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Twelve years of Chongzhen, chun!

The ancient ** is immersed in a strange atmosphere, whether it is a civil and military official, or a flat-headed common man, he can feel that the majestic ** is filled with a taste of decadence, as if the end of the pressure is uncomfortable. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info// fastest update 78 novels //

It turned out that this atmosphere was brought about by the Qing soldiers.

Last winter, the Qing army, led by Prince Dolgon and Belle Yueto, broke through the Great Wall on the left and right flanks and attacked the Ming Dynasty in a big way. The Qing army moved to An, Fengrun, and met in the west of the Nengzhou River, and went around the Ming Jingshi from the north to Zhuozhou. However, the troops were divided into eight routes, and the troops marched together. The Ming Jing division was shaken, and the superintendent Lu Xiangsheng led the army to meet the enemy, and the Qing soldiers were ambushed in Jiazhuang, and died in battle. Shi Gao hid and embraced Guan and Ning Chong's troops were close to Ji Ze, which was fifty miles away, and did not go to help. When he heard that he was defeated, he was frightened and frightened, fled westward, and led the army to the east for twenty miles, but the enemy ambushed the army and was defeated, and he fled alone. Liu Yuliang, the assistant who asked to supervise the military intelligence, went to Baoding to hear the defeat and retreated into Jinzhou in a panic, and the Qing army took advantage of the victory and drove straight in, trapping Changping, Baodi, Pinggu and other places, and the Beijing division was shaken.

The Qing army took advantage of the victory and drove south. All the towns of the Council were plundered. The city commanders and generals either cowered or fled first. The Qing army attacked and plundered in Kifu, and captured 43 cities in a row, and Gyeonggi was destroyed.

In the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army marched south from Gyeonggi to Shandong. Yang Sichang, the assistant of the time, thought that Dezhou was a necessary place for the Qing army to go south, and ordered Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, to lead his troops to defend it. So Jinan was empty, with 500 township soldiers and 700 Laizhou reinforcements, which were too weak to defend. The Qing army went west from Jifu, arrived at the western boundary of Shanxi, turned back to the south, bypassed Dezhou, went down to the Qing Dynasty, crossed the Huitong River, and went straight to the city of Jinan. The Ming army refused to defend the city and fought to the death. On the second day of the first year, there were many victims in the battle of the city and alleys. King Zhu Youshu of Germany, General Zhu Ensheng of Fengguo and other capitals were captured.

Under such tremendous pressure, it is strange that the atmosphere in the capital can be good.

At this time, it was the time of the court meeting, and Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair as usual, with hundreds of civil and military officials on the left and right. A few years ago, Emperor Chongzhen's figure was a little rickety, at this time, I only felt that he was dozens of years old, his hair was gray, and Jing Shen was also quite sluggish.

At this time, a minister was standing in the hall, reporting on the military situation of the bandits in various places. He raised his voice and said: "According to the report of the spies, Li Zicheng has captured Luoyang, Zhang Xianzhong has captured Xiangyang, and the fifth battalion of the left is with Zhang Xianzhong, operating near the two lakes...... As for the most troublesome Zhu Ba...... Uh......"

Chongzhen snorted and said, "How is Zhu Ba?" "He is now a lot ......of lice and is not afraid of bites, anyway, he has rotted into a mess, and he can't be scared of any news."

The minister wiped his sweat and reported in a low voice: "Zhu Ba defeated the Xitong soldiers and Miao soldiers in Huangniwa, the governor of Sichuan was isolated, Chengdu was surrounded by the thief army, and the thief army transferred many cannons to bombard Chengdu City sooner or later, and the city was broken only in the evening." ”

After Chongzhen heard this, he didn't get angry, he just had a thought in his heart, "It's really this kind of news", and said with a sneering look on his face: "Isn't the old general Qin Liangyu also in Chengdu when the stone pillar consolation envoy?" With the old general Qin here, the thief army can also be presumptuous? ”

The minister said a little fearfully: "Well...... Belch...... Well...... That's the case, Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun Shao Dajin can't believe it...... Cough...... He couldn't trust the Tujia soldiers, so he transferred them out of Chengdu and stationed them in Chongqing. I thought that Chengdu and Chongqing could be at each other's corners and support each other at any time, but Zhu Ba was extremely cunning, and while besieging Chengdu, he actually sent an army to cross the road between Chengdu and Chongqing, posing a situation of attacking Chongqing, General Qin Liangyu was pinned down by this thief army and couldn't move......"

