Obey orders, that is the duty of a soldier, Ai Nengqi can not understand, but he can't disobey, especially this is still his father's order, Zhang Xianzhong's order, there has never been room for bargaining. ∑ Top Novel, www.

Because those who dared to bargain were all let him be killed.

Wanxian has become an empty city, and Ainengqi can't change food, so he has no choice but to give up the momentum of his rapid advance, and divide his subordinates into dozens of squads, with only one order, that is, to grab food.

After sending his subordinates out to grab grain, Ai Nengqi waited for Zhang Xianzhong while strengthening the defense of Wanxian, no matter what, he had to build a temporary stronghold for the army, so as to prevent the Sichuan army from coming to grab grain and destroy grain, and at the same time, he also secretly sent his henchmen to inquire what was going on.

There are many talents under his father-in-law, and he will be prepared for various situations, and he will be short of food not long after he goes to Sichuan, which is a huge mistake, and this mistake may be fatal, and it should be where there is an accident.

Soon, the henchmen found out the situation, the original mountain is steep and difficult to travel, there are a lot of losses on the road, Zhang Xianzhong ordered people to load grain and grass on the big boat, transport it by boat, this trip is against the river, the operation of the boat depends on the coolie to pull the fiber, the march encountered a dangerous beach, the water flow is turbulent so that the fiber rope is broken, the boat in front of the impact on the boat behind, and suddenly dozens of boats of grain and grass fall into the river, thus causing a crisis of grain and grass.

There was no food in the army, and there was chaos on the third day, so Zhang Xianzhong, who had planned to celebrate the New Year in Chongqing Mansion, could only change his strategy and ordered the pioneer to change to a grain collection brigade to prepare grain and grass for the army to eat.

After learning the news, Ai Nengqi could only sigh, and after saying a sentence that only he could hear, "it is not good to be a teacher", he could only honestly build the city wall and collect grain.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty is to involve the whole body, just when Zhang Xianzhong is planning to go and seek a place to live, although the Ming Dynasty has no major military action for the time being, but there are many undercurrents brewing in various places:

Inside the Imperial Study. Chongzhen said with a sad face: "Two Aiqing, now that the thieves are monstrous, and Sun Chuanting is defeated, there will be no soldiers in the northwest who can stop the thieves, you say, what is there to solve the urgent need in front of you now?" ”

Zhang Xie Jin arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, now there are Manchus outside, and there are thieves inside, and the soldiers have been fighting for years, but the matter of food and salary has not been resolved. It's winter now, but many soldiers are dressed in shirts and books, and they have little food in their mouths and no pay in their bags, and their combat effectiveness is affected by strictness. ”

As soon as he talked about money, Chongzhen's face suddenly became complicated, and his somewhat old face twitched a few times, and finally sighed: "Alas." Zhang Qingjia, you don't know the treasury, Liaodong is like a bottomless pit, and you don't know how much silver is consumed every year. Those thieves are making trouble everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to collect the small amount of taxes and silver, even if the expenses of the Imperial Palace are repeatedly reduced, it will not help, Aiqing. Do you have any good mentions? ”

Money is not a problem, the problem is that there is no money, and it is said that the emperor is richer than the five seas. There are not many poor emperors in history, Chongzhen is one of them, or the poorer kind, the country is everyone, as the head of the family, as soon as he takes office, he worries about firewood and rice all day long, not to mention how depressed he is.

Zhang Xie Jin hesitated for a moment, and quickly said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the coast of the sea, it is not the king's ministers, the world is the emperor's, the emperor shares the worries of the people of the world, and the people of the world of course also have to solve problems for the emperor, especially the emperor's relatives, ministers and officials of the DPRK and China, etc., they bathe in the emperor's grace, many people are rich in wealth, brocade clothes and jade food, and enjoy all the wealth and glory under the emperor's love, it's time for them to share their worries for the emperor, why don't the emperor let them help, as long as they each donate a little, so many imperial relatives and officials, At that time, the matter of food and wages will be settled at once. ”

yes, why didn't you think of it?

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, corruption was rampant at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and many officials were fat, if these people were asked to donate some money, then this matter would be solved at once.

"Yes, this plan is wonderful, they call loyalty and patriotism every day, and now is the time for them to serve" Chongzhen nodded and agreed.

Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, who was on the side, changed his face when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this plan is not possible. ”

Isn't the royal family talking about themselves? As the national abbot, he must be an example, donating less to make people laugh, donating more meat hurts, and immediately oppose it when he hears the words, to be honest, Zhou Kui has no other hobbies, he likes to count his own gold and silver the most, and if he wants to donate money, it is simply cutting his flesh.

