I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Compared with the battle among the natives, which was like child's play, the battle in Chang'an was much more brutal.Since Li Zicheng supported Qin King Zhu Cunji and established the Qin State.

Li Zicheng resisted his inner impulse and never ascended to that position. This time and space is different from that in history. First of all, Cheng Shijie is still the regent of the Ming Dynasty. Cheng Shijie did not ascend the throne and claim the title of emperor. His strength and military strength, Far inferior to Cheng Shijie, if he rashly claims the title of emperor, it would be like a child playing house and having fun.

Li Zicheng is not idle either. His most ideal is to build an ideal society without oppression and fairness. It is a pity that such an ideal society does not exist. Unless science and technology develop to a certain level, artificial intelligence will be fully realized. Only when artificial intelligence replaces everyone's labor can such a society be realized.

Of course, this does not prevent Li Zicheng from having sweet dreams.

But the problem is that no matter what you do, you need money. It takes money to raise soldiers and officials. It also takes money to repair city walls, dredge ditches, and repair roads.

But where does the money come from?

The people in Shanxi and Shaanxi were so poor that they couldn't squeeze out the oil even if they wanted to. As in history, Li Zicheng could only attack his current allies, the gentry and landlord class.Influenced by Cheng Shijie, a butterfly from another world, many landlords and gentry who were afraid of being settled by the Queen of Autumn either ran to the small court of Nanming or ran to Guanzhong.

These gentry and landowners brought a large amount of money and food into Guanzhong, which indeed promoted the development of Guanzhong. Slowly, Li Zicheng discovered the problem, that is, the mud legs under his hands appeared No matter how good the generals or officials are, they will never be able to outsmart the gentry and landowners.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After more than 200 years of development among the gentry and landlords of the Ming Dynasty, these large families attach great importance to the cultivation of future generations. The first is political struggle. They have grown up in such an environment since childhood, and have already developed their skills. Undefeated magical skills, but Li Zicheng's direct lineage, let alone knowing the methods inside, have never even heard of many methods.

In this environment, Li Zicheng's direct lineage was either ignored or dealt with miserably, just like Yuan Shizhong, the leader of Xiaoyuan Camp, one of the 24 generals.

He was appointed by Li Zicheng as the garrison of Taiyuan, Shanxi. However, Yuan Shizhong gradually discovered that his decrees could not leave Taiyuan City at all. Especially his generals Liu Yuchi and Zhu Chengju were quickly corrupted. They had the leverage to control others. In the hands of the gentry and landlords, under the instigation of certain people, they began to treat him both overtly and covertly.

Yuan Shizhong, who was accustomed to speaking with a knife, began to attack the gentry and landlords. Li Zicheng also knew who was aligned with him and who was his class enemy, so he took the initiative to deflect the conflict. As a result, the Western Qin Dynasty began to split, and the two sides became incompetent.

In order to obtain money to support his troops, Liu Zongmin began to press for debts from the gentry and landlords, just like in history. Countless gentry and landlords were ruined. These gentry and landlords thought for a moment. What Cheng Shijie wanted was only their fields. Without the fields, they would still be alive. But Li Zicheng wanted their money, their land, and even more, their lives.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

To be fair, Cheng Shijie was not friendly to the gentry and landlords. The gentry and landlords under the Dingxin Dynasty had better keep their tail between their legs, otherwise they would be dealt with very miserably, and even if they did not die, they would still have to shed their skin.But the problem is, Li Zicheng's methods are too crude, and he does everything based on his heart.

With Li Zicheng as a foil, the Guanzhong gentry and landlords found that it was better to dedicate Guanzhong to Cheng Shijie than to let Li Zicheng take over them. Therefore, with the careful instigation of the Jin Yiwei and the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Western Qin landlord officials headed by Ding Qirui and Lu Daqi fought with Li Zicheng The factions immediately broke into conflict.

It was only then that Li Zicheng discovered that more than half of the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command were unable to command, and the army had been corrupted by the gentry and landlords.

