Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

The old sources of wealth from Wanli and Tianqi years ago were cut off in the early years of Chongzhen, and the savings in the palace were quickly exhausted. Internal funds were allocated again and again, and the affairs of the world were still driven by fierce horses. The carriage kept rushing down the cliff, the fast driver Chongzhen didn't have time to react, he just pulled the rein subconsciously.

In the vicious circle, Chongzhen has already entered a dead end, and he can't get out at all.

If there is no money, taxes will be raised, and tax increases will force a large number of people to rebel. Money is needed for military use, so taxes will be raised again.

The huge amount of training salary currently in the pipeline was only delayed because Xue Guoguan's donation plan was effective, but everyone knew that the emperor was obsessed with Yang Sichang's plan to train 70 new troops, thinking that the newly trained army could To successfully suppress the bandits and resist the invasion of the Donglu, it is necessary to increase the training salary, and the amount will far exceed the several salary increases during the Wanli period and the Chongzhen period.

Natural disasters, continuous military disasters, people in the world are already very exhausted, and at this time the tax increase, or a large amount of tax increase, is undoubtedly a noose around his neck, but Chongzhen is already in a hurry to jump over the wall, and he doesn't care about so much. [

At the end of Chongzhen's 11th year, the young emperor did not have a good day's rest. The bandits suffered several major failures this year, which made Chongzhen see the hope of restoring peace in the world, but Donglu's entry shattered it again His unrealistic fantasy.

He knew very well in his heart that although Donglu was not a traitor, he would not threaten his world for the time being, but this time he crossed states and broke counties, captured dozens of cities, and killed more than a million people. There is blood, there are dilapidated homes everywhere, and the people want to regain their vitality. They don’t know when they will have to wait until they pay their food and taxes again. It’s bad enough to lose such a large taxable place all at once. The city has to be rebuilt, traffic and post stations restored, and the people need to be compensated a little... Doing whatever you want will cost a lot of money.

The pain of war is more violent than natural disasters, the disasters are more severe, and last longer. Chongzhen has nothing to do about natural disasters, and can only stare at this rapid and violent man-made disaster.

His military arrangements often come from wild thoughts in the deep palace, or from a slap on the head.

He neither understood the capabilities and roles of the generals in front, nor did he know anything about the number of troops, mobility, guarantee of food and wages, and favorable terrain.

Every time they deploy to fight, they take it for granted, relying on fantasy to win.

In every key battle, Chongzhen made the most stupid and worst deployment.

This time, the battle against Donglu has been at both ends from the beginning, and there is no decisive decision at all.

King Qin's soldiers and horses were so great that Lu Xiangsheng took the position of Minister of the Ministry of War to act as Governor Xuan, and assembled troops and horses in Changping, intending to gather superior cavalry to attack the Qing soldiers.

He is someone who knows the inside story of the Qing army. The Qing army is indeed fierce and powerful. The experienced prince Baylor is a natural and excellent general. Soldiers... But this does not mean that the Qing army is invincible. This army is very capable, and the problem is that it is too capable.

There are too few Jurchens!

Even if they kept plundering the original Haixi Jurchen population, Saurons, Oroqen, as long as they were fishing and hunting peoples in the extreme north, they were all robbed, and many men of these peoples were directly included in the Eight Banners. That's it, because the number of men in the Eight Banners is seriously insufficient because of the battle almost every year.

Fight hard and hurt it, this is Lu Xiangsheng's countermeasure.

This idea cannot be wrong, but Chongzhen held another opinion.

After decades of fighting with Donglu, it seems that there will be no way to win in a while. If so, why waste our troops?Anyway, Donglu will rob and kill again, and there will always be a day when he withdraws from the customs. At that time, he will send someone to negotiate terms with Donglu, "payment", that is, to negotiate a peace.

Although out of the emperor's pride, Chongzhen would not admit to reconciling this bad debt if he was killed, but it was because of his luck that the top level hesitated to fight and the matter, and the people below were at a loss, and the fighting became more and more chaotic. The mobile troops were also elite frontier cavalry. After the two defeats of Jiazhuang and Jiyi, it is not clear how many soldiers and horses are left in Liaozhen. Anyway, Xuanda Town is completely over.

Needless to say, the resentment and nervousness in Chongzhen's heart for being an elite in a hundred battles and losing one dynasty, now that the Qing army's soldiers are pointing directly at Jinan, it makes him extremely nervous.

A few days ago, he spent every day reviewing memorials in the Qianqing Palace, hoping to see some good news. In fact, he was hoping for a miracle to happen. But judging from the current situation, it is the same as his previous years. There are no miracles. The bad news came one after another.

"What's up?"[

After being awakened by the eunuch, the sleepy Chongzhen quickly woke up, and his face regained the unique majesty of the emperor. He looked at the eunuch who woke him up, his eyes were full of gloomy anger, and he hadn't slept in the past few days. Well, I just fell asleep at my desk for a while, and it was sweet time, but I was woken up by this diabolical slave.

Seeing the anger in Chongzhen's eyes, the eunuch was so frightened that he almost spit out his urine. He didn't dare to delay, and quickly knelt down to report: "Go back to the emperor, it was Mr. Yang Ge who was ordered to come here."

"Oh, it's him, please come in."

During this period of time, because of the constant wars, Yang Sichang was Chongzhen's most trusted minister in charge of military affairs, so he not only met every day, but almost all the time.

Every time there is new news, Yang Sichang will also come to the palace to report. He really wants to bring back a few good news of the big victory to make the emperor happy, but the battle is not good, and every time it is too bad Bad news.

"The minister kowtows to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Sir, please stand up and sit down."

The imperial power of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has greatly improved compared with the previous dynasty. Of course, it is far from the Dengfeng of the Qing Dynasty. The etiquette alone is much worse. There is the honor of granting a seat, not to mention the ministers. The great scholars of the Ming Dynasty still retained some ancient traditions when they made suggestions. The emperor called him Mr. without his name. Of course, whether the emperor really listens to the opinions of the Grand Scholars depends on whether the Grand Scholars will manage the business, and how important it is in the emperor's heart.

Based on the current situation, Chongzhen still trusts Xue Guoguan in financial and general government affairs, but in military affairs, Chongzhen only trusts Yang Sichang, and Yang Sichang has the final say on all the situation ahead.This emperor has such a quirky temper that it is difficult to trust people. Once he believes, he is a blind obedience!