"I know this, so don't worry." Chongzhen smiled at Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun stopped crying at this time, kowtowed and bowed: "Thank you, thank you, thank you. But I think this case is very tricky, and I am willing to investigate the case in person."

Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun who was so self-recommendation, nodded for a while and said, "Then you go and check it out! Be sure to find out the truth. If you are favoritism and abuse of power, I will not forgive you."

"Yes, the emperor." Cao Huachun was overjoyed.

The second said that Cao Huachun sent spies to investigate and found out the inside story of Zhang Hanru's annihilation and Wen Tiren's conspiracy. He reported these situations in detail to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen suddenly realized that a clique led by Wen Tiren had formed in the court. When Wen Tiren saw that something was wrong, he used his usual tricks, pretending to be sick at home, waiting for the emperor to comfort him and try to keep him.

One day in March of the 10th year of Chongzhen, Wen Tiren was having dinner with his family. Suddenly, an eunuch passed the emperor's imperial edict, ordering Wen Tiren to be removed from his official position and to be a commoner. Wen Tiren was stunned. With a "defying", the spoon in his hand fell to the ground.

Wen Tiren, who was assisting the government for eight years, did not propose any strategy to benefit the country and the people, had never established any achievements that benefited the country and the people. He was a complete mediocre person, but he was a master in forming cliques and making private contributions and playing with power. The "Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty" records that on the eve of the Ming Dynasty's fall, the censor Wu Luzhong wrote a letter to summarize the mistakes of Chongzhen's rule of the country and said: "Wen Tiren entrusted the righteousness of sternness and solicited the selfishness of jealousy, so that the court could not be allowed to govern the affairs, causing disaster, and the crime of Tiren." However, because Emperor Chongzhen was "focused on himself and did not breed goods", he "always respected and believed it". As a result, he dragged the Ming Dynasty into a desperate situation in just a few years, which could not be punished.

Wen Tiren was deposed as a commoner, and Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, was also pulled in. The elderly Zhang Fengyi ended up better, and Chongzhen just asked him to go home to cultivate.

As soon as the Minister of War was released, Chongzhen began to look for candidates for the Minister of War. He immediately noticed that Yang He's son Yang Sichang, Yang He and Yang Sichang, father and son wanted to be famous for their good military command. Yang He became the Right Minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of the military affairs of the three borders of Shaanxi.

Yang He once wrote a memorial to point out that the rise of "thieves" "is always due to the extreme famine, and the people are living in poverty." Yang He proposed the strategy of "recruiting and pacifying as the main and pursuing as the auxiliary". With Yang He's efforts, the policy of revenge achieved certain success, and almost all the rebels in Shaanxi accepted the recruitment. However, due to the 100,000 treasury of gold and 50,000 silver and 20,000 stones donated by the vassal kings, "the rescue was not enough to reach the eleventh level." After the bandits such as Shen Yikui surrendered and rebelled, the power of the imperial court's main suppression faction rose and tried their best to attack Yang He's appeasement policy. Later, Yang He was taken over by the court and Hong Chengchou took over.

After entering the official career, Yang Sichang served as a professor at Hangzhou Prefecture, a doctor of the Imperial College in Nanjing, and a doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. In the third year of Tianqi (1623), he was exiled by the eunuch party and resigned from his post as an illness. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), he became the deputy envoy of Henan and was appointed as the right governor. Later, he was promoted to the right assistant censor, governor Yongping, and other places in Shanhaiguan. He was famous for his military power. In the Xiangong Temple of Shanhaiguan, there was a statue of Yang Sichang, who praised him for rectifying defense, building the two wing cities of Shanhaiguan, and for his contribution to resisting the invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the Right Minister of the Ministry of War and the Right Deputy Censor, the Governor Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi military affairs. Soon, his parents died one after another and returned home to worry.

In March of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), Yang Sichang, Minister of War, arrived at the capital, and the emperor summoned him to the court. Sichang was well-informed in literature and history, and knew the story of the previous dynasty, and had fine writing and eloquence. The emperor and the emperor loved him, and he always changed his words. Whenever he asked, he listened to him, saying: I hate you for being late.

Speaking of his father Yang He, Yang Sichang was very excited, "Sage, everyone thinks that the minister and father are in trouble. However, in the second year of Jianlu invasion, all the officers and soldiers from Qin were out. My father had no soldiers to fight. How could he fight to suppress? Because of insufficient food and salary, there were not one ten rescuers. How could he not turn the people back again?"

Chongzhen felt very reasonable and felt guilty about Sichang.

