The emperor was rich and wanted to use some of it to subsidize the soldiers fighting on the front line. How could the treacherous officials in the dynasty have any objections?
Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and Liu Chaoke, the "eunuch of Dongchang's house confiscator", are looking at everyone with eager eyes!
Most of the people in the Ming Dynasty today are eunuchs and treacherous ministers... They have a guilty conscience! It’s too late to flatter you, so you still dare to give me advice?
"Your Majesty's Holy Ming is truly a blessing to the Ming Dynasty, to the people, and to the officers and soldiers of the three armies!"
A bunch of treacherous ministers immediately sent their flatterers up.
Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction: It seems that being an emperor means using more cunning ministers! When the emperor was in power, he was not as happy as he is now. And those gang members are also corrupt! Otherwise, how could Li Zicheng copy 30 million taels? Since we still have to be greedy, we should use traitorous ministers who are more obedient and flatter...
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just received a report from Datong. Hutu Dun Khan of the Han Dynasty moved his troops westward to attack the headquarters of King Bu Shitu of Shunyi. Bu Shitu failed, so he sent an envoy to the general military office of Datong for help."
Wang Zaijin, a rare official in the court, came out to report to the class at this time and reported that Hutu Dunhan lost Rabbit Khan in his divination.
Zhu Youjian knew this a long time ago... He regretted it in his previous life! In order to save 200,000 to 300,000 yuan in city rewards, he fought with the Han tribe and lost both sides. As a result, the Donglu took advantage and occupied the old place of the Han tribe, opening up a detour to knock off the pass. He ran to the pass again and again to kill people, set fire to them and steal money!
If it weren't for the traitor, the Ming Dynasty would have been robbed! Don't make the same mistake again this time!
"Although this Hutu Dunhan doesn't dare to confront the Donglu, his Han tribe is still powerful." Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "The Tumote tribe has enjoyed our decades of market rewards and lived a good life. I'm used to it. Most of those who can't beat the Han tribe have been defeated now. I can't be saved even if I want to... Why don't we just transfer the market reward given to the Tumote tribe to the Han tribe. "
What? That's all? Is this how money is given to others?
Wang Zaijin was dumbfounded when he heard this. How come you, a young emperor, don’t have any blood at all?
"Your Majesty," Wang Zaijin was an upright and loyal man. Of course he dared to offend Yan Zhijian, "Hutu Dunhan who joined the Han Dynasty was a villain who only took money and did nothing. The court gave him millions of taels in succession. But he is as afraid of Donglu as a tiger and doesn't dare to fight with him!"
Zhu Youjian's face was expressionless and not angry at all - there are too many people who only take money and do nothing! Half of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were faint-hearted officials who only took money and did nothing. The remaining half were unhelpful and few actually did anything.
Moreover, with the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong, aren't they also afraid of the Eastern captives like tigers? They only know how to ask for money but don't know how to fight. Even if they are forced to go to the battlefield, they will be defeated again and again.
Is it possible to fire all the officials just because they don’t do anything? Can Liaodong's army be disbanded just because they are all useless?
"I know that Hutu Khan is a useless villain, but after all, his Han tribe was passed down from Emperor Yuan Shun..." Zhu Youjian said confidently, "On the grassland, people Everyone can surrender to the Donglu, but Hutu Dunhan, who joined the Han tribe, cannot surrender. Who makes him the so-called orthodox of the Northern Yuan Dynasty! If he surrenders, he will be killed sooner or later.
In addition, he can't go west anymore, because the Oara Alliance in the west will not accept him as the Northern Yuan orthodox to join him, and his Han tribe cannot defeat the Oara Alliance in the west.
Therefore, it is almost as if Hutu Dun Khan retreated to the Tumut River... If he goes further west, he may have to disperse and become a lonely man. "
This time not only Wang Zaijin was surprised, but also all the civil and military officials in the dynasty were surprised. The young emperor knew a lot about the Mongols, and his analysis was quite accurate.
However, Wang Zaijin refused to give up, and said to Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, this Tiger and Tudun Khan has always been afraid of power and unethical. Our court gave him so many city rewards, but he did not feel the least bit grateful. On the contrary, Fearing the Donglu is like a sheep seeing a tiger. If my court is blindly tolerant and easily promises annual rewards, Tiger and Rabbit Dun Khan will definitely not be grateful. Instead, he will take advantage of me and continue to bully my court."
Zhu Youjian thought to himself: Isn't the current Ming Dynasty easy to bully? There are a lot of internal and external troubles, and there are many treacherous officials...
Wang Zaijin saw that Zhu Youjian still had no reaction, like a lifeless clay figure, and he was really a little anxious. He also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of fighting with the Han tribe to implement his big plan of shrinking in western Liaoning!
