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Immediately afterwards, Wu Sang went to the Shu and explained to the emperor: "The bandits are very strong, the officers and soldiers are weak, Zuo Liangyu retreated to Hanyang, and took advantage of the chaos to kill and plunder.

If there is no elite soldier in hand, facing Zuo Liangtian, a handsome man, he is just waiting for the thief with nothing, and I hope His Majesty will make it happen. "

On the one hand, Chongzhen thought that his words were justified, on the other hand, in order to stop his excuses, he ordered the Ministry of War to quickly send troops to support him.

It can be directly rejected by Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War.

The southward relocation can't be done.

For the current plan, only by continuing to support Hong Chengchou to win the final victory in the protracted battle with Huang Taiji in Liaodong, can a large number of soldiers and horses be transferred back to wipe out the bandits.

Now they are all on the front line to resist the Qing army, unless the Qing army voluntarily withdraws, they can turn back.

In addition, the Hammer Bandit claims to have 10 troops, but now only 3 troops have left Huguang, and there are still a large number of troops hoarding in Shanxi.

If Wu Guojun's capable army is transferred to the land of Huguang to fight He Jinchao to death.

That completely fell into He Jinzhao's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

They can go straight to the capital from Taiyuan, Shanxi.

When the time comes, the gates of the capital will be wide open. How can the capital camp alone stop the attack of the hammer bandits?

Hearing Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen became more and more helpless.

He became more and more unsatisfactory as the emperor, like a drowning person, he had to choke on water from time to time.

And no matter whether what Chen Xinjia said was possible or not, Zhu Youjian would not put himself in danger.

"He Jinzhao is really a traitor, a villain!"

Chongzhen couldn't help shouting and cursing. First, he negotiated peace to let him relax his vigilance, so that the court could vigorously support the war in Liaodong.

Immediately afterwards, both sides of Ming hammer were fine, and it was a bit unbearable to drag it into the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He Jinzhao began to quietly send troops to Huguang, and he was unimpeded in Huguang.

Such behavior really annoyed Chongzhen greatly.

It is even more disappointing that Zuo Liangyu, Wu Sheng and others are incompetent and unable to wipe out the hammer bandits.

But Wu Sheng also had a hard time, the time when he supervised the teacher was very different from the time when Yang Sichang supervised the teacher.

When Yang Dushi was in charge, Huguang and Henan provinces had not yet been destroyed, and they were well recruited and breathable.

But now, counties and counties in the two provinces are almost dilapidated, soldiers, horses, money and food are all empty, and Wenyitang newspapers are all blocked.

Wu Lu didn't want to give up easily, but before facing the two powerful enemies, he still wrote to the emperor to cooperate with him.

One is to discuss the suppression of bandit soldiers. Half of Henan and Huguang are ravaged by cunning bandits. The roads are blocked, and it is difficult to mobilize the governor's troops, and the newly recruited soldiers may not be available.

It's better to draw a group of frontier soldiers (such as Tang Tong) and choose [-] elite cavalry and infantry to go to Huguang to support them, and they can kill bandits anywhere.

The second is to discuss the guarding soldiers. Before the frontier soldiers were mobilized, the minister led the troops to Nanjing first, and had to send troops to protect them. He selected [-] cavalry from the Beijing camp and quickly supported them.

The third is to discuss the control of Jiujiang, the hammer bandits went east, the southern capital was under martial law, and Li Ruoxing, the governor of Guizhou, was thousands of miles away, and it was inconvenient for Fengdu Ma Shiying to protect the mausoleum.

Chufu's troops have been defeated in Jingzhou and Chengtian, and it is urgent to set up another important minister to station in Jiujiang to communicate with Shi Kefa.

The fourth is to discuss the supervision of painting fees. Wanji of Dali Temple praised the painting before Yang Sichang's army. He was young and talented, and had a lot of experience.

