Chapter 299: Poison Plan (II)

"Wechen obeys." Zhang Yi bowed and saluted, then considered the wording, lowered his head and said: "As the old saying goes, the army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege, I don't know if the lord thinks so." ”

This is the famous article in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Zhu Chongjiu since the Xuzhou Uprising, I don't know how to memorize it hundreds of times, I have long been familiar with it, but it is familiar to me, how to apply the theory to practice, but it is a black eye, today, suddenly heard someone mention it, I didn't feel a move in my heart, nodded, and responded in a low voice, "Sun Tzu's words, of course, are the best things in the military, but Zhu is shallow in knowledge, and he doesn't know how to use it, if Sanyi has something to teach me, I might as well say it in detail!"

"Wechen doesn't dare." Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu was moved by his own language, Zhang Yi arched his hand again, and cautiously added, "Just now I heard that General Li said that the imperial court granted Chakhan Timur the title of Daru Huachi, and granted the local lord of the fortress the privilege of tax exemption, so that they could organize their own troops and horses and follow Chahan. ”

"Tax exemption, let them organize their own soldiers and horses, isn't that the Hunan army, the imperial court is really willing to spend blood." Zhu Chongjiu still had an impression of these words, and after thinking about it carefully, his brows quickly wrinkled into a Sichuan character.

There are examples in the memory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the glorious moment once defeated the regular troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after encountering the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan, but more and more powerless, and finally even the city of Nanjing was breached, with millions of bones to achieve the reputation of the Xing Nengchen who had shaved his head.

The reason for this is that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom itself decayed too quickly is one of them, and the Manchu Dynasty responded with a proper strategy, making the greatest use of the hatred of the squires and landlords against the Taiping Army, but it also contributed greatly, as for the "My Great Qing Dynasty" was finally dug up by the successors of the Hunan Army, it was half a century later, at least the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not see it with their own eyes during their lifetimes.

"Dare to ask the lord to know, the Mengyuan court's move, by no means a whim, at present, not only the state capitals under the rule of Zhongshu Province are organizing their own townships, Shaanxi, Huguang and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, since last autumn, have also posted notices, allowing all roads to set up the Volunteer Soldier Wanhu Mansion, Mao Hulu Volunteer Soldier Wanhu Mansion, etc., the selected generals are all local gentry, and the soldiers they recruit are also the Zhuang Ding of the forts, and those who are recruited will be exempted from their errands, so that the red scarf is self-effective." Lest Zhu Chongjiu carelessly lose Jingzhou, Song Ke also stood up and reminded loudly, (Note 1)

Although Lu Luzeng and a group of civil and military officers who have not dispersed do not understand what the "Hunan Army" is, they speculated from Zhu Chongjiu's expression that they should be similar to the "righteous soldiers" and "gourd soldiers" in Song Ke's mouth, which are all nicknames for local regimental training, so they stood up one after another and echoed in a low voice: "The governor must not take it lightly, although the imperial court's move is to quench his thirst, but he can also win a little respite for himself. ”

"Indeed, the lord must not be careless, after all, after crossing the Huai River, it will not be controlled by our army, and the people's hearts are unpredictable."

"If you want me to say, just kill all the way, and whoever is suspected of colluding with the Mongols will be cut down and eradicated, so as not to leave them behind, and eat and sleep with half an eye open."

"No." Zhang Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly interrupted loudly, "Lord, my lords, don't be murderous, if this is the case, Zhang's crime will not be atonemented!"

After that, he hurriedly gave Zhu Chongjiu a salute, and eagerly added, "Lord Mingjian, in fact, those local gentry, there are also many people who see that Meng's vitality has been exhausted, and they may not be really willing to live and die with it, but the red scarf Liu Pingzhang has been in the army since the year before yesterday, and he has killed the gentry too much, Bu Wangsan, Meng Haima and other generals, where they have passed, the gentry's house is ten rooms and nine empty, that Peng Yingyu is the most ruthless, every place, must first raid the house of the big family, burn the title deed, open the barn, so that, Even if those gentry wanted to stand by and watch, they had no chance, so they could only stand on the side of the Mengyuan court. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Chongjiu's brows furrowed, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, "In this way, they are justified in being traitors, or do you think that those red scarf soldiers should tie their hands and stretch their necks and wait for the court to kill." ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Zhang Yi shivered, a layer of cold sweat quickly oozed from his forehead, although he was resourceful, he was not very bold, he felt the thunder rolling above his head, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.

