"Your Majesty, you went to the Qin army, so what's the use?" Empress Zhou obviously did not say what Emperor Chongzhen said, but asked questions.

This question immediately stopped Emperor Chongzhen, and the real reason why he went to the Qin army was that he couldn't tell Empress Zhou!

Could it be that I have a bugging seed system, as long as someone is in my line of sight, I can attach the eavesdropping seed to him, so that I can know what the other party is saying?

If this kind of thing is said, others will only suspect that something is wrong with the emperor's brain! Even if you can prove it through experiments, who will dare to speak from now on? No one wants to have a seed of eavesdropping in themselves that the emperor can hear!

Therefore, if you have the golden finger of eavesdropping seeds, you can only rot in your stomach, and no one can know, and of course you can't tell anyone, including the queen!

However, if you don't talk about this purpose, then what reason is there to persuade the queen to help cover for herself? When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he couldn't help but have a little headache.

I don't have the qualifications, so I can't say that I can go into battle and command to win the Tartars! After all, you are not the founding emperor, you are the country that was laid down immediately, and others can believe in your ability!

Also, since the micro-service goes out and goes to the army, it can't disclose its identity, otherwise, who knows if there are so many people in the army, will leak the news? Or maybe a soldier was captured, and then informed the Tartar, and then it would be fine, since the heaven-given opportunity, the Tartar must give up all goals, and must seize himself, the Ming Emperor who took the initiative to run out of the Beijing Division.

And if you don't disclose your identity, then the role of going is even less. After all, if the identity is made public, maybe the morale of the Ming soldiers will rise because of the emperor's presence in person, but Weifu will not let the Ming soldiers know, so what's the use of going?

Also, he doesn't have Zhuge Liang's talent, at least he hasn't proven it before, so he can't say that as long as he goes, he can give ideas to the commander in the army, which is conducive to the war. No one will believe this kind of thing.

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. There is really no reason to convince Queen Zhou!

However, if you don't go out, what will happen to the more than 200,000 people of the Ming Dynasty? Just really don't care, let the Manchu Tartars plunder them out of the gates? That's not one or two, but more than 200,000! There are also about forty or fifty thousand Tartar troops in Jinan City, and they will return empty-handed, and they must also plunder the population and materials along the way. Together, the population and materials that were plundered from Liaodong are unimaginable.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but have a headache, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that this side of me is a latrine?" Come when you want, go when you want? ”

Empress Zhou was stunned when she heard it, and she naturally didn't understand the meaning of this famous sentence in later generations, but she could also see that the emperor was in a very bad mood and was uncomfortable for state affairs.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen's painful appearance, Empress Zhou couldn't help but feel a little distressed. Emperor Chongzhen's diligence, she sees it in her eyes. It's just a pity that even though the emperor has been so diligent, state affairs are still getting worse day by day. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask in her heart: "Da Ming, what's wrong?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen pounded his head, very headache of the current situation.

On the Ming side, the army that can fight, for now, is only the Qin soldiers. But the total number of Qin soldiers was less than 30,000. Now that I've been fighting for a while, I don't know how the casualties were?

The rest of the army, under Lu Xiangsheng's command, can fight, can fight to the death with the Manchu army, in the previous battle to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, in fact, they have almost fought hard. The rest of them will not be able to fight to the death with the Manchu army at all!

Even if you take a step back, all of the current Qinwang troops are available, and the total strength is less than 80,000. However, the Manchu army that invaded the pass this time was 100,000. Do you want the Ming army to defeat this 100,000 army with less victories?

For this conclusion, even Emperor Chongzhen did not feel that there was a possibility of this victory!