The fifth is to discuss the transfer of Jin soldiers. I used to be acquainted with Xu Dingchen in Shanxi.

Sixth, it is recommended to keep soldiers nearby. When Yang Sichang supervised the division, he had 70 standard soldiers and a salary of [-] taels. It seems that they should be distributed as usual.

In case of failure to provide assistance, Rong Chen would withhold money and food at the nearest place to deduct the military salary.

In short, Wu Sheng is asking Chongzhen for more power to act cheaply, hoping to be on par with Ming's number one favorite minister Yang Sichang.

After Chongzhen read it, he asked the Ministry of War to make a quick reply.

The Ministry of War discussed and replied: the sentences in the sparse internal sentences are precise and detailed, and I will do so immediately.

But what the Ministry of War says is pretty on the surface, but it's actually bureaucratic.

To transfer Tang Tong's frontier soldiers, it is possible to wait until the Qing army no longer encircles Songshan and Jinzhou.

Moreover, Tang Tongbing could not be transferred at this time, and it was quite difficult to select from other departments.

Even Hong Chengchou didn't agree. Originally, the army was gathered here, but Tang Tong used it smoothly.

Now that it's a critical juncture, Tang Tong must be transferred away. I really don't even think about it!
The next day, the Ministry of War made a reply according to the decree, emphasizing that there are many difficulties in drawing border soldiers. At present, only [-] cavalry can be drawn from Wu Guojun, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen.

To this day, the imperial court is still hesitating in the dilemma of fighting against the outside world and making peace within the country. as a premise.

This made Chongzhen fall into a vicious circle where it was difficult to make a choice.

He wanted to grasp it with both hands, but he couldn't grasp either.

Chen Xinjia was also informed of the current situation. He knew that Wu Lu was facing two powerful enemies and could only rely on the front line of Jiujiang as a shield. He was not an opponent of the hammer bandits at all.

But how long it can last, Chen Xinjia has no idea.

Because the situation in Anne has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Zhu Quan, the inspector and supervisor of Yunyang Prefecture in Huguang, reported in the memorial to Zhu Youjian.

"Now in the land of Huguang, there are those who "dedicate the city and the hammer bandits, those who send seals to save the dead, and those who burn incense and open the door to pray for the lives of those who stay."

The hammer bandits also set up fake officials, fake seals, and distributed fake newspapers.

The hammer bandits distributed food seeds to the common people, relieved the poor, stocked livestock, and farmed mulberry, which was a long-term plan.

But my Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers turned around and ignored them. The soldiers burned and looted, and they never returned.

The country has worked hard to support the army with the people. Now the mutiny has changed and the people have changed too. Some cities are not defended, and they sit back and watch the hammer bandits enter the city, and even march forward to welcome them.

In my Ming Dynasty, if there are soldiers who don't fight, let them be at ease; if there are people who don't attach themselves, they are all willing to attach themselves to the hammer bandits. "

Chongzhen squeezed Zuoshu's hand more and more tightly.

Because what He Jinzhao did should not be what a thief who "loots and kills people" should do.

Why does he help the people of Ming Dynasty?

The opponents He Jinzhao and Li Zicheng faced by the Ming court were not ordinary people, and they were no longer satisfied with plundering cities and looting land for wealth.

Especially He Jinzhao has great ambitions to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

With the successive victories of the military offensive, He Jinchao also put forward the slogan of "suppressing the soldiers and reassuring the people" and launched a powerful political offensive.

In the proclamation he issued in Xiangyang, he enumerated the faults of the current emperor, but he cared for the common people.

Double standards to the extreme!

He Jinzhao also issued notices everywhere, propagandizing the abolition of all exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Ming Dynasty, and allocating land for them to cultivate.

What is land?
It is the root of the people!
Whether it is a gentry or a tenant, they all count on that little thing in the field.

Everyone is eager to own their own land, so they have the idea of ​​settling down and inheriting the family.

