Today is a rare happy day since the emperor ascended the throne.
The rebellion in Ji Town has been suppressed, and Uncle Fuwang's gang is like a group of roosters that have been plucked by me. Although they are still bluffing, there are not many of their soldiers and horses in the capital.
Chongzhen felt that he slept well for the first time last night. Wake up feeling refreshed in the morning. It feels like Beizhili has never been so safe as it is now.
Jizhen was supposed to lay off 33,000 new recruits. This catastrophe resulted in the death of half a million soldiers and civilians. There are only more than 20,000 remnant soldiers left in Ji Town.
I no longer need to pay arrears to the more than 30,000 captives and those who died. If you don't behead them, it would be a mercy, and you dare to argue with me about wages.
Moreover, these rebels massacred all the gentry and landlords in more than a dozen counties of Shuntian Prefecture, leaving a large amount of land idle. The south side of the Great Wall is full of unclaimed fields. These lands were also taken back by Chongzhen to the royal estate. Although there is no floating wealth, the land is also a real income. Distributing it to the prince in the future can also reduce the plunder of farmers' land.
Chongzhen planned in his mind that the 20,000 infantrymen from the four towns that he had extracted from Yang Fan were reorganized and trained by Yang Fan several times before going to the battlefield again. Now they are no longer what they used to be. It has become a force with considerable combat effectiveness. He decided to combine the 20,000 people with the car camp. Strengthen the power of the car camp.
At the same time, the Jinyi Guards Cavalry was expanded to 20 battalions, with a scale of more than 10,000 people.
He is also preparing to mobilize elite soldiers from various towns to form a personal army of 2,000 people.
In this way, the army he personally controls is about 36,000 strong, enough to guard the capital and defend himself.
After Yang Fan won the victory in the northwest, he transferred the Beijing camp back and asked Zhang Shize, the governor of the Beijing camp, to conduct military affairs and make the Jiang family his deputies. He planned to hand over each regiment in the Beijing camp to a noble family he could trust and divide and rule them. In this way, he felt more at ease.
Chongzhen was in front of the coat mirror, wearing a dragon robe, while worrying about how much Yang Fan could bring back to the capital camp.
There is a consensus between the government and the public that this means spending money on fighting. No matter what, you have to bring back 50,000 people to me. Don't take more than half of the casualties.
"Your Majesty, you look really good today and look in good spirits." Concubine Yuan complimented while helping to adjust the hem of the dragon robe.
The queen snorted softly and ignored her.
Concubine Tian was on the other side helping the emperor adjust his cuffs. She said: "Your Majesty, will you wear a watch or a pocket watch today?"
Yang Fan presented sixteen watches as a tribute, as well as a dozen exquisite pocket watches with twelve pure gold hollow cases. Chongzhen couldn't put it down and would always choose one to bring with him. It’s also convenient to check the time while working.
"Wear a pocket watch. I feel that the pocket watch is more solemn. It has been many years since the Ming Dynasty offered captives to the Ancestral Temple." The corners of Chongzhen's eyes were a little moist.
It has been almost two hundred years since Tumu Fort. The Ming Dynasty had never been so great militarily, and it had a series of victories.
This military achievement can be said to have opened up territory and expanded the territory.
A hundred years later, the history books will also have to record a lot of things. At least I am a promising king.
At that time, Emperor Chengzu only conquered the Mongolian tribes. It is nothing more than enfeoffing the chiefs of various tribes.
And now I have emptied Monan. The Duoyan, Haraqin, Tumut, Ordos, Alxa and other tribes were completely wiped out, and all the nobles were killed. Now they are all staying in the military camp at Jingshan Houxiaochang.
This is tantamount to completely solving the Mongolian threat.
After all, Desert Mongolia is far away, and Mobei Mongolia is separated by the desert, so the threat is not great. Only Lindan Khan of Eastern Mongolia and a large number of dozens of tribes were left swinging between Chahar and Jiannu.
