Chongzhen Chat Group

The next day is the New Year's Eve, and this year, more than any other year, is celebrated more joyfully. The firecracker shop's inventory was almost wiped out. The sound of firecrackers in the capital almost never stopped. From time to time, it is also mixed with the joyful laughter of the people, and there is a strong smell of happiness. You can already feel it even before you eat the New Year's Eve dinner!

However, if some people are happy, some people must be unhappy. In the capital city, the salt merchants and the people behind the salt merchants felt that the emperor's gift was like a thunderbolt hitting their heads.

However, they are only a minority in the capital. Although they are rich and powerful, may they be more powerful than the imperial court? People living in the capital can best feel the emperor's prestige. It’s not like they haven’t been to Fengtianmen Square before. These people are self-aware. If they dare to cause trouble, even if they are not drowned by the spit of the people in the capital, there will naturally be soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanfu waiting for them.

Under current circumstances, even if these people had the courage to do so, they would not dare to cause trouble at the feet of the emperor. If they also knew that the underground forces in the capital were actually controlled by Jin Yiwei through Wu Ergou, they would not even dare to think about it.

However, they are naturally unwilling to have their interests violated. They just closed the door and comforted each other: "Don't be afraid, if the sky falls, there will still be tall people holding it up. When the news spreads to the south, the Lianghuai Salt Merchants will definitely cause trouble, right? We'll see what happens then. talk later!"

They were thinking that it would take some time for the news to reach the south. However, Emperor Chongzhen was already working on solving this problem.

On New Year's Eve, all civil and military officials had taken a break, but Emperor Chongzhen was also idle at this time. At this moment, he was lying quietly on a Taishi chair.

There was a fire dragon burning in this palace. Although it was still snowing heavily outside, the palace was as warm as spring. Emperor Chongzhen did not need to wear thick clothes. He closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something.

In fact, he is free now and feels that the achievement value is too much, so he keeps adding people. The number of people in the chat group is increasing. After finally adding one person, the number of group members reached one thousand.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen received a prompt from the system: "Ding, the number of group members has reached 1,000, and the buyout function has been activated. The host can choose whether to buy out the achievement points consumed by the temporary group?"

Since the chat group was transformed according to his wishes, the system has become almost invisible, and no one has spoken anymore. Suddenly speaking at this time, it is obvious that the set conditions at the one thousand member mark have been met.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little curious, and after learning about it, he understood. In the past, in addition to the main group, if you wanted to open a temporary chat group, you had to consume achievement points based on the number of members. But now, the system gives a choice. That is, you can choose to consume 100,000 achievement points at one time. Then you do not need to consume temporary groups to create temporary chat groups in the future. No matter how many temporary groups there are, no matter how many members there are in the temporary group.

Emperor Chongzhen understood this. He looked at the long series of numbers in the lower left corner of the chat group and smiled in his heart. It's just a 100,000 achievement value. Just buy it out.

Confirm with the system and complete the transaction. Then, the system became silent again and stopped talking. Emperor Chongzhen began to take action based on this new function.

He first opened a temporary group, named it Inner Palace Group, and added several concubines in the group, including Queen Zhou, Hai Lanzhu, and Concubine Tian.

Then a temporary group was opened, named the Northeast Theater Group, and civilian and military generals from Liaodong and North Korea were added to the group.

The Northern Theater Group included Hong Chengchou, Yang Sichang, Li Zicheng and others, covering the civilian and military generals in the area north of the Great Wall.

The Southwest Theater Group, this group originally existed, but its name was changed. It was used for the Yunnan and Annan wars led by Governor Zhu Xieyuan.

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Of course, the Dongchang Group and the Jinyiwei Group are also indispensable.

Anyway, Emperor Chongzhen created many groups in one go. Every group he could think of was created. There are even science and technology discussion groups.

There are more groups, but many temporary groups still have a few members. After all, many people still need to be added to the group.

Emperor Chongzhen was not worried about this. His reputation was at its peak, and the achievement value of the capital's millions of people was increasing one after another. After these few years of contribution, it was almost there. The entry of the Liao army into Beijing gave another wave of achievement points. Now my achievement value is in the tens of millions. We should add some people in a targeted manner.

