"That's all in the past," Li Zicheng said: "In the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there is no limit on the number of wives and concubines, and General Luo has many women, and it seems that he has not violated the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"This ......" Luo Rucai saw Li Zicheng's understatement, and his heart was even more uneasy, Li Zicheng already knew.

"However, General Luo has married so many wives and concubines, there is always something bad," Li Zicheng's face, although there was a smile, but his words were cold, "When the governor of Pontus first heard about it, he thought that General Luo had hidden a lot of property......

Luo Rucai hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor Mingjian ......"

"How will General Naro feed these women, and the children they will give birth to in the future?" Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Don't forget, the Heavenly Mandate Army's Yulu is not high!" ”

"So...... That's why his subordinates asked to see the Metropolitan Governor......"

Li Zicheng looked at Luo Rucai's eyes and stared for a moment before he sighed and said, "Is there any resentment in General Luo's heart?" ”

"No, no," Luo Rucai hurriedly arched his hand: "How dare your subordinates resent the Grand Governor?" It's all the fault of the subordinates......"

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, we still need to work hard!" Li Zicheng said slowly: "There are many people in the world who can't even eat their stomachs......"

"Grand Governor, subordinate...... Subordinate......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "The governor of Pontus also has a wife and several concubines, but after marrying the Gao family that day, he was separated for many years, and then he married the Sun family," Yu Yu sighed and said: "The rest of the concubines are all ...... It's all about working with local personalities, or even naturalizing alien ......"

Luo Rucai hurriedly said: "The subordinates don't dare to compare themselves with the Metropolitan Governor, and they don't mean to interrogate the Metropolitan Governor......"

"That's it, the matter of the governor of Pontus, if he goes to Xining in the future, General Luo will understand," Li Zicheng's eyes became gloomy, pondered for a long time, and said: "When did General Luo discover his mistake?" ”

"At dinner," Luo Rucai said: "The food of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the officers and soldiers are the same, the soldiers can eat enough, and the officers will not be specialized......"

"Yes, the Mandate of Heaven Army is still poor, if it weren't for the officers and soldiers eating together, maybe someone would want to deduct the soldiers' salaries!" Li Zicheng felt that Luo Rucai realized his mistake, not necessarily because the food of the officers and soldiers was the same, but probably because he could not support his little wives.

Ninety-six, even if the amount of food a woman eats is small, the amount of food per meal is not a small number, when he is an independent camp, the money and food are used by him, and after joining the Mandate of Heaven Army, the meager Yulu can't support these women at all, unless he hides money and food privately......

And the act of secretly hiding money and food is absolutely not allowed in the Heavenly Mandate Army, unless Luo Rucai defects......

Luo Rucai suddenly got up, waved at Li Zichang, and said loudly: "The Metropolitan Governor, the subordinates know that they are wrong, ask the Metropolitan Governor to punish him, and the subordinates will never complain!" ”

"Forget it, it's all in the past," Li Zicheng waved his hand to let Luo Rucai sit down, and said, "What does General Luo plan to do with these women?" ”

"The subordinates are going to ...... Going to ......" Luo Rucai gritted his teeth and said: "If the soldiers are willing to marry, only one or two will be left by the subordinates, and the rest will be rewarded to the soldiers......"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "General Luo is really willing? ”

"If in the past, the subordinates were really reluctant," Luo Rucai said: "The subordinates used to be poor and afraid, so after having floating wealth in hand, they lived a luxurious life, and the slogan of 'robbing the rich and helping the poor, doing the right thing for heaven' has long been left behind, and by the side of the Dadu Governor, the subordinates have a lot of feelings, and they also know that the previous days of the subordinates are destined not to last long, and they will be destroyed by the imperial court if they are not merged by others......

"General Luo can see the development of the situation clearly, it is really gratifying!" Li Zicheng got up, took Luo Rucai's hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go back, the firefighters should have prepared dinner!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, got up and returned to the camp.

The army caught up with the people in Maojiaji, and Li Zicheng resettled them along the way, mainly in the prefectures and counties in the south of Runing Prefecture, and went to visit Yang Chenhu's division of the Fourth Regiment of the Seventh Battalion stationed in Xinyang Prefecture, and then slowly moved north along the official road through Xinyang Prefecture.

When I arrived at Runing City, it was already past the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Li Xin welcomed Li Zicheng into the city, and wanted to set up a banquet for Li Zicheng to welcome the wind, but Li Zicheng refused, "General Li, how is Yang Wenyue, is he still stationed in Xihua?" ”

"It's still there," Li Xin's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a fishy cat, "Metropolitan Governor, Yang Wenyue's army is just a lone army, do you want to drive him away?" ”

"Yang Wenyue is not a fool, isn't there a ranger guard on the periphery?" Li Zicheng slowly came to the head of the city and looked at the city from afar, "Yang Wenyue is just our watchdog, without reinforcements, Yang Wenyue does not dare to attack the city, if there are other reinforcements, Yang Wenyue must be moved, as long as you keep an eye on Yang Wenyue, you can see some clues of the Ming army!" ”

Li Xin and Li Zicheng looked at each other and smiled, "Watchdog? Haha, the metaphor of the Metropolitan is so apt! ”

Li Zicheng glanced at Li Xin and said, "How is the food in the city?" ”

"Don't worry, the city has enough grain and grass," Li Xin frowned suddenly, and said: "Dadu Governor, this year's summer grain is close to the level of a bumper harvest, and it is far from what the outside world calls 'starvation everywhere', is it possible that the drought in Henan is all a scam of the government?" ”

"Close to the level of a bumper harvest?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "General Li is saying that we have already levied a lot of taxes?" There is no need to transport grain and grass from Nanyang and Luoyang to here? ”

"Yes, when the subordinates saw that the people had a bumper harvest, they discussed with the prefect that the tax would be levied according to the fifteenth tax, and the people would not object, let alone starve," Li Xin said: "So the subordinates estimate that the drought in Henan may be a scam made by the magistrate!" ”

"There are so many magistrates in Henan, how can everyone deceive the imperial court?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "There should be a drought in Henan, but it is not as serious as the magistrate said," after a pause, he muttered: "Man-made disasters are greater than natural disasters......

