The benefit he got was not that he learned anything from it, but that the system rewarded him again.
The victory in the Battle of Lushun made it possible for the Ming Dynasty to further restrict Jianlu, and the system rewarded a Class A eavesdropping seed.
The victory of the naval battle and the acquisition of sea control was also a very important step. The system did not forget it and also rewarded a Class A eavesdropping seed.
Even when Li Guo's troops rescued all the Han people in Jinzhou, the system also gave them a reward, but instead of a Grade A eavesdropping seed, there was a Grade B eavesdropping seed.
Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with this. With the eavesdropping seeds, it would be easier to do things and do things with confidence.
From the eavesdropping seeds on Hong Chengchou, we learned that Zu Dashou personally led the attack to coordinate the Battle of Lushun. Now that the war in Lushun has come to an end, the support from Zu Dashou's side is no longer necessary. With this in mind, he sent a decree to Hong Chengchou, asking him to withdraw to Zu Dashou's headquarters.
Doing this is not to worry about Zu Dashou's safety. Because in his opinion, Zu Dashou is an old bastard, and it seems impossible to at least let him fight Jianlu to the death; if he really encounters danger, he will probably run faster than a rabbit, and he will shrink back to Ningjin of. Moreover, Zu Dashou personally leads the army. They must be elites and definitely not old, weak and disabled soldiers. Therefore, his danger is not high.
Of course, at least that's what Emperor Chongzhen thinks at the moment.
Therefore, after the decree was issued, he stopped caring about matters in Liaodong for the time being.
A major event in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the promotion of banknotes, due to the salt policy reform, had an unexpected outbreak compared to the beginning of the year. It was an unexpected surprise! It is estimated that after a few years, the court will gain credibility.
In addition, the establishment of local procuratorates is still proceeding step by step. The rectification of the officialdom caused by the Changshu riot also made the establishment of the local procuratorate a little smoother, but even so, it was mostly promoted relatively quickly in Jiangnan.
The reason for this is that Jiangnan was the focus of the last official rectification, and many local officials were removed from office, reducing local interference; in addition, compared to other places, Jiangnan has a flourishing literary style and a higher literacy rate among the people. are far higher than other places. Therefore, if there are many candidates for officials, including officials working in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will naturally be much smoother.
As for disaster relief, disaster prevention, water conservancy construction and other matters in various places, Emperor Chongzhen was quite satisfied. At least the establishment of a disaster early warning mechanism has achieved considerable results in the flood disaster in Jiangnan. Otherwise, Daming's losses would be even greater. It can be seen that although natural disasters are terrible, if the Ming Dynasty works together, it may not be impossible to survive this legendary Little Ice Age.
However, Emperor Chongzhen now encountered another problem. Even though the imperial court had some money on hand, the grain output of Ming Dynasty was not high. Thanks to Zheng Zhilong's fleet selling food back to the Ming Dynasty from Nanyang, otherwise, in some places, even if the local government really wanted to provide disaster relief, there would still be problems if there was no food.
Last year, a nationwide decree was issued to plant sweet potatoes on non-grain land, but the results have not been great yet. One is the problem of sweet potato varieties, and the other is that it has only been a year, the promotion efforts are still limited, and farmers are not familiar with planting. This is all a process. However, Emperor Chongzhen believed that as long as he persisted, sweet potatoes and other non-staple foods should be a good supplement, reducing the pressure on the court for disaster relief.
In addition, after Emperor Chongzhen focused on disaster relief, he also discovered other problems. For example, regarding transportation issues, food needs to be transported into the disaster area. If there is a waterway accessible, that would be okay. Without waterways, given the current speed of land transportation in the Ming Dynasty, most of the food would have been consumed on the road.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen thought that transportation should also be put on the agenda to see how to improve it! He came from a later generation and couldn't stand this kind of slow traffic. Let’s not talk about airplanes, it’s just that the highway is better. A day’s drive in later generations would take at least several months of walking in this era. Such a slow speed would really kill people!
Another major event in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen was the verification of the quota of privileges and exemptions for officials and gentry and the collection of arrears. After experiencing the initial obstacles, things are going smoothly now. After the end of this year, it is expected to be promoted nationwide. By the way, the nationwide land survey and land registration will also be carried out together.
Emperor Chongzhen was quite satisfied with this.
That Zhang Pu had all kinds of resistance at the beginning, but now he is actively running errands and doing a good job!
