No matter what, the bandits finally retreated, which was very beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and worthy of people's joy.

In the Ming Dynasty, the sun sets in the west, and there are many crises. The most serious crisis is of course the Jiannu entered the border and besieged the capital. However, when Jiannu retreated, it was time for the court to focus on the Liu family in Shandong.

The Liu bandits from Shandong actually occupied Shandong and cut off the canal when the court was in trouble, which was a fatal blow to the court.

How much impact will the canal have on the Ming Dynasty court? Is its impact fatal?

Many people think that if Jiannu retreated, the situation in the north would improve and the rice price would drop. However, those who have this idea were very wrong, because even if Jiannu retreated, the rice price in the north of the Ming Dynasty would still not drop, which was mainly because the grain from the south could not be transported.

If it were in previous years, after Jiannu retreated, the court would organize a large fleet of ships to transport a large amount of grain to the north to make up for local losses. However, now, there is no way to implement this trick, because the Liu family army has blocked the canal, and all the food passing through the canal has been confiscated by them. They are all rich and full of fat, and the court has to tighten its waist to bring life.

This situation cannot last long, and the court cannot bear it. The court is so difficult to bear. That is, after Jiannu retreats, they ordered the Guanning Army to follow him and monitor him all the way. As long as Jiannu retreats from the Great Wall, they will immediately block the gap, and then strictly guard them here, and will no longer allow the enemy to get in from here.

The Hong Chengchou army and Lu Xiangsheng army who had freed up their hands immediately went south. Their mission was to enter Shandong and wipe out the Liu thieves. Even if they could not kill the Liu family army, they would have to regain the three Western prefectures and regain control of the canal. If the canal was controlled by the Liu family, the court would be like controlling its own lifeline in the hands of the enemy, and no point was free.

Faced with such disastrous consequences, the court could not bear it, so even those who were noble and had no vision understood one thing, that is, the Liu family army must be destroyed, otherwise it would be entrenched in Shandong, and the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed.

Huang Taiji knew that the court regarded the Liu family army as a thorn in his side, and as long as they retreated, both sides would start fighting immediately. So he was very decisive and immediately ordered his troops to quickly leave the customs after gaining enough benefits, and give the battlefield to the court and the Liu family army, so that they could kill their own people.

So when they evacuated all the way out of the Great Wall, Guanning Iron Cavalry followed behind him, and some people made suggestions, so they simply set up an ambush to destroy this army that had brought them countless troubles.

But Huang Taiji refused, and he said: "We have gained all the benefits and achieved the advance plan this time, so we can happily go back and enjoy our spoils and prepare for the New Year. Guanning Iron Cavalry should let him deal with Liu thieves, let the Ming people kill their own people, which is more efficient."

Therefore, the Guanlin cavalry who was responsible for monitoring Huang Taiji's army to go out of the frontier were cautious and extremely vigilant, for fear that the evil wolf they were staring would suddenly jump back and give them a mouthful. In fact, they were too worried. Huang Taiji really wanted to tell Guan Ningjun, so don't worry, we won't come to attack you.

But he knew that even if he said that, the other party would not believe it, so he had to give up and prove himself with practical actions.

After Jiannu retreated from the Great Wall, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's army quickly arrived at the city of Beijing. They wanted to enter the capital to rest, because they had been traveling for more than a month, and they had a tense confrontation with Jiannu during this month. Many soldiers had not even had a good meal or a sleep. If they could enter the capital and rest well, it would be very beneficial for their recovery.

However, their request to enter the city was rejected by the court. They believed that these hundreds of thousands of soldiers would cause great trouble to the security of the capital, and that there was no such much food or military greetings in the capital.

Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others came to serve the king and rescue the emperor from thousands of miles away. They also fought with Jiannu several times on the way. Now they finally arrived in the capital and drove away Jiannu. Many of them thought that this time, the emperor had made contributions to the king and rescue the emperor, and the court had to reward them well.

The court did reward him. For example, no matter what this time, it drove Jiannu away. Hong Chengchou and others traveled thousands of miles away and led their troops, so they could not let them go back empty-handed.

So the emperor gave him a python robe and added the title of Prince Shaobao. Yin Yizi was a son, the Jinyiwei, and the Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Xuanda, also received a reward. He was given a python robe and Yin Yizi was a son, the Jinyiwei, and even these officers were awarded a reward one by one.

