Chapter 724: Treasures are serious crimes

Well, even though he knew it was Zhang Zhun's aggressive method, Lu Xiangsheng still couldn't help but get into a trap. This person is somewhat respectful, and Lu Xiangsheng is no exception. In fact, Lu Xiangsheng is still very respectful. Refusing to change his family is also closely related to his personality. What he hates the most is a person like the slaves of the three surnames. Of course, killing bandits is not as glorious as killing Tartars, but that is also serving the court, right? Zhang Zhun denies all my achievements at once. What do you mean?

"Am I wrong?"

Zhang Zhun said lightly with a cold look.

"You are ignorant!"

Lu Xiangsheng responded thrillingly.

"I'm ignorant? Well, then tell me, what kind of ability do bandits have? Do they have strict discipline? Do they have strict organization? Do they have good weapons? Do they have a clever strategy? Do they have enough logistics and food? Are they?"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"you!"

"What do you know?"

"The morale of the bandits is much stronger than that of the official army!"

Lu Xiangsheng stared at Zhang Zhun with his eyes sharply and said angrily.

"Why are the morale of the bandits strong?"

Zhang Zhun looked full of suspicion.

"The bandits are all desperate people. They have no other way of living, they can only fight to the death until they are beaten to death. They are not afraid of death at all. Their only purpose is to keep killing and killing their opponents. If you have never seen them, you can't use common sense to infer. They are simply a group of madmen, a group of madmen who are incomprehensible. Those women dare to come up with weapons to fight you with their own weapons!"

Lu Xiangsheng said angrily.

"Okay, then, why don't the bandits have any other way? You said that a woman dared to come up with a weapon to fight you desperately. How could a woman fall to this point?"

Zhang Zhun asked suspiciously.

"Because the court does not give them a way to survive..."

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said that he immediately realized something was wrong.

Isn't this a defense of the bandits and accusing the court, right? As a person from the court, how could I say such things? Well, to be precise now, I can no longer be considered a member of the court. After being dismissed, I have nothing to do with the court.

"Oh, so that's it! It turns out that the court forced these people to have no way to survive, so they had to rise up and resist. And you, Lord Lu, will be ordered by the court to kill them and kill a group of people who have no way to survive. If that's the case, why don't you find a way to give them a way to survive? Isn't this much faster than simple killing?"

Zhang Zhun said calmly, as if he was very humble in studying.

"you!"

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to shut up immediately.

He found that his circle was going around and he was caught back. He didn't pay attention for a moment, and he blamed the court again. This was a phenomenon that had never been seen before, and he would never blame the court. He didn't know if this was Zhang Zhun's trap, and he deliberately tempted himself to feel dissatisfied with the court. However, he was indeed very depressed about this matter.

He worked hard on the front line to suppress bandits, exhausted and ran around day and night with bandits. Not to mention fighting, just running away could kill half of his life. However, other officials of the court were desperately trying to spawn more bandits behind. The speed of bandits was much faster than the speed of his clearance. However, the court would only blame them for their ineffective bandits and would never reflect on what was the reason that led to so many bandits.

When it was late at night, Lu Xiangsheng had confusion and complaints. Of course, these complaints were not directed at Emperor Chongzhen, but at other colleagues in the court. He felt that he had worked hard and had difficulty, but many of his colleagues were still pulling his back. It would be absolutely impossible to say that Lu Xiangsheng had no dissatisfaction with the court.

Lu Xiangsheng was even dissatisfied with King Fu and King Xiang. Because they occupied a large amount of land, making too many people a refugee and the main source of troops for the bandits. He was also dissatisfied with many local officials and wealthy families, because the granaries in their homes were full and some of the grain was rotten, and he was reluctant to take them out to help the victims, resulting in a continuous stream of bandits.

Every time the bandits were killed and fought back, they could never be killed, and even more and more, Lu Xiangsheng felt deeply that relying on force was impossible to solve the problem of bandits. Therefore, he proposed the "Eight Principles for Jinggang and Suimin" to the court, proposing the theory that Suimin and Jinggang should be equally valued. He hoped that while the court asked him and Hong Chengchou to fight desperately to suppress the bandits, he would take practical and effective measures to reduce the speed and number of refugees and eradicate the soil for bandits.

However, after the memorial was uploaded, it seemed like a rock was sinking into the sea and there was no reaction. On the contrary, they blamed them for their ineffective rebukes and continued to come. The court's intention was obviously very clear, but he was responsible for killing people, and he didn't care about anything else. Someone even hinted in person that whether you were speaking for the court or for the bandits, don't sit in the wrong position.

