Zheng Xunrui has a lot of ambitions, or a lot of things to do, as a person through the time, he knows that the law of historical development is impossible to completely violate, although the people under the great tomorrow, the overall quality has not yet reached the situation after a few hundred years, there are many illiterates, and the status of scholars is not ordinary, but the tide of history is always moving forward, and it is impossible to regress as a whole, although a certain tough king may temporarily stagnate the pace of historical development.

In Zheng Xunrui's view, a strong dynasty, or a strong country, must follow the law of historical development, must have a complete set of systems, and must have successors to adhere to and implement this system, and the root of this system is to limit the power of individuals, especially the supreme power of the emperor, so that the emperor can not do as he wants.

There is no perfect person in the world, no matter how powerful the king, there will be major mistakes over time, the great emperors such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in history, there have been intolerable mistakes in their later years, which cannot be said that they are not great, but there is no system to restrict them, and they completely rely on self-discipline and morality to demand individuals, then all the people in this world are bad people.

When building the mold of the future system, Zheng Xunrui attaches the most importance to three points, the first point is the construction of the army, which is the foundation of the country's prosperity, there is no strong army, everything is in vain, the Song Dynasty is a very obvious example, the second point is economic development, this is the eternal law, want to feed a strong army, want to let the people live a good life, everything depends on the development of the economy, money is easy to do, especially the court and the government, if there is no money, no matter what kind of efforts are made. The third point is the system of smooth historical development, which includes the system of the legal system, the norms for officials, and how to safeguard the interests of the common people, which is also very important. Of course, this is implemented on the basis of satisfying the first two requirements.

Zheng Xunrui knows very well that to do all the above, there must be an enlightened and wise emperor, without this person, everything is a flower in the moon mirror in the water, and he is here to take on this responsibility.

After more than ten years of hard work, Zheng Xunrui already has a strong army, and the Zheng family army is already the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty, developing the economy. Zheng Xunrui also made unremitting efforts, including the establishment of Hongmen Qianzhuang, the collection of trade taxes, the encouragement of the development of commerce and trade, the integration of officials and gentry to pay food, etc., and then Zheng Xunrui focused on the construction of the system, he must take precautions, clear out the system that everyone fears and abides by.

This is fully reflected in the officials arranged by Zheng Xunrui.

Let Zheng Jinhong concurrently serve as the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and let the Metropolitan Procuratorate send personnel to be stationed in all the mansions controlled by Zheng Jiajun, which has already reflected Zheng Xunrui's different thinking. That is, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials and clarify the dignity of the law.

But you can't do these things in a hurry. At present, it is only a shelf, and it will take a certain amount of time to really start implementation, the world is not very peaceful, and the timing is not appropriate.

The Nanjing Military Department has completed discussions on the matter of conquest of Huang Degong, the chief soldier of Zhejiang.

Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, Xu Wanghua, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Households, Yang Tingshu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and Zheng Jinhong, who also served as the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and others. Zheng Jinhong is fully supportive, and Zhou Yanru, Xu Wanghua, and Yang Tingshu have limited support.

However, everyone understands that Zheng Xunrui's determination has been decided, and all preparations for the conquest of Huang Degong, the general soldier of Zhejiang, have been completed.

The reason why it is necessary to conquer Huang Degong. Or because of Zhejiang's wealth and the inseparable relationship with Nanzhili, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun must control Zhejiang to the letter, with the support of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, Zheng Xunrui can get enough money to support all the things he has to do next.

Yang Sichang, the second assistant of the cabinet who took office again, can be said to be full of ambition, but the chaos faced by the imperial court made it difficult for him to completely exert his hands and feet in a short period of time.

The imperial court was mainly faced with three major problems, the first problem was the Houjin Tartars who were wantonly plundered by Beizhili, the second problem was Li Zicheng, a rogue who occupied Henan and Shanxi, and the third problem was the King of Xiang, Zheng Xunrui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Zheng Jiajun.

Sichuan and Huguang and other places settled down, and the rogue Zhang Xianzhong was completely exterminated, which is the credit of the Zheng family's army, to say that Yang Sichang's suggestion is still good, the Zheng family army sent troops to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates at lightning speed, but then the problem also appeared, that is, Zheng Xunrui controlled Huguang and Sichuan and other places.

This is something that Yang Sichang never expected, he felt that he had underestimated Zheng Xunrui.

originally thought that relying on strong public opinion and the inherent thinking of scholars, Zheng Xunrui's behavior could be restrained, but he couldn't imagine that people didn't care about those things at all, and they did what they wanted, and they actually took extraordinary measures to control Huguang and Sichuan and other places.

