Although the truce between the parties and the restoration of calm in Liaodong, the war continued to exert its impact. In the imperial study, looking at the good news sent by Wang Dalun and Guan Ningjun, Chongzhen smiled.

"Yes, well done! In this way, the generals of Liaodong finally did not disappoint me, congratulations, come to the people, draft the will, I want to reward the meritorious people! ”

Chongzhen's young face was full of smiles, the irritability of the past disappeared completely, and he was excited in his heart, from Wanli to the present, he was able to take the initiative to attack Houjin, and he also won, this is the first time.

Zhou Yanru looked at Chongzhen's excited smiling face, but couldn't help but remind: "Holy Lord, do you want to send someone to verify it first?" ”

"No need! Wang Hu said that he occupied the line from Hongzui Fort to Donggou, and he didn't dare to lie about this! As for the number of enemies killed, his good news is not outrageous, and there is no need to check it. Guan Ningjun is not bad this time, since he dared to attack, although he did not capture Dalinghe Fort, but he also restrained Houjin's forces and gave the other party a lot of kills, which is also worthy of recognition! ”

Listening to Chongzhen's words, Zhou Yanru slandered in his heart, it seems that the Son of Heaven is going to sit on this great achievement, from the Wanli years, it has been a loss of land, a loss of land, and the initiative to attack has ended in failure, although this time only occupied a few castles, but the coastline of Liaodong was controlled, and the Ming Dynasty could attack any hinterland in Liaodong from the sea.

And there is another important change this time, that is, the desire of the various ministries is very strong, and there is no persecution from the imperial court at all, and they take the initiative to attack Houjin, which can be said to be a gratifying change.

"Suppose I am the Son of Heaven. I guess I don't want to delve into whether there is a lie about the military situation, the generals can have such a move, even if a person is not killed, they should be vigorously publicized, so as to reverse the invincible concept given by Houjin and improve the morale of the soldiers! Zhou Yanru thought lightly.

"Zhou Aiqing, the Hong Chengchou you recommended is good, as soon as he arrives, he will be able to command this big battle, it seems that you are right. There is Hong Chengchou here. Wang Hu and Guan Ningjun will be able to unite and achieve victory together. In Zhou Yanru's pondering time, Chongzhen began to praise his discernment.

"This is the wisdom of the saint, and I choose people only according to the requirements of the saint!" Zhou Yanru hurriedly said modestly. Although the Son of Heaven praised it. But one has to be humble. And the Son of Heaven is a suspicious person, he can't be proud of his merits, and the Son of Heaven can change his first assistant faster than changing his clothes.

"Zhou Aiqing. Humble! Chongzhen smiled, and then suddenly asked, "How do you think we should reward these meritorious people?" ”

Zhou Yanru thought for a while, then owed a debt, hugged his fists and said: "Shengshang, I think this time should be based on commendation, Hong Chengchou is newly appointed, you can make a special order to commend, reward a python robe, a sword of Shang Fang, let him praise and work harder, guard the land for the saint, and make military achievements!" ”

"Yes, this reward is very suitable, it not only reflects the recognition of the imperial court, but also makes him more motivated, as long as he works hard, it is not without a chance to pay homage to the prime minister! So how should Wang Hu be rewarded here? ”

Chongzhen is very happy, using some worthless things can stimulate the fighting spirit of his subordinates, very good, especially the python robe, it will definitely stimulate Hong Chengchou to redouble his efforts, after all, to go to the pavilion to worship the prime minister and guide the country, but it is the lifelong pursuit of every scholar.

With Chongzhen's approval, Zhou Yanru seemed even more confident, and he then spoke: "As for Wang Hu, the minister's suggestion is to reward his generals, and the meritorious generals will be promoted to one level, and Wang Hu will make him the county uncle of Gaizhou, and give an order to encourage him to reward the new gold and thousands of land!" ”

"Will Wang Hu's reward be too light, according to his merits, he can be added to the knighthood! If the official rank is not added, and the land he has laid down is rewarded to him, will he complain? Chongzhen asked with a frown.

"Saint, Wang Hu is only in his twenties now, and he is not suitable for a sudden high position, he still has a lot of time!" Zhou Yanru was prepared for Chongzhen's questioning, and as soon as Chongzhen spoke, he immediately explained.

"Well, that's right, let's do it, the warrior loves swords and war horses, find a set of armor and weapons from the inner library, and then select a horse from the imperial horse supervisor and give it to him, so that he knows that the Dao court will not forget him, I remember his merits, he is the minister of my humerus!" Chongzhen nodded, and then added.

"The saint is wise, and the heart of love and protection makes our courtiers grateful!" Zhou Yanru was very cooperative and shouted, he has been an official for a long time, and this high hat is coming one by one.

Chongzhen didn't speak, but his chin that had just grown a beard shook, obviously Zhou Yanru's fart made him very comfortable, Chongzhen was also very proud, he felt that his handling just now was still very appropriate. After a while, he spoke: "Aiqing, I am ready to increase my troops in Liaodong!" ”

"Reinforcements?" Chongzhen's words surprised Zhou Yanru, he looked at Chongzhen in disbelief, and asked cautiously: "How much is the Holy Lord going to increase?" ”

"I have thought about it, I plan to transfer troops from Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, and Liangguang into Liaodong, the number of Guanning troops will increase by 20,000, and the number of Dongjiang Town will increase by 40,000, and Houjin will not boast that the Jin people are less than 10,000 and invincible, so I will prepare ten times the number of troops and defeat them in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai!" Chongzhen said in a deep voice.

