Daming ushered in the last difficulty, Xiaoice River reached the strictest stage, there was no popularization of new rice seeds and grain seeds, almost no harvest, even if the new grain varieties were popularized, at most reached the level of solving the local grain problem, there was no way to solve the national famine, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian had nothing to do.

The general environment of the peasant army's uprising was formed again, Li Zicheng entered Henan, and Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong has more than 100,000 horses, and Li Zicheng also has 50,000 or 60,000 horses, although the number of troops that the peasant army should have at this time is much smaller than in the original history, but for Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor who pressed the army in Liaodong, the difference is not very big, and he is really powerless to deal with these more than 200,000 people.

When the people of the whole country were waiting to see how Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen planned to solve this crisis, everyone was worried about the court.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen chose the most conceivable way and let it go.

Li Zicheng of Henan shouted a very loud slogan, "Juntian is exempt from endowment".

This slogan was originally still somewhat powerful, but time passed, and the thirteen provinces controlled by the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had already been exempted from all kinds of taxes, and only port taxes and non-local taxes were levied, that is, only taxes were collected on industry, and the government attitude of encouraging and supporting agriculture was adopted.

Zuo Liangyu, who fought against the Qing army in Liaodong at the beginning, was promoted by Hou Sui. Later, in the war to suppress the peasant rebel army, he continued to expand his troops, was promoted to the rank of commander, became more and more arrogant and domineering, and supported the army with self-respect.

In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), Ning Yuanwei mutinied, and the governor Bi Zisu committed suicide and died. At that time, Zuo Liangyu was appointed as the capital of Liaodong Cheyouying. Because of this incident, he lost his official position.

The third year of Chongzhen (1630). After Zuo Liangyu was reinstated, Prime Minister Ma Shilong asked Zuo Liangyu to follow the guerrilla general Cao Wenzhao to support Yutian and Fengrun, and fought with the Qing army in Hongqiao, Da Yan Mountain, Zunhua and other places, and after the war, he and Cao Wenzhao were rewarded with increased ranks. Under the command of the governor of Changping, the servant Hou Sui.

In July of the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), due to the previous Gaodi withdrawal of the Ningjin defense line, the cities of Youtun and Dalinghe were destroyed, and Sun Chengzong sent people to rebuild them, but soon after, the Qing army suddenly came to besiege them. The chief military officer, You Shiwei, could not go because he was guarding the imperial tomb. recommended Zuo Liangyu to lead the troops on his behalf. Later, Hou Sui recommended him to be a deputy general, leading the team to fight the enemy at the foot of Songshan and Xingshan, and his credit ranked first.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen (1632), the rebellious peasants of Shaanxi entered Henan in a vain attempt to capture Huaiqing. The imperial court ordered Zuo Liangyu to lead the Changping army to exterminate it, and generally asked him to specialize in Henan's military affairs. When the rebellious army attacking Xiuwu and Thanh Hoa invaded Pingyang, the imperial court ordered him to go to Shanxi to resist, killing and capturing many enemies. Fan Shangyi, the governor of Henan, thought that Zuo Liangyu should garrison Zezhou and guard the choke point between Henan and Shanxi. It can also be used as reinforcements for four weeks. Emperor Chongzhen agreed. At this time, Cao Wenzhao led the army of Shaanxi, and the imperial court ordered Zuo Liangyu to accept Fan Shangyu's moderation. In the event of a critical war, Shaanxi's troops will go east, Henan's troops will go west, and Zuo Liangyu's army will intercept from it.

Aside from the later disobedience to the dispatch and the heavy army, Zuo Liangyu still made some contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

He Renlong, a native of Beicaidi, Mizhi County, Shaanxi, was a Wujinshi during the Wanli period, and was initially subordinate to Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui Town, as a garrison officer. During the Chongzhen period, he participated in the suppression of the peasant uprising, fought bravely, and was called "He Madman". In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), Hong Chengchou ordered him to pretend to be lenient to the soldiers of the righteous army who were lured to surrender, and killed more than 320 people in ambush during the banquet. Later, he was subordinate to the governor of Shaanxi, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, and the governor Yang Sichang, and fought against the peasant army in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, and Sichuan.

Since he had to rely on local warlords, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had no way to restrain Zuo Liangyu in terms of force, so he could only think of He Renlong, who was slightly weaker than Zuo Liangyu.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen planned to go to Zaoyang in person, directly rendezvous with Sun Chuanting's army, so that Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's army moved closer to Zaoyang, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen wanted to personally recruit the peasant army again, this time the emperor's target was Li Zicheng, compared to Zhang Xianzhong, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen hated Li Zicheng even more.

And hatred is one aspect, the most important thing is that Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen knows very well that Zhang Xianzhong has no ambition to seize the world, Zhang Xianzhong is like a cunning wolf, only thinking about how to live, only thinking about how to escape the pursuit of the Ming army, and Sichuan is mountainous, if it is not guaranteed by strong regional interpersonal relations and strong imperial forest army, it is very difficult to catch Zhang Xianzhong, so Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen first aimed at Li Zicheng.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen not only brought Chen Qiyu and Chen Xinjia with his two staff officers this time, but also brought Gao Yingxiang and Chen Yuanyuan and Xiong Jiahui.

"Uncle." When Xiong Jiahui saw Gao Yingxiang, he shouted softly.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen has not heard Xiong Jiahui speak for a long time, and the senior senior has now completely entrusted Xiong Jiahui to Zheng Yuelin, especially after knowing that Zheng Yuelin is the concubine, he is even more relieved to entrust, he lives in the Huangzhuang leisurely, and he doesn't even have to do the errand of the watch, which is considered to be raised by the Huangzhuang.

Gao Yingxiang also cried excitedly, he didn't understand why the emperor wanted to take him to war? Is he still useful?

Gao Yingxiang has already made plans, no matter what method Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen uses, he is determined not to do anything for the emperor, the rebels are all his brothers, he, the black boss, is even more righteous, if Gao Yingxiang does not have such a strong personality, there will not be so many people attached to him.

Gao Yingxiang was not locked, but moved naturally, but there were Yang Qicong and Gao Dewei around him, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was preparing to take an armed helicopter to Zaoyang, and on the other hand, Cao Wenzhao, who was responsible for training recruits in the Gyeonggi region, rushed to Zaoyang with 2,000 men and horses, and on the other hand, let Gao Demeng of the Yangzhou battalion rush over with 5,000 garrisons. Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen also asked Qin Liangyu in Sichuan to contain Zhang Xianzhong.

Although the strength was insufficient, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had no intention of letting Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the two stubborn bandits, continue to cause trouble.

Gao Yingxiang suddenly grabbed the hand of the fourteen-year-old Xiong Jiahui, this is his own niece, his eyes were full of tears, and he glanced at Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen gratefully, "Thank you, although I don't recognize you as an emperor, I still want to thank you, thank you for bringing up my family wisdom." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Don't be careful, whether I kill you or not, it has nothing to do with this matter, don't worry, I will never force you to do what you don't want to do." Xiong Jiahui is one thing, and your rebellion and gathering crowds is another, I can ignore it, but I can't ignore the national law. ”

Xiong Jiahui didn't expect the emperor to let her meet her uncle, she usually never spoke to the emperor, and knelt down at this time, "Your Majesty, please let Jiahui stay by your uncle's side in the future, Jiahui knows that the emperor will not let go of his uncle, so there is only one request, if the emperor wants to give his uncle death, please allow Jiahui to die together, and Jiahui will repay the emperor by being a cow and a horse in the next life." ”

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