Starting from next year, whether it is for achievement points or for other reasons, Emperor Chongzhen plans to stop staying in the capital and go out more. He has already set his next goal, but it has not been announced yet.

Looking at so many chat groups that had been created, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and suddenly he remembered to create a group, which was a communication group. In this group, we select from the existing members. They must be present in all parts of the country, at least in provincial capitals and prefectural capitals. They must be recruited into the post system of the Ministry of War, and then be responsible for conveying news from the capital. When there are enough people in the future, people at the county level will be added. In this way, news from the capital can spread throughout the country as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of running a newspaper. The news conveyed through the chat group should be new enough!

However, the current literacy rate in Ming Dynasty is still too low. If this newspaper is run, many people will still be blind. Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt that it didn't matter. Newspapers had to be published after all. If the people were illiterate, they could let the storytelling masters of the post station system read the newspapers. In addition, there must be some scholars who are not willing to go to restaurants and teahouses to listen, and there is also a need to buy newspapers. Moreover, the emergence of newspapers can also promote people's motivation to become literate. So be it, this thing will start after the new year, and what should be there must be there.

Another advantage of doing this is that public opinion will no longer be swayed by a tiny minority like before. The policies of the imperial court can be conveyed to the literate and illiterate people immediately, and can effectively prevent the people from being fooled.

This chat group is really good! With this chat group, Ming Dynasty will be firmly in my hands! No, not the Ming Dynasty, but the earth will be firmly in my hands!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and couldn't help but smile on his face, exited the chat group, and opened his eyes.

He didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he found Queen Zhou leading a group of concubines standing in front of him, silently, obviously not wanting to disturb him.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen stood up and asked Queen Zhou with a smile: "But is it time for the New Year's Eve dinner?"

Queen Zhou is also a member of the chat group, so she can naturally know what the emperor is doing in the chat group, because she was pulled into two groups. Hearing this, he smiled and nodded.

Emperor Chongzhen was confirmed and walked away. However, when he thought of something, he stopped and allowed Cao Huachun, who was serving beside him, to put on his coat. He also told Queen Zhou: "The Ming Dynasty is getting better and better every year, and everyone should be happy. This year in the palace, All rewards will be doubled, no, tripled!"

The equity dividends from the Sixth Department are collected into the national treasury, but the equity dividends from the Inner Palace are still retained. No one has an opinion on this either. After all, those things were all caused by the emperor. In addition, the war bureau also belonged to the palace, and the profits from the arms trade also belonged to the palace. The profits from the steam engines also belonged to the palace. Emperor Chongzhen's personal pockets were also huge. Because of this, he had the confidence to change his tune and get twice as much reward.

As soon as the emperor said this, everyone was overjoyed. Because this New Year reward belongs to everyone, including the queen and concubines, as well as the maids and chamberlains. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the palace was particularly harmonious compared to previous years. There is no such thing as palace fighting at all. Regardless of whether they are male or female, they always smile and nod to each other whenever they meet. People who are familiar and have a good relationship will also say "Happy New Year"!

At the same time, the Japanese country was also celebrating the New Year.

In the original history, the Japanese country changed to celebrating the solar year after the Meiji Restoration, and no longer learned Chinese customs to celebrate the new year.

But at this time, I am naturally proud of Chinese customs and celebrate the Lunar New Year.

The Daming Palace of the Satsuma Domain on Kyushu Island has been changed to the residence of the Toyotomi Shogunate, and its owner is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's grandson, Toyotomi Kunimatsu. They were also having New Year's Eve dinner, but instead of eating alone, there were a group of people, including several money rat tails alone.

The women of the Japanese state were dancing in the middle, and Toyotomi Kunisong and Dorgon sat side by side. The first position on the lower side of Dorgon's side is Hauge, followed by Duduo and Azig, and Ying Erdai is at the end. On the other side are naturally Toyotomi Kunimatsu's men.

Don't look at it, Dorgon and Hauge seem to be in harmony now, but before that, when Dorgon first arrived in Japan, if not everyone including Toyotomi Kunimatsu, Ying Erdai, the leader of the Catholic Church, and the samurai Masuda Hao Ci and Xiyi Allen were trying to break up the fight, and they almost got into a fight.

