Chapter 313 is again played

The fall of the Ming Dynasty in history is a very complex and comprehensive topic. Another very important factor that cannot be bypassed, that is, Chongzhen's problem.

Since entering the summer, Chongzhen has been abused by the situation at home and abroad. Natural disasters are the fuse, the fuse that puts all the problems in front of us. The thieves crossed the Yellow River and entered the Jianghan realm, dealing a heavy blow to the already weak economy of the Ming Dynasty. The next situation can be described as blazing everywhere, and the corners of Chongzhen's mouth are bubbling in a hurry.

The Carriage Gorge fell short, and the thieves let the birds fly from then on. In fact, even if there is no Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, there will be other people who come out to do the same thing, just a little earlier and later. Jiannu entered Xuanda, once again regarded the border pass of the Ming Dynasty as the back door for casually entering and exiting, and slapped Chongzhen into a daze. This cruel thing made Chongzhen realize a more cruel reality, that is, the imperial power's constraints on the feudal town have been shaken. Zu Dashou lived and died in Shanhaiguan, and no one dared to take practical action in Dengzhou. The bottom line that can take action is to transfer the Guan Ning Army and the Dengzhou Battalion to fight and encircle and suppress the thieves.

The two army leaders were also very cooperative, but the problem was that in terms of cooperation, the Dengzhou battalion was much higher than the Guanning army. What is Chen Qiyu's identity? What is Lu Xiangsheng's identity? "Move my brother and destroy his whole family" dare to say it, are you afraid that he will not dare to do it? originally attached great importance to every move of the Dengzhou camp, but after Chen Xie's performance came up, Zhu Youzhen paid more attention to it. Asked the superintendent Wang Dehua to report once a day.

When Chen Xiebing was in the city of Haizhou, the first report arrived. I looked at it on the map for a long time. I didn't understand how far Gaizhou was from Haizhou. asked Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to question, but he didn't know either. The map of the Ming Dynasty is very tricky, and there is no such thing as a scale. Not to mention measuring something.

How many miles a day is a march, and three days from Gaizhou to Haizhou is not slow. These questions are answered by each person. Zhu Youzhen called a depressed. The next day, Wang Dehua's recital came again. The Dengzhou battalion began to besiege Haizhou, suppressed it with artillery, and filled the trenches with people, but the casualties were not large, and the progress was not fast. Wang Dehua also complained about Chen Xie's tactical level. "A couple of grass people. Why care about casualties? As a general, when the killing is decided, Chen Sihua's woman's benevolence can be seen. ”

Call Wen Tiren and show him the fold. Wen Tiren was silent after reading it. Finally, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty." The minister thought that the one who destroyed the Ministry of Construction had to be Chen Sihua. But he can't do it. This is a bit contradictory, the problem is that Zhu Youzhen understands it. What kind of woman's kindness? . This is buying the hearts and minds of the people.

Jiannu reached its peak in Xuanda, robbing a large number of people and money and food, and martial law was imposed in Beijing. At this time, it doesn't seem very good to talk about Chen Xie, who is playing with Jiannu? So Zhu Youzhen diverted the topic, picked up a stack of music and said, "These, what does Wen Qing think?" "This is a twist and turn in some civil officials, Wen Tiren has seen it, and the meaning is the same, transfer Chen Xie from Dengzhou, and let him lead the troops to fight the Liukou, or go to Xuanda, or go directly to the Dongjiang River, in short, don't stay in Dengzhou.

Wen Tiren had no opinion on these folds, so he said that he had read it, and asked His Majesty to break it. This will bring up this topic, Wen Tiren is a little sad and worried. Zhu Youzhen saw his sad face, and sighed: "As long as the two of us monarchs and ministers are present, let's be honest." ”

Wen Tiren stood up, and after Zhu Youzhen paid his respects, he stood up solemnly and solemnly: "The minister implores His Majesty to behead these incompetent officials who mislead the country." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but let out a surprised expression when he heard this: "Wen Qing, I know that you are not a fake public servant, there must be your reason, let's be clear." I don't really understand. ”

Wen Tiren sighed and said: "Your Majesty has actually understood, and has made a decision in my heart. Since you want the minister to say it, the minister will say the reason. In the minister's view, there are three purposes for these officials, one is worried that Chen Xie will become bigger, and the other is interested in the wealth of Dengzhou. The three are for the face of civil officials. These people, when they were on the fold, mixed with too many selfish thoughts, completely disregarded the safety of the country, shouldn't they be killed? ”

This is said to Zhu Youzhen's heart, and he can't help but say that Wen Tiren has a very good understanding of his intentions.

"So what Wen Qing means, what should I do with Chen Sihua?" This is a topic that cannot be avoided, and both monarchs and ministers must face it. Wen Tiren actually didn't have any good ideas, so he had to smile bitterly: "Xu Xu Tuzhi, first seal his subordinates with official positions, and then transfer his troops and horses to fight in the name of the imperial court." The minister thought that what Chen Sihua did was just for self-preservation. This person has no objection. However, he is too rich, even if he doesn't rebel, people want to force him to rebel. In this way, Chen Xie's assets can be rightfully annexed. ”

"You mean, his assets in Jiangnan? It seems that Kyoshi also has it. As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen turned around and shouted: "Wang Chengen, what assets does Chen Sihua have?" Wang Chengen entered from the outside, kowtowed, and said: "Long live Lord, Chen Sihua has a weaving workshop, a rich village, an iron shop, and a Ming Bao in the south of the Yangtze River. Fujian, Zhejiang, Jin Province and Jingshi also have a Qianzhuang branch. According to folk rumors, this person is the richest man today. The family property is more than 10 million taels of silver. ”

A person's fortune is richer than the national treasury, and he is really rich. Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen felt liver pain for a while. As an emperor, the poor are not even willing to wear new clothes, but the courtiers can eat and drink spicy food, wear gold and silver.