After Chongzhen heard this, a flash of anger flashed on his face, but soon, this anger was suppressed by him again, he has been on the throne for more than ten years, he has seen too much waste like Shao Jiechun, and now he can't get angry even if he wants to. He just waved his hand casually and sighed: "Pass the order, dismiss Shao Jiechun, and make Liao Daheng temporarily take over the post of governor of Sichuan." ”

The minister wanted to tell Chongzhen that Chengdu had been surrounded, Shao Jiechun couldn't get out at all, and the envoys of the imperial court couldn't get in, and he had to get in if he wanted to be dismissed, but when he saw Chongzhen's happy face, he didn't say anything and retreated obediently.

At this time, a eunuch rushed in from outside the palace, shouting loudly as he ran: "Your Majesty, happy event, happy event!" ”

Chongzhen frowned: "It's so erosive, what other happy event can there be?" ”

The eunuch said loudly: "After the Qing prince Dolgon led his army to plunder, he returned from the northeast of the mountain to Yaojinwei and crossed the canal to the east. On the ninth day of the first month of March, the Qing army exited the pass from Qingshankou and retreated to Liaodong ......"

Before he finished his words, the civil and military officials in the hall were all overjoyed, and they began to discuss with a loud voice: "Ha, the Qing soldiers have retreated." ”

"Great, the Qing soldiers are finally gone......"

"Thank you!"

"Emperor Gu Xiang!"

The civil and military officials played the crown accordingly, as if they were celebrating a festival, but there was no joy in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.

The Tartars entered the customs for half a year, penetrated 2,000 miles, and captured one prefecture, three prefectures, fifty-five counties, and two passes; killed the governor two and more than 100 generals above the garrison; More than 460,000 entrances, more than 4,000 taels of gold, and more than 970,000 taels of silver were captured.

Come when you want to enter the house, leave if you want to go, the Ming army can't beat the Tartars, can't stop the Tartars, can't drive away the Tartars, completely fell into passivity, now the Tartars have grabbed enough, and finally left, these waste officials are as happy as a festival, what are you happy about? Should we be happy or sad now?

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand helplessly and said to the civil and military officials: "Quiet, what is there to be happy about?" While the Tartar is gone, you can breathe a sigh of relief, it is the time to quickly find a way to solve the problem, internal and external troubles, there are no available soldiers, what are the plans of the Qing family? ”

One of the ministers said, "We want to increase our troops!" ”

Chongzhen heard that he only said that he wanted to increase the troops, and there was no follow-up later, so he couldn't help asking: "All the registered military households have been drawn out to fight, and they are still stretched, where else can they recruit troops?" ”

The minister Khan said: "Weichen...... Ahem, I don't know ......."

Chongzhen is unhappy, this is a person who came out to talk nonsense, why when it comes to my governance, there are all mediocre waste officials under my command?

A young official was squeezed out of the group, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a way to recruit troops. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and stared at it, it was Shen Xun, the head of the military department, who spoke, who was flexible in his thinking, and usually had many ideas that were unscrupulous, and occasionally could make strange plans and solve problems, so he said happily: "Say it quickly!" ”

Shen Xun saw that the emperor valued him, and he was very proud in his heart, and said complacently: "Weichen has a plan, let's put the monks and nuns into one-to-one pairs, make them into the armor, draw one out of every three households to be a soldier, train day and night, and within a few years, you can get hundreds of thousands of soldiers......"

Chongzhen's eyes were dark, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out of his throat, what kind of mess is this talking about, making the monk a nun right? Is this fucking crazy?

Rao is he already has more lice and is not afraid of bites, and he has seen all kinds of waste, so he couldn't help jumping up at this time, and said angrily: "Are you taking state affairs as a child's play?" Confused...... Come in, and get this fork out of the temple. ”

The palace turned out the golden armor guard, and forked Shen Xun out of the hall with the golden fork in his hand, and Shen Xun crawled with him, but shouted in his mouth: "Your Majesty, the plan proposed by Wei Chen is absolutely feasible...... Feasible o...... Feasible ......""