With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen prepared to commend Zhang Pu at the end of the year. He had just been promoted to governor, so he shouldn't rise too quickly in the official position. However, he could start from other places, such as granting a title to his biological mother and allowing him to return to his hometown in glory.
Thinking about this matter, Emperor Chongzhen remembered another thing. There are almost no Ming vassal kings in the south of the Yangtze River, so it has not happened yet. However, once the verification of the quota of privileges and exemptions for officials and gentry and the collection of debt arrears were promoted nationwide, they would inevitably encounter the feudal king.
In fact, not all of the feudal king's fields were exempted. Only the portion on the Yellow Book that is clearly tax-free will be exempted. At the end of the year, all the vassal kings in the country must be beaten and it is best to obey obediently. Otherwise, I don't mind letting them squat in Fengyang.
After thinking about the people's sentiments, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to the war.
Today, in addition to the war in Liaodong, there are also wars in the northwest and southwest.
In the northwest, Emperor Chongzhen was originally a little worried. After all, the rebel general Chai Shihua was familiar with the situation on the Ming army's side, and the soldiers he borrowed were basically cavalry, which should have a big impact on the stability of the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.
But what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that he had left Wu Sangui there before. Unexpectedly, it really played a big role. The memorial sent by Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, mentioned that Wu Sangui fought bravely and cooperated with the local commander-in-chief, and had won several battles. However, because the enemy was cavalry, although they won several battles, they did not fundamentally eliminate the enemy, and the battle still had to be fought.
As far as Emperor Chongzhen was concerned, he actually did not want Wu Sangui to return to Liaodong, lest he be led astray by Zu Dashou.
Therefore, he decided to transfer Wu Sangui to serve as the general soldier elsewhere after the northwest war was over.
After thinking about the war in the northwest, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to the southwest.
Before, he felt that the southwest was the least of his worries. Because the Tusi Rebellion in the southwest seemed not to be famous in the late Ming Dynasty, at least he hadn't heard much about it.
However, judging from the latest memorial from Qin Liangyu, it seems that things are not going well either.
The climate in Yunnan is one aspect, and the large number of toasts is another aspect. According to Qin Liangyu, there are other chieftains who seem to have evil intentions. Therefore, Qin Liangyu hopes that the imperial court can strengthen the military power in Yunnan and deter those chieftains!
In addition, Qin Liangyu also mentioned to Emperor Chongzhen based on the news from Prince Mu's Mansion that Dongwu had annexed the territory of Ming Dynasty before, but now his country is recuperating and seems to be getting stronger and stronger. Qin Liangyu was worried that Dongwu would come back and continue to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
Emperor Chongzhen had no solution for the time being. Now the main energy is still in Liaodong, and the most important thing is domestic disaster relief. Thanks to the weak enemies in the northwest and southwest, the current military strength can already deal with them, otherwise it would be a headache.
However, as long as the country is straightened out, the innovative measures are in place, the construction of water conservancy is effective, and the promotion of sweet potatoes is harvested, then the Ming Dynasty's comprehensive national strength explodes, and then there should be no problem if we go back and blast them one by one!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen sent an imperial edict to Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, and Prince Mu of Yunnan, asking them to focus on stability and act without letting the situation worsen. Don't be too aggressive, and don't do things that lead to mistakes and worsen the situation.
While Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these things, the angels he sent had also arrived at Shanhaiguan.
When Hong Chengchou accepted the order, he couldn't help being surprised, and then he was overjoyed.
Lu Xiangsheng is a capable person. He has personally experienced this when he worked with Qin Wangqi before. However, he never expected that less than two years after Lu Xiangsheng became the governor of Baoding, he would be able to cross the sea and regain Lushun, Liaodong, and regain control of the sea. As a result, the situation in Liaodong will be much better in the future than during the Tianqi years!
Of course Hong Chengchou understood that when Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, he lacked food and clothing. Dongjiang's combat power did not pose much threat to Jianlu. We can only rely on the information from the Liaodong Han people who fled to Dongjiang to harass Jianlu when they know they are weak.
But now, Lu Xiangsheng is personally in charge of Lushun. According to his understanding, the emperor will definitely give strong support. As a result, the combat power will definitely not be comparable to Mao Wenlong's combat power at that time. Hong Chengchou couldn't help but feel very good when he thought of being held hostage by the Ming army from both sides after the establishment of the Liaodong captives.
