Chapter 54: The Korean Dilemma

"Presumably after this heavy snowfall, Xu Guangqi can be a lot happier, the burden of the Ministry of Agriculture is very heavy..."

A large number of displaced people have also stopped their work today.

Received the New Year's benefits from the staff assigned by the Ministry of Industry to the construction project.

Although a household can only get less than a pound of pork and a small bag of white noodles.

But for these displaced people, it is already a good thing that they dare not think.

"White noodles... This is a white face, the emperor's grace is vast... Woo.. Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

"Pork .. I'm an old bone, and someone will give me meat to eat! ”

"Mingjun.. Renjun.. Long live the emperor! ...”

Grateful homeless people don't know.

With Xu Guangqi's Ministry of Agriculture's continuous promotion of new crops such as sweet potatoes to the north.

Eventually, they will return to their homeland, live a stable life, and rebuild their homeland.

And Huo Weihua of the Ministry of Industry is also busy.

In the construction sites of various construction projects, you can see him from time to time.

As a ministry of industry, since there is no shortage of money, it can be said that there is no place for constraints, and everything dare to think and dare to do.

Zhu Youzhen is still very willing to invest capital in infrastructure construction.

If it weren't for the level of technology, the current cost of steelmaking would be too high.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to study and build a railway in Beijing.

The water conservancy of the Yellow River has also become the most important issue of the Ministry of Industry this year.

Zhu Youzhen knew how dangerous the Yellow River was during the Ming Dynasty.

The Yellow River, suspended above the land, is not simply a mother river.

Once the levee bursts, a large area of yellow flooding is formed.

The impact on people's lives would be devastating.

For this reason, Zhu Youzhen ordered Huo Weihua to repair and maintain the dredging of the Yellow River at any cost.

At the same time, we will continue to strengthen the maintenance and construction of water conservancy facilities in various places.

At the same time, it took the lead in opening the river chief system.

The division of labor among the state and county officials along the Yellow River was carried out section by section.

Day-to-day supervision is also important.

Once you find something wrong, report it to the Ministry of Industry immediately.

And you don't need to take the money locally, all of them are paid from the Ministry of Industry, and all of them are paid by Zhu Youzhen.

But if local officials take it lightly, the Yellow River's embankment is in danger.

Then try to have a dereliction of duty, whether it is better or not.

The evaluation system of Ming officials can not be a simple assessment.

It can kill!

The year of Chongzhen has completely arrived, but in history, this year of Chongzhen is not a good day.

This year, Daming is like a roller coaster that keeps going downward, constantly sliding downward.

Every day it is becoming more and more crisis, and every day it is becoming more complicated.

Large-scale peasant uprisings would begin to emerge at the beginning of the year.

Severe famine caused by a massive reduction in food production will also begin to break out like stars everywhere during the year.

The situation in Liaodong will change again, and the most important thing is that in this year, although Huang Taiji did not completely control Mongolia, he did not dare to take the lead in attacking Korea.

But at this moment, Huang Taiji can be regarded as officially resolving the internal contradictions.

An agreement was reached with the Haixi Jurchens to extend the fuse that was about to erupt by a certain section.

Let Houjin form a real monolith under the existing conditions.

Houjin.

Since Huang Taiji failed to knock on the pass and was inexplicably driven back by the Tianhu Army outside Guanning City, he had lingering feelings about the scene at that time.

Within the Later Jin, the status of Han craftsmen also continued to improve.

The main purpose is to be able to develop a new type of musket that belongs to Houjin in more time.

But Huang Taiji is also very sober, and everyone knows that this musket is just a drop in the bucket for the current conditions of Houjin.

There are simply no conditions for them to be able to develop it in a short time, and even if they do, can they produce it?

The copper warhead picked up during the retreat made Huang Taiji temporarily shelve his thoughts about the south side and turn the butcher's knife to North Korea instead.

And Mao Wenlong also reported to Jingshi at the first time.

"Report! Your Majesty, Phi Island Mao Wenlong came to play, and the Houjin Tartars have been frequently mobilized recently, and they continue to gather in the Jinzhou area.

The Phi Dao side is worried. Recently, Jiannu may intend to attack North Korea... And the king of Korea also asked for help from my Ming Dynasty at the first time.

A letter for help has been sent to Phi Koh.. It is attached to this recital and left to your Majesty's decision...."

Sitting in the Imperial Palace, most of the people who came to listen to this information today were officers of the Heavenly Tiger Army, the General Bureau of Ordnance, and the elders of the Cabinet.

There are also Dongchang and the six departments represented by Wei Zhongxian, and why only call them to the Huangji Palace alone.

The main reason is that Zhu Youzhen knows that this situation is critical, and if it is placed on top of the early dynasty, no matter how fast it is, it will delay the fighter.

Simply, gather those who can talk and do something, and come up with a plan as soon as possible.

As soon as the discussion began, Zhu Youzhen spoke directly.

"The letter of the king of Joseon asking for help is being rewritten in a few copies, so let's pass it on and take a look... But to be honest, for me, whether the king of Korea can be saved or not... But now I want to hear your plans, for Daming, should I make a move? ”

Zhu Youzhen's words were very long, and his face was a little not good-looking, and between the iron and blue was the annoyance of the resurgence of the Liaodong matter.

But boredom is boredom, he knows that in such an environment, if Houjin is not removed every day, he will continue to harass Daming every day.

"Your Majesty, the Heavenly Tiger Army is willing to lead the 1st Division, 3rd Division and 3rd Logistics Mixed Brigade of the garrison to fight against the Tartars!"

The size of the Tianhu Army has continued to expand, and it is now a huge army with five divisions and three mixed logistics brigades.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen will not appoint an absolute commander to the Tianhu Army in the short term, because in Zhu Youzhen's opinion, there will be no opponent for a while and a half, and the Tianhu Army will be dispatched in an instant.

What's more, the Heavenly Tiger Army's strict discipline compliance will make them obey all orders from Zhu Youzhen as soon as possible.

This can be seen from the education that every soldier receives after entering the Heavenly Tiger Army.

During the training period of the Tianhu Army's recruits, what every soldier had to learn was to defend the people of the Ming Dynasty, but more importantly, they could only follow the emperor's orders.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Weichen should not be in a hurry in this matter, according to the letter of the king of North Korea for help, North Korea will not be broken by the Tartars for a while, and once I send troops to North Korea, the Tartars will turn the spearhead and knock on the pass.... I'm afraid I'll be exhausted by then... And I'm afraid I'm going to be in danger. ”

It was Huang Liji who spoke, and although he said that North Korea would not be attacked for a while.

But what is revealed between the lines is that North Korea wants to fend for itself.

Although everyone knows that once this North Korea has to face the Houjin Emperor Taiji, there is almost only a dead end.