Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 905 Return (Two in One)

People get hungry if they don't eat.

Then they have to drive these hungry soldiers to counter the rebellion for the court, who can be reconciled?

The salary suppression must be increased!

As for the governor of Shanxi, Wu Shan, he said that most of the soldiers in Shanxi had double pay, and that they used the empty rations of two or three to add one more, which is called helping rations.

With so much food and salary, most people can't get it, and only generals and servants can get it.

But is this just a phenomenon in Shanxi?
Under such circumstances, besides continuously increasing salaries and increasing military expenditures, what other good strategies can there be?

Of course there are.

donate money.

Chongzhen convened an imperial meeting to express his distress:
"Since ordering the families of the honorable relatives to donate last year, they have resisted until now, without any urgency to protect the country.

Even the provincial gentry don't donate. When the thieves come, all the money will be theirs. How can they be so stupid? "

Zhu Youjian can't wait to curse in his heart, why don't you donate his grandma's?
The courtiers are silent, no one is willing to speak about this kind of thing, even if they want to be a horse bone, no one is willing to do it.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Chongzhen continued to ask:

"The thieves are definitely going to suppress them, and they have to use soldiers, but if the money and food don't go out to the people, it's time to put money into hiding. At present, the money is empty and can't be released.

Two months ago, you were asked to check the grain and increase the distribution, why haven't you heard it until today? "

The Five Mansions and Six Ministries, as well as the princes of Gungun, did not express their position on the matter of adding the dispatch, and did not want to give the emperor the current exorcism.

In other words, the emperor was about to damage the interests they represented, and they all began to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Therefore, Chongzhen attached great importance to Yang Sichang, a man who dared to speak.

It is almost impossible for the imperial court to use the "reserved" taxes and food from the provinces to solve the military salary.

It is impossible to donate money. We would rather drink flower wine in the Qinhuai River than hand over the money to the court.

The emperor's rewards for those few poems are really not attractive.

Especially the royal relatives, relatives, bureaucrats and squires are unwilling to donate, the treasury is empty, and the local finances are also stretched. What can be done except to send more money?

After thinking about it several times, Chongzhen finally agreed to Yang Sichang's suggestion to levy and suppress wages across the country in the form of an edict.

The purpose of Yang Sichang's increase in troops and pay is to implement the plan of encirclement and suppression with four positive and six corners and a net on ten sides.

Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Fengyang are the four righteousnesses, and the governors of these four places are required to focus on suppression and supplement it with prevention.

Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Yingtian, Jiangxi, and Sichuan are the six corners, and these six places should be focused on prevention and supplemented by suppression.

For example, today's thieves are in Huguang, so the governors of Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yingtian, Fengyang, and Jiangxi spread their nets on six sides, and the governors and prime ministers all went to Jiangbei to suppress them.

Yang Sichang's idea was that the prime minister and the governor should follow suit and kill, and the governors should be encircled on all sides. No matter where the main battlefield is, a net should be laid out.

Although there are loopholes in Yang Sichang's network, it is the reality that Shanshan, Yansui and Yansui can only be prevented, not encircled and suppressed.

He decided to deal with the thieves entrenched in Huguang and other places first. With Lu Xiangsheng's successful experience, it is obvious who is easier to fight.

This can also provide confidence to the officers and soldiers, and the most important thing is to increase the confidence of the emperor.

Otherwise, he would just gnaw on the hard bone of the hammer bandit, fearing that his teeth would be hiccupped, and he would not get any decent results. Just like Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Sichang would not be able to get off the stage.

On the contrary, Wu Guojun felt bad after hearing Yang Sichang's plan.

Although he was wary of the hammer bandits and wanted to destroy the rebels entrenched in the hinterland of the Central Plains first, He Jinzhao was by no means a person who would wait for death with peace of mind.

In order to find a chance to rescue Gao Yingxiang, he brought his troops to the capital for a walk.

Even if Lu Xiang is promoted to Xuanda as governor, it may be difficult to resist in a short time.

Especially the method of making money will only make the court push all the people into the hands of the hammer bandits.

Wu Guojun also wanted to understand the key to this. There are too many poor people in Daming.

As long as there are still people who can't survive, these people will follow the hammer bandits if they don't follow the other bandits.

This is because most people don't know how the people of Shanxi live today.

He has personally been to the land of Taiyuan, and then went to Henan, Huguang and other places. The lives of those people are like heaven and hell under the hammer bandits.

It was only after that trip to Taiyuan that Wu Guojun made up his mind to seize the opportunity to secretly collude with the hammer bandits.

Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter for this, hoping that the emperor could distinguish between the rich and the poor, and have different shares in the apportionment of land taxes, but Yang Sichang refused.

Because the operation is too difficult, and it is not easy to determine, it is better to apportion equally across the board.

Because one size fits all is relatively fair, and no one can pick a thorn.

Chongzhen agrees, what he wants is money, not to find more jobs for himself.

