The spring breeze blows willows and the cuckoo cries, reminding people to start sowing seeds in response to the agricultural season. According to the ancestral system, at this time of year, the emperor would personally support the plough to advise the peasants. Zuo Zhan naturally would not refuse this kind of good deed, since he was four or five years old, he followed his parents to the field to pick up ears of wheat and cut grass, knowing that every grain is hard. When everyone saw that he was an expert in supporting the plough and driving the oxen, they sighed and complained bitterly.

In the distance, the grass is green and the leaves are green, and the flute of the shepherd boy is melodious and tactful by the river, and Zuo Zhan sounds just like the vitality of spring. Those ministers don't have such a good nature as him, not to mention the older ministers, even the officials in the prime of life, are mostly industrious, and at this time they are already out of breath and sore.

Zuo Zhan looked at this group of powerless scholars, and secretly wondered how this kind of person could be a good parental official. You don't have to do this farm work, but at least you have to understand it! Based on this, he deliberately stayed in Huangzhuang for five days, firstly, to let this group of nerds who do not distinguish between grains and grains experience the difficulties of the common people, and secondly, to take the opportunity to inspect those outstanding cadres and entrust them with important tasks. During the day, he and the others worked while listening to the old peasants teaching them about the knowledge of the crops, and at night he studied the establishment of responsible fields in more than 1,400 counties across the country. Psychologically speaking, this is called the herd effect, the important ministers of the court are almost tired of becoming dogs, and the little officials at the bottom dare to be idle?

When the toss was almost over, the Military Aircraft Department had already prepared a fold and presented it to him as soon as possible. It turned out that according to the secret report of Zhao Yan, the governor of Shandong, Wang Haoxian and Xu Hongru of the Wenxiang Sect secretly contacted and incited the sect to rebel. Among them, Xu Hongru in Shandong was the most powerful, entrenched in the area of Shuibo Liangshan to establish a puppet regime, captured the ferry of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Xia Town, and cut off the passage of the imperial court to the north and south.

According to the meaning of the Ministry of War, it was suggested that Yang Zhaoji, the former commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi trilateral army, be appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shandong to suppress the uprising, to put it bluntly, this kind of small-scale rebellion was commonplace and did not attract the attention of the imperial court. Zuo Zhan didn't take it to heart at first, thinking that the forest was too big to have any birds, but the new science and technology scholar Jiang Dejing's article "Those who have attained the Tao have more help" made him change his mind, in which "the country is in heaven and earth, there must be and stand, and there is no one who can stand up without help" This sentence is thought-provoking.

Seeing that the emperor was unpleasant and looked preoccupied, Zhang Yan was very distressed, and asked without complaints:

"The saint takes the prosperity of the world as his own responsibility, and does everything himself, conquering Liaodong, visiting disaster areas, and doing agricultural work, all of which are the demeanor of Mingjun, why are you worried now?"

Zuo Zhan thought that it was an iron law that the harem should not interfere in politics, but Zhang Yan must have other opinions from a peasant family, so he might as well get some inspiration through her, so he asked with a smile:

"The concubine is too famous, and I can't afford the word Mingjun. Before you entered the palace, did you hear some rumors about the imperial court among the people? ”

That Zhang Yan was originally a kind-hearted person, and cherished Zuo Zhan as his life. Seeing that he was worried and sad, he said angrily for a while:

"The Holy One is wise and wise, and he must have seen and heard much more than his concubines. However, when the concubines were still in their hometowns, it was common for local officials to expropriate and extort violently, regardless of the lives of the people, and in the event of a natural disaster, the people had to sell their land in order to survive, and the big families took the opportunity to collude with the government to reduce prices. When the people have no land to sell, they can only be displaced, and it is the most real to live in the face of life and death.

It could not be clearer that the original intention of any peasant uprising was to have a good meal. Zuo Zhan heard about it and seemed to have found the key to solving the peasant problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, only the government has forced the people to rebel, and when the last straw that broke the camel's back appeared, anger raged like a flood bursting the embankment.

