The Ministry of Personnel's staff obviously had no backstage, but he dared to stand up and challenge the Minister of Rites, and he was also willing to be barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

Anyway, he has the support of Shandong elders, and even if he is dismissed from office and returns to his hometown, he can still make a fortune in Shandong.

Today, Shandong has formed an interest group led by Zhao Yan. Compared with Hui merchants, Shanxi merchants are a little immature, but they are thriving.

On the other hand, when the Hui merchants lose salt profit, they will inevitably be at a disadvantage over time.

Just when the pre-emptive document was sent out, the team sent by Zhao Yan also transported three million taels of silver to the capital. Zhu Youjian was extremely happy when he saw dozens of boxes of silver, and directly asked the eunuchs who managed the treasury to put the silver into the warehouse.

In addition to being happy, Zhu Youjian issued an imperial edict to Zhao Yan, so that he could go to the sky to listen directly if he had any questions, and submitted the memorial to him directly, without going through various procedures.

As for the salt tax, during the revelation, the two Huai Rivers had only 700,000 taels, and in Chongzhen, they lost more than 2 million taels at one point, and the best result was 1.2 million taels. The salt tax has always been the biggest source of account for the treasury. The small treasury of the emperor was once extremely abundant, but after the Shenzong fought three major battles, and the Liao Dynasty has been in a state of exhaustion since the revelation.

The so-called rumors that Li Zicheng found tens of millions of taels in the treasury after entering the pass were obviously unreliable. If Zhu Youjian had money, a monarch like Zhu Youjian would never have been able to do stupid things that cost money and lifelessness. In addition, the income of the treasury has always accounted for the majority of the salt tax. The salt administration in the late Ming Dynasty has always been weak, and Zhu Youjian issued silver from the treasury every year, so how could he save tens of millions of taels?

Zhu Youjian was often troubled by this money problem, and when he mentioned the repair of Southeast water conservancy, he could only politely refuse "Can you disturb the people?"

I was a little worried that I hadn't seen Yinzi before, but when I saw Yinzi this time, Zhu Youjian felt very satisfied.

Yi said that another censor submitted a memorial to criticize Zhao Yan for being the governor of Shandong's salt transportation envoy, which immediately annoyed Zhu Youjian. I am tidying up my cake and I will directly ask those censors to get rid of their hats and get out of here. In order to make your day relax, Zhu Youjian also added: "I will never hire you."

Although the officials are in Yuhuang, the emperor still has great power. As long as he is not a warlord, as long as he is still under his rule, he will die whoever wants to die.

But those officials were obviously not vegetarians, and their ability to lie to disobey was not just now. Just when Zhu Youjian ordered the Jinyiwei to strictly investigate the list of officials who had accepted bribes by salt merchants, the Jinyiwei put those big fish and began to catch small shrimps everywhere.

...Sun Yaoguang was lying comfortably in the bedroom in the backyard of the government office. The newly acquired concubine pinched her shoulders and rubbed her legs to serve her, making Sun Yaoguang hum comfortably, playing with a delicate jade elephant in her hand.

It would be better to be an official outside! If you don’t look at the yellow-faced woman at home, what makes Sun Yaoguang most proud is that he earned another 50,000 taels of silver last month, and Lianghuai salt merchants were indeed generous.

In addition to 50,000 taels of silver, there are also some antiques and jadeware, all of which are exquisite and luxurious.

Generally, prefects like him would not be filial unless the Huai merchants came here to sell salt. However, Zhao Yan offended the salt merchants in both Huai, and the salt merchants came to him to write memorials of impeachment.

The impeachment was Zhao Yan, the salt merchants in the two Huai Rivers, and they promised that some colleagues in the officialdom would work together, so Zhao Yan would be destroyed soon.

Sun Yaoguang knew the strength of Zhao Yan the most. He had tens of thousands of elite soldiers and even though he was selling private salt, the emperor was obviously afraid of being a mouse, so it was impossible to fall.

However, even if it is impossible to fall, at least it will move to other places in shame. After understanding the joints, Sun Yaoguang did not have any concerns and still cooperated with Zhao Yan's book.

Speaking of the iron-clad city of Laizhou, a paper-stuffed lamp. So what if he offended him, Zhao Yan? He could still break into Laizhou City and kill him? What's more, what Sun Yaoguangping said when he saw him in Denglai, although Zhao Yan was brave, he was still relatively calm in some matters. It was obviously unlikely that he would break into Laizhou City and openly take revenge on him.

As for forcing him to rebel, it is generally impossible for Sun Yaoguang to think of it. Even if it is possible, it is worth a try for the 50,000 taels of silver.

After participating in Zhao Yan's first book, Sun Yaoguang immediately asked someone to strictly prevent bandits from attacking the city and personally rectified the city defense. Laizhou City was surrounded by Kong Youde for several months, and its defensive ability was greatly enhanced. After all, many people have experienced that kind of situation.

