Niu Jinxing then presented a copy of his book "Nine Questions and Nine Admonitions" to Marshal Li Zicheng and the generals who broke into the camp.
This is Niu Jinxing, using the tone of Gu'er Ci that is familiar to Henan people, asking nine questions to the people and advising them nine things.
These nine questions include:
When I ask, why are there a few people who have lots of land and are richer than princes, while many ordinary people are poor and have no place to stand on?
The second question is why the rich and powerful families with vast fields do everything possible to evade taxes and pass on the taxes and exorbitant taxes to the common people, without the court or government taking any action?
The third question is that the common people have a heavy burden and are raising soldiers for the imperial court. Why does the imperial court allow the officers and soldiers to rape prostitutes everywhere, loot property, burn houses, kill good people and take credit for their merits, and only harm the people?
The fourth question is why the imperial court has treacherous ministers and eunuchs in power, but corruption is rampant and bribery is common in the local areas, putting the people in dire straits, but the emperor turns a deaf ear?
Five questions: Why does the imperial court use imperial examinations, but those who become officials are either dim-witted and useless people who cannot distinguish wheat from wheat, or they are flattering villains who are worse than dogs and pigs, while there is no way for true talents and gentlemen to enter the profession?
A series of nine questions were asked, including one that asked how successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty made their sons and nephews kings, occupied countless fertile fields across the country, rode on the heads of the people, and dominated the country. After a few generations, the country's land can still be
how much is left?
These nine questions were asked vividly and vividly, and deeply hit the bad government at that time.
Followed by nine exhortations: the first exhortation to the people to quickly follow King Chuang, not to pay for food, not to do bad work, not to be the fish and meat of the government, or the cattle and horses of the rich and powerful; the second exhortation to the people to follow King Chuang, suppress the officers and soldiers, fight against the powerful, and eliminate harm for the people; the third exhortation
The people followed King Chuang, killed corrupt officials, eliminated corrupt officials, severely punished lawless local eunuchs, and redressed their grievances;...
Finally, Niu Jinxing presented to everyone a copy of "The Coming of the King" written by himself. After reading it, Tian Jianxiu, who had some proficiency in pen and ink, nodded frequently, praised it repeatedly, and persuaded Niu Jinxing to read it out to everyone immediately.
The soldiers and guards around Li Zicheng also came closer, and Niu Jinxing cleared his throat and recited:
"King Chuang has come and the city gate is open.
If King Chuang doesn't come, who will give us food and clothing?
I am cold and have no clothes, I am hungry and I have no food, and I have to pay for my money and food day and night.
There are even greedy officials who come to cut out the flesh and fill the ravines, which is really sad.
My heart is happy when King Chuang comes, but my heart is sad when King Chuang doesn’t come!
The people fear heavy conquests but not tigers;
Don’t be surprised if this has been the case since ancient times!”
Li Laiheng was able to recognize that "The King of Chuang Lai" written by Niu Jinxing was indeed very good. It basically summarized several important declarations of Chuangjun that were later popular in the north and south of the Yangtze River.
The only problem is that it's still a little too formal.
Li Laiheng could not speak out against Niu Jinxing's poems. He only said that Niu Jinxing's writing was excellent, especially "When King Chuang comes, the city gate will be opened. If King Chuang doesn't come, who will give us food and clothing?" This paragraph is catchy.
Very suitable for further development and continued development.
Then he recited: "Kill the cattle and sheep, prepare wine and slurry, open the city gate to welcome King Chuang, but King Chuang will not pay you food when he comes."
"Qi Weng, what do you think of this colloquial speech, which is more popular in the market?"
Since Li Laiheng did not directly object to his own version of "The King Comes", but continued to play on it, Niu Jinxing stroked his beard and smiled, and also praised Li Laiheng's verses in the vernacular version of "The King Comes".
Gu Kecheng once fought with Li Laiheng in Yiling and avenged Liu Zongmin. He admired Li Laiheng very much and praised him: "Little tiger, your writing is really good, no worse than Mr. Niu! Every lyric is asked.
He went into the hearts of the common people and persuaded them. After all, we all came from poor people when we ran into the camp. We never forgot the poor people in our hearts. Even when we issued proclamations, we were worried that the people would not understand them. The simpler they were written, the better. It was not like those issued by the government.
The proclamation is full of Confucian farts and is so literary that even illiterate common people might understand it!"
Li Guo also nodded. He looked at Li Laiheng with a bit of pride and pride and said: "Since ancient times, there have been few books that speak for the poor people. We Chuangying should publish such a book that speaks from the perspective of the poor people.
It will definitely spread throughout the world."
Li Zicheng first laughed several times with joy because of the poems written by Niu Jinxing and Li Laiheng, but then shook his head and sighed: "During this period, I often listened to Qi Weng's lectures, and I learned a lot more about them. It's a pity that there are so many books.
, I have never seen a book that teaches ordinary people how to rebel and how to fight injustice in the world."
Li Guo then said: "That's great. We should write a book like this in the future to record all the stories of the many rebel heroes in the past dynasties. And the major events of how they succeeded and how they failed should also be recorded.
It is written clearly so that future generations will know what to learn, what to refrain from, and what to guard against.”
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were startled, and then burst into laughter. Li Laiheng showed a different look, because he knew that three hundred years later, there would indeed be a great man who would write down all the art of rebellion and revolution into a book.
