I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 184
Chapter 183

Sun Chengzong's return to Liaoyang is not true, and it is not considered to be a return to Liaoyang City, because Liaoyang City was captured by Nurhachi in the 44th year of Wanli, that is, in 1616 AD. .

But in fact, the first expansion of Liaoyang City was from the fifth year of Hongwu (1372) to the 16th year. It lasted more than ten years. On the basis of the old city site, it was built and expanded several times to become a masonry structure with a circumference of more than 24 miles. Fangcheng.

At that time, the Six Guards of Liaoyang farmed more than 7000 hectares of land, and the policy of collecting rent after ten years was implemented for immigrants to farm land. Agricultural production developed rapidly, and handicrafts and commerce were revitalized accordingly.It is the political, economic, and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty in the Northeast, as well as the military command center.

It is a pity that in the short ten years after the fall of Liaoyang City, Liaoyang has become dilapidated from the economic and cultural center of Liaodong. Many courtyards have been overgrown with weeds, and some houses are only left with frames, which are faintly visible. Lots of bones.

Sun Chengzong looked at the dilapidated Liaoyang City, crying and laughing: "Liaoyang City has been destroyed. It has not been more than ten or twenty years, and it cannot be recovered!"

Cheng Shijie smiled disapprovingly: "As long as there are enough people, it will soon return to its former prosperity, and even become more prosperous!"

Sun Chengzong said solemnly: "It's difficult! Although we have won a brilliant victory this time, it is undeniable that Huang Taiji's underestimation of the enemy played a huge role. There is no need to kill too much, the people will panic, they dare not move here at all, where can we find enough people?"

"This matter is complicated and complicated, and simple and simple!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the bank of the Taizi River and said: "Jiannu is not good at water warfare. I selected dozens of [-]-material gunboats from the Ning Navy Navy. Each gunboat is equipped with eight [-]-inch guns. Within [-] steps along the river, They are all within the strike range of my naval guns, as long as Jiannu get close, I will let them know what justice is from heaven!"

"What about winter?"

Cheng Shijie said with a faint smile: "There are no crops in the winter, and the grain has already been harvested. I am going to build five cities along the Taizi River, Baliwan, Shenjiaying, Tieling, Anshan, and Liaozhongwei. They will form corners with Liaoyang City. , Usually hundreds of households in each town garrison farmland, once the autumn harvest is over, let them quickly return to live in the six cities, these six cities, let Jiannu try it?"

"How about manpower?"

Sun Chengzong smiled wryly and said: "As soon as this battle started, the immigrants from southern Liaoning disappeared? No one, everything is empty talk!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Back then, Nurhaci, the butcher, slaughtered more than 400 million people in Liaodong. Half of them became the coated slaves of Houjin, and half of them fled to North Korea, Pidao and other places, where they fought guerrilla warfare against Jiannu. Liao people in North Korea, I am going to have someone bring them back!"

Originally, the Dongjiang Army's guerrilla warfare in the enemy's rear was not bad, and they regained a lot of lost ground. It was like a festering hemorrhoid, which made Jiannu miserable.However, due to the Ming court's constant strategic confusion, Yuan Chonghuan even made arrogance and killed Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of Pidao. , mutinies and internal strife followed one after another, and the combat power was greatly reduced.

And Jiannu was also very angry at North Korea's protection of the Dongjiang army and civilians against him. He repeatedly sent troops to launch military strikes against North Korea. It's not difficult to recruit some homeless Liao people, right?

Sun Chengzong raised another question: "Almost all the Liao civilians of the Dongjiang Army have gone to southern Liaoning. Even if they still have tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Liaodong."

Cheng Shijie understood that Sun Chengzong had his own ideas.

"Why did the teacher teach me?"

"This matter is simple. Now that Liaoyang has been recovered, why don't you ask for an order to reopen the 25th Guard of Liaodong?"

Sun Chengzong smiled lightly and said: "Nowadays, the inland guards have long been corrupted. They have no army to support the army, nor are they able to prepare for the bandits and rogues. Instead, when the rogues attack, they turn to surrender to the rogues. It is better to ask for an order to move these inland guards to Zhen Liaodong, although you don't think much of the combat effectiveness of these guards, but they will have no problem farming the fields, right?"

