Dashun Yongchang

But after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that he really didn't need to pay the tuition fee, because the end of Da Leap Forward was there.He doesn't think that the bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty will do better than the intellectuals of later generations. If they produce a pile of substandard iron materials, it will be a waste of precious funds. so easy.

Therefore, Li Zicheng decided after mature consideration: "It is better to build the railway slowly, and not to rush upwards, even if there is a war, you can't just give it a go.

In my opinion, it would be better to study the construction of the blast furnace for two years. The current blast furnace still has many areas to improve. In addition to finding ways to prolong the life of the blast furnace, reducing the amount of coal coke and expanding the capacity of the blast furnace are also research directions. . "

After hearing these suggestions, Wei Xuelian felt that Li Zicheng might be a layman in smelting, so he hesitated and explained: "To prolong the life of the blast furnace and reduce the consumption of coal coke, it is necessary to continuously build blast furnaces to increase experience. As for It may be very difficult to expand the capacity of the blast furnace, and the blast furnace built with bricks and stones will easily collapse if it is enlarged and then fired at a high temperature."

Although Li Zicheng didn't know much about smelting steel, someone saw too many blast furnaces on TV, so he said casually: "Blast furnaces built with masonry can't be enlarged, so we can use steel to make blast furnaces." The outer shell, and then build bricks and stones inside and out, with steel as the skeleton support, will it still collapse?"

Wei Xuelian's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously nodded and said, "Yes, using steel as the shell of the blast furnace can indeed support it. In the past, charcoal was used as fuel, so there is no need to consider the life of the blast furnace, because charcoal was used before the blast furnace failed. It is basically used up. But now coal coke is used to make iron, which can provide fuel continuously, so the longer the life of the blast furnace, the lower the cost of smelting..."

Wei Xuelian, who was lost in thought, almost wanted to get up and go back to his office to design the blueprint of the new blast furnace, but he soon came back to his senses and knew that he could not leave Li Zicheng and run away.So he asked Li Zicheng sincerely if there was anything to improve.

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng said: "I just saw that those blast furnaces are equipped with blast facilities. The wind helps the fire. This is of course good. But smelting molten iron is to heat the temperature of the furnace so that the iron ore can reach the melting point." Does it turn into molten iron to flow out? If starting from raising the furnace temperature, is it more appropriate to agitate hot air?

In my opinion, at least two issues should be studied in iron and steel smelting, the issue of heat transfer and the issue of foundation bearing capacity.A blast furnace that smelts molten iron faster and more is naturally a good blast furnace, but a good blast furnace also needs a stable foundation, otherwise, if such a heavy blast furnace is crooked, can it still be used? "

Wei Xuelian got up and thanked Li Zicheng earnestly. He felt that this conversation really benefited him a lot.Thinking that there are still so many things that can be improved in the blast furnace, Wei Xuelian finally stopped obsessing over the rapid increase in production capacity, but accepted Li Zicheng's suggestion to spend two years perfecting the design of the blast furnace before considering the increase in production capacity.

After reaching a consensus with Wei Xuelian on the future construction of the ironworks, Li Zicheng also accepted the transportation construction plan centered on the Liguo Ironworks. He felt that this plan could indeed provide impetus for the development of the Liguo Ironworks. As long as it is completed, the financial pressure on the Marshal's Mansion will be greatly reduced.

After talking about traffic planning and ironworks construction, Li Zicheng finally asked about the production of iron cannons.Because the site construction of the Manufacturing Bureau has not been completed, the cannon-making workshop of the Manufacturing Bureau is temporarily placed here at the iron factory.

When it came to the production of cannons, Zhang Tao and Tang Ruowang both got up one after another and told Li Zicheng about the current preparations for the cannon factory.The basic situation is that the iron quality of the Liguo Iron Works can be used to pour cannons, and the mud molds of the cannons are almost dry in the shade. About ten days later, the first batch of ten six-jin cannons will be poured.

Although Tang Ruowang had never cast cannons in the past, his knowledge of mathematics and physics was much better than that of Zhang Tao, and Zhang Tao had a lot of experience in casting cannons. Therefore, with the cooperation of the two, he finally completed both the long and the short. A cannon that fires six-pound lead bullets.

