"I believe that if we want to increase food and salary, we must first appease the local area. The troubles caused by the Eastern captives are like a headache. Although the pain is unbearable when it attacks, it is a temporary trouble. Although the captives who enter the pass plunder heavily, they have no place to stand in the pass.
, during the Jisi Rebellion, the Tartars captured the four cities in our pass and were immediately destroyed by the king's army. The soldiers of Xuanda in Jizhen strictly guarded the surrounding areas of the capital, and the soldiers of Guanning guarded Ningjin. If the prisoners knock on the pass again and are considered as invaders, they will be attacked.
The elite soldiers in the world drove them out of the pass, and the Eastern captives could still support them. The Kun rebels had no development after taking Guangdong and Guangxi, and only used their navy to harass Fujian, Zhejiang, and the Bohai Sea. Although they pretended to be made by the Song Dynasty, they were nothing more.
Langji, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and their ilk focused on the benefits of trade and were greedy for money. Although the ministers who lost Guangdong and Guangxi talked much about the powerful ships and artillery of Kun, I thought it was because Wang Zunde was good at provoking border provocations that nineteen of his military commanders were killed.
The successor Xiong Wencan was not good at running the army, and the newly built army was neglected in battle formations. Therefore, the plague of bandits was like skin moss. Although there were many inconveniences, they did not threaten the foundation of the imperial court. The most important patients in the imperial court were actually bandits. The bandits came from Shaanxi.
Gan raised his troops and spread across three sides, wreaking havoc on the Central Plains. The fall of Zhongdu made the world uneasy. Treacherous people appeared all over the place, and they bullied the stupid people. The people did not engage in farming and production, and did not practice loyalty.
.If we are to pacify the eastern bandits and drive out the bandits, we must first exterminate the rogue bandits. This is because when we fight against foreigners, we must first pacify the interior."
Chongzhen quite agreed with Yang Sichang's analysis that "to fight against foreign forces, we must first settle the domestic affairs" and continued to ask, "According to your plan, how should we pacify the traitors?"
Upon hearing this question, Yang Sichang's eyes flashed with keen light, and he answered in a loud voice;
"Four uprights, six corners, and a net on ten sides! Take Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei as the four uprights, and the four governors will attack and defend separately; take Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan as the six corners, and the six
The governor divides defense and cooperates in suppression. This is called spreading a net on ten sides! The governors of the three sides, the prime ministers of seven provinces and two ministers follow the thieves' direction and specialize in conquering them. They use both kindness and power, and suppression and appeasement. The chief rebel must be severely suppressed and eradicated.
If there are other bandit leaders who are willing to surrender to the imperial court, they will send special personnel to recruit them and entrust them with military positions to help the officers and soldiers suppress the bandits. This is called using thieves to attack thieves. I plan to act like this and within two years, I will be able to put an end to the bandits.
The peace will allow the provinces in the Central Plains to recuperate and replenish the troops, money and food. Then use the troops from the Central Plains to attack the bandits and go south to attack Kun. The armies of the three sides will declare great power, and the towns in Jiliao will divide into groups to attack the northbound bandits. Then the world will be settled!"
These remarks are encouraging, but the emperor has heard a lot of heroic speeches over the years, and he knows where the danger lies.
"According to your calculations, how many troops, horses, money and food are needed to defeat the thieves? The national treasury is empty now. What should be done if there is insufficient supply?"
"If we want to suppress the bandits from the Ping Dynasty, I propose that the ten provinces should increase their troops by 120,000 and increase their pay by 2.8 million. I heard that the previous report recommended the introduction of a levy in Guangdong. This increase in annual revenue will be 2.1 million, and Ping Kun will put the suppression of bandits first.
, for the military pay of the thieves, 1 million can be withdrawn from the Guangdong Pay Department first. If the amount is insufficient, an additional salary can be paid for one year, drawn from the three departments of Yin Liang, Yi Delivery, and Cases."
"Tell me more about it."
"Yes, Your Majesty. The so-called "grain dependence" means that the amount of grain is increased as per the old quota. Since Guangdong's previous salary loss was 8 qian per mu, the current plan to suppress the salary minister is mainly to give relief to the rich households and to spare the poor peasants, which will harm the land.
