When I saw Li Shuangxi, who was in the dust, Li Zicheng greeted a few words, and then quickly asked: "Xizi, how are you going out to contact the righteous people this time? Is it true that the people outside can't live anymore? ?? Just looking forward to the arrival of our Chuangwang Banner, to rescue them?"
"Hey—" Seeing Li Zicheng's eager eyes, Li Shuangxi sighed slightly... Things were just the opposite of what he had imagined...
However, he was very loyal to Li Zicheng and couldn't bear to deceive him, so he reported truthfully: "Thanks to your foster father, I went out this time and found that the scene was not very good. Not only did he see very few righteous people along the way, even as a child After a trip to my hometown of Yulin, I didn’t see any righteous people anymore! Even the people I saw along the way were not willing to engage in rebellious business, but were willing to live in peace."
"Ah! How is this possible!" Li Zicheng's eyes widened in surprise... After all, he was raised from the bottom of society, served as a postman, and also served as a frontier soldier, so he is very clear about what the people at the bottom have been like. day! But now? Unwilling to rebel
Li Zicheng asked inexplicably, "Are the ordinary people stupid? Would they rather starve to death than rebel? God won’t tell him if he doesn’t help. You must know that they are guarding those acres of Susukino and they can earn money all year round. A few dollars! And they have to pay all kinds of taxes. Even the money they make is not enough to pay taxes!"
Li Zicheng’s journey to the north and the south was quite clear to Ming’s exorbitant taxes and taxes at this time. As far as Shandong he had been to, in addition to regular payments, there were various local taxes (all privately owned by the local officials). It's like), what kind of duck pay, cow pay, worm pay, etc.! (That is, if you raise a few ducks, you will be taxed! If there are bugs in the field, you will also be taxed!)
That is to say, according to the saying of the villagers, except for fart and no tax, everything else must be taxed!
Only after listening to Li Zicheng’s words, Li Shuangxi said inexplicably, "Foster father, you haven’t been out of the mountain recently, so you don’t know the outside world... Now the court doesn’t collect taxes much, except for the reduction in regular rates you said. In addition, the various taxes set by corrupt officials have been reduced, so now the lives of ordinary people are much better."
"What? There is such a thing?" What Li Zicheng heard was even more strange. Have all the corrupt officials changed their sex? As for the imperial court not collecting taxes, what does it eat? But with his small peasant economy mind, he couldn't understand too advanced things, so he stopped thinking about it, but found another direction.
So Li Zicheng said confidently: "Xizi, have you ever been to Xi'an Prefecture this time? As long as you go there, you will definitely be righteous people everywhere!"
Li Zicheng is still very confident about this, because Xi'an is the fief of King Qin (one of the kings of the Ming Dynasty, the son of Ming Taizu), and then with that King Qin’s insatiable greed and exploitation of the local people, even the government reduced taxes. Fu, that King Qin won't lose a bit...
Therefore, Li Zicheng is very confident. As long as he recruits troops there, he can easily pull up a team of tens of thousands of people. That is a breeze!
And as long as he can pull up the team, he will enter into his familiar routine again, using the refugees to harm other ordinary people who are unwilling to rebel, so that it will become bigger and bigger like a snowball...
Unexpectedly, after Li Shuangxi heard this, his face became even more weird. He just sighed and said: "Foster father, this world has changed! There is no Qin Palace anymore! In other words, the current Qin Palace is already Great decline! The people can no longer be enslaved!"
"Their power is not much better than that of ordinary country tyrants. Specifically, the prefect of Xi'an can judge them, and there is an upper limit of land ownership (2,000 mu), which is different from the original land area of one million acres. The land is the situation of his family, which is completely different. So now in Xi’an, the people’s life is much better. My boy has been there this time, but they are not willing to rebel."
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What Li Shuangxi hasn't even said is that the people nowadays have become very disgusted with the rebellion, thanks to the propaganda of the staff of Yang Shanlu, including the usual explanations (which are also part of opening up the people's wisdom).
Therefore, the common people now understand the harm to the people’s livelihood and the harm to them... Including what opened the gate to welcome the King Chuang, and the King Chuang came and did not pay for the food. That is all nonsense. If he does not pay for the food, he will run the King. what to eat? In other words, at the beginning, you can kill the local tyrants and evil gentry and eat their food, but what about after the local tyrants and evil gentry are killed
Therefore, the more the argument is made, the more clear it becomes, including many principles. The people at the bottom are limited in their knowledge and are not very clear, but if they speak out and explain it clearly, everyone will understand (that is, a citizen can use it. The truth cannot be known).
