Chapter 41: The Great Victory of Luchuan

The death of Si Renfa.

Of course, it is a node in the Luchuan War.

But it did not mean the end of the Luchuan War.

There are still many things to deal with in the aftermath of the Luchuan war. For example, King Xiang's town guarded Luchuan and pacified the Tusi of southern Yunnan. At the same time, there is such a disposition of Myanmar.

Between Myanmar and Daming before. There is a Luchuan as a buffer. Of course, it can't be said to be a buffer,

Luchuan is a southern Burma, and a northern Ming Dynasty.

It's just that now Luchuan is gone.

For the remaining territory of Luchuan, it is not the Ming Dynasty that swallows the most, but Myanmar.

Burma went to the great enemy in front of him.

However, the Ming Dynasty maintained a situation beyond the reach of the vast area south of the Luchuan River.

Therefore, what kind of changes have occurred in the era of Houluchuan in Yunnan, and it is too early to say anything.

However, this did not prevent a letter of success, which rushed through the post road with an expedited 800 miles, and rushed to the city of Beijing in early May. As soon as this post guard entered the Beijing Division, he held high the good news in his hand and shouted loudly: "Luchuan is a great victory, and the thief is the head." Luchuan was victorious, and the thief was awarded the head. ”

Galloping all the way, and when I came to the outside of Miyagi, there were already people waiting. A few guards helped the postman off his horse, gave him a little water, and then took the good news and trotted in.

Wang Zhen waited outside the palace, received the good news, he opened it and glanced at it a few times, naturally he ran into the Qianqing Palace quickly, and shouted as he ran: "Emperor, Luchuan is a great victory, the Marquis of Baoding killed the thief, and Luchuan is pacified." ”

Zhu Qizhen's face was a little ugly.

On the one hand, I have been eating locusts lately, and my appetite is a little bad. On the other hand, the current disaster is looming step by step, and the food crisis has reached a very serious level.

Although Yang Shiqi suppressed it with all his might, the price of grain still exceeded one stone and six hundred yuan. The price of one or two silver and one stone is frantically impacting.

Although it has not yet arrived.

But if you don't make a change.

It is only a matter of time before the price of one or two silver and one stone breaks through.

When the time comes, all kinds of problems will arise in the city of Beijing.

But what can Zhu Qizhen do, he has even ordered Liaodong Yisha to transfer a batch of grain and grass from Liaodong. Although Zhu Qizhen asked Yizha to find a way to find more tuntian in Liaodong in the first year of orthodoxy.

However, the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong are still quite limited. It also had to supply the Liaodong army, so it could only mobilize 200,000 stone grain.

If there is more, I am afraid that the morale of the Liaodong army will be unstable.

Even Yang Shiqi got some grain from North Korea through diplomatic means, but it was still a drop in the bucket for the huge disaster.

Yang Shiqi has implicitly asked Zhu Qizhen to end the cash-for-work.

The reason is simple, let one live, let one do one

The consumption of the two is completely different.

In the case of insufficient food.

It is very difficult to maintain large-scale river work.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen didn't want to agree.

First, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to affect his authority. Second, they are also afraid of affecting everyone's confidence.

Now the price of grain is still suppressed, is it because everyone believes that the imperial court still has food, but because of the shortage of food, the river work has been stopped.

Then Zhu Qizhen can imagine that the price of grain that has been suppressed is estimated to be like a rocket and flying.

Under these various factors, it is no wonder that Zhu Qizhen can be in a good state.

He had been looking forward to one thing, and that was rain.

A heavy rain, a drought, a locust plague will be contained. It's just that God is elated every day, and the sky is cloudless.

Zhu Qizhen listened to Wang Zhen's report and smiled slightly bitterly, he should have felt happy. The Luchuan victory had a great impact on Zhu Qizhen.

Because Meng Ying went to war, it was Zhu Qizhen who advocated it.

Now that Meng Ying has won a big victory, Zhu Qizhen's authority will naturally be consolidated. Even the care between Zhu Qizhen and Xungui can be a little stronger.

This battle can even be said to be the battle of Zhu Qizhen's Liwei.

It's just that all the good news will be behind in the face of the current drought.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said, "This is the only good news this year. Publish it and make everyone happy. I also invited the British public to come over and discuss the reward. ”

"Yes." Wang Zhen said.

