Can you live forever

Chapter 284 Send money to relieve worries, sing and dance again

"Welcome to the national teacher!!"

In Shenglong Mansion, when Zhang Zhixiang led Cang Zhu into the city on horseback, Li Weining gave a respectful salute, and Gao Xunyi, the commander of the South Yunnan Army, even knelt down on one knee with a group of officers.

Li Weining straightened up, without the fear and humbleness of the past, but smiled lightly: "I know that the national teacher doesn't like cumbersomeness, so I didn't organize the people to welcome him. The national teacher will not blame him, will he?"

Indeed, there were only about twenty people who came to welcome Zhang Zhixiang.

"General Gao, get up."

Zhang Zhixiang asked the officers to get up first, but they were still cautious, but Li Weining was relaxed and freehand, completely ignoring that the man in front of him was the Imperial Master of Ming Dynasty who had "power over the government and the public".

Those civil officials in the court may not give Zhang Zhixiang a lot of face, but it is different in the army.

The efficiency of news transmission is always unimaginable. Zhang Zhixiang stayed in Qinyuan for a few days, and he defeated Mongolia with a sword on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Even Annan was unknown in the army.

Soldiers worship the strong. If Zhang Zhixiang won the championship in Zhoushan, killed a snake in Yangzhou, fell to Mongolia with a single sword, and Xuanda carved poems, these deeds are still in the story, and there is some distance.

Since he entered Annan, he has suppressed [-] rebels with spells, and no one in the army has been dissatisfied.

Don't say anything else.

If a fierce general beheads three thousand heads on the battlefield, what is the concept?That was King Xiang alive, a peerless general!
Following such a general, you don't need any strategy, just follow behind and rush to kill, even ten times the enemy's troops, you can kill the enemy in fear!
Therefore, the officers looked at Zhang Zhixiang with admiration.

Gao Xunyi said even more excitedly: "Once the national division arrives, the offensive and defensive momentum will change. At the end, the general is willing to bring a thousand soldiers and horses with the national division to attack Huanglong and flatten Xuanhua!"

Yes, Gao Xunyi believed that with Zhang Zhixiang leading the charge, he could take down Xuanhua Mansion with a thousand troops.

Zhang Zhixiang got off his horse, patted Gao Xunyi on the shoulder, and said, "You can't destroy the rebels even if you beat the Xuanhua Mansion. From the beginning when you led troops out to attack the rebels, now you can only move around dozens of miles outside the city. The space is getting bigger and bigger." The smaller it is, the more powerful the rebel army has become, and there are more soldiers?"

Gao Xunyi froze for a moment, then shook his head.

Li Weining said from the side: "It is the people who see that we have few people and hope that we will lose as soon as possible so that the war can end. They are supporting the rebels, not us."

"If we can't change the perception of strength in the hearts of the people, even if we take down Xuanhua, it won't have any impact."

"The rebels will still have a steady stream of supplementary troops, and their power will grow stronger and stronger."

It's not that Gao Xunyi doesn't understand these things, but as a general, he is more used to solving problems by means of war. In his opinion, as long as he can win the battle, everything will be solved easily.

And that's true a lot of the time.

But Zhang Zhixiang came to Annan not for the small area of ​​Annan, he needed to take care of the whole chessboard.

Annan's rebellion must be resolved as soon as possible, so that the people will wake up, mobilize the power of the people, open up the logistics line for Qiu Luan and the others, and send supplies and reinforcements to Mancijia.

"Let's advance to the city."

"As I expected, your situation in the city is even worse."

As soon as Zhang Zhixiang said this, Li Weining was shocked for a moment, and only then did he recall what he had forgotten. He was talking about equalizing land and exempting taxes, so his eyes were all on the peasants. There are 60 people in Shenglong City... …

A group of people are walking on the street.

Zhang Zhixiang looked at the desolate scene. The shops on the street were open in twos and threes. People were unwilling to go out, and they were unwilling to spend money. Everyone was preparing for the coming war...

