchi is Gu Hengbo, Gong Dingzi's concubine. When he retreated from the capital, Li Zicheng ordered the family members of those officials and gentry to manage the women's camp. Chen Yuanyuan went to manage the women's camp, but Chen Yuanyuan soon recommended him a more suitable candidate, Gu Hengbo.

After Gu Hengbo became the manager of the women's camp, the affairs of the women's camp were finally in order, and Li Zicheng did not hesitate to praise her in front of Chen Yuanyuan.Chen Yuanyuan thanked Li Zicheng for his compliment and said: "Sister Xu is indeed outstanding, but it cannot be said that it is all due to her. Sister Pan's fairness is also the reason why the women's battalion can be disciplined. Of course, if there is no strict order from His Majesty, the women's battalion will not Can’t resist outside harassment.”

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng asked, "Who is this Sister Pan?"

Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Li Zicheng out of the corner of his eye, and found that he was indeed in a daze, so he pointed it out: "It's Fang Mangong's wife."

Seeing that Li Zicheng was still thinking, Chen Yuanyuan had no choice but to explain again: "It's Fang Yizhi. Didn't His Majesty order him to revise "Little Knowledge of Physics" as a textbook for the military academy?"

Only then did Li Zicheng suddenly realize: "These scholars just eat enough to support themselves. They don't need good names, but they insist on using words. I can't always figure out who they are."

Chen Yuanyuan: "..."

After complaining, Li Zicheng glanced at the speechless Chen Yuanyuan, then changed the subject and said, "The main reason I invited you here is to talk to you about something serious. I haven't read any books since I was a child, and I'm dealing with military affairs. That's all right, but it's impossible to govern the country without studying. So, I would like to ask you for a favor."

Chen Yuanyuan declined without thinking: "If your majesty wants to study, you should seek advice from a highly respected scholar. I don't know much about the classics, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to help your majesty."

Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "I didn't intend to ask you about the scriptures. I just want you to choose some women who can understand literature, ink and mathematics to form an organization for me to organize text files and interpret memorials."

Chen Yuanyuan was silent for a long time, then looked at him and asked slowly: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, let the concubine form a ceremonial supervisor composed of women?"

Li Zicheng thought for a moment while resting his chin and said, "Supervisor of Ceremonies? It does sound similar. But the name of Superintendent of Ceremonies doesn't sound very good. Let's call it the Statistics Office."

"It's not a matter of name, is it?" Even Chen Yuanyuan, who has always been calm, couldn't help but groan in her heart, and she had to decline again to Li Zicheng: "Military affairs are probably not for us women to intervene. Go out, I'll wait for these women to be humiliated, and if His Majesty's reputation is damaged, then..."

Li Zicheng interrupted her disapprovingly and said: "How can a few rotten scholars destroy my reputation? If I can't defeat the Qing soldiers and take back Beijing, it will truly be a disaster. All the traditions that hinder me from taking back Beijing should be thrown into the garbage dump." Here, new things that can help me govern the country will be used. What's more, women can't do what eunuchs can do? At least, women's psychology is still sound. Besides, that man was born of…"

Chen Yuanyuan finally failed to resist Li Zicheng's theory, and finally agreed to be the head of the statistics office.So she received the seal from Li Zicheng, and received an armed team of 50 people from Li Laiheng as the defense force of the statistics room.

Standing in her small courtyard, looking at the obedient officers in front of her and the strong servants around her, Chen Yuanyuan finally sighed and said, "Follow me to the women's camp in the north first, and I'll pick some men to come over..."

Although the main force of the women's battalion has been moved to Jinghai, many family members of local gentry were captured when the Shun army went around to hunt down the rebels two days ago, so now there are many more people in the women's battalion.

Faced with Chen Yuanyuan's selection, the family members of these gentry quickly regarded this as a way out, so Chen Yuanyuan quickly selected dozens of educated women in their sixteen to early twenties.Because she was worried that it would bring Li Zicheng a bad reputation, Chen Yuanyuan chose unmarried women.

Chapter 69 Reading

In the back garden of the governor's office in Tianjin, Fang Yizhi knelt on a straw mat in the gazebo, with a short table in front of him, while a group of strong men of five and three sat cross-legged in the open space outside the gazebo. On the ground, just like Fang Yizhi, they had a straw mat under them and a low table in front of them.

