Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 176 Dialogue with the Emperor: Building a Strong Army ([-] monthly tickets plus more)
After Chen Xinjia was silent for a moment, he frowned and sighed: "The emperor was able to recruit all the horses in the capital. It seems that the capital is not peaceful now!"

"Now that King Qin's army has won a great victory, I'm afraid it can offset the guilt of the previous fall of the suzerain, at least it will not be as expected." Chen Xinjia said this, looked at Fan Yongdou and others, and said, "I tell you, our current emperor is More impulsive. Now that there is such a big victory, it is very likely that something will happen when the excitement is hot. Usually you may listen to people's persuasion, but this time there is a high probability that you will not. It is also possible that if someone in the court If you are bewitched, you will probably do things desperately."

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou and others didn't understand what he wanted to say for a while, so they had to wait quietly for his next words.

"We can't take the lead in the matter of Fan Ji Bank." Chen Xinjia continued to tell them, "I remember, Fan Ji Bank is the only one owned by your Fan family in name, right? Is there any separation from your brother?"

"No!" Fan Yongdou didn't understand what he meant, so he said the truth.

When Chen Xinjia heard this, he quickly said to him: "You should separate from your brother immediately, at least on the surface. If the factory guards come to investigate, the official said that if they come to investigate, they will say that the family has already been separated. Yes, make a backup copy. Once the capital starts to run on bank notes, you can’t issue them anyway. And you’d better compare them, and don’t let anyone find them. If the right owner is not here, there is nothing you can do even if you have doubts. This officer will speak for you again, so that you won’t be forced to mess around.”

Having said that, he looked at the others and said: "Only we know about the fact that the rest of us have dry stocks. To the outside world, we say that it is our money in the bank. Later, wait for others to run first, and see the situation." , let's go again. As for the bank notes, I believe you should be able to print them out? It doesn't matter if you print more, and you will say that the accounts of the bank are unclear."

Hearing what he said, the eight major Shanxi merchants all understood and nodded quickly.Among them, Fan Yongdou replied: "Then I will go back to my hometown first and hide for a while. But what about the matter in Liaodong?"

He has always been in charge of the business with Liaodong, so he asked this question.

"You don't have to worry about this." Chen Xinjia said to him immediately: "The Qing army will definitely be busy for a while when they return to Liaodong this time. After all, they have lost a big battle. Wait until the Qing emperor sorts out his domestic After that, it’s not too late to go to Liaodong for trading.”

This means, they heard it, he meant that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would pursue the affairs in the pass, which involved the power struggle in the Qing Dynasty.This kind of thing is really not good to participate in.It's wise to wait until they're done.

Seeing them nodding, Chen Xinjia still had a serious face, and said to them all: "You can't let the emperor be too smooth, you still have to spend the money you should spend, expose all kinds of bad things, and be punished everywhere. The tragic situation after the looting of the Qing army also had to be clamored, and the people in the court and the people should have it to create momentum. In this way, the emperor would have too many troublesome things, and he would have no time to worry about Fan Ji The matter of the bank."

After he said so much, these Shanxi merchants also reacted and nodded in agreement.If you are reluctant to let go of your children, you will not be able to ensnare the wolf. Just treat them as part of the cost of doing business. You still have to spend the money that needs to be spent.

"Now that King Qin's army is in power, there must be people in the court who are dissatisfied." Chen Xinjia had a lot of ideas, and after thinking for a while, he said, "We can unite with those people and find some faults to impeach Lu Xiangsheng and others. The emperor finds that his trust has been betrayed again. Maybe it’s not necessarily that they will be angry with them. Anyway, no matter what, there must be chaos. Only when the court is in chaos and the emperor is unconscious, can we get enough benefits!"

In this regard, these Shanxi merchants naturally agreed, and immediately started to act according to Chen Xinjia's suggestion.Those who should hide, those who should lie, those who should go to the capital, those who should go to the capital...

Of course they didn't know that everything they told was truthfully fed back to Emperor Chongzhen who was far away in the capital by the eavesdropping seeds in Chen Xinjia.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen just drove back to the palace to rest for a while. After all, the cold wind was howling outside, and it was indeed a bit cold.At this moment, he took a look at the eavesdropping seeds and immediately saw the content of their discussion.

