Liaodong Town, one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, is located in Liaoyang, which is the political, economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, as well as the military command center. It can be said that Liaoyang is the most important town in eastern Liaodong, at least before Jianyu set up the puppet capital in Shenyang.

And since Liaoyang was captured by Jian, the Ming Dynasty never returned to Liaoyang. Even if the Dongjiang Army in Mao Wenlong's era dared to sneak attack and contain Jianyu in various places, it never dared to go to Liaoyang.

Therefore, if the Ming army reappears in Liaoyang, it will definitely be of great significance!

But at the moment, on the side of the Ming army, even the grain and grass needed to attack Anshan Post Fort were scraped together, and just like that, it could only supply 5,000 men and horses for a few days. It has to be said that Jianyu was forced to death by food, but the Ming army was also unable to carry out large-scale operations due to food problems. In short, it can be regarded as a comparison of ten steps and a hundred steps.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng heard Li Guo's words, thought about it, nodded and said, "It's not bad for you to take five hundred horses to Liaoyang to make an appearance." This official immediately sent a good report back to Beijing, if he gathered grain and grass, he would take this opportunity to attack Liaoyang and take back the important town of Liaodong! ”

Regarding the significance of retaking Liaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng, a civil official, attaches more importance to it. Therefore, although he knew that if there was grain in the pass, the emperor would definitely transport it to Liaodong, but based on the importance of Liaoyang, he decided to mention it to the emperor.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng's department stopped moving forward and began to pack up the Anshan Post Fort, so that in the future, he could use the Anshan Post Fort as a starting point to attack Liaoyang, which was nearly sixty miles less than starting from Haizhou. At the same time that Li Guo led the troops to Liaoyang, the messenger also rushed to Beijing to report the victory.

As before, there was no need to report that the messenger rushed to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen knew how the battle situation of Anshan Post Fort was through the eavesdropping system. What Lu Xiangsheng was thinking, he also knew it for the first time.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it was indeed a rare opportunity to strike at Jianyu, and he couldn't help but think about this matter seriously.

The matter of the Japanese State preparing to invade Korea, in fact, there is no need to send Dolgon's daughter over, judging from the news of Zheng Zhibao's Class A eavesdropping seeds, they are already ready to fly, and for the future of the Japanese State, they will definitely do it. This means that in addition to attacking Jianyu this year, the Ming Dynasty will also have a war with the Wa State. As a result, the demand for grain and grass materials will also increase greatly.

On the Nanyang side, in winter, the grain purchased is relatively small, at least after the first batch of grain in Nanyang is harvested, it can be sent to Daming. At that time, Daming's own southern grain fields and supplementary high-yield crops could also be harvested. However, it was a bit late, and if we really had to wait until all the food was available before we started, Jianyu and the Japanese would really have the potential to join forces.

The best chance is to destroy Jianyu before the Japanese send troops. Now that Jianyu has gone to urge the Wa State to send troops, judging from the preparations of the Wa State, even if the Wa State will not immediately send troops on a large scale, it will definitely send forward troops to land. After all, the Japanese state itself was in a hurry to occupy Korea and gain a firm foothold in Korea with the two years promised by Jianyu.

Since the best fighters are in sight, where will the food come from?

The grain stored in the Jingshi, including the Tongzhou side, is really not much, even if it is squeezed, it is estimated that it can only support more than 10,000 troops to march and fight for about a month. And if you want to eliminate Jianyu, it is to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, the battle line is extended, and the food consumption will be more, but such a little food is not realistic.

Although it was decided last year that the people in the customs would be emigrated to Hetao, as well as the Ningjin line, the food pressure in the customs will be reduced in the future. However, this is the first year of mass immigration. The upfront consumption is not a lot, which means that there will be no food saved in fact.

So, where else can you squeeze the food out?

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this question and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

I don't know how long it took, but he still couldn't think of a clue, so he recalled the future life to see what experience he could learn from?

Don't say it, just a recollection, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered the events of the Liberation War in later generations, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, or at this time, it was okay with his own prestige!

Thinking so, he immediately summoned Wang Chengen, the commander of Dongchang, and Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei, and instructed the two of them to verify their thoughts.

It was just a day's work, and the factory guards reported the news on both sides, and the situation was similar to what Emperor Chongzhen thought.

"Hehe, that's fine!" Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and instructed the two of them to verify the more specific situation within three days.

The reason why he gave three days was to wait for Lu Xiangsheng to report the arrival of the messenger, and to take this opportunity to do that thing.

Three days is actually fast and very fast, Lu Xiangsheng's messenger quickly galloped into the Beijing division, the official army of the victory has conquered Anshan Post Fort, and the Ming soldiers have reappeared near Liaoyang.

For the people on the Jingshi side, of course, they know the situation in Liaodong, and they also know what the significance of conquering Anshan Post Fort is. Although they have long known that it will be a matter of time before they conquer Anshan Post Fort, they are still very happy that they have really conquered it.