Sichang then proposed a large-scale expedition to fight against the peasant army. He asked Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Jiangbei officials to be the four commanders, and the four governors were divided into suppression and special defense; Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Sichuan were the six corners, and the six governors were divided into defense and coordinated suppression. The four commanders and six corners were combined into a ten-sided net. The governor and the two ministers were specialized in expedition and special defense.

Chongzhen was very excited when he saw this strategy of suppressing the bandits and became more trusting in Yang Sichang. The next day he appointed him as the Minister of War.

On the third day, Chongzhen summoned Yang Sichang again. As soon as Yang Sichang entered Chongzhen's study, he saw Chongzhen's face complicated expressions and asked, "Your Majesty, what are the hidden worries?"

"Yang Aiqing, please see!" Chongzhen took out the memorial of Pidao and Liaodong. Yang Sichang looked at the memorial. When the news of Liaodong's victory was heard, the entire capital knew about it. Then he thought and asked, "Your Majesty refers to this Zhao Yan? This man is good at fighting. Although this is a blessing for my Ming Dynasty, no one can defeat his ability to make money. The court has no way to restrain food and wages. If this continues, there is a chance of accidents."

"The only one who knows me is Yang Aiqing." Chongzhen excitedly pulled Yang Sichang, "This son has sharp firearms and elite warriors in charge of military affairs and promoting military farming. If he rebelled, how could the court resist?"

Yang Sichang felt a little embarrassed. It was indeed a matter of accompanying the king as a tiger. Zhao Yan defeated the Qing army in Changping and won the victory against Liaodong and Pidao, but Chongzhen wanted to attack him.

However, Yang Sichang had no sympathy for Zhao Yan, but he made up his mind and should not hold troops to respect himself in the future.

"Zhao Yan, this son of Zhao Yan, was preparing for war in Shandong. Although he was loyal and righteous at this moment, he not only did he not have any food and salary, but he could pay six or seven million taels to the court every year. However, who could have predicted the future?" Chongzhen's feelings for Zhao Yan were very complicated.

The feudal monarch, who was in a special position, had to kill all threats, and Qi Jiguang became a victim.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true. It is often said that one must be careful of others." Yang Sichang agreed.

"What can Yang Aiqing do?" Chongzhen asked.

Yang Sichang thought for a while and said, "When this son started his army, he was just a small landlord in Huangxian Township. There must be a reason why he could make his soldiers strong within four years. As long as his Majesty obtains the method of training this person and makes the people accustomed to it, he can stop him as long as he can get rid of his fatigue."

"The Shandong Army is very elite. I heard that in addition to hard training, there are also high military pay, pensions, and the best military armor and firearms, which require a lot of money." Chongzhen said in embarrassment.

"I have two strategies, but I don't know if Your Majesty adopts it." Yang Sichang said at this time.

"First, I sent people to learn the strategy of making money by this son. I once sent people to Shandong for exploration. This son not only had a glass mirror that could earn millions of taels per year, but there were hydraulic spinning machines and looms in various places. These machines were a hundred times less manpower than Jiangnan textile workshops, which led to Jiangnan cloth merchants losing money step by step. There are rumors that the world could not buy all Songjiang cloth and Weitang yarn. However, in recent years, cotton cloth has dropped sharply. This son relies on textiles, and the annual silver money is no less than millions of taels."

"Your Majesty can ask him to hand over the secret recipe of textile tools and glass mirrors to benefit the people, obtain their skills, and then recruit imperial merchants and summon people from all over the world to buy them. They will inevitably earn millions of silver and money every year, and they can also cut off the source of silver and money." Yang Sichang talked jokingly, obviously because he had touched Zhao Yan's background, but these were not secrets.

"Recruiting the Imperial Merchants?" Chongzhen asked in confusion.

"It is Your Majesty who uses his skills to let some wealthy businesses run it. If it is a shortage, it is the business of the imperial merchants themselves. If it is profitable, the court can share the profits." Yang Sichang explained.

"So what if he doesn't get along?" Chongzhen asked.

"You can first move it with emotion and reason. If you don't make any contributions, you can ask local governments to ban them from purchasing them." Yang Sichang said. Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded after hearing this.

Yang Sichang continued: "This son was in Daxing, Shandong Dongsan Prefecture, recruiting refugees from all over the world to enrich the East San Prefecture. The ox, farm tools and seeds used are all from them. Once the harvest comes in summer and autumn, they will harvest from them. Although they are the general Jianwei, they will also pay silver and money to the court. However, the people in the garrison only need to pay ten kilograms of rice and wheat, and they will collect 30% of the land rent. In less than a few years, the East San Prefectures have become extremely prosperous. In addition, the people in the garrison are farming when they are busy farming, and they often practice them when they are slack farming. If the source of troops is insufficient, they will get countless elite soldiers."