Sun Yaoguang's wishful thinking was a joke, but he didn't expect that the Jinyiwei who captured him had already entered Laizhou City. When the Jinyiwei broke into the yamen, Sun Yaoguang suddenly slashed like lightning.

When Sun Yaoguang was told, he was taken to the capital to investigate. He was one of the small shrimps that the Jinyiwei took a fancy to, and all other big fish were not caught.

Sun Yaoguang met several officials in the court in the capital. They put on compassionate faces and hinted to him something. Sun Yaoguang hanged himself in prison that day.

The same is true for the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Envoy, who hanged himself in prison.

The report of the Jinyiwei was to commit suicide fear of crime. When Zhu Youjian heard this, his face was gloomy and clear. When asked about the person who bribed, the Jinyiwei replied: "The governor of Laizhou and the salt transport envoys in Lianghuai have committed suicide fear of crime, and the person who bribed was unable to investigate."

Zhu Youjian sharpened his knife and rushed towards the pigs and sheep. His target was the salt merchants in the two Huaihe River. Zhao Yan's suggestion made him very interested. He wanted to take the opportunity to search for several big investors, but unexpectedly he was lost and could not even find the figure. How to search for it?

Zhu Youjian had a gloomy face and gave up the matter.

This was the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. Officials regarded the country as a place for wealth and fame. It would be fine if the emperor was stupid and the king and his subjects were at peace.

However, Zhu Youjian is not a monarch without ambition, and it is inevitable that conflicts between the two sides will break out.

This is not a contest between one person, but a contest between one person. Even if this person holds the power of life and death for those people, he cannot find a few trustworthy people.

The frustrated childhood and special environment also developed Zhu Youjian's surname character, especially after losing his biological mother, Zhu Youjian was even more lacking in love, which also developed a surname character that he cared about very much about those vassal kings. In those vassal kings, at least he felt a little affectionate.

In order not to make the emperor feel incompetent, the commander of the Jinyiwei specially handed over the more than 500,000 taels of silver that had been seized, which made Zhu Youjian look a little better.

The Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner's family is more than that, but according to convention, more than 50% of the confiscations must be put into the upper and lower pockets of the Jinyiwei, and this time it has been somewhat restrained.

In just a short period of time, 3.5 million taels of silver were recorded, which made Chongzhen's pocket suddenly bulge, so he began to plan a plan to encircle and suppress the thieves in Shaanxi.

There was Lu Xiangsheng Town in the Central Plains, and the bandits obviously could not cause trouble. There were Anhui thieves on the east side, which were very stubborn, but their strength was not too strong.

However, the situation in Shaanxi was very bad. There were 30,000 people in the army, including Li Zicheng, Tianxing, and Miantianxing, and all of them were riding tens of thousands of elites.

Although the number of thieves soared to more than two million last year, Shaanxi lacked food after all, and most of the hungry people from the thieves died in the cruel elimination and were separated.

The more than 100,000 thieves who stayed in Shaanxi are the essential powers that survived from millions of people.

In November of the eighth year, Li Zicheng and Mantianxing, six teams, and four teams of the King of Competitives, totaling thirteen battalions, with a total of tens of thousands of elite cavalry. From Xi'an area to Tongguan, Yijun and Yichuan, they walked around Hancheng, and planned to wait for the Yellow River to freeze and then transfer to Shanxi.

Hong Chengchou clearly saw the movements of the thief, but he did not take any action. It would be better for the thief to escape from Shaanxi, so he would have nothing to do.

Although he supervised the northwest, he had a clear division of the weight, for example, in Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting suppressed the south, and he suppressed the north. Anyway, if something happened, it would be counted on their own.

Hong Chengchou's mentality also made the Shanxi authorities often impeach Hong Chengchou to "benefit the neighbors."

Seeing that the deadline for the suppression of the bandits in June was approaching, but the bandits were not suppressed as expected, Zhu Youjian not only became anxious, but in November of the eighth year, Zhu Youjian issued another million taels of treasury as military funds and ordered the Ministry of War: "Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and the governors of Henan, Shaanxi, Yunyang and Fengyang to suppress the enemy army in the period."

He put pressure on the ministers in charge, implying that if the enemy cannot be suppressed on time, he will be unable to escape the imperial court.

At this time, the Third Battalion of Denglai had arrived in Huguang. Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed and immediately issued a military order to Zhu Youjian, which was to suppress Dinghuguang before the beginning of next spring.

Zhu Dadian also received support from Wang Zheng, the Yingzhou regiment. The Yingzhou regiment was established shortly after it was established, but it was almost eight months old. After eight months of training, two infantry battalions have been trained, one artillery battalion and the other cavalry battalion have been trained.

The infantry battalion is only equipped with four types of equipment: muskets, spears, artillery and rockets. The most expensive plate armor was not planned because of the financial constraints before. However, now the funds are relatively abundant, and the military weapons bureau of Denglai has begun to speed up the construction of the construction.

The artillery battalion is fully equipped, with 500 75mm cannons per 500. Currently, there are only 3,000 people in the cavalry battalion that can fight. According to regulations, each soldier in the cavalry battalion should have two war horses. The other two thousand people will continue to train and wait for enough war horses to be included in the combat sequence.

