Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 216 The Best Zhu Teammate
Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Cheng Jiming frowned slightly. He just wanted to change the subject, and didn't want to talk about Yuan Chonghuan's question. He didn't think about it carefully, but now that Zhu Youjian has asked, he wants to No answer.

After turning the question in his mind several times, Cheng Jiming clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you can send these hundreds of thousands of refugees to the surrounding political commissioners in batches, so that they can be properly resettled."

In fact, in terms of dealing with refugees and refugees, the imperial court has already established a set of fixed procedures, which is to allocate food for disaster relief, and then send the refugees back to their original places after the disaster has passed.

However, the situation of these refugees is quite special now. The Jurchens are raging in Liaodong. If they are sent back to their original places, they will undoubtedly be sent back to die. This is extremely detrimental to the reputation of the court, so they can only be sent to various places in batches.

"so be it."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said, he has no other good solution to this problem, the previous method is the best.

At this time, Zhou Yanru glanced at Zhu Youjian, then turned his head to look at Cheng Jiming, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think this matter is not acceptable."

"Zhou Aiqing, why is this impossible?"

Zhu Youjian frowned. If this matter could not be resolved as soon as possible, the capital would not have so much food to support the 10,000+ refugees.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have been traveling in various places for the past few years. Now the taxes in various places are extremely heavy, and the people are vying for arable land. There is no free land at all. Even if these people go to various places in batches, most of them will end up starving to death. "

Zhou Yanru cupped his hands and replied.

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Cheng Jiming's brows were furrowed. Although Zhou Yanru's words were a bit exaggerated, they were not unreasonable, but this was already the best solution at the moment.

The 10,000+ refugees are not all young and strong. Among them, there are only 4 to 4 young and strong, and there are 10,000 to [-] old and weak women and children. Even if you want to conscript these people into the army, it means that the imperial court recruited [-] to [-] People have to support [-]+ people, so they can only be distributed to various places and let them fend for themselves.

It's just that now that Zhou Yanru has brought it up, it's impossible for them to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb. After all, they also want face, especially Zhu Youjian.

"Then what does Zhou Aiqing think to do?"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youjian asked.

Zhou Yanru cupped his hands and said, "I think these refugees should be sent to places with sufficient food."

"Zhou Aiqing is saying that she will be sent to Huguang and Jiangnan?"

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly. The food in Huguang and Jiangnan was sufficient, but it was too far away. According to Cheng Jiming's intention, it was distributed to Shanxi and Henan, and sent to Huguang and Jiangnan, which required a lot of consumption. After all, it was 10,000+ people, not a dozen.

"Return to Your Majesty, what I mean is to send it to Shandong."

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru said solemnly: "In the past year, the puppet Qi in Shandong has intercepted at least 150 million shi of grain from grain storage. These grains have fed at least a dozen or 20 troops for the puppet Qi. If this continues, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Instead of letting the puppet Qi grow stronger, it is better to send these 10,000+ refugees to Shandong to consume the food of the puppet Qi, so that the puppet Qi cannot recruit more troops."

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed with emotion. Over the past few years, False Qi and Su Hao have become his nightmares. Every time he wakes up from the nightmare, he dreams of Su Hao leading troops to fight After entering the capital, the scene where he was headed off with a sword.

"Zhou Yanru!"

At this time, Cheng Jiming looked gloomy, and said angrily: "Using refugees as blades, have you read all the sage books to the stomach?"

Although Zhou Yanru's strategy is very good, it goes against the sage principles he has learned for decades.

As for He Ruchong and Qian Xiangkun, after thinking about it, Zhou Yanru is very feasible. Once he succeeds, he can definitely consume a lot of food from Su Hao's side. After all, Su Hao's side has been managing Xianjun recently. If these 10,000+ refugees are driven to Shandong, then Su Hao will definitely accept these refugees for his image as a virtuous king.

"Cheng Aiqing, why is this so, Zhou Aiqing is only making suggestions for the country."

Zhu Youjian said lightly: "Let's not talk about this matter for now, let's discuss how to deal with Yuan Chonghuan."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, the expressions of Cheng Jiming, Zhou Yanru, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun and others all changed. Cheng Jiming was angry, while Zhou Yanru was joyful, and He Ruchong and the others showed their faces. Different color, Zhu Youjian's statement is already very clear, that is, he is on Zhou Yanru's side.