In the end, Dorgon was still the legitimate emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and Hauge was named the nephew by Dorgon, which was actually the prince. This was able to temporarily resolve the conflict. Of course, what outsiders don't know is that Qian Fugui actually contributed a lot in this matter. To put it even more exaggeratedly, it was Emperor Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng and others who helped them make suggestions and finally came up with such a solution. Otherwise, when the Tokugawa shogunate still had the upper hand, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to benefit from such a fierce fight between the Jianlu!

However, this also let Toyotomi Kunimatsu and others know that the Qing army, which fought so fiercely, was actually driven into the sea by the Ming Dynasty. Doesn't that mean that the Ming army was far more powerful than the Qing army?

When he came to this conclusion, Toyotomi Kunimatsu had not slept well for several days and nights, or Dorgon discovered something was wrong first and quickly did his ideological work, saying that the main reason why the Qing Dynasty failed to defeat the Ming Dynasty was There is no food. Otherwise, how could the Qing army be defeated by the Ming army if it was such an elite army? In order to be convincing, he also mentioned that the reason why the Qing Dynasty was invincible in the northern and southern Liaoning campaigns was because there was no shortage of food.

After helping Toyotomi Kunimatsu to conquer Japan and regain the lost power, the Qing Dynasty will have enough food and supplies. The Qing warriors will be able to counterattack the mainland and take back Liaodong without going hungry. They can even join forces with Toyotomi Kunimatsu. , destroy the Ming Dynasty and divide the world equally.

In his words, he also reminded Toyotomi Kunimatsu many times not to think about compromising with Mingguo. In the past, your grandfather Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to directly fight the Ming army. How many people died in the Ming army? This feud has been forged long ago and it is impossible to untie it. There is evidence that the Ming army is now very particular about the fact that those who violate the Ming will be punished no matter how far away they are. This shows that Dorgon did not tell lies.

Toyotomi Kunimatsu's ability was far less than that of his grandfather. After being "enlightened" by Dorgon, he suddenly became enlightened and no longer worried about the Manchu affairs.

However, Dorgon was very disappointed in his heart. It's not that Toyotomi Kunimatsu's ability is a problem, on the contrary, it's that Toyotomi Kunimatsu's inability is in line with his inner plan. To counterattack the mainland, he was just deceiving others, but he could not deceive himself. With the Ming army's current strength, even if the Qing Dynasty had sufficient food and grass, it would not be its opponent.

The hope in his heart at this time was the disappointment for Xi Yi who was looking forward to it. The Catholic army was actually basically Japanese. There are not many Western Yi people. After some conversations, I feel that I think that as long as I am a Western Yi, I can make guns, cannons and ships. In fact, it is just wishful thinking!

These Xiyi could deceive and fool others, but they could not fool Dorgon. He even doubted that if these Western barbarians were allowed to make guns, cannons and ships, their level would be able to catch up with the level of Ming craftsmen!

At this time, Dorgon also hated Tokugawa Iemitsu. It was this guy who drove away all the Western barbarians in the Japanese country, leaving only a very small number of red-haired ghosts. These few Westerners secretly stayed behind under the cover of the believers. Otherwise, if there are more Western Yi people, there will always be someone who can truly understand how to make guns, cannons, and ships.

Of course, Dorgon was not without gains. After talking to these Westerners, he also learned that there was a continent on the other side of the sea, which was larger than the Ming Kingdom. And the most important thing is that there are not many people there, they are just aborigines who drink Maoru blood, just primitive people. Hearing this really opened his eyes.

While eating New Year's Eve dinner, Dorgon and Toyotomi Kunimatsu were discussing the war with the Tokugawa shogunate next year.

Speaking of which, after years of war on Kyushu Island, supplies are also in short supply. These people are all thinking about how to collect supplies. In this regard, Dorgon and other Manchu leaders had experience. They taught Toyotomi Kunimatsu their methods in Liaodong and how they dealt with the Ming army in the past. In other words, they taught Toyotomi Kunimatsu to follow their instructions. Method, go fight with the Tokugawa shogunate.

There is only one very important thing. Before the war starts, spies must be planted there first.

They were chatting about this matter, but Qian Fugui, who was standing behind Hauge, heard every word.

Thanks to anniexie, Chaoyin 1992 for the tip! I finally sent it out before 12 o'clock, but it's a pity that it's not the Chinese New Year, otherwise it would be just in time for the occasion.