Sun Chengzong stayed in Dalinghe City for two days and traveled to every corner of the city.

As the founder of Dalinghe City, the founder of the Guanning Jin Defense Line, Sun Chengzong's welcome is incomparable, when he came to Dalinghe City, all the sergeants stationed in the city, all lined up to wait for Sun Chengzong's review, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi and other border army generals, accompanied from beginning to end, including Wu Xiang, who was idle at home, participated in the entire reception.

Sun Chengzong regained the pride of the year and witnessed the changes in Liaodong, he finally felt relieved, in the past, he mainly considered the defense of the military, but now Su Tiancheng took into account the comprehensive defense of the military and the people's livelihood, which can no longer be said to be defense, every action carried out here indicates the ultimate goal of the comprehensive eradication of Houjin.

After walking through the Guanningjin defense line, Sun Chengzong's spirit is very good, and he understands more that the imperial court must ensure the stability here, trust Su Tiancheng unconditionally at all costs, and let Su Tiancheng defeat Houjin Tartar.

After Sun Chengzong left Liaodong, Su Tiancheng was also ready to leave, and he was going to Dengzhou and Laizhou to have a look.

Sun Chengzong said that what happened in the court did not cause Su Tiancheng too much worry, Zhu Youzhen is already very good, he has a heavy army and has such a lot of power, Zhu Youzhen cannot be completely assured, in the middle of this kind of torment, Zhu Youzhen can make such a gesture, it is already very good.

Sun Chengzong no longer serves as the first assistant of the cabinet, for the Ming Dynasty, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, Su Tiancheng does not dare to assert, but the replacement of the old and the new is a normal situation, although Sun Chengzong is old, but always stays in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet. It is also hated by everyone, as for the situation in Liaodong and how it will develop, that is what Su Tiancheng needs to focus on, and in a short period of time, both sides will die down. There won't be any large-scale action, and since there aren't many battles, all that's left is to sort out the internal things.

The situation in Dengzhou and Laizhou, Su Tiancheng heard about it, almost thousands of miles of people, Dolgon in Dengzhou and Laizhou implemented the three-pass policy, burning, killing, and robbing, such a policy for Dengzhou and Laizhou. It almost formed a devastating blow, and Su Tiancheng was also mentally prepared, what he saw was definitely an extraordinary tragic scene.

He also has to go to Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the emperor's decree is very clear, and the matters involving the border passes are handled by him with full authority. The situation in Dengzhou and Laizhou has changed. In the past, Houjin did not have warships, but now Houjin has also begun to strengthen the construction of the naval division, as the Jiliao Governor, there must be a way to deal with it.

From Ningyuan to Dengzhou, more than 2,000 miles, Su Tiancheng spent ten days. before entering the boundaries of Laizhou.

Entering Leling County in Jinan Prefecture, Su Tiancheng felt a different atmosphere, judging from the imperial court newspaper and the information sent by the secret line, Dolgon was active in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the soldiers did not enter Qingzhou and Jinan Mansion. But the whole of Shandong was implicated in this Houjin Tartar raid.

The magistrate of Leling County, after seeing Su Tiancheng, couldn't speak, as if he had a lot of grievances.

This made Su Tiancheng a little vigilant, he stayed in Leling County for a day, after a few hours of conversation, the county finally told the truth, it turned out that Su Tiancheng had given an order to the governor of Shandong, requiring the Shandong Guard Army, to resist the Houjin Tartars with all their might, and not to let the Houjin Tartars plunder, this order, in the process of conveying, changed the taste, and added the premise, which means that the imperial court does not care about Shandong, let the people of Shandong suffer, Shandong Guards Army, not the opponent of the Houjin Tartars.

The actual situation is also like this, when Dolgon was still plundering Dengzhou and Laizhou, the common people of Qingzhou and Jinan began to flee one after another, and even the common people of Gunzhou and Dongchang also began to flee, fleeing to Beizhili and Nanzhili, which increased the burden on these two places, and this terrifying atmosphere also entered Beizhili and Nanzhili, making the local government grass and trees all soldiers, for fear that among these fleeing crowds, there were Houjin Tartars.

The impact of this incident was very great, and the common people of Shandong, in the process of fleeing, suffered a lot of humiliation, and were even extorted by some guards along the way, and beautiful women and girls were insulted.

The people of Shandong, who had suffered huge losses, were very angry at the decision of the imperial court, but the people did not have the right to speak, and if they suffered losses, they carried them by themselves, and as a result, the simple folk customs here were greatly affected.

