Chongzhen paced around the main hall and couldn't stop for a moment, after all, this kind of large-scale war was the first time since he ascended the throne. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be said that in this war, the investment is the elite forces of both sides.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the 6,000 Guanning iron cavalry in the hands of Wu Sangui, there were also 150,000 elite soldiers in the entire Liaodong, plus the 100,000 elite soldiers filled by Yang Sichang from Shaanxi before, plus the elite divisions transferred from all over the nine sides this time, a total of 130,000, the Ming Dynasty invested nearly 400,000 troops in the land of Liaodong, and this is still a real number, without exaggeration.

On the other hand, on the side of Huang Taiji, the total number of infantry and cavalry was only 160,000, less than half of that of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that if the victory or defeat in the war was measured by the number of people invested, then the Ming Dynasty would have dumped Huang Taiji 1006 streets long ago.

Unfortunately, the reality is cruel.

160,000 against 400,000, that is, against 100,000, those who should win will still win, and those who should lose will still lose.

"How's the battle going?"

Chongzhen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty!" At this time, on the platform hall, all the hundred officials above the third grade were not allowed to go home, and all of them were waiting for His Majesty's summons at any time in the main hall.

Jiang Fengyuan stood up and said, "It is reported that both sides are now stepping up the deployment of troops, and both sides are extremely restrained, although there have been some small-scale conflicts, and the big war has not yet begun. ”

"But!" Jiang Fengyuan said again: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Huang Taiji sent cavalry to harass the rear of our army day and night, intending to cut off the grain route of our Ming army. ”

"It's okay!" Xue Guoguan came out of the column and said, "Your Majesty, our army has a large number of people, and we must be able to attack more and less, and the Liaodong Governor is a veteran of Hong Chengchou." There shouldn't be any problems. ”

Chongzhen listened to it, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Hong Chengchou is a veteran. When he attacked Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, he couldn't take care of Li Zicheng's life. And there is no defeat in every battle.

Based on this alone, the emperor believed in Hong Chengchou very much.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you should not take it lightly at this time!" Liu Zunxian staggered out of the queue, he hadn't seen him for two years, and Liu Dashangshu was much older, "There is not much food for the Liaodong army, and this time the army has been mobilized to enter the country." If the war is protracted and I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue, the old minister asked His Majesty to prepare as soon as possible to ensure the military rations of the soldiers at the front. ”

"Accurate!" Chongzhen looked around, looked at the courtiers, and said, "Do you have any specific plans for raising food?" ”

The people below, you look at me, I look at you, and when it's time to do practical things, no one speaks.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Zunxian continued: "The military of Liaodong is different from Shaanxi, and the minister thinks that the imperial court should tell Governor Hong. Let it tighten its vigilance, don't underestimate the enemy's rash advance, the situation in Liaodong is related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty. It is also holding the throat of the imperial capital, and the matter is big, and the minister thinks that it is better to fight steadily. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and said with a smile, "Good, the cabinet is going to do this!" Then, he said with some concern, "The imperial treasury is empty, and if you want to fight steadily, you must have a large amount of military salaries to support it. ”

This is also true. There are a lot of soldiers in front of them, and they are also very capable of fighting. But if you are hungry, you will stop.

However, once the emperor asked about military rations, the ministers below seemed to have taken dumb medicine. Stop talking.

The emperor was so angry that he had no choice, he withdrew from the main hall and came to the side hall behind the palace to rest, and at this time, Xue Guoguan entered the secret play, saying that there was a way to solve the military salary, but he could only play the secret play.

Emperor Xuan Xue Guoguan met him in the side hall, personally greeted him to his seat, and asked, "Xue Aiqing, what is the best way to solve my urgent problem?" ”

Xue Guoguan bowed his head and said, "Today's treasury is empty, but those princes and nobles who have been favored by the Ming Dynasty for generations, especially after the nobles, which one is not rich and invincible, but now that the country is in trouble, no one is generous for the country, which is hateful!" ”

"What does Xue Aiqing mean?" Chongzhen looked at him suspiciously.

"With the help!" Xue Guoguan said, "Let those rich guys take out the silver, and the court will not treat them badly, just according to the way of borrowing, wait for the war in Liaodong to calm down, and then repay it after the tax revenue is collected next year, so that the current urgency can be solved!" ”

"But!" The emperor thought for a moment, shook his head again, and said, "No! ”

Of course it's not proper, an emperor is so poor that he borrows money from the ministers below, and his reputation is naturally not good.

Xue Guoguan of course understood what the emperor meant, smiled slightly, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, those foreign ministers, let the ministers do the work for them, as for those imperial relatives, I'm afraid you have to make a personal decree from Your Majesty!" ”

Chongzhen still shook his head in disagreement.

However, Xue Guoguan said again, "The matter in Liaodong is the most urgent, and it can't be delayed!" ”

It means that now you don't want to have a face, a festival, a god horse, as long as you keep the things left by your ancestors and keep the tombs of your ancestors, otherwise the emperor will hit you in the face, and you won't have any wool Believe it or not?

