Wen Tiren didn't dare to say that he was unparalleled in his eloquence, but he was almost able to bloom lotus flowers with his tongue, spinning the world around Chongzhen, and obeying his words. Facing Zhang Ke, his flickering skills were suddenly beaten back to his original form.

If you suppress the bandits according to the methods of the imperial court, you will only be like the end of the Qin Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty, killing a group of rogues, and then a batch of bandits, endlessly. And the imperial court has limited troops and limited financial resources, and if it falls into this quagmire, it will never recover, until it is completely consumed.

Although Wen Tiren did not want to believe this judgment, reason told him that this was the case. From its rise to the present, the Rogue has experienced several disastrous defeats.

When he marched into Shanxi for the first time, Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief, used the weapons he got from the Yizhou soldiers to beat the Liukou and won a battle. Then Qiao Fu led the troops to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, which greatly boosted morale, the Ming army won one after another, Li Zicheng and others had to retreat to Sichuan, and even Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, died.

But as a result, within a few months of the failure, the rogues re-raised the banner and came overwhelming again.

Chongzhen couldn't understand the truth, but Wen Tiren knew it clearly.

Just as Zhang Ke said, he killed the leader of the Liukou and suppressed it for the time being, but the people still couldn't eat or drink, and when the power of the court was loosened, the Liukou would emerge again.

And the terrible thing is that every time it breaks out, the destructive power of the rogue is greater, and the rogue who has experienced defeat will learn a lesson and become more cunning, as for the imperial court, it is because of the tyranny and the loss of the people's heart. It is equivalent to the imperial court constantly creating rogues and pushing the people to the side of the rogues, if this continues, will there be an immortal country!

Throughout the Chinese dynasties, only the Song Dynasty was truly defeated by foreign races. And the reason for the Song Dynasty is also because of natural disasters**, the financial collapse of the imperial court, and then the collapse of the army. Most of the Great Song Dynasty will also die in the endless stream of exiles.

As the first assistant, Wen Tiren knows better than anyone what the problem is, and he is even a little desperate.

However, Zhang Ke prescribed him a prescription to solve the problem of rogues. It is necessary to solve the problem of feeding the common people, and it is very powerful, three points are used to suppress bandits, and seven points are used to pacify.

This requires a huge investment of gold, silver, and grain, as well as various authorizations. For example, in war-torn areas, land should be returned to the imperial court and then divided equally among the people, rations and agricultural tools should be provided, taxes should be reduced or exempted, and they should be helped to rebuild their homes and the administrative system......

Such a complicated work is not capable of being done by others, only Zhang Ke has tried it in Liaodong. There were Jiannu soldiers outside, and the military and civilian economy in Liaodong completely collapsed, relying on Zhang Ke's efforts, it took a few years to recover. Handing over the Central Plains to Zhang Ke is a hope of success, of course, it is only a hope.

Zhang Ke also told Wen Tiren that even so, it was impossible to completely solve the rogue, because the problem in the Central Plains was that there were many people and little land, and the land had been cultivated for many years, and the land was declining, and it was no longer able to carry so many people. Therefore, it is necessary to emigrate overseas, which he is already arranging.

"All the princes of the court and the court think that this king is standing by and watching. Sit back and watch the rogue make a big fuss, but I don't know that without the millions of immigrants of this king, the court will only face a million more rogues! Now it is the loss of Luoyang, and by that time. Maybe the opening is gone. The army of rogues has reached the capital, who else can guide the country and talk loudly! ”

Zhang Ke's words echoed in Wen Tiren's ears, this was not for the princes of the court, but for Emperor Chongzhen.

Don't you think that this king will not send troops, so you want to exchange the title of prince for soldiers? This king is not so superficial! I've already helped the court out of trouble. It's just that you don't have eyes.

Wen Tiren paced back and forth in the bedroom of the pavilion, walking for more than an hour, the thick-soled official boots were stunned by a thin layer, sighing, and frowning.

Zhang Ke has already made a bid, and if he wants to send troops, he can hand over all the local military and political powers, and at the same time allow the implementation of the Juntian Order in the Central Plains.

In addition, it is necessary to let the Huaxia Du branch take over the treasury of the imperial court, take over the internal treasury of the imperial palace, unify the allocation of financial resources, promote silver dollars, and facilitate transactions.

After listening to Zhang Ke's conditions, Wen Tiren knelt directly.

If Zhang Ke's request is agreed, the Ming Dynasty will simply be a country.

