Self Rescue of the Faint King

Thanks to the hard work of the emperor and courtiers, the Shaanxi-Gansu drought this time did not cause much loss. The main reason is that the two newly promoted crops played a big role. Although corn and potatoes have been eaten for a long time, I don’t think it’s a big deal. It tastes good, but it is the most important thing for farmers to fill their stomachs.

As for whether it is delicious or not, that is not something they should consider.

However, Taibaiju in the capital took advantage of the opportunity to launch a potato feast and a corn feast. I don’t know how their cooks thought about it. Such a fantastic idea, so delicious, according to unreliable news, the emperor also came here in private The purpose of passing Taibaiju is to taste the potato feast and corn feast.

With such rumors, the business of Taibaiju has become more and more prosperous. The boss is also a capable person, and he has expanded the branch to all parts of Daming. Isn't this from Beijing, a leading fashion thing?

Of course, the rich have their own way of eating, and the poor also have their own way of eating. The creativity of ordinary people is endless, and this potato is a thing that can be matched with everything. Therefore, the well-known potato noodles in Northwest China are launched along the way. up.

Of course, this is the wisdom of the common people, not Chongzhen's idea. Sure enough, the masters are among the people.

Although there is a severe drought, at least the common people will not starve to death, eat the grass roots and bark, eat the Guanyin soil, eat the seeds without changing them, or expose the corpses to death, or make the people unable to live. to rebel.

Can Chongzhen still be dissatisfied?

Even the rebels in Daming territory, Gao Yingxiang and others have to rely on the food relief from the government, hehe, if I tell you to "steal and die", then you will starve to death.

But even if it was Mojie, Chongzhen couldn't ignore it. After the negotiations with Houjin were completed and Lu Xiangsheng's new army expanded, he would wipe out all the traitors in Ming Dynasty.

It's time to train soldiers. This time, with full preparations, if those mud legs can be allowed to invade Beijing again and force him to death, Chongzhen might as well wipe his neck and hang himself now.

The war was won and the drought was lifted, but this did not mean that Chongzhen's life was easy.Immediately next year, the plague will strike after the severe drought. Although he has already made preparations everywhere, he still has no idea. What is the specific situation and how effective this new measure will be? Not sure.

However, this did not prevent him from recruiting doctors from the Imperial Hospital and the general public to form an epidemic prevention expert group. Among them, Xiao Guangtuan recommended one, named Wu Youke, who was said to be an expert in plague research.

Chongzhen still attached great importance to Xiaoguangtuan's recommendation, so he issued a decree and recruited Wu Youke, but he didn't seem to be any special, and his ordinary appearance made Chongzhen a little disappointed.

However, he came here for the purpose of epidemic prevention, not a blind date or recruiting a son-in-law. Therefore, the emperor concealed his inner disappointment, comforted Wu Youke, and then sent the medical team to various places to carry out epidemic prevention work.

This is not something that can be done overnight, it is a matter of national chess, a lot of herbs, quicklime and the like, all need to be prepared in advance.

Of course, the prescriptions of Dayuan Drink and Sanxiao Drink created by Wu Youke were also handed over to Wu Youke by the emperor.

The emperor didn't know that it was founded by Wu Youke, but Xiao Guangtuan said so, so he did it casually.

It will take seven or eight years for Wu Youke to create these two kinds of prescriptions, and now they are coming out ahead of schedule, hoping to help more people.

Of course, his "Plague Theory" Xiaoguangtuan didn't provide it, so I'll leave it to him.Wu Youke didn't know that this was originally his own, he was very grateful for the emperor's appreciation and value, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must do something to help the emperor solve problems.

In the second year of Chongzhen, after the severe drought, the plague was rampant. Although the government had prepared for it, it was not enough. People died one after another, and tens of thousands of people died in Shaanxi Province.

During this period, Sun Chuanting, who was in charge of military affairs in Shaanxi (historically, this person became the governor of Shaanxi only nine years after Chongzhen, which is now ahead of schedule.) received a secret decree that he could not figure out. The emperor even asked himself to kill a small postman. , Li Zicheng.

What the hell is going on here?It's just a small postman, don't guess what the emperor is thinking, don't guess.

But since the emperor had issued a secret decree, then this Li Zicheng must die, not die.

Sun Chuanting paid enough attention to the emperor's secret decree, and personally led people to find Li Zicheng, a young postman, and then killed him with one blow.

As for the head, it was natural that the imperial envoys brought it back to the capital for a mission. Although everyone didn't quite understand the emperor's intentions, they still carried out this task faithfully.

The news of the death of a generation of rebel Li Zicheng made Chongzhen very happy and excited, but obviously he never understood one thing. If his governance of the country is not effective and the people cannot eat enough, without Li Zicheng, maybe there will be Wang Zicheng , and Zhang Zicheng.

This is the so-called hero of the times.

After Li Zicheng died, the plague in the whole country was also controlled within a certain range. Lu Xiangsheng took the new army to find Gao Yingxiang. Thieves, return the world to a bright world.

With the experience of fighting the Tazi soldiers last time, Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the new army. Although Sun Chuanting had only been in Shaanxi for two years, he was obviously not a mediocre person. Whether it is military affairs or people's livelihood, it has been quite effective.

