Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 180 New Appointment

Upon hearing this, no matter whether it was Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, or Sun Chuanting, all three of them respectfully listened to the order.They believed that the emperor would never treat them badly.

Emperor Chongzhen said sincerely: "There are many people in the court who impeached Qing, etc., but I have retained them. I also understand the thoughts behind them to some extent. After that, I will definitely catch some typical examples and punish them severely."

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and the others secretly sighed in their hearts, "The Emperor's Holy Might!"
Then, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Although Jianlu has left the customs, the north of the Ming Dynasty is still in a mess. I want to make the north of the Ming Dynasty settle down as soon as possible. After the chaos, there will be a big epidemic. This must be prevented; the victims must return to their hometowns." Make arrangements and let them rebuild their homes; although today's rogues have been suppressed by the Qing and others, they are no longer as arrogant as before; One time, the pass will be seriously injured, and this must be guarded against, and they must not be allowed to enter the pass again."

After saying these words, Emperor Chongzhen's face became serious, and he looked at the three of them and said, "I am confident that I will never be deceived by others again; therefore, what I need most now is local officials. Political and military affairs. Three love ministers, would you be willing to work harder to help me stabilize the place?"

This is the end of his words, such a heart-to-heart conversation, Lu Xiangsheng and others felt his sincerity, and they didn't even look at each other, they just responded directly to Emperor Chongzhen, expressing that everything was under the emperor's arrangement.

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied when he heard this, nodded and said: "I knew that the three lovers would not disappoint me. I will also remember the contributions of the three lovers. I believe there are portraits of the three in Lingtian Pavilion."

Hearing the emperor mentioning Lingtian Pavilion again, thinking that he would be immortalized like the 24 heroes of Lingyun Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng and the other three civil servants couldn't help but get excited.For the three of them, they pursue fame more than other civil servants.And this just scratches their itch.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, and immediately continued: "My idea is this. At present, the main enemy of Ming Dynasty is the Liaodong Jianlu. The original governor of Jiliao Wu Aheng died in this battle, and the position is vacant. I think, by Sun Qing will take over. The Governor's Mansion will be moved to Shanhaiguan, would you like it?"

Sun Chuanting was originally the governor of Shaanxi, so he was promoted to the governor of Jiliao. Although it was very difficult, for him, he didn't care about the difficulty at all.Back then, when he recommended himself as the governor of Shaanxi, he wanted money but no money, soldiers but no soldiers. He was alone, relying on an appointment from the imperial court, he forcibly produced money and food, pulled out a team of elite soldiers, and fought violently. The thieves fled all over the place, and even the biggest thieves at that time, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang fell into his hands, escorted the capital and executed him.

Therefore, after hearing the words of Emperor Chongzhen, he immediately bowed to accept the order and said: "I will accept the order, and I will never fail Your Majesty's entrustment!"

"Well, just feel free to do it, Sun Qing. I will watch over you, so you don't need to worry about it." Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said solemnly, "One of the difficulties you may encounter is the ancestors and Wu families in the Guanning army. The forces in the Guan Ning army are intertwined, we must handle them carefully, neither be controlled by them nor cause trouble. Of course, if they have ulterior motives, you don't have to worry about it, understand?"

As soon as Sun Chuanting heard it, he knew that the emperor was a little dissatisfied with the Guan Ning Army, especially the Zu Wu family in the Guan Ning Army.

Originally, at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was able to privately lead his troops back to Shanhaiguan when he was entering the customs and haunting the vicinity of the capital.This kind of thing is definitely a thorn in the heart of the emperor.Although the emperor has already pardoned him and did not pursue them, in the following years, Zu Dashou and others did not enter the customs to do any serious business. The Jianlu army entered and looted.

Although it is said that the Guan Ning army has not entered the customs several times, there are indeed objective reasons.But has Zu Dashou tried his best?Or is it to preserve strength, support the self-respect of the army, and occupy the key pass from Shanhaiguan to Ningjin?This is really hard to say!
Sun Chuanting knew in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen's reminder might not be unreasonable. After he took office, the first thing he had to pay attention to was the behavior of Zu Dashou's people.Thinking of this, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I understand!"