"Your Majesty," Wang Zaijin gritted his teeth and said, "I suggest that the defenses of Jizhou, Xuanfu, and Datong towns be immediately strengthened. We also dispatch 10,000 Liao Town cavalry to station in Xuanfu, ready to fight against Hutu Dun Khan's troops."
What? Deploy 10,000 Liao Town cavalry to Xuan Mansion?
Zhu Youjian reacted immediately.
It turns out that Wang Zaijin is still thinking of withdrawing from Ning Jin!
There are 112,000 soldiers in Liao Town on the books, but I don’t know if there are actually 60,000 soldiers? Among them, the most capable ones were the servants of the generals in Liao Town, and the total number was only about 10,000.
If all the 10,000 most capable servants are transferred to Xuan Mansion, then the Liaodong frontier must shrink its defenses. Ningyuan may still be able to deploy defenses, but Jinzhou, Dalinghe Fort, Xiaolinghe Fort, Songshan Fort and other places have reasons to give up.
If the front line in western Liaoning can be withdrawn to Ningyuan Guard, then the Ming army's strength deployed in the western direction of Liaoning can be reduced by at least one-third to half. A real number of 30,000 to 40,000 people is enough.
During the Battle of Ningyuan in the first year of Apocalypse and the Battle of Ningjin in the seventh year of Apocalypse, the defenders of Ningyuan City were only ten or twenty thousand, and they still repelled the attacks of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji... Zhu Youjian estimated that, Donglu, who suffered two losses in Ningyuan, did not dare to attack Ningyuan for the third time.
"Wang Qing's words make sense!" Zhu Youjian's face suddenly changed. It was calm just now, but now it was full of anger. "Although I am young, I also know that my dynasty has never paid any money or made any marriage. If we don’t cede the land... I’m also afraid of this repetitive villain like Tiger Rabbit Dunhan!
If he dares to lead his troops to attack the border, I will send out the pro-army in front of the tent and the Liao Town cavalry to attack him hard! "
Zhu Youjian looked at the ministers with burning eyes, and said word by word: "The imperial court used to give city rewards to the Han tribe, the Tumote tribe, and the five inner Khalkha tribes. At most, it could reach three times a year." More than 100,000 taels. I will now take out the equivalent of three years of market rewards from my internal funds. A total of 1 million taels will be given to the warriors of the Liao Town and Zhangqian armies! As long as I can defeat the Han army, I will do everything possible. There’s a reward!”
When Wang Zaijin heard this, he was already secretly picking on Brother Thumb... I don't know whether this gentleman was overt or unconscious, but he must be extremely treacherous! As soon as he was reminded, he immediately followed up on the plan and used 1 million taels of money as bait to trick the Liao Town cavalry into heading west.
Although one million taels is not a large amount compared to Liaodong's annual military expenditure of four million taels, this amount of money is distributed directly by the emperor without "middlemen". Moreover, it is also a piece of foreign wealth, so the officers and soldiers in Liao Town will definitely be tempted.
However, there are still sensible people in the court. Sun Chengzong, the censor of Zuodu, immediately heard that there was a problem and immediately went out to report: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to send elite soldiers from Liao Town to Datong and Xuanfu."
Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong and said in a serious tone: "Does Mr. Sun want me to be a foolish king who pays for marriage?"
Sun Chengzong quickly shook his head: "No, no... Hutu Dunhan is ambitious and greedy. It is absolutely impossible to accept money. But it is even more impossible to withdraw the elite troops from Liaodong! The situation in western Liaoning is critical, with hundreds of thousands of defenders. It is particularly inadequate. If more than 10,000 elite troops are transferred away, it will be difficult to preserve the Guanningjin defense line, and it will be inevitable to abandon the territory and shrink it.
However, every inch of land in Liaodong was conquered by soldiers fighting in bloody battles. How could we abandon it without any reason? Moreover, Donglu Huang Taiji is more ambitious and will definitely take advantage of our army's slight retreat to launch a fierce attack. If Liaoxi fails, everything will be ruined! "
Huang Taiji will not attack Ningyuan or Shanhaiguan! Zhu Youjianxin said: He will only take a detour to enter the pass, so what needs to be strengthened now is Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Datong.
In the end, we have to fight and pull this repetitive villain like Hutu Dunhan, to let him know how powerful he is, and to let him maintain a certain level of strength... so a thunderous strike is still necessary!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said to Sun Chengzong: "Don't worry, Mr. Sun, I will not abandon Ningyuan, nor will I let Huang Taiji seize Ningyuan... I will let Yuan Chonghuan go to Ningyuan to serve as governor again. With Yuan Chonghuan here, Huang How dare Taiji offend Ningyuan again?"
