"I have never underestimated the world, but my husband has underestimated me." Zhu Cihong turned around, paced and smiled: "Smart people know what to say and what not to say." If you say something without evidence, it will not benefit him. The two gentlemen, however, were perfunctory to me in a metrical manner, apparently unwilling to advance and retreat with me. ”

Without waiting for Sun Chuanting and Wu Fu to speak, Zhu Cihong continued: "Now is an extraordinary time, and we can only do extraordinary things. I really want to be a mentor and confidant, so I never sugarcoat them. If the two gentlemen regard me as the tyrant of the ancients, then I can only do nothing in vain. ”

"Your Highness......"

"In today's world, even the Holy Father of Yan can surrender thieves, but only my family can't!" Zhu Cihong accentuated his tone and said: "Putting aside the ancestral foundation, the articles of the Chinese people for thousands of years are the fundamental!" The thieves raised troops to the east, I don't look at haode, when Wu Sangui occupies Beijing, it's better to say, if you let the east take advantage of the situation, you and I will be poked in the backbone by future generations! ”

Wu Fu glanced at Sun Chuanting, knowing that it was useless to show loyalty, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, in today's world, holy learning is definitely not to be taken lightly!" The Saints are still available. If the sacred study is lightened, it is the withdrawal of the 'Huayi defense'. In the hearts of people, this Huayi defense is tantamount to a mountain pass. Therefore, the words of the minister cannot be withdrawn. ”

Seeing that Wu Fu was outspoken, Zhu Cihong returned to his train of thought and asked, "What about the Holy Descent?" ”

"If the court announces such a thing as a thief, wouldn't it be like a shrew quarreling with a shrew?" Wu Fu said unceremoniously: "Turning over and over is nothing more than Zhu not living up to the hole and Kong has a negative Zhu." He is already swept away, does he want to drag the court into the water? ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, this is the conceptual overlap between the country, the imperial family, and the imperial court, and if you are not careful, you will be secretly exchanged in concept. If the state can establish the majesty of the law and punish this traitor with the law, the imperial family will not have to go into battle shirtless.

"Let the Kong family fight this lawsuit by himself." Wu Fu said: "The other rooms of the Confucius Gate want to attack the knighthood. is bound to attack Kong Yinzhi in a big way, and Kong Yinzhi must also defend himself and introspect, depending on the color of the court. At that time, even if the court lets them slap themselves, they will have to beat and sing praises loudly. ”

- Sure enough, Wu Fu's ideas are in tune with me.

Zhu Cihong secretly praised in his heart, and nodded slightly in agreement. He can't stand the fact that some superiors pretend to be advanced for the sake of their own majesty. No position will be made. This will not only dampen the enthusiasm of subordinates, but also give people a hint of lack of execution, and will also set up a communication barrier between the two and cause misunderstandings.

The human heart is not constant. Only a saint can be impartial and unchangeable. Just like Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting, who followed him all the way, they were definitely loyal ministers and important ministers around him, but they would still pluck the string called "suspicion" in their hearts because of certain things. At this time, if you can't break the barrier, I'm afraid that in the future, you will really have to go your own way.

On the contrary, if you can pull hard when you are about to retreat. This heart will be closer.

At least for a while, it will be closer.

Sometimes, Zhu Cihong really envies those who carry the halo of loyalty with him, as if whoever sees them will abandon the negativity in human nature and become a saint in one fell swoop.

"Kong Yinzhi's matter is like this first." Zhu Cihong said: "Now that Liu Fangliang and his gang have been arrested, there is no brigade of thieves in the whole territory of Shandong. If we go further, Ren Jirong, who is stationed in Zhending, is not our opponent. Henan counties, looking at the wind and descending is their true color. Nanzhi is Gao Jie guarding Xuzhou. Old acquaintances. It seems that I can recover thousands of miles of land in the palm of my hand, but it makes me hesitate a little. ”

"Your Highness. In a hurry. Wu Fu saw that Zhu Cihong had lifted the page just now, and his heart was much more relaxed: "When I talked about the world with His Royal Highness that day, it was based on Shandong, and if I made a rash move, I would repeat the mistake of Li Thief." ”

Zhu Cihong chuckled and said, "Sir's assertion about Li Thief can be described as incisive. Just wait for the news from Shanhaiguan to come. You can know the fate of the Li thief. ”

