Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 885 Zhu Youjian's micromanagement ruined the Shaanxi-Gansu army!
"Retreat!"

The eunuch hurriedly finished speaking and followed Zhu Youjian to leave the hall. After all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, they bowed silently: "I will take my leave!"

After the court was over, Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang and Shi Fenglai looked at each other and slowly left the palace.

They are no longer the alliance of the original trinity.

Although they are all disciples of the Son of Heaven, they are all direct descendants of Chongzhen's first Jianba, but they have their own factions.

Yang Sichang is from Huguang, the leader of the Chu family; Shi Fenglai and Wen Tiren are both from Zhejiang, but they do not belong to each other. Jiangsu and Zhejiang seem to be one, but in fact they are not the same as other provinces. , there were too many gentry and dignitaries, so they all took the government as the township party, which was the only special case in the political situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Now these three people are fighting for the vacant chief assistant position. For this first assistant position, they are fighting openly and secretly, and their respective factions attack each other. Now Zhu Youjian is angry, and the three of them can't help but secretly feel uneasy.

Now these three people walk side by side, but less and less.

But the current situation of the imperial court cannot allow the three of them to continue to use their temper, which is also the most helpless thing.

"Mr. Yang Ge, Your Majesty is worried about the war now, and we must share your worries for His Majesty." Wen Tiren said slowly.

Yang Sichang nodded: "That's right. The war in Shandong is now stabilizing, and the Sanshaan battle has already affected the situation in the Central Plains. If it is not contained, Henan will lose, and the Central Plains will be unstable."

Shi Fenglai stroked his long beard and nodded: "We still have to encourage Hong Chengchou to lead his troops with all his heart, so that we can put down the bandits as soon as possible."

"How much money can the imperial court allocate for the front-line military supplies?" Yang Sichang asked suddenly.

Shi Fenglai heaved a long sigh: "For the war in Gansu and Shanxi, the imperial court successively used as many as 20 soldiers, which cost nothing. The officials in the imperial court did not receive their salaries, and the expenses in the palace became more and more economical. Youcheng Guogong led an army of 10,000+ to confront the Zhou bandits, and the money and food would not splash a little into the pit, so how could there be any money to support Hong Chengchou?"

Wen Tiren was a little helpless: "But it is necessary to squeeze out some money. Now that the rogue Zhang Xianzhong has entered Henan, if he disturbs Cheng Guogong's back, the Zhou thief in Shandong will take the opportunity to kill him, and the Shi thief in Sanshan will follow behind." If Cheng Guogong's 10,000+ army is defeated again, Zhili will be in danger."

The three fell into silence again. After a long time, Wen Tiren suddenly said: "The battle is still to be fought. The front line must find a way to support it. Otherwise, when the Datong thieves come from all directions, I will die without a place to die."

"Let Hong Chengchou support for now, and the court will think of a way."

Yang Sichang sighed, "That's the only way to go."

Wen Tiren looked at Yang Sichang: "Then I will ask Mr. Yang Ge. When it comes to military affairs, Mr. Shi Ge and I are not as good as you. Please trouble Mr. Yang Ge and His Majesty to talk about it. After all, my servants are loyal to His Majesty and the court. "

Yang Sichang nodded, with a complicated expression: "Do your best."

In the evening, Zhu Youjian was worrying about the war in his bedroom. Even a person like him who doesn't understand the military knows what the consequences will be if Henan is disturbed by bandits, especially when there are Datong thieves in Shandong. The world is going to be in chaos.

But Zhu Youjian's military level is really indescribable. The ministers he relied on are now useless, and he feels very sad. Although he said he would give up, he was really unwilling. Li took over the throne and made Daming look like this in three to five years. How can he meet the ancestors of Daming under Jiuquan?
While thinking, an eunuch suddenly reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yang Ge is asking to see you."

"Old Yang Ge? Let him in." Zhu Youjian said weakly.

Soon Yang Sichang came in, looked at Zhu Youjian who was wearing a simple uniform and bowed his head on the table, and looked at the haggard emperor, Yang Sichang suddenly had red eyes: "Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon body."

Zhu Youjian sighed: "The world is in turmoil, people are dying, I feel like I am burning inside, worrying about state affairs all the time, I can't rest."

Yang Sichang quickly comforted Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, the situation in the world is still under control."