But there was no large amount of food and grass and silver that they hoped for. The court had no money or food except for some officials to their officers.

To put it bluntly, their army was traveling thousands of miles away, and the emperor just gave the title of officials to the officers they led. Anyway, it would not cost money. As for their food and grass, they really didn't want to make money.

This time it was not that the court really looked down on them, but that the court really had no money now. Since Liu Zhe blocked the canal, the price of grain began to soar, and it was so expensive that ordinary people could not afford to eat.

These high-ranking officials who stored a large amount of grain did not sell the food immediately when they saw the price of grain soaring, but instead held it in their hands and refused to sell it. They hoarded the goods and sold it at a higher price, which made the grain price in the capital even more expensive.

The price of grain is so expensive that the officials in charge of grain see the profitability and sell the grain one after another. Therefore, the capital is very desolate. It is too late to take out a large amount of grain and grass to reward these officers and soldiers.

However, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that this would not work. These people came from all the way, and they didn't even let others have a meal, and something would happen in the end, so he ordered the Ministry of Revenue to collect a batch of grain and make it sound for them.

However, the little grain that the Ministry of Revenue has worked hard to collect is actually not enough for the army to have a full meal, so Hong Chengchou and others decided to just let their officers divide it privately.

So when Hong Chengchou's army was stationed outside the Xizhimen of the capital, all the officers went into the city to receive rewards and food and drinks, while the soldiers were on standby outside the city and hungered in the cold wind.

They set out in mid-July, but it is almost September. Now there is a cold wind blew in many places in the north, and even snow is snowing in many places outside the border. Their soldiers are all wearing single clothes and come to rescue them from the rescue. Finally, they come here and drive away Jiannu. However, their soldiers are wearing thin clothes and starving in the cold wind, which makes the soldiers complain.

Originally, they dared to come here and everyone had no wind. This was fine. Later, I heard that the officers were promoted and you got the association, but it was just distributed to the officials. This made the soldiers even more resentful.

This arrangement was originally a secret in the army. Hong Chengchou ordered the officials to tell everyone that the court is in trouble now and there is no sound of food, so he will owe it first.

But in secret they distributed a piece of food to the officers, ensuring the wealth of officials. As for what happened below, he could not help.

Hong Chengchou could make such arrangements, but another general, Lu Xiangsheng, was different. Lu Xiangsheng was able to form a powerful Tianxiong Army because he recruited soldiers and was also because he led the troops equally. His dignified governor could eat and live with the soldiers, and lead the way when fighting. Therefore, his personal charm alone could lead the soldiers to charge against him and work hard for him.

Lu Xiangsheng was also a man who loved soldiers as much as his son, and he could not deduct military blood. For example, this time, the court rewarded a little bit of food and distributed it to the officers, but Lu Xiangsheng was different. Although he saw that there were few things, he was also in his heart, so the whole army divided it equally.

As a result, the total amount of food was only one or two pounds per person, and he could barely eat a full meal or two, which made the soldiers angry. I worked hard to come to the capital to rescue the horse. The emperor rewarded the food like a dog.

Not only did the soldiers be angry, but even the officers were angry. I traveled thousands of miles to help the king, but ended up giving a false title, not at all, and I also hoped to fight Liu Zhe.

Originally, a huge army like them came to serve the king and rescue the emperor from afar. No matter what the court did, they had to let them enter the capital, eat and drink, give them a batch of food and grass, and then send them away, but the court is too poor now, and there is no way, so they can only make arrangements like this.

Emperor Chongzhen said to Hong Chengchou: "The court is in trouble now, so the soldiers can only grit their teeth and go to war first. As long as they take down Shandong and restore the canal, after the court's food comes back, they will reissue the grain for three months alone."

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard such words. He knew that the court was poor, but he didn't expect that the court would be so poor. The court actually made such a wishful plan, which was to let them fight Liu Zhe on empty stomach, grab food from Liu Zhe, and then reward these soldiers with this unique skill of making money with nothing, which was a superb skill.

Hong Chengchou was thinking, why don’t you do business if you are so good at playing? You have already made it, but his scalp is numb. He knows that the soldiers are just going to be a soldier to eat food and fight for their lives. You have to give money. It’s that simple. Now you want to fool others to work hard with a few words. How is this possible?
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