Although the performance of the Hongyi cannon imitated by Zhang Tao is almost the same as that of the original version, it still lacks a clear casting standard and a clear combat intention design after all.To put it simply, Zhang Tao mainly considered the success rate when casting cannons, and did not strictly control the standardization, so the deviation of the inner diameter of the cannon bore can be measured in centimeters.

A certain person is living in an era of knowledge explosion. Naturally, he knows that the most important thing about gunpowder weapons is the logistics supply. Without standardization, there will be no effective logistics transportation. At least the logistics of the third brother army has always been the object of ridicule by Chinese netizens.

Therefore, before he went south, his request to the principals of the cannon was to design the cannon with round lead bullets of six catties, nine catties and 12 catties as the firing standard, and to design the cannons with the long guns used by the navy and those used by the army in field battles. Short guns are distinguished.To put it simply, in the future, the army will not have a cannon with a type of shell, nor will it be fooled by shotgun shells, rubble and nails.

Zhang Tao and Tang Ruowang lived up to Li Zicheng's expectations, and first came up with the design of the six-pound cannon. Considering that there were still tests to be done, it was obvious that they could not count on these newly designed cannons this year.After listening to the reports of the two, Li Zicheng could only praise a few words, saying that he would look forward to the launch of the new cannon designed by the two.

After Li Zicheng stayed in the iron factory for a day, he continued to head east without stopping. He also wanted to visit the defense and coal mines of Yi County.Zheng Guoyuan, the guard of Yi County, got the news early in the morning, waited at the intersection of the county border to meet Li Zicheng, and then took him to the county seat.

On the way, Li Zicheng asked Zheng Guoyuan about the resettlement of the migrants who migrated to the south and other conditions in the county. Zheng Guoyuan answered clearly and logically, which made Li Zicheng look at the general of the peasant army with admiration.When he arrived at the county seat, he saw that the county was in order and that people had not become panicked because of the approaching war, which made him feel more fond of Zheng Guoyuan.

Facing Li Zicheng's praise, Zheng Guoyuan did not dare to take the credit and said: "These are not the credit of the general. If there is no money and food provided by the Marshal's Mansion, no matter how determined the general is, he will not be able to make these people who moved south feel at ease. .

In addition, what His Majesty said is also true, if you want to live in peace, you have to be happy first, if these people who migrated to the south can't support themselves, the city will not become so quiet.Since the Marshal's Mansion ordered to vigorously support coal mining, the local coal mines have achieved great development. For example, the coal mines in Taozhuang have grown from a few hundred people to thousands of people, and the output of each coal mine has doubled due to the support of the Marshal's Mansion. ah…"

Hearing what Zheng Guoyuan said, Li Zicheng asked about the mining situation of the coal mines in this county by the way. Zheng Guoyuan then said: "There are many places where coal is produced in this county, and the coal is of good quality and a lot of coal is easy to obtain, so the mining history is relatively long. It is said that during the Wanli period, someone transported coal to the capital, and it happened that the capital was short of fuel, and they made a fortune.

Most of the big families in this county made their fortunes by mining coal, such as the families of Cui, Song, Huang, Liang, Jin, Tian, ​​Li, and Wang. Gradually he made a fortune.

Another advantage of mining coal in this county is that the Hanzhuang Canal, which was excavated in the 21st year of Wanli, connected Hanzhuang by Weishan Lake with the mouth of Taogou River, and finally entered the Middle Canal. This is a convenient transportation that other places do not have, so the local Coal can be transported to other places for sale without excessive freight charges..."

When Li Zicheng entered Yi County, a rebellion also broke out in Datong City.Yang Zhenwei, Jiang Tuan's former subordinate, opened the west gate of Datong and led Jiang Tuan's army into Datong.Shunjun Datong defender, Zhang Heimian died in battle, Ke Tianxiang was missing, and Zhang Tianlin was trapped in Fucheng.

After Jiang Yu led the army to surround the Fucheng, he sent people to appease the old troops in the city, and at the same time searched for the generals of the Shun Army. However, Nian had made love for himself in front of Li Zicheng before Zhang Tianlin, so he came to the gate of Fucheng to call the door, and persuaded Zhang Tianlin to say : "Over the stars, the robbers have already lost the capital, and the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty helped me destroy the robbers in the Ming Dynasty. This is not good at first glance. You have also abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. Now why don't you return to my Ming Dynasty..."