After a while, the news spread all over Beijing. It seems that the people who are suffering under the drought have a little more joy, but for them, the sun on their heads is the biggest enemy, not the Luchuan River far away in the south of the sky.

But anyway, it's a good thing.

In the Wuying Palace.

Zhang Fu said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty. Luchuan Dading, the imperial court can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Before Luchuan did not have a big victory, it was natural to expect the enemy to be lenient, and the grain and grass could not be cut off. After all, the soldiers can't be defeated because of a bite to eat.

Now the big victory is different.

At least the grain from Huguang can no longer be transferred to Yunnan, but directly north from Xiangyang, and the disaster situation south of Henan and the Yellow River can also be greatly alleviated.

After all, Yunnan is not a barren land after all.

Yunnan, which Mu Ying has run, is not a land of fish and rice, but in the end, it is not a country that does not produce any grain. When there is a war, there can be no shortage.

Now that there is no war, plus the grain brought into Yunnan before, it is enough for them to use it for several months.

Let them be self-reliant in Yunnan for a period of time, as long as they don't starve to death.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter, I will wait for a while with Yang."

Shoufu said, let's see how much more grain can be transferred from the south. It's just that now I want to discuss with the Guogong, how should the soldiers of Yunnan be rewarded? ”

"The minister thought that according to the custom, he would reward the soldiers first, and then reward them after the army returned to the court. However, the minister thought that the most important thing was the reward of Baoding Hou Mengying, Mu Ang, Fang brothers, Guo Deng and others. Do you want to be knighted? Zhang Fu said.

What Zhang Fu said was also for the sake of the imperial court. The reason is simple, the finances of the imperial court are tight. A great war that mobilized more than 100,000 people, although it only lasted for a few months, was not a lot of consumption. Not to mention the natural disasters that have lasted from last winter to the present, it is a place to swallow money.

In the inner treasury of Zhu Qi Town, there is money. But even if you have money, you can't fly to Yunnan.

If you want to reward, you can only use the treasury of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Huguang. It's just that they have a lot of money, and they also have a number, because the people who support the war in this place are the treasury of these three places, and they can't talk about it, but it's almost there.

Even Huguang, the richest, has to support Henan's grain.

I can't afford to pay for food.

Therefore, in this way, the soldiers are rewarded first to stabilize the morale of the army, and it is not too late for the generals above to come back and then reward, and Zhang Fu is also a person who has fought in battles, so he naturally knows that sending troops to fight, especially winning battles, for generals, there are a hundred ways to make money.

Therefore, for the superior generals, money is not important, but the title is important.

After all, the title of Da Ming can be hereditary and disregarded.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "How do you think the prince should be rewarded?" ”

Zhang Fu said: "The minister doesn't dare to say anything, this still needs His Majesty's holy judgment." ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said: "With my intentions, after Mu Ang's defeat, he has attacked and counteracted, and I will not punish him, and Fang Jin will think of a thief with a blade, and after he is loyal and good, let him inherit Fang Zhengwei Yuanbo, let him do things well, this Wei Yuanbo may be able to change to Shijue in the future." As for Guo Deng, it is enough to let the military department discuss the merits. ”

Feng Fang Jin is Wei Yuanbo, in fact, most of it is on Fang Zheng's face, after all, Fang Zheng is a veteran, who has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, died in Luchuan, and now his son avenges his father, which is also a good story.

But the rest of the people should not be knighted so easily.

Daming's title is not easy to get.

Zhang Fu listened and said, "Then Baoding Hou Mengying, what does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I want to entitle Baoding Hou Mengying as the Duke of Teng Guo. ”

Meng Ying's father was posthumously named Teng Guogong. If Meng Ying becomes the Duke of Guo, she will naturally be the Duke of Teng.

But when Zhang Fu heard this, he instantly understood what Zhu Qizhen wanted to do? Zhu Qizhen wanted to set up the Meng family among the nobles. Zhang Fu felt a little threatened for a while. But he also knew that he was old, he was several years older than Meng Ying, he was already famous, and he was not afraid of people grabbing his position, but he still said: "Your Majesty loves the heart of the Marquis of Baoding, and the minister understands it, but this matter must not be done." ”