Anti Qing

Chapter 112
The Dashun regime has always been in opposition to the gentry and landlord class.

If it wasn't for the warriors who didn't know a single character and couldn't handle civil affairs, perhaps Dashun wouldn't even need civil servants.

Therefore, in Dashun, the status of civil servants is very low, even Niu Quan, the magistrate of Xiangyang, is also like this, which is in stark contrast to the former Ming Dynasty's use of civil affairs to control military affairs.

Niu Jinxing said he was the head of civil servants, but he was actually a follower arranged by Li Zicheng. When everyone lost their minds, he would stand up and make suggestions.

As for major political issues, they were all decided by Li Zicheng himself, and he didn't need to deal with them at all.

Song Xiance is a man of alchemy and divination. Whenever he is unsure of the situation, Li Zicheng will ask him for a fortune-telling to calm people's minds.

As for Li Zicheng's true belief in this kind of thing, or simply using Song Xiance's hexagrams as a propaganda department, no one can tell for sure.

Li Zijing only knew that Li Zicheng, a cheap old man, had no simpler thoughts than Dorgon.

Li Zijing felt that the reason why Li Zicheng showed an attitude of believing in Song Xiance's hexagrams was because Song Xiance's calculations were all good hexagrams.

For Li Zicheng, it is the eighteenth child who is the main artifact, and the destiny is to let him take the Zhu family's country and save the people of Li from fire and water.

For the Dashun army, no matter how you do the calculation, the result is the same, and Dashun will definitely win.

Isn't this obvious? Li Zijing now feels that Song Xiance is a magic stick, and Li Zicheng uses his hexagrams to calm people's hearts.

As powerful as these civil servants were in the Ming Dynasty, they were as weak as they were in Dashun. Any general who led the army could turn against them.

It's just that Xi'an has not yet fallen, Dashun's basic market is still there, and the news of the Tongguan victory has stabilized people's hearts.

These military generals also perform their own duties, and few people would quarrel with civil officials at such a time, doing things that make loved ones hurt their enemies and make their enemies happy.

After all, it is true, if these civil servants are angry and frightened away, whoever will write for you to settle accounts, and let them, military generals, do this, is simply forcing Zhang Fei to embroider.

Li Zijing's idea is very novel.

At this time, an official dressed in light blue Dashun official came out.

"If Little Chuang Wang wants to reclaim wasteland, my subordinates suggest that he should lead him from Xiangyang to Zaoyang."

Li Zijing looked at the official and thought about his memory, but he had no impression, so he asked.

"Who are you?"

Hearing this, the official raised his head and chest, raised his hand and replied.

"Xiangyang Commander Yang Shike, the lower official, was born in Yongnian, North Zhili. He was born as a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty. He used to be a member of the Ministry of Industry's Tuntian Cleaning Department."

"Later, because he disobeyed the powerful minister Yang Sichang, he was demoted back home. Chongzhen received the grace of His Majesty's knowledge and experience for 15 years, and was appointed Xiangyang Commander."

When Li Zijing heard half of it, he remembered it.

This Yang Shike, when preparing his graduation thesis before crossing, even checked him out. He is a loyal minister who is completely loyal to Dashun.

In history, Li Zicheng withdrew from Xiangyang, and Yang Shike stayed in the city to die.

He was born as a Jinshi, and he also worked as Yuanwailang in the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it a little too much for such a person to be a county magistrate?

Li Zijing looked at Yang Shike, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. This is the most precious thing for contemporary high-level intellectuals. Such a literati would actually die for Dashun.

But what is written in the history books is one thing, and the real situation may be another matter.

Li Zijing felt that Yang Shike's martyrdom in Xiangyang in history may not be for Dashun, but for repaying Li Zicheng's kindness.

Of course, you can't just look at the resume to judge a talent. What if this is a gold-plated resume that actually fished in the troubled waters of the Ministry of Industry?
Li Zijing wanted to test his mind and said with a smile.

"Why did you choose the area from Xiangyang to Zaoyang?"

