In fact, Yang He is very suspicious that Li Zicheng is a real common person, if it is an ordinary person, he should not be ignorant of the thoughts of the common people.

According to the history that Yang He understands, there is only one time in history when the common people really took the lead in rebellion, that is, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled at the end of the Qin Dynasty. If you don't fight back, you have to die, it's better to do the opposite.

Since then, none of the people who have led the rebellion in the past dynasties have been truly poor people.

Here is a list of those who led the rebellion in the past dynasties:

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was born as a ruffian and hooligan.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Uprising, was the leader of the Taiping Taoism.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Zhai Rang of Wagangzhai was a criminal official, Li Mi was an official eunuch, and Dou Jiande was an officer.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao was born as a salt merchant and was a good gambler.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, Song Jiang was born as a clerk, and his friends were all hooligans and scoundrels, and Fang La was the leader of the Ming Sect.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Futong was born in a huge wealth and Han Shantong organized the establishment of the White Lotus Sect.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan was a scholar, and later entered Christianity and formed a God worship society.

From the backgrounds of the above people, it can be seen that none of the people who led the rebellion were poor people, either hooligans or leaders of the Taoist sect.

Why are all the people who lead the rebellion like this? Because the hooligans are bold, dare to do things, and know how to organize the head of the door. The real poor people are deceived and passively joined by these people.

Among the above-mentioned people who led the rebellion, except for Liu Bang, who succeeded, none of them succeeded.

Liu Bang was able to succeed because he had gathered a large number of talents under his subordinates, and the rest of the people did not have decent talents.

After that, the successful one was Zhu Yuanzhang, who followed others to rebel. Zhu Yuanzhang is a real poor people. He truly understands the suffering of the people. Therefore, he formulated a series of policies that were beneficial to the people, which were supported by the people, and Zhu Yuanzhang also had a large number of talents.

These days, Yang He has been watching the Taizu record.

From Taizu's records, Yang He learned that Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates had gathered a large number of talents.

Without these talents, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have been able to establish the Ming Empire even if he was a genius.

And Zhu Yuanzhang has always carried out in the process of the uprising, every time he occupies a territory. The unreasonable systems of the Yuan Dynasty were abolished and a new system was introduced, so that the people could produce with peace of mind, so as to ensure the supply of military rations.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to win the world because he laid a solid foundation in the early stage. has a solid foundation, even if he loses a few times, Zhu Yuanzhang can afford it.

But Li Zicheng has no foundation, so he can't afford a big failure. In addition, many of his soldiers were forced, and a big defeat would make his army discouraged. It is no longer possible to organize.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng failed in the war with the Manchus, he lost the opportunity to make a comeback.

Success from Zhu Yuanzhang. Judging from the two cases of Li Zicheng's defeat, in order to succeed in the rebellion, it is necessary to have talented people to follow him and also to have a solid base.

It's a pity that Yang He doesn't have either.

And now is not the time to rebel.

Although Daming is already in the twilight, either there are problems here or there, but in general, Daming can barely maintain operations.

If you want to accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and take advantage of the troubled times, it is better to use every opportunity to rise to power in these years, as long as you have power, you can change this declining empire.

Even if he takes drastic measures, it is better than creating damage against the country.

In fact, Yang He's original idea was simple, that is, to defeat Jianyu, prevent the Manchus from entering the Central Plains, and save the country from a hundred years of humiliation.

But as Yang He got to know more and more about the Ming Dynasty, Yang He found that if he wanted to defeat Jianyu militarily, he first had to improve the economy of the Ming Dynasty, and if he wanted to improve the economy of the Ming Dynasty, he must first change the system of the Ming Dynasty, and if he wanted to change the system of the Ming Dynasty, he had to grasp the power to change the Ming system, which was simply interlocking.

Therefore, when Yang He considers the problem now, he is no longer just considering military things, but also considering political aspects.

(Note: The above paragraph is equivalent to the author's narration, which can be regarded as a commentary on what Yang He did during this time.) ）

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Due to the delivery of sweet potatoes, the speed of going back was naturally not as fast as when they came, and Yang He and the others walked for four days before returning to Funing County.

As soon as he entered Funing County, Yang He was stopped by the people of the county government, saying that Zhang Zhi County had an urgent matter to find him.

Yang He had no choice but to arrange for Xu Guangqi's personal soldiers and the old farmers who were driving the car to rest for the time being, and rushed to the county government with the yamen's errands.

What made Yang He strange was that Wang Yuanwai was actually in the county office, seeing that Wang Yuanwai seemed to be more than ten years old, Yang He thought about it for a while, and knew that it must be Sun Defu who had not been to Wangjiazhuang to toss in these days after he left.

Because all the family members in Wangjiazhuang were injured by him and his soldiers, and there was no family guard, Wang Yuanwai naturally couldn't resist those bandits, and Wang Yuanwai had no choice but to ask him for help from the general training of the regiment.

Yang He smiled, arched his hand at Zhang Fengqi and Wang Yuanwai, and then said with a smile: "I don't know what the county lord is looking for Yang?" ”

Zhang Fengqi sighed and said: "There are bandits in Funing County, Wang Yuanwai's mansion has been robbed by bandits three times, Mr. Yang Qian, Wang Yuanwai hopes that you can lead the township soldiers to catch these bandits." ”

"There are bandits in this county? When did it appear? How many bandits are there? Yang He asked hurriedly.

