Dashun Yongchang

A person next to him retorted: "Where are copper mines so easy to find? If overseas copper mines are really so easy to find, someone has already mined them. Those southern maritime merchants have been running to Nanyang all the year round, so they want to bring copper coins from China In the past, I never heard of bringing copper back. Japan has heard that there is a big copper mountain, but they may not be willing to mine it for us, the Japanese pirates are too fierce, and the Marshal’s Mansion may not be able to fight."

Another person said quietly: "No matter how fierce the Japanese pirates are, they were not defeated by us in North Korea. The question is whether the Marshal's Mansion can build western plywood ships. Can't fly from the sky..."

Seeing that the emotions of the members of the lower hall were finally mobilized by him, Li Zicheng finally stopped and started drinking tea.Next, as long as these greedy congressmen invest money in the Lianghuai Salt Industry Company, then it is impossible for Huai'an to betray him. Who would betray his debtor?

Chapter 154

Sitting next to Li Zicheng, Lu Zhenfei was in a very complicated mood. Although he was not the representative of a gentleman who was ashamed of talking about his interests, he also disapproved of such a way of nakedly putting interests on the table for discussion.

Especially when he saw these congressmen discussing the prospects of the salt company, they were more active than before discussing how to resist the slaves going south, which made him feel even more corrupted.

He couldn't help but said to Li Zicheng, who was still watching the congressmen, "There are gentlemen who admire China in overseas countries. If your majesty is doing this now, isn't it afraid that these overseas gentlemen who admire China will be disappointed in China and then turn their backs on China? "

Li Zicheng turned his head to look at him, and said with a surprised face: "Ever since Emperor Wanli sent Pan and Wu and others who had fled back to China to the Spaniards for punishment, and after the Spaniards massacred Luzon Chinese, he used Luzon as a long-term friend to merchants, No matter my people, I can't bear to add punishment... Among the four peoples in China, merchants are the most humble. How can they use the untouchables as an excuse to start a military revolution? After giving up the crusade against the Spaniards, there are no gentlemen who admire China overseas.

But in the current situation, if these rich people are not allowed to take out their money to find a way for the poor to survive, they must either kill all the poor who cannot support them to restore social order, or let the rich hand over their property and share with the poor. Communism, otherwise the war will continue until the output of this land can feed everyone.

Or, Mr. Lu, do you have any better ideas?Like the Donglin Party, the idea of ​​persuading ordinary people to starve to death obediently at home and not disturbing social order should not be mentioned. I have already proved that this road will not work. "

Lu Zhenfei remained silent. Facing an immoral superior, it is obviously useless to talk about morality. Naturally, he would not do such a futile thing.On the contrary, Wang Fan, who was sitting next to him, understood Li Zicheng's thoughts because he was not in the game. He whispered in Lu Zhenfei's ear: "Liu Zeqing, Denglaijun, and Liu Liangzuo, many of them are not good at fighting. But it is very skillful to harm the common people.

Keeping them in the army will break the discipline of the army, and putting them in the local area will be the source of disaster, and there is no reason to detain them all the time. It is better to take this opportunity to send these people overseas.No matter how they wreak havoc on the overseas country, or they are culled by the overseas country, it is a good thing for Dashun..."

Just when the officials around Li Zicheng lowered their heads and whispered to each other, seeing that the congressmen below were discussing about their proposals, Li Zicheng picked up the gavel and tapped it, and then said: "Be quiet, fellow congressmen, my words It's not over yet.

We just talked about how to provide more jobs and raise wages for workers.Next, let's continue to talk about how to provide better environment for urban residents, so that laborers can enjoy urban public services in Huai'an that they cannot enjoy elsewhere, so as to reduce their daily expenses and make them more happy to live and work in Huai'an.

As I said before, the basic needs of people are nothing more than food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Whether it is a high-ranking emperor or a farmer buried in the loess, they all need to solve their own clothing, food, housing, and transportation problems.

