Emperor Chongzhen looked at Chen Yutai with some doubts, and asked, "Chen Aiqing, the soldiers in Jiangnan are not enough to rely on. Even if I can recruit some soldiers, I'm afraid that far water will not quench the thirst of the near! ”

Chen Yutai's face was solemn, and he replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the prince is invited to go to Nanjing to supervise the army-"

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Chen Yutai meant. Any overseer is, sending the prince to Nanjing, this is leaving a back road for the Ming Dynasty! If there is disharmony in the future, the prince can regain his strength in Nanjing!

"The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the prince goes to Nanjing-well, Aiqing's words are very agreeable!" Emperor Chongzhen soon knew that this was a good idea, and then asked: "Chen Aiqing, if the crown prince goes south, according to Qing's opinion, how should it be arranged?" ”

Chen Yutai replied: "Traveling south from Beijing, there has always been a land and water journey. By land, Henan or Shandong, but now Henan has fallen into thieves, and Shandong is ...... Divided by tension, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might as well march by water, arrive in Huaishang by sea ship from Tianjin, and rush to Nanjing-"

When Chen Yutai talked about tension Shandong, he obviously paused, and then gently lifted it, unwilling to mention half a word more.

Emperor Chongzhen was naturally extremely unhappy with the tension, but he was helpless, so he had to pretend not to hear it. After thinking for a moment, Chongzhen's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "I heard that Zhang Li's traitor is training sailors in Liaodong Bay, I'm afraid the waterway is not easy to walk, right?" ”

Chen Yutai kowtowed again and again: "If the prince goes south, he may be able to hide the ears and eyes of the Tuanshan army." ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yutai analyzed: "Tianjin Wei originally had many merchant ships going south to Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Tuanshan Army had not intercepted it before, so the prince had a great chance of going to Nanjing. ”

Emperor Chongzhen fell silent again. After a long time, he said to Chen Yutai: "I will think about it again." What Aiqing said to me today, don't divulge anything! ”

Chen Yutai knows how powerful this is. Is it about the life and safety of the prince, how dare you be careless? Chen Yutai replied loudly: "The minister doesn't dare." Obey the order. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Chen Yutai's performance, and immediately ordered a banquet. Chen Yutai was the first time to receive the "feast" of Longen, which moved him to tears, so after a struggle in his heart, he once again had the courage to Chongzhen Emperor Chen Zuo: "Your Majesty, now the military expenses and food in various places have not been distributed for a long time, which has led to the increasingly serious situation of individual army thieves and hypocrisy, and the city has accelerated its fall...... Ministers are brave, please long live the lord to open the internal payment! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's face changed suddenly. He frowned, shook his head again and again, and said, "The inner money is empty, and there is no silver to send!" ”

Chen Yutai knew that Emperor Chongzhen was lying, but he really didn't dare to expose it, so he had to plead again: "The army has no pay and no food, and it will starve to death before it can resist the thieves!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "I will order all the emperor's relatives, princes and ministers to donate money tomorrow!" ”

After saying that, Chongzhen ordered "tea" and asked the eunuchs to come in and take Chen Yutai out of the imperial study to drink tea and rest......

Chen Yutai came out of the Forbidden City. After getting into the carriage, he hid his face and cried bitterly, and his body was cold from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"The country is going to die, and there will be no food and wages—"

He really couldn't figure out what kind of mentality Emperor Chongzhen had, and at this juncture, he still had to treat money as his life. He thought of the capture of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong of the former Song Dynasty. All the treasures of the Imperial Palace Ouchi belonged to the people of Jinguo...... Even his life is about to be gone, and he still holds on to his private money, don't you know the words "there are no eggs under the nest"?!

But. Emperor Chongzhen couldn't hear his voice, and he was still very resolute in his heart and refused to use his internal money as military salary--in his heart. He has paid his money countless times, but the military salary is like a bottomless pit. Ah, no, a monster with a bloody mouth wide open, no matter how much silver is thrown into it, it can't stir up half a splash!

After thinking about it all night, Emperor Chongzhen once again summoned another minister to come to "the imperial front alone", and once again asked about the "strategy of the imperial court", and the result was still the same. Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be unconsciously repeating the conversation with his ministers, and did not improve or affect everything in front of him. Even, he even made up his mind about Chen Yutai's suggestion that "the prince goes south", and he couldn't make up his mind when he suffered from gains and losses.

He is not to blame for this, it is not without precedent in history. For example, Tang Xuanzong could not escape Shu in the Anshi Rebellion, and his son Li Su was proclaimed the new emperor Tang Dynasty by his courtiers in other places......

Emperor Chongzhen always gave full play to the suspicious side of his personality, and often the idea of "the prince going south" rose, and he was repeatedly deduced by a chill when he was close to maturity: "The prince is young, and it will be quite bad if he is used by rebellious ministers and thieves with ulterior motives!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen fell into pain...... He did not have a formal education as a prince since he was a child, he was insecure, he was timid, he did not dare to trust others, and he did not have enough wisdom and ability.

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These situations in the customs were clearly known from the tension of the Korean state from the first time. Zhang Zhang returned to Korea in early March, after all, the Korean battlefield was the place where the Tuanshan army and the Qing army fought a decisive battle, and as the temperature rose, Zhang Zhang had to sit in Seoul.

Before leaving Liaodong, Zhang Li made minor revisions to some of the rules and regulations of the military and civilian aspects of Tuanshan Fort, and those that could slowly approach the modern system began to be improved step by step.

After the various measures in the field of internal affairs were promoted, Tuanshan Fort also completed a huge project, that is, all people were registered and no displaced people were allowed.

There may be such and such problems with the household registration system, but in this special place of Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the destruction of traitors, it must be strictly implemented.

This also helps the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the civil officials of Tuanshan Fort also have a basis for making decisions.

In fact, throughout the ages, all dynasties have strictly controlled the household registration, which is not inferior to the household registration system of later generations. It's just that there are too many "back doors" in feudal society, and the landlords and gentry can hide a large number of people, plus the displaced people caused by natural disasters, and the household registration is basically equivalent to a piece of waste paper.

At present, under the rule of the Tuanshan Army in Liaodong, a large number of fleeing people are pouring in every day, and the civil department of Tuanshan Fort also registers them one by one.

Newcomers are not allowed to enter the city, and they are placed to work on various tunpu farms, and it usually takes several years to officially "become regular".

There's really no way to do this, it's really because what Tartar is best at is playing Infernal Affairs and finding all kinds of open-door parties...... (To be continued.) )