When Cheng Shijie heard this, he suddenly realized.

For Emperor Chongzhen, instead of being self-sufficient, the current inland guards need food and money from the local government to support the guards. Although there are a lot of soldiers in the guards, they can't fight or defend. Live, it's just tasteless.

If Cheng Shijie spoke at this time, the imperial court would definitely agree to throw the guards to Cheng Shijie. These guards have become a heavy burden for the Ming court.

In the areas of southern Liaoning and central Liaozhong where Cheng Shijie is located, out of the original 25 guards in eastern Liaodong, they accounted for [-] of them, including four guards in southern Liaoning, Guangning guards, and six guards in central Liaodong.

Although each full-staffed guard house only has more than 120 people on the books, the problem is that almost all guards in the world, like Dengzhou Guards, have a population that has expanded by more than ten times, as if there were only [-] guards. The [-]-person Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Office actually has more than [-] people.

Even if the imperial court does not need to move more towns, it only needs to move ten guards, which can at least increase the population of Liaodong by one million.

Cheng Shijie immediately asked Sun Zhichen to draft a memorial, and Chen asked to move the troops of the inland guards to Liaodong.

On November 300th of the fifth year of Chongzhen, which is the seventh day after the end of the Liaoyang War, Gao Qiqian ran all the way to the capital. You must know that this is more than [-] miles. In seven days, it is equivalent to two hundred miles a day. In the Ming Dynasty, this was already the highest speed.

"Win, win again!"

In the Forbidden City, the moment Emperor Chongzhen received Gao Qiqian's good news, he was so excited that he almost cheered wildly. He held the good news, danced and danced, his whole face was full of smiles, and shouted wildly.

Doesn't look like an emperor at all.

At this time, there were no censors and speech officials who were not open-eyed, asking Emperor Chongzhen to pay attention to his demeanor and appearance. If someone dared to do this, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely beat him to death.

The emperor's power and prestige actually come from the army, from the imperial army.In the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured by the scourge of witchcraft. Whether they were military meritorious or honorable, they all behaved with their tails between their legs, and even the princes and kings did not dare to blow their hair.

That's because he held the Han army who conquered Mobei twice and beat the Huns to flee.Li Shimin's prestige has also reached the ceiling level, and that is also because he has an army in his hands, an army that can destroy the country and capture the king at every turn.

Now that Cheng Shijie had won Jiannu, Wenchen Group was very worried, but there was nothing they could do, the military officer was about to climb over them.

Emperor Chongzhen was so happy. In the Battle of Baliwan, Ning Haijun beheaded more than [-] people and captured more than [-] people. This has already made Emperor Chongzhen laugh out of his dreams.

How long has it been since another good news came!This time the Ming army won even greater victories. Lian Ke Guangning, Liao Zhongwei and Liaoyang, especially Liaoyang. Although Jiannu has moved its capital to Shenyang, the political status of Liaoyang is like that of Nanjing in Ming Dynasty. If Ming Dynasty loses Nanjing City, the sky will collapse.

Although not on the front line, Chongzhen could still regain a large area of ​​territory. It can be imagined that the Ming army almost beat the dog in the water along the way, chasing all the way from Baliwan to Liaoyang, and finally annihilated them again between Liaozhong and Liaoyang. [-] to [-] slaves.

Jiannu successively had more than 12 troops, and only four remnants of defeated generals were left.

Such achievements made Chongzhen ecstatic, not to mention the apocalypse, even his grandfather, Emperor Wanli had never achieved such an astonishing achievement!
Emperor Chongzhen was dancing on the throne, just like Fan Jinzhongju, speaking incoherently, as if in a daze.

Fortunately, Empress Zhou persuaded Emperor Chongzhen to return to his bedroom by excuse, and this was the end of Emperor Chongzhen's absurd actions.

Facing the empty throne, a group of civil servants exchanged a somewhat helpless look.

