"I disagree!"

Liu Wenxiu suddenly jumped out and yelled, "Li Dingguo, if you insist on going your own way and have to bury your father's foundation, then don't blame the younger brother for not talking about brotherhood." ”

Wu Zhaolin, the prime minister of the left, also echoed: "The prime minister does not agree either. ”

Li Dingguo's expression was calm, his eyes turned to the right prime minister Yan Xi, the three Shangshu and the rest of the Daxi generals, and asked, "What about the three Shangshu and the generals?" ”

"I don't agree."

"The Great Western Army will never accept the reorganization of the Central Army!"

"I still have 200,000 heroes in the Great Western Kingdom, and I surrendered before I fought a battle?"

Almost everyone without exception opposed Li Dingguo's decision, only a few of Li Dingguo's cronies and generals supported Li Dingguo's decision, the crowd in the hall was indignant, but Li Dingguo's expression gradually became cold, and he said indifferently: "Speaking of which, it's the king's fault, but it's ......."

"But what? Li Dingguo: What do you want? ”

Seeing that the prime ministers, Sanshangshu and almost all the generals were against Li Dingguo without exception, Liu Wenxiu's heart couldn't help but become eager, he faintly felt that the opportunity had come, and the opportunity to replace Li Dingguo as the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom had been placed in front of him!

Li Dingguo's eyes were cold, and he said solemnly: "The Great Western Army must accept the reorganization of the Central Army, this king has made up his mind, you have to agree to this matter, and you have to agree if you don't agree!" ”

Liu Wenxiu said coldly: "What if we don't agree? ”

The corners of Li Dingguo's mouth suddenly bloomed with a trace of cold murderous intent, and with a wave of his hand, two teams of heavily armed armor soldiers had already rushed inside, and in the shadow of the sword and sword, the civil officials and military generals in the main hall had been surrounded by armored warriors, Liu Wenxiu's face changed greatly when he saw this, and he said sharply: "Li Dingguo, you chaotic minister and thief, what do you want to do?" ”

Li Dingguo ignored Liu Wenxiu and said indifferently: "Take it with this king!" ”

"Yes!"

The armored warrior suddenly agreed, and rushed to push Liu Wenxiu, Wang Zhaolin, Yan Xi and others to the ground.

After everyone had been caught, Li Dingguo breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Cangshui: "Mr. Zhang, I made you laugh." ”

Zhang Cangshui only recovered from the huge shock at this time, and couldn't help but clasp his fist at Li Dingguo, saying: "General Li is wise and decisive, admirable!" ”

A trace of loneliness flashed in Li Dingguo's eyes, and he said: "Please ask General Zhang to report back to King Jingnan immediately, for the benefit of the Han nation, Li Dingguo is willing to surrender to the imperial court!" ”

"No, it's not disarming and surrendering." Zhang Cangshui said sincerely, "It is a reorganization, after the reorganization is completed, the Great Western Army will be transformed into a glorious Central Army, and General Li, with your ability and prestige, this general soldier believes that you will inevitably become a member of my Ming Empire in the future!" ”

Li Dingguo smiled faintly and did not say anything.

Zhang Cangshui hugged his fist at Li Dingguo again, and then turned around and walked away.

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Xi'an, Wang Pu Xingyuan.

When Wang Puzheng was discussing with Liu Qingyan and Liu Ru, Lu Liu suddenly walked in excitedly and said loudly: "Lord Wang, I'm back, Mr. Zhang is back!" ”

"Zhang Cangshui is back?" Wang Pu breathed a long sigh of relief, and a stone hanging in his heart finally landed, and said, "Let him come in." ”

"Lord Wang." Liu Qingyan said in a coquettish voice, "Looking at your expression, it seems that Mr. Zhang has persuaded Li Dingguo." ”

"Hehe, that's needless to say." Wang Pu smiled and said, "If you hadn't persuaded Li Dingguo, do you think Zhang Cangshui would have come back?" The Great Western Army is not a serious person, they are grass cowards, and these grass cowards will not tell you any benevolence, righteousness and morality, let alone follow the rules of the two countries not killing each other. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Cangshui had already entered with pride, saluted Wang Pu with a military salute, and said loudly: "See the prince!" ”

"No courtesy." Wang Pu returned the salute and said happily, "Cangshui, what was the result of the trip to Sichuan?" ”

Zhang Cangshui said: "Fortunately, Li Dingguo has agreed to accept the reorganization!" ”

"Good!" Wang Pu stepped forward and patted Zhang Cangshui on the shoulder, and said, "Li Dingguo has agreed to accept the reorganization, which means that Sichuan Province has also returned to the rule of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Cangshui's expression was greatly lifted when he heard this, and he saluted the military salute again, and said loudly: "Thank you for the cultivation!" ”

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In September of the third year of Longwu (1646), Li Dingguo, the general of the Great West, led 150,000 Great Western Army to surrender to the Central Army, and accepted the reorganization outside the city of Chengdu.

