That's it, the Qufu Kong family, even if it withdrew from the stage of history.

A side effect brought about by this made Emperor Chongzhen very happy again.

In private, after Wang Erbiao returned to Beijing, he praised him very much.

This made Wang Erbiao feel as if he was hitting the right one.

Before he went out to do the Confucian family, it was actually because of the academic dispute between the Confucian family and Xingguo Gong, and he saw Wang Chengen's example and wanted to repay Xingguo Gong's thigh.

As a result, he didn't expect that before Xingguo Gong saw it, he was praised by Emperor Chongzhen that he had never had, which made him feel reassured.

Basically, he is in the palace, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, even if Wang Chengen wants to get rid of him, it will definitely not be easy.

Why did Emperor Chongzhen praise him so much?

At the root, it was not just because of Wang Erbiao that the Kong family was successfully defeated. But at the same time as defeating the Kong family, this Wang Erbiao raided the entire Qufu Kong family!

At that time, Wang Erbiao was in control of the army, and he dealt with the Kong family on the charge of rebellion, so he simply did it neatly.

The wealth accumulated by the family that has been inherited for thousands of years is really immeasurable. There are a lot of things, and they are all priceless.

Originally, a large part of this kind of copying would fall into the hands of the executor.

However, the army led by Wang Erbiao happened to be the elite of the thieves, and the brocade guards in the army were down to the level of the general flag. Moreover, no one knows who else will be a secret agent of Jinyiwei. Under strict military discipline, the property copied by the Confucian family was basically not less.

Some of the wealth of so much money was returned to those members of the Kong family who committed very minor or innocent crimes after the verdict was convicted. However, the wealth of the big head, which is directly in power of the Confucian family, is either beheaded or exiled, and they are all to be raided.

That's it, the Confucian family in Qufu was down, and Chongzhen was rich again.

In the palace, there are many more precious cultural relics and priceless treasures, not to mention the money for the implementation of the new policy in Shandong, and the money needed for grain and grass in Dongjiang Town, and even more. Just like that, a lot of things in the imperial court have been solved.

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen once privately said to Zhang Mingwei, a prospective son-in-law who is considered by outsiders to be a professional household: "In the past, I heard that thieves were chasing stolen goods and helping them to pay for military expenses. Now it seems that it is indeed a way to make a fortune! ”

Zhang Mingwei listened, thought about it in his heart, as far as copying the family is concerned, there are the former ceremonial supervisor palm seal eunuch Wang Dehua, the former imperial horse supervisor palm seal eunuch Wang Zhixin, the former Jinyi Wei commander, the former Chengguo Gong, the former military department Shangshu Chen Xinjia, the eight great Jin merchants, and the Qufu Confucian family, etc., so calculated, it seems that it is true that the Ming Dynasty's finances from bankruptcy to today's prosperity basically rely on copying the family!

Of course, it also includes the contribution of the vassal king in exchange for overseas feudalism. However, this situation can actually be summed up on the way to the house.

If there is no raid, even if Zhang Mingwei has glass cement and other ideas to make a fortune, it is impossible to turn the tide in the last years of Chongzhen!

However, now Daming's finances have improved a lot. Several branches of the glass factory have also been opened. Jingshi, Nanjing, and Yangzhou have all been opened. Glassware also gradually became popular among the upper class of the Ming Dynasty.

The salt administration has also begun to harvest. The price of salt, not only in Jiangnan, has fallen a lot, but even in other provinces. The reason why this is so is because the output has come up.

As the price of salt falls, so does the demand for salt. For example, pickled food, whether it is meat or vegetables, has a longer shelf life, and correspondingly, it improves the lives of the people.

Correspondingly, this stimulates the expansion of salt production. As a result, the amount of salt tax is gradually expanding.

In short, everything is going for the better.

At the beginning of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, in the original history, it was the period when Chongzhen hanged himself and the Ming Dynasty perished. However, now there is no sign of the country's demise. In addition to these, on the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting also sent a messenger to deliver good news.

On the basis of inheriting the Xingguo Gong, the imperial court officials and troops have steadily advanced, and have recovered Beishengzhou, Yao'an, Wuding and Qujing in Yunnan, which are all state capitals adjacent to Sichuan.

On the Guizhou side, the progress was even smoother, as all the state capitals near Sichuan and Huguang had been recovered, and the imperial army was approaching the capital of Guiyang.

It has been reported that Zhang Xianzhong's unit, which had fled to Guizhou first, had begun to continue to move southward, and it was very likely that it would rush into Guangxi. Sun Chuanting has already issued an order that, in addition to Guangxi's strict vigilance, he will also transfer Guangdong's troops into Guangxi to fight in a coordinated manner.

Because of the inheritance of the strategy of Xingguogong, these places that have been recovered have all taken the opportunity to implement the reform of the land and return to the stream. All the policies were based on those set by Zhang Mingwei in Sichuan.

After seeing this recital, both Emperor Chongzhen and Xingguo Gong began to concentrate and prepare for the upcoming Battle of Ningyuan.

