Chapter 885

Emperor Chongzhen has not experienced anything comfortable since he ascended the throne.

JianNu outside the pass began to revolt as early as his grandfather Emperor Wanli. At that time, he devoted the whole country to fight and suppress the enemies that even Emperor Wanli could not annihilate, such as his sons emperor Taichang and Emperor sun Tianqi.

When Emperor Chongzhen arrived, the general trend of building slaves had become, and their soldiers had begun to approach the Great Wall. Daming had only a few cities left in the huge Liao town outside the pass, guarding the Liaoxi corridor.

This was already very deadly. Since the first year of Chongzhen, the bandit rebellion sweeping the country has occurred rapidly. The war has made the imperial court spend a lot of money, food and troops to suppress it. It can be said that emperor Chongzhen has no leisure when he became emperor.

When others become emperors, they live a good life and live a good life at will. When Emperor Chongzhen becomes emperor, he is like sitting in a chariot that can never stop. He can only work and deal with all kinds of crises. One day, the chariot will kill people.

The rise of the Liu family army is the best portrayal. Before the rise of the Liu family, the biggest enemy that Daming had to deal with was the construction of slaves, the exile of bandits, and the extravagance and security of rioting in the southwest. The use of troops in several places has made the imperial court anxious and torn apart East walls to make up for west walls.

The rise of the Liu family has become the last straw to crush the camel. Daming, who looks like a behemoth, was pushed gently by the other party and fell to the ground. Their richest place in Jiangnan and Huguang was so easily occupied by Liu thieves.

Moreover, they are also aggressive and control the land of Shandong. If Liu thief soldiers go out of Shandong, go straight to North Zhili and knock on the capital, that is, a few days away, these things make the emperor more worried.

Emperor Chongzhen was only 30 years old, but he had deep crow's feet around his eyes and white hair on his temples.

You know, he is just a few years older than Liu Bu, but the difference in appearance between the two sides is quite large.

There has always been a saying among the people that those who destroy the Ming Dynasty flow.

At first, many people thought it was Liu who was a rogue bandit. After the rise of the Liu family, many people thought it was Liu of the Liu family, which should be on Liu bu.

Many people compare Liu BU with emperor Chongzhen. Liu Bu is young and strong, vigorous and radiant, like the beginning of the sun and the rise of the sun. Emperor Chongzhen is the son of heaven. There are more wrinkles on his face and white hair on his temples than those of Liu Yuanqiao.

But after this year, when the emperor was determined to reform and made some changes, it really changed the situation of Daming.

In the past, they could not muster up a large number of troops while waiting for closure, but now they can easily draw out 700000 troops to suppress the bandits.

In the past, if there were 700000 troops, the imperial court would just smash the pot and sell iron, that is, sell the official clothes and official seals, and could not draw so much military pay, but now Daming has indeed collected so much food.

After the uprising, the Liu family, which has been enjoying the wind and water, also had such and such problems. The first is the battle of Yiling, the battle of Yiling. The biggest problem is to break the myth that Liu's army is invincible.

The second is that the Liu family can cross the Yangtze and Huaihe River, thanks to their transportation convenience in the Grand Canal. Now their most important partner has fallen out with them. The two sides have a big fight, and Linqing and Jining are in a mess.

At this critical juncture, another change of Jiming Temple took place, which shocked the morale of Liu Jiajun and caused chaos. Emperor Chongzhen thought all this was a good omen and a good start. As long as they continued to develop, it was possible to win Shandong this year and calm the rebellion of Liu Kou next year.

At this time, even their eunuchs have sent great news. Since the chaos of Liu Kou, there has been no good news in Daming. In particular, their eunuchs, who are in charge of the fate of ghosts and gods, have always said that it is not a good year if the wind is not regulated and the rain is not smooth.

But now it's different. Today, the imperial eunuch wrote to the imperial court and told the emperor that it's Ziwei emperor star. It's full of light, three evil stars, greedy wolf, breaking army and seven murders. It's a sign of great joy!

Hearing this information, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. Although the theory of ghosts and gods was too ethereal, it was good news and exciting after all.

And the good news is that since Xu Jianqiang got a letter from Zhu Xieyuan, he said he had to fight the Chinese army in the rainy season.

So he has been inviting a group of old farmers to study the weather and see when the first spring rain in the north will come.

