Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 35

"Northern Zhili, Shandong, and Henan are located in the Central Plains. Years of military disasters have caused the common people to live in dire straits. The fields are wild. After Aiqing stays in Shandong, she should resume production first and let the soldiers support themselves. As the governor of a province, Sun Shilun, you must also lead Shandong The officials recruit refugees, check the population, and distribute the land to the people, making sure that the tillers have their fields, and there is no acre of land left uncultivated, and then mobilize the people to build castles and cities to prepare for the danger of slavery!"

Before leaving Jinan Mansion, Zhu Youjian specially entrusted Zhou Yuji and Sun Shilun, governors of Shandong, to do something.

He will not give specific instructions on how Shandong will defend.

But Zhu Youjian will let Zhou Yuji and Sun Shilun have the consciousness of locking people's hearts on the ground.

In Zhu Youjian's view, as long as the common people and officers and soldiers have their own land on the border of Shandong, it is equivalent to Shandong becoming their own home.

At that time, there will be no worries that these people will not stick to their homes.

Now, because Liu Zeqing and other Ming troops and Li Zicheng and other trespassing troops have burned, killed and looted this area of ​​Shandong several times, which has caused a large number of unowned fields in Shandong, so there is not much hindrance to redistribute the land here.

Zhu Youjian not only asked Zhou Yuji and Sun Shilun to do the same, he also ordered someone to deliver an edict to Zhu Zhaoming and Ma Shiying, ordering them to do the same in Beizhili and Henan.

According to Zhu Youjian's prediction, Jiannu will not launch an attack on Daming during the current period of time.

In other words, there will be no more military disasters in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan and other places before Jiannu wiped out Li Zicheng.

According to the original historical records, in the next year, the land of the Central Plains can still have a short period of peace.

Now that spring is in full bloom, it is possible to resume some degree of agricultural production during the year.

As long as a certain level of agricultural production can be restored, Daming will be able to accumulate more power to resist the establishment of slaves in the future.

Of course, the training of soldiers and the manufacture of equipment cannot be stopped.

Zhu Youjian's requirement for Zhou Yuji and others is to train soldiers with a knife and gun in one hand and plow the land with a hoe in the other.

As long as Beizhili, Shandong, and Henan can recover a little vitality, Zhu Youjian believes that even if Jiannu goes south to capture Jiangnan, it will be more difficult than before.

Daming's defeat to Jiannu was due to the laxity of people's hearts and the intensification of social conflicts.

But now years of wars have caused the population to drop sharply, and the social contradictions of the imbalance between man and land have been resolved with violence, and the people of the world are already eager to rule the world.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian believes that the common people are more willing to choose himself, the Ming emperor, to rebuild the rule of the world, rather than choose a foreign emperor to restore the rule of the world in a more brutal way.

For the next road to the south, although Zhu Zhaoming and Zhou Yuji have left a total of more than [-] troops to defend in Beizhili and Shandong.

But Zhu Youjian did not dare to take it lightly.

After reorganizing Liu Zeqing's [-] troops and arranging matters in Beizhili, Shandong, and Henan.

Zhu Youjian then promoted Liu Fangliang, the governor of the Chinese army, to the left governor of the governor's office of the Chinese army, and continued to command the Third Guards Army.

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was also awarded the rank of Shaobao, the leader of the University of Martial Arts Hall because of his meritorious service in killing the traitor Liu Zeqing.

In this way, Li Banghua officially became the third existing cabinet member of Ming Dynasty.

Fan Jingwen, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, had taken away King Yong and King Ding from Henan and Huguang to the south.

Wu Sheng, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, went south with the prince by sea.

In other words, there are only three people in the Ming cabinet so far.

Apart from Fan Jingwen and Wu Raw, there is Li Banghua who has just joined the cabinet.

If it was in peacetime in the past, officials would need to discuss with the court before being decided by His Majesty the Emperor.

But now are extraordinary times.

As the emperor Zhu Youjian, he could only act arbitrarily and act alone with his sacred heart.

At the same time, Zhu Youjian also ordered Li Banghua, Minister of the Soldiers Department of Wuyingdian University, to immediately take the left governor Liu Fangliang and lead the Third Guards Army to Dongchang Mansion to search Liu Zeqing's property!
Besides.

