Since Li Yandu supervised the grain and grass, he has not participated in the military discussion of breaking into the camp, the reason is very simple, on the one hand, Li Zicheng intends to ease the hostility of the former camp to Li Yan, and second, the matter of grain and grass is indeed very busy.

In the past, when reading history, Li Yan has always been quite disdainful of characters like Xiao He and Li Shanchang, thinking that his wit and wisdom are not as good as Zhang Liang and Liu Bowen, and his attack and defeat of the enemy are not as good as Han Xin and Xu Da.

It wasn't until he began to supervise grain and grass that he knew that it was not easy, from equipment repair to transportation planning, to personnel appointment and dismissal, grain and grass storage, etc., he couldn't do it perfectly.

There are no professionals in the rear camp, the grain and grass must be done well, and the talents must be cultivated on the spot, and they can be regarded as the dwarf generals, but everyone who recognizes a few words has been promoted by Li Yan to be responsible for the management of the grain and grass in the rear camp.

In order to better control the problem of grain and grass, Li Yan first introduced the account books and Arabic numerals into the rear camp of the army, fortunately he had taken an accounting course in his previous life, although he did not learn deeply, but he still reluctantly created a unique "grain book", and with the calculation knowledge accumulated in the previous life, this was barely able to make the grain a little bit.

After the policy of dividing the field and proton was put out, his task became heavier again, and he was the first to advocate the division of the field proton, so naturally he had to personally inquire about the details, so he had to participate in the military conference.

In Shangzhou's division of the field proton did a decent job, the urban army forces could not reach, the idea was concentrated in the countryside, Liu Zongmin and others exterminated a few stubborn rebels, and the rest could only bow their heads and surrender.

The advantage is obvious, the army did not block the way of life of others, and some rich gentry did not mind breaking the wealth to avoid disasters, and took the initiative to provide money and food to the army, in exchange for the army not to attack them.

As for the liquidation of the imperial court, they are not afraid, now that the world is collapsing, no one has the time to settle these accounts, besides, if it is not for the incompetence of the imperial court to defend the territory, will they be the enemy?

There is no need to send troops to plunder, so that the losses of the Chuang army in Shangzhou will be sharply reduced, and Li Zicheng will be full of red face, just at this time, Yidougu and Clay Jar on the other side of Henan sent people to visit Li Zicheng, hoping that the two families will join forces, which makes Li Zicheng even more happy.

At the beginning of the military discussion, he praised Li Yan fiercely, although he still did not return the position of joining the army to him after all, but rewarded him with a lot of cloth, gold and silver food, which made the generals red-eyed, and their jealousy of Li Yan increased even more.

Li Yan didn't care about these rewards, as a prisoner, his treatment was not bad, it was not of much use to ask for these things, before Li Zicheng's rewards were taken by him and distributed to his subordinates and guards, saying that he was buying people's hearts, after all, in troubled times, life is the most important.

In this military discussion, he has more important things to face Li Zicheng.

With the development of the division of the field proton, Li Yan's thinking has also been activated, and the division of the field proton has done very well in the whole countryside, because the Ming court can't control the countryside, since the policy of breaking into the army can be promoted in the countryside, then why not simply establish political power in the countryside?

His thinking is not as limited as these characters now, and later generations will have the famous strategy of "surrounding the city from the countryside".

At that time, there was not much difference between the countryside and the countryside now, there were still illiterate people, and landlords were everywhere.

The countryside has always been an autonomous organization in ancient China, and it is not just a matter of saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and this concept has also affected the peasant rebel army, although they are peasant armies, but after they become bigger, they often focus on the big cities for raids, and when they seize important cities and gain a firm foothold, they will begin to build a government.

But no one tried to establish power in the countryside until three hundred years later, the mysterious great man of the East.

Li Yan knew that it was impossible to build the Chuang Army into a Red Army, and the organizational structures and goals of the two sides were completely different, but this did not mean that they could not do something in the countryside, and it was indeed unrealistic to persuade Li Zicheng's Chuang Army to stay and build a base area, and it was impossible for Li Zicheng to agree, but compared to three hundred years later, the current imperial court's control over the countryside was far inferior.

In this case, why can't you try it in Shangzhou and create a few models, if it is really feasible, it may not be impossible to achieve the spectacular scene of the base areas everywhere.

Therefore, at the military meeting, Li Yan directly put out his thoughts on building a government in the countryside.

This plan is indeed unconventional enough, so that most of the people in the camp are opposed, even Gu Junen, who has always had an ambiguous attitude with Li Yan.

Gu Junen directly quoted the scriptures and said: "Since ancient times, those who can achieve great things have not been based in the countryside, and the villagers are vulgar and short-sighted, and there is no danger of the city, how can they help great things?" ”

And the generals are almost all opposed, the reason is much simpler, the rural conditions are poor, and taking root means that they can't loot, so don't they have to go to farming with the peasants? So why do you want to make this rebellion? Just to be a township chief?

In the face of opposition, only Li Zicheng was silent and seemed thoughtful.

Regarding opposition, Li Yan is prepared, and it is strange that there is no opposition, after all, his suggestion is indeed a bit sensational, but facing difficulties has always been one of his characteristics.

Therefore, Li Yan immediately arched his hand and said: "The establishment of the countryside is not to ask you to stay in the countryside, my army should naturally fight on the mobile to avoid being gathered and annihilated by the imperial court, but if you can establish some rural regimes everywhere you pass, it will be like throwing a few sparks on a dry pyre, who knows if you can't set the prairie on fire?" ”

"Hmph, it's easy to say, even if the imperial army is the main force of us, we can only flee for our lives, how can these rural villagers stop it? When the time comes, I will hurt the brothers left behind for no reason! Liu Zongmin said scoldingly.

