Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 270 Origin Qi Theory

Zhu Changyuan secretly scolded himself for being polite and coercive, and accidentally got caught by someone. He smiled wryly and was about to defend himself, but he heard a loud "haha" laugh from behind.

"General Zhu doesn't need to be modest."

The person who spoke was a big fat man, Hong Chengchou.

"At the beginning, Liaodong made Huang Taiji look ashamed, and then made a surprise attack on Riyue Island and captured Shenyangwei, completely destroying Huang Taiji's navy." Hong Chengchou said while laughing. After the general captured Fangxian Sun Xiaofeng with a mere [-] cavalry in Xiangyang City, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong's [-] troops, he chased and slaughtered Zhang Xianzhong all the way in Gucheng, Xiyun County, Pozhushan, and Xiadangyang. I was forced to flee along the river with only two people, and the old man realized that the general is very human!"

"The general is also a hero of the times. Tell us what strategies the thieves in Shaanxi have, and we will all contribute to the Ming Dynasty!" Hong Chengchou showed a smile that you don't understand, and said: "With the talent of the general, you can't May not have any insight!"

I fuck you sir.

Zhu Changyuan was almost drunk in his heart, but, to be honest, he was so far away just now that he really didn't have any insight.

"Uncle Huang!" Chongzhen also looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Could it be that Uncle Huang still doesn't want to teach you?"

I rub!

Zhu Changyuan had [-] grass and mud horses flying over his head, and he thought it would be all right, he had to say it, otherwise the emperor would think that he was harboring evil intentions, but, damn, what am I talking about?

Follow the trend, say that Hong Chengchou is good, that it is good to kill people, and it is better to kill all the people in Shaanxi.

It is understandable to say so, but Zhu Changyuan is a little unwilling, one is that he can't bear to kill these unarmed and good people.

If it is said that killing 1000, 1, or [-] can solve the problem, if you kill it, you will kill it.But Zhu Changyuan knew very well that if he wanted to completely quell the rebellion in Shaanxi, he would have to kill all the mobs in Shaanxi.

Furthermore, Zhu Changyuan didn't like Hong Chengchou, maybe it was preconceived, he knew that sooner or later he would be a second minister and surrendered to Huang Taiji, maybe he didn't like Hong Chengchou's appearance, anyway, he looked awkward at this guy.

Discussing politics with an awkward person is weird if you can piss in a jug.

"Your Majesty! I dare not!" Zhu Changyuan hurriedly kowtowed, then stood up with a wry smile and said to Hong Chengchou: "Dare to ask Governor Hong, according to your killing strategy, when will Shaanxi be pacified?"

Hong Chengchou smiled, thought for a while, and said: "If you kill a hundred people, no one will follow you. If no one will follow you, the world will be settled!"

It is about killing a group of people, and then the people behind are afraid, so they dare not make trouble with Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng has no capital, so the world will naturally be peaceful.

Does that sound polite?
Of course it is polite, if no one follows Li Zicheng, the world will naturally be peaceful.

But what Hong Chengchou said was pure nonsense.

Every year in Shaanxi, there is no grain harvest. The common people are hungry and eat Guanyin soil.It is said that 13-year-old children in Shaanxi dare not leave their adults, otherwise, they will be lost and never found.

It stands to reason how can a 13-year-old child be lost, and how can he leave his parents and never come back!
However, it is true, it is really lost, and once lost, it will never come back.

In such a miserable situation, it is a joke to expect everyone to follow Li Zicheng!
"My lord!" Zhu Changyuan smiled slightly, bowed his hands slightly to Hong Chengchou, and then said: "As far as I know, except for the Weishui River and the Hetao land in Shaanxi, the rest of the land has almost no harvest every year. The people are not enough to eat and clothe, and hunger is everywhere , but the truth?"

"En!" Hong Chengchou's face suddenly became serious, he nodded heavily, and said, "It's the truth!"

It is almost impossible to hide this kind of thing from the emperor, not to mention that Chongzhen is not a fatuous person, as for the Jinyiwei of the Ming Empire, they can't figure out what is going on in the world!

Therefore, Hong Chengchou couldn't be fooled. He sighed and said, "It's not just the land of Hetao and Weishui. Although the drought can be avoided, how can the locust plague be resisted? Even this fertile land has had no harvest for several years." gone."

"How dare I ask my lord, what do the people in Shaanxi eat for food now?" Zhu Changyuan asked again.

"It's either the imperial court's support, or the stock of wealthy households, or, or." Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and continued: "Or he is self-contained and loyal, and he robs his family and houses to find a chance."

To be honest, Hong Chengchou knew that saying this might make the emperor unhappy, but this is the truth and there is nothing to hide.

"The common people have no food, so they become thieves. With Lord Hong's strategy, how long will they be killed?"

Zhu Changyuan continued to ask rhetorically.

"One person will kill another!"

There is no doubt about Hong Chengchou's iron fist.

"I'm afraid the commander-in-chief Hong will have to slaughter all the people in Shanxi in order to put an end to this disaster." Zhu Changyuan sighed, cupped his hands at Hong Chengchou, and said.

Hong Chengchou was speechless, neither speaking nor denying.