"Aiqing go back, Rong Zhen think about it." After sending Wen Tiren away, Zhu Youzhen felt that he had entered a dead loop. The Ming Dynasty is now relying on the field and salt classes, and there is basically no other income. How could it be so miserable. What those ministers said was very beautiful, Taizu raised millions of soldiers without wasting the national treasury, and should follow suit. This Nimadu is the old yellow calendar of that year?

Is there really no way to solve the financial problems of the imperial court? Zhu Youzhen felt that there must be a way, at least his brother did a good job.

One way to do this is to collect a business tax. The question is this, Zhang Juzheng is powerful enough, right? Even he wouldn't dare touch the business tax. This Nima can offend all the gentry of the world to death.

If you want to break your head, you can't solve the current dilemma.

The successive twists and turns are coming again, all of which are the handiwork of Wang Dehua. Chen Xie didn't seem to be interested in the performance, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, only had a performance in ten days and half a month. The matter of sending troops to Liaodong, his recital is very well written, but it has no substance. The civil servants are all in this way, and there is nothing to say.

After waiting for a few days, Wang Chengen came in again with a fold, walking unsteadily, and his expression was extremely excited. "Congratulations, congratulations. Chen Sihua broke Haizhou and beheaded 8,000. ”

snatched the fold, Zhu Youzhen read it carefully, his heart was surging, and he slapped the table vigorously and said, "Chen Sihua, it really lives up to me." When he said this, he must not have touched his conscience. The emperor, it is right to give him his life, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace. At least the general ministers are like this, and the emperor is used to it.

"Long live Lord, Wen Xiang has been waiting outside for a while." Wang Chengen dared to speak at this time, there was no way, he had to give the emperor a time to be excited. Cool, this is really cool. "Let them in." After speaking, he rushed to the map, looking at the location of Haizhou, it seems that it is not far from Shenyang, it seems that Chen Xie is going to fight Liaoyang next time. Let's fight, all the way to Shenyang.

When a group of ministers came in, it was naturally congratulatory. Zhu Youzhen's mood has rarely improved, to be honest, his control of the courtiers is still very strong, at least the power is very close. The question is, should this minister lie to him or continue to deceive, and continue to do nothing.

It didn't take long for him to be happy, and a group of humanities officials made trouble again, asking to take down Chen Qiyu. The reason is simple, bribery and arsonance. These people are very skilled in doing this, and to be honest, Zhu Youzhen was also very annoyed, so he allowed this matter.

Just when Zhu Youzhen was looking forward to Chen Xie going to Shenyang and capturing Da Yuer alive. A new report is coming, this time in two copies. One is Wang Dehua, who attacked Chen Xie in the twist and turn in the face of the great good shape, and refused to continue north, but abandoned the occupied Haizhou and retreated to Gaizhou. It's really a betrayal of His Majesty's trust.

The other part is from Chen Xie. The meaning is very clear, the Dengzhou battalion fought hard in Haizhou, although it only took seven days to solve the Jiannu in Haizhou, but due to the difficulties of logistics and supply, it had to give up going north. After explaining this matter, Chen Xie raised the problem of thieves in the Central Plains, thinking that after Chen Qiyu set up the enemy, His Majesty should continue to trust him. At this stage, no one understands the situation better than him, and there is no one who can do better than him. At this time, the change of commander can only cause confusion in command, and the guide may break out of the encirclement. If His Majesty insists on dealing with Chen Qiyu, it is necessary to take precautions, especially for the defense of the Huguang and Jianghuai regions, such as Fengyang, the central capital, and the garrison should be increased.

Chen Xie's performance is really out of kindness. I can't bear to see Zhu Youzhen's ancestral grave dug up. While analyzing, Chen Xie also said that the Central Plains has been peaceful for a long time, and the armament is relaxed. This can be seen from the process of the thieves wandering through the provinces. Catching up with the locust plague in Henan may lead to an erosion situation in the Central Plains if we are not careful. If His Majesty trusts the Dengzhou camp, he can let Chang Shiren lead his troops to Fengyang to guard it.

As a result, it was obvious that Zhu Youzhen was torn apart after reading the recital. angrily grinding back and forth in the hall, scolding angrily: "Troubled ministers and thieves, chaotic ministers and thieves." "Chen Xie, as expected by Zhu Youzhen, should be hit to Shenyang City at this time. Wang Dehua made it very clear in the recital that Chen Xie's casualties were only 1,000, of which most were people.

Just this casualty, you retreat? What else did you say about sending troops to guard Fengyang, looking for such a bad excuse to get involved in the Central Plains, what is it that is not a chaotic minister and a thief?

Chen Xie really took it for granted, thinking that his own excerpt would not make Zhu Youzhen go crazy no matter how bad it was. Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen was really mad, and issued a holy decree to let Chang Shiren lead his troops back to Dengzhou. It just so happened that Yuan Mo's recital came, and he asked to transfer the Dengzhou battalion to his command. Zhu Youzhen scolded him together: "The governor of a province has countless subordinates, can't he fight without the Dengzhou battalion?" "This lying gun is also quite wronged. (To be continued......)