Then we go deep into a person's basic necessities of life, we will find that farmers in the countryside like to make everything by themselves, except for salt, ironware, porcelain, sugar and other items that they cannot make by themselves, they need to exchange them from the market.

But this is not the case for a person’s basic necessities of life in the city. They use their work to exchange for work and food silver, and then use the work and food silver to buy food, clothes or cloth in the market. Housing in the city is rented.

That is to say, for a city dweller, earning and spending money are the main activities in his daily life.Compared with one episode every ten days in the countryside, urban residents go to the market almost every day, which simply means spending money.

Some of our congressmen here have large manors in the countryside. Although they live in the city, their lives are actually no different from those in the countryside.Why is there no difference, because almost all the materials he consumes in the city are sent from the country manor, and have nothing to do with the city's market.

I'm not trying to criticize this phenomenon, I'm just using it as an example.That is, if you want to live in the city and enjoy the leisurely life in the countryside, you must first have a manor large enough to produce and deliver all the common materials you need daily.When you are enjoying the products from the country manor, you will be responsible for the additional expenses incurred for your food, clothing, housing and transportation in the city, so you will naturally not feel that this is a service fee.

But for most urban residents, they don't have such a country manor that can supply themselves, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation have to be solved through the market.In order to solve the additional costs of food, clothing, housing and transportation for these urban residents, it is actually the cost of services that urban residents need to pay.

If we analyze it in more detail, the Statistics Department has a survey report in this area. Members who are interested can purchase it from the Statistics Department. I will not talk about the process, because it is too cumbersome.

So I will say a conclusion that the service fees paid by most urban residents are higher than the services they enjoy. Additional premium, which is passed on to urban residents.

Because of the unreasonable setting of education and medical facilities, many urban residents have to pay higher than normal prices to purchase the services they need.Urban law and order problems have caused unsmooth economic activities, directly increasing the living costs of urban residents, and so on.

However, if the government takes the lead in organizing and constructing all aspects of the city, the service expenditure of urban residents can be greatly reduced, and even better services can be enjoyed at a lower price. I base this on improving the living standards of urban residents The urban construction of the city is called the city's public service, and this kind of public service is also the meaning of the people's taxation.

In my opinion, the reason why a city can be called a city is because the residents of this city can enjoy the public services provided by the city management departments such as schools, hospitals, police stations, city halls, and post offices. Not because it has a wall.

Although the conditions of Huai'an City are much better than other northern cities, it still cannot be called a complete city because its urban management is not perfect.The magistrates and county magistrates appointed by the imperial court only focus on the annual land tax collection and the number of criminal cases. Although the gentry can initiate some water conservancy repairs, road and bridge construction, they don’t care about the living conditions of the people at the bottom..."

After these days of laying the groundwork, the Huai'an councilors here really listened to Li Zicheng's words, and felt that his criticisms of Huai'an City were really for the good of Huai'an, not for other purposes.And Li Zicheng wasn't talking empty words. After he talked about a lot of shortcomings in Huai'an city, he turned to mentioning: "Marshal Du's mansion fined a sum of money a few days ago. I thought this money would be used first. Regarding the construction of Huai'an City, I suggest that members of the Council elect a Huai'an City Construction Management Committee to be responsible for the implementation of the use of this money.

In order to let everyone know exactly how much the fine was and where it was used, I will publish the source of the fine on Dashun Times.The projects approved by the committee and the use of funds will also be published in the Daming Times, subject to the supervision of the people of Huai'an..."

Some congressmen are very interested in the money that Li Zicheng said, and it is not common to be able to use the money of the court to build places; some congressmen expressed their expectation for the public use of funds. Some people's pockets are not on the project; some MPs feel uncomfortable because their contribution is included in the fine.

After a meeting in Huxin Temple, all Huai'an gentry and rich merchants who attended the meeting paid fines, but most of them were unconvinced and thought that they had no reason to be fined, so they described Li Zicheng's fine as a blackmail benefit.

