In the end, those officials and gentry were escorted north by a team of brocade guards with full grief and curse, and used their awe-inspiring righteousness to deter the old bandit who had just hanged countless officials and gentry, but was described by Zhongyong as a rather obedient old bandit.

Gao Yigong will give face to the loyal and brave uncle.

Yang Qing immediately explained the content of these reforms to the soldiers and civilians at the wharf, especially the meaning of the gentry as one errand and food......

Actually, there is no need to explain.

They knew who it was aimed at when they looked at the old men who were mourning, but the soldiers and civilians were not too excited, after all, they also knew very well that this had nothing to do with them, and the gentry were on an errand and paid for food, and it was the gentry's business that had nothing to do with them. What had an impact on them was nothing more than apportionment to the mu, but only the abolition of the poll tax was added to the field tax, and they still had to pay what they should pay, not to say that it was abolished directly for them, so no matter which reform did not give them direct benefits, it was all aimed at those officials and gentry.

So for the common people, there is actually no difference between reform and non-reform!

It's not even necessarily a good thing.

Because the gentry's losses are great, they must also pass it on to them, which is nothing more than raising the rent, turning what should have been paid by them into tenants in disguise to pay to them, in fact, not only their own tenants, but also those gentry who did not have merit and fame in the past, in addition to the trickery of the land, there is also one of the most important means called flying. That is, the gentry colluded to register the gentry's land in blocks to the yeoman peasants, and finally those yeoman peasants paid taxes on behalf of the gentry, and the yeoman peasants were unwilling to ......

Bandits wiped out.

I have to say that they are also rampant.

The New Deal would certainly have forced more gentry to resort to this tactic in order to pass on their losses.

It's a given.

The only thing that is worthy of the gratification of the poor is that several harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished in the New Deal, which was only hesitantly canceled by Chongzhen under the bewitchment of Yang Qing's painstaking efforts, which is the only benefit that the New Deal brings to ordinary people.

In the final analysis, the purpose of Chongzhen's new policy is not to reduce the burden of the people, his purpose is only to increase the income of the imperial court, he is a feudal emperor who cares about the burden of the people, that thing is just lip service, in the final analysis, he is only for his own financial income to meet the needs. There is no essential difference between him and the fourth elder brother, the fourth elder brother is engaged in this purpose to feed those hardcore crops that are becoming more and more unsupportable, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, these parasites alone cost tens of millions a year, without the reform of the fourth elder brother, Concubine Yi can't support them if she sells herself. Chongzhen is also doing this to feed his army that can no longer be fed, the difference between them and those faint kings and the like is only that their originally arrogant eyes have a rare look at the common people, knowing that they can't continue to add to these people.

Not to see their suffering, but to see their anger.

Then the rest can only be added to the gentry.

To say that they are truly for the common people......

That's not! If this is used on Zhu Yuanzhang, it is indeed a bit right, he really thinks of the common people, although his methods are a little cruel, and he is limited to the level of knowledge, many of his designs are full of loopholes, and they are broken by the gentry in a blink of an eye.

But he really thought about the people!

As for Chongzhen, it's better to save it! He was just beaten up by Li Zicheng, and he knew that the common people were not easy to mess with! In addition, the blink of an eye collapse of the Huaihe defense line did make him tremble, this collapse was a real collapse, that is to say, if it was not for him and Li Zicheng to cooperate in fraud, but the latter really came to Jiangnan with an army of 400,000, at this time he really should have considered moving the capital to Hangzhou again. Liu Liangzuo's escape without a fight, Linhuaiguan's defection, and the opening of the Great Wall of Heaven to meet the king are all true, this is just Li Zicheng sent two generals to the south, and the 200,000 troops of the Shun army in Beizhili did not move at all, but this time Li Zicheng also tested his hypocrisy, so next time it is really 400,000 troops to go down to the south of the Yangtze River.

This is what Chongzhen is most afraid of.

However, the new policy still gave the military and civilians a hint of freshness, at least it meant that His Majesty the Emperor began to think about their existence.

They don't dare to expect too much!

Yang Qing and his entourage then rushed to the camp in Liuhe City, Ma Shiying and others had already returned from the defense line in the north of the city, they were also a little shocked to listen to Chongzhen's holy decree, but their reaction was nothing more, as Chongzhen's cronies, but also the opposing political forces of the Donglin system, they could only accept Chongzhen's will.

This was the basis for their foothold in the imperial court.

Otherwise, those Jiangnan officials would have squeezed him out long ago.

As for Huang Degong, these generals......

"300,000 military silver!"

Yang Qing directly put a small box in front of Huang Degong and said, "This is for you and your generals, but the 300,000 taels of you will give your brothers a face, and they will all be distributed to the brothers below!" After all, they still have to fight this battle, if it is about to collapse as in the past, then brother and I are really welcome, don't say that you can vote for Li Zicheng, even if you vote for Li Zicheng, I guess no one will be able to stop me if I want to kill! ”

After speaking, he lifted the lid of the sixty or seventy-pound wooden box, and instantly a jewel shook the eyes of the surrounding generals.

