Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 196

The rebellion of the disaster victims in the northwest is indeed terrible, because the drought in the northwest has lasted for too long, and at this moment, the land annexation of the Ming Dynasty is also serious to a heinous level.

The land in the hands of the victims is scarce, even if they don't suffer from the disaster, they can barely eat.

When this natural disaster came, they were naked, hungry, and unbearably hungry.

If it's just a year or two, that's all. The problem is that every year, every year, the drought shows no signs of improvement. In addition, those officials above the court only know about internal fighting and don't care about their life or death. I can't stand it any longer.

What should I do if I can't survive?
Either starve to death, or rebel!
It can be said that the Northwest is a powder keg at this moment, as long as there is a spark, it will explode!
As long as someone takes the lead, it will definitely respond to everyone.

Now, the Fugu King Wang Jiayin took the lead in revolting, and the nearby Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Huntian King Zhang Yingjin, and Zijin Liang Wang Ziyu responded immediately, and the powder keg exploded!
When Taichang returned to the capital, Yansui Mansion, Qingyang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion and other places were all bombed. I don’t know how many rebels are robbing food everywhere.

This is really troublesome.

Taichang looked at the urgent reports, feeling depressed, helpless, and annoyed.

A group of cronies stood there, not even daring to breathe.

He was silent for a while, and then asked helplessly, "Jinghui, have all the relief money and food been allocated on time?"

Bi Ziyan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have specially sent more than a dozen principals to Huguang, Sichuan and other places to supervise the transshipment. The local authorities have also made detailed records. Each record is signed by the responsible official. There should be no problem. .”

This is indeed unlikely to be a problem, because the disaster relief funds and food have been allocated for several years, and the problem has never been allocated in the past, but officials in the disaster-stricken areas are embezzling disaster relief funds and food, otherwise it is impossible to bloom everywhere.

After all, rebellion is to punish the nine clans. Even if those tyrants in troubled times who try to achieve hegemony do not die, the victims of the disaster are not hungry and have no choice but to follow them to rebel!
Taichang sighed slightly, and then asked again: "Zi Liang, didn't I ask you to strictly investigate the officials in the disaster area in the northwest? What's going on? Why are there still people embezzling relief money and food?"

When Cao Yubian heard the words, he couldn't help but feel guilty and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty, because the Metropolitan Procuratorate has insufficient manpower, so I can only let the inspectors go to investigate. I think that, Shangzhou in Xi'an prefecture once experienced rebellion by disaster victims, and Hanzhong prefecture and Yunyang prefecture were once poisoned by eunuchs, and they were the most unstable. Therefore, Wei Chen ordered his subordinates to patrol the censor from these three prefectures all the way to the north. , As a result, before the investigation of the three mansions was completed, Fugu Wang Jiayin turned against him! This is all due to my lack of consideration, please punish me."

Alas, there is no way. There are more than 200 prefectures and more than 1000 counties in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty. In addition, each province has two huge institutions, the Commissioner for Proclamation and the Division for Procuratorate. There are tens of thousands of them.

Last time, he only took more than 600 Jinshi, and received seven or eight hundred people. With such a small number of people, it is not bad to be able to fill up the yamen of various ministries in the capital. There is really no one in the area!

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has more than 100 supervisory censors, but the problem is that they cannot all be dispatched to one place in Shaanxi. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has thirteen supervisory censors, one for each province, and an average of less than ten per province Supervise the censor.

It does take time to patrol so many prefectures and counties with such a small number of people.

In addition, Shaanxi is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it will take a month for the inspector censor to go there!
Cao Yubian cannot be blamed for this.

Alas, it would be great if it took another year or two. By then, sweet potatoes and potatoes will be available, and the irrigation and water conservancy will be repaired. The victims will be able to fill their stomachs by planting these two things themselves. What king went to rebel.

However, God just didn't give him time!
For the present plan, the only way is to suppress first.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Jiandou, send an order, order Sun Chuanting to speed up the Beijing camp and the imperial guards to go northward, surround Hanzhong Mansion, and chase down the rebels in Gongchang Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion."

this!

