Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 222 Attack on the feudal prince's mansion
The next day, accompanied by his servants, Zheng Sen returned to the capital with Jin Yiwei.

And Zheng Zhilong has also made an appearance here, and the Fujian Governor's Mansion has also given an explanation. At least on the bright side, he is indeed making preparations to go north.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong saw that the Central Plains was in chaos again, and he wanted to see what kind of person the emperor was. Don't just say a big word and scare him obediently, that would really capsize the ship in the gutter!

He had made a plan in his heart, if the emperor was actually the emperor in his impression, then that would be the case, even the bandits from the Central Plains couldn't handle it, and they still wanted to touch him, how could it be possible!

However, the news that he inquired again shocked him for a long time.

The emperor had such boldness that he dared to lead the three battalions that had won the war against Jianlu to personally exterminate the bandits.Working together, there is also the mobilization of food from various places.It can be seen that the emperor knew the root cause of the turmoil in the Central Plains, and it was really necessary to solve the problem of thieves at once.

As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard the news, the words that the emperor said in the secret decree flashed through Zheng Zhilong's mind: At the end of the sea, there must be the flag of the Ming Navy!

At this time, he suddenly believed that the emperor really had such courage!At least he believes that if he is really cheating and cheating, judging from the emperor's performance in the past six months, since he has made it clear that this is the last chance for him, if he misses this chance, there will be no next chance.

Thinking about this matter, he sat alone for a long time, and finally called Zheng Hongkui, who was preparing the navy, and said: "I'm going to Denglai. I'll go there myself. Just help me take care of this place!"

Since you can't live without Daming, let's earn a chance in Daming to confer a wife's shade, a marquis, and a noble title!

As a result, the reconstruction of the Denglai Navy was finally completed quickly with a secret decree from Emperor Chongzhen.Based on the [-] warships led by Zheng Zhilong, it is enough to deal with the navy of the Qing Dynasty.

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Earlier, Chen Qiyu urgently summoned Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Ningxia, at the three-sided Governor's Mansion in Guyuan, Shaanxi, and the imperial decree came urgently from the eight hundred miles of the capital, asking both of them to come to receive the decree.

After listening to the imperial decree, Chen Qiyu immediately handed over to Zheng Chongjian, and at the same time told him: "Although I don't understand why, but since the emperor has explained it, we still need to continue to prepare for the matter on Hetao, don't delay!"

"Okay!" Zheng Chongjian didn't expect that he would become the governor of the three sides in the blink of an eye. He was excited and quickly agreed. At the same time, he also said to Chen Qiyu, "The Central Plains has been corrupted again. Your Excellency, please take care of yourself!"

"Hehe!" Chen Qiyu smiled when he heard it, "It's much easier for me to go to the emperor's personal conquest. The three major battalions under the Yumajian's jurisdiction can win even the Jianlu. It must not be difficult. So what I have to do is to surround those thieves and wait for the emperor to drive."

Speaking of this, he held a notebook in his hand and said: "Look, the emperor also passed on Governor Denglai's experience in defending the city in Jinzhou. I will add some detailed rules and send them to the cities of the states. I believe Another thing that gets twice the result with half the effort. This time, it should be much easier than encircling and suppressing the bandits before."

"That's right, the emperor's personal conquest and the transportation of grain from the south of the Yangtze River will definitely solve this big problem!" Zheng Chongjian echoed with a smile.

After the two talked for a while, Chen Qiyu didn't delay any longer, and immediately gave up the trilateral governor's mansion, rushing to take over Xiong Wencan's post.

After Zheng Chongjian became familiar with the duties of the trilateral governor, he began to consider the emperor's account.

It can be said that he is more familiar with the Tumut tribe in the Hetao area than Chen Qiyu, and he has even fought against them several times before.Now that the emperor wants to deal with the Tumut tribe, it is exactly what he hopes, and it is a good time to make meritorious deeds.

If it were in the past, maybe I wouldn't have this ability.Because the payment arrears of various armies in Shaanxi has always been a big problem.The morale of the military is unstable and the military has huge problems.

But for this matter, there is now a solution.

When Chen Qiyu came from the capital to take up the post, he had already brought a bank note from the Daming Royal Bank, which was intended to be used to pay the frontier army's arrears.It is really a long way, if it is a cash escort, the road is too inconvenient.

As for whether the frontier soldiers and common people in Shaanxi would recognize the banknotes of the Daming Royal Bank, Emperor Chongzhen was actually prepared and had a will.Chen Qiyu didn't have time to do it, and now he is the only one doing it.