Song Ke, who came with him, was much more free and easy, and immediately took over the conversation, and added loudly: "Lord Mingjian, although the red scarf soldiers should not tie their hands and wait for the court to kill, but the squires do not all deserve to die, before the cattle and sheep are slaughtered, they will struggle, someone wants to cut them with a knife, rob their land, and divide their grain, of course they would rather take out the money and grain to recruit the villagers to work hard, rather than sit still, so the Mengyuan court understood this, so the Mengyuan court took advantage of the situation and allowed the gentry to recruit troops to protect themselves." , and the two brothers, Li Siqi and Li Sishun, I am afraid that it was precisely because of the injuries that they betrayed the head of Zhao, and the important town of Suiyang fell into the hands of the imperial court without a fight. ”

"Hmph,,Hmph,,。" Zhu Chongjiu gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of cold light, and the knuckles of the fingers held on the handle of the knife faintly turned blue-gray.

Liu Bowen would rather be an idle cloud and wild crane yesterday than come out to assist him, so that he has realized that some contradictions are far more severe than he expected, and today after listening to the rhetoric of Zhang and Song, he felt even more cold in his heart.

"Could it be that I really forced Lao Tzu to have a red storm." As soon as people are in a hurry, they instinctively want to solve the problem in the simplest and most effective way, especially when they hold the handle of the knife in their hands, however, seeing Song Ke's face full of honesty and looking at the group of strategists around him, Zhu Chongjiu felt that the knife on his waist weighed tens of thousands of catties, and he was ruthless several times, but in the end he couldn't pull it out of the scabbard.

If there is really a red storm, I'm afraid he will have to kill from his side, this year, the literacy rate is probably not even five percent, as long as you can afford to read, who is not from the middle class or above, the gentry are killed, the inheritance of Chinese civilization may be completely cut off, a hundred years later, who can tell whether he is a hero or a sinner.

"My lord, quench the wrath of the thunder." Lu Lu had been silently looking at his grandson-in-law, familiar with where his reverse scales were, and seeing that he was on the verge of going berserk again, he took the initiative to step forward and explained in a low voice, "Zhang Senjun and Professor Song are also out of a public spirit, although the imperial court's move is vicious, for itself, it is not a good governance, so at the moment, we don't need to care about the short-sightedness of the squires, but should carefully discuss how the Grand Governor's Mansion should deal with it." ”

"Exactly." Zhang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and added more carefully, "What Weichen said just now is not to ask for his life, but to worry about the future of my Huai'an army, after all, it is not better than Huaiyang elsewhere, here, under the order of the lord, no one dares to disobey, and out of Huaiyang, the host and guest are easy, the gentry are strong, all of them are big families in the countryside, and ordinary people are either their same clan or their tenant servants, obeying the orders of the patriarch and the owner, they have already formed a habit, and in a hurry, they will not carefully distinguish between right and wrong. ”

"It's okay in Henan and Jiangbei provinces, but if you cross the Yellow River, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse." Song Ke thought about it and said without hesitation, "Everywhere our army goes, people and land are both alive and well, and the gentry and big families are the eyes and ears of the imperial court, and even take the initiative to cooperate with the imperial court, burn crops, and clear the wilderness. ”

"Lianghuai is few and densely populated, and close to the canal, the people are well-informed, and most of them do not make a living from farming, and after leaving Lianghuai, the people are all vassals of the gentry, and they will only blindly obey the patriarch, and they will never trust an outsider, so Weichen thinks that if the lord wants to take the world, he must first collect the hearts of the people, even if he can't win the grain and follow, at least let him stand by, instead of sacrificing his life to help the court." Zhang Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to whisper.

In the past year or so, the Huai'an army has been marching forward vigorously, winning a hundred battles, and in the minds of a group of civil and military personnel, Zhu Chongjiu has almost become half a god, although he will not obey his orders, but he will not knock on the death of the edict, so Zhu Chongjiu makes a workshop, opens a Huaiyang business, or advocates the equality of the four people, except for a few such as Lu Luzeng, who occasionally dare to raise some objections, other civil and military affairs, is to understand and implement, do not understand in the implementation of understanding, never do the slightest obstacle.

But tonight, Zhang Yi and Song Ke have become a rare scenery in the conference hall, which makes everyone disgusted, but also a little admiration in their hearts, these two nerds, although their words are ugly, they are also courageous.

"The two of them should know that Zhu Mouzhi is determined to recover China, and he never thought of being an enemy of the gentry of the world." After holding his palm on the handle of the knife for a long time, Zhu Chongjiu finally let go of Qing's ten fingers and gasped for emphasis.