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Sometimes, it is also very good not to catch them immediately and let these pig-like opponents promote the innovation you want.

For example, Chen Xinjia and those Shanxi merchants were discussing to let the customers of Fanji Bank make trouble, and let those who had bank notes of Fanji Bank come to intercede.But in retrospect, these shareholders have separated their ties, and Fan Yongdou still has to hide and declare to the outside world that the family is separated.

These kinds of things, on the surface, seem to be making trouble for themselves.After all, no matter those who save money or have bank notes, they are all rich and powerful, or people with certain power and financial resources.As for ordinary people, it is estimated that they will never see a silver ticket in their lifetime.These people used various means to make trouble, which would definitely be a headache for the original Emperor Chongzhen.So many people are fooling around, maybe they will become lame after fooling around.

However, for me, wouldn’t this be the best opportunity to take over the power of printing bank notes from all private banks to Daming Royal Bank, or at least let them deposit a certain amount of reserve funds in Daming Royal Bank? , but also to accept the supervision of the court.

After all, private banks have the risk of being like Fanji Bank, and they will collapse as soon as they say it.Daming Royal Bank, unless there is a change of dynasty, it is impossible to fail.

When I look back, let the factory guards check it out. There must be such things as private banks running bankrupt or absconding with money, so let's take the opportunity to publicize them together.As a result, it was not easy to handle the banknotes being returned to the Daming Royal Bank before, but this time, it should be possible in all likelihood.

As for Chen Xinjia's idea of ​​publicizing the tragic situation of the Manchu Qing army since it entered the customs, and attempting to attack the responsibility of Lu Xiangsheng and others, it was also an assist for him.When this public opinion reaches its peak, he will announce that the biggest culprit is actually the Shanxi merchants who have been cooperating with captives and traitors.

Hehe, when the time comes, all the families will be ransacked, and no one will say that they are cruel!More likely, it's applause!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen decided to let the group of jumping beam clowns dance and jubilate first, and then give him a firm grasp of the military power first.

When I was thinking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao came.The servants came to report, and Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, commanders of King Qin's army, were waiting to see him.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately summoned them alone in Wenhua Hall.

After seeing the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen first asked about the situation of King Qin's army with concern.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, all the soldiers are happy!" Lu Xiangsheng replied with a smile.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said straight to the point and said to the three ministers: "I want to rebuild the army under the Yumajian. In addition to the unchanged Yongwei battalion, three battalions will be reorganized. Each battalion will be based on the Yongwei battalion. Generally, there are two general armies with more than [-] soldiers. The main target of the battle is to build captives in Liaodong, at least for now. I don’t know what you think of it?”

Lu Xiangsheng and the other two glanced at each other, obviously already prepared for the question of Emperor Chongzhen, after all, the emperor had mentioned this matter twice.

According to the usual practice in the officialdom, Lu Xiangsheng, who had the highest official position, finally played back and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others have discussed the establishment of captives in Liaodong, especially the three-month-old battle, and they are even more touched. In addition, the captured Some Jianlu have also learned a lot of things. Therefore, the ministers think that if His Majesty reorganizes the Imperial Horse Supervisor to deal with Jianlu, he might as well get to know the Jianlu army first."

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to say that he should follow Qi Jiguang's book of war, but at this time he listened to Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion, but nodded and said: "Know yourself and know the enemy, I know this, Lu Qing will tell me."

"I obey the order!" Lu Xiangsheng said with a serious face, and then began to introduce him to Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, our great enemy in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty is actually the Jianzhou Jurchen. In the past, the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchen was only its heavy infantry. Compared with such a single unit, it is not a big concern. It’s just that I didn’t take it seriously in Ming Dynasty and was strengthened by it.”

"Before Jianzhou Jurchen, the slave chieftain Nurhachi first annexed the Yehe Jurchen tribe, and the Yehe Jurchen tribe was famous for its heavy cavalry. As a result, the Jianlu army added heavy cavalry. Then, Jianlu recruited and annexed the grassland The tribe obtained Mongolian light cavalry, and also attacked North Korea, forcibly recruiting about [-] musketeers. In addition, Dongjiang rebels defected to the enemy and brought heavy artillery and naval fleets to Jianlu. Thus, Jianlu All the arms of the captive army are complete, and they are truly a strong enemy of our Ming Dynasty!"