It's just that the eyes of these strong men were a little dull, and Fang Yizhi in the pavilion frowned and said to them: "Beijing is 260 miles from Tianjin. Let the infantry walk 10 miles per hour, and the cavalry walk 20 miles per hour. If there are two troops of infantry and cavalry starting from Beijing, how long should the infantry arrive in Tianjin at the same time as the cavalry?"

Sitting in the first row, Ma Bao took the best position, just under the shade of the trees outside the gazebo. As long as he raised his head, he could meet Fang Yizhi in the gazebo, but the one who could single-handedly charge towards the enemy Ma Bao didn't even have the courage to raise his head now, he stared at the white paper spread flat on the table in front of him, his mind was as clean as this white paper.

Sitting in the gazebo, Fang Yizhi glanced at the 4 to 50 strong men outside the gazebo. Except for a few people who were writing hard, most of them were lost in thought like Ma Bao, and he couldn't help feeling distracted. Thinking, why would I sit here and teach such a group of students?

The School of the Military Academy is something that Emperor Yongchang came up with on the way to withdraw his troops from Shanhaiguan. More than 40 young military academies under the age of 25 were selected from the middle and grassroots of the army to be educated by him. And Ma Bao.

Those in charge of educating them were: Fang Yizhi, Zuo Lan, Gong Dingzi, Wei Xuelian, Han Lin, Wei Shengmin, and Emperor Yongchang himself.Among these people are the disciples of generals such as Zuo Yi, talented scholars who have read poetry and books, great Confucianists who have learned both Chinese and Western cultures, and even an old official who manages grain transportation in Tongzhou.

The Military School, as the name suggests, naturally cannot be separated from the army's study, so this group of young generals formed an independent team in the Guards.To be honest, the young generals who survived the peasant army who fought for years were not good at anything. Coupled with the experience of fighting with the imperial court, these warriors began to despise the powerless literati.

Unrecognizable literati such as Gong Dingzi, Fang Yizhi, and Wei Xuelian naturally found it difficult to be respected by these young generals.At the beginning, these students only listened to the courses they liked, such as Han Lin who liked to tell stories in class, and Zuo Yan who could tell some real things in class. For other people's courses, they almost became seminars. Chatting about the mountains.

However, this happy life came to an end when Li Zicheng returned to the army. After arriving in Tianjin, the Dashun Army finally had free time to make adjustments. I placed the class location not far from my own residence, and began to adjust the teaching content of the teachers.

And this kind of adjustment of the class content is to strengthen the content of the mathematics course, and put mathematics and literacy into the basic education content, and must be 100% qualified.For these young generals, knowing a few words, listening to stories, and expanding their knowledge is what they think of the meaning of going to school, but mathematics requires brains, and it is not suitable for them who like to do it.

But obviously, Li Zicheng hoped that they could use their brains more, so he rejected the proposals of these young generals to modify the curriculum, and decided to personally serve as the principal of the military school, saying that in the future, he would teach everyone a lesson every month. field exam.As a result, these young generals became honest when they were in class.

It's just that Fang Yizhi doesn't think this kind of change in the classroom is useful. Mathematics has nothing to do with classroom discipline. If you can't, you won't.Of course, what annoyed him the most was that a rebel leader like Li Zicheng, who had become a monk halfway, accused him of having little knowledge of physics, and that he could only read it as a novel without revising it.

To be honest, the surrender to the Dashun Army was just due to the situation. In fact, Fang Yizhi was not willing to serve Li Zicheng.In his opinion, teaching these officers of the Dashun Army could not be regarded as serving Li Zicheng, so he was also loyal to his duty and did not do it perfunctorily.However, Li Zicheng's criticism of his little knowledge of physics hurt his self-esteem a little.

However, in the discussions with Li Zicheng several times, Fang Yizhi was at a disadvantage.Li Zicheng sneered at the theory of ghosts and gods, which made Fang Yizhi blush. Although he believed in Buddhism with his aunt since he was a child, he had to admit that many so-called weirdnesses can be explained in the process of studying natural science. and artificially reproduced.

