Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 91 Little Ice Age

Now that I have come to Huai'an.

Zhu Youjian had to sacrifice to the tomb of his ancestor Zhu.

But Zhu Youjian didn't make it so grand, he just let Wu Mengming, commander of Jinyiwei, and Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War, accompany him.

However, because of this, he discovered that there are so many saline-alkali lands outside the city of Huai'an Prefecture.

Zhu Youjian picked up a piece of dry and hard soil: "Whatever the temperature in various places, there may be catastrophes. Although it is a troubled time today, military administration is the top priority, but people's livelihood cannot be ignored."

Since Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, is in charge of intelligence collection, Zhu Youjian also asked him to arrange intelligence collection points for climate change and weather conditions in various places.

Wu Mengming's memory is not bad, so he didn't take out his notebook, so he directly reported the situation in various places concisely.

"The temperature in October this year is even colder than December last year. Your Majesty, you see, the Huai'an Mansion is now covered with snow, and in Shanxi, Beizhili and other places, the snow has already fallen three feet, and it has happened in several places. The snowstorm, the war in the north now, naturally there is no government relief, countless people died of freezing and starving, even the Hanzhong area began to experience a big freeze, just yesterday, my minister just got the report, a big freeze happened in Shaanxi, starving and dying everywhere."

After Wu Mengming said, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, rubbed his hands and jumped a few times on the stiff ground to drive away the severe cold.

Ma Shiying couldn't help shrinking her neck: "The weather is getting weirder and weirder now, even if we are in the south, we can't stand the bitter cold, let alone the people with thin clothes and thin quilts, Your Majesty, from this point of view, I am more and more determined to be a slave. They will be satisfied with half of the country in the north. Right now there is no food to fight and no people to rob in the north. If they don’t go south, how can they maintain their foundation.”

"Winter is about to enter, and the Tartars are also afraid of the cold. Before the spring of next year, they should not have any more large-scale military operations. Li Zicheng probably has to collect food for the winter. As long as Li Zicheng doesn't move, Zuo Liangyu won't move either. In other words, at least this winter is safe, but starting next spring, I'm afraid there will be more than one fierce battle."

When Zhu Youjian said this, both Ma Shiying and Wu Mengming couldn't help but nodded.

Ma Shiying still did not forget about the Hei Donglin Party: "It's just that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are still singing and dancing, and are busy saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. I heard that Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places have started to hold flower festivals, completely leaving the current crisis behind. Out of mind, and satirizing the current affairs, it is truly despicable!"

"Decree to Gao Jie, Sun Shilun, and Ying Tianfu Yin Chengde. Now that the war in the north is getting worse, there must be a large number of refugees flocking in. It is necessary to maintain law and order, and let Dongchang pay attention to reviewing the enemy's secret work. Don't be careless! Beware of someone using this to fan the flames, don't let us Have a good year."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian said to Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei: "The main strategy at the moment is to unite with the invaders and suppress the captives, but once Li Zicheng becomes the emperor, he will definitely not belong to me. Yes, now that Li Zicheng has offended all the gentry in the world, he must die. If this person does not die, the intruder is still a monolith. You send some reliable people, and it is best to assassinate Li Zicheng when he goes south to Huguang!"

As he said that, Zhu Youjian ordered Ma Shiying again: "Now the Ministry of War can send envoys to contact the various departments of the Chuang army to express their goodwill. It is now the cold winter, so send some food and silver. If there are any surrenders who belong to the Chuang army, tell They, as long as they pull up an army to surrender to Daming, I will give him credit, and he will not leave his reputation of defecting to the enemy in the history, and let the princes in the court contact the colleagues who defected to the enemy they know. This Jinyiwei can help. .”

"In addition, Li Yan is a man of great strategy. It is not unrelated to Li Zicheng's ability to become the strongest in the world from a rogue. Since he and Li Zicheng have a rift right now, Jin Yiwei might as well add fire secretly, and don't let Li Zicheng Kill Li Yan, find the right opportunity to win him over, and tell him that I can give him the General Staff Headquarters of the Grand Marshal's Mansion as the chief, and at the same time, I can worship the Minister of the Minister."

After Zhu Youjian said, Ma Shiying couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, trespassers are nothing more than thieves. Your Majesty, if you can put aside the past suspicions, appease them, and pardon their crimes, it is a kindness from God. Why should you treat Li Yan so politely? Even if there are some strategies, they are nothing more than grassroots bandits."

"Ma Shiying, you have the wisdom of a prime minister, but you don't have the degree of a prime minister and you don't have the vision of a prime minister. Remember, as a cabinet minister, an important minister in charge of the military department must have a mind to tolerate all rivers. The slave Dorgon accepted Wu Sangui and others , use the prince as a bait; it's just a minister of the district, it's nothing to worry about, if you continue to focus on infighting and sowing discord, I can put the ugly words in front, and I don't mind taking your head when the time comes, Use it as an example to others!"

Hearing what Zhu Youjian said, Ma Shiying couldn't help but shuddered a bit, and hurriedly said: "My minister is guilty!"

Zhu Youjian didn't know whether Wu Mengming could successfully assassinate Li Zicheng.

However, he hoped that Li Zicheng would die sooner rather than being killed by a local landlord in Jiugong Mountain next May.

At least, if Li Zicheng dies now, Li Zicheng's Chuangjun essence is still there, and taking advantage of Jiannu's current offensive slowdown, it can encourage more Chuangjun to join Daming instead of surrendering to the Tartars.

And if this is the case, it will be beneficial for the Ming Dynasty official army and the attached Chuang army to have more time to integrate, so that they can better exert their combat effectiveness in the future war against the Tartars.

In the original history, the reason why Nanming was defeated in many cases was related to the discord between the Ming Dynasty's official army and the peasant army who surrendered.

……

Zhou Yuji, Liu Fangliang, He Xin, Li Banghua, Li Mingrui, and Lu Zhenfei were summoned by Zhu Youjian to the Imperial Palace.

These six people are now Zhu Youjian's core descendants.

Except for Lu Zhenfei, they were all officials who moved south with Zhu Youjian.

And Zhu Youjian summoned them to the imperial court now, of course, for the current Huai'an military training.

According to Li Mingrui's report, the number of recruits has reached 60. After hearing this, Zhu Youjian decisively ordered to stop recruiting soldiers.

"A total of 60 people, of course we can't keep them all. Call all the civil servants and those who can read and write in Huai'an Prefecture, and then go to Yangzhou to find them. , and then count those who have certain martial arts or were the main soldiers of the official army before, such as Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Yuanhua, Yuan Keli, Sun Chuanting and other subordinates; other people will undergo a physical fitness test according to a set of screening and assessment procedures formulated by the Ministry of War. .”

Zhu Youjian made an order, and the people below began to implement it intensively.

Counting the full 60 people is naturally not an easy task.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian asked the people from Dongchang to help coordinate, and the scholars in the entire Huai'an and Yangzhou prefectures were arrested and began to assist in the copywriting work.

In addition, before that, Li Mingrui had already registered as a candidate, so the speed was relatively fast.

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