Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 132 The Wind Rises (2)

Liaodong, for the Ming Dynasty at this stage, is a minefield that cannot be avoided no matter what. Well, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, this is a minefield.

On the surface, this is the Great Ming Dynasty, the heavenly dynasty and big brother of the upper kingdom. It wants to quell the rebellion of the slaves and younger brothers in the past, and wants to be called brothers and brothers with the master and big brother. Isn't this against Tiangang? !
However, in the actual process of countering the rebellion, more and more people were gradually mixed up, and the corresponding benefits also increased. Tens of millions of taels of money, food, and various military supplies were continuously transported to Liaodong. How much is actually used in counterinsurgency is debatable.

Sun Chengzong frowned slightly, leaned over and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty wants to continue to implement the strategy of step by step, and strengthen the foundation of the flanks to restrain the slaves, so as to gradually recover the lost land in Liaodong that was stolen by the Jianlu?"

This time Jianlu detoured before Liao and invaded Daming Pass. Although the process was a bit dangerous, Daming had already controlled the overall situation. However, it was impossible for Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, to keep his position.

In Sun Chengzong's heart, he has always been concerned about Liaodong. He wants to solve the Jianlu who ravaged Liaodong in his lifetime and solve the confidant's troubles for Daming.

"No, what Sun Qing said is not accurate."

Emperor Chongzhen tapped on the book case, and said calmly: "I don't plan to do any stupid things like flattening Liao in five years, or flattening Liao in eight years. If this continues, Ming Dynasty will surely perish here!"

Sun Chengzong's face changed slightly, and he quickly stood up and cupped his hands in a bow. He never expected that the emperor would say such shocking words, which made him not know what to say for a while.

"Sun Qing, you don't need to be so shocked."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked forward slowly, and said: "After this Jianlu invasion, I can clearly see the essence of Liao Dynasty. In Liaodong, in the court hall, there are a group of secretive rats hiding.

On the surface, they are the courtiers of Daming, and they say they are loyal to the emperor and for the country, but behind the scenes, they are using Liaodong to amplify Ming's blood.

I couldn't understand this before, but now I understand it. The imperial court allocates millions of money and food every year, as well as military equipment, armor, firearms, artillery and other military supplies. From the Tianqi Dynasty to the present, back and forth The money spent must be tens of millions of taels.

But these years, Daming did not regain much of the lost land in Liaoqian, but there were a lot of officials who were expelled, while Jianlu became stronger and stronger. Sun Qing, don't you think this is ridiculous? "

Sun Chengzong had fine sweat on his forehead. Although the weather is very cold now, after hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, he felt that his back was soaked in sweat.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew something about what he said. Whether it was money and food allocated by the court over the years, or various military supplies, very little was actually used to counter the rebellion.

In addition, during the Tianqi period, due to the critical situation in the front of the Liao Dynasty, there were also many guest troops who were ordered to assist the Liao Dynasty, but few of them really ended up well.

"I don't plan to use Yuan Chonghuan again."

Emperor Chongzhen stood with his hands behind his back, looked at Sun Chengzong who kept his posture, and said calmly: "He is not good, he treats me like a fool.

I feel that with a few words of coaxing, coupled with the help of the court ministers, I can always trust him and believe in his five-year flat Liao rhetoric.

He boasted that Daming was so strong and Jianlu was so weak, but in fact, when I believed in him, he would be able to share the worries of the country and me, Jianlu came to my doorstep and beat me up. Come in, this is really ironic.

So I don't plan to use Daming's vitality to continue to fill the big hole in Liaoqian. It's meaningless. There are too many house thieves. ! "

Affected by party struggles, the corruption of officials that existed in the Wanli Dynasty has become more and more serious in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

The Liao pay was originally intended to solve the rebellion of the Jianlu, and to make things clearer, but in the atmosphere of ups and downs, I don’t know how many corrupt officials use it as a tool to make money.

"Your Majesty, I, Ming, can't relax. The suppression of Jianlu." Sun Chengzong trembling his hands slightly, bowed and said, "If Jianlu is indulged in this way and continues to develop in Liaodong, I'm afraid..."

"Relax? It's definitely not possible."

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was cold and stern, he stretched out his hand to help Sun Chengzong, and said: "I want to use Mao Wenlong's previous tricks to disturb Jianlu's life in southern Liaoning.

Do you know why I want to reuse Liu Xingzuo?

Because he knows Jianlu better and knows all the situations in Jianlu, I want to use Dongjiang Town as an important place to go out, cross the sea by boat to harass southern Liaonan, kill ten Jianlu today, and kill a hundred Jianlu tomorrow. It has become a nightmare land for Jianlu.