"Wen Shoufu, what should we do now?"

Wen Tiren really didn't want Cheng Shijie to win again. He was actually not afraid of Cheng Shijie, but worried about Xu Guangqi behind Cheng Shijie and Sun Chengzong. Wan Dajie, such a result, has already made Xu Guangqi walk with wind.

In that case, Cheng Shijie's military exploits were not too conspicuous, and Jian Nu was severely weakened, so he would be honest for a while, what a perfect result?
But they never expected that Cheng Shijie would be unreasonable and unforgiving. After the Battle of Baliwan, regardless of casualties and exhaustion, he led the Ming army to chase for three hundred miles, and finally destroyed the Jiannu army under the city of Liaoyang, beheaded the captives and surrendered. , Exterminated more than [-] Jiannu people.

Although many of them are servants of the Han army, Mongolia, Sauron, and Xibe, this also means that two-thirds of Hou Jin's troops were eaten by him.

Jianu is no longer weakened, but really hurt, and his vitality is seriously injured!For this battle achievement, being a Marquis or even a Duke is enough!

It took nearly a hundred years for the Wenchen Group to finally meet a wonderful emperor, who made the Ming Dynasty's founding fortune all his own, so that the Wenchen Group surpassed the military attache group. Is it easy for them to do this?
Let Cheng Shijie represent the Wuxun Group to rise again and surpass them?
Not to mention sitting on their heads, even standing shoulder to shoulder with them would be a disgrace to Wenchen Group...

Isn't Jiannu a murderous man?

How did Cheng Shijie do it?
How can I suppress him in the future?
Wen Tiren suddenly thought of someone.

Lu Xiangsheng.

Even though Wen Tiren didn't like Lu Xiangsheng either, he was a different type among civil servants, civil servants were all with pens, they were weak and weak.

But Lu Xiangsheng is good, this guy is both civil and military, 25th in the second class, a proper academic master.However, he practiced martial arts, and the sword used to practice martial arts weighed 150 catties. In the second year of Chongzhen, he arrived in Daxing with more than [-] militiamen recruited from Daming Mansion, and met two Niulu Jiannu who were besieging Daxing County .

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say a word, he rode out alone, beheaded dozens of elite Jiannu, and fought against the white armor soldiers. He became famous in one battle with one against three.

From then on, Lu Xiangsheng no longer participated in literary friendship meetings organized by literati, poetry exchange meetings, and he did not even attend gentry banquets. Instead, he stayed with mud legs and Qiu Ba all day long, which was simply a shame for literati.

But the problem is, even if you don't like Lu Xiangsheng, the pattern of using Wen Yuwu can't be broken.

Lu Xiangsheng went into battle with wounds. With [-] elite soldiers, he rushed to Xunyang, beheaded more than [-] ranks, and successfully repelled more than [-] rogues under Gao Yingxiang's command. This is a big victory in itself, but can rogues compare with Jiannu?
Therefore, in this battle, Lu Xiangsheng did not appear to be outstanding...

Now, the Gaul Elephant must be uplifted.

Under Wen Tiren's operation, Lu Xiangsheng's great victory was re-released. The civil servants coaxed and deceived, and got [-] to [-] refugees, and handed them over to Lu Xiangsheng for resettlement. Therefore, this big victory became Lu Xiangsheng's attack on Xunyang with [-] horsemen. Successfully defeated hundreds of thousands of horses under Gao Yingxiang's command, captured [-] people, and beheaded more than [-] people.

This big victory almost didn't send Emperor Chongzhen away directly.

Gao Yingxiang's more than 20 troops occupied Zhending Mansion and threatened Baoding Mansion. The Gyeonggi area will cause panic among the people of Gyeonggi.

But I never thought that Cheng Shijie resisted the order and insisted on fighting this battle. Of course he is happy to win, but the crisis in Gyeonggi has not been resolved. Now that he is well, Lu Xiangsheng has once again entered the sight of Emperor Chongzhen.

If Cheng Shijie is the white horse and silver spear Zhao Zilong in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, then Lu Xiangsheng is Chang Shiwan and Chang Yuchun of Emperor Chongzhen.

