"The Imperial Court? Hahaha......" Li Zicheng laughed, and the study was shaken, "Mr. Wang, the governor of Pontus was originally Bai Ding, and if he wants to serve the imperial court, is there a way?" After a pause, he said: "Mr. Wang is a two-list jinshi, so what, I don't know what practical things have been built for the people and the court over the years?" ”

Wang Zheng was speechless for a moment, why didn't he want to transform his research into real objects in order to benefit the people, and for himself, it would be more fulfilling.

But the Ming Dynasty's Shilin has always been quite reluctant to research, and they also scoffed at the most useful things, and also denounced them as "strange tricks and tricks", not to mention production and sales, even if they gave it away for free, they couldn't look down on it.

He is still a Jinshi and ranks among the Shilin, if he is replaced by Li Zicheng, he should not be a thief or a demon and sent to prison?

In the Ming Dynasty, there are many missionaries, not only one John Tang, why are the rest of the people mediocre?

Thinking of this, he was a little sympathetic to Li Zicheng's suffering, "Metropolitan Governor, it took a lot of money to produce these things, right?" ”

"For the sake of the people, no matter how much money you spend, it's worth it," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "What are the people?" The people live at the bottom of society, and if the people in power can't care about their suffering, who cares about their lives and deaths? After a pause, he said: "If the people lack food and clothing, they can still deal with it for a while, in case the cooking is cut off, like the people in Shaanxi, there is no overnight grain and rice......

Wang Zheng's heart moved, his house was near Xi'an Mansion, and he already felt the threat of thieves, and was thinking about how to protect himself.

If, as Li Zicheng said, the superior cares about the people and makes the people have enough food and clothing, why are there so many thieves?

Raise the soup to stop boiling, it is better to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle!

But the bigwigs of the Beijing Division, who really cares about the life of a thief? They were ordinary people! If it weren't for the severe drought in Shaanxi for several years, who would want to rebel and wait to be killed?

He suddenly thought that he came from Guguan, although there is no prosperity in Beijing, the people live and work in peace and contentment, unlike Shaanxi, where there are thieves everywhere.

How did Li Zicheng do it? Is he really the leader of the thieves whom the people love? Or is it all appearance?

"Governor, there is something unknown below......

"Mr. Wang doesn't have to be polite, just say anything straight!" Li Zicheng frowned and thought deeply, couldn't the people impress him with this move?

Wang Zheng arched his hand and said: "The governor of the capital, only separated by a Longshan Mountain, why can the people of Xining and Longyou live and work in peace and contentment, while the people of Shaanxi are thieves, and the officers and soldiers are inexhaustible?" ”

"The people of Shaanxi are thieves, the cause is that after several years of drought, the people have no food to eat, in order to survive, they have to rise up, rely on robbing homes, and transfer their own disasters to others, so that more and more people are affected, and the ...... is endless."

“……”

"The people who were not affected by the disaster, even if they were engaged in normal production, the food was taken by the thieves, and they became disaster victims and were forced to join the gang of thieves, which strengthened the power of the thieves," Li Zicheng thought to himself, the thieves in Shaanxi, three natural disasters and seven man-made disasters, "If we can't provide disaster relief and solve the people's food problem from the root, the problem of thieves will not be solved!" ”

"Didn't the previous trilateral governor Yang He advocate the use of silver money to appease the victims? Not only did he not eliminate the thieves, but Yang He himself ended up beheading and abandoning the world......"

"That's his way is wrong, and the power in his hands is not enough," Li Zicheng said: "At that time, the thieves were only tens of thousands, Yang He got the silver and grain, and distributed it, and the thieves turned to the people and hibernate for a while, but once the money and food ran out, ......"

This is also Wang Zheng's concern, the imperial court cannot support these victims forever.

The taxes of the imperial court are mainly used for the military salaries in Liaodong, and there is simply not enough money and food to support them for a long time, and now the thieves are almost all over Shaanxi and Shanxi, and the number has reached millions. ”

"Yes, it's a pity that the imperial court can't implement it," Li Zicheng sighed angrily: "To permanently solve the thieves in Shaanxi, there is only one way: there is a great drought in Shaanxi, and crops can't grow in the land, so these people can only move to other places and redistribute the land. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is right," Wang Zheng stared at Li Zicheng, not as arrogant as he was at the beginning, Li Zicheng's words made him feel like he was suddenly opened, "Xining and Longyou are according to this method?" This method works in Xining and Longyou, why can't the imperial court? ”

"When the people move to other places, as long as they are given money, food, and land, most of them are willing, and the problem is not with the people," Li Zicheng took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Yang He gave money and grain back then, but what about the land?" The people have no land, they can only sit and eat landslides, and once they run out of money and food, they will become thieves again! ”

Wang Zheng said: "The land mentioned by the Governor ......"

