Yang Tingshu wrote a letter as promised, every time he talked about what happened in the court, now Yang Tingshu has followed Shen Zhongren, a bachelor of Hanlin, to start making documents, and knows a lot of things that happened in the court and in various places, from Yang Tingshu's letter, Zheng Xunrui knew two very important things, the first thing is in August, Zhong Xiangguo in Guangdong gathered people to rebel, although it was quickly exterminated, but this incident shows that the south also began to fall into chaos.

The second thing is more important, that is, the emperor has restarted to use eunuchs.

When the emperor ascended the throne, in view of the disaster of Wei Zhongxian, all the eunuchs in important positions were abolished, and all were replaced by civil officials or military officials, but after a few years, the party struggle and portal dispute between the civil and official groups have made the emperor exhausted and unable to prevent it, especially the blow caused by Yuan Chonghuan, which made the emperor have huge doubts about the civil official group, and felt that no one around him could be trusted to reuse, so in this case, the emperor began to reactivate the eunuchs.

The eunuch is the emperor's servant, and he relies on the emperor to be able to save zài, so in terms of loyalty, he is really trustworthy, but unfortunately among the eunuchs, there are too few real capable people, and most of the eunuchs' psychology is distorted, and there are very few outstanding writers. The losses caused by the eunuchs in doing this are huge, and it can be said that they have brought disaster to the country and the people.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the eunuch Wang Yingchao Deng Xizhao monitored the military rations and border defense rewards in Liaodong, which was equivalent to becoming the supervisor of Liaodong, and on September 24, the eunuch Zhang Yixian paid the money and grain receipts and expenditures of the Prime Minister Household Department and the Ministry of Industry, and the eunuch Tang Wenzheng supervised the Jingying Rongzheng, the eunuch Wang Kun became the supervisor of Xuanfu, the eunuch Liu Wenzhong became the supervisor of Datong, and the eunuch Liu Yunzhong became the supervisor of Shanxi.

It cannot be said that all eunuchs are heinous, but good and upright eunuchs are rare.

The emperor's reuse of eunuchs caused the direct evil result was that the prison army withheld military salaries, took the lead in fleeing for his life whenever he encountered a battle, and pushed the responsibility to the generals who commanded the operation, and at the same time interfered in the command of the operation, leading the Ming army, which was already weak, into a bottomless abyss.

Seeing such news, Zheng Xunrui's heart was very heavy, the warship of Daming had long been riddled with holes, and now there are more loopholes, and it is accelerating and starting to fall towards the deep sea.

In mid-November, Xu Guangqi actually sent a letter, which surprised Zheng Xunrui.

Although he and Xu Guangqi are teachers and students, Xu Guangqi is a decent person, very famous in the imperial court, Xu Guangqi does almost all for the sake of the great tomorrow, good consideration of personal interests, and rarely gangs and factions, and it is precisely because of this that Xu Guangqi has won the respect of the Chinese military minister of the dynasty, and has also won the rare trust of the emperor.

Zheng Xunrui and Xu Guangqi did not have a lot of contact, and it became a teacher-student relationship by chance, after coming to Shaanxi, Zheng Xunrui rarely wrote to Xu Guangqi, there was nothing particularly important, he would not write a letter, the last time he wrote to Xu Guangqi, explaining the importance of establishing an army, the emperor's decree soon came down, and agreed to form the Yan'an Guard.

Opening the letter, Zheng Xunrui looked carefully.

Looking at it, his eyebrows twisted into a ball.

Xu Guangqi's letter said two things, the first thing is the battle of Dalinghe, Houjin Tatar attacked Dalinghe City under construction in August, Zhongji Temple University Scholar Prince Taishi Military Department Shangshu Jiliao Governor Sun Chengzong because of poor response, guide zhì Dalinghe City was broken by Houjin Tatar, the general soldier Zu Dashou surrendered, the general soldier He Kegang was martyred, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, the imperial court set off an uproar for a while, in order to bear the responsibility for the defeat of Dalinghe City, Sun Chengzong proposed a twist and turn for Zhishi, which was approved by the emperor.

The second thing, when it comes to the emperor's recent re-use of eunuchs, Xu Guangqi expressed a very clear attitude in the letter, that is, he did not raise any objections, but was very worried about the dispute between the gates in the imperial court, Donglin Academy Restoration Society and Ying Society, etc., secretly supported Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and most of the officials in Zhejiang secretly supported Wen Tiren, and the two rows fought to the death with each other, not caring about the actual situation of the imperial court, which had exhausted the emperor, Often, when the cabinet deliberates, or even in the early dynasties, a matter that seems to be very suitable will be blushing and thick-necked, and I will oppose what you approve of, and I will approve of what you oppose.