Like Chang Yuchun, Lu Xiangsheng's characteristic is that he must be the leader of the whole army in every battle. The real warrior.

Under the emergency rescue by the imperial doctor, Emperor Chongzhen finally got over his breath.

"Great, I won again!"

The excitement of Emperor Chongzhen did not calm down all night. His spirit is very good now, even if he didn't close his eyes all night, he went to the morning court the next day.

"The old minister is here!"

"You make arrangements, I will welcome Cheng Aiqing and Lu Aiqing at Daming Gate, and review the triumphant teachers!"

Xu Guangqi bowed and said, "My minister Xu Guangqi obeys the order!"

Wen Tiren came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, you must not! The Daming Gate is a national gate, which is related to the national system. General Cheng and Master Lu have just come down from the battlefield. They are covered in blood. If they go in and out of the Daming Gate, I'm afraid that the evil spirit will disturb them..."

Emperor Chongzhen sternly said: "If someone can annihilate [-] Jiannu in one battle, even if he is covered with abscesses, I am willing to open the door to the Ming Dynasty and personally lead the horse to disarm him!"

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and walked back and forth, anger and pleasure alternated rapidly on his face, becoming more and more excited, "Jiannu... bullied me too much! Not long after I ascended the Great Treasure, they burst in before the dragon chair was hot. I will never forget this humiliation in my life! Fortunately, my ancestors showed up and sent down such an incomparable famous general as Cheng Aiqing. After fighting bloody battles and using the lives of the three armies, I finally won the first battle in Haizhou before the snow was cleared. Shame, let me out this bad breath on my behalf, I... I am happy in my heart! Even if I spend all my internal money, I will reward those meritorious soldiers!"

Hubu Shangshu Hou Xun got Wen Tiren's hint, and hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, General Cheng made a great contribution in one battle to determine the universe. No amount of rewards is too much. But now that the national treasury is empty, not to mention the grand military parade, even the rewards for meritorious soldiers cannot be given out. Can this grand ceremony be postponed for several months?"

Hou Xun is very smart. Emperor Chongzhen's attitude is resolute, hard-nosed is not the solution. Now the emperor's temper, the officials have figured out, he is a very impatient person, and he is also a stubborn person. Once he is hard-nosed, Hou Xun The Hubu Shangshu who just took office doesn't have to do it.

The principle of Emperor Chongzhen's employment is that if you don't work for me, I will replace it with someone else. He is very familiar with this method, so in 17 years, he changed more than 40 cabinet ministers.

Only Wen Tiren, who never contradicted Emperor Chongzhen, worked for eight years.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew that there was no money in the treasury, so Hou Xun didn't need to say this. Beheading a first-class slave was rewarded with 50 taels of silver. There are 2, adding up, it is 4 people, which is 200 million taels of silver, which is not a small amount of money.

What's more, Cheng Shijie still has the Baylor of Abatai in his hands, as well as the heads of the two Baylors of Mangurtai and Dege, fifteen Jiala Ezhen, and more than 100 Niulu Ezhen heads. These oversized rewards require at least 300 million taels of silver.

However, Hou Xun reminded Emperor Chongzhen that he had no money, but he used his title.

Emperor Chongzhen had to show off his prestige and victories before comforting the Taimiao. He wanted to let the people in the capital know that he still had a fierce and capable army in his hands.

Not one, in addition to the Ning Haijun who can forcefully establish slaves in the field, he also has a Tianxiong army that can defeat the bandits with one enemy.

"I told you, this time, even if it's a waste of money, you should reward the meritorious soldiers!"

Hou Xun knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, the old minister naturally understands, but the treasury is really out of money!"

All the ministers knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, think twice, the treasury is empty now..."

Chongzhen was furious: "The national treasury is empty and the treasury is empty. If the Ministry of Household Affairs does not pay this money, I will squeeze it from the internal funds!"

