Although there was no full guard of honor, the team walking on the Weihe Plain was also imposing and majestic. Li Zicheng rode an oolong horse and walked slowly. There are honor guards and instrumental music in front of it, and there are all kinds of golden gourd axes, fingers, palms, fists, and horizontal are readily available, and hundreds of elite warriors are guarding the front and back, and there are more than 100 flags to follow all the way. A samurai rode a tall horse and carried a yellow umbrella ahead of him.

Looking at the verdant wheat fields on the Weihe Plain, the peasants who knelt down on the cotton fields and danced towards themselves, and thought about the four sides of the war in the past ten years, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel quite emotional. It's a pity that my literary talent is not good, otherwise there must be poems to pass on. He laughed at himself with regret in his heart.

Since his invasion of Guanzhong last year, large-scale and small-scale military activities have never stopped. Yulin in the north, Hanzhong in the south, and Gansu in the west all have good news. Huguang in the south, Henan in the east and other places have also come to the news, the weather and rain since the beginning of spring are quite satisfactory, rice and wheat growth is gratifying, if there is no major disaster, I think a bumper harvest is in sight.

The people of Guanzhong saw that Li Zicheng was constantly planning for the military, and the Dashun army was invincible, and he was already worthy of martial arts, and the victory of winning the world was not far off. And I also saw that after he arrived in Xi'an, he held exams in the middle of the Rong Ma Dynasty, repaired schools, recruited talents, promoted meritocracy, fixed the color of uniforms, changed the official system, until the promulgation of the imperial calendar, etc., all kinds of measures show that the new imperial court is determined to get rid of the old and cloth the new, or in a few years, it will be brilliant in culture and governance, and track the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In particular, this winter, a large amount of grain and grass was transferred from Huguang, Henan, and other places to carry out such things as cash-for-work, water conservancy, and excavation of canals on the Guanzhong Plain. You can have a salary of five catties of grain and rice, and the people of Guanzhong, who have suffered from floods, droughts and famines for many years, suddenly cheered and flocked to it. It was not until the spring famine that this cash-for-work activity gradually subsided, and the people from all over the country happily rushed home with grain on their backs to farm.

Militarily, he recovered the old land in Hexi, and replanted the Han flag on the Yumen Pass. Except for a few big eunuchs, corrupt officials, and big bullies who were killed by him, almost everyone has real reverence and expectations for him, thinking that he is really the king of entrepreneurship. Ordinary people especially say that he is a true son.

"Your Majesty, there have been two light rains in the past few days, although the rain is not heavy, but it is very good for wheat and cotton."

Wu Xing, who was brilliantly embroidered with two auspicious clouds as a complement pattern on the blue robe, was half a horse behind Li Zicheng. Looking at the sides of the official road, I couldn't see the green eyes at a glance, and I couldn't hide the joy on my face.

According to the doctrine of the so-called "end of the five virtues" since the Warring States period, Song Xiance and other gods and sticks made some deductions and set the Dashun Dynasty as the king of Shuide, and the clothes were still blue. In order to correspond to the fire virtue of the Ming Dynasty, at the same time, it is also taken from the meaning of water to extinguish fire. The complements of the civil officials of the Dashun court are decorated with clouds, one product and one flower, until nine products and nine flowers.

These are about the founding of the country, the promulgation of almanacs, and the change of clothes color. All of them are announced by the government of etiquette and the military and civilians in various places, starting from the New Year's Day of Jiashen. Follow together. There is another major event, which was also announced by the government of Li. Avoided words, all the words that violated his three generations of names, must be forbidden, replaced by other words, or changed strokes. His own name is "self-contained". It is a very commonly used word, and if it is forbidden, it will cause great inconvenience to the subjects of the world. Therefore, he announced: From the New Year's Day of the Jiashen year, the word "cheng" will be changed to the word "cheng" with success at the bottom of the prefix of the word day, so that the word "cheng" will not have to be shy away. In a word. Everything that the founding emperor should have done when changing the dynasty, he and his ministers have thought about it, made preparations, and will soon promulgate it. As for the civil and military official system, it was formulated in Xiangyang, and now it has been revised to be more rigorous.

Now Wu Xing is a second-class member of the Dashun Imperial Court, a household government squire, an acting secretary, the prime minister's money and grain support, and the training of officials below the state and county levels.