"Feasible fart!" Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into foul language.

The hall was full of civil and military people, some holding back laughter, and some were startled, and they were also in various shapes.

It took a long time for Chongzhen to finally suppress the surging anger in his heart, return to a bland look, sit on the dragon chair, and sighed: "What Shen Xun said is not allowed to be mentioned again, Zhongqing think about it again, is there any other way?" ”

At this time, a military attache walked out of the hall, and everyone looked at it, it was Yang Dezheng, the deputy chief soldier, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the reason why the Liukou are difficult to calm is because they are impermanent, mobile and inhabitable, and the soldiers can't catch up. ”

Chongzhen finally heard something slightly reliable, and Jing shook his head and asked, "How to make the law?" ”

Yang Dezheng said: "Let's implement the training under the whole year, specifically the government will cut and pass the judgment, and set up the post of training and preparation, which is equivalent to the garrison of the official army; The state cut the judges, the county cut the main book, and added the post of the general manager, which is equivalent to the general rank. The training and training headquarters are subordinate to the prefect, prefecture, and county, and are specifically responsible for training the militia, whose task is to defend the countryside and not be transferred to other places. and set the amount of 1,000 militia for each province, 700 for the prefecture, and 500 for the county. In this way, every prefecture, every state, and every county has troops stationed in it, and wherever the thieves go, they will fall into a situation of being beaten, and it will be much easier for our troops to chase and suppress them. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he felt reasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was wrong, and asked: "The township warriors in each prefecture and county are all organized by the squires and landlords themselves...... Why should the imperial court be formed again? ”

Yang Dezheng said: "The village warrior army organized by the squires is uneven, the combat effectiveness is extremely poor, and they do not obey the dispatch, so it will not play a role at all, and it is better for our court to manage it." ”

Chongzhen thought that this was the same, but he immediately discovered a new problem, and hurriedly asked: "If Xiangyong is trained by the imperial court, wouldn't it be necessary for the imperial court to pay for it?" ”

Yang Dezheng said: "I am rich all over the world, and the squires can afford to raise the village warrior army, can't our court still afford it?" It's just a little money, not enough to worry about. ”

Money? Chongzhen felt a little uncomfortable with his qi and blood, and his head was a little dizzy, you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, but I know o, my clothes are patched, what money do you take to raise the township warriors?

A civil official poked his head out and snorted: "Your Majesty, we might as well charge another 'training salary'......"

"Raise your salary?" Chongzhen's face changed, and several civil officials in the hall also changed their faces: "Your Majesty, Chongzhen has only collected salaries for ten years, and the people are already miserable, so we will increase the salaries at this time...... This...... This...... How does this work? ”

The previous civil official immediately retorted: "Why can't it be? Increase the silver by three or four dollars per mu, and there is no injury! The increased grain will be used to train the township brave soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of troops can be obtained day and night. ”

Hearing that there were hundreds of thousands of troops, Chongzhen was quite moved.

Only listened to a few civil officials arguing there, constantly turning out the ancient teachings of the Holy Entry to refute the other party, he had no heart to continue listening, only thinking about the benefits of increasing hundreds of thousands of troops, after thinking about it for a long time, Chongzhen patted Yu Ruyi, and said loudly: "Don't quarrel, I have made up my mind, issue an announcement, levy a salary, and suffer my people for a year...... If you have hundreds of thousands of troops, you will also protect their safety. ”

As soon as this order came out, the hundred officials could no longer fight, and all lowered their heads, and soon after, the household department calculated the acres of land and the entrance, and took out a statistical sheet, after calculation, this time the salary would be levied more than 7.3 million taels of silver...... - the twelfth year of Chongzhen, summer!

Sichuan, Shizhu, Tujia, Wanshou Village.

It was the season of corn harvest, and the faces of all the Tujia people were full of smiles. When Xia Erduo first came to Shizhu and promoted corn to them, the Tujia family was very repulsive to him, and almost none of them gave Xia Erduo a good face, and all the Tujia people's faces were yin calm.

However, for the sake of the young master's life, the people of the Tujia family had no choice but to bow their heads and obediently follow Xia Erduo to learn the technology of planting corn...... One acre of corn land can really harvest six or seven hundred catties of grain.

