At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was on his way to Datong. With so many troops marching, it is definitely impossible to do it without knowing it.

Therefore, nominally, this army, which did not play the banner of the emperor, was only ordered to go to Datong. Because the former Datong commander-in-chief Wang Pugang was cleaned up by Emperor Chongzhen, it is reasonable for someone to take over in Datong now, although the number of troops seems to be a lot more. The rest of Kejindi has just been repaired by the three major battalions, and under the cover of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Xuanda, there are troops in and out, and no one dares to have an opinion.

Along the way, especially in the land of Gyeonggi, Emperor Chongzhen personally experienced the bleak scene of a thousand miles without a rooster crowing and white bones exposed in the wild. Especially since he came from the later generations, he saw a lot of people coming and going. Walking in the land of Gyeonggi in this era, the feeling of desolation is even stronger.

Jianyu entered the customs again and again, and the damage caused to the land of Gyeonggi was too deep. If possible, it's best to make it impossible for the Jianyu Tartars to enter the Guannai again!

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the livelihood of the people along the way with a heavy heart, and at the same time, he was also paying attention to the news from the eavesdropping seeds everywhere.

Turge, who was locked up in the prison of the Guyuan Governor's Palace, had a Class A eavesdropping seed on his body, so Emperor Chongzhen knew about King Rui at the first time. In this regard, he did not have the thoughts that those courtiers feared.

These vassal kings should have been cleaned up a long time ago.

Daming has been raising pigs for nearly three hundred years, and now that it is the autumn of life and death, it is time to harvest it well.

Using the silver stamps and grain stamps of the Ming Royal Bank to exchange the money and grain in the hands of those vassal kings was a chess piece that he had already thought of. In any case, at least it is technically tenable, and if the vassal king has a little conscience, he should actively participate in it. For the sake of the credibility of silver stamps and grain stamps, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to repay the debts, this kind of thing is profitable in the short term, and it cannot be done in the long run. Just like the unlimited issuance of Daming treasure banknotes, you can imagine what happened as a result.

In the holy decree, he was both soft and hard, and the purpose was to ask the vassal kings from all over the country to take out the money and food. If someone doesn't know each other, he still won't give money and food. Then he doesn't mind, come to kill chickens and monkeys, ruthlessly clean up a vassal king, and kill chickens and monkeys!

In the past, Emperor Chongzhen may not have had this confidence. But now, there are three major battalions in hand, and the officials in the court have also changed a lot according to their own wishes, and even the harem has continued to plot against the case and rectify it. At this time, he has the confidence to do this.

This Rui King, judging from his past performance, will definitely not give up, and maybe he will take the opportunity to have an excuse and refuse to take out money and grain to exchange for silver and food stamps. If he really dares to do this, he might as well be stabbed. And because he is the son of Wanli, he is still the uncle of Emperor Chongzhen, maybe the effect will be better.

It's just a little bad that because of the sudden change in things, there was originally a Grade A eavesdropping seed in Shaanxi, but he ran away to take over as the governor of the five provinces. And in that place, there is already a Grade A eavesdropping seed, resulting in the Shaanxi side only being the one in the prison, and some things cannot be grasped in the first place.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly took the reins and let the horse step out of the official road and arrived on a dirt slope, as if he wanted to see the scenery: "Li Qing can accompany me, and the others will go first!" ”

As soon as Hu Dawei, He Renlong, Wu Sangui and those prison guards heard this, they knew that the emperor had something to say to the commander of Jinyiwei, so they hurriedly avoided it.

Li Ruolian was a little curious, she didn't know that the emperor was coming like this, and suddenly he wanted to speak alone, I don't know what was important?

"Li Qing, there is something going on on over there ...... King Rui in Shaanxi" Emperor Chongzhen saw that only the eight attendants around him could hear it, so he told him that Li Guoqi's soldiers robbed King Rui's land rent.

When Li Ruolian heard this, he hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, but do you want to arrest Li Guoqi in the end?" ”

Come to think of it, that's the question. The emperor personally sent Jinyi Wei over, which can show that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, and it should be able to calm the anger of King Rui.

He was thinking like this, but he didn't think about it, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "That's wrong, I want you to go on a trip, but not to arrest Li Guoqi and his men." It's to see how King Rui reacts......"

