"All of you Aiqing have read the information, now let's talk about your opinions" Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and rubbed his head, feeling that he had an incomparable headache, at the beginning of the purge of the northern part of the empire, he expected that he would encounter fierce opposition from magnates at all levels, and even prepared for the outbreak of a civil war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just that the world is impermanent, at the beginning Chongzhen according to the historical trend he knew, arranged for Hong Chengchou to go to Shaanxi as a governor to exterminate the peasant army, in his impression, the peasant army seems to have been harming Shaanxi, until Chongzhen seven or eight years later began to sweep the country, Hong Chengchou sat on the governor of Shaanxi, and really did not let himself down, in Shaanxi the peasant army was defeated into an army, holding his head and running away, so that Gao Yingxiang and others were frightened when they saw the official army, and Shaanxi with Hong Chengchou sitting in the town became a forbidden place for the peasant army. It's just that something happened to the ghost, and this group of peasant troops actually assembled again in Xingyang, Henan. In his poor historical knowledge, such a large-scale peasant uprising in Henan at this time, you must know that Li Zicheng is still being raised by himself in the post station.

Not to mention the peasant army, even the group of robbers and red hairs at sea also participated at this time, I remember that in the original history, the group of pirates and the Dutch were not pressed and beaten by Zheng Zhilong of Zhao'an, why is the situation bad now, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to hold on, and that speculation will make Zheng Zhilong also start to pretend to be dead.

After this tossing and turning, even the poor historical trend that I know has changed, and it seems that I will judge the direction of history based on the news I have received in the future.

"Your Majesty, according to the current situation, a multi-sided war is inevitable, although it is necessary to fight on many sides, but it is also necessary to divide a priority, the minister suggests hitting the superior forces, first eliminate the two weak parties, this process is bound to be fast, otherwise so many troops are used, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to support for long, only to solve the weak two sides by thunderous means, and then transfer the troops to slowly clean up the remaining rebellion is not in a hurry" The veteran Sun Chengzong is still more decisive, since it is inevitable to go to war, Then don't delay the fighter in indecision, just give it a go, although there are more attacking forces, but Daming is still the strongest party, as long as the quick battle is resolved quickly, not dragged down, Daming will not necessarily be defeated.

"Sun Aiqing, do you have anything to add" Chongzhen turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting, who was sitting behind Sun Chengzong.

"Your Majesty, the minister's plan for Lord Shangshu is meaningless, but the plan to concentrate superior forces and quickly exterminate the opposition forces of the two sides, some of his own views, the minister thinks that you can ignore the group of pirates first, no matter how strong the pirates are, they dare not go deep into the interior to occupy the city, they can do it to the group of peasant army in Henan first, although please report that there are 200,000 troops, but it is just a group of untrained and incomplete peasants, it is completely a rabble, vulnerable, The only trouble is that the peasant army is easy to defeat, and it is extremely difficult to exterminate, if you want to get rid of its aftermath in a battle, only by defeating its morale with a large number of cavalry head-on, and slashing it with the mobility of cavalry superiority, annihilating its main force, and punishing its leader, can it be completed in a battle, after dealing with the peasant army, the army can move south to support Nanjing" Although there are four forces at the same time to wage war against the Ming Dynasty, but in Sun Chuanting's view, the pirates do not dare to go deep inland, can not defeat the city, at most they will plunder some villages, this is a small trouble is not to worry about. As for the Jurchens, with Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng guarded the Songjin defense line and Shanhaiguan, as long as the emperor did not destroy the city wall, the Jurchens would not be able to enter, and the real threat was the southern rebels and the gathered peasant army in Henan.

"It seems that the two Aiqing have the same idea for the Jurchens, stubbornly guarding the Shanhaiguan and rejecting the Jurchens and the outside of the Guan, but for Nanjing, reinforcements are certain, but with the ability of Wang Zai Jin Cao Wenzhao, with the Nanjing city wall, before the grain and grass are not exhausted, it is no problem to hold for a few months, and the next thing is to hit the superior forces and fight the pirates or peasant army, but now I want to know, the Ming Dynasty uses troops in several aspects at the same time, how long can the logistics of this army be supplied" said Here Chongzhen looked at the right attendant Liu Ruozai. Now the head of the household is Shi Kefa, and the left waiter Yang Sichang, both of whom are not in Beijing, and the head of the household is Liu Ruozai, who is the new champion.

"Your Majesty, among the standing troops that the Ming Dynasty can use at present, there are 160,000 soldiers and horses in Beijing, 180,000 in Shanhaiguan Songjin Defense Line, 80,000 in Jiangdong Town, and 100,000 reserve militia in simple training from Lord Yang Sichang, if the mobilization force reaches 400,000, after losing the southern transportation supplement, the grain and grass reserves can only last for three months" First of all, Nanjing's men and horses, Nanjing has its own reserves, and there is no need for household subsidies in a short period of time. The remaining northern provinces are either natural disasters or man-made disasters, it is good not to need the Beijing Division for disaster relief, then there can still be harvest, and now the only source of food in the Ming Dynasty is the high-yield crops produced in Huangzhuang, part of which will be used for disaster relief and appease the people. There is not much left, and it is enough to support three months with the addition of the previous reserve two.

"If you remove the relief of the millions of disaster victims in Shaanxi, how long can you last" is not Chongzhen's ruthlessness, if he really reaches that point, he will not abandon those refugees, he will also be dragged to death by that group of refugees, but in this way, the refugees who have lost the government's disaster relief, I am afraid that there will be such a tragic tragedy as Yi Zi and eat, and everything he did before will be in vain, under the threat of death, countless refugees will rise up one after another, and the peasant uprising will rise up. Sooner or later, it will become a scourge that will sweep the world, and at that point the rebellion will no longer be able to suppress it.

'Back to the emperor, if there are no millions of victims, the current grain production of the Ming Dynasty is only used to supply the Beijing division and the army, and it can barely reach the level of self-sufficiency, but in this way, it is really a great disaster, and I hope the emperor will think twice" Hearing the abandonment of millions of victims, Liu Ruozai was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, if he really got to that point, then he and others would be sinners in the world, thinking of the scene of starving corpses everywhere in the north of the Ming Dynasty, he was even more frightened and overwhelmed.

"Three months, if you can't put down the rebellion in the southern provinces in three months and restore the channel for transporting grain in the south" said this, Chongzhen stopped, did not continue, but he had already made a decision in his heart, it really won't work when the time comes, he can only stop the disaster relief, send troops to block the road into Beijing, and prevent the flood of victims from entering the capital, otherwise once he and the ministers loyal to the Ming Dynasty die, then whether it is the southern magnates or the refugees who suffered from natural disasters will win, Chongzhen didn't recognize that group of spineless businessmen or only knew that the mud legs of destruction would be the opponent of the northern Jurchens, and when the history of Shenzhou Lu Shen repeated, he would be a sinner for the ages.