"As a glorious time traveler, you should know the general process of history. Follow the historical trend and make the right choices to prevent the Ming Dynasty from taking detours, which will help realize the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and restore the peace and contentment of the people of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible."
"There is no doubt that flintlock guns are more advanced than matchlock guns. Assembly line operations and standardized production are also the best ways to produce all products. On the basis of freeing craftsmen from worries, coupled with a mechanism that combines rewards and punishments to manage the craftsmen group, it is even more It is a historical progress that helps change the world's concepts and promotes the improvement of productivity. After system evaluation, the host is rewarded with a Class A eavesdropping seed, please check it!"
After Emperor Chongzhen read these words, he couldn't help but silently said in his heart: "If the system master gives 10,000 Class-A eavesdropping seeds at a time, do you believe that the Ming Dynasty can be revitalized earlier and the people of the Ming Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment earlier?"
After I finished speaking, I waited for a while and found that the system was not responding. Sure enough, when faced with this kind of problem, he became silent!
Forget it, it would be nice to have one more Class A eavesdropping seed.
With this thought in mind, he returned to the palace. Along the way, I checked the messages fed back by the eavesdropping seeds everywhere.
Lu Xiangsheng has arrived in Dengzhou and is inspecting various places, selecting soldiers and inspecting shipyards;
Hong Chengchou was also inspecting various health stations, rebuilding the army at the health stations, and inspecting the government affairs of local officials in various places;
Wu Zhong just arrived in Shenyang and became a coater in Dorgon's house. The movement in Shenyang did not seem to specifically punish Dorgon and others. Instead, the Manchu and Qing Tatars seemed to be beaming with joy, celebrating that they had plundered countless people and materials from the pass.
Because Wu Zhong was just a wrapper, the information he heard was limited, but Emperor Chongzhen made an estimate and probably guessed the intention of that fat man Huang Taiji. Sure enough, this fat guy is difficult to deal with and he is very cunning.
Forget it, just try again later. As long as I defeat you again and again, I don’t believe how long you can hide it!
Then, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the information returned by the next eavesdropping seed.
Chen Qiyu walked very quickly and had already arrived in Guyuan, Shaanxi to take office. He was familiar with the powers of the governors of the three sides. At the same time, he ordered to summon the general soldiers and deputy generals from all over the country. The Jianzhou Jurchens he took to Shaanxi were all imprisoned and imprisoned. Shaanxi men gathered around to watch. Turg seemed to be numb to this, and only became cruel when no one was around, saying that he would definitely take revenge in his next life. It was obvious that he felt that it was impossible for him to survive.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen discovered another benefit of this eavesdropping system. That is, no matter what words others use, including dialects and languages of different races, the final display will always be Chinese characters, but there will be a bracketed annotation, such as Jurchen dialect in Jianzhou, or Guyuan dialect.
If this were not the case, Emperor Chongzhen would probably be caught blind.
On Chen Qiyu's side, after getting familiar with the military and political affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu, and after inquiring and verifying information about the Mongolian tribes outside the Pass, he would start trading prisoners for war horses. Once it starts, the reinforcements from the capital must set off.
Thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen continued to look down and saw that Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao, had arrived at Shanhaiguan and began to inspect various military and political affairs, including armaments, farming, troop training, and garrison conditions.
Sun Chuanting, a cold-faced man, didn't say much, but even so, he seemed to praise the forward right battalion deputy Wu Sangui for his good command of the troops and his good job.
Looking at those conversations, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt something in his heart. Why had he forgotten this person? He should put him to good use!
Ningjin is the base camp of Zu Dashou and others. Over the years, I don’t know how much of the Ming Dynasty’s military expenditures have been spent, but they can only defend the city and have no achievements. To sum up, Guan Ning’s army is the largest on the border of the Ming Dynasty. The most well-equipped army in the army, but the Manchu and Qing armies detoured several times to enter the pass and wreak havoc, but the Guan Ning army was unable to be used. Although the Manchu troops were restrained, could they not send even a few troops? The Guan Ning Army can only be dispatched to suppress the bandits, and they are not direct descendants of Zu Dashou. For example, Zu Kuan and Cao Wenzhao.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt it was necessary to let Guan Ningjun take action.
So, he immediately issued an order to mobilize Wu Sangui to lead his cavalry into the pass for use.
What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that just as he was going step by step to reorganize the government and accumulate strength to deal with the Manchus, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.
An urgent memorial arrived in the capital. This memorial was not sent by Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, but it was related to Xiong Wencan.