Lu Xiangsheng said that he was a strong enemy, but he was actually trying to take care of the emperor's face.To put it bluntly, the Jianlu army has a complete range of arms, which is actually on the side of the Ming army.

When Lu Xiangsheng said this, he didn't finish everything by himself, but looked at Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou understood, and he then introduced to Emperor Chongzhen: "In addition to what Lu Benbing said, a lot of thought was spent on building the excellent equipment. His elite white armor soldiers wear three layers of armor in every battle, and their protection is very strong. Extremely strong, hard to hurt with swords, hard to pierce with arrows, very difficult to deal with."

"Besides, for example, Jianlu's guns rarely exploded, and the workmanship is excellent. There are also ordinary spears used by Jianlu, which are several feet longer than those used by our army. Our soldiers have not yet As long as the enemy is stabbed, Jianlu's spear has already stabbed the soldiers of our army. Such a variety of things, to put it bluntly, Jianlu's military equipment is not only excellent, but also specially improved for our soldiers. Every time on the battlefield , Our army will suffer a lot in terms of equipment ordnance."

Some of these words of Hong Chengchou were known to Emperor Chongzhen, and some were heard for the first time, and he couldn't help being very surprised.It can be seen from this that Jianlu was able to rise because of his intentions.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting, thinking that he should have something to say.

Sure enough, seeing the emperor looking at him, Sun Chuanting also respectfully said: "Not only that, Jianlu not only treats the soldiers who fight very generously, but also has clear rewards and punishments, and strict military discipline. Even the most famous North Korean firecracker After entering the Jianlu army, he also became brave and dared to shoot directly at our soldiers without retreating."

Speaking of this, he gave the emperor an example: "When Huang Taiji, the slave chieftain, used Han Chinese as soldiers to form an artillery battalion, first-class gunners were rewarded with 80 taels of silver, and second-class gunners were rewarded with 50 taels of silver. No charge at night, only two taels of silver a month. Of course, this is the limit. Although it does not represent all, it can show the courage of the slave chieftain. On the other hand, when they attacked Ming Dynasty, they became brave and good at fighting. The slave chiefs would give them part of the property they plundered. All these methods are unbelievable. How could the border barbarians be able to fight? Figured it out!"

Hearing this kind of praise for the slave chief, Emperor Chongzhen was not angry, but became serious.

There is a point of view in later generations, saying that the Manchu Qing finally took over the world, it is really too many chances by chance, and how much shit luck it took to win such a big jackpot.But once he was on the scene, after such a careful analysis, Emperor Chongzhen believed that it was not all luck that the Manchu Qing was the best at capturing the world.

It is not appropriate to say that the Manchu Qing was bad, but the Ming and Mongolia were even worse!

The Manchu Qing Dynasty rose between the white mountains and the black waters, and they were just a group of barbarians, so it is obviously not a correct view to look down on them.The Mongol Empire that swept the world before, they were just a small tribe in Mobei at first!Isn't England, which is so arrogant that it is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, just a small island country!
Listening to the analysis of the three courtiers, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of Liaodong Jianlu in his heart.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting had finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng took up the topic and played again: "This time, the ministers can make one or two achievements. In fact, it is not that our army is stronger than Jianlu, but that your Majesty's strategizing is far superior to Jianlu's usual treatment of us. In the impression of the army, it was only because of this opportunity that they were able to catch them by surprise that they won such a victory. If they were really stronger than Jianlu, I would have rescued the remaining people and wiped out the remaining Jianlu. It's closed."

When he said this, he really meant it sincerely, and he didn't intend to flatter Emperor Chongzhen at all.If it weren't for Emperor Chongzhen, then the Ming army would still be the original Ming army. Even if some were brave and good at fighting, it would still be destroyed by the Jianlu if their strength was not as strong as that of the Jianlu.

For example, the former Qi Family Army, Baigan Army, etc., were all first-class and local strong troops for Daming, but they were finally wiped out by Jianlu.No matter how many enemies were killed, Jianlu won in the end.

Seeing how Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two suggested to Emperor Chongzhen in unison: "If your Majesty wants to build a strong army against the captives, you must prescribe the right medicine. Don't make great determination and energy, but just mobilize the army to serve the king this time." I'm afraid it's not enough brave fighters!"

(End of this chapter)