Although this kind of private slander can't bring any substantial harm to Li Zicheng, at least Li Zicheng's reputation among the people has declined. After all, those who speak ill of Li Zicheng are famous people in the village, and everyone naturally believes in themselves people, not outsiders.

But when Li Zicheng announced that he would use the money for urban construction in Huai'an, and announced the source of these fines, the slander they had previously spread among the people really became a smear.The people in Huai'an who have benefited from Li Zicheng may find it hard to believe the rumors that Li Zicheng blackmailed them, and even despise them.Because standing opposite a good person must be a bad person.

The black and white way of thinking of the people was used by them to deal with Li Zicheng before, and now they may have to pay the price for it.When their names appear on this fine list, it is estimated that their reputation in the village will be ruined in the future.

Li Zicheng didn't bother to care about the ulterior motives of these councilors. He looked at the time and announced that today's meeting discussion was over. He told all councilors that they can communicate. The Huai'an Construction Management Committee will be formally elected tomorrow morning, and then the committee will take the lead. Discussion on urban construction of Huai'an.

Li Zicheng left from the side door of the meeting hall, and suddenly two young scholars came up behind him. He motioned for Li Laiheng to bring the two of them over, and asked them, "Who are you? What do you want to tell me?"

The young scholar on the left raised his head and said first, "It is the foreign minister who wants to ask His Majesty a question. This is Wang Qitian, the foreign minister's friend. He just wants to ask the foreign minister to go back."

Li Zicheng looked at the two of them, and found that the man on the right kept calm although his face turned pale, so he asked the scholar on the left: "Oh, then who are you, and what do you want to ask me? "

The young scholar on the left bowed to Li Zicheng and replied: "The foreign minister is from Kunshan, his surname is Gu Mingjiang, and his style is Ning. The foreign minister just wants to ask His Majesty. Your Majesty said so much about interests today. Why? No mention of benevolence and righteousness? If there is no benevolence and righteousness, how can we consolidate the hearts of the people against the barbarians? These people can support His Majesty because of their interests, and they can naturally turn to the barbarians because of their interests."

Chapter 155 The Harm of the Monarch

A name I have never heard of, but he looks good. Li Zicheng's first impression of Gu Jiang flashed in his mind, but he quickly raised the corners of his mouth and said mockingly: "Since you asked such a question If you have a question, then I want to ask you a question, do you know who is the least qualified to talk about benevolence and righteousness in the world?"

Wang Lue and Li Laiheng were still wondering who it was, and Gu Jiang had vaguely guessed who Li Zicheng was talking about, but he was still a little uncertain, because Li Zicheng obviously shouldn't say that in his current capacity.Seeing Gu Jiang remain silent, Li Zicheng asked himself the answer, "It is the emperor. A person who regards the world as his private property, what qualifications does he have to talk about benevolence and righteousness?"

Li Laiheng seemed to understand a little bit, and nodded subconsciously.On the other hand, Wang Lue and Gu Jiang were greatly impacted. If the person who said this was not Li Zicheng, or the Emperor Dashun who had already ascended the throne, then the two of them would not even think about it, but would directly criticize Li Zicheng. Too arrogant and conceited, can Jun father also criticize him?

The scholar-officials in the late Ming Dynasty, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River, did reflect on the monarchy because of the introduction of foreign culture. The new world of the new world, but has also recognized the constraints of the monarchy on the free personality of people.

However, although the literati and bureaucrats have a little awareness of free thinking, they are deeply influenced by Confucianism after all, so they cannot make a completely negative view of the monarchy, and can only attribute the evil of the autocratic monarchy to the emperor's lack of personal morality superior.Therefore, if Wang Lue and Gu Jiang heard someone scolding Chongzhen or Wanli for not being a monarch, they would readily agree, but when Li Zicheng blamed all the crimes on the monarchy itself, they were a little at a loss.

