With Jizhou's great victory as their confidence, everyone shouted fiercely, as if Zhang Xianzhong, a traitor like this, would surely fall apart and be wiped out as soon as the imperial army arrived.
Even Emperor Chongzhen was very angry after hearing the news, and wanted to immediately adjust his previous deployment and send troops to destroy Zhang Xianzhong's troops.
For people like them in ancient times, if the bandits were just bandits, and if they were to build a country, set up six ministries and five army governor's offices, and even open schools to recruit scholars, these two behaviors are completely different perceptions.
Especially for an emperor, it is even more intolerable for another regime to appear in the country he rules.
And this is why Zhu Yuanzhang took measures to slow down his claim to the throne. He just didn’t want to attract the attention of the ruler at that time and make a fortune in silence!
Of course, the act of becoming king is not without its benefits, otherwise no one would be so stupid!
Once a country is founded and proclaimed king and emperor, his temperament will completely change. He will no longer be a bandit, but a founding emperor or a founding hero, and his reputation will spread quickly.
Some ambitious people, some who are dissatisfied with the existing court, will get wind of it and leave. Founding a country and proclaiming himself king and emperor is like an egg with a crack, attracting many flies to gather.
Once it takes hold, it is likely to be a devastating blow to the existing regime!
Moreover, this kind of behavior is likely to greatly encourage other careerists and thieves to follow suit, making the world more chaotic and more difficult to deal with.
Based on all these factors and hearing that all the civil and military officials at the court meeting were shouting to extinguish this very bad sign of Zhang Xianzhong immediately, Emperor Chongzhen really had to give his consent.
However, as he raised his hands angrily and was about to strike, the sachet dangling from his chest suddenly brought him back to his senses.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen barely suppressed his anger and immediately ordered: "Please discuss this later!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to the back hall.
For Chief Assistant He Fengsheng and others, Emperor Chongzhen's behavior was no longer strange to them.
Emperor Chongzhen had done this more than once when he had to make a major decision. Although he did not say it explicitly, after many times, they all knew that Emperor Chongzhen should have used the treasure given by Taizu to communicate with the immortals.
They were right. When Emperor Chongzhen entered the apse, he immediately took out his mobile phone from the sachet and sent a video communication request to Liu Weichao.
After waiting for a while, Liu Weichao answered the phone. Just as he was thinking about asking questions, he noticed that Emperor Chongzhen had an angry look on his face. He couldn't help but be a little curious, and immediately asked: "What's wrong? Who has offended you again?"
Emperor Chongzhen saw through the background that Liu Weichao was outside and knew that he had not returned home yet. However, since Liu Weichao took the initiative to speak, it meant that there was no problem in speaking, so he said angrily: "That Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang.
Not only did he kill the King of Chu, but he also established the Daxi Kingdom, called himself King of the Daxi, established six ministries and five military governors' offices, and opened schools to recruit scholars. I will never allow this to happen. If you tell me, I will immediately pass the decree to Sun Qing.
, how about asking him to gather his troops and go south to destroy Zhang Xianzhong?"
Liu Weichao was stunned when he heard this. Because he wanted to help Emperor Chongzhen, he had read and re-read things that happened around the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign. If he remembers correctly, Zhang Xianzhong should have done this in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen's reign.
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In this way, it should be due to the butterfly effect, which led to Zhang Xianzhong's capture of Wuchang in advance and the founding of the country and the kingship in advance.
Thinking of this, Liu Weichao replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "You have a lot of powerful troops now, and they should be able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong. Since he dares to claim the throne, then..."
His original intention was to follow Emperor Chongzhen's wishes and send troops to destroy him if he wanted. However, suddenly, he suddenly remembered why he had deployed that way instead of immediately sending troops to Jiangnan.
The reason is that I can’t say this anymore.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence, and asked quickly: "What's wrong?"
"Well, let me ask you..." Liu Weichao adjusted his thinking, and then asked Emperor Chongzhen, "The strategy we set before was to deploy the Yongwei Battalion to station in Luoyang, and to expand and reorganize the army in Kaifeng and Baoding. We will not immediately lead a big victory.
What is the reason for the power to go south?"
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After he came to his senses, he immediately replied: "Of course, it is to stabilize the situation in the north and prevent the bandits from jumping into the north again and destroying the stability of the north. The other is to drive away the bandits in the south and let them
They are going to fight dog with those iron cocks in the south!"
"That's right!" Liu Weichao heard this, immediately praised it, and then asked, "Then let me ask you again, is it easier to deal with stray thieves, or is it easier to deal with thieves who are entrenched in one place?"
It would be hard to say this before, such as before the great victory in Jizhou.