At the end of the letter, Xu Guangqi highly praised Zheng Xunrui, thinking that Zheng Xunrui did a very good job in Yan'an Mansion, and when he took office, he decisively cut off the Liukou and Shen Yikui, which made the emperor very pleased, and hoped that Zheng Xunrui would continue to insist and maintain the stability of Yan'an Mansion.

After reading Xu Guangqi's letter, Zheng Xunrui paced back and forth in the wing room, and he thought a lot.

On the one hand, the internal order of the Houjin was rectified, the Han people were treated well, and the Han people were enabled, on the other hand, the military construction was strengthened, and on the basis of the established and perfect Manchu Eight Banners, the two battalions of Mongolia were established, which was the predecessor of the Mongolian Eight Banners. The Zhuha tribe, the Zhumutu tribe, the Guxiang tribe, and the Horqin tribe outside Guangning all took refuge in Houjin, especially the Horqin tribe, which had a great influence on the grassland, took refuge in Houjin, which had a great impact.

The ten most influential tribes on the grass also occupy the largest area, namely the Horqin tribe, the Chahar tribe, the Ordos tribe, the Tumut tribe, the Turpan tribe, the Yarkand tribe, the Mughal tribe, the Weitra tribe, the Transkhalkha tribe, and the Tatar tribe.

Don't underestimate the tribes on the grassland, although their cultural level is not very good, but they are used to fighting on horseback, almost born to live on horseback, and there are many war horses in the grassland, once they are subdued by the grassland tribe, they can get a large number of war horses, as well as support in battle.

There are actually too many connections between the Houjin and the grassland tribes, there are many similarities between them, and the Jurchens of the Houjin live between the white mountains and black waters, and the natural environment is extremely harsh, in order to survive, they do their best to exercise a strong body, which allows them to rise quickly in a short period of time.

The imperial court used to look down on the Houjin Tartars and the Mongol tribes, and collectively called them barbarians, but unfortunately it was these barbarians that the imperial court looked down on, and they would eventually seize the Ming Dynasty.

What makes Zheng Xunrui even more worried is that on the one hand, the Houjin is constantly strong, on the other hand, it is the struggle for power and profit within the court, the emperor himself can't trust the minister, and he can't find the real talent, the minister who controls the power, what he thinks of is to consolidate his own strength and pull more support, compared with the two, the rise of the Houjin and the decline of the Ming Dynasty are also reasonable.

If Zheng Xunrui had taken refuge with Zhou Yanru or Wen Tiren, he would never have been sent to Yan'an Mansion to serve as the prefect, at least within the scope of Beizhili.

However, judging from the current situation, Xu Guangqi's mention is completely correct, if it is within the scope of Beizhili, the imperial court attaches great importance to it, Zheng Xunrui does not have any chance of development, his words and deeds will be noticed by the surroundings, and there will be many small reports to the imperial court, so he may fall into the whirlpool of party strife and cannot be spared.

It's different in Yan'an Mansion, the rogue here is wanton, the court doesn't care at all, the officials can't even send Jinshi to serve here, the situation is similar to Liaodong, it has become a place that everyone is afraid of, Yan'an Mansion, which governs three states and sixteen counties, actually has only four Jinshi, and no one will believe such a thing.

The sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, this kind of place that people are afraid of is precisely the best place to develop.

The population of Yan'an Mansion has plummeted, the famine for four consecutive years, and the continuous ravaging of the rogues, it is simply regarded as a back garden, if any mediocre person comes here, I am afraid that he will not be able to stay for a day, crying father and mother, thinking of leaving, but the really capable people come here, it is completely possible to show their hands and feet.

It is impossible for the Liukou to be exterminated in a short period of time, and its center has long been transferred to the direction of Shanxi, after all, there are too many disasters in Shaanxi, and there is a shortage of materials, and the Liukou cannot develop here, so it is normal to move in the direction of Shanxi.

The official residence of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, had been moved to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi Province in early October, and there were not many sergeants left in Ningzhou, that is, they were pretending, and Hong Chengchou and others were not stupid, knowing that they could not suppress bandits in Shaanxi.

If the track of history will not change greatly, then two years later, some of the Liukou will begin to return to Shaanxi activities, at that time, Zheng Xunrui should be ready for a qiē, in fact, in his opinion, history will definitely change, once the situation in Yan'an Mansion shows a trend of improvement, the Liukou who suffered a blow in Shanxi will definitely return to Shaanxi in advance, and the place where the Liukou can operate, the focus is Yan'an Prefecture, Qingyang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion and other places.

In other words, Zheng Xunrui does not have two years of preparation time, at most about a year, he may have to face a large-scale invasion of rogues, if he is not ready at that time, he will soon fall into passivity.

After all, history has changed, and after the butterfly's wings flapp, the situation cannot be stopped.

The time to test Zheng Xunrui will soon come.

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