However, Gu Jiang's ability to accept is obviously stronger than that of Wang Lue. After giving up her career, this Kunshan scholar who turned to social investigation and looking for good medicines to cure the Ming Dynasty's maladministration obviously did not think less about the Ming Dynasty's political system on weekdays. The bold remarks gave him a shock, and then he felt that what the other party said was really reasonable and to his liking.

Although Gu Jiang was trying to find a good medicine to cure Ming Dynasty's chronic illness, what he wanted to save was Daming, not the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, before Li Zicheng did not speak out about the evils of the monarchy, Gu Jiang was trying to start with Zhu Xi's theory of Fang Zhen, Use the power of expanding local self-government to correct the dim situation of the Ming court.

Unlike Wang Lue, who felt that the righteousness he believed in was beginning to crumble after hearing this, Gu Jiang, who was struggling to find a prescription for saving the country, was only surprised for a moment before realizing that this might not be a feasible path.He wanted to expand the power of local autonomy, in a sense, he wanted to emptied the monarch and the court. Li Zicheng just pointed out in a straightforward way that the monarch is the root of the world's troubles, which just added a root to his theory. spine.

After Gu Jiang came to her senses, she quickly asked Li Zicheng, "Since this is the case, why does Your Majesty want to fight for this position?"

Li Zicheng tilted his head and looked at Gu Jiang for a few breaths, and then said frankly: "Because I am more honest than others, I will not cover the people's mouths, and then find a group of people's representatives to sing praises for myself. I know very well that the emperor is The existence of oppressing the people, because of this, I will at least be more suitable as the emperor than others, because I at least know how to respect the people, and those people will not."

Gu Jiang's neck was a little stiff, even if he didn't turn his head, he knew that when Li Zicheng mentioned the group of people, he was looking at the meeting hall.After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he looked at the stiff expressions on the faces of the two chasing scholars, and he could only shake his head and said: "Look at the world, if I tell the truth, you can't accept it, and you still have to catch up to find me!" I ask these silly questions. Since you have no more questions, so be it."

Seeing that Li Zicheng turned around and wanted to leave, Gu Jiang, who was a little stiff, gritted her teeth and asked the last question, "Since your majesty thinks the emperor is so bad, why don't you just abolish the emperor and fully revive the Zhou Zhao republic system?"

Li Zicheng turned back, looked at Gu Jiang carefully, and then said with a little approval: "It's a bit insightful to be able to ask such a question. Seeing that you are not young, are you interested in coming to the Marshal?" Government work?"

After being silent for a few seconds, Gu Jiang said: "If Your Majesty's answer can inspire Ning Ren, then Ning Ren would really like to be by His Majesty's side to see what kind of Da Shun His Majesty wants to establish. .”

Li Zicheng smiled slightly, raised his head and nodded in the direction of the meeting hall, and then said meaningfully: "It's not that I want this emperor, but they need this emperor..."

After following Li Zicheng into the small gate of the inner courtyard, Li Laiheng couldn't help but asked Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, didn't those people directly face the people? If they have no morals, even if they are issued by the Marshal's Mansion The order will also be changed beyond recognition by them, right?"

Li Zicheng, who was walking in front, did not stop, and said without hesitation: "Don't talk about me, even they can't guarantee their own morality. Rely on the land to restrain the peasants, and let those peasants contribute most of the fruits of their labor to the To myself, this is the landlord’s way of life. With such a way of life, how can you persuade the tiger to stop eating meat and become a vegetarian? Let the peasants eat more, and the landlord will not eat less.”

Li Laiheng followed Li Zicheng for a dozen steps in silence, before he asked in confusion: "Is there no way to punish these landlords and squires? If everything is the same as before, wouldn't so many people die in vain?"

Li Zicheng finally stopped and turned to look at Li Laiheng for a long time. Only then did he realize that there were still many orphans like Li Laiheng in the peasant army. Some of them might not even remember what their parents were like, but He always hated the landlords and gentry who oppressed his own family. This was also the reason why Dashun's policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing wages was supported by most people in the army.

