Domineering Daming

Zhu Xu stood at the highest point of Qianqing Palace, looking in the direction of Tianjin Wei.

Holding on to the railing, facing the wind, he couldn't hide his excitement, and said with a smile, "Xiao Cao, are you excited?"

Cao Huachun didn't know why, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the three lords will definitely win the battle."

Zhu Xu smiled and said nothing, looked up at the sky, a horse formed by clouds, slowly heading north.

The real big time is coming.

Chapter 221

As Yuan Keli's three-man army rolled southward, discussions arose in the court.

Because the operation of the [-] army not only cost a lot of money, but also the guards all over the coast also loudly opposed it.

At the court discussion, both the Donglin Party and the neutral ministers were quite critical, and they all believed that the coastal guards for suppressing bandits would be enough to have command divisions everywhere.Moreover, there are many guards in various places, so there is no need to recruit troops again, which is a waste of court tax money.

What's more, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites are now vacant, and there are only two ministers in the cabinet. The ministers have been arguing for more than two hours.

Zhu Xu kept silent all the time, and when they got tired of fighting, they ended the court meeting with a word of "negotiating again".

July fifteenth.

As soon as the court discussion was over, Zhu Xu hurriedly left the Huangji Hall, and asked as he walked, "How is it? What's the news from Shandong?"

Cao Huachun was beside him, and followed quickly: "Your Majesty, Master Yuan has come to play the book, and the banditry along the coast has basically been eradicated, but the banditry on land has pervaded the entire Shandong Province, and many guards are involved, so it is difficult to completely eradicate it. "

Banditry is not a serious problem in Shandong at the moment, it's because of the corruption of the military and government. The guards in various places look like officials and bandits.

Zhu Xu paused in his footsteps, and said: "Decree, Yuan Keli and the three will continue to go south. Order Lu Xiangsheng to march the whole army into Jinan Mansion, and then order Sun Chengzong to go to Shandong in person. Shandong must be restructured as soon as possible!"

Cao Huachun's face changed slightly, and he said: "Your Majesty, since Mr. Sun leaves Beijing, there will be no one in charge of the Ministry of War."

Zhu Xu walked quickly, waved his hands and said: "The Ministry of War is fine, let Huo Weihua keep an eye on it."

Cao Huachun didn't know why Zhu Xu was in such a hurry, but he didn't dare to ask, so he agreed.

When Zhu Xu came to Wenzhao Pavilion, Luo Yangxing and Zhu Zonghan were already waiting.

The two of them knelt on one knee at the same time: "I kowtow to the emperor."

Zhu Xu waved his hand, sat on the soft bed, looked at the two of them and said, "Tell me about the situation."

Luo Yangxing said: "Returning to the emperor, the deputy general of Guangxi rebelled and linked up with the rebels in Yunnan. Now they have pushed into Huguang, the Dutch soldiers have entered Penghu, and the Annan people are also disturbing the border."

Zhu Xu sat on the soft bed, took a sip of tea, and looked calm.

Daming can be said to be troubled at this time, with endless internal and external troubles.

Thinking that Huang Taiji will come to power next year, this is not Nurhachi, who is dying. He is young and ambitious. After taking power, he will invade the south almost every year. In addition, the natural disasters in Ming Dynasty will become more and more serious, and Zhu Xu will be under more and more pressure. bigger.

He took a deep breath, stood up and took a few steps, and said: "Keep watching, step up deployment, and there must be more pigeons. Cao Huachun, sent a decree to the General Army of Penghu, Commander Division of Guangxi Capital, to prepare the army for war, whether it is the Dutch The Annan people, or the rebellious people, are severely suppressed, and reinforcements will arrive soon. At the same time, an order was sent to Yang Sichang to go straight down from Henan to Jiangxi to suppress the bandits, and an order was sent to Qin Liangyu to lead troops into Huguang to wipe out all bandits."

"According to the order!"

A series of decrees are issued from the palace, and it is difficult to hide them.

The courtiers discussed and objected loudly, and all kinds of memorials flew into the Ritual Supervisor. Even if it was Zhu Youjian, Sun Chengzong felt that Zhu Xu was too eager, and advised him not to rush forward. If you are impatient, you can't eat hot tofu, which will only cause more trouble.

They don't know the pressure on Zhu Xu, if they don't hurry up to train troops and wipe out bandits now, it will only become more and more difficult next year.

By August, the banditry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was basically wiped out. The two provinces were relatively small, and there was nothing to do. Sun Chuanting and Yuan Keli were very skilled people. Once reorganized, the original system will be disrupted.

