“… Mao Yuanyi sent a report from Xuanfu that more than 8,700 soldiers had been selected from Xuanfu Town and divided into three battalions of field troops.

The remaining 20,000 soldiers will continue to be reorganized into local garrison troops, and nine military stations from the capital to Xuanfu and from Xuanfu to Datong have been built and have begun to operate.

The reorganization of the Xuanfu army had been largely completed, and he prepared for 10 days before leading a battalion of field troops and the staff office stationed in Xuanfu to move forward to Datong Town.

The wartime base camp sent back a report that General Sun had led the wartime base camp to Datong Town, and the three battalions of the Liaodong Cavalry and Jizhou Che Battalion had all arrived in Datong Town.

According to Yuan Chonghuan's report from Datong Town, he selected three battalions of soldiers from Datong Town as the field army, and recruited two new battalions from the border people, a total of five battalions of troops.

As for the other soldiers who were too weak to use and were not enough to defend the city, he suggested that His Majesty should transfer some troops from other border towns to continue to replace the soldiers in Datong Town.

As for the king of Shunyi of the Tumut tribe and the leaders of the other right-wing Mongol tribes, although they had already been contacted, they had a very heated argument about His Majesty's proposal.

The Great Khan of the Karashen tribe and Baiyin Taiji opposed His Majesty's proposal to force peace by war, but supported His Majesty's proposal to temporarily resettle the women and children of the right-wing Mongol tribes within the Great Wall, and then move back to the steppe after the war.

Some of the lesser chieftains of the Tumut tribe and some of the leaders of the small tribes strongly agreed with His Majesty's assertion that the blood of the Mongols should not be shed on the hands of the Mongols. If Lin Dan Khan is willing to sit down for peace talks and return their land, they are still willing to obey Lin Dan Khan as the Great Khan of Mongolia.

The Mongolian right-wing tribes debated this very fiercely, and the king of Shunyi, Bu Lostu, hesitated and could not make a decision.

However, according to the General Staff's survey of the Mongolian right-wing units, the population of the Mongolian right-wing units has exceeded the food stocks in their hands. Within half a month at the latest, the right-wing Mongol tribes such as the King of Shunyi will succumb to my Ming proposal.

Otherwise, even if they block Lin Dan Khan's next attack, they may not be able to survive this winter. As for Liu Jingting and other envoys to the Chahar Ministry, there has been no news yet. However, it was Lin Dan Khan's eldest brother-in-law, Gui Yingcha, who had promised us that he would be responsible for the safety of the Ming envoy..."

Wang Dehua finished reading the recital in his hand in a frustrated manner, and then stood aside with his hands down, waiting for Chongzhen's fall.

After he took charge of the capital governor, although his power in the palace increased, the opportunity to meet the emperor became fewer. After not appearing by the emperor's side for a long time, he felt that the relationship he had cultivated with Chongzhen before he ascended the throne was weakening, and he was naturally quite uneasy about this.

Therefore, when Chongzhen wanted to select a eunuch to specialize in all the information about the wartime base camp, he volunteered to ask the emperor for this task.

After listening to Wang Dehua's intelligence summary, Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "Since Mr. Sun and the base camp have arrived in Datong Town, let Mr. Sun decide the affairs as soon as possible." The situation ahead is changing rapidly, and if you have to wait for the capital to make a decision, it is estimated that it is no longer appropriate to arrive at the same time. ”

After Wang Dehua accepted Chongzhen's instructions, he withdrew from the upper study. Wang Chengen took a stack of documents and prepared to continue to report to the emperor on the latest political affairs in the court.

At Chongzhen's suggestion, Wang Chengen picked up the documents and read them one by one, in these documents, in addition to the various affairs that the cabinet has drawn up opinions on, there are also many impeachment chapters.

After listening to it for a long time, Chongzhen realized that most of the concerts were aimed at the policy of unified purchase and marketing of grain, mainly officials from Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi.

The most powerful attack was the impeachment of the clans of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan headed by King Rui in Hanzhong.

Others are fine, but King Rui is the uncle of Chongzhen's relatives, and with his current status, if he says it is serious, it will damage his reputation, and if he says it lightly, it will fuel the momentum of these opponents.

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand to stop Wang Chengen from continuing to read, "That's enough, if there is no other content, there is no need to read it." ”

After Wang Chengen listened, he immediately closed the document and said respectfully: "The content of the impeachment is roughly similar, and there is no big difference. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and then said: "Transfer Uncle Ruiwang's impeachment recital to the Zongren Mansion, and let Uncle Fuwang summon him to Beijing for questioning." ”

Wang Chengen paused for a moment, hesitated for a while and then whispered: "Your Majesty, the impeachment of ministers in this sect has always been the power of His Majesty to personally hear the matter, and the Zongren Mansion can only deal with disputes within the clan. And without His Majesty's order, King Rui can't enter Beijing. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "Uncle Rui Wang, they are idle, so I have to find something for him to do, so that he doesn't always get involved in these things."

For other clans, let the celebrant prepare a text for me, reprimanding them not to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court. For Uncle Rui Wang, it is not very suitable for me to come forward.

Leave this matter to Uncle Fu Wang, not to let him reprimand Uncle Rui, but to let Uncle Rui Wang run a few more times between Hanzhong and the capital, so that he doesn't think about getting along with the imperial court all day long.

In my name, I ordered that the Zongren Mansion be given the power to summon all the clans from all over the country to Beijing for questioning. In addition, another article was promulgated that if the Zongren Mansion summons the clan for questioning, the travel expenses shall be borne by the person himself, and it is forbidden to harass the place on the way to Beijing, and the person shall not stay in the capital for more than 10 days. ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't think of what to do with this uncle for a while, so he simply let him consume his limited life on endless long-distance travel. The long-distance travel of this era was by no means a pleasant experience, and I think that the king of Rui had no energy to interfere in the grain policy issued by the imperial court anymore.

