Chapter 874

Xu Jianqiang happily reported to Emperor Chongzhen. He said: "Jining is in chaos, Jinan is in chaos, Linqing is in chaos, and the whole canal is in chaos. It has been unable to operate normally. Liu thief wants to transport materials and troops through the canal and has a complete abortion."

This was a victory. Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. He said, "this is a good sign. Aiqing, you have made the first contribution."

Xu Jianqiang had no doubt. He said, "it's really related to the efforts of his subordinates that there can be such chaos on the front line of the canal. Cao Gang is a group of people who forget righteousness in the face of profit. They forget righteousness in the face of small profits and cherish their body in the face of big profits. They thought that they could easily get fame and wealth in a small fight?"

Emperor Chongzhen said, "now they are doing quite well. Ai Qing, are you asking too much?"

Emperor Chongzhen said, "Your Majesty, why do you really think all these are Cao Gang people? These people just want to make a small fuss, and then sit down and enjoy military merit. It all depends on our royal guards and East Hall agents to mediate and add a fire for them. Today's scene is the list of meritorious people. Ministers ask for merit for the soldiers on the front line who go through fire and water?"

Emperor Chongzhen took the memorial and explained his doubts. In fact, he also thought that Cao Gang were greedy and shameless. They only worked for money. As soon as he heard the news, these people dared to work so hard for money. He was overjoyed. The cost performance was really high, At least, it is more awesome than the imperial army. Now it is known that all these things are related to many things done by Dongchang and Jinyi Wei.

It was mentioned above that the Cao Gang were just on strike, while the people in the East Hall secretly killed the officers, soldiers and officials of the government, causing hatred between the two sides and allowing them to work directly.

As for the explosion of several river embankments, it was not the Cao Gang's people, but the people of the East Hall and the royal guards. Of course, Liu thieves will think that it was the Cao Gang's work, so the two sides would have a big fight directly.

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile, "Aiqing is indeed my minister of brachial shares. He played it accurately."

However, the emperor said, "in this way, there will be many people who are afraid of death. The imperial army must start at once."

Xu Jianqiang said, "this fire is not strong enough. The imperial army can't start yet. It's best to let the Cao Gang and the Liu family do it. After the two sides have almost fought, we can do it. In this way, it's natural. If you want to be famous, you want to serve thousands of generations, that's OK, but you must exchange your life."

The emperor agreed with this point. Although so many princes were granted in the Ming Dynasty, except that after the founding of the country, other people were granted Marquis earls, which were all relatives of the emperor. For more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, these nine literary ministers were able to be granted Marquis with military merit.

It's a true portrayal of the imperial court that he wants to be knighted in exchange for his life. As for himself, he feels that his worry is a little superfluous. The Cao Gang people are in collusion with the Liu family and have a nest of snakes and mice. They used to work together to hurt the Imperial court so badly and pit them so badly. Now they fight because of uneven distribution of stolen goods. They deserve it.

These are the tigers and wolves of the country. If they kill each other, the world will be peaceful. However, Emperor Chongzhen is more concerned about one thing, which is: "when is it appropriate for our imperial army to start?"

If it had been in the past, he would never have asked each other for these things.

The emperor has his own opinions on the important affairs of the imperial court, and the military department has free opinions. He can't be a eunuch. However, looking at the whole imperial court, it seems that he is the only eunuch who can do some practical things, so the emperor regards him as his left and right arms.

After all, no matter where it is, it is the uncle who can get money and food. If there is milk, it is the mother. It is all right in the world.

Xu Jianqiang said: "When Wei Chen was in Nanyang, he discussed this issue with Zhu Gong. Zhu Gong summarized the weaknesses of the Chinese army through countless battles with the Chinese army. He believed that if our army wants to win, we must first go out on a rainy day. Liu thief's cannon can't play its power on a rainy day. When our army shows its skills, the imperial army should wait for the first rain in spring."

Originally, the most taboo when the army went out was rain. Because the road was muddy, it made the army inconvenient to move. In the rain, it also made the soldiers easy to get wet. They caught a cold and suffered from the wind and cold. There were a lot of non combat attrition, but they faced the most powerful tiger and wolf division in the world. The other party's firearm army was very powerful. It could be called invincible in the world. They could only take advantage of the heavy rain, right When Fang's firepower can't exert its power, it will be almost dead.