Gu Yanwu, the prefect of Yangzhou, was appointed governor of Sichuan by the cabinet, and Zhang Cangshui was appointed governor of Sichuan.

The 150,000 Great Western Army accepted the reorganization of the Central Army outside the city of Chengdu, eliminated 100,000 old and weak in the army, and the remaining 50,000 elites were all sent to the Yanziji Camp in Nanjing for training, because of Li Dingguo's wise decision, the Central Army did not kill the Great Western Army after entering Sichuan, and most of the officials in the Great Western Army were exempted from being punished, and the military generals were discharged and returned to the field, and Li Dingguo and some young generals of the Great Western Army were taken back to Nanjing by Wang Pu and entered the Nanjing Army Military University to receive a new-style military academy education.

In the middle of October, Wang Pu led the Central Army to return to Beijing, and Emperor Longwu personally led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the Taiping Gate to greet him, and at the same time, the Taiping Gate was officially renamed the Triumphal Arch with the approval of the Cabinet, and the city gate was widened and heightened, so as to commend and commemorate the achievements of Wang Pu and all the officers and men of the Central Army.

When the Central Army lined up in a neat queue and opened the Arc de Triomphe, Sun Chuanting, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and other old ministers could not help but burst into tears, and the people of Nanjing who were crowded outside the Arc de Triomphe were even more hoarse, and many old people knelt down facing the north......

This day is really hard-won!

Since the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618), the old slave chief Nuerhachi has raised troops with seven hatreds, the military disasters inside and outside the Ming Empire have never been broken, and in the past 30 years, the Ming Empire has suffered too many disasters, and the Han nation has suffered too much, but now, it is all over, and all the pain and disasters have become history!

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It's late at night, but the city of Nanjing is still immersed in the hustle and bustle.

The streets outside the imperial city are brightly lit, storytellers, jugglers, and opera troupes perform on the streets, and the excited people crowd the bustling streets for a long time and do not want to leave...... They don't want money for anything, they are happy!

In the large private room on the third floor of the Wonderland, Wang Pu, Sun Chuanting, Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi are lying in the bathtub with red fruits, enjoying the wonderful bathing service while discussing the national policy related to the fortune of the Ming Dynasty and the future.

According to Wang Pu's concept, for cabinet members like Sun Chuanting, Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi, going to the Wonderland to take a bath, the bubble girl is definitely nothing [***], the cabinet composed of these three is the highest authority of the Ming Dynasty, and if they sneeze, the entire empire will have to break out a big earthquake.

What is wrong with such a high-ranking official going to the Wonderland to take a bubble bath, fight guns, and relax?

Wang Pu always believes that to control officials, you have to let them enjoy when they should enjoy, only in this way can they do things wholeheartedly when they should do things, this is actually no trick, people are almost the same, no one will be much nobler than others, if you want officials not to put their minds on holding silver, thinking about beauty, you have to let them sit on the silver mountain, hugging beauty.

Let the officials live a richer and more leisurely life than the vast majority of people, and the vast majority of people will have no pursuit of money and beauty, and they can only do practical things when they are idle.

Wang Pu's concept is absolutely contrary to the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's way of controlling people, Zhu Yuanzhang pursues low-salary torture, while Wang Pu pursues high-salary and honesty, Wang Pu has calculated that the silver used for high-salary and honesty will not be more than the silver for officials under low-salary torture.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for high salaries and low salaries, that is, the central and local bureaucracy must be simple and efficient, and a large number of redundant or overlapping institutions must be eliminated, otherwise the mere payment of officials' salaries will bring down the empire's finances! Compared with the previous Sixteen Dynasties, the Longwu Dynasty abolished the Kedao Yamen and the Nine Courtyards, strengthened the functions of the six ministries, and the number of officials of all sizes in Beijing was also greatly reduced, and the total number was even less than one-tenth of that of the Chongzhen Dynasty! As a result, the salaries of officials have increased tenfold, but fiscal expenditures have decreased.

