In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 257 All became poor people

Although Lu Xiangsheng's Minister of War was just a false title, he had now entered the capital and entered the court. In addition, the real Minister of War, Yang Sichang, had gone to Huguang and was not in the capital, so he suddenly became the real Minister of War.

Moreover, he also held the sword of Shang Fang, held the title of Zuodu Yushi, and received the full support of Emperor Chongzhen. For a time, his power was boundless.

Now that he had money and food, Lu Xiangsheng completely let go of his hands. He immediately selected more than a dozen groups of people from his Tianxiong Army. With the money and food, he went to various places in Northern Zhili to recruit young people, and personally urged the Ministry of Industry to build weapons. Armor.

It has to be said that having such a reckless and upright alternative like Lu Xiangsheng in the court has really made the officials and nobles of the six ministries restrain themselves a lot. Not only do they work more efficiently, but they also don't dare to unscrupulously report personal gains. Putting blame on each other.

Because everyone knew that if something went wrong, Lu Xiangsheng would really dare to go directly to His Majesty and would never care about any personal incident.

Indeed, Lu Xiangsheng not only sold all his family property this time, but also brought several of his brothers, nephews and descendants of the clan to the army. He showed a completely loyal attitude to the country without considering personal and family gains and losses. .

This kind of foolish and loyal person is simply a mad dog in the eyes of the civil servants, and is also the most troublesome. However, the current situation is worrying, and His Majesty wants to rely on him. This makes the civil servants and nobles have no choice but to swallow their anger for the time being.

After all, there is no harm without comparison. Compared with what Hua did, everyone still loves the Ming Dynasty and hopes to preserve the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, once Lin Rui enters Beijing and conquers the world, there's no telling what outrageous policies will come out.

Although the civil servants and nobles did not rush to impeach Lu Xiangsheng, Emperor Chongzhen had been the emperor for more than ten years after all, so he did not leave the recruitment and training of troops entirely to Lu Xiangsheng alone, but asked the three princes to assist him. , let Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, serve as the supervisor of the army.

After receiving the reply from the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji also sent Abate and Qilharang, with [-] war horses as tribute, to formally go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and request canonization.

There is no way, now the Qing Dynasty is poor and only war horses are left, and the Ming Dynasty is in urgent need of war horses, so both Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng are very satisfied with these [-] war horses.

However, the Qing Dynasty was poor, and the Ming Dynasty was equally poor, and Chongzhen could not give many rewards in return. In the end, he had to collect a lot of things in the palace, and then put Huang Taiji's great fortune Jin Zhezhe back, showing his grace.

Originally, Chongzhen planned to release Fulin as well, but finally gave up after Lu Xiangsheng's strong persuasion.

Chongzhen also formally enthroned Huang Taiji as the Duke of Ming Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. As for the matters related to Korea and the land of Liaodong, both parties tacitly agreed not to mention it. Apparently they both understood that the so-called surrender was just a formality and should not be taken seriously. Waiting for destruction If the Chinese army is defeated, both sides will definitely continue to oppose each other.

Because Chongzhen could not give up the land in Liaodong and bear the infamy of abandoning the land, Huang Taiji would also not be willing to let the Jurchens be the ministers of the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation.

The Ming Dynasty was busy training new armies, collecting training pay from various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Jiannu were busy attacking North Korea. The Hua Kingdom was also not idle, and was vigorously carrying out land reform and consolidating its existing territory.

When Lin Rui received the news from Zu Dashou's messenger, he had just arrived and was naturalized. Lin Rui was a little surprised that Huang Taiji took the initiative to show his goodwill to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to join forces with him.

"This Huang Taiji is really an extraordinary person!"

Lin Rui couldn't help but sigh after reading Huang Taiji's letter of credence to Ming Dynasty. He would never be able to shamelessly write such a letter of credence in a kneeling and licking style. It can be seen that in terms of being able to bend and stretch, the emperor Tai Chi is definitely much better than him.

"Rui Lang, do you think Ming Dynasty will choose to join forces with Jian Nu? Once they join forces, it may not be that easy for us to quickly destroy the Ming Dynasty."

Lin Xiuyun said worriedly.

"Zhang Aiqing, what do you think? Will Chongzhen agree to join forces with Jiannu? If both parties join forces, to what extent can they cooperate?"

