Chapter 330: Unification, national policy, and plundering people

"I don't agree!"

Liu Wenxiu suddenly jumped out and shouted, "Li Dingguo, if you insist on doing your own thing and insist on ruining your father's foundation, then don't blame me for not talking about brotherly ties."

The left prime minister Wu Zhaolin also echoed: "I also disagree."

Li Dingguo looked calm and turned his eyes to the right prime minister Yan Xi, the three ministers and other generals of the Western Western countries, and asked: "Where are the three ministers and all the generals?"

"I don't agree."

"The Western Army will never accept the reorganization of the Central Army!"

"Our Great Western Kingdom still has 200,000 powerful troops. Can you surrender before you fight a battle?"

Almost everyone opposed Li Dingguo's decision without exception. Only a few of Li Dingguo's confidant generals supported Li Dingguo's decision. The hall was filled with anger, but Li Dingguo's expression gradually became colder and said calmly: "To put it this way, it's wrong for me, but..."

"But what? What do you want Li Dingguo?"

Seeing that the left and right prime ministers, the Three Secretary and almost all the generals opposed Li Dingguo without exception, Liu Wenxiu's heart couldn't help but become eager. He vaguely felt that the opportunity had come, and the opportunity to replace Li Dingguo and become the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom was already in front of him!

Li Dingguo's eyes were cold and he said solemnly: "The Western Army must accept the adaptation of the Central Army. I have decided. You must agree to this matter, and you must agree to it if you don't agree!"

Liu Wenxiu said coldly: "What if we don't agree?"

A cold murderous intent suddenly popped up on the corner of Li Dingguo's mouth. With a wave of his hand, two teams of fully armed soldiers had already stepped inside. In the shadow of swords and swords, the civil servants and generals in the hall were surrounded by armored warriors. Seeing this, Liu Wenxiu's face changed drastically and said sternly: "Li Dingguo, you traitor, what do you want to do?"

Li Dingguo ignored Liu Wenxiu and said calmly: "Take it down with me!"

"yes!"

The armored warrior responded to the promise and pushed Liu Wenxiu, Wang Zhaolin, Yan Xi and others to the ground.

After everyone was already taken, Li Dingguo breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Cangshui: "General Zhang, you will make you laugh."

It was not until this time that Zhang Cangshui came back from the great shock, and couldn't help but bow to Li Dingguo with fists and said, "General Li is wise and decisive, and is admirable!"

A trace of loneliness flashed through Li Dingguo's eyes and said, "President Zhang immediately repays King Jingnan. For the benefit of the Han people, Li Dingguo is willing to surrender to the court!"

"No, it's not a surrender." Zhang Cangshui said sincerely, "It's a reorganization. After the reorganization is completed, the Daxi Army will become a glorious Central Army. General Li, with your ability and reputation, I believe that you will definitely become a famous general in my Ming Empire in the future!"

Li Dingguo smiled faintly, but he didn't say anything.

Zhang Cangshui bowed to Li Dingguo again, then turned around and left.

Xi'an, Wang Puxingyuan.

When Wang Puzheng and Liu Qingyan and Liu Rushi were discussing affairs, Lu Liu suddenly walked in excitedly and shouted: "Prince, you are back, General Zhang is back!"

"Is Zhang Cangshui back?" Wang Pu Changshu breathed a sigh of relief, and a stone hanging in his heart finally landed on the ground, saying, "Let him in."

"Prince." Liu Qingyan said charmingly, "Looking at your expression, it seems that General Zhang has convinced Li Dingguo."

"Haha, that's all right." Wang Pu smiled, "If it weren't for convinced Li Dingguo, would you think Zhang Cangshui could come back? The Western Army is not a serious person. They are bandits. These bandits will not tell you any benevolence, righteousness and morality, and it is even more impossible to follow the rules of two countries not killing them."

While speaking, Zhang Cangshui was already in full swing, saluted Wang Pu, and said loudly: "See the Prince!"

"No gift." Wang Pu replied to the gift and said happily, "Where is Cangshui? What is the result of the trip to Sichuan?"

Zhang Cangshui said: "Fortunately, Li Dingguo has agreed to accept the reorganization!"

"Okay!" Wang Pu stepped forward and patted Zhang Cangshui on the shoulder, saying, "Li Dingguo has agreed to accept the reorganization, which means that Sichuan Province has returned to the imperial court. Cangshui, you have made great contributions this time. I decided to appoint you as the admiral of Sichuan and govern the three central army mixed camps stationed in Sichuan!"

Zhang Cangshui was very excited when he heard this, and he saluted again, saying loudly: "Thank you for your cultivation!"

In September of the third year of Longwu (1646), the Daxi general Li Dingguo led 150,000 Daxi Army to disarm the Central Army and was reorganized outside Chengdu City. The Central Army successfully entered Sichuan and restored Sichuan Province without bloodshed. At this point, the rebellions within the Ming Empire and the disasters outside the country have been wiped out.

Yangzhou magistrate Gu Yanwu was appointed as the governor of Sichuan by the cabinet, while Zhang Cangshui was appointed as the admiral of Sichuan.