Zhang Tianlin, who was standing on the top of the Fucheng wall, heard the sound of fighting in the city that was gradually fading away, and knew that Jiang Yu and the gentry of the city had gained the upper hand, so he said to his subordinates in annoyance: "It's all because I don't know people well, but I didn't expect that Jiang Yu is a duplicitous Little man, His Majesty is more accurate."

The subordinate looked at the surrounding soldiers, and couldn't help whispering to Zhang Tianlin: "General, the outer city has fallen, and the Fucheng may not be able to hold on, or should we respond to Jiang Guan first and plan later?"

Zhang Tianlin was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, "Datong City is lost, what face do I have to see His Majesty?"

Immediately, Zhang Tianlin shouted angrily to Jiang Yu who was in the city: "Jiang Yu, who can you deceive with your lies? If you lead Jiannu into the customs, Jiannu will return the country to Daming? You are leading wolves into the house. In the future, you will bear the burden of the ages." Infamy. I died here today because I was blind, but I will wait and see how long your Jiang family can be a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty..."

Jiang Xuan, who was standing next to Jiang Yu, looked at his brother with some anxiety, but Jiang Yu's face was livid, but he didn't answer Zhang Tianlin's words.Fucheng suddenly fell into an eerie silence.Just when Jiang Guan raised his hand to order his subordinates to attack, the gate of Fucheng finally opened, and Zhang Tianlin's body was carried out.

Looking at Zhang Tianlin who committed suicide and died, Jiang Yu was silent for a long time and then just said a word: "Stubborn and unresponsive. Let the thieves put down their weapons, otherwise they will all be killed..."

Chapter 308 Xi'an One

The news of Datong's fall quickly spread to Taiyuan, and then sent to Xi'an at an accelerated speed of four hundred miles.Xin Sizhong got the news and rushed to the official residence of the Military Council, and said dissatisfiedly in front of all the generals: "Guo Tianxing really deserves to die, he speaks for those famous generals all day long, and now he not only lost his life, but also lost the Shanxi barrier. Cihou What the hell are you doing in Taiyuan? Let Jiannu and the rebels attack Datong?"

Facing Xin Sizhong's complaints, none of the other generals dared to answer.Although Tian Jianxiu is the head of the West Road Marshal's Mansion, followed by Liu Fangliang and Xin Sizhong, Tian Jianxiu has always been the chief steward of the rebel army, and he is very good at mediating conflicts among the armies, but let him To suppress the generals, this is a bit difficult for the strong.

Therefore, when Liu Fangliang was guarding Taiyuan, it was Xin Sizhong who mainly dealt with daily military affairs in Xi'an, and everyone feared him even more than Tian Jianxiu.Of course, this kind of fear is also beneficial, at least the military orders issued by the Marshal's Mansion in Xi'an were implemented very quickly everywhere.But Liu Fangliang is not easy to mess with. He is the same rank as the deceased He Jin, and he is also Li Zicheng's confidant. At this time, if he agrees with Xin Sizhong, he is forming a relationship with Cihou.

Tian Jianxiu looked at the generals who suddenly became quiet, and could only add charcoal to the charcoal basin beside him, while giving Gao Yigong a wink.Xin Sizhong's temper was impatient, and He Jin died of a feigned surrender by the army, so Tian Jianxiu knew that he could only add fuel to the fire by speaking for Liu Fangliang and Guo Tianxing. He loses his temper.

Seeing Tian Jianxiu's wink, Gao Yigong had no choice but to persuade him: "Xin Shuai calm down, it's not that Cihou stationed in Taiyuan did not try to rescue Datong, it's just that the generals in Shanxi and Datong and the local gentry rebelled one after another. It’s because Cihou failed to respond to Tianxing in time. It’s useless to talk about it right now, the most important thing right now is to decide how to adjust the defenses of Shanxi and Shaanxi after the loss of Datong.”

Xin Sizhong glanced at Gao Yigong, then suppressed his anger and said, "Then what's Cihou's opinion?"

Gao Yigong looked at Tian Jianxiu, Tian Jianxiu coughed and took up the topic and said: "What Cihou means is that there is nothing to be afraid of being a slave. The most troublesome thing right now is those famous generals and local gentry who surrendered. People's loyalty is quite suspicious.

