Emperor Chongzhen received Wang Chengen's decision to raise the flag, so he asked Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, to discuss countermeasures, hoping to obtain the support of the ministers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Wen Tiren won the victory in the struggle of the court and sat firmly in the position of the head of the cabinet, it was also difficult to settle all the courtiers, and the current ministers were almost in a kind of perverted euphoria, opening their mouths and closing their mouths to ask for the people's lives, and whether the emperor's proposal was correct or not, he had to come up and oppose it first, thinking that in this way he could show his character.

"Your Majesty, we'd better not submit this to the courtiers for discussion, and don't mention a new plan for a counter-attack on Lushun." Wen Tiren knew that things were very difficult, but the emperor couldn't help but answer when he asked.

"Do you turn a blind eye to the threat of Houjin from the sea?" Emperor Chongzhen was very angry, but Wen Tiren, as the head of the dynasty, could not give him any useful advice.

"Your Majesty is angry, this matter can be made flexible, the imperial court has approved Xie Lian's plan to rebuild Denglai, and they have also achieved good results, Your Majesty can use the name of rewarding Xie Lian, directly issued a decree to ask all localities to increase the materials transported to Dengzhou, so that Xie Lian can use these materials to form a counteroffensive Lushun troops, and the rest of the deficiency will be made up by His Majesty with some domestic currency. His Majesty has given money to Xie Lian, and Xie Lian will definitely do his best to do things for His Majesty, and the other ministers of the DPRK and China have nothing to say. "Wen Tiren has been in the court for many years, and he still has a set of tricks to play with power.

"Xie Lian has the ability to counterattack Lushun?" Xie Lian's loyalty had been undoubtedly revealed in the course of Kong Youde's rebellion, and whether he could win the battle against the Houjin people against Emperor Chongzhen was uncertain.

"Xie Lian is also a minister who has fought a vicious battle with the rebels, and you have forgotten that Xie Lian still has a powerful general soldier Zhang Chu in his hands." Faced with the threat of the reality of Houjin, Wen Tiren decided to put aside the party struggle or something first, if the court was gone, the ministers would not be of any benefit. So Xie Lian, who can really do things, was pushed to the front.

Wen Tiren's words really said to the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, hearing him mention that Emperor Zhang Chu's heart was even more moved, this Zhang Chu is still quite reliable, to Shandong to quell the rebellion, a few days ago said that he was going to exchange silver for the head of the Houjin people, the silver took not long to send the corresponding number of Houjin heads, this person in addition to being hungry and afraid of money and not dying, is indeed very capable of fighting, he killed more Houjin people in this operation than other officers and soldiers on the battlefield in Liaodong in the past few years, It is only because he was born as an anti-thief and has no back-up in the DPRK that he has not been hyped and rewarded. Zhang Chu honestly has no complaints about this, and it is said that he killed a group of Houjin people waiting to exchange for silver. If the generals of the Ming Dynasty are like Zhang Chu, this emperor will be easy to be, as long as the silver comes out, he will send the head of the Houjin people, and it won't be long before the Jin people will be killed. Thinking about it this way, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was worth it to give a little silver.

"But if Zhang Chu's strength is used to counterattack Lushun, will the number of people be too small?" The repeated defeats in the war with the Houjin over the years made Emperor Chongzhen also put away his contempt, and he could not confront the Houjin people without enough numbers.

"This can allow Zhang Chu and them to take some family members over, since Zhang Chu can train a group of thieves into a strong army, then he can also train these family members into a strong team." Wen Tiren said very vaguely, now that the imperial court has fewer and fewer effective troops, he can only let Zhang Chu figure out his own way. At that time, Sun Yuanhua recruited the army formed by the Liao, but there was a rebellion, and no one dared to mention the use of the Liao. So I had to find a way to do it elsewhere.

"500,000 taels of silver will be taken out of the domestic currency, and the rest will be ordered to be replenished with materials in the localities. Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth and bled out once, and in the face of the threat of Houjin, it was important to save his life first. He was quite satisfied with Wen Tiren's performance today, and finally didn't specifically deal with himself.

Wen Tiren went back to find an excerpt from the imperial history who had a good relationship with him, asking for recognition of Xie Lian's recent achievements and speeding up the reconstruction of Denglai. The cabinet passed and sent it to the emperor without much difficulty, and the emperor immediately approved and took out 500,000 taels of silver from the internal currency as a supplement to the reconstruction of Denglai, which surprised the courtiers a lot, when did the emperor become so generous, and paid out of his own pocket without waiting for the ministers to ask for it. Of course, no one will stop the ministers, although they can't get the money themselves, but they are still happy to see the emperor bleeding.

Zhang Chu, who was in Shandong, looked at the emperor's decree and couldn't keep his mouth shut, the emperor's generosity exceeded his imagination, he thought that it would be good to say that the emperor Chongzhen could give half of the money, this time the emperor not only paid the money but also promised 500,000 taels worth of materials, which is a lot of things.

Of course, these things and money are given to Xie Lian, and after Xie Lian received the holy decree, the task was completed, Zhang Chu immediately took all the silver taels, Zhang Chu took the money Xie Lian had no opinion, through these days of contact, Xie Lian knew that Zhang Chu would not put the money in his pocket. Zhang Chu's character is still there. But Xie Lian still has to argue with Zhang Chu about how to use this money.

"Marshal Zhang Chu, the Holy Lord gave us the silver for the counterattack on Liaodong, we should use the money to build warships and train soldiers, you can't embezzle this money to open a mine and run a workshop, let alone give your sister-in-law's school so much money at once."

"Master Xie, you have been with me for a long time, and your thinking should be changed. The war is not only a confrontation between the two armies, but also a competition of economic strength, why did the Ming Dynasty become more and more powerless when fighting against the Houjin, because the imperial court had less money. We Denglai can't count on the emperor to always give money, we must achieve self-sufficiency, otherwise not only can we not defeat the Houjin people, so many troops will have a problem to eat, and then there will be another rebellion, but there will be no one to save you, Lord Xie. If we don't give money to the school, we won't even be literate in the future, and it will be a problem to manage an account. Zhang Chu was very angry when he heard Xie Lian say that he gave the money to his sister-in-law, how did this development education become money for his sister-in-law.

"I'm also in a hurry, the threat of the Houjin people is there, and it will be even more difficult if you don't hurry up." Xie Lian knew that what Zhang Chu said made sense, the emperor had allocated money to Denglai again and again, which was already unprecedented, and he couldn't imagine that this good thing would always happen.

"I have a better way to deal with Houjin than you, so there's no need to rush. By the way, Master Xie, you are also from Jinshi, you should have many classmates and friends, disciples or something, you deceived them ......, no, please come, I arranged them in my team, which can play a big role. Zhang Chu is still worried about the lack of cadres, and wants to see if Xie Lian can get a few literati to train, and maybe a few more talents will be produced.

"Okay, I'll go back and write to my friends right away, asking them to come to Dengzhou to join the army." Xie Lian was very happy to listen to Zhang Chu's suggestion, he was worried about how to keep an eye on Zhang Chu, this time Zhang Chu took the initiative to ask to send someone to the security army, Xie Lian thought it was a good opportunity to control Zhang Chu, if there were a large number of his own cronies in the security army, Zhang Chu's every move would be easier to grasp.

With the arrival of the holy decree, a new construction upsurge arose on the Shandong Peninsula, and the large-scale procurement of the security army activated the market, especially in the Denglai area, which had never experienced prosperity. (To be continued.) )