Even after understanding these truths, the common people would spontaneously safeguard their own rights and interests. After hearing that someone was instigating rebellion, some common people took the initiative to report to the officials, that is, Li Shuangxi saw the opportunity quickly and fled back overnight. Otherwise, If he was caught by the officer and army, he would never see Li Zicheng.
But even if he concealed such an experience, Li Zicheng was dumbfounded. Even with his shallow cultural level, he was completely incomprehensible...
How is this possible? If the imperial court reduced or exempted taxes, it might still be a move to buy people's hearts, but now even such a vassal is losing power, and his power has been reduced to such a point that he cannot understand! These are all descendants of Zhu Chongba, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty, so what power is there to make them suffer? Are you in such a field
Even after hearing what Li Shuangxi said, Li Zicheng was a little distracted, because he remembered his own time. If there were such things back then, it would be great... I'm still a happy pawn. … As long as the letter is delivered, you can have the money to buy a couple of old wines and drink a few sips, and you don’t have to worry about rebelling.
"Foster father? Foster father?" Seeing Li Zicheng distracted, Li Shuangxi quickly reminded him that Li Zicheng recovered, but looking at everything around him... Li Zicheng is worthy of being a generation of heroes, and he quickly strengthened his mind... Because he can never look back! And after all these years of burning, killing and looting, his heart is already wild, so he can only go to the dark one by one.
There is even a faint hope in his heart, so what if that is the case? He has been a rogue for so many years, and he has encountered it in a more difficult period than now. At the worst time, only eighteen horses were left beside him, and he fled into Shangluo Mountain in embarrassment. Didn't he survive? So he believes that there is still a chance!
Besides, Yang Shanlu, after leading the five thousand Xuanjia army to Shangluo Mountain Ming Army camp, he reunited with the five thousand Xuanjia army that had arrived before.
The leader of the five thousand mysterious armies is Xu Shicheng, his former boss, the officer in charge of Chang'an Fort, and now the Tiancheng guards have grown up after several years of training, and can be used as One general used it.
Of course, after seeing Yang Shanlu, he was very respectful. After the two met, even if he was wearing heavy armor, he still bowed respectfully and said: "The final admiral, see the general!"
And in his address, there is also a tacit understanding. If it is those who have joined recently, they all like to call Yang Shanlu as the master, and the old people like them like to call him the general, it is obvious. close.
As for Yang Shanlu, after meeting him, he quickly helped him up... Because there were not many old people who came out together at the beginning, so we still need to cherish this kind of people who can survive and keep up with the situation. .
Then after the two parties were seated, they began to talk about the military. Of course, besides the two of them, there was an important person present here... That was the governor of Shaanxi Sun Chuanting. He led a Qin army as the local officer army. The main force is also an important force involved in the encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng.
And to be honest, Sun Chuanting has the ability and has his due position in history, but this person is relatively arrogant, even in the original history, even after his fortune, he even looked down on his mentor Hong Chengchou (that would Hong Chengchou hasn't surrendered to Man Qing yet).
But now, it’s such a powerful governor who is respectful and respectful when facing Yang Shanlu, because Yang Shanlu is capable of managing the army and the people. He was deeply impressed. As for the things that Yang Shanlu can not ordinary people... he pulled all the vassals of the country off the horse. This kind of power made him look forward to...
(Although there are all kinds of speculations about the feudal king’s dismissal, many of them point to Yang Shanlu. After all, this is also very obvious. When Yang Shanlu ruled Shanxi, the King of Jin opposed him, and the King of Jin went against him. Yes, this time Yang Shanlu governed the four provinces, and 20 vassals jumped out to oppose him. As a result, all the vassal kings all over the country died, so this implies that...)
Regarding this matter, Yang Shanlu has always adopted an attitude of no evasion and no explanation, but for Sun Chuanting, Yang Shanlu still appreciates this person. Although this person is proud, he does have the capital, and he can lead the war as a Jinshi. And it rarely defeats wars, this is the skill.
Including Li Zicheng's tribe being encircled and suppressed, Yang Shanlu didn't mind communicating with him, so just like that, after the three of them sat down, they began to discuss the war.
As far as the current battle is concerned, the Ming army already has a clear advantage. After Yang Shanlu arrived, the Xuanjia army has increased to a full 10,000 horses. In addition, the five thousand Qin army under the court can be considered as it is. Those who can compete well, so with 15,000 people, against Li Zicheng's 3,000 people, the victory is already in hand.
Of course, the problem now is that Li Zicheng also knows that the Ming army is so powerful that it will not come out in Jinzhong Mountain, and the place he occupies is still easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is a problem.
However, things like this are still difficult for Yang Shanlu. After he and Sun Chuanting and others have analyzed the map of Shangluo Mountain, he has set three strategies, and they are still very effective in response to the current situation. Three countermeasures. (End of this chapter)