"There are countless elite soldiers? Yang Aiqing has not exaggerated it?" Chongzhen was startled. Yang Sichang nodded and said, "If your Majesty does not believe it, you can go to Denglai to investigate it. The people in the East Three Prefectures will train every year. During the war, you only need to recruit into the army and send weapons to fight."

"What should I do?" Chongzhen asked in fear.

"Your Majesty, I am east of the Ming Dynasty, south of the capital, east of the mountain, north of the two rivers, and north of the wasteland, and the tall ones are lush grass, and the low ones are mist. How can I finish the land? Isn't it all? I can't cultivate it. Your Majesty can learn how to cultivate farming in the mountains, and it will be effective in several years. Especially in the capital area, Jianlu attacks every year, so it is very broken. Now Zhao Yan, this son, sent troops to Liaodong. The difference between this son and Mao Wenlong, is that the army is strong and strong, Jianlu must be restrained and dare not invade important areas of the capital. Your Majesty can take this opportunity to station the people in the capital and cultivate cultivation."

"I don't know if the imperial merchant's strategy is effective, so where can I get the money and food required for farming?" Chongzhen asked.

"This is the second method of paying for me, which is divided into four: one is the food, the amount of old quota is increased, and the amount is lost [***], the stone is 8 cents of silver, and the land is not mixed, and the annual silver is received by more than 1.929,000 taels of silver. The second is the overflow of land and the original quota is overflowed, and the tax is verified, and the annual silver is received by more than 406,000 taels of silver. The third is the case, and the people are given money to be transferred to the supervisor. The fourth is the post office delivery. Previously, the post office slaughtered 200,000 taels of silver to be paid for. " Yang Sichang replied, and then he explained in detail.

After hearing this, Chongzhen agreed, "That's it. Ming said that he would change the food to equal transportation and inform the whole world."

"If you work like this, add Shandong's land tax and make the salt profit of 6 or 7 million taels, the national treasury will definitely be enriched." Yang Sichang said, "With money and grain, you need to train troops and build firearms, you can ask this person for it."

"If you don't give it?" Chongzhen asked again.

"You can ask Lu Xiangsheng for the request, and Tianxiong Army is now practicing the method of training troops in Shandong." Yang Sichang's news was very well-versed. When he was filial at home, he was also concerned about military affairs in the world.

"Okay, let's do it according to your beloved." Chongzhen couldn't help but be excited, and he was still obsessed with the military appearance of the Denglai Army under the capital.

If there is such a strong soldier in hand, why worry about the uncertainty of the world?

However, Zhao Yan was not constrained by the court, so Chongzhen was tricky to use. Yang Sichang's several strategies could not only suppress Zhao Yan's expansion, but also strengthen the imperial military.

...When Chongzhen informed the world, Zhao Yan was stunned when he saw the court's announcement, and thought in confusion, didn't Chongzhen spend 5 million taels? Why did he have to increase taxes? And he increased more than 2 million taels in one breath.

The previous five million taels were obviously enough, which made Zhao Yan very puzzled. Moreover, the taxation policy of paying more for the rich and less for the poor was changed to equal loss. Isn’t this forcing people to rebel?

"What do you think?" Zhao Yan asked the staff and others.

"Lord, it is feasible for the court to propose the four righteous and six spouse strategies. The previous five million yuan of anti-suppression was enough. However, when the change to equal food was reduced, it would inevitably aggravate the hunger and cold of the poor people, and it is very likely to increase the number of followers' thieves."

"Four positives and six pairs, ten sides of the net. In my opinion, I'm afraid this net will become ten broken nets." The General Staff Department has different opinions, but Zhao Yan had his own judgment in his heart.

In history, Yang Sichang's four righteous and six spouse were quite effective, but in the end, Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Rucai and others rebelled and broke the ten-sided network in one fell swoop.

However, history has changed at this moment. With Zhao Yan's blood transfusion, the court has sufficient money. The strategy of setting up a net with four or six sides is probably more powerful.

History has changed, who can predict the future? Zhao Yan cannot judge whether these four positives, six even ten sides are successful in opening the net.

"It would be fine if it succeeds, once the bandits are destroyed, the Ming Dynasty can be stable." Zhao Yan still hopes that the bandits can be pacified, which is conducive to the recovery of the nation's vitality, and Zhao Yan can also have more manpower and material resources to be used for foreign wars. Zhao Yan then asked: "What is the situation in Liaodong? Have you ever counted the number of Han people?"

