Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 101 Yuan Chonghuan's Five-Year Ping-Liao
"Go and tell Song Hu and the others to come to the lobby. I have something important to see them." Zhao Wen said to Liu Wenzhong in a deep voice with his eyes wide open.

Liu Wenzhong cupped his hands at Zhao Wen, and then walked out.

A few minutes later, the hall was full of people.

Everyone sat in the hall in iron armor, looking curiously at Zhao Wen who was sitting in the main seat.

Zhao Wen looked around and said in a deep voice, "Do you know why I called you here?"

Zhao Daniu frowned, looked at Zhao Wen, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what the lord is looking for us for?"

Zhao Wen looked at the crowd and asked, "Do you know how much food is left?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Wen with doubts on their faces, and whispered: "I don't know!"

"There are only four or five thousand shi of grain left, and it won't be long before it will be gone," Zhao Wen said.

"My lord, there is only so much grain left, what should we do?" Zhao Daniu frowned, looked at Zhao Wen, and said anxiously: "Are we going to buy grain from those Shanxi merchants? These Shanxi merchants are not good things. I reckon they'll take advantage of it."

"Yes, yes, my lord, they will definitely take advantage of the fire." Song Hu also hurriedly answered.

Zhao Wen chuckled twice, and said with a smile: "Look for them? When did I say I want to look for them?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Wen with doubts on their faces, not knowing why.In the entire north, food is basically under the control of Shanxi merchants, who else can they look for?

"We can find Tartars!" Zhao Wen said with a stern face.

"My lord, do you mean to snatch the Tartars?" Song Hu's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood what Zhao Wen meant.

Zhao Wen stood up from his chair, walked around the hall twice, and said, "That's right, it's about robbing the Tartars. They can only be allowed to rob us, can't we rob them?"

A bloodthirsty light flashed on Zhao Daniu's face, his eyes were full of belligerence, "Hey, my lord, I support you, so I should rob them."

"That's right, grab a fortune." Wang Qi and Liu Wu also echoed.

Zhao Wen looked at the crowd, nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "This time I will only bring 300 people, who of you wants to go?"

"My lord, I have to go. The Guards are your guards. There is no reason not to go." Zhao Daniu stood up from his chair and looked at Zhao Wen eagerly.

Not to be outdone, Song Hu said to Zhao Wen in a deep voice, "My lord, the two hundred soldiers under my command are excellent in training, it's time for them to see blood."

"My lord, my lord, we are going too!" Liu Wu and Wang Qi also hurriedly said.

Zhao Wen watched the crowd scrambling for the first place, and said, "This time we are going to the grassland, and these 300 people must be able to ride horses. Even if they can't fight on horseback, they must be able to gallop on horseback.

This time is different from the past. We are going to the grassland to plunder, so we can't ride a horse. "

When everyone heard this, they instantly became dumbfounded.

Among these recruits, few could ride horses.These recruits used to be honest peasants. They had never seen a horse a few times, so how could they ride a horse?

"What's the matter? Could it be that your subordinates can't even find anyone who can ride a horse?" Zhao Wen frowned and looked at everyone.

Zhao Daniu had a bitter face, and said in a sad voice: "My lord, I really can't find them. These people used to be peasants, and they didn't even see horses a few times. How could they know how to ride horses? The training time is also short. , haven't had time to learn yet!"

"Your ones are the same?" Zhao Wen looked at the others.

"Except for those veterans who can ride horses, there are not many others." Everyone hurriedly said.

Zhao Wen frowned tightly as he listened to everyone's words.

Now Zhao Wen has about 600 horses under his command, more than 500 of which were captured by Wu Keshan.

Now there are war horses, but few who can ride horses can be found.

Zhao Wen looked at the lowered heads of the crowd, and said immediately, "I'll give you three days to make them know how to ride horses. It doesn't matter if they can fight on horseback or not, at least they must be able to sit on horseback and run on horseback. "

"Yes!"

Everyone clasped their fists at Zhao Wen and hurried outside.

Many of the more than 100 veterans under Zhao Wen could ride horses, but there are only more than 100 of them.It's far away from more than 300 people.

Besides, Zhao Wen's move also meant to temper the recruits, so it is impossible to bring all the more than 100 veterans, at most, only about twenty or thirty.

The rest will stay in Longmen Fort and be responsible for the guard work of Longmen Fort.

At the same time, Chongzhen was sitting in the imperial study concentrating on reviewing the memorial.

He looked at the memorial in his hand, put down the brush in his hand, and looked out of the window, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, "Ningyuan's mutiny, what did the governor Bi Zisu and the general Zhu Mei do? They are simply incompetent."

In the first year of Chongzhen, the Shu and Chu soldiers of the Thirteenth Battalion of Ningyuan, headed by Zhang Zhengchao and Zhang Sishun, made an alliance with blood. They wanted to get back the four months' salary they owed. , Asking for money from the two.

Bi Zisu expressed that he was unable to support him. In fact, before that, Bi Zisu had declared the arrears of payment to the court nine times, but the court ignored it.In fact, Bi Zisu's brother, Bi Ziyan, is the secretary of the household department and in charge of finance. Because finances are tight, he can only ignore him.

In fact, this mutiny had little to do with Bi Zisu and Zhu Mei.

The court couldn't send any money, and the two of them had nothing to do.

But these soldiers didn't care that much. At the moment of the mutiny, Bi Zisu and Zhu Mei were tied up by the enraged soldiers and hung on the city wall.

Chongzhen slammed the memorial in his hand to the ground, and kicked it twice again, still angry.

"Incompetent, simply extremely incompetent, they are all a bunch of stupid pigs, stupid pigs!"

