Chapter 216 Best Teammate Zhu

Author: This Ganges Beacon

Chapter 216 Best Teammate Zhu

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Cheng Jiming frowned slightly. He just wanted to change the topic and didn't want to talk about Yuan Chonghuan's question. He didn't think about this question carefully, but now Zhu Youjian has asked, and he can't help but not answering it.

After a few times of the problem, Cheng Jiming bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you can put these tens of thousands of refugees into the surrounding administrative departments in batches, so that they can be properly placed in various places."

In fact, in terms of dealing with refugees and refugees, the court has already had a fixed process, which is to allocate grain and provide disaster relief, and then send refugees back to their hometowns when the disaster is over.

However, the situation of these refugees is quite special now. The Jurchens are rampant in Liaodong. If they are sent back to their hometowns, they will undoubtedly be asked to go back to die. This is extremely unfavorable to the court's reputation, so they can only be sent to various places in batches.

"That's it."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said, "He has no other good idea about this problem, and the best way to follow the previous method is.

At this time, Zhou Yanru looked at Zhu Youjian, turned his head and looked at Cheng Jiming, with a strange color flashing in his eyes, then stood up and went out and said, "I think this matter is not possible."

"Zhou Aiqing, why is this not the case?"

Zhu Youjian frowned. If this matter cannot be handled as soon as possible, there will be not so much food in the capital to support more than 100,000 refugees.

"When you go back to your Majesty, I have been traveling all over the world for the past few years. Now there are extremely heavy taxes everywhere. The people are competing for arable land and there is no free land. Even if these people go to various places in batches, most of them will starve to death."

Zhou Yanru bowed and replied.

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Cheng Jiming frowned. Although Zhou Yanru's words were a bit exaggerated, they were not without reason. However, this is the best way to do it right now.

Not all the refugees of more than 100,000 are young and strong, among which only 30,000 are young and 40,000, and 120,000 are old, weak, women and children. Even if they want to recruit these people into the army, it means that the court recruited 30,000 to 40,000 people, but had to raise more than 100,000 people, so they could only be assigned to various places and let them die on their own.

But now that Zhou Yanru has already proposed it, it is impossible for them to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb. After all, they are also shameless, especially Zhu Youjian.

"What should Zhou Aiqing thinks should do?"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youjian asked.

Zhou Yanru bowed and said, "I believe that these refugees should be sent to a place with sufficient food."

"Did Zhou Aiqing say he wants to send it to Huguang and Jiangnan?"

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly. The food in Huguang and Jiangnan was sufficient, but it was too far away. According to Cheng Jiming's meaning, it was divided into Shanxi and Henan and sent to Huguang and Jiangnan. This required a lot of consumption. After all, it was more than 100,000 people, not more than a dozen people.

"Return to Your Majesty, I mean to send it to Shandong."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanru said with a serious expression: "In the past year, Shandong's pseudo-Qi has seized at least 1.5 million stones of grain from grain. These grains have supported at least 100,000 troops for the pseudo-Qi. If they continue, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Instead of allowing the pseudo-Qi to grow stronger, it is better to send these 100,000 refugees to Shandong to consume the pseudo-Qi food, so that the pseudo-Qi cannot recruit more troops."

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, a touch of emotion flashed in Zhu Youjian's eyes. Over the past few years, the pseudo-Qi and Su Hao have become his nightmare. Every time he wakes up from a nightmare, he dreams of Su Hao leading his troops into the capital and beheading him with a sword.

"Zhou Yanru!"

At this time, Cheng Jiming looked gloomy and said angrily: "Did you read the dog's belly with refugees as your sword?"

Although Zhou Yanru's plan is very good, it is contrary to the principles of sages he has learned over the past decades.

He Rutong and Qian Xiangkun thought about it. Zhou Yanru had a very feasible point. Once successful, it would definitely consume a lot of food from Su Hao. After all, Su Hao has been managing the image of a virtuous king recently. If these 100,000 refugees were driven to Shandong, Su Hao would definitely accept these refugees for his image of a virtuous king.

"Why do you have to do this, Zhou Aiqing is just giving advice to the country."

Zhu Youjian said lightly: "Let's not discuss this matter for now. Let's discuss how to deal with Yuan Chonghuan."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru, He Rutong, Qian Xiangkun and others' faces changed. Cheng Jiming was angry, while Zhou Yanru was happy, while He Rutong and others showed strange expressions. Zhu Youjian's statement was already very clear, that was to stand on Zhou Yanru's side.

After his anger, Cheng Jiming sighed lightly. He knew that he was out of favor and it was time for him to resign and retire.

"My dear friends, Liaodong has caused such a big mess to deal with Yuan Chonghuan?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Zhu Youjian asked again.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan deceived the emperor and was disgraced by the emperor. He was deprived of his troops and humiliated the country. He should remove all his responsibilities and take them back to the capital for trial."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Zhou Yanru stepped forward and had already touched Zhu Youjian's thoughts quite well. Now Zhu Youjian is obviously quite dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan.

"I heard from Your Majesty that Jiannu is full of cavalry and cunning like a fox. The mistake of this battle is not actually about Yuan Jingluo."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian seemed to be really interested in punishing Yuan Chonghuan's crimes, Cheng Jiming could only bow and say, "Please forgive Yuan Jingluo's crimes."

"Let's discuss this matter after Yuan Chonghuan returns to Beijing."

Seeing that Cheng Ji was pleading for mercy, Zhu Youjian did not insist. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, he was not as serious as the crime of punishing Yuan Chonghuan.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youjian asked again: "Who do you think can replace Yuan Chonghuan in Liaodong?"

