Zhang Xianzhong, who was dressed simply, couldn't help but feel depressed when he saw Zhu Youjian's majestic clothes.

Seeing that he couldn't suppress Zhu Youjian, he had no choice but to speak.

In his opinion, as long as the people are talked about and compared with Zhu Youjian, Emperor Ming will definitely have nothing to say!

"People?"

Zhu Youjian chuckled.

If I had not served the people, I would have been far more unrestrained than I am today!

If I didn’t serve the people, if I didn’t take the world by storm, I would have unified East Asia long ago!

It is precisely because I want to give the people a way out that I have delayed it until now!

Zhu Youjian sprayed out a sneer from his nose.

He stretched out two fingers backward. Wang Lian immediately reached into his arms and took out a silver box. After opening it, he took out a cigarette and clamped it on the emperor's finger.

Then he took out a match, lit it on the stone, and helped the emperor light his cigarette.

Zhu Youjian took a sip, and the low sound of burning tobacco was inaudible.

"call!"

He blew out a puff of smoke, feeling the faint sweetness of tobacco, mixed with the strong smoke, lingering in his mouth, and the slightly numbing explosion feeling.

After the smoke was exhaled, Zhu Youjian said softly:

"I have suffered for 17 years, but the traitors to the country were not eliminated. I cut down on my clothes and went on a diet. I did not dare to buy any more clothes. I even had my dragon robe patched.

Should officials be greedy? Should the common people be deprived of food?

I'll use the bones to boil oil——

But there is also widespread dissatisfaction..."

Zhu Youjian held the cigarette in his hand and pointed at Zhang Xianzhong:

"Old Zhang, you are also a soldier under my command, not to mention the bastard things you have seen since you started the army.

By the way, when you were a soldier, did you ever get enough money?

I have allocated internal funds more than once to pay for the army. Have you ever received it? "

This simple word about "Lao Zhang", exposing his family scandal, instantly defeated Zhang Xianzhong's arrogance.

His eyes were vague and uncertain.

I wanted to refute, but I couldn't resist my conscience and pride.

Finally, Zhang Xianzhong chose to tell the truth:

"Not to mention that we have received full salary, but only half of it, so why should we rebel?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Youjian nodded:

“As long as they are less greedy, there will be one less rebellious Zhang Xianzhong in the world and one more good man who serves the country!

As long as they let out a little bit of leakage between their fingers, the courier boy Li Zicheng will not enter the capital! "

Zhu Youjian's face was full of ridicule:

"So, you see, is it really that important whether I am frugal or not?"

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the sarcastic smile on Zhu Youjian's face, nodded with a wry smile, and could only agree:

"The official is like Li!"

"The official is Ruoli?

well said! "

Zhu Youjian gave high fives and praised:

"Li Zicheng did me a great favor. After breaking into the capital, he killed everyone who deserved it and paid him what he deserved!

I camped in the capital of Han Dynasty and changed the rules. All those moths were kept out of the court.

Today, under the rule of Ming Dynasty, we do not talk about the road or pick up lost things, but it can be said that the country is peaceful and the people are safe. "

Zhu Youjian hooked his fingers backward:

"Niu Chenghu, tell Lao Zhang, is there still starvation everywhere in the Ming Dynasty today?"

Niu Chenghu took a step forward, first bowed to Zhu Youjian and saluted, and then raised his hand to Zhang Xianzhong:

“Since His Majesty set up camp in Handu, under my rule in the Ming Dynasty, although I dare not say that the people will die of cold and hunger, it can be said that as long as they are willing to work, they can have enough food and clothing.

Even today, most of the people in Sanfu and Liangye have moved into new homes, and many of them have food in their homes.

Those with a far-sighted vision even opened workshops, recruited helpers, and embarked on a well-off life.

The wilderness that used to be covered with bones has gradually returned to smoke.

Mr. Zhang doesn’t know that my Ming Dynasty has changed a lot! "

Because Zhang Xianzhong first blocked the Yangtze River himself, the flow of news was not smooth under the new Ming Dynasty.

He didn't know what Zhu You did after he tested the capital of Handu!

Later, they were besieged Micang Mountain, and were cut off from communication by the Ming army.

Micangshan location

Although these days, Li Dingguo told him some things about the Ming Dynasty in his letters.

But after all, love is short-lived and it is difficult to get a full picture.

The information Zhang Xianzhong received was all from the political level, and he didn't know much about people's livelihood.

Hearing Niu Chenghu's words, Zhang Xianzhong looked up in surprise.

He is no stranger to a cow becoming a tiger.

Even though this person doesn't have a great name, he has always been his sworn enemy.

The two of them can be said to have been fighting for their entire lives.

Although Sun Chuanting died, Niu Chenghu, a Ming general, defected to Li Zicheng.

However, there is a saying - the one you know best is always your own enemy.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles.

If you don't understand your opponent's temper, how can you defeat him?

Zhang Xianzhong naturally knows what kind of person Niu Chenghu is.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Niu Chenghu's face carefully.

But I saw this man's face was open, his eyes were firm, and his eyes were focused clearly, not flickering at all.

‘Is this guy telling the truth? ’

Zhang Xianzhong was shocked.

He looked past the crowd and focused on his second son, Li Dingguo.

But he saw that the adopted son he valued most had no deceptive look in his eyes, although he still felt guilty for him.

He even nodded slightly in approval of Niu Chenghu's remarks.

Li Dingguo was brought up by him.

Although Li Dingguo is only his adopted son, he has been with him day and night for more than ten years.

As the saying goes, no one knows his son better than his father.

He knew very well what this boy looked like when he lied.

‘The emperor said...

It's the truth! ’

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes widened.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong just wanted to learn from Zhu Youjian.

oh my god!

All he got was the white land that was beaten to pieces by their peasant army——

In such a short period of time, how did Zhu Youjian go from poverty to poverty and successfully let the people live a life of ample food and clothing?

He said in disbelief:

"Why is this?"

Zhang Xianzhong secretly speculated:

Could it be that this is the emperor's mind?

Zhu Youjian sneered:

“In the 13th and 14th years of Chongzhen, in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other northern lands, a pound of miscellaneous grains was sold for nearly one tael of silver.

At the same time, the price of rice in Jiangnan was only [-] yuan per stone at its most expensive.

One south and one north are sixty times the profit! "

He looked at Zhang Xianzhong, his sneer disappeared and replaced with sincerity:

"Old Zhang!

It’s not that the world is short of food, it’s that some people need food prices to rise! "

Zhu Youjian's words were already spoken very plainly.

Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth when he heard this.

Why can't he understand!

This is being manipulated!

As a Shaanxi person, as a citizen of the place that has been hit by disasters for the longest time in the world.

Zhang Xianzhong saw with his own eyes that there was no smoke in his hometown for thousands of miles, and bones were lying in the fields...

He traveled all over Jiangbei, and every place he saw had different disasters.

Qianshou...

There is no one in a hundred!

He once reached the south of the Yangtze River and drank from the Yangtze River.

(Zhang Xianzhong once attacked Hezhou, which is Hezhou in Hanshan, Anhui today.

It is diagonally across the river from Nanjing. )

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