Many gentry have developed so that they desperately annexed the land.

He Jinchao allocated fertile land to many common people, and even after joining the hammer bandits, as long as they made meritorious service, they would definitely be allocated fertile land.

Such a propaganda campaign had an obvious effect in the Daming area, where the people were struggling to make ends meet. The common people were vying to join the Hammer Bandits.

In other words, even those gentry wanted to keep their fertile land.

After all, the officers and soldiers have all fled, and if they dare to stab them, it will be the result of their heads being hung on the flagpole. They can only be subdued for the time being, and there will be ways to re-strengthen the family in the future.

Whether they are sincere or not, it is a fact that they surrendered to the hammer bandits.

But Chongzhen was very angry when he saw the real memorial sent by Huguang officials.

Because it was really a skillful job to "write memorials" for the emperor in Daming.

Unlike the ministers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties who could give the emperor "water memorials".

Ask the emperor how he is doing recently, whether he has slept well, remember to check some souvenirs for you, and I will send them to you if they are delicious, with a few hundred words in water, and leave the last two sentences to talk about business.

At this time, the memorial of the real situation recorded in the Ming Dynasty was sent to Chongzhen. Could he not be angry after seeing it?

After all, Zhu Youjian has always wanted to rejuvenate Daming, and compares himself to Xiao Yaoshun's political ideals.

As a result, under his conscientious management, Daming found that Daming had become so dilapidated that he was so angry that he didn't want to eat.

At this time, there was an official who stood up and pointed out to the emperor why He Jinchao used the excuse of suppressing soldiers to calm the people, so that the foolish people were deceived and surrendered.

He analyzed the reason why people are attached: "It is not attached to the hammer (that is, King Qin congratulates the present dynasty), but it is really a bitter soldier.

One is that due to the soldiers of Yang Sichang at that time, the people had to guard their cities;

No matter how hard it is for Song Yihe's soldiers, the common people cannot own their own homes;
Three suffered from Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, and the common people even lost their own lives.

The hammer bandit He Jinzhao knows the suffering of the people, so he uses the suppression of soldiers to comfort the people as his excuse.

For a while, the foolish people were deceived and surrendered.

And the hammer bandits also distributed money to help the poor, and distributed millet to relieve hunger, in order to consolidate their ambitions, so they regarded thieves as home, and people forgot their loyalty.

In fact, what ability does the hammer bandit have to quickly break through the states and counties? It is because the people of the states and counties are willing to follow the bandits! "

In short, this group of foolish people have been bullied by Daming officers and soldiers for too long, and they are not powerful hammer bandits at all. Even if Li Zicheng went to Huguang, he would end up like this.

What the imperial court should do now is also to buy people's hearts.

Chongzhen asked him how to buy people's hearts, and after getting the idea of ​​abolishing the three rates, Zhu Youjian kicked him out.

If the three salaries were given up again, the only remaining officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would not listen to Zhu Youjian.

Xu Biao, the governor of Baoding, also sent a memorial: "I came from Jianghuai, and saw that the city was completely empty for thousands of miles.

Even after seeing the city, there are only four walls left, and the material resources in the city have been exhausted, and there is nothing left to ravage.

The road is full of basil, the chickens and dogs are silent, and I have never met a tiller, just like hell in the underworld!

There are no people in the whole county and no one to cultivate the land. How to manage it? "

When the time was in chaos, and the bones covered the fields, He Jinzhaofu went into exile, traded with merchants, recruited people to cultivate fields, and collected their grains to pay the army.

The Hammer bandits have strict orders, and none of the generals dare to invade.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no discipline in the division, and the towns where they passed were assembled and looted, and the grain was harvested every day, and the wells were all in ruins.

However, in order to supply military supplies, the imperial court was in a hurry to collect taxes, and the people were in dire straits.

And Li Zicheng also had a good look, restraining his subordinates, saying that killing a person indiscriminately is like killing his father.

