Within a few days, Zhao Yan's recital arrived in Beijing. Shandong's post stations have begun to be laid in various places, and a complete post station system has been formed in Shandong Province.

The post station that Zhao Yan asked people to open was called 'Jimin Inn', although it was called an inn, but it was no different from a post station.

These inns were not only responsible for delivering information, but also providing accommodation for travelers, who could travel in the wagons and hire soldiers from mercenary battalions to protect their travels.

In addition to Shandong, Shandong to Gyeonggi, Henan, Lianghuai, Jiangnan and other important trade routes, there are post stations opened by Zhao Yan, these post stations are opened on the business routes with a lot of people, so not only do not need to post money, but also can export tens of thousands of taels of silver to Shandong every year.

As for the reason why the post station of the imperial court has to be subsidized every year, first of all, there is a problem in management, and then because it is laid very widely, so it causes such a phenomenon.

But in fact, there are profits to be made at the post station, but the way of doing business needs to be changed.

Zhao Yan's recital was sent to the Beijing Division, Chongzhen picked up the lamp in the Qianqing Palace at night and repeatedly read the content of Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng's changes, Zhao Yan said in the recital: The key to governing the country lies in financial management, and listed the many results of Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng's changes, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face for Chongzhen.

This letter gave Chongzhen a great inspiration, and asked people to sort out the content of Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng's changes overnight and read them carefully.

He was a diligent emperor, but he was born at the wrong time and at the same time did not have the right education.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all in the Yuhuang, and Chongzhen was exposed to the idea that he could not change the law since he was a child, and that changing the law would damage the country and poison the world, and the ministers had not seen the content of the change.

In this era when information is very clogged, an emperor who does not have a correct understanding of many things naturally cannot come up with any effective governance methods.

"I have done it with saving money, opening up sources and reducing expenditures, yes, it is to open sources and reduce expenditures." Chongzhen was very pleasantly surprised after reading Zhang Juzheng's changes, as if he had found a huge treasure.

Chongzhen directly saw that the third watch had just fallen asleep, and the next day before dawn he got up and ran to the court, which was so diligent that people were stunned.

After the morning of the day, Chongzhen called Yang Sichang over again.

"This Zhao Yan, he didn't hand over the secret recipe of the glass mirror and the textile equipment, what does Yang Aiqing think is good?" Chongzhen asked Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang looked at Zhao Yan's recital, Zhao Yan rejected Chongzhen's request for the glass mirror in the recital, and asked Chongzhen: If the glass mirror is with it, His Majesty may have a salary of three million taels per year?

This sentence made Chongzhen angry yesterday, and the big hat of 'competing with the people' in the back was even cleaner by Zhao Yan.

"Your Majesty, at least Zhao Yan agreed to send out craftsmen and soldiers, with his firearms and training methods, we will definitely be able to train a strong army in a few years." Yang Sichang said: "As for the glass mirror and textile equipment, according to his meaning, His Majesty must carry out commercial tax reform before they can be handed over, Your Majesty ......"

Yang Sichang didn't know what to say for a while, because he couldn't figure out Chongzhen's attitude towards this commercial tax.

"I intend to levy it so that the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty can prosper." Chongzhen said loudly, with a very resolute attitude.

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty, the matter of business and taxation is very high, and it is not allowed to be discussed lightly!" ”

"Why?" Chongzhen asked unhappily, at this time he was thinking about how to open up sources and reduce expenditure!

"Today, people under the government are all free of commercial taxes, and the ministers of the DPRK and China, as Zhao Yan said in the chapter, are mostly from the family of industry and commerce, and if Your Majesty wants to increase the commercial tax, they will inevitably be opposed by them." Yang Sichang said.

"Can't they levy me if they oppose me?" Chongzhen frowned.

"Your Majesty can naturally recruit people, but if Your Majesty must first find a suitable candidate to carry out the reform, let it be a matter of reform, and if Your Majesty entrusts no one, chaos will arise, and it will give an excuse to those who oppose it." As he spoke, Yang Sichang expressed his support for the collection of commercial taxes and severed his relationship with the Manchu civil and military forces. Chongzhen's face softened a lot, and he nodded thoughtfully, "But that's the case." ”

"The court is full of greedy ministers, who can I entrust to?" Chongzhen hated it, once again exposing his distrust of those civil servants.

