Niu Kejing, Wei Zhiming followed Li Ji and Liu Zongmin to the mountains to conquer Yidougu, Li Zicheng sent Lei Wanjun to the soldiers of two hundred households in Yongning City, Lei Wanjun is a personal soldier from a thousand households, with Li Zicheng for a long time, the training method of the Mandate of Heaven has long been familiar with the chest.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers, patrolled the city at any time, observed the dynamics of the people in the city, as the city gates were opened one after another, the people gradually stabilized, not to mention anything else, after the Tianming army entered the city, it never disturbed them, the soldiers just beat gongs and drums in the streets, and publicized the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

The people gradually left their homes, trying to do something about themselves, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven on the streets, either smiling or nodding frequently, did not interfere with their actions at all.

Under Li Zicheng's attention, the market was also restored, because it was about to become a new yuan, many families still had to buy some New Year's goods, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army also had to buy dishes.

During the day, Li Zicheng scattered most of his soldiers in the city squares and main streets in the city, used to maintain law and order in the city, any ruffians, city tyrants will be ruthlessly attacked, Yongning City, than before the Mandate of Heaven army entered the city, I don't know how much better, understand that the people who came over, are all applauding.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Zicheng patrolled around the street, returned to the Wan'an Palace, and was thinking about how to dispose of the money and grain confiscated from the palace. ”

Li Zicheng leaned back in the seat and said, "Wu Dalie? Did he say anything? "He released Wu Dalie and them at that time, and then gave them the right to move freely, that is, let them see what kind of army the Mandate of Heaven Army is, if Wu Dalie can wake up, it is the best, if he really doesn't open his eyes, he can only take coercive measures.

Wu Dalie was originally an official of the imperial court, and they had the right to choose to be loyal to the imperial court, but any choice had a price!

"This ...... Wu Dalie didn't say it, Wu Dalie just said that he had something to report to the Governor! ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and after a while, He Xiaomi brought Wu Dalie over and entered the small hall, Wu Dalie's face was a little hesitant, but he still arched his hand to Li Zicheng, which was regarded as a salute.

"I heard that Wuzhi County is looking for the governor of Bendu, I don't know why?" Li Zicheng didn't give up his seat, just looked at Wu Dalie, Wu Dalie's face no longer had the legendary stubbornness, but it was replaced by an indescribable loneliness.

Wu Dalie was wearing civilian clothes today, with a blue-gray turban wrapped around his head, like a well-known scholar, he hesitated slightly, and finally said: "Dadu Dudu, what they said about the Heavenly Mandate Army, are they all true?" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng estimated that Wu Dalie must have heard what the soldiers said, "What did they say to you?" ”

"They say that the Mandate of Heaven Army occupies Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan, and that in the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and there is absolutely no hunger ......."

"No hunger, this is just the lowest goal," Li Zicheng said lightly: "The people are also people, and they have the right to pursue a better life!" ”

"A better life?" Wu Dalie was a little stunned, in his mind, as long as the people were well fed and clothed, they could be content with the status quo and grow food for the imperial court.

"Yes, the people are also human beings, and they naturally want to pursue a better life," Li Zicheng said: "However, the people are generally illiterate and uneducated, and they need the help and guidance of the government to provide them with opportunities to earn money. ”

"Have food, clothing, housing, and farming?" Wu Dalie frowned slightly, and said, "In the next ...... To tell the truth, when I heard this, I didn't dare to fully believe it......"

"Actually, seeing what the Heavenly Mandate Army is doing in Yongning City, you should think that for the Heavenly Mandate Army, this is not a difficult thing," Li Zicheng said: "The same thing, if you do it for a long time, it will become a habit, what you see in the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army is the habit they have developed over the years!" ”

Wu Dalie was originally a little skeptical, but after listening to Li Zicheng's words, he seemed to understand, although he was not a military general, but he was in charge of Yongning City, and he knew a little about the soldiers, if he used military discipline to restrain the soldiers, he might be able to restrain for a while, but it was impossible to restrain a lifetime, he could restrain a person, but it was difficult to restrain a group, as long as there was a lack of supervision, the soldiers would return to their wildness and harass the people, which was commonplace, at least the Ming army.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven scattered in the city are like docile sheep, they are all amiable to the people, no matter what they say, they have a smile on their faces, this is definitely not pretended, if the soldiers are not wearing strange military uniforms, Wu Dalie doubts whether they are soldiers or not.

As Li Zicheng said, the soldiers are not a temporary behavior, but have developed a habit......

Wu Dalie wanted to ask, if the soldiers were so docile, would they still have combat effectiveness, but he still held back, he had countless questions in his heart, and he could only pick the main one, "Dadu Governor, how did you achieve that the people 'have food, clothing, housing, and land'?" Henan drought, why can't the imperial court do ......"

"The court can't do it because the court doesn't treat the people as human beings, and it doesn't have the courage to do it!"

"But if the people don't have anything to eat, they will become outcasts, and then outcasts...... Then there is the invasion of the prefecture and county...... "In Wu Dalie's heart, he didn't treat the people as people, but he was just a pariah, "doesn't the court know that the people will ......"

"It's useless to know, the imperial court can't do it at all, unless Chongzhen doesn't want to be the emperor anymore," Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "Let the people 'have food, clothing, housing, and land', in fact, it's very simple, 'Juntian is lightly endowed', can the imperial court do it?" You Wu Dalie are in Yongning County, can you do it? ”

Wu Dalie hesitated for a moment, but still arched his hand, and said, "I would like to hear the details......

