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On the evening of February 18, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the moon just rose on the glazed tile ridge at the corner of the Emperor's Palace. The cold moonlight shone on a few Xiaoice lings under the eaves, flashing a little cold light.

The Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen in the hall was upset, and the six gods had no owner, so he barely read the documents for a while, and suddenly sighed and sulked, walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and wandered on the Danqi.

In the Central Plains, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai led millions of rogues to besiege Kaifeng; In Liaodong, Huang Taiji ignored the severe cold and heavy snow, and took advantage of the temporary retreat of the Ming army to eat, and desperately attacked Jinzhou City. In Shandong, Li Shouhan's eldest son implemented the new policy there, causing the gentry in various places to complain, and public opinion was boiling, and the impeachment of the Li family's father and son's new policy was full of paperwork for harming the people and misleading the country. Jingshi, although after Ning Yuanbo rushed back to Tianjin, together with the household department, the military department, the ceremonial supervisor, the imperial horse supervisor and other yamen organized the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi, smashed the north-south canal, dredged the grain road, and at the same time hired a large number of people along the coast to act as slender men and tow grain boats, which barely alleviated the risk of soaring grain prices in Jingshi, but in just half a month, Jingshi carried out thousands of corpses of homeless people who died of freezing and starvation.

The chill of the spring night invaded his skin, making his swollen temples feel a little refreshed, and then he took a deep breath of cool air and slowly exhaled the stuffy breath in his chest. He secretly counted the sound of the cloud board coming from the Xuanwu Gate, and heard the sound of beating from the East Yi Long Street, and felt even more anxious, and asked in his heart: "Chen Xinjia has not entered the palace yet?" It's already the second update! At this moment, a eunuch walked up to his side gently, bowed down and said, "Emperor Qi, Chen Xinjia is waiting to be summoned in the Wenhua Palace." ”

"Ah...... Spread him into the temple! ”

In the morning, Chen Xinjia had been summoned by Emperor Chongzhen in the Qianqing Palace, and asked him about the battle strategy for dealing with the Central Plains and Guanwai. Although Chen Xinjia is shrewd and capable, he has been stuck in the dilemma of fighting on both internal and external sides for more than 10 years. If the troops are insufficient, the food and salary will be exhausted, the soldiers will not have the fighting spirit, and the discipline will be corrupted, and if we want to change this situation, it is necessary to mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses for food and wages.

But. Everyone knows that the four words of soldiers, horses, and salaries are simple to say, and if you want to raise and mobilize, I am afraid that you have to make an idea from Ning Yuanbo Li Shouhan, who was stationed in the Tianhou Palace in Tianjin at this time. However, Ning Yuanbo's abacus beads are not so easy to fiddle with, and if they don't do it well, they will be used by Zhu Wen and Li Ke again.

Therefore, the Chongzhen monarchs and ministers are now consciously or unintentionally avoiding the use of Li Shouhan's move. However, without this chess piece, it seems that there is no way out. At the morning summons, there was a long discussion in secret. To no avail. Chongzhen was originally impatient, and the more he was suffering and had no solution, the more anxious he was to fidget, and it was easy to explode his temper in the palace, which frightened the eunuchs and palace maids in the Qianqing Palace one by one, and they didn't even dare to come out.

At dinner, he received an urgent military information from Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan Town, saying that Zu Dashou sent people to send military information desperately, and his troops had been besieged in Jinzhou for a long time. The grain and grass are still perfunctory, but there is no firewood and grass for heating in the city. It was snowing again, and the city was already demoralized and in danger. He also said that once Huang Taiji broke through Jinzhou and cut off the communication inside and outside the Guan, he would attack Guangning on a large scale and eliminate the tens of thousands of horses under Hong Chengchou's department.

Although in Chongzhen's consciousness, he was mentally prepared for the defeat of Liaodong again. But in his mind, he still holds the last glimmer of hope or fantasy, hoping that his favorite minister Hong Chengchou can hold on to the end, until the time when the spring flowers bloom and the road melts, at that time. Ning Yuanbo's army can sweep the Liaodong anti-thieves from the east and west, and whether they can eliminate the Liao thieves in this battle is not to say, but at least it can severely damage the Liao thieves, so that they will not be able to recover within a few years.

"The soldiers and horses of the ministers, crisscrossing the hinterland of the Liao thieves as if entering a no-man's land, but the weather is very cold, once the weather is slightly warmer, you can send troops outside the customs, and you will fight first in public and private."