It's all gold and jewelry!

Anyway, Chongzhen didn't use much of the jewelry he copied some time ago! The biggest advantage of him, the emperor, is that he is not good at these things, not only himself, but also those concubines in the palace are all simple under his strict orders, except for his sister-in-law, even if Yuan Guifei or even Princess Kunxing and others wear jewelry too luxuriously, they will be reprimanded by him. These robbed jewels are all piled up in the warehouse, and now they are just right to reward the generals, after all, if this thing is really sold in large quantities, the price will fall, but the reward to these generals is different, just look at their excited eyes.

"The lord said that he laughed, how can we be those people who are greedy for military salaries!"

Tian Xiong said seriously.

"Joke, yes, Benjue is laughing!"

Yang Qing said with a smile.

"But if there are ink greedy, I'm really good at killing!"

He went on to say.

Those generals looked stunned, and instantly remembered his pair of irons, saying that there were several people who originally followed Liu Liangzuo, who had seen his violent painting style, and indeed as he said, even if he surrendered Li Zicheng, it was useless, and no one could stop him if he really wanted to kill anyone.

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhongyong, we won't take a single ingot of the army silver!"

Huang Degong said.

"Then divide this up!"

Yang Qing pushed the box of jewels in front of him and said.

Huang Degong signaled, Tian Xiong couldn't wait to step forward and hug it, because he didn't use enough force to pick it up, he smiled awkwardly, and then picked up the box with renewed strength, and then hugged it aside, those generals no longer cared about the conversation between Yang Qing and Huang Degong, and rushed over to appreciate it directly.

Of course, you have to wait for Boss Huang to speak.

"Uncle Zhongyong, please rest assured, with my Huang Degong, I will not let the rebel army take a step forward, but I have to be careful to go south, Yuan Gao Erwei has enough grain in Tianchang, there were originally 300,000 stones, Yuan Zongdi won more than 100,000 stones in Fengyang, Gao Yigong and plundered a lot in Xuyi and Tianchang, and the grain in his hands is not less than 500,000 stones. And the rebels who surrendered to the enemy in their two divisions and the rebels who attached to the rebellion, with a total strength of about 150,000 people, these grains are enough for them to support in Tianchang and Xuyi until next year, if the 200,000 troops in Beizhili take the opportunity to go south, it will be really dangerous, so the best way is to gather the strength of all armies and go all out to counterattack Tianchang to recapture those stored grains. ”

Huang Degong said.

"Our department has 200,000 troops in the Beijing battalion, Huang Fei in Yangzhou 40,000, Gao Jie in Baoying 50,000, Huai'an 30,000, Huang Binqing 20,000, Zhang Mingzhen 20,000, even if you don't add Cao Youyi's department, it is 360,000, and there are also Gao Dejie's imperial camp iron cavalry, more than twice the strength, which is enough to fight a decisive battle with the rebel army."

He then added.

"Yes, I'm afraid that they will do anything, and we don't believe that we can't beat them if we have more than twice the strength!"

Ma Degong said excitedly.

Obviously, this box of jewelry has a noticeable effect.

"Drink first, and then talk about the war after drinking!"

Yang Qing said noncommittally.

In fact, he is also a little bottomless in his heart now, as far as the previous performance of the Ming army is concerned, it is easy to stimulate Li Zicheng to turn the fake fight into a real fight, after Gao Yigong has obtained a long grain stockpile, even if Li Zicheng cannot transport grain from the north, it is enough to support the short-term assault of the 400,000 Shun army.

500,000 stones!

400,000 horses not to mention two months, one and a half months is enough.

The best solution is indeed as Huang Degong said, gather all the Ming troops around and go all out to counterattack and recapture Tianchang, but the problem is that this kind of treacherous behavior will definitely attract Li Zicheng's full counterattack, and then it will become a decisive battle between the two families, and neither he nor Chongzhen wants to do this. Although the latter doesn't necessarily care about the three sons, he is a decisive battle and does not say that the outcome is unpredictable......

In fact, most of them still lose.

Because of the fulfillment of the promise of free food, coupled with the fact that Li Zicheng's official rule was far more clear than that of the Ming Dynasty, it had already shown the vitality of a new regime, and the Shun army was not comparable to the Ming army in terms of morale or support among the people.

And even if Chongzhen wins, it is a miserable victory, don't expect a counteroffensive to the north, those people who have just enjoyed a good life of free food can not agree, the Ming army can only suffer heavy losses and then be unable to move forward, and then it is time for Zuo Liangyu to come to the side of Qingjun, during this time, Donglin Qunxian is competing to run to Wuchang, which Yang Qing and Chongzhen are very clear, especially now Chongzhen's reform has added fuel to the fire.

Before Zuo Liangyu was solved, Chongzhen did not dare to fight Li Zicheng in a decisive battle, and the result of both defeats was the benefit of the Jiangnan gentry!

So can you not fight or can't fight.

At this time, Chongzhen really can't afford to fight!

What silver can buy is at most a momentary excitement, and if they really go to the battlefield, these guys can not collapse at the touch of a button, and they are already very worthy of their conscience!