On one side are Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, Qi Changguo, Yuan Keli, Zhao Shujiao, Chen Ce, Sun Chuanting, on the other side are Fang Congzhe, Han Yi, Yang Lian, Ye Xianggao, Huang Kezhang, Yan Mingtai, Emperor Fan Jingwen and Lai Zongdao are still present to participate, and Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua are responsible for recording as the emperor's secretaries.

This team can be called the most luxurious lineup of the current Ming Dynasty, Zuo Zhan couldn't help but look around proudly, and then asked:

"How's the situation in Lunan?"

Because the imperial court had just purged a group of corrupt officials involved in military salaries and disaster relief, Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yingqiu were even beheaded to show the public, and everyone expressed their opinions one after another, for fear of being accused of dereliction of duty. As the newly promoted cabinet assistant, Han Xi resolutely opposed the proposal of the Ministry of War, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner:

"Sun Shangshu reacted quickly and arranged properly, worthy of a generation of famous generals. According to the minister's view, it is not safe to use Yang Zhaoji as the general army of Shandong, firstly, this person has been in the army for many years and his prestige in the army is not high, and secondly, it is a drop in the bucket for him to admire Xiangyong.

Although there were constant wars in the vicinity of our DPRK, this was the first time that a real peasant uprising had occurred, and if it was not handled properly, it would cause a response from all sides. In "Xunzi Imperial System", it was said that 'water can carry a boat, or it can overturn a boat', and the saint must not ignore the internal riots. ”

Zuo Zhan heard a burst of ecstasy, thinking that this Han Yi had a unique vision and was worthy of a generation of virtuous ministers, and his views coincided with his inner and outer king's ideas of governing the country, so he encouraged him to continue. That Han Xi was not hypocritical, and continued:

"Wenxiang Sect arose in the Song Dynasty and has been active in poor areas, and it has been repeatedly banned since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. We should reflect on it, and the root cause of this is the continuous disasters in the north, coupled with the exploitation of local officials, the people live in misery, and they are at the mercy of treacherous people in order to eat a mouthful of food. ”

Han Xi attributed the root cause of the peasant uprising to the mediocrity of the officials, and Yang Lian, the head of the household department who had supervised the disaster relief in Shandong, felt that his face was gloomy, and took the initiative to plead guilty, saying:

"Qi Song Shengshang, last year, Weichen inspected Shandong as a messenger, only Lu Southwest did not come in person, but caused today's disaster, and the minister is to blame. However, the minister thought that the new policy currently being implemented was a good policy for governing the country, and it would play an immeasurable role in relocating the displaced people and restoring production in the disaster area, so it was not appropriate to send a large army to encircle and suppress them, and it was enough to appease them. ”

Yang Lian is a scholar in the end, and his ideas are too idealistic. Placation without the backing of force is nonsense, not to mention that appeasement requires real money. Zuo Zhan listened to him take the initiative to admit his mistake, and did not mean to criticize him, and said:

Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, was immediately transferred to the commander-in-chief of Shandong, and led 20,000 new troops to attack the thieves' nest. Li Rubai and Li Ruzhen led 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, Qin Liangyu led 5,000 white pole soldiers, and Chen Ce led 3,000 Qi family troops to assist in encirclement and suppression to prevent the thieves from scattering. In this battle, the people were persuaded to surrender as much as possible, and Zhao Yan was responsible for migrating to Liaodong and handed over to Yuan Yingtai for settlement. As for Xu Hongru and other thieves, in line with the principle that the first evil must be done, they showed the public and destroyed their nine clans. ”

Everyone took the order and left, leaving Zuo Zhan alone in his seat to think about the omission of this plan. Shandong is the hometown of saints, the folk customs are simple and honest, the people are industrious and kind, can be called the model of the country, since ancient times, there is a saying that Shandong is peaceful in the world. However, the southwest region of Shandong is indeed too poor, so it is better to take this opportunity to be funded by the state to go to the Kanto region to pioneer, and at the same time leave Li Rubai's Liaodong iron cavalry in the local area. These Liaodong soldiers have been secretly colluding with the Jurchens, smuggling military supplies, and selling military intelligence, which is really a cancer that cannot be removed.

