Things went very smoothly, although Li Zicheng did not have a very cold interest in Niu Jinxing, but since it was recommended by Gu Junen, he still took the time to meet this person, and this person said that he could hook up with the Henan White Lotus Sect to make Li Zicheng very tempted.

Niu Jinxing entered Li Zicheng's big tent only to find that the life of this famous king is so simple, and the handsome case is a few coarse cakes without some paperwork, pen and ink, and if there is any taste, it is a pot of boiled wild vegetables.

As the leader of one party, living to such a point is really admirable, you must know that Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, who are also leaders, does not lose himself at all, Luo Rucai's wives and concubines are married to room after room, all of them wear gold and silver, and they can take a sedan chair when they enter and exit, so they are not arrogant.

"Mr. Niu, I don't have any rules here, just take care of yourself" Li Zicheng raised his hand and said loudly, and took a piece of Hu Cake and chewed it twice.

Niu Jinxing is naturally not the kind of hypocritical person, so when he heard this, he found a small horse and sat down, and said respectfully: "I have heard that King Chuang is simple by nature and has fun with the soldiers, but now I know that what I said is true when I see it." ”

This can be regarded as a compliment, but Li Zicheng obviously has no interest in listening to these compliments, so he just waved his hand casually and said: "This is the duty of a handsome person, not worth boasting about, but I heard that Mr. Niu has a connection with the White Lotus Sect in Henan, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

In fact, Li Zicheng's interest in the White Lotus Sect is far greater than that of Niu Jinxing, the White Lotus Sect as a religious force, since the Tang and Song dynasties, its power should not be underestimated, whenever the world is in turmoil, they will jump out to stir up the situation, Li Zicheng is very keen to capture the value of the White Lotus Sect.

"Yes" Niu Jinxing didn't talk nonsense and immediately confided with him: "This White Lotus Sect's altar master in Henan, Song Xiance, has some incense with me, and when we interacted in the early years, Song Gong mentioned King Chuang a lot, and he admired him very much. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Li Zicheng couldn't help but stroke his beard proudly when he heard this, it seems that Lao Li's prestige is still very loud: "This Mr. Song is also a hero, if he can do it, why don't you recommend it for me?" ”

"Naturally, it's no problem," Niu Jinxing immediately nodded in agreement.

Even if Song Xiance and the White Lotus Sect were explained, Li Zicheng also knew that Niu Jinxing was not here to do voluntary labor when he came to see him, but he wanted to buy him with a real official position, but he didn't know much about Niu Jinxing's talents, and he didn't dare to rashly accept his position, so he also had the heart to test it.

So he cleared his throat, and Li Zicheng posed three questions.

First, what should the army do next? Whether to continue to attack in Henan or to carry out a transfer operation, this time to capture Baofeng, Henan's officialdom is afraid that there will be a lot of shock, if the imperial court gathers a large army to encircle and suppress what is good?

Second, what is the problem at the moment of breaking into the army? Li Zicheng is a humble person, he never minds others pointing out the problem of breaking into the camp, he just hates those who only know how to point out the problem but can't give a solution, there are many such people, Li Zicheng is called a rotten Confucian.

Third, what should be the way to go for the situation today? This is also the most test of people's level, so far only Li Yan has given his own opinion, that is, to break into the camp to accumulate strength, destroy the Ming court in one fell swoop, and then it may compete with Jiannu for the world, and then the winner can be divided between the lord of the world.

Li Yan's idea can be said to be super optimistic, even Gu Junen, who is the oldest, does not dare to have such an optimistic estimate, according to Gu Junen and Li Zicheng's estimates, the situation in the future should be to break into the northwest and divide the Ming court in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and Zhang Xianzhong may divide Huguang and Sichuan, so as to form a confrontation.

Niu Jinxing knew that this was a test for himself, and he was waiting for this opportunity, so he brushed his goatee unhurriedly and slowly made his own solution to Li Zicheng's three questions.

First, for the next step, Niu Jinxing's view is almost the same as that of Li Yan and Gu Junen, Henan is already accumulating salary, Li Zicheng should work intensively in Henan, let the army grow thoroughly, and then use Henan as a springboard to enter Huguang, with Henan's soldiers and Huguang's grain, to support the great cause.

There is nothing strange about this view, after all, Li Yan and Gu Junen have done a fairly complete job of strategic refinement, and Niu Jinxing is just frying cold rice.

Of course, Niu Jinxing also gave Li Zicheng other useful things, for example, the two books "Nine Questions" and "Nine Persuasions" written by Niu Jinxing himself are more books than propaganda manuscripts, which are worthy of being born in people, these two books are extremely inflammatory, almost penetrating into the weakness of Ming Ting, and tearing off Ming Ting's underwear.

Li Zicheng glanced at the value of these two books, and immediately accepted them very happily.

