After Niu Jinxing left, Li Yan twisted a fennel bean with an expressionless face and put it in his mouth to taste it slowly.

The bitter taste exploded in his mouth in an instant, and he couldn't help but frown.

It's just bitter in the mouth, and even more bitter in the heart.

Originally, I wanted to overthrow the corrupt Ming Dynasty, rebuild the dynasty, and let the people live a good life.

But now, the decaying Daming suddenly came to life, which made him feel a little confused and didn't know where to go.

"Why, it's at this point in time."

Li Yan's heart was full of bitterness, if the imperial court had changed a few years earlier, then he would definitely choose to enter the court as an official to fulfill his ambitions, rather than join Li Zicheng's rebel army.

But now it's too late, he and Chuang Jun are completely tied together, and there is no possibility of withdrawing at all.

"Creation makes people ......"

Li Yan let out a long sigh, and he was not too worried about whether the plan he proposed could be successful.

As he thought, the Ming Dynasty had long since decayed, and those officials below only had themselves in their hearts, and there was no court at all.

After the emperor killed so many ministers, the officials below were already in danger.

Now as long as they know that they may be the next unlucky ones, then they, the officials, will definitely not care about what anti-thieves are or not.

It's just that if the strategy can be successful, what effect will it have in the end, Li Yan doesn't know.

After all, that one is too much like Emperor Taizu Gao, and he is an opponent of Emperor Taizu Gao......

Thinking of this, Li Yan showed a self-deprecating smile on his face, not that he was arrogant, but that he really felt that there was no one in the whole world who could be that opponent.

Now Li Yan can only hope that which decisions were made by Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Taizu Gao, otherwise, his strategy can only delay the destruction of the army at most.

……

Just after Niu Jinxing and Li Yan met privately, in the entire Henan region, there were rumors that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to follow the example of Emperor Taizu Gao and take action against those wealthy families who encroached on the land of the people, as well as those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who colluded with the wealthy families.

Although after the news came out, the people who had expectations for the court are now more oriented towards the court.

But those powerful clans and corrupt officials couldn't sit still.

After all, the current emperor has successively attacked the nobles, courtiers, and vassal kings, so it is very possible that they will be the next people to move.

In addition, Sun Chuanting has already started to do it in Shaanxi, and the officials and powerful clans in Shaanxi have been killed, which has proved that the emperor is not going to do it to them, but has already done it to them, but has not moved it to their heads.

After realizing this fact, these officials and Haoqiang were panicked for a while, for fear that they would also end up ruined.

Therefore, in addition to throwing a lot of money into the court, they want to regain the protection of those important ministers in the court

In addition, they also made another preparation, that is, they secretly began to collude with Li Zicheng.

Whether it was money, food or manpower, these people did not hesitate to send them to Li Zicheng, and even after sending these things, they basically had no requirements for Li Zicheng, and they gave it away for nothing, so they just begged Li Zicheng to hold on for a while longer.

Originally, when Niu Jinxing was going to spread those news, Li Zicheng was actually very dissatisfied in his heart.

Because in his opinion, this news will definitely make Daming regain the hearts of the people, so Niu Jinxing is digging the foundation of the army, after all, they can get to the present, all rely on the help of the people, if there is no people's heart, how can he break into the army?

It's just that because this strategy was proposed by Li Yan and formulated by Niu Jinxing, the two major strategists both have this view, and the two of them rarely make mistakes, so Li Zicheng hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to let Niu Jinxing try.

As a result, he didn't expect that the effect would be so good after trying it.

Those wealthy families who were originally above the top, even if he occupied the entire Henan, those people were only polite to him on the surface, and would give grain, grass and silver, saying that it was filial piety to him.

But Li Zicheng knew that in the hearts of those people, he never looked down on him from beginning to end.

If it weren't for the fact that he had done something to them, turning back would have caused resistance, and Li Zicheng would have wiped them out a long time ago.

However, now these wealthy families who originally looked down on him actually lowered their arrogant heads and took the initiative to find him, a thief.

And these people not only brought him a large amount of supplies, but even if he had any requests, they basically would not refuse, which greatly satisfied Li Zicheng's vanity.

With the help of these people, the army that was originally a little short of food became abundant in an instant, and even the army expanded a lot.

Li Zicheng, who was originally in an embarrassment, greatly increased his strength for a while, and his army, which originally had only more than 300,000 people, quickly expanded to 600,000 within a month.

And Luo Rucai and others, who originally had a dislike with Li Zicheng because of the declining situation, did not dare to say anything after Li Zicheng's power grew, and they looked like they were completely looking at Li Zicheng.

However, although Li Zicheng was a little inflated, with the advice of Niu Jinxing and Li Yan, he still kept a clear mind in his heart.

Therefore, he did not choose to eat alone, but took the initiative to divide half of the newly recruited soldiers to Luo Rucai and them, wanting to temporarily maintain the unity of the rebel alliance.

……

In the capital, after Lao Zhu received the military information from Henan, his face turned cold directly.