Wu Sangui's title book of showing loyalty and showing off martial arts made him feel more comfortable. The words and phrases of showing off martial arts gave Chongzhen a lot of psychological comfort, since they could burn Liaoyang once, they could also burn Shenyang a second time.

However, the eunuchs who supervised the food and salary in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and other places also came with a secret performance.

"It is reported that the Dongyu suffered a series of defeats, the domestic resentment was sky-high, and the transfer of food and salary was poor, and there were many casualties. If this can be done, it may save the current emergency. State affairs are like this, but the beggar emperor is arbitrary. ”

This tantra shook him so much that he saw a glimmer of hope when he was almost desperate for the war in front of him. Although he did not like to use the word "peace negotiation" in Manchuria, and only said words such as "negotiation and pacification" or "negotiation of funds", in his heart, as long as he could win a few years, it didn't matter what form it was.

So when he was overstretched everywhere at the moment, he didn't get angry because of the eunuch's inappropriate words. On the contrary, regarding the secret peace with the Liao thieves, he originally thought that it was a current emergency strategy, the sooner the better, as long as he could rescue Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou, the two big people, it would be to give up some rights and interests, and temporarily grievances for a while, what could it be? ! Before Cheng Zu started his army and was martyred, didn't he also pretend to be crazy and stupid in Beijing, running naked in the market, picking up garbage and feces on the street and stuffing them into his mouth? Those who seek great things should be able to bend and stretch!

At present, the war in Liaodong is urgent, and he can't wait for tomorrow, so he ordered the eunuch to tell Chen Xinjia to enter the palace as soon as possible and wait for the right call in the Wenhua Palace.

In the Mandarin Palace. Chen Xinjia knelt next to Yonglu to pick up the car. Chongzhen glanced at Chen Xinjia, and couldn't help but think of Yang Sichang, his heart was sad, and he secretly thought: "Only he and Xinjia are clear people in their hearts!" Only Li Shouhan is a person who is willing to do things and can do things! "However, if you are willing to do things and can do things, can the emperor let you do things with confidence? Chongzhen didn't dare, no emperor would let a powerful courtier let go.

"I called Qing into the palace tonight to discuss matters outside the Guan. Chuang and Cao two thieves stormed Kaifeng for more than half a month, because Zuo Liangyu's soldiers went to Huaxian, he was afraid of being attacked on his back, and he had evacuated Kaifeng on the 15th day of the first month, according to the local Xinjiang officials said that they fled to the southwest. Zuo Liangyu pursued and suppressed later, and Wang Qiaonian also went out of Tongguan to Henan to suppress. The situation in the Central Plains is not a big problem at the moment, and what makes me most worried is the war situation outside the Guan. ”

In the East Warm Pavilion, Chongzhen sat down on the throne, as if his whole person had been crushed by a heavy mood and tired body, and he had no energy to support it at all.

Chen Xinjia said: "The situation outside the border is indeed extremely dangerous. Hong Chengchou and others have been besieged so far, and there is a lack of firewood and charcoal. There are no rescuers outside, and I am afraid that it will not be supported for long. Zu Dashou had already had the intention of surrendering to the east, and there were many relatives who were lured by him, but he was afraid of the emperor and refused to betray him, and there were model brigades and other troops and horses in the city who were not controlled by him. lest he become elbows and armpits when he raised the flag and betrayed, so he was still defending in Jinzhou. However, if it is delayed for a long time, the ancestral life will undoubtedly fall. As soon as Jinzhou was lost, Guangning became an isolated city, and the soldiers and horses of the towns under the Hongdu division inevitably collapsed. The captives are vigorous, or encroach on whales, or drive south, or two strategies at the same time. It's up to them. Our army has recently been defeated, and there is really no good way to deal with it. As a soldier, Weichen can't share his worries on behalf of His Majesty, and he is really guilty of not being punished. ”

The ministers who can't share the emperor's worries should be killed, but at least they won't block the emperor. But now, in Chongzhen's view, Chaozhongjing is a group of ministers who block him.

"Aiqing, you take a look at this first."

Chen Xinjia looked at the question book that Chongzhen asked the little eunuch to send. Immediately shocked and said, "Your Majesty, what do you want to do here?" ”

It turned out to be the inscription book of Ning Yuanbo and Li Shouhan. In the inscription, Shouhan proposed a building to Chongzhen. Jianyì Chongzhen handed over to him the land of Huangzhuang distributed in Gyeonggi, especially in the area of Tongzhou, Yongqing, Dacheng, Wanping, Daxing and Tianjin, which was used to carry out the so-called centralized management and planting of agriculture. On the basis of the investment of large amounts of money, grain and metal farming tools, agricultural technology was vigorously promoted, and wheat and cotton were grown. After the food and raw materials are available, the industrial construction will be carried out.

