Lao Zhu did not deliberately knock Tang Tong's general soldiers, in his opinion, there is only one reason why these general soldiers have become so arrogant, that is, the imperial court is too weak, coupled with the changeable strategy of the imperial court, and they always make mistakes after changing.

After a long time, these general soldiers naturally did not take the imperial court to heart.

So in the final analysis, there is another reason, that is, the imperial court is too weak.

The solution to this problem is also very simple, that is, to make the imperial court strong again.

For example, now, under his personal conquest, the Ming army directly annihilated the Jiannu army, and most of the trouble of Jiannu in Liaodong was solved by him in an instant.

In this way, the prestige of the imperial court is great, and what general soldier dares not to take the imperial court to heart.

Take Zuo Liangyu, who was the most arrogant before, for example, if the previous imperial court asked him to rectify military discipline and still need to use means to force him, then as long as the imperial court at this moment issued a holy decree, he would have to honestly cut off his arm and give military law to those who did not abide by military discipline in the army.

Not even to mention the rectification of military discipline, even if Zuo Liangyu is asked to fight Li Zicheng in a decisive battle now and let him send his life in, he will not dare to disobey at all.

This is the power after the combination of righteousness and strength, convincing people with righteousness, suppressing people with strength, two-pronged, few people dare to disobey.

After defeating Abatai, Lao Zhu did not have much rest, and directly asked Tang Tong and Zhao Dengke to transfer troops to Jieling Pass to support Zhou Yuji.

It's just that this time Lao Zhu didn't go over again, and Zhou Yuji's strength was not much worse than Turge, but now Tang Tong's arrogance has basically been wiped out, and they have begun to cooperate with each other at this moment.

If in this case, Tang Tong and they can't fight after they pass, then they don't need to be the chief soldier, just find a rope to hang themselves.

This battle was a complete victory, and the remaining 20,000 people in Turg, as well as the 10,000 cavalry who entered the pass, were just small problems, and he didn't have to solve them personally, and the Ming naturally had generals to destroy them.

Therefore, Lao Zhu led his troops to rest in Huangya Pass for a few more days, and immediately began to return to the court.

The external worries are solved, and it is time to take action to solve the internal troubles.

Of course, the internal trouble that Lao Zhu said does not only refer to Li Zicheng, in Lao Zhu's view, Li Zicheng has now become a trapped beast, and it is only a matter of time before he is solved.

What really troubled Lao Zhu was the almost completely corrupt bureaucratic system within the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that this dynasty was the Ming Dynasty and had an inextricable relationship with him, he would not have chosen to be the emperor at all, but would have chosen to be a commoner and then rebel.

Because it is obviously much simpler than being the emperor and then reforming, overthrowing the existing Ming and re-establishing a Ming.

After all, from the bottom up, all the forces he can gather are clean, and all the corrupt officials, the powerful and the inferior gentry will be the enemies of him and his new forces.

But from top to bottom, it is not, the current Daming is rotten, and it can be said that it has been rotten from the roots.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there are only a handful of honest officials, and the vast majority of officials are corrupt and implicated in the powerful and inferior gentry.

It doesn't matter who you use, they all have some collusion with the people below, and even if they don't, their subordinates will have them, and things can't be done at all.

After all, if you let them use their own forces and dig their own roots, it is simply unrealistic.

But fortunately, Lao Zhu still has Dongchang and Jinyiwei in his hands, and after several cleanings by him, this is already the only force in his hands that he can completely rely on.

"In troubled times, you should use heavy codes."

Lao Zhu on the way back to Beijing showed a cold light in his eyes.

If you want to solve the ills of a dynasty, the best solution is to change the law.

And the easiest way to implement the new law is to kill people until no one dares to oppose the new law!

As for the new law, it is also very simple, there is no need to think about it again, you only need to revise Zhang Juzheng's original whip law and implement it thoroughly.

Measuring the land, checking the acres of land, and restoring the military cantonment, these policies, as long as they take out one at random, can make those wealthy families spit out what they have eaten in the past.

However, I think those people are not willing to spit out the meat that they have already eaten so easily, but for Lao Zhu, this is undoubtedly better, because in this case, he will have a reason to copy all their things.

The imperial court is in need of money for such a big battle, so they just use their net worth to fill it for the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhu lowered his eyelids slightly and restrained the murderous aura on his body.

And Cao Huachun, who had been by his side, was a little frightened, he didn't know what Lao Zhu Gang was thinking, but from Lao Zhu's body, he just seemed to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

He knew that Taizu Bacheng was killing intent again, as for who the target was, as Lao Zhu's current right and left hand, Cao Huachun didn't have to think about it at all.

It seems that it is necessary for him to learn from Zhou Yanru, and when he goes back, he will immediately take the time to rectify the forces in the family, and if there is a traitor, it is better to clean it up immediately.

Otherwise, when Grandpa Tai finds out, I'm afraid I'll have to get in even myself.

The army of Lao Zhu Banshi returning to the dynasty was very stable, but the entire Ming Dynasty and the outside seemed to suddenly explode after receiving the good news.

Over the years, Daming has lost too much, losing Jiannu, losing Li Zicheng, and losing Zhang Xianzhong.

There was bad news everywhere, especially after the loss of the elite of the Nine Sides, except for the killing of Zhang Xianzhong, there was almost no good news.

To put it bluntly, today's Ming Dynasty has been beaten out of fear by Jiannu, down to the people, up to the Manchu officials, and even Chongzhen himself, they don't think that today's Ming can beat Jiannu on the frontal battlefield.

However, Lao Zhu did it.

And in just two months, it directly annihilated the 100,000 elite army of Jiannu, which instantly shocked the entire government and the opposition.

As soon as this good news came out, not only the court, but even the people were boiling.

Everywhere it was said that the emperor had won the battle in person, and the decline of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years was suddenly swept away.

And Li Zicheng, who had a bad life, had a more difficult life after the news came out.

Sun Chuanting was no longer satisfied with dividing and winning over his people, Sun Chuanting, who already had some strength, began to take the initiative to send troops to try, and what was even more excessive was that Sun Chuanting actually took advantage of his unpreparedness to win over a man under his command, and then took the opportunity to join forces with that group of people and horses, and directly entered Kaifeng City with a large number of baggage.

Kaifeng City, which was originally crumbling, instantly became solid again.

Now, after the news of the great victory of the imperial court came out, more and more people have chosen to become deserters.

And more importantly, it was not Li Zicheng's own force that attacked and opened the seal this time, but an alliance.

In addition to him, there are also forces such as Luo Rucai and the newly defected Revolutionary Left Righteous Army.

At this time, because there was no hope of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty, these rebel leaders had already begun to think about a way out, and in the case of their different opinions, several contradictions had broken out between the rebels.

Although Li Zicheng was suppressed every time a conflict broke out, as Daming's voice became bigger and bigger, even Li Zicheng himself didn't know how long he could suppress these people.

Perhaps, when he can't hold it back, that's when their rebel army fails.