Book.
But can Li Laiheng himself have the courage to make all the ruling techniques and speech skills of the superiors public?
This is truly a miracle that only a sincere and fair-minded person can achieve.
Everyone burst into laughter, and their thoughts flew to nowhere. Li Zicheng patted the table to quiet everyone down, and motioned for Tian Jianxiu to speak.
Tian Jianxiu was well-known as a generous elder in the camp and was very popular among the people. Therefore, Li Zicheng also entrusted him with the announcement of the subsequent reorganization of the strength and military system of each team in the camp.
"After we conquered Luoyang, the grain and money we intercepted piled up like mountains. After the New Year, although we opened warehouses every day to release grain and provide relief to the hungry, half of Henan's poor people came to Luoyang. During this period, we have already provided relief to more than a dozen people.
There are more than 100,000 people, but the food reserves are still hundreds of thousands of stones."
Tian Jianxiu spread out a list in his hand and continued: "The people of Henan have come to join the army very enthusiastically. After careful selection, about 40,000 refugees have been recruited so far. And our capable soldiers are at the same time.
In addition, after several troops from Laiheng gathered together, the entire division already had a strength of approximately 6,000 men."
Li Laiheng was also secretly shocked that after working hard in Henan for more than half a year, Chuangying had gained so much!
The number of fighting soldiers increased from a thousand in the Shangluo period to six thousand, and they could be trained into fighting soldiers in the future. The number of auxiliary soldiers, including young adults and their family members, old and weak, was also recruited as many as 40,000.
Compared with the historical situation of "three thousand elite soldiers and thirty thousand subordinates", it is much stronger.
This strength has exceeded the strength of Cao Cao and Luo Rucai during the Yiling joint camp.
"Because our military strength has been greatly enhanced, the two left and right standards used before are obviously no longer sufficient. In the future, we need to re-plan the force to break into the camp and expand the two left and right standards to five front, rear, left, and right standards."
"Zhengbiao, the marshal's Chinese army bodyguard, Li Shuangxi, Dang Shousu, Ren Jirong, Wu Ruyi, Gu Kecheng, Xin Sizhong, Li You and other troops are all under Zhengbiao;"
The generals whose names were read by Tian Mixiu all stood up:
Li You, nicknamed Li Dayan, is a distant relative of Li Zicheng and a fierce warrior in the camp;
Wu Ruyi is Tian Jianxiu's deputy. He is subordinate to the Zhongbiao of the Chinese Army. It can be seen that Tian Jianxiu will replace Liu Zongmin and control the Chinese Army in the future;
Ren Jirong was the commander-in-chief of the Luoyang garrison. He responded to the call to break into the camp and opened the gates of Luoyang. He was a major contributor to the breakout of the camp and captured Luoyang;
Li Shuangxi and Dang Shouxu were Li Zicheng's loyal soldiers, while Gu Kecheng and Xin Sizhong were Liu Zongmin's old loyal soldiers.
"Zuo Biao, adapted from the cavalry team, Liu Fangliang is the commander of Zuo Biao, Ma Shiyao and Liu Rukui are subordinate to Zuo Biao;"
"Yuan Zongdi was appointed as the commander of the right biao, Liu Tichun, and Baijiuhe were subordinate to the right biao; Li Guo was appointed as the commander of the post, and Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi, etc. were all subordinate to the latter."
"The front standard... is the Little Tiger Team. Li Laiheng is the commander of the front standard, and Gao Yigong, Bai Wang and others are all under the front standard!"
Snapped!
Li Laiheng still couldn't control the chopsticks in his hands and fell on the table. Although he knew the news from Li Guo in advance, he was still a little surprised to be officially promoted to the post of captain.
Li Zicheng did not trust anyone who hired him, but he did not trust anyone who doubted him. He, a half-year-old boy who had only joined the camp for just over a year, was awarded the same status as his adoptive father Li Guo, master Liu Fangliang and others.
Li Laiheng stood up, clasped his hands in his fists, and replied: "Yes! I will strictly regulate the front line and do my duty as a sentry."
But then, the specific distribution of troops in the Five Standards becomes very subtle.
Although Li Zicheng did not directly transfer troops from others, mainly Li Laiheng, the newly recruited and trained troops were distributed very carefully.
Li Guo and Li Laiheng, who were already relatively strong, did not receive many new troops. However, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi, after adding a large number of new troops, became as powerful as Li Guo and Li Laiheng.
Strength.
As for the main standard of the Chinese army controlled by Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu, it has been greatly strengthened. Most of the remaining new troops have been filled into the main standard. This makes Li Zicheng's Chinese army equipped with the remaining
The sum of the four signs is close to the power.
Li Laiheng speculated that this kind of Machiavellian style of doing things was not like Li Zicheng's approach. Looking at Niu Jinxing's smile, he guessed that this should be Niu Jinxing's strategy for Li Zicheng. In terms of troop strength and organization, the current establishment of the Chuang Army,
It has become closer and closer to the Dashun Army, which was standardized in later generations.
But is Li Zicheng's use of Niu Jinxing's balancing act really the right thing to do?
That old farmer from northern Shaanxi will still gradually follow the path of a god and king.
However, Li Laiheng himself, a man with many scheming ideas, is the least qualified to talk about Li Zicheng.