If the second person said it, it was not persuasive, but Zhu Xieyuan said it. He was the only fierce man in the Ming army who could completely wipe out an enemy division. His words were very persuasive. Not only the emperor heard the letter, but also Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang were deeply convinced. They prepared a large number of coir raincoats and waited for the rain to go out.

The emperor and the imperial court are now facing such a dilemma, and they have also changed many things. For example, in the past, when they fought a war, they would certainly set the temple calculation on the imperial court. After setting the temple calculation, they would order the following how to fight. They should not mess at all. Otherwise, they would disobey the will.

But when they did this, they suffered too many losses and dared not do so again. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen has authorized the three generals under him to launch an attack and annihilate the enemy as long as they think the time is right.

Of course, if they can coordinate with each other, the effect will be better. What the imperial court has to do is coordinate their march.

According to the statistics of various parties, the number of troops that the imperial court can dispatch and mobilize will exceed 700000. These 700000 troops are still the troops to fight and kill the enemy, not the civilian men in charge of logistics.

This can also be said to be the largest military action since the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty. Since the defeat of the civil castle, the Ming Dynasty has not started such a huge military action. This action has exhausted all their resources. If they are defeated in this battle, it can be said that if the enemy does not fight, they will collapse themselves.

Therefore, this war is related to the national movement. Both sides can only win but not lose. The emperor will care so much.

But emperor Chongzhen now understands that the more he cares about the same thing, the more he cares about the same thing, the easier it is to screw up. He leaves it to his generals to do it. It seems that they can do better and let them play freely. Being an emperor is to coordinate their actions and urge all localities to send more food and military noise.

Since the loss of the south, Daming has basically no tax income. Although several northern provinces are still in control, most of them are either natural disasters or military disasters, and there is no grain tax at all.

The situation was so critical that emperor Chongzhen had to be forced to do something he didn't want to do. For example, he just asked the people of royal guards and east hall to attack these rich families, nobles and rich people.

If it had been before, he would never have done so, because he thought these were his supporters and the foundation of the imperial dynasty.

But he was thinking, what's the use of having no imperial dynasty? These people keep saying that they will prosper with the country, lose with each other, and rest with the country. Now when the country is in trouble, do you want to sacrifice yourself?

The imperial court has been poor and can't even get together the money for military pay, but these rich people are big fish and meat. A Li Sancai near TongZhou alone copied millions of liang of silver and millions of Liang from his house! There were not so many in the national treasury and the royal family. As an official, he made so much money, which also made emperor Chongzhen completely change his view.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's practice of attacking the officials and gentry did solve the problem of their military pay and food in a short time, but it quickly lost the support of the imperial court. A large number of officials began to slow down or strike, leaving the imperial court in unprecedented chaos. Even if Zhou yanru, the first assistant, spared no effort to suppress and maintain, It makes the imperial court unable to play its previous role.

Now emperor Chongzhen has been difficult to obtain money and food or manage the place through the government system. He can only maintain his rule through his army and East Hall organization.

This is to drink doves to quench thirst, but there is no way. In such a deadly situation, you have to drink even to quench thirst.

The emperor is now trying his best to let the army and the East Hall collect the food. It is often the weaver of the East Hall and the royal guards, and then directly hand it over to the army to let them take over. They can get as much as they can!

In order to win the war in Shandong next year and wipe out the enemy, the emperor did everything at all costs. In this way, the North was filled with grief. Not only the people but also the officials could not make a living. Although this was the case, the emperor and the court did collect a large amount of silver and grain in a short period of time, It also pulled out the momentum of hundreds of thousands of troops.

In the past, it would be impossible for the imperial court to gather up 700000 troops to fight. Just logistics and food supply will become a huge problem. However, Emperor Chongzhen has indeed pulled out hundreds of thousands of troops. He also understands that the main problem now is the military. If the military problem is solved, others will be easy to talk about, Otherwise, he would not be so militaristic, which is tantamount to letting the weak Daming take the medicine of a crowd of wolves and tigers. Either Liu thief died or Daming died.