Those are already within the scope of Liaodong. This is Yuan Chonghuan's responsibility, not Yang Fan's.
Since he promised me to return to Liaoning in five years, I will wait and see.
Now Yang Fan's work is almost finished. Only the remnants of the desert Mongolia are left. If we can fight, we will fight. If not, I will accept it if we can negotiate for peace.
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After all, in the eyes of the imperial court, the area outside Jiayuguan Pass was a foreign land, and it was enough to pay tribute without violating the border. As long as Yang Fan brings Qinghai-Tibet back to me, the west will be as stable as an iron barrel.
Therefore, in Chongzhen's view, Yang Fan has basically finished his work.
Now Monan Mongolia does not recognize the fact that Ming Dynasty completely annexed Monan Mongolia.
I still want to continue wrestling with each other. Then just let Yang Fan teach them how to behave.
Based on his understanding of Yang Fan, it is only a matter of time before Yang Fan repels them.
It is even possible to fight as far as Alxa and push the battle line to the Juyan Sea. By then, Jiayuguan and Juyan Sea will be blocked at both ends, and Mongolia will be controlled to the west of Hami.
Chongzhen put on his clothes and turned around in front of the mirror with satisfaction.
This coat mirror is two meters high and one and a half meters wide. But it’s an incredible treasure. It is the treasure of the Qianqing Palace.
Mirrors in this era were rare. They are all made by Italians using the mercury method, and glass products are easy to break. Maritime transportation is extremely risky, and a piece as big as a palm is priced astronomically.
The frame of the coat mirror is made of rosewood and is so heavy that no ten people can lift it. The frame is engraved with nine flying dragons, which are reserved for the emperor.
There is no shortage of red sandalwood in the warehouses of the Forbidden City. At that time, eunuch Sanbao went to the West and brought back hundreds of ships of red sandalwood to use as ballast wood. It was not until the end of Qianlong's reign that these red sandalwoods were destroyed by the old man Shiquan.
Empress Zhou looked at the twenty-year-old emperor, who was so high-spirited, and couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.
Empress Zhou was also dressed in rich attire. She took her two concubines and knelt down to pay homage. She said softly, "I congratulate you on the great Ming Dynasty and congratulate your majesty."
Chongzhen flushed with joy and quickly helped the queen up and said, "Queen, get up quickly. You are still pregnant. It is inconvenient to kneel down."
Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan knelt behind the queen. They lowered their heads and looked at the queen's bulging belly from the corner of their eyes, feeling sour in their hearts.
"You two beloved concubines, get up quickly," Chongzhen said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Wang Chengen came in and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty's hour has come. It's time to set off. Your Majesty is ready."
"Well, have you arranged the route?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged. Your Majesty will first leave the city from Deshengmen and go to the Changping Imperial Tomb to offer sacrifices to ancestors. Then he will return to the city to offer prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. But after offering prisoners, how will these Mongolian nobles deal with them? The cabinet still has to deal with them. There’s a quarrel and there’s no consensus.”
Chongzhen frowned a little, he was unwilling to express his position on this kind of thing.
It's just that after the prisoners were sacrificed, they were all taken to the market entrance and chopped off. Or His Majesty may show mercy and assign him to a place of residential surveillance.
No matter how he expressed his position, it seemed that he was not kind enough.
It would be best for the cabinet to discuss it and give an opinion, and then the emperor would approve it. For example, the cabinet salary should be cut. The emperor showed mercy and exiled all these people. A good reputation belongs to the emperor, and strict enforcement of national laws belongs to the ministers.
Chongzhen became increasingly dissatisfied with Donglin's cabinet. These people sit there all day long and are not willing to figure out the holy will. One by one, they played high and low all day long. I feel uncomfortable being around them. No wonder many emperors in history favored sycophants.
"Humph, let them continue the discussion and get up and leave the palace." Chongzhen said angrily.
We have arrived at this time, and the opinions on how to deal with it have not yet come out. The emperor did not intend to wait any longer. When the time comes, I will make my own decisions.
