Hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, Liu Weichao immediately comforted him and said: "Those people themselves are violating the law and discipline, and they deserve to have their homes confiscated! By the way, your Political Affairs Department should take action to publicize their violation of law and discipline.
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Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and said: "The Zhengtong Department is still making preparations, and given the current situation, I don't want to allocate more money to the Zhengtong Department. The money in my hands will be used wisely. I will defeat Jianlu first."
Say it again."
As time goes by slowly, the day when Jianlu will enter the pass is getting closer and closer. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen is now focused on the training of Yongwei Camp and Jingying Camp, and naturally reduces his energy in other aspects.
Having said this, he thought for a moment and then added: "And now I have a headache. Who should I choose to be the political envoy? People from the outer court always make me a little worried. But if I let the eunuch go, this
It’s the yamen of the outer court, so there’s no reason for a eunuch to hold his seal!”
Hearing this, Liu Weichao thought of someone and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I have seen information. When Wen Tiren was your first assistant, you asked his younger brother Wen Yuren to take the lead. It seems that he has this name, and another famous dramatist.
, wrote a pavilion to satirize Fushe's control of imperial examinations, so that people in Fushe became angry and put Wen Yuren in jail. This kind of thing is actually a kind of public opinion war. Specifically, I
I can go back and check the information and give it to you."
The reason why he could remember it was because he was quite surprised that the chief minister's younger brother, who had a reputation in his own right, was turned off at the slightest hesitation.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became energetic, nodded and said: "Okay, you can send the information later and I will take a look!"
Liu Weichao then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "As for your making money, of course you can't always use the means of confiscating homes. Now that I have money, I can buy a lot of basic information with money, and if necessary in the future, I can also recruit people.
I will do this specifically, and then send it to you so that you can light up all the technology trees. By the way..."
Emperor Chongzhen liked to hear this most, so he was filled with joy.
"... As the saying goes, if a worker wants to make his tools perfect, he must first sharpen his tools." Liu Weichao remembered something and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "In the past few days, I have used the most basic tools, from simple to complex, including weights and measures tools, as well as various
Lathes, whatever you can make over there, will be sent to you so that your technology tree can have a solid foundation!"
"Okay, okay!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily when he heard this.
"When your foundation is good enough and your productivity starts to explode, you will be able to make a lot of money without confiscation of homes!" Liu Weichao said with a smile, "With the blessing of technology, the speed of money will definitely exceed
Your imagination!”
Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to hear this, and finally ended the video communication happily.
Later, he received the information sent by Liu Weichao.
What Liu Weichao just talked about was the opera "Green Peony", written by Wu Bing, deputy envoy of Jiangxi Province. Judging from the information, he was really different from ordinary officials. He cared about craftsmen and was captured by the Jianlu soldiers when they went south. He went on a hunger strike.
And die.
As for Wen Yuren, there is no record of the final outcome. This matter was recorded in Volume 2 of Lu Shiyi's "Fu She Ji Lue" in the late Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Liu Weichao made a mistake just now. He did not put Wen Yuren in jail, but arrested Wen Yuren.
His family members were imprisoned. As for Wen Yuren, if Emperor Chongzhen remembered correctly, he had just been transferred from Tongpan of Yingtian Prefecture to the position of Langzhong of the Criminal Department of Yingtian Prefecture.
After reading this information, Emperor Chongzhen decided to recruit both of them. Anyway, if they were suitable, he would not mind being promoted.
The next day, Emperor Chongzhen traveled another eight hundred miles to the south to summon these two men.
Later, he was concerned about the Jianlu invasion and asked about the Great Wall defense line in the capital.
In order to lure the enemy deeper, he did not rebuild or reorganize the defense line of the Great Wall, but only required that the beacon towers must be functional and deliver news to the capital in a timely manner. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen sent people from time to time to inspect the conditions of beacon towers in various places.
While he was busy, in a large mansion of a wealthy family named Wu in the capital city, the owner was also reading letters in the study.
This letter was written by his son, talking about things at Shanhaiguan. Needless to say, this person was Wu Sangui's father, the former commander-in-chief Wu Xiang who resigned from his post because he escaped from battle.
In this letter, Wu Sangui mainly complained that the imperial envoy Jie Xuelong was ordered to go to Shanhaiguan to verify the payment of money, food and grass, but it was too ink-blank. He suspected that Jie Xuelong was delaying on purpose.
Otherwise, more than three months have passed and the verification has not been completed. I just asked to take another look and confirm again. How could this be possible?
Wu Sangui also wrote in the letter that in order to get the requested increase in salary and food as soon as possible, he also thought about wooing Jie Xuelong and hinted that he could give a kickback.
However, Jie Xuelong appeared to be amiable on the surface and accepted all the gifts he gave, but he would not report the results to the court for verification and kept delaying.
I don’t know how big this Jie Xuelong’s appetite is. Did he look down upon the gifts he gave before, or did he say that the rebates he promised were not enough? So he kept delaying it on purpose?