After the anger passed, Cheng Jiming sighed softly. He knew that he had fallen out of favor, and it was time for him to resign and go back to seclusion.

"Loves, Liaodong has made such a big mess, how should Yuan Chonghuan be dealt with?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Youjian asked again.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan deceived the king and humiliated the country by losing his teacher. He should do his best to evade his responsibility and take him back to the capital for trial."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Zhou Yanru stepped forward and said that he had already grasped Zhu Youjian's thoughts quite well, and now Zhu Youjian was obviously quite dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, Jiannu are all cavalry, and they are as cunning as foxes. The fault of this battle is not on Yuan Jinglue."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian really wanted to punish Yuan Chonghuan for his crime, Cheng Jiming could only bow his hands and say, "Please forgive Yuan Jinglue for his crimes."

"Let's discuss this matter after Yuan Chonghuan returns to Beijing."

Seeing Cheng Ji's order to intercede, Zhu Youjian did not insist. Although he was definitely a little dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, it was not to the extent that Yuan Chonghuan's crime must be punished.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youjian asked again: "Who do you Aiqing think can replace Yuan Chonghuan in managing Liaodong?"

Hearing Zhu Youjian's question, everyone was silent. Liaodong is already a big hole. Whoever dares to bump into it will definitely fall with a black nose and a swollen face. Even if someone as capable as Yuan Chonghuan can't hold it, who can hold it? Even if it is just a recommendation, it may be implicated.

"Cheng Aiqing, who do you think is competent?"

Seeing that no one responded, Zhu Youjian could only ask by name.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that Sun Chengzong and Sun Shangshu are qualified for this position. Sun Shangshu has been in Liaodong for many years and knows the situation in Liaodong well. He should be able to expel Jiannu and recover Liaodong."

After being silent for a while, Cheng Jiming bowed his hands. Although he had intended to resign and go back to seclusion, he did not want the good situation in Liaodong to be wasted by some mediocrity. Now the only person in the court who is capable of taking care of Liaodong is Sun Chengzong.

Hearing Cheng Jiming's words, Zhu Youjian thought for a while before saying, "Xuan Sun Chengzong."

...

Two days later, Sun Chengzong took his family to Liaodong to take up his post.

.........

At this time, outside Haizhou Weicheng, a siege battle had just ended, and a large number of Ming troops retreated slowly with various siege equipment.

Not far behind, Yuan Chonghuan, Guo Qin, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhao Ratejiao and others looked at the slightly dilapidated Haizhou Acropolis with heavy hearts.

The news from the capital has already come that Sun Chengzong took office as Liaodong Economic Strategy, and Yuan Chonghuan will be escorted back to the capital for trial.

"You don't need to be like this, this matter is indeed Yuan's incompetence, and I really have no one to blame."

Seeing the expressions of Guo Qin and others, Yuan Chonghuan said calmly, although he had already prepared for this outcome, he was unwilling to withdraw his troops back to Guangning Guard, which led to the massacre of Guangning Guard by Huang Taiji, and the people fled. Entering the pass, and his side has not won the Haizhou Acropolis for a long time, it is normal to be questioned.

"Jing Lue, I really can't blame you for this."

Zu Dashou was dissatisfied. If it weren't for Zhu Youjian's layman directing the experts, he insisted on attacking before they were fully prepared, how could they have ended up like this.

"lets change a topic."

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head calmly. This was Zhu Youjian's decision, not something he could change.

After a pause, Yuan Chonghuan continued: "Master Sun is also an old man in Liaodong. Everyone knows his skills. Now that Mr. Sun is in charge of Liaodong Economic Strategy, the Jurchen will not last long. I hope you can work together to help Sun my lord."

He has not only been beaten for more than half a year, he has also arranged for a large number of soldiers to build more than [-] castles on the distance of two hundred miles from Jinzhou to Haizhou Acropolis, one every ten miles, plus Guang For the castle at Ningwei, logistics is no longer a problem.

Moreover, most of the people in Liaodong have fled back to the pass, and Huang Taiji's killing tactics have not had much effect.

Coupled with his long-term attack on the Acropolis of Haizhou, the Jurchen's losses are definitely not small. If he can be given a few more years, he can completely consume the Jurchens to death in Liaodong. Unfortunately, Zhu Youjian has no patience with him.

"Jinglue, we understand."

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, Zu Dashou and the others could only nod their heads. After all, it's useless even if they are dissatisfied, and they can't speak in the court.

...

