Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 274 Fighting for the People
Hearing the sound, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel delighted, and quickly asked: "Huh? What do you know?"

"There is definitely an internal response!" Fan Wencheng just finished answering, and found that Huang Taiji was stunned, and then he looked a little annoyed. He knew that Huang Taiji might have misunderstood him, so he quickly added, "The slave means that the Ming emperor Knowing about internal affairs, knowing that this battle will definitely be won. Therefore, he led the army out of Beijing, hoping to use this matter to restore the bad influence of the Ming Dynasty being so many times entered by our Qing army."

As soon as Huang Taiji heard this, his previous speculation about the Ming Emperor suddenly becoming more powerful disappeared, and his mood improved a lot. He nodded and said: "Yes, it is possible. Otherwise, I I don’t even believe that the Ming Emperor, who has never fought in a war, can still lead an expedition!”

"That is, in terms of wisdom and martial arts, the dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty can't catch up with the master even if he flatters him!" Turge immediately offered a big flattery when he saw it.

Huang Taiji listened with a smile, and he also felt that if he wanted to lead an army to fight, just relying on the Ming emperor who had never been out of the capital, he was definitely not worthy to carry his shoes!

"However, the servant also has a doubt!" Fan Wencheng frowned, and said a little worriedly.

As soon as Huang Taiji heard it, he immediately asked: "Can't find any internal response?"

"No, what I mean is that, slave, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally led the army to go on an expedition. Why didn't those Shanxi merchants get any news?" Fan Wencheng said in confusion, "Also, it's been so long, why didn't the Shanxi merchants come over? Make some noise, the supplies we agreed on before have been delayed in being delivered to Liaodong?"

When Huang Taiji heard it, he was also puzzled and said: "It really shouldn't be! If the Ming Kingdom changes the governor again, and it is not convenient for them to transport supplies, send someone to Liaodong to explain the situation and all the news in the Ming Kingdom. , these things are very easy to do!"

After saying a word, he remembered that Liaodong had more than [-] people. Although many died, there were still more than [-] people.So many people were waiting for the Shanxi merchants to send food supplies.However, if this is delayed, the material storage of the Qing Dynasty will not be able to make ends meet.This is not a good thing!

Just as he was thinking about it, Fan Wencheng suddenly suggested: "Master, this servant thinks, should I send troops to Ningyuan to look at the food, and secondly, to publicize the might of the Qing army, so as to tell the world that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty It's nothing at all, if you have the ability, you can personally lead the army to fight against me in the Qing Dynasty, let's see if he has the guts!"

At this time, the wheat had already been harvested, and even if he led the army, he would basically not be able to grab much food; however, Huang Taiji still liked this function very much.Therefore, he immediately agreed and decided to send troops to Ningyuan.

As for Turg, since he dealt with Dorgon coldly, he naturally couldn't deal with Turg with great fanfare.And because of this, he wanted to win over him, so as to influence Dorgon's inlaid white flag. Therefore, he was not severely punished, but a punishment that didn't hurt or itch, so let's forget about it.

As a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent troops to invade Ningyuan in October of the 12th year of Chongzhen just like what happened in the original history.

When Huang Taiji's decision was made, Emperor Chongzhen had just arrived in the capital and learned the news from the Class A eavesdropping seeds in Turge.Therefore, he did not delay and sent Wu Sangui's family letter and the news that Jianlu was going to attack Ningyuan to Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao.

When this thing is done, the city wall of the capital has already been seen.However, what is more eye-catching is not the long-lost capital city wall, but the countless people outside the capital city, as well as civil and military officials.

Before Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the capital city, he saw Empress Zhou and the crown prince with all the civil and military officials, and they knelt down to meet them from a distance.

Although the government has made an explanation, the people in the capital are also willing in their hearts. The emperor came back after winning the battle. This is also the glory of their people in the capital.

It can be said that in the capital city, almost all the active people came, so many people came to greet him, this grand occasion can be said to be very rare.Many officials thought that the emperor should be very happy about such a scene, after all, this is the embodiment of the emperor's supreme martial arts!