After dealing with the problems of the clan, Zhu Youzhen continued: "As for those officials who follow the trend of impeaching the grain policy, select a few officials who are called the most fierce and relegate them to Hainan and Guangxi.

Let the officials register, and they are not allowed to serve as chief officials when they go down to the locality, and they cannot be promoted without my permission, and those who dare to disobey my orders to promote their officials will be punished as the crime of deceiving the king. The celebrant also recorded their names, so that their music would not have to be reported in the future. ”

Zhu Youzhen's words were clear, but Wang Chengen's heart couldn't help but shrink for these people, according to the emperor's intentions, these people would not have any future at all.

Wang Chengen took Chongzhen's order and hurriedly went out to convey it. Only then did Zhu Youzhen change to a relaxed sitting position, turned his head to Lu Qi and asked, "Is there anything abnormal in the direction of Liaodong?" ”

According to the habit of the past, Lü Qi first reported some affairs on the reform of the Liaodong army, as well as the daily report sent back by Wang Zaijin.

Unlike before, this time Chongzhen listened carefully to everything. Zhu Youzhen thought about it while listening, and after thinking that there was basically nothing abnormal in Liaodong's military affairs, he motioned to Lu Qi to continue to report.

Lu Qi then reported that it was a piece of music on the governor of Liaodong, saying that it was the Guangning Saiwai Fried Flowers, Ambiguous Rabbits, and Guiying Departments, and the 36 Gatekeepers outside the Jizhen Sanxie Pass, saying that there was a great hunger outside the Saiwai, and asked the Ming Dynasty to give grain relief and increase the number of city rewards.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, and then asked: "Is there any surplus grain in Liaodong that can be used to relieve the Mongolian tribes outside the Guanwai?" ”

Lu Qi immediately replied: "There is no problem with Jizhou Town, Yongping Mansion is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is barren, so the population is far inferior to that of Shuntian Mansion.

The re-establishment of the iron plant in Zunhua, the mining of the Luan Coal Mine and the Iron Mine in Jizhou Town, the excavation of the Kailuan Canal and the construction of water conservancy facilities such as the Luanhe River, the construction of the Tangshan Coke Plant and the Iron Works, and the construction of Qinhuangdao Port, Tianjin Tanggu Port, Beidaihe Wharf, Shanhaiguan Wharf, and Suizhong Wharf in Liaodong all require a large amount of manpower and animal power.

Yeongpyeongfu itself also had to bear the burden of transporting military supplies to Liaodong, although some of the above projects were recruited from outside the Guan, and because of the drought in Gyeonggi this year, a large number of people could be transferred.

However, because there are many new industrial and mining projects in the Gyeonggi area, as well as the reconstruction of the capital and the construction of roads, the treatment of the Shanghai River, and the construction of small and medium-sized reservoirs and windmills in various places, Yeongpyeong Province still lacks a large number of manpower.

If some Mongols can be recruited, even if they are used to drive vehicles, it can alleviate the shortage of manpower in Yongpyeongfu.

As for Liaodong, about 150,000 stone of grain can be squeezed out for relief. ”

Zhu Youzhen crossed his hands and was silent for a while before he spoke: "For the pacification of the Mongolian tribes outside the Guanwai, Wang Zaijin will be responsible for the unification.

In addition, I have three basic principles for pacifying the Mongol tribes: first, whether I want to increase the market reward or ask the Ming to give relief, I must accept the Ming to send personnel to check the population of each ministry and distribute relief food according to the number of mouths;

2. All ministries outside the customs should accept the management of the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty, set the boundaries of the grasslands of each tribe, and according to the size of the tribal population, one ding for every 8 dings, and join the Ming army for a period of 5 years;

3. The leaders of each department re-accepted the canonization of my Ming Dynasty and sent their heirs to study in the capital school. In the future, the Mongolian tribes that accept the canonization of our Ming Dynasty are not allowed to privately attack, marry, or relocate pastures. All disputes and inter-tribal affairs must be adjudicated under the witness of Ming officials.

In addition, he told the Wang Bingbu that whether it was recruiting Mongols to enter the customs or serving in the Ming army, they must be under the leadership of our organization, and try to break up the detachments. ”

Lu Qi took out a small notebook and quickly recorded Chongzhen's request, lest he miss something.

After he finished writing, he repeated it to Chongzhen again, and Zhu Youzhen nodded and jumped to the next thing.

The next thing is about the construction and repair of various wharves in Bohai Bay, north of Tanggu Port in Tianjin.

Beidaihe Wharf and Shanhaiguan Wharf originally had the experience of military transport ports, but they were gradually abandoned after the imperial court abandoned shipping. However, the foundations of these two places are still there, so they are recovering the fastest. So far, more than 80% of the project has been completed, and it is expected to be completed within half a month.

The Qinhuangdao Port and Suizhong Wharf are relatively slow because they are newly built. Because of the large scale of the former, about 10% of the total workload has been completed; The latter is smaller, with 50% of the work completed, and is expected to be completed around October.

However, even so, the scale of sea material transshipment from Tianjin Port to the north has increased to more than one-third of the number of land transportation, saving a lot of transportation costs for Jizhou and Liaodong towns.

Lü Qi finally added: "The main credit for the rapid construction of these wharves is the reinforced concrete construction method proposed by His Majesty, which saves a lot of time and cost compared to stone masonry. However, according to the officials who supervised the construction of the wharf, cement with volcanic ash is more suitable for building buildings in water than ordinary cement. ”