Li Zicheng said in his exchange on the theory of ghosts and gods that he remembered deeply, "We regard the weirdness that we don't understand as the work of ghosts and gods. In the final analysis, we know too little about the world. We should be like Shennong. To study and understand the world we live in like a hundred herbs can inspire the wisdom of the people, let the people learn this knowledge to transform the world, and thus overcome ignorance.

We often push what we don't understand to ghosts and gods, so what is the difference between us and those barbarians who drink blood?The reason why the Three Emperors and Five Emperors are great is that they led the ignorant people at that time to understand what the world is, and led the people to transform the world so that it is suitable for human existence.Therefore, knowledge that cannot promote social progress is useless knowledge.Can the theory of ghosts and gods promote social progress? "

In the discussion of physics and mathematics, Li Zicheng's knowledge far exceeds those of the Jesuit priests.Fang Yizhi had to admit that maybe some people's talents in this world were given by God.Although they didn't meet Li Zicheng many times, Fang Yizhi and his colleagues no longer dared to regard Li Zicheng as an ignorant reckless man.

If Li Zicheng is compared with Chongzhen, the latter also has not received a complete education, but Fang Yizhi believes that Li Zicheng obviously respects knowledge more than Chongzhen.

Because Chongzhen's eagerness to learn refers to the knowledge in the old system, Chongzhen's interest in new knowledge from the West is actually resistance rather than curiosity, which can be seen from the compilation process of Chongzhen's new calendar.If Chongzhen was really interested in new knowledge, then the Chongzhen New Calendar could have been completed and issued long ago.

But Li Zicheng is completely different. He is interested in any new knowledge and tries to make use of it. The criticism of the little knowledge of physics is actually Li Zicheng's expectation of this book is too high.Therefore, although Fang Yizhi was quite dissatisfied in his heart, this dissatisfaction was mainly due to his dissatisfaction, not his rejection of Li Zicheng's criticism.

It's just that Fang Yizhi didn't realize when he was thinking about how to revise his little knowledge of physics when he was distracted in class. Now he is not as resistant to working for Li Zicheng as he was at the beginning.

When the students and the teacher were distracted, someone suddenly shouted in surprise: "I figured it out. The infantry had to leave 13 hours in advance before they could arrive in Tianjin with the cavalry."

Fang Yizhi who was awakened couldn't help curling his lips, disapproving of the student's yelling, he could figure out such a problem at the age of eight.As for the others, they all turned their eyes to the yelling classmates, and it seemed that everyone's eyes were a little unkind.

Just when the student put down his raised hand awkwardly under the gaze of the surrounding people, everyone suddenly heard another voice, "Have you figured it out? What is the subject, Zhang Li?"

Hearing such a familiar voice, the officers sitting there hurriedly got up and saluted the visitor, saying, "I...greetings to Your Majesty."

Li Zicheng walked up to Zhang Li and asked the question clearly, he patted him on the shoulder and said: "During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a general named Lu Meng who, although courageous, didn't like to study. Later, under the encouragement of Sun Quan, he studied hard." One day Lu Su went to visit him, and after talking with him, he was very surprised, so there was a story: "Scholar farewell for three days, we should treat each other with admiration." Zhang Li, you make me look at you with admiration. Zhang Li is studying."

Li Zicheng's praise of Zhang Li did not arouse other people's admiration for Zhang Li. On the contrary, it greatly aroused some people's dissatisfaction. , How can you judge superiority by reading."

Although the others did not dare to applaud Ma Bao blatantly, they all paid attention to Ma Bao, as if they were praising him for being right.After Ma Bao finished speaking, he actually regretted a little. It was hard for him to get Li Zicheng's appreciation, so he naturally didn't want to lose Li Zicheng's favor because of such a sentence.

But Li Zicheng didn't get angry when he heard these words, he just looked at Ma Bao quietly for a few seconds, and he lowered his head, before he asked aloud, "Ma Bao, I want to ask you, what is a real man?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ma Bao, who was unwilling to back down, could only bite the bullet and say: "To kill the general and seize the flag, to intimidate the three armies, is a real man."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and asked again: "Then Lu Bu and Yue Fei, who can be called a real husband?"

Ma Bao replied without thinking: "Of course it is Yue Fei, Lord Yue."

Li Zicheng then asked again: "Why? Couldn't Lu Bu kill the general and capture the flag to intimidate the three armies?"