Zhou Yanru's cold sweat came out, it seemed that Chongzhen was carried away by the news of this victory, and wanted to defeat Houjin in one fell swoop, but is this possible? During the Wanli period, the soldiers of the whole country did not have any choice but to do it, and now they will do it blindly, which will destroy this hard-won good situation.

"Holy Lord, if there are so many more soldiers, the treasury will not be able to support it, and in recent years, there have been continuous disasters and famines, and there are often instability in various places. If you are not careful, it will become a prairie fire, so you have to be cautious! ”

Chongzhen thought about it, and also felt that what Zhou Yanru said made sense, for example, Shaanxi, if it wasn't for the transfer of the Qin army to King Qin, how could there be so many popular uprisings, and when it came to this treasury, Chongzhen felt a headache, and it was easy to transfer troops, but this salary was too difficult to do, and the treasury was crying poor everywhere, and the treasury could often run mice.

"Then there is no need to transfer troops from all over the country, it is difficult to go all over the place, and you can't afford such a big expense!" Chongzhen had to veto his proposal, and when Zhou Yanru finally breathed a sigh of relief, Chongzhen said unwillingly: "Transfer 20,000 people from the Beijing battalion to support the Dongjiang Army, and half of the silver is needed, and half of the inner treasury is out!" ”

Zhou Yanru listened, and immediately cried and laughed, what is this Beijing camp like, except for Chongzhen alone, everyone else knows it clearly, these uncles are all silver guns and wax heads, they are all useless goods, you let these uncles set up eagles and lackeys, make trouble for nothing, and fight in groups, these are what they can do, but let them go to the battlefield, forget it.

Let these young master soldiers go to war, purely to let them do them a favor, it is estimated that as soon as the war drums sound, these guys can run as far as they can. Saying that they are pigs are climbing them, pigs will arch people when they are anxious, and they will not do anything except corrupt morale.

"Holy Lord, the capital is even more inseparable from them, what if something happens? Chen feels that now that the war has just fallen, it is not suitable to continue the war, and we can wait for the Dongjiang Army to rest, we are fully prepared, and then we will start! Although Zhou Yanru didn't look down on Jingying, he didn't say it explicitly, he said it very tactfully.

Chongzhen pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth and ordered: "Notify the arsenal, replenish some more armaments to the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army, notify the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army, and find a way to recruit another 10,000 people, so that they can prepare first, and wait for the spring of next year to crusade against Liaodong." The shame of my fathers must be washed away by me! ”

Zhou Yanru looked at the excited Chongzhen, wisely did not speak, it seems that Chongzhen has made up his mind, hey, I don't know if his idea is right, now the big war will damage the situation that has just improved.

Back to his office, Zhou Yanru fell into contemplation, as the first auxiliary minister, he was unwilling to carry out such a big battle that did not know the outcome of the victory, if he won, it would naturally be a great joy, but if he lost, it was a pain break for Daming, and the last few wars made Daming's situation worse.

"For now, the only way to do this is to inform the Guanning Army and the Liaodong Army and let them find a way to delay this big battle, and what they say may be better!" Zhou Yanru muttered to himself.

Zhou Yanru, who had made up his mind, immediately worked hard and began to write quickly, and when he finished writing, he called the scribe and said: "Send these two letters out!" ”

When the scribe left, Zhou Yanru immediately convened a meeting of the relevant ministers, and when he said Chongzhen's decision at the meeting, the ministers were all fried.

"My lord, you know the situation of the treasury, now the official is about to go crazy by the people who ask for money everywhere, if the saint wants to fight a big war, where will the money come from? How can the lower officials conjure up silver at that time! Hubu Shangshu unsurprisingly began to cry bitterly.

"This official knows the truth, I will try my best to persuade His Majesty to dispel this idea, but you also have to be prepared here, if you can't get the money by then, you don't have to be an official!" Zhou Yanru opened his mouth coldly, and then said to the Ministry of Works: "Your Majesty has asked for the allocation of weapons to Guanning and the Dongjiang Second Army, you are ready!" ”

"My lord, you also know that the arsenal is not enough weapons at all!"

"Don't give me the whole set! Let me tell you, this is a death order from His Majesty, you must provide me with the weapons they need according to the quality and quantity, if there is a difference, you can go and explain it to Your Majesty! Zhou Yanru shouted coldly.

Will the Dongjiang Army look at the weapons in the arsenal? Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who has a cooperative relationship with Wang Dalun, slandered in his heart that the weapons of the Dongjiang Army are more sophisticated than those in the arsenal, how can they look at it. The worst thing is that because the Ministry of Industry has transferred all the people to build carriages, the supply of the arsenal is simply insufficient.

"It's really moving your mouth from above, and breaking your leg from below!" The Ministry of Industry Shangshu thought depressedly, it seems that he has to organize people to work overtime overnight, and how much silver he will lose in the past few days! (To be continued......)