please make me king

Chapter 574 The Foundation
There is a saying that goes, "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books."

After Han Lin's explanation, Zhang Shun initially established the biological knowledge about locusts, except for the phrase "fish and shrimp eggs hatch locusts".

The growth process of locusts roughly goes through three stages: "egg", "hopper" and "worm".The three top, middle and bottom strategies suggested by Han Lin are actually aimed at eliminating the three morphological characteristics of "eggs", "gnats" and "worms".

Eggs and worms are easy to understand, but Zhang Shun is also a little confused as to what locust gnats are.With the mentality of asking if you don't understand, after Zhang Shun was ashamed to ask, he realized that the so-called "locust gnats" were actually small locusts.

When the locust just hatches, its body length is roughly between two millimeters and four millimeters.Its wings haven't grown yet, it can't fly, and it doesn't do much harm to the crops. This is a good time to eliminate the locust plague in the bud.

To continuously eliminate these locusts from the three stages of eggs, gnats and insects will naturally require a lot of manpower and material resources.Without a certain degree of grassroots organization, naturally nothing can be done.

Only then did Zhang Shun understand the reason why Zhang Shenyan raised this matter seriously.Without the permission and strong support of Zhang Shun, this kind of organization and structure involving the grassroots of the regime would not have been possible with Zhang Shenyan alone.

Thinking of this, Zhang casually looked around and asked, "Since this is the case, eradicating locusts is a top priority for the rebel army. But where does this manpower come from? How many low-level officials are needed? And how much money do we need?"

Zhang Shenyan had been prepared for a long time, so he was confident.It's just that he also wanted to take the opportunity to see how Han Lin was capable, so naturally he didn't speak, but just stayed for a while.

Han Lin had learned how to defend the city from Xu Guangqi, and his organizational skills were not low.Although he was unprepared, after a little thought, he came up with a few solutions.

He couldn't help but continued: "The best method doesn't require a lot of manpower. It just needs King Shun to send officials to tell the people everywhere: when the farming is slack, they should be collected as corvees, and the most important places can be excavated and buried."

"As for the middle policy, one is to reward, and the other is to support. The so-called rewards can be purchased with miscellaneous grains and copper coins. Anyone who turns in a bucket of locust worms can pay a certain amount of grain. The so-called support requires King Shun to spend money. Buy hatching ducks from other places. They are in groups of three or four, and they are specially used for people to graze fields and swamps. Now they can have food, and they can also get rid of gnats and locusts, killing two birds with one stone."

"As for the worst strategy, you can also learn from the old wisdom of the middle strategy, and use examples as an example. It needs to be the elders of the village and the people with high morals and respect in the countryside. As foreigners, it is easy for the rebels to choose their officials, but it is difficult to win the hearts of the people."

"In the Ming Dynasty, ten households were set up with a head, and one hundred and ten households were set up with a mile length. A mile was set up with a mile length and ten armor heads. They all served for ten years, and their prestige gradually increased over time. More prestigious families, counting Acting as the head of the village is a wealthy and powerful family."

"If the rebels can't get the consent of these village chiefs, chieftains, and respected people, nothing will happen!"

Zhang Shun understood it as soon as he heard it, and this is called "It's easy for the king of hell, but difficult for the little devil".The rebel army captured a place, and if the officials and big households refused to comply, they could overwhelm them and slaughter them with knives and guns.

However, the rebels have limited resources and limited energy. If they can't reach a contract with the grassroots chiefs, the chiefs, and the respected people in the countryside, nothing will happen.

If we imitate the method of targeting officials and big households and use military power to suppress them, but because the grassroots are too scattered, it is not worth spending so much energy and time.

If there is a solution, it is not impossible.The "land reform method" of later generations, "strike the local tyrants and divide the land", is naturally foolproof.Just re-clean and comb the base layer, you can change the world and create a new look.

However, until now Zhang Shun has not made up his mind to take such a radical path.It's not that Zhang Shun has sympathy with those powerful gentry, but that he doesn't have those revolutionary martyrs under his command, but the enemy he faces is no less powerful than the opponents of the previous revolutionary martyrs.

The unified imperial court that can still mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, the Manchus who are coveting outside the customs, and other rebel heroes who share the same bed with him, these are the difficulties he will face now and in the future.

But if he doesn't do anything, just be the founding emperor who is indistinguishable from previous dynasties, is this what Zhang Shun wants?

No, Zhang Shun wants more!
Zhang Shun replied: "The chief of the village, the first chief and the people of high moral standing in the country should be pleading for the people! In the past two days, I am going to prepare a banquet. First, I will invite the chiefs of the neighborhood and the people of high moral standing to appease me. Demonstrating the righteousness of the volunteer army to love the people and be loyal to the emperor."

"By the way, I would like to inform the village that the locust drought and other disasters are not good for the national economy and the people's livelihood. It is imperative that everyone be twisted into one rope and work together to overcome this difficulty! I just don't know if anyone can help me?"

Zhang Shenyan, Song Xiance, Zhang Dudu and Han Lin, you look at me, I look at you, they are all outsiders, so it is not easy to start this matter.

Fortunately, Song Xiance had been in the countryside for a long time, and he had some experience, so he was about to recommend himself, and he gritted his teeth.

Unexpectedly, a person Zhang Shun hadn't thought of stepped forward and asked for orders: "If King Shun trusts Lu, Lu is willing to be the pioneer!"

Do you know who this is?It is really Lu Weiqi, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing!

Zhang Shun couldn't help sucking his teeth, thinking: Lao Lu, what's going on with you?I know that you have always been submissive to me, and you have many collusions with the gentry in the city in private.What do you mean by jumping out now?Are you going to take the opportunity to make trouble, or are you going to follow me all the way to the dark?
In fact, Zhang Shun didn't know, not only was he entangled tightly, but also Lu Weiqi, the former Minister of the Nanjing Military Department, was also entangled.

Originally, he also wanted to be tough to the end, so he would meet Zhang Shuntu sooner or later.It's just that now the entire Henan Province is facing the threat of drought and locust plagues. As a native of Henan Province, he can't bear to watch the whole government suffer from disasters and disasters, can he just sit idly by?

He even had a vague feeling in his heart that thanks to the rebel army, Luoyang City fell into the hands of King Shun.If the original officials of the Ming Dynasty were in charge of Henan Mansion, I am afraid that this natural and man-made disaster will cause Henan Mansion to change sons!
Heaven and man have been at war in their hearts for a long time, but Lu Weiqi couldn't decide for a long time.Seeing Zhang Shun's question, he simply expressed his heart.Whether you use it or not is up to you, and whether you say it or not is up to me. What is going on in Henan Mansion is up to fate, and I can feel at ease!

Such a good Zhang Shun, his reaction was quick, and he immediately gave Song Xiance a wink.

How did Song Xiance not know about Lu Weiqi's contradictions, he only knew that Zhang Shun didn't want to use this person, so he quickly stood up and said: "Song is also willing to go, please think more about it, King Shun."

Zhang Shun then smiled and said: "Since Mr. Lu and Mr. Song are interested, why don't you two be in charge of this matter? Mr. Lu is highly respected and a local. Mr. Lu should be the main one, and Mr. Song should be the assistant. How good is that?"

(End of this chapter)