Zhu Youjian also ordered that Li Banghua and Liu Fangliang not have to hand over the money and food obtained by Liu Zeqing after the confiscation.

Directly used as military expenses for the elimination of Liu Liangzuo's troops!

This part of the money and food was uniformly dispatched by Li Banghua.

At the same time, Zhu Youjian ordered Li Banghua and Liu Fangliang to bring orders to Gao Jie, the general officer of Xuzhou.

Order Gao Jie's troops to immediately wipe out Liu Liangzuo's troops together with Liu Fangliang's troops.

Under the supervision of Li Banghua, a bachelor, he unified the command of the war against Liu Liangzuo's troops.

The reason why Zhu Youjian asked Li Banghua to command Liu Fangliang and Gao Jie's troops to exterminate Liu Liangzuo as a cabinet scholar.

There are many considerations.

First of all, Liu Liangzuo made disasters in the area of ​​Fengyang and Shouzhou, which almost caused ten rooms and nine empties in this area, and the people were in dire straits.

Moreover, Liu Liangzuo was not Zhu Youjian's direct army.

So, had to be eradicated.

Secondly, after arriving in Nanjing, if Zhu Youjian wants to gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan, where the Donglin Party is the majority, he must have his own confidants, and they must be heavyweight confidants who will not be influenced by southern officials.

Li Banghua, Minister of the Ministry of War, who retreated south with him and participated in the plan to recruit Liu Fangliang and kill Liu Zeqing with him is undoubtedly Zhu Youjian's confidant worth cultivating.

This is why Zhu Youjian wanted to promote Li Banghua to the cabinet before going south.

If not, after Zhu Youjian crossed the Yangtze River in the south, if he wants Li Banghua to join the cabinet, he will definitely be opposed by officials from the Donglin Party and other southern departments.

At that time, it will definitely be more difficult for Li Banghua to join the cabinet and help him suppress the Donglin Party.

Let Li Banghua command the battle to eliminate Liu Liangzuo as a university scholar, but not directly let Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying be the supervisor, but let Li Banghua take advantage of the battle to eliminate Liu Liangzuo to gain reputation and accumulate actual combat command experience.

Zhu Youjian did not think that Li Banghua was already a qualified Minister of the Ministry of War.

After all, Li Banghua has not practiced how to dispatch troops, horses, money and food and coordinate various generals to command a war.

As long as Li Banghua successfully commanded the campaign to eliminate Liu Liangzuo.

Zhu Youjian can justifiably let him continue to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War after arriving in Nanjing.

And Shi Kefa, who is relied on by the Donglin Party, is not easy to fight.

As for Fengyang governor Ma Shiying.

Although Zhu Youjian knew that he had the talent to lead the army, Zhu Youjian also knew that he was a lot of deceit and had too much desire for power.

And Liu Liangzuo is his direct army, so Zhu Youjian can't expect Ma Shiying to wipe out his direct army.

Of course, Ma Shiying himself and Zhu Youjian intend to reuse them after arriving in Nanjing.

Based on Ma Shiying's background as an eunuch party and the fact that he was incompatible with the Donglin party, and that he also had certain military talents and later resisted the Qing Dynasty and died without surrender, he can be regarded as a loyal minister.

Zhu Youjian had to use it.

However, now Zhu Youjian does not want to directly express his intention to reuse Ma Shiying.

After all, the emperor himself has not yet gained a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, and he still needs the support of officials from the Southern Donglin Party.

If Ma Shiying is directly transferred to work beside him, the emperor, I am afraid that the Donglin Party will be alert to him in advance.

In order to prevent Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, from hindering Li Banghua's battle with Liu Fangliang and Gao Jie to eliminate Liu Liangzuo.

Zhu Youjian directly decreed that Ma Shiying should be promoted secretly, and promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Henan military administration, and ordered him to train troops in Henan and garrison the fields to prepare the people for war.

If Ma Shiying was ordered to obediently go to that barren land in Henan.

After Zhu Youjian eliminated Liu Liangzuo and arrived in Nanjing, he was transferred back to the cabinet.

But if Ma Shiying still wants to control the military power and stay in Fengyang to prevent Li Banghua from destroying Liu Liangzuo's troops, that is, to resist the edict, Zhu Youjian doesn't mind getting rid of him together.

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