At that time, the Battle of Songjin was defeated, and the entire 120,000 elite army was wiped out. The imperial court had almost no strong troops to use. For the imperial court, no matter what the thieves were, as long as they were powerful, they were a big headache.
But at this moment, with the victory of Jizhou as the confidence, Emperor Chongzhen almost didn't think about it and immediately replied: "Of course it is the easiest to deal with the thieves entrenched in one place! The most troublesome..."
As soon as he answered this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly understood what Liu Weichao meant and stopped talking.
Instead, he changed his mind and answered Liu Weichao: "You mean, my best approach is to turn the rogue thieves into local bandits who don't wander around, so that it will be easier to encircle and suppress them?"
"Yes, that's what I think." Liu Weichao heard this and immediately said with a smile, "You need time now to organize more useful troops and stabilize the situation in the north so that you can settle down. As for Zhang Xianzhong in the south
, so what if he founded a country and proclaimed himself emperor? What if many people defected to him? As long as you have done a good job in internal strength, you have done what you want to do. When the time comes, you can send troops south and mobilize more troops to encircle and annihilate him.
Wouldn’t it be better to kill them all and also catch all those in the south who have thoughts of rebellion?”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, this is the best. Oh, you are more thoughtful! You don't know that when the news reached the capital, I and all the officials were angry.
They all want to kill that Zhang Xianzhong right away!"
Liu Weichao smiled after hearing this and replied humbly: "Maybe it's because I am an outsider, and I don't pay much attention to the gains and losses of a city or a place. Therefore, my perspective on thinking about things is a little different from yours."
For future generations who grew up under the red flag, the phrase "If you save the land and lose the people, everyone and the land will be lost; if you save the people and lose the land, both the people and the land will survive", it is probably as basic as eating and drinking.
Cognition. At least for most male compatriots who like to fight and so on, this is definitely the case.
Therefore, the thinking mode is really different from that of the ancient people who attached great importance to territory and the idea of losing cities and lands.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen immediately recognized Liu Weichao's statement. The biggest reason was that he had the confidence to destroy the bandits entrenched in the south.
Otherwise, you would really be a fool to let it develop without being sure to eliminate it!
At this time, seeing Emperor Chongzhen agreeing with his point of view, Liu Weichao smiled again and said: "I suspect that after the news of Jizhou's victory spreads, they will be frightened, and they may want to run away at any time. You
If we really send troops south, it will probably be another chase."
If there are not enough soldiers capable of fighting, the most troublesome thing is that the bandits will flee. They can't be destroyed but can't be destroyed, leaving a lot of chicken feathers on the ground, and even more places are affected by the war.
After all, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the local army was no longer able to fight against Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other tribesmen. Not to mention intercepting, even defending the city would be difficult.
If it were earlier years and the bandits were not strong, they wouldn't be so troublesome.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard Liu Weichao's words, he immediately nodded in agreement and said: "Thanks to your reminder, we will maintain the original strategy. The north that has settled down can no longer fall into war. Otherwise, when will the world be peaceful?
Head!"
Having said this, he paused and said to Liu Weichao with a smile: "It took about two months from the Jiangnan Procurement Office to the capital by sea. Now Jiangnan has sent two batches of grain and grass.
The arrival of supplies has greatly eased the supply of supplies in the capital. This year is probably the easiest year I have ever had since I registered!"
After finishing speaking, before Liu Weichao could speak, he continued: "Before, there was actually a debate in the court about sea transport or canal transport. I was thinking about using those who advocate sea transport, what do you think?
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On both sides of the canal, during the 14th and 15th years of Chongzhen, the plague was rampant, which also seriously affected water transportation. It was also for this reason that the strategy of recruiting water workers as new recruits for the Beijing camp was adopted, and the Jiangnan Procurement Yamen turned to sea transportation.
In this way, it would be much easier if Emperor Chongzhen promoted the change of canal water transportation to sea water transportation.
Of course, Liu Weichao would not have any objections to this matter. At least for future generations of keyboard warriors, they would think that the canal's conversion to a sea route was a progress.
Seeing that Liu Weichao agreed, Emperor Chongzhen still said with a bit of regret: "It's a pity that shipping is greatly affected by wind direction, otherwise it would be faster to travel south to north."
Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately asked with a smile: "Is your steam engine just for leisure? If you point out the technology tree of steam ship, you basically don't have to care about the direction of the wind!"
In fact, this proposal has been mentioned before. However, Emperor Chongzhen had too few available manpower, at least in terms of technology, so he has not promoted these things. As for now, he has concentrated his elite troops and powerful forces.
Place it on the side of the railway company.
At this time, after hearing Liu Weichao's words, Emperor Chongzhen fell into thinking.