The two sides fought hard for seven days in Chang'an, but there was no winner. Both sides were fighting bloody battles around Chang'an. Cheng Shijie had already issued strict orders. Once Western Qin fell into civil war, it would be the beginning of the Anxi Army's Western Expedition.

Chang Yu, the governor of Anxi, had been holding back for nearly two years. Hundreds of thousands of troops belonging to the governor's office of Anxi launched multi-line attacks at lightning speed from Datong, Jingxing, Fengzhou, Hanzhong and Tongguan in the Hetao.

In the past, Guanzhong had four natural barriers. With the Ming Dynasty Royal Army advancing on land and water, the natural barriers of the Yellow River no longer existed. Especially in winter, the Yellow River was frozen, and there were almost everywhere crossing points. Shanxi was the first to fall because of the people Yuan Shizhong offended. Too many, he was killed by the rebel army in Taiyuan. The leaderless Western Qin Shanxi Army, with nearly 10 troops, was surrounded in southern Shanxi, central Shanxi, and northwest Shanxi.

From the beginning of the civil strife in the Western Qin Dynasty, it took less than fifteen days for Changyu's vanguard troops to arrive at Chang'an City. The entire Chang'an was full of people, and even the Wei River was dyed red with blood.

Li Zicheng wanted to mobilize troops from far away in Hexi to return for reinforcements, but Lanzhou changed its banner. Because of the existence of Lanzhou, the Hexi army could not return at all. Li Zicheng's most loyal nephew, Li Guo, did not conflict with Lanzhou's defense line until the city of Chang'an was broken.

On the third day after Cheng Shijie received the news, which was the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Reform and Reform, Changyu broke through Chang'an City and captured alive the Western Qin Emperor Zhu Cunji and more than 160 concubines. Unfortunately, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin disappeared.

On December 24, the second year of Dingxin, the No. 20 13th Brigade of the Anxi Army arrived in Lanzhou. After careful consideration, Li Guo surrendered to the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty with more than [-] troops under his command.

Cheng Shijie waved his hand, and Li Zicheng's army dropped more than 35 troops. They were packed together with their families and sent to the La Plata Plain to reclaim wasteland.

Of course, as usual, they still need to be screened. Depending on their behavior, these surrendered soldiers will be sentenced to up to 20 years of hard labor and as short as three to five years. But don’t worry, the court will give them farm tools and seeds to let them replace them. During the Ming Dynasty, they reclaimed wasteland, and if their labor reform period expired, they had the opportunity to return to their place of origin for resettlement.

Jiang Jun also understood the principle that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. As losers, they must bear the consequences of failure. They were satisfied without killing them.

If you are satisfied, just board the ship. Don't talk nonsense, so ship after ship is shipped to La Plata. Of course, this place has been named Xinming, which is the second largest overseas enclave of the Ming Dynasty.

The sea is moody, and you will encounter any kind of situation thousands of miles away. It is impossible to think of an accident. Nearly half of the soldiers who surrendered died in shipwrecks or diseases, which can be described as tragic.

This made Cheng Shijie very distressed. Although the proportion was not high, the problem was that with a large population base, a lot of people died. However, this did not shake the Dingxin Dynasty's determination to open up new territories. They did not care at all. How many people died on the way, just transporting people overseas one by one.

Developing a new continent does not yield results overnight. Dingxin used astonishing perseverance and courage to pour astronomical amounts of manpower and material resources into Zhanzhou Continent and Xinming for ten years without caring about the losses.

In order to obtain the manpower necessary to develop a new continent, in addition to vigorously encouraging immigrants, the Ming Dynasty also repeatedly used troops against Japan and Southeast Asia, capturing large numbers of young men and transporting them to Zhanzhou and Xinming.

The Japanese pirates who once ran to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty to burn, kill, and loot for decades now tasted the feeling of being broken into their own homes to burn, kill, and loot. The coastal areas were filled with smoke, people were in panic, and the Tokugawa shogunate was in a state of panic.