Yang Shike lowered his eyes slightly, and replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"The Han River passes through Xiangyang, and the Chunhe River meets the Han River and passes through Zaoyang. There are fertile soils along the way. The Ming court once sent Beijing officials to go out to foreign affairs, build embankments to intercept water into the official canal, and irrigate the people's fields from Xiangyang to Zaoyang. There are at least [-] hectares. "

"Now Baiwang is stationed in De'an Mansion. To the south is Chengtian Mansion, which is also the territory of Dashun. Before capturing Yunyang, this place is the closest to Xiangyang, which is easy to control. It is the best place to farm."

Li Zijing stood up and looked at the map behind him carefully when he was speaking halfway, and found that what Yang Shike said was indeed true.

If you want to farm, there is indeed no other place in Zaoyang.

So he turned around, a little surprised.

"Three thousand hectares, is there so much?"

Yang Shike nodded, but his eyes darkened.

"This is what Xiaguan was known to the officials in the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty in the old days. Now the irrigation situation of the official canal from Xiangyang to Zaoyang still needs field investigation to know."

Li Zijing sat back and asked with a smile.

"If I want to farm in the territory from Yunyang Prefecture to Xiangyang Prefecture, where should I go?"

Yang Shike stepped forward to look at the map, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then blurted out.

"Water was built in Fang County, and the Guanqu was connected by the Han River. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, [-] hectares of fields were irrigated."

"Yunyang and Junzhou are both connected to the Han River, and they were the places where the fields were settled in ancient times. The old military settlements of the Ming court here are scattered all over the place, with no less than a hundred."

"If you can occupy the entire territory of Yunyang, Dashun will be worry-free!"

After a few words, everyone talked a lot, and everyone flocked to it.

Even Li Zijing felt itchy when he heard this, wishing he could immediately send millions of troops to defeat Gao Doushu and occupy Yunyang Mansion.

Gu Junen stood aside and nodded secretly.

Even he didn't know that there was such a talent hidden in the Xiangyang county government, although Yang Shike's current performance was far from being called a great talent.

But he has worked in the Ministry of Industry, and he knows the rules of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the deployment of military settlements in various places, which is what Dashun lacks most at present.

Few of the officials who worked in the six departments were willing to surrender after Dashun withdrew from Beijing and the incident of torture.

This kind of talent needs to stay in the front camp.

After staying in the front camp for a long time, even Gu Junen didn't realize that his thoughts began to gradually change.

What he thinks now is not to let Yang Shike serve as the Xiangyang order in Xiangyang Mansion, but to recruit this talent to the front camp for use by King Chuang.

This change happened imperceptibly. Gu Junen looked at Yang Shike and made a decision in his heart.

Coincidentally, Li Zijing also thinks so now.

This Yang Shike talked eloquently about the farming situation in Xiangyang Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture, which is enough to prove that he did not go to the Ministry of Industry to dawdle.

Such a person was actually pushed back home, which shows how dark and corrupt the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was.

The more Li Zijing looked at Yang Shike, the more he liked Yang Shike, and he was also wondering how he could get him under his command.

Now in Qianying, Gu Junen is responsible for all civil affairs, but Gu Junen's major is to give advice, he is not all-rounder.

What Li Zijing lacks now is all kinds of talents in all aspects.

Yang Shike is the talent that is lacking in farming.

After Yang Shike finished speaking for a long time, he didn't hear the response from above, so he turned his head to look, and found Li Zijing's burning eyes, he panicked.

He was startled, subconsciously bowed his head, a little nervous.

Li Zijing noticed the strange look in everyone's eyes, and then realized that he had lost his composure in front of everyone. He felt annoyed and remembered the lesson from this time.

But now Li Zijing's face is already very thick, there is no blush on his face, and what he is playing is as stable as Mount Tai.

Li Zijing looked at Yang Shike and said with a smile.

"I will draft a memorial today, and I ask His Majesty to promote Mr. Yang as a member of the Gongfu to preside over Xiangyang's garrison affairs.

"What is Master Yang's intention?"

(End of this chapter)