This second question, Niu Jinxing is even more to the point, basically it is still the one that Li Yan said, the orders are different, Juntian is unfair, and it is not a business, of course, it is commendable that Niu Jinxing also put forward his own solutions one by one, from the integration of the rebel army to the militarization of Tuntian, of course, what interests Li Zicheng the most is Niu Jinxing's "Juntian Exemption 2.0"

Different from Li Yan's division of fields and protons combined with the exemption of equal fields, Niu Jinxing's equal fields and exemptions 2.0 completely overturned Li Yan's ideas, regardless of whether he supported the army or not, whether his attitude was ambiguous or not, all the fields and properties were confiscated and distributed equally to the people, and at the same time, the exemption was changed from exemption from miscellaneous taxes to large and small taxes, and any taxes were exempted for three years to recuperate the people.

If you die in battle, you will be given another seven acres of land, and if you escape from the battle or surrender to the Ming army, you will be deprived of your land and distributed to those who have made meritorious contributions.

In addition to revising Li Yan's Juntian exemption, Niu Jinxing also sorted out the guidelines for Li Zicheng's future land policy, that is, "The World Juntian Shu", in which Niu Jinxing clarified his future reform plan, the land in the world is divided equally, private trading is not allowed, the rated number of each household is inherited from generation to generation, and the rated number is all recorded in the book, unless the relevant punishment and reward of the imperial court, otherwise the circulation of land will be absolutely illegal.

To put it bluntly, Niu Jinxing just wants to turn over the Zhou Dynasty's set of well field systems, tinker with the current reality, and form a new governance program for breaking into the army.

If Li Yan is here, he must spit on Niu Venus's face, this behavior can almost be said to be a chronic suicide, with the current situation in China, it is absolutely impossible to completely block land transactions, not to mention anything else, once there is a disaster year, those farmers who can't survive are begging to donate their land to landlords who have surplus grain in exchange for survival, where is Niu Venus's one-size-fits-all so arbitrary?

However, unfortunately, Li Zicheng is full of praise for Niu Jinxing's policy, out of his own experience, it is not uncommon for local tyrants and inferior gentry to take advantage of the rich, if you can fundamentally ban land transactions, all problems will be solved? In the view of Li Zicheng and other people, the fall of the Ming Dynasty was essentially a death on the land issue, so naturally their policies would also start to solve the land issue.

In terms of policy, the views of the two sides are almost perfectly compatible, and Li Zicheng also looked at this unattractive "old man" at this time, and had the intention of seeing each other and hating each other, in order to express his respect, Li Zicheng even stepped down from the handsome case, and sat opposite Niu Jinxing with a chair, and talked eloquently.

The third question is that Niu Jinxing's judgment of the situation in the world is also different from Li Yan's, of course, Li Yan is a plug-in user, Niu Jinxing is not, and the judgment of using Niu Jinxing is naturally based on his own understanding of the situation in the world.

Niu Jinxing first pointed out that it is absolutely not feasible to divide the three-point trend, the reason is very simple, it is impossible for the northwest to raise a separatist regime, and Zhang Xianzhong is mean and unkind, and it is impossible for Zhang Xianzhong to gain a foothold in Huguang and Sichuan, the Ming court Jiangnan and Beijing have long been not of the same mind, once the world changes, the south is bound to form a separatist trend, without the money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River, the northern court will not be able to support the army at all, and the northern land will be at your fingertips.

In Niu Jinxing's conception, the future situation will be more similar to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the army needs to accumulate strength in Henan, and then attract the main force of the Ming army into Henan and Shaanxi, and complete several beautiful annihilation battles here, the reason is also simple, these two places are thousands of miles away, the people hate the imperial court, and the Ming army is already an away battle in this place, and the pressure on logistics and so on will be very huge.

Eliminate the living forces in the north of the Ming army, and then take the opportunity to march eastward and seize Beijing, when the time comes, the north will be decided, and then those corrupt officials and corrupt officials will be tortured and plundered, that is, there will be enough money and food to supply the army to fight in the south, and when the time comes, the north will fall, and the powerful military leaders in the south, such as Zheng Zhilong, will inevitably take advantage of the situation and form a situation of separating feudal towns.

When the time comes, sweeping away the south only needs to be like the Zhao and Song dynasties, between the vertical and horizontal, the south can be pacified, and Li Zicheng can dominate the world!

Of course, if you open God's perspective, you will find that Niu Venus's estimation of Jiannu is too optimistic, and in fact, Niu Venus did consider the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

According to Niu Jinxing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs several times but plundered property and children, it can be seen that they are the Xiongnu of the Han Dynasty, the Turks of the Tang Dynasty, and Huang Taiji is a male master.

For this kind of role, you can give money and silk, communicate with it, and become a brotherly state, and then slowly figure it out when the strength is strong in the future, and you can link it to make it clear, and you can't waste the army, this is Niu Jinxing's thinking on the Liaodong issue.

In principle, Li Zicheng has no problem, after all, he has not dealt directly with the Manchu Dynasty, and Li Zicheng does not know about them, and he thinks that the plan given to him by Niu Jinxing is completely feasible.