There are songs in Henan: kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine, open the city gate to welcome Chuang Wang, and when Chuang Wang comes, he will not pay food.

Whether it is He Jinchao or Li Zicheng, in the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, they are many times better than the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng occupied almost all of Henan, and He Jinchao launched an offensive to occupy most of Huguang. Did Chongzhen know?

For this drastic change in the situation, the oil hole is not ignorant. In order to reverse the situation, it is necessary to clean up people's hearts.

In response to the slogan put forward by Bei Chuan Nan Chuang, Chongzhen ordered in his edict to the cabinet:
"I enshrine the Son of Heaven to bring peace to the people, and day and night I take it as my duty to eradicate violence and bring peace to the people.

Since the hammer bandits broke into the robbers and rioted, wanton and brutal, causing our people to suffer, there has been a decree to exempt the five prefectures of Henan from renting land for three years.

I also heard that the Tuzhai people corrected the crowd to resist the thieves and guard the place, so a special edict was issued to pardon their crimes and record their merits.

As long as you can kill and capture false officials, you will be appointed; if you can capture thieves, you will be rewarded.

Those who can break the thieves and restore the city to offer captives will be promoted immediately without exceeding the time limit. "

Chongzhen also stated that this policy is not only applicable to Henan, but also in Jiangbei, Huguang and other places.

At such a time of turmoil, it is very questionable how much practical significance this policy of reducing taxes and exempting crimes and recording meritorious service has.

Zhu Youjian's statement is just a gesture, at least it shows that he still has considerable confidence in reversing the situation.

And he also thinks that as long as Daming treats the people a little more leniently, no matter whether it is Li Zicheng or He Jinzhao who is powerful, they will not be enough.

The common people had to obediently return to Daming's arms.

Such a whimsical thing seems extremely logical when placed on Chongzhen.

In view of the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and the increasingly difficult financial situation, Chongzhen specially simplified his highly regarded Confucian minister Ni Yuanlu as the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and at the same time a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and he continued to speak every day.

Yes, even if the country is so rotten, Chongzhen must insist on learning the advanced ideas of Confucianism, trying to find a way to save the country from it.

He was extremely dependent on Ni Yuanlu, and Zhu Youjian wished he could break him into eight pieces for use, not only wanted him to manage money, but also wanted him to be a think tank, and he was not allowed to refuse.

In short, I am optimistic about you, you work hard, and in the future, you and I will be famous in history together!
But Ni Yuanlu is indeed complaining, Your Majesty, but I don't like myself!

For the sake of Daming, even if Ming Taizu was reborn, it would be no different, it might as well go to rebel again, it would be effective to reopen it.

Chongzhen also wanted to change him to be Minister of the Ministry of War, to work together with Chen Xinjia, and to encourage him to co-govern and conspire with his country in difficulties.

Ni Yuanlu considered that "bringing peace" was not something he could do, so he quoted Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral precepts (Zhejiang people do not live in the household department) to decline.

Especially the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, don't even get involved, Chen Xinjia will be the next one to take the blame.

Now that Ni Yuanlu is placed in this position, he is also the number two blamer, and he doesn't even want to be the Minister of the Household Department!

So Ni Yuanlu proposed his own financial management plan, and before he finished speaking, Chongzhen was greatly impressed, saying that his knowledge is really good!

But Chongzhen forgot that the strategy Ni Yuanlu said was not suitable for the turbulent Ming Dynasty at this time, and there was almost no possibility of practical operation, so it could only be reduced to empty talk.

But Chongzhen just believed in these empty talks, so he could always be fooled by his subordinates, and it was not without his own reasons.

Facing Wu Raw's request and Bei Chong Nan Chuang's response, Chongzhen was busy for a long time, but he couldn't do anything.

Li Zicheng swept Henan with millions of people.

He Jinzhao has made it clear that he wants to confront the Qing court, showing his fangs.