No. It's strange to be able to get 1.5 million silver per year; for postal delivery, 200,000 can be used as payment, and the rest can be offset by examples. Xu Fumin invests as a supervisor to share the worries of the emperor and father.
Only one year old.
“What should we do if people are angry?
"Your Majesty, I'm not hurt. Most of the additional dispatches come from powerful wealthy households. The increase in silver per hundred acres is only one or two yuan, so it can be reduced and annexed. Moreover, many grain households are loyal to the emperor and the country. Suppressing thieves is related to the safety of the country.
, he will definitely be able to relieve the country's worries, and wait for the peace and tranquility of the Central Plains before he can live with the people again."
"I hate seeing you late! I hate seeing you late!" Chongzhen couldn't help but admired. "I will follow your words and temporarily burden my people for one year, and this will eliminate this serious problem!" After Chongzhen heard this, the emperor, who had been looking sad all day, actually raised his eyebrows.
He smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty's kindness to you will never be repaid by death!" After saying this, Yang Sichang knelt down to thank him.
"I discussed with Wen Tiren about the suppression of Kun. He recommended Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou as governors to attack Kun. Later, I considered that Governor Hong Chengchou would attack the thieves on three sides, and Lu Xiangsheng guarded Xuanda as a barrier for the capital. It was difficult for them to take up their posts, so I temporarily allowed Xiong Wencan to take advantage of the situation.
I have the power to check and balance the bandits. Now that I have obeyed your words, I will first suppress the bandits, but Xiong Wencan has no skills in running the army. What arrangements should be made for Guangdong and Guangxi? With the strategy of spreading the net on ten sides, in addition to Hong Chengchou supervising the three sides, I now use Lu Xiangsheng
Supervisor Xuanda, who can win the post of prime minister for military affairs in the seven provinces of the Central Plains?"
Yang Sichang's heart pounded, and he secretly complained that Xiong Wencan already had a good relationship with him. Before going to court this time, Xiong Wencan also asked someone to ask him to find ways to keep him in office. Yang Sichang's plan originally wanted Xiong Wencan to
He was temporarily responsible for containing the Kun bandits. Now that he had lost his city and lost his territory, he was already the governor without jurisdiction. He, Xiong Wencan, could not complain for embezzling money from Guangdong. Just now, in order to persuade Chongzhen to put down the rogue bandits first, he deliberately made the emperor look down on the strength of the Australians.
, out of temper, he actually said that he was bald. If the emperor thought that Xiong Wencan was an incompetent waste, things would be difficult to handle.
However, with Xiong Wencan's performance, it would indeed be difficult to forcibly protect him. He lost his army and lost his territory, so the court was extremely merciful by not arresting him and sending him to prison. It would be a fool's dream to want to keep him in office.
Naturally, Chongzhen didn't know what Yang Sichang was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu at this moment. After thinking silently for a moment, Yang Sichang said:
"Although Xiong Wencan is not good at running an army, he is still a capable minister because he was able to restore the situation after He Rubin lost his army in Qiongzhou and delay the Kun thieves. After the Kun thieves' army invaded, he fought continuously and made it difficult for the thieves to leave Guangdong and Guangxi, which shows his loyalty and bravery. It can be temporarily
A man who is good at fighting will be sent to help the general army to check and balance the bandits. Governor Xiong said that the morale of the people of Guangdong can still be used, and he is recruiting rebels. The minister thought that he would first allocate 20,000 yuan from Guangdong to Xiong Wencan, so that he could reorganize his military operations and recruit soldiers.
He and the Guangdong rebels attacked the Kun thieves. The Kun thieves came from overseas and the army was short of troops. Xiong Wencancheng could regain the lost territory. If he failed, the Kun thieves would have no time to take care of them. The imperial army could take the opportunity to defeat the flat thieves. Send another soldier to them.
I am appointed as the governor of southern Jiangxi and select a place to train tens of thousands of troops, so that I can coordinate with Governor Xiong from east to west. If Xiong Wencan cannot pacify the two provinces, he will use this as his main force to march south to Pingkun."
This plan was very appropriate and did not disrupt the court's inherent administrative divisions. It could be seen that the emperor was very satisfied. Yang Sichang continued: "I think that Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, captured Gao Ni alive. His talents are not inferior to those of Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, and he is worthy of a big job.