He stretched out his right hand and patted Li Laiheng's shoulder, and said to this young man with a somewhat childish face: "The landlord class will eventually die out, so we don't need to consider raising the status of a class that is bound to die out." Moral standards. What we have to consider is how to replace them with a more dynamic class."

Li Laiheng seemed to understand, but still nodded to Li Zicheng and said: "I am willing to follow Your Majesty to destroy those landlords..."

Coming back from the feudal mansion with Gu Jiang, Wang Lue went back to his small courtyard and changed his clothes. After sitting down and drinking a pot of tea and chatting with his wife for a while, he couldn't calm down, so he got up and walked to Gu Jiang. Jiang's yard, want to talk to this old friend.

As a result, as soon as he entered the yard, he saw Gu Jiang standing in the open space of the yard burning something, he walked up to take a look out of curiosity, then grabbed the paper in Gu Jiang's hand in a panic, and said He also shouted: "Mr. Ning, are you crazy? Isn't this the policy theory you plan to write to the court? When you came here, you told me with great interest that this is the painstaking effort you have made after visiting various places over the years. You Burn them, what is this for?"

Seeing that her friend was about to snatch the paper in her hand, Gu Jiang simply threw the manuscript in her hand into the fire, then walked to the stone table beside her and sat down to pour herself a cup of herbal tea, then said relaxedly: " After burning them, I felt that a layer of shackles had been removed from my body.

When I was visiting around, I always felt that this Ming Dynasty was already seriously ill, so I thought about writing something to build up for the court.Unexpectedly, Beijing had already fallen before the text was written.Later, Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne in Nandu, so he thought about sending these writings to the new dynasty to have a look, so as to give advice to the new emperor.

Hehe, "On the Military System", "On the Situation", "On Tian Gong", and "On the Law of Qian" are really very bold.However, after being taught by Emperor Yongchang today, I realized that I am a quack doctor. Daming's illness is not on the outside but on the inside, but I am counting on internal diseases to be treated externally.If these superficial words are handed over to Nandu, it will only mislead the ministers of Nandu and waste their energy in vain.

What Emperor Yongchang said was correct. If you want to save Daming, you must first limit the power of the monarch.Because, the world is the master, and the king is the guest.If the interests of the people of the world and the interests of the monarch cannot be separated, then no matter what policies are formulated to benefit the people of the world, they will eventually be destroyed by the selfishness of the monarch.So, what significance do these four theories have for Daming? "

After working for a long time, Wang Lue saved less than one-third of the manuscripts. He looked at the incomplete manuscripts in his hand. Although he felt that what his old friend said was right, he was still reluctant to throw these words into the fire.In his opinion, what Gu Jiang said may be reasonable, but these words are still precious, after all, he can't write these articles that help the country and the world.

He took the manuscript and walked to one side of the stone table and sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea, but seeing Gu Jiang's eyes, he quickly moved the manuscript on the table to the other side, and warned: " Brother Ning, since you don’t want it anymore, I snatched it out of the fire, so it’s naturally mine.”

Seeing Wang Lue's vigilant look, Gu Jiang smiled, picked up the porcelain pot and poured a cup of tea for him and herself, then let out a long breath and said, "Keep it if you want it, and see for yourself That's fine, don't spread it to the outside world. Today I feel that I have gained a lot, and these four essays seem to be written naively, and they are really not worth mentioning."

Wang Lue drank a few sips of tea in peace of mind, and then asked curiously: "Are you really planning to go to the Marshal's Mansion to do something? Then what about Nandu? Or are you planning to serve the prince?"

Gu Jiang looked up at the sky, and it was no different from Kunshan, the sky was the same blue.After contemplating for a while, he lowered his head and said, "I'm not in a hurry about allegiance or anything. I just want to see how effective this council can be? What kind of Dashun Emperor Yongchang intends to create? Otherwise, if we run around for a long time, we can only restore a Da Ming that is no different from the past, and when we encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, this Da Ming will also perish..."

