Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 291 Big talk!
What Xue Guoguan said is not a new assertion. As early as before, someone wrote to the court saying that Zhu Changyuan and Xiong Wencan were in collusion. Similarly, this was also a knot in Chongzhen's heart.

It is impossible to say that there is no doubt, but doubt is suspicion, there is no evidence to say nothing, and Zhu Changyuan is still shouldering the important task of appeasing Shaanxi, and the court does not want to move him unless it is a last resort.

Compared with the situation in Shaanxi, Xiangyang can be said to be suffering from ringworm and scabies, and Shaanxi is the serious problem.

After a little weighing, the emperor actually didn't want Zhu Changyuan to go to Xiangyang. However, since the minister had an opinion, he couldn't say it clearly. He had to find someone who could understand his thoughts.

Looking around in the hall, his eyes finally fell on Yang Sichang.

But this time Yang Sichang was concerned about his nose and eyes, and acted as if he didn't hear what was going on outside the window.

The reason for this was that it was inconvenient for him to answer.

Is Zhu Changyuan suspected?

Of course!
Not to mention Xue Guoguan, even Yang Sichang himself had doubts about this matter. However, Zhu Changyuan was recommended to go to Shaanxi at the beginning. If he immediately jumped out and said that Zhu Changyuan and Xiong Wencan had an affair, wouldn't this be self-satisfaction?

At the beginning, Xiong Wencan was recommended by him, but as a result, Xiong Wencan separatized Jingxiang. Now if Zhu Changyuan is said to be unruly, then his old face really can't be put in the court.

If Zhu Changyuan really objected, and the evidence was solid, he would end up in office at worst. The most serious thing would be beheading. It doesn't matter, but the key is whether Zhu Changyuan is really having an affair with Xiong Wencan, which is still in the guessing stage.

Therefore, Yang Sichang can't come out to speak, it's better not to say anything.

But it’s impossible not to say, because Chongzhen called the name.

"What does Yang Aiqing think?"

Chongzhen thought secretly that you were still playing Tai Chi with Lao Tzu, thinking that you could escape without talking, just dream!

"His Majesty."

After hearing Yang Sichang's words, Chongzhen still felt that he had underestimated his level of Tai Chi, "Since Your Majesty has granted Xiong Wencan the title, why bother to annoy him anymore, now that Jianlu is confronting Hong Chengchou's army outside the pass for a few days, I think it is not appropriate to use troops against Jingxiang at this time .”

Yang Sichang's statement not only stated his own position, but also did not express his position on whether Zhu Changyuan had an affair with Xiong Wencan. It can be called a fighter in Tai Chi, and even the emperor and the elderly could not help admiring it.

"His Majesty!"

Xue Guoguan wanted to speak again, but Chongzhen waved his hand to stop him, saying: "Xue Aiqing is also sharing your worries for you, and there is nothing wrong with it. This matter is settled like this. You go to draw up an order to reward Zhu Changyuan for his meritorious service in governing Shaanxi and bestow ten altars of fine wine. In addition, Respond to Xiong Wencan to eliminate the bandits in Xiangyang Prefecture as soon as possible, and make every effort to provide convenience for Zhu Changyuan to recruit Shaanxi!"

"Yes!"

Xue Guoguan was also a member of the cabinet. He had to follow the emperor's edict.

Not only was Xiong Wencan fine, but he was appointed a senior official, while Zhu Changyuan continued to appease Shaanxi, and just like that, the matter came to an end.

It has been more than half a month since Zhu Changyuan received the imperial edict and fine wine.

At this time in Hanzhong, it is the time to transplant rice seedlings.

Planting rice seedlings, of course, requires fertilization. Don’t be afraid of this. Hanzhong is just such a small place. In total, the fertile soil that can be used for farming is only 300 million mu, and the transportation of compound fertilizer is less than [-] tons. He had done it more than ten days ago. ready.

However, the only trouble is the farmers, especially the local farmers. They are particularly disgusted with adding compound fertilizers to the land, thinking that Zhu Changyuan is fooling them.

Many people gathered together to protest, refusing to fertilize the fields.

Zhu Changyuan was not afraid, he used his high-pressure policy and the [-] troops captured from Luo Rucai to force all the people in Hanzhong to use chemical fertilizers, and this wave was gradually suppressed.

Paddy fields are no different from dry fields. As long as they are fertilized, seedlings are planted and watered, they generally do not need too much management. At most, they just wait for the harvest. Therefore, after planting paddy fields, farmers are still very leisurely.

Naturally, Zhu Changyuan would not allow them to relax, and let all the farmers and soldiers who received government relief either carry medicine barrels to fight locusts all day long, or herd ducks. Anyway, the purpose is to prevent locust disasters.

Hanzhong has a lot of rain in spring and summer, and it relies on the Han River, which has abundant water. Therefore, compared with the areas north of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi is a relatively mild locust disaster.

With Zhu Changyuan's governance, after the arrival of summer, there was no large-scale locust plague as usual. Even if some locusts appeared in the fields, they were eaten up by ducks early.

It's very simple. Newly born locusts cannot fly for half a month or even longer. They are small and unable to migrate. Although there are many of them, they are not enough for ducks and other poultry to eat.

Therefore, in the year under Zhu Changyuan's governance, the number of locusts in Hanzhong area has been at an acceptable level since the end of spring. Moreover, according to Zhu Changyuan's estimation and Professor Gu's prediction, there should be no more large-scale locust disasters.

After hearing the news, Zhu Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief. The efforts he had made to appease Shaanxi in the past few months were not in vain after all.

