Chapter 50: Miscellaneous Errands

This matter was hastily settled.

As for how to mourn Chongzhen and what kind of etiquette, these details are the things of Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

And the second thing is also the matter of the Ministry of Rites.

Without him, it's this time Enko.

This time, there were quite a few soldiers from all over the world, and many of them were even brought from Hu Guangyi. However, the main force is still the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and the entire city of Nanjing is full, and the Qinhuai River has become full of sheng flutes. The exam date is approaching, and Qian Qianyi is also here to report on Enke's affairs.

Qian Qianyi said that Zhang Xuan was not too interested.

Without him, Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the system of the Gongyuan is there, and if there are certain rules for the township test before, so Xiao Gui Cao will follow. There is no need for Zhang Xuan to pay much attention to it.

What Zhang Xuan was thinking about was how to give Yao Qisheng a future. is used to reward Wu Zhiping's merits, this future cannot be small, but Yao Qisheng is only in his early twenties, and he cannot suddenly become a high position. Zhang Xuan didn't have any position for a while, but at this time, Zhang Xuan had inspiration.

How is Xu Yao Qisheng a champion?

This time the opening of the department is the first time that King Wu has opened the department, the gold content of the champion is enough to reward the merits, and the light of the new champion has deepened, only Yao Qisheng is not a fool, and it is natural to have a future in the future.

As soon as Zhang Xuan thought of this, he thought about how to operate it.

There is a knot between Zhang Xuan and Qian Qianyi.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan may not be able to go through Qian Qianyi's way, but he can go through Luo Rucai's way. Thinking of this, a light flashed in Zhang Xuan's eyes.

The third issue surprised Zhang Xuan.

"Drought in the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "This year's drought in the south of the Yangtze River? ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't believe it.

He thought about it carefully, when he was fighting Zheng Zhilong in the south, it really rarely rained. However, Zhang Xuan didn't think about it this way.

He's not sensitive to this thing.

The agricultural society depends on the sky to eat, many people don't understand, but Zhang Xuan at this moment understands a lot, this rain is a few days early and a few days late, it is a different result. And Zhang Xuan, who grew up in later generations, didn't understand at all for more than a month, and it didn't rain, which made these people worried.

Don't say that it doesn't rain for a month, even if it doesn't rain for several months, it won't affect Zhang Xuan in the future.

But in this era, if you don't say a few months, even if it doesn't rain for three months, it's a big drought.

"My lord, since I came here, except for a few spring rains, there has hardly been any rain." Qian Qianyi said: "As the local father said, this situation will continue this year

, I am afraid that the reduction of grain production in Jiangnan is just around the corner. ”

"Nothing else, leave it alone." Luo Rucai said: "Now that the Western Expedition is imminent, if the military rations can't be collected in full, don't blame the lonely and ruthless, Beijing's affairs, Li Zicheng did it, and I did it." ”

"The minister will do his best to share the worries for His Royal Highness, but, since Wanli, the mulberry fields in Jiangnan have increased greatly, the rice fields have decreased, and the grain can be self-sufficient. Can Your Highness suspend a moment or two. Qian Qianyi said.

Zhang Xuan also had some recognition of what Qian Qianyi said, before Zhang Xuan went to Jiangnan, he also thought that Jiangnan was the land of fish and rice, but after walking around Jiangnan, he found that although Jiangnan's economy was developed, there was not much food planted. Most of them are mulberry fields.

Zhang Xuan even asked the locals in Jiangnan, it can be said that part of the grain sent from Jiangnan to Beijing is actually from Huguang, and it can be said that Jiangnan has money, so he directly bought Huguang's grain and handed it over to the imperial court. Treat it as a tax.

This can be seen in the grain production in Jiangnan.

But what Luo Rucai was worried about, Zhang Xuan understood even more.

The world has collapsed to such an extent that it can be said that after the fall of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty was almost out of the chessboard for world domination. And the Ming Dynasty is out, but the legacy left by the Ming Dynasty is still a lot, Jiangxi Province, the southwest part of the South Zhili, the vast half of the lake, Guizhou, Guangzhou, half of Yunnan, and most of Sichuan.

Although there are still some remnants of mountains and water, they add up to a lot.

Luo Rucai must have wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to swallow these places in one gulp.

