The weather was as cold as ever this winter, but there was no snow all the time. Winter wheat cannot be irrigated without snow fields, and it seems that next year will be another famine year.

For several years in a row, natural and man-made disasters have continued one after another, and the people of Shandong have become accustomed to this kind of numbness.

For most people, there is not much difference between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, they have to pay taxes and imperial grain, and their only hope is that the war can pass quickly, hope that the imperial court can reduce some taxes, and hope that the imperial court will not increase taxes.

Therefore, when Chen Yue, the king of Qi, entered Qingzhou with a large army from Jiaodong, he was not greeted by the imaginary people, but the people everywhere they passed fled or looked at this huge army numbly.

"The people of Shandong have been in hardship for a long time!" Chen Yue sighed.

Li Yan, the new overseer, nodded with a painful face, "What the prince said is that the people of Shandong have indeed been suffering for too long.

Shandong is close to the Beijing Division, and Liaodong across the sea, in the past, the Dongjiang army had to raise a lot of food and grass supplies in Shandong, and then there was a Kong Youde rebellion to occupy Dengzhou and loot Denglai, half of Jiaodong erosion.

Then the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs five times and plundered, three times to Shandong, Luxilu as far as Luzhou, Jiaodong, most of Shandong was looted by the Manchus, hundreds of thousands of people were plundered outside the customs as slaves.

Shandong people and Manchurian hatred are as deep as the sea, so there is continuous resistance. However, the more you resist, the more damage you will take......

The subordinates only hope that the prince can completely drive away Manchu, recapture the Jingshi, and drive Manchu outside the pass, so that the people of Shandong can enjoy peace in peace! “

Chen Yue: "I will give the Ming court and exempt the people of Shandong from paying taxes for three years, in order to reward them for their sacrifices and contributions in resisting the Manchurians for more than a year!" ”

Li Yanzhi was overjoyed: "The subordinate generations of Shandong people have thanked the prince for his great kindness!" ”

Chen Yue shook his head: "Not only Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, and the entire north have been suffering from the war for more than ten years......

Li Yan said straightly: "After the chaos, there will be great governance, as long as you can expel the Manchurian and recover the old land, I am in sight of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"After the chaos, there will be a great ......" Chen Yue chewed on this sentence, thoughtful.

Yes, the people of the north have been in hardship for more than ten years, and now I am afraid that the most hopeful thing is peace. As long as peace can be restored to the war, there is no question who rules the land. This is also the biggest reason why the Manchus ruled so easily after occupying the north in another time and space.

Moreover, after more than ten years of war, the population of the entire north has plummeted, and the pressure of the people having no land to grow due to the large population no longer exists, and a large amount of land has been abandoned.

Even if the Manchurian aristocracy stook the land, they still needed a large number of clothed serfs to cultivate it, but the owners of the land changed from the gentry to the Manchurian aristocracy, and it was not a problem for the people to survive.

Therefore, Daming Zhongxing is not hopeless.

"Brother Yanzhi, how do you think the imperial court should be governed after the war?" Chen Yue asked tentatively. Because of Li Yanzhi's status, he is naturally a member of the gentry, although he has spent some time in Dongfan Island, Chen Yue is not sure whether he is a person who is the same as himself.

"Lord Wang," Li Yanzhi was silent for a moment, and then suddenly smiled, "It depends on Lord Wang, what your ambition is?" ”

"What do you mean?" Chen Yue asked.

"If you just want Shandong and even the entire north to stabilize quickly, doing nothing is the best way. What happened before and what will happen in the future is that the north after the sharp decline in population is enough to ensure that every person has land to plant, as long as the imperial court reduces taxes slightly, everyone has hope for survival, this is the fastest way to settle down.

And if you have great ambitions, thinking that the Ming Dynasty can completely occupy the Guanwai and destroy the Manchurians, unify the grassland, and establish the achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties, then it is another policy strategy. “

Chen Yue was silent for a moment: "Brother Yanzhi, you have also stayed in Dongfan, you should know the ambition of this king." Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the dominance of the world during the period of Taizu Chengzu, the rivers have been declining day by day, and the national strength has been worse day by day.

The change of Tumubao, the elite of the Ming army was wiped out, and since then, the Ming army has never risen again as if it had been broken.

Even in the Jiajing period, only a few dozen Japanese were able to run rampant in the southeast to fight under the city of Nanjing, and the combat effectiveness of the entire Ming army was eroded to the extreme, and the Ming Dynasty had no usable army.

Fortunately, there are a number of generals such as Yu Long, Qihu, and Zhang Juzheng, and a group of good ministers appeared, and my Ming national strength was barely recovered, so that the rebellion of the Japanese was quelled, but the Mongols were powerless in the face of the old enemy of the northern grasslands, and the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty were invaded by the Mongols year after year.

Mongolia fell, and the Jianzhou Jurchens rose up outside the pass, and our Ming army was still beaten. The Battle of Salhu, the Battle of Songshan, how did our Ming army win in all the previous wars?

The north has been plagued by famine for many years, and the mob has risen everywhere, and our Ming country has been broken by the exile army, almost to the verge of destroying the country.

Even if this king can save Da Ming again and again, if nothing changes, it won't take long for Da Ming to go back to the old way.

The army is weak, the imperial treasury is impoverished, and the people are crying out to survive, all of this cannot continue!

I am dignified, how can I let others bully!

Therefore, this king has long made an oath that he will let my China reappear in the prosperous era of the Han and Tang dynasties in this life, and will let me coerce all the countries in the Quartet! “

Chen Yue's sonorous oath made Li Yanzhi's blood boil when he heard it, but he still maintained his calmness in his heart.

"If you follow your strategy, you will completely change the current system of the Ming Dynasty, and you will definitely offend all vested interests, Lord Wang, are you really ready?"

Chen Yue looked at Li Yanzhi with a squint: "When this king returned to Daming with troops from Dongfan, this king made all the preparations. The future actions of this king will definitely shake the interests of all the gentry class, Brother Hiko, you are also a member of the gentry, will you give up your own interests and stand on the side of this king? ”

Li Yanzhi looked back at Chen Yue calmly: "If my Ming can Weijia Hainai, if my Ming can reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, what is Li Yanzhi's personal gain or loss?"

When I was in Dongfan, I knew that you had great ambitions and ambitions to subvert the world. At first, I hesitated, not knowing whether your ambitions would be good or bad for the world.

But when I was in Dongfan, I saw that the small countries of Xiyi such as the Dutch Franc machine could come to the door of the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, and when I saw the strong ships and cannons of the small countries of Xiyi, I knew at that moment that it was time for the Ming Dynasty to change.

Lord, Li Yanzhi is willing to follow behind you and swear to the death! “

"Good, good." Chen Yue laughed out loud, feeling sincerely happy to get another outstanding talent.