"The land of Daming has its own owner, who is willing to take out their own land and hand it over to the disaster victims to cultivate?" Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and shook his head slowly, "Ordinary people, their own land is not enough to cultivate, how can they hand it over to others?" And the clans, scholars, and wealthy merchants who occupy a large amount of land have always been disgusted with the lack of whales, so how can they care about the lives and deaths of these untouchables? Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Perspective change, how much land is Mr. Wang's family willing to allocate to resettle the victims?" ”

Wang Zheng thought about it, he was a member of Shilin, and the family wanted to ...... in order to accumulate land for their descendants, "How did Xining, Longyou, and the Metropolitan Governor solve it?" ”

"Guns!" Li Zicheng took the rifle in He Xiaomi's hand and raised it to Wang Zheng, "In order to let all the people have food, the land in Xining and Longyou areas is redistributed to ensure that not every strong man can get enough land." ”

Wang Zheng was thoughtful, Li Zicheng's approach in Xining and Longyou, the imperial court could never do it, not to mention the rich businessmen, the clans and Shilin who occupied more land, the imperial court never thought of starting from them.

Like Zhu Changxun, the blessed king of Luoyang, he got the forgiveness of 20,000 hectares of land at one time, and over the years, I don't know how many people's land has been encroached upon, and his land has spread all over the whole province of Henan!

However, who would dare to let King Fu take out some land? Even if it's just a little bit......

The thieves in Shaanxi have been making trouble for several years, and the court has never heard such remarks.

According to Wang Zheng's estimate, if anyone dared to make such a suggestion, I am afraid that they would have been drowned by the spit of the imperial court long ago.

Is the imperial court really powerless to deal with the thieves in Shaanxi? If it goes on like this, wouldn't Da Ming ......

Such a question is too heavy, he is just a petty official, and now he is still guilty, and he is powerless to ask at all.

Not in his position, not in his business!

Wang Zheng is most interested in the rifle in Li Zicheng's hand, if he goes to Liaodong with this kind of fire# gun, can he defeat the Tartars of Liaodong?

"Governor, this fire # gun...... Not even the imperial court, such a sharp fire # gun, how did the Metropolitan Governor forge it? ”

"This is the top secret of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and it can't be made public for the time being," Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "Mr. Wang, if you master these skills, can you help the imperial court make this kind of fire # gun?" Even if it can be produced, can you guarantee that the fire # gun is qualified? ”

Wang Zheng thought of his recent encounter, and under the recommendation of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, he was awarded the "Liaohai Supervision Military Road" to assist Sun Yuanhua in training.

Sun Yuanhua was in him, also a teacher and a friend, and the two worked together to improve the artillery, but unfortunately, the artillery and fire # guns produced by the imperial court could not meet their requirements at all, and the range of the fire # guns was not even as good as the fire # guns in the Yongle period, and the artillery was even more inferior, as long as three or four solid bullets were fired, the gun chamber would overheat, and it could explode at any time!

I really don't know how the eunuchs supervised the production, hey......

If it weren't for the problem with the guns, how could they be defeated by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming in Shandong? As a result, the army was defeated and captured......

Although Kong Youde later released them, Sun Yuanhua, as the supreme official of Denglai, was still beheaded by the imperial court and abandoned the city, and he was lucky to be saved by his friends, although he saved his life, he returned to his hometown from then on, and it was difficult to be used by the imperial court.

"Why, Grand Duke? Why can't the imperial court produce qualified fire # guns and artillery? ”

"Corruption," Li Zicheng said: "If it is a technical problem, it is completely possible to concentrate manpower and carry out technological innovation, but corruption is different, it is rotten in the bones, it is rotten, no matter how good the technology is, it cannot produce qualified products." ”

Wang Zheng seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand, he just looked up at Li Zicheng, leaned back in his seat, and didn't say a word.

"Mr. Wang should know that when the craftsman was producing fire # guns and artillery, he was first stripped of some silver taels, and naturally he could not produce qualified guns, and when distributing these guns, if he did not bribe the eunuchs, he would not be able to get the full amount, and there were many defective products," Li Zicheng was half based on the experience of later generations, and half was guessing, "The people of the imperial court, who will treat the soldiers fighting on the front line as human beings?" Shinong Industry and Commerce ......"

"Don't say it," Wang Zheng suddenly raised his eyes, a little provocative, "Dadudu, isn't there corruption in the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Whether there is corruption or not, it doesn't matter if the Governor of Pontus says it, you have to look with your eyes," Li Zicheng was not angry, and continued to maintain a faint smile, "Mr. Wang is interested, you might as well take a look for yourself, if you find corruption, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will definitely give a reward." ”

"I want to see it with my own eyes," Wang Zheng said angrily, "There is no need for a reward." ”

"Welcome Mr. Wang to Xining," Li Zicheng took out a green card from his arms and handed it to Wang Zheng, "With this green card, unless it is a military place, you can use your own eyes to see it." ”

"Governor, if you want to see the production of fire # guns and cannons......"

Li Zicheng thought about it for a while, and did not give a red card, but said: "Xiaomi, Mr. Wang is going to the Firearms Bureau in a moment, you go and arrange it." ”