"Five days ago, I heard from Wang Yuanwai that there were more than 10 bandits." Zhang Fengqi said.

Yang He smiled faintly when he heard this: "Oh? There are only a dozen bandits! It seems that there are hundreds of people in the Wang's outer mansion who take care of the family, right? Do you care about a dozen bandits? ”

Wang Yuanwai smiled bitterly: "Those bandits are really fierce, and the family members in the old mansion are not the opponents of the bandits at all. ”

Yang He smiled and said: "Wang Yuanwai, I remember that when Zhang Zhixian was preparing to organize a group exercise, you and those rich businessmen couldn't pay for it, saying that there were no bandits in Funing County, what?" Now the bandits are thinking of me? ”

Wang Yuanwai hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang Qian, Lord Yang, you don't know what to do, you can help the old man, as long as these bandits are arrested, the old man will give you a thousand stones of grain every year to help the military in the future." ”

"This ......" Yang He muttered: "Outside the king, it's not that Yang doesn't want to help you with this, it's really that the township soldiers have just been recruited, and they have only been trained for a few days, and their combat power is not as good as that of the family in your house." The family in your house can't deal with those bandits, how can the township soldiers recruited by Yang just be the opponents of those bandits? ”

Wang Yuanwai hurriedly said: "Lord Yang, the township soldiers don't have the combat power for the time being, but don't there still be dozens of soldiers under the adult?" ”

Yang He smiled and said: "Except for Wang Yuan, those people under me are border troops, and they have no obligation to help Funing County clear out bandits. By the way, Wang Yuanwai, I heard that you seem to have a good relationship with the guard, right? Why don't you ask them for help? ”

Wang Yuanwai smiled bitterly: "The old man does know Meng Qianhu of the Yongping Guard, but Meng Qianhu said that he can only be responsible for the bandits in Lulong County, and here in Funing County, without Lord Zhang's words, every soldier in the guard will not dare to cross the line." ”

Yang He nodded with a smile, turned his head to look at Zhang Fengqi and said: "Lord County, Yang Mou, as the chief soldier of the regimental training, has the responsibility to clean up the bandits in the county, but we have to talk about this matter." ”

"Mr. Yang Qian, there are bandits in this county, this official is the magistrate of the county, if he can't clean up the bandits, it is a dereliction of duty, as long as he can clean up the bandits, Yang Qian always has any requirements." Zhang Fengqi said with a smile.

Yang He nodded, looked at Wang Yuanwai and said: "Wang Yuanwai, everyone understands people, and Yang will not beat around the bush when he speaks." ”

Wang Yuanwai hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang Qian, please speak." ”

Yang He smiled and said: "Outside of the king, the county organizes the township corps to practice, the purpose of which is to protect the people in the county, including you big households, am I right?" ”

"Yes, I used to be old and short-sighted." Wang Yuanwai said busily.

Yang He smiled and continued: "Outside Wang Yuan, I won't hide it from you, if there are ordinary people who say that his house was robbed by bandits, Yang Mou didn't say a word, and immediately ordered people to clear up the bandits."

Why? Because part of the food and salary of the township soldiers is now from the county, where does the county get the money, it is the taxes paid by the common people. The common people have paid their taxes, so it is only natural for us to protect them.

But you big families have never paid taxes, that is, the county has not received even a penny from you, so why do you think we should protect you people? ”

Wang Yuanwai hurriedly said: "This gentry should not pay grain is a law set by the imperial court, not that the gentry of this county deliberately do not pay grain. ”

Yang He shook his head and said: "It's true that the court has set the law, if the life of the court is good, you don't pay for food, but now that the court is having a hard time, you have enjoyed the benefits for so many years, you should also think about the court, especially the court officials like Wang Yuanwai, they should be more anxious about the court." ”

"Didn't the old man promise Mr. Yang Qian to give food to fund the military just now?" Wang Yuanwai said busily.

Yang He shook his head and said: "Wang Yuanwai, you didn't understand what I meant, the contribution you just said is donation, and our sending troops to protect you is equivalent to being employed, but if you pay food normally, then it is natural for us to protect you, does Wang Yuanwai understand what I mean?" ”

Wang Yuanwai was puzzled: "You mean to let the old decay receive food?" ”

Yang He said with a smile: "That's right, Wang Yuanwai, taking the initiative to pay for food, is a good thing for fame and fortune." Let's talk about the name first, the king is anxious about the urgency of the court, Zhang Zhixian will naturally report to the court, and the court will definitely praise you.

Besides, Wang Yuanwai's house has 80 hectares of land, according to the tax rate of the Ming Dynasty, the tax of one mu of land is about one bucket, you pay grain according to this tax rate, you only need to pay about 800 stone of grain to the county, which is enough than the 1,000 stone you just promised to subsidize 1,000 stone of grain, and you can save nearly 200 stone. ”

Wang Yuanwai groaned for a while and said, "I'm afraid that Mr. Yang Qian doesn't just want the old family to pay grain, right?" ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Wang Yuanwai is the head of the gentry in Funing County, if there are Wang Yuanwai who go out to talk about things, I think those gentry dare not listen to Wang Yuanwai's words, Wang Yuanwai can be much more effective than Lord Zhang's words." (To be continued......)