However, how could such a single killing strategy win? Lu Xiangsheng himself had deep concerns about the future victory prospects of the thieves. Although his worries were never shown, no one around him knew it. A large number of facts later proved that while he killed one thieves, at least three thieves appeared, and five other refugees might become thieves.

There was no way. In order to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible, he had to use his power without the approval of the court to clear the land, reclaim the land within his jurisdiction, and then recruit refugees to farm, settle them down, and prevent them from becoming new bandits. Some bandits with less crimes caught were also released by Lu Xiangsheng and devoted to agricultural production.

Zhang Zhun's words hit a sensitive nerve in Lu Xiangsheng's heart. Lu Xiangsheng has always been worried that his actions may not be supported by the court, and may even become an excuse for others to criticize him. Although his starting point is good and his strategy is correct, he may be misunderstood and thus produce other ideas.

Because of these sensitive psychology, when Zhang Zhun's topic tempted to a certain extent, he involuntarily said some dissatisfaction with the court. This inevitably made Lu Xiangsheng secretly blame himself and doubt himself. Could it be that he was really not loyal to the court?

The first priority of Zhang Zhun and Lu Xiangsheng's meeting was to crack down on Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty to the court, and unconsciously made Lu Xiangsheng feel dissatisfied with the court. Seeing that his previous words had a certain effect, Zhang Zhun immediately changed his tone and said casually: "Lu Xiangsheng, do you think Emperor Chongzhen doesn't know what you complain about?"

Lu Xiangsheng was suddenly inexplicably frightened and subconsciously glanced at Zhang Zhun.

Talking to himself, this is a very vague but terrible crime. Lu Xiangsheng never thought that such a crime would be associated with him. His mind quickly turned around, thinking about his own imprisonment and his own guilt, and his thinking gradually became chaotic. For a person who is good at thinking, confusion in thinking is absolutely fatal. Because this means that you are easily influenced by others and make wrong judgments.

I don’t know when the ministers were dissatisfied with the emperor and didn’t need to say it out loud. As long as you have such an idea, the emperor can cure your crime. This crime is called insult. Sometimes it is called “resentful”. As long as it is involved in this crime, the fate will definitely be very tragic.

Because most emperors will subconsciously feel that those who secretly complain about me behind their backs are much more hateful than those who express dissatisfaction with me in person. Therefore, their disposal of such people is much more serious. From the emperor's perspective, I am the emperor, I have a sharp eye and insight into everything. Don't say anything. As long as I think you may be dissatisfied with me, I can deal with you.

Emperor Chongzhen actually dealt with himself for the crime of being slandered? How is this possible? No matter what, Lu Xiangsheng could not accept such a crime. Because, from beginning to end, he did not have more than half of the resentment towards Chongzhen. Perhaps, he did not stand some other ministers in the court, and he might have blamed them inadvertently, but Lu Xiangsheng was absolutely loyal to Emperor Chongzhen and his conscience.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Lu Xiangsheng, is it important to Sun Chengzong die? Or is it important to Changping lost? Changping lost, who did Chongzhen deal with? Sun Chengzong died, but he wanted a prime minister of five provinces to be buried with him. Haven't you noticed that there is something wrong with it?"

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how to answer.

In a vaguely, he felt that he was about to touch something that he was most afraid of. These things were all things he had subconsciously avoided before, and did not dare or willing to touch them on his own initiative. Every time he thought of something, he would quickly ignore it. But Zhang Zhun's words forced him to touch them in pain and bear them in pain.

In fact, in Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, it should be more important that Changping was lost. Where is Changping? It is the tomb of the previous emperors. Even if Sun Chengzong was an imperial teacher, he was still an outsider and could not be as important as the tomb of the previous emperor. After Changping was lost, the tombs of the previous emperors were all attacked by Jianlu. Such a crime is more serious than that of Sun Chengzong, right?

However, the blame is here. Changping lost, Chongzhen did not hold anyone accountable, but went to the Taimiao to cry. The other ministers did not mention this matter, as if nothing had happened. Compared with the two, Emperor Chongzhen's handling of Lu Xiangsheng was indeed a bit heavy, or even a bit too heavy.

If there is no other reason here, Lu Xiangsheng himself could not believe it. Yes, his thinking began to be consciously induced by Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun believed that there was a shady scene here, and Lu Xiangsheng also subconsciously believed that there was indeed a shady scene here. In fact, there were really not too many shady scenes here.

The matter of Changping was not that Chongzhen did not want to hold people accountable, but that he could not hold people accountable. Chao Pichang, the general stationed in Changping, voluntarily surrendered to the Tartars, and all the others died in battle. Those who died and those who surrendered, who could Chongzhen hold people accountable? Besides, Sun Chengzong's affairs have not yet passed, and he caused Changping to cry again. Everyone should not do anything except crying every day. Should the court continue to operate? There was no way, Chongzhen had to suppress the matter.