When the harvest season came, a smile finally appeared on their faces, and it was only at this time that they knew that Zhu Jun had sent them to teach them techniques was not actually harming them, but helping them.

The tax system adopted by the Shizhu Tujia was different from that of the imperial court, because they were made by the Tusi, so they did not need to pay all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes like the Han people under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but adopted the ratio of ten taxes and five to pay the harvested grain to Qin Liangyu. Because Hermes-Epitek suffers from all kinds of messy salaries, in fact, Hermes-Epitek's taxes are as high as 8 out of 10, or even 9 out of 10.

Under the basic tax rate of ten taxes and five catties, the Tujia people used to harvest about 120 catties of grain per acre, and if they handed over half of it, they could leave 60 catties, but now they can harvest 6 or 700 catties per acre, and if they hand over half, they can still leave more than 300 catties.

The five million catties of grain that sounded terrifying before, now it doesn't feel so much, because any village can produce close to 100,000 catties of grain, that is to say, any village can provide forty or fifty thousand catties of taxes, and all Tujia villages add up, how many taxes can be paid? Just five million catties of grain is simply not a problem.

At this time, Qin Liangyu was in Chongqing, Ma Xianglin was a prisoner in the Zhu army, and several Tujia elders who stayed in Wanshou Village hurriedly got busy, counted the grain obtained this year, and loaded it into a truck, planning to transport it to the Zhu army to redeem the young master.

Xia Erduo walked between the fields, and there was a large group of Tujia girls behind him.

A little girl with watery eyes pulled Xia Erduo's sleeve and said generously: "Mr. Xia, my father told me to invite you to the house for a light meal, so that our family can thank you well." When you were in the village just now, my father had a bad attitude towards you, and now that I think about it, I'm so sorry sir...... My father wants to apologize to you. ”

Another little girl with very thin and straight legs also squeezed over, pulled Xia Erduo's other sleeve, and said in a crisp voice: "Don't go to her house, come to my house first...... Our father also knows that Mr. Xia is a good entry, and you used the excuse that you want us to plant corn to ransom the young master, but in fact, you are lying to us at all, you just want to use this method to force us to plant corn, this is all for our good...... We have prepared good wine and food at home, and we are waiting for you to go. ”

"Hey!" The big-eyed, watery girl was dissatisfied, and said angrily to the one who came after: "What do you mean? Obviously, I invited Mr. Xia first. ”

The girl with thin and straight legs was not satisfied, and snorted: "How can this kind of thing come first and come first? It depends on who Mr. Xia likes, and he chooses whom...... You are not as good as me anywhere else except for a pair of eyes, and Mr. Xia will definitely choose me. ”

The watery-eyed girl also snorted, "What else can you look at but a pair of legs?" Of course, Mr. Xia likes me. ”

Their fight immediately made Xia Erduo dizzy...... Are they fighting for dinner? Or are you scrambling to grab a man into O? Xia Erduo only felt a cold air rushing out of his heart, and he really couldn't accept it.

At this time, Hanjin women paid more attention to three obedience and four virtues, and they couldn't do anything to rob men under the light. But for ethnic minority girls, it is too normal to grab a man, if they love a man, they will even stand on the top of the mountain, and sing loudly in the mountain, if the man is also interesting, go back to a mountain song, and then you can come to the door to propose. This kind of cheerful and generous personality suddenly made Xia Erduo, an honest person, powerless to parry.

He was originally an honest man, although he achieved a certain position in the Zhu army, he did not use his power to seek any benefits for himself, he did not occupy the women of a good family or anything, and he only knew how to run around in the fields in the end. Therefore, he has never married, and in the face of women, there is a sense of powerlessness in his heart. A rookie like him in the love field, if he meets a shy little girl, the two may be able to experience what is called green love. But it's a pity that he, a big rookie, met a cheerful and generous Tujia girl at the beginning, which is really ...... The little white rabbit fell into the mouth of the big bad wolf.

And it's not a big bad wolf, it's a pack of big bad wolves.

In addition to the little girl with watery eyes and the girl with thin and straight legs, there was also a large group of Tujia girls surrounding her, holding hands and pulling clothes, and it was a mess. Some of them couldn't squeeze in, and even sang mountain songs on the periphery...... Xia Erduo's mouth was flattened, and he said mournfully: "What can I do about this?" ”