Emperor Chongzhen became determined after eating the weighing mound, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.Emperor Chongzhen is easy to bully when he is not angry, but once he is angry, it is not fun, and everyone can only let him go, anyway, he pays for it himself, why do you feel distressed?
It was inevitable for those warriors to show off, so Wen Tiren could only use his brains to see who would be more beneficial to him.

The first place is naturally Guan Ningjun. Which of the civil servants in the capital does not rely on floating without Liao's salary?The Guan Ning army has been in the limelight, and the more Liao pay they get, the more shares they can annihilate, and the idiots can figure it out.

The Dongjiang Army ranked second. The Dongjiang Army killed more than [-] people and killed a general. Even if Cheng Shijie was dissatisfied and fought with the dead, he would be criticized.

Death is the greatest thing.

There is no need to line up, there are only three troops in total, the Guan Ning Army and the Dongjiang Army are ranked in the front, and it is impossible for Ning Haijun to be a foil.

Immediately began to draw up the decree on the spot. First of all, Lu Xiangsheng, who is now a civil servant of the third rank, opened the town of Tianxiong Army, the governor of Zhending Mansion, Baoding Mansion, Daming Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangning Mansion, and Yongping Mansion. There are [-] military households, and all the output is used for military supplies, and the Jin Dynasty added the crown prince Shaofu. "

The current Lu Xiangsheng is two years earlier than in history. He has become the governor of the second rank, and is the de facto governor of Beizhili.

Next, it was not the canonization of Cheng Shijie that people expected, but the promotion of Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, and Zu Kefa of the Guanning Army. Zu Dabi and Zu Dale were originally deputy commanders. The officer was promoted to a higher level, and he was promoted to the commander-in-chief, and now Zu Dabi, Zu Dashou, and Zu Dale, three brothers, are the commander-in-chief.Zu Dabi was the commander-in-chief of the left-wing left battalion of the Liaodong cavalry, Zu Dale was the commander-in-chief of the right-wing right battalion, and each son was given a brocade robe for a hundred households of brocade guards.

Wu Sangui was promoted to lieutenant general and became the forward lieutenant general of the Liaodong cavalry...

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On November 29th in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Liaoyang City.

Outside the city of Liaoyang, the imperial envoys finally arrived in Liaoyang and began to declare their decrees in front of the Guanning Army and the Dongjiang Army.

The rhetoric is gorgeous, the words are beautiful, and the voice is pleasant. It is a kind of enjoyment to listen to.In the eyes of the gangsters, the voice of the imperial envoy was ethereal, and they heard every word of what he read, but it seemed like they didn't hear anything...

Of course, it is easy to understand when translated into vernacular.

This battle was won, and the boss of Chongzhen was very happy, and he gave them promotions and fortunes to the soldiers who participated.

However, from Cheng Shijie's point of view, the boss of Chongzhen is really stingy. After such a big victory, he was rewarded with such a small reward!

Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, each rewarded 3000 taels of Wenyin, and Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Liu Qingsong, Zhou Ning, Chen Dayong and other generals of the Ning Navy also rewarded Wenyin with [-] taels of Wenyin.

Ning Haijun now has five more commanders.

Wu Sangui rewards 1000 taels of silver...

However, the generals are quite satisfied. They won this battle without much effort. It is enough to get so many benefits!
Next is Cheng Shijie's, which is the highlight.

An eunuch of the Huang family held an imperial edict in his hand, and was reading: "I rule the world with literature, and put an end to chaos with military force. The military commander Rong will be the pillar of the imperial court and the backbone of the country. He is capable of both civil and military affairs, and contributes to serve you But his achievements are not appreciated, and he is favored. The general who conquered the captives, the Liaodong economic envoy, the left governor, and the commander of the Ning navy, Cheng Shijie, has repeatedly made military exploits. , when martial arts were promoted to the temple, he worshiped the Minister of the Ministry of War, conferred the title of Hai Guogong, and added the crown prince Shaobao, the governor of the Liaodong military administration, but..."

Cheng Shijie bowed: "Chen, Cheng Shijie takes the decree, thank God!"

"Congratulations to General Cheng and Duke Hai!!"

(End of this chapter)