When Sun Chengzong came over, a group of generals who were promoted were promoted, those who were demoted were demoted, and the decree was sent to the capital directly.

As the momentum of the soldiers gradually increased, the [-] army was like a sharp sword, rushing towards Fujian like a storm.

Fujian is the most complicated. Shangao, Emperor Yuan, Chief Secretary, and Chase Division all command the three divisions. The relationship between the three divisions is intricate, and the local guards are also linked together. There has long been an offensive and defensive alliance. Sun Chuanting almost failed to enter the city. It was still Man Gui's temper, and the cavalry took up positions and threatened to attack the city. Only then did Fuzhou open the city gate.

Sun Chuanting was also annoyed, so he took out the arrow ordered by the king, summoned the commander of the capital, and the heads of the guards from all over the place to the yamen, and then put them all under house arrest.The [-]-strong army rampaged, suppressing the commanding department of the capital, and forcibly rectified it almost brutally.

When Sun Chengzong arrived, Sun Chuanting was almost done.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng frightened a group of officials and bandits in Shandong. When Sun Chengzong left, he also led the order and joined forces with Yang Sichang to enter Anhui from Henan, transfer to Jiangxi, and go straight to Huguang.

Qin Liangyu's army was the most prosperous, and Sichuan was constantly in chaos. Her subordinates were all elite soldiers and generals, who had fought for half their lives and were familiar with the four southwestern provinces.

Hong Chengchou of Shaanxi also made great efforts to mobilize his troops, and frequently organized troops in Shanxi and Shanxi.

The Ming Dynasty had nearly 30 soldiers and horses in the north and south of the river. This kind of action has to be traced back. Recently, only during the three major Korean conquests did so many soldiers and horses be mobilized. Even if the Ming Dynasty conquered Nurhachi, it only used 15 troops.

With such a big arrangement by Zhu Xu, there were not a few waves in the court. Princes, ministers, royal family members, and countless memorials flew into the palace, asking the emperor to act cautiously so as not to cause chaos in the world.

In the end, even Empress Zhang was alarmed, and came to Qianqing Palace in person. In name, Xiao Yongning missed the emperor's uncle, so she calmly persuaded her.

On August [-]th, inside Wenzhao Pavilion.

Zhu Xu flipped through the playbook, feeling a lot of pressure in his heart.

With the mobilization of soldiers and horses from all over the world, not only did the banditry in various parts of the country not decrease, but they were on the verge of starting a prairie fire, and officers and soldiers rebelled one after another. In the four southwestern provinces alone, there were three general soldiers with more than [-] soldiers and horses, colluding with the rioters, and more than [-] Human scale!

Zhu Youjian asked for an order to send three governors and four governors to appease the localities with the order.

Zhu Xu wrote the word "Tingyi" on the memorial book and put it aside, and then saw that all places asked for more soldiers.

With the reform of the military system in various places, more and more personnel need to be resettled. Not only are the nearly 30 troops eating and drinking, but all provinces, prefectures and counties are short of money, and then they keep reaching out to the court.

Zhu Xu sat there, doing some calculations. In the past six months alone, the state treasury plus his internal money, nearly 2000 million taels of silver were thrown out!

"Spending money is like running water."

Zhu Xu sighed, and he had to give up the money. Just now, he was hit with a dull stick, and if he didn't give the sweetheart, he would lose his support.

Fifteen provinces, Zhu Xu silently calculated for a while, raised his head and said to Cao Huachun: "Pass down the decree to the cabinet, the resettlement fee of 50 taels for each province is earmarked for exclusive use, and no private embezzlement is allowed."

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, his heart was bleeding, and this was another 650 million taels.

Cao Huachun bowed and said, "Observe the order."

Zhu Xu suppressed his heartache, and said while flipping through the booklet: "How is the integration of the East Factory now?"

Cao Huachun looked at Zhu Xu, hesitated for a while and said, "Feng Zhu, his ability is still not enough. The East Factory has expanded so much at once, and he can't hold it back."

"Can't hold back..."

Zhu Xu raised his head, squinted his eyes, slapped the booklet in his hand, his eyes flickered slightly, and suddenly said: "You go to the Ministry of Punishment yourself, and bring Wei Zhongxian to me, don't let anyone know."

Cao Huachun was startled, he had a vague premonition a long time ago, and now there are waves in the court, if this one comes out again, I'm afraid it will not be waves, but shocking waves!