Knowing these circumstances, Su Tiancheng was speechless.

Such a thing happened, on the surface, to blame the Houjin Tartars for the wanton, but the deep-seated reason is still in the imperial court, in the government at all levels, in the combat effectiveness of the guard army, the Shandong guard sergeant, and even many guard army in the Ming Dynasty, can not protect the people, when the invasion of foreign enemies, the sergeant runs faster than the common people, isn't this a joke, what else does the court want these troops to do.

The bigger problem of the guards army is that they have a very good ability to exploit the people, and the matter of killing good people and risking merit is no longer a great thing, and it often happens.

The combat effectiveness of the guard's army, under the current system, can not be improved at all, the actual situation, Su Tiancheng is already very clear, the guard's army is divided into three levels, the first level is the commander's personal soldiers, this part of the sergeant, the treatment can be guaranteed, but their nature has changed, they have become the commander's personal bodyguard, everything is done according to the requirements of the commander, as for the will of the court, in their eyes, there is not much effect, the second part of the sergeant, is the real sergeant of the guard, There are very few people in this part, their military salary, barely able to be guaranteed, they are used to fill face, at any time to cope with the above inspection, since Chongzhen seven years, the military salary can basically be guaranteed, if there is no sergeant in the guard, it must be unreasonable, but the combat effectiveness of this part of the sergeant, dare not compliment, the third part is the military cantonment, this is the largest group, accounting for the vast majority of the sergeant in the guard, these people can not be regarded as sergeants, purely belong to the peasants, they may never have touched the knife and gun, I don't know how to fight the war, their task is to farm, and most of the income from their cultivation of the land has fallen into the pockets of officers at all levels, they are so poor that they can't even feed their families, their treatment cannot be compared with the peasant households, they have fallen to the bottom of society.

What aroused Su Tiancheng's vigilance, as well as the resentment of the common people, held in their hearts, there was always an outbreak, this was like a powder keg, as long as there was a spark, it would explode soon, causing casualties.

Shaanxi rebelled in the past, there was also such an environment, the people had grievances in their hearts, they couldn't live anymore, some people raised their arms and shouted, the situation quickly changed, Zijin Liang, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng and others, tossed for more than ten years, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, suffered huge losses, last year the Liukou was completely wiped out, is it said that Shandong is going to have such a situation again.

Therefore, when he entered Shandong, what he saw made Su Tiancheng particularly worried.

As long as the Houjin sergeants evacuated Dengzhou and Laizhou, the imperial court rarely cared about the rest of the matters, and the local officials would not care, which was a disaster caused by the battle, and could only be borne by the people themselves.

But Su Tiancheng couldn't ignore it.

But this problem is not easy to manage, it involves too many aspects, and I am afraid it will take a lot of effort.

The Ming Dynasty should be a game of chess, and the action should be unified, but now, if you want to do this, there is basically no possibility, some major hidden dangers, or problems, still exist, for example, the southern scholars control the government, the southern gentry and wealthy households, can get a lot less benefits, even if the north suffers a disaster, the southern gentry and rich households will not take out a silver or two, if the court wants to use the southern grain and silver to solve the problems of the north, there will be officials jumping out immediately, said that this is to increase the burden of the people, it is the court and the people to compete for profits, etc., and the final solution discussed is still to exempt from taxes, but everyone knows that people are dying of hunger, and you have a fart to exempt from taxes.

When Su Tiancheng was in Jiangning County, he set up the Zhongxing Society, in fact, he wanted to suppress the privileges of the gentry and wealthy households, and first solve the problem of the depletion of taxes by the imperial court.

As the governor of Shaanxi, Zhu Xianxuan also wrote to Su Tiancheng many times, talking about many policy issues, the pace of Shaanxi's recovery is very fast, thanks to the promotion of the mutual market, the life of the common people is much better, it can be said that those rebellious ideas in the past, in Shaanxi is basically gone, there is no soil for existence, but Zhu Xianxuan also encountered specific problems, including how to deal with businessmen, how to coordinate the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, etc., these are problems that cannot be underestimated.

Things have developed to this point, there will always be bottlenecks, Su Tiancheng has reached this point, his advanced ideas, in today's dynasty, can not be implemented, as for the people's commune those practices, don't think about putting it forward, to put it forward is to find your own death, shaking the basic interests of the gentry and wealthy families, including the royal family, people will definitely look for you desperately. (To be continued......)