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第两百二十五章 宋献策

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“是吗?”李自成笑了笑:“宋先生莫不是想要说两句好听的哄李某开心?”

“宋某岂是口出大言之人?”宋献策笑道:“破城之后,你们三位将这南阳城分为三块,在那两位的辖区里盗匪乱兵横行,当街抢劫杀人者随处可见,入良家**掳掠者更是数不胜数。而在将军的辖区里秩序井然,街头巷尾都有军士巡逻,还有人扑灭火势,这高下之分就不言自明了吧?”

“嗯!”听了宋献策这番话,李自成的脸色好看了少许。那宋献策见状,便笑着继续说道:“那两位头领破城之后,一人进了唐王宫中享乐,将部众抛诸脑后;另一人则将李知府的小妾和女儿掳入自家帐内,只顾自家淫乐;而将军却自回城外自家大营里过夜,布衣蔬食,与平日一般。当初汉高祖入关中灭秦,封府库,远宫室,财物无所取,妇女无所幸,非高祖不爱酒色也,有浑一海内之大志耳!宋某欲求留侯之功,自然来投将军!”

听了宋献策这番话,李自成脸上露出笑容来,他素有大志,也知道欲成大事离不开读书人的道理,可是自从他起兵以来,愿意投靠他的读书人莫说秀才,就连一个童生都没有。读书人皆以贼寇视之,即便有几个被掳入军中迫于形势跟随的,也是面服心不服,一有机会便逃走,他也只敢让其做些简单的文书抄录工作,不敢托以心腹。这个宋献策虽然形容猥琐,但听起谈吐便知道颇有见识,对于手下几乎都是文盲的李自成来说也是极为难得的了。想到这里,他上前一步,躬身道:“宋先生不以自成愚昧不肖,愿屈身来投,实乃上天之幸,不知先生有什么可以指教在下的呢?”

宋献策见李自成如此,笑道:“军伍之事,宋某一介江湖术士,不敢多言!倒是这破城之后的处置,宋某想要妄言几句!”

“多谢先生不吝赐教!”李自成转身对一旁的白旺道:“白旺,你把堂屋收拾一下,我要请教宋先生一些事情,若无什么要紧事,不要让人打搅我与先生!”

“是,闯王!”白旺见李自成神色严肃,赶忙下令部下将堂屋里面堆放的乱七八糟的东西取出,收拾干净。李自成向宋献策拱了拱手,做了个请的手势,两人进了堂屋,有部下送上茶水,宋献策喝了一口茶,笑道:“将军先前说朝廷势大,你势力微薄,其实这话对也不对!”

“哦?为何这么说”

“将军,万丈高楼起于培土,千尺之木生于寸苗。大与小,强与弱,都不是绝对的,要紧的是天命在何处。朝廷虽然势大,但自万历以来,外屡兴兵、内多灾害,国库空乏,屡兴加征,海内沸腾。士卒疲惫多有怨尤之心,诸公党同伐异,无有长远之计,由此观之,天命已不在朱明矣!”

对于所有中国人来说,“天命”是一个有着特殊意义的词汇,与其说是某种可以人格化的神灵,还不如说是某种冥冥之中主宰着世间万物的某种神秘力量,这种力量强大、公正而又无情,在这股无可抗拒的力量面前,掌握着俗世最高权力的统治者们也不得不低下高傲的头。李自成沉声道:“宋先生,天命之说虚无缥缈,你说天命不在朱明,可读书人可不这么认为,比如我今日杀了李仙凤与王绍禹,他们肯定会说我犯上作乱,百姓皆信服读书人所说的,视我为贼,我又有什么办法呢?”

“将军你难道没有听说过天心即民心吗?”宋献策笑道:“天子为天之元子,代天统御万民,使其安乐。但朱明诸帝逆天行事,不体恤百姓,天命自然转移,将军若能不杀人,顺应天命,又何须担心天命不在己呢?”

“宋先生说笑了,如今正是乱世,在下若是不杀别人,别人便来杀我,如何能不杀人呢?”

“将军此言差矣!”宋献策脸色变得严肃起来:“朝廷今日之患,便在强凌弱,富欺穷,使贫弱之人有倒悬之苦,天下不得太平。这等横暴之徒,诛其一人便是活百人,何过之有?孟子曰‘贼仁者谓之贼,贼义者谓之残,残贼之人谓之一夫。闻诛一夫纣矣,未闻弑君也!‘桀纣尚可诛之,何况几个贪官污吏,诛杀他们又怎么算是杀人?将军若能秉大义而行,诛横暴,安良善,解百姓于倒悬。天下人自当裹粮景从,朝廷虽然兵多,又岂有天下人多?即便有几个腐儒鼓舌,又岂能迷惑的了天下人?”

“诛横暴,安良善!”李自成听宋献策说到这里,眼前不由得一亮,站起身来向宋献策敛衽下拜:“自成这几年来,虽然足迹遍布数省,但却是个睁眼瞎,今日多亏了先生,才当了个明目人。敢情先生此后留在军中,让自成也好早晚请教!”

“不敢当!”宋献策侧过身子,不敢受李自成的大礼:“献策自当追随将军,创下一番大业!”

“宋先生!那现在最要紧的事做什么呢?”

“将军请看!”宋献策早有准备,从怀中取出一本书来,李自成接过书一看,却是一本南阳搢绅录,翻开一看上面密密麻麻的记载了当地的缙绅姓名、出身、籍贯、字号、住址、曾经担任的官职等等,当真是详细之极,在字里行间还用苏州码子写了做了备注,却不知道代表的是什么意思。宋献策看到李自成迷惑的神情,笑道:“将军,您先前向士绅抄掠财物,虽然得了军资,但却是师出无名,百姓看了,也只会将你视为贼寇。而且这些士绅在城中的不过是些浮财,大部分粮食和牲畜、土地都在城外。所得甚少却坏了您的名声!这搢绅录中记将当地大小缙绅都记下了,在下还用苏州码子记下了他们有多少田土、房屋,曾经做下了那些恶事。先前大军南下时,四周的缙绅为了避免兵火之灾,多半都逃入了南阳城中,您可以立即派出精干可靠之人,封锁这些缙绅的家宅,将其拘捕而来,数其罪过,然后根据他们所有的土地房屋,科以罚金,让其限期缴纳,周济贫苦无告之人。其中罪大恶极之人,可在百姓面前明正典刑!”

“好,这个法子好!”李自成何等聪明,立刻就明白了宋献策这么做的用意。俗话说钢刀虽快,不杀无罪之人。如果按先前那种搞法虽然能弄到一些财物,但充其量只能弄到一些浮财,反而坐实了官府对其流贼的蔑称。而如果依照宋献策的做法,不但可以弄到更多的财物(因为缙绅的大部分财物是在乡间的村寨,由于知道其田土的多少,可以估算其财产而获得最大数量的收获),而且不再是抢劫,而是将自己摆在一个与明王朝平等的位置,争夺上天的代理权,诛横暴,安良善。由于当时的缙绅几乎没有不凭借自己的功名和势力欺压百姓的,可以说个个屁股上都有屎,李自成这么做不但可以获得巨额的财富,而且还能赢得民心,抢占舆论高地,实在是一招妙棋。(未完待续。)

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