The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 658
Wang Chengen was speaking well for Chongzhen, roughly meaning that the two of you may have had a festive relationship before, but it was not because of the fault of the Holy One, and the imperial edicts of the Holy One were sometimes influenced by the courtiers.

When you think about Wanli, when the emperor wanted to establish a prince he liked, he failed for decades, which shows how difficult it is to be the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

This Wang Chengen actually quoted the scriptures and compared them with the former emperor, suggesting that Ding Yi is better than Chongzhen.

Ding Yi nodded again and again, with an expression of approval, in fact, he had already greeted Chongzhen's family in his heart.

Can I really cool him, will he feel cool about me?Now whoever loses the battle in Ming Dynasty will die if he has no soldiers.

Can I survive until now I am easy?

Seeing Wang Cheng'en talking about emotion, his eyes were red, and Ding Yi also slowly choked up, sobbing: "Ding Yi often thinks of the past, the Holy Majesty's kindness to me was as great as a mountain, and I was promoted by leapfrogging, lenient and reused. Without the support of the Holy Majesty, Ding Yi would Can have today."

"Brother Wang, please go back and report to the Holy Majesty. In Ding Yi's heart, he will always be for the people of Ming Dynasty—"

Everyone knows whether Chongzhen is for the Ming Dynasty or the people of Ming Dynasty.

I, Ding Yi, are still in the Ming Dynasty for the people of Ming Dynasty, and everyone knows it in their hearts.

The two shook hands and talked on the phone tearfully, but in fact they didn't say anything.

Before leaving, Wang Chengen finally couldn't bear it, and said what Chongzhen wanted to say.

He asked Ding Yi, Denglai, Dongjiang, and the three towns of Lushun, can the prison army be released?
Yuan Chonghuan wanted to release the prison army to Dongjiang Town back then, but Mao Wenlong disagreed, and now Chongzhen sent Wang Chengen to test it out.

Ding Yi didn't say he couldn't let it go, he thought about it, and said slowly: "I don't think it makes any difference whether you let it go or not."

Thinking of the arrogance of Ding Yi's generals just now, Wang Chengen immediately understood, turned around and left silently.

Ding Yi sent him, Wei Guan and others out, and when they went out, it was no different from being humiliated. Everyone wore black cloths on their heads and sent them to the boat like prisoners.

On the boat, Wei Guan couldn't wait to take off the black cloth from his head, and looked up.

But I saw rows of forts and walls on the bank in front of me. The walls were so high that I couldn't see inside at all, except for the forts, I couldn't see anything.

Damn it, he cursed in his heart, Ding Yi runs this place like an iron bucket, as long as he stays here and doesn't leave, no one can do anything to him.

The only hope now is that several of his subordinates have been promoted to the chief soldier. Once a person has a senior official position, he will definitely think differently.

In less than a month, Wang Chengen and others returned to the capital.

Wei Guan first met Luo Yangxing and reported the process. Speaking of Ding Yi's arrogance when he received the order, his subordinates only had Ding Yi in their eyes, and had no imperial court or imperial edict.

When Luo Yangxing heard this, Gordon felt in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help rolling.

Wei Guan talked about seeing Wang Hailiang again, and asked if he wanted to report to His Majesty, because Wang Chengen also knew about it, what about Wang Hailiang's family?
After hearing this, Luo Yangxing was shocked: "Wang Hailiang is not dead? His family has disappeared a few days ago."

"What?" Wei Guan was both surprised and delighted.

Before Wang Hailiang didn't come back for ten years, Luo Yangxing thought he had died in the line of duty, because Wei Guan made friends with him, and after reporting to Luo Yangxing, every few months Jin Yiwei would send a tael of silver and Mi Yishi to his family as compensation. Less, not every month, but it can be regarded as an account of those who died in the line of duty.

Unexpectedly, someone went to deliver rice a few days ago, and found that the building was empty and disappeared.

Wang Chengen quickly entered the palace to meet Chongzhen, and reported to him about Lushun's decree, but he did not dare to say that the generals were domineering, and only had Ding Yi in his eyes, not to defend Ding Yi, but because he did not want the emperor to be angry.

When Chongzhen heard that Shen Shikui was going to Dezhou, he was unwilling to help and suppress the general army, so he was naturally furious, wishing he could order to kill Shen Shikui's family immediately.

He immediately convened the cabinet ministers to discuss.

Although Ding Yi made great contributions when the Qing soldiers entered the pass, he asked too much.

First, Liu Yuan refused to go to Baoding, and finally the court compromised and let him go to Jinan, then recommended Denglai Governor Zhang Yingqiu, and then Lu Chao as the commander of Lingshan Guard.

The local garrison, civilian officials, commanders of the guards, and the third-level bosses are almost all Ding Yi's people.

Jian Shang regards Shandong as his own home, what Ding Yi did really made Chongzhen very angry.

But Ding Yi is able to fight and has money. Not only can he help him fight Man Qing, he is also willing to pay him [-] tax dollars every year, so no matter how much dissatisfaction he has right now, he has to endure it.

The key point is that there are too many disobedient general soldiers in Ming Dynasty at this time, such as Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong general soldier.