According to Ning Yuanbo's plan, it will be between Tianjin and Beijing. Establish a new city, in which there are planned to build steel mills, textile mills, clothing factories and breeding farms, according to Shouhan's calculations, after the completion of this plan, Chongzhen these imperial villages can not only earn Chongzhen up to several times the amount of silver every year. It can also directly provide a large amount of military supplies to the front-line army to reduce the dependence on the transportation of materials in South and China.

"According to Ning Yuanbo's calculations, the grain I have collected in a year can meet the needs of military rations, meat armor and weapons needed by the armies in Xuanda, Jizhen and other places."

Chen Xinjia asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, have you agreed?" In Chen Xinjia's opinion, this is Shouhan putting his hand into the emperor's pocket, don't look at the beautiful writing in the question book, all the money, food, personnel and tools needed are served by the minister Shouhan, but once his people enter the emperor's manor, can they still walk lightly?

Chongzhen replied helplessly: "What can I do if I promise, and what if I don't agree?" Tianjin now has Li Shouhan's army, not to mention to repair the city, to use my grange to build Tuntian, he just wants to change the dynasty, in Yiqing's opinion, I can stop it? What I can do is to learn from the scoundrels on the street, and let the big and small people in the Huangzhuang below make trouble with Li Shouhan, saying that they can't move the ancestral grave and can't level the house or something? Fortunately, Li Shouhan is still patiently persuading, I am afraid that one day if Li Shouhan loses patience, or his subordinates have the heart to rebel and disobey, then I will have no choice at all. ”

"I'm afraid that Ji Sun's worries are not in the moment, but within the Xiao Wall."

In Chen Xinjia's mind, the teachings of the Holy Ancestor suddenly popped up. Isn't it Ji Sun's worries that are within the Xiao wall now?!

No way! The so-called lord worries about the humiliation of the minister, and the lord humiliates the minister to death. If Ning Yuanbo learned Cao Cao, wouldn't the people of the world want to scold me and other scholars to death?

"Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, there is a way to avoid this for the time being, so that Ning Yuanbo's army is far away from Jingshi! Work for Your Majesty! ”

Chen Xinjia's method is actually very simple, that is, on the grounds that the rogues are ravaging the Central Plains, he ordered the troops of the Nanyue Army in Shandong to enter Henan westward and encircle and suppress Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. As long as Li Huayu led the troops of the Nanyue Army in Shandong to Henan, then the new policy he implemented in Shandong would be abandoned halfway. Shandong's gentry are bound to regard him Chen Xinjia as a savior.

In Chen Xinjia's view, Li Huayu, as Li Shouhan's eldest son, is just a gentleman who nagged his father Yu Yin. How is Li Chuang and Cao Cao's opponent? As long as Li Huayu loses the battle, then Ning Yuanbo will inevitably lead the army and horses south to rescue. That is, the so-called Gyeonggi Huangzhuang matter is also over.

With a little time, the imperial court can free up its hands to rectify the Beijing camp and restore the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions one by one. The incident in Shandong has already made the honorables and nobles of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China very excited, and the Beijing camp must not be able to fight! As long as there is food and salary, and the selection of generals is effective, it is still a strong force! With more than 100,000 elite soldiers in hand, the imperial court can suppress the military towns of all sides, so that these increasingly arrogant and arrogant military leaders dare not act rashly.

In the east, Li Huayu led his own troops from the east, and the troops of the Southern Guangdong Army to leave Qilu and enter Henan. Attached to it by the people of Beijing; In the west, there were many soldiers and horses under the command of Wang Qiaonian, the governor of the three sides, including He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu, Zhang Guoqin, Zhang Yinggui and other Shaanxi generals, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, all of whom were battalion soldiers. The previous time, he dug up the ancestral grave of Li Zicheng's family and killed the little snake in the tomb of the Li family, which was about to turn into a dragon spirit object written by Qi Yun. It can be said that he has a deep blood feud with Li Zicheng, this person doesn't need it, and when will he stay?

In the south, there are 100,000 horses of Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, slowly pressing from south to north. Li Zicheng and Cao Cao, the two thieves, if they didn't want to lead hundreds of thousands of horses to jump the Yellow River, they would have to fight a decisive battle with these three armies.

Once Li Huayu, who is closest to them, fights with him, then the thief will be the beginning of destruction!