"Originally, I thought that I would wait until Li Zicheng was cleaned up, and then I would settle you down."

"I didn't expect you to be so eager to find death."

Lao Zhu looked at Wang Chengen, and asked in a somewhat gloomy tone: "How many new rifles has the Ordnance Bureau created during this time?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, if you count it, there are about 10,000."

As a qualified head of the inner court, Wang Chengen knew that Lao Zhu attached great importance to the Ordnance Bureau and the Civil Weapons Bureau, so Wang Chengen would basically update the information of the Ordnance Bureau and the Civil Weapons Bureau in his heart every day.

The Armory Bureau, which had been expanded several times in succession, had now grown to a considerable scale, and with their full production, the number of Minnes rifles in stock today had reached 10,000.

"That's enough."

Lao Zhu nodded, and then said: "Order 2,000 artillery pieces, plus these new firearms, and let the people in Beijing send these escorts to Shaanxi to Sun Chuanting." ”

"Tell Sun Chuanting that Li Zicheng has been entrenched in Henan for a long time, and his strength in Henan must have been deeply rooted."

"If he goes to attack Li Zicheng, someone will inevitably bewitch the local people, let him not have any scruples, let Jinyiwei cooperate with him, arrest those who bewitch the people, and then execute them directly."

When Lao Zhu said that he was demagoguing the people, he was actually referring to some local corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Because of Li Zicheng, Jinyiwei has a lot of manpower in Henan, who is greedy and who is not greedy, and how much land and property has been encroached upon by the powerful family, they can be said to basically understand.

Originally, Lao Zhu was going to wait for Li Zicheng to be wiped out, and he was measuring the acres of land, if they cooperated, they only needed to spit out the embezzled land, and Lao Zhu would not kill them all.

But now I didn't expect those people to dare to collude with Li Zicheng, since this is the case, then don't blame him for not giving those people a chance.

So he directly asked Sun Chuanting to take advantage of this time to exterminate Li Zicheng, and by the way, he also exterminated those powerful clans who had colluded with Li Zicheng.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Chengen understood what Lao Zhu meant, and the next thing was for him to go and inform Dongchang first, and even Cao Huachun's side might take the initiative to send someone to Shaanxi.

After Wang Chengen left, Lao Zhu, who had calmed down, thought silently for a while, and then showed a smile, "It seems that there are still a few capable people under Li Zicheng." ”

"It's a pity that he doesn't know the gap between them and Da Ming, this gap can't be solved by resourcefulness."

The difference in strength brought about by 10,000 Migne rifles is definitely enough to make people desperate.

And Sun Chuanting is a famous general in the world, and he has almost no defeats.

Without restricting his play, he gave him another 10,000 Migne rifles and 2,000 artillery pieces, and there was no suspense in this battle.

After this batch of firearms was delivered to Sun Chuanting, it is estimated that Sun Chuanting, who was originally good at fighting with artillery, only needed to consider how many casualties he wanted to pay.

"That's it, fire suppression."

Thinking of the scene when Li Zicheng's army was holding an arquebus with a range of only 100 meters, facing a Migne rifle with a range of more than 500 meters, Lao Zhu couldn't help but shake his head.

Now it is only Li Zicheng who is desperate, and there will be Huang Taiji when he turns back, and even those countries overseas.

It's just that with the current development speed of Bi Maokang, Li Zicheng is only facing a Mine rifle now, and when Huang Taiji and those enemies overseas, it may not be just a Mine rifle.

To be honest, now Lao Zhu has some regret in his heart that Huang Taiji will die next year.

After all, a person like this should be given some decency, let him see the power of science and technology before letting him die.

"Technology is comparable to ghosts and gods, but it can't help people's hearts."

When Lao Zhu said this, he couldn't help but think of those corrupt officials, so his face sank slightly.

Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing, the two have developed a lot of achievements during this time, these things, if they only rely on the imperial court, no matter how strong the imperial court is, it will not have the ability to produce them all.

And people's minds change, if these things are all in the hands of the imperial court, when they are there, they will definitely be fine.

But after Chongzhen takes over, these institutions of the imperial court may become a tool for some people to make profits for themselves.

If it is a few years later, these things that were originally developed for the private sector may be completely controlled by a small number of people, and there will be no chance of flowing to the private sector at all.

So these things must be released, and when the time comes, when a hundred flowers bloom, these technologies of Daming will only develop faster.

But...... If you let it go out and let it go out, let Lao Zhu give it directly to the current powerful clan, Lao Zhu will definitely be unwilling, because if you let it out like that, the result will be the same as if the court held it in your hands.

Therefore, Lao Zhu must first wash the forces of the Ming Dynasty, and then release these things after re-establishing order.

Originally, he planned to do it to those people slowly, after all, things had to be done one by one.

But now, since those people are in such a hurry to reincarnate, then simply let Sun Chuanting start from Henan and solve them easily.

Since they are willing to die, then Lao Zhu is willing to kill.