"Since ancient times, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, the reason why our Dashun army can be invincible, after entering the customs quickly gathered the hearts of the people, the original dilapidated Guanzhong also faintly has a revival atmosphere. In this, Mr. has made great contributions to the payment of food and salaries and the raising of military and civilian food! ”

Li Zicheng's words truthfully commented on Wu Xing's contributions. The army broke through Tongguan, and the people from all walks of life in the north, south and west went on an expedition of thousands of miles, thanks to Wu Xing's presence in Xi'an to prepare military grain and grass for all kinds of military horses and organize personnel transfer and connection. Only then did Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Hao Shaoqi and others deal with the enemy in front of them with peace of mind, and they did not have to worry about the lack of food and salary in the army. When Yuan Zongdi and others transported the seized gold, silver, goods, cattle and horses to Xi'an, it was Wu Xingli who overrode public opinion and asked Li Zicheng to issue a decree to build water conservancy on the Guanzhong Plain to show the atmosphere of the new dynasty, and at the same time, it was also for the benefit of Sangzi and a consolidated rear for the Dashun court.

Naturally, Wu Xing used these gold, silver, horses, and other things to buy from Li Huayu in Shandong, and when the grain and grass he purchased did not arrive, he temporarily transferred it from the treasury of Henan, Huguang and other places, and then returned it to the stock.

"When I heard Mr. Niu Jiang talk about the founding monarchs of all dynasties, I remember that the reason why Han Gaozu was able to win the world was that he had a Xiao He to guard Guanzhong for him, Mr. Wu, you and Li Gongzi are my Xiao He!"

"Your Majesty's praise made Weichen sincerely frightened."

Li Zicheng waved his hand and pointed forward with his horsewhip, "If it weren't for you, Li Gongzi, and Yufeng who did their best to preside over civil affairs everywhere, how could I see such a scene?" I am also from a farming family, and I can tell from looking at the seedlings that it will be a good year to come to Guanzhong this year. I have already issued a decree to exempt Guanzhong from this year's summer grain and change it to official purchase, so that the people of Guanzhong can recuperate a little. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, and the ministers thank the emperor on behalf of the people of Guanzhong!"

"Sir, but it's polite, I'm now a family into a country, and the country itself is one, how can I not think of making my family live better?" After speaking, Li Zicheng burst into a long laugh.

The situation is very good, and Li Zicheng is naturally overjoyed. But these days, he also hears a lot of noise in his ears. Dashun opened a branch to recruit scholars, recruited a lot of scholars, and then sent these scholars to the prefecture and county, but there were some conflicts with the local officials trained by the Qin Law School. Because the Qin Law School is all people who have been doing practical things at the grassroots level for a long time. Therefore, when it comes to the ability to do things, these gentlemen can't compare. However, these scholars won the imperial examination, so they naturally wanted to become officials, so their positions were higher than them. As a result, the disgruntled officials of the Qin Law School called these officials official beetles, and the orders and requirements of these scholars were also in defiance of yang and yin. There are even people who turn their faces in front of them. If these problems are not solved, then Dashun may not have opened up its territory and will have to be busy with infighting.

As a result, these officials from the imperial examination quietly connected together, faintly worshipping Niu Jinxing as the main general, and started a battle with the officials of the Qin Law School. And Niu Jinxing thought to himself that in the Dashun Dynasty, he was neither as meritorious and qualified as the old men like the old Eighth Team and Hao Shaoqi, nor as prestigious as Li Yan. came to defect with a sentry to help Li Zicheng compile folk songs and win people's hearts, even compared to Song Xiance, a short man, who has the credit of dedicating pictures to demagoguery. In order to be able to gain a foothold in the Dashun court, he was also happy to have these people to help.

As a result, the so-called Kejia officials headed by Niu Jinxing have faintly had the momentum of forming a party, and they are on the same page as the officials of the Qin Law School. These people are waving the flag and shouting for the bull Venus. Create momentum for him in the DPRK and compete for the position of first assistant.

These views. Liu Tichun, who was in charge of Luo Cha, secret agents and other things, summarized them one by one, and secretly played them to Li Zicheng.