When Zheng Chongjian was thinking about this, he suddenly reported that Lu Daqi, deputy envoy of Guyuan, had asked to see him and that he had something important to report.

When Zheng Chongjiang heard this, he didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly summoned him.

"My lord, Chai Shihua, the chief soldier of Gansu Province, refuses to send troops without payment!" Lu Daqi clasped his hands and told him when he saw it.

A while ago, Li Zicheng jumped out of Shangluo Mountain again, and the rebel team grew rapidly.Therefore, Chen Qiyu sent orders to the commanders in various places to send troops to encircle and suppress immediately.But before this matter was finished, a new purpose arrived, and the matter fell on Zheng Chongjian.

He knew about Chai Shihua.Hearing this, he immediately frowned.

This Chai Shihua was originally scheduled to go to the capital, King Qin.As a result, he turned back halfway and refused to go.Now they are refusing to send troops under the pretext of arrears of pay.Who would have dared to do this kind of thing a few years ago?But now, there are already many generals doing this kind of thing, and this sign is very bad!
As he was thinking about it, Lu Daqi reminded him again: "My lord, this trend cannot last, otherwise, other generals will follow suit, and the development of the situation will be unimaginable!"

When Zheng Chongjian heard this, he looked up at him and said, "This officer naturally understands. In this way, you go again and tell him that the capital has already allocated the salary, and the state affairs are the most important. If he is ordered to send troops immediately, then the previous things will be over. Let it go!"

"Your Excellency, you mean the bank notes of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty?" Lu Daqi knew a little about the situation, so he couldn't help but said in surprise, "I'm afraid it won't be easy to use in Qin, right?"

"En!" Zheng Chongjian nodded and said, "The emperor has a decree to solve this matter. I will go to Su Wang's mansion immediately."

Lu Daqi saw that he was very sure, so he didn't say any more, and left quickly.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty sealed several vassal kings in Shaanxi, but the one closest to Guyuan is King Su in Lanzhou.

This first King Su was the son of Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be seen that after so many generations, the accumulation of wealth will definitely not be small.

Zheng Chongjian rushed all the way, and after four days, he finally arrived at Su Wang's mansion in Lanzhou, and immediately asked to see Su Wang.

King Su of this generation, named Zhu Shihong, is 35 years old and has been a vassal king for 18 years.Hearing that the new trilateral governor asked to see him, he couldn't help being very surprised.Generally speaking, there will be no intersections between them, and the court's feudal officials are not easy to communicate with local vassal kings.Therefore, out of curiosity, he came out to meet.

Zheng Chongjian himself had just taken over as the governor of the three sides, and there were too many things, so he was not polite, so he went straight to the point, took out the edict given by Emperor Chongzhen and began to read it.

Zhu Shihong didn't expect this to happen again, and after receiving the order, he was even more surprised, and at the same time his face was ugly.

But Zheng Chongjian didn't care about this, and asked his subordinates to bring in another box, opened it and said to Zhu Shihong: "Your Highness, these are the bank notes and food coupons of the Daming Royal Bank. Please count them and cash them as soon as possible. The current situation in Qin It's getting corrupted again, but there's no food and pay in the army, so I ask Your Highness to lend a helping hand."

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen made a request to Zhu Shihong in his decree, saying that the eight major Jin merchants and others who had confiscated their homes by the imperial court already had enough food and wages, but the consumption of transporting them to Qin was too high, and the situation was urgent. If the country is concerned, do your part to exchange the bank notes and food coupons issued by the Daming Royal Bank for the corresponding silver and grain. After the establishment of the Daming Royal Bank Shaanxi Branch established by the imperial court, if Zhu Shihong does not want to hold The bank notes and food stamps of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty can be exchanged for silver and food stamps.

To be honest, Zhu Shihong was a little unbelievable, the emperor could really let him call these papers back to money and food?Even though he held the beautifully printed silver and food stamps in his hand, he still had a lot of worries in his heart.

However, Emperor Chongzhen has clearly stated in his decree that he is also a descendant of the Zhu family. The current situation is so chaotic. If he does not provide money and food, the situation will become chaotic again. , if Lanzhou is taken down, will all the money and food be cheap and stolen?
Instead of doing this, it is better to take out the money and food and contribute to the court, so that Emperor Chongzhen is also anxious to win his heart for the country.There will be rewards in the future; if he refuses to hand over the money and food, when the emperor arrives in Qin, he will definitely check his money and food, but he will not give it, then it means that he is for the unworthy descendants of the Zhu family. Also like an iron cock.Then I'm sorry, he will be very angry, some things, Zhu Shihong can figure it out by himself.

