After hearing this, Wang Yue calmly accepted Lu Xiangsheng's praise, and continued: "In order not to increase the burden on the imperial court, but also to let the imperial court also enjoy the convenience of telegraphs, Ben Shaobao decided to set up telegraph offices in various prefectures, and then expand to all counties in the future. ”

Wang Yue said: "The telegraph office was invested and set up by the starting point city, and a special person was sent to protect it, and the bureau was shared by the government and the people, and it was charged according to the number of words to recover the investment of the telegraph office. The official telegram of the imperial court, the telegraph office set up a green channel for it, and gave priority to sending it. Lu Dugong, are you satisfied? ”

The establishment of a telegraph system in the form of commercial operation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty is also conducive to the benign promotion of telegraphy, with telegraph as the precursor, and radio broadcasting will follow, because relay towers can be shared.

Lu Xiangsheng's first thought was that the telegram was still in the hands of the starting point city, and the official documents of the imperial court would be unilaterally transparent to the starting point city, but the imperial court could enjoy the convenience of the telegram, which was an unprecedented breakthrough. Besides, Wang Yue is still an official in the imperial court system, and there is no need to keep the official documents of the imperial court secret from him.

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The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Lu Xiangsheng made a detailed report to Chongzhen on Wang Yue's intention to set up telegraph offices in various prefectures of the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing this, Chongzhen said with a smile: "This is very good, I will send a message to all the prefectures to fully cooperate with the starting point city to establish a telegraph office." ”

Chongzhen had already heard of the benefits of telegraphs, and the thought that the imperial decrees and his own will could instantly reach all parts of the country, thinking about it made him feel good.

In fact, what he wants more is the broadcasting system, although the concept of the right to speak is still very vague, but Chongzhen listens to the radio every day and has already experienced the power of news propaganda.

"The Emperor Shengming!" Lu Xiang bowed and said.

"Lu Aiqing has done a good job in this matter!" Chongzhen nodded, and then asked, "Have you and Tang Aiqing made any new progress in the development of firearms recently?" How's the training of the Forces nouvelles? ”

"Worthy of the emperor's expectations, the development of firearms has not made much progress, not only can it not be compared with the firearms of the security army, let alone the Tiance army." Lu Xiangsheng said with a gloomy expression.

Lu Xiangsheng and Tang Ruowang's firearms development work has always been in Chongzhen's attention, after all, he has spent a lot of money.

"Lu Aiqing doesn't have to be discouraged, it is very rare to have the achievements she has now." Wang Yue and Chongzhen's topic of industry and commerce has made Chongzhen understand that at the level of industrial manufacturing, the imperial court cannot compete with the starting point city.

"Your Majesty has thanked the emperor for his understanding." Lu Xiang ascended.

"Lu Aiqing, tell me, how does the combat power of the new army compare with that of Dongyu now? If it is used to exterminate the rogues, can it be fully contributed? "Chongzhen has inspected the new army, and he also has expectations for the combat effectiveness of the new army.

Last year, after Xiong Wencan became the governor of the five provinces, he sacrificed his Pingkou trick "Fufu".

The problem is that Xiong Wencan's intelligence system is too scumbag, and he can't find Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng and others who he wants to appease. What to do? He sent hundreds of men and put up notices everywhere to inform them. The name says: Ask for a thief!

Zhang Xianzhong, who suffered heavy losses by the Tiance army, hid in Huguang, and Liu Guoneng parted ways with him and retreated to Henan to recuperate.

Li Zicheng is more capable of tossing, he is fighting Sichuan. As a result, he encountered Qin Liangyu, and Qin Liangyu may not be able to win if he fights the front, but there is no problem at all in defending the city. Li Zicheng couldn't enter Sichuan, so he had to turn back to Shaanxi, and as a result, he was continuously taught by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting how to behave.

At this time, Xiong Wencan's career of appeasement, with his tireless efforts, finally paid off. Liu Guoneng surrendered, with more than 50,000 people, to Xiong Wencan, who had only more than 10,000 people, and accepted Zhao'an. This time, Xiong Wencan was overjoyed and made persistent efforts.

In November of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Guoneng accepted the appeasement.

In the spring of the eleventh year, Zhang Xianzhong, whose strength was greatly damaged, encountered Zuo Liangyu in Nanyang. Zhang Xianzhong, who was keen on the cause of rebellion, was hit hard again, and in the chaos of the battle, he was shot in the shoulder by Zuo Liangyu and slashed again, if it were not for Li Dingguo's desperate rescue, Comrade Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion cause would have to come to an end.

Zhang Xianzhong turned around and ran to Huguang, and when he arrived in Macheng, he met Liu Guoneng, who planned to make progress in the career of the official army.

Zhang Xianzhong reflexively ran to Gucheng, which can be regarded as temporarily settling down.

After Liu Guoneng surrendered, Ma Shixiu, Du Yingquan and other rogues also surrendered. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was very hard, and in the words of the textbook, the "revolutionary cause" entered a trough.

The desperate Zhang Xianzhong took a look, and he got it! Let's surrender too!

In April of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong led 30,000 or 40,000 people to accept the imperial court Zhao'an, stayed in Gucheng, and became his county magistrate. The identity changed from a famous rebel to a cadre in the Ming Dynasty system, and he turned gorgeously.

After Zhang Xianzhong accepted the appeasement, he saw Xiong Wencan, who had achieved great results in the appeasement cause, he was really proud, and then continued to hold high the banner of appeasement.

Up to now, in October of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the situation of suppressing bandits in China has made great "achievements" under the inspiration of Xiong Wencan's spirit of appeasement, Li Zicheng is dying, Liu Guoneng surrendered, and Zhang Xianzhong became the magistrate of Gucheng County. The other rebel teams were all small units, and they were beaten out of shape. There is no shadow of the kind of rebellion climax of Chongzhen's nine years at all.

Therefore, Chongzhen has been in a good mood recently, and he very much hopes that he will chase after the poor and wipe out the rogues in the Central Plains.

"It's not a false praise for the ministers, with the combat strength of the new army, which is equipped with new firearms, it is completely possible to defeat twice the strength of the Eastern Prisoners in the front." Lu Xiangsheng said loudly.

Chongzhen perked up when he heard this: "Oh, it seems that the new army is available!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was not as optimistic as Chongzhen, he said: "Your Majesty, the new army is different from other guards and border armies, but an army of pure firearms, and lead, gunpowder, and shells are the guarantee of combat effectiveness. So if a new army is put into the battlefield, the logistics required will be ten times higher than other armies. Moreover, the new army is now in short form, and its firearms and equipment are not complete, so it may be difficult for them to play a big role. ”

What he meant was that the new army burned money, and fighting a war burned money, and the new army was not an army that cut down to the end with a big sword.

Chongzhen couldn't help but be gloomy when he heard this, he knew how much money the new army burned. The new army, whether it is guns or artillery, uses steel, and its investment is several times that of other armies, especially live-fire training, which is even more money-burning work, and the number of live-fire training for this reason has been reduced again and again.

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