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After Yan Yingyuan finished the meeting in front of the Wuying Palace, he immediately rushed back to Shanhaiguan. Subsequently, he began to strengthen the power of Ye Bu Shui to detect the military intelligence of Ningyuan and Jinzhou.

On the side of the Ming army, the outpost position was the Quang Ninh Central Front Station. If you want to attack Ningyuan City, you must also conquer the front guard of Guangning, the middle and rear posts of Guangning, and the right post of Ningyuan Zhong.

Because these are actually guarded cities, the scale is not large. There are not many troops here, mainly for early warning, and the heavy troops are mainly concentrated in the big city of Ningyuan.

Before the Ming Dynasty, all the Liaodong soldiers and civilians were evacuated into the pass, and the Jianyu did not have enough manpower, so the other areas of this place, such as Sanshan Camp Fort, Pingchuan Camp Fort, Gaotai Fort, etc., were all empty. In the same way, the scope of activities of the Ming army will be relatively wide.

In order to avoid alarming Jianyu, Yan Yingyuan confessed and tried not to fight with Jianyu Tanma.

As time passed, the road conditions, the deployment of the Jian's troops, etc., were slowly collected.

In the Shanhaiguan General Military Mansion, there is a huge sand table. The makers of these sand tables were all transferred from the original Xingguo Gong, and they have many experiences in making military sand tables.

The production of this sand table was requested by Zhang Mingwei. After all, when the cavalry wants to intercept Ning Yuan Jianyu and flee to Jinzhou, they must be familiar with the terrain of Liaodong. However, most of the people in the cavalry were born as thieves and had never been to Liaodong before. Therefore, this sand table is very necessary.

On the sea route, there is also a new movement.

The naval division under Shanhaiguan, that is, the fleet led by Gu San Mazi, carried two thousand Guan Ning infantry troops, and began to swagger north along the coastline. The mighty fleet soon attracted the attention of the Jianjian Tanma on the shore.

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Ningyuan City, the original leader of the Jianyu was Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierharang, but since the beginning of the New Year, he has not been in Ningyuan City and rushed back to Shengjing.

Sitting here is the white flag of Gushan Ezhen, one of the eight ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Niu Hulu Turge.

"What?" After hearing the proclamation of the horses, Turg confirmed with surprise, "The Ming State Sailor went north?" How many ships are there, how many are big ships? ”

"Back to the master, I see that there are seven or eight hundred, and the big ships account for the majority, around five hundred."

Hearing this, Turg frowned. He knew very well that no matter what the real purpose of this Ming State sailor was, since it was such a large-scale northward journey, the primary target would definitely be Juehua Island.

When the Da Qing Shui Division was transferred to Phi Dao before, there were only one or twenty warships left in the camp of the Sailor Division here on Juehua Island, as well as some transport ships, which were mainly used for land communication.

The strength of the island is also 2,000. But the crux of the matter is that if the sea route is cut off, Juehua Island will be an isolated island. How the Ming army wants to attack Juehua Island, the Ming army has the final say, and Ning Yuan's side can only stare dryly.

On Juehua Island, if the troops are too small, who knows how many men and horses the Ming army will come? Although Turg believed that the warriors of the Great Qing Dynasty could have more than one pair of Ming troops. However, if the number of Ming troops is too large, it will be difficult to parry.

And if more troops are sent to Juehua Island, the sea route will be cut off, and the grain and grass on the island will become a problem.

Thinking about these questions, Turg suddenly became entangled.

Thinking about this, he landed on the seaside of the head of Ningyuan City, and looked at Juehua Island visible to the naked eye in the distance, and was a little worried.

It's only March, and it's still very early before the winter freezes Juehua Island. No matter how you measure it, it is basically impossible for Juehua Island to be defended.

Thinking of this, he wanted to scold his mother.

In the first battle of Phi Dao, the naval division was completely annihilated! How did Hauge fight that thing?

After scolding, Turg finally made up his mind to give up Juehua Island.

This made him a little unwilling, because he ordered to give up Juehua Island, which is equivalent to the first person in the Qing Dynasty to take the initiative to lose the city and land, even if it is just an island, it was originally occupied by the Qing Dynasty!

After the order was handed down, he wrote a telegram reporting the situation on the sea route. At the same time, he also reminded Haizhou and Gaizhou that it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the Ming army already has Juehua Island as a foothold, and it is possible to attack the hinterland of Liaodong again!

A few days later, the Daming Sailor picked up Juehua Island and began to go up and down Juehua Island with great fanfare. Even during the day, under Jianyu's nose, Gu San Mazi led the huge naval warship and continued to march north.

This situation frightened Turg and immediately sent a messenger to alert Haizhou and Gaizhou as quickly as possible. Of course, Turg is not stupid, the Ming army is so blatantly marching north, which is tantamount to clearly telling him that he is going to fight the hinterland of Liaodong, then it can't be true.

However, if he left it alone, and the Ming army really had to attack the hinterland of Liaodong like last time, then he would be held accountable. Therefore, it is better to believe that there is something or not, than to send someone to warn.

It is also that the movement on the sea is too great, so that some anomalies on land, such as the activities that indicate that the army does not collect at night, are more than before. None of this was noticed by Turg.