It can be said that Emperor Chongzhen talked about almost every aspect of the order to Zhu Shihong. At least from the order, it can be seen that the imperial court will not renege on debts and has money and food, but it is temporarily unable to transport it to Qin. The first is; the second is to persuade and analyze the situation carefully; the third is to threaten.The hereditary succession of vassal kings requires the emperor's permission. Even if he does not take the initiative to move him, if he delays the hereditary succession, Zhu Shihong's lineage will be very uncomfortable.What's more, as an emperor, if it really comes to that, he has the means to deal with the vassal king.

Regarding the situation in Qin, Zhu Shihong actually knew it himself.For this reason, he once wrote to the emperor to allow him to expand the guards of the palace.

At this time, under Zheng Chongjian's gaze, his face changed many times, and finally he let out a sigh of relief: "The emperor has a decree, how can I resist the decree and refuse to obey it!"

Hearing this, Zheng Chongjian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.According to the emperor's order, the money and food problem that caused him the most headache was solved in an instant, and the next thing will be much smoother.

However, Zhu Shihong still asked: "I wonder when the Shaanxi branch of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty was established?"

"The establishment of branches in the two capitals and the thirteen provinces has already been ordered by the emperor." Zheng Chongjian knew what he was worried about, so he explained to him, "It's just that these things still take time, and now that the thieves are starting to wreak havoc again, I'm afraid it's even worse." It will be a little later. But the emperor has already personally conscripted, this time will definitely solve the thieves. It is estimated that the establishment of the branch will not be too long!"

Hearing this was somewhat of a comfort, Zhu Shihong thought for a while, and then asked again: "I don't know if the other vassal palaces in Qin have His Majesty's will, it's about this..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Chongjian understood what he wanted to ask, and replied with a smile: "Of course there are, but Lanzhou is close, so I came here first; Your Highness can see that the one I brought There are actually not many food stamps and silver stamps. Just these are not enough to pay the arrears of the frontier troops in Qin and distribute food; more will fall on other vassal palaces."

As the ancients said, we should not worry about scarcity but inequality.Zhu Shihong is no exception to this point.When he heard that the other vassal princes' palaces in Qin were going to be like this, he felt a little more balanced, so he went to arrange the matter without further delay.

Since there is already a Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty in the capital, and a clear decree has been made to establish branches in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, there should be no problem.What's more, even if he was in Qin, he had heard about the three battalions inspecting Shanxi merchants in Jin next door.Of course, the most important thing is that Emperor Chongzhen's implicit threat forced him to make the choice the emperor wanted.

Zheng Chongjian was very happy about this, and immediately sent an order that all the nearby frontier troops gathered in Lanzhou, preparing to distribute the money and food owed by the court.I believe this good news will definitely boost the morale of the frontier troops in Qin.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Daqi rushed to see him again and told him that Chai Shihua, the chief soldier of Gansu Province, was arrogant and still refused to send troops.And there are various signs that he has a heart of disobedience.

In the past, Chai Shihua turned back privately and refused to serve the king. This was actually a serious crime, and now he has repeatedly refused the transfer order of the Governor's Mansion.Zheng Chongjian was also angry about such a thing, which was a challenge to his authority.

At this time, he already had confidence in his heart, how could he tolerate it, so he asked Lu Daqi: "This matter must not be tolerated, we must be killed as an example. But if he refuses to come out, if he sends troops over, it is easy to force him directly. How many times have you I was more familiar with it in the past, but what can I do?"

Needless to say, Lu Daqi just had an idea, upon hearing it, he immediately reported: "My lord, you can issue a secret order to let his deputy Wang Shichong arrest Chai Shihua and bring him to justice, it will definitely succeed!"

After speaking, he introduced that Wang Shichong is brave and resourceful, and loyal to the court, so there must be no problem.The most important thing is that now that there is money and food, there is no need to worry about the morale of the army.

After hearing this, Zheng Chongjian agreed to this approach.

Sure enough, that Wang Shichong was indeed as loyal to the court as Lu Daqi thought.However, after all, he was on Chai Shihua's territory. After he learned the news, he fled to the west overnight, but failed to catch up.

(End of this chapter)