Of course, as Zhu Changyuan said, if we don’t kill all the Shaanxi people, I’m afraid we won’t be able to pacify Li Zicheng. Even if Li Zicheng is killed one day, there will be Zhang Zicheng and Liu Zicheng. When will they be killed?
"Since Chang Yuan does not agree with the old man's strategy, could there be another clever method?" Hong Chengchou asked.

Zhu Changyuan thought for a while, and said: "It's not a brilliant method, but when I was studying a few days ago, I heard the ancient saying: People are the first. If there is no one in Shaanxi, what's the use of land? If you fill it in in the future, the place will be gone for thousands of miles. Blood, who dares to go?"

"People-oriented?" After listening to Zhu Changyuan's words, Chongzhen pondered for a while, and asked Zhu Changyuan in doubt: "Which book of sages and sages did the emperor read? Why have I never heard of it?"

"That's right!" Yang Sichang also cast a puzzled look, and said, "Although I dare not say that I have read the books of sages and sages, I have also read the classics, and I have never heard of the words of putting people first!"

After finishing speaking, he looked suspiciously at the other officials and shook their heads when they saw them.

No one knows!
Zhu Changyuan suddenly ran over [-] grass-and-mud horses crazily, with a bitter face in embarrassment, and said four words to Chongzhen and the ministers: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

"puff!"

Well, in the Ming Dynasty, the full name was "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but Zhu Changyuan said so, everyone still understood

Three Kingdoms?Three Kingdoms?
Nima, is that a novel? Isn’t that a book of sages?
Having said that, many people think of the source of people-oriented.

Chongzhen even laughed and leaned back, pointing at Zhu Changyuan and said: "Some time ago, I heard rumors in the market that Aiqing didn't know how to write and write, some, some...haha."

Speaking of this, I suddenly felt that it was not good for a king to laugh at his courtiers like this, but Zhu Changyuan was uneducated, Chongzhen was very happy.

why?

Uneducated is a big boss!
"Uh uh!" Zhu Changyuan blushed, and said with a smile: "This is another way for me." After thinking for a while, he said: "People are spiritual creatures in the world. If a certain place is hurt too hard, Too many deaths will hurt the vitality of the entire dynasty!"

"Once the vitality is injured, such as the internal organs of a person, although some functions can be restored, it is difficult to reach the peak after all. Therefore, I think that if you want to solve the problem in Shaanxi, people are the key, and food is the foundation."

"Whether it's beating or killing, it can't solve the problem. It's a temporary solution, not a root cause." Zhu Changyuan gradually turned his head to Chongzhen, bowed, and said, "Imagine, Your Majesty, if all the people in the world can have food to eat If you have clothes to wear, even if you are hungry and full, you will not put your head on your trouser belt to rebel!"

After Zhu Changyuan finished speaking, the court was silent.

Chongzhen was silent, the officials were silent, and Yang Sichang's eyes lit up, but he still didn't speak after all.

Could it be that I said it so well that it frightened them all?shocked?

Zhu Changyuan thought so.

However, the next moment, he knew he was wrong.

Because his remarks and views were mentioned 800 years ago.

And not only was it proposed, but it was also supported by the court and even put into practice.

The imperial court gave the local government millions of taels of silver to appease the hungry people, and the effect was huge. Sure enough, with the support of money and food, no one rebelled in Shaanxi, and all the leaders of the rebellion were decisively abandoned by the farmers and became lonely. .

However, the results were not optimistic.

The reason is very simple, a million taels of silver, after eating, it still looks the same.

How much is the imperial court's annual tax?

How can we afford to feed the hungry people in a province of Shaanxi, besides, there are more than one hungry people in Shaanxi?
As a result, appeasement failed, and the large amount of money wasted by the court was useless. Then, the guy who made this assertion was exiled, and he died suddenly on the way to exile.

"Where does the food come from?" Chongzhen said four words in a simple way, and he already seemed a little bit lost.

This kind of assertion is not new, and it cannot be implemented.

The key to solving the Shaanxi problem is food. Shaanxi has had no crops for many years. Not to mention farmers, even those big households who used to have stocks have little stock left in their families. Let alone the imperial court has no money, even Nima has money. There was no food to buy.

Therefore, Chongzhen's problem is almost a deadlock!

"One is transported by water, and the other is self-produced!" Zhu Changyuan arched his hands and said, "If the rice in the south of the Yangtze River can be transported all the way to Ankang and Hanzhong through the Yangtze River and Han River, and then transported to Chang'an by the Daoxun River, It can solve the urgent need in Guanzhong."

"Then at the price of food, lure the people to join them, and let them reclaim the land and the Weishui River, so that they can produce themselves. In this cycle, within three years, the chaos in Shaanxi will be settled."

"Shaanxi Yiping, Henan and Sichuan are nothing but ringworm and scabies!"

"Dreaming!" Hong Chengchou flicked his sleeves and said, "Chang Yuan, you're still too young, so whimsical!" He laughed at first, and then said: "Even if there is food in the Jiangnan area, it is feasible to transport it by the Yangtze River, but the Han River There are many bumps and turns, it is difficult to walk, and it will take a long time to transport it to Hanzhong!"

"Moreover, if you go to the Han River and enter the Xun River, you will not be able to reach Chang'an."

It is true that the Xunhe River cannot reach Chang'an, but can only go to the southern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, which is still a hundred miles away from Chang'an, and it is full of mountain roads, which are difficult to navigate.

(End of this chapter)