Zhu Youjian, who had just had lunch, was already waiting for a group of sad-faced ministers in the Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Youjian was in a good mood. Li Zicheng probably didn't run away this time! Sun Chuanting's ability is obvious, and he must be able to attract 6,000 northwest knights with high quality and quantity.
Moreover, during this period, the remnants of Wei Ni in the imperial court and the Jinyi Guards, as well as dozens of traitorous officials imprisoned in Xiyuan, all came to their senses of remorse and demanded to buy indulgences at high prices!
The most touching thing is that Liu Chao, the former admiral of Nanhaizi, worked hard to raid the homes of Wei Zhongxian's nephews and grandnephews. He led a group of godsons and grandsons to guard several Wei mansions every day, and ransacked the houses. ah!
Not only do they want to copy gold and silver treasures, but they also want to copy land, real estate, open and hidden shares, IOUs from the King of Hell's account, and slaves and maids of the old Wei family... I wish I could tear apart Wei Zhongxian's nephews and grandnephews. The bones and skin are sold based on the weight!
Zhu Youjian had known Liu Chao all his life, and at that time he didn't think this guy was so attentive to his work... Oh, it was a pity that he didn't give him a chance to change his ways at that time!
In order to confiscate his house, Liu Chao was so tired that he lost weight twice. Yesterday evening, several boxes of ledgers were delivered to the Wenhua Palace, and the amount was reported - the total land acquired from the confiscation was 1.5 million acres! Two-thirds of them were secretly sent to the names of Wei Zhongxian's nephews. There are more than thirty residences, including ten in Beijing. There are three to four hundred shops, half of them are in Beijing, and the other half are in Tongzhou and Tianjin. There were countless treasures and treasures, and they were all sent to the palace one by one. Gold, silver, money making, silk and satin, etc., the equivalent of silver is about 15.6 million taels... not a lot, but it is all in cash and does not include claims. Various debts, including principal alone, amount to more than three million taels!
In addition, there are many open stocks and hidden stocks...Zhu Youjian knows that these shares are particularly valuable! It’s not about how much money can be sold. There is no stock market in the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a stock market, these shares cannot be sold. Because these shares are "evidence of crime"!
Haha, Wei Zhongxian is a shareholder, how can this company be any better?
You have to atone!
After listening to Liu Chao's account report, Zhu Youjian started to fall in love with Wei Zhongxian's family... His nephews and grandnephews still didn't kill him, they had to be kept. This is all solid evidence!
Anyone who is bitten by them will not be dismissed from office, but will be ruined.
Of course, the gentlemen of Donglin are not afraid... They all fought resolutely against Wei Zhongxian. It would be ridiculous to say that they are against the party.
But the eunuchs in the court are all afraid! Without Wei Zhongxian's family members biting him, Sun Chengzong would have taken a lot of bullets. If they had "irrefutable evidence", would they still be alive?
And the treacherous minister will work hard only when he is afraid... He has a frown on his face while doing the work, it must be very hard, right?
Seeing that all the traitorous ministers had sad faces, Zhu Youjian was in a good mood. After the courtiers finished the ceremony, he smiled and let them stand down.
"My lords," Zhu Youjian looked at his ministers with a smile, "What do you have to report today?"
"Your Majesty," Huang Liji, the first assistant academician, went out to report after hearing this. "The ministers of the Liaodong Economic Strategy King reported that the Mongolian Chahar tribe, which has been nomadic in the Liaohe Hetao area for generations, is migrating westward in a large scale recently. It seems that they are going to Tumut. Go to the river."
"Oh," Zhu Youjian nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Lin Danhan wanted Huang Taiji to be beaten badly, and wanted to move westward to the territory of the Tuntumote tribe... The Chahar tribe left , the three towns of Jizhou, Xuanfu and Datong are a bit uncertain!"
This guy's reaction was pretty quick...but why wasn't he in a hurry?
When the ministers below saw that Chongzhen still looked calm and composed, they all raised questions in their hearts - does this person not know the seriousness of the matter? Or is there really a way to deal with it?
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong, the censor of the left governor, seeing an opportunity to display his military talents, hurriedly went out to report to the class, "I have a plan that will surely prevent Huang Taiji from dividing his troops and marching westward to harass the three towns of Jizhou, Xuanfu, and Datong!"
Zhu Youjian glanced at him and said, "Sun Qing, do you have any good ideas?"
Of course he knew that Sun Chengzong had no good ideas... It was a hard truth that those people in Liao Town couldn't defeat Huang Taiji in the field!
