Yang Sichang's ambition was opposed by Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong at the same time, but Zuo Liangyu was more cunning and cunning, and his opposition was milder, while Zuo Liangyu was straightforward and had nothing to hide at all.

The reasons for opposition are very sufficient, Henan and Shanxi can be regarded as Li Zicheng's old nest, after returning to the old nest, the performance is definitely different, its combat effectiveness will be significantly improved, if you want to completely exterminate the Liukou entrenched in Henan and Shanxi, at least 300,000 troops are needed, and there must be sufficient grain and grass, such a battle is not better than a defensive operation, you need to take down a city by city, there are many battles to attack the city, and the logistics support and sufficient troops are the decisive factors.

At present, the imperial court can mobilize the army of conquest, up to 150,000 people, first of all, the number is not enough, and secondly, it is needless to say that it is impossible to maintain it for a long time.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's understanding is very reasonable, and it is also based on the actual situation, after all, the two of them have been on the expedition for many years, thinking that the imperial court in order to exterminate the Liukou, levy a salary, and use the combat deployment of ambush on all sides, four positive and six corners, almost a general mobilization, that is how much strength, everything can be guaranteed, and it has not been able to completely exterminate the Liukou, and now the imperial army is obviously at a disadvantage, but it won a victory in the battle to defend the North Zhili, and it did not completely eradicate the strength of the Liukou.

Yang Sichang is not a person who can't listen to opinions, he has realized his own shortcomings, for example, he did not ask the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and give a bigger blow to the rogue, but he is very dissatisfied with He Renlong's attitude.

The battle to suppress the Liukou was not supported by Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others. It is impossible to execute it perfectly, and there are very few brave soldiers like the two of them in the imperial army.

Yang Sichang had to stop the idea and deployment of the Liukou.

After this battle, Beizhili temporarily stabilized, and after careful consideration, Yang Sichang wrote a letter to the imperial court. It is suggested that the 150,000 troops should be stationed in the area of Zhending Mansion, Daimyofu, Hejian Mansion and Baoding Mansion, with the direction of Zhending Mansion being in charge of the general soldier Zuo Liangyu, the direction of the Daimyo Mansion being in charge of the chief soldier He Renlong, and the Hejian Mansion and Baoding Mansion and other places being in charge of others.

Yang Sichang's arrangement obviously excluded He Renlong.

In terms of personal ferocity, He Renlong surpassed Zuo Liangyu, and his prestige also made the Liukou fearful, it was said that he should be stationed in Baoding Mansion, and the Liukou wanted to attack the capital. Baoding Mansion is a very important gateway, but it is a pity that Yang Sichang, who has some opinions about He Renlong, arranged He Renlong to the Daimyo Mansion.

As for Yang Sichang himself, he has successfully completed the combat mission and should return to the capital.

A few days later, the emperor's decree came down again and agreed to Yang Sichang's recital.

The 150,000 troops were dispersed to where they ought to go.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong both have opinions on such an arrangement. Zuo Liangyu was stationed in Zhending Mansion, which is close to Shanxi. Once the Liukou attack Beizhili, they will definitely attack from the direction of Zhendingfu, but the total number of troops stationed in Zhendingfu is only 20,000, and what can be done with these 20,000 people cannot be resisted at all.

Not to mention He Renlong, stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion. There were only 10,000 sergeants under his command.

The largest number of sergeants was arranged in Baoding Prefecture, reaching 80,000, and the remaining 40,000 were arranged in Hejian Province, which is said to ensure the smooth flow of transportation.

Because they had opinions in their hearts, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong did not make any suggestions. In fact, they have already seen that there is a fatal problem in Yang Sichang's arrangement, that is, the supply of grain and grass, 150,000 people need a lot of grain and grass, and all parts of Beizhili have suffered several lootings, there is no food at all, it is now the early autumn season, there is still a long time before the autumn harvest of the next year, the grain and grass of the 150,000 army is a key thing to consider, and if this basic problem is not solved, no matter where the sergeants are distributed, it is difficult to maintain it for a long time.

I don't know why, Yang Sichang didn't think of this most important problem, and there was no grain and grass involved in its twists and turns.

By the end of September, Beizhili had basically stabilized.

After returning to the capital, Yang Sichang was responsible for the affairs of the military department and the household department.

The household department is generally the department directly under the jurisdiction of the first assistant of the cabinet, and this time Yang Sichang is in charge of the jurisdiction, which shows that the emperor has great trust in it, but at this time, it is not a good thing to govern the household department, because there is a shortage of grain in the north, and even in the capital, the problem of food shortage has been highlighted.

After the cessation of Cao Yun, the first to be affected was the capital, although the rest of the North Zhili suffered countless ravages, but the capital has been as stable as a rock, many scholars and wealthy families have taken the opportunity to enter the capital, Ying Tianfu at the beginning of the year had made a statistic, the population of the capital has been close to one million.