"Although the thieves have occupied Shandong and Shaanxi, after all, the east and the west do not belong to each other, and they cannot be united. But my Ming Dynasty occupies the world, with hundreds of millions of subjects, the land of the Central Plains is still under control, and there is a land rich in money and food in the south. Land of fish and rice. With the Southern Kingdom, the imperial court will have a steady stream of rice grains and soldiers. Your Majesty will work hard to govern, and in time, the glory of the Ming Dynasty will surely be restored."

Listening to Yang Sichang's comfort, Zhu Youjian felt a little relieved. Indeed, there is a fertile land in the southeast, a land of fish and rice in Huguang, and the Central Plains. Daming has a lot of cards in his hand, and he has an advantage over Zhang Haogu, the living Cao Cao. of.

"Then according to what Aiqing said, how should the imperial court deal with the two-front war?" Zhu Youjian straightened his posture, and he decided to ask the academician carefully, hoping to get some useful solutions.

Yang Sichang had already cleared his mind before he came, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, the most important thing in the world today is in Gyeonggi. If there is no chaos in Zhili, the world will not be in chaos."

"Secondly, in Liaodong, Shandong, and Ganshan, but the disease is scabies. According to today's records, both Gansu, Shanxi, and Shandong can stick to it. We should concentrate our elites to deal with Liaodong. We must go to Liaodong first. "

Zhu Youjian nodded slowly, he still agreed with Yang Sichang's words.

Indeed, the key points in the world are Zhili and Liaodong. Zhang Haogu, the living Cao Cao, is in Liaodong, and those Datong thieves will continue to emerge from all directions to harm his Daming. Zhang Haogu must be wiped out first. Local thieves are rootless apples.

But to deal with Liaodong, how much troops and how much food does Ming need?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking: "How many bandit soldiers are there in Liaodong?"

Yang Sichang said: "Return to Your Majesty, according to the information we have heard, there are only six towns of bandit soldiers in Liaodong."

The six towns add up to only [-] to [-], which is not a lot of troops.

Zhu Youjian calculated it, and felt that Liaodong seemed easy to win.

But before Zhu Youjian could make up his mind, another eunuch said outside, "Your Majesty, Sun Cifu is asking to see you."

When he heard that it was Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youjian said quickly, "Come in, please."

Sun Chengzong followed the little eunuch into the inner hall. After seeing Yang Sichang, the two bowed their hands and saluted. Then Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian asked: "Master Sun, Mr. Yang Ge suggested that I go to war against Liaodong first. Does Master Sun have any opinion?"

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, I think that in the middle of the current war, it is in the west."

"Still in the west?" Zhu Youjian frowned, the imperial court in Ganshan and Shanxi had suffered successive defeats, so it was not a good place.

Sun Chengzong said: "That's right, it's still west. Gan and Shanxi must not be abandoned. Now Datong and I, Ming Dynasty, are wrestling with each other in Gansu and Shanxi. If Gansu and Shanxi are not settled, then the imperial court will lose its timidity in front of the people of the world, and the people of the world will think that Datong is not as good as Datong. .”

"In this case, where is the heart?"

Yang Sichang quickly said: "But the crooks are in Liaodong. If Liaodong is not peaceful, there will be a steady stream of thieves in Sanshan and Shandong. We must first pacify Liao, then Shandong, and then Ganshan!"

Sun Chengzong didn't change his face: "Ping Liao? How many troops does Yang Ge plan to use to Ping Liao?"

Yang Sichang said: "15!"

Sun Chengzong sneered: "15? How many soldiers are there in Liaodong, does Yang Ge know?"

Yang Sichang said without hesitation: "Of course I know, it's just bandits from the Six Towns."

"Six towns, Mr. Yang Ge also knows that they are six towns. They are the elites of the six towns who have participated in countless wars! Not to mention how many soldiers can be expanded with these six towns as the core. Let me ask Mr. Yang Ge, what is the strength of Monan? , Mr. Yang Ge, has he considered it?" Sun Chengzong asked bluntly.

Monan!

Yang Sichang stagnates when he hears about it.

In Monan, there are also soldiers from the four towns of Datong.

Sun Chengzong looked at Yang Sichang unkindly: "On the desert grassland, Han Yaowei of Datong is leading the soldiers of the Four Towns, and that is the Tigers and Wolves of the Four Towns."

"Now Cheng Guogong leads an army of more than 25 to confront Zhou Yuji on the front line of Dongchang, and Hong Chengchou's [-] army confronts Shi Kefa in Pingyang, which restrains [-] soldiers from the imperial court."