The power of several provinces in the Central Plains, plus the financial power, what is left of the imperial court, from the emperor to the six ministries and nine secretaries, all of them have become a bunch of decorations, when Zhang Ke is happy, he will drive the big guys out of power, and he will become the emperor himself.

Wen Tiren really wanted to refute it, but he scrutinized it carefully, but he couldn't find any reason.

All provinces want to unify the suppression of bandits, and to resettle homeless displaced people, can it be done without following Zhang Ke's method?

In addition, a large amount of gold, silver and grain must be used to resettle the people, Zhang Ke promised to take out silver and grain, but if it was handed over to the officials of the imperial court for distribution, the skin was peeled layer by layer, and ten taels of silver arrived in the hands of the people, I am afraid that there would not be even one tael left.

Isn't it a waste of money?

Wen Tiren understood it, and it was completely impossible to let Zhang Ke endure for the country, mention more consideration to the court, and give some blood and less benefits. What's more critical is that Zhang Ke already has this strength.

There is no need for other places, just one Tianjin, in the hands of Zhang Ke, in a few years, it has become a shipping center in the north, a large number of southern goods are transported to Jingshi and Liaodong through Tianjin, and goods from the north also go south from Tianjin. People and goods bring great business opportunities, and more and more people are gathering here. Tianjin's population has tripled in just a few years.

Such a means of governing the local area, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, is also unique.

Wen Tiren also completely understood, no wonder those young scholars and officials desperately supported Zhang Ke. If he could be twenty years younger, maybe he would follow Zhang Ke's back, after all, what he saw under him was hope, and under the rule of the imperial court, there was only despair.

So far, Zhang Ke has made it clear that Chongzhen is the biggest problem.

If you tell Chongzhen about Zhang Ke's conditions, it is conceivable that this emperor must be furious and crazy, and even treat Zhang Ke as a rebellious minister and thief, and issue an edict to beg the thief.

But is the imperial court still capable of dealing with Zhang Ke?

Faced with this terrible situation, Wen Tiren's head was about to crack. Lord Shousuke stayed only one night, and the next day, with red eyes, hurried back to the capital.

"Lord Wang, I don't think Chongzhen will bow his head." As Zhang Ke's old classmate and concurrently the civil envoy of the royal palace, Shen Yue was peeling orange peels and eating them heavily.

"Sweet and sour, it tastes good, Lao Zhu, you can have one too."

Zhu Qingbin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't have as big a heart as you, but now is a critical moment, if Chongzhen agrees, Yongzhen will hold all the power in his hands, even Cao Cao back then can't compare!" ”

Shen Yue smiled, "When have you ever seen a date fall from a monkey's mouth, don't say that Chongzhen doesn't agree, even if it's the six cabinets, and those big bells of the celebrant supervisor, who of them is willing to give up power?" ”

The princes of the capital can kill them, but they can't persuade them to hand over their power, human nature is like this, it can't be changed!

Shen Yue suddenly said in a daze: "Lord Wang, why don't you just send troops to conquer the capital, it's so troublesome." ”

"Nonsense!" Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly widened, and he said angrily: "This king is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, you must not harm me!" ”

The devil believes it!

Shen Yue stared at Zhang Ke suspiciously, as if he wanted to see a clue from his eyes and find evidence of when he started, but after looking at it for a long time, he was stunned and found nothing.

"Don't look at it, in a few days, our emperor will make an order, and when the time comes, we will need the help of the two brothers, and we will destroy the rogue together."

Although Shen Yue and Zhu Qingbin couldn't figure out what medicine Zhang Ke was selling in his gourd, they had strong confidence in Zhang Ke and quit to rest one after another.

In the days that followed, jaw-dropping events took place.

First of all, the Liukou opened the Yellow River, flooded Kaifeng, Kaifeng's King of Zhou was quite sensible, he took out the gold and silver of the palace to reward the three armies, stabilized the people's hearts, and barely held on, but he was also exhausted, and the King of Zhou died of illness in a few days.

At the same time as the death of King Zhou, a group of rogues suddenly appeared in Shandong, raided Jinan, killed King Lu, and what is even more unimaginable is that the rogues rushed into Qufu and killed hundreds of Yanshenggong people!

The hometown of the saint was tragically destroyed, the world's scholars seemed to be digging the ancestral grave, the news spread to the capital, countless scholars cried to the gate of the noon dynasty, and the sound of grief entered the nine-fold deep palace.

So far, what conditions can't be agreed!

Chongzhen endured his anger, gritted his teeth and said: "Spread my will, crown Zhang Ke as the king of the east, control the armies of the world, and immediately raise troops to suppress the bandits......" (To be continued.) )