Zu Zepu glanced at Liu Sheng who was following Wu Sangui. He often walked around Wu Sangui's army during this period. He was already very familiar with this general of the Wu family who was born in the Qin Army. He also knew that this rough guy just looked at the rough guy.

, actually he has a brain...

"Liu Sheng, are you a member of the military?" Zu Zepu asked.

"Yes," Liu Sheng said, "I was born in the Shaanxi Army and worked with Governor Sun. My ancestors have been in the military for generations, and my ancestors have been from hundreds of families."

"Then what can you do to Li Zicheng to gain a foothold in Shaanxi?"

"I know!" Liu Sheng nodded, "Qingtun... Oh, he doesn't need Qingtun, he just divides the land. He is not the Ming Dynasty. He is a first-rate bandit. Anyone who disobeys will be arrested and beaten.

! He has done this kind of thing in Beijing, why should he be polite when he goes to Shaanxi?"

Zu Zepu said: "Uncle, look, he knows everything! Does Li Zicheng still know? Time is tight now... If Li Zicheng is given a year to live, his army will take root in Shaanxi

When the time comes, can we drive him away? Shaanxi has at least 30 million acres on its books...the real number is not lower than that of Beizhili!"

At this time, Shaanxi included Ningxia, Gansu and other places, with a large land area. However, there was not much cultivated land on the books, less than 30 million acres. Moreover, the land was barren and it was difficult to raise people. Therefore, the total land tax in Shaanxi

Not much, just 1.73 million dan.

Therefore, Li Zicheng could not survive by collecting taxes, let alone exempting himself from taxes for three years. But if Li Zicheng distributed 30 million acres of land on the books and at least 20 million acres of unaccounted land to his twenty

Wan Dajun, the average is 250 acres!

With 250 acres of land, he is a medium-sized landowner in Shaanxi! One acre of land can yield one bucket of flour, and 250 acres of land can yield 25 shi of flour. In this troubled time, the value can be around 50 taels of silver.

This calculation is really terrible. According to the land tax in Shaanxi, it is 1.73 million dan. If the gentry and landlords who control the land are deprived of the land and the officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army are turned into new landlords, then the Dashun Army will be able to pay at least 1.73 million dan every year.

Five million stones were dug out of the land in Shaanxi - this is based on the fact that the new landlords in Dashun collected less land rent!

If Dashun had these 5 million stones of flour, it would be difficult for the Eight Banners soldiers to win, let alone Wu Sangui.

This struggle for hegemony between the Ming and Qing dynasties is actually an economic issue!

The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to win was largely due to the fact that the land, population, and wealth (including food and money) directly controlled by the Qing Dynasty through the Eight Banners system far exceeded those of the Ming Dynasty and Dashun. Although the Eight Banners soldiers were robbing people

The ability to snatch things is even better than that of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, but they have never neglected their firm control over the population and land!

And now, the land directly controlled by the Qing Dynasty within and outside the Pass (developed agricultural land) is 40 to 50 million acres, and the population is several million... and the Qing Dynasty is now at the peak of its development.

When it was fierce, if necessary, the Qing Dynasty would occupy more land, turn more Han people into banner slaves, tenants, or integrate them into the Eight Banners and Green Camp. So the Qing Dynasty is definitely not an easy enemy to defeat!

On the Ming side, Zhu Cihong was certainly not as ruthless as Dorgon, but there were a lot of resources in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty! He didn't need to squeeze too hard to get enough land, population and wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty - but Prince Zhu has been

From the moment we arrived in Dengzhou, we spared no effort to fight for population, land, salt tax, and commercial tax!

Now he has finally achieved something. He has slowly taken tens of millions of acres of land and millions of people into his own hands...With this land and population, Zhu Cixiang also has a basic base.

, the businessmen and officials in the southeast have to pay taxes obediently.

Among the three parties, Li Zicheng is currently in the most difficult situation and occupies the worst territory. If he still dreams of benevolent government and tax exemption, and cannot be ruthless enough to seize the land and population of Shaanxi in his hands, then his defeat is just around the corner.

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The situation is changing rapidly, just like the changing winds and clouds, it is dizzying to watch. The situation in the Northland has changed in the seventeen years of Chongzhen. It is really dizzying to watch, one turn after another. The people in the situation have a sense of identity.

A dreamy feeling.

For Li Zicheng, the Emperor of Dashun who was so high-spirited at the beginning of the year and led an army of 60,000 old battalions to launch the Eastern Expedition, this dream was really ups and downs to the extreme.

In March and April, Li Zicheng thought that he was the destined emperor and would soon unify the universe and securely rule the world. However, his good luck ended with Tianjin Wei, and then he encountered the nemesis of the Dashun Army on the battlefield of Shanhaiguan.

The same Tatar soldiers!

Afterwards, destiny quickly left Lao Li, and Dashun's national fortunes also took a turn for the worse. First they lost Beijing and Beizhili, and then they were defeated again in Shanxi. Although they fought a good counterattack during the defeat,

, the army that detoured northward from Huaiqing Prefecture once advanced to Zhending Prefecture, and was about to cover the retreat of the Tatar soldiers who broke into Shanxi from Jingxing Road!

However, the main force led by Li Zicheng did not seize the opportunity to counterattack, but retreated all the way to Jiezhou on the edge of the Yellow River before stopping for a while. In this way, Li Guo and Tian Jianxiubu on the east road became

It is impossible for a single army to really cut off the Qing army's retreat in Shanxi. Under the counterattack of Wu Sangui and the Eight Banners soldiers sent by Beijing, the failure of the Eastern Route Army's counterattack was natural.

Fortunately, although the Dashun Army lost one battle after another, because the Ming army was now more powerful than in history and could share the pressure of the Qing army, the losses suffered by the Dashun Army were much smaller than in history.

Not only did Li Zicheng's main force and Li Guo's and Tian Jianxiu's partial forces retreat, but Chen Yongfu, who stayed in Taiyuan, also broke through and returned to Shaanxi with thousands of remnants.

So a rare opportunity now lies in front of Li Zicheng!

Chang'an, Dashun Palace, footsteps outside the door of Dongnuan Pavilion in Dazheng Palace sounded softly. Li Zicheng, who was looking down at the memorial, put down the memorial, stretched, and then heard a slightly shrill eunuch's voice: "Your Majesty,

The prime minister and the two military advisors have arrived."

"Xuan." Li Zicheng said.

Today is New Year's Eve, and the Dashun court has also taken a holiday. Because everyone has been too tired in the past year and has been busy, so there will be no celebrations. Let's take a good rest and eat something good.

That’s it.

Li Zicheng was still a hard worker. He made a lot of reports and military reports in the palace. It was not enough for one person to read them. He also asked Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Gu Junen to look at a report of the troops stationed in Nanyang.
Chapter completed!