After hearing Xue Guoguan say this, Chongzhen finally nodded and agreed.

So, the next "With the help! "Here we go.

Xue Guoguan is the first assistant of the cabinet, the first person in the court, it can be said that one person is above ten thousand people, although the prestige among the foreign ministers is not very good, but as long as a courtier is moved out for the righteous reason of the country, then no matter how many or too few officials are, even if there are only three taels of silver at home, they have to hand over two taels, right?

Most of them are perfunctory, though.

For example, Jiang Fengyuan, who is a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, is a famous rich man, but when it came time to help, he only took out a hundred taels of silver, and said that these silver were saved by his frugality on weekdays.

Trick the devil to go.

Not to mention that these people are not loyal to the monarch and patriotic, but in this case, even if they want to donate more, they can't, otherwise they will become a handle in the hands of others, evidence of corruption and bribery.

Therefore, although Xue Guoguan went to the foreign minister to "help", but with the help of not much, a total of less than 100,000 taels of silver, as soon as the money was put into the big pit in Liaodong, it turned into water in an instant, and even one percent was not enough.

But in any case, Xue Guoguan's task is completed, and the resistance is not particularly large.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's task was not so easy to complete.

Although he is an emperor, it sounds more hanging, but the object of his money is also very hanging.

For example, he found his brother-in-law to ask for money, and the brother-in-law just promised to pay the money on his front heel, and ran to his sister Queen Zhou to cry poor on his back heel, and before a quarter of an hour came, the queen would run to the emperor and cry poor.

Well, the queen usually has dignified manners, and it is not easy to be in charge of the six palaces, give her a face, forget it.

asked Zhang Guoji, Zhang Guoji went to his daughter Zhang Yan, the former queen, to cry poor, Zhang Yan didn't settle accounts with Chongzhen, but the prince took the lead for him, and in the end, Zhang Guoji didn't pay.

Later, Chongzhen asked his uncle if he wanted it, and his uncle hung it even more, so he ran over to find his mother, and the queen mother was suddenly angry, and she wanted a few more handfuls of money.

This group of people can't be messed with, so pick up a soft persimmon and pinch it.

Who's soft?

Uncle can't pinch, brother's father-in-law can't pinch, brother-in-law can't pinch, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and finally thought of someone.

Since it's too close to pinch, let's pinch it a little farther away.

Wuqing Marquis Li Guorui!

Who is Li Guorui?

Daming's relative, and Nima is a relatively wealthy relative, and Emperor Chongzhen won't look for him if he doesn't have money, right?

The point is, this guy has no backing.

No, it should be said that the backer has fallen.

Li Guorui is Chongzhen's grandfather and the nephew of Zhu Yijun's mother of Mingshenzong; That is, the nephew of Chongzhen's great-grandmother.

Well, it's a bit awkward to say this, change to an old watch that is easy to accept that Li Guorui is the emperor's grandfather!

After finding Li Guorui, Chongzhen was relieved, now, Lao Tzu is looking for you for money, I don't believe that you can still go to the harem to find someone to intercede with you?

Looking for the old lady, I'm sorry, no!

I have to say that Chongzhen's mouth was too ruthless, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for 400,000 taels of silver for his grandfather's old watch, and it is estimated that in his old man's heart, the silver was blown by the wind.

After Li Guorui received the holy decree, he cried when he went home.

To tell the truth, he didn't have so much silver, and he began to accumulate wealth as early as the Shenzong period, not to mention 400,000 li, and 100,000 taels could be taken out.

But who is willing to give his wealth to others, even if that person is the emperor.

But he doesn't have any backing, what should he do?

Li Guorui is worthy of being a member of the Ming Dynasty, and has come up with a way to set up a stall that has never been seen before or since!

When Uncle Li returned home, he first handed over the emperor's 400,000 taels of silver, and then sent his wife and children to his hometown, and he took his subordinates to demolish his own house, and took all the wood, bricks and tiles and furniture in the house, and ran to the south of the city to set up a stall to sell, saying that he wanted to live by this.

At this time, the city was full of storms.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered to deprive Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing, of his title and demote him to a commoner.

Of course, this sad and old Hou Ye was overly frightened and came to an end in history.

After Li Guorui's death, everyone in the emperor's relatives and relatives were in danger, and they even spread rumors, saying that the great-grandmother of the Empress Dowager Zhu Youzhen accused the emperor of being too mean to his relatives in heaven, and that he would suffer the punishment of God, and the emperor's son was about to die.

Nonsense, of course this is a rumor, no one will believe it, and Emperor Chongzhen himself did not believe it.

But things are strange here, and it didn't take long for Emperor Chongzhen's youngest son to forgive me, and this is Nima's third prince Zhu died suddenly.

Well, whether others believe it or not, Chongzhen believes in his great-grandmother anyway.

In desperation, Chongzhen personally prayed for his great-grandmother, and was forced to posthumously crown Li Guorui's son as the Marquis of Wuqing, and repaid the Li family's silver in full.

Xue Guoguan's bad idea finally came to an end. To be continued.