Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, you have changed a lot these days."

Zhang Shouren was lying down, not wary of someone talking next to his ear. He was taken aback, turned his eyes to look, and when he saw the face, he laughed and scolded: "Uncle, didn't you drink too much and lay down just now, and now you take a piece of paper?" Pretending to run to scare people."

"You're a great general, but you can't bear such a shock. Who will believe you? After my sister married you, I'm afraid I haven't seen you like this."

Just now the generals fired all their firepower, and of course they aimed at Zhang Shouren, who is at the door of Double Happiness, but after all, Zhang Shouren has always been strict in control and has a vigorous style of conduct, so even at this kind of wedding banquet, few dared to challenge him.

If you don't dare to drink this wine, the fun will be much less, and no one will dare to fight with Zhang Shouren, so it will be even more boring. [

As a result, Lin Wenyuan also attracted a lot of idle attacks. This guy has been hanging out in the wine field in Beijing for a long time, and he is very smooth, not as straightforward as a Shandong guy. Silence.

Everyone didn't know his details, and seeing his virtue, they let him go.

This scene was actually much more refined than when everyone was an ordinary family member. Now one of the 43 family members of the year was at worst a guerrilla general. Later, the scale of the [-]-member family team joined , at worst it should be a total of thousands.

This time, after great achievements, General Zhang Shouren was sealed as an earl, and his subordinates were of course inseparable from their glory and wealth.Of course, the emperor will not use this special method to award the merits of the lieutenant general and below. It is estimated that after a month or two, after the completion of the merit verification procedure, the reward will come down.

At that time, Zhang Shouren, a great general, will probably have many more first-rank military positions.

The uncle Lin Wenyuan in front of him must be one of them, and his status is inevitable.

Uncle Lang was in a very good mood, so they teased each other a few times. Zhang Shouren looked at Lin Wenyuan and said unavoidably, "I don't know who, Da Xiang, is more like me, or more like his mother."

Zhang Shouren's appearance is not bad, but Yunniang is sure to defeat him in appearance, and Lin Wenyuan is also very handsome, with slender eyebrows and fair complexion, unlike Zhang Shouren, although he can see it in the past, he is better than ordinary people It's just his outstanding temperament that makes people look up to him. In terms of appearance alone, it must be that the genes of the Lin family are stronger.

"Both of you are not bad, but can my nephew be ugly?"

Lin Wenyuan had nothing to do with it, and his own child was almost ready to make soy sauce, so he didn't care at all, and replied casually, but instead urged Zhang Shouren: "By the way, Ah Da is already full moon, big name, small name, Do you have to get one?"

"I'll talk about it when I go back to Fushan. I'll call it Ada now. It's simple and nice, so why bother."

"So, you have made up your mind to stay here in Huguang soon?"

"um, yes!"

After the serving soldiers brought in water, Zhang Shouren got up, washed his face, soaked his feet in the wooden barrel, and half-lyed down comfortably, before continuing to say to Lin Wenyuan: "There are tens of thousands of people left and right." The thief, the most outstanding one is a mediocre person like Luo Rucai, what should I do here?"

"In the eyes of the imperial court, it is good to eliminate evil and do everything well."

"Of course they want to be beautiful. Apart from eliminating all the thieves, they can absorb people's blood again!"

Zhang Shouren sneered, and subconsciously tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair a few times.By this time, Uncle Lang had lost his composure in narrating, and had already shifted from family affairs to official duties.

Fortunately, Lin Wenyuan was used to this change. He changed from sitting reclined to sitting upright, and his eyes gradually became sharper.

Zhang Shouren has something to say, which is inconvenient to say to a nominal deputy like Zhang Shifu, but you might as well talk to Lin Wenyuan, and after some words in your stomach, he said to Lin Wenyuan: "To be honest, I have helped you a lot in the past few days. Ruhu, Zuo Liangyu, and He Renlong are very busy, leaving these few in Huguang Xunxi, they can deal with the thieves in Ying and Huoshan who add up to less than one hundred thousand, even if they can't win, they can still subdue them Yes. In the next few years, the distance from Huguang to Fengyang will be roughly peaceful. From this point of view, everything from Nanzhili to Huguang and Sichuan will probably be fine. At least the country’s vitality can be preserved in the south. But even so , I am also not optimistic that Daming can survive the current test.”[

Lin Wenyuan was startled when he heard the words. If it was someone else, even someone as calm as Zhang Shifu, as fine as Zhang Shiqiang and Zhang Shilu, they would be able to jump the old high, not to mention Sun Liangdong and other vulgar ones. That is him, although his figure shocked , but didn't say much, just settled down and waited for Zhang Shouren to continue.

"Uncle, you're pretty good. I guess the only ones in the Fushan Army who listened to me without making a show of emotion are Qu Rui and you."

"My lord, let's continue."

"Hmm." Zhang Shouren hummed, his expression changed from relaxed to dignified, and he said slowly: "The country's dynasty has accumulated too many evils, and it is hard to get back now. If today is an emperor like Shenzong and Emperor Tianqi, Let the cabinet and the six ministries do things according to the usual practice, and only make small adjustments. The most important thing is to use the power of the people, and use more capable ministers and ministers. Although the country is seriously ill, there is still a chance to use soup and medicine to save it. But today The above is the kind of impetuous temper. To be harsh, he is eager for success and has no skills. The more such an emperor cares, the faster things will go wrong. Thinking about it, he is a little bit like Tang Zhaozong. Xiang, but the emperor's situation is more than a hundred times stronger than that of Tang Zhaozong."