If you don't attack while the dragons are leaderless, if Zuo Liangyu integrates the Huguang Jiangxi area, won't it become Chen Youliang's force at the beginning, and then it will be another big war.

However, since Luo Rucai entered Nanjing, Yang Chengzu confronted Zuo Liangyu on the Western Expedition, and Luo Yulong broke the road Zhenfei in the Northern Expedition. Luo Yulong and Zhang Xuan attacked Jiangnan in the east, and the entanglement between Zhang Xuan and Zheng Zhilong in the south. This series of wars, large and small, has hardly stopped.

And the army expanded very rapidly.

Spending money is like flowing water, even if it is supported by money and food in Jiangnan, there is a feeling of tightness for a while.

"Father." Luo Yulong said: "The army is frequent, and the soldiers are already tired, so it's not too late to repair for a few months and then go west." ”

Luo Rucai sighed slightly, how could he not know the situation in other armies, not only the fatigue of continuous combat, but also the decline in quality caused by the rapid expansion of the army.

When Cao Ying was in Henan, there were only tens of thousands of elites, but at that time, Luo Ru dared to say that the soldiers under his command were first-class elite soldiers, and now before the Battle of Fengyang, the 100,000 people who had expanded were even more like blowing balloons after going down to Nanjing.

is also above 300,000, and the specific 300,000, I'm afraid Luo Rucai himself doesn't know.

With the addition of three generals from other towns, I am afraid that the number of soldiers is more than 500,000.

Even if it is not as good as Li Zicheng's millions of soldiers. But it's also powerful.

But can there be a war with soldiers?

At this point, Luo Rucai also has no bottom in his heart. Such a rapid expansion of the army will inevitably damage the combat effectiveness of the army, but to what extent the combat effectiveness of Cao Ying's army has weakened, Luo Rucai does not understand. Luo Yulong had some estimates in his heart.

He estimated that except for a few elite armies, the total number was around 100,000, and the rest of the army could only be used as auxiliaries, and it would not be able to fight a tough battle for a while.

If it weren't for this, Luo Yulong wouldn't have been entangled with Lu Zhenfei for so long. Cao Ying, who was in Henan at the beginning, had already defeated Lu Zhenfei's Huai'an army. It is precisely because of this that Luo Yulong keenly feels that today's Cao Ying is very different from the previous Cao Ying.

This is the problem of the source of soldiers.

Li Zicheng swept through the northwest, and the officers and troops in various places surrendered one after another.

In the military of the Ming Dynasty, the nine sides are the only ones, and the people of the nine sides have been pulling with Mongolia for hundreds of years, even if they are ordinary border people, military skills such as bows and horses can be used with both hands, so Li Zicheng can quickly pull up the army. Among them, there are also the previous pro-army, such as Bai Guangen, Dong Xueli Department, and so on.

It can be said that Li Zicheng is short of finances, but in terms of military affairs, he is better than Cao Ying today.

Cao Ying, on the other hand, is the opposite.

The people of Jiangbei are okay, because of the Huai River between the two Huai River, many places are relatively poor, and the people who can endure hardship are good soldiers, but the people of Jiangnan, the folk customs are indeed a lot weaker. If these soldiers don't train well, they are not qualified troops at all.

It is inevitable that there will be gains and losses.

Luo Rucai also knew that he was in a hurry, and said with a slight sigh: "That's all for today." The matter of food, you go back to make good sense, and the affairs of the army, when all the generals have arrived, we will discuss it well. I want to see what has become of the army! ”

Before Luo Rucai led people to dominate the world, the officials and soldiers chased behind, and the frequency of battles was much higher than now. At that time, I didn't say that I couldn't hold it, but now it's only a few battles at high intensity, and it's like this.

"Yes." Everyone agreed, and then retreated one by one.

Zhang Xuan also returned home, and Luo Yujiao had been waiting for a long time. Luo Yujiao and Zhang Xuan got together less and left more, and they couldn't help it for a while, and there was no need to mention the upside down, but in the dead of night, Zhang Xuan and Luo Yujiao hugged each other in bed and whispered.

"Yujiao, my father-in-law's body seems to be getting better?" Zhang Xuan asked. Today, Zhang Xuan saw that Luo Rucai had a good complexion and was decisive, not like a patient.

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