Zhu Yiyuan took resolute measures to deal with the scum who collaborated with the enemy under his rule, and time passed rapidly, and looking back on this year, it was destined to be a very chaotic year.

Not to mention anything else, there are two era names in the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty alone, which are the first year of Hongguang and the first year of Longwu, which correspond to the Qing court and the second year of Shunzhi.

For Zhu Yiyuan, the same is true, in the first half of the year, he was still ordinary and did nothing, and in the second half of the year, he joined the rebel army, had his own team, occupied several counties, and had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Looking back, it's like a dream.

"Mr. Ningren, I plan to write something and sum up my experience." Zhu Yiyuan said with a smile.

Gu Yanwu also smiled: "If you have anything to write, just give me the order, and I am willing to do it for you." ”

Zhu Yiyuan said with a smile: "What I want to write is not complicated, I just want to say how long the banner of Daming can be played, and what should we do." ”

Gu Yanwu was shocked, and gradually became serious, this was not a question he had been thinking about.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pull the chair forward, lean forward, and asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

Zhu Yiyuan said with a smile: "Gao Jian can't talk about it, it's just some simple ideas, first of all, we must make one thing clear, the loss of the Ming Dynasty is the first in itself, if the Ming Dynasty himself has no problems, or even is not terminally ill, it is impossible to be defeated by only a few hundred thousand people." even gave Eight Banners a chance to enter the customs. This is the most fundamental one, and it must be understood by everyone. ”

Gu Yanwu listened more seriously, and even picked up his pen, ready to record it.

In fact, since Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, or even earlier, a large number of people of insight have been thinking, what is going on in this Ming Dynasty?

When the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the pain of losing the country was even more unforgettable, forcing too many readers to start thinking seriously, what is the problem?

"First of all, we must admit that the Ming Dynasty has maintained the country for three hundred years, and it did not fall suddenly, but accumulated a lot of difficulties, and it can even be said that it is the end of its life."

Die in one's bed?

In other words, the Ming Dynasty should die!

Gu Yanwu smiled helplessly, but he didn't correct anything. As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, it is inappropriate for him to say this, but Zhu Yiyuan, as a child of the clan and a member of the Zhu family, has a different meaning when he says it.

"The root of the Ming Dynasty's demise lies in the loss of the hearts of the people, and in the fact that as many as tens of millions of people are poorly clothed, hungry, and difficult to make a living. In order to survive, the people had to rise up. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both made by the Ming Dynasty itself, and their growth was also caused by the continuous supply of troops by the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it was the Ming Dynasty who destroyed himself. ”

Gu Yanwu listened to Zhu Yiyuan's words, and only felt that he had spoken to the heart, whether it was the old slave at the beginning, or Huang Taiji, but also Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, put them together with the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that outsiders couldn't stand it, even they didn't dare to accept it calmly.

Such a large country, killed from the outside, can not be killed for a while, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, only suicide and self-destruction, can be defeated.

If there were no ills of the Ming Dynasty, how could the country be destroyed?

Speaking of this, Gu Yanwu felt that he was already able to write a very good article.

But then Zhu Yiyuan's words made Gu Yanwu awe-inspired.

"There are many disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to talk about it, I am afraid that it is enough to write dozens of books. What I want to talk about is, what to do now! ”

Gu Yanwu raised his eyebrows, and immediately said, "Please give me some advice." ”

"I thought I should break the old shackles and be reborn again...... What is the old shackles, that is, around the land, the formation of taxes, servitude, tenants and loans. It is these things that made it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to return and go to extinction. ”

Gu Yanwu's hand holding the pen trembled slightly.

"Speak, speak."