The Tokugawa shogunate was forced to maintain an army of up to 30 men for a long time to deal with the invasion of the Ming Dynasty. However, it was of no use. No matter how brave the warriors were, they could not stand up to the roaring shells and rows of incoming attacks. With bullets and bullets, they fought with the Ming army and lost more than they won. They were beaten black and blue again and again.

The Tokugawa shogunate had nothing to do about this. Most of them sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty. What started as a strong protest soon turned into a plea for mercy. It was a pity that it was useless for them to enter Beijing because Cheng Shijie, who had the final decision-making power, Not in Beijing, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet has no decision-making power on this matter.

So, the little dwarf should continue to pose and get beaten!

It was not until ten years later, after 12 years of uninterrupted immigration and development, that Daming's investment finally bore fruit.After 12 years of hard work, hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land have been reclaimed and turned into high-quality rice, wheat, and cotton production areas.

Large tracts of grassland were surrounded by barbed wire fences, and pastures were planted to turn them into endless pastures. Huge numbers of cattle, sheep, and horses migrated within the barbed wire fences. Every day, large amounts of milk, goat milk, and wool were produced. After production, most of it is shipped back to the country for the enjoyment of the domestic people.

In addition, the iron ore buried underground has also been continuously mined and shipped back to the country. Previously, many people questioned Xiang Daming's immigration policy, thinking that it was a waste of people and money. Now no one questions it anymore. .However, these are things that will happen ten years later. At present, whether it is the large-scale development of Northeast China or the development of Zhanzhou and Xinming, they are all in the initial stage. It is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money is thrown into it, there will be no sound. .

Developing the Northeast requires money, developing Zhanzhou requires money, land reform in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and the northwest and southwest provinces requires money, developing science and technology requires money, and developing education requires money. Cheng Shijie has hundreds of millions of taels of silver in his hands. Logically speaking, it is not He was short of money, but faced with such a situation, he still felt weak.

At the last cabinet meeting of the second year of reform, Sun Zhidan and Fang Yizhi, as Prime Minister, advised: "Your Majesty, money is needed everywhere now, and the finances are no longer able to make ends meet. If things go on like this, big trouble will definitely happen, so it is better to cut back a little temporarily! "

Cheng Shijie asked: "Which expenditure are you going to cut? Military expenditure? Infrastructure construction? Or immigration investment?"

Sun Zhipan spread his fingers and calculated. It seemed that all the national strategic actions of the Ming Dynasty were not suitable to be stopped at the moment. Education could not be stopped, and development could not be stopped. Land reform was a national policy, let alone stopped.

“How about we reduce immigration?”

Cheng Shijie refused without hesitation: "Absolutely not. Now is the most critical period of development. The investment must not be reduced, but must be increased as much as possible! Whether it is Zhanzhou or Xinming, the initial investment in these two sites may be very staggering. But once it is developed, future generations will benefit immensely! We are laying the foundation for future generations now, you don’t think that our Ming Dynasty will still be in that strange circle of rise and fall, right?"

Sun Zhiman sighed, with a wry smile on his face: "I...I know all this, but the treasury really can't bear it!"

Cheng Shijie frowned and said, "No money?"

Cheng Shijie moved more than 1000 tons of gold to later generations. Although it was dispersed, the problem is that the more than 1000 tons of gold were smashed down and almost crashed the gold market. Now the price of gold per gram has dropped by nearly [-] yuan because of the transfer. Too much gold also caused a financial gap on the Ming Dynasty.

Cheng Shijie murmured: "What can we do? North Korea is extremely poor. We have robbed it several times in our childhood. No matter how much we rob, we still can't get anything. Who should we rob now?"

Cheng Shijie's first thought was to go out and grab money when he was short of money.

Cheng Shijie's attitude made Sun Zhihuan and other ministers blush. Ming Dynasty is a great country and should have the dignity of a great country.

It's a pity that Cheng Shijie took these suggestions as nonsense: "Use your thoughts where they should be used, and always think about how to take food from the mouths of the subjects of the country. This is a manifestation of incompetence!"