The 150,000 Daxi Army was reorganized by the Central Army outside Chengdu City, eliminating 100,000 old and weak in the army. The remaining 50,000 elite troops all headed to the Yanziji camp in Nanjing for reorganization. Due to Li Dingguo's wise decision, the Central Army did not launch a large-scale killing of the Daxi Army after entering Sichuan. Most of the officials in the Daxi Army were spared from being blamed, and the military generals were removed from their armor and returned to the fields. Li Dingguo and some young generals in the Daxi Army were brought back to Nanjing by Wang Pu and entered the Nanjing Army Officers University for new military education.

In mid-October, Wang Pu led the Central Army to return to Beijing, and Emperor Longwu personally led all civil and military officials out of Taiping Gate to greet him. At the same time, the Minister of War Shi Kefa proposed that, with the approval of the cabinet, the Taiping Gate was officially renamed the Arc de Triomphe, and the city gate was widened and raised to commend and commemorate the achievements of Wang Pu and all the soldiers of the Central Army.

When the Central Army lined up in an orderly manner and opened the Arc de Triomphe, Sun Chuanting, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and other old ministers couldn't help but burst into tears. The people of Nanjing crowded outside the Arc de Triomphe were even hoarse. Many old people were kneeling down to the north...

This day is really hard-won!

Since the 46th year of Wanli (1618), the old slave chief Nuerhaci raised his army with seven great hatreds, the military disasters inside and outside the Ming Empire have never stopped. In the past thirty years, the Ming Empire has suffered too many disasters and the Han people have suffered too much suffering. However, now, all this is over, and all the pain and disasters have become history!

It was already late at night, but Nanjing City was still immersed in the hustle and bustle.

Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi's eyes turned to Wang Pu at the same time. The two had developed a habit. Whenever they encountered a major meeting such as discussing national policies, they would not dare to express their opinions before Wang Pu expressed their opinions. After all, Wang Pu's opinions are the criterion for future national policies.

Wang Pu pondered for a moment and said, "I thought the killing orders of Beizhi, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces could continue to be followed to promote the Ming Dynasty to colonize overseas. Although the territory of our Ming Dynasty is already vast enough and it is more than enough to support hundreds of millions of people, no one knows how much the population of the empire will expand in the future, so we should prepare for the future and do our best to open up a large enough living space for future generations."

"Yes, yes, yes." Qian Qianyi agreed, "What the prince said is very true. The order to kill Hu in the three northern provinces must continue to be implemented."

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly and asked Wang Pu again: "What about the others? The internal and external troubles have been eliminated. It is estimated that there is no war to fight within decades. Will the Central Army be discharged from its armor and return to its fields and make every effort to resume production?"

Sun Chuanting's opinion is a mature and steadfast, and has been done in all dynasties. After the war, there must be a period of rest and recuperation, otherwise it will be difficult for the entire nation and the whole country to recover from the trauma of the war. Moreover, after the war, people are determined that few people are willing to continue fighting, whether it is soldiers or the people.

However, this time, Sun Chuanting's opinion was undoubtedly not suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

First, the Central Army founded by Wang Pu existed entirely for war, and the soldiers of the Central Army were extremely eager for war. Secondly, the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially the people of Jiangnan, had already been inspired by Wang Pu and the Central Army to have a strong national bloodline. They eagerly hope that the Central Army could expand to the outside world as soon as possible and attack the Central Army's military power abroad.

"Let the Central Army be dismissed and returned to the fields?" Wang Pu shook his head and said repeatedly, "No, no, no, this is absolutely not possible. If the Central Army is dismissed, the Ming Empire will lose its strong armed forces. Then the second national policy I want to talk about will be difficult to implement, so the Central Army must not be dismissed and returned to the fields!"

"The Second National Policy?" Sun Chuanting asked, "What National Policy?"

Wang Pu said: "This is today's issue. This second national policy is to plunder the population!"

"Pirate the population?" Sun Chuanting said in a lost voice, "Who are you plundering? Where can I go to plunder?"

Qian Qianyi also said in confusion: "Prince, the ethnic policy that our Han people is currently pursuing is ethnic cleansing. The ancients said, 'If we are not our race, our hearts will be different'. If a large number of foreign populations are captured into the country, will it endanger the survival of the Han people and will run contrary to the existing ethnic policies."

The population abducted by Wang Pu did go against the existing racial policies of the Ming Empire, but Wang Pu had no choice but to do so.

If the Ming Empire wants to be strong, it must vigorously support industry and commerce, and make the bourgeoisie stronger as soon as possible and become a dominant political force as soon as possible. If the industry and commerce want to develop, it requires a large amount of labor, while the Ming Empire has more than 800 million acres of arable land.

The northern cowboys' external expansion has opened up tens of millions of acres of farms or ranches for the empire every year. These newly developed farms or ranches also require a large amount of labor. Where do these workers come from? You should know that when the people have land to cultivate, they are not willing to leave their hometowns and go to the city to work.

Not to mention the distance, let’s talk about the American Civil War in the 19th century. Isn’t it because of insufficient labor that farmers and slave owners went to war with the emerging bourgeoisie? Wang Pu did not want the tragedy of the 19th century America to happen again in the Ming Empire, and Wang Pu must find a way to obtain enough labor.

There are only two ways to obtain enough labor.

The best way is of course to encourage childbirth, but this is a long-term national policy and will not be effective after at least forty or fifty years. It can be said that far-reaching water cannot relieve near-thirst thirst. Therefore, the most effective method now is to plunder the population. To put it bluntly, it is the slave trade, and a large number of foreign populations have been plundered into the Ming Empire as slaves to make up for the lack of labor in the empire.
Chapter completed!