Chapter 479: The Ming Dynasty suffered from internal and external troubles
Chenliu, formerly the prefect's palace, is now the temporary palace of the Ming emperor.
There were aggressive Han men outside, and the governor-general was eyeing him inside. In addition, more than one million troops were wiped out, and 90% of the wealth was left in Luoyang...
Although the founding of the Ming Dynasty is inspiring, the situation it faces is not optimistic. After all, even if it has the support of the people under its leadership, it is impossible to conjure weapons, armor and other materials out of thin air.
The Yellow Turbans were able to expand so fast before only because of the family's huge financial and material resources, which was why they had such a sick and abnormal expansion rate.
Now, the Tujiangjiangjiang of the Guandong family who had fled to Tujiang no longer had the ability to continue to transfuse blood to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had to face the embarrassing situation of having only people in the army but no weapons and equipment.
In order to restore his strength as soon as possible, Zhang Sheng adopted a series of frugal strategies after becoming emperor. He did not even build a palace, but used the Chenliu Prefecture as a temporary palace.
The Ming Dynasty gave priority to supplying all expenses to the army, just to restore self-preservation intelligence in a short period of time so as to defend the territory under his command.
However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was too vast. The six states of Yan, Yu, Xu, Qing, Ji, and Yang needed too many troops and places to spend money, so even if Zhang Sheng scrimped on food and clothing, it would still be a drop in the bucket.
Looking at Zhang Sheng who was handling government affairs seriously, Guo Jia felt a sense of admiration in his heart.
Apart from him, she is probably the only person who can clean up such a mess now! Guo Jia thought.
After shaking his head to drive away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Guo Jia stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Zhang Sheng's brows were full of exhaustion. When he saw that the person coming was Guo Jia, he put down his pen and asked, "Has the letter been sent?"
Guo Jia nodded: "It has been sent through emergency channels. It will be delivered within three days."
"That's good." Zhang Sheng couldn't help but feel relieved and let out a long breath.
After ascending the throne, Zhang Sheng realized how far this broken ship of the Ming Dynasty had leaked. She was overwhelmed by the countless bad news.
Basically every day, I received news that the Kanto family was revolting, and that county magistrates or prefects from various places were requesting reinforcements.
But the Ming Dynasty's new army has not yet been trained, so how can there be reinforcements to send?
Even if reinforcements can be sent, as soon as the army arrives, the rebels will hide in the mountains and wait for the army to enter to continue the rebellion, so it is impossible to completely suppress the rebellion.
As a last resort, the Ming court made a temporary move to 'sacrifice the small and protect the big'. This also caused the territory of the Ming Dynasty to be like a sieve, with several resistance forces in every state and county that were difficult to eliminate.
Of course, this is not the main thing. What really gives Zhang Sheng a headache is the attitude of the five governors.
In order to gain the recognition of the five governors, Zhang Sheng had no choice but to ennoble Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu who were not around.
After all, even these two people who almost became heirs are willing to assist the new emperor, so what reason do you losers have to object?
Through the names of these two people, Zhang Sheng obtained the temporary allegiance of the five governors. However, Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu were not by Zhang Sheng's side. As time went by, a fool could see that Zhang Sheng was trying to trap them.
If Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang hadn't appeared yet, Zhang Sheng would really be unable to bear it, so she used the intelligence channels in Guo Jia's hands to send a request for help to Qin Hao for Zhang Liang, who was about to be imprisoned.
In addition to Zhang Sheng's letter for help, this time there were also three letters written by Zhang Jiao to Qin Hao, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Ning. Zhang Sheng believed that Qin Hao would definitely let Zhang Liang and Zhang Ning come back after reading them.
Suddenly, Feng Yunshan walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoys from Baijia are here. Do you want to see them or not?"
Zhang Sheng's beautiful eyes were full of murderous intent. After suppressing the anger in his heart, he said coldly: "Get away."
"promise."
The reason why Zhang Sheng never called herself "I" after becoming emperor was that first of all, she didn't have much ambition, and secondly, she didn't know how long the emperor would last, so she didn't feel the need to call herself a loner.
Zhang Sheng knew that the invasion of the Han Dynasty by the barbarians was actually the work of the Baijia. The Baijia once again extended goodwill to the Ming Dynasty for cooperation, but Zhang Sheng was unwilling to accept it.
The Yellow Turbans arose because of hundreds of schools, but also failed because of hundreds of schools. Zhang Sheng did not want Ming Dynasty to repeat the mistakes of the Yellow Turbans.
Guo Jia knew Zhang Sheng's temper, and after much hesitation, he persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Bai Jia really wants to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty can also use the Bai Jia in reverse. After all, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic, and cooperation will benefit both sides. "
"No need to say more, Daming will never cooperate with those people again." Zhang Sheng said coldly, his words firm to the extreme.
Guo Jia sighed after hearing this. He naturally knew that Baijia was unreliable, but now the two parties had the same interests. It would be a pity not to take advantage of them.
Moreover, the Baijia has once again set its sights on Daming, and there are too many connections between Daming and the Baijia, which cannot be cut off by Zhang Sheng if he wants.
One thing Guo Jia didn't say is that even if Zhang Sheng refuses to cooperate, Baijia can still find someone else. Anyway, Zhang Sheng is not the only one who can make the decision in Ming Dynasty, and the worst situation will be at that time.
"Report... Governor of Yangzhou, Hong Xiuquan, led an army to attack Jiangdong without permission..."
"Report... to the governor of Yuzhou, Li Mi, for violating the imperial ban and privately leading an army to attack Runan..."
"What?"
Zhang Sheng stood up suddenly, his flawless face full of anger.
"I have clearly given a strict order. Until our army recovers its strength, we must defend and not send out troops. How dare Li Mi and Hong Xiuquan resist the order? Are they going to rebel?"
Zhang Sheng was extremely angry. She worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, but Li Hong and Li Hong were holding her back.
The wealth of the Jiangdong family was not inferior to that of the Central Plains. If Hong Xiuquan could capture Jiangdong, he would naturally be able to use the family's power to rapidly expand his army.
Except for a few cities in Nanyang, most of the county is actually still under the control of the Yellow Turban forces. If Li Mi can completely capture Runan, he can connect Nanyang and Yuzhou together.
However, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to even protect itself. If the big man does not take the initiative to attack, he will already burn incense and worship Buddha. How can he still have the capital to start a war with the big man?
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but think of Qin Hao's mantra: Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but be afraid of teammates who are like pigs!
But Zhang Sheng then thought about it, Li Mi and Xiuquan were both veterans, so they couldn't even think of such a simple truth, right?
While Zhang Sheng was deep in thought, Guo Jia reminded him in time: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten Baijia?"
Zhang Sheng suddenly understood, gritted his teeth and said, "These two are idiots."
Zhang Sheng knew without thinking that this must be the result of Bai Jia's confusion, otherwise it would be impossible for these two people not to be able to see this.
"Quickly send an order to the two men to retreat and not to fight with the Han army."
Zhang Sheng quickly ordered and prayed in his heart, hoping that the two would listen to him once, but of course this was impossible.