"The top priority is to stand firm in Shandong." Wu Fu said: "Your Royal Highness withdrew the county, measured the land, and arranged the households, and the people were all in order, and the ministers were shocked in their eyes when they saw it. If it is ten years earlier than the Ming Dynasty. No matter where it is, as long as there is one side of the governor who can do this, why is there today's situation? Therefore, the minister thought that as long as the new policy could spread throughout the whole of Lu, with 5.6 million people here, it would be enough to resist the whole country. ”

At the time of the four-year census of Hongzhi, there were 770,000 households and 6.76 million people in Shandong. In the sixth year of Wanli, the number of households increased to 1.37 million, but the number of households dropped to 5.66 million. From the fourth year of Hongzhi to the sixth year of Wanli, a total of ninety-five years, after the three dynasties of Hongzhi, Zhengde and Jiajing, it is a thriving period of the Ming Dynasty, there is no disaster and no difficulty, where did the 1.1 million people go?

If you calculate the average number of people per household, there were only four or five people per household on average in the Wanli period, and the answer is naturally coming out: hidden.

Moreover, according to the number of households counted by these households in the yellow book, not only did they escape a large amount of data, but also did not include the number of soldiers and civilians under the jurisdiction of the guard.

When Zhu Cihong came to Shandong this time, the first thing he did was to compile the households and gather the people, so that a more real population could emerge.

Donggong abolished the poll tax, and carried out material assistance and land distribution on the basis of household registration, so that the people could consciously and voluntarily declare their household registration.

Judging from the current statistics of Denglai and the two prefectures, there should be 600 to 8 million permanent residents in Shandong. According to the land measurement during the Wanli period, Shandong has 61 million mu of cultivated land. After the complete withdrawal of Weizhi County, the cultivated land area can be more than 80 million mu, plus the newly reclaimed waste land, excluding the handicraft population who do not occupy the land, and even the theoretical value of "15 mu of land given by people and 2 mu of vegetable land" can be achieved.

Zhu Cihong believed that Wu Fu's character would not be right, and he also calculated in his heart: If the population of 6 million is calculated, the qualified soldier source is conservatively estimated at 1 million, and 100,000 people will be requisitioned and sent out 10 percent. According to the combat effectiveness of the Guards Battalion, 100,000 elites are enough to run rampant in the world.

Sun Chuanting was also doing the same arithmetic problem, and naturally came to the same conclusion: "It is indeed enough to support the people of Lu Province with the land of Lu Province." He then added: "However, Lu Province has suffered many disasters, and it is impossible to recover without three or five years." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "It's true that Sun Du said, but that is only counting Shandong Province." Now Jiangnan is still in the hands of the imperial court, and Zuo Liangyu also occupies the Huguang granary. No matter what Zuo Zhen's heart is, he hasn't torn his face yet, and it's no problem to buy him food with real money. In my opinion, this year can ensure that Shandong will not starve to death in large numbers, and the life of next year and the year after will be much easier. ”

"Your Highness, you still have to plan for coastal defense." Sun Chuanting said: "Tianjin, Lushun to Denglai is only a two-day sea journey, after Kong Youde defected, there are also sea ships in Dongyu, and we can't afford to guard against it." ”

Zhu Cihong sat down after returning to the bookcase, and tapped lightly on the table: "To be honest, the sea boat in Dongyu is not as good as Shen Tingyang's sand boat gang. If they really came by sea, they would be exhausted by landing alone. "Landing warfare will be a difficult subject even after 500 years, and Dorgon will not abandon the long and short ones, and use the sea ships instead of the iron horses.

"But Sun Du's words also reminded me." Zhu Cihong said: "A few days ago, Shen Tingyang also reported that some Liao people fled back to Shandong, which shows that life is not easy on the Dongyu side. I wondered if I could take Port Arthur in one fell swoop and set up a defensive line on the front line of Golden State. ”

"Your Highness, if we want to recover Jinzhou, I'm afraid our army will have to fight on both sides." Sun Chuanting frowned and said: "Now the military strength is still weak, and it is the busy season of farming, so it is difficult to replenish a large amount. ”

Now Zhu Cihong has become accustomed to not counting the combat power outside the East Palace. Now the two battalions of the Guards have been reorganized, with a total of 8,800 men. Luo Yukun's independent guerrilla battalion underwent a preliminary reorganization before it was returned to the system, and after the officers completed intensive training, this large battalion with a quota of 4,000 men could be used.

The next combat force that can be used will be the reserve battalion of tannins, the 3rd Guards Battalion. However, it will take less than two months until the training of recruits is fully completed.

In two months, I'm afraid that the Qing soldiers will also arrive at the gate of Shandong.

It was a difficult choice whether to nail the nail in Jinzhou or to strengthen Shandong's outer defensive line...... (To be continued......)

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