The battle of conquering Guanzhong was a duel of troops on the surface, but in fact it was a confrontation of national strength.

If the Jin country has enough money and food, then the Jin army will not be in a hurry to defeat the Ming army, and it can come steadily, but there is a shortage of food and money in Guanzhong, and the continuous war affects the spring ploughing, and the Jin army can't wait, so as the defending side, it is forced to rush to a decisive battle, which eventually leads to defeat.

Generally speaking, the attacking side in the war is more anxious than the defense, and if it is not good, it will often run out of food and pay back, but the Ming Dynasty through the economic sweep of the Jin State in the early stage, coupled with its own national strength advantage, reversed the entire war, a position of the two sides, making the Ming Dynasty more energy than the Jin State.

From the very beginning of the war, the Ming Dynasty has been successful in the grand strategy, although the Jin State has repeatedly achieved good results in tactics, but the disadvantage of the entire grand strategy ultimately led to the defeat of the Jin State.

In May, outside the city of Luoyang.

From the end of March, after the Ming army broke through the Tong Pass and rushed into the Guanzhong, the Ming Dynasty cabinet, which originally thought that the war consumption would gradually decrease, found that the consumption had increased greatly.

Before the Ming Dynasty, it used economic means to collapse the economy of the Jin State, so that all industries in Guanzhong withered, and the grain output decreased sharply, and now it used war means to defeat the army of the Jin State, bring down the regime of the Jin State, and let the administrative system of Guanzhong collapse.

In this way, who will clean up the mess in Guanzhong will naturally be the Ming Dynasty that entered Guanzhong. The sins that were created before must be repaid now even if you grit your teeth.

There was a shortage of food in the last year, and this year it was confiscated, and the hungry people have risen up, and they are not handled well, so that the hungry people will evolve into rogues and rush out of the Guanzhong, then the Ming Dynasty will play badly.

Now that the Jin State has collapsed, the responsibility for suppressing the rebellion naturally falls on the Ming army who forcibly entered the main pass, and to quell the rebellion, the most critical word is "grain"!

Since the beginning of April, the grain transported to Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty has increased instead of decreasing, and the people who originally thought they could return to their hometowns will continue to serve, and the Ming Dynasty has requisitioned a large number of people's husbands, which has affected spring ploughing, although the people have not broken out into turmoil, but they are also very dissatisfied and full of complaints.

On the official road in the east of Luoyang City, the people who escorted grain and grass were endless, and all kinds of vehicles slowly moved westward.

On the road, several scarlet-robed officers stood on the side of the road on horseback, observing the surrounding wheat fields.

In the distance, several women and old people wrapped in turbans and hats were bending down to weed in the wheat field, and from time to time some old people straightened up and beat their old waists with their hands, wiped their sweat, and bent down to continue working.

By the river in the distance, a little girl about ten years old was struggling to pedal the waterwheel with her thin body, and from time to time she had to pay attention to the children playing next to her, calling them not to approach the river and pay attention to safety.

Because a large number of young and strong people were requisitioned to Guanzhong to transport grain, and the people's labor was insufficient, the elderly, children, and women could only go into battle together, but even so, the wheat in the fields was not as good as in the past.

In the current situation, although the harvest will not be lost, a decrease in the harvest is inevitable.

The officials on the side looked up at the sky, couldn't help but urge the horse to get closer to him, and then whispered: "Cabinet, it's not early." This place is still more than ten miles away from Luoyang, so let's go back to Luoyang as soon as possible! ”

In Luoyang City, the cabinet did not follow Wang Yan into the pass, but stayed in Luoyang to coordinate the war in Guanzhong and the supply of materials in the rear.

At this time, Chen Zilong sat in the study to deal with official business, and the desk was full of books sent from Nanjing and Guanzhong. He unfolded a scroll, pen in hand, and looked at it carefully, frowning unconsciously.

Judging from the news transmitted from the front, in the past few days, the main forces of the Ming and Jin armies should have started a war. Although the Ming Dynasty has been planning for a long time, and the entire strategic arrangement is one link after another, and there is no mistake, but the matter of the battle array has never been absolute, and the weak defeated the strong in history, because of a small mistake, leading to a big defeat, it is not nothing.

Chen Zilong was more worried about the victory or defeat of the war, fearing that there would be any accidents, but after the war was won, he was also worried that millions of people in Guanzhong were waiting to be fed, and if Guanzhong was really defeated, the cabinet would also be worried.

At the moment, he has a volume in his hand, but it is not from Guanzhong and Nanjing, but from Shanxi to Luoyang, talking about the affairs of northern Shaanxi, but it is related to food.

Li Jiantai, the governor of Shanxi, reported that the displaced people of Yulin Mansion had evolved into liukou, crossed the Yellow River and attacked Shanxi's partial pass, gathering tens of thousands of people and occupying two counties of Hequ and Baodezhou. Judging from this news, the food panic in Guanzhong may be more serious than the cabinet expected, which can't help but make him worried.