Chapter 156

On August 8, Prince Zhu Cihong arrived at Qingjiangpu with a water and land team consisting of thousands of officials from the Empress Zigong, Wenhua Palace and guards, and arrived at the North Gate of Huai'an at noon on the second day.

Tens of thousands of people dressed in plain clothes greeted the Empress Zigong and the Crown Prince outside the north gate. Seeing the people who lined the road to welcome him, Zhu Cilang was immediately moved and said to his elder sister, "People in Huai'an still remember their father."

Lu Wang Zhu Yihai, who went to Qingjiangpu to meet Zhu Cilang on behalf of Li Zicheng, could only keep silent when he heard the innocent conversation between the two siblings.Zhu Yihai, who escaped the fate of being captured by the Qing army by hiding among the dead, was obviously more mature than the younger two siblings.After all, in order to avoid the peasant army, he had to flee south to the southern area of ​​Lunan, and met all kinds of people who had never been in contact with the palace before.

He didn't think that Li Zicheng really had the idea of ​​restoring Daming, but he also admitted that Li Zicheng's treatment of the prince and the clan was not as harsh as the rumors said.But now, the prince and eldest princess in Li Zicheng's army can still maintain such an optimistic attitude, which shows that they are indeed treated preferentially rather than being held under house arrest.

These Huai'an people went out of the city to meet the Emperor's Empress Zigong, with only mournful expressions on their faces, and only a few people from the Shun Army to maintain order, which showed that they had accepted the rule of Dashun, and they only felt sorry for Emperor Daxing. He didn't miss Daming at all.This is how King Lu observed the crowd.

But he looked at his siblings who were crying, and remained silent after all.In such a situation, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness, not to mention that during his days in exile, the so-called loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty he met were actually not as bright and upright as Emperor Yongchang.

Emperor Yongchang had always held the banner of rebellion at least, and those loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty regarded his clan as a rare commodity to live in, and regarded him as the source of trouble for a while, which was really capricious.As far as this is concerned, life under Li Zicheng is much simpler. What should be done and what should not be done, he has already drawn the red line.

Although he had just voted for Li Zicheng, Zhu Yihai already felt that his current life was good, at least better than the precarious life he had before, and there were far fewer people around him who had ulterior motives for him.After all, he is only King Lu, and the crown prince is much more valuable than him, so as long as the crown prince is fine, he will be safe.

Thinking of this, he was unwilling to puncture the beautiful picture imagined in the prince's heart. Is it purely a deed that harms others and does not benefit oneself.Standing outside the city gate, Lu Zhenfei, Huai'an officials, and country gentry watched the hearse representing the emperor Daxing slowly approaching, and for a moment couldn't help but knelt on the ground and wailed bitterly. Originally, they were just ordinary people standing by the side of the road in silent mourning They, at this time, followed and began to cry.

Gu Jiang and Wang Lue knelt beside the road, although tears were streaming down their faces, they didn't utter any mournful sounds.In the past two days, after reading through the various proclamations issued by Emperor Yongchang, mainly the various proclamations after Shanhaiguan, Gu Jiang felt that the demise of Daming was not the result of treachery, but that the dynasty had come to an end, and manpower was scarce. redeemed.

And he further confirmed that there should be a real writer behind Li Zicheng, who should be a great Confucian who surrendered to Dashun when Li Zicheng entered Beijing.

Because before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, although the proclamation issued by Dashun was gorgeous in rhetoric, the content was still something about the rotation of dynasties.

Although there are sentences such as "the monarch is not very dark, isolated and concealed; ministers do their best, and they are less loyal than the party and public." But it does not deviate from the category of the monarch and ministers.Its intention is to maintain the ethics of the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Principles in order to establish Dashun.

