Before Huang Taiji, the 150,000 army pressed the border, and it was originally to knock the bamboo pole of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, he was overconfident and sent Dorgon from Liaodong to the northwest with an army of 50,000.

I didn't get the hair, and I made a fuss.

The long-distance attack of the army is completely in vain to consume a wave of grain and grass and military salaries.

And the 50,000 Ge Yan army left by Huang Taiji outside Liaoyang City was also beheaded by Lu Delin and lost his courage.

Now Jiannu can only retreat in the Shenyang area to recuperate.

Plus two defeats this year.

They have missed the best build-up for fishing hunts.

It is estimated that it will be two years before it is relieved.

Next, Zhou Xian will be able to free up his hands to focus on dealing with Li Zicheng, who is raging in Henan.

The reason why King Chuang in history was able to rise and fall three times relied on the support of the people at the bottom.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Xian put off this matter again and again.

Gradually relied on the reform of civil affairs to break the connection between the grassroots people and Li Zicheng.

Therefore, Zhou Xian has not sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

It's just that Sun Chuanting is on the front line of Tongguan to clamp down on King Chuang.

In this way, Li Zicheng's activity space is compressed in Henan.

Even so, Zhou Xian also had reservations in dealing with this matter.

Because as a traverser, he knows why the hundreds of thousands of righteous troops under Li Zicheng's command rose up.

To put it bluntly, they suffered.

But because of this, Zhou Xian still had to give the green light to those under Li Zicheng.

Why?

Because he wants to change the civil administration, he needs a source of soldiers.

For this reason, Zhou Xian had the idea of killing Li Zicheng and then co-opting those peasant rebels.

But before that, he had to settle down for a while.

At least let those rebels know about the new policies of the imperial court.

Let them be more separated from Li Zicheng's team.

In this way, the effect of minimizing the slaughter of the rebels can be achieved.

For this reason, Zhou Xian brought Hou Lianhui and asked him to convey the secret order to Sun Chuanting.

Ordered Sun Chuanting to hold the Tongguan Pass and strengthen the defensive line.

Emphasis was placed on the implementation of psychological tactics, large-scale propaganda and distribution of Ming reform content on the fringes of the areas where the army was rampant, and the policy of redividing the territory was promoted.

At the same time, it is also necessary to publicize the new military policy of the imperial army to level Liaoyang, settle the south of the desert, and govern the nine sides.

In this way, Li Zicheng's mass base can be stripped to the greatest extent.

The rest is a military siege.

In order to prevent discordant voices in Sun Chuanting's army, Zhou Xian secretly ordered the treasury to take out three hundred taels of silver to help the army again.

In order to achieve the effect of breaking into Henan without leaving Henan.

In this way, Zhou Xian can free up his hands to punish the Donglin Party in a big way.

In the past month or so that Zhou Xian personally conquered, the imperial court, under the supervision of Chen Donghua, Sun Chengzong and other cabinet ministers, had strictly investigated 26 officials, of which 21 were from Huaixi and Liangjiang regions.

It can be seen that the problem in the south of the Ming Dynasty is still very serious.

The review of those officials has gone through the process of triage by the three divisions.

Now all of them are in the custody of the Criminal Department.

Zhou Xian is no longer in the capital, and this kind of operation is enough to serve as a warning.

From Beijing to Shanxi and Hebei, the situation of redundant officials and redundant government is obviously changing.

The reason why Zhou Xian thinks that his efforts have paid off is also to summarize the speed and efficiency of the imperial court's grain collection.

After all, Sun Chengzong could quickly collect one million stone of grain in the Lianghuai region, which was significantly efficient.

And Cai Maode was able to mobilize officials and gentry in Shanxi to come up with 600,000 stone of grain.

It also shows that Mingyi has a good impression of the imperial court.

Of course, the most critical thing is the Ministry of Agriculture coordinated by Song Yingxing.

It can be said that the grain experts of the Ming Dynasty gave Zhou Xian a great surprise.

This is the Ming Dynasty version of Yuan Longping's grandfather.

It is a legendary figure who can go down in history and is comparable to Shennong.

For thousands of years, China has always been based on food.

If you can solve the stomach of the common people, that is a great merit.

It is precisely because of the cooperation of various departments that each place has vitality and vitality.

This is a change that Zhou Xian likes to see.

Wait until the afternoon, the twilight hour.

Zhou Xian returned to the Horse Mansion and fell in love with the princess Zhu Yujiao.

Surrounded by beauty, the two confided in each other about their lovesickness during this time.

In the depths of love, Zhou Xian was ready to toss again.

Until the beauty snuggled in her arms and fell asleep, Zhou Xian couldn't bear to wake her up.

In this way, he was pillowed and stayed up until dawn the next day.

Early in the morning, Zhou Xian asked Hou Lianhui to prepare for the car and came to the edict of the Zhenfu Division leisurely.

It stands to reason that the consequences of officials who enter the edict prison are unimaginable.

But there are exceptions.

That is, the imperial regulators are open to it.

Therefore, on weekdays, no one in the edict prison can hear the voice of injustice.

Because the officials who entered here knew that except for the emperor and the concubine who was in charge of the country, no one could save them.

Zhou Xian's arrival caused injustices in the edict prison.

As the general banner of Jinyiwei, Zhou Xian took Hou Lianhui to a clean and secluded interrogation room.

Then let Xu Xianchun go to interrogate Jiang Zhen.

During this time, Jiang Zhen was imprisoned in the edict prison and waited for his fate.

But this Lord Jiang didn't panic at all.

On the contrary, he was calm and relaxed.

It seemed that he was sure that he would be fine.

After all, he is a well-known high-ranking official in Shanxi.

He felt that with the people of Ninghua Mansion to give him a cover, no matter how the court tossed, he had to think about it.

If Jiang really belongs to speculation, he really voted right.

It didn't take long for Jiang Zhen to be brought in by Xu Xiangchuan.

Zhou Xian waved his hand, and Xu Xianchun took the brocade guard to retreat.

Guarding the outside of the door.

After Jiang Zhen saw Zhou Xian, he looked a little surprised.

He cautiously knelt in front of Zhou Xian, and his body was as prostrate on the ground as possible: "See Chitose for the sinner." ”

Zhou Xian said in an extremely calm tone: "Calm down." ”

"The minister is guilty, but the minister still kneels and has peace of mind."

Is this an anti-general army?

Zhou Xian's face did not change, and he said calmly: "Lord Jiang raised food for the people of Ninghua Mansion under the danger of being taken off his black gauze hat, this is what a local parent official should do. Don't know what your sin is? ”

Jiang Zhen couldn't hear clearly, whether the colt was sarcastic about him.

Jiang Zhen only heard that the horses were moody, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

He just pretended to be frightened and said, "The minister withholds the grain of the court, no matter what kind of merit he has, it is a sin. ”

Zhou Xian said in his heart: You Jiang Zhen is really an old fritter who thinks he is a snake.

I am always thinking about the rebel army.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xian said: "There are disaster victims in Ninghua Mansion and disaster victims in Datong, for the Ming Dynasty, the disaster victims in the two places are the same, and they cannot be treated differently. ”

Hearing Zhou Xian say this, Jiang Zhen was really determined.