"Your Majesty, please take a rest."

Wang Chengen held a teacup in his hand and said with a worried look on his face: "You have been in Qianqing Palace these days, handling government affairs until late at night. Even if you are made of iron, you can't bear it.

The emperor wants to..."

"Okay Wang Banban, I understand."

Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the memorial and said, "Put down the tea. I know my health well, so there is no need to persuade me."

Seeing that his prince was still busy, Wang Chengen's face was filled with worry. He wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, nothing came out.

He respectfully placed the tea cup he was holding on the dragon's eucalyptus. Seeing his royal prince's tired face, Wang Chengen felt very uncomfortable.

It's difficult.

It’s too difficult for my own prince.

The treasury of the outer dynasty is empty, the civil and military ministers in the dynasty have their own agendas, and sometimes create obstacles for the emperor. Disasters occur frequently in various places. Rebellions in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Liaodong and other places are undetermined, and the resettlement of disaster victims...

All that Wang Chengen could think of were piles of things, which were like a heavy burden weighing on Emperor Chongzhen.

Although there is a cabinet and a military department, there is no major matter involving the stability of the country that Emperor Chongzhen did not personally intervene in.

"Wang Banban, how is the progress of the ships being built at the shipyard in Tianjin?" After reviewing the memorial in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen put down his ink pen, rubbed his swollen temples, and said slightly tiredly.

"Right now, there are many places that need food. Whether it's a convenience store or the Imperial Mansion, we need to reserve a lot of food to prepare for emergencies.

How much money is left in the internal funds now? How is the progress of the second batch of factories that are being built in Huangzhuang? Convenience stores should be opened in Beizhili as soon as possible."

These days, faced with endless problems, Emperor Chongzhen was a little exhausted. Although the general situation showed signs of stabilization, it was still a very fragile existence.

If corresponding results cannot be achieved, Emperor Chongzhen knows better than anyone that this fragile sign of maintaining stability will be destroyed by historical inertia.

In addition to the ministers who rely heavily on the outer court, the Yousi team in the inner court must take on heavier responsibilities and ask them to help share the pressure.

There were too many things to do. If this situation continued, Emperor Chongzhen even felt that he might die young!

"Going back to your Majesty, the progress of building the sea-going ship in Tianjin is pretty good, but the required wood is more troublesome to collect, so we can't speed up the progress."

Wang Chengen immediately bowed and said: "However, the selected group of merchants at the convenience store have begun to be proactive and have made private contact with many grain merchants.

Considering the current situation in Beizhili and Shandong, they intend to purchase a batch of grain at a low price from Jiangnan and other places, and the granary planned to be built here in Huangzhuang..."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and listened carefully to Wang Chengen's explanation. The explanation of these situations would be of great benefit to him in governing the court and the world in the future.

"Wang Shufu, how should I explain this matter to His Majesty?"

Just as Emperor Chongzhen was listening to the situation, Wang Qia and Zhou Yanru hurried towards Qianqing Palace, their expressions showing anxiety.

"How did Yang He suppress bandits? Why did he cause so many bandits to wreak havoc in the Xi'an area?" Zhou Yanru frowned and stretched out his hand.

"If these rogue forces break through Xi'an Prefecture, or go south to take Hanzhong Prefecture, this will definitely not be a good thing for our Ming Dynasty.

Once we ask them to move eastward along the river, or to fight in Sichuan, then our two innermost areas of the Ming Dynasty will be invaded by bandits!

"

"In this current situation, it is useless to say anything."

Wang Qia frowned and said: "Fortunately, the Yongwei camp led by Zhou Yuji marched towards the Xi'an area, and the governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, led his troops to sit in Xi'an.

Maybe there is still time.

As long as we can break through the Xi'an Prefecture before those rogue forces can break through, or go straight to the Hanzhong Prefecture and block the place where these rebels go, then the situation can still be saved."

The Ming Dynasty has never taken the initiative in countering rebellions since Emperor Chongzhen. It either suppressed the rebels, the rogue bandits, or both.

A lot of the Ming Dynasty's financial expenditures were spent on countering the rebellion. However, in the past few years of countering the rebellion, the momentum of the rebellion has not diminished, but the national power of the Ming Dynasty has been reduced at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Although the military aircraft department was specially set up and ordered to take charge of counter-insurgency affairs, the holes in this area were reduced a lot through various plans, especially after the implementation of real food and salary payments.

However, in terms of the overall counter-insurgency situation, the Ming Dynasty is still in an unfavorable situation. After all, the Ming Dynasty has too few troops that are good at fighting.

In addition to the new army created by Emperor Chongzhen, the armies active in countering rebellions in various places, the ones who can really fight are the army of civil servants and military generals who command the army, and the servants supported by their subordinates.

Without actual food and salary, how could the majority of nominal soldiers have a strong combat capability?

"Your Majesty, General Zhou Yuji of the Yongwei Battalion is presenting the important military missions!"

After arriving at Dongnuan Pavilion, Wang Qia immediately bowed and said: "The situation of banditry in Shaanxi is serious now, and under the rule of Xi'an Prefecture, many bandit forces have gathered.

Zhou Yuji asked to report, hoping that the imperial court could send more elite troops to guard Xi'an Prefecture and Hanzhong Prefecture to prevent the raging bandits from breaking through..."

The sitting Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Qia and Zhou Yanru with cold and stern eyes. Hearing what Wang Qia said, his face looked a little ugly.

The previous incident has not settled down yet, and the counter-insurgency incident in Shaanxi has stirred up trouble again.

"Send it up."

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.

Wang Chengen walked forward, took the memorial submitted by Wang Qia, and walked quickly towards his prince.

"Okay, that's great."

Opening the memorandum in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen looked at it intently, his face became increasingly cold and stern, and he patted his head and said, "What on earth does this Yang He do for food?"

I asked him to serve as the governor of the three sides to suppress bandits. He asked for food for food and money for money. In the end, this was the result?

He is really a good minister of the Ming Dynasty and a good pillar of mine.

The Military Aircraft Department clearly issued an edict to depose Yang He from the position of governor of the three sides. The Military Aircraft Department selected counselors and went to Shaanxi to capture Yang He and bring him back to Beijing.

Promote Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, to take over as the governor of the three sides and take charge of the pacification of the invaders!"

I thought that Zhou Yuji led the Yongwei Battalion and rushed to Shaanxi to participate in countering the rebellion. He achieved several great victories, wiped out Wang Zuogai and other troops, and captured Li Zicheng. This would alleviate the rebellion in Shaanxi.

Unexpectedly, instead of getting better, the situation got worse. Seeing that Shanxi could not break through, these rogue forces began to make plans elsewhere.

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