However, Hanzhong does not represent the whole of Shaanxi. Apart from Hanzhong, there are still signs of locust plagues in other places, especially on the Weihe Plain. Due to the drought, locust larvae have begun to fly in groups.

Zhu Changyuan understood that it is easy to govern Hanzhong, but it is difficult to govern the whole of Shaanxi. Therefore, after the land of Hanzhong was settled, he began to set his sights on the Weishui Plain.

The Weishui Plain, which is the legendary Qinchuan, was also called Guanzhong in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The land here is not only fertile, but also flat, and winter wheat, a crop that is not afraid of locusts, can be grown on a large scale.

Of course, there were some troubles. For example, Li Zicheng, one of the giant rebels in Shaanxi, was in Chang'an City, and there were two hundred cannons on the top of Chang'an City. It can be said that it would be extremely difficult for these soldiers of his own to capture.

Although it was difficult, it had to be done. There was no way. The land on the Weishui Plain had to be plowed before the second crop in Hanzhong matured, so that it was possible to ensure that the winter wheat would not miss the sowing day.

And if we want to cultivate before the second season’s crops mature, we must at least beat Li Zicheng to the ground or drive him away when the first season’s rice is mature. Only then will we have enough time to organize and mobilize manpower to clear the land .

It also takes a lot of time to transport fertilizers to the modern society.

How to do?
In the war, it is true to use peaceful means to appease Shaanxi, but if you don't use some iron and blood skills, you can't get things done!The old ancestors said it well: everything should be relaxed and moderate, and Yin and Yang should work together to achieve the best results.

*** His old man said it well: everything is a unity of contradictions!
Cough cough, thinking too far, Zhu Changyuan sorted out the things to be done during this period, and then issued the Shaanxi Recruitment Envoy Recruitment Order No. [-] in Hanzhong: Attack Li Zicheng.

The time has also been set, just when the first season of early rice in Hanzhong is ripe. (PS: At present, Hanzhong is planting late rice, which matures later, and the novel deliberately changed it to early rice. If it is early rice, it will be ripe in early June in the Gregorian calendar. Don't argue!)
When the rice is ripe, it is the time to attack Li Zicheng. The news spread rapidly in the land of Hanzhong, and spread to every corner of the Hanzhong Plain in just two days.

Five days later, even Li Zicheng in Chang'an City, Shaanxi got the news.

Hearing that Zhu Changyuan was going to attack him in the near future, and that he had set a time and date as if he was getting married, Li Zicheng really couldn't laugh or cry.

Your uncle's!

Hit me if you say hit me?Attack when you say attack?

who do you think You Are?
Even if you are Zhu Changyuan, even if you are invincible, don't forget that you were defeated by Lao Tzu not long ago and fled to Hanzhong in a panic.

Relying on this battle, Li Zicheng's reputation in the entire Shaanxi region has reached an unprecedented height.

"It's a big joke!" He gave the news in his hand to Niu Jinxing and others beside him, smiled coldly, and said, "All the big words have been uttered, and if we can't take down our Chang'an City by then, wouldn't it be that the people in the world will be defeated?" laughing stock?"

Niu Jinxing looked at the news reported by the people below, frowned slightly, and said, "Could this be Zhu Changyuan's suspicious strategy?"

"It's possible!" Liu Zongmin nodded, deeply convinced: "I've seen a lot of talking about the east and the west, but if our Chang'an is the east, where is the west?"

That's right, Zhu Changyuan is suspicious of the tactics of soldiers, there must always be a place to attack!

"Soldiers come to block the water and cover it with earth!" Li Zicheng thought for a while, and said, "There is nothing to be afraid of, so what if he makes a sudden attack? There are two hundred cannons on the top of Chang'an City. If he wants to attack the city, he will ask for death. As for The rest of Weinan, Huazhou, and other cities also set up artillery forts, so what do they do?"

"The most urgent task at the moment is to store food. As long as you have food in your hands, you will not be afraid!"

Li Zicheng is trapped in Shaanxi, and it is impossible not to eat. He has hundreds of thousands of troops waiting for food. He cannot be suppressed by fame alone, but by real rice and white noodles. Now the whole of Shaanxi is not easy to use gold and silver. .

As for the source of food, it is also simple, grab it!
After robbing the big households in Chang'an, go to Weinan to rob, and then go to Huazhou City to rob.

This is one of Li Zicheng's open source methods.

Second, the farmers in Shaanxi are not stupid. Although the output of winter wheat is a bit small, they can have a harvest to some extent and will not be affected by the locust plague. Therefore, the second method is to grow winter wheat.

As for throttling, it is even simpler, one day to reduce the mouth, and then to reduce the number of people.

For those who reduce their mouth, each person only eats one meal a day, and they are not full.

Those who reduce the number of people are pulled out to fight. If people are killed, they don’t need to eat food for them. Moreover, they can also cut off the meat of the dead and make it into dried meat to supply military supplies.

It's cruel, but it's also a way of life.

"Right now, we've almost snatched up all the big families in Shaanxi. Fortunately, the wheat is about to mature. Although this year's harvest is not very good, this difficulty can be overcome. It's just that during the period before the wheat matures, I’m afraid it will be a little difficult to endure.”

Niu Jinxing said.

Li Zicheng shook hands and said: "Continue to reduce the amount of talk, and stipulate that each soldier should change from the original one meal a day to one meal every two days. This matter should be done from top to bottom, and no one is allowed to privately Food."

"Yes!"

Li Zicheng here thought that Zhu Changyuan was making a fuss, or that he was bragging. However, a few days later, when he received Zhu Changyuan's No. [-] appeasement order issued to all Shaanxi people, he was completely furious.

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