Chapter two hundred and seventy second victory or defeat is crucial
At dusk, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was discussing the recently implemented policies with his chief minister Wen Tiren.
"Wen Qing, how is the implementation of the reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's supervision system?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there are too few censors at present, and each region has just set up a framework. The local prosecutor's office under the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of the criminal names of each province. It has not had the function of supervising local civil servants before. This matter is also about to be reported to
Your Majesty, please tell me, should we establish a separate yamen or establish a separate supervision branch within the supervision department?"
Emperor Chongzhen heard this, thought for a while, and then asked Wen Tiren, "What do Wen Qing think?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that if you establish another yamen, it will be very expensive. The current finances are not enough to support the establishment of a series of new yamen across the country." Wen Tiren replied.
Nothing can be done without the support of money. Now we are in the decisive battle with Jianlu. The atonement silver we got unexpectedly must be kept for the war, and part of it must be allocated to enable the state-owned enterprises on Zhongxinghou's side to operate.
Money begets money, and there is no extra money to do other things.
If he really wanted to have extra money, the first thing Emperor Chongzhen should do was provide disaster relief, not build new yamen that could not generate money.
He silently counted the uses of the money. He really felt that it would be great if he had a cornucopia. If he threw a gold ingot into it, he could use it continuously, and he would not worry about the money until his hair turned gray.
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From this incident, he thought that Zhong Jinwei didn't know what he was doing at this time.[
If he hadn't been disappointed one after another by affairs in the army, if he hadn't been worried that they would be defeated if they encountered the enemy, or even worry that they would surrender to the enemy, Zhong Jinwei, a valuable talent, would not have been released to supervise the army.
Let Zhong Jinwei focus on managing state-owned enterprises and banks, and revitalizing Ming Dynasty's finances first. This is the most important thing at the moment.
However, due to various reasons, even though he knew what kind of job was best for Zhong Jinwei, he couldn't get it done.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. Sometimes the emperor can't do whatever he wants!
After Wen Tiren finished his answer, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen. Unexpectedly, the emperor began to be in a daze. After a while, he sighed and couldn't help but be stunned.
Then he immediately thought that the emperor should be worried about the Ming Dynasty's finances, but he was not the same!
Money is used everywhere, but there is no money everywhere. Although the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, it is really difficult to be the chief minister without money!
The two people in the Wenhua Hall talked to each other silently. After a while, Emperor Chongzhen broke the silence first and said to Wen Tiren: "Wen Qing went back to discuss with the cabinet to see if a separate branch can be established within the Ministry of Justice.
To inspect the integrity of local civil servants and set up a reporting office to accept reports.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren naturally had no problem with this. When he said it before, he was actually inclined to adopt this method.
"How is the situation of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty?" Emperor Chongzhen asked another concerned question.
After hearing this, Wen Tiren shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of the Gyeonggi War, the small number of people who used to exchange silver taels for banknotes have disappeared. Some merchants who accept banknotes originally came to exchange banknotes every evening.
Silver taels, but now I come to the bank to exchange silver taels every half day. In addition, there are also an increase in the number of court officials exchanging banknotes for silver taels."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen pressed his temples with his hands, and then sighed in a low voice: "They have no confidence in the court, and they are all watching the outcome of the Battle of Gyeonggi!"
Wen Tiren nodded after hearing this. Not only did the people of the Ming Dynasty have trouble guessing the outcome of the Battle of Gyeonggi, but even the officials of the imperial court had no confidence. Naturally, they also had doubts about the banknotes issued by the imperial court, even if there were silver taels that could be exchanged at any time as an endorsement.
If the Battle of Gyeonggi can be won, the people of the Ming Dynasty will have confidence in the court, and other things will be much easier to handle. Otherwise, the days to come will only be more difficult.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren with a trace of worry in his eyes and asked: "Wen Qing, how do you think the war is going now?" [
Wen Tiren himself was not sure, but when Emperor Chongzhen asked him this, he could only comfort Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it has only been a few days since the army set off. I estimate that there will be news in two days."
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's brows furrowed, he was obviously still worried about the outcome of the war, so he added: "Your Majesty, King Qin's army on the outskirts of the capital is different from other Ming armies. It has been through elimination of old and weak soldiers. Now the Baigan Army
Here we are, and a veteran general like Mr. Sun Ge is in charge of the army. I think that if nothing happens, we will definitely be able to drive away the Jianlu."
Before the war began, Emperor Chongzhen was also very ambitious and attempted to annihilate the Jianlu in one fell swoop.