All of a sudden, the restaurants and teahouses in Jingshi, the streets and alleys, rarely changed the topic, and most people no longer discussed what experiments to do, but were discussing when the imperial court officials and troops would conquer Liaoyang and Shenyang, eliminate Jianyu, and recover Liaodong!

After receiving Lu Xiangsheng's good news, Emperor Chongzhen immediately convened a meeting attended by the six ministries and nine secretaries, the cabinet and the celebrant supervisors, as well as the nobles of the Jingshi Dynasty, and the venue was in the Wuying Palace.

Seeing the heads of people rolling below, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and said with a smile: "Everyone, Lu Qing's report is sparse, Qing and the others have read it, right?" ”

Hearing this, the first assistant Xue Guoguan took the lead and took the civil and military officials to salute Emperor Chongzhen and congratulate him on the victory.

However, this was not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted, so after they finished saluting, he smiled and said in a deep voice: "Lu Qing said in the report that now Jianyu is threatened by famine, and this winter has just passed, and his strength has been greatly reduced, which is a good opportunity to crusade against Jianyu. If it is delayed any longer, so that Jianyu can find food and recover, the war will be much more difficult to fight. He proposed that the imperial court should take advantage of this rare opportunity to use troops against Jianyu, I thought so, what did Zhu Qing think? ”

He said it himself first, I think Lu Xiangsheng is right, I am in favor of it, which of you dares to oppose it?

In this case, it does make sense, and naturally no one dares to object, but the head of the household still came out and said: "Your Majesty, the timing is indeed a rare opportunity, but it is difficult to prepare all the food and grass materials needed by the army for the time being......"

I don't know if he was afraid that the emperor would be dissatisfied, so he then explained in detail all the grain and grass reserves on the Jingshi side, to show that this was the truth, not that he wanted to object.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not interrupt him, and let the ministers in the palace hear it clearly.

After the head of the household was finished, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "The grain and grass situation is indeed the case, but judging from the news I got from the factory guard, the Jingshi should still be able to get the grain." ”

Speaking of this, he picked up two pieces of music from the imperial case, and after raising them, he said to the ministers below: "This is verified by Dongchang and Jinyiwei respectively, and the content is basically about the same......"

Hearing this, the ministers below were a little curious, they didn't know what the factory guard said to the emperor, where else could the food come from?

Just as they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "After the grain and grass crisis in the capital division caused by the military disaster a few years ago, everyone in the capital who has a little money pays attention to storing grain in case of emergency. So, I have an idea. Is there anyone who can temporarily lend this surplus grain to the imperial court for the purpose of building prisoners, and when the grain from the south and the south of the sea arrives, I will return the grain, Zhu Qing thinks, how about this? ”

As soon as the ...... heard this, all the courtiers below were stunned, and their first reaction was to stare at the booklet in the emperor's hand, thinking about whether their own situation had been checked by the factory guards?

Cao Huachun, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and was the first to react, and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this method is very wonderful, and the slaves and maids do have some food in the Zhuangzi outside the palace, and they are willing to take it all out to supplement the needs of the imperial court!" ”

He is considered a good person, and he knows that the emperor proposed it at this time, and it is definitely something to do. And whoever responds first will be the one who will be the most able to gain the favor of the emperor. Therefore, he was the first to jump out and advocate for it. This ability to judge the situation can be regarded as one of the reasons why he can always be the eunuch in charge of the celebrant eunuch.

As soon as he started, those eunuchs who were the celebrants and eunuchs immediately stood up to support him, and played the right words with their mouths, and there was a very lively and enthusiastic feeling.

In fact, there are not many family servants of these eunuchs outside the palace, and they usually eat and drink in the palace, so there is not much food outside the palace. Even if you take it all out, it's not distressing. At this time, they can still express their attitude to gain the emperor's favor, for them, why not!

But for civil and military generals and nobles, it's different! At this time, they all suddenly realized why the emperor convened so many courtiers to discuss the matter, and it turned out that they were here for this grain. But their family has a big business, although there is a lot of food, but at the same time they feed a lot of mouths!

However, at this moment, even if the people who are stingy look at the two pieces in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, they don't dare not express their position! Otherwise, if you have a lot of food stored in your house, but you refuse to take it out, and when you look back at the figures reported by the emperor on the factory guard, you will definitely give yourself a bad review in your heart, so do you want a future?

Besides, didn't the emperor say that when the grain is transported over there, it will still be returned.

Based on such an idea, civil and military generals and those nobles have expressed their willingness to squeeze out their own food to supplement the needs of the imperial court.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen praised them very much, and then issued a notice to post a notice to explain the situation, and publicize who produced how much grain, saying that it was to commend them, so that their loyalty and patriotism would be known to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, it's just a purpose. If it is just these ministers who gather food and grass, it is obviously not enough. There are still many officials and wealthy businessmen in Jingshi, and they are the real bosses.

These people in the Wuying Hall are actually just introductions. They took the lead, and if those officials and rich businessmen knew each other, they didn't have to be evil people in the court, and took out the grain themselves, it would be a happy scene. Otherwise, it will be a little unsightly to look back.

But who knows, the truth is still beyond the expectations of Emperor Chongzhen.