"Tsk, I didn't expect this Jiangnan Xiao Wang to have two hits, and he would make such a fight...... But most of it was done by that Shoufu, hey, I don't know how long this new king can endure this guy and ride on his head. ”

Wang Er smacked his lips, and said to Gu Junen on the side with some jealousy, he was also greedy for such a reputation.

"Sooner or later...... However, now Jiangsu and Zhejiang are still quite strong, and the king should follow their example and gather the hearts of the people. ”

Gu Junen said with a smile.

"Every time I conquer a city, I pay for it and don't collect taxes, isn't this a move to win the hearts of the people?"

Wang Er was a little disapproving, and the people under his rule were also one of the few people in the Ming Dynasty who did not yearn for the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Nonsense, Wang Er doesn't charge money directly, can you not like it.

"To distribute grain and land is to receive the hearts of the people...... But on the contrary, it has disgusted the gentry, if the king is determined to be in the world, he must not ignore them, and the scholars are the foundation of the world. ”

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang rely on the benefits of firearms, but they can succeed for a while, but they are water without source and rootless, and they will be ......lonely sooner or later."

"Anyway, the set of sayings we made up, "eat his mother, drink his mother, open the door to welcome the king of Yu, and the king of Yu will not pay for food when he comes" has not been able to spread out, and it is good that it is good to change the propaganda strategy and win over the scholars, otherwise the order will be changed overnight, but they will not dare to take refuge easily. ”

Gu Junen is a traditional literati, even though he is full of wisdom, he still firmly believes that winning over the gentry is the right way.

didn't stop Wang Er from doing it before, and even helped him make up colloquialisms and slang to win the hearts of the people, just because it was still in the early days of the uprising, a large number of people were needed, and these things were needed to shake the people's hearts and better attack the city and plunder the land.

If you don't pay for grain, will tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of troops eat soil, or can rich merchants grow like leeks and stubble?

Wang Er listened, pondered, and felt that there was some truth.

After such a period of time, he has also grown, and he is no longer the original leader of the rebel army who only knows recklessness, and understands all kinds of interests such as politics.

"After defeating the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, I will be able to open a branch in Henan Province and collect taxes."

He said. The opening of the branch was to give him a ladder to rise for scholars in the area under his rule, and since he had already collected taxes, it implied that he would not raid their homes casually, which was undoubtedly a woo to the gentry class.

Gu Junen smiled and nodded.

However, the top priority is to repel the attack of the Ming army.

There is no way, Henan is adjacent to Beizhili, and there is a sitting coward here who is constantly sitting big, which is a big problem for henchmen, if one is not good, the other party will come to Gyeonggi, of course, it must be exterminated as soon as possible.

There was still a guy in the south who attracted firepower before, but now that the court can't defeat them, they can only concentrate on dealing with other rebels, trying to quell the rebellion elsewhere first.

Fortunately, there are also a lot of good generals in the Ming Dynasty today, and the rogues are basically chased by the officials and soldiers.

However, due to the large number of displaced people caused by natural disasters, the rebellion is inexhaustible, except for the Huguang governor Sun Chuanting, who is running a side, and his subordinates are gradually peaceful, the Ming army in other regions is simply using the Liukou to brush up the battle results, and even some people have begun to raise the Kou.

However, this has also caused some rogues to continue to improve their combat effectiveness.

To put it simply, it is the death of drought and the death of waterlogging. The small Liukou and the new Liukou are struggling to face the Ming army with a thousand households, and several big anti-kings, after experiencing these years of wandering career, their core troops have experienced conquest and already have considerable military strength, and have a certain ability to go against the Ming army, even surpassing most ordinary Ming troops.

The second king of southern Henan is one of the best.

The imperial court mobilized more than 80,000 troops from Shandong, Beizhi and other armies, intending to remove this tumor first.

He had to deal with it with all his might.

……

Dian land.

Mu Tianbo rode on a white horse, looking at the battlefield in front of him, his face expressionless.

As the Ming Dynasty became more and more chaotic, the imperial court's ability to deter various places was also greatly weakened, so that the Tusi in these places were a little ready to move.

In the face of such a situation, as the Duke of Qianguo, the general of Zhengnan, and the chief military officer of Yunnan, he is naturally duty-bound.

Just now, it was the end of another campaign to quell the chaos, and the Ming army won a complete victory.

He had already experienced war very early. When he was still young, the war had already broken out between Daming and Donghu, and he had just taken over the Duke of Qianguo at that time, and he participated in it, although he was not the main force on the front line, but he had seen the cruelty of blood and fire to some extent.

Now, after all these years, he is more mature and a qualified commander.

The sound of horses' hooves came out, and another teenager rode up. He threw down a still bleeding skull in his hand:

"Brother, the head of the thief has been awarded."

Mu Tianbo showed a smile on his face and looked at his younger brother lovingly.

His father died early, he was the first to grow up, and then he also took care of his younger brothers, several people were very close, and he was very pleased to see his younger brother's growth.

"Tianyang is worthy of my Mu family's name."

He smiled and complimented.

In a short time they had returned to the place where they had been encamped, and they were resting in the midst of the camp.

Although the turmoil was calmed down this time, there was not much joy in the eyes of this Qianguo duke.

"Rebellions have become more frequent, and in the last three or four years alone, there have been as many as seven rebellions."

"Now Daming, it's getting more and more chaotic."

He sighed:

"In the final analysis, it is still the decline of the deterrent power of the imperial court, not to mention the period of Taizu Taizong, that is, when Shenzong was there, with the power of Yang Yinglong's rebellion, they would not dare to raise troops."

"It's not that the military is insufficient, it's that the people's hearts are not there. Natural disasters are all over the wilderness and do not save them, hundreds of officials are corrupt but not cut, and the rich are honest and the poor are easy to eat, these are the root causes of turmoil. Mu Tianyang said.

Mu Tianbo nodded, he did not refute Mu Tianyang's thoughts, his younger brother has always been wise, and he sees the problem to the point.

He continued Mu Tianyang's words and said:

"That's true...... Now in the southeast, the law of governance of the rebel thief in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been transmitted, and if you look closely, this rebel is more lenient than the imperial court, which is really a little ridiculous. ”

"The world is so good that it is so erosive, although it is caused by rebellion and coercion of the people, but it is also ...... with Your Majesty after all"

Mu Tianbo froze, his face gloomy.

Mu Tianyang listened, thinking of the situation today, he also sighed unconsciously.

With the suppression of the Qianguo Mansion, which has been deeply cultivated for a hundred years, the land of Yunnan is still chaotic, rebellions are everywhere, and the rule of the imperial court is shaken.

Central Plains, I don't know what the chaos has become......

(End of chapter)