In addition, places like Denglai, including Juehua Island, can become important places to go to southern Liaoning.

The policy of flattening the Liao Dynasty I think is to give up spending a lot of money to build a line of defense. It is the responsibility of defending the land in the west of Liao, and to ensure that the existing territory is not lost. I want to bleed Jianlu's blood little by little around the coastal areas of southern Liaoning.

This time when the Jianlu invaded the customs, our Ming Dynasty also took every step of the way, digging more wide ditches to prevent the Jianlu cavalry from forming a mobile charge. Could this be implemented before the Liao Dynasty?
In the west of Liaoning, around the line of defense that was built with a lot of money, dig more trenches for me to form a line of tunnel defense. If one is not enough, then two, and if two are not enough, then four.

Since it is impossible to fight, why not lead the soldiers under your command to dig trenches and dig soil? "

"..."

Sun Chengzong opened his mouth slightly, and looked at Emperor Chongzhen in disbelief. Obviously, he never thought that today, he would use the development of naval forces to turn the entire south of Liaoning into a battlefield to consume Jianlu's vitality a little bit.

Sun Chengzong restrained his mind, frowned slightly and said: "But Your Majesty, if this is the case, then the Jian captives will stay in the city or evacuate from the coastal areas, wouldn't I be Ming..."

"They don't want it, and neither do I, Daming!"

Emperor Chongzhen said in a loud voice: "During the period when our Ming invaded and harassed southern Liaonan, we must gather more people from the Ming Dynasty who were enslaved by Jianlu, and move them all back to the customs.

When will I eradicate all those house thieves Shuoshu who regard Liaodong as their promotion and wealth and enrich their own pockets one by one, and when will I plan to regain Liaodong? "

As far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, most of the money apportioned in the name of countering rebellion falls into the hands of corrupt officials.

If you want to sit down safely under this dragon chair that is full of gunpowder barrels and may explode at any time, the first thing you need to do is to put your mind right, like Ping Liao in three to five years, and build a prosperous Chongzhen in three to five years. Just think about it in your dreams, don't reflect it in reality, it's easy to hurt your eggs.

After all, it's all bullshit.

Since this is the case, then trade space for time. If you Jianlu want to release my blood, then I will stop it from the source, and then find a way to continue releasing your Jianlu's blood.

As long as Liaoqian can be stabilized for a year and a half, freeing up his hands to check and balance the court, and killing a group of house thieves Shuoshu surrounding Liaoqian, then the rest of the matter will be much easier.

"Sun Qing, Guochao needs you."

Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, grabbed Sun Chengzong's hand with emotion, and said: "At present, Daming is in this turmoil, disasters occur frequently in various places, the imperial treasury is empty, Shanxi and other places are constantly rebelling, and the imperial court and local governments Officials, each one is so virtuous, Sun Qing, you should share my worries more."

"His Majesty……"

Looking at the moved Emperor Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong who was grabbed by the hand, he didn't know what to say for a while, the emperor wanted to tell himself to go up hard.

Comrade Lao Sun, you are a good comrade of Ming Dynasty. You have to take care of me, the son of Ming Dynasty, and share more of the burden. I will continue to use your step-by-step strategy. Strategic defense is not shameful, but it costs a lot of money to build. City, that’s not going to work, dig ditches, dig more ditches, dig to death, even if you ask Jianlu to beat you, you will find it puzzling!
If I am sitting on mountains of gold and silver, that’s fine. You can build cities however you want, but the problem is that Daming’s finances are obviously a mess. I don’t have any money for you. How about asking me to use it to create the reality of a new army?

"What I just said is just a general idea." Looking at the hesitant Sun Chengzong, the moved Chongzhen said: "After this battle is over and the Jianlu is defeated, we will discuss it in detail. It is necessary to formulate the feasibility charter, how to deploy in the west of Liaoning, how to deploy in the south of Liaoning, etc.”

"The minister leads the order."

Looking at Sun Chengzong, who left with a lot of worries, and the Emperor Chongzhen standing in the same place with his hands down, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, so what if you were born in a civil servant group, I will let you get under the imperial party step by step, isn't the Ming Dynasty full of factions, isn't it good for party struggle , Okay, then I will also create an imperial party, and have fun with you.

The forces headed by Liaodong generals are the first bones I throw at you. I want to see how many people can jump out by then. Huang Taiji, you want to be the emperor and aspire to the top of China, first go and ask you to die My dad agrees or not.

(End of this chapter)