When Lin Wenyuan was in the capital, he privately heard Xue Guoguan and other senior officials say that the emperor spent too much time, and his evaluation of Chongzhen was mostly like this. Qualified, this originally stable political ecology was destroyed by the emperor himself, the longer the time, the less confident the ministers, and the more domineering and law-abiding generals, the country will continue to gallop towards collapse.

But as Zhang Shouren said, the country is in danger of subjugation, and there are still not many people in the capital who make such arguments.

After all, I have never heard of it. It is a bit too much for a king who wields great power and seeks to rule.

"Hmph, don't believe it." Zhang Shouren snorted coldly, and continued: "The root of the country's current problems lies in financial planning. This year, more than 700 million yuan in salary will be increased. In the end, it must be the increase in salary, and the people will bear the burden." Increase, but the soldiers are not trained, and the wealth cannot be stored, the emperor has a mean name in vain. There is no financial plan, no food and pay, there are laws but cannot govern officials, honors and nobles have not governed affairs for a long time, and they are like moths. Useful. Honorable people, eunuchs, relatives, outside the capital are pro-vassals, noble gentry, further down to strengthen the vassals and scholars, the whole country has become a mess, anyway, up and down, only the emperor is in a hurry Jumping feet, everyone is watching the excitement. Now the ministers still look loyal to the emperor, and they are also afraid of the laws of the country. Let's see in a few years, even the officials will not buy the emperor's account, and the eunuchs are looking for another way out. It's really over."

There were too many reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Shouren is not a historian who has eaten a lot of people, and it is not easy to summarize.But now, as one of the players in the game, I can see it very clearly.

In terms of national strength, Shaanxi is severely affected by disasters, and Henan is also affected by disasters. However, Shandong and Hebei, as well as northern Zhili, Shanxi, and even Guyuan in Gansu, still have considerable human and financial resources.

In Shandong alone, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they recruited a lot of food, grass, manpower and material resources in Shandong, which effectively supported Duoduo's troops going south. After the Qing army entered the customs and before Jiangnan, didn't the northern provinces support the entire Qing Dynasty? Ting and the Eight Banners merged with the soldiers and horses of the Han army?

At that time, did you see millions of hungry people from Henan rebelling?

As for Jiangnan, Huguang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Yungui and other places, except for the chieftain rebellion in Yunnan and Guizhou during the Tianqi period, and Huguang being harassed by Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the localities were quiet and peaceful. When Beijing fell, Jiangnan was still very calm, and there were millions The army, half of the imperial court, and the six ministries are sound. How does this look like a subjugated country?

When the Qing army went south, there were more than 30 soldiers in the four towns of Jiangbei, Jiazuo Liangyu and other troops. However, only one-third of the Manchurian soldiers from the Azig and Duoduo troops of the Qing army went south, and the rest were Mongolian and Han troops. The Eight Banners will not add up to more than 20 people. In terms of power comparison, the Qing army is not dominant. Since the two Qing armies went south, they have been in full swing. Shi Kefa defended Yangzhou, and the Qing army crossed In Jiangshi, there were also Zheng Cai and other Nanming naval forces along the river, and they collapsed without fighting.Then cross the river from Zhenjiang to Nanjing. There are still a large number of Caojiang soldiers and Jingying soldiers in the city of Nanjing, but they also surrendered without a fight. Since the fall of the ancient dynasty, it is so easy and happy that it is so strange as Nanming. It is really the first time.

To explain that the dynasty’s rule was cruel and unpopular, in fact, it is not entirely true. At least in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in southern Zhili, the people live in prosperity and well-being. The gentry can hold the government hostage and manage local government affairs. Tens of thousands of scholars, manipulating public opinion, can be scolded by the emperor. How does it look like they are ruled by high pressure?

So Zhang Shouren's conclusion is that because Chongzhen destroyed the old legal system, first there were problems with wealth, then the army became corrupt and self-reliant, and finally the officials were eccentric and refused to contribute.In this way, all social classes only care about their own interests, regardless of the country’s critical juncture, and they are all short-sighted. They just think that the time for Ming Dynasty to subjugate the country can be reshuffled and start again. In the end, the Han landlord class did not reshuffle. Success, instead, a group of foreign rulers were let in. As for the Ming Dynasty, after the various classes were oppressed and slaughtered during the dynasty change, they repented and knew what "cruelty" was, but by that time, it was too late to say anything up.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Lin Wenyuan experienced it carefully, but he still couldn't get the point.At least, at this stage, Donglu has withdrawn from outside the pass, and the imperial court has also appointed capable talents like Hong Zhijun to deal with Donglu, and the government and the opposition have regained a lot of confidence.In the south, after Yang Sichang became the supervisor and assistant minister, the situation of suppressing bandits improved greatly, and Zhang Xianzhong had just been awarded the head, so could there be any new tricks to come up with?