"Wechen knows that Wechen has decided to sell Zhongtian Property and buy the share capital of Huaiyang Firm." Zhang Yi quietly breathed a sigh of relief and confessed in a low voice, "However, Weichen only understood that the way of heaven has changed after seeing many workshops in Jiangwan during the day, and the wise man does not need to own 10,000 acres of land, and he can also let his children and grandchildren have no worries about food and clothing, but others have no chance to see it, and they may not be able to understand it." ”

"Weichen thinks that there are not a few such people." Song Ke also secretly wiped his wet palms a few times on the hem of his new clothes, and added with a smile, "The minister's family has been broken, so there is nothing to be reluctant to, and those local tyrants in the countryside have been guarding the land for several lifetimes to live, and they only know that the Red Turban Army is coming, and they are going to break the house, but they may not know that the chief manager is coming, but they are easier to get rich, and in the confusion, they have become chess pieces in the hands of the Mengyuan court." ”

"Oh." Hearing him say this, Zhu Chongjiu finally calmed down a little, killing people, after all, can not completely solve the problem, it may not be difficult to slaughter those stubborn gentry, but it will take at least thirty years to re-cultivate an intellectual group, and from another point of view, the resistance of those gentry may not be completely unreasonable, after all, the knife is on the neck, no matter who it is, it will struggle hard.

In his last life, he was a slightly nationalist angry youth, but he was not a pure idealist, he firmly believed that the Chinese nation should not be killed and enslaved by foreign races, but he did not think that it was natural for the descendants of Yan and Huang to enslave and kill each other, in other words, the nationalism he believed in, in the end, must be independence, freedom and equality, not because of blood, wealth, or belief in a certain god, a certain theory, the other part can be trampled under their feet, or even slaughtered, That is a kind of madness in his eyes, whether it is holding the banner of ** or the so-called universal values, there is no essential difference between them.

Thinking that he would not be able to kill all the opponents in the world in the end, Zhu Chongjiu let out a long sigh again, and then squeezed out a smile with great difficulty, and humbly asked Zhang Yi and Song Ke for advice, "The two of you are very right, the Huai'an army will come out of the two Huai sooner or later, please teach me how to make Meng Yuan's poisonous plan fail, so that the gentry of the world no longer regard me as an enemy." ”

"This." Unexpectedly, Zhu Chongjiu was so easily persuaded, Zhang Yi and Song Ke were stunned and flattered.

Then, then, they saw each other's stubborn side, "'Ruling the world with scholars', there is no need to mention it, Zhu himself is a grass people, and there is no reason to sacrifice his life to fight the country, but he asked the scholar to come out and bully his neighbors. ”

"Lord Mingjian, the two of us have no such intention." Zhang Yi immediately bowed down again, and solemnly reaffirmed his position, Liu Bowen is a lesson from the past, the two of them don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, besides, changing a person is not a matter of one or two days, Zhu Fozi does not forget his roots now, who can guarantee that after Zhu Chongjiu sits in the country, he still remembers that he used to be a butcher, not to mention that even if Zhu Chongjiu can persist for a lifetime, his prince and grandson will never be born and sent to the people to kill pigs.

"It doesn't matter if you have, I just don't listen." Zhu Chongjiu didn't expect that with a few words of his own, he could make Zhang Yi and Song Ke completely change their positions, smiled, and waved his hand gently.

"Hehehehehe" A funny laugh immediately sounded around him, and Lu Luzeng and the others were all relieved.

After laughing, the atmosphere in the council hall finally returned to normal, Song Ke glanced at Zhang Yi, and then took the initiative to say, "Lord Mingjian, Ke thinks that the gentry are enemies of the red scarves, most of them are bewitched by the Mengyuan court, and they don't know about my Huai'an new policy. ”

"Well, that's a good thing." When Zhu Chongjiu was not dizzy, he was also an open-minded admonition, so he immediately nodded and commanded in a low voice, "Su Changshi, this matter will be arranged by you, didn't you make a lot of storytellers some time ago, take out some money, let them make a joke about Huaiyang's new deal, and sing it around, the effect should not be too bad." ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys." As long as it was beneficial to Zhu Chongjiu, Su Mingzhe didn't care what means to take, and immediately got up to take the order.

"Good Father." Zhu Chongjiu looked at Lu Luzeng, who wanted to speak and stopped, and continued to instruct, "Shilin, please also ask Shangong to write a few more letters to defend Zhu, in addition, all the newspapers in Huaiyang area, whether they are government-run or privately run by a business, Shangong can send someone to take care of them first, and let them speak for me Huaiyang." ”

"Yes, the old minister obeys." Lu Lu had arched his hand and agreed in a deep voice.

"A few of you, find a way to communicate more with the business and the dealers, so that they can not only make money, but also think about how to make money for a longer time." Zhu Chongjiu turned his head, then fell on the staff behind him, and continued to add.

"Yes, my lord." All the civilian staff members bowed their hands in unison and bowed down to receive the order.

"Sanyi, you see what else can be done, just say it." Zhu Chongjiu nodded, turned his gaze to Zhang Yi again, and asked for advice with a pleasant face.