At this time, these people also came to a conclusion that, combined with various meteorological conditions, the first rain this year will come earlier than in previous years.

Since he planned to fight in the rainy season, Xu Jianqiang ordered them to rush to make and buy a large number of coir raincoats for the troops to wear when they set out in the rainy season.

All this information, taken together, can be called a situation, and the great emperor was a little happy.

The Chinese army is a firearm army. They use a lot of firearms, which means that rainy days will cause great inconvenience to them. Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan, Hong Chengchou, Yang Sichang and others have made an agreement one after another, that is, they can only choose to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army in the rainy season, which means that the decisive battle between them will begin soon.

In fact, fighting in rainy days is a very tragic thing for the army. Soldiers fighting in the rain are easy to be injured and typhoid fever, and non combat attrition is very large.

In this harsh environment, a slight injury can cause serious injury and then death. If it is not forced and desperate, the imperial court will not choose this way.

The emperor's will has been given to the three generals, which is to grant them the right to make a decision at the moment. When they think they can send troops, they don't have to ask the imperial court for instructions and send troops immediately.

In fact, the three heavy military groups now deployed by the imperial court near Shandong are already the last troops of the Ming Dynasty, and the number of each force exceeds 200000, which is equivalent to the main force of the previous three-way attack, which can put great pressure on the enemy.

The emperor and the court believed that they could achieve great success as long as they succeeded all the way.

In order to fight this war, Daming has carried out the national general mobilization. They are the real general mobilization. In the area under their actual control, the soldiers who can be used can be called.

Even local servants and rich families have been dispatched by them to support the war on the front line, such as transporting goods and so on. Everyone has really participated. Basically, everyone in every family has participated in this huge war. Countless people have broken families and scattered people, and most of the rest have fled, It can be said that the whole north is in chaos.

Although the Liu family in the South has also made a general mobilization, he has mobilized the forces of the army and the government. He has not made chickens fly and dogs jump like Zhu Ming in the north, causing countless people's families to break down and die. He has knocked on the bone and sucked the marrow and fished with all his strength.

Because they know that the people are the water, the king is the boat, and the water can carry the boat or overturn the boat. As long as the people have the support of the people, even if they have defeated this battle, they can return to blood again with the support of the people.

But if the people don't support it, they will have to hang up. They are alive and can't return their blood again.

Therefore, they have not yet achieved the step of forcing strong men into the army, but it is true that they levy war taxes on these officials, gentry and rich people and sell war treasury bonds.

Now Daming and Huaxia have begun to use all means to make money, and Zhu Ming's way of making money is relatively rough, simple and direct, that is, to cut these rich people. If you don't give it, I'll ask you a crime of cheating on Huaxia thieves and plotting rebellion.

The South would not do so. They tried their best to lobby local squires to make pledges and issue war treasury bonds at the same time. This kind of debt was forcibly sold to these squires. You either donate or buy, or they would almost collude with the enemy and betray the country. They also forcibly pulled these Squires into their chariots, which is in the war, Where the people are suffering, both sides will force you to stand in line by any means.

In fact, the people don't want to stand in line at all and don't want to get involved in these things, but others force you to do so and ask you to do so. You have to do it if you don't do it.

This is also the intention of the Chinese army. We don't want you to help fight, but we do pull them up. You have to go all out to support them, otherwise one day, they will be finished, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court will settle accounts in the autumn. I'm afraid they will also count you.

In short, the entire Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains, the north and south of the Yangtze River have carried out comprehensive war mobilization to plan for the upcoming war.

This should have been the time to prepare for spring ploughing, but this happened, which made many people of insight realize that they don't know how many people will starve in the second half of the year.

It's better in the south, because the government system and the army have been mobilized, but the jurisdiction of the people has not been relaxed, and they all ordered the people to start preparing for spring ploughing.

In the north, it was completely chaotic. All the thoughts of the officials and dignitaries were focused on the upcoming war.

If they win this war, they will have everything. If they lose, it's hard to say. This means that what they have now will be lost. Even the fields they plant do not know who will collect the crops, so they are not in a hurry and are not busy at all.

There is no doubt that if you win, you will go to the south to harvest taxes, money and food. If you lose, you will starve to death and have nothing.

Therefore, the army and people in the North bet all their hopes and treasures on the battle of Shandong. They have no time for him.