Lin Rui also had a headache and rubbed his head, then looked at Zhang Han.

The current trend of history can be said to have been completely beaten to pieces by him. Until now, Ming Dynasty and Jian Nu have to join forces to deal with him. It is really helpless.

"Back to the king, in my opinion, Chongzhen is very likely to agree to the two sides joining forces. As for the extent of cooperation, it is hard to say, and it is difficult for me to guess at the moment. It is best to send more spies to the capital to conduct secret investigations, so that we can Keep track of the movements of both parties in real time." Zhang Han thought for a while and finally suggested.

"Well, it's really time to strengthen intelligence collection."

Lin Rui nodded and realized the importance of the information. If Zu Dashou hadn't reported to him this time, he would have had to wait until the two parties officially joined forces before he could find out. This was indeed too passive.

However, if you want to set up a department like Jinyiwei, there are currently no suitable candidates. After all, a person like the commander of Jinyiwei must not only be loyal, but also professional.

"Your Majesty, that ancestor Dashou actually wanted to show his good will, so that he could send people from outside to have more contact with him."

Zhang Han also reminded that although the ancestor Dashou was far away in Jinzhou, Liaodong, he would definitely play a big role in dealing with Jiannu in the future.

"We are not in a hurry right now. We will never make a rash choice before we capture Beijing. It is useless to contact them now."

Lin Rui waved his hand, then looked at the map on the wall and said: "The matter of Ming Dynasty and Jiannu can be put aside for now. Even if they really join forces, they will not be able to stop our army next year. The top priority is to worry about the future. Once it is completely resolved, we can then attack the Ming Dynasty with all our strength!"

"Does your Majesty want to capture Ningxia Town?"

Zhang Han also looked at the map and immediately understood what Lin Rui was thinking.

"Yes, Ningxia is also called Houtao, and it is integrated with Hetao. If the Ming army starts from Ningxia and goes north along the Yellow River, it will only take four or five days to reach Wuyuan. The threat is too great and must be captured. Once With Ningxia, the entire Hetao will be impregnable."

Lin Rui nodded. He didn't want to. When the time came, he would lead the main army to fight to death with the Ming army's slaves under the walls of Beijing. As a result, the Hetao side was attacked again.

"Those Hui Hui are indeed hateful. Now we have formed a deadly feud with them. It is best to uproot them and prevent future troubles forever, otherwise they will always be a threat!"

"Rui Lang, Na Mu Zhong is in Datong. You definitely can't go there in person. How about you let me lead people to attack Ningxia this time?"

Lin Xiuyun said fiercely, and then looked at Lin Rui eagerly.

"Okay, then this time you will be the chief general, Takuyan and Wang Pu will be the deputy generals, and you will bring an infantry battalion, a left battalion of guards, a right cavalry battalion, and then recruit [-] cavalry from each tribe. When the time comes, the captives will be returned Share the population among the tribes participating in the war!"

Lin Rui also knew that she, as the commander of the First Army, lived up to her name. She was rushing to win the battle, so she nodded and agreed directly.

Because he originally planned to let Sister Niu lead the team, and let her get some qualifications so that she can convince the public in the future, so as to avoid being always said that she became the commander of the army because of her status as a princess.

The reason why Lin Rui let her be the commander of the First Legion was a decision made after careful consideration, because the First Legion was used to look after the family and was more important than the other three legions.

Therefore, the ability of the legion commander can only be secondary, and loyalty and reliability are the most important. After thinking about it, except Niu Sister-in-law, he can't trust anyone, not even Namuzhong.

As for why the harem must not be involved in politics or involve military power, for the time being, he has not considered it at all. If he doesn't rely on his own woman to help him guard the house, who else can he rely on?

Lin Rui left the matter of attacking Ningxia to Niu Sao, Wang Pu and others and left it alone, and set off directly to Wuyuan.

After all, looking back at the heavy losses last time, the entire Ningxia army still has some strength. With more than 4 horse infantry, it is more than enough to clean up a large area.

If those Huihui were not really hateful and Ningxia was too close to Wuyuan, he would never have mobilized his troops to specifically attack it, because attacking other places in the Ming Dynasty actually didn't make much sense. As long as Beijing was successfully defeated, other places would be destroyed. The place will naturally obey and there is no need to fight.

(End of this chapter)