If Your Majesty allows Sun Chuanting to oversee the military affairs in the Central Plains, the rogue bandits will be overthrown in a matter of days."
"Good! Just what I want!" At this time, Chongzhen not only smiled at the corner of his mouth, but also his eyes became brighter. He thought of something again and continued to ask, "Governor of Southern Gansu, do you have any recommendations?"
"Fu Zonglong, the former right minister of the Ministry of War, governor of the three-sided military affairs, is worthy of the appointment."
Fu Zonglong was idle at home at this time. Although he was re-employed in the third year of Chongzhen as the governor of military affairs, he was soon dismissed due to trivial matters. Since the Tianqi period, Fu Zonglong has been known as a "knowledge of soldiers" and has commanded and participated in many times. The war against chaos in the southwest was a long-lasting battle. However, because of his upright character, although he won many battles, he was always activated for a short period of time, and then he was idle at home for a long time.
The emperor nodded and asked again:
"Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, may be suspected of being a Tongkun. What do you think?"
After Sun Yuanhua stayed in office after the Dengzhou Incident, he became a popular and well-known military governor in the imperial court. In just a few months after the Denglai Rebellion was settled, he quelled the rebellion in Dongjiang Town and killed Shen Shikui, the deputy commander-in-chief of Dongjiang who gathered a crowd to rebel. Completely controlled the Dongjiang Ming Army. They also reported to Chongzhen that they were paying for their farming operations, outsourcing weapons from the West and the West, organizing and training new armies, and rebuilding the tripartite layout. After that, the Dengzhou Army and the Dongjiang Army repeatedly attacked from the sea, with fruitful results. The heads reported to the Ministry of War were all true Tartars who could find no fault with the most critical eyes. Moreover, they handed over unprecedentedly many armored battles, ordnance and documents and seals of the slaves that had rarely been captured by the frontier army before. Chongzhen and the Ministry of War ordered The envoys from North Korea and the people who surrendered to Jianzhou all asserted that there could be no lies. In the Bingzi Incident last year, Sun Yuanhua led Denglai and the Dongjiang Army to harass southern Liaoning from the sea, conquering more than a dozen Tatar fortresses and beheading them. Captured dozens of Tatars and surrendered Han officials, killed 700 Tatar soldiers, and countless military supplies. Huang Taiji was forced to urgently recall the main force of the Dorgon tribe who had left the Liaoxi Corridor to cover Azige's entry and plunder. After describing his meritorious service, Sun Yuanhua was awarded the title of Minister of War. Zhang Tao and other old people from Dengzhou, as well as Lu Wenyuan, Lu Zeyang and others, also received titles and rewards.
Yang Sichang naturally knew about these things. He also heard that behind these achievements, the Kun thieves might have some dirty tricks involved. Not to mention, the so-called Dengzhou New Army he organized and trained alone had many Kun thieves and Kun thieves. Pao, it is said that there are also Kun thieves to guide and teach.
He had no interaction with Sun Yuanhua, so the emperor asked him this question, why? He soon remembered that the Ministry of War had received a report from Sun Yuanhua a few days ago, and the Dengzhou Navy and the Dongjiang soldiers intercepted the Tartar cavalry on the banks of the Yalu River, defeating the slaves. The chief's attempt to invade North Korea. His Majesty probably thought of Sun Yuanhua again from this.
Thinking again about the embarrassing situation of the court during the Dengzhou Incident, the prosecution of relevant officials afterwards and the important task of pacifying the rebellion now. Regardless of whether Sun Yuanhua had Tongkun or not, he made suggestions that were unfavorable to Sun. If the court really Taking this as an excuse to deal with it, with Sun Yuanhua's achievements and prestige in the military, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no Dengzhou incident. Yang Sichang's "quelling the chaos" was not mentioned halfway, and it is difficult for the court to investigate after the incident.
Since Sun Yuanhua put down the Dengzhou Rebellion, his contribution has been obvious to all, from the emperor to the officials. The Dongjiang River can be maintained only because of Sun Yuanhua's support. Sun's power in the court is not small, and he was the current leader. Although his mentor and in-law Xu Guangqi, who was promoted by Fu Wen Tiren, is no longer in the cabinet, his holy family has not declined. He is now training troops for the imperial court in Tianjin and is said to be quite successful.