If you use it, you are worried that they will turn against the enemy; if you don't use it, you are worried that they are plotting in private and responding to the enemy.Therefore, Cihou advocated that all the famous generals who surrendered should be transferred to the rear, and then our people should lead the army instead.As for those gentry, they migrated to Gansu, Ningxia and other places together, and left their hometown, and they lost their appealing appeal..."

Although he was dissatisfied with the loss of Datong Town when Liu Fangliang guarded Shanxi, Xin Sizhong agreed with Liu Fangliang's opinion. He said: "Cihou came up with a good idea this time. These people should have been moved to other places long ago. We were too merciful before, so we gave Brother Jiang Tuan an opportunity."

However, Tian Jianxiu obviously did not agree with this overly violent proposition. He couldn't help but said: "Our army in Shanxi is far less than the surrendered Ming army. In Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia, our army and the surrendered Ming army The army is only half to half. Replacing those leading generals who surrendered will have too much impact, and secondly, we don’t have so many qualified generals. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Tian Jianxiu's statement caused two opposing opinions to appear in the military council. Faced with the different opinions held by Tian Jianxiu and the two second marshals, the generals suddenly fell into division. Except for the generals who supported these two opinions, On the contrary, a large number of generals chose to be neutral, and they meant to ask Empress Gao to make a decision.

Although Li Zicheng granted the West Road Marshal's Mansion the power to handle military affairs, most people still hoped to find someone more responsible to make decisions when they disagreed.Although Li Zicheng is not in Xi'an, is Empress Gao still there? Moreover, Empress Gao was also born in the rebel army and has a lot of prestige in the army.

Faced with this stalemate situation, Tian Jianxiu obviously did not have the idea of ​​arbitrariness, so he decided to follow the generals' request and handed over Liu Fangliang's suggestion to Empress Gao for adjudication.

On the morning of December [-], Empress Gao of Dashun met with Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu and other civil and military officials in the West Palace of the Imperial City to discuss the fall of Datong Town and Liu Fangliang's countermeasures.

As soon as Empress Gao entered the hall, she said to the civil and military officials below: "Datong fell, and there were huge loopholes in the defense of Shaanxi and Shanxi. Therefore, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Tian Shuai handed this matter over to the palace. Although I was terrified, I had no choice but to summon everyone to discuss this matter. I only have one request for today's meeting, that is, we must come to a feasible conclusion today, so that the soldiers and civilians on the front line cannot be panicked, which will lead to worse The change."

Everyone in the hall actually knew what the worst change Empress Gao was referring to was. If Datong existed, Shaanxi would still have a barrier from the war. Everyone would feel safe in the Guanzhong Plain, and people's hearts would not easily change.

But if Datong Town is lost, the people in Guanzhong and Shanxi will panic.Although Shaanxi is the hometown of the peasant army, after more than ten years of chaotic wars, the people here have long been tired of the war. They did not resist when the peasant army came, and they might not resist when the slaves came.Because those who dared to resist were either killed or had already joined the army.

Although the situation in Shanxi is much better than that in Shaanxi, although the military chaos in the early years of Chongzhen began in Shanxi, the civil unrest in Shanxi was soon suppressed by the army and gentry.However, this also caused a problem, that is, most of the gentry in Shanxi were hostile to the peasant army. Even if the local officials in Shanxi surrendered to the peasant army, the gentry in Shanxi still guarded their manors in the countryside and refused to surrender to Dashun.

Even if Li Zicheng played the crown prince's banner, many gentry in Shanxi were still unwilling to cooperate with the Dashun regime, and just hid in their manors in the countryside as survivors of the Ming Dynasty.This time, Jiannu attacked Datong Town under the banner of borrowing teachers to assist in the suppression, and indeed confused the gentry in many places who hated the peasant army, and decisively stabbed the peasant army in the back.

Without Datong Town as a barrier, the loyalty of the Shanxi gentry and people to the Dashun regime may be even more shaken.Once a widespread popular rebellion is formed, the Dashun Army will simply not be able to stay in Shanxi.Once Shanxi is also lost, then Guanzhong will be in danger. This is probably the worst situation that Queen Gao worried about.