Ma Bao hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said: "How can Lu Bu's family slaves be compared with Yue Wumu, who is devoted to serving the country?"

Li Zicheng looked at Ma Bao and nodded, "Indeed, although Lu Bu is brave, he can't be called a man in front of Yue Wumu. I've heard such a story:

In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Zhou Chu. When he was young, he was extremely physically strong and liked to go hunting. However, because he did not practice meticulously and indulged in wanton desires, he was not liked by the villagers.

When this person got older, he had the idea of ​​reforming his mistakes, so he asked his elders about the evils in the county.The elders said: "The white-fronted ferocious beast in Nanshan came down the long bridge, and the sons were three."Zhou Chu made a promise to his elders that he would get rid of these three evils for the county.

So Zhou Chu went to Nanshan Mountain to shoot and kill ferocious beasts, and threw water to fight dragons. After getting rid of these two evils, Zhou Chu went to Wudi to visit Er Lu, a famous scholar at that time, and said to Lu Yun: "It's time for self-education. I'm afraid there will be no time.

Lu Yun replied: "The ancients valued changes in the morning and evening, and you have a good future. If you fail to establish your ambitions, why worry about your reputation! Zhou is studying hard and eventually becoming a generation of famous generals." "

After talking about Zhou Chu's story, Li Zicheng looked around at the people around him, and then he said loudly: "The so-called big man should understand the truth and benefit one side, instead of using force to bully the weak. If we don't understand this principle, we will be the same as entering the pass. What's the difference between killing and looting slaves and robbers? Only by reading can you understand. I don't judge by reading, but by theory. Can you understand?"

Chapter 70 The Qing Army Moved

After educating the selected students, Li Zicheng pointed to the two people behind him and said to Fang Yizhi, who was lost in thought: "This is Ye Yunlin and Ma Shitai, who are newly enrolled. Ye Yunlin was a scholar when he joined our army. Teacher Fang say hello."

After hearing this, Ye Yunlin and Ma Shitai behind Li Zicheng immediately stepped forward and bowed to Fang Yizhi. Han Lin, who witnessed the scene of Li Zicheng educating students, couldn't help sighing to Wei Xuelian and Wu Erxun beside a bamboo forest more than ten steps away: "Although the lord has not studied yet, his thoughts are already close to the way."

Wu Erxun said bluntly: "If the Lord has such an understanding, then we will still have a chance to return to Beijing."

Wei Xuelian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I just don't know if the people in Nandu will accept the situation where the north and the south stand side by side. If you can't gain a firm foothold when you go south, and the people in Nandu are bewitched by Sangui again, our army will be in a dire situation."

At this time Li Zicheng had already seen the three people beside the bamboo forest, so Han Lin stopped chatting with them and walked forward quickly.After the three of them greeted Li Zicheng, Han Lin said to Li Zicheng, "It's good that the master is here. I just want to report to the master about the geographical survey in and outside Tianjin."

Li Zicheng looked at the people around him, and said to Han Lin, "Let them continue the class, let's talk in the kiosk over there."

After Li Zicheng said hello to Fang Yizhi, he took Han Lin and others to another small pavilion beside the pond in the west. There were tables and chairs in the pavilion, which just accommodated four people. Sit down and talk.

Li Zicheng called the four of them to sit down, but seeing the three of them hesitate and refused to sit down, he beckoned and said, "Sit down and talk. If you stand there, I will look up at you. I don't need it in Dashun." There are so many useless rules, right now I am too busy fighting to take care of them, and I will change all these broken rules when I am free in the future."

Although Han Lin converted to Catholicism, he still found it difficult to accept Li Zicheng's remarks, so he replied in a low voice: "Rites cannot be abolished, and this is the norm."

Li Zicheng retorted disapprovingly: "Xia Qi abolished the abdication system and changed the hereditary system. What kind of etiquette is it? Zhou Gong stipulated rituals and music instead of the abdication system. What kind of etiquette is it? The emperor of Zhou is still alive, but Confucius talks about etiquette with the princes. What is this? What is it?

Ritual and music determine order rather than rules. Rules can be abolished but order cannot be abolished.The world is already in chaos and still clinging to the rules. Isn't this just asking for a sword? "