This incident also gave Li Zicheng quite a headache. After he entered the customs, in order to win the hearts of those scholars and accumulate popularity, he opened a school for the imperial examination. However, the actual work ability of the officials of the Qin legal system was something he had long seen. Moreover, these people are now in control of the day-to-day administration of the local grassroots power in the Dashun Dynasty. Without their help, I am afraid that the Great Shun Dynasty will also have no roots. Compared with the Kejia department, although they do not know any poetry and songs, they are superior in their large number of people and have mastered the grassroots administration. But it must not break their hearts. If he was in the camp in the past, Li Zicheng could arrange a banquet to persuade the two to make peace, but now that Li Zicheng has been proclaimed emperor, he naturally has to learn from the emperor's style. So Li Zicheng, like those emperors in the past, played a dumb riddle with Wu Xing and Niu Jinxing: "Wu Aiqing, Niu Aiqing, since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has pastored hundreds of officials, hundreds of officials and herdsmen, I don't know what the hundred officials managed by the two Aiqing are now?" “

In the face of Li Zicheng's inquiry, Wu Xing said confidently: "It is very busy to repair the river, distribute grain, and clear up the arrears. Niu Jinxing blushed, because the gentlemen he fancied were now blind, but he couldn't just say that he had done nothing, so Niu Jinxing said: "Acting government affairs, friendly colleagues, and understanding the people's feelings." “

Li Zicheng's heart sank silently, it seems that these two people are really fighting openly and secretly, although it is said that the courtiers are fighting in the king's power, but if the fight is too fierce, wouldn't it be the same as Da Ming? Thinking of this, Li Zicheng had an idea, and these accumulated ideas gradually came to an eyebrow, so he suddenly asked the two of them: "Two Aiqing, tell me, is the law of this Southern Barbarian desirable?" ”

Wu Xingniu Jin Xing almost laughed, and said in his heart, Your Majesty, what are you kidding, all our practices are copying the example of the Southern Barbarians, and we haven't paid any copyright fees. If it were according to the international rules, I am afraid that Li Gongzi would have knocked on the door with the chengguan a long time ago. Well, this is the author's black dialect adaptation, what Wu Xingniu Jinxing did, of course, was to greatly praise Nanzhong's approach.

Li Zicheng nodded, and then said: "I think there is a better way for the Southern Barbarians, but we haven't implemented it yet, that is, the integration of officials and the popularization of schools." I once thought about the maladministration of the Ming Dynasty and found that the people's wisdom was not open, the officials were stupid, and the petty officials were treacherous. If the people are not wise, they are easy to be lured by small profits, and if the officials do not go deep into the people, they are easy to be played by small officials, and if the small officials have no way to enter, they only want to be greedy for ink. Now I should get rid of the accumulated evils, and the people should be forced to study in the hall, and the officials must start from the junior officials, and if the junior officials are capable and available, they can also be officials. Now the eight shares of the scholar for many years, of course, can only follow the law, but in the future, after the school is promoted, when the system of the imperial examination should be changed, the school examination, the officials, the officials from the officials, so that the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty can be removed, I don't know how the two Aiqing will. ”

The open and secret struggle between the officials of the Qin legal system and the officials of the Kejia system ended with Li Zicheng's mediation for the time being.

However, the position of the first assistant of Niu Venus has been put on hold for the time being. The news from the palace that the emperor was a little unsure of this position, but it seemed that the general Li Yan had some hope. The news reached Niu Jinxing's ears, and it was like a bucket of snow water poured from his head to his heels. That Li Yan is far better than him in terms of family and talent. It is also a meritorious person. But Li Yan's reputation in Henan is much stronger than him.

He Niu Jinxing was rescued from prison by Li Zicheng, and he owed a lot of favors. Li Yan is Li Zicheng who led the team to defect. Moreover, in recent years, whether it is military exploits on the battlefield or handling civil affairs, the Dashun Dynasty has been obvious to all. If Li Zicheng gave him the position of first assistant, Niu Jinxing really had no place to speak.

Especially this time. Li Zicheng specially ordered Wu Xing, who was acting as the secretary of the household government, to accompany him on patrol on both sides of the Wei River, and Niu Jinxing was even more discouraged. can only secretly comfort the protégés he has recently accepted, "It doesn't matter if Li Gongzi is the first assistant, he was also a scholar before the uprising, and he is also a famous scholar in eastern Henan, and he also understands righteousness." ”

Wu Xing, who accompanied Li Zicheng out to inspect both sides of the Wei River, didn't think as much as Niu Jinxing, and in his heart, he simply regarded this trip with the holy car as a spring outing. You can take a good look at the good spring on both sides of the Wei River.