The key to this plan was whether the rebellion could be quelled quickly, and then the displaced people could be properly settled, first, to deter other lawbreakers, and secondly, to let the people see the hope of life, so in addition to sending a large army to conquer, Zuo Zhan also sent additional internal supervisors and Jinyi guards to various parts of Shandong to supervise the implementation of the cash-for-work and a whip law, distribute the land to the people as soon as possible, and at the same time lend them cattle, farm tools, and seeds. Through the relief of the imperial court and its own efforts to solve the problem of food and clothing, as long as the people have food and clothing, who will follow the demons to make trouble.

The edict in the middle of the night was terrifying and gloomy, and Wang Haoxian knelt down with a heavy flail covered in blood. A few days ago, he plotted a rebellion in Jizhou, Beizhili, but was sabotaged by Qi Xingguo in advance, and a felony was arrested and brought to justice. In order to interrogate his remnants and contact with Xu Hongru, Qi Xingguo had to take some extraordinary measures.

Looking at Wang Haoxian, who was blurred in flesh and blood, Zuo Zhan did not have a trace of compassion, and asked with a little ridicule:

"Wang Haoxian, your father Wang Sen was beheaded for spreading a cult and inciting rebellion before, and now you have repeated the mistake of the past and lived in the cell where Wang Sen was once imprisoned, it can really be said that the son inherits his father's business!"

Wang Haoxian's face was hideous, not at all like a person who eats fasting and recites Buddha, but he was pressed by the one hundred and ten pounds of flail, and he lost the arrogance of the original commanding situation, and it took a long time before he spoke:

"It's useless to say that the king is defeated, and if you want to kill, you have to scrape and listen to the respect, why bother talking so fast here."

Zuo Zhan didn't take him seriously, let alone what he said, he smiled slightly and continued to ask:

"The Smelling Fragrance Sect was originally created by your father, with the doctrine of not killing, not stealing, not committing adultery, not lying, and not drinking, and hoped for the Pure Land of the West. But you are nothing but a bunch of treacherous people who use the cloak of religion for personal gain, who fornicate with their dependents and exploit their followers, and in the end you are just digging your own grave. ”

Wang Haoxian was poked at the point, his body shook slightly, Zuo Zhan keenly noticed this change, and scolded:

"The main altar of Shifokou has been eradicated by me, all the remnants of the Wang family have been arrested, and your henchmen in Jizhou have also been eliminated. As for Xu Hongru in Yuncheng, he is just the light of fireflies, how can he compete with the sun and moon of the Ming Dynasty. I have sent a four-way army to encircle and suppress it, and it is only a matter of time before Xu Hongru is exterminated. ”

Wang Haoxian heard Zuo Zhan call himself me, and then he found that there was a row of feather forests standing behind him, and the young man sitting in it was slightly fat, but his facial features were as clear as a knife, his eyes were like torches, and his eyes were full of imperial energy.

The two looked at each other, and suddenly the fish and the dragon were distinct, and Zuo Zhan could not hide his arrogance, and said slowly:

"At the age of sixteen, I personally conquered Liaodong, and led 4,000 tigers to dare to attack the 60,000 thieves of the Jurchens.

Wang Haoxian had already heard some of the deeds of the little emperor, and at this time his heart was like ashes, and he sighed and said:

"I know that I am not your opponent, but I also want to gather people against you, as long as there are poor people in the world, the Smelling Fragrance Sect will not be extinct, even if you are brave enough to win the three armies, you are helpless!"

After saying that, he laughed, Zuo Zhan was not angry when he saw this, and said with a smile:

"I not only champion the three armies, but also have a heart that loves the people. Since I ascended the throne, I have repeatedly opened warehouses to release grain, reduced taxes in disaster areas, and now implemented new policies throughout the imperial court, I believe that within twenty years, the people of the Ming Dynasty will be well fed and clothed, and then your bullshit teachings will be fooled. ”