Li Ruolian was slightly stunned when he heard this, a little unexpected by him, so he listened quietly.

“…… Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, should go to King Rui and exchange the silver and grain stamps of the Ming Royal Bank for money and grain. I am worried that King Rui will find an excuse to disobey the order, and even attack Zheng Chongjian, but instead ask Zheng Chongjian to deal with Li Guoqi and his subordinates seriously......"

When Li Ruolian heard this, judging from his experience, he thought that this would happen nine times out of ten! In that case, what is the emperor going to do?

I only heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to explain to him: "If King Rui can think about the country, focus on the Ming Dynasty and the society, and do what you should do as a descendant of Taizu, then you don't have to do anything, just stay by Zheng Chongjian's side and watch him arrange the Hetao." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, his face became a little more serious, and his tone became colder: "If King Rui only cares about his own interests, ignores the current situation of the border army of Qindi, and instead wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, he is no longer worthy of being the descendant of Taizu......

As soon as Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately felt that the matter might be very serious, and he couldn't help but become serious, listening attentively, not daring to be distracted.

“…… Why are the thieves in Qindi chaotic and immortal for a long time? It is precisely because the border army has been in arrears of food and pay for a long time that they will not be able to survive and will make trouble. However, the vassal king's palace has been accumulating money and grain and not taking it out, even if I only borrow it temporarily, and I have my own food stamps and silver stamps to offset it, they still refuse to take it out, this is ill-intentioned......"

"......" Li Ruolian was speechless when he heard it, he didn't think that the vassal palace would take care of itself before, but listening to the emperor say this, it seemed to be a big sin.

Emperor Chongzhen stared at Li Ruolian and continued to say coldly: "If King Rui not only does not take out money and food, but instead takes the opportunity to attack the Ming border army, it will chill the hearts of those soldiers, and if it is not good, it will make more soldiers join the queue of anti-thieves." What is the difference between driving the border army into the ranks of thieves and plotting rebellion? I will never allow this kind of thing! ”

Hearing this, Li Ruolian's sweat came down, and he had already understood what the emperor wanted him to do.

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen say sternly: "If such a thing really happens, you will sit on King Rui's rebellious heart." As for the means, you can do it yourself. In short, the former King Ning is what happened to him, understand? ”

After finishing speaking, he stared at Li Ruolian and waited for him to reply.

Li Ruolian, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, actually had no choice, and he also understood that if the emperor handed over this matter to him, he could only do it, and he couldn't hesitate.

Besides, what the emperor said may not be unreasonable. Even if that Rui Wang really wants to do that, he may not have the intention of rebellion, but he is really suspected of shaking the Ming Dynasty, and if he wants to do it, it can make sense.

These thoughts quickly flashed in his heart, Li Ruolian didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the last general knows what to do!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was still satisfied with Li Ruolian's reply. After all, this commander of the Jinyi Guard was also promoted by him, and he was his cronies, so it was impossible to help the vassal king. Therefore, he gave Li Ruolian a secret decree, and then watched Li Ruolian take the brocade guards and horses, and quickly went to Shaanxi to do business.

Of course, Li Ruolian didn't know that for this matter, Emperor Chongzhen also gave him a B-level eavesdropping seed. However, the distance may not be enough, for the sake of the timeliness of the news transmission, Emperor Chongzhen sent people to Xiangyang again, and asked Liu Yue, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, to also rush to Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, to stay.

After finishing this matter, Emperor Chongzhen was relieved a lot.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the feudal palaces in various places have been sealed, and I don't know how many. Moreover, most of them are divided into the Central Plains and the north of the Yellow River, and these places are the places where the most affected and the thieves are the most violent.

These feudal palaces can be said to be the largest landlords in the local area, and they are richer than the original Chongzhen Emperor. If these landlords can come up with money and food, then at least the first wave of disaster relief, or the problem of unpaid food and wages in the army, will certainly be greatly improved. If the follow-up disaster relief can be connected, it is likely that the problem of thieves in Daming will be calmed down as soon as possible.

This operation is also the confidence of Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition this time. From this point of view, he really hopes that King Rui can continue to play his selfish style of being a vassal king, eating and waiting for death. Only by killing chickens and monkeys ruthlessly, the other vassal kings will obediently obey.

When Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Yanghe, he went to the Xuanda Governor's Mansion. Of course, in order to hide people's eyes, he didn't let Hong Chengchou come out to pick him up, otherwise, others would definitely wonder, why would the governor come out to greet him!

In advance, Hong Chengchou only knew that the emperor drove the thief in person, so he was curious why the emperor led the cavalry army not to the Central Plains, but to Shanxi.

However, he knows that he can't ask what he shouldn't ask, and his approach to being an official is different from Sun Chuanting's.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen only asked Hong Chengchou about Shanxi. After all, sometimes, eavesdropping seeds is not a panacea. For example, he won't read out all the documents given to Hong Chengchou from all over the place, so it is impossible for eavesdropping seeds to know everything Hong Chengchou handles.

Hong Chengchou is indeed a capable civil official, he took the opportunity of Jindi being swept by the three major battalions, and has been inspecting various guards, assessing the military equipment of various places, and promoting promising generals. Even because of the clean-up of the Eight Great Jin Merchants, as well as the local generals and Haoqiang who were in cahoots with the Eight Great Jin Merchants, a large number of tuntian fields were cleared out and returned to the guards.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the health centers in all regions have burst into vigorous life, and everyone is optimistic that the health centers will not go hungry again for this year's harvest.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied, and explained to Hong Chengchou: "Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hong Qing has well organized and trained the army of the Jin Diwei Station, and the food and salary can be sufficient, and there can be no more family system." The number of troops counted, that is, how many regular soldiers. In the future, when I set foot in Liaodong and build a captive, I hope to use the Jin army! ”

The family system is a system that was slowly formed because the imperial court was unable to support all the soldiers because of the lack of food and salary. In the Ming military system, it has been like this for many years. Other border armies may not be able to completely abolish the family system, but in the Jin land, after cleaning up the Jin merchants, there is such a precious opportunity, and Emperor Chongzhen has to solemnly explain and explain.

Hong Chengchou, as a civil official, does not enjoy the benefits of the family system, and is not a general of those general soldiers, so his ass is also sitting on the emperor's side, for the emperor's explanation, of course, he agreed, and immediately gave a guarantee to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that he would inspect all places, strictly inspect the place, and never allow the embezzlement of tuntian and military salaries to happen again.

On the Jin side, the guards can be regarded as vested interests after cleaning up the Jin merchants. They are on the side of the imperial court, even if the imperial court is a little ruthless against the group of Jin merchants this time, and there are various guards, they can basically maintain the stability of the Jin land.

After talking about the matter of Jindi, Emperor Chongzhen explained to Hong Chengchou the reason why he led the army to come here.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, but he didn't expect that the emperor was clearly driving the thieves, but in fact, he was quietly laying out, preparing to plot the Hetao. I am afraid that everyone has been deceived from this plan.

Speaking of which, if the Hetao can be defeated, there is no doubt about the benefits to the Ming Dynasty. First of all, it goes without saying that there are countless war horses. And it can fight against those Mongol tribes who have taken refuge in Jian, and tell them that the Ming have the ability to punish them. In addition, it can also cut off the connection between Western Mongolia and Jianyu, which is really a lot of benefits.

However, there is one point, after Hong Chengchou flattered the emperor, he immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, it is okay to conquer the Hetao, but you can't send troops to occupy it." In the opinion of Wei Chen, at present, my Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to occupy the Hetao area. It's fertile, but it's not delicious......"

Speaking of this, when he saw Emperor Chongzhen nodding, he was overjoyed in his heart, and understood that the emperor did not have a great achievement, so he continued to play: "After laying down the Hetao, and then my Ming Dynasty withdrew and vacated this piece of fat for other Mongolian tribes, it is bound to share the power of the Mongolian tribes, and it is more conducive to my Ming Dynasty to break through the Mongolian tribes." If the Mongol tribes conquered each other for the sake of fertile land, it would be even more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. As long as I solve the problem of the Guannei first, and can go all out to the outside world, I will occupy the Hetao again in the future, and there will be no problem! ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled when he heard this: "I think so too!" ”

This is really not to say this for the sake of face, for him, the ideology comes from the later generations, and there is no concept of wanting to occupy the city and land for himself that people in this era have. What's more, the land is lost, and the people and the land are lost! Save the idea that people have lost land, and people and land are gained.

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