Although civil and military officials were worried about the next bad situation, many officials still opposed Liu Fangliang's suggestion.The military council in Xi'an is naturally dominated by peasant army generals, but in the court hall in Xi'an, the Ming officials who surrendered are the loudest. Naturally, these people will not agree with Liu Fangliang's one-size-fits-all proposition.

For example, Gong Xuan said bluntly: "If the descendants and the gentry are unreliable, then those of us who have been officials of the Ming Dynasty, should we also be guarded? Your Majesty gave Cihou the power to guard Taiyuan. After losing Datong Town, instead of trying to get Datong Town back as soon as possible, instead accusing Jiang Ren of not being loyal enough. Isn’t this shirking responsibility?”

Yu Shangyou said: "Among the more than 7 troops in Shanxi, there are at least [-] Ming officials who surrendered. If the chief generals of these troops are to be transferred, can the Military Council provide candidates? Besides, have these generals been transferred? After that, there will be no rebellion in these armies? What if these armies do not agree with the decision to transfer the chief general?

The three most important checkpoints at the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Datong towns are Pianguan, Ningwuguan and Yanmenguan. These three checkpoints are now controlled by the surrendered Ming army. If we rashly mobilize the generals of these three checkpoints, Who will bear the responsibility for causing them to surrender to the enemy? "

Although Tian Jianxiu opposed Liu Fangliang's proposition in the military council, he remained silent at such court meetings because he felt that he could not stand with the civil officials.Although Xin Sizhong supports Liu Fangliang's proposition, it is a pity that he is not an opponent of the civil servants at all when he plays tricks, and Gao Yigong only pays attention to his sister's movements and refuses to speak out easily.

Faced with the debate in the palace gradually turning into a civil and military dispute, Empress Gao couldn't help but frowned watching all this. The purpose of her convening the court meeting was to solve the problem, not to see the civil and military ministers choke each other.

Although the weather is still cold today, the earth dragon burned in the hall still maintains a certain temperature, but this kind of warmth becomes stuffy when it feels uncomfortable.Empress Gao wanted to stop the conflict between the two sides several times, but she finally endured it when she saw Niu Jinxing who stood silently at the side.

When there was a brief pause after everyone had argued for a round, Empress Gao finally seized the opportunity and asked Niu Jinxing, "Brother Niu, what do you think about this issue?"

Niu Jinxing, who had been thinking about the problem in silence, was awakened by Queen Gao's sound.He first glanced at his colleagues in the palace, and then carefully looked at Empress Gao, and then he went out to salute the queen and said: "I have been thinking about a series of recent movements of Jiannu just now, and I have something to say. Let me talk about it here, and please allow your Highness."

Regarding Niu Jinxing's request, Empress Gao naturally would not reject it. As the first Juren who took refuge in Li Zicheng, and formulated regulations and systems for Dashun, Niu Jinxing's status in front of Li Zicheng was different from that of other civil servants.Even at some moments, Niu Jinxing's influence on Li Zicheng was greater than that of her queen, so naturally Queen Gao would not offend him.

With Empress Gao's permission, Niu Jinxing turned slightly to his colleagues in the hall, and then raised his voice and said: "Although Jiannu is in the name of entering the customs to help suppress, but since Jiannu transported the population and belongings outside the customs to the Beijing, and made his little emperor enthroned in Beijing as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that the ambition of building slaves is by no means to help the Ming Dynasty suppress bandits.

In other words, there can be no peace at all between Dashun and Jiannu, because what we want to win is the world of Daming.As for those former Ming generals and local gentry, they don’t have any goals to speak of, so they are constantly swinging between us and Jiannu..."

Chapter 309 Xi'an II

When Niu Jinxing was analyzing the current world situation to his colleagues, he still thought about the letters Li Zicheng wrote to himself. In fact, he didn't agree with Li Zicheng's views in the letter, but as he Datong City fell, but he had to take out Li Zicheng's proposition in the letter.

With an unknown emotion in his heart, Niu Jinxing said frankly: "...so the current problem is not to clean up the former Ming army generals and local gentry who surrendered, nor is it to spend effort to identify their views on Dashun. loyalty. The urgent task we have to do right now is actually to determine what Dashun's position is.

Perhaps some former Ming army generals and local gentry who surrendered believed that the current war between Dashun and Jiannu was a battle for the great tomorrow, so it had nothing to do with them. They stayed at home and watched the situation on both sides, waiting for the winner. Decide, and then lose your sincerity to the winner to protect his family.

