"The big thing is almost successful, and it is mistaken by a few yellow-mouthed scholars, so that this is it!"

Yang Sichang's face was full of sadness, and he sat on the chair in the middle hall decadently, thinking of everything during the day, he couldn't help but sigh after all.

Now that the south and the north are captive, it is an eventful autumn, the country is tired, and as the secretary of the military department, he knows better than anyone how difficult the current situation is.

After taking office as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang really understood what kind of field the Ming Dynasty is now.

Qianjun's burden was piled up on his body, and all kinds of affairs were piled up for him to decide, just past the year of the Mandate of Heaven, but most of the beard on Yang Sichang's face was white.

Those courtiers who are hypocritical and righteous are all they think about fighting for power and profit.

Those who are full of loyalty and patriotism are actually all clever and hypocritical profit-seekers!

"Empty talk about wasteful affairs, superficial words are unimportant, empty words mislead the country, and they are really harmful!"

Chen Xinjia sat on the right, his expression was quite angry at this time, and his eyebrows were also full of sadness like Yang Sichang, and he said hatefully.

He said with a slight Sichuan accent, he was originally a long-lived man in Sichuan, and he left his hometown to become an official after being a young man, although many years have passed, but the hometown accent is still difficult to change.

Chen Xinjia has a upright face, thin eyes and long eyebrows, more than forty years old, is well-versed in literature and knows side affairs, and has served as an official in Liaodong for many years.

On April 18 this year, Lu Xiangsheng's father, Lu Guoxia, died on his way back to his hometown after visiting Lu Xiangsheng in Yanghe.

In May, Lu Xiangsheng learned of his father's funeral, and he was in pain, so he connected to the seven sparse and asked Ding to abide by the system.

Now the acting governor of Xuanda is Chen Xinjia, Chen Xinjia was originally the governor of Xuanfu, and this time he was promoted under the recommendation of Yang Sichang.

The reason why Chen Xinjia is in Beijing is precisely because of the peace talks.

Yang Sichang was in charge, while Chen Xinjia and Liaodong Governor Fang Yizao were outside.

But now, peace talks have become impossible.

"The north and the south are all disasters......

Yang Sichang lowered his head slightly, holding his forehead with his hand, and it was difficult to hide his tiredness between his eyebrows.

"Autumn is approaching, the peace talks have been shattered, the Jiannu tribes will be ready to move, most of them will find an opportunity to enter again, you are now replacing Lu Jiandou to take charge of the Xuanda Town, you must beware of Jiannu entering again."

Yang Sichang's face was haggard, looking at the city and side walls above the map.

The reason why the current situation in the country is so dangerous is actually because the forces are too scattered and cannot be held together.

The turmoil caused by the Guannai Rogues has held too many troops and too many provinces in check.

Those rogues do not produce, but plunder everywhere, destroying every place they go.

Nowadays, Shaanxi, Henan, Nanzhili and other places have been greatly damaged, and taxes have been reduced a lot.

This has made the already unsustainable finances even worse.

Chen Xinjia saw Yang Sichang's frowning brows, thought about it, and changed the topic.

"The situation in the south seems to have improved, I heard that Hong Heng Lao and Sun Baigu joined forces to exterminate the rebellion in the Long'an Mansion?"

Speaking of the situation in the south, Yang Sichang's frowning brows also stretched, and he had a little smile on his face, and spoke.

"The two great victories of Mianzhou and Jiangyou won more than 8,000 first-class battles, captured nearly 60,000 people, and the remnants scattered into the mountains of northern Sichuan."

"Although the thief chief Li Zicheng escaped, his command team either surrendered or died, and it is reported that there are no more than a few thousand people who have escaped."

"Elder Hong Heng has now led the troops back to Shaanxi, and now Fu Yunzhong has taken over northern Sichuan, and Hou Liangzhu is staying in Long'an Mansion to organize the extermination of the thieves and remnants."

Although the deadline for the suppression of thieves in March has passed, it is a good thing that we can eradicate the rogues anyway.

March Ping thief, in fact, Yang Sichang himself knows that he is too reluctant, but he doesn't have much to do, now the country is in a difficult situation, and the Son of Heaven is a little anxious.

In order to win the support of the Son of Heaven, there are some things that he can't help himself.

"There's Hou Liangzhu here

, Li Zicheng shouldn't be able to make any waves."

Chen Xinjia's expression was slightly relaxed, and he didn't know much about the situation in the mainland.

Not long after he took over as the governor of Xuanda, the internal affairs of Xuanda were already too busy for him, and he didn't have any extra energy to take care of other things.

Hou Liangzhu once conquered and beheaded Hao Chongming, An Bangyan and his fellow party Mo De and Yang Zuo, etc., and was known as "Southwest Qijie".

