Emperor Aoki looked down at the report.

He had a little impression of Li Zicheng.

It is not unreasonable that this person can stand out from the bandits.

Ordinary bandits only know how to loot, but Li Zicheng's troops were not just military looting.

For example, when everyone was still robbing grain everywhere, Li Zicheng put forward the slogan of not robbing the people but only slandering the rich.

At the same time, he paid attention to the establishment of the army and specially set up a military horse with Guanzhong people as the main body, known as the "Laoying".

There should be a lot of talents around him. After other bandits cleaned up a certain place, they immediately moved. Li Zicheng was completely different. Every time he evacuated, he was orderly and left many list documents. These list documents of the Anmin style... It can be seen that they have begun to have political vision.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jing and said, "Li Zicheng...what do you think?"

Zhang Jing looked deep and said, "If he can really take over the world, then the one who takes over the world must be this person."

Zhang Jingyi's judgment did not only come from his two lives's experience, but also determined his own judgment through various information collected.

"At the beginning, there are not many bandits in the so-called Thirty-Six Villages, but now there are fewer people left. The general Li Zicheng has the highest growth potential. This person is best at constantly learning while fighting around. This learning ability is what I fear most."

Zhang Jingyi immediately listed: "At first, I was concerned about this bandit. They had no rules for siege, but just attacked fiercely. Like all bandits, they also fought wherever they went, and wherever they passed was like locusts crossing the border. After the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the situation immediately changed. They had begun to pay attention to the early contacts and contacts, and the bandits began to have a disciplined tendency. Although they dared not say that orders were enforced, they had also begun to put forward their own slogans, such as not paying food.

Li Zicheng is even better. According to the report of the Jinyiwei, they have been able to gradually implement orders and dare not say that they are not guilty. However, their old camp... can indeed do this. Not only that, they no longer search for wealthy households in a way that they are scattered, but instead use the method of torture and torture. Torture and torture are different from raiding the house. The latter is torture and torture, and the former is to tie up tickets and ask the family to redeem the people. This means that this branch is no longer a simple thief."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jingyi said again: "This time, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong attacked Nanzhili, while the general Li Zicheng went straight to the three towns of Wuhan. On the surface, it seemed that he took Nanzhili directly, and the battle result was the greatest, but obviously, there was also Li Zicheng's idea here. Li Zicheng obviously believed that our Ming Dynasty could not be destroyed by taking Nanzhili! Attacking Nanzhili and directly taking Fengyang would not have any benefits except angering the court and letting the court fight with Gao Yingxiang and others to the death. In this way, he could use Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong to attract the attention of the court, and he could easily seize the three towns of Wuhan!"

"Once you take down those three towns, it is equivalent to cutting off the waterway of the Yangtze River and going down the water, you can take the south of the Yangtze River. If you advance along Jingchu, you can get the land of Xiangfan and be able to defend yourself. If you go west, you can take the Sichuan, and once the situation in the north changes, you can compete for the Central Plains. Then, with Gao Yingxiang and others, they form a horn in southern Zhili, and sit and watch our Ming Dynasty fight with Gao Yingxiang... It is quite the intention of Emperor Taizu Gao to build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become kings."

Emperor Tianqi kept nodding: "Learning ability? What Zhang Qing said is not bad, Li Zicheng's strength is not important. The three major bandits at present, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, are not worth worrying about. Only Li Zicheng's ability to constantly learn... is the most fearful thing."

As he said that, Emperor Tianqi lent a memorial and said, "This memorial says that Li Zicheng attacked Hankou, and some gentry in Hankou surrendered. There are even rumors that Li Zicheng wanted to open the imperial examination. Do you think... is this rumor true or false?"

"It's possible." Zhang Jingyi said seriously: "Li Zicheng has a vicious vision, and there must be a support from his side. If it were in the past, he would never have made such a plan. This is because the bandits are bandits, no matter what, the gentry cannot rely on them. Even if some frustrated scholars try to use him to achieve success, this is a minority after all."

"But now... the situation has changed. Your Majesty is taking Jiangnan directly and is already disunited with the gentry. At this time... if he uses the imperial examination, he may be able to buy people's hearts. People who could not win in the past are now... but because of the national policy of the court, he has the possibility of fighting for it. Li Zicheng... may not have done this. Once they merge with the gentry, there is a possibility of fighting for the world."

Emperor Tianqi unconsciously tapped the desk with his fingers, looking thoughtful, and said, "So what should the court do?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "We must treat this person with caution. We should order a military and horse to guard the Xiangfan area strictly. However, he is a bandit and wants to encircle and block it. If the court does not have three times or five times the elite soldiers, it will not be able to encircle and suppress it..."

