Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 617

"Rumble..."

Shocking thunder pierced through the void, cloudy clouds covered the sky and rain poured down. For several days in a row, it rained non-stop on the boundary of the capital, bringing peace to the noisy world.

"It would be great if this torrential rain could fall under the control of Shanshan."

Standing in front of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the rain in front of him and said with emotion: "Shanshan, which has been drought for a long time, needs more rain to wash the Loess Plateau well and store more water."

"My lord, the wind outside the palace is strong, so don't get caught in the wind and cold." Wang Chengen showed concern, standing behind Emperor Chongzhen, "It's better to enter the palace, if the queen knows, you..."

"I'm not so fragile." Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Is there any news about the people Cao Huayu sent to Jiangnan?"

"No message back yet."

Wang Chengen bowed slightly and said, "According to the previous news, those people who went to the south of the Yangtze River have left the territory of Zhili and rushed to Shandong by tank boat."

"Ah."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly.

A group of organized assassinations aimed at the Jiangnan provinces were not affected by the situation in the court, and there were no accidents.

Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards the assassinated group of people from the south of the Yangtze River headed by Qian Qianyi was clear, and all of them must die by accident.

The situation at this stage prevents Emperor Chongzhen from spreading his butcher knife to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, the problems in the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty have not been really sorted out, and the imperial court's wealth is still very weak.

Prioritize things, even if you want to solve Daming's problems, you have to do it with the attitude of putting the easy ones first and then the difficult ones.

The problems and maladministration in the Jiangnan provinces are undoubtedly deep-rooted. If you want to solve them effectively, you must first ensure the stability of the north.

Otherwise, the situation in the north is unstable, and the south shows signs of turmoil. It will undoubtedly fall into a two-front battle, so the court will be too passive.

"Ministers of the Xuan cabinet, come to Qianqing Palace to see me."

Emperor Chongzhen flicked his robe sleeves, turned around and walked towards the hall, with a firm look in his eyes, he said: "The bandit rebellion that broke out in Shanshan has now been suppressed in Qinghai, and the imperial court should make appropriate adjustments to the situation in Shanshan. gone."

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed immediately.

In the original timeline, starting from the late Tianqi Dynasty, affected by years of disasters and exorbitant taxes, rebellions erupted in Shanshan from a small scale to a large-scale rebellion. During this period, many things were experienced, such as arrears of food and salaries, such as the abolition of post stations , such as the change of Jisi, the simultaneous suppression and appeasement, etc., all of these have contributed to the momentum of the bandit rebellion, and it is tilting towards an intensified trend.

However, starting from the second year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen specially set up a military aircraft office to change the counter-insurgency deployment in a targeted manner, so that the rebellion momentum encountered by the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Jianlu rebellion or the bandit rebellion, was correspondingly different. Changed, the advantage began to tilt towards Daming.

Putting the right people in the right place is easy to say, but hard to do. Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did it all.

"I am waiting to meet your Majesty."

"Excuse me."

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers who had been stained with a little rain, his face was a little serious. The adjustment of the layout of Shanshan and Shanxi was a very important strategic change.

"The current situation in Shanshan, Shaanxi and other places is very different from that before Chongzhen two years ago." The Chongzhen Emperor looked at Han Yu and Wen Tiren with a serious expression, and said.

"The bandit rebellion that was raging in the past has been far away from Shanxi and Shanxi. The bandit forces headed by Wang Jiayin were forced to move to Qinghai under the siege and interception of the imperial court. But the stable situation has returned to Shanshan.

In view of this situation, the imperial court should make clear the adjustments to Shanshan, Shaanxi and other places as soon as possible. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of anti-insurgency troops will gather together in important areas in the northwest, which will be too heavy a burden on the imperial court and localities.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, has made outstanding achievements in suppressing the bandit rebellion in the past. I intend to promote Hong Chengchou to Beijing as an official and serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Wang Qia, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, also worked hard and made great achievements. The Prince of Jin Shaobao was promoted to the University of Wenhua Palace, and he was transferred from the Military Aircraft Department to the Cabinet. What do you think? "

The hall was extremely quiet.

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Zhou Daodeng and other cabinet ministers all showed expressions of surprise. With such an arrangement, the emperor obviously wanted to abolish the governors of the three sides and smooth the transition through such promotion arrangements.

But in this way, the number of cabinet members was as high as 10, which was rare in the past of Ming Dynasty.

It’s just that Emperor Chongzhen’s arrangement will definitely dismiss a cabinet minister in the future, depending on whose performance is not good. After all, there are too many cabinet members, which is not a good thing for the court and the people.

"Your Majesty, if Hong Chengchou is appointed as an official in Beijing, how should the imperial court make arrangements for the various units of the anti-rebellion army under his jurisdiction?" Han Yu stepped forward and bowed in salute.

"After all, this involves an army of 10,000+. If they are all sent back to their original places, in the Northwest during this period, if there is..."

"I have already thought about this part of the counter-insurgency army."

Emperor Chongzhen interrupted: "A group of elites will be selected from them, and the scale is tentatively set at 3 people. Together with their relatives, they will be transferred to Gyeonggi to supplement the order of the three battalions.

Order the Yongwei Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion to transfer a group of generals and schools, and then select a group of elites from this part of the anti-insurgency army. After the army's rectification was completed, it was moved and stationed in Xiningwei to share the corresponding pressure.

The remaining part of the army, after being rewarded according to their merits, will follow the wishes of the soldiers, or withdraw from the army and return to their original places, or go to Ningxia, Yulin and other border towns to guard the border.

The above-mentioned matters should be handled by the Military Aircraft Department to ensure that all the soldiers involved in countering the rebellion will get the rewards they deserve.

In view of the current situation, I decided to let Wang Qia leave Beijing according to the order, and rush to Shaanxi to properly resolve the matter. After the matter is resolved, he will return to Beijing to work in the cabinet. "

In order to better resolve the various issues in Shanxi and Shaanxi, especially the abolition of the guards and the rectification of the nine borders, Emperor Chongzhen must first make corresponding adjustments so that the more than [-] troops gathered can be effectively controlled. Only the guidance will do.

It is undeniable that some harsh things will inevitably happen when channeling the 10,000+ army.

However, with Shaanxi Governor Chen Qiyu, Shanxi Governor Liu Hongxun, and the Disaster Relief Office led by them, as well as the Yongwei Camp led by Zhou Yuji, the Shenshu Camp led by Mao Chenglu, and the bandits led by Jin Sheng before the rebellion, Emperor Chongzhen believed that When encountering problems, the imperial court will definitely be able to effectively solve the problems.

(End of this chapter)