However, to their surprise, Emperor Chongzhen was actually immune to such a scene.He has seen countless such scenes since he set off from Nanyang.The most important thing is that he really doesn't pay much attention to the achievements of this trip to Beijing.His goal is the stars and the sea, so how can he be satisfied with fighting a Mongolian tribe and exterminating the low-ranking thieves.

Therefore, after arriving at the capital city, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled and let them flatten out, and then he was ready to enter the city and return to the palace.

Seeing this, the young prince couldn't bear it any longer, and couldn't help asking Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, don't you say something, and, don't you go to the Taimiao first?"

In fact, he was already very excited when he saw such a big scene, even though he knew that such a grand scene and the welcoming sounds of mountains and tsunamis were not directed at him.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at him, and said with a slight smile, "What can I say? As the Son of Heaven, it is my duty to fight for the people. It's just a small victory. When I conquer Liaodong someday, rescue the people of Liaodong, and let the people of Ming Dynasty no longer be afraid of Jianlu, at that time, I will announce to the world that Liaodong has been pacified, worship the ancestors of all dynasties, and Jianlu has been destroyed! "

Hearing this, not only the prince, but everyone else including the queen was a little stunned.

It turns out that this time, the victory of annihilating the Hetao Tartars and encircling and suppressing all the thieves, in the eyes of the emperor, is actually the same. His goal is to flatten Liaodong, and he feels that it is worth going to the Taimiao only after destroying the Jianlus Worship?
At this time, they suddenly had a feeling that they were not on the same level as the emperor's ambitions.

When the people nearby heard this, they paid more attention to the emperor's other words: As the Son of Heaven, it is my duty to fight for the people!

This was the first time they heard this, and they were also very surprised.

For a long time, everyone felt that the world belonged to the emperor, and everything belonged to the Zhu family.The emperor's expedition was also for his own country and country.However, this is the first time they have heard such a statement, and it was said by the emperor himself.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense.

The emperor personally went out to fight and wiped out the Hetao Tartars, so the people in Shaanxi no longer have to worry about the Hetao Tartars entering the customs and attacking Caogu, and they don't have to suffer from military disasters; the people in the Central Plains don't have to worry anymore Even in the face of military disasters, life can be lived in peace.From this perspective, isn't the emperor fighting for the people!
Thinking of this, these people were also excited. They passed this sentence to each other in a low voice, and combined it with the rumors that the emperor had said before, such as "If you don't make decisions for the people when you are an official, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes", thus confirming a conclusion. , the current emperor is an emperor who truly cares for the people!

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen returned from this expedition, his prestige in the capital was already high, and now it is even higher.If someone speaks ill of the emperor, such as the emperor is ruthless, such as the emperor killed many people, ransacked a lot of houses, etc., the people of the capital will immediately go up and even attack him, regardless of whether the person is wearing silk or not. Luo silk satin, no matter which family this person is from or from other places, there is no exception.

Regarding these, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know yet. After he returned to the palace, he immediately reviewed the memorial.This hard job is a symbol of the emperor's power, and it is also what he must do to master the affairs of the country.

What worried him was that there really wasn't much good news.The worst news is that Jiangnan suffered floods, inundating many towns, mainly along the Yangtze River.In addition, there was another typhoon in Guangdong, many houses were blown away, and people disappeared, not to mention that when the typhoon came, many fishermen had no time to escape and never came back.

The phrase "southern flood and northern drought" is really not just talk.

The vassal kings are mainly concentrated in the north. This time, by squeezing the money and food from the vassal king's mansion and mobilizing food in advance to the drought-stricken areas in the north, they can barely survive.However, the waterlogging in the south is so serious that he has to worry about the people in the south.

Seeing his worried appearance, the Chief Assistant Xue Guoguan comforted him, "Your Majesty, the floods in the south actually happen every year. No matter what, there is more food in the south, unlike the north, where there will be follow-ups." Consecutive famines amplify the impact of disasters."