This kind of distrust is indeed very correct, more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, the bureaucrats have reached the extreme, how can Chongzhen trust.

"If Zhao Yan doesn't give up his pen and follow Rong, it would be good if he could pass the Jinshi examination, he must be a capable minister who governs the world, it's a pity! Pity. Chongzhen, who felt that no one was available, suddenly sighed. Zhao Yan, who proposed reform, became his biggest threat after abandoning his pen and becoming his biggest threat, how could Chongzhen not sigh.

"Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, and he should be able to take on this important task." Yang Sichang said suddenly.

"Who?" Chongzhen asked in surprise.

"Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou." Yang Sichang said.

"Chen Zhongsheng, this person is closer to Zhao Yan......" Chongzhen hesitated.

"Although this person has a close relationship with Zhao Yan, it is not impossible for His Majesty to entrust him with the important task of reform." Yang Sichang explained, "Besides, compared to Zhao Yan and the Holy Lord, he will know how to choose. ”

"What about glass mirrors and textile instruments?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty will decide to reform the commercial tax, textile equipment can be obtained, the matter of the glass mirror, Your Majesty does not need to worry, when the Shandong soldiers and craftsmen arrive, trained the elite soldiers and horses, you can force them to hand over the glass mirror." Yang Sichang suggested, "If you push him tight at this time, it is easy to make trouble." ”

"So be it!"

…… Between the sea and the sky, the warm sun rises from the sea level, and on the pier of Phi Dao, a huge fleet of ships is already pulling up the sails, and nearly 80 galleons are slowly sailing out of the pier and heading east.

The soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions of the Liaodong Army, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the Shandong Army were fully armed and ready to land on Tieshan.

At this time, North Korea had been turned upside down by Huang Taiji, and the king of North Korea, Li Zong, was arrested, and it was said that he was severely tortured by Huang Taiji, and he tasted all the hardships.

The North Korean people are also preparing for Huang Taiji's forced crossing of the Yalu River under the forced conscription of Huang Taiji, and at the same time, Huang Taiji has also made second-hand preparations, that is, to entrench himself in North Korea for a long time.

Hwang Tae-gil had already sent out the Yellow Banner, divided it into several small units, and stationed them in various towns and cities in Korea. However, Hwang Tae-gil's decision was not all smooth sailing, although North Korea gave in, but it was when Hwang Tae-gil could withdraw, but now Hwang Tae-gil has withdrawn, but 'laid' North Korea and did not leave, and also arrested Li Zong, which aroused the resistance of North Korean officials.

Huang Taiji was furious, and when he was about to return to the division, only a few surviving Qing naval divisions came to report that the Ming naval divisions of Phi Island were heading towards the peninsula south of Tieshan.

Phi Island is very close to Iron Mountain, only more than 20 kilometers, but Phi Island is only five or six kilometers away from the coastline, but there is no suitable port for landing, only Iron Mountain Port has enough depth for sailing ships to dock.

When the fleet approached the port of Tieshan, Huang Taiji was already waiting at the port with the Zhenghuang flag, the red flag, and the 20,000 Han soldiers under the command of Kong Youde, ready to teach the Ming army a heavy lesson in landing.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the convoy carrying soldiers and supplies arrived at the outside of the port of Tieshan, and sailed to the port under the attention of nearly 40,000 Qing troops.

Huang Taiji looked at the huge fleet of Ming troops with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that the decks of those galleons were densely packed with heavily armed Ming troops.

As far as a sailing ship is concerned, the soldiers sent at close range are far more than those sent at long distances, and the soldiers are sent at close range, the soldiers do not need to sleep on the ship, and the supplies do not need to be carried much, and it is not a problem to carry three or four thousand people in a huge sailboat, it is no different from transporting piglets, but such transportation will not cause any danger to the soldiers, because the time is not long, and the ship has also been trained in advance, and the ship is equipped with doctors.

These Ming soldiers are freshly dressed and bright, and the expressions carved out like a mold, without a trace of emotion, reveal ruthlessness and slaughter, this is the first time Huang Taiji has seen the appearance of the Shandong army.