From the beginning to the end, Chongzhen didn't think that the Ningyuan mutiny was related to him. From the beginning to the end, he thought that these officials were incompetent and useless.

Seeing the furious Chongzhen, the eunuch in the imperial study hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling.

"My lord, my lord, don't get angry because of such a trivial matter, don't get angry." Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and said anxiously.

Chongzhen kicked the imperial case over and kicked it over, "Is this a bad thing? Huh, this is an earth-shattering thing. If one is not careful, it will lead to a catastrophe, a catastrophe."

Chongzhen kept walking in the imperial study room, his face was full of anger.

At this moment, a little eunuch knelt at the door and said in a low voice: "My lord, Yuan Chonghuan is here and is waiting at the gate of the palace."

"What? Yuan Chonghuan is here? Come on, please!" A smile gradually appeared on Chongzhen's anxious face.

Yuan Chonghuan's visit to Beijing was actually called by Chongzhen.

Yuan Chonghuan, a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli (1619), later worked at the border through self-recommendation, and was valued by Sun Chengzong to guard Ningyuan.In the war against the establishment of slaves, he successively achieved the great victories of Ningyuan and Ningjin, but Wei Zhongxian resigned and returned to his hometown because he was not happy.It is said that Yuan Chonghuan bombarded Nurhachi to death with cannons.

Chongzhen also heard about this.In Chongzhen's view, Yuan Chonghuan's ability to kill the slave chieftain Nurhachi proved that Yuan Chonghuan was a man of great ability.

Now Chongzhen felt that the situation in Liaodong was difficult, so he thought of him and asked him to come to Beijing from his hometown to meet this powerful figure.

But before Yuan Chonghuan came to Beijing, there was a mutiny in Ningyuan.Now that Yuan Chonghuan is here, Chongzhen's irritable heart is much calmer.

Chongzhen sat on the chair, Wang Chengen hurriedly straightened the overturned imperial case, and neatly stacked the memorials.

"Grassman Yuan Chonghuan, pay homage to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

A black-faced man with a short stature kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, and made a big salute to Chongzhen.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan was just a white body without an official position, so he called himself a grassroots.

Chongzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan, squeezed his chin, and kept nodding.

"This Yuan Chonghuan is really different from those officials in the court." Chongzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan with joy.

As the saying goes, when you look at someone pleasing to the eye, even if the person is ugly, you will feel that the ugly has a distinctive character.Chongzhen was in this state at this time.

"Aiqing please get up!" Chongzhen said hastily with a smile on his face.

"Bring a chair to Yuan Aiqing!" Chongzhen pointed to Yuan Chonghuan and said to Wang Chengen.

Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly gave a big gift, and carefully placed half of his buttocks on the chair.

Chongzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan and said with a smile, "Aiqing, how are you doing recently?"

Yuan Chonghuan said respectfully: "Although the grass people live comfortably in their hometown, they feel a little anxious in their hearts."

"Anxiety? Where does Aiqing get anxiety? Tell me for me to hear?" Chongzhen suddenly became interested, sat on a chair, and leaned forward.

Yuan Chonghuan looked worried, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now Shanxi and Shanxi are suffering from continuous drought, the northern Tartars invaded the border, and Liaodong built slaves to invade Shanhaiguan. How can I be safe when I am in my hometown?"

Chongzhen let out a long breath, and said slowly: "It seems that you are really different from those officials in the court. If the officials in the court have a half-hearted thought of loving the Qing and worrying about the country and the people, the court will not be like this. The point.

The imperial court is now in a difficult situation. Not long ago, there was another fold in the land of Ningyuan.There was a mutiny in Ningyuan, and the governor and the commander-in-chief were all tied up by the rebels.Coupled with Jiannu's invasion of Shanhaiguan, things in Liaodong are very corrupt now! "

"What? Mutiny in Ningyuan? What's going on?" Yuan Chonghuan was taken aback, and looked at Chongzhen in disbelief.

The Ningyuan mutiny happened only a few days ago, and Yuan Chonghuan didn't know about it.

"Hey, if this matter can't be resolved, then that, alas!" Chongzhen sighed heavily.

Yuan Chonghuan listened to Chongzhen's sigh, thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "This is a great opportunity, if I catch it, I, Yuan Chonghuan, will turn around!"

Yuan Chonghuan was very excited, but on the surface he still pretended to be concerned about the country and the people.

Yuan Chonghuan squinted his eyes, and said without a trace: "Your Majesty, this matter in Liaodong can be resolved if it is easy to resolve, and it is not easy to resolve if it is not resolved."

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Yuan Chonghuan, "Oh? Yuan Aiqing has a solution?"

"The Caomin dare not say that they are absolutely sure, but they are [-]% to [-]% sure. The Liaodong matter can be settled within five years by the Caomin!" Yuan Chonghuan said loudly.

"What? Ping Liao in five years? Is what Aiqing said true?" Chongzhen stood up from his chair all of a sudden, and looked at Yuan Chonghuan excitedly.

Yuan Chonghuan stood up from the chair, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Caomin dare to use the head of the item as a guarantee that Liaodong will be pacified within five years. If not, the head of the Caomin will be handed over to His Majesty."

"Aiqing please hurry up, please hurry up, I don't want your head. If Aiqing can pacify Liaodong within five years and solve the imperial court's serious troubles, then I will reward you as a duke." Chongzhen said with a happy face.

"Caomin kowtows to the emperor, long live my emperor!" Yuan Chonghuan's eyes lit up, and he kowtowed three times respectfully on the ground with excitement.

Chongzhen said: "You still call yourself a grassroots? Now I will make you Minister of the Ministry of War, give Shang Fang a sword, and governor of Liaodong!"

(End of this chapter)