When Huang Taiji heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Huh?" Know what? ”

"There's definitely something inside!" As soon as Fan Wencheng finished answering, he found that Huang Taiji was stunned, and then a little annoyed, he knew that Huang Taiji might have misunderstood, so he hurriedly added, "What the slave means is that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom knows about Neiying, and knows that this battle will definitely be won." Therefore, he led the army out of Beijing, wanting to use this incident to redeem the bad influence of the Ming Kingdom being swept through the customs by our Qing army so many times. ”

As soon as he heard this, Huang Taiji heard it, and there was less speculation in his heart that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would suddenly become powerful, and his mood was much better, and he nodded and said, "Yes, there is this possibility." Otherwise, I don't believe it, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, who has never fought a war, can still lead an expedition! ”

"That is, if you want to talk about wisdom and martial arts, then the Ming Dog Emperor can't catch up with his master even if he shoots a horse!" As soon as Turg saw it, he immediately sent a big sycophant.

Huang Taiji smiled when he heard this, and he himself felt that if he wanted to lead the army to fight, it would be because the emperor of the Ming Kingdom who had never been out of the capital was definitely not worthy of lifting his shoes!

"However, the minion also has a doubt!" Fan Wencheng frowned and said a little worriedly.

When Huang Taiji heard this, he immediately asked, "Can't find the internal response?" ”

"No, what the slave meant, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom personally led the army to march on such a big matter, why didn't those Jin merchants even have any news?" Fan Wencheng said puzzledly, "Moreover, so much time has passed, why didn't the Jin merchants make any moves, and the materials agreed before were not sent to Liaodong for a long time?" ”

When Huang Taiji heard this, he was also puzzled and said: "It really shouldn't be!" If the Ming State changes the governor again, and it is inconvenient for them to transport materials, they will send someone to Liaodong to talk about the situation, and tell all the news in the Ming Kingdom, these things are very easy to do! ”

After saying a word, he remembered that there were more than 200,000 people in Liaodong, and although many people died, there were still more than 100,000 people. With so many people, they were originally waiting for those Jin merchants to send food and supplies. However, if this delay comes, the material storage of the Qing Dynasty will not be able to make ends meet. It's not a good thing to go on like this!

He was thinking about it, when he heard Fan Wencheng suddenly suggest: "Master, the slave thinks that if you send troops to Ningyuan to take a look, one is to see the grain, and the other is to promote the military might of the Qing Dynasty, so as to tell the world that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is nothing at all, and he has the ability, so he will personally lead the army to fight a decisive battle with my Qing Dynasty, see if he has the courage or not!" ”

At this time, the wheat has already been harvested, and even if the army goes, there is basically not much grain to grab; But in addition, Huang Taiji still likes this role very much. Therefore, he immediately agreed and decided to send troops to Ningyuan.

As for Turg's side, because he had already dealt with Dolgon coldly, he naturally couldn't deal with Turg with great fanfare. Therefore, he was to be enveloped in order to influence Dorgon's white flag, so he was not severely punished, but only given a punishment without pain, and this matter was settled.

As a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent troops to invade Ningyuan in October of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, as happened in the original history.

When Huang Taiji's decision was made, Emperor Chongzhen had just arrived in Jingshi and learned the news from the Grade A eavesdropping seed on Turg's body. So, he did not delay, and sent the letter from Wu Sangui's department, along with the news that Jianyu was going to attack Ningyuan, and also sent people and horses to Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao.

When I finished doing this, I already saw the city wall of Jingshi. However, what is more eye-catching is not the long-lost Jingshi city wall, but the hundreds of people outside the Jingshi city, as well as the civil and military officials.

Before Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the city of Beijing, he saw that Empress Zhou and the crown prince with hundreds of civil and military officials had already knelt down from afar to greet them, and all the people also knelt down to greet them, and the sound of the mountain shouting long live resounded in the sky.

Although the government has explained it, the people of Beijing are also willing to come back after winning the battle, which is also the glory of their people in Beijing, and they are happy to welcome it like this.

It can be said that in the Jingshi City, almost all the people who are active have come, and there are so many people to greet them, which can be said to be very rare. Many officials thought that the emperor should be very happy about such a scene, after all, this is the embodiment of the emperor's supreme martial arts!

