In fact, after listening to Sun Chengzong's words, Xiao Xuan also had some thoughts and plans in his heart. He collected grain in Huangzhuang instead of silver, but he also had the mind of a "profiteer", and planned to hoard Juqi during the catastrophe in the first year of Chongzhen. However, if you do this openly, it is too cheap to be an emperor, and the political consequences are difficult to estimate. Do you want to fight the idea of Liaoyu? At least Xiao Xuan felt that even if he couldn't digest a few million taels by himself, he could only digest one million taels of them, and with other income, he would largely solve the urgent need for coal burning, and he didn't need to seek huge profits from other places for his own food, and he might be able to make a lot of money from Liaodong Zhuzhen according to the conscience price of less than three taels per stone millet in the early years of the Apocalypse. However, in order to fight the idea of Liaodong, it is inevitable to shorten the front in the entire Liaodong.

Seeing that Xiao Xuan was in a state of thought, Sun Chengzong was worried that this young emperor, who had just succeeded to the throne and had some martial arts ambitions, would become discouraged, so he continued: "The fact that Dongyu can become a big disaster today is also the result of long-term Taoguang cultivation and accumulation of strength, training and army building since the late Wanli period. Didn't Jianzhou back then even fail to provoke the Mongols with Qi Shaobao's subordinates? Therefore, Your Majesty need not be too worried. If there is a period of less than seven years and more than ten years, relying on the strength of my Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong Army will definitely change greatly, and it may not be impossible to level Liao in ten to fifteen years. . . ”

Xiao Xuan, who was thinking about it, actually didn't hear Sun Chengzong's previous words clearly, but the "ten to fifteen years of Pingliao" also made Xiao Xuan understand. I have always wondered before, why Chongzhen can believe Yuan Chonghuan's words of "five years of Pingliao"? Nine times out of ten, it is the result of this kind of thinking that "Kou can lie down and can also be" and "I am weak, but the time for training and becoming an army is too short." Failure to realize that in this era, under the traditional conditions, there are many prerequisites for maintaining strong and advantageous armaments. For example, decentralization, interest incentives, and the status of warriors are fundamentally different, all of which are the enemies of monarchy. It is also the feudal organizational structure of the Manchurian Eight Kings and the all-military aristocracy of the ruling class that can maintain a large scale of elite armed forces. Thinking about it, although Sun Chengzong has done a lot of research on the front line over the years and knows a lot of things, I am afraid that this point may not be expected.

"Did Sun Ge think about it: what would happen if the elite army of the imperial court gathered in Liaodong? If there is no force that can deter Liaodong under the natural and man-made disasters in the Guannei, you say that as a soldier and general in Liaodong, only from the perspective of interests and not from the perspective of loyalty, is it better to follow the Manchurians to rob many big families such as the gentry and grandmaster in the Guannei, or to fight with Jianzhou to the end, even if you can win, you can only get some bitter cold land, maybe it will be better to be hidden by the imperial court's 'flying birds and good bows'? I don't go around in circles: if the annual salary of three or five million taels can only support an army with insufficient guards, it is better to allocate a part of the Liao salary to support the Beijing Division. Some news in the Jingshi may also be heard by people like Sun Ge Lao. Do you think that I am not as good as Wang Zaijin, Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Wenlong and others? Will Jing be nourished into a gentle teacher? ”

Xiao Xuan's cold method of thinking about problems from the perspective of interests really made Sun Chengzong feel a little chilled. In fact, Sun Chengzong himself had thought about this kind of problem, whether the Liaodong Army would become a big problem. Especially after a series of big victories, Manchu has made many people in the customs from despising to fear. However, after thinking about it, Sun Chengzong did not think that it was a better way to raise troops in the capital, from the perspective of people's hearts: only in the face of external military power and pressure, a lot of military construction and **** can be reduced to the greatest extent, and give up guarding the pass, which will only allow the Manchurians to obtain more adequate military resources.

Sun Chengzong, who seemed to have guessed what the young new emperor wanted to say now, of course couldn't say that the capital was not a place for military training, but replied: "The idea of abandoning Ning Jin has also been there, but since last year, Ning Jin's two battles have made the minister understand that the true power of the Hongyi cannon can effectively destroy the siege equipment, and there can be fewer soldiers in the area of the Daling River defense line in Ningjin, but it must not be abandoned." Not to mention that the retreat in front of the enemy will inevitably induce the eastern captives to take the opportunity to attack us, and the risk of rout is very great, and there is also the risk of Hongyi artillery falling into the hands of the captives. The geographical advantage from Shanhaiguan to Ningjin is nothing to our dynasty, but it is completely different for Jiannu. If our army abandons the defense line of Ningjin and Daling River, the Manchurians can obtain the geographical advantage of defending the city in that area, not to mention the income of the local tuntian, and can also use a small amount of old and weak troops to contain the throat of western Liao, and boldly attack the Mongolian tribes with confidence, it is possible to become the second Liao State. Not to mention, the lessons of Kyaw Hoa Island a few years ago have shown that the coast is not safe even when the winter freezes. If the Jiannu soldiers approached directly to the area from Shanhaiguan to Bali City, it was not that they did not take advantage of the winter to go directly to the sea. . . ”

When he heard this, Xiao Xuan's heart moved, and he realized that he had given up the Ningjin Da Ling River defense line before and only maintained the Guanning defense line. I only thought that the historical Manchu Qing did not dare to enter the customs in 1644 in the face of the threat of Wu Sangui, but I did not expect that the Manchu army at that time had just experienced the bloody battle of Songjin not long ago, and faced the emerging power of Li Zicheng, and the evolution of the situation was in the spring of 1644 instead of the winter, and there was also the problem of Dolgon's power system when he had just come to power. And now that Huang Taiji has just taken power, it is obvious that there are no such problems. If there is no defense line in the area of the Ningjin Daling River, the Manchurians will probably have to use Shanhaiguan as the object of reinforcement. I'm afraid the difficulty of entering the level of looting will not be much reduced...

Thinking like this, Xiao Xuan couldn't help but give up the idea of abandoning the defense line of Ningjin Daling River and only maintaining Shanhaiguan and Bali City in his heart. At the same time, he thought of one thing, and asked: "How is Mao Wenlong?" What about Yuan Keli? I saw that there was a lot of water in the Tang newspaper, and I don't know what the gold content of the 3,000-level beheading was? ”

Sun Chengzong did not hesitate to say about this: "Those who are loyal and brave can be used, if they are given the necessary support, they can play a role in deterring Houjin." But don't rely on it as the main force... Because our army is temporarily incapable of threatening Jianzhou in the offensive, it can only play a limited role in diversion. The three thousand heads, the first year was close to two thousand, although the minister did not personally check it, but there were not many generals, which shows that there are not too many elite soldiers accompanied by the Houjin generals... ”

Hearing these words, some of the doubts in Xiao Xuan's heart were also solved. In this way, there is no need for major adjustments in the temporary pattern of the Ming Dynasty at this time. It may be a better choice to reinstate Yuan Like and reinstate Sun Chengzong as governor of Liaodong. Yuan Chonghuan could also continue his activities under Sun Chengzong and stay in Ningjin. Of course, the sword of Shang Fang or the privilege of the governor of the whole Liao affairs must not be given.