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen listened, praised him, and then asked, "If Huihuiqing is going to be the governor of Jiliao, do you have any requirements, even if you can solve it, I will try to solve it as much as possible!"

As soon as Sun Chuanting heard this, he opened his mouth to ask for money, but he suddenly remembered that the emperor's money was all stolen from his home, and it belonged to rootless water, and it didn't matter how much he used, even though the emperor said about money , there is another source of running water, but the emperor also said before that there are many places where money is needed. Just rebuilding the three battalions under the Yumajian requires a large amount of money.The expenditure on armaments is simply a bottomless pit.

Thinking like this, he changed his mind and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the ministers only need to replenish the troops in various places under their jurisdiction and bring two months' military pay, and then the ministers will promote Qingtun in the areas under their jurisdiction to pay, and the rest will be done. no request!"

The lion opened his mouth wide, asking for several million taels of silver at once, so no matter who is going to be the governor of Jiliao, if he spends enough money, he can always get something done.In this way, it does not show his Sun Chuanting's weight among the ministers of Zhongxing.In addition, he already has relevant experience, so he just made such a request.In his opinion, the conditions are much better than when he went to Shaanxi alone to serve as the governor.

Emperor Chongzhen felt relieved when he heard this. Sun Chuanting did not disappoint him, so he nodded and said: "I agree, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can tell me secretly at any time. If I can solve it, I will definitely help you." Solve it!"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting remembered that in this battle of King Qin, didn't the emperor just solve a lot of things for them?His promise is definitely not just a casual talk.

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help feeling more confident.

After arranging the affairs on his side, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Now that the matter of King Qin is over, Lu Qing was originally the governor of Xuanda. Put it in an important place, would you be willing?"

Lu Xiangsheng's position as Minister of the Ministry of War was just a title added to facilitate his command of King Qin's army.In other words, his job is to lead Qin Wang's army. Now that this job is gone, he has to find a new one.

"Your Majesty's will, this humble minister should do his best!" Lu Xiangsheng replied with a serious face.

In fact, he's been doing it all along.Even if Emperor Chongzhen asked him to take the position of commander of King Qin's army, where the risk outweighed the benefit, he would directly confront Shang Jianlu without saying a word.In the original history, he defended his words with his own life, and truly did his best to die.It can be said that he was the most responsible courtier in the late Ming Dynasty, this is by no means an exaggeration.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew this, so he expected him to reply in this way, so he immediately said to him: "I am going to appoint you as the governor of Baoding, but your focus is still in Shandong. The first thing Lu Qing has to do is to rebuild the Dongjiang River. Town, on the one hand, can threaten North Korea, forcing it not to dare to help the tyrant; on the other hand, it can threaten the west side of Liaodong Jianlu, so that it will not dare to divide its troops and detour through the Mongolian grassland to enter the customs. These two goals are the main responsibilities of Qing, Qing can understand What do I mean?"

This has actually been made very clear, so Lu Xiangsheng naturally nodded immediately.

However, it is not easy to achieve these two goals.

The original Dongjiang Town has fallen apart since Mao Wenlong was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan.Then, after Kong Youde and others took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they led the Manchu Qing army to flatten Phi Island.From this, there is no more Dongjiang Town.The same is true, the Manchu Qing had no worries about the flanks, and often sent troops to detour through the Mongolian grasslands to enter the pass.

The other one was also because Kong Youde and others led the old Dongjiang troops to join the Qing Dynasty and brought warships and boatmen to the Qing Dynasty, so that the Qing Dynasty also had a navy.Although they didn't pay much attention to it, it was better than before.If Dongjiang Town is to be rebuilt now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely send navy to attack. It is much stronger than before, but it is much stronger!
In addition, if Dongjiang Town is to be rebuilt and the Qing army must be restrained, Dongjiang's combat power must first be strong; secondly, the general must assess the situation and have sufficient battlefield sharpness.After all, Dongjiang Town at the beginning was actually a base area behind enemy lines, and it was impossible to gain a firm foothold without any skills.Even if Emperor Chongzhen had enough support for Dongjiang Town, it would not be easy across the sea.

It can be seen that this governor of Baoding is not easy to be appointed. Compared with the previous commander of King Qin's army, it is actually almost the same.