Sun Chuanting groaned comfortably, and took the lead in bringing up the topic: "The internal and external troubles have been swept away, the Ming Dynasty is finally peaceful, and then the next national policy is bound to make some adjustments. ”

Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi's eyes turned to Wang Pu at the same time, the two of them have developed a habit, but whenever they encounter such a major meeting as discussing national policies, they will not dare to express their opinions before Wang Pu has expressed his opinions, after all, Wang Pu's opinions are the criterion for future national policies.

Wang Pu pondered for a moment and said: "I thought that the killing orders of Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces could still be pursued to promote my Ming Dynasty to colonize abroad, although my Ming Dynasty's territory is already vast enough to feed hundreds of millions of people, but no one knows how much the population of the empire will swell in the future, so we should still take precautions and do our best to open up enough living space for future generations." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Qian Qianyi echoed in a loud voice, "What the prince said is extremely true, the killing order of the three northern provinces must continue to be implemented. ”

Sun Chuanting bowed his head slightly, and asked Wang Pudao again: "What about the others?" At present, the internal and external troubles have been swept away, and it is estimated that there will be no battle to fight in a few decades. ”

Sun Chuanting's opinion belongs to the old and serious, and all dynasties have done the same, after the war, there must be a period of recuperation, otherwise it will be difficult for the entire nation and the whole country to recover from the trauma of the war, and after the war, people are determined that whether it is soldiers or ordinary people, few people are willing to continue to fight.

But this time, Sun Chuanting's opinion is undoubtedly not suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, the Central Army created by Wang Pu existed entirely for the purpose of fighting, and the soldiers of the Central Army were extremely eager for war, and secondly, the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially the people of Jiangnan, had been inspired by Wang Pu and the Central Army to have a strong national blood surname, and they eagerly hoped that the Central Army could expand abroad as soon as possible and beat the military might of the Central Army abroad.

"Let the Central Army disarm and return to the field?" Wang Puda shook his head and said continuously, "No, no, no, this is absolutely not good, if the Central Army is disbanded, the Ming Empire will lose its powerful armed forces, then the second national policy I want to say will be difficult to implement, so the Central Army must not be disarmed and returned to the field!" ”

"The second national policy?" Sun Chuanting asked, "What national policy?" ”

Wang Pu said: "This is today's topic, and the second national policy is to take the population captive!" ”

"Population captivity?" Sun Chuanting lost his voice and said, "Who is being kidnapped?" Where to go to plunder? ”

Qian Qianyi also said suspiciously: "Lord Wang, the ethnic policy pursued by our Han nation at the moment is ethnic cleansing, and the ancients said that 'if it is not my race, its heart will be different', if a large number of foreign people are taken into the country, will it endanger the survival of the Han nation, and it is contrary to the existing racial policy." ”

Wang Pu's proposal to plunder the population was indeed contrary to the existing racial policy of the Ming Empire, but Wang Pu was also forced to do so.

If the Ming Empire wants to be strong, it must vigorously support industry and commerce, and the bourgeoisie must be said to be strong and become the ruling political force as soon as possible, and industry and commerce need a large number of labor forces if they want to develop greatly, but the Ming Empire has more than 800 million acres of arable land.

The expansion of the northern cowboy is to open up tens of millions of acres of farms or pastures for the empire every year, and these newly developed farms or ranches also need a lot of labor, where do these laborers come from? You must know that when the people have land to cultivate, they are not willing to leave their hometowns and go to the city to work.

Aside from it, let's talk about the American Civil War in the nineteenth century, isn't it because of the lack of labor that those farmers and slave owners will go to war with the emerging bourgeoisie? Wang Pu did not want the tragedy of the nineteenth-century United States to repeat itself in the Ming Empire, and Wang Pu had to find a way to obtain enough labor.

There are only two ways to get enough labor.

The best way is, of course, to encourage childbearing, but this is a long-term national policy, at least forty or fifty years later, it will not show the effect, it can be said that far water can not quench the thirst of the near, so the most effective means now is to plunder the population, to put it bluntly, the slave trade, a large number of foreign people into the Ming Empire as slaves, in order to make up for the lack of labor in the empire.

Since it is necessary to plunder the population, of course, it is inseparable from a strong naval division and a strong armed force, so the central army of the Ming Dynasty not only cannot be disarmed, but also has to expand the army!

(To be continued)