This time he fully cooperated with Lu Xiangsheng in suppressing the bandits, and when he saw Lu Xiangsheng's new army, he naturally knew how much the emperor attached importance to this matter.

I'm afraid this time the emperor is going to complete his work in one battle!The new army has been sent over, how can these bandits be spared.

Starting from Zunhua, Lu Xiangsheng led a small part of the new army day and night, and finally came to the Shaanxi-Gansu area. However, these bandits are not fools. Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan are all places with steep terrain. Once drilled, it is not an easy task to find out.

Fortunately, these people are not gods who don't eat fireworks in the world. As long as you show signs of activity, Lu Xiangsheng can send someone to find out their lair.

The fighting power of the new army is certainly eye-catching, but their training methods are the good things that make Sun Chuanting jealous.

It is said that this method was given to Lu Xiangsheng by the emperor, and Sun Chuanting admired even more the little emperor who he had met once.

A few days ago, he had heard from those medical officials that the prescription for curing the plague was also given by the emperor. How much respect does this Holy Master have?

Fortunately, Sun Chuanting soon became happy, and Lu Xiangsheng handed over a small team under his command to Sun Chuanting to train a group of people specially for him.

In fact, what Sun Chuanting hopes more is that his men can enter the new army to study for a while, but since Lu Xiangsheng has already sent someone over, what else can he say?

Lu Xiangsheng promoted a group of middle-level officers and soldiers from his own army, and then used them as seeds. Of course, he had other careful considerations in choosing these people, that is, to let the new army see the skills of his subordinates. The army is a hero, and our soldiers in Shaanxi just eat dry food.

In order to take the lead, Lu Xiangsheng participated in the first day of training just like ordinary soldiers.

After only half a day, this man expressed great admiration for the new army. These people are indeed not human.

As far as the amount of training is concerned, most people simply can't stand it.

But how did he know that Lu Xiangsheng increased his training volume by [-]% in order to give him a warning, but don't underestimate the [-]% because the new army has been training for how long, and there are still people who can't fully adapt to this amount, let alone Sun Chuanting people.

Next, taking advantage of the trend, the amount of training was reduced, and Sun Chuanting, who was kept in the gourd, was secretly grateful.

This is what the old fox is capable of. Now, let alone suppressing bandits, Sun Chuanting, the top leader in Shaanxi, fully supports Lu Xiangsheng's actions.

With local support and the ability of his new army, Lu Xiangsheng believed that the rebels would be captured without a fight?

Although the emperor far away in the capital paid attention to the situation in the Shaanxi-Gansu area, but the distance was so far that he could not understand everything. Besides, although Shaanxi-Gansu sounds important, it is only a corner of the country. The Ming Dynasty is so big, so we have to worry about it. What can be done less?

The year of Chongzhen was not all bad things. On the fourth day of February, the eldest son of Chongzhen was born, especially the empress Zhou, who was of great character.

Emperor Tianqi had no heir, so the throne fell to Zhu Youjian's head. He didn't want to follow in the footsteps of his elder brother at all. Now that the eldest son came to the world, it was really a big deal for Chongzhen. good news.

Of course, for the entire Ming Dynasty, the birth of the heir is also worthy of great celebration.

The imperial edict said: "As the emperor, I will honor the ancestors in accordance with the calendar, and the first place is the Yuan Chu. Youlong's descendant, I will bow down to Piji, and I will only remember my emperor's ancestors. Prosperous heirs continue, look forward to consoling and governing. Hereby God lives in Xin, and Zong Yu is blessed. The first son was born on the fourth day of February this year. It was born by the Queen Zhou, and the first son of Zhongwei to open the tomb. The best wishes of Yuanliang .”

Now that the eldest son is born, there will naturally be many activities such as amnesty for the world and praying for the eldest son of the emperor.

The emperor's decree made everyone happy.

Chongzhen naturally attached great importance to the children born after Zhou Hou. In order to prevent the tragedy that Emperor Tianqi valued the nurse again, the children were breastfed by Zhou Hou herself. After his own son was brought up, it happened that he didn't get close to him, which was quite in the emperor's mind.

After various actions, people can see Zhu Cihong's (lang: three tones) status in the emperor's heart.Fortunately, the eldest son is the heir, so there will be no further disturbances.

The birth of the eldest son of the emperor made Chongzhen feel much better. The whole person exudes joy, and the people below are also happy. The emperor is in a good mood, and life for them is also easy.

Because of Wei Wei, the emperor's trust in his ministers is basically a negative number now, and everyone's life is really hard.

Furthermore, above the court, whenever something happened, the courtiers would blame the internal ministers for their mistakes and push them to take the blame.

This is not only a shirk of responsibility, but also a good excuse. Chongzhen was speechless. This is the banner of the Donglin party members today. The emperor has to swear a few words in his bedroom from time to time to force Suppress your anger.

Zhu Cilang was born, although Chongzhen had no intention of canonizing him as a prince, but many people had already called him the prince in private.

This kind of news naturally couldn't escape Chongzhen's ears. Of course there was Zhou Hou's handwriting in it, but the emperor didn't refute the rumors.

This is the tacit consent!