"Treat it with a minister. With the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Nanyue army, the sophistication of the equipment, and the abundance of money and food, how can the two thieves of Chuang Cao be their opponents? is to exhaust all the old thieves, and it is also a lose-lose situation. Wouldn't it be better if the Nanyue Army really suffered too heavy losses? ”

Defeat the thieves and fix the world, weaken the feudal towns and eliminate internal troubles.

These are the two sentences that Chongzhen couldn't get in his mind after listening to Chen Xinjia's design. Oh, yes! As long as the Shandong soldiers and horses closest to the thieves engage in battle. With the combat effectiveness and military discipline of the Southern Guangdong Army, it is bound to kill the thieves and lose a lot. The strength is greatly damaged. He Renlong, Niu Chengdong and other towns in the west, as well as Zuo Liangyu's Pingthief Town in the south, even if they are unwilling to fight tough battles, they will always come up to pick up cheap and rob property, right? Even in order to snatch the wealth of the children on the battlefield, it is possible!

This calculation will definitely make the thieves suffer heavy losses.

"Aiqing's words are very good! I am very relieved! But. Aiqing's words reminded me of the net of four positives, six corners and ten sides that Yang Qing offered that day. If you can grit your teeth and persist that day, there will be no disaster today! ”

"Weichen's strategy is the wisdom of the Yang Pavilion Department on the day of the teacher. However, the expedition of the border army will do more harm than good. The defeat of Cao and Wang is an example! If the Liao people guard the Liao land and the new army guards its territory, they can make Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi Town, Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, train the new army in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang, and Nanzhili, so as not to spread the situation and poison the thieves. ”

"If it is played by Yiqing, Wang Qiaonian will go out of Tongguan with the Shaanxi army, then who will Shaanxi and the three sides hand over?"

Chen Xinjia took a deep breath, knelt on the ground and whispered: "Weichen is brave, please pardon Sun Chuanting!" And reuse to go to Shaanxi to train troops and suppress bandits, and concurrently serve as the governor of Shaanxi trilateral, please return Sun Chengzong as the governor of Jiliao! ”

Sun Chuanting was originally the governor of Shaanxi, Chongzhen ten years in October and the governor Hong Chengchou together with the commander of the Shaanxi official army Qin Wang, Hong Chengchou was appointed as the governor of Jiliao, Sun Chuanting was the governor of Baoding. Soon, due to the intensification of the conflict between him and Yang Sichang and others, he was worried about the disaster, so he claimed that he was so deaf that he couldn't even hear the sound of cannons, and asked for his dismissal. As a result, he was secretly reported to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that he falsely reported his illness. Zhu Youzhen's classmate was furious and put him in prison.

Today, Chen Xinjia mentioned Sun Chuanting, and Chongzhen couldn't help but think of Sun Chuanting's past battles with Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others in Shaanxi.

"The country is an eventful time, and I should make the best use of my talents. You will inform Wang Daban and pardon Sun Chuanting. The rest is up to you! Tomorrow the Cabinet will draw up the decree. ”

On February 25, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it was sunny and windless. Jingshi, Forbidden City, Jianji Palace, Yuntai Gate.

"Minister, Sun Chuanting knocks on my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The chill of Xiao Se, the depressing silence, for a long time, came the dry and tired voice of Emperor Chongzhen's classmate above: "If you want to break the thief, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" ”

Sun Chuanting raised his head suddenly, he had restored his big red official robe, and his beard was still thick. Three years in prison has changed him a lot. But at this time, in his eyes, the original arrogance and sharpness that could not hide his aggressiveness became restrained and hidden, making his whole person look more profound, like a sharp sword hidden deep in the box.

Facing Chongzhen's question, Sun Chuanting said loudly: "In the opinion of the ministers, if you want to break the thieves, you can have 5,000 elite soldiers with the ministers, and the food and salary are sufficient!" ”

What the? 5,000 elite soldiers can break a million thieves?

Chen Xinjia, who was standing beside him, slapped himself hard in his heart! Has this guy been in prison for a long time and stupid? Do you still think that Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan, Zhang Xianzhong and others who are currently crisscrossing all parts of the Central Plains are Wuxia Ameng in the ninth year of Chongzhen? Do you still think those thieves are those outcasts who were not fully armored and ragged? It is claimed that there are only a few thousand people who can really go into battle? Can thousands of officers and soldiers be allowed to cover up and kill behind? Just chase and kill dozens of miles, and the river is red?

If this is really the case, wouldn't Fu Zonglong and Ding Qirui be too unjustly defeated?! How did I get you guy out of jail?!

Over there, Chen Xinjia's intestines were about to repent, but Chongzhen on the throne was extremely happy. (To be continued......)