Although the proclamation issued by Li Zicheng emphasized that Dashun is to maintain a stable society, the Dashun army’s policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing salaries violated this proclamation, allowing the gentry of the world to find two excuses to attack Li Zicheng. One is to gain the country and not to be righteous.It is needless to say that there is no truth in your words. This wrongness of winning the country is precisely because of Li Zicheng's statement trying to maintain Gangchang ethics. Since Gangchang ethics is an unchangeable truth, then you, Li Zicheng, rebelled and became emperor, which violated this. one truth.If you can do it, why can't others?

Therefore, when Li Zicheng continued to pursue stolen goods from officials and gentry after he entered Beijing, the gentry who already hated the Peasant Army immediately set off a public opinion campaign against Dashun.In the final analysis, he also saw through that Li Zicheng had no program for the founding of the country, and only planned Dashun according to the image of Ming Dynasty. If that was the case, then who would not be more qualified than Li Zicheng to restore a real Ming Dynasty?Why let a traitor become emperor?

But after returning from Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng's proclamations began to be completely different from before.Not only did the words of the proclamation become colloquial, so that ordinary people in the market could understand them, the content of the proclamation also abandoned the previous idea of ​​trying to restore the normal order of Ming Dynasty, but turned itself into a spokesperson for the interests of the people, claiming that Dashun It is the Dashun of the people, not the country and society of one family and one surname.

These proclamations immediately won the hearts of a group of scholars who were disappointed with the Ming Dynasty, and also made the people who suffered from the Ming system start to look forward to Dashun to relieve their pain.It can be said that these proclamations truly laid the foundation for Dashun's rule.The previous Dashun was nothing more than a group of rebellious peasants and a group of scholars who had no hope for Da Ming, forming a loose union.

The reason why Gu Jiang thinks this is a loose union is that Li Zicheng's proclamation and the actions of the Dashun Army are completely inconsistent, which means that there is no real integration between the scholars and the peasant army, thus forming a common interest group.From this point of view, the retreat of the former peasant army in Shanhaiguan was actually a wise choice, because it is difficult for such a military and political group with internal disunity to fight a decisive battle with the Manchu Qing with the same goal.

From Beijing to Huai'an, Li Zicheng's proclamations along the way have been strengthening the concept that Dashun is the people's Dashun, which also makes those gentry who are against the king and father lose the support of the people.Because the enmity between the ruler and the father can be used to stimulate the emotions of the people for a while, but the people must not be allowed to go hungry to fight against the Dashun army.

Just like the Dashun army shouted for three years of exemption every time they went to a place. Although the people were happy, they would not follow Dashun to fight for it.Because the three-year exemption cannot improve the suffering of the people at the bottom, they also have to pay rent to the landlord.Only a few areas have adopted the policy of distributing land to farmers, which can be considered to have won the sincere support of local farmers.

After Li Zicheng arrived in Xuzhou, he began to implement the land reform and policies such as land sharing into mu, and fire consumption returning to the public, which really won the support of the local people for Dashun, because the local people really benefited from Dashun.Even Gu Jiang who supported Daming, after reading these proclamations, felt that Dashun really deserved the support of the people, because Dashun was really trying to improve the lives of the people at the bottom and try to alleviate their suffering.Instead of blindly wooing gentry to maintain the rule of imperial power.

This change in the country's founding policy is obviously not something that ordinary scholars who are trying to rebuild the moral order can make.And such a proclamation did show the new atmosphere of a new dynasty, and it began to make some people really start to face up to the change of Ming and Shun, instead of being trapped in the old Ming order.

For example, Huaian scholars like Wang Lue still have a nostalgia for Daming, but this nostalgia is more like a nostalgia for his childhood life, rather than dissatisfaction with his current life.After all, no one would miss the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period. What everyone missed was the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period. In Daming at that time, ordinary people still had a good life.