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "The metropolitan governor said that Henan's taxation is too heavy, the people are miserable, and the local officials know that the tax cannot be completed, so they dare not criticize the imperial court, so the drought in Henan will be infinitely expanded?" ”

"It must be like this," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, and said: "For the sake of the war and peace thieves in Liaodong, the imperial court continues to show the people all kinds of military salaries, often a million taels, and in a normal year, the people also want to have food and clothing, and the imperial court is so endowed, doesn't it force the people to rebel?" The local government knew that the people were overwhelmed, but they did not dare to speak to the court, for fear of losing their hats! ”

“……”

"In order to shirk the responsibility of 'official coercion #civil rebellion', the local officials are infinitely exaggerating the drought situation," Li Zicheng said: "In this way, the responsibility for the forced rebellion of the people is neither the imperial court nor the magistrates, but the heavens...... Only in this way can the caliber of the officials be unanimous! ”

He really couldn't tell whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, and the officials lied about the drought, which objectively did not reduce the burden on the people, but only shifted the responsibility for "man-made disasters" to "natural disasters", which not only kept their official positions, but also maintained the dignity of the imperial court.

But for the common people, the result of "natural disasters" and "man-made disasters" is the same, which will bankrupt them, make them hungry, and make them lose the land on which they depend!

If it weren't for these natural and man-made disasters, perhaps the development of the Mandate of Heaven Army would not have been so smooth after it came to Henan......

The imperial court and these officials appointed by him deceived the heavens and the earth, but the result was to hasten the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

Luo Rucai smiled gloomily and said: "Governor, everyone, the imperial court has wantonly increased the amount of money in order to level the thieves, but can the imperial court extinguish the 'thieves' in their mouths?" ”

Li Zicheng's face became solemn, Zhu Youzhen's existence is a historical tragedy in itself, people who have lived in the palace since childhood, can they know the suffering of the people?

He remembered an ironic story.

When the Jade Emperor came to inspect the world, he saw the rich drinking wine and eating meat, and the drinkers grinning, so he thought that it was the most painful thing in the world; Seeing the people with water wheels and water, but humming a little tune, needless to say, it must be a pleasant thing in the world.

Anyone who disobeys discipline and kills and sets fire to him will be punished with drinking wine and eating meat, and those who obey the law and have meritorious service will be rewarded with water wheels and water......

Can an emperor like Zhu Youzhen govern this chaotic country?

Diligent administration is one thing, but the key is whether or not it can accept the test of history.

The tragedy of Zhu Youzhen is the tragedy of the feudal dynasty, the tragedy of the scholar in power, and the inevitable result of the policy of ignoring the people.

Li Zicheng raised his head and saw that everyone was looking at him, knowing that he was distracted, so he smiled faintly and said: "The court has pacified the rogues for more than ten years, but there are more and more rogues, when will the court be able to quell the rogues?" ”

Song Xiance hurriedly said: "The subordinates have traveled all over the Central Plains, and the proverb is good, 'Eighteen children are the main artifact'!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled but didn't answer, someone created momentum for himself and preached "the destiny of heaven", why don't you do it? Besides, in my heart, I already had that "Huaxia" ......

After a long while, Fang Dao said: "The trouble of the imperial court is not only the beacon fire and wolf smoke created by the Liukou, but also related to the outside, the Tartars have pinned down most of the main forces of the Ming army, and I heard that the soldiers and horses of the general army of the Eight Towns are fighting against the Tartars in Jinzhou!" ”

Although they have heard of the cruelty and ferocity of the Tartars, all the information is hearsay, and the real situation is blackened.

Who can have the hundreds of years of life experience of "Li Zicheng"?

These words are too heavy, and the Tartar is still far away from Henan, it is useless to say more, it is better to do the things in front of you.

Li Zicheng sighed lightly and took the lead in going down the city, "Yang Wenyue has been monitoring us in Xihua, and we are not short of food now, so we will accompany him to spend so much!" ”

Li Zicheng settled down in Runing City, and for several days, he either wandered around the market in Weifu, or took his own soldiers to inspect the farmland outside the city, and handed over the military affairs to Li Xin and Niu Jinxing, and all the civil affairs to Song Xiance and Luo Rucai.

In the evening of this day, Li Zicheng had just returned to the city, and before he arrived at the barracks, Luo Rucai suddenly greeted him, "Governor! ”

"Huh?" Li Zicheng reined in the horse, but said in his heart, Luo Rucai intercepted himself halfway, there must be something important, is it a woman's business? Then he said lightly: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Luo Rucai arched his hand and said in a low voice: "Metropolitan Governor, Zhang Xianzhong is here!" ”

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