Chapter 772

The improvement of the situation of the Chinese army is the time when the situation in the Ming Dynasty is bad.

In the north, it is more difficult to transmit information. They arrived here more than ten days after the battle of Yiling, and they can receive the news of the tragic defeat of Yiling in more than ten days, thanks to Xu Jianqiang's newly established information transmission system.

The original information transmission system of the Ming Dynasty was originally very fast. With the help of this post system, the Ming Empire fought everywhere.

It is very convenient and fast to use troops for Annan in the South and Mongols in Mobei.

However, after more than 200 years of development, this convenient system, like the Ming Empire, gradually decayed and declined.

What's more, Emperor Chongzhen cancelled all the post stations in the country in order to save a lot of money. This really saved the imperial court some money and food on the surface, but it didn't help Daming. Daming was still overwhelmed by the tight financial pressure.

But when he cancelled the post station, millions of people lost their jobs and became unemployed and homeless overnight. They had no choice but to rebel. Li Zicheng was one of them.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't calculate this account. He was still complacent about saving money. If he knew that the bandit rebellion that swept several northern provinces and made Daming unable to eliminate at a cost of tens of millions was saved by him to save a little money, I don't know what he would think.

Moreover, the disadvantages of canceling these post systems will come out immediately, and the traditional way of information transmission is gone, which makes many people very uncomfortable and unaccustomed, and even cause greater confusion.

Among the major intelligence, local officials dare not delay at all. They can only mobilize a large number of human and material resources to transmit it level by level. For some ordinary intelligence, it is troublesome, and they don't know how to transmit it. This is also a reason why Daming's control over the local situation is out of control and getting worse and worse.

Because they don't know what's going on below, and the above orders can't be conveyed, there is great confusion and anxiety between the two.

Xu Jianqiang was also a witness of this event. When the post station was cancelled, it was the second year of Chongzhen. He was still waiting on Liu Yuanqiao, who was still a minister of Daming at that time.

Liu Yuanqiao was distressed. At that time, he said, "the imperial court's move is really stupid. What's the difference between picking up sesame seeds and losing melons? The imperial princes are so short-sighted that they are not sons of men."

With Xu Jianqiang's wisdom, he knows that this is a very stupid thing. He doesn't know who the emperor listens to and actually does such a thing.

The post station system of the Ming Dynasty was formulated by Emperor Taizu. He made millions of people have a job. Although he spent a lot of money and food, it is also playing a positive role. Moreover, the imperial court also arranged a large number of people through him, who devoted themselves to serving the Ming Dynasty.

Now, all of a sudden, so many people have lost their jobs, and they still roughly cut everything across the board. It's strange if there is no trouble. It's estimated that when they know that Li Zicheng, one of the leaders of the roving bandits sweeping the country, is one of them. It's an estimate forced by them. They will regret it.

However, this is also the consistent urination of the Ming court. In fact, all the anti thieves in the court were forced by them. They turned out to be a member of their system. They were forced to have no way out, and eventually rebelled.

Don't mention that this set is really so. Nurhachi, who began to rebel as early as the Wanli period, was originally the commander of jianzhouwei in the Ming Dynasty, so he was called JianNu.

They were also the chieftains and official envoys of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest after rebelling against extravagance and peace in the southwest for more than ten years. Then, in the recent rebellion of the Liu family, the Liu family was also a part of the imperial court system. Finally, because the contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable, they went to destruction. All the enemies of the Ming Dynasty were their own men and were eventually forced to rebel by themselves, Liu Yuanqiao called all this official coercion and official opposition.

Of course, the court would not think so. What the court always thinks is that we are so law-abiding and considerate of the people. How can there be so many people in the world?

The emperor was thinking, that is, I work hard and respect heaven, law and earth. However, there are always people who want to harm me. It is because of different positions that different ideas are decided.

When the emperor received this information, the next day was new year's Eve. Because of the previous victory of Yiling, the emperor Longyan Dayue was ready to hold a grand state banquet to entertain the officials and boost the morale of the people.

Who knows, at this moment, such shocking news came, and everyone was stunned.

How excited and happy they were in the battle of Yiling, and how shocked and scared they are now.

For the state banquet on New Year's Eve, Emperor Chongzhen called the generals back from other places. First, to show off this great victory; The second is to discuss with these border generals how to fight better.