Although the current Dashun is still difficult to compare with the Wanli period, at least it has brought a new order to the local area, which is in line with the previous life of being looted by the rebels, and even some wealthy families could not avoid the life of their female relatives being insulted by the rebels. By the way, under Dashun's rule, at least they can still get basic social security, which is already very good.

Therefore, the people of Huai'an integrated the Zi Palace of the prince and the empress into Huai'an city with a sad but not sad mood, and no trouble occurred.When the crown prince was welcomed into the feudal mansion, no, the signs of the Marshal's Mansion and the Huai'an Chamber of Commerce had already been put up, and the common people dispersed quietly, no one tried to jump out to make trouble.

Standing in the second hall, Li Zicheng saw Zhu Cihong entering the yard surrounded by King Lu, Chen Mingxia, Li Shichun and others. Seeing Li Zicheng standing on the steps, Zhu Cihong subconsciously stopped and saluted him, and followed him All the people in the room followed the prince and saluted.

Li Zicheng put his hands up, and said to everyone in the yard: "Princess Kunxing, go to the backyard and meet Chen Yuanyuan. If you need anything, you can ask her to arrange it. Li Shichun, go to the front yard and choose a building." At the sacrificial shed, Cihong, Chen Mingxia, and King Lu came up to sit with me, and the others followed Li Laiheng, let's settle down first."

Following Li Zicheng's order, the dozens of officials and gentry who had surrounded the prince in the courtyard dispersed. After Zhu Cihong bid farewell to his sister, he walked up the steps and entered the hall.

The second hall is originally used to receive guests, so the place is not too big, but it is also full of life.Li Zicheng asked a few people to sit down and asked about Zhu Cihong's itinerary along the way, and then he got down to business.

"Our army went south this time relatively smoothly. Not only did it successfully take over places such as Huai'an, Baoying, and Gaoyou, but it also captured Fengyang Mansion along the way. With Huangzhou Mansion controlled by Zuo Liangyu, the land in Jiangbei no longer has the strength of the Ming army to fight against our Dashun.

So now we have to consider the relationship with Nandu.After all, did they cross the river and take Nandu in one go?Or should we sit down and talk to Nandu first?I want to hear your opinion? "

Zhu Cihong immediately replied: "As long as my uncle agrees to let my father be buried next to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, I have no objections."

Seeing this, Chen Mingxia immediately added: "Fufan should abdicate first, otherwise we will not be able to sit down and talk..."

Chapter 157 Physical Units

Chen Mingxia had to be impatient, and managed to get the crown prince's team together. If King Fu continued to be his Hongguang Emperor, wouldn't his relatives and friends in Jiangnan become the thorn in Hongguang Emperor's eyes.

Ever since the Donglin Party members first broke the rules and attacked the political opponents who had already returned home, the political struggles in the late Ming Dynasty began to become bloody.When you have the upper hand, you will not let go of your political opponents, and when you are in a disadvantage, you have to worry about your political opponents killing you.

For example, Ruan Dacheng just used Wei Zhongxian's power to fight back against the leader of the Donglin Party who wanted to break the rules. In fact, he was also a member of the Donglin Party, and with the help of Wei Zhongxian's official position, he resigned after only one month. Retired.

But it was such a small matter, the Donglin party members have been brooding all the time, not only expelled him from the Donglin party, but even if he begged for mercy and paid Zhou Yanru to buy an official, um, the honest and honest Donglin party members Returning to the court, he didn't mind spending money to communicate with the eunuchs in the palace. This is really interesting. The Donglin party members spent eunuch money to buy officials from the eunuchs, but they were still able to criticize Ruan Dacheng righteously.

With the style of the Donglin party members, anyone on the stage wants to beat them to death with a stick to avoid future troubles.Chen Mingxia is a member of the Fushe, and has inextricable relations with the Donglin Party members, and Fu Wang has an enmity with the Donglin Party members, and now he is on the side of the prince, hoping that Emperor Hongguang will not retaliate when he sits on the throne His relatives and friends are counting on Lao Zhu's family to produce a saint.