However, to their surprise, Emperor Chongzhen actually had immunity to such a scene. Since Nanyang's departure, he has seen countless such scenes. The most important thing is that he really doesn't pay much attention to the achievements he has made in Beijing this time. His goal is the sea of stars, and how can it be satisfied by defeating a Mongolian tribe and exterminating the thieves.

Therefore, after arriving at the city of Jingshi, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled and asked them to calm down, and then he was ready to enter the city and return to the palace.

Seeing this, the young prince couldn't help it anymore, and couldn't help but ask Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, don't you say something, and don't you go to Taimiao first?" ”

In fact, he was already very excited when he saw such a big scene, even if he knew that such a grand scene, the sound of the mountains and tsunami greeting him, was not directed at him.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, turned his head to look at him, and said with a slight smile: "What can I say about this?" As the Son of Heaven, fighting for the people is my duty. It's just a small victory, why do you need to mobilize the people, wait for him to set foot in Liaodong, rescue the people of Liaodong, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be frightened, no longer afraid of Jianyu, at that time, I will announce the world, Liaodong has been peaceful, worship the emperors of the past dynasties, and Jianyu has been destroyed! ”

Hearing this, not only the crown prince, but also everyone else, including the queen, were a little stunned.

It turned out that this expedition, annihilating the Hetao Tartars, and encircling and suppressing the victory of all the thieves, in the emperor's opinion, in fact, is like this, his goal is to set foot in Liaodong, and he thinks that it is worth going to the Taimiao Temple to worship after destroying the Jianyu?

At this time, they suddenly had a feeling that they felt that they were not on the same level as the emperor's ambitions.

When the people nearby heard it, they paid more attention to another sentence from the emperor: As the Son of Heaven, fighting for the people is within my duty!

This was the first time they had heard it, and they were equally surprised.

For a long time, everyone felt that the world belonged to the emperor, and everything belonged to the Zhu family. The emperor went on an expedition for his own country. However, now it is the first time they have heard such a statement, and it is the emperor himself.

If you think about it, it seems to make sense.

The emperor personally went out to destroy the Hetao Tartars, so the people in Shaanxi no longer have to worry that the Hetao Tartars will enter the pass and fight the grass valley, and they don't have to suffer military disasters again; After encircling and suppressing the thieves, then the people of the Central Plains will no longer have to worry about military disasters, and they will be able to live a peaceful life. From this point of view, isn't the emperor fighting for the people!

Thinking of this, these people were also excited, they whispered this sentence to each other, and then linked it to the rumors that the emperor had spoken before, such as "If you are an official and don't make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes", thus confirming a conclusion that the current emperor is the emperor who really thinks about the people!

So, after Emperor Chongzhen returned from this expedition, his prestige in Beijing was originally high, and now it is even higher. If someone is saying bad things about the emperor, such as the emperor's iron and ruthlessness, such as the emperor has killed a lot of people, raided a lot of homes, etc., there will immediately be people in Beijing who will go up to attack him, and even attack him in groups, no matter whether this person is wearing silk or satin, no matter which mansion this person is, or from other places, there are no exceptions.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know about this, and after he returned to the palace, he immediately reviewed the chapters. This grueling errand was a symbol of the emperor's power, and it was what he had to do in order to master the affairs of the whole country.

What worries him is that there is really little good news. The worst news is that the south of the Yangtze River has been hit by floods, inundating many towns, mainly along the Yangtze River. In addition, there was another typhoon in Guangdong, many houses were blown away, and people disappeared, not to mention that when the typhoon came, many fishermen did not have time to take refuge and never returned.

The phrase "flooding in the south and drought in the north" is really not just talking.

The feudal kings were mainly concentrated in the north, and this time, by squeezing the money and grain of the feudal king's mansion, and by mobilizing food in advance to go to the drought-stricken areas in the north, they could barely survive. However, the flooding in the south is so serious that he has to worry about the people in the south.