Similarly, the local officials below also believe that one size fits all is the safest, and it is definitely not because of trouble.

Because Lu Xiang was promoted to Xuanda to guard against the hammer bandits and the Qing army, the new prime minister of the five provinces, Wang Jiazhen, was mediocre and could not afford to be a leader at all.

If he were to cooperate with Hong Chengchou and play the leading role in Ten Faces Net, he would not be able to compare with Lu Xiangsheng at all.

Minister of the Ministry of War Yang Sichang considered the overall situation and recommended to Chongzhen the successor Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and concurrently governor of Guangdong.

This person is a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli. He claims to know the soldiers, especially he has shown his hands.

At the beginning of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the maritime armed gang, was recruited from the position of governor of Fujian.

And he used Zheng Zhilong's sea power to calm down other armed groups along the coast.

Especially when Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch East India Company fleet, he has the final say on the entire ocean from then on.

Zheng's flag is known to everyone from all over the East and Southeast Asia.

He has more than 20 troops and a fleet of thousands of ships, becoming one of the overlords of the ocean world.

The troops included Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Austronesians, black Africans and so on.

And after Xiong Wencan holds the trump card of Zheng Zhilong, there will be no pirates on the coast, and the boats are really lucrative.

It can be said that Xiong Wencan has achieved success and fame, so he began to seek Yongzhen Lingnan, and bribed the dignitaries in the court with the money he collected in Fujian and Guangdong.

For a while, money opened the way, and Xiong Wencan's reputation in the Ming court can be said to have risen. Even the name of Wu Guojun, Marquis of Jingliao, cannot be compared with him.

The exaggerated Xiong Wencan is a star from heaven and earth, who came here to save Daming.

Chongzhen was naturally dubious about a person being boasted so much, so he sent eunuchs to investigate.

Under the guise of going to Guangxi to buy jewelry, the eunuch took the mission of Chongzhen to test it out.

Xiong Wencan is also an astute person, so naturally he would not miss the rare opportunity to make friends with the eunuchs around the emperor.

Give him generous gifts, and let him feast for several days.

One day at a banquet, the eunuch occasionally talked about the war in the Central Plains, and lamented that no one could serve the court.

Xiong Wencan was so drunk, when he heard this, he threw his glass and stood up, patted his chest, and then cursed at the case.

It is said that Daming is in such a state now that all the ministers have misled the country. If I go there, I will definitely not fall into this situation.

Originally, he drank too much and wanted to pretend to be aggressive, but the eunuch shouted that he was indeed a pillar of the imperial court.

Immediately, I had a showdown with Xiong Wencan, saying that I stopped pretending that I was not going to buy in Guangxi at all, but came to inspect you on the order of His Majesty.

Hearing Governor Xiong's rhetoric today, I believe that everyone has the talent of the time!

When I return to the court to return to my command, I will definitely recommend to His Majesty and call you to take on the great responsibility.

Besides, isn't that the meaning of the generous gift you gave me?

Xiong Wencan was taken aback when he heard the eunuch's sudden showdown.

How can anyone test the important affairs of the court at the wine table?

Isn't it normal for everyone to drink some wine and brag?
But Xiong Wencan couldn't argue with the eunuch's happy face of completing the task.

He spent so much money just to become a peace officer in the cornucopia of Guangdong and Guangxi. Who the hell wants to go to the Central Plains to fight for his life?

The rhetoric just now was just a joke, how can you take it seriously?
Xiong Wencan, who was a little drunk at first, broke out in a hot sweat all of a sudden, and the alcohol had gone down a lot, so he began to talk about reasons and find excuses for himself.

But the eunuch comforted Xiong Wencan. When I go back and tell His Majesty, His Majesty will naturally agree to your many requests, so don't refuse.

Xiong Wencan knew that he was short of words, so he could only reluctantly agree.

After the eunuchs returned to the court, they reported to the emperor one by one, and Chongzhen also intended to use Xiong Wencan after hearing what his confidants said.

Yao Minggong, Xiong Wencan's in-laws and rite minister, has a close relationship with Yang Sichang.

He knew that Yang Sichang was eager to quell the civil strife, and the emperor was thinking about appointing Xiong Wencan, so Yao Minggong secretly asked the new minister of the Ministry of War to recommend him.

Only then did Yang Sichang recommend Xiong Wencan, and in the middle of Chongzhen's favor, he appointed Xiong Wencan as the prime minister of the five provinces.

On the way back to Shanxi, He Jinzhao received a message from Wu Guojun, saying that Yang Sichang, the new minister of the Ministry of War, had taken action against the hammer bandits.

After he finished reading, he couldn't help but smile again.

Yang Sichang wanted to cut the flesh to heal the sores. Every tax increase by the imperial court was to push the people underneath to the rebels.