The last time Liu Zeqing pointed out that he was ordered to rescue Jinan, he used the excuse that he was injured from a horse and the troops stationed in Linqing did not move.

Afterwards, Chongzhen wanted to trouble him and Zukuan, and found an excuse to send them to Jinan to discuss disaster relief.

This bastard Zu Kuan really went, he was the General Soldier of Aid and Suppression, and he had no base. At that time, the imperial court ordered his troops to be stationed in Dezhou, and the locals would provide them with food and salaries.

Zu Kuan didn't know whether he had forgotten about Yuan Chonghuan, his senior, or he was in a hurry to pay for the food. After leaving behind most of the troops, he took some servants to Jinan.

Liu Zeqing is not that stupid, he still said that his leg injury is not healed, and I will send someone to discuss the matter for me.

As a result, Zu Kuan was arrested as soon as he went, and then chopped off.

Liu Zeqing's men were scared to death, but nothing happened. Liu Zeqing had soldiers in his hands, so Chongzhen dared not move him, so he let him go back.

In order to give Liu Zeqing a wink, the imperial court decided to transfer Liu Zeqing to be the general army of Yanzhou, Wang Weizhong to be the general army of Shandong, and let Wang Weizhong be stationed in Linqing.

Wang Weizhong was an elite soldier who won a bloody battle with the Qing soldiers. Of course Liu Zeqing did not dare to be lazy there and moved directly to Yanzhou.

Yanzhou General Soldier is also called Dongyan General Soldier. In the second year of Tianqi, Xu Hongru’s uprising was mainly carried out in Yanzhou. Shandong Fuchen Zhao Yan explained that Yanzhou’s strategic position was very important, so the imperial court added Dongyan General Soldier. It is known that Yang Zhaoji was the first general of Dongyan, but only about a year later, Yang Zhaoji was changed to be the general of Denglai, and he planted the general of Dongyan.

This time, taking the opportunity of moving the town, Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, proposed to let Liu Zeqing be stationed in Yanzhou to contain Ding Yi.

Both of them were disobedient chief soldiers, and both had heavy soldiers, and they were both placed in Shandong, letting them bite dogs.

In this case, the territory of Shandong is a bit chaotic now. There are only three general soldiers.

Of course, the general soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty were worthless, they were all over the sky, it was nothing, but Chongzhen put Liu Zeqing next to Ding Yi, it was a bit disgusting for the two of them, Liu Zeqing must have been disgusted by Chongzhen, but in Ding Yi's eyes there would be This Liu Zeqing didn't take the Yanzhou General Army seriously at all.

In mid-July, after Wang Chengen returned, Chongzhen called a group of ministers to discuss matters.

There are Shoufu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Xue Guoguan, Minister of the Ministry of War Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Zhuang Qinlin, Minister of Rites Lin Yuji, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Zhen Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry Liu Zunxian, Zuodu Yushi Zhong Yi, etc.

This discussion was one month later than in history. In addition to discussing Denglai and Dongjiang Town, it also discussed the important matter of increasing the levy and training salary.

Chongzhen and his ministers first discussed Ding Yi's Dongjiang town.

Shen Shikui resigned like Liu Yuan, and refused to be the commander in chief of aid and suppression. How should he deal with it when he is going to Dezhou?

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a while, it was Yang Sichang who suggested again: "Then let him be stationed in Tianjin and serve as the commander-in-chief of Tianjin."

Xue Guoguan immediately said: "Where is Ma Yu going?"

Ma Yuan was just appointed as the chief military officer in Tianjin in June, and he was stationed until the 15th year of Chongzhen until he moved to Gansu.

I just arrived in Tianjin, and the fart drum is not hot yet, do you want to replace it?Xue Guoguan definitely disagrees.

Yang Sichang glanced at him and said, "The Dongjiang River is so powerful that it must be separated. If it is not stationed in the town, who will move?"

"The imperial court should take it slowly, first Shen Shikui, then Zhang Jing, and then Xu Wei, one by one, remove all the Dongjiang generals to weaken Ding Yi."

Someone said, isn't Ding Yi's soldiers and horses stationed everywhere?
Yang Sichang said, Zu Kuan was also separated from Zu Dashou's subordinates back then, and so was Wang Weizhong.

This time Wang Weizhong was very obedient. When he said that, he went there, first in Dezhou, then in Jinan, and finally in a bloody battle against Dorgon, with more than half of the army killed or injured.

After these generals were separated, after a long time, I felt that it was better to be the master than to let others be the master?

They can guard one side one by one, why should they listen to Ding Yi?

Besides, if you are far away from Ding Yi, how will Ding Yi pay you?If the imperial court is required to pay food and salaries, will it not become our imperial court's soldiers and horses over time?
What Yang Sichang said made some sense, Chongzhen discussed with the ministers, and decided to do just that, moving Shen Shikui out first to have a look.

Not long after, the imperial decree of changing the town came to Pidao again, and Shen Shikui was reassigned as the commander-in-chief of Tianjin and stationed in Tianjin. Shen Shikui also went this time with pleasure.

Then the imperial court discussed the matter of increasing the levy and training salary.

