Gao Yingxiang didn't want to quarrel with Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, but he didn't agree with the emperor's opinion, this time it was different from the past, this time the emperor personally conquered and suppressed, and the peasant army should also be able to realize that this is the last chance, this time to fight again, it may be able to make the peasant army that is only a dead end completely break out if it is not successful.

Although the current peasant army in the hands of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong is less than 100,000 people, these 100,000 people are the elite of the elite, and their military situation is not much weaker than that of the government soldiers.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen saw Gao Yingxiang's disapproving look, and did not move, sat down by himself, pointed to the chair, and motioned for Gao Yingxiang to sit down.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled, he needs to talk to people, especially Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang is now his prisoner, and he is also the person who knows the peasant army best, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen needs to talk to people to relieve the pressure of the upcoming war, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is also very clear about the words of trapped beasts, this battle will determine the future trend of the whole China, and he is indeed not completely sure.

"Li Zicheng's failure can be divided into two points, one is a strategic mistake; One is a tactical mistake. First of all, a strategic mistake: Li Zicheng's policy was to strike at the bureaucratic landlord class and protect the interests of the peasant class. This policy played a very positive role in the early days of Li Zicheng's army, and at least it was supported by the peasant class, which was the main reason for the rapid development of the Dashun army in the early stage. In order to safeguard the interests of the peasant class. Li Zicheng implemented the exemption. The "exemption" policy implemented by Li Zicheng is not a reduction or exemption, but a complete exemption. 'Follow the king and don't pay for food' is not just a slogan. Li Zicheng did 'not pay for food'. Li Zicheng, who was beaten to the point of only a few hundred people, came out of the deep mountains and old forests, and then made a comeback in a short period of time, relying on the policy of 'not paying grain' to gain the support of the peasant class. After the 'non-payment of grain', a problem arose: Li Zicheng's Dashun army had to spend money to eat, drink, pull, scatter, and sleep, and when it started, it was not called spending money, it was called burning money. The peasants are exempted, so where does the money come from? This money doesn't come out of the ground, someone has to pay for it. Li Zicheng came up with a solution. That is, to replace the tax on the fields with "recovery of stolen goods", and if the peasants do not pay, let the landlords pay, and the landlords have money anyway. In fact, this "recovery of stolen goods and subsidies" is to confiscate the homes of landlords, wealthy merchants, princes, and nobles, and confiscate all their property, which in today's parlance means confiscating all their illegal gains.

In the process of "recovering stolen goods," it was difficult for Li Zicheng's bureaucratic landlords to preserve their "illegally" acquired property, and some of the bureaucratic landlords even had to suffer the scourge of imprisonment. The reason why the bureaucratic landlords submitted to the Dashun regime was precisely to protect their own interests. However, the entire bureaucratic landlord class became the target of Li Zicheng's attack, and Li Zicheng's policies disappointed the bureaucratic landlords. Utterly disappointed. After experiencing Li Zicheng's iron-fisted policy, they did not hesitate to scold indignantly: What kind of new imperial court is this? It's just a bunch of snitches, and it's hard to change the thief nature (how can the new policy of the Xing Dynasty still be a thief).

If Li Zicheng still attacked the landlord class, then he would be beating himself up.

Because the world is in the hands of what class, you should see clearly, although I have cut off the hereditary system of titles, but I have also protected the property of law-abiding landlords, at this time Li Zicheng should change from attacking the landlord bureaucracy to protecting the landlord bureaucracy, after all, the ruling class of feudal society is the landlord class. If he still wants to safeguard the interests of the peasant class, at most he can "reduce the rent and interest of the landlords, and the peasants pay the rent and interest," and the blow of "recovering stolen goods and subsidizing wages" is too great, because Li Zicheng has lost the support of the landlord class, and in ancient times the landlord class could be called an elite class. However, Li Zicheng lost the support of the elite class, and this is the main reason for Li Zicheng's failure.

Li Zicheng's biggest strategic mistake was that when he became China's largest landlord, his thinking was still that of an old peasant.

Li Zicheng's tactical mistake was that his use of troops everywhere embodied the petty bourgeois mentality of only caring about the immediate situation and having no foresight.

Whether it is you, Li Zicheng, or Zhang Xianzhong, it is impossible for you to sit in the position of the emperor, you all lack a kind of suzhì, that is, the suzhì of being the emperor, that kind of suzhì is called eloquence. ”

Gao Yingxiang smiled slightly, and then snorted coldly, "What the emperor said is good, but you didn't say the most fundamental point, that is, in the world of the Ming Dynasty, only the people of the Central Plains have lost their dependence on life, and the imperial court continues to use food and salary to suppress the rebels. We're all so tired, and many of our brothers may be looking forward to a place to take a break. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen laughed, "You are right, you have never established a base area, and the people who rebelled with you are mainly some vicious people, and your army does not have a clear political goal, and it is counted wherever you fight, which is also a major reason for your downfall, if you set the destination in the west from the beginning, not the Central Plains and the north, not near the Gyeonggi region, it will be more difficult for me to arrest you." ”

Gao Yingxiang's eyes turned red, "Emperor, you shouldn't ask a question, you just want to arrest us, haven't you ever regarded us as your people?" ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sneered, "Of course, I once regarded you as my people, but none of you will know about it, but no one in this world may know." ”

If the previous life of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen had not wavered for a long time between suppression and fu, and repeatedly missed the opportunity to hunt and kill peasant troops on a large scale, there would not have been a situation where a million peasant troops would have attacked Beijing in the future.

Gao Yingxiang couldn't understand what Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen said, Xiong Jiahui couldn't understand, and Chen Yuanyuan couldn't understand either, but everyone had a feeling that the emperor was a person whose city defense was deep into the abyss

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