All the grassroots officers of the Yingzhou Regiment were dispatched from Denglai. Although they only trained for eight months, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The Yingzhou regiment, which reached a source of 20,000 soldiers, needed a lot of combat experience, but it was just right to train troops and suppress the bandits. After Zhu Dadian learned about the strength of the Yingzhou regiment, he was shocked.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yan actually trained 20,000 troops in Anhui quietly. What is his intention? What is his plan? After Zhu Dadian's thought flashed, he stopped thinking about it.

No matter what Zhao Yan had, the relationship between the two was good, and they could second the 20,000 troops, and the day of the Fifth Camp of the Gezuo in the mountains was obviously overwhelmed.

Zhu Dadian, who was overjoyed, also readily issued a military order to Zhu Youjian.

Hong Chengchou, Shaanxi, also vowed to issue a military order to Zhu Youjian, threatening to clear the bandits in Shaanxi before the beginning of spring.

Of course, as for where to go, it’s not his business anymore. It’s going to be a headache for Shanxi!

...In Denglai, the document that also served as the Shandong salt transport envoy has been delivered, but Zhao Yan is preparing for the war in May next year, so he has not taken care of this matter for the time being. Although it was still early, it was obvious that he could not be careless in the face of the notorious Qing Dynasty.

"According to the investigation, the fake King of Jiannu, Huang Taiji, was preparing to personally expedition North Korea. Jiannu was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would attack their nests, so he would send Ajige to invade the Ming Dynasty next year. The troops he led should be between 30,000 and 60,000." Zhao Yan spread out the map for exploration, which was a large map. There were many small maps in the big map, and all the mountains, rivers and rivers on the small map should be drawn.

So far, Denglai has become four exploration teams, and the final one was established was the Liaodong exploration team. A few days ago, the Liaodong exploration team had brought back the terrain exploration in Jinzhou and Zhenjiang areas into a map.

"This is our Ming Dynasty's defense line, a continuous Great Wall. Jiannu has cannons and can advance from any port, but the invasion should be in the capital, so Jiannu may break into the pass from any location on this line of defense." Zhao Yan looked around, and everyone's faces were a little nervous. He couldn't help but smile, "What are you afraid of? Jiannu is not as terrible as the rumors. They are hunting people and have a small population. Therefore, their combat features are one characteristic that they cannot withstand major casualties. Perhaps dozens or hundreds of casualties will cause them to be defeated. In addition, our military system is mainly spearmen and specializes in cavalry. If we face it head-on, Jiannu will definitely not get any benefits."

"This time Jiannu invaded the pass, we have been training troops for several years to fight Jiannu to death. This time we must give them a head-on blow." Zhao Yan waved his hand, "But how to fight this battle is to be discussed carefully."

Liu Heng took over the words at this time and said, "If our Denglai Army goes out to fight with the King and Jiannu, if we will be defeated, it is nothing more than the following factors. The first is military rations. If the military rations are burned and cut off, it will be difficult to last. The second is that we are attacked during the march. The biggest weakness of our army is that when the marching is that when the spearmen are not in formation, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. The third is that they are divided into their troops and are defeated by Jiannu one by one."

"In terms of military rations, our supply system is enough to go to war for one and a half months, but fighting with Jiannu is enough. In case of a precaution, we should establish several supply points in the capital to be safe enough. In this case, the north is a plain where the scouts are attacked. As long as we do our duty, there is no need to worry. In addition, our vigilance and assembly speed at night, it is unlikely that Jiannu will succeed in the night attack. As for how to divide the troops, we need to pay attention." Liu Heng concluded.

"I think that if we fight against Jiannu, if we fight against Jiannu, we can defeat him with the sharpness of our arms and the tenacity of our spearmen. However, Jiannu is all cavalry, and we come and go like the wind and can be defeated. Therefore, the most important thing in fighting against Jiannu is the mobility. With our army's mobility, if Jiannu wants to escape, he will not be able to catch up at all. But if they robbed the capital, it is not a problem to catch up." Zhao Yong stood up and said, "If we attack cities and land in Liaodong, the infantry battalion will be fully competent. If we want to wipe out the invading Jiannu, the cavalry battalion will have to be expanded at least several times."

"Where did the horses come from?" Lin Yi said with a bitter face. The size of the cavalry battalion has been restricted by the number of war horses. At present, the recruit battalion has trained more than 5,000 cavalrymen, but there are no horses. The two cavalry battalions so far only have 4,000 people.

"The reason why Jiannu invaded was that it was profitable to invade Guanzhong. It not only could plunder gold, silver and treasures, but also captured the Ming people in Liaodong as slaves. It was not realistic for us to completely annihilate Jiannu." Zhao Yan nodded and said, "So at least we must prevent Jiannu from conquering the towns. In this way, Jiannu would not have much to steal, and then he would need to cause casualties to them and hurt them, so that they would not dare to invade again."

(To be continued)
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