The Luling Zhao bandits defeated the official army in Nanchang and Ganzhou respectively, and seized the capital city of Ganzhou.
When the news reached Beijing, officials, civilians, and gentry had long since become numb.
The so-called lice don't itch when there are too many lice. Tartars regard Gyeonggi as a public toilet, and they come and go whenever they want. Is there anything worse in the world than this?
The northwestern thieves have dug up the graves of the Zhu family ancestors, so what is the Luling Zhao thieves?
For the people in the capital, when they heard the news about Jiangxi, their reaction was nothing more than this: What? Luling Zhao thieves occupied several Jiangxi prefectures and killed several governors. Oh, that's pretty cool.
Only the ministers in the court know that Zhao thief is a serious problem!
Jiangxi's contribution to Daming is neither too much nor too little, and it has always been ranked above the middle level.
But Jiangxi is the thoroughfare of the eight provinces. Once the Zhao bandits are too big to lose, they can attack South Zhili in the north, Huguang in the west, Zhejiang in the east, and Fujian and Guangdong in the south!
Qianqing palace.
This time Chongzhen did not discuss matters in the Wenhua Hall, but summoned Yang Sichang alone.
Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, committed suicide in fear of crime because of the Tartars raging in Gyeonggi. Yang Sichang was the candidate for the new Minister of the Ministry of War.
Chongzhen asked: "Northwest rogues, Liaodong Tartars, Jiangxi Zhao thieves. If you come to be Minister of the Ministry of War, how should you destroy them?"
Yang Sichang immediately replied: "No more than three."
"Tell me in detail." Chongzhen said hurriedly.
Yang Sichang talked eloquently: "First, to fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside; second, to have enough food and then enough soldiers; third, to protect the people before you can fight against the invaders. The general trend of the world is like the human body. The capital is like the brain, and Xuanji The towns are the arms, the south of the Yellow River and the north of the Yangtze River are the heart, and the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang are the legs and feet. Now, the Tartars are outside the arms, and they are very eager to take advantage of them; "The area where the bandits Zhao ravaged the humerus is still mildly ill. External aggression cannot be slowed down, but internal troubles cannot be ignored. The heart is poisoned, the essence and blood are drying up, what is the use of the arm? What is the use of the humerus?"
Chongzhen asked: "According to Qing's intention, first get rid of the bandits?"
Yang Sichang said: "Now that the national treasury is empty, it is absolutely impossible to use troops in three places at the same time. You can first negotiate peace with the Tartars to stabilize the situation in Gyeonggi and stabilize the hearts of the courtiers. Then try to recruit the Zhao thieves in Jiangxi, and give high-ranking officials and rich salary, which may weaken their will .¡±
Chongzhen frowned and said: "The Tartar thief is a barbarian, fearing power and not being virtuous, I am afraid it will be difficult to truly negotiate peace. Zhao thief is also a hero. I think his ambition is quite high, and he cannot be tempted by high-ranking officials and rich salary."
"It's all falsehood and snake ears, delaying the time to eliminate the traitors," Yang Sichang explained, "You can designate the Tatar chieftain as the king of Liao, and you can designate the traitor Zhao as the king of Gan. After the traitors are wiped out, the traitor Zhao in Jiangxi will be defeated, and finally that Liaodong Tartars!"
Chongzhen stood up and walked up and down the room. He really didn't want to make the bandits king.
Moreover, he felt that the courtiers would not agree. Not only would it be impossible, but it would also make him lose face.
However, Chongzhen was very fond of Yang Sichang and thought he was a great talent. It was replaced by other ministers, who would just stand there like a piece of wood if they asked anything casually, as if they were mentally retarded, and they didn't know how to get a Jinshi.
This Yang Sichang is very smart, quick-witted, eloquent and eloquent, and he can take on great responsibilities just by looking at it.
Most importantly, Yang Sichang is a lone minister who does not form a party!
Chongzhen did not talk about the matter of crowning the bandits and bandits as kings, but changed the topic and asked: "How to feed enough soldiers, how to protect the people from the bandits?"
? Yang Sichang didn't know what to say. His three suggestions were interlocking, and if the first was erased, there would be no second or third.
Carefully sorting out his words, Yang Sichang replied: "Your Majesty, if you don't entrust the king to discuss peace, the three places will start a war together, and the military expenditure will increase day by day, and you will not be able to have enough food, and it will be impossible to rest with the people."
Chongzhen didn't seem to understand, and asked again: "How to destroy the bandits?"
Yang Sichang bit the bullet and said: "Four righteousness and six corners, nets on ten sides. Traitors are disasters. In first-class characters, they should be locked in their boxes and not allowed to move. With Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei as the four righteousnesses, the governors of the four provinces divide and suppress Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan are the six corners, and the six governors divide their defenses and cooperate in the suppression. This is the so-called ten-sided net. The governor, the prime minister, and the two ministers follow the thief's direction and focus on the crusade."
"There are Zhao thieves in Jiangxi, and they can't take care of themselves. How can they help suppress the bandits?" Chongzhen shook his head.
Yang Sichang said: "I think the Zhao bandits in Luling are indeed a serious problem. However, the soldiers from Jiangxi and Fujian are all gone, the soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi are suppressing bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the soldiers from southern Hunan have not yet been trained. This Zhao bandit , There are no soldiers to suppress at all, and we can only recruit temporarily. The appointment of the governors of the five southern provinces is revoked, and the Zhao bandits are recruited to show sincerity. Zhao bandits claim to be the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. Since your majesty does not want to be king, then simply appoint him as Ji'an Commander-in-Chief, order him to go north quickly to encircle and suppress the bandits!"
"If he??Xiong Wencan did not go to see the officials of Jiangxi Third Division, but called on Wang Yongzhong, the eunuch in charge of Jiangxi.
Seeing Xiong Wencan, Wang Yongzhong breathed a sigh of relief, and lamented, "Xiong Fushuai, you've come, there are too many troublemakers here!"
"Does Wang Zhenshou care about it?" Xiong Wencan asked.
Wang Yongzhong didn't care about his face, and said directly: "Our family dare not go out of the city!"
But this guy is domineering. When he left the city to enclose land, he was beaten back by members of the peasant association.
Xiong Wencan was amazed, the people in Jiangxi were really amazing, the guarding eunuchs were so frightened that they dared not leave the city.
Wang Yongzhong said again: "Hurry up and appease that thief Zhao, and let him disperse to the peasant association outside Nancheng, otherwise the eunuch guarding Jiangxi will be useless!"
Xiong Wencan deliberately disgusted: "As the New Year approaches, it is better to go after the Lantern Festival."
"Don't wait for the Chinese New Year, recruit now!" Wang Yongzhong said anxiously.