"If another 15 troops are dispatched to conquer Liaodong, even if I go into battle and lead an army into Liaodong, the important town of Liaodong is densely packed with fortresses. Even if I advance step by step, it will take years and months of hard work."

"But Zhili has no soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in Monan have moved south, so where is Zhili?"

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, yes, on the grassland, there are tiger and wolf cavalry on the grassland.

If the imperial army went out to fight Liaodong, and the cavalry on the grassland went south at this time, wouldn't it be a repeat of the battle to defend the capital?
Zhu Youjian doesn't have another Yu Qian available.

In addition, Bao Zong killed Yu Qian, this bad incident almost made that generation lose their heart to serve the imperial court, and Wanli's liquidation of Zhang Juzheng later made people's attitude towards the imperial court more and more subtle.

If someone besieges the capital again at this time, Zhu Youjian wonders how many people are still loyal to the court, and he even wonders whether these people under his command will abandon the city and surrender.

Therefore, the capital must not lose anything!

Zhu Youjian said: "I have decided to pacify Ganshan and Shanxi first, then concentrate our forces to recover Shandong, and finally conquer Liaodong!"

Although Yang Sichang was a little unwilling, he still said yes.

When the final decision of the imperial court was sent to Hong Chengchou, it became to ask Hong Chengchou to quickly resolve the Gansu-Shaanxi war and wipe out the bandits.

Hong Chengchou's hands holding the imperial decree were trembling: Do the princes in the court know what's going on in Ganshan?
He even wondered whether those dukes had been to Ganshan and knew about the problems in Ganshan.

Sun Chengzong didn't expect it to become like this. He originally just wanted to support Hong Chengchou to solve the problem first. After all, he was really worried about Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen, but he didn't expect Zhu Youjian to be impatient, and he was very impatient.

Set up a strategy today, wishing to achieve the goal tomorrow, regardless of whether it will be realized or not.

But in the final analysis, Zhu Youjian is not to blame for this, because the court has no money, and the warehouse of the household department is already empty enough to run away the mice. The mice have to cry when they come in, and maybe they will leave a few grains for the warehouse. .

And although Zhu Youjian still has some silver in his inner pocket, it is not much. He needs to support the palace and use it for war, so there will not be much left this year when his silver is used up.

Speaking of it, Zhu Youxiao actually left Zhu Youjian a lot of money, including a lot of money, a lot of stocks and jewelry.

The most valuable among them are those stocks, those shares that can pay dividends to the royal family every year.

But as soon as Zhu Youjian took office, he abolished the new laws and new policies, abolished the stock market and stocks, and then cracked down on the merchants, and those shares were immediately worthless.

Without the large amount of gold and silver that is distributed every year, and only relying on the internal funds left by Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian has been ineffective in these years, and has been sitting on the mountain. Now Zhu Youjian wants to ask himself Sister-in-law Huang borrowed money.

After all, of the money left by Zhu Youxiao, more than [-]% was left to Zhu Youjian, but nearly [-]% was left to Zhang Yan. The gold and silver were for Zhang Yan's retirement.

Zhu Youjian hadn't thought about this before, but now seeing that the money in the money is getting less and less, and the imperial court's revenue is also getting less and less, Zhu Youjian couldn't help thinking about Zhang Yan's private money.

But Zhu Youjian only dared to think about this idea and dared not speak up. The dignified emperor asked his wife and the queen mother for money. It would be embarrassing to say this.

In desperation, Zhu Youjian was also worth holding on to. He first encouraged his ministers to work hard, then encouraged the local governors to work harder, and finally encouraged Hong Chengchou and the generals to let them fight seriously.

After a pass of encouragement, Zhu Youjian felt that he had done what he should do, but Hong Chengchou was going crazy.

An imperial decree a day, and a document urging the war every day, made Hong Chengchou dizzy and dizzy like a urging ghost.

The imperial edict of the emperor, the documents of the Ministry of War of the cabinet, no matter how gorgeous the rhetoric is written on it, and how inspiring words are said, they are repeated over and over again, which means that Hong Chengchou hastened to send troops.

God is sorry, Hong Chengchou doesn't want to make meritorious deeds, doesn't he want to pacify Ganshan?
However, Shi Kefa of Ganshan now holds an army of 13 and is eyeing him like a tiger. He is about to send troops on two fronts. What can his men do?
Guard the city?

