Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 547 Raising Food
Liaodong Town, one of the nine border towns of the Ming Dynasty, is located in Liaoyang. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, and it is also the military command center.It can be said that Liaoyang is the most important town in Liaodong, at least before Jianlu set up the puppet capital in Shenyang.

Since Liaoyang was captured by Jianlu, Daming never returned to Liaoyang.Even if the Dongjiang army in Mao Wenlong's era dared to attack and contain the Jian captives everywhere, they never dared to go to Liaoyang.

Therefore, if the Ming army reappeared in Liaoyang, it would be of great significance!

But at the moment, the Ming army can only scrape together the food and grass needed to attack Anshan Post Fort, and it can only supply 5000 men and horses for a few days.It has to be said that Jianlu was forced to death by food, but the Ming army was also unable to launch large-scale operations due to food problems.All in all, it's a comparison of ten steps and one hundred steps.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng heard Li Guo's words, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's not bad for you to take five hundred riders to Liaoyang for a show. I will send a victory report back to the capital immediately. If you gather food and grass, take advantage of it." Opportunity to attack Liaoyang and take back the important town of Liaodong!"

As for the significance of regaining Liaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng, a civil official, took it more seriously.Therefore, although he knew that if there was food in the pass, the emperor would definitely transport it to Liaodong, but based on the importance of Liaoyang, he decided to mention it to the emperor.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng's troops stopped advancing and began to clean up Anshan Post Fort, so that they could use Anshan Post Fort as a starting point in the future to attack Liaoyang, which was nearly sixty miles shorter than starting from Haizhou.While Li Guo led the troops to Liaoyang, the messengers who reported the victory also rushed to the capital to report the victory.

As before, there was no need for a messenger to rush to the capital to report the victory. Emperor Chongzhen knew the battle situation in Anshan Posthouse through the eavesdropping system.He also knew what Lu Xiangsheng was thinking immediately.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it was indeed a rare opportunity to attack Jianlu, so he couldn't help thinking about this matter seriously.

The Japanese state is planning to invade North Korea. In fact, there is no need for Jianlu to send Dorgon's daughter there. Judging from the feedback from Zheng Zhibao's Class A eavesdropping seeds, they are already ready to go. For the future of the Japanese state, they will definitely do it.That is to say, in addition to attacking Jianlu this year, Daming will also have a battle with the Wa Kingdom.As a result, the demand for grain and grass materials will also increase greatly.

On the Nanyang side, in winter, the purchased grain is relatively small, at least the first batch of grain from Nanyang has to be harvested before it can be sent to Daming.At that time, Daming's own grain fields in the south and the supplementary high-yield crops will also be able to harvest.But it's a bit late, if we really have to wait until the food is available before doing anything, Jianlu and Japanese pirates will really join forces.

The best chance is to destroy the Jianlu before the Wa country sends troops.Now Jianlu has gone to urge the Wa country to send troops. Judging from the preparations of the Wa country, even if the Wa country will not send large-scale troops immediately, it will definitely send forward troops to land.After all, the Wa Kingdom itself was eager to occupy North Korea, and used the two years promised by Jianlu to gain a firm foothold in North Korea.

Now that the best fighter is in sight, where will the food come from?

The grain stored in the capital, including Tongzhou, is really not much. Even if it is crowded, it is estimated that it can only support more than ten thousand troops to march and fight for about a month.But if you want to eliminate Jianlu, you have to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, the battle line will be stretched, and the food consumption will be even more. It's just such a small amount of food, which is not realistic.

Although it was decided last year to immigrate the people in the pass to Hetao, as well as the Ningjin line, the food pressure in the pass will ease in the future.However, this year marks the first year of mass immigration.The initial consumption is not a lot, which means that in fact there will be no food saved.

So, where else can we squeeze the food out?

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this question, and couldn't help but fell into deep thinking.

I don't know how long it has passed, but he still can't think of a clue, so he thinks back to his later generations, to see if there is any experience that can be used for reference?

Needless to say, just as soon as he recalled it, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered what happened during the War of Liberation in later generations, and his eyes lit up immediately, or at this time, he could do it with his own prestige!

Thinking of this, he immediately summoned Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, and Li Ruolian, the commander of Jin Yiwei, and ordered them to verify his thoughts.

In just one day's work, the two sides of the factory guard reported the news, and the situation was similar to what Emperor Chongzhen thought.

"Hehe, that's good!" Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the two of them to verify the more specific situation within three days.

The reason why I gave him three days was to wait for Lu Xiangsheng's messenger to arrive and take this as an opportunity to do that.

Three days is actually very fast, Lu Xiangsheng's messenger of victory quickly galloped into the capital, and the officers and soldiers of the victory reported that Anshan Post Fort had been conquered, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty reappeared near Liaoyang.

For the people on the capital side, of course they know the situation in Liaodong, and they also know what the significance of conquering Anshan Post Fort is.Although they knew for a long time that it would be a matter of time before Anshan Post Fort was conquered, they were very happy that they had finally conquered it.