"Shandong is really our old enemy of Manchuria." Huang Taiji coughed violently twice as he spoke, and there was some blood condensing on the white silk handkerchief.

"Your Majesty." Yue Tuo called out urgently.

"It's okay, I can hold on." Huang Taiji raised his hand and said, the original fat hands were obviously smaller at the moment.

Yue Tuo bent down slightly, and then looked at the approaching Ming army fleet, the tall sailboats were driving side by side, the sails were stacked between the ups and downs of the sea, such a scene was shocking.

"What does the Ming army want to do? Do you want to come over directly? Yue Tuo looked at the approaching fleet in bewilderment, "It's just too arrogant, you dare to force your way ashore under our noses." ”

The fleet sent by Zhao Yan did ignore the Qing troops on the shore, and sailed straight into the port, just when the Qing army was waiting in a dense formation, ten armed merchant ships suddenly lined up, the guns on the ship opened directly, and a cannon revealed a hollow muzzle from the inside.

"It's not good, the Ming army has artillery." Huang Taiji exclaimed in his heart, at this moment, only a burst of cannons was heard, and hundreds of shells flew towards the port, and the Qing army on the port suddenly seemed to have suffered an earthquake, and the surrounding land was shaken by the exploding cannonballs.

There was smoke everywhere, and many Qing troops had been blown to pieces by shells before they could react.

The guns of these ten armed merchant ships were not very fierce, and each ship had between ten and fifteen broadside guns. However, what is even more terrifying is still to come, only to see one rocket launcher after another being pushed up and ignited...... Launch!

Without the assistance of warships, rocket bombardment became the best option for landing.

Intensive rocket bombardment began! The rockets dragging orange tail flames with a terrible whistling sound shot at the Qing troops lined up in a dense formation.

The explosions continued one after another, and the Qing army fell into chaos in an instant, and the soldiers and horses fled in panic under the bombardment, leaving behind a charred and bloody corpse.

The bombardment lasted for ten minutes, and the Liaodong Army launched nearly 5,000 rockets to bomb Tieshan Port, only to see that after the bombardment, the entire Tieshan Port was filled with raging fire.

And the Qing army had already fled in disarray.

Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo retreated for nearly three miles with their men and horses, and then they stabilized their positions and began to gather their troops and horses. Just as Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo gathered their troops and horses, the landing on the port also began.

Company infantry battalion, company cavalry battalion carried out the landing in an orderly manner, and in front of the sailing boats, the soldiers quickly rushed down from the lowered adjustment boards, and then quickly set up defenses on the harbor.

After Huang Taiji gathered his soldiers and horses, he found that he had lost nearly 4,000 people in the bombing, which made Huang Taiji's face twitch in pain.

"Your Majesty, Minggou's firearms are too sharp." Yue Tuo said to Huang Taiji with a pale face. Huang Taiji's face was also very ugly, and at this time the scout reported: "Tell the emperor, all the Ming troops have gone ashore." ”

"Back to Iron Mountain." A hint of fierceness flashed in Huang Taiji's eyes.

"Your Majesty, aren't we going to drive the famous dog into the sea?" Yue Tuo asked puzzled, Huang Taiji shook his head, and said: "This time the Ming army landed, there must be thorough preparations, coupled with the sharp firearms, it is really unwise to fight it head-on, the only way to avoid its edge is to slowly figure it out." ”

"The emperor is wise." Immediately, there was a sound of compliments all around.

Huang Taiji led the army straight to Tieshan City, and a bloodbath of Tieshan began.

"Kill them all, and you can't let the Ming army recruit any people." Huang Taiji ordered, Huang Taiji, who has a very high strategic vision, has realized the coming of the crisis at this time.

The Yalu River was blocked by the Ming army, and the Ming army marched into North Korea.

The only way is to kill the Ming army that entered Korea.

But the Ming army has powerful firearms, and since Nurhachi raised his army, there has always been no good fruit to eat against the Ming army head-on, of course, this refers to the city wall.

However, the soldiers and horses of Shandong, which have powerful firearms, are even more powerful than those cities in western Liaoning.

Therefore, Huang Taiji retreated directly to Tieshan, not to confront the Ming army head-on, but to give full play to the mobile advantage of cavalry, waiting for opportunities to find opportunities.