Many people think that this self-preservation attitude is not an opponent of my Dashun, and even today in this hall, many people think so.But is the war between my Dashun and Jiannu really just a battle between Li and Aixinjueluo?

I remember His Majesty once said such a sentence: Changing the surname to change the name is called the subjugation of the country.Benevolence and righteousness are full, and as a result of leading beasts to eat people, people will eat each other, which is called the destruction of the world. …Know how to protect the world and then know how to protect the country.Those who protect the country have their rulers and ministers, and those who eat meat seek it out; "

When Niu Jinxing said this, he paused for a few breaths, and glanced around at his colleagues in the palace. The civil servants who watched him lowered their heads one by one, and then continued: "The so-called generals in Ming Dynasty are hereditary and not replaced. Supplies for the common people? Didn’t the benefits and exemptions enjoyed by the so-called gentry in Ming Dynasty come from the blood and sweat of the common people?

When our army marched eastward from Xi'an to Beijing, apart from the generals guarding Ningwu Pass, which famous generals and gentry remembered that they would serve the Emperor Lie Huang?After Emperor Lie's death, the coffin was placed outside the imperial city, and few officials even went to pay homage to it. Instead, everyone was vying to beg my name to be recorded by Dashun Yu, wanting to serve the new dynasty.

It's just that my majesty doesn't want these wolf-hearted people to fill my court in Dashun, so I ordered people to punish them with punishment, hoping to inspire these people's conscience and reform themselves.But these people felt resentful because of this, saying that I, Dashun, had not changed my traitorous nature after all, and could not appease the common people, so it was not like a new dynasty.

For the self-interest of the family, these people knew that Jiannu was the enemy of China, but they still lured wolves into the house, and they even pretended to use their teachers to help them suppress.After the slaves entered Beijing and occupied Beijing, they expelled the Han people from the inner city and enclose land in the suburbs of the capital. Is this to suppress bandits or remnants?

In the face of these barbarians insulting the Chinese people, there are still people who want to protect themselves at home. Can this be considered a Chinese citizen?Can they continue to enjoy the provisions of the people?Isn't this kind of person Qin Hui's accomplice?If they can't be punished, who else in the world will stand up to resist Jiannu's invasion? "

Niu Jinxing's words made the officials who were born as Jinshi feel very uncomfortable, because they were all officials of Ming Dynasty, especially Gong Xuan. But they are scolding themselves and these people.

It's just that although Gong Xuan was trembling with anger, he still had to pretend on the surface that nothing had happened, because Niu Jinxing now has the righteousness in his hands, and if he jumps out now, he will put a blame on himself, and even if he makes trouble in front of Li Zicheng afterwards, nothing will be left behind. good.

Not only was Gong Xuan full of anger, but the eyes of some other civil officials who surrendered looked at Niu Jinxing.Just when the atmosphere in the hall suddenly quieted down, You Pingzhang Hui Shiyang, who was sitting on the right, stood up.

This old man is already eighty, but he is in good health, and he was given a seat in front of Li Zicheng. Today, he and Empress Gao are sitting in the hall.Li Zicheng's New Deal in the Marshal's Mansion was not fully promoted in Xi'an. In terms of etiquette, Xi'an is obviously more conservative.

Not only the superiors want to maintain it, but even the subordinates advocate that the order of dignity and inferiority cannot be disordered, otherwise social order cannot be rebuilt.After more than ten years of war, the people in Shaanxi and other places are obviously more eager to restore social order than to pursue equality, so part of the New Deal failed to pass through Tongguan.

Although Hui Shiyang was old, his voice was still very loud. He bowed his hands to Empress Gao and said, "Your Highness, what Master Niu said is reasonable, but just relying on reasoning now can't make those people wake up. The old minister thinks that establishing our Although Dashun's position is good, how to establish this position still needs a specific method."

Although Hui Shiyang was the representative of the former civil servants who surrendered to Dashun, and Niu Jinxing respected him on weekdays, but on such occasions, Niu Jinxing could not give in to him.Because Niu Jinxing knew that even though he was the head of civil servants in Dashun now, these officials who were born as Jinshi in Ming Dynasty were not convinced by him.