The problem is quite serious now. Affected by the financial crisis, the Netherlands' wealth has shrunk significantly and there is no money left. Spain is still an ally for the time being. Through trade, it is even easier than robbery.

As for... Southeast Asia, the Ming Dynasty has already occupied all the best territory in East Asia. The surrounding countries are all poor, and each one is poorer than the other. I only have some information in my childhood, but after a few rounds, I There’s no more money to be squeezed out of life, so who else can I rob?
Cheng Shijie stared at the world map. His gaze finally stopped. How could he forget Ah San? When mentioning Ah San, what was the first thing that everyone thought of?Gold, Buddhism?Ganges water or divine oil?
Everyone has a different answer, but if you read Ah San's history carefully, I'm afraid most people have the same impression, that is, he is easy to bully!
Yes, it's really easy to bully.

Asan is one of the four ancient civilizations. When China was still settled in trenches and engaged in slash-and-burn farming, they had already entered a very prosperous city-state era and made brilliant achievements in architecture, art, astronomy, religion, etc.

The hot, rainy, flat and fertile Ganges Plain gave birth to the glorious ancient Indian civilization, but it did not give them the blood and tenacity to protect this glorious civilization, and so the disaster began.

India has encountered more than 300 foreign invasions in history. Except for one draw during the Mauryan Dynasty, they were completely defeated at other times.

Cheng Shijie looked at the ministers and said, "What is Li Zhixiang busy with now?"

Zhou Ning smiled and said: "General Li is busy marrying his daughter-in-law now!"

Li Zhixiang's son Li Yuanzhong caused him huge trouble. Li Yuanzhong was Li Zhixiang's second son. His original name was Li Yongxing. Because Cheng Shijie's nominal father was named Cheng Yongxing, Li Zhixiang changed Li Yongxing's name to Li Yuanzhong.

Li Yuanzhong was born with seasickness and had no son to inherit his father's business. He was not even a naval officer in the Ninghai Navy. He just contracted a coal mine in Liaodong.

In fact, many generals in the Ning Navy system unanimously did not allow their sons to be placed in the army. Zhou Yandong and his son were all in the army as a special exception.

Li Yuanzhong married Wen, the daughter of Wen Yuren, a former doctor in the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing. This Wen Yuren was Wen Tiren's younger brother and was considered a prisoner of the imperial court. At the beginning, Li Yuanzhong concealed Wen's origins and just regarded him as Taiyuan Wen. Later, he was regarded as Taiyuan Wen. People reported that this Wen family protected Wen Tiren's grandson Wen Kan's son Wen Jing, and Wen Yuren's son Wen Kun.

Li Zhixiang was worried about causing trouble, so he asked his son Li Yuanzhong to reconcile with the Wen family, and hurriedly found a wife for his son.

When Cheng Shijie heard Zhou Ning's introduction, he frowned slightly and said, "As for that, send someone to summon Li Zhixiang to the capital, and also send an order from the king to fine Li Zhixiang two years' salary. This matter has been revealed!"

Sun Zhili breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Cheng Shijie would take the opportunity to eliminate Li Zhixiang's military power in the navy. You must know that Li Zhixiang is a veteran of the military and involves too many people.

Sun Zhiman bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Okay, you guys should pack up and take a vacation. Go home and live a good life with your family!"

Cheng Shijie left the cabinet and took Xiang Hui to visit Bauhinia City.

Xiang Hui and Cheng Shijie visited the Forbidden City in later generations. In fact, this was a return visit to their old place, but their mood was completely different. It turned out that they were tourists, and they could only take a look at it from a distance, but they could not touch or touch it.

Xiang Hui took a knife, pointed at a pillar and said, "If I engrave on it a message about Xiang Hui's visit here, will it be infamy for thousands of years?"

"How is it possible? It will definitely be remembered forever. This is the authentic work of the Regent Princess of the Ming Dynasty!" (End of Chapter)