Chapter 96

At first, the establishment of the military aircraft office only existed as a branch of the cabinet, and the courtiers took turns to serve concurrently, with no fixed number of personnel. Although it bypassed the cabinet and directly decided military and state affairs by the emperor, which aroused the vigilance of the courtiers, it only involved civil commotion and border soldiers at the beginning, and indeed improved efficiency, so it did not attract enough attention of the courtiers.

However, after the end of the imperial Taiji Kou Guan war in the third year of Chongzhen, the courtiers found that the emperor had incorporated the royal guards into the military aircraft department as an intelligence agency of the military aircraft department, which greatly increased the authority of the military aircraft department, unconsciously completed the strengthening of the monarchy, and the role of the cabinet had been infinitely weakened.

Thanks to sun Chengzong's steady fighting in the past two years and the construction of Ningjin defense line, coupled with He Xie's foresight and the massive promotion of firearms, the battle of Chongzhen in the past three years was not avoided by Huang Taiji. Ningyuan and Jinzhou broke into the pass. The generals in Eastern Liaoning resisted the enemy outside the pass. A three-month war led to heavy casualties of the Qing army. Finally, they got nothing and returned to Shenyang.

Huang Taiji was deeply ashamed and vowed to avenge him.

However, the Ming army's lax military discipline and poor combat effectiveness are a long-standing problem. In this war, the Ming army also suffered heavy losses, and the number of casualties is even comparable to that of the Qing army.

But in the end, Daming won the war, and the benefits were obvious.

First of all, the civil uprising in Shaanxi is in full swing. There are years of famine and the imperial court is short of silver and food. Even though the emperor repeatedly exempted taxes in disaster areas such as Shaanxi and Shandong and allocated food for disaster relief, and sweet potato has also solved a small part of the urgent needs, natural and man-made disasters are still unavoidable.

In such a two-line operation, it is very difficult and extremely rare for the battle of Liaodong to achieve such results.

Secondly, after this war, the strength of the Qing army was greatly damaged, and it was unable to start the war again in the short term. Sun Chengzong could continue to promote his strategy, steadily train troops and build roads, and open up the field in East Beijing.

During the global little ice catastrophe, the only way for the Qing army to survive was to fight in North Korea and Mongolia to obtain survival materials.

The Ming Dynasty did not have time to cultivate students and recuperate, nor did it have that condition, but taking advantage of this precious period of peace, it could calm civil strife and completely stabilize the domestic situation.

Finally, after this war, the position of the military aircraft department was completely highlighted, and the monarchy was further strengthened and concentrated. The royal guards were active in this war and spread the intelligence network outside the pass. Moreover, the emperor took advantage of this war to promote some talents and entered the military aircraft department, such as Shi Kefa, Liu Zhaoji and others.

In January of the third year of Chongzhen, the emperor canonized the prince Zhu ciluo as the crown prince. He was exempted from ascending the hall by martial law. All officials listened to the proclamation at the Meridian Gate and made twelve obeisances.

In April, the emperor was dissatisfied with the anxious war situation in Shaanxi, increased troops in Shaanxi, surrounded the thieves in Northern Shaanxi, and completely calmed Shaanxi in the first World War. Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and killed, and Li Zicheng disappeared.

After the pacification of Shaanxi, the emperor built water transportation, transferred money and grain from the South and determined the natural disasters in the north.

Five years later, Daming entered a long period of "Chongzhen New Deal" reform.

The emperor reformed the tax system, restarted the business tax, changed the East factory to the Daming tax bureau, and Wei Zhongxian was the first tax governor.

The effect of this measure is obvious. The Fanzi of the East Hall, the royal guards and local officials have formed a situation of mutual supervision and restriction. Although the ruthless means of copying the family by the East Hall has been impeached by a wave of officials, the tax revenue of Chongzhen in the past four years alone is more than the sum of the past three years.

Therefore, both the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries shut up.

The process of reform has never been smooth. During this period, the emperor also failed. For example, the opening of the sea ban had to be abandoned due to the obstruction of rich coastal businessmen and officials; Another example is that during the tax collection period of the East Hall, the people were bullied, the fish and meat countryside, and the popular uprising was aroused, which once stalled the tax work. Even the emperor had to temporarily oust Wei Zhongxian and reopen the next year.

The good news is that Daming is rich, the collection of commercial tax is a foregone conclusion, and the famine in Gansu, Shaanxi and Shandong has been effectively alleviated due to the popularity of sweet potatoes.

In addition, the emperor trained 50000 new troops, took Shi Kefa as the commander, and Xu Guangqi as the instructor of the new army, stationed in the capital.

The Ming Dynasty has stumbled for five years. In these five years, disasters are still frequent everywhere, and there are hunger riots from time to time, but it is much better than the original history.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Emperor accepted the Zhou sisters as imperial concubines. In the same year, Queen Ding gave birth to a princess and gave her the name Changping. The following year, the Zhou sisters gave birth to a son and a daughter.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian died of illness. The emperor granted him the title of "loyal Duke" with the posthumous title of "loyalty". Wang chongen succeeded the tax governor of Daming.

In the same year, Pei Lun was promoted to the commander of the royal guards. Nanzhen Fu Department reorganized the supervision institute to supervise the law and discipline of the factory. Shen Lian was the first commander of the procuratorate.

In October, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming killed Mao Wenlong and rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The emperor was so angry that he called the civil and military court of the Manchu Dynasty to discuss the attack on the Jin people. All officials objected one after another, but the emperor had no choice but to give up.

