The military situation is like fire.

Sun Chuanting saw that his old enemy was under his nose, and his heart was itching. He still remembered the infinite scenery when he captured the banner of Chuangzi, and the hearty scene when he captured and killed King Gao Yingxiang. Who knew that instead of being exterminated, the thieves became stronger and stronger, and even opened a government and occupied more than ten counties.

The banner also became the Generalissimo Mansion of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness.

Removed the puppet "king" and became a puppet "generalissimo", it seems that the arrogance has been extinguished a lot, but scholars who are familiar with the allusions of the dynasty know that this is copying Emperor Taizu Gao's policy of "building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king".

It takes a day to travel from Baofeng to Ruzhou, and Su Jing will not be able to return until the evening of the 16th at the earliest. Sun Chuanting looked at the full moon in the sky and sighed with emotion. He thought about the prince's safety again, whether he needed to leave a certain general soldier in the rear to take care of the prince. I heard that the prince brought 10,000 horses, but he didn't know what kind of goods they were and whether they were suitable for use.

"Military Gate!" Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, rushed into the big tent in a hurry: "Investigate the horse and report it, the army of thieves is going to move!" At the moment, I am making food and eating. ”

Sun Chuanting was overjoyed when he heard this: "The thieves are really messed up!" He paused, his joy faded, and said, "General Chen, Your Highness is ...... there."

Chen Yongfu turned his head, and only after his face calmed down did he turn around and said: "Your Highness's daughter's body, it is really not suitable to be in a place like Ruzhou, so why not send a team of people to escort His Highness to Luoyang." There is a blessed palace over there that can be stationed, and it will not freeze the prince. ”

"Your Highness probably not." Sun Chuanting's face was embarrassed: "Do you know that Master Wumiao has also had such a thing. ”

The Ming people called the current emperor Jinshang, the Daxing Emperor as the first emperor, and the emperor before the Daxing Emperor as "the master of a certain temple". The temple is the temple of the temple number, and the Wu Temple is Emperor Wuzong. The emperor's history books left an absurd reputation, so much so that in later films, he often appeared as a young man who pursued aiqing and freedom.

Sun Chuanting is saying it now. It was during the rebellion of King Ning, Wuzong drove the expedition in person, who knew that there was a governor of southern Jiangnan, Wang Shouren. Without waiting for the emperor to arrive, this champion saint extinguished the rebellion and captured the rebel king Zhu Chenhao alive. Such a splashing feat, it actually caused Wu Zong to displease. Blame Wang Shouren for robbing him of his "credit".

"What do you have to do with the military?" Chen Yongfu knew that Sun Chuanting had only said half of what he said, and asked out loud.

"General Chen can send a capable general to lead a thousand people to Ruzhou to protect the crown prince." Sun Chuanting said.

Chen Yongfu was silent.

Now that the breakthrough is imminent, no matter how big or small, as long as you stay by the side, it will be a credit. At this moment, when he returned to Ruzhou, whoever he let go was to give up the meritorious weight of his side. Chen Yongfu secretly said in his heart: This old man Sun is the one who can calculate, and he will divide me before the war starts! Protecting the Prince? Aren't you Qin soldiers more capable of fighting?

"I think Ling Lang is good." Sun Chuanting said confidently: "He is still in Chongling, and he already has the miraculous skill of shooting Li Chuang, if he can be in the emperor's heart, I am afraid that he will be another Li Rusong in the future." ”

Chen Yongfu was moved. His son Chen De blinded Li Zicheng in the left eye with an arrow during the Battle of Kaifeng. It's just that because he is still young, he has added a sign but has not given the actual award. This time, even if the thief is broken, it will not be rewarded for meritorious deeds. Rather than this, it is better to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the future emperor.

Thinking about Li Rusong, a famous general in the Wanli period, isn't it precisely because of the four words "Jane in the heart of the emperor" that he has the opportunity to become famous overseas?

"Everything is under the control of the military!" Chen Yongfu said happily.

Sun Chuanting saw that Chen Yongfu agreed, and felt that it was just for the sake of face, and the prince's side was easy to explain. It's a matter of heart. He immediately took out the topographic map and ordered people to gather the general army under his command. Prepare for the battle after Li Chuangtianming.

At this moment, between Bao, Jiao, and Xiang, the horses are galloping, and the team clashes frequently. One side wants to kill soldiers to take revenge, and the other side wants to break thieves and make meritorious contributions, all of them are like iron and morale. No one will be left behind.

Sun Chuanting got the news of Tanma here, and Zhu Cihong naturally had his own news.

The outposts in the East Palace lacked experience and did not cut into the battlefield, but traveled to Dengfeng and Lushan to investigate the news. These two mountain passes are one east and one west, and thieves must choose one of them if they want to copy the back grain road.

Among them, Lushan is located in the west. Walking the Funiu Mountain Road, which is the closest to Ruzhou, can reap the effect of a surprise attack. It's just that the mountain road of Funiu Mountain is difficult to walk, and the number of people will not be too many. Dengfeng is located in the east, the road is smooth, and the army can be passed, but the states and counties along the way will always be disturbed, and it is difficult to receive the effect of surprise attacks.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong believed that the thieves would come from Lushan, so his attention was on the west.

With the follow-up attendant room of the left battalion, the auxiliary battalion also rushed to Ruzhou, and the state city was densely covered with flags, and there were barracks inside and outside the city. Sun Chuanting did not say anything about Zhu Cihong's acceptance of Ruzhou's defense, but only restrained his subordinates, as long as he did not deceive people too much, he obeyed the assignment of the East Palace. He now urgently needs a decisive battle with Li Zicheng to gain military merits, and he doesn't care about it anymore.