Of course, he didn't know that the Brave Guard Battalion had already returned to help. However, even if you know it, the Yongwei battalion is added, in fact, it will not help, and it is still not as large as the Manchu army.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen put down his hands that were beating his head, sighed heavily and said, "Alas, the army that can fight in the Ming Dynasty is still too few!" ”

Hearing this, Empress Zhou heard that he seemed to have the idea of dispelling Beijing, and couldn't help but feel happy in her heart, and hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty is right, if the Ming Dynasty has more capable soldiers, then the customs will not let Liaodong Jianyu wreak havoc!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart suddenly moved, so he looked up at her and said, "Yes, but if you want to train more troops that can really fight, you must consume enough money and food." And the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is empty, and the queen knows how much is left of my inner money. In the past, I wanted to cut the manpower in the palace, save the money in the palace, and let the queen personally take the lead in weaving and increase a little income. ”

If it was said that on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Empress Zhou was only virtuous and did not oppose Emperor Chongzhen's proposal, at this moment, her feelings were very deep.

Although she ignored national politics, the Ming Emperor in front of her was already desperate, and even ran to tell her that she wanted to face Jianyu in person. However, there are not many capable divisions under the Ming Dynasty, such a large Ming Empire, the number of troops is not as large as the number of foreign invasions and prisoners!

At this time, the words that Emperor Chongzhen said just now flashed in her mind: "Could it be that this is a latrine?" Come when you want, go when you want? ”

How helpless is this, the emperor issued such an emotion!

Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty has no capable army and no strong army, so the emperor is so helpless!

However, military training requires money, and without money, there will be no soldiers!

Thinking about it this way, Empress Zhou is a woman, even if she doesn't know about military affairs and doesn't ask about foreign affairs, she usually doesn't care about money, but she also deeply understands the importance of money to the court and the emperor.

So, Empress Zhou said to Emperor Chongzhen very sincerely: "Your Majesty, the affairs in the palace, the concubine will definitely speed up her actions, reduce the use of manpower and materials in the palace, and take the lead in weaving as soon as possible." No matter what, the concubine is the queen of the Ming Dynasty, and she must lead by example! “

"Good!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his spirit perked up a little and said, "The queen understands this, and I am very relieved." Sometimes, however, when you want to do something, you often encounter unexpected obstacles. I hope the Empress will remember today......"

Speaking of this, he paused, accentuated his tone, and deliberately emphasized: "The queen is first and foremost the queen of the Ming Dynasty, and in all things, once there is a conflict, you must first consider that you are the queen of the Ming Dynasty and the queen mother of the crown prince, this is no problem, right?" ”

Empress Zhou felt as if something was wrong when she heard it, but no matter what, the emperor was right, so she nodded without hesitation and admitted: "This is natural, the emperor doesn't need to explain, the concubine body is naturally kept in mind!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, then stood up and turned around to leave.

When Empress Zhou saw it, she was slightly shocked in her heart, and hurriedly stood up and asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

"I'm going to raise money!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned around and said to her, "The front line is fighting, and the money is like flowing water, since I can't go to the front line, then I can only do more things in the back." Whether it is during the war or after the war, it all costs money. To resettle the victims, to restore farming, to pacify the people, to reward meritorious soldiers, to organize and train a combat-ready army, all need money. Whoever dares to stop me from raising money, I will turn my face and be ruthless! ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

This time, Empress Zhou did not stop him again, but sent the emperor away, and at the same time agreed in her heart: All these things are urgent matters, and they all require money. This kind of big thing, if someone dares to do it against the emperor, it will really damn it!

Thinking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief, she stopped the emperor this time, and she could be regarded as fulfilling her duty as a queen.

Emperor Chongzhen went out of the palace gate, felt the cold wind, looked up to the sky and looked at the cold moon in the sky, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: Living in the current troubled times is really the sorrow of the people. This night has passed, and I don't know how many Ming people will starve to death, freeze to death, and be killed by Manchu Tartars and thieves!

At this moment, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he felt a heavy burden on his shoulders, Zhongxing Daming, there is a long way to go!

After sighing for a while, Emperor Chongzhen strode away. Fang Zhenghua, the rotating eunuch waiting outside the hall, immediately came up and asked, "I don't know where Your Majesty is moving?" ”

"Go to the Wenhua Hall and summon Xue Guoguan, an assistant minister of the cabinet, to meet you!"

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but have a difficult face, and hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, it is dark now, Xue Ge Lao has returned to the house, and the palace gate is also locked." You see......"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he stopped and glanced at him.