Emperor Tianqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that Li Zicheng has already calculated that I will definitely not conquer Donglin's main force in the battle with him."

Zhang Jingyi immediately understood what Emperor Tianqi means: "Then what Your Majesty means..."

"The main force of the Donglin Army should be transferred from Zhenjiang to Jiangbei to prepare for the battle." Emperor Tianqi looked up at Zhang Jingyi and said, "Of course I am afraid of Li Zicheng, but I have to... devote all my energy to guard against Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong. Otherwise, I would really be sorry for the ancestors."

Zhang Jing smiled and expressed her understanding.

Although everyone unanimously believes that Li Zicheng is a focal problem, in fact... all fools know that the main force of the Donglin Army now must be in Nanzhili Town.

After all... it is the hometown of Emperor Tianqi, and the ancestral tombs are all there. If these two bandits are neglected and they really succeed, it will be a real collapse.

Even though he made such a decision, Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but ask Zhang Jing: "But... if the bad gentry and Li Zicheng merged, how should the court control it?"

Zhang Jing thought about it and said calmly: "In fact, in the eyes of those gentry, Li Zicheng is a thief. Even the so-called confluence is just a mutual use. Li Zicheng is not an ordinary person. If he really enrolled the imperial examination, his essence is to seek differentiation and use it to declare that he is the destiny of heaven. Of course, many gentry will defect to him, but don't forget that Li Zicheng's people who started his business are incompatible with these gentry. If there is a court here, they may still be able to endure each other, but once there is no external pressure, there will inevitably be many conflicts."

"The biggest influence of Li Zicheng's merger with the gentry is, in my opinion, it may be within the court. At that time, I am afraid that someone will hope that His Majesty can win the hearts of the gentry and propose to treat the gentry well."

Hearing Zhang Jingyi's analysis, Emperor Tianqi was not surprised at all, and nodded and said, "Then how should I deal with it?"

"This is easy to deal with." Zhang Jingyi said: "In fact, this can be said to be a matter of confidence. People who support the new policy or have no malicious intentions in the new policy know that even without these gentry, we can succeed. I have a way."

Emperor Tianqi was obviously very curious and stared at Zhang Jing with enthusiasm and asked, "What's the solution?"

"Rare Machine!"

"Wooden ox and flowing horse?" Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhang Jingyi smiled bitterly and said, "The world criticized the things that are strange and lewd. The reason why everyone thinks that strange and lewd skills are useless is because they are useless. Throughout the dynasties, superb craftsmen only wanted to use skills and a lot of money to build luxury goods. I dare to guarantee that this thing will shake the world as soon as it comes out."

This is Zhang Jingyi’s true words. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were many Qingliu, who were very repulsive of strange skills and tricks. The reason for rejection was that these people were simply unaware of it.

Later...the Western tricks and lewd things really opened their eyes, and many people began to realize how terrible this thing was. So... except for a few people who still live in their dreams, everyone called themselves the Westernization faction.

What Zhang Jingyi has to do now... is to let people know that the so-called strange tricks and tricks they mentioned are completely different from Zhang Jingyi's strange tricks and tricks. Just use rare... Oh, no, the steam engine is a thing, give them a wake-up call on the spot.

If people who see this thing are still stubborn, then there is no possibility of saving such people, of course they will fight each other to the end.

But Zhang Jingyi also hopes that there will be a group of enlightened people who will gradually wake up.

Let’s see if the techniques and treatment are excellent, but I, Zhang Jingyi, have the most powerful techniques.

"Your Majesty, I have achieved results, so I beg your Majesty... on the fifteenth day of next month, I will lead all officials to the new district to have a look." Zhang Jing blinked and looked at Emperor Apocalypse very seriously.

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but smile bitterly. My ancestral tomb is about to be dug up, do you still have the time to think about this?

Of course, Emperor Tianqi could not refuse, so he said, "Since you spoke, how could I not agree? You first make it clear that your thing... is not a means to ask me for money again."

Emperor Tianqi had a psychological shadow. He was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the rope.

Zhang Jingyi immediately said, "Does Your Majesty still trust me?"

But I couldn't help thinking in my heart: "I have never had this idea. I have never liked to force others to do things. It is usually done by others who take the initiative to do so."

Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "It's so good! In addition, your wedding date is approaching. I still need to prepare for this in the past few days. This wedding was the best thing for Wei's partner, but I'm still worried after all."

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Chapter completed!