Zu Zepu glanced at Liu Sheng, who was following Wu Sangui, he had often walked around in Wu Sangui's army during this time, and he was already quite familiar with this Wu family general from the Qin army, and he also knew that this rough man was looking at the rough, but he actually had brains......

"Liu Sheng, you are a military member, right?" Zu Zepu asked.

"Yes," Liu Sheng said, "I was born in the Shaanxi Army, and I have been with Inspector Sun, my ancestors have been in the military for generations, and my ancestors have been out of hundreds of households." ”

"Then what should you do, how can Li Zicheng gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi?"

"Yes!" Liu Sheng nodded, "Qingtun...... Oh, he doesn't have to clear the tun, just divide the land directly, he is not the Ming Dynasty, he is a first-class Kou, whoever is not satisfied will be caught on the stick! He did this kind of thing in Beijing, so what was polite to go to Shaanxi? ”

Zu Zepu said: "Uncle Chang, look at it, he knows everything!" Will Li Zicheng still know? It's time short...... If Li Zicheng is given a birthday for a year, his army will take root in Shaanxi, and we can still drive him away at that time? Shaanxi has at least 30 million mu on its books...... The real number is not under the North Zhili! ”

At this time, Shaanxi included Ningxia, Gansu and other places, and the land area was very large. However, there is not much arable land on the books, less than 30 million mu. And the land is barren, and it is difficult to support people. Therefore, the total amount of land tax in Shaanxi is not much, only 1.73 million thousands of stones.

Therefore, relying on tax collection, Li Zicheng can't sustain himself, let alone be exempted from taxes for three years. But if Li Zicheng divides 30 million mu of land on the books and at least 20 million mu of unaccounted land to his 200,000 army, the average is 250 mu!

250 acres of land, in Shaanxi is also a medium-sized landlord! One acre of land can collect a bucket of flour, and 250 acres of land can also harvest 25 stone flour. In this troubled world, the value can be around 50 taels of silver.

This account is really terrible, Shaanxi according to the amount of land tax, 1.73 million thousands of stones, if the gentry and landlords who control the land are deprived, and the soldiers of the Dashun army become new landlords, then the Dashun army can dig out at least 5 million stones from the land of Shaanxi every year - this is still based on the fact that the new landlords of Dashun collect less rent!

If Dashun had these 5 million stone flour, not to mention Wu Sangui, even if the Eight Banners soldiers themselves went up, it would be difficult to win.

This competition for hegemony among the three families of the Ming and Qing dynasties is actually an economic problem!

The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to win was largely due to the fact that the land, population, and wealth (including grain and silver) directly controlled by the Qing Dynasty through the Eight Banners system had far surpassed the Ming and Dashun families. Although the Eight Banners' ability to rob people and things is more powerful than Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, they have never neglected to have a firm grasp of the population and land!

Now, the land (developed agricultural land) in and out of the Guan, which is directly under the control of the Qing Dynasty, has 40 to 50 million mu, and the population is also several million...... Moreover, the Qing Dynasty was now at its most ferocious, and if necessary, the Qing Dynasty would occupy more land, turning more Han Chinese into banner slaves, tenants, or into the Eight Banners and Green Camps. Therefore, the Great Qing Kingdom is definitely not an easy enemy to defeat!

On the side of Daming, of course, Zhu Cihong is not as ruthless as Dolgon, but there are many resources in the southeast of Daming! He didn't need to squeeze too hard to get enough land, population, and wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty - but since Prince Zhu arrived in Dengzhou, he has spared no effort to fight for population, land, salt tax, and business tax!

Now we have finally achieved something, and we have slowly taken tens of millions of acres of land and millions of people into our own hands...... With this bit of land and population, Zhu Cihong also has a basic plate, and the businessmen and doctors in the southeast have to pay taxes obediently.

Among these three parties, Li Zicheng, who is currently in the most difficult situation and occupies the worst territory, if he still thinks about any benevolent government and what exemption from taxation, and cannot ruthlessly seize the land and population of Shaanxi in his hands, then his defeat will be just around the corner.

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The rapid changes in the current situation are as dizzying as the changes in the situation. The situation in the north, the changes in the seventeen years of Chongzhen, are really dizzying, one turn after another. Let the people in the game have a feeling of being in a dream.

For Li Zicheng, the son of Dashun who was in high spirits at the beginning of the year and led the army of 60,000 old battalions to launch the Eastern Expedition, this dream was really ups and downs to the extreme.

In March and April, Li Zicheng thought that he was the true son of heaven, and he would soon dominate the universe and sit firmly in the world. But his good luck stopped at Tianjin Wei, and then he met the Tartar soldiers like the nemesis of the Dashun Army on the battlefield of Shanhaiguan!

Subsequently, the Mandate of Heaven left Lao Li in a hurry, and Dashun's national fortunes also took a sharp turn. First lost Beijing and Beizhili, and then lost again in Shanxi. Although there was a good counterattack in the process of defeat, the army that went north from Huaiqing Mansion once advanced to Zhending Mansion, and it was about to cover the back road of the Tartar soldiers who broke into Shanxi from Jingcheng Road!

However, the main force led by Li Zicheng did not seize the opportunity to counterattack, but retreated all the way and ran to Jiezhou on the edge of the Yellow River before stopping for a while. In this way, Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu on the East Road became a lone army, and it was impossible to really cut off the back road of the Qing army in Shanxi. Under the counterattack of Wu Sangui and the Eight Banners sent by Beijing, the failure of the Eastern Route Army's counterattack was taken for granted.

However, it is lucky, although the Dashun army has lost one after another, but because the current Ming army is stronger than in history and can share the pressure of the Qing army, the losses of the Dashun army are much smaller than in history.

Not only did Li Zicheng's main force and Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu's partial divisions retreat, but even Chen Yongfu, who stayed in Taiyuan, also pulled thousands of remnants to break through and return to Shaanxi.

So a rare opportunity is now in front of Li Zicheng!

Chang'an, Dashun Imperial Palace, Dazheng Palace, the footsteps outside the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion in the Dazheng Hall sounded gently, Li Zicheng, who was looking down at the concerto, put down the recital, stretched his waist, and then heard a somewhat shrill eunuch voice: "Emperor, the prime minister and the two military advisors have arrived." ”

"Xuan." Lee became a self-enlightened man.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Dashun Imperial Court has also taken a holiday. Because everyone has been too tired in the past year, and they have been busy, so we won't have any celebrations, just take a good rest and eat something good.

Li Zicheng is still a hard worker, and he made a lot of newspapers and military newspapers to read in the palace, and it was not enough for one person to read them, so he also asked someone to call Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen to see a report sent by Li Guo, who was stationed in Nanyang.