"It's not that our people do not resist, but that the Ming Dynasty does not give us the opportunity to resist!"

The Prime Minister slowly revealed these reasons, paused, and then said: "When the Ming Dynasty people arrived, as long as the people did not attack on their own initiative, the Ming Dynasty's army would not take the needle and thread from the people. Even if they bought things, they would be real money and silver. There was no forced buying and selling. And after that, the first thing they did was to control the land and ask all those who occupy a large amount of land to hand over the land, and only give two roads. First, if you don't hand over, you will die. Second, if you hand over, you don't need to die!"

"This is simply a robber!"

Li Yurong said angrily, but it seems too tactful to describe the invader as a robber. Even Jiang Lang dared to admit that he was the invader, not a savior.

"yes!"

The Prime Minister couldn't help but sigh and continued, "But it was these robbers that prevented our people from resisting them, because after seizing the land, what they did next was to distribute these lands to everyone according to their heads. No matter who you are, even if you are a beggar, as long as you settle in that place, you have your own land and all taxes for three years! General Li, will our people still resist such an army? To be honest, I feel like we are bad people, hey...!"

There was some helplessness in this sigh. Originally, others were invaders, but now the occupied cities are doing this, now it feels like these people are bad people. Others came to rescue these people.

Li Yurong had never heard of these things at all. The war had already made him anxious. When did he have time to study the Ming people? He was naturally very surprised to hear the Prime Minister's statement. He was born poor and naturally knew how important land was for an ordinary person. These lands were basically in the hands of those high-ranking officials and landlords. These people could not have their own land at all. The people's desire for land was like a thirsty person who wanted a cup of water.

However, the Ming Dynasty's people still made him a little surprised and asked, "The Ming Dynasty people are so bold?"

"They all sent troops to completely occupy us, what else is there to be bold or not?"

The Prime Minister asked helplessly.

"I mean, they are not afraid of this..."

Li Yurong said that he suddenly stopped here, as if he really didn't know what to say next, which caused dissatisfaction among the people. And the dissatisfaction was just a small group of people, and this group of people could be ignored directly for a new ruler here, because what they wanted was the hearts of the people. As long as 90% of the people in the world recognized them, the remaining 10% would not be able to cause any great storms. On the other hand, these people had no land and no source of wealth, so how could they fight with the people of the Ming Dynasty?

Li Yurong suddenly discovered that the Ming Dynasty people were as terrifying as they were in military terms in these aspects.

"That's why I said they won't kill our soldiers!"

The Prime Minister broke the current deadlock, "For them, after our dismissed soldiers returned, we will be the most important labor force. Even if there is no labor force in this family, the life of the people will not be better. But if they want to stabilize these, the most important thing is to stabilize the majority of people, and these most people are ordinary people. Next, they will take measures to stabilize those merchants and so on. I checked the policies of those countries in the previous Central Plains. They basically emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. In their ancient teachings, merchants were the most inferior profession, but now the Ming Dynasty

The people of the court are different. They encourage business, and the prosperity of business is beyond our imagination. I also heard that their court is considering reducing part of the taxes of the people now, because the taxes brought to their court tomorrow have already made them not know where to use. The merchants in our court also like to go to the Ming Dynasty to do business, because for those merchants from other places, the taxes collected are not as high as half of what we collect! So even if we surrounded us for ten or eight years, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have to worry about their own supplies, because there is a strong country behind them that is supporting them!"

Li Yurong himself knew that a year ago, a merchant sent him a thing called a clock, which was bought in the Ming Dynasty. This thing was said to be from a place called Great Britain overseas, but the price was not very expensive, because there were many trade fleets in the Ming Dynasty who went to sea. In addition to bringing all kinds of things that countries like, they also brought back many other goods from other countries. Because it was purchased in large quantities in the local area, the price was not very high, but the only trade fleets of the Ming Dynasty's people's courts could reach these places. Their huge sea ships were very suitable for sailing in the sea. The powerful frigate could completely ensure their safety, and the detailed charts could prevent them from deviating from the direction. And the scale was getting bigger and bigger now.

However, Li Yurong immediately realized another problem. His soldiers did not resist. After being dismissed, they returned home and had land and a good life for themselves. So even if they wanted to resist the Ming people in the future, who else would resist them?

So he immediately asked worriedly: "According to the Prime Minister, after our soldiers are dismissed, after some years, will they still take up weapons to resist the Ming people?"

The Prime Minister had already thought about how to answer this question, and said, "This question is indeed a very difficult question, and I am also worried, but it depends on you, General!"

"Damn me?"

Li Yurong looked at the Prime Minister in surprise.

"Not bad, it's up to you!"

The Prime Minister immediately said, "The Prime Minister needs to make it clear to the soldiers, and they must remember that they are always powerful people, not Ming Dynasty people. The Ming Dynasty people gave good policies, but they are still invaders. They occupied us and killed countless colleagues and people. Now they are strong soldiers and horses, so we can't beat them, but it does not mean that they have always been so strong. So what we have to do now is to temporarily tolerate and retreat, and then when the time is right, we should stand up again to fight them and get back our own things!"

Although this is well said, of course this is also a helpless act by the Prime Minister. This person is lazy, just like the rotation of dynasties. He changed a king. Although it was unstable everywhere before, over time, it became stable. After life was better, the people accepted it. Who cares about who would give them a stable life, who could bring them a life of food and clothes. The people's requirements are actually very simple. They don't want to see why high officials have a generous salary. They are undoubtedly just a full meal of three meals a day and a warm clothes. With these, they will still rise up to resist? Just like the Komu Army, the people in the Ming Dynasty killed a lot of their people when they went there, but after a few years, who would resist them?

Now Gao Qiang is also facing a similar situation to them. I believe that the Ming Dynasty treated these people in their country much more gently than they did. It can be seen that many people were already accustomed to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Although it was only a few months, the Ming Dynasty gave them exactly what they needed.

Li Yurong didn't see the helplessness in the prime minister's heart. Now he was thinking about how feasible the Prime Minister said was. Should he surrender and reduce the losses of soldiers, or should he fight to the death with the people of the Ming Dynasty. However, what the Prime Minister said just now made Li Yurong's heart somewhat shaken.

Of course, Li Yurong was also an ordinary citizen. Although he has become a general now, he still has not forgotten that he is an ordinary citizen in his bones. From the perspective of an ordinary citizen, he also vaguely felt that if he really surrendered, the chance of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty was very slim, unless the Ming Dynasty people were in chaos in their country was possible.

Since it was so slim, Li Yurong simply didn't think about him, but changed the scope of his thinking to the point of surrender or not. Surrender was like being a prisoner, and then he carried a lot of shame on his body. If he didn't surrender, he would fight with the Ming people to the end. Although he could kill some Ming people, if he fought head-on with them, he would suffer more casualties. Even the generals standing here now didn't know how many people could survive.

In this short period of time, the Prime Minister said nothing, but stood by and accompanied him. Li Yurong was an old general. He had his own stubbornness and could not force these things. He said so much, but now it depends on his own decision.

However, the Prime Minister made up his mind that even if Li Yurong did not surrender, he would go to the Ming Dynasty people. He focused on the soldiers and the honor and disgrace of their soldiers, but he could not, he had to focus on the ordinary people.

After a while, Li Yurong raised his head and asked, "The Prime Minister plans to go to the Ming Dynasty tomorrow?"

The Prime Minister nodded. He had already said this, and tomorrow is also the deadline!

"So!"

Li Yurong took a deep breath and said, "I will accompany you every day. I also want to see what kind of person the person who forced us Gao Qiang to such a situation is!"
Chapter completed!