Since the artillery of the Ming army has become sharper and sharper, it is impossible to defend the city, and the defense requires sufficient food and grass, and a strong military spirit. At least you must ensure food and water sources, and ensure that you have money to reward soldiers to boost morale.

But which of these Hong Chengchou can guarantee?
He can't guarantee either!

Therefore, Hong Chengchou could only ignore the imperial decree and the documents of the Ministry of War, and first find a way to make money and food.

But in such an environment, Hong Chengchou could still hold on, but the soldiers under him couldn't hold on.

The soldiers have not received their military pay for a while, and the daily food is gradually running short, and the hearts of the soldiers have begun to fluctuate.

Soon, rumors began to spread in the barracks, that the imperial court had abandoned them, and they were now abandoned.

The imperial court didn't plan to give them food at all, and planned to consume them all on the battlefield so as to avoid the consumption of money, food and pensions.

Why are they surrounded by Datong now, and they can't escape at all.

All kinds of rumors spread in the barracks, Hong Chengchou was astonished and quickly ordered the generals to investigate the rumors and calm people's hearts.

In order to clean up military discipline, Hong Chengchou even immediately found a few sergeants who spread rumors and executed them directly to shock people's hearts, but this method can only solve it for a while, and the main reason is that the soldiers lost trust in Daming.

There is a lack of military pay on weekdays, and the imperial court barely maintains the state of not starving them to death. They provide them with a little food, and when it comes to wartime, they will distribute money to them, and a meal of wine and meat, and let them serve in the battlefield, saying that they died in battle With pensions, the family can live a stable life.

But if you die in battle, who do you ask for pensions? How can the dead ask for pensions? Do you really expect those corrupt officials in the court to give pensions to your family?
They will just ignore all this and let the local gentry and officials seize your house and property, bully your wife, children and old mother, and then wipe out your family.

This really existed in the Chongzhen Dynasty. It was different from when the new party was in power in the Tianqi Dynasty. The local government government gave subsidies and farmland when the battle was killed. Corrupt officials in the country have always disrespected the sergeants, looked down upon the literati, and even more contemptuously treated the sergeants as nothing.

After years of not paying military salaries, he barely survived starvation on weekdays, and he had to work hard for the chief as a cow and a horse, and he had to work for the court during wartime. If he died, he would not get his family and he would suffer
The sergeants had had enough of this.

Now that they have been fighting their lives in Ganshan and Shanxi, it seems that they can't win the war. It's fine if the court doesn't let them retreat, and they don't distribute money, rice and grain. The soldiers are getting more and more impetuous and loathing such wars.

Just when Hong Chengchou's military spirit was fluctuating, the imperial court's urging edicts were issued one by one, and all the soldiers in the battalion knew that the imperial court forced everyone to fight against the Datong Society.

Are those ruthless people in Datong Society easy to beat?

They are full of food and drink, receive full military pay, wear excellent armor, and use standard ordnance.

But what about them?

Not enough to eat, no military pay, tattered armor and shoddy ordnance, where is the morale and confidence to fight Datong Society?
Bingjia is the courage of a soldier. With a rotten weapon in his hand and broken armor, he has no confidence in his heart, and he can't make up his mind to fight with the opponent. It is a bit difficult to fight the rogues on weekdays. Let them go to fight with the Datong Society. Sergeants Even firing a shot before the battle is worthy of this doggy court.

As for firing three shots before the battle?
What a joke, where did you get the gunpowder to fire three shots!

The chaos in Hong Chengchou's barracks was inevitably known to Shi Kefa.

Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen urged Hong Chengchou to go to war, but he had no money or food to support him, Shi Kefa couldn't help laughing and said: "It is said that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. This Emperor Chongzhen treats soldiers harshly and treats them like pigs and dogs. This war How can he have the confidence to expect the soldiers to fight to the death without giving them military pay and food in the near future?"

"Emperor Chongzhen's imperial decree can be compared with Zhao Gou's gold medal."

Listening to Shi Kefa's teasing, Qi Yuangong couldn't help but said: "This is a good opportunity for us. Now Hong Chengchou's battalion is unstable, and the soldiers are seriously homesick. They are increasingly disappointed with the Ming court. If we start a war with Hong Chengchou at this time, Our army will surely win."

Shi Kefa nodded: "Yes, a big victory is possible, but a big victory is not enough. We must use this opportunity to publicize the policies of our Datong Society."

"Let the soldiers of the imperial court know who is really good to them and who represents the future."

(End of this chapter)