The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 809

The "Red Banner Army" was treated equally regardless of nationality, and the monthly salary of the cavalry soldiers was two taels of silver and five dou of polished rice.

Therefore, among the tribes on the grasslands, any family whose children serve in the "Red Banner Army" can get money, food and daily necessities from the "Red Banner Army" patrol team entrusted by their relatives to regularly patrol the defense area.

This is somewhat similar to the fact that families with overseas ties in the early 80s were able to obtain domestically in short supply commodities.

Naturally, it makes everyone envious, and it will naturally lead to more Mongolians recommending themselves for the opportunity to serve the "Red Banner Army".

More than [-] Mongolian cavalry representing at least [-] Mongolian families have become beneficiaries. The loyalty of these tens of thousands of Mongolians is improving, and they will also influence more Mongolians to choose to be loyal to the "Red Banner Army."

The Tartars were already poor, and they were mothers if they had milk. After seeing who they could follow to live a better life, it was a matter of course to get their allegiance.

As long as management is strengthened and the number of people in charge of a tribe does not exceed two hundred, only the "Red Banner Army" can form tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry.

For a long time, the Mongols grazing on the prairie would become a barrier outside the Great Wall, and the enemy would even be discovered hundreds of thousands of miles north of the Great Wall.

The "Red Banner Army" led the Han and Mongolian cavalry to chase and intercept them in time, and it would no longer be possible to run away after being robbed by the enemy repeatedly.

At the end of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the land of Gyeonggi turned into ice. In this harsh winter, there was a news that, like a spring breeze blowing the earth, the soldiers and civilians in the capital were boiling again.

A good-natured person announced loudly: "Prince Duduo of the Puppet Manchukuo Qingyu has been escorted to Beijing. He enters the city through Guangqumen at noon. Neighbors, look at the excitement!"

A scholar smiled and said: "Hahaha, let's go together, let's go together, my great Ming has finally waited for the day when I can feel proud. The general conquering the captives is mighty!"

An old master said: "I think I saw it with my own eyes when Duoduo, the turtle grandson, was showing off his power in the city of Beijing. Unexpectedly, the time has passed and the situation has changed, and today he has become a prisoner of my Daming. I am so relieved!"

A young man gritted his teeth and said, "I want to eat his flesh raw to comfort the seven members of my family who died in vain in the second year of Chongzhen."

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As early as half a month ago, the "Red Flag Daily" published the good news that Dodo was captured alive by Ge Liuben. The soldiers and civilians have been talking about it for more than ten days, and they are all guessing whether this son of the old slave is also like Zhang Cunren. It took [-] knives to die before he died.

Many ordinary people who fled from Liaodong back to the pass and are now living in the capital have prepared at least a bottle of "drunk immortal" high-grade liquor. They vowed to buy a bite of the raw meat of the slaves and puppet princes to comfort their relatives who died in Liaodong.

Knowing that Duoduo was finally sent to the capital, thousands of military and civilian officials flocked to Guangqumennei Street.

Due to the influence of the "Red Banner Army" all over the capital, good news of the victory over the Qing army was repeatedly sent back.

The soldiers and civilians in the capital were not spoiled by the bad news from Shaanxi, and the entire capital was still peaceful.

It's a pity that the court needs to grasp the overall situation. Emperor Chongzhen and Minister of War Yang Sichang are not in a good mood, and even fell into anxiety.

The Ministry of War has received urgent documents from Hong Chengchou one after another. If the imperial court fails to send reinforcements in time, the city of Xi'an will fall in March next year, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Huang Han could give up the whole of Shaanxi, but Chongzhen couldn't!Sending troops to rescue is on the agenda, but can you send troops from the Beijing camp?

There are less than [-] troops in the capital camp at full strength, leaving the necessary troops to guard the capital, [-] is already the limit.

It is known that there are 2 to [-] Manchurian cavalry stalking there, is sending [-] people ready to beat dogs with meat buns?
Yang Sichang had no choice but to see the emperor alone, and asked the emperor to send the "Red Banner Army" into Shaanxi to rescue Xi'an. He also made an idea and asked the emperor to send Zheng Guochang and Liu Zhilun to the "Hanjiang Province" to communicate with the general Zhenglu.

Having seen Huang Han's methods in Shanxi the year before last and witnessed the combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army", Yang Sichang, a strategist, realized that a year and a half had passed, and the strength of the general who had enough money, food and troops should double again.

In order to avoid intensifying conflicts, he refused to mention how many soldiers the "Red Banner Army" had when he played the emperor's interview, but he was willing to ask the emperor to make an order to contact the General Conqueror to rescue Shaanxi.

Yang Sichang believed that as long as the "Red Banner Army" made a move, it didn't even need the "Red Banner Army" to rush to the city of Xi'an, the Mongolian cavalry and bandits would flee upon hearing the news.

Chongzhen, who was desperate to save face and suffer, felt even more desolate. He hesitated at this moment, and so far he has not made up his mind to send someone to ask Huang Han to send troops to relieve the urgent need.

It is useless for Yang Sichang to be anxious, he can only wait.

He recommended to the emperor Youqian Capital Censor who returned home to Ding You in the ninth year of Chongzhen, Chen Xinjia, who had been governor of Xuanfu, served as the left servant of the Ministry of War, and Fu Zonglong, who had been dismissed from office and lived idle, was approved as the governor of Sichuan.

After receiving the imperial decree to seize love, Chen Xinjia, the "blame man" appeared again on the political stage in the late Ming Dynasty, but he didn't know if he would still take the blame for Chongzhen and lose his head as in history.

It is necessary to settle accounts after the autumn. Emperor Chongzhen sent Tiqi to arrest the governor of Sichuan who failed to fight against the bandits and caused more than [-] cities in Sichuan to miss.

Hou Liangzhu, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, the governor of the left, was also questioned for his consecutive defeats, but he was not arrested.

Fu Zonglong, who had been idle for several years, was appointed governor of Youqian Capital Yushi Yuan Shuntian by Chongzhen to governor Sichuan.

Before leaving for Sichuan, Emperor Chongzhen specially summoned Fu Zonglong on the platform, saying that the imperial court was in financial difficulties, and taxes in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan were almost cut off.

If Sichuan's imperial grain and national tax goes wrong again, the court will be even more difficult to sustain, so Sichuan can only be exempted from taxes for one year.

Fu Zonglong is not only not stupid, but also a capable minister. He began to pay attention to the situation in Sichuan when he learned that the imperial court was about to send him to be the governor of Sichuan.

The official documents of dozens of prefectures and counties in northern Sichuan and Chengdu all asked for food relief from the imperial court. The words were convincing that the bandits plundered thousands of households and caused millions of starving people.

He stated on the spot that when he arrived in Chengdu, he would do his best to organize the victims of the disaster for reclamation, and ensured that the court's taxes could be paid in one year. Then he directly asked the emperor for money and food to resettle the hungry people.

It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice, and the emperor gritted his teeth and agreed to give Fu Zonglong 20 taels of money for relief.

He also instructed Fu Zonglong to contact Qin Liangyu, General Qin Liangyu, to stabilize Sichuan without the support of white soldiers.

Faced with at least one million hungry people, 20 taels of silver is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. However, Fu Zonglong knew the difficulties of the court and did not embarrass the emperor any more. He went to Tianjin Wei with a disturbed mood.

(End of this chapter)