Seeing his worried look, Shoufu Xue Guoguan comforted him: "Your Majesty, flooding in the south actually happens every year, no matter what, the south side eats more, unlike the north side, there will be subsequent successive famines, which will expand the impact of disasters. ”

Seeing that the emperor was still frowning, and it didn't seem to be any easier because of this, Xue Guoguan played again: "In fact, after this recital came up, Weichen checked the records of flooding in the south over the years, and there were a few years when the situation was worse than this year, and in the end, they all survived!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked him for relevant information and looked at it carefully.

Indeed, as Xue Guoguan said, in previous years, typhoons affected several provinces, and even caused heavy rains, not only flooding the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. However, Emperor Chongzhen had no effect. Looking back at this passage now, and thinking about it carefully, he found that in the past, when disasters occurred, they were always reported after the fact, and the text description was written in a way that made the big thing small. After letting people see it, they have the feeling that the disaster in the south is actually nothing.

He didn't know that this year's disaster, compared with the past, was not only timely but also strongly requested the imperial court to provide disaster relief, giving people the feeling that the disaster in the south was serious, which was different from the previous practice, and was caused by Emperor Chongzhen's own reasons.

He picked off the black gauze hat of the governor of Nanyang on the spot, and the words "If you are an official and don't make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes", all of them quickly spread throughout the country. On the Huguang side, the water and land extend in all directions, and it spreads rapidly.

After those local officials heard this, they dared to hide the disaster again, for their own black gauze hats, in order to prevent them from thinking that they would be found out by the emperor, they also took off their black gauze hats, and they would rather make the matter serious than make it small.

Of course, as for the reason why the disaster is so serious, they will attribute it to the severity of the natural disaster, and will not explain that they did not prevent it properly. For example, the houses were not strengthened beforehand, for example, the rivers were not built, the embankments were not strengthened, and so on.

The disaster in the south is so serious, Emperor Chongzhen, as a descendant, of course knows how many typhoons and floods there will be in the south. In fact, even if there is an early warning mechanism for future generations, it is still difficult to estimate the annual losses of the people.

Floods in the south and drought in the north should all be taken seriously. Otherwise, the people who suffered from the disaster will have less centripetal force for the court, and if it is serious, there will be thieves again.

However, disaster relief requires money. Emperor Chongzhen checked the side of the Ming Royal Bank, but found that there was not much silver left from the previous raids of the Jin merchants and the powerful.

The drought in the north, the military disaster, the post-disaster reconstruction in various places, and especially the military salaries owed by the border armies, are all big money consumers. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen once explained that the War Bureau should keep the supplies sufficient, and the construction of ordnance could not be affected, and the preparation of the war in Shandong, Shanhaiguan and other places was also a big money-consuming household. Especially in Shandong, Dongjiang Town has to be rebuilt, training soldiers, building ships, etc., which is also a bottomless pit that costs money.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen's expedition this time actually cost a lot of money and food. However, the loss is the total annihilation of the Hetao Tartars, and there are countless booty, which, in terms of value, can almost cancel each other out.

But in fact, just those war horses, the horse material and other materials to be consumed, there is another expense. The so-called fact that a cavalryman can raise many foot soldiers is not just talking.

The financial problems are about to reappear, which makes Shoufu and Tobe Shangshu very worried. However, they also knew that the emperor had already explained to them that the lack of silver money could never be supplemented by printing the silver notes of the Ming Royal Bank.

Of course, in fact, without the emperor's personal decree, none of them wanted the Daming Royal Bank to print more silver tickets.

Now that this matter is back on the surface, Emperor Chongzhen has not much to worry about. For he has a way to secure the supply of money. But for the time being, he doesn't plan to make it public, and he will act immediately. Because he wants to take this opportunity to reform the tax system. The income of the imperial treasury must be replenished.

Therefore, he first issued a decree, requiring officials all over the country to plant sweet potatoes, and made it clear that the sweet potatoes planted should not encroach on the existing grain fields. In other words, to grow sweet potatoes, it must be planted in the barren mountains and wilderness. At that time, the amount of sweet potatoes harvested will become an important indicator of the performance of local officials.

As for how to grow sweet potatoes, Xu Guangqi has written very clearly in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration". Regardless of the north or south, you can refer to it. And this is also the significance of local officials to be familiar with the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration": the help for agricultural affairs is too great!