The red tide on the horizon is like the sea, and the armor is like a golden light opening the clouds.

A group of thousands of men and horses marched towards Zhu Youzhen and them.

This group of centaurs is not tall, most of them are only about five feet, but you can tell from their eyes that they are strong and capable of fighting.

They are equipped with sharp swords and sharp long-handled bamboo spears unique to the ethnic minorities in eastern Sichuan, and they are covered with a layer of thick cotton armor in addition to iron armor, which can be described as invulnerable to knives and arrows.

When the army came, Zhu Youzhen swept it away, and saw that the army was strong and high-spirited.

"Good, good!" With a good face, Zhu Youzhen shook Qin Bangping's hand and said:

"With such a strong army, why worry about building a captive?"

"Your Highness has praised ......" Qin Bangping heard the praise, although his mouth was modest, his body was straight, and he seemed to be very proud.

Seeing the three of them like this, Zhu Youzhen told the three of them all kinds of things in Liaodong that Man Gui told him.

However, it seems that because they have experienced the more difficult Battle of Banzhou, they are not afraid of the powerful Jianyu in Zhu Youzhen's mouth.

Zhu Youzhen didn't break this point, but told them to focus on defending the city and not chasing the enemy.

Qin Bangping could also see that this was a manifestation of Zhu Youzhen's attention to them, so although they didn't look down on Jianyu, they still responded modestly.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything anymore, but after a few words of concern, he promised that the Shizhu Tu soldiers who went north to aid Liao would not be in arrears, and like the Zhejiang soldiers, they would be paid 20 taels per person per year, and they would be beheaded 100 taels.

Hearing the decapitation of one hundred taels of silver, Qin Bangping and the others had golden lights in their eyes, and then patted their chests and promised:

"Your Highness, rest assured, there are three generals here, and they will defend Shenyang to the death, and they will not let the real captives step into Shenyang City!"

"Good ......" Zhu Youzhen responded with a smile, and then said goodbye to the three of them after a short greeting.

After the three of them rode away, Lu Wenzhao stepped forward and said:

"Your Highness, the beheading of one hundred taels of silver, isn't it too high......

When this was asked, Wang Chengen also nodded secretly, thinking that it was indeed too high.

However, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said:

"Is it tall?"

"Don't forget how much silver the imperial court has invested in Liaodong in the past two years."

"I hope that the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen can behead 100,000 real captives at once and pacify the real captives."

"But can they do it?"

Zhu Youzhen sneered: "If they can do it, why is it like this? ”

"If you can really behead 100,000 real captives and spend 10 million taels of silver to settle the Liao affair, wouldn't it be simple?"

In his opinion, compared with Jianyu, whether the Ming Dynasty can continue, the real problem is how to solve the land annexation, clean up corrupt officials and corrupt officials, change the law and reform, and deal with the drought of more than ten years.

If these can be done, Liao affairs will not be a problem at all, and with the size of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi can be directly crushed to death.

But the current situation is that the emperor's decrees can only flow in the north, and once they reach the south, unless they send their own cronies, they will not have any effect at all.

These questions can basically be thought of by anyone who understands the history of the late Ming Dynasty, but why didn't Tianqi and Chongzhen do it?

The first is to clean up the yellow book, which cannot be done.

In order to clear the acres of land and count the population, it is necessary to have a team that can not be swayed by local forces.

Zhu Yuanzhang can do it, because his team is Huai Youbu Yi turned over and became an official, there is no foundation, and violence is enough.

Even when it came to Zhang Juzheng, the center was still strong, and although Zhangtian had drawbacks, he could do it.

But by the time of the Apocalypse and Chongzhen, the more the battle was lost, the more the authority of the imperial court declined, and the more necessary it was to maintain unity and stability within the ruling class.

After more than 200 years of inbreeding, the interests of various groups have been deeply rooted, so no matter what method is used to clear the fields, the people who use them cannot get out of the circle of gentry, guards, nobles, eunuchs, and officials.