Regarding this, Lu Xiangsheng was very clear in his heart. He was the magistrate of the Daming Prefecture in the past, so he knew more or less about Shandong.He even knew that the conditions in Shandong today are actually worse than before.

At the beginning, Kong Youde and others rebelled, poisoning many places in Shandong, and the rampage of Jianlu this time led to the decline of people's livelihood in Shandong.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen would not let Lu Xiangsheng do this alone, so he said to him: "The navy under the command of Fujian coastal defense guerrilla Zheng Zhilong is huge, and it has far exceeded his official authority. Therefore, I plan to transfer some of his naval forces to go north. , belongs to the Denglai Navy."

Speaking of this, he said seriously: "However, Zheng Zhilong was originally a pirate, and now he has become an adult. I am not sure whether my will will be useful to him. Lu Qing should also be prepared. If he violates my will, or does other things, there will be no Southern Navy available. Therefore, Lu Qing still has to rebuild the Denglai Navy by himself. I will allocate the required money to you. As for As for manpower, since Qing is the governor of Shandong, it is necessary to collect manpower under Qing's jurisdiction."

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, if Zheng Zhilong has a second heart, I am willing to lead the Denglai Navy to the south to suppress the rebellion! He is just a pirate, and he can advance by land and water. Resist the imperial army?"

These people in the north didn't know Zheng Zhilong as well as people in later generations knew him.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen knew in his later generations that Zheng Zhilong at this time had already dominated the coast of Daming, and the protection fees he collected at sea each year amounted to thousands of taels of silver.

Moreover, this guy is very shrewd, knowing that his roots are still on land, so he doesn't care about using money to make friends with big and small umbrellas in the officialdom, and he also distributes money to fellow villagers in Fujian, which makes his reputation very good in his hometown in Fujian.In the early years, when the court wanted to exterminate him, he was arrested by him as the chief soldier, because he had big and small eyeliners to inform him.

After the Emperor Chongzhen crossed over, and after the results of the war against the captives came to fruition, he immediately began to pay attention to Zheng Zhilong's situation.He found that most people don't know him.Because his position is very low, and he is a military commander, he is not impressive at all.Moreover, his main force is in Fujian, which is very far away from the capital.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen took a lot of thought to find some information about Zheng Zhilong, and after corroborating the understanding of him by later generations, he probably knew what Zheng Zhilong was like at this time.

At this time, when he heard what Lu Xiangsheng said, he shook his head and said: "Zheng Zhilong, who can go from a businessman to the sea to finally stand out from many pirates and become a lord who dominates one side, his ability is unquestionable. His The power is far greater than what you imagined. Now my Ming Navy can't compete with it at all. Do you know that the imperial court's annual treasury revenue is only a few silver, and his income from sea taxes alone is tens of millions of taels So much!"

Hearing this, no matter how surprised Lu Xiangsheng and the others were, even Wang Chengen, who had been making soy sauce by the side, woke up suddenly, what, 1000 million taels of silver?Did the emperor say something wrong or did he hear it wrong?
Lu Xiangsheng came back to his senses, but he understood that the emperor would never speak empty words, so his expression immediately became serious.Because he knows that those who can get tens of millions of taels of silver every year, this power and strength, even the rogues who are making a fuss now, are much inferior. 1000 million two years, how many soldiers can this raise?
Seeing his expression, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about Zheng Zhilong's affairs right now, you can go to Shandong to do the basic things first. As for Zheng Zhilong's side, I will see how he reacts before making a decision." What to do with him!"

"I obey the order!" Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately restrained his emotions and bowed to accept the order.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at the third person, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and said to him: "You have done a good job as the governor of the three sides, but I have another appointment for you. As for the governor of the three sides The position, who do you think can take over?"

What this means is that Hong Chengchou recommended the position of governor of the three sides, which can be regarded as a trust in him.

Hong Chengchou is a smart person, so he naturally understood this, and he couldn't help but feel grateful, so he began to think seriously.

　It's really nice to stay at home. During the holidays, I was stuck in traffic jams on the highway, so I just came down to play badminton.I really don’t want to go out unless necessary.I will rest at home tomorrow and plan for the third update. It is a plan and it should be completed!So exhausted today!

　　
　
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