However, Zhang Zhun mentioned at this time that he was very touched by Lu Xiangsheng. He was also a human being, and he would also have emotional fluctuations, especially after experiencing so many events, his emotional fluctuations were very strong. He began to look for reasons in himself and reflect on what he did not do well enough that he was misunderstood and dealt with by the court.

"Is it because of my memorials?"

"Just because I said some justice for those bandits and rebels?"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask himself quietly in his heart.

His original intention is not to forgive those traitors, especially the traitor leader. He resolutely adopts the principle of dealing with the stern, strict and fast. As long as he catches the stern leader, he will never be ruthless. In the past few years, even if there is not a thousand, there are eight hundred. Even if it is not comparable to Hong Chengchou, it will not be much different.

However, Lu Xiangsheng firmly believed that it would be impossible to suppress the bandits by relying solely on force. This was also agreed by Hong Laojiu, who was killing people. Every time Hong Laojiu encountered bandits, he killed many people and became a murderer behind the bandits. However, in secret, Hong Chengchou actively organized refugees to reclaim land and be self-sufficient. In this regard, Sun Chuanting is a good example.

Sun Chuanting searched for unowned fields in many places in Shaanxi, gathered all the refugees, distributed farm tools and grain seeds, and organized the refugees to cultivate the fields. As a result, the chances of refugees being transformed into bandits were greatly reduced, which gradually calmed down the bandits in Shaanxi. It can be seen that this way of combating the thieves is much more effective than simply killing them.

Facts show that the key to suppressing thieves is to actively and proactively resettle refugees. Lu Xiangsheng believes that as long as the refugees settle down and do not join the bandits, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others will not receive effective soldiers and they will naturally be destroyed. Otherwise, if a large number of refugees have no work, even if all the thieves here are killed, there will still be a large number of refugees who will become bandits there.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng discovered that Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others were often surrounded and intercepted, and only two or three hundred people were killed, and it seemed that they were about to be eliminated. However, after they escaped, they could still gather more traitors and have the ability to fight against the traitors. In Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and other places, refugees were everywhere. As long as someone raised his arms and shouted, responding to them, the thieves took advantage of these favorable conditions and grew stronger repeatedly.

Lu Xiangsheng discussed with Hong Chengchou privately and agreed that the key to combating thieves is the refugees. As long as there are a large number of refugees in these places, it is impossible to pacify the rebels. There are estimated that there are tens of millions of refugees across the country. Can they kill them all? Even if they kill these tens of millions, they may generate tens of millions.

He wrote letters in succession and asked the court to take effective measures to solve the problem of refugees. Lu Xiangsheng was in a innocent heart and absolutely brought any personal self-interest. He really wanted to make the country's good and really wanted to restore peace to the Central Plains. Could it be that his painstaking efforts were not understood by Emperor Chongzhen? He might even misunderstand himself?

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng did feel completely disappointed.

If Emperor Chongzhen had dealt with him for the sake of Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng would not have any complaints. He believed that he had not done the best in this matter, and even if he was executed, there was nothing to say. However, if Emperor Chongzhen had dealt with him with great pressure because he felt that he was complaining about him and he had resentment in his heart, Lu Xiangsheng felt that he was wronged and frustrated. Because he really had no complaints about him and no resentment in his heart.

Yes, no one does not desire to be understood.

Lu Xiangsheng has always felt that Emperor Chongzhen knew him, recognized him, and supported him. For this reason, he worked hard and worked hard for Chongzhen. However, Zhang Zhun's words made him see the side he least wanted to see - Chongzhen, who was very likely to be revenge on him in different ways.

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

Lu Xiangsheng roared desperately in his heart.

In fact, even he himself knew that he was yelling in despair.

If you are dismissed from your post, you will never use it. These six big words are heavily pressed on Lu Xiangsheng's heart.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Lu Xiangsheng, look at these memorials again."

After saying that, he handed a memorial to Lu Xiangsheng.

This memorial was written by Gao Qiqian to Emperor Chongzhen. Later, Emperor Chongzhen added a comment, asking Gao Qiqian to pay attention to preserving his troops and wait for the Tartars to retreat and attack Zhang Zhun. Huang Taiji's envoy gave it to Zhang Zhun, and Zhang Zhun kept it. This is the best evidence to question Emperor Chongzhen in person in the future.

After seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng's expression remained unchanged and said coldly: "You traitor! You were supposed to die! If I had followed my method, I would have attacked you long ago! How could I wait until now?"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "You said I am a thief, then what are you?"

He threw out another memorial and said disdainfully: "You can take a look!"
Chapter completed!