Emperor Chongzhen of this life, of course, knew that what Hong Chengchou said was not wrong, when Yang He was the governor of Shaanxi on the three sides in history, he faced such a problem, most of the cultivated land with output was concentrated in the hands of the wealthy families, and the barren mountains and wild mountains did not have much value for reclamation due to the drought for many years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded to Hong Chengchou and said slowly: "What Hong Aiqing said is reasonable. However, I appointed Aiqing as the governor of Shaanxi because I wanted Aiqing to solve the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi. If it is difficult to reap miraculous results by recruiting people to reclaim land, how will the matter in northern Shaanxi end? ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Guoqi and Xu Guangqi respectively. Li Guowei then said: "The minister thinks that the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi can be suppressed and used, and those who kill their leaders and the rebellious people who are coerced by the thieves can adopt the practice of Tongzhou today, and use them to provide food and clothing for the relief of the people, or open mines, or tuntian, and give them food and clothing, and the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi will be pacified in a long time." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, then looked at Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi said: "The root cause of the rebellion in northern Shaanxi is that the land is barren, and the production of land is not enough to feed the people on the ground. The minister thought that one could vigorously promote new crops in Shaanxi and increase the production of land, and the other could be immigration, and the people in the barren land of northern Shaanxi could be moved to places with abundant land for resettlement. ”

After hearing these words, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, he had three ideas for the management of the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi, one is to immigrate, the second is to reclaim, and the third is to exterminate. Of course, those famous thieves who later became famous must be killed, but if the source of the turmoil is not solved, even if these thieves are killed, there will still be more thieves. The source of the turmoil in northern Shaanxi is the millions of poor people, and if these millions of hungry people are gone, northern Shaanxi will not be able to cause chaos.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the three ministers present, pondered for a moment, and then said to Hong Chengchou: "Hong Aiqing listened to the words of the two ministers, how do you feel? ”

Hong Chengchou naturally had an idea before he came, so he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, what the two pavilion elders said inspired the ministers. The minister thought that although the hungry people in northern Shaanxi were also His Majesty's children, they were now the source of the thieves and rebellions in northern Shaanxi, and if they did not get rid of the hungry people, the rebellion in northern Shaanxi would be difficult to quell. The minister has a few strategies, please speak for His Majesty. ”

Then Hong Chengchou said his whole idea, one is to choose officials and envoys and help the hungry, the second is to register the army and apply for military orders, the third is to use weapons and divide the battle and defend it, and the fourth is to build castles and train village soldiers.

After saying this, Hong Chengchou said again: "What His Majesty Shicai and the two pavilion elders said, plus what Weichen saw on the way to Beijing, Ling Chen felt that he was suddenly opened. The minister believes that immigration and reclamation can be combined with the above four policies. ”

After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Li Guoqi and Xu Guangqi both nodded, and Emperor Chongzhen felt a lot more at ease.

At this time, I only heard Xu Guangqi say again: "Since we know the root cause of the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi, we should start from the root, and for the hungry people who have caused the rebellion, we can also appease and return, and then immigrate to other places to reclaim." ”

After saying this, Xu Guangqi continued: "The minister thinks that the land of Gyeonggi will eventually have its limits to accept the cultivation of displaced people, and His Majesty has previously ordered the addition of a trilateral governor, and after Yuan Chonghuan arrives, he may be able to reopen the land of the Hetao. As the saying goes, the Yellow River in the world is only profitable. The Hetao Plain is vast, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the land is close to the Yellow River, the water conservancy is convenient, and now Ordos is in decline. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his eyes also lit up. Li Guowei and Hong Chengchou were also shocked, and then their horizons widened.

Hong Chengchou said: "What Elder Xu Ge said is extremely true. If His Majesty allows immigration to the Hetao, the rebellious people in northern Shaanxi will have one more rich place to settle. ”

Li Guowei also said: "The minister thinks that what Xu Ge Lao said is reasonable, after Yuan Chonghuan arrives, His Majesty can order the trilateral governor's mansion to recruit the people to the real side, one to alleviate the dilemma of many people and few places in northern Shaanxi, and the second to take the opportunity to return the rich land of Hetao to China, and the third can take this opportunity to train troops in Ordos in preparation for the construction of prisoners." When Li Guowei said this, Xu Guangqi and Hong Chengchou both nodded.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "What Qing and others said is very reasonable. Restoring the Hetao and reclaiming the solid border is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. Although the Ming Dynasty is large, it has a large population, and arable land is often scarce. The Cabinet is to come up with a decree, and after I have done so, I will hand it over to the Governors of the three sides for implementation as soon as possible. ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Hong Chengchou again: "After Hong Aiqing returns to office, all the strategies played by Qing can be implemented at the same time. I give you the sword of Shang Fang, and the right to play things with the secret fold. I Yuqing pays 100,000 taels of silver every year, and I can build my own standard of 5,000 yuan.

