On April 25th, at the court meeting in Huangji Hall, all the officials frowned and remained silent, and the atmosphere was solemn.
News came yesterday that Li Zicheng had captured Kaifeng, an important town in the Central Plains.
After Li Zhi defeated Li Zicheng in Kaifeng in the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng hid in the Taihang Mountains. Unexpectedly, a few years later, Li Zicheng took advantage of the famine in Henan and returned to the ashes. Emperor Zhu Youjian mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress, but there were no officers and soldiers on the front line at all.
The ability to defeat Li Zicheng. Now not only could he not destroy the intruders, he even allowed him to capture Kaifeng.
From the thousands of Ming Dynasty clan members headed by the King of Zhou to the famous officials and gentry from Henan who gathered in Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng killed them all in one fell swoop. Li Zicheng plundered the powerful and powerful in the city, using various instruments of torture and not hiding them in cellars.
He will not give up until he digs out the last tael of silver.
Zhu Youjian sat on the throne and let out a long sigh. Unexpectedly, after King Fu of Luoyang was killed by Li Zicheng, the line of Zhou kings was completely wiped out by Li Zicheng. The Ming Dynasty valued the clan bloodline the most, and always ensured it no matter how difficult the finances were.
Regarding the salary of the clan, the news of the fall of the clan can be said to be a heavy blow to Zhu Youjian.
To be serious, Zhu Youjian even felt shameless in worshiping his ancestors.
The civil servants in the court were also mourning for their heirs. Li Zicheng regarded the gentry as his mortal enemy. He not only robbed the gentry and landlords in the countryside, but also raised a butcher knife against the gentry as soon as he entered the city. This time the city of Kaifeng fell, and countless civil servants were invaded in the city.
The army looted and many rich people from the Jin gentry were killed.
The so-called dead lips and cold teeth are nothing more than this.
All the officials were silent, thinking about how to deal with Li Zicheng's problem. Li Zicheng was getting bigger and bigger, and the hundreds of thousands of border troops obviously couldn't do anything to him, so more troops had to be sent. But which troops and horses to send was a matter of great importance.
Zhang Guanghang, the Minister of Justice, suddenly stood up and said, "I have something to say!"
"explain!"
"I ask the Duke of the State of Jin, Hu Ben's army, to attack the intruders. The Huben army is the strongest in the world and will surely crush the intruders!"
Hearing Zhang Guanghang's words, Zhu Youjian and the civil servants were silent.
During the incident, Gong Dingzi from the Military Department stood up and shouted: "Zhang Guanghang, what is your intention?"
Zhang Guanghang frowned and asked, "What is my intention?"
Gong Dingzi said: "With Li's temperament, he will definitely occupy Henan after defeating the intruders. In the hands of the intruders, Henan is just a bandit. If Henan is in the hands of Li, it will be the food and salary base of the Huben army. Li
Zhi is already tyrannical in Shandong with just one province. If he gains Henan again, will he go even further and kill all the gentry in the world without changing his capital?"
Zhang Guanghang sneered, as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing, and looked up at the emperor.
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhang Guanghang, sighed and said: "I would like to use the Duke of Jin, but now that the Duke of Jin is a highly respected minister, if he makes great contributions to quelling the intruders again, how can I reward him?"
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Fan Jingwen, the elder of the pavilion, jumped out and said: "If Li Zhi is allowed to win Henan, I'm afraid the imperial court will no longer be able to control Li Zhi. Now the people in the world are excited. If Li Zhi is made king of the county, I am afraid that the small people in the world will be tempted to defect to Li Zhi.
, there may be unspeakable danger by then.”
After all, Fan Jingwen was the leader of the Donglin Party, and he spoke very well. It was obvious that the gentry was afraid that Li Zhi would expand his power to Henan, but he analyzed the problem from the perspective of the emperor, making Zhu Youjian unable to find fault.
Granting a king with a different surname is a very dangerous thing. The Han Dynasty granted Cao Cao the title of King of Wei, but eventually abdicated it to the Cao family. Cao Wei granted Sima the title of King of Jin, and the Sima family eventually took over. Li Zhi had actually separatized the
In Tianjin and Shandong, if Li Zhi is given the title of king, even if Li Zhi has no idea, everyone else in the world will.
Zhang Guanghang lowered his head and thought for a moment, then retreated without speaking.
Wang Duo, the chief minister of the cabinet, looked at the noisy civil servants and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the intruders are getting stronger and stronger and must be suppressed. The tiger and benevolent troops are not available. Please mobilize the new army from the Beijing camp to quell the thieves!"
After Wang Duo said this, the civil servants all looked at Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian frowned and said nothing.
It's not that Zhu Youjian was reluctant to send new troops to the battlefield with money, but it was because Zhu Youjian was afraid of losing the battle. The new army was the court's fundamental force to deter all kinds of forces. If the new army was wiped out all at once, the Ming Dynasty would be in ruins.
Where will Sheji go?
Zhu Youjian thought for a long time and then said slowly: "Although Henan has been occupied by bandits, it is not so easy for bandits to expand to other provinces where the famine is not so severe."
"The transfer of new troops needs to be considered in the long term."
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Box after box of silver and goods were transported into Fanjiazhuang from the south gate of Fanjiazhuang.
The soldiers of the Huben Army straightened their chests and pushed carts and small carts into Fanjiazhuang under the adoring eyes of the Fanjiazhuang elders. The people of Fanjiazhuang looked at the rich spoils of this southern expedition and were all excited. The naughty children were dancing in the air.
People were running around on both sides of the road, rushing to the box containing silver from time to time to touch the box.
Being scolded by the soldiers pushing the box, the children screamed and ran away, having a great time.
Li Xing, the governor of Tianjin, led the civil and military officials of Tianjin to greet Li Zhi's triumphant return at the gate of Fanjiazhuang. Cui Wending, the president of the Fanjiazhuang Third Branch of Tianjin Bank, followed Li Xing and chatted with Li Xing from time to time, trying to get closer to Li Xing.
"Second General, the Duke has brought back more than 10,000,000 taels of loot this time. These silvers are spent in our territory. It can be predicted that it will lead to a new round of prosperity in the territory!"
Although Li Xing hated Cui Changwu, the head of the disciplinary inspection team who provoked him, he had no ill feelings towards Cui Wending, his eldest brother's father-in-law. He smiled and asked, "Oh?"
Cui Wending said: "When Jin Guogong personally trained us branch presidents, he said that when a sum of money from outside enters a place, it will form an 'investment multiplier' effect. The first use of the money creates demand, and from the first time
The second time the user receives the silver, another demand will be created, and the third time will be the same, which will eventually increase the purchasing power of the place multiple times."
"As purchasing power increases, the income of craftsmen or farmers who produce goods will increase, and everyone will be richer."
In fact, Li Xing also heard these words from Li Zhi. Li Zhi learned some economics knowledge in later generations. In this era, it sounds like he was a university student in economics and economics. Li Xing nodded to Cui Wending and went up to greet Li Zhi.
Went. He walked to Li Zhi's horse and held it for Li Zhi, then walked towards Fanjiazhuang City with a smile.
"Brother, thank you for your hard work!"
Li Zhi was riding on his horse, smiling and accepting the welcome cheers from the people, when he suddenly saw a flying object in the sky in front of him.
Li Zhi was stunned and asked Li Xing: "Li Xing, is that a hot air balloon?"
Li Xing looked at the thing flying in the sky and said with a smile: "That's right, brother, the hot air balloon drawings you drew for Qi Liu and the others last time were made by those craftsmen!"