"Juntian, that is, all the cultivated land in the domain is evenly distributed according to the number of strong men, so that the land will not be abandoned and can produce the maximum output," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't talk about the entire Ming Dynasty, just talk about Yongning County, can you do it?" In addition to the general land annexation, there is also the Wan'an Palace, do you dare to touch their land? ”

"However, even if the land is not in the hands of the people, the people can rent the seeds, but just a little more rent......"

"It seems that Wuzhi County is not a person who cares about the people," Li Zicheng said lightly: "The people cultivate the land, and the original surplus is very small, plus the rents collected by the landlords, the people are probably hungry!" ”

"This ......"

"Another is the issue of 'light endowment'," Li Zicheng's good impression of Wu Dalie in his heart is weakening little by little, "Who is the richest person in the Ming Dynasty?" It's a clan, it's a businessman, it's a gentry, but they don't have to pay taxes, only the lowest class of people will pay taxes, once the court can't make ends meet, it will use various names to add endowments, and the objects of the endowment are ordinary people who have no remaining property, Wuzhi County Sizhi, did I say wrong? ”

Wu Dalie thought for a moment, but nodded.

"In Henan, although it is a major drought, the drought has not spread all over Henan, and it stands to reason that there should still be some people who can live normally," Li Zicheng said: "How did the imperial court do it, Wuzhi County must know that the people affected by the disaster have not received disaster relief, and the people who have not been affected by the disaster have to increase their salaries and salaries, and they have become hungry people...... Therefore, there are a large number of victims in Henan, which is not only a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster! ”

"The imperial court increased the endowment in order to practice and suppress the salary, and it was also to pacify the world......"

"But in this way, not only will it not be able to pacify the rogues, but it will also increase many vagrants, and they will eventually become rogues," Li Zicheng looked unkind, and said: "Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and the like have not been exterminated, and there is another dougu in Henan, which is the consequence of the imperial court policy!" ”

“……”

"So I said, if you can't 'Juntian light endowment', the people will not have a life, and the court will not have a stable time," Li Zicheng softened his face slightly, and said as needed: "It's a pity, you Wuzhi County can't do it, and the imperial court can't do it!" ”

"That long-term, wouldn't the imperial court ......" Wu Dalie found that he, the magistrate, was really a sesame official on the side of the imperial court, and he could not influence the policies and situation of the imperial court at all, so the topic changed and said: "The territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army can naturally be 'Juntian', as for the 'light endowment', I'm afraid it is not easy, Qinghai and Gansu are all border lands, the land is barren, and they will be invaded by foreign races, besides, the Mandate of Heaven Army also needs a lot of money and food to go out......"

Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes, as if he was speaking to Wu Dalie, and more like muttering to himself: "The alien race will no longer intrude, or in other words, there are no alien races in the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"No more aliens?" Wu Dalie's eyes widened, and he looked very surprised.

"I can't explain this question thoroughly for a while," Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "I can only tell you that in the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and in addition to handing over light taxes, they will have a small amount of surplus, and moreover, the Heavenly Mandate Army also has enough food and salary, and it will definitely not harass ordinary people, and there is no need to harass them!" ”

"Where does the Heavenly Destiny Army get food and grass?" Wu Dalie still didn't believe it, "The territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army is much smaller than that of the imperial court, and the arable land is only ......."

"You're right, but the Mandate of Heaven Army not only needs sufficient food and salary, but also ensures that the people on the ground have food," Li Zicheng paused, and said: "Yongning County is already the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and now that the city has settled down, the Mandate of Heaven Army will provide disaster relief next, and all the people, we will let them celebrate the New Yuan happily!" ”

"Disaster relief?" Wu Dalie was shocked: "You didn't plunder the people, do you have extra food?" ”

"Raiding the people?" Li Zicheng shook his head and sighed, this Wu Dalie has always regarded the Heavenly Mandate Army as a rogue who plundered everywhere in his heart, "The Heavenly Mandate Army wants to let all the people on the earth have 'food, clothing, housing, and land', and plunder them, doesn't it push them to the fire pit?" ”

"Does the Governor really want to distribute relief food to the people?"

"The governor of Pontus is full of words, how can such a big thing be regarded as child's play?" Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, but his face did not change, "The amount of disaster relief grain is huge, and it needs to be carried out by credible people, the governor of Pontus thinks that Wu Zhixian is a loyal person, and originally planned to invite Wu Zhixian to go out of the mountain and serve as the Yongning Zhixian of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and send the disaster relief grain as soon as possible, Xinyuan is only two or three days," he glanced at Wu Dalie, and continued: "However, Wu Zhixian does not distinguish between right and wrong, and is bent on being loyal to the imperial court, it seems that the governor of Pontus is going to change his mind." ”

Wu Dalie's body was shocked, and his heart trembled violently, he was captured by the Heavenly Mandate Army, he didn't think that he could still live, whether it was the imperial court or the Heavenly Mandate Army, I am afraid they would not let him go!

Now that I think about it, Li Zicheng released the civil and military officials in Yongning City, and sent soldiers to monitor them and prevent them from leaving the city, obviously to let them see the Heavenly Mandate Army that entered the city!

Wu Dalie didn't know if what Li Zicheng said was all true, but the Heavenly Mandate Army in the city was definitely very different from the Liukou, not only the military appearance was neat, but the attitude towards the people was ......

He didn't think for long, his knees suddenly weakened, and he knelt down in front of Li Zicheng, "Governor, this official...... The villain is willing to serve as the Yongning Zhixian of the Heavenly Mandate Army! ”