As long as Hou Liangzhu is here, then Sichuan will be absolutely worry-free.

"Now most of the bandits in the pass have been quelled, and only Luo Rucai and He Yilong and more than ten battalions have not yet surrendered in the south."

"Then Luo Rucai seems to be preparing to enter Shaanxi again, but Hong Heng Lao has already led the troops back to Xi'an Mansion, and Luo Rucai can't make any waves......

Talking about the situation in the south, it seemed that he remembered something, Yang Sichang's expression sank slightly, stopped speaking, and was silent for a long time.

Chen Xinjia waited for a long time, but he didn't hear Yang Sichang speak again, he thought about it for a while, and still said it.

"Cabinet ......"

Yang Sichang's expression returned to normal.

All the good news came from the south, but he didn't know why he was always restless.

He recommended Xiong Wencan because he valued Xiong Wencan's talent in military strategy.

But he didn't expect that he had already warned Xiong Wencan in advance that he would focus on suppression, supplemented by fu.

For Liu Guoneng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two thieves, they must be killed and must not be indulged.

But Xiong Wencan did not listen to his opinion, and chose to focus on fu, supplemented by suppression, and also chose to surrender Liu Guoneng and Zhang Xianzhong without authorization, and even passed him when he was appeased, and handed over the note directly to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was anxious to quell the internal turmoil and allowed Xiong Wencan's attention to be appeased, but Yang Sichang had no way to stop it.

Yang Sichang's heart was dull, and Zhang Xianzhong seemed to have a lot of problems.

The reason why it is more successful seems to be that it has cleared the pass with a large amount of money, and many people in the DPRK and China and the localities seem to have received a lot of money.

Zhang Xianzhong's care has become a foregone conclusion.

The Son of Heaven didn't even hold him accountable for excavating Fengyang's mausoleum, so what could he do to stop the appeasement?

Xiong Wencan took Zhang Xianzhong as Zheng Zhilong, but he didn't know that there was a difference between Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong.

Once Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, the good situation in the south would disappear in an instant.

"Nothing ...... Nothing"

Yang Sichang waved his hand gently, his heart full of helplessness.

In order to be able to lay a net of four squares, six corners and ten sides, he proposed to levy another 2.8 million salaries and recruit 120,000 soldiers.

Many people in the court said that he was drinking to quench his thirst, and Sun Chuanting unceremoniously disobeyed him, and even bluntly said in a book that he was negligent.

Whether it is drinking to quench thirst, Yang Sichang himself does not know.

But many times, people don't have a choice.

Even if you know that you are holding a glass of wine in front of you, you must drink it in order to live a little longer.

Now that the country is in danger and the localities are in distress, another 2.8 million yuan has been levied.

In the event of another large-scale famine, the current state finances will not be able to provide relief to the victims, and then it will provoke even greater civil uprising.

But if we don't levy the 2.8 million yuan in salaries and recruit more soldiers, how can we be in a situation where most of the rogues have disappeared?

For Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang was more helpless in his heart.

Sun Chuanting has a talented general, and when he first took office, he broke through Wang Gao Yingxiang and greatly demoralized the Liukou.

But Sun Chuanting is now fighting against him at every turn, so that the plan he wants to implement is extremely difficult to implement.

The rest of the people saw that they did not punish Sun Chuanting, and they became more and more presumptuous.

Yang Sichang closed the book on the table, and there were many things in his current position

Love cannot be determined by his heart, and many times everything he does is involuntarily.

Sun Chuanting is a loyal minister and a general...... He wanted to use it, but he couldn't use it, and he couldn't use it......

Originally, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting teamed up to exterminate the thieves, and he wanted to give out a sum of gold and silver as a reward.

But now that the treasury is empty and the peace talks have come to naught, Xuanda and other places have used most of the money in order to defend against the invasion of Jiannu.

If you want to ask for money, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.

During this time, Yang Sichang finally reached an intention to reconcile with Jiannu with great effort, which also made the Son of Heaven quite moved.

It is no secret that the situation inside the Jiannu in the Northland is not much better, although the Jiannu today look fierce, but in fact the interior is not much better than the Mongol tribes in the Longqing period in the past.

Like the Mongol tribes under Altan rule, Jiannu was also militarily strong, but internally they were not at odds with each other.

[In view of the general environment,

Although Huang Taiji stole the country and claimed the title of emperor, he was nominally the head of Jiannu, but he was also subject to many checks and balances, and there were still many forces within him who did not obey his discipline.

It is only necessary to follow the example of the Longqing period when I answer the tribute to temporarily stabilize the Jiannu in the north, and then implement the strategy of dividing and attacking, or it will not be long before most of the internal chaos of the Jiannu is formed.

Even if Huang Taiji can temporarily stabilize the situation in the ministry, it doesn't matter, sooner or later the Jiannu in the north will have to be cleaned up, but at this stage, the real henchmen are still inside.