Emperor Chongzhen brought back Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou who were nearby.

Because Zhu Xieyuan fought with the enemy in Xiangyang, it was inconvenient to call him back. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen deeply regretted that he said to the left and right: "one day, I will have a good drink with Zhu Gong to show my respect."

Emperor Chongzhen was so happy. This was a rare big victory since he took office. If they handled it well, they might be able to suppress the evil wind and evil spirit of the Chinese army.

You know, since their rise, they have been boasting about being invincible in the world, and no one can win. They are so arrogant that they fight against roving bandits, officials and slaves.

This kind of arrogance also makes his opponents fear and invincible. That is, the most terrible opponent can cause great psychological pressure on the enemy, which is called fearing the enemy like a tiger.

This is also why the officers and soldiers were defeated or fled against the Chinese army because they were overwhelmed by the enemy in momentum.

Now, finally, someone suppressed the arrogance of the Chinese army and made them no longer arrogant. Emperor Chongzhen was very pleased with this.

Ten years after he ascended the throne, Emperor Chongzhen was not as energetic as he was when he first ascended the throne. What he said was to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and become the co Lord of the world. It was all empty. It was the greatest comfort to keep the family property left by his ancestors. You know, now, there are wars everywhere, half of the country is lost. If the country is lost, How can he have the face to see his ancestors underground? It's hard for him to be so diligent and work so hard that he has become the king of the subjugated country.

After Zhu Xieyuan won the battle of Yiling, all this began to disappear. The emperor began to think with full confidence that after annihilating the Chinese army, he could carry out a comprehensive rectification of Daming, hoping to revitalize Daming and let the people of Daming live a peaceful life.

But just before New Year's Eve, he actually heard such shocking news. The Secretary for General Administration received it. They didn't dare to report it to the emperor at all. Everyone was shocked. They were also worried. They told the emperor that the emperor would be angry and cut them off on the spot.

Of course, Xu Jianqiang told him this news because Xu Jianqiang's information was half a day earlier than the chief secretary. When Xu Jianqiang saw this news, he was really stunned.

Xu Jianqiang was thinking, what should be done and what should be done should be done. Why can't he win the Chinese army? Liu Bu doesn't have three heads and six arms. What can he do? Every time he fights, he can win the enemy. Even a man like Zhu Xieyuan is not his opponent.

Xu Jianqiang received the news that Liu Bu captured Yiling, defeated 100000 troops of Zhang Youwei, captured Zhang Youwei alive, and Zhu Xieyuan withdrew from Xiangyang and quickly retreated to Nanyang.

Such news is selective and modified, but we also know that the situation is extremely severe and terrible.

If they had done something in the south before and had the opportunity to counter attack, now Zhu Xieyuan's army was badly hit and retreated in panic, it means that they have completely abandoned the south.

South of the Yangtze River, there is no army that can compete with the Chinese army, which means that even if they are reluctant and unwilling, they will eventually sit and watch the Chinese Army unify the South and compete with them for the world.

What's worse is that the Chinese army occupied many important places in the north of the Yangtze River at the same time, such as Shandong and Jianghuai. These places are in the hands of the Chinese army. They can attack the north at any time. In the twinkling of the Ming Dynasty, they were in an extremely bad environment and on the verge of perishing.

No matter how confident Xu Jianqiang is, at this point, his face is like soil and he doesn't know what to do.

But he didn't dare to hide such earth shaking information. He knew that once he hid it, the emperor might cut off his head in his anger. Therefore, he knew that it would offend the emperor and make the emperor very unhappy. He immediately took the memorial and urgently went to the imperial study to see him.

Emperor Chongzhen was practicing calligraphy at that time. Only when he was in a good mood would he grind a good inkstone and write some words. This year was an extremely bad year. He had a lot of difficult days, but finally before the new year, he saved the defeat. He saw that the days would improve and the emperor's mood was also improving. When he saw Xu Jianqiang coming in a hurry, He was still joking and said, "you have any good news to tell me."

But the news Xu Jianqiang told him made him extremely angry.

Emperor Chongzhen Longyan was so angry that he swept all the things on the imperial case on the ground like crazy, and then shouted and smashed it wantonly.