If he makes concessions in the court, then the people below may switch to those former Ming scholars. Thinking of this, Niu Jinxing couldn't help but feel that Dashun's imperial examination might have to be held, otherwise he, a civil servant The first one is really not safe.

Although he was thinking about these things, Niu Jinxing took the words without hesitation, and said forcefully: "Are there any specific means? Of course there are. The so-called foreign affairs must first secure the interior. When the country is in crisis, Therefore, civilians should join the army, and gentry should contribute their property to the country. At this time, if someone refuses to join the army or contribute to the country, then they will no longer enjoy the protection of the country.

In addition, although it is difficult for us to distinguish the rebellion of the gentry in various places one after another, don't those gentry's domestic slaves and tenants know about it?The imperial court should issue an edict to allow people to complain to the traitors.For those who are confirmed, the informant can get half of the family property of the traitor.Then mobilize those who surrendered to the Ming army to arrest the traitors, and the other half of the property of the traitors was used to reward the soldiers.

In this way, the soldiers of the Ming army, the gentry and the people from all over the world who surrendered have confirmed their positions? "

As soon as Niu Jinxing said this, Hui Shiyang was speechless for a moment. Although he surrendered to Li Zicheng, he only wanted to protect his family and village. After all, his younger brother and son had already fought in Yulin He was buried for Daming.Therefore, Hui Shiyang still had some sympathy for those gentlemen who lived in the countryside to protect themselves, but once Niu Jinxing's plan came out, he immediately didn't know what to say.

Xiao Yingkun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, could no longer remain silent. He couldn't help objecting: "To order the gentry from all over the country to donate their property for the benefit of the country is a disorderly government. Once this order comes out, won't the gentry all betray me? Your Highness, My minister opposes the Grand Master's strategy."

After Xiao Yingkun, Deng Yanzhong and Yao Xiyin also voiced their opposition, but Gong Xuan and Yu Shangyou remained silent.The generals, on the other hand, supported Niu Jinxing one after another, thinking that the scholar's proposition this time is quite practical.

Hearing that civil and military officials were about to fall into chaos again, Empress Gao looked at Niu Jinxing and Hui Shiyang, and finally said decisively: "If you don't use the strategy of the Grand Scholars, then are you going to support Cihou's proposition?"

Empress Gao's question immediately silenced Xiao Yingkun and the others, and Hui Shiyang came back to his senses at this time, and said to Empress Gao: "Your Highness, the gentry is the foundation of the country. The blessing of Dashun."

Empress Gao frowned, but before she could speak, Niu Jinxing took Hui Shiyang's words and said: "The foundation of a country lies in the common people, if it lies in the gentry, then how can there be China after Huangchao? After Bianliang , how can there be the Southern Song Dynasty? As long as the people are still there, Dashun will be there, and the gentry are just the skin of the country.

If today's affairs cannot be cut quickly, what kind of smoothness will there be in the future?However, Shaanxi and Shanxi are still different. After years of war in Shaanxi, the rich and wealthy have long fled, and the local land has long been in the hands of the common people. The minister thought that it was enough to confirm that the land cultivated by these people belonged to them.

Although Shanxi experienced war, the gentry and landlords still occupy a large amount of land. These people enjoy the preferential treatment given by the state, but they are unwilling to contribute to the country. They even want to lead the slaves to bring chaos to China, but let them hand over some land. What is rebellion?If the country does not want to give preferential treatment to traitors, it becomes persecution. Then they do not cultivate or weave, but occupy a large amount of output on the land. Isn't it forcing people to rebel? "

Tian Jianxiu, who was still hesitant at first, saw Niu Jinxing let go of the Shanxi gentry, and immediately made up his mind: "The scholar is right, the foundation of a country lies in the people, and if the gentry takes all the benefits, they are not willing to stay here." What's the use of keeping them if they donate to the country from time to time?"

When Niu Jinxing and Tian Jianxiu, the two top civil servants and military generals, reached an agreement, even Empress Gao couldn't ignore it.Although Hui Shiyang, Xiao Yingkunzhi, Deng Yanzhong, Yao Xiyin and others still objected, their tone was no longer so firm.

After thinking about it for a while, Empress Gao finally made a decision: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to order the gentry to donate their property for free. In this way, let the Ministry of Households give the land registration to redeem the books, and wait for the land price to be returned slowly after the war. As for the purchased land, it should be given priority to the military family members, and secondly, the tenants should be allowed to pay the land price in installments. The Ministry of Household Affairs should come up with a proper plan.