"My lord, Yang Sichang's set of measures looks quite complete, but the implementation will aggravate the crisis of Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Fuzhen also shook his head in a rare way: "The common people who were originally impoverished will become even poorer and forced to rebel under the circumstances of increasing wages and taxes!

Just like before the lord did not rebel, he was forced by the court. "

He Jinzhao rode a war horse and looked at the people who were forced to relocate behind him:

"In the future, we will leak a little bit of news that there is a famine in Henan, and I am afraid that everyone will have to go to Shanxi to escape the famine."

Zhang Fuzhen was also happy to see this, so that his family would not always have to rob the people and force them to move.

"My lord, with Yang Sichang's measures to increase troops and pay, he actually counted the territories under our control in his hands. It seems that the news from Shaanxi and other places to the imperial court was not very timely."

But He Jinzhao smiled: "Hong Chengchou doesn't dare to easily conclude that Shaanxi is lost.

At least there are still government troops in Shaanxi to resist our hammer bandits, so it hasn't completely fallen into the hands of the rebels.

You have not been an official of Ming Dynasty before, so you know the truth of it. "

Zhang Fuzhen nodded approvingly. An accident in office must have been a blow to his political career.

After all, there are only so many pitfalls. No one can make mistakes continuously for many years and still walk to the center unimpeded all the way.

Who doesn't want their own officials to become bigger and bigger?

"My lord, Yang Sichang's strategy is nothing to worry about my hammer bandit." Zhang Fuzhen squeezed his beard and said:
"However, Lu Xiangsheng's appointment as the governor of Xuanda is a troublesome matter for our army."

"Go back and find out who is the eunuch who supervised Lu Xiangsheng's army."

He Jinzhao lightly knocked on the horse's belly and said, "If you can't get Lu Xiangsheng away, then mess with the people around him and help us hold back."

"Understood." Zhang Fuzhen was slightly taken aback, most of those dead eunuchs loved money.

"But with Xu Dingchen's methods, there must be some fights between them."

Listening to Zhang Fuzhen's addition, He Jinzhao felt that it would be extremely beneficial for him not to have the Yanmen Pass in his hands.

Only Xu Dingchen has never given up on wanting to recover Taiyuan, so as to prove himself.

However, He Jinzhao believed that, given the urgency of Ming officials, not all muzzles were directed at the same time.

Instead, I have to fight internally first, and kill all those who don't listen to me, and then I can deal with the "hammer bandits" with peace of mind.

He Jinzhao was not surprised by Yang Sichang's idea that he must settle down before fighting against the outside world. In his eyes, the rogues were much easier to fight than the Qing army.

Who will challenge the highest difficulty as soon as they come up?

Isn't that asking for trouble for yourself?

In particular, Yang Sichang was able to ruthlessly encourage Chongzhen to continue to send more troops, and he also knew how to have enough food to have enough troops.

But He Jinzhao is not afraid of these, the version answer is right in front of him.

Whoever can feed the soldiers enough to live a good life will naturally be surrounded by a large group of vested interests.

The Ming army, the Qing army, the rebel army, and even the hammer bandits all had their own crowds.

The only difference is the level of training.

He Jinzhao is still waiting to go back and take over that large piece of land in Shaanxi.

Coming back this time, it can be regarded as personally sending Gao Yingxiang on the road, so as to save him from suffering.

As for whether other people were happy or not, He Jinzhao couldn't laugh in his heart.

From the beginning of wanting to use him to push the front, to making friends with each other and cooperating with each other, saying that they didn't touch him at all is a heart of stone.

However, He Jinzhao has not grown to that stage yet.

Lu Xiangsheng stood at the top of the city, watching the hammer bandits keep going away, he couldn't stop shaking his head in his heart.

He Jinzhao became more and more rampant, and on the contrary, the court became weaker and weaker.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to move when they saw the hammer bandits. On the contrary, the county magistrate would take the initiative to provide food and grass to the hammer bandits to avoid being attacked.

On his way forward, he even heard that Northwest Hammer King He Jinzhao was very reasonable and honest in his work.

As long as you pay him protection fees, he will not rob you, and even help you kill those shitty Qing troops.

The most important thing is that Hammer Bandit Qiu did not commit any crimes. The Ming army had to plunder several times when they went to fight in the local area, just like the Qing army!
It is said that many local people in Datong Prefecture who were looted by the Qing army were rescued by the hammer bandits, and all of them moved to Shanxi to divide their fields and live a stable life.

All kinds of news came to Lu Xiangsheng's ears, which really made him tremble.

The hammer bandit's reputation is even better than that of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers.

This made Lu Xiangsheng feel endlessly worried, because the local people were not afraid or disgusted with the hammer bandits, and even supported and yearned for them a little bit.

This is extremely troublesome!
The local people are untrustworthy, and even suspected of hammering.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't bear it anymore, and began to ask the court to transfer the Tianxiong Army who had been waiting in the three prefectures in Daming to support him.

(End of this chapter)