He came to be the governor of Jiliao. To be honest, it was quite stressful. Not only did Jianlu not have any direct troops in his hands, but Jianlu also knew about Ning Jin's Ming army. How to fight the war was a problem. More importantly, Hong Chengchou knew in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen would not be satisfied with just defending the current city when he was asked to serve as the governor of Jiliao.
As a result, after he took over as the governor of Jiliao, he began to gather the morale of the military and used his long-sleeved officialdom skills to make the generals sincerely listen to his orders, just like what he did in Shaanxi.
Hong Chengchou understood that the best way to achieve this goal was to continuously win battles.
When he was in Shaanxi, because his opponents were rebels from all over the country, his methods were easy to implement. After all, the strength of the border troops is much stronger than the countless rebels everywhere. Just like that, he won the battles one after another, and gained the recognition of the Qin border troops, so that those generals could really be used by him.
But now, the enemy he has to face is Liaodong Jianlu, and he wants to win the battle to unite people's hearts...
Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou felt that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy. However, the news sent by the emperor was good. The victory of Lushun was at least a blow to Jianlu. Although he was not personally commanding it, it could also boost the morale of Guan Ning's troops.
With this in mind, he immediately sent messengers to inform various places in Ningjin about the great victory in Lushun.
At the same time, the great victory in Port Arthur also gave Hong Chengchou a sense of urgency. No matter what, he must achieve results. Finally, after picking up the persimmon and pinching it softly, Hong Chengchou's eyes turned to the grassland.
Liaodong Jianlu is currently difficult to fight, but Liaodong Jianlu's lackey can be touched, right?
When he was thinking about this, he naturally sent people to find Zu Dashou and asked him to withdraw his troops and come back. The war on the grassland was indispensable without the participation of Zu Dashou's troops.
At the same time, Daishan's eight-hundred-mile urgent memorial has also arrived in Shengjing.
For Huang Taiji, he felt that with Daishan leading the army and 20,000 Qing elites, and with the artillery support of the God's Blessing Army, Lushun should be captured naturally.
Therefore, when he heard that the eight-hundred-mile urgent memorial had arrived, he felt relieved. Daishan seemed to know that the impact of the previous 800-mile express was not good, so he sent another 800-mile express to report the victory, so that the people in Shengjing would no longer have any bad feelings towards the 800-mile express. guess.
However, when he saw the messenger's face, he knew something was wrong.
After hurriedly browsing the memorial, Huang Taiji was so angry that he opened his case on the spot.
"Shang Kexi, this bitch slave, actually defeated all the naval forces I managed to put together. Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
"The Koreans really think that I don't know about my will, and they dare to secretly make trouble during the war. Do you really think that I won't be angry?"
"This idiot Daishan has wasted my trust in him, he is so incompetent!"
"..."
The maids in Chongzheng Hall and the guards in yellow mantles all held their breaths, fearing that Huang Taiji would vent his anger on them. At the same time, they were also very surprised. Judging from Huang Taiji's meaning, it seems that the North Koreans caused trouble and caused the Daishan Department to suffer a huge defeat?
But what kind of defeat could make the emperor so furious?
Indeed, if the battle was generally defeated, Huang Taiji would not be so furious. At least Dorgon lost 30,000 troops in the Battle of Tianjin. He was trying to cover it up and didn't even deal with Dorgon and others.
If the Battle of Port Arthur could not be won, he would not lose his temper so much.
The reason why Huang Taiji was so angry was because he had very high expectations for the Great Qing Navy. He just wanted to cut off the retreat route of the Ming army in Lushun, and cross the sea to the Ming Dynasty to plunder the Ming Dynasty's coast and rob the canal to transport food. In this way, the Qing Dynasty could get out of the predicament of Shanxi merchants.
However, in the battle of Port Arthur, the navy was completely wiped out. No...no, it made Huang Taiji even more angry than the entire army being wiped out.
Such a large navy did not even dare to fight, and collapsed immediately. Not only did they collapse, they also left so many warships to the Ming Navy. The Qing Dynasty originally didn't have much property, and it was all calculated carefully, but now it was all given to the Ming army.
When he thought of this, Huang Taiji felt very tight in his chest. Remembering that the Qing Dynasty's predicament was more difficult than before, he suddenly spit out a mouthful of old blood with a "pop".
