Chen Qiyu is worthy of being a famous bull in history, and in the process of reading the emergency report, he saw that the matter was not as serious as he imagined, so he slowly calmed down.

After a while, he made a decision, changed his strategy, ordered a temporary disbandment, and sent the elite to northern Shaanxi to investigate the enemy. At the same time, he immediately wrote a letter and urgently sent it to the imperial court.

It took 800 miles to expedite this movement, and it took less than ten days to reach the Jingshi. The cabinet not only neglected, but immediately sent it to the imperial court.

For Emperor Chongzhen, there was no happy time. In the end, the Heaven-Bombarding God Cannon was not created, only the Heaven-Bombarding Divine Thunder was almost made up. Sun Chengzong was in a hurry on the front line, but in the end, Hong Chengchou had an idea, built a trebuchet, and transported it to Funing together.

This war in Funing was not sluggish at the beginning. Or maybe it's because there are reasons for negotiations, and the two sides don't fight much. Later, the battle began, and almost both sides bombarded each other with artillery, and there were very few direct swords and soldiers.

Sun Chengzong was naturally happy to do so, after all, the artillerymen on Jianyu's side were not as skilled as the Ming army at all. As a military expert who has been fighting against Jianyu for many years, he faintly feels that Jianyu does not seem to be at peace inside.

However, this kind of unrest will definitely disappear, Sun Chengzong gathered the army in front of the Shanhaiguan and camped, while making a desperate gesture to seize the pass, while recruiting a large number of people to dig a pit in the back, preparing to build a defense line around the Shanhaiguan.

Either it was because the Jin Shang was annihilated by the Heavenly Army, or because the slogan of the captives, although they were far away, was too loud, it seems that there were no traitors to inform Jianyu of this situation.

Although he was not harassed by the Jianjun for the time being, there was another problem that seriously restricted the progress of the project and the morale of the Qin Wang army, that is, the shortage of grain and grass.

People are starving to death and dying of exhaustion every day, this can be had, but if there is a hunger situation in the army. Then this battle will not be fought. One by one, the urgent documents were sent to the imperial front, almost every day.

In recent days, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the cabinet have been discussing this matter. Hubu Shangshu Bi Ziyan's illness just happened to be due to this incident, and he fell ill again.

The matter of raising money and food is really nerve-wracking. The war of King Qin in the land of Gyeonggi has long since dragged down the central finances, and the grain and grass that can be found, received, and scraped have been scraped. It's already been done a long time ago. Even Emperor Chongzhen donated all the gold and silver artifacts in the palace, and called on the military generals and the noble emperors to donate together.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that those civil ministers and military generals and noble emperors donated a little symbolically like sending a flower child, and the reason given was still vibrant, saying that the court gave only a little money, and the family was a big family. A little more urgent. Emperor Chongzhen's father-in-law, the queen's father-in-law took the lead in playing scoundrels, putting the family's pots and pans on the street to sell, and losing the royal face.

The officials can't come up with the money here, so they can only ask the people. Originally, the Central Plains was plagued by thieves, and there was no way to collect taxes. For this point, Emperor Chongzhen still insisted on it.

However, in the past few days, several good news have come. So that the bill of taxation was put on the table again.

The first good news was from the new trilateral governor Chen Qiyu. The recent victories have swept away the thieves in southern Shaanxi.

The second good news was from Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, saying that he set off from the Daimyo Mansion and advanced all the way to Henan, almost to the territory of Kaifeng Mansion. The thieves were either routed or fled along the way, and these places have regained stability.

The third good news is that Qin Liangyu, the Tusi of the Sichuan Army, led the army from Sichuan, swept away the thieves all the way, and arrived in Henan Mansion. Soon he and Lu Xiang will be promoted back to the division.

Judging from the current situation, Henan will be determined, Shaanxi will be determined, and as long as Shanxi, Hunan, Guangxi, and other places coordinate well, it is very likely that the problem of thieves will be solved very quickly.

Because of this, Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu were both promoted. In particular, Lu Xiangsheng, because he was a civilian, was promoted to governor by leaping his ranks, and commanded the local armies of the Daimyo's Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, Weihui Mansion, Guide Mansion, and Yanzhou Mansion.

"Your Majesty, the rebellion in the Central Plains will be pacified soon. And if the grain and grass in Gyeonggi cannot be supplied, there will be unforeseen disasters, and it will be delayed! "The head of the cabinet, Cheng Ji, stood in the Wenhua Hall and admonished bitterly.

The other ministers in the palace, such as Xu Guangqi and others, originally had opposition, but if it was decided today, even if they felt that the people who had just passed through the rebellion needed to recuperate, there was really no reason to oppose the increase in taxes compared to the urgency of Gyeonggi.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the courtiers had reached an agreement, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the money and grain can be supplied, the war in Shanhaiguan can be fought, otherwise once it collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, he issued a holy decree, which was issued by the cabinet to advance the tax that had been increased in four years by Chongzhen, that is, to raise the field tax from nine cents to one and two cents.

The efficiency of this matter is very fast, and the remaining deliberations of the Wenhua Hall have not yet ended, and the holy decree has been issued to the Jingshi.

However, before the monarchs and ministers could breathe a sigh of relief, they received two urgent documents of 800 li in a row.

The first letter was from Chen Qiyu, the governor of the three sides, saying that the heavenly army captured the important town of Yulin, and the defense system of the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi was broken. For the sake of today's plan, I asked the imperial court to allocate money and grain as soon as possible, and gather a large army to drive the heavenly army out of the pass.

Considering that the battle at Shanhaiguan was still going on, Chen Qiyu suggested recruiting the thieves in Shaanxi and driving the thieves to attack the Heavenly Army. It's just that all of this requires money and food, and donations from local squires alone are far from enough for combat needs.

Regarding the matter of calling the Heavenly Army into the pass, the monarchs and ministers in the Wenhua Hall were a little unexpected, and they also felt quite tricky.

However, the result has not yet been discussed, and the second 800-mile expedited letter has arrived again, which was sent by the governor of Xichuan, saying that there are thieves called the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai and other departments, who have fled into Sichuan, colluded with Tusi to cause trouble, and even captured Kuizhou, with great momentum. Urgently begged the imperial court to send Qin Liangyu's white pole army back to Sichuan to suppress the thieves.

Speaking of which, Sichuan has always been not peaceful, just a few years ago, Sichuan has just experienced the Tusi rebellion, which seriously damaged the local people's livelihood and economy.

The good mood can only be calculated by "carving", and Emperor Chongzhen and the courtiers can only discuss this new situation with a bitter face.

Since the matter of taxation has been issued, it will be issued. Otherwise, what Qin Wangjun eats and drinks is the top priority, and he must not be sloppy.

As for calling the Heavenly Army, although Xu Guangqi reappeared in his mind, the idea of recruiting an reappeared. But at this time, he asked the heavenly army to attack the pass, and he obviously showed strong hostility towards Da Ming, so he didn't dare to mention it.

(To be continued.) )