This is not a small number after a few hundred years.

When there are more people, the consumption of grain increases, and in June, the problem of grain in the capital is revealed, because most of the grain is directly supplied to the imperial army, and there is very little for people's livelihood.

After Yang Sichang took charge of the household department, he needed to start thinking about the issue of food.

Yang Sichang is not an immortal, not everything can be considered, his eyes are basically focused on the military department, that is, the food needed by the imperial army, which includes the food of the garrisons in Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, Datong and the rest of Beizhili, as for the food that the people need, he really hasn't thought about it.

The only way to maintain the army's food expenses is to eat grain.

Yang Sichang quickly sent an edict to the Caoyun Governor's Palace, asking for the resumption of Caoyun, and at the same time wrote to Zheng Xunrui, Zhou Yanru, Yang Yipeng, Xiong Wencan and others, saying that Caoyun must be restored.

Yang Sichang's letters, the imperial court's edicts, Cao Chi's instructions, etc., were all placed in front of Zheng Xunrui, whether to restore Cao's luck or not, just waiting for his words.

The opinions of Zhou Yanru, Yang Yipeng, Xiong Wencan, Gan Xuekuo, and even Yang Tingshu were all about resuming the Cao Yun, while the opinions of Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, and others were to postpone the resumption of the Cao Yun.

The autumn harvest season has not passed for a long time, and the grain in the south has basically been harvested, and the government at all levels has purchased a large amount of grain storage.

No one knows that Zheng Xunrui is suffering because of Caoyun.

The dark line of the capital continues to send intelligence, and the food shortage in various parts of Beizhili has gradually broken out, and this situation will be a big outbreak in winter, and the situation in the capital is even more serious.

The capital bucket rice has risen to five dollars of silver, it is expected that over time, the price may be higher, Nanzhili stone rice three taels of silver, the price difference is close to twenty times, this is a good business opportunity, but no businessman dares to do such a business, Beizhili has been in a mess of porridge, although the surface is calm, but there are bandits everywhere, it is impossible for food to arrive in the capital, a slightly safer waterway, the potential danger is also huge, if there is no Zheng Jiajun escort, do not dare to do it.

There are too many people in the capital, there are only so many rich households, most of them are ordinary people, it is impossible to have too much grain in the family, and those large households who have stored grain have begun to hoard Juqi, and it is impossible for them to take out food to help the people.

Zheng Xunrui, who is familiar with history, knows that if the shortage of food continues, another event in history will break out, that is, the plague.

The plague took the lives of more than half of the population in the north, the cause of the outbreak of the plague is the lack of food, the common people who can't eat enough, have no choice but to catch rats to satisfy their hunger, the same can't eat enough mice, their own immunity is underground, the body carries more fleas and other viruses, once the germs on their bodies are transmitted to people, the infection between people will spread rapidly, and at that time, the plague will be formed.

The plague that broke out in the sixteenth to seventeenth years of Chongzhen in history belonged to the pneumonic plague, which was transmitted at low temperatures, that is, in winter, and disappeared automatically after the temperature rose.

There is already a large-scale shortage of food in the north, and if the transportation cannot be recovered as soon as possible, then the plague in the north will break out on a large scale.

Now there is no outbreak of plague, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun have made great contributions, the smooth transportation of Cao, and the accommodation of displaced people in Shaanxi, so that the situation of starvation has been controlled to a certain extent, and the mutual market between Zheng Jiajun and the grassland has ensured the stability of the grassland, so that there is no large-scale famine in the north.

Whether the plague in the north will break out or not, just in Zheng Xunrui's thoughts, if he resumes the transportation and ensures the supply of grain to the north, the situation can be stabilized, if the transportation is stopped, so that the north cannot get the grain, then the large-scale famine will break out quickly.

If the luck can be restored, the Ming Dynasty can still be maintained, and maybe there will be a chance to gradually stabilize and become stronger, at least Zheng Xunrui's inner plan will encounter a setback.

Is it to restore the luck of Cao, which makes Zheng Xunrui painful, and he can't make up his mind for a long time.

After more than ten years, his heart has become colder, but he still can't really make a decision on such a big matter.

At the beginning of October, Zheng Xunrui finally made up his mind to resume his luck.

He couldn't get over it on his conscience, not to mention Beizhili, just said that in the capital, among the millions of people, the vast majority of them were ordinary people, these people were innocent, if the luck stopped, these people were likely to starve to death, and the possibility of the outbreak of plague in the capital increased exponentially, which was a historical responsibility that Zheng Xunrui could not bear.

As for when Zheng Jiajun marched to the north, even if the trajectory of history has changed, it is nothing more than a postponement of time, and Zheng Xunrui just happens to further stabilize the situation in the south. (To be continued.) )