Seeing that the emperor was still frowning, and it didn't seem to relax him at all, Xue Guoguan played again: "In fact, after the memorial came up this time, I checked the records of waterlogging in the south for several years. The situation was worse than this year, but we got through it in the end!”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked him for relevant information and read it carefully.

Indeed, as Xue Guoguan said, in previous years, typhoons affected several provinces and even caused heavy rain, not only flooding the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.However, Emperor Chongzhen had no influence.Looking back at the memorial now, and thinking about it carefully, he found that in the past, when disasters happened, they were reported after the fact, and the written description was written in a way of making big things small.After letting people watch it, there is a feeling that the disaster in the south is actually nothing.

He didn't know that this year's disaster situation, compared with the past, not only timely but also strongly demanded the imperial court to provide disaster relief, which made people feel that the disaster situation in the south was serious, which was different from the previous practice, and it was caused by Emperor Chongzhen himself.

He took off the black hat of the governor of Nanyang on the spot, and the words "Being an official is not a decision for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes", quickly spread throughout the country.On the Huguang side, water and land extend in all directions, and the spread is even faster.

After the officials in those places heard about it, how dare they conceal the disaster situation? For their own black hats, in order to prevent the emperor from thinking that they would find out, they also took off their own black hats. They would rather make the matter serious than make it big small.

Of course, as for the reason for the disaster being so severe, they would all attribute it to the fact that the natural disaster was too severe, and they would not explain that it was their own improper prevention.For example, houses were not reinforced in advance, river courses were not built, embankments were not consolidated, and so on.

The disasters in the south were so serious, and Emperor Chongzhen, as a descendant, of course knew how many typhoons and floods there would be in the south.In fact, even if there is an early warning mechanism for future generations, the annual loss of the people is still difficult to estimate.

Floods in the south and droughts in the north must be taken seriously.Otherwise, the disaster-stricken people will lose a centripetal force towards the imperial court, and what is more serious is that there will be more thieves.

However, disaster relief requires money.Emperor Chongzhen checked the Daming Royal Bank, but found that there was not much money left from the Shanxi merchants and dignitaries who had seized their homes.

Droughts in the north, military disasters, post-disaster reconstruction in various places, especially the military salaries owed by the frontier troops, are all big money-consuming households.In addition, Emperor Chongzhen once explained that on the side of the military battle bureau, sufficient supplies must be maintained, and the manufacture of ordnance must not be affected. Shandong, Shanhaiguan and other places are also a big spender on the preparations for the war against captives.Especially on the Shandong side, Dongjiang Town needs to be rebuilt, training soldiers, building ships, etc., which is also a bottomless pit of money.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen actually spent a lot of money and food on his expedition this time.But thanks to the complete annihilation of the Hetao Tartars, there are countless spoils of war, which can almost offset each other in terms of value.

But in fact, just those war horses, the horse feed and other supplies that need to be consumed, add another expense.The so-called one cavalry can raise many infantry is not just talk.

Financial problems are about to reappear, which makes both the chief assistant and the Minister of household affairs very worried.However, they also knew that the emperor had explained to them that the lack of money could never be made up by printing the bank notes of the Daming Royal Bank.

Of course, in fact, without the emperor personally decree, none of them would want the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty to print silver notes.

Now that this matter has been brought to the fore again, Emperor Chongzhen is not much worried.Because he has a way to ensure the supply of money.But for the time being, he does not intend to make it public, and he will act immediately.Because he wanted to take this opportunity to reform the tax system.The revenue of the imperial treasury must be filled.

Therefore, he first issued a decree requiring officials across the country to plant sweet potatoes, and clearly stated that the sweet potatoes planted must not encroach on existing grain fields.In other words, sweet potatoes must be planted in barren mountains and wilderness.The number of sweet potatoes harvested by then will become an important assessment indicator for local officials' performance.

As for how to grow sweet potatoes, Xu Guangqi has already written it clearly in the "Nongzheng Quanshu".No matter north or south, you can refer to it.And this is why local officials should be familiar with the significance of the "Nongzheng Quanshu": the help to farming is too great!

(End of this chapter)