"Weichen here, there is another emergency policy, I want to ask the lord to consider." Zhang Yi thought about it and said hesitantly.

"What kind of emergency method, you might as well be more careful." Zhu Chongjiu frowned and commanded in a low voice.

Zhang Yi nodded, and gave his hand again, "It's not a secret, in the opinion of the micro-ministers, the current policies of the governor are a little too hasty, in Huai, Yang, Gaoyou three places are okay, after all, the land here is barren, most of the people rely on boiling salt, helpers and business to make a living, the new deal for them, there is no harm in it, at least, it will not cut off any way of life, in other places, it is not." ”

"Well, I know that, you go on." Zhu Chongjiu thought about it and nodded helplessly.

In a completely agrarian society, if you want to promote industrialization on a large scale, the resistance is indeed extraordinarily large, and if you don't want to shed blood, you really need to slow down a little.

"Therefore, Weichen thinks that if our army is separated from Lianghuai, it must win the hearts and minds of the people." Zhang Yi is very careful to avoid some words, replacing the heart of the gentry with the heart of the people, or in his eyes, there is no obvious difference between the two, according to his past life experience, most of the time, the people will only look forward to the local gentry and patriarchs, and will not consider things for themselves, and will not carefully weigh the pros and cons.

"Indeed, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world." Zhu Chongjiu smiled, sighed and nodded.

"The so-called delay means that outside of Huaiyang, for the time being, do not prematurely implement the policy of changing slaves into hired laborers, but regain the Guangwu benevolent government, strictly order them not to mutilate slaves and maids, and reward those who are willing to take the initiative to respond to the new policy, or give them one or two ways to open workshops to make money, or give them the exclusive right to franchise certain goods in the local area, so that other bystanders can weigh the pros and cons and decide for themselves whether to follow suit."

"Uh-huh,,。" Zhu Chongjiu muttered in a low voice, noncommittal, he didn't know exactly what Guangwu Renzheng was, but from Zhang Yi's rhetoric, it should be a top-down call, which has no actual legal effect, and may not be effectively implemented, which is not attached to his original plan, and will even seriously delay the realization of his primary industrialization idea, which makes people feel very uncomfortable (Note 2)

"The lord may set a term of one year, or three years, or five years, in the newly acquired land, for a period of time, and shall remain as before, but after the time has elapsed, no one shall buy or sell slaves." Knowing that Zhu Chongjiu was not so easy to give in, Song Ke hurriedly added on the side, "The same is true for the integrated payment of grain by the gentry, and those who are willing to take the initiative to respond to my Huaiyang Army may wish to allow him some benefits, in opening workshops, operating goods, or other aspects, giving him strong support, and making some reductions and exemptions within the share of the total number of taxes that should be paid. ”

Although it is still far from Zhu Chongjiu's ideal situation, it is not a solution, at least, it will be much easier to implement it than to strictly follow the rules of Huaiyang.

"For those who are stubborn and dare to collude with the Mengyuan court to resist my Huai'an righteous master, it is suitable to use urgency." Zhang Yi followed closely behind Song Ke and added loudly, "Punish the Qi clan, confiscate his family, confiscate all his land and then distribute it to the people, the people get the land of my governor's mansion, naturally they don't care about the apportionment, those who vainly try to step on two boats will also be jealous when they see the thunderbolt method of the governor, and weigh their future actions." ”

"Good, this is a great good." Zhu Chongjiu stroked his palms hard, gritted his teeth and cheered Zhang Yi, what is called a poisoner, Zhang Yi is a living example, when it is time to give benefits, he does not consider any principles at all, and when it is time to kill people, there will never be the slightest hesitation.

And if the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion adopts his proposal and implements the decree of differential treatment on the newly laid down territory in the future, the resistance of the so-called local gentry will be much less, after all, they still have some time to adapt, and there are certain privileges to enjoy, which is far less risky than following the Mengyuan court to the underworld, and if some of these nimble minds can turn to industry and commerce along the way, I am afraid that the future of the entire family in the future may not be worse than relying on the thousands of acres of land at present, (Note 3)

Note 1: From the history of the Yuan Dynasty, the Hundred Official Chronicles, in Henan, Huainan and other places, set up the Righteous Soldier Wanhu Mansion, the Mao Hulu Righteous Soldier Wanhu Mansion, etc., "exempt them from errand service, so that the thieves are self-effective"

Note 2: After Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu took over the world, in view of the precedent of the Haoqiang family's excessively harsh treatment of slaves and social turmoil, he issued many decrees to strictly prohibit the cruelty of slaves and maids and restrict land annexation, but the implementation of these decrees was not strong.

Note 3: In the American Civil War, Lincoln announced the emancipation of black slaves in the South, but the states in the North supported him, so it was the same.

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