"Guozhang, what's wrong?" Zhang Xie Jin immediately asked rhetorically: "When is it, is it still necessary for the national abbot to be stingy with those yellow and white things?" ”

"Of course not" Zhou Kui's old face blushed, his old face flushed, this is a slap on his old face, even if he cherishes his wealth, he can't say it to his face, and immediately retorted when he heard the words: "The old minister said this, it is by no means a stingy property, just for the sake of the emperor, now is an extraordinary period, the ministers and nobles are the support of the imperial court, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, these people have repeatedly cut the good money, that is, the industry is big, but the family is also big, if they are persuaded to donate again, I am afraid, I am afraid that the hearts of the courtiers and nobles will be cold, the emperor, think twice." ”

Zhang Jiejin has long heard of the temperament of this national abbot, and now the soldiers are hungry and desperate, as the secretary of the military department, his heart has long been unpleasant, and when he heard Zhou Kui say this, he asked without hesitation: "Oh, since the national abbot said this, there must have been a better plan in his heart, right?" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he also turned his head and asked: "Guozhang, there is a good plan, come quickly, as long as you say it well, I will be rewarded." ”

Zhou Kui was speechless, he just said it casually, where did he have any ideas, seeing Zhang Jiejin's face sneering, and Chongzhen was looking at himself expectantly, his face couldn't go down all of a sudden, and he was in a hurry, suddenly remembered Chongzhen's rewarding words, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately said:

"Your Majesty, now the most powerful and the greatest threat to the Ming Dynasty is the thief, the culprit naturally cannot be forgiven, but we can divide his subordinates, those people follow the rebellion, that is, they want to fight for a glory and wealth, they don't have to take the risk to have it, so will they rebel again? Then Li Zicheng doesn't have a capable subordinate, then there is no right-hand man, and it will be easier for us to exterminate him, well, Lao Chen think about it, by the way, I heard that he has several right-hand men, like Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing and other feudal officials, even if they don't come, we can also divide them. ”

Chongzhen said with some hesitation: "These traitors have done a lot of evil, and they are given official titles, will this damage the face of the imperial court?" ”

"This plan is feasible" Zhang Jiejin's eyes lit up just now, and he immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, use extraordinary means to recruit them at an extraordinary time, which can also show the world the emperor's benevolence, even if they can't be recruited, they can also be divided, let them be suspicious of each other, and it is best to let them kill each other." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Jiejin said with some bitterness: "Your Majesty, anti-thieves have become a climate, we have to be flexible sometimes, it is best to persuade donations and differentiation at the same time, and the Ming Dynasty will depend on the emperor......"

When Chongzhen was hesitating, he didn't expect that his sworn enemy, the Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji, was in Shenyang, Liaodong, and the Manchu Imperial Palace, he was also hesitating, the difference was that Chongzhen wanted how to stick to it, and Huang Taiji wanted to be how to forge ahead.

What made Huang Taiji depressed was that the latest battle plan was rejected by Fan Wencheng, an important adviser and who also took the initiative to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji has always been very assertive, and the things he decides rarely change, this is not because he is stubborn, but because he insists on and is confident in himself, but there are exceptions to everything, that is Fan Wencheng's opinion, because it has been proved that Fan Wencheng's opinion is very practical and forward-looking.

A Han person can become the first adviser of the Qing Dynasty, relying on strength, not luck.

"Mr. Fan, what is the reason why you oppose this king's spring hunting plan? Could it be that there is a better plan? Huang Taiji asked with an easy-going expression.

To Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji gave enough power and respect.

"Emperor" Fan Wencheng said confidently: "Our Manchu population is not much, although the Manchu iron cavalry dominates the world, there are few opponents, but every battle has damage, the strength is a problem, the Ming Dynasty can now be said to be in a scuffle, constantly consuming their own strength, especially Li Zicheng, all the way forward, about to attack the capital, now is the best moment for their internal fighting, we sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, let them fight to the death and then do it, why not?" If we attack at this sensitive moment, we may arouse their common hatred, and then it will really outweigh the losses. ”

Huang Taiji nodded, he recognized Fan Wencheng's meaning very much, and also admired his talent, but he still said with some hesitation: "But Mr. Fan, you also know that we are short of soldiers and food, if there is no spring hunting operation, I am afraid, I am afraid that our food is insufficient, and the warriors under our hands are also dissatisfied." ”

"Emperor" Fan Wencheng said with a straight face: "Sometimes you can't just focus on the immediate interests, you can slowly raise or eat a little less if you are short of food, and you will always get through it, but if you miss the opportunity, you will never come back, if you lose your precious troops for temporary interests, then when the opportunity comes, what will the emperor do to chase the world?" ”

Huang Taiji hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded heavily.

At the same time, the sweeping king, Yizhangqing and others also conspired around the round table covered with a map, and everyone's eyes showed a hot and greedy light, and their eyes fell on the location of Hunan and Jiangxi on the map;

Zuo Liangwang was also hotly discussed with his henchmen in the handsome tent, how to recover Hunan and Jiangxi in the first time, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to act rashly in the past, but now Zhang Xianzhong is pouring out, that bit of defense can be ignored, such a good time, how could Zuo Liangyu miss it?

For a time, the sky of Daming was full of dark clouds, and there was a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.

In troubled times, I don't know how many people have died in wars, I don't know how many people have stifled the beauty of human nature, I don't know how many ugliness of human nature have been revealed, I don't know how many people are desperate in anticipation, and I don't know how many conspiracies are being staged in despair...... (To be continued......) R527