The two of them rode their horses and walked on the edge of the Wei River, looked at the river channels and ditches that were dredged in winter, and happily introduced the water of the Wei River into the wheat fields and cotton fields, watering thousands of hectares of fertile fields. couldn't help but feel that both of them had a sense of pride in their chests for a while.

"When I was a child, I listened to the old man say that when the King of Qin built the Zhengguo Canal in Guanzhong, the 800 miles of Qinchuan became the rice grain river, and later when I passed through Sichuan after I raised the army, I also saw the Dujiangyan built by Li Bing and his son. These two water conservancy sites laid the material foundation for Qin's annexation of the Six Kingdoms. It's a pity that since the apocalypse, the Ming Chamber has weakened, and this great granary in Guanzhong has become a place full of bones. If it weren't for Mr. presiding over the work-for-relief, I don't know how many people would have died of cold and starvation this winter and spring. ”

Li Zicheng praised the work done by Wu Xing. Quickly changed the conversation and asked about other things.

"Sir. Looking at the growth of this wheat and the cotton seedlings everywhere, if there is no major natural disaster, the summer grain harvest should not be a big problem. I don't know what is the best way for Mr. to spend money? ”

In addition to the law of paying grain as an errand for the officials and gentry of the Shanzhai from the Southern Yue Army, and the preferential and exemption rules of the Jiajing Emperor, the ancestor of Chongzhen, who were discarded by Chongzhen, were unswervingly promoted in the jurisdiction, and the methods of encouraging reclamation and rewarding cultivation and weaving for generations of dynasties to recuperate. Wu Xing could only rack his brains to suggest to Li Zicheng that he should expand the cotton planting area in Guanzhong as much as possible, and at the same time find ways to popularize the planting of high-yield crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn in Guanzhong and various parts of Shaanxi and Gansu. "Cotton is used in exchange for what I need in Dashun, and grain and rice are used for military and civilian food."

"In addition, it is necessary to mint Yongchang coins as soon as possible!"

Wu Xing's words. It's also to the point. In the past few months, a lot of money has been scattered in military, civilian, disaster relief, water conservancy, etc. If it weren't for the raiding of the homes of the Qin Dynasty and other clans and a group of squires in Guanzhong, plus the goods seized from Xifandi and other places, relying on the money and grain taxes in Henan, Huguang and other places, the Dashun army would be difficult to support.

Nowadays, in the Dashun jurisdiction, which is thousands of miles long from south to north, most of the copper coins in circulation are coins minted and issued by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. There are many kinds of silver, but the silver dollar has become the most popular currency in the market because of its uniform fineness, equal weight, and easy to carry.

Although Li Zicheng did not understand the importance of the right to issue currency and seigniorage to a regime, he knew that all dynasties had to issue minting coins to show their legitimacy. Moreover, I always watched the Nanyue Army issue Nanzhong Silver Dollar and Nanzhong Tongbao circulating in the market on their own turf, but this was really not a taste in my heart.

Minting coins is naturally a major event at the moment. Although the coins of the Ming court can continue to be used, it is necessary to quickly make Dashun Tongbao to replace the coins of the Ming Dynasty. Since the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty has made a lot of light, thin, copper and bad, small copper coins with many eyes, which are called hemp money or leather money by the folk because the treasury has dried up. The so-called hemp money refers to the fact that the money is not only superficial, with trachoma, like pockmarks on the face; The so-called leather money is because the currency system was chaotic in the Yuan Dynasty and there was a lack of brass coinage, so the money was made from sheepskin, which made people very disgusted. So nowadays for those thin and small money, it is also called leather money.

Due to the poor quality of the coins minted by the central government during the Apocalypse, counterfeiting of coins in various places became more and more unprohibitive, and the price of silver became more and more expensive, and the price of money became lower and lower, which brought great suffering to the people. In the area of Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, the people once refused to use Daqi money, which caused a great trend.

Li Zicheng also has a deep understanding of the people's dislike of this kind of coin, and deeply understands the thoughts of the people. Therefore, whether it was when Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Huguang were moving back and forth, or when they were besieged in Shangluo Mountain, whenever there was a need to give relief to the people or distribute money and food, he would specially tell his soldiers to bring a lot of Houdundun generous money minted by the Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties to the people in the mountains.

This kind of coin, compared with the running horse Chongzhen minted by the Ming court, is naturally very popular with the people.

"If we want to mint coins, we naturally have to mint good money!" (To be continued.) )

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