Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Xu Aiqing, what can you tell me quickly?"

Although Emperor Chongzhen dispatched troops and generals, he prepared a large army of 700,000 and devoted his whole country to the pursuit of Shandong. He was determined to win.

But at present, there is no certainty of winning, because the enemy is too strong and capable of fighting, the weapons are too advanced, and they have money. In many ways, it can suppress the Ming Dynasty to fight.

Also because of the extremely amazing mobilization capabilities of the Chinese army, they can quickly transport a large amount of troops and materials through sea and ship to support various places.

The logistics supply of the Chinese army could overwhelm the Ming Dynasty, which made the emperor deeply worried.

Although they had a large army of 700,000, divided into three groups and counterattacked Shandong, it seemed to be a huge momentum, but Emperor Chongzhen understood a little.

They can most likely win the championship and quickly attack Shandong, but it is easy to attack Shandong. However, when their army goes deeper and the supply line is lengthened, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

When the enemy mobilized a large number of troops and equipment, rushed from all directions to support the front line and counterattack them, it was when they retreated.

However, as Xu Jianqiang said, if the opponent's canal is destroyed and the opponent loses the convenience of the canal, it will indeed greatly enhance their chances of winning, at least neither side will get support from the rear.

Xu Jianqiang said: "The Grand Canal has two key points. The first is the river water. As long as there is enough water storage, it can operate normally; the second is the millions of Cao Gang people who survive on the canal. The Liu Yuanqiao family can achieve great things, which cannot be separated from the full support of the Cao Gang. With the support of the Cao Gang, they could do many things, but Liu Yuanqiao is a person who turned against others. Since they gained power, they have begun to abandon Cao Gang people and no longer value Cao transport. Therefore, Cao Gang people are disloyal from him."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he attracted interest and said, "What do you mean is that you have contacted the Cao Gang?"

If it was another official, he could only have an idea when he said this, but Xu Jianqiang was different. Xu Jianqiang dared to use this matter as an example, it must be that he had contacted the other party and had strong executability.

Sure enough, Xu Jianqiang said: "Since the Liu family raised its army, the Cao Gang, which made great contributions. Although it earned a little money, it did not get what they expected. After all, the Liu family still regarded them as dogs. Moreover, the Liu family and their power are mainly in the south. If they are allowed to grow, they do not need to transport the southern grain taxes to the north. This means that the bad gang will lose their jobs. Therefore, Weichen contacted several leaders of the Cao Gang, and the other party immediately said that they could cooperate."

Emperor Chongzhen sneered, and he said, "I only know that I regret it now, and that I know the fault of holding firewood and putting out fire."

Xu Jianqiang said: "Now we know that it is not too late to make up for the bribe. Several leaders of the Cao Gang have offered conditions. They will start a strike during the battle, refuse to transport food to the Chinese army, and destroy the canal transportation. After the matter is completed, they ask the canal transportation to them and manage it."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "What a big appetite."

The most important national economy and people's livelihood and economic activities were the most important. There were more than one million people living on this canal. The oil and water were even more valuable and silver. Many times, many officials knew that transporting grain and materials through sea transportation was more convenient and more efficient, but the court and central government could not pass, or were limited by various forces.

To put it bluntly, a huge interest group has been formed here, and many people live on him. The Liu family is one of them. It can be seen that the profits and gold and silver are not even the emperor cannot change this. Now the Cao Gang is greedy enough to offer them such conditions.

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not hesitate for long. After almost hesitating for a while, he said loudly: "Promise them."

Anyway, Shandong is not in their hands now, and they can agree to any conditions. After the recovery, it depends on the situation. There is no need to be so faithful when dealing with greedy people.

Emperor Chongzhen saw Xu Jianqiang's face look a little strange, and he said, "Do you think I am not sincere enough?"

Xu Jianqiang said: "No? There is no need to talk about trustworthiness when dealing with these greedy people. The money given to them by the Liu family is actually not small. They are greedy and want more, so the two sides cannot reach an agreement. The Liu family chose to go more by sea. If the Ming Dynasty could take the sea transportation step earlier, like the Liu family, instead of the canal transportation, it would probably save a lot of money."

Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "Are you condemning the former emperor wrong?"

Hearing the emperor's tone of badness, Xu Jianqiang felt it was inappropriate, so he quickly knelt down and said, "I don't dare."

Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "This is really a mistake for the late emperors. If they can cut off this piece, they can at least save more than one million yuan in money and food for the court. But do you know that if this piece is missing, it means that millions of people have no jobs. What should these people do? How could the previous emperors in history be kind, so how could so many people lose their jobs, have no work to do, and become refugees?"

Xu Jianqiang had no choice but to say: "The emperor is wise and wise, and it is not something that the weak ministers can do."

He was thinking in his heart that there were so many people who were relying on the canal to eat. Could it be that without the canal, they would starve to death? Those who really rely on the canal could find other work after all, and the biggest ones were those who were relying on the canal to suck blood, such as the governor of the canal. Li Sancai had been the governor of the canal for ten years, but he had accumulated more than four million taels of silver. Should this be scary?

If the money can be handed over to the court, how much burden can be reduced to the court?

But the emperor didn't want to mention this topic anymore, so he no longer had to worry about it because it was not something he could do.

Although Xu Jianqiang hated the Liu family and his son to the core, he admired the Liu family and his son to the extreme. Basically, he learned everything from the Liu family and his son, and learned their pragmatic style.

As smart as the father and son of the Liu family, they also relied on the canal, but once they sat in the world, they immediately began to remove this piece and called this piece a cancer. This shows how deep the water is in it?

Everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew that the water in the canal was very deep, and the interests were entangled and the branches were mixed, so they could easily drown the person who attacked him. If you understand this aspect the most, it might be Liu Yuanqiao.

So after the Liu family's father and son took power, they immediately began to use the reasons of war to get rid of their dependence on the canal.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Liu family and his son have a powerful navy, and also to their own private ocean-going fleet.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty relied on these officials in the canal transport to fight against those who advocated the opening of the sea ban. Even the emperor could not resist their crazy counterattack and publicized the risks of sea brigade.

But how smart are Liu Yuanqiao and his son? Is there any risk in shipping? Who can hide it from them? Who can fool him?

Xu Jianqiang was sure that because of the war, the Liu family and his son still had a certain dependence on the canal, but after the war ended and the world was peaceful, they would definitely completely change the canal transport to sea transport to reduce their dependence on this.

Xu Jianqiang saw this, and several bigwigs of the Cao Gang also saw this. That's what they thought, so they immediately agreed to surrender after Xu Jianqiang lobbied them.

Although they are currently very happy to work with the Liu family and can make money, they value their long-term iron rice bowls. They have no jobs left. What's the use of making money for a while?

Many people have been in this industry for generations, and they have been passed down from generation to generation. When they reach their own generation, they will lose it. It would be strange if they don’t go crazy? They just let them fight to the death and rebel, and they dare to do it.

There was an unemployment crisis, and Xu Jianqiang promised to make a lot of money and profits. These people believed that as long as they assisted the court in quelling the rebels in Shandong, they might hand over the entire canal to them to manage.

These are very greedy people, but when they think of this canal being rich, they are rich in mountains of gold and silver, they immediately drool. In order to get this canal, what if they fight for their lives?

The Liu family was just a fisherman. After several generations of accumulation, they could become rich people, then rebel and live in the world. Why can't we, those who are better from better backgrounds? How could we do this? Is there any king, general, and minister?

The rogue Liu Bang, the beggar Zhu Yuanzhang, and the fishing Liu family, they can all rebel and become emperors, but why can't they?

So after these people were attracted by Xu Jianqiang, they basically had no hesitation and immediately joined the imperial camp.

They promised that once the two sides started a war, they would refuse to transport money and food to the Chinese army, and also attack ships on the canal, ensuring that the Chinese army could not use and transport supplies and troops through the canal, and paralyze their logistics capabilities.

Xu Jianqiang was thinking beautifully that when the two sides fought fiercely, the front line of the Chinese army was in full swing, and they went all out to ask for help from the south.

The troops and money and food in the south were also trying every means to transport them. Shandong was the place where the Chinese army must defend, and there was no other way except to fight to the death!

But at this critical moment, the Liu family and his son discovered that the canal they used to rely on and rely on, suddenly they could not use it. The Chinese army could not use the canal to transport troops, which would make them at a loss and cause huge chaos.

The fierce battle between the two sides is a struggle between life and death. If you give your all, you can't win steadily. If there is such a huge chaos in the rear, how can they withstand it?
Chapter completed!