"When did I say that I would stay behind with the breakaways?" Li Yan sneered.

Liu Zongmin was even more disdainful when he heard this, and said: "Is it difficult, does the capital eunuch still want those rural villagers to stay on their own?" If the court doesn't attack, they will all surrender themselves! ”

"How many villages are there in Shangzhou? There are more than 100 if you don't count it, right? Even if there are only three or five of them who do not surrender, or four or five who do not surrender, we are successful! Li Yan said eloquently.

After speaking, Li Yan turned his face to Li Zicheng again, and said with a straight face: "King Chuang, the great tomorrow, not only the cities and counties, but also the countryside!" There are tens of thousands of villages in Daming, and Chengguo counties do not produce grain, but these villages produce food! If the countryside does not return to the imperial court, it is like cutting the neck of the imperial court, can a person without blood still live? ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Zicheng, who had been hesitating, became firm, and said: "What Mr. said makes sense, if you can really make the countryside rebel against the imperial court, then the imperial court will not be able to collect taxes, and if you can't collect taxes, it will be difficult to encircle and suppress us." ”

"King Chuang, there will be no loss in doing this, and try it in Shangzhou, if it can be done, then it will be the same in the future!" Li Yan said firmly.

Li Zicheng nodded, that's right, there is no loss in doing this, since this is the case, then why not do it? He is not a legalistic man, otherwise he should continue to farm in the rice grease field now.

"Okay, I'm done, what support do you need?" Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan and asked.

"Please help!" Li Yan arched his hand.

Li Zicheng nodded, this request is not too much, if there is no force as the backing, the others are nonsense, so he turned his head to look at Tian Jianxiu and said: "Tian Jianxiu, this time you will assist Li Dujian." ”

Tian Jianxiu is known for his leniency in the army, Liu Zongmin has a holiday with Li Yan, Li Zicheng naturally won't let him go, let Tian Jianxiu go, and he won't have too many conflicts with Li Yan if he goes.

"Subordinates take orders!" Tian Jianxiu stepped out and said solemnly.

With Li Zicheng's decision, the Chuang army began to try to establish its own political power in the countryside for the first time.

The plan was very hasty, Li Yan ordered someone to get a map of Shangzhou, and the drawing was very bad, and he could only look at a rough idea, which was still surveyed by Li Zicheng when he was hiding in the mountains of Shangluo.

Li Yan took a brush and scribbled a few circles on the map, then pointed with his finger and said to Tian Jianxiu: "Mr. Tian, let's start from these places." ”

Tian Jianxiu looked at the circle on the map, his brows furrowed slightly, and he nodded and said, "What should I do?" ”

"If you want to establish a regime, you must destroy his original foundation, and you can only build a new house on the ruins," Li Yan said to himself, saying something that Tian Jianxiu did not understand.

Immediately, Li Yan's eyes became fierce, and he said: "Please ask the general sentinel to dispose of all the prestige figures in these places, if you take the initiative to donate grain and grass, you will forcibly move to other villages, you must not be soft!" ”

This is the first time Li Yan has given such an order, but he can't help it, if he wants to build a regime in the countryside, he must first destroy the gentry in this place.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside, the countryside is a clan society, and if the army wants to break the clan society in the countryside, it must directly wipe out these clans, and no matter how much head is paid for this, it will not hesitate.

Tian Jianxiu couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, there are more than 100 people in a clan, what is the concept of erasing them all? He is different from Liu Zongmin's murderous intentions, and he still hates killing and looting in his heart.

"Kill them all...... Tian Jianxiu swallowed his saliva and asked tremblingly, saying that Li Yan was the king of Hades, and today was the first time he had seen it.

The muscles on Li Yan's face trembled slightly, and it was difficult for him to make this decision, and after a while, he said: "Migrate first, if you don't want to migrate, kill all of them, and divide all the fields and property."

If a clan leaves the land where he was born and raised, then he is nothing, and Li Yan did not kill them all, for the sake of the "rural democracy" experiment he is about to start next, he must do this, otherwise the influence of the clan will be in vain.

After saying these words, Li Yan felt a wave of nausea welling up in his heart, and under this order, it may be that more than 100 heads fell to the ground, and he suddenly found that when he tasted the delicious taste of power, the bloody and cruel side of power was slowly unveiling.......

So he didn't want to say anything more, and repeated the details of the order and the matters to be paid attention to to Tian Jianxiu, and hurried back to the camp, staying any longer, he was afraid that the fragility of his heart would prevent him from giving such a fate.

Did times change me, or did I always feel the way I am? This question kept coming to Li Yan's mind......

This was a cruel policy, and the clans of the villages that were carved out suffered the blow of destruction, some of these clans had a history of more than 100 or even 200 years, but under Li Yan's order, they had to choose between death and migration.

Under the persecution of the sharp knives of the army, most of the clans could only reluctantly move towards the pace of migration with tears in their eyes, and the sound of cries was everywhere along the way, and there were countless people who hanged themselves and threw themselves into the water.

And there are some clans who choose to resist resolutely, but unfortunately their resistance was severely suppressed by the army, for the rebellious clans, Tian Jianxiu profoundly implemented Li Yan (Li Zicheng)'s order, the clan was wiped out, and all the fields and property in the family were divided, and the landlords who were forced to relocate also prepared resettlement fields for them, but naturally it was not comparable to the original scale.

Compared to the collapse of the clan, the ordinary peasants were elated, the clan was a behemoth in the place, and now that it was gone, they could not only share the land and property, but also no longer have to be squeezed by these behemoths.

At the local level, ordinary peasants have always been the majority compared to the clan gentry, so although Li Yan's policy offended these gentry, it was able to buy the hearts of most ordinary peasants.