This Fangzhenghua, he has already been investigated, although there are some minor problems, but there are no major problems, therefore, it is relatively available among the rotating eunuchs. But he has one bad thing, that is, he has always served as the former Chongzhen Emperor.

Thinking so, he coldly shouted: "State affairs are already like this, is it still subject to this restriction? If I say it, I'll do it! ”

Fang Zhenghua's face stiffened when he heard this, and he hurriedly said respectfully: "Slave obeys!" ”

As soon as he left, Emperor Chongzhen instructed his personal attendant Chen Baoting: "You go to Dongchang to pass on Cao Huachun, and let him take Li Guochen to Wenhua Hall to meet him!" ”

"Slave obeys!" Chen Baoting didn't talk as much as Fangzhenghua, immediately received the order, and left quickly.

Emperor Chongzhen himself went directly to the Wenhua Palace, although the concerts on the imperial case were piled up, all of them were the concerts that had been dealt with by the celebrant and sent to the emperor for the purpose. However, he was not in the mood to do spot checks at this time, but sat and thought about things.

As he said to Queen Zhou, the most important thing at the moment is the issue of money. After the war, money was needed to appease the victims, to reward meritorious soldiers, to train and strengthen the army, and so on.

During the day, those courtiers of the outer court shouted that they had no money and no food, and even thought that for this reason, let the plundered people die, let the affected people die, anyway, the court has no money and food to relieve the disaster and appease.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen, he actually has money and food, which is on the side of Jin Shang.

Those Jin merchants have been smuggling since the Wanli period, and the wealth hoarded by each family should not be a small amount. Through the eavesdropping seeds on Chen Xinjia's body, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that those Jin merchants had hoarded a large amount of materials, and they had to buy grain on a large scale, so it was okay to wait until after the war to serve them all in one fell swoop, and those money and grain could just fill the money and food that the Ming Dynasty was currently in short supply.

But after all, this can not be done until after the war, and there must be a trustworthy army. Otherwise, the Jin merchants will be raided, not to mention that the Jin Chamber of Commerce will not run away in advance, that is, the people who are sent out will fill their own pockets, and they don't know how much food they will lose.

Therefore, the decision in Emperor Chongzhen's heart was to find an opportunity to go out of Beijing to drill after confirming that there was no problem after forming the army under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and go directly to Shanxi to bring the Jin merchants and the civil and military officials in question together, so that it could be thorough.

However, before that, as he said to Queen Zhou, there was also an urgent need for money. So where does all this money come from?

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen remembered Xue Guoguan's advice, but he decided to change it slightly, even if he was an emperor, his appearance should not be too ugly.

After waiting for a long time, Xue Guoguan finally rushed to the Wenhua Hall from his mansion, panting, obviously in a hurry.

After seeing the ceremony, without waiting for Xue Guoguan to speak, Emperor Chongzhen took the initiative to say to him: "Now that the state affairs are heavy, the cabinet can no longer be vacant as the first assistant. After thinking about it, I felt that Xue Qing was the most suitable for me to be the first assistant. I wonder if Xue Qing can share my worries? ”

Xue Guoguan was slightly stunned when he heard this, but then he was overjoyed. The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the head of a hundred officials, is the biggest goal of all civil officials in the ups and downs of officialdom in their lives! As long as it is a civil official, there are a few people who can withstand the temptation of the position of first assistant!

This thought flashed through his mind, and then he immediately bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty's will, Weichen does not dare to resign." Get the grace of Your Majesty, and do your best to repay the kindness of the king! ”

"Okay, I'll invent it early tomorrow morning!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "I hope Xue Qing can help me change the shortcomings of the dynasty and government, and Xue Qing will be a famous minister of Zhongxing in my Ming Dynasty!" ”

With the polite words over, it's time to get down to business.

Xue Guoguan also knows this, otherwise, it would be impossible for the emperor to call him over after dark, regardless of the locks in the palace, is it really just to tell him that you want to be the first assistant, okay? This is obviously impossible!

But at this moment, there was another movement outside the hall. Xue Guoguan found out that the person who came was Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, who brought Li Guochen over, and immediately understood that the emperor was going to discuss something!

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