Because things are getting worse, it is decided to train elite soldiers from all towns and levy "training pay".

Auxiliary Minister Yang Sichang decided: Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Yansui (Yulin), Ningxia, Gansu, Guyuan, Lintao, Liaodong, Jizhen, and Baoding, Jifu, Shandong, and Hebei towns were composed of general towns, governors, The general troops are divided into training, east and west are supported, and the police will arrive immediately.

So there is a sign of training salary.The initial increase and suppression of salaries will last for one year.When the salary is exhausted and the chaos is not settled, half of it will be collected by imperial edict.As a result, please pay the whole levy to the Minister of Finance.The emperor was worried about breaking his promise, and Sichang said that there was no injury, and the extra tax came from the land, and all the land belonged to the powerful family. The hundred mu donated three or four coins of silver, and the ear was merged with a little restraint.Therefore, where the salary was suppressed, the salary was increased by 730 million.A total of 670 million taels of tax was added to the joint Liao payment, the suppression payment and the training payment.

This was also an important tax increase in the late Ming Dynasty. A group of officials of the imperial court sat in the big courtyard of their homes and ate and enjoyed endlessly. They talked casually, and they would increase the tax by 670 million taels, all of which came from the land tax.

They thought everyone was Ding Yi. If the governors of all provinces had Ding Yi's ability to collect taxes from all the land and merchants, the whole country, let alone 600 million, could collect 6000 million.

Now the sudden increase in pay is 600 million, the people are miserable, life is difficult, and the ranks of the rebel army have expanded even more.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, just like in the original history, Chongzhen suddenly felt that Yang Sichang was unreliable, so on August 25, he ordered Yang Sichang to supervise the division and fight against the bandits, and gave Shang Fang a sword.

This familiar scene is here again, Chongzhen's Shangfang sword doesn't need money, and it has hidden attributes. Give Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong dies, give Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan dies, give Lu Shengxiang, Lu dies.

Now that Yang Sichang also got it, he himself seemed to feel that the attribute of the sword was not good, so he cried and worshiped, and finally left the capital.
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An open-air theater in Lushun was surrounded by dark crowds of onlookers.

Wang Bao was wearing a sky-blue school uniform, which was very dazzling in the crowd. Many girls in the neighborhood secretly took the opportunity to look at him.

He proudly raised his head and looked around, quite proud of himself.

Because college students, especially his naval and crafts majors, are very popular and popular in Lushun.

Now Lushun has a complete range of primary and secondary schools, but due to limited land and limited university enrollment, there were only 4000 college students in Lushun last year (including more than 500 in Phi Phi Island and more than 700 in Jeju).
As for the entire Lushun, including Phi Island and Jeju, there are at least tens of thousands of people who can go to college, not counting Dengzhou.

Ding Yi didn't have a college entrance examination here, and the other half didn't go to college. It's entirely because Ding Yi didn't have enough teachers, the land wasn't enough, and the school wasn't built well.

Lushun has been overcrowded for a long time, and the fields are full. There is no place to build a university.

The location of Phi Island is not good, so Ding Yi started to build a university in Dengzhou last year.

The address is in Yantai City in later generations, near the current Qishansuo.

Now that the university is halfway through construction, it should be completed by the end of this year. By then, under Ding Yi's rule, students of the age who can go to university will be able to go to school.

In Lushun, those who can successfully graduate from university will definitely have a good job and good income.

Artisans, doctors, teachers, sailors, farmers, etc., no matter what they do, they either make money or become officials.

Graduated from a navy major like Wang Bao, the minimum to start on a warship is to be a senior, and the assessment will be done every two years, and you will be promoted if you do well.

The monthly salary of the head of the navy is only five taels, which is higher than that of the Buying. (Because the navy master is omnipotent, he can control the ship, fire a cannon, use a trebuchet, and run into the sea.)
So Wang Bao is very popular around their community now, and many Lushun matchmakers want to introduce girls to him.

But Wang Bao only likes the girl on the front stage, his classmate Chen Qianhua from the same school.

The summer vacation is coming to an end soon, and he is waiting for his classmate Chen Qianhua to go back to school together.

"Wang Bao, Wang Bao, it's so early." At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind.

Wang Bao looked back and found that it was the fat He Kui Niu who was a medical professional.

"Brother Niu, your Manyun is also on it." Wang Bao smiled.

"Hey, you're not the same." He Kui Niu laughed.

One of them likes Xu Manyun, and the other likes Chen Qianhua.

These two beauties are the school beauties of their university.

It is said that the word "school flower" was invented by Mr. Ding.

On the stage at this time, Xu Manyun and Chen Qianhua were acting.

This month, the Propaganda and Intelligence Department has rehearsed more than a dozen scenes, and the common people watched with great enthusiasm.

In the past, their dramas were all about killing Tartars, which could arouse the clamor of the people. After all, the Liao people in Lushun accounted for more than [-]%.

In recent years, the Propaganda Department has also advanced with the times. There are emotional scenes in the plays, and the people watch them with gusto.

The key publicity department is still making up random things, but the common people don't know.

Today's scene was before Yu Zhenlong was killed.

(End of this chapter)