If you check your own people, you can't find anything famous.

The stronger the court, the higher the demand for promotion, the prestige of the court declines, and those who are officials only think about getting rich.

The nobles, eunuchs, and officials were even simpler, they could not be promoted, they could only make a fortune.

Without the people available, no policy is useful.

Politically, the problem of pulling one faction and fighting another faction, Tianqi and Chongzhen have done a good job in history, but it is useless at all.

No matter how well the game of thrones is played in the court, the common people and the soldiers still have nothing to eat, and they are useless.

If you want to collect taxes, you have to confront interest groups, and if you want to confront interest groups, you have to support a team that is innocent, and you have to pull interests in the same direction.

Qi Jin asked Qi Yuanfu to go south, and when the time comes, as long as 8,000 soldiers and horses are recruited and trained in Zhejiang, and a little more training in the north, Zhu Youzhen can play horizontally.

Of course, it is impossible for him to lift the table directly, just because he does not have Zhu Yuanzhang's team.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di dared to kill so many corrupt officials because they had tens of thousands of students from the Guozijian to cover for them.

But Guozijian had already been infiltrated by civilian officials in the later period of Zhu Di, and Zhu Youzhen wanted to get it, so he had to take the bereaved families of border army generals to Changping, give them fields, and teach them to read.

At that time, there will be an interest group behind him.

If thousands of students want to get ahead, they can only become officials.

Official positions will not be vacated, so the easiest thing is to bring down a group of corrupt officials and replace them with these people.

As for whether they will be corrupt or not? It doesn't matter.

Even if it is corrupt, as long as the taxes can be paid, it will be enough to cope with the long Xiaoice River drought that will follow.

When the drought is over, it is time to kill and arrest.

No one will always stand by your side, they will always stand next to interests, Zhu Youzhen deeply understands this truth.

Thinking so, he also got into the car and said flatly: "Let's go"

"Yes......" Lu Wenzhao returned the salute, and then ordered the convoy to continue south, and Zhu Youzhen also asked Wang Chengen:

"The bereaved families of the border soldiers, you can have more snacks in this matter, and get as many people as possible."

"Your Highness rest assured, the slave maid has already sent other eunuchs and brocade guards from the Imperial Horse Prison to various places, if nothing else, the bereaved families in Jizhen and Xuanfu will be able to receive Changping in half a month."

"It's just that because of the wind and snow, the livestock pastures and field houses in Changping have not been built, and the 100,000 taels of various livestock purchased are all in the pasture of Changping Hongmen."

"When the stone pillar white pole soldiers go to the Yanshan camp, there will be more than 19,000 people there, and there will be 20,000 craftsmen."

Speaking of this, Wang Chengen said helplessly:

"Of the 100,000 taels of silver allocated by His Royal Highness, 15,000 taels of silver have been spent to buy 2,000 pigs and 300,000 chickens, ducks and geese."

"In the vicinity of Huangshan, thirty eunuchs on duty, more than 1,000 tenants, and twenty officialdoms were built, occupying 6,000 acres of land in Huairou and six hills in Yanshan."

"These livestock have to eat 30,000 or 40,000 grass seeds and more than 30,000 catties of grain a day, and they spend at least 300 taels a day, which is almost comparable to the food of the Seven Guards and One Battalion."

"Fifteen thousand taels of silver? That's more than 300 taels a day, which is less than the 600 taels you and I expected, so you should be happy. Zhu Youzhen laughed unconscionably.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen could only sigh and say:

"In the Imperial Horse Prison, in addition to the twenty newly established officialdoms, there are only less than 200,000 chickens and ducks left, and 3,000 pigs."

"If it goes on like this, it is estimated that the Imperial Horse Supervisor will not be able to withstand ......"

Seeing Wang Chengen say this, Zhu Youzhen was heartless and said:

"Don't worry, the silver of the Imperial Horse Supervisor can naturally last until the next silver is shipped."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen chuckled and said:

"I've probably already figured out how to get the next sum of money......