"Chen Gebu!" At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside the study.

Chen Zilong looked up, but it was Du Yinxi standing at the door, followed by Su Guansheng. When Chen Zilong saw it, he couldn't help but put down the brush, stood up, and greeted him: "The two cabinet members went out to inspect and came back so soon." ”

Du Yinxi waved his hand and said: "After looking around, the situation is similar to that reported by the counties, and the harvest will be reduced." ”

Chen Zilong stretched out his hand to let the two of them sit down, and after Su Guansheng sat down, he said, "Otaru Gong!" It seems that the imperial court should make early preparations and appropriately reduce or exempt the land taxes at the request of the counties, otherwise the life of the people will not be easy! ”

Chen Zilong looked embarrassed when he heard this, he sat back and stroked his beard, "The war is the most expensive money, and the household department already owes a lot of loans, and is counting on the two quarters of this year to pay off the tax first, and then borrow." If the tax is reduced, the household department will be under a lot of pressure! ”

When Du Yinxi heard him say this, he couldn't help frowning, and then said: "Then there will be more business taxes, especially the money village will also pay taxes." ”

"This~" Chen Zilong didn't dare to answer.

The society of the Ming Dynasty changed rapidly, many new industries appeared, and the tax system was not perfect. Generally speaking, the imperial court only levies taxes in kind and goods, that is, how much cloth and tea are produced, and how much taxes are paid.

To levy this tax, there are a lot of people who have offended, Su Guansheng knew that this would not be able to be decided for a while, he saw that Chen Zilong was not easy to answer, and he was not embarrassed, so he immediately changed the topic and said: "Is there any news from Guanzhong, what is the situation now, can Chang'an be defeated?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Zilong turned his head and shook his head, "Some time ago, the military report said that the two towns of Hengchong and Zhongyong were surrounded in Lintong, and the prison country had sent troops to the rescue, and now it should be a big battle, but I don't know what the specific result is." ”

When Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng heard this, they couldn't help but fidget. During this time, the two were not in Luoyang, but were out inspecting the place, so they didn't know the specific news of Guanzhong, only that they had taken Tongguan and the army rushed into Guanzhong.

The two originally thought that the situation was very good, but they didn't want to hear the news that the elite soldiers of the two towns were surrounded, and their faces couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"The battle has been fought for more than half a year, and the scale is really huge, but there must be no mistakes!" Su Guansheng couldn't help but stand up from his seat, walked back and forth a few steps, stopped and said: "This time, I inspected the place with the Blocking Cabinet Department, the war has already hurt the vitality of the people, if there is a mistake, I am afraid that there will be a big problem." ”

For this war, the Jin Kingdom will not last long, the Ming Dynasty has a thick foundation and some energy consumption, but after all, there are more than 500,000 troops and millions of people, no matter how thick the family foundation is, it will be empty after a long time. It's been spent so much at the moment, and if something goes wrong, I can't imagine what the consequences will be.

Du Yinxi frowned and said, "It's better to be cautious about the battle formation." If the prison country is not too sure, it is better to accept it when it is good, cut a few pieces of land in the Jin country first, and then find an opportunity to fight again, so there is no need to be in such a hurry. With the national strength of our dynasty, it is not difficult to slowly figure it out, are you still afraid that the Jin country will not become big. ”

Gu Yinxi has always been wary of Wang Yan, he has personally watched Wang Yan's person change little by little, and gradually become such a quick success, so happy. As a traditional literati doctor, there is always a string in his heart, that is, to check and balance Wang Yan. Whether it is to the emperor or Wang Yan, it is the responsibility of a civil servant to monitor the lord and let him not make mistakes.

Chen Zilong is also worried about the war, after all, Jin Guo has more than ten years of foundation, and it is not easy to deal with. Wang Yan wanted to destroy the country in a war, and the situation was good before, and the people below had no reason to oppose it, but after receiving the news that the soldiers and horses of the two towns were besieged in Lintong, it was impossible for the officials not to worry and not doubt that they could destroy the Jin country in a war.

But at the moment, it's useless to be anxious, they can't do it in the rear, Chen Zilong said with relief: "The two cabinet ministers are a little restless, the front has already started, and it is impossible to stop." Now we are in a hurry, we can only do our jobs, keep the supply of grain, grass and materials in Guanzhong, and then wait for news. ”

What he said was reasonable, Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng could only be quiet for a while, but at this moment, Chen Bangyan, who was in charge of military affairs, walked in in a hurry, and when he saw that Du Yinxi and Su Guansheng were also there, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but then he said to a few people with a smile on his face: "A few of them are here, then let's take a look at the good news sent by Guanzhong." ”

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