The prime minister is still a bull Venus.

What does the prime minister do? Zuo Tianzi, the yin and yang, the four times, the next is the appropriateness of all things, the outside of the four princes of the four yi, the inner relatives are attached to the people, so that the secretary and the doctor can do their job!

In other words, one person is above 10,000 people, but there are some small problems in this, Li Zicheng's subordinates are basically divided into several factions, but in general, it is mainly based on the fact that when only 17 people are defeated, Liu Zongmin, several nephews and others are distinguished before and after the resurgence of Shangluo Mountain, after the resurgence of Shangluo Mountain, Li Zicheng has actually grown from an ignorant rebel to a very far-sighted rebel, and learned to open a granary to help the victims. Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and these civil ministers were also served during this period, of course, Li Zicheng was founded by force after all, so he naturally didn't care too much, the fact that the civil officials were all from Henan, after all, the world has not yet been unified, and it is not the time of infighting, according to the habits of the Celestial Empire for thousands of years, Li Zicheng learned quickly, he secretly found an inconspicuous scholar, specifically to tell himself the life of those kings in history, and then used this as an example for himself, he found that the kings never cared about who the prime minister was, As long as the military power is in hand, in the hands of these cronies who depend on him for life and death, Li Zicheng is willing to give him power.

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to find the source of wealth first, the imperial capital only has a month's grain, and those big households who have hoarded a lot of grain are also hoarding, wanting to wait until the food is exhausted, so as to make a profit from it, this dignified Ming Dynasty treasury, that is, empty, there is no money to pay the soldiers for military salaries, so if it goes on, it still can't be supported." ”

Li Zicheng thought for a while and said: "First order the big families to donate money, I heard that Emperor Chongzhen ordered the ministers to donate, but all of them are hard to give up, all of them are three thousand two thousand fools, who are you cheating, these ministers, the common people hand over a door bag, they are all two hundred taels." ”

Niu Jinxing was slightly surprised, because two hundred taels happened to be the money that his family collected for the door bag, and it was just the "entry fee" for entering the door and handing over the post, if he wanted to drink tea, fifty taels, if he spent a thousand taels, he could meet him directly, this was Niu Jinxing's creative proposal, according to the principle of standardized fees, of course, it was also a reference to the standards specified by the previous imperial capital.

Niu Jinxing said: "This, it's a little difficult, after all, order the demote to give money......

Liu Zongmin said: "What are you afraid of, if you dare not give money, the brothers will go up directly to arrest people, I don't know, these things that are not responsible, the city is in chaos like this, and there is no delay in marrying a little lady and playing with girls, it should really be the same as when I was in Shaanxi, and I did them directly." ”

Li Yan said later, although he was relatively late, but because there are many ghost ideas, he can also be among Li Zicheng's inner circle: "It's better to arrest people slowly, after all, the city has just been stable, and the killing is ominous, as for the money, I think that they can be ordered to donate to the army's military expenses, and according to the amount of silver they are willing to donate, decide to give them official positions, in this way, the original elders, Shangshu, in order to maintain their status, must be bleeding profusely, and those small officials who originally had smaller official positions and boiled up their qualifications, But you can also see hope, and it's not much more convenient to cobble together money everywhere than to get it directly, and don't the brothers need to rest and rest when they use soldiers, after all, after summer, they will go south. ”

Li Zicheng listened, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "In this method, it's good, it's good to squeeze out the bone marrow of these corrupt officials in one fell swoop." ”

Niu Jinxing listened, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, but in this way, the people who are in power and become officials in the end are all really greedy, they have spent money, but they have to prepare to get it back with interest, and now they will suffer a loss. ”

Li Guo, who was on the side, suddenly laughed, he was Li Zicheng's nephew, so he naturally didn't care much about the identity of this prime minister, he thought of what to say, and said: "What do you say, these corrupt officials have come up, just don't do things for them, as long as the money is in hand, use it to appease the soldiers, buy grain and grass, and after relieving yourself, let's go south directly and lay down the flowers and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River. When the time comes, we will also open the imperial examination, and we will do it in Shaanxi, and use more of us Shaanxi people, to say, these southerners are very thoughtful, but what is the use, patronizing themselves, the country will be destroyed. ”

Niu Jinxing was a little deflated, he had contact with some of the Ming Dynasty's demoted officials, at this time he was preparing to open the imperial examination, while pocketing some people, in the late Ming Dynasty, basically the so-called Donglin Party, against the other end of the Zhejiang Party, Lu Party, Yu Party, these small parties later took refuge in Wei Zhongxian's old eunuch, so after Chongzhen took power, most of them were expelled from the place, Niu Jinxing planned to network some of his own Henan people in it, and also came to a Niu Ji Yu Party.

However, it seems that this "plan" is not bad, as a group of "anti-thieves" who have just started a rebellion, they don't have to take on the various positions that the imperial court needs to afford, the original officials at all levels, although Li Zicheng came out of the low-level civil servants, and fully understands the darkness inside, but there is a problem that causes all the big people in the Dashun court to lose their own direction, which indirectly leads to their own direction.

Blind spot.

For Li Zicheng, he has always been hostile to the gentry represented by the Ming court, and as a laid-off worker, he naturally has a deep hatred for them, so various policies have been ruthlessly rectifying them, but for the Eight Banners in the Northeast, there is no old grudge, and even Dolgon went to Xi'an before, asking to practice with Li Zicheng to deal with the Ming Dynasty, but he ignored it.

The problem is here, Li Zicheng regards himself as the second Li Shimin, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, (with Lao Li's only level, knowing that Li Shimin is already the limit, Li Yuan burst into tears) You see, all kinds of the same places, all from Shaanxi, all surnamed Li, all started as a rebellion, coincidentally, there is such a dishonest son of the grassland in the north, but what, since Li Shimin can repel these people, then he can do the same, because Baqi has been fighting with Daming before, and if I am in power, I will naturally not fight.

In general, Li Zicheng is indeed learning from Li Shimin, including his first appeasement of the northern grassland peoples, and then quickly go south to annex the south, and wait for the unification of the whole country, and then elect his own Wei Gong Li Jing, who can sweep the grassland at once, and then he will also find the leaders of several small tribes to come to the imperial capital to obey orders and respect himself as the Khan of Heaven.

You see, what a similar experience, what a story of harmony and friendship.