In November, the rebel generals Kong and Geng invaded the pass by sea from North Korea. Taking Shang Kexi as their internal agent, they captured Dengzhou and looked at Laizhou with a tiger's eye; Huang Taiji personally led the Eight Banners army, avoiding Ningyuan and Jinzhou. He broke into the pass from Longjing pass, hongshankou and Da'an pass in three ways to capture Zunhua. The capital was in an emergency and the flames of the Ming Dynasty rose again!

The emperor was furious and determined to keep Huang Taiji in the pass.

The emperor took the capital as bait, erected walls and clear fields, lured the enemy in depth, surrounded Liaodong, Xuanfu and Jizhou, cut off the back road of the eight flag army, and led the capital protection with the new army.

For Leiden, the emperor ordered sun chuanting to enter Shandong and sent Han Kuang and Lu Jianxing to North Korea for a joint trip, which led Lu Xiang to rise out of Shaanxi and enter Shandong and join sun chuanting's soldiers.

This was the biggest battle of Chongzhen Dynasty. This battle laid the foundation for the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty and the immortal name of Chongzhen emperor!

Huang Taiji was brutally devastated by new weapons such as artillery and explosives under the capital. He left 30000 bodies and fled in a hurry. Sun Chengzong, Shi Kefa and other generals were ordered by the emperor to fight steadily and surrounded step by step, trapping Huang Taiji in the empty city of Zunhua without fighting.

In March of the 10th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji was killed by hungry and desperate Mongolian soldiers. The Jin people opened the city and surrendered. The emperor refused, and 40000 people were trapped.

Full of joy!

At the same time, Kong Youde defeated North Korea, defeated North Korean officers and soldiers, and occupied the city.

The prestige of emperor Chongzhen has reached an unprecedented peak!

On March 27, Hogg, the son of Huang Taiji, succeeded to the throne, and Dourgen was regent, commanding the power of the Jin army.

On the first day of April, the emperor, with sun Chengzong as his commander and Shi Kefa as his deputy general, went out of the mountain customs to counter attack the Jin people. On May 13, Shi Kefa conquered Liaoyang with explosives and artillery, and the death and injury of Jin people were not counted!

On May 20, he divided his troops into Fushun and conquered Fushun with Mongolian ministries as his insiders. Yuan Chonghuan slaughtered the city for three days. He was impeached by the censor, and the emperor ordered him to commit crimes and perform meritorious deeds.

On May 27, Daming surrounded Shenyang.

The desperate golden man broke out amazing combat power!

In this war, although the Ming Dynasty had the advantage of firearms, more than 20000 people were killed and injured, 50000 Jin people and the whole army of Ma were covered. Dourgen and the Imperial Palace killed the concubines of the Imperial Palace and the prince and princess, set fire to themselves and died. The prince Hogg disappeared.

The Jin Dynasty has officially perished since then!

Kong Youde, who separated Korea, soon begged the emperor for sin and surrender, and the emperor ordered Lu Xiangsheng and sun chuanting to be killed. So the two troops surrounded Lee's Korean army and completely annihilated Kong Youde's headquarters. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were captured by their subordinates and died in the army.

On June 16, the 10th year of Chongzhen, Ming traitors such as Kong Youde and fan Wencheng were escorted to the capital and executed at the mouth of the vegetable market. Tens of thousands of people watched the punishment, all competing to eat their meat and drink their blood.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty opened the maritime bureau, which was divided into three fleets, with Shi Kefa, Zheng Zhilong and Li Dingguo as generals, to expedition the sea.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong died in the naval battle of Portugal. The emperor granted his son Zheng Sen the title of loyal and brave uncle. In the same year, Shi Kefa and Li Dingguo returned with a full load.

Daming has really developed. The prosperity of sea trade has completely consolidated the foundation of Daming ZTE. An endless stream of wealth comes from the sea, which has greatly compensated and alleviated the losses caused by domestic disasters.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the emperor moved his capital to Nanjing. In the same year, all nations came to Korea!

After the reign of emperor Chongzhen for 32 years, the Ming Dynasty has completely become an Empire where capitalism began to flourish. Since the 17th year of Chongzhen, crown prince Zhu ciheng began to travel all over the Ming Dynasty and even went to sea. The young crown prince accepted new things quickly. At the same time, he did not lose his composure due to the teachings of Han Kuang and other old ministers.

In the 33rd year of Chongzhen, the emperor reformed the administration of officials and ordered the establishment of military schools, industrial schools and agricultural schools outside Guozi prison.

But halfway through the implementation of the reform, Queen Ding was seriously ill and died ten days later.

The emperor was deeply grieved and had no intention of ruling for three consecutive months.

On July 27, the 33rd year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen abdicated, and crown prince Zhu ciheng succeeded to the throne. He was named qianheng. Chongzhen was respected as the supreme emperor.

The crown prince continued his father's ruling idea and still carried out drastic reform. Through the efforts of Chongzhen Dynasty, there were a large number of talents in the Ming Dynasty. The emergence of these talents has made it a foregone conclusion to reproduce the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty.

With the passing of two imperial concubines of Zhou, the supreme emperor often stayed alone in the empty palace and was stunned.

In August of the 34th year of Chongzhen, the supreme emperor called the crown prince to talk about Dadan secretly. The next day, he held a banquet in the Huangji hall. After drinking, the supreme emperor raised his glass and said with a smile: "I want to return to heaven, all love Qing, and I will go."

Then he disappeared on the spot, and the ministers were in an uproar! The world is in an uproar!

After Chongzhen's death, Emperor qianheng and his officials pursued his posthumous title, and his temple name was hengzong.

The two dynasties of Chongzhen and qianheng were called the prosperous era of chongqian by later generations, and they were also regarded as the beginning of the transformation of China from a feudal dynasty to a capitalist monarchy.

The fate of emperor Chongzhen and his ascent to heaven have become a mystery that will never be solved by future generations.