"As for the thieves who kill officials and rebel, they will all be killed. The people who are coerced by thieves can be cared for, and if they can't, they will be killed. The people who have not followed the thieves, those who have property and industry, are allowed to form a village for self-protection, kill thieves for self-efficacy, and those who have no property and no job are either recruited for reclamation, or sent out of Shaanxi to be reclaimed in Hetao, Zhili or Caodu. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the three people present again, and then said categorically: "Only by removing this source of chaos can northern Shaanxi be stable." Then he looked at Hong Chengchou and said: "I ordered Qing to exterminate the thieves in Shaanxi, and I have high hopes for Qing, and Qing must not have the kindness of a woman, so that the thieves in northern Shaanxi will sit big." ”

Li Guoyi and the others hurriedly bowed down and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The minister will live up to the grace of God." ”

After seeing His Majesty, according to the emperor's will, he left Beijing the next day, first went to Tongzhou, met with Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and Minister of Military Aircraft, and rushed to Baiye City in Zunhua two days later, and met with Li Banghua, a scholar of Zhongji Hall and Minister of Military Aircraft, and then set off for Shanxi and returned west with the things given by the emperor.

After seeing Hong Chengchou, in the next few days, Emperor Chongzhen successively received a number of secret folds from the imperial history of the prison army. Now that all the imperial histories of the supervising army have been put in place, including the farthest Dongjiang Town in the east and the farthest Lintao Town in the west, these arrears paid by the imperial court have finally been paid according to the head before the end of the first month.

As for the situation that there are soldiers in each town, of course, it is not out of the expectation of Emperor Chongzhen, and the number of soldiers reported to the Military Aircraft Department for the record in the early stage, as the basic basis for repaying the arrears, all include part of the empty salary, but the number is different, among which the more serious ones are Dongjiang Town, Datong Town, and Yansui Town, and the amount of empty salary is more than 30%.

Mao Weizhang, who supervised the Dongjiang army, also reported all kinds of illegal things under Mao Wenlong's command in the secret fold, such as the oppression of the Liao people, the looting of North Korea, and even the suspected illegal trade with the Houjin. At the same time, Mao Weizhang also reported that Mao Wenlong and his subordinates were arrogant and domineering, had no regard for the imperial court, falsely reported soldiers, and exaggerated their military exploits.

Regarding the situation of Mao Wei's secret report, Emperor Chongzhen, who now has more than 300 years of historical knowledge in later generations, naturally knows it.

Of course, the evaluation of Mao Wenlong in later generations is also different, at least divided into two factions, one faction said that Mao Wenlong was a national hero, defeated the Houjin army many times, and the existence of Dongjiang Town effectively restrained the Houjin offensive against Liaoxi.

The other faction said that Mao Wenlong's attack on the Houjin contained a lot of water, but in fact he had personal trade with the Houjin, not only transfusing blood for the Houjin, but also repeatedly watching the Houjin attack the cities of western Liaoning, and so on.

For these two statements, the current Emperor Chongzhen can't figure out which statement is closer to the truth, and he doesn't want to delve into it, because now is not the time to delve into it.

However, for today's Emperor Chongzhen, no matter how arrogant and lawless Mao Wenlong and his subordinates are, or even how guilty they deserve death, as long as he Mao Wenlong has not blatantly led Dongjiang Town to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, as long as Mao Wenlong still admits that he is a general of the Ming Dynasty and still obeys the orders of the Ming court on the surface, it is enough.

Because Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that he had no way to deal with the generals of Dongjiang Town, who were more domineering, if he dared to cut off his food and salary as in history, because Dongjiang Town did not listen to the dispatch or secretly traded with Houjin, it would only stimulate a greater backlash and intensify the centrifugation of the generals and soldiers of Dongjiang Town.

If it is like Yuan Chonghuan, on the pretext of meeting to discuss the military situation, and designing to kill Mao Wenlong directly, what the consequences will be, history has explained everything.