The first wind and rain drifted away

A few days later, the capital, Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen received several notes one after another, the first of which was written by Lao Sun Tou.

It is mainly said that the siege of Songxian has been lifted, Cao Bianjiao has made meritorious contributions, and now the army is following King Gao Chuang south, looking for an opportunity to exterminate the traitors in one fell swoop.

The second part is that King Lu Yan asked for credit for Zu Kuan and Yang Lukai, who not only relieved the siege of Nanyang Mansion, but also killed the bandit leader Guo Tianxing and captured Zhang Miaoshou alive.

Now the army gathers and will encircle and suppress the old Hui and the scorpion block on all sides.

The snow outside the windowsill stopped at some point, the cold wind whistled through the window, and the dry and yellow leaves were swept by the wind in the snow involuntarily.

Emperor Chongzhen put down the song in his hand, picked up the dragon head cane made of crooked neck trees, and sighed faintly, without much joy in his heart.

The traitor has never been the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, let alone my enemy, and my enemy is only one and a half.

One is an interest group composed of elites of the Ming Empire, covering the Donglin Party, nobles, imperial relatives, big landlords and big businessmen, etc.

They just want to guard their existing interests, constantly exploit ordinary people, and hope to pass it on forever from generation to generation.

Half of them are aliens, including Jiannu, Tartars, Lao Huihui and all other foreign races who covet the wealth and land of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, whether the chariot of Daming can continue to gallop is still internal, and the key lies in Daming himself.

Once the internal solution is solved, Daming will rely on its huge population, economy, national strength, and science and technology to beat the world in minutes.

Historically, the Ming Empire was killed by a group of small peasant uprisings and Jiannu, but it was because of internal problems that it was not solved.

In the past, the deity was not so much the master of the Ming Empire as the Shuntian Mansion Yin, and as for other places, it depended on whether they were willing or not.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly had a long-lost memory,, how is the current situation a little similar to the era he has traveled over?

Public, comprador, brick family, called beast...... How similar is it?

Shaking his head, Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly, thinking too much, that is not something I have to worry about.

Salty radish light worry!

What I have to worry about is my Ming Empire.

I am the master of the Ming Empire, the leader of this elite.

Did I betray the elite? Or did the elite betray their country, their nation?

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were as black as ink, looking at the white snow outside the window, and he slammed the dragon head cane in his hand, showing a trace of ruthlessness on his face.

These turtle grandchildren, I don't care if I am cool in the future, but you must be cool first.

Cheering up, Emperor Chongzhen opened the secret recital written by Liu Yuanbin, the superintendent of the army.

It talks about the work performance of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou in recent times.

It should be said that Butcher Hong's ability is really leveraged, he understands the holy will very thoroughly, and his work ability is outstanding.

After handing over to Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, he immediately put into new work to raise food and wages for the development of the Hetao and the supply of the bandit army.

For this reason, under the name of suppressing bandits, and bearing the title of governor of the three sides, he drank tea and chatted with big households in Shaanxi and Henan every day to talk about ideals.

Why?

They asked for money and food, and they gave money and food to officers and soldiers, and people and Zhuang who were recruited to go to Hetao.

As for the fools who can't see clearly, Butcher Hong usually asks the soldiers to come to the door to ask for food and salary.

Dare to do it, capable people!

Emperor Chongzhen patted the imperial case and praised loudly.

I didn't have any authorization, so he dared to do it with great fanfare, yes.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen's use of Hong Chengchou was not too reassured.

Instead, Liu Yuanbin of the Yongwei Battalion was ordered to be the supervisor of the army and develop the Hetao with Hong Chengchou, the purpose of which was of course to monitor.

Even, Emperor Chongzhen also asked the factory guards to supervise the Hong butcher.

For this dog traitor, Emperor Chongzhen's precautionary psychology is still very serious.

"Tall companion, intended!

The trilateral governor Hong Chengchou was very relieved by the fruitful work of the trilateral governor, and I made persistent efforts to raise sufficient food and salary to ensure the needs of the development of the Loop.

In addition, the rebel thieves were extremely poor and hungry, with nowhere to live, and the court had a vacant name, but there was no way to relieve hunger, so it was difficult for them to live in peace.

The so-called officers and soldiers will surrender when they arrive, and the officers and soldiers will loot as before, and this is an inevitable trend.

All of the above are the word "food".

Wang Aiqing has the courage to do things and raise more food and salary to solve the repeated things of the traitors. ”

If you don't have authorization, you dare to throw off your arms and do it, so what about authorization?

Emperor Chongzhen was really looking forward to Butcher Hong's performance.

In the past, the appeasement policy formulated by the Ming court, because of the lack of money and food, was actually a pie drawn on paper.

As a result, the rogues kept surrendering and rebelling, and the imperial court spent a lot of troops and money to suppress the bandits, but the final results were quite poor.

In order to settle the rebellious bandits, they need many supporting measures such as grain, cattle, seeds, land, and houses to settle down.

The relief money issued by the imperial court is really a drop in the bucket, and it is far from enough to solve the problem of living and resettlement of the returned Liukou.

This is the key to the rebellion of the Liukou.

Of course, there are also the ambitions of the thief leaders Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others.

In the past, Emperor Chongzhen studied history, and the history books always said that Gao Yingxiang raised his arms and shouted: "Instead of sitting and starving to death, why not steal and die?" ”

It seems that he can't live anymore, and he is about to starve to death immediately, and he was forced to rebel because he was helpless.

Actually?

Unlike other rebels, King Gao Yingxiang of Chuang took horse trading as a business in his early years, did not worry about food or clothing, and lived a more nourishing life than anyone else.

It's just that the natural disasters in Shaanxi for many years have given him further hope.

So a flame seedling called ambition began to swell wildly, and finally took advantage of natural disasters and the oppression of the local gentry to raise his arms, and the responders gathered.

To tell the truth, Emperor Chongzhen can pat his chest and say that I can pardon Gao Yingxiang and leave the looted property to him, but King Gao Chuang will definitely not do it.

Because people have big ambitions.

In the same way, the same is true of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Lao Huihui.

Li Zicheng is a courier brother, Zhang Xianzhong is a police officer in Yan'an Prefecture, both are national civil servants, and they are not ordinary people who can't survive.

Although the courier brother later lost his job, you have to think about how much his uncle Gao Yingxiang's career has done, if he is really an honest person, he will eat and drink without worry for the rest of his life.

In the end, it's still the word ambition!

The courier brother has not inherited the name of King Chuang yet, but Zhang Xianzhong has changed his nickname Huanghu to the Eight Kings.

You say, is it possible for a person who has become a king to return to the life of a normal people?

I'm afraid that if I don't kill a few people a day, and I don't play with women for a few days a day, they all feel uncomfortable.

As for the old Huihui, not to mention, people are of a different race, and they always want to establish a country, want to be self-governing, and want to ......

In short, there is nothing more to say about such a person, just exterminate it.

"I ordered Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng to destroy the rebel leaders Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, and the rest were allowed to surrender.

When the old man returns to the Ma Shouying Department, he must not let go of one person.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong has a righteous son, formerly known as Li Dingguo, now called Zhang Dingguo, who must be captured alive in Beijing and must not be abused. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said slowly and in a deep voice while thinking, Gao Shiming held the wolf hao in his hand, leaned over the bookcase and waved his pen vigorously.

In the middle of nowhere, Emperor Chongzhen's voice had just fallen, and Gao Shiming's holy decree had been written.

Emperor Chongzhen took it and looked at it carefully, his brows gradually furrowed, something was wrong, it seemed that something was missing?