When everyone heard Zhu Youjian’s question, everyone was silent. Liaodong was already a big hole. Whoever dared to hit him would definitely fall to his nose and face. Even a capable person like Yuan Chonghuan could not withstand it, and who could withstand it? Even if it was just a recommendation, he might be implicated.

"Cheng Aiqing, who do you think is competent?"

Seeing that no one responded, Zhu Youjian could only ask by name.

"Return to Your Majesty, I believe that Sun Chengzong and Sun Shangshu can be competent for this position. Sun Shangshu has been in Liaodong for many years and is well aware of the situation in Liaodong. He should be able to expel Jiannu and recover Liaodong."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Jiming bowed. Although he had already resigned and retired, he did not want the current good situation in Liaodong to be wasted by some mediocre talents. Now the only one in the court who has the ability to take on Liaodong is Sun Chengzong.

Hearing Cheng Jiming's words, Zhu Youjian thought for a while before speaking, "Xuansun Chengzong."

…

Two days later, Sun Chengzong took his servants to Liaodong to take office.

………

At this time, a siege battle outside the Haizhou Acropolis had just ended, and a large number of Ming troops slowly retreated with various siege equipment.

Not far behind, Yuan Chonghuan, Guo Qin, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhao Rujiao and others looked at the slightly broken Haizhou Acropolis, and they were all in a heavy mood.

News from the capital has already come. Sun Chengzong took office as the governor of Liaodong and Yuan Chonghuan was to be taken back to the capital for trial.

"You don't have to do this. Yuan is indeed incompetent and he really can't blame anyone."

Seeing the expressions of Guo Qin and others, Yuan Chonghuan said calmly that although he had been prepared for this result, he was unwilling to withdraw his troops to Guangning Guard, which led to the Guangning Guard being massacred by Huang Taiji and the people fled into the pass. He had not taken down Haizhou Acropolis for a long time, so it was normal for him to be questioned.

"Master, I really can't blame you."

Zu Dashou looked dissatisfied. If Zhu Youjian had not been the layman in command of the experts, he had to attack before they were fully prepared, how could he end up like this?

"I won't talk about this."

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head calmly. This was Zhu Youjian's decision and he could not change it.

After a moment, Yuan Chonghuan continued: "Boss Sun is also an old man from Liaodong. Everyone knows his ability. Now that Mr. Sun takes office as the governor of Liaodong, the Jurchens can't last long. I hope you can work together to help Mr. Sun."

He has not only been beaten in the past six months, but also arranged a large number of soldiers to build more than 20 castles from Jinzhou to Haizhou Acropolis, one in every ten miles, plus the castle in Guangningwei, logistics is no longer a problem.

Moreover, most of the people in Liaodong have fled back to the pass, and Huang Taiji's killing tactics have no effect anymore.

In addition to his long-term attack on Haizhou Acropolis, the Jurchens' losses were definitely not much smaller. If he could give him a few more years, he could completely waste the Jurchens to death in Liaodong. Unfortunately, Zhu Youjian was no longer patient with him.

"We understand the strategy."

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, Zu Dashou and others could only nod. After all, even if they were dissatisfied, it would be useless, and they couldn't speak in the court.

…

A few days later, Sun Chengzong came to Dongchang Fort under the escort of many Shanhaiguan masters.

………

On the other hand, under the leadership of Zhou Yanru, more than 100,000 refugees were driven from the capital to Shandong.

Zichen Palace.

"You guys say that the Ming Dynasty drove a large number of Liaodong refugees into Deping County?"

Su Hao frowned. He naturally knew about the Liaodong refugees, but he did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would be so detrimental, and he would also make things difficult for him even if he could damage his reputation.

More than 100,000 refugees are not a small number. It is not easy to resettle so many refugees. More importantly, there is no longer so much land in Shandong that can accommodate so many refugees.

Even if a refugee does not pay taxes, he will have to support himself. These 100,000 refugees will have to support millions of acres. Shandong now cannot squeeze out so much land to support so many refugees.

"How do you think we should place these hundreds of thousands of refugees?"

Su Hao looked at Zhou Xian, Hou Yuangao, Liang Xue and Hu Shangheng. Now there are only four members of the cabinet. He does not intend to expand too much about the cabinet.

"I believe that these refugees can be resettled to Liaodong."

Zhou Xian bowed and said, "These refugees are from Liaodong. The environment in Liaodong has not had much impact on them. Moreover, they are familiar with the solar terms of Liaodong, so there will be no big problems in farming."

"Then let's place it in Liaodong."

After pondering for a long time, Su Hao sighed. He was the one who had been the one who had taken care of the Ming Dynasty before, but this time it was the Ming Dynasty. Although he could also drive these refugees back to Northern Zhili, he is recently creating the image of a wise king. If he drove these refugees back, it would be very bad for his reputation.

However, he suffered a lot of losses. It is almost September and he has missed autumn seeds. This means that he has to raise these 100,000 refugees until the food harvest next year. In nearly a year, at least millions of stones of food will be consumed. This is not a small amount.

…

Not long after Zhou Xian and the other two left, Liao Qing walked up with a piece of information.

"Your Majesty, good news came from Liaodong. Governor Luo broke through Zhenjiang Fort, killed more than 1,000 Jiannu people, more than 3,000 people, and Jurchen Inlaid Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Gu Santai."

"The Black Ice Station is responsible for the interrogation and let him reveal all the information."

Su Hao waved his hand and said, "For the Jurchen general, he had no idea of ​​surrendering at all. It's not that he couldn't use it, but that if he surrendered, he would feel very unhappy."
To be continued...