At the same time, it is also necessary to create trouble for the Ming army, Tieshan City is so close, it will definitely fall into the hands of the Ming army, and killing all the people in the city will undoubtedly make the Ming army unable to recruit many people.

In Huang Taiji's consciousness, if there were no people, it would be very difficult to transport grain, which would inevitably cause trouble for the Ming army.

The massacre unfolded in Tieshan, and the Koreans were naturally unable to resist the Manchu butcher's knives, and by the time the Liaodong army entered Tieshan City, Tieshan had become a living hell, with corpses and burning houses everywhere.

Iron Mountain City has been completely destroyed, and of course, it is not their business whether the Koreans live or die.

"Within two months, we must take control of all North Korean towns and carry out a comprehensive clearing of North Korea, and it is best to deal with the Qing army within two months." Wang Zheng, the former commander of the Yingzhou Regiment, spread out the map in Tieshan City and discussed the next move with the commanders of other battalions.

"The order given by the General Staff is that within two months, at least the southernmost tip of Korea must be attacked, the southern tip of Korea must be controlled in its hands, and preparations must be made for the war against the DPRK." Wu Yongliang pointed to the mountainous area in the east and said: "Under the siege, the Qing army is most likely to rush into the mountainous area, and this area must be cleared. ”

"Let's let the staff members discuss!" You Xuefeng, commander of the first infantry battalion, said.

The operations of the various battalions in the DPRK are under the command of the Liaodong Operational Staff Headquarters, and the specific operational plans are formulated by the staff of each battalion and then decided by the commanders of each battalion.

The Longkou General Staff commanded the Liaodong Operational Staff, perhaps only giving an intention, while the Liaodong General Staff gave further plans, usually some supplies and instructions on the route, and how to accomplish it was jointly agreed upon by the staffs of each battalion.

In the military system built by Zhao Yan, there has not yet been anyone who can speak absolutely, and the power is very decentralized. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there is no division and regiment system, and with the huge growth of the army, the division and regiment system has become very urgent. However, when the division and regiment system was formed, many divisions and regiments must have been formed, and the military power at that time was also very scattered, and no one general could lead more soldiers than others.

In such a state of equilibrium, a rebellion is almost unlikely.

And the reason why Chongzhen wants to balance Zhao Yan's expansion is because his strength has been unbalanced with other officials and armies, which has seriously threatened his position.

If Zhao Yan is replaced, Zhao Yan will not allow any guy to threaten his position.

…… After the joint agreement of the staff of each battalion, a specific battle plan was finally given. First of all, Wang Zheng led the second battalion of infantry to attack Yizhou and open up the route from Liaodong to Korea.

Then the 2nd Battalion and the 1st Cavalry Battalion were responsible for the Korean Eastern Front and advanced all the way south. The 1st Infantry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the Shandong Army advanced south from the Western Front and captured towns along the way.

The defense of Zhiyu towns was entrusted to the third-line troops incorporated in Liaodong.

In Korea, where the Manchus lacked the strength to defend the city, it was enough to defend the city with a third-line force.

When advancing, if the two roads encounter the Qing army, they will fight, and if the Qing army escapes, they cannot blindly pursue, and the first priority is to control the towns and cities in Korea and clear the fields.

At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a high degree of vigilance in the process of advancing and strictly guard against the surprise attack of the Qing army, especially the baggage troops, which must advance under absolute safety.

This is the first step of the combat process, and when all the towns in Korea are controlled, the second step of the combat process will begin, and the battalions will focus on the Qing army, and it will be much easier to kill the Qing army in the absence of supplies.

At the same time, a psychological offensive must be carried out.

At the same time, if the main force of the Qing army was encountered, hundreds of Qing prisoners prepared in advance would be released, so that the situation in Liaodong would spread throughout the banners of the Qing army.

And to surrender the Qing army, but also to offer preferential treatment, in the case of confusion in the army, there will inevitably be a surrender of the Qing army, and when the Korean war is over, you surrendered Qing army can go to mining.

The first step of the combat process, to be completed in two months at the latest, is to take complete control of the towns and cities throughout the DPRK and to ensure at least one safe land line of communication.

There is no problem with the second step of the combat process, which will start in two months.

(To be continued)