But after he discovered that the war was related to many aspects, and the outcome affected many things, he became anxious. He was not even as confident as before, and became as worried about the outcome of the war as ordinary people.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard these words from his always steady chief minister, he felt that he was a little too nervous.
So, he took a long, gentle breath to relieve the tension caused by thinking about the war just now.
Then when he was about to speak, there was sudden movement outside the hall, and a voice came from far away. Although he could not hear the content clearly, he could feel the surprise in the voice.
Emperor Chongzhen felt strange who was so brave and dared to make noise outside.
When he was about to ask the chamberlain to go out and take a look, Wen Tiren suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it seems that good news has come."
It is said that when people get old, their eyesight and deafness will become blurred. Unexpectedly, Wen Tiren turned out to be abnormal. His ears were sharper than ordinary people, and he could vaguely hear the content.
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this. What kind of good news should be announced?
In just a moment, the voice got closer and closer, and I could hear it more clearly: "Victory on the front line, more than 500 prisoners of war were beheaded; victory on the front line, more than 500 prisoners of war were beheaded."
Emperor Chongzhen heard clearly and was overjoyed. He quickly ordered: "Pass it quickly, pass it quickly!"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't sit still anymore, stood up, and started pacing back and forth quickly in front of the royal table, thinking to himself, why he was running so slowly, and he still hasn't arrived after a long time.
Wen Tiren no longer sat on the stool given by Emperor Chongzhen. He stood up and looked back outside the hall from time to time.
Under the watchful eye of the Han general outside the palace, the chamberlain who reported the news ran and shouted, and finally ran into the Wenhua Palace.
As soon as he entered the Wenhua Hall, he knelt down on the ground, raised the scroll with the memorial above his head with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, the front line is eight hundred miles away, and we have to fight against Jianlu, and behead more than 500 Jianlu."
,What a great victory!”
The servants in the palace did not wait for Emperor Chongzhen's instructions, so they quickly went over to pick it up and quickly presented it to the impatient Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen impatiently tore off the seal, opened the shaft cover, poured out the memorial inside and read it quickly.
Wen Tiren kept staring at Emperor Chongzhen and found that the smiles on the emperor's face were getting more and more smiles, and finally he smiled like a flower. He knew in his heart that the war would definitely go smoothly.
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly joined the memorial with a "snap" of his hands, and then said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay!"
At this time, he noticed Wen Tiren's longing eyes, chuckled, walked directly down, and handed the memorial to the chief minister to read.
Emperor Chongzhen also said: "Master Sun lived up to my expectations. He and Master Zhong led the army for me. We killed 512 captives and only 16 were killed or injured. What a great victory!"
The Ming Dynasty had never had such a great victory since the war with Jianlu. This news made Emperor Chongzhen feel light all over, as if the huge boulder he had been carrying had been put down.
After Wen Tiren read it, he was also happy, but then he frowned. He cautiously said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to publicize it at the moment. The head must be examined before it can be done."
There were many precedents in the Ming Dynasty. It was said that many captives were killed, but in the end, either the bodies were snatched back, or the heads of non-real captives were found during the inspection of the heads.
If the court refuses to verify it and then publicizes it, in the end the truth of the matter will be revealed and it will slap the court in the face.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his emotions that were high just now slowly calmed down. Of course he believed Master Sun and Master Zhong, but what Wen Qing said didn't make sense.
"Where is the head?" Emperor Chongzhen asked the chamberlain who reported the news.
"Replying to Your Majesty, the messenger said that the head has arrived in Tongzhou and will arrive in the capital tonight. However, the gates of the capital are closed and we will not be able to enter the capital until tomorrow morning."
"Wen Qing, please arrange for someone to wait at the city gate. Once the head arrives outside the city, it will be inspected first. If there is a mistake, tomorrow morning, it will be transported to the Meridian Gate and stacked up in the capital, so that all the people in the capital can come and see."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren happily accepted the order.
The two of them were already focused on talking about other things, and they only wanted to wait until the head was inspected before discussing it. Wen Tiren resigned and made arrangements for the inspection of the head.
The Ming army generally had the habit of exaggerating the results of battles, but Sun Chengzong knew Zhong Jinwei's temper, and as far as he was concerned, he did not bother to do so, so this victory report was not exaggerated at all.
Early the next morning, the original two vehicles of Jianlu heads were divided into five vehicles, escorted by soldiers from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division. Following the people who loudly reported victory and opened the way, they entered the city of Beijing in a mighty manner.