The long river is gradually falling, and the stars are sinking.

The night has reached the fourth watch, Sun Chuanting is still pacing back and forth in the courtyard, even if Zhu Jie proposed two people with one inside and one outside, Sun Chuanting is still a little reluctant Zhu Jie to leave, and the two are simply close during this time.

Sun Chuanting gave Zhu Jie the greatest freedom, let him let go of his actions, Zhu Jie also came up with a clever plan, let Sun Chuanting see what is a magic plan, and there is no last resort, once Zhu Jie leaves, then Sun Chuanting will have to rush to the front line again.

"Master Overseer, you haven't rested yet?"

Zhu Jie's voice sounded behind Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting turned around and smiled bitterly: "Alas, General Zhu, the governor is still a little reluctant to let you leave, without your help, the governor is really a little powerless in the face of thieves and thieves......"

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "My lord, what you are worried about is just the lack of good generals under your subordinates, now it is different, Gao Jie is extremely brave, He Yilong is resourceful, the army has added 30,000 cavalry out of thin air, such strength, it is already completely able to compete with Li Zicheng head-on, what else do you have to worry about?" ”

"Grain and grass, ......"

Sun Chuanting said helplessly: "Henan is thousands of miles away, and the peasants are screaming with hunger, where is there still a food supply army?" It is also difficult to transfer grain from Shaanxi, and the distance between them is one or two thousand miles, and the consumption is too great......"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Lord Inspector, in fact, the emperor transferred me out of consideration because there is no food in Henan, and in a short period of time, the army will not be able to march in Dudu. ”

"How?"

Sun Chuanting raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "My lord, Li Zicheng crisscrossed Henan, it may not be all a bad thing, at least, the big tyrants and the royal family in Henan have suffered great damage, those who can run have run away, and those who can't run have been cleaned up by Li Zicheng, this Henan has a large amount of ownerless land all of a sudden, is this land barren?" I suggest that the Governor can ask the emperor for a decree, in Henan, but all the royal family who flees before the battle will be recovered from the land given by the imperial court, and as for the land left by the landlord for the thieves, all the land will also be recovered from the imperial court, and then take ten thousand hectares of fertile land from it as the army tuntian, so that the army can open up the wasteland, and as long as the wheat harvest season arrives in the next year, the army will no longer have to worry about running out of food; Moreover, the rest of the land is all used to attract displaced people, the reason why these peasants rebel is nothing more than that they have no land and no food, and they can't survive, as long as the court gives them land, lends them some seeds, and gives them some shelter and food, who has nothing to do and then rebel? ”

Sun Chuanting's eyes lit up, and then dimmed, and said with a wry smile: "General Zhu, what you said is simple, now a large amount of farmland in Henan is deserted, but can the emperor be willing to give these farmlands to farmers?" ”

Zhu Jie shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Master Governor, now the emperor is reluctant and has no choice, either to take back the farmland to the royal family and let the people rebel; Either the farmland will be distributed to the people, so that the people can be grateful and produce with peace of mind; The lesser of two evils, and the emperor is not stupid, can't he weigh the priorities? ”

Sun Chuanting frowned and fell into contemplation, what Zhu Jie said was not bad at all, there is no food, even if there is no Li Zicheng, there will be Wang Zicheng jumping out, as long as the righteous flag is raised, it will definitely be a follower! However, after the land is allocated, the peasants are different, with the hope of a good life, who has nothing to do and still put their heads on their trouser belts and rebel with the traitors?

This is tantamount to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, if it is feasible, not only Henan, but even Shaanxi can even try it! You must know that now the imperial court has no soldiers, no food, no military salary, everything is supported by his savings in Shaanxi, as he is far away from the hinterland of Shaanxi, the pressure on logistics is getting bigger and bigger, if it weren't for Zhu Jie's birth, he would have really been crushed!

However, once what Zhu Jie said is really successful, then he will have peace of mind, at least he doesn't have to worry about the lack of food and grass, isn't it half a year? Grit your teeth and you can always carry it!

"General Zhu, you really deserve to be Zhiduoxing, hum, just follow what you say, I'll give a chapter to the court!"

Sun Chuanting said fiercely.

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "It's not enough for the military tuntian alone, we can solve the grain and grass, but what about the military salary?" Behind the soldiers, there is a family waiting for silver to supplement the family, without the military salary of the imperial court, the morale of the army is impossible to talk about! ”

"Brother, if I say anything you have to say, just finish it in one breath, don't jump out one by one!"

Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Master Inspector, it's very simple, the imperial court has no money to pay military salaries, and the people of Henan and Shaanxi urgently need to recuperate, and they don't have the spare energy to pay taxes, so we can't force it too much; Where does the money come from? ”

"Where did it come from? It can't fall from the sky, can it? ”

Sun Chuanting didn't have a good airway.

"Don't worry, pies will never fall from the sky, but someone is carrying pies in their arms and won't give them to us......"

Sun Chuanting was puzzled: "Brother, do you mean the local vassal king?" No, these people are not something we can afford to provoke, as long as they are not excessive, even the emperor is not willing to touch them......"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Not only the royal family, but also the big businessmen from all over the country, they have money, but the imperial court does not levy taxes on them, but increases taxes on the poor people every year. ”

Sun Chuanting sighed and said bitterly: "Brother, where is it as simple as you say? Among the ministers in the court, which one is not inextricably linked with the merchants? Naturally, they are reluctant to pay taxes, so every time the emperor wants to increase the commercial tax, he encounters constant resistance from the ministers in the court, and the emperor is also helpless......

"Joke, the emperor is the emperor, the adults are the adults, the emperor is far away in the temple, naturally it doesn't have much to do with these people, but the adults are different, you want me to fight and drive away the thieves for you? Yes, donate! In addition to donations, you can ask the emperor for a will, set up checkpoints in the passes of Shaanxi, Henan and Hubei provinces, and collect taxes from passing merchants, even if it is fifteen taxes and one, it is a lot of money in a year, right? Enough for a large military supply! ”

"This ......"

Sun Chuanting hesitated a little, and Zhu Jie continued to instigate: "My lord, you have to use extraordinary methods at extraordinary times, and now the imperial court can't come up with silver and grain and grass, so you can ask the emperor for this will, and the military funds for the future war will not bother the emperor, I think, now the poor jingle emperor will definitely be happy, hehe......"