The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 336

Chongzhen said proudly: "Unexpectedly, I arranged for Xianqi to send hundreds of people from the Shenshuying and Jinyiwei, led by Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian, to Lushunkou.

And ordered Vice General Huang to wait for the opportunity to guide the four guards with his sword at the right time. They actually lived up to my expectations and achieved the first great achievement since the Liao incident. "

The emperor boasted that the officials could only listen, and they wanted to take action. They immediately knelt down on the mountain and shouted: "Your Majesty is a generation of wise rulers with great foresight and foresight. The revival of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"My dear friends, the unprecedented victory of the 'Red Banner Army' should be the first achievement. You should discuss the relevant rewards so that the frontline soldiers can be encouraged and strive to wipe out the enemy troops in Jinzhou to achieve greater results."

The civil and military officials understood that the battle in southern Liaoning had just begun. Under the coordination of Fang Zhenghua, the envoy sent by the emperor, the "Red Banner Army" joined hands with Dongjiang Town to surround Jinzhouwei.

It is said that there are [-] slave soldiers and civilians in it, most of whom are real slaves.

A wonderful move!The number of Jiannu trapped in Jinzhou is almost the same as the number of Ming troops surrounded by slave chieftains in Dalinghe City.

It can be seen from this that even if Daming loses in the battle of Dalinghe City, as long as the "Red Banner Army" and Dongjiang Town's troops fight well under Jinzhou City, it will be enough to make up for the loss.

It's a pity that the imperial court has just gathered 4 people to go out of Shanhaiguan to rescue Dalinghe City in Liaodong. At present, there are no troops to send in southern Liaoning, so they can only let the "Red Banner Army" and the few people in Dongjiang Town fight hard.

They are about to storm the Jinzhou Guard and seize the city, but they have to hold on to it, and they have made great contributions to restoring the land for two hundred miles for the Ming Dynasty.

Insufficient troops, the battle is not easy to fight!At this time, the more timely the military merit rewards of the "Red Banner Army" are distributed, the more morale can be boosted.

This is the same reason as giving rewards to buy silver before the battle and go all out to fight. The scholar-bureaucrats who are good at playing people know it well.

Many civil and military generals are worried that if the "Red Banner Army" suffers heavy losses in southern Liaoning, and the Jinzhou Weicheng cannot be attacked for a long time, it will become a difficult situation, and the imperial court will be forced to squeeze out troops, horses, money and food to go to the rescue.

The princes in the court reached a consensus and encouraged the "Red Banner Army" to move forward bravely and strive to win Jinzhouwei in one fell swoop.So when there was no conclusion on the changes in the number of soldiers and military pay, a lot of false claims appeared.

Lieutenant General Huang Han was promoted two ranks in a row to become the chief military officer of Jizhen, the first rank, and the emperor returned Rong Xun, the governor of the right. , the main wife Zheng Xiu'e became the wife of the second rank.

The emperor forgot for a moment that Huang Han was a different kind of person. He also had an ordinary wife, Qin Yuyi, who was also a married woman, so he didn't raise Qin Yuyi's imperial rank.

Later, Wang Chengen reminded that the emperor knew that Huang Han's Ping wife was missing. He made up for it in time. .

This is a real hypocrisy, because Funing is under the jurisdiction of the general of Yongping, and there is no battalion of rangers. The largest military officer should be the garrison of Funing, and this has to be the case that the imperial court has set up a garrison battalion.

All the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" were promoted, Hanzi took over as the deputy general of Yongping, and Song Pengfei was appointed as the general of Yongping.

More than a dozen people including Wang Zhanpeng, Huang Yong, Zhao Kun, Yang Danian, Yang Guoen, Yuan Siming, etc. have all obtained second-rank or regular third-rank Xuxuan. There are guerrilla generals, participating generals, and Dusi generals.

There are basically no people who objected to the civil and military officials this time, because except for the Xuxuan, the "Red Banner Army" has everything as usual, and there are prerequisites for actually enjoying the benefits of being promoted to a noble.

That is, the "Red Banner Army" must take down the Golden State Guard and come back alive!At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats would continue to discuss the issue of the ratio of the number of soldiers and the distribution of Liao's salary. Now it is not time to argue, so everything is going well.

At noon on August [-]th, Liu Zhilun, who had only lived in the capital's home for three days, accompanied the Xuanzhi Angel out of the capital and galloped to Funingwei.

Liu Zhilun was brave enough to take charge. He took the initiative to ask for another trip to Funingwei. He also explained the importance of strengthening the construction of the frontier army when the emperor summoned him alone.

He tried his best to support the development of Ji Town, which has a powerful "Red Banner Army", and suggested that the emperor gradually plot against Liao Town. No matter what the outcome of the battle outside Daling River, Liao Town's strength would inevitably be weakened.

The emperor recalled the old story of Zu Dashou leading [-] to [-] elites from Liao Town back to Liaodong when the imperial court urgently needed elite soldiers to defend the capital.

He pondered for a while and asked Liu Zhilun: "The salary of the Liao Dynasty has increased year by year, and the imperial court is embarrassed by it. Does Aiqing have any countermeasures?"

Liu Zhilun said sincerely: "Liao's salary seems to be a staggering amount, but in fact, less than [-]% of it is used in Liao's affairs. Don't your Majesty really know that there is too much filth in it?"

"Hey! I know that people are not popular, but I can't find any good way to prevent officials at all levels from drifting away. In my heart, I wish I could arrest all those officials who dared to reach out, but what happens next? A new group of people Will it change? Maybe it will get worse."

Liu Zhilun said: "It's not just that the imperial court is drifting away at all levels, the extravagance of the generals in Liao Town is also intensifying. According to my investigation, Zu Shaochuan's mansion in Jinzhou cost no less than 3 taels of silver. The ancestors have been living A day of luxury and lust."

Zu Dashou, a speculator, ate Daming, played with Daming, and finally sold Daming in exchange for prosperity and wealth. There are too many descriptions in later generations, and there are also articles handed down by Korean envoys describing the luxurious style of the ancestor's private house in Jinzhou.

The purpose of Huang Han's intentional enmity with Zu Dashou is to draw a clear line with Liao Town early. Liu Zhilun is an upright person. Huang Han often chatted with him when he was in Zunhua, and told him many things about Liao Town.

Liu Zhilun finally had the opportunity to talk to the emperor alone today. He was not afraid of offending anyone at all, and quickly uttered the words that had been held in his heart for a year or two. From my experience, many of them came from Huang Han's remarks.

The emperor is not a fool, he has heard about these things, but Chongzhen's political skills are not strong enough, although he kills ministers at every turn, but it treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

He said: "I know that there are too many officials at all levels who distribute Liao's salary, and the generals in Liao Town will distribute it privately. In the end, ten of them will be used for military affairs. But every time I make up my mind to check Liao There will always be troubles when the townspeople verify the military pay, so be careful!"

Liu Zhilun said: "Your Majesty, why don't you plan it slowly, appropriately reduce the number of troops in Liao Town and increase the number of troops in Ji Town.

The reason is also readily available. After all, the place where Jiannu broke through the customs the year before was the Jizhen defense area. If the number of soldiers in Jizhen was not increased, who would be responsible for Jiannu bypassing the Guanning Army's defense line and entering Gyeonggi again. "

(End of this chapter)