"Is this normal?" Zhang Zhixiang asked, pointing to the situation on the street.

Gao Xunyi replied: "Isn't it all like this when there is a war? It's not right if we really want to sing and dance to promote peace and prosperity..."

Zhang Zhixiang said: "It's not normal because it's normal. What does it mean to follow the convention? It means that the war is our business and has nothing to do with them. Then wouldn't we come here for nothing?"

"Outside the city, at least it was caused by the attack of the rebels and the massacre of the returning home regiment."

"But inside the city, it's our control area."

"Continue on like this, and when you defend the city, the city gate will be opened and the people will welcome the master Wang."

Gao Xunyi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Li Weining was thinking, he had to guard against chaos in the city, it would be better to say that his militia group was doing these things more often, but he didn't think of this level before.

and……

Zhang Zhixiang continued: "The inside of the city is different from the outside of the city. In the countryside we equalize the land and distribute the grain to the people so that they have basic rations."

"It stands to reason that as long as there is no direct military disaster, other problems are not serious."

"They have food to eat, which is the greatest stability."

"But it's different in the city. No grain is grown in the city, and every household doesn't have a barn to store grain. Their grain comes from the market. They rely on industrial and commercial division of labor to earn money, and then use the money to buy daily necessities."

"But the market in the city is so desolate that trade has basically stagnated."

"represents what?"

"It means that the residents have overreacted. They are ready to break the city at any time to prevent looting and looting. They are protecting themselves. Subconsciously... they think that we will lose quickly."

"I also hope that we will lose quickly."

"After all, if you don't do business or go to work for three to five days, you can still live. If you delay for three to five months, how many people will starve to death?"

"Tell me, do they want to open the city gate and let the rebels in?"

Both Gao Xunyi and Li Weining swallowed their saliva, and understood how much trouble there is.

Li Weining calmed down and had a very positive attitude. When he found a problem, he had to solve it as soon as possible. He asked, "How should we deal with it? Distribute food to the residents of the city?"

Zhang Zhixiang asked, "Is there a shortage of food in the city?"

Li Weining shook his head and said: "Not to mention the grain in the granary, the grain in the hands of those grain merchants can supply at least two or three months, and they have not been besieged by the rebels yet, the city gate is still open, and they can replenish at any time. "

Zhang Zhixiang asked again: "Since there are sufficient supplies, why is the market desolate? In addition to preparing for war and famine, it also reflects the lack of money in the hands of the people... You should have stabilized food prices, right?"

"Grain merchants dare not resist, so naturally they will close their doors and limit sales."

"Before you adjusted the price of food, the price of food should have been maintained at a high level, and the little surplus money in the hands of residents has already been wiped out."

"Now, they almost can't survive."

"Giving them food will keep them alive, but will the atmosphere in Thang Long City change? The market will continue to be desolate, industries and commerce will not be able to operate, people will still have no income, and they will still look depressed and hopeless, filled with war weariness. "

"You can't give them food, you have to give them...money."

"Especially Daming Treasure Banknotes."

It's not that Li Weining doesn't know the purchasing power of the Daming Banknotes, it's just...

"In this time of war, can they still recognize banknotes?"

Zhang Zhixiang smiled slightly, and said: "The war in Annan was chaotic, but Ming was not in chaos? Besides, with gold and silver, it is so difficult to escape and transfer wealth. Those merchants and wealthy households in the city are eager to convert their wealth into precious banknotes as much as possible."

"For the sake of the treasure, grain merchants will no longer cover up grain."

"They will try their best to exchange all their wealth into precious banknotes in the shortest possible time, so that the price of food will inevitably drop. Once the price of food drops, the prices of all commodities will drop, and the market will prosper."

"Continue to play music, continue to dance, isn't it a kind of expression of people's aspirations?"

(End of this chapter)