Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 544 The Situation Is Great (1)

The new wind was bitter, and Longxi was covered with silver clothes, and everything seemed to be withered.

"The sky in the northwest is really evil."

Zhou Yuji patted the snowflakes on his body, and walked into the warm tent, the chill on his body was dispelled a lot, "Cao Shuai, the hospitality is not good, my Yongwei Camp can't compare with those local officials, there are no delicacies, but I know If you want to come, I specially sent someone to roast a whole lamb, so the wine will be undrinkable."

"Haha, the food in your Yongwei Camp is much better than that in Shenji Camp."

Cao Wenzhao laughed and said, "Then I'll give you a good meal. At Taozhou Wei, all you eat is dry food. You almost don't know what the meat tastes like.

After going to Shaanxi for so long, I really miss the food in the capital.

By the way, this time I came to Longxi, everything else is easy to talk about, except for the [-] sets of battle jackets, I must give them enough, Shenjiying really can't wait. "

"Don't worry, Shuai Cao, everything is prepared for you."

Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "Counselor Jin has done nothing for more than a month. He has been busy raising food for us to keep out the cold for the winter, and even raised a batch of food and grass from Hanzhong and Nanyang."

"Oh... Counselor Jin is not easy enough."

Cao Wenzhao sighed softly: "The 10,000+ men and horses eat, drink, and scatter, all supported by the counter-insurgency front finger. I heard that Governor Hong is almost worried about the supply of food and grass."

"Yes."

Zhou Yujishen said emotionally: "All the thieves from the territory of Shaanxi were driven to the northwest by our tactics of building a stronghold and fighting silently. Refers to responsible for raising and dispatching.

The pressure on Counselor Jin's side is no less than ours.

However, it was the people of Shaanxi who suffered the most during this fight. I heard that Governor Chen, at the suggestion of Counselor Jin, also planned to set up a disaster relief agency. "

"That's good news."

Cao Wenzhao's eyes lit up and he said: "Organize all the disaster victims in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi, as long as they don't let them starve, then there will be no more rebellions.

I was still a little worried before, we led our troops to the front and squeezed the scope of activities of the thieves. If there is another rebellion in the rear, it will be a failure. "

"Shanshan has not been easy these years."

Zhou Yuji walked towards the handsome case, took out an official letter, turned around and handed it to Cao Wenzhao, "Look, this is the situation in Shanxi, relying on the local government office of the Disaster Relief Administration, it has done a lot of things. .

Your Majesty is wise and powerful.

When local disaster relief matters are no longer handled by local officials in various prefectures and counties, the corruption situation will be alleviated a lot, and disaster victims can be organized to resume production and farming. "

Reaching out to take the official letter from Zhou Yuji, Cao Wenzhao read it carefully. When he saw that Shanxi had already begun to straighten the roads and repair the water conservancy facilities, a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

This is a good thing.

If the road and water conservancy can be completely renovated, it will have a positive effect on Shanxi's future production, and perhaps the disaster will be alleviated a lot.

"I have invited Shuai Cao over this time, and I want to discuss something with you."

Seeing the smile on Cao Wenzhao's face, Zhou Yuji said with a serious expression: "The gold and silver hidden in the looting, I am wondering if I can send someone to dig them out.

Thirty percent was handed over to the Shaanxi Disaster Relief Administration, so that Chen Qiyu could effectively organize the victims and better carry out work-for-work relief in Shaanxi.

Twenty percent of the transfer of the front finger of the bandit counter-rebellion, so that the pressure on Counselor Jin's side can be correspondingly relieved.

The remaining batch of gold and silver was secretly escorted to Beijing. After all, His Majesty has a lot of places to spend on food and salaries.

At the beginning, our Yongwei Camp and Shenji Camp respected His Majesty's secret edict and pretended to be thieves from various ministries. In detail, those who did evil in those places had a great influence in Shaanxi.

It is precisely for this reason that the determination of Shaanxi to fight against the thieves is unprecedentedly high, which also makes us dare not easily mobilize this batch of gold and silver. "

"Okay, this storm is over."

Cao Wenzhao pondered for a moment, then frowned and said: "I was also thinking about this at the beginning, just hoarding that batch of gold and silver like this is nothing for a short time, and it's not good for a long time.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are no major battles on various fronts, a group of reliable generals and elites will be dispatched to dig out the gold and silver in batches and escort them to various places.

I was very excited after reading the Liaoqian Military News forwarded by Counselor Jin, but I also knew how big the situation Your Majesty was facing. "

"Yes."

Zhou Yuji sighed softly: "A bandit rebellion and a Jianlu rebellion were like two big mountains, pressing on the imperial court, making people breathless.

Now relying on His Majesty's decision, the two mountains are showing signs of loosening. We can't just take care of ourselves and not share and consider for Your Majesty.

Before, I still didn't quite understand why His Majesty didn't tell us to go all out and fight these thieves to the end. Now that I think about it, Your Majesty is still wise. "

"That's right. It's just the attitudes of officials from all over the country, including the practices of the powerful and gentry. The effect of such a hard-line and ignorant battle is undoubtedly the best."

Cao Wenzhao nodded in agreement and said: "If we are really desperate and fight to the end with those thieves, I am afraid that the Yongwei Battalion and Shenji Battalion will lose a lot.

Take a look at how we have been fighting the rebellion all the way. The guards in various places under the rule of Shaanxi have become so corrupt. The arrears of food and salaries are so serious, let alone eating empty salaries and drinking blood from soldiers. The appetite of helping corrupt officials.

I just don't understand, there are several secret memorials that have been submitted to the imperial court before, why has His Majesty been so slow to act? "

Recalling the journey of suppressing the rebellion, all the things he experienced and all he saw, deep in Cao Wenzhao's heart, unconcealable anger emerged.

The bandit rebellion that broke out in Shanshan and Shaanxi was purely caused by the government forcing the people to rebel. If it was not the root cause, if there was any way to survive, there would not be so many people rebelling.

"Perhaps His Majesty feels that now is not the time."

Zhou Yuji said with a serious expression: "Don't forget, after Chen Qiyu took over as governor of Shaanxi, he killed many corrupt officials one after another.

The atmosphere in Shaanxi official circles is also changing little by little.

Now Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong's gang of thieves have gathered in Lintao Prefecture and Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Although the scale of the rebels gathered under their command is much smaller than before, the overall combat power has improved a lot.

Even if you want to rectify these bad policies, you must ensure that the front line is stable, otherwise the front and rear will become chaotic, and the court will only become more passive. "

"If this is the case, then we still have a lot to do."

Cao Wenzhao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Even if it lasts for a few years, we must block their way, prevent them from wreaking havoc in the mountains and Shaanxi, and try to exterminate them!"

(End of this chapter)