A few days later, Sun Chengzong arrived at Dongchang Fort under the escort of many Shanhaiguan masters.

.........

On the other hand, under the auspices of Zhou Yanru, 10,000+ refugees were driven all the way from the capital to Shandong.

Zichen Palace.

"Do you say that Ming drove a large number of Liaodong refugees into Deping County?"

Su Hao frowned. He naturally knew about the Liaodong refugees, but he didn't expect that Daming would be so hurt. He would not hesitate to hurt his reputation to make trouble for him.

10,000+ refugees is not a small number, and it is not an easy task to settle so many refugees properly. More importantly, there is not so much land in Shandong to accommodate so many refugees.

Even if a refugee does not pay taxes, he needs four acres of land to support himself. These 10,000+ refugees need millions of acres of land. Now Shandong simply cannot squeeze out so much land to support so many refugees.

"How do you think these 10,000+ refugees will be resettled?"

Su Hao looked at Zhou Xian, Hou Yuangao, Liang Xue, and Hu Shangheng. There are only four members of the cabinet now, Zhou Xian, and he didn't plan to expand the cabinet too much.

"I think these refugees can be resettled in Liaodong."

Zhou Xian clasped his hands and said, "These refugees are originally from Liaodong. The environment of Liaodong does not have much influence on them, and they are also familiar with the solar terms of Liaodong, so there will be no major problems in farming."

"Then settle in Liaodong."

After pondering for a long time, Su Hao sighed. He was the one who manipulated Da Ming before, but this time he was the one who manipulated Da Ming. Although he can drive these refugees back to Beizhili, but he is trying to create an image of a virtuous gentleman recently. It would be bad for his reputation if these refugees were driven back.

However, the loss he has suffered is not small. It is almost September and he has missed the autumn planting. This means that he has to support these 10,000+ refugees until next year's grain harvest, which will take nearly a year, at least Consuming millions of stones of grain is not a small sum.

...

Not long after Zhou Xian and the others left, Liao Qing came up with a piece of information.

"Your Majesty, good news came from Liaodong. Dudu Luo broke Zhenjiang Fort, beheaded more than a thousand slaves, captured more than three thousand people, and Gu Santai, the Jurchen inlaid with blue flags and Gu Shanzhen."

"The Black Ice Platform is in charge of the interrogation and asked him to reveal all the information."

Su Hao waved his hands and said, for Jurchen generals, he has no idea of ​​surrendering. It's not that he can't use it, but if he surrenders, he will feel very uncomfortable.

"The minister obeys the order."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Liao Qing answered with cupped hands.

"By the way, did the caravan come back from North Korea?"

At this moment, Su Hao suddenly thought of the merchant fleet. Ever since new warships launched into the sea one after another, he had mobilized some ships to form the merchant fleet. Not long ago, he sent them to North Korea for trade.

"Return to Your Majesty, you have already returned."

Liao Qing clasped his hands and said: "For this trade, our people have already stayed in Pyongyang and Seoul to open up business houses."

"What is North Korea's attitude towards us?"

Hearing this, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. The current King of Korea is not a good guy. Daming has shown the utmost benevolence to North Korea. A few decades ago, Dongying invaded North Korea and beat North Korea to nothing. Throughout North Korea, even the then Korean king fled to Zhenjiang Fort.

It was Daming who sent out an army of 10,000+ and spent countless money to defeat the Dongying people for the Koreans and regain the country. However, after the rise of the Jurchens, Daming asked North Korea to send troops to contain the Jurchens. As a result, the current king of North Korea repeatedly delayed the time .

It wasn't until Daming sent people into North Korea that the Korean king reluctantly sent thousands of people to express his intentions, and before leaving, he asked the North Korean generals who led the troops not to confront the Jurchens head-on as much as possible.

"Return to Your Majesty, North Korea has treated me very politely."

Liao Qing cupped his hands and said, "It's just that the envoys who went to Seoul with the caravan didn't see the King of Korea."

"It's just a villain at both ends of the first mouse."

Hearing this, Su Hao waved his hands and said, he doesn't take North Korea very seriously. The Jurchens only sent 6 cavalry to make North Korea bow their heads and confess. If he wants to, he can rely on Luo Yi's five men With [-] people, there is no problem in reaching Seoul.

It's just that his main goal now is Liaodong, and there is no need to open up a battlefield on the North Korean side. If the two sides fight, it will consume too much for Daqi. .

(End of this chapter)