……

"Our army will not stay in Ruzhou for long." Zhu Cihong convened a meeting of the military chiefs under his command, his eyes swept over the venue, fell on Wu Weiye, and said in a deep voice: "Wu Shuzi, you first take the people from the finance department to Luoyang, clean up the Fuwang Mansion, and collect their property by the way." Even if Li Zicheng swept away all the gold and silver, he would never be able to move away from the land and houses. Especially those farms, all of them were sold. ”

"Your Royal Highness," Wu Weiye's scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but say loyally, "Privately selling the vassal king's property, the dynasty does not have such a system. ”

"It doesn't matter, isn't the domain king's stuff the country's stuff?" Zhu Cihong said: "Tian Cunshan, you go with you, use the seal of the East Palace, and when the time comes, I will bear it when King Fu investigates it." ”

Zhu Cihong did not have a good impression of his great-grandfather Emperor Wanli, although he admitted that he was above the level as an emperor, but he was bent on abolishing his grandfather and making King Fu the crown prince, which was also a family grudge. Fortunately, the Donglin Party gave strength and did not lose in the battle for the country, so there was the country of King Fu and Emperor Taichang ascended the throne. Zhu Cihong avoided the tragic fate of being reincarnated as a county king and even a general of the town.

When the country of the blessed king was in the country, he got 20,000 hectares of farmland, far more than any vassal king. From the forty-second year of Wanli to the present, the fields of the Fu Wang family have expanded somehow. Due to the land plot of Chinese agricultural civilization, no matter how turbulent the world is, people with money will give priority to buying houses and land, so they don't have to worry about whether these fields can be sold.

At most, it's just because the seller is in a hurry and the price is being suppressed. Anyway, there is no capital to buy, and it doesn't matter if it's cheaper. It is with this mentality that Zhu Cihong will let Wu Weiye, a nerd, preside over it, otherwise he can do more beautifully in an old accounting room with business experience.

Tian Cunshan got an errand, and when he first heard that he was going north, he suddenly felt relieved, but his face showed sadness: "Your Highness, slaves and maids can't serve you with you, you must take care!" ”

Zhu Cihong waved his hand impatiently and continued: "The clerks in the attendant's room will give me a list according to seniority, although we will not stay for a long time, but we must also rectify the Ruzhou area before leaving. ”

Wu Weiye was much happier this time and bowed down to promise.

"Your Highness."

Someone in the class shouted, but the sound made everyone feel unfamiliar.

Zhu Cihong almost forgot about this person, and then raised his head to look at the past, and only then did he remember that this person was also in the army: "Xu Dian, do you have something to say?" ”

"Your Highness," Xu Dian said, "It is inconvenient for your subordinates to march with the army, and please ask Your Highness to allow your subordinates to act cheaply." ”

Xu Dian is not in charge of the army, and he does not manage money, at most he spends some silver, even if he is given a larger authority. What's more, his loyalty only oscillates between the prince and himself, and he will definitely not surrender to the thief. Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Your Highness," Xu Dian did not go back, "and ask His Highness to allocate three thousand taels for use." ”

"Three thousand taels?" Zhu Cihong was stunned, "Why do you want so much silver?" ”

"Some people are doing things for His Highness with their lives." Xu Dian didn't say much.

Everyone under the command of the East Palace knows that there is such a person as Xu Dan, and they also know that he is a collector of people's voices, similar to the existence of Jinyiwei. However, looking at his bare pole, and the most frightening thing about Jinyiwei is the "edict", so he is not jealous of everyone, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to him. It is somewhat shocking to hear him ask for so much silver in one breath today.

What's even more shocking is ......

"Three installments." Zhu Cihong didn't ask any more questions, but just turned his head to the account room of the army.

Now there is silver in the East Palace, but silver is not equal to grain. In many places, it is useless to have silver to store large quantities of grain. The first is the limitation of aggregate social output. There is so much land, and there is only so much grain that can grow, and it is impossible for the crops in the land to grow well because you have more money. The second is the issue of business operations. Most of the land was concentrated in the hands of the gentry, who were extremely sensitive to the touch, and immediately hoarded the grain at any sign of rising.

When Kaifeng was besieged, the price of rice was as high as 24 taels and 1 stones. When the Qing soldiers plundered Linqing and interrupted the canal, the price of grain in Beijing also rose by four taels and one stone. Then I knew that silver alone was useless. Therefore, Zhu Cihong is more willing to spend the silver as soon as possible, no matter what he gets back, it is better than holding the silver ingot empty.

"Xiao Mo." Zhu Cihong said by name.

"Humble duty." Xiao Mo shook the cloak behind him, stepped forward and gave a clean military salute.

"You will be stationed in Ruyang County from now on, and you will respond to all localities, especially to ensure the safety of the Baisha granary." Zhu Cihong thought for a while, and then said: "The Central Military Department will transfer two more divisions to you." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Mo said in a loud voice.

Zhu Cihong swept the crowd again, pointed out the general's judge and military medical officer, and told them to strengthen their inspections. The former is to keep a close eye on the soldiers of the guard battalion who violate military law, and the latter is to keep a close eye on the sanitary treatment of the garrison to prevent the spread of diseases.

When the overall meeting of the East Palace was arranged, the outside of the house gradually became gloomy, and then looked at the hour, but it should not be dark. After a while, I heard someone outside shouting happily, "It's raining!" It's finally raining! (To be continued......)

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