There is not much actual loss at all from opening the border city and sealing the name.

What is the situation in the nine sides, Yang Sichang is very clear now, he has been in charge of the military department for a period of time and is familiar with most of the affairs.

And when his father was still alive as the governor of the three sides, Yang Sichang also heard a lot of secrets from his father's mouth, and many merchants on the nine sides were secretly doing business with Mongolia and Jiannu, betraying the country to seek wealth.

Instead of this, it is better to directly open the border market and let the country earn this money, but it can also have an extra income and alleviate the country's financial crisis.

It's just that...... This Ming dynasty is not his hall after all......

In June, Kong Zhenyun, the first assistant of the cabinet, returned and Liu Yuliang acted as the first assistant of the cabinet.

In the same month, Yang Sichang was also promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the East Pavilion University, joined the aircraft service, and was still in charge of the military department, and finally became a cabinet minister.

Although Chongzhen now attaches great importance to Yang Sichang, the Son of Heaven has not spoken for a long time in the matter of peace talks.

Yang Sichang tried his best to persuade the Son of Heaven to seize the opportunity to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, and successively criticized the officials for ignoring the situation of the military department, and would only mislead the country with empty words, and asked for "Shengjian to allow action", and clearly approved Fang Yizao and Gao Qi's potential peace.

But in the end, all the recitals were lost in the sea, and no approval was obtained.

And Yang Sichang's own presiding over the reconciliation also caused fierce criticism from the courtiers and attracted a large number of impeachments.

Among them, the most powerful attack was Shao Zhan Shi Huang Daozhou, who constantly attacked and impeached him on the grounds that he had won his love and entered the cabinet, and even called him by his name in the song, and insulted and humiliated him with words such as pigs and dogs, and human owls.

On the 5th of July, that is, a few days ago, the Son of Heaven summoned the cabinet and ministers to discuss the meeting on the platform.

The matter of reconciliation was indeed criticized by Huang Daozhou and others.

When the platform argued, although the Son of Heaven protected him, he also won the argument and got rid of impeachment.

But what if you win the argument and get rid of impeachment, Yang Sichang doesn't care about this at all.

The court discussion was raging, the Son of Heaven retreated, and did not express any clear support for the peace talks, and the matter of reconciliation was over, and everything returned to square one.

Yang Sichang rubbed his somewhat swollen head, and when he moved his gaze to the map on the table, the pain in his head, which was already a little swollen, couldn't help but intensify a little.

When he was the governor, he had worked with Chen Xinjia for a long time, and he knew Chen Xinjia's talent, so he recommended Chen Xinjia.

It's just that Chen Xinjia is difficult to replace Lu Xiangsheng's role.

Lu Xiangsheng's personality is quite stubborn, and he is somewhat similar to Sun Chuanting.

But Chen Xinjia can't completely replace Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Xinjia's ability is indeed much inferior to Lu Xiangsheng, and when the new official is first appointed, he has too many affairs to deal with, and he doesn't know much about his generals and defense lines.

At present, there is no hope of reconciliation, autumn is approaching, and Jiannu is afraid that he will find another opportunity to go south.

Now that this has almost become a sieve-like nine sides, how can it stop those wolf-like Jiannu armor soldiers.

When the time comes, the Jiannu army will sweep south, and if it cannot solve the problem, it will inevitably shake its prestige and foundation......

"Alas......

A thousand words turned into a sigh.

Yang Sichang closed his eyes, the current situation was constantly deteriorating, but everything he had done for so long was completely in vain.

……

The Jingshi of the Ming court quarreled, and the negotiation of peace with Jiannu was unsuccessful after all.

In the north, however, there was already a consensus within the Qing state.

Since the matter of sealing the tribute and opening the border has come to naught, it is better to use the sword in his hand to speak.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, August 23.

Huang Taiji appointed Dolgon, the prince of Rui, as the general to command the left wing army.

Belle Yuetuo is the general of Yangwu, commanding the right wing army, and Beyler Dudu and other deputies, and the two roads are clear.

Yue Tuo entered the Great Wall on 22 September from the north of Miyun, while Dolgon destroyed the Great Wall at Qingshan Pass on 28 September......

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"Loyal Martyr Mr. Huang Shizhai Dao Zhou":

Dao Zhou said: "The minister is not full of words today, and the minister is responsible for His Majesty; Your Majesty kills your ministers today, and Your Majesty loses your ministers."

The emperor said, "Your lifelong learning will end up in your ears!" Retreat.

Dao Zhou bowed his head and knelt down again: "The minister dares to analyze the word loyalty.

In front of the monarch's father, the lady is independent and dares to speak up, how can she slander and be loyal in front of the monarch's father? Loyalty is not different, evil and good are confused, how can it be governed?