"There are more and more rogues, we can't help but be on guard, Jiandou, you and Du Qing, and Zhang Zhongcheng, we must arrange good people, take care of Xuanfu and Datong, and we must not let the rogues break in and disrupt the overall situation."

"Don't worry, the prince."

Lu Xiangsheng said confidently: "Lord Wang, the rogue is just a local chicken and a dog, if it weren't for the soldiers in the mainland, they would have been wiped out a long time ago." ”

Du Qing also said: "That's right, don't look at their claim to be 200,000, 300,000, of which the old and weak women and children account for more than half, even if they are 200,000 Ding Zhuang, as long as they give me 10,000, hungry, 5,000 is enough, you can kill one seven in and seven out, and fall into the water." ”

Dare to compare with Zhao Zilong!

After experiencing the first battle of Baozhou, Du Qing also increased his confidence and high morale.

Zhang Kehe admired the aggressive energy of his subordinates, but he didn't see it that way.

"What you say makes sense, the rogues are indeed not good at fighting, but you must not be careless. The rogues are just superficial things, and if the deep root cause is not solved, if 100,000 rogues are eliminated, 200,000 will emerge, 200,000 will emerge, 200,000 will be eliminated, and 400,000, 800,000 will come out, no matter how powerful the army is, sooner or later it will be dragged down by them one day. ”

Zhang Ke's words have always been grounded, and he thinks so highly of Liukou that he can't help but be stunned. It was Zhang Zongheng, who had a lot of experience and knowledge, and knew how bad the local situation was, so he nodded thoughtfully.

"What the prince said is not bad, since the Qin and Han dynasties, once the peasants unveil the uprising, the rogue will only be wave after wave, the momentum is getting bigger and bigger, killing Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, there will be a more difficult to deal with Xiang Yu Liu Bang, unfortunately, now the Ming Dynasty has come to this step again, it is really embarrassing!"

Zhang Ke is also not easy, he certainly looks down on Li Zicheng. Zhang Xianzhong these people, but they represent tens of millions of people who have been cornered, and the tide of uprisings is enough to drown any dynasty, even including his King Andong and Yizhou soldiers.

Either find a way to save the people, or, like the Manchus, rely on crazy slaughter, a large reduction in the number of people, and then a few decades. There will also be a "prosperous era of Kangqian", but can that be what Zhang Ke wants to see!

"Zhang Zhongcheng, you have been in the local area for many years, do you have a way to solve the problem of the displaced people, so that they can live in peace and recuperate?"

Zhang Zongheng was stunned, in fact, when he and Zhang Ke first met, he proposed to restore Tuntian, and he also speculated about it during this time. It was found that the restoration of Tuntian may be feasible, but it will take too long and the investment will be too great, and now there are displaced people everywhere. This is not the best way to do it.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have the courage to say that there are no more than three reasons why the people are fleeing in all directions. The production of the first field is decreasing, the merger of land is becoming heavier, and the exploitation of the second court is aggravated. Landlords are scrambling to increase rents, and thirdly, natural disasters have continued, coupled with decades of insufficient investment in river engineering and water conservancy, and irrigation ditches have been filled. Take Xuanda as an example, if you want to restore Tuntian, except for the Zhuolu area, everything else is impossible. ”

Zhang Zongheng said, everyone listened, and gradually their faces were not good-looking, indeed there are too many problems at the moment, all kinds of drawbacks are tangled together, and it has become an unsolvable mess, if you want to turn the tide, in addition to having super wisdom, you must also have the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, and unparalleled execution ability.

At this time, the big guys all looked at Zhang Ke, wanting to know what he could do.

If it was in the past, Zhang Ke might still be a little hesitant, he didn't want to do too much, but since he untied the knot, he didn't care about it, just ask the world, who can help him!

"Since Zhang Zhongcheng said these points, let's prescribe the right medicine, this king immediately wrote to the imperial court, asking for the exemption of Xuanda's taxes, and the allocation of one million stone of grain for the resettlement of the influx of Xuanda refugees. In addition, all the landlords in Xiaoyu require the land rent to be reduced to less than 10%, and the annual interest rate of the loan shall not exceed 105%, and anything that exceeds it will be regarded as usury, and the people can not pay it back! ”

Zhang Ke said this, took a sip of water, and then continued: "Third, Zhang Zhongcheng is right, if you want to restore the irrigation ditch, it takes too much time and may not be effective. The land outside Xuanda and even the Great Wall was divided into pastures, and the people were organized to raise cattle and sheep, and all the wool produced was supplied to the textile workshops. ”

"The first two are to reduce the burden of the people, I carry the pressure of the court, and if there are people in the local area who rebound, they will all be dealt with as bandits, and this king doesn't mind the blood flowing into a river."

Saying that, Zhang Ke looked at Yue Zixuan and ordered: "Chief Yue, you arrange for soldiers to enter the towns and villages, and anyone who dares to violate the law will be killed." ”

"Yes!"

Yue Zixuan doesn't care about anything else, he is a slave, he knows the suffering of the people best, and he doesn't take the Ming Dynasty in his eyes, and only listens to Zhang Ke's orders. In his mind, this should have been done a long time ago.

But others didn't dare to think so, especially Zhang Zongheng, his mouth was crooked, and he didn't know what to say.

As for Zhang Ke's three articles, the first is to coerce the imperial court, and the second is to declare war on the gentry, dig up people's ancestral graves, and cut off people's lives.

"Lord Wang, do you see if it's ......?"

"Not negotiable." Zhang Ke said decisively: "This king has made up his mind, and you really don't have much time left for us." Zhang Ke said earnestly: "The influx of displaced people outside, if the livelihood of the people is not arranged, the local people of Xuanda will also join the ranks of the displaced people, and at that time, if we want to stabilize the overall situation and even make a difference, it will be even more difficult!" ”

Suck!

Everyone's faces changed, and Lu Xiangsheng took the lead in standing up and said: "The prince is far-sighted, and his subordinates will definitely do it, but we can't do it alone, we must have talents who can do things, I propose to transfer 300 middle and lower officials from Liaodong to strictly enforce the law and minimize the impact." ”

Zhang Ke nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, if you want money, you want people, and this king fully supports you." ”

The meeting ended quickly, and after the end of the meeting, everyone was in motion.

First of all, in terms of the army, Zhang Feng led the cavalry out of the Great Wall and stationed in the garrison of the West Tumut Department, firstly, according to the original agreement with Bart and Zhenuo, to protect the two tribes against Lin Dan Khan, and also to promote trade and protect the Han people from the Great Wall.

Yue Zixuan was focused on the interior, and he appointed twenty generals to lead the men and horses into various castles of Xuanda to assist in the implementation of government decrees and press the ground. At the same time, he arranged a battalion of vehicles, cavalry, and even artillery to be on standby. After all, some big landlords and clans have a large number of personnel and have their own private soldiers, so they can't be careless.

Seeing Zhang Ke kicking off the posture and wanting to make a big move, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Zongheng and others couldn't help but rub their hands and were eager to try.

At the same time, they investigated the fields in the Xuanda area, and arranged for the displaced people to cultivate all the abandoned fields that could continue to be cultivated, and if they could not be cultivated, they treated them according to pastures, planted pastures, and raised cattle and sheep.

Fortunately, there were precedents in Daning Dusi, and the progress was rapid, and two months later, Deng Wentong led a group of people to Datong, and there was a trace of prosperity, which couldn't help but be amazed. (To be continued......)