As for the matter of dealing with traitors, I asked Bachelor Niu and the Marshal's Office to draw up a plan, and then submit it to the palace for review.Gentlemen, you must remember that you are only here when Dashun is here.Don't ruin state affairs for a little self-interest, otherwise, even if I try my best to be reprimanded by His Majesty, I will have to rectify the laws of the country.

Now His Majesty is still fighting against the main forces of Jiannu in Xuzhou. What we are dealing with is only a group of rebels urged by Jiannu. If you can't even deal with these rebels, how are you going to see Your Majesty? "

After Queen Gao came to a conclusion, she immediately got up and announced the end of the meeting, then turned and left the palace.Although they were still dissatisfied, Hui Shiyang and other officials could only follow the others to send Empress Gao off respectfully.

When Tian Jianxiu, Xin Sizhong, and Gao Yigong walked out of the palace gate and looked at Niu Jinxing surrounded by a group of civil servants in the distance, Tian Jianxiu couldn't help complaining: "These literati usually look gentle and elegant, what do you think?" Are the schemes coming out so vicious and ruthless? Let those Ming border troops plunder the gentry, I think Shanxi is going to be in chaos."

Xin Sizhong said disapprovingly: "This kind of chaos is better than hearing the news of a certain gentry's rebellion all day long. No wonder His Majesty often asks us to study. I guess His Majesty is also afraid of being poisoned by these literati..."

Chapter 310 Night Attack One

It is really not a pleasant thing to walk on the mountain road at night in winter. Although the stars in the winter sky are shining, it is easy to tell the direction on the plain.But in the mountain forest, it is difficult to see the complete starry sky. The branches and leaves of the big trees block the sky, turning the entire forest into a black hole that absorbs light.

Even hunters who are familiar with the mountains and forests will lose their way in such mountains and forests after losing their references. Therefore, winter nights are not special circumstances, and no one will take the risk of walking on mountain roads.Especially for a mountain like Mount Tai that stretches for hundreds of miles, although it is a relatively low and famous mountain among the Five Sacred Mountains, the many fractured valleys make Mount Tai full of dangers.

But tonight, Wei Qi could only walk on the rugged mountain road with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he had to be careful not to be deceived by the snow and fall into the valley with one foot.Because there were hundreds of soldiers in armor behind him, following him one after another, like a group of black ants moving.

"Why stop?" A deep voice suddenly sounded behind Wei Qi, Wei Qi who was looking at the rocks on the side of the road quickly turned around, nodded and bowed to the people behind him and said: "Master, we have arrived at Crouching Tiger Stone .Look, does this big white rock look like a tiger? Going forward for more than 2 miles is Qiaolingqian Village."

Men Shike was looking at the stones on the side of the road, when suddenly there was a low Manchu language behind him, he quickly turned around and walked back a few steps, and came to a burly Manchu general, then nodded and bowed and explained in a low voice : "Master Meile Zhangjing, the Han guide said that Qiaolingqian Village is more than 2 miles ahead. Do you think we stopped to make arrangements?"

Ahanikan looked up at the mountain road in front of him, but in his eyes, the mountain road was almost the same as behind him, it was a white road sandwiched in the darkness, white refers to the reflection of snow.Although the Jurchen people used to live between white mountains and black waters, it should be said that they are more adapted to the mountain environment, but after living in the city for decades, the mountain forest is also an extremely strange environment for them.

Ahanikan withdrew his gaze, and said to Menshike: "Go and call your brother Tonggadahunzhangjing. Well, let that guide come over, and tell us more about the environment of Qiaolingqian Village. "

Ahanikan then ordered his subordinates to rest by the side of the road. The straight-line distance from Yanshen Town to here is only 12 miles, but they walked along the winding mountain road, which at least doubled the distance. .It took at least 4 hours to arrive here after starting dinner early in the afternoon.

Ahani estimated that it was at least four or five quarters of the ugly time now.It seems that they were able to launch an attack at the end of Yinshi, which is already considered good, which greatly exceeded the estimate before departure.Before, they didn't expect that marching on the mountain road at night would consume so much time and energy. The mountain road here is too twists and turns.