"I propose to strengthen and expand the Jinzhou city, and at the same time rebuild the Dalinghe Fort and Xiaolinghe Fort." Sun Chengzong said, "The Dalinghe Fort and the Xiaolinghe Fort are located more than thirty miles east of Jinzhou, relying on the river, and the terrain is difficult. If it is If I have it, I can advance to attack Guangning, and retreat to protect Jinzhou. This is indeed a battleground for military strategists..."
"What must-have territory for military strategists? It's clearly a desperate situation where the loss of a master and the humiliation of the country are inevitable!" Before Sun Chengzong could finish his words, Wang Zaijin was already shouting.
This king in Jin and Sun Chengzong were enemies! When Lao Wang took charge of Liaodong after Xiong Tingbi's misfortune, he collected the remaining troops, retreated to Shanhaiguan, and prepared to build a heavy city outside Shanhaiguan to be foolproof - in fact, he wanted to defend Shanhaiguan and not consider the plan to regain Liaodong for the time being.
His deployment was opposed by several civil servants on the Liaodong front, including Yuan Chonghuan, Shen Ji, and Sun Yuanhua. The lawsuit was brought to the Chief Assistant Ye Xianggao. Lao Ye could not make up his mind, so he asked Sun Chengzong, the then university scholar in charge of the Ministry of War, to go by. As a result, Sun Chengzong accepted the views of Yuan Chonghuan and others. After returning to Beijing, he reported Wang Zaijin's cunning and drove Wang Zaijin to Nanjing to have a free meal. This was not over yet. Then Sun Chengzong himself took over the vacancy of Wang Zaijin and went to supervise Liaodong to implement his city repair plan... After repairing and repairing, the money was not enough!
However, Sun Chengzong recently found out that Zhu Youjian's house was confiscated and he sold indulgences to make some money, so he wanted to continue his plan of "step by step and advance from the fortress".
As soon as he mentioned that "military strategists must compete", Wang Zaijin immediately jumped. It’s not that I feel sorry for the money, but I really can’t win in the field!
Sun Chengzong's method was the one used by the Northern Song Dynasty to attack Xixia, but Donglu was not Xixia! After the death of Li Yuanhao of Xixia that year, the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia did not suffer in the field battle.
If you don't lose in field battles, you can build fortifications on Hengshan and get closer step by step! How else would you build a fort? If the fortress is not built well, it will have to be attacked.
And the Ming army and the Donglu suffered huge losses in the field battle. If you build Dalinghe Fort or Xiaolinghe Fort, the risk will be great. When the time comes, people are besieging you halfway through your cultivation, and you still have to save it! They just happened to help cut off people's heads. Liaodong has 110,000 soldiers on its books, but I don’t know if there are actually 60,000. They can’t stand the Donglu and beat them to death!
Zhu Youjian raised his hand to stop Wang Zaijin, "Mr. Wang Ge, let Mr. Sun finish his sentence!"
Sun Chengzong was immediately encouraged when he saw Zhu Youjian's attitude, and then suggested: "The former governor of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan, was proficient in military affairs and defeated the Eastern invaders twice in Ningyuan. He can be of great use. I recommend Yuan Chonghuan to be the manager of Liaodong and preside over the whole army." For military affairs of the Liao Dynasty, the method of fortress advancement was carried out."
Zhu Youjian glanced at Wang Zaijin again.
Wang Zaijin said: "Yuan Chonghuan is exaggerating and must not be used as a manager. At most, he can only be allowed to guard one city and one fortress."
Zhu Youjian seemed a little difficult to make a decision. He was silent for a while, and then asked Wang Zaijin: "Now that the Chahar tribe is moving westward, the Eastern captives will definitely take the opportunity to move westward, and they will have the Liao River Hetao, and may even further occupy the Bashang grassland. By then. At that time, Jizhou, Xuanfu, and Datong were all under the attack of Donglu troops, what should we do?"
"We can only strengthen the defense of the three towns and station troops and build cities in Lushun and Jinzhou in southern Liaoning as a containment."
"Be prepared to be beaten!" Sun Chengzong interjected, "From Shanhaiguan to Datong, there is nearly 2,000 miles of wall. As long as there is a breach, the Donglu will rush into the pass! How to guard against this 2,000 miles of wall?"
Wang Zaijin said: "We can give up Jinzhou and Ningyuan... and deploy Ningjin's troops to guard Jizhou, Xuanfu and Datong."
Wang Zaijin’s views were still conservative and he was beaten...
"That's nonsense!" Sun Chengzong roared angrily, "The lands outside the Pass are all left by our ancestors and protected by the blood of our soldiers. How can we give them away?"
Zhu Youjian's face turned red when he saw the two old men arguing, and he burst into laughter: "Peace, everyone, I have an idea... summon Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong to Beijing immediately!"