All of a sudden, the restaurants and teahouses in the capital, on the streets and alleys, changed the topic rarely. Most people no longer discussed what experiments should be done, but were talking about when the imperial army would conquer Liaoyang and Shenyang, eliminate Jianlu, and recover Liaodong!
After receiving the good news from Lu Xiangsheng, Emperor Chongzhen immediately convened a meeting with the participation of the six ministries, the nine officials, the cabinet, the supervisor of ceremonies, and the nobles of the capital. The venue was in the Hall of Martial Arts.

Seeing the rolling heads of people below, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and said with a smile: "Everyone, have you finished reading Lu Qing's memorial to the victory?"

Hearing this, the chief assistant, Xue Guoguan, led all the civil and military officials to salute Emperor Chongzhen and congratulate him on the victory.

However, this was not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted, so after they saluted, he withdrew his smile and said in a deep voice: "Lu Qing stated in the Memorial of Victory that Jianlu is now threatened by famine, and this winter has just passed. The big reduction is a good opportunity to crusade against Jianlu. If the delay continues and Jianlu finds food and recovers, the war will be much more difficult. He suggested that the court should take advantage of this rare opportunity to use troops against Jianlu. I deeply think so, what do you think?"

He himself said it first. I think Lu Xiangsheng is right. I agree. Who dares to object?
Under such circumstances, it does make sense, and naturally no one dared to object, but the Minister of the Ministry of Households still came forward and said: "Your Majesty, the timing is indeed a rare one, but it is difficult to prepare all the food, grass and materials needed by the army for the time being." ..."

I don't know if he was afraid of the emperor's dissatisfaction, so he then detailed all the grain and grass reserves on the capital's side to show that this is the truth, not that he wants to object.

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen did not interrupt him, and let all the officials in the palace hear clearly before speaking.

After the Minister of the Ministry of Households finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "The situation of grain and grass is indeed the case, but according to the information I have obtained from the factory guard, the capital should still be able to get grain."

Speaking of this, he picked up two memorials from the imperial case, raised them, and said to the officials below: "This is the memorial from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the content is basically the same..."

Hearing this, all the officials below were a little curious, wondering what the factory guard had said to the emperor, and where else could the food come from?

Just as they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say: "After the food and grass crisis in the capital caused by military disasters in the past few years, anyone in the capital who has a little money should pay attention to storing food in case of emergencies. Therefore, I have an idea. Isn't it Who can temporarily lend these surplus grains to the imperial court to build captives, and when the grains from the South and Southeast Asia arrive, I will return the grains, what do you think?"

"..." Upon hearing this, all the courtiers below were stunned for a moment. Their first reaction was to stare at the booklet in the emperor's hand, wondering if their situation had been discovered by the factory guards?
Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was the supervisor of ceremonies, was the first to react, and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this method is very clever. The servants do have some food in the Zhuangzi outside the palace, and they are willing to take it all out to meet the needs of the court! "

He is considered a fine person, knowing that the emperor raised it at this time, it must be done.And whoever responds first will win the emperor's favor the most.Therefore, he was the first to jump out and support it.This ability to judge the situation is also one of the reasons why he can always be in charge of the eunuch in front of the supervisor of ceremonies.

As soon as he started, those eunuchs who were in charge of ceremonies and holding pens immediately stood up to support him, playing the song in a hurry, and there was a very lively and enthusiastic feeling.

In fact, eunuchs such as these eunuchs do not have many family servants outside the palace, and usually eat and drink inside the palace, so there is actually not much food outside the palace.Even if you take them all out, it doesn't really bother you.At this time, they can express their attitude and gain the favor of the emperor. For them, why not do it!

But for civil servants and military generals and nobles, it's different!At this time, they all suddenly realized why the emperor summoned so many courtiers to discuss matters, and it turned out that it was for this food.But their family has a big business. Although there is a lot of food, they can also support a lot of mouths!
However, at this moment, no matter how stingy people are, they dare not express their views when they look at the two memorials in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen!Otherwise, I have stored a lot of food in my house, but I refuse to take it out, and I will definitely give myself a bad review in my heart when I look back at the numbers reported by the emperor's pair of factory guards.

Besides, didn't the emperor say that when the food is shipped over there, it will still be returned.

Based on such an idea, civil servants, generals, and those nobles all expressed their willingness to squeeze out the food they had saved to make up for the needs of the court.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen praised them very much, and then issued a decree to post a notice to explain the situation and publicize how much food was paid by which family, saying that he wanted to commend them and let their loyalty and patriotism It is known to the people of Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this is just an intention.If it is just gathering food and grass among these ministers, it is obviously not enough.There are many officials and wealthy businessmen in the capital, and they are the real big bosses.

These people in the Hall of Martial Heroes are actually just introductions.They took the lead. If those officials and rich businessmen know each other well, they don't need the court to be a villain, and they take out the food themselves, and it will be a happy scene for everyone.Otherwise, it will be a bit ugly to look back.

But who knows, the fact was beyond Emperor Chongzhen's expectation.

(End of this chapter)