"Report to the lord, there are more than 200,000 Han citizens in Liaodong under our control, and more than 60,000 Han citizens in Korea." Mao Yuanyi replied.

"Let the Liaodong General Staff move all these Han people to the plains of the Liaodong Peninsula to build farms, and report the required oxen, farm tools and other materials as soon as possible." Zhao Yan ordered, "and then send the first battalion of the Liaodong Army to North Korea and try to gather Korean Han people."

"yes."

"Now Duoduo is attacking Chenyang with Jirgalang. It has been seven or eight days. There should be news, right?" Zhao Yan asked.

“No news has been sent back.”

...Duoduo and Jiergalang were really unwilling to open the city gate because the Zhenglan Banner in Chenyang City were in danger of opening the city gate, so they immediately launched an attack on Chenyang.

Duoduo has 60,000 troops and horses, plus more than 20,000 troops on the front lines of Liaoyang, Anshan and Yaozhou, as if there are so many ants that they can die.

Duoduo had a tough attitude and launched an attack on Chenyang the next day. There were as many as hundreds of red barbarian artillery on Chenyang City, plus the remaining captured Ming army artillery, forming a defensive system with strong firepower.

Sixty thousand people attached themselves to the ants to attack the city, and artillery fired in the city, making the offensive and defensive battle extremely fierce. A few days ago, Duoduo's attack was defeated by the Zhenglan Banner on the city, and the number of troops was damaged to reach 5,000 or 6,000.

In the following days, Duoduo transferred artillery from various places. Although there were not as many artillery on the city, the key was to concentrate at one point and suppress the firepower on the city wall.

At the same time, Duoduo promised to the lords of each banner that when he ascended the throne, they would have made great contributions to the dragon and would have to pay more. At the same time, they promised the soldiers that if they would capture Shenyang City, they would have to pay more.

After two-pronged approach, the results were finally achieved. On the sixth day of attacking Chenyang, soldiers of the inlaid white flag rushed to the top of the city, and the Zhenglan flag in the city finally collapsed.

Tens of thousands of troops then rushed into Chenyang, and a chaos followed. Some soldiers rushed into the residences of princes such as Haoge, Daishan, and robbed them.

Duoduo rushed into the palace. When Fan Wencheng saw that the situation was wrong that day, he had already hid in the palace early before breaking the city. When Duoduo appeared, he immediately fell to the ground and shouted: "Long live my emperor..."

"Haha, okay, okay, Fan Wencheng, you are indeed my loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty." Duoduo was overjoyed when he saw Fan Wencheng surrender.

These Han people have no other skills, but they have the ability to manage state affairs and make suggestions. If Duoduo did not have the assistance of these Han people, it would be difficult for him to act.

"If Your Majesty wants to replace him, he must first cleanse all Huang Taiji's confidants." Fan Wencheng first suggested to Duoduo.

"Yeah, not bad." Duoduo nodded.

"Secondly, the situation in Chenyang City should be stabilized so as not to hurt the vitality of our Qing Dynasty." Fan Wencheng suggested again, "Then he will be the edict to all parts of Liaodong that Huang Taiji defeated North Korea and had already died. Haoge and Daishan were also killed by the Ming army. In order to obey the order of heaven, Prince Yu chose to ascend the 9th Five."

"Haha! That's right, that's right, Huang Taiji is dead, all of them are dead." Duoduo laughed comfortably. When Nurhaci died, it was all because of Huang Taiji, Duoduo and Dorgon's mother. In addition, after Huang Taiji took control, he was moody and suppressed the Great Belle Amin and Mangourtai. Duoduo was extremely tired of Huang Taiji.

In response to Fan Wencheng's suggestion, Duoduo immediately asked someone to maintain order in the streets and alleys of Shenyang City, and burning, killing, looting and looting were prohibited. At the same time, Fan Wencheng drafted a list of cleaning up and prepared a notice document.

Fan Wencheng took this opportunity to put all those who had offended him or threatened him on the list. As Huang Taiji's closest Han minister, he naturally had a say in this regard.

When Fan Wencheng submitted the list, Duoduo was sitting on the dragon throne [***] Huang Taiji Concubine, the scene looked extremely intense.

At the same time, Jirgalang rushed into the house where his eldest brother was imprisoned and released Big Beleahmin. Seeing that it was his younger brother coming to save him, Big Beleahmin was so excited that she hugged Jirgalang and shed tears.

"He said it was my elder brother who misunderstood you." Amin said to Jirgalang.

"Brother, it's because my younger brother was too afraid of Huang Taiji before." Jirgalang lowered his head.

Amin suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, let's talk about him about the past. In the future, my brothers will definitely achieve great success."
Chapter completed!