Ming Dynasty: The opening spoiler: Chongzhen is the king who lost his country

As usual, it was still in the Wenhua Palace, and the cabinet and the six Shangshu were all there.

Although Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, is sixty-seven years old and only arrived in Beijing last night, he can't see what impact these factors have on this old man, and his health is really good.

On the contrary, the head of the household department is a little out of spirit.

But now is not the time for everyone to ask for warmth, and Emperor Chongzhen first asked if there was a conclusion on what was discussed yesterday.

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Bi Ziyan came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers, we discussed for a long time last night, and coordinated everywhere, and it is estimated that the current silver of the imperial court is only enough for a month's grain and grass for an army of 300,000, not counting the impact of the soaring grain prices in the capital." "

"Where's the money?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked with a frown.

Bi Ziyan was a little speechless, but now he can't say it, he has to say: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that if you want to give some internal funds for emergency relief." "

"What?".

When Emperor Chongzhen heard such a bad idea, he was not happy: "The first few times I paid the army, I had already drained my internal money, and now my Riku can run rats!!

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"The ministers know, but there is another way to do it. "

Bi Ziyan's voice became smaller and quieter.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it, it is a good thing to have a way, why did he say more and more in a lower voice, as if he was doing something wrong.

"It's good if there's a way, come quickly. "

"Please Your Majesty dismiss the East Factory and Jinyiwei, and you can embezzle some silver taels. "

"What? "

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt a stream of blood rushing to his head, and his eyes turned red.

Bi Ziyan didn't dare to speak, and knelt down.

"You guys are trying to force the palace! Do you really think I'm muddy?"

Emperor Chongzhen's hands were shaking, and when he saw a bunch of pieces on the imperial table, he grabbed it directly and threw it at Bi Ziyan's body.

The other ministers knelt down with Shangshu: "Your Majesty, stop your anger!"

Bi Ziyan raised his head and looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are selfless, only for state affairs, and it is really difficult to make up money at the moment." "

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan's two panda eyes and understood that he probably didn't sleep all night last night for the matter of silver. My heart couldn't help but soften, I stopped talking, lowered my head, and looked straight at the imperial table with my eyes.

Time passed minute by minute, and the Wenhua Hall was quiet, without a sound.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen raised his head, and his voice was a little dull: "I know that Bi Qing is also a good woman, and it is difficult to cook without rice, and I remember that Bi Zisu, my younger brother, also died because of the silver incident, and I will not embarrass you." There are still some utensils in the palace that are made of silver, and I let them melt them, and everyone in the palace waits for the moon silver to be halved on the original basis. Let's make some for you. "

"Your Majesty....", an old man in his sixties, fell to the ground and whimpered.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen cleaned up his mood and said to the following: "All the ministers are flat." "

After all the ministers stood up, Emperor Chongzhen said to Han Yi: "Qing is the first assistant of the cabinet, I don't know what to do with open source?"

Bi Ziyan's proposal to abolish the East Factory and Jinyiwei just now is actually the intention of the cabinet, and he wants to take this opportunity to take out the annoying factory guard, but he doesn't dare to say it, so he forces the head of the household to be the first bird.

Han Yi saw that Emperor Chongzhen was now asking about his open source strategy, and thought about it: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Liao salary cannot be reduced, and this time the Liao slave is in the Kou, it is bound to rise, and the Liao salary should not only restore the previous amount, but the most appropriate way should also add another two percent to deal with the use of the slave." "

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he remembered what Yun Zheng said, and immediately denied this article in his heart: "In addition to raising taxes, does the elder have any other good policies?"

Speaking of which, looking at the others, he added: "If you Aiqing have any good plans, you might as well say it bluntly." "

No one spoke, and this one would offend a lot of people if he said the wrong thing. But the reason why Sun Chengzong didn't speak was because he wasn't good at financial management and couldn't think of a way.

The Wenhua Hall was quiet again, and Emperor Chongzhen felt a burst of disappointment.

Suddenly, a chamberlain broke into the hall in fear, knelt down and played: "Your Majesty, the military situation ahead is urgent." "

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't care about discussing the matter of opening up sources and reducing expenditure, so he hurriedly read the military emergency report.

Sure enough, it was bad news again: Jiannu suddenly turned around and rushed straight to Jingshi, Yuan Chonghuan's headquarters did not know where to go, and Tongzhou was already showing signs of instability.

Emperor Chongzhen was already numb, and there was no good news during this time, always thinking that there was an army of King Qin who defeated Jiannu in one fell swoop, or forced Jiannu to retreat, but this miracle showed no signs at all.

He passed this urgent report to the ministers below one by one, and then said: "Tongzhou is very close to Beijing, but which Aiqing is willing to go to Fuzhi?"

Sun Chengzong thought that he could finally make a difference, so he went out of the ranks, and his unique loud voice sounded in the hall: "The ministers are willing to go." "

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he saw that someone could take the initiative to help share his worries: "Master Sun, what do you want?"

"The minister hurried to the Beijing Division, there is only one family member by his side, and the entourage accompanied by the military department has not yet arrived, if he goes to Tongzhou at this time, there may be something on the road that will affect the errand. "

"This is natural. "

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly continued, he looked at Bi Ziyan, and said to Sun Chengzong: "I ordered Jinyi Wei to choose some capable people to go with Master Sun." "

Sun Chengzong said he had no opinion.

"When will Master Sun leave?"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, if there is no minister's business here, the minister wants to leave immediately. "

Sun Chengzong was also anxious.

"Okay, I'll leave the matter of Tongzhou to Master Sun. "

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong and solemnly asked. The person recommended by Yun Zheng is really capable of doing practical things.

At this time, there was already a Jiannu Tanma near Tongzhou, and all the refugees from Gyeonggi flocked to the capital, and the feet of the Son of Heaven were always safe.

On the way to Tongzhou, Sun Chengzong bumped into Jiannu Tanma several times, and only arrived in Tongzhou safely with twenty-six brocade guards escorted him, but five brocade guards were still sacrificed on the way.

But fortunately, he was in time to catch Yang Guodong, the chief soldier who was about to run away. dragged him and began to inspect the city walls, arrange city defenses, and stabilize the morale of the army and the panic of the people in the city.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Taiji also took the main force of Jiannu to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

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When Yuan Chonghuan found that the main force of Jiannu suddenly turned around and attacked the Beijing Division, he decided to go to the Beijing Division and rely on the Jiancheng artillery of the Beijing Division to strike a blow to Jiannu, so as to repel Jiannu, so that the losses of the Guanning army would also be minimized, which was in line with the interests of the Liaodong group.

But He Kegang stood up against it: "The army should meet Jiannu, not enter the capital." Moreover, Jiannu is in the Tongzhou area, our army is in Zhangjiawan, fifteen miles away from Tongzhou, and the food and salary are sufficient, and the battle defense here is the best. If the superintendent goes directly to the Beijing Division, the Ming Dynasty has soldiers from the border towns, and they will easily enter the Beijing City without following the clear order, and they will be regarded as complicit. Please think again. "

"In this extraordinary period, we must not stick to the rules, the strategy of capturing has already been decided, and according to the counterattack of the fortified city and artillery, there is no need to say much about the canal. "