Zhu Yiyuan said: "In the past two hundred years, large families have annexed land, evaded forced labor and taxes, embezzled the court's finances and taxes, and ate all the bone marrow of the people, damaging the public and private interests, and enriching their private pockets. At the beginning, Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law, clearing the acres of fields, there was the intention of suppressing the giant room, and his people died in government, indicating that the self-help of the Ming Dynasty failed, and in the following decades, a thousand miles of collapse, the people finally couldn't live, everywhere wolf smoke, everywhere beacon fire. ”

"According to common sense, readjusting land finance and taxation is a good thing to do at the beginning of the country. But it just so happened that the Eight Banners entered the customs, they were different from the previous dynasty changes, the emperor of the Qing court was the master, and the Eight Banners were all slaves, as for Hanchen, it was something that was not even as good as a slave. They categorically did not have the ability to change the world and completely re-examine the tax rate of land taxation, and even they connived at the Eight Banners, staking land, and continuing to brutalize the people. ”

This gave the Ming Dynasty a possibility to come back to life. Completely break the old pattern, re-examine the land tax, establish a new relationship with the people, win the hearts and minds of the people, and win the support of the people. The land we advocate is not simply the distribution of land to landless peasants, but a thorough change, so that the people can be relieved of their burdens and start anew. ”

When Gu Yanwu heard this, he couldn't hold back his excitement, and he couldn't wait to use his pen like a fly to record what Zhu Yiyuan said.

And with his knowledge and ability, he can naturally make a brilliant article that is three points into the wood.

In fact, Zhu Yiyuan made a clear truth, Juntian is not simply divided into land.

It can even be said that Junda is only the first step in this huge project.

Take Shandong as an example, because of the problem of war, the population has decreased a lot, and it is not easy to calculate from the number of acres of land and the number of people.

I'm sorry, but I can't do that.

The problem is that there are many things attached to the land, the most important of which are land endowments, forced labor, and a mess of exorbitant taxes, all of which are based on the land.

For example, why can't it be tolerated from the perspective of the state...... The reason is very simple: the rent paid by the tenant peasants to the landlords is actually a tax collected by the landlords from the tenant peasants, and this tax was originally owned by the state.

The essence of a tenant farmer's long-term and short-term work for the landlord is to serve the landlord, and this forced labor is also the state according to reason.

In a word, what the big family and the giant family did was actually cutting the flesh of the court and sucking the blood of the country, in a physical sense.

Once you understand this question, you will understand what the essence of Junda is.

It is not as simple as granting land according to the head, but re-signing a contract with all the people to eliminate middlemen, the past is invalid, let's start again, that is, smashing the old rope frame, starting again, and renewing everything.

By the way, Zhang Juzheng is implementing a whip method, and ninety percent of his energy is focused on clearing the acres of fields...... The reason is very simple, a whip law is nothing more than exchanging grain for silver, what is there to bother?

The real trouble is who will pay for this silver!

Therefore, it is necessary to clear the acres of land and clarify the tax responsibility, and whoever owns the land pays the tax...... That's the real core.

Just like Zhu Yiyuan's glance, he divided the land for the people, and the key is also behind, the people have to pay the field tax, serve in the military, obey the command, and abide by Zhu Yiyuan's rules...... There's a lot of stuff behind this!

It stands to reason that for a dynasty, these things can only be formulated in the early stages, and once the rules are formed, there is almost no better way than to wait for the collapse.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yiyuan said that the Ming Dynasty should die.

There's really no way to save it.

It's just that the Qing court was born with the body of slavery, and it is impossible to really treat the people well. Therefore, people of insight now have the slightest opportunity.

"Mr. Ningren, there is only one way to save the perilous, that is, to temporarily avoid the main cities where the Qing army is strong, enter the mountainous areas, rely on the people, let go of the mobilization of civil forces, win the support of the people, and form a subordinate army belonging to the people. continued to grow and eventually expel the Hulu. This is also the only feasible way that we have summarized in the past six months, and I hope it can be spread all over the world as soon as possible. ”

Gu Yanwu was taken aback, "Zhu Yanshi, aren't you afraid that others will learn it?" ”

Zhu Yiyuan smiled instead: "I wish everyone could learn from it, and then the Qing court will be destroyed, and it will be just around the corner." ”

Gu Yanwu took a deep breath, and then shook his head vigorously, "I understand, please rest assured, in the first month of next year, this article will reach Jiangnan!" ”