Lu Xiangsheng cupped his hands carefully and said: "Your Majesty, the rebellion between She Chongming and An Bangyan has not yet been settled!"

Taichang said helplessly: "There is no way, the rebel army has retreated to the west of Shui, and there are all high mountains and mountains, and the encirclement and suppression of the army is simply impossible. We can only let Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu lead the guards and Baigan soldiers to slowly clear them. .”

Originally, he also thought that the Southwest Rebellion would be settled soon, and at the beginning, Sun Chuanting's advance was indeed very fast. He advanced from Chengdu to Guiyang in a few months, and She Chongming and An Bangyan were also beaten by him.

However, as soon as they entered the Shuixi Mountains, the speed of the suppression slowed down instantly.

No way, there are all mountains over there!

He was used to living in the mountains, and he was not familiar with the terrain, so he naturally wanted to go somewhere, and the army led by Sun Chuanting was all the guards in Nanzhili, so he was not familiar with the terrain there, and he was not familiar with the terrain there. Without the experience of fighting in mountainous areas, they will naturally be unable to suppress them.

At this moment, he can only let the white-armed soldiers who are familiar with mountain warfare be the main force and lead the Sichuan Tunwei to slowly clear them up.

There's no rush for this.

He thought for a while, and then said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, you should also prepare. Tomorrow, you will lead the infantry of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion to chase and suppress Yansui Mansion and Qingyang Mansion. The rebels surrounded Pingliang Mansion and wiped them out in one fell swoop."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister obeys the order."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then warned: "Remember, don't be merciful. Since these rebels have embarked on this road, they are basically unlikely to turn back. Therefore, all rebels must Catch them and punish them, dare to resist, and kill them without mercy! If you are kind to these rebels, if you don’t arrest them for rebellion, punish them even if you dare to resist, and don’t kill them, the victims will follow suit, and there will be more and more rebels. Also, anyone who dares to claim the title of king, try to catch him alive, and if he is brought back, I will cut him into pieces, and then punish his nine clans, as a warning to everyone else!"

This!
Well, in troubled times, heavy codes should be used.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

In fact, Taichang also understands that since the rebels have risen, they will definitely not be wiped out once, unless the sweet potatoes and potatoes can be promoted to the past, and the water conservancy over there will be repaired so that the common people can eat enough. How many people foolishly serve as cannon fodder for those heroes in troubled times.

If the victims can’t even get enough to eat, some people will still take the risk. When facing the encirclement and suppression, those anti-thief leaders only need to drill into the mountains. As long as there are hungry victims outside, they will always come back. Chance.

The problem, all of this takes time, and it also takes a lot of money.

He really has no money at the moment, the food in Liaodong has only started to sow, and he has to pay for about half a year before letting go. There are still hundreds of thousands of army food and military rewards in Liaodong and Southwest. Desperate.

All of a sudden, where is he going to make so much money?
In desperation, he had no choice but to send a wheeled and fast boat to pick up the patriarch Wu Yangchun and come to Beijing to discuss.

Originally, Wu Yangchun should have come to the capital a long time ago, but he was just about to send a boat to pick him up, and the Liaodong war broke out again, so he was delayed.

Now, he can also count on doing some business to earn some extra money to subsidize the national treasury and internal treasury.

On this day, he was sitting there contemplating, what kind of business would bring in quick money, but Wang Chengen walked in quickly, raised an envelope above his head respectfully, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Feng sent eight letters from Fujian. Baili hastened to report."

Zhao Feng is back!
This kid went to Luzon to buy rubber with money, and he didn't know the result.

At this moment, they almost used up the bucket of rubber that Xu Ji brought back, and they couldn't continue to rebuild the wheels, let alone build any machine tools and waterwheels.

This thing is too important!

Taichang eagerly took the envelope, tore it open, and couldn't help showing a strange look on his face.

The kid did bring back two barrels of rubber, but he also brought back a foreign envoy.

The Spaniards actually sent envoys to Daming to see him as the emperor. What do you mean?
(End of this chapter)