Chapter 479: The Great Ming Kingdom with Internal and External Troubles
Chapter 479: The Great Ming Kingdom with Internal and External Troubles
Chen Liu, the original Taishou Mansion, is now the temporary palace of the Ming Emperor.
There are big men who are aggressive outside, and there are governors inside who are eyeing them, plus the annihilation of more than a million troops, ninety percent of the wealth is left in Luoyang......
Although the founding of the Ming Dynasty is inspiring, the form to be faced is not optimistic, after all, even if it has the support of the people, it is impossible to conjure weapons and armor out of thin air.
The fact that the Yellow Turban was able to expand so fast before was entirely due to the family's huge financial and material resources, so there was that kind of sick abnormal expansion speed.
Now, the Kwantung family has fled and slaughtered, and there is no way to continue to have the ability to transfuse blood to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will also have to face the embarrassing situation of having only people in the army, but no weapons and equipment.
In order to restore his strength as soon as possible, Zhang Sheng said that the emperor adopted a series of thrifty strategies, and did not even build a palace, but only used Chen Liutaishou's mansion as a temporary palace.
The Ming Dynasty gave priority to the supply of all the expenses to the army, just to recover his self-preservation intelligence in a short period of time in order to hold the territory under his command.
However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is too wide, Yan, Henan, Xu, Qing, Hebei, Yang, and the land of the six states needs too many troops and places to spend money, so even if Zhang Sheng cuts back on food and clothing, it is still a drop in the bucket.
Looking at Zhang Sheng, who was seriously handling government affairs, Guo Jia felt a sense of admiration in his heart.
Now the only person who can clean up such a mess is probably her besides him! Guo Jia said in his heart.
After shaking his head to dispel the distracting thoughts in his heart, Guo Jia stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Majesty." ”
Zhang Sheng's eyebrows were full of exhaustion, and when he saw that it was Guo Jia, he put down his pen and asked, "The letter was sent?" ”
Guo Jia nodded: "It has been sent through emergency channels, and it will definitely be delivered within three days." ”
"That's good." Zhang Sheng couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, and let out a long breath of turbidity.
After ascending the throne, Zhang Sheng knew how far the broken ship of Daming had leaked, and countless bad news was simply overwhelming.
Basically, every day, you can receive news of the rebellion of the Kanto family, and the prefectural orders or Taishou requests for reinforcements.
But the new army of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been trained, so how can there be reinforcements to send?
Even if reinforcements could be sent, as soon as the army arrived, the rebels hid in the mountains and waited for the army to enter and continue the rebellion, so it was impossible to completely quell the rebellion.
As a last resort, the Ming court made a temporary move to 'give up the small to protect the big', which also caused the Ming Dynasty to be like a sieve, and there were several resistance forces that were difficult to exterminate in every state and county.
Of course, this is not the main thing, what really gave Zhang Sheng a headache was the attitude of the five governors.
In order to be recognized by the five governors, Zhang Sheng had no choice but to canonize Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu, who were not by his side.
After all, even these two people who almost became heirs are willing to assist the new emperor, so what reason do you losers have to oppose it?
With the help of these two people, Zhang Sheng was able to obtain the temporary allegiance of the five governors, but Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu were not by Zhang Sheng's side, and after a long time, fools could see that Zhang Sheng was framing them.
If Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang didn't show up, Zhang Sheng would really not be able to bear it, so she used the intelligence channels in Guo Jia's hands to send a plea to Qin Hao for help and Zhang Liang who was imprisoned.
And in addition to Zhang Sheng's distress letter sent this time, there are also the three letters written by Zhang Jiao to Qin Hao, Zhang Liang and Zhang Ning, Zhang Sheng believes that Qin Hao will definitely let Zhang Liang and Zhang Ning come back after reading it.
Suddenly, Feng Yunshan walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the messenger of the hundred schools is here, do you see it or not?" ”
Zhang Shengmei's eyes were full of murderous aura, and after forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, he said coldly: "away." ”
"No."
The reason why Zhang Sheng never called herself 'I' after becoming emperor was that she didn't have much ambition, and secondly, she didn't know how long this emperor could be, so she didn't feel the need to be called a lonely widow.
Zhang Sheng knew that this time the four Yi invaded the Han Dynasty, in fact, it was the handiwork of the hundred schools, and the hundred schools once again sent a goodwill to the Ming Dynasty to cooperate, but Zhang Sheng was unwilling to accept it.
The Yellow Turban rose because of the hundred schools, and at the same time lost because of the hundred schools, Zhang Sheng didn't want Daming to repeat the mistakes of the Yellow Turban.
Guo Jia knew Zhang Sheng's temper, and after hesitating again and again, he still persuaded: "Your Majesty, the hundred schools of thought do want to use the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty can also use the hundred schools of thought, after all, the situation of the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic now, and cooperation is beneficial to both sides." ”
"Needless to say, Da Ming will definitely not cooperate with those people again." Zhang Sheng said coldly, his words were firm to the extreme.
Guo Jia sighed when he heard this, he naturally knew that Baijia was unreliable, but now the interests of the two parties were the same, and it was a pity not to take advantage of it.
Besides, the hundred schools have been eyeing Daming again, and Daming and the hundred schools are too involved, and it is not something that Zhang Sheng can cut if he wants to.
There is one thing that Guo Jia didn't say, that is, even if Zhang Sheng doesn't cooperate to the death, Baijia can go to someone else, anyway, Zhang Sheng is not the only one who can call the shots in Daming, and it will be the worst situation at that time.
"Report ...... Hong Xiuquan, the governor of Yangzhou, led the army to attack Jiangdong ...... without asking for orders."
"Report ...... Li Mi, the governor of Yuzhou, ignored the ban of the imperial court and privately led the army to attack Runan ......"
"What?"
Zhang Sheng got up suddenly, his face without the slightest flaw was full of anger.
"I have obviously given a strict order, before our army recovers, it is only allowed to defend to the death and not send troops, Li Mi and Hong Xiuquan dare to resist the order? Are they going to rebel? ”
Zhang Sheng was extremely angry, she tried her best for Da Ming, but Li Hong and the others dragged her back.
The wealth of the Jiangdong family is not too much inferior to that of the Central Plains, if Hong Xiuquan can take Jiangdong, he will naturally be able to use the power of the family to rapidly expand the army.
In addition to a few cities in Nanyang, most of the county is actually under the control of the Yellow Turban forces, and if Li Mi can completely capture Runan, he will be able to connect Nanyang and Yuzhou.
But with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, even self-protection is enough, and the Han has already burned incense and worshiped the Buddha if he does not take the initiative to attack, how can he still have the capital to start a war with the Han?
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but think of Qin Hao's mantra: If you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate!
But Zhang Sheng thought about it, Li Mi and Xiuquan are also veterans, so they can't even think of such a simple truth, right?
Just as Zhang Sheng was pondering, Guo Jia reminded in time: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the hundred schools?" ”
Zhang Sheng suddenly realized, gritted his teeth instead, and said, "These two people are fools. ”
Zhang Sheng doesn't have to think about it to know that this must be the result of a hundred schools of thought, otherwise it would be impossible for these two people not to even see this.
"Quickly send an order, ordering the two to retreat from the army, and not to start a war with the Han army."
Zhang Sheng hurriedly ordered, and prayed in his heart, hoping that the two would listen to him once, and of course this was impossible.