On the ninth day of May in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, almost a month ago, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again in Gu County. He killed the county magistrate Ruan Zhidian and the censor Lin Mingqiu, and the military supervisor Zhang Dajing, Ma Tingbao and Xu Qizuo were forced to surrender. Xiong Wencan was shocked when he heard the news, but he did not suppress it immediately. Instead, he sent people to comfort him and tried to recruit Zhang Xianzhong again.
But then, Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying rebelled again in Fang County. They merged with Zhang Xianzhong and captured Fang County. They killed Hao Jingchun in the county. They also went to Yunxi, Baokang and other places. After hearing the news, Hui Dengxiang's fifth battalion in Junzhou also immediately raised troops. rebel. In just over half a month, the entire western Hubei region has fallen. Seeing this situation, Xiong Wencan had no choice but to mobilize troops to suppress it, and ordered Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai to lead the troops to pursue them. However, the memorial to the imperial court was delayed.
The patrol inspector of Henan Province, which is adjacent to Hubei, heard the news and was worried that bandits would jump into Henan, so he hurriedly reported to the capital.
Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he received this memorial. He knew it without even thinking about it. The delay in seeing Xiong Wencan's memorial must be because he was the one who recruited these thieves, and he was afraid of being blamed by the court and wanted to put them down himself. If you can't pacify them first, you want to destroy them. If he could exterminate them and write a memorial, he would have something to say.
However, Xiong Wencan never expected that these bandits had been fighting for many years and rebelled again. Without the deterrence of the Yongwei Battalion, would he have the ability to put down the rebellion? By doing this, he gave the bandits a chance to grow stronger. How many people would be trapped in a military disaster again? After the rebels grow stronger, how much troops and materials will the court spend to quell the rebellion?
This Xiong Wencan, does he really think that his recruitment methods can conquer the world? In the past, the Gu County magistrate did not listen to the report, and tried to hide it when something happened. This kind of official is really a typical example of failure in success but failure in failure!
However, what Emperor Chongzhen did not expect was that this memorial actually aroused two opinions in the court.
One is to ask the court to send troops immediately to quell the rebellion. The other is that the memorial from Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, has not arrived yet, so it is better to wait first. Maybe this memorial is false, and maybe Xiong Wencan has already put down the rebellion, so there is no need for the court to mobilize troops.
From a certain point of view, the capital is far away from Hubei and there is no information. They are probably right to think so.
However, Emperor Chongzhen came from later generations, so he naturally knew what happened to Zhang Xianzhong and others in the end. Now that there is another rebellion, it is definitely not something Xiong Wencan can put down.
Therefore, he immediately sent people to rush to Shanhaiguan and ordered Wu Sangui to march quickly to the capital to prepare for the rebellion.
At the same time, the three major battalions under the Royal Horse Supervisor were also asked to prepare for departure. It's too late to train with peace of mind, so go to the battlefield and train.
However, there is a saying that when the house leaks, it rains all night. Emperor Chongzhen learned another piece of bad news from Chen Qiyu's eavesdropping seeds.
Li Zicheng's tribe, who had fled into the Shangluo Mountains in southeastern Shaanxi Province, led more than 3,000 troops to fight out in the first two days with a fierce attack. After reporting urgently to the Trilateral Governor's Mansion, Chen Qiyu was immediately embarrassed.
Following the emperor's secret order, he was preparing to deal with the Tumote tribe in Hetao. However, before things started, there were bandits revolting on the border of Shaanxi, and the leader of the bandits was still the famous Li Zicheng. After careful consideration, he decided to lead troops to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng's troops first.
After Emperor Chongzhen saw the news, he couldn't help but feel a headache. Because he remembered that after Li Zicheng emerged from Shangluo Mountain, it seemed that he could no longer be controlled, and finally swept the world, forcing the original Emperor Chongzhen to Meishan.
It can be seen that Chen Qiyu's encirclement and suppression may not be effective. It is very likely that Li Zicheng's troops will jump into Henan and escape from the important towns on the three sides.
These maps of thieves causing trouble appeared in his mind, making Emperor Chongzhen feel the seriousness of the situation.
Although because of his time travel, the current situation has changed a lot from the original history. At least Sun Chuanting was not imprisoned, Lu Xiangsheng was not killed in battle, and Hong Chengchou was not transferred to Shanhaiguan. More importantly, after confiscating the homes of Shanxi merchants and others, the court now had enough money and food to deal with the aftermath of the disaster caused by the Manchu army.
However, here in the hinterland of the Central Plains, at least it has not been affected by the butterfly effect. If the thieves are not suppressed quickly, the Ming Dynasty will be in ruins again. Judging from the current situation, Li Zicheng may enter Henan at any time, and the group of rebels on Zhang Xianzhong's side are also likely to enter Henan, and they can also go east or south. I don't know how many places will be poisoned by these bandits.