There is not a lot of contact between Yang Sichang and Zheng Xunrui, but he is very impressed, to tell the truth, Zheng Xunrui's ability is stronger than the emperor, but Zheng Xunrui is a scholar, and he is the champion of the palace examination, he should be loyal to the emperor, even if he has the ability to stand up to the sky, he must be a good courtier.

In his heart, Yang Sichang felt that Zheng Xunrui could not last long, as long as he could stabilize the situation in the north in a short time, he would definitely be able to think of a way to deal with Zheng Xunrui, at least from the current situation, Zheng Xunrui did not dare to rebel openly.

Yang Sichang also saw that after they plundered the Beizhili area, they would leave the Guannei and return to Liaodong, after all, Shanhaiguan was firmly grasped by the imperial court, and they could not take Shanhaiguan, and the Houjin Tartars would not dare to take root in Beizhili.

At present, the imperial court has no way to deal with the Houjin Tartars, so it can only watch the Houjin Tartars plunder, in this case, the thing that the imperial court needs to do well is to protect the safety of the capital.

Liukou Li Zicheng is the biggest problem at present, and it is also a problem that must be solved.

After taking the capital city of Taiyuan, Shanxi, Li Zicheng's rogue is rumored to have reached as many as one million people, this number Yang Sichang does not believe, you must know the cost of maintaining a million people, that is not a small number, Henan and Shanxi, many years of natural disasters, is not a rich place, want to feed a million army, it is almost impossible.

However, the number of rogues under Li Zicheng's command is at least more than 500,000, which is also a frightening number.

Therefore, Yang Sichang must make a complete plan, so that he can achieve the goal step by step.

Ironically, the first thing that Yang Sichang needed to do when he took office was to stabilize the cabinet.

The cabinet has long been controlled by Qian Shisheng, the first assistant, and others can hardly get in, but Yang Sichang doesn't have to worry about it, after all, he has the strong support of the emperor behind him.

In the military deployment and military action to be taken, Yang Sichang does not need to seek the opinions of Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, nor does he need to consult the opinions of other cabinet members, he can act arbitrarily, and he can take all measures that he thinks are necessary.

The first thing Yang Sichang decided was to stabilize the situation in the capital.

The Houjin Tartars led by Abatai are still looting in the area of Baoding Mansion, creating a panicked situation, and the capital is even more unpeaceful, but Abatai does not seem to have the intention of attacking the capital, which also makes Yang Sichang feel a little more at ease.

There are still nearly 150,000 imperial army in Beizhili, whether in terms of combat effectiveness or morale, it is simply impossible to compete with the Houjin Tartars, and Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet who temporarily commands the army, has no such plan, and Yang Sichang also has no such plan.

He made specific deployments, focusing on stabilizing several points, the first point is the capital, which is the key defense place, the troops stationed in the outer city reached 30,000 people, plus the sergeants of the capital battalion, as well as the Jinyi guard, etc., the total strength is close to 100,000 people, these 100,000 people are strictly guarded, enough to protect the capital, the second point is Xuanfu, where 20,000 people are placed, they avoid direct combat with the Houjin Tartars, but in any case they cannot let the Houjin Tartars completely occupy Xuanfu, the third point is Yongping Mansion, the army stationed here is 10,000 people, Unite the garrison of Shanhaiguan to protect the safety of Shanhaiguan and prevent the Houjin Tartars from attacking Shanhaiguan before and after.

On the basis of doing a good job in the defense of these three points, another 10,000 people were placed to operate in the areas of Tongzhou, Shunyi, Changping and Fangzhou, this generation is the periphery of the capital, and this 10,000-strong army also avoids face-to-face combat with the Houjin Tartars, but it must play a role in containing the Houjin Tartars.

Yang Sichang's arrangement, or after careful consideration, he gave up most of the prefectures and counties in Beizhili, and held the most important place in a passive defensive way, waiting for the evacuation of the Houjin Tatars.

Such an arrangement and deployment has already shown weakness to the Houjin Tartars.

To make such an arrangement, Yang Sichang needs to have enough power and courage, otherwise Yang Sichang will be scolded by Yang Sichang in the middle of the matter and the supervision of the imperial history, so that he will not be able to give orders at all.

Yang Sichang's arrangement reminded many people of Chen Xinjia, the former deputy assistant of the cabinet who was beheaded for public display, Chen Xinjia just suggested that he negotiate peace with the Houjin Tartars, but he was firmly grasped by Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, so that he finally died.

The arrangement of passive defense is similar to Chen Xinjia's decision to make peace with Huang Taiji, and the meaning is almost the same, and the relationship between Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia is good, so it is difficult for Yang Sichang to follow Chen Xinjia's old path.

Yang Sichang didn't think so much, and began to give orders in a bold way. (To be continued.) )