Wu Sangui expressed such doubts in his letter. At the same time, he was also a little impatient. He asked his father if he wanted the people below to stage a mutiny and tie up the ungrateful Jie Xuelong and threaten him.
At least judging from what happened in the past, it is effective. At most, the soldiers who take the lead in making trouble will be beheaded.
Now at Shanhaiguan, Zu Dashou has gone to the Qing Dynasty. There is no one to discuss with, so he can only discuss with his father in the capital and let his father make an idea.
After Wu Xiang read this letter, he immediately became worried. After thinking about it, he immediately wrote a reply to his son.
In this letter, he emphasized several things.
First, the things about Emperor Taizu's apparitions must be true. Recently there has been rumors in the capital that the people who can be summoned to the capital by the emperor at an urgent rate of 800 miles are all people whom Emperor Taizu considers to be loyal ministers and good generals.
Wu Sangui did not get the eight hundred miles expedited recall. Although it can be said that Wu Sangui is now the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan and cannot be easily moved. However, I don’t see what the emperor has to say to Wu Sangui. There is such a high probability that, at least so far, too
Emperor Zu did not mention that Wu Sangui was a loyal minister and good general.
Judging from the current situation, if Emperor Taizu had mentioned it, he would definitely become the confidant of the current emperor. Not to mention anything else, just the generals, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan were not only knighted, but also Qin Liangyu
Women are all given the title of Zhongzhenhou.
Regarding this situation, he expressed concern in his letter. Emperor Taizu appeared, why didn't he mention Wu Sangui?
He wondered whether the Emperor Taizu in heaven could really know every move in the world! If this was the case, he would have to change things in the future, otherwise it would not be a joke.
Wu Xiang also warned in the letter not to cause a mutiny. The situation is a bit wrong now, and the result may not be the same as before.
He told Wu Sangui that the current emperor had been training troops, and that the emperor was personally in charge of Yongwei Camp and Jingying Camp. Anyone who wanted to interfere with the affairs there would have no chance.
Some people even wanted to make some money from the supply of military uniforms. The day after the incident happened, people from the West Factory came to the door. Obviously, the emperor was keeping a close eye on them.
In addition, when the world situation is so critical, the current emperor not only took back the Yongwei camp, but also ignored Jiangnan's urgent report and did not send troops to Jiangnan.
It can be seen from this that the emperor's way of doing things is very different from before. If the emperor still thinks of doing things as he did before, it is likely to cause unexpected disasters.
It can be seen that the current Emperor Chongzhen wants to train 100,000 elite soldiers at once, and has ignored the rest. Such a powerful army has great deterrence.
Wu Xiang told Wu Sangui that the reason why he believed that the Yongwei Camp and the Jingying Camp would be a strong army was not only that they were training with the Yongwei Camp as the backbone, but more importantly, they heard that there were very large forces in the military battle bureau.
Improvements. Skilled craftsmen from all over the country were continuously sent to the war.
It is said that the reason why the Baigan Army was able to win a great victory was because the emperor gave the Baigan Army more than 6,000 pieces of strong armor. Of course, it has always been a question whether there were so many.
According to the past, this was impossible. However, now it can be inferred from various signs that this possibility absolutely exists.
Assuming that this possibility exists, then if there are so many for the Baigan Army, will the Jingying Camp and the Yongwei Camp be short of it? Think about it again, if the Yongwei Camp and the Jingying Camp are equipped with strong armor, then what will happen to this army?
As a person who leads troops, one can imagine how powerful they are in combat.
In addition, the operation of Wu Sangui's transfer from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan as the commander-in-chief has never been clear. If Shanhaiguan is not controlled, even if Wu Sangui wants to make trouble, the weight will not be enough.
If the emperor was angered and sent the Yongwei battalion to Shanhaiguan, the Wu family would be gone.
At the end of the letter, Wu Xiang told Wu Sangui not to cause trouble. Considering the situation in the court, see if he could make a contribution and report to the capital to find out what the emperor's tone was and what his attitude was towards the Wu family.
After writing this letter, Wu Xiang sent his cronies to send it immediately. Then, he also sighed.
After the Wu Zu family got married, they took control of Guan Ning's army. They were at ease between the imperial court and Jianlu, and felt very comfortable for a while.
However, today's life is getting more and more difficult. Walking the tightrope in the middle is really becoming more and more difficult.
On the Jianlu side, not satisfied with the status quo, they actually launched the Battle of Songjin and wiped out the troops of Zu Dashou in Jinzhou.
Now, even the imperial court has something wrong, and he can't understand it at all. It's a hard life!
Thinking like this, Wu Xiang couldn't help but look forward to it. If Jianlu and the imperial court had another fierce fight, and both tigers fought and both sides suffered losses, the role of Guan Ning's army would be reflected again, and maybe he could return to the throne.