The situation is serious!
However, what made Emperor Chongzhen a little gratified was that in Chen Qiyu's conversation with the governor of Ningxia, he learned that the governor of Ningxia Zheng Chongjian had repeatedly defeated the Hetao Tatars, that is, the Tumote tribe, who tried to enter the pass to attack Qiugu. This moved Emperor Chongzhen's heart.
After thinking for a moment, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind. Qiankun made an arbitrary decision and removed Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, and escorted him to Beijing for questioning. At the same time, he appointed Chen Qiyu, the governor of the three sides, to temporarily take over the post of governor of the five provinces. He immediately took over the encirclement and suppression of the bandits, and he must not let the bandits escape. At the same time, Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Ningxia, was appointed as the temporary governor of the three sides.
In the original history, it was actually Zheng Chongjian who took over the post of governor of the three sides, and sent troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's troops who invaded Sichuan, and won several battles. However, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the conflict between him and Yang Sichang. As a result, after he withdrew his troops and returned to Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong became stronger again. Yang Sichang was unable to support himself and fell into the vassal vassal, and finally committed suicide out of fear of crime. The original Emperor Chongzhen blamed Zheng Chongjian and had him imprisoned and executed.
But in this plane, it is different. At least Yang Sichang has been executed for the case of Shanxi merchants' rebellion.
When Emperor Chongzhen's decree came out, many officials in the court had opinions and felt that the emperor's move was inappropriate.
First, the situation at Xiong Wencan’s side is not yet known, and his memorial has not yet arrived. It would be biased to rely solely on the memorial from the Henan Provincial Inspector.
Second, under unclear circumstances, Chen Qiyu was promoted to governor of five provinces to replace Xiong Wencan just after he took over the post of governor of the three provinces. This approach is also not good. If Xiong Wencan has already put down the bandits, wouldn't it mean that the court could not hold its nerve and was too panicked?
Their opinions were answered before Emperor Chongzhen had time to speak. The person who answered this question was Xiong Wencan himself. His urgent memorial finally arrived in the capital.
In his memorial, he did not say that he had put down the bandit rebellion, but that he was asking for help from the imperial court and asking for the re-dispatch of the Yongwei camp. Because, his previous encirclement and suppression failed miserably.
It turned out that after Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others joined forces, they ambush the army in Luohou Mountain to the west of Fang County. They set up a net and sent a team to pretend to attack and retreat, luring Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai to pursue them into the mountain. As a result, they were ambushed and all the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were routed. Among them, Luo Dai was captured alive, while Zuo Liangyu threw away his helmet and armor, fell into his saddle and fled, even losing the military seal letter.
Under this situation, Xiong Wencan could no longer hide it, because he was no longer able to suppress Zhang Xianzhong and others on his own, so he urgently reported to the court.
After understanding what happened before and after, the officials were in an uproar. They did not expect that the development of the matter would be predicted by the emperor. As a result, the ministers had no objections, and an imperial edict was issued to escort Xiong Wencan to Beijing for questioning. At the same time, Chen Qiyu took over as the governor of the five provinces and launched a campaign against the bandits.
At the same time, some civil servants suggested that since the bandits were fickle, it would be better to kill all the bandits who surrendered to avoid future troubles. From now on, they will no longer be appeased, and they will all be killed. This suggestion attracted many people's support in the court, and no one mentioned the matter of appeasement.
Emperor Chongzhen did not agree to this. If such a simple and crude method was used, the bandits would definitely resist to the end when they knew they had no way out, making it more difficult to quell the rebellion.
Another point, according to Emperor Chongzhen's impression, at least in the original history, there were still many bandits who continued to fight for the Ming Dynasty after surrendering. In today's Yongwei camp, there are original bandits. Those whom He Renlong recruited and surrendered not only fought bravely for the Ming Dynasty, but some even died in the battle with Jianlu.
In addition, during the Nanming Dynasty, a large part of those who resisted the Manchus the most resolutely were also those who were born as bandits. The famous Li Dingguo in later generations, as well as the famous Zhongzhen Camp and so on.
There may be more blood in the bones than those in the bloodthirsty people in the court.
Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to revive and fight for world hegemony, it just needs those bloody men!
Seeing that the emperor did not agree, many officials raised another question: before, Yang He had appeased him, but the bandits rebelled and he was convicted; now, Xiong Wencan appeased him, and the bandits rebelled again, and now they have to be escorted to Beijing. Then who will dare to recruit them in the future, and how to tell whether the bandits are really being recruited?
In response, Emperor Chongzhen gave a direct answer without hesitation.
