Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen and Fang Yuegong sat opposite each other.

"How? Fang Yuegong, what is the trend in the DPRK now? ”

Chongzhen asked.

Fang Yuegong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, some of the courtiers in the court have moved, Li Jiantai is running very actively, before the ministers entered the palace, he stopped the ministers three times, and asked the ministers to calm down, but unfortunately, he didn't know yet, this is your clever plan, one by one is still in the dark......

"Haha,"

Chongzhen laughed and said: "This is not a real trick, this is Zhu Jie's kid, you said that this kid, why is he so shrewd, he went to Shanhaiguan by the way, turned over his hands, and put Wu Sangui and Gao Di in, and the two of them were sold by him and still helping him count the money." ”

Fang Yuegong said with a smile: "Isn't this the emperor's ability to see thousands of miles, to know people, and to tolerate people?" Now Zhu Jie is a grandson monkey, let him toss, if this court doesn't let him stir up, the ministers are still a pool of stagnant water one by one, with him, these people want to be an official in peace, they have to take it easy, this Wu Sangui is unlucky, but at this time, there is a moth......"

Chongzhen is very useful for Fang Yuegong's sycophant, Zhu Jie, this is personally promoted, wonderful chess, it is definitely a wonderful chess, as soon as it came up, it overturned several bigwigs, and finally the benefits went to the imperial court, just the income from the seizure of the family, it exceeded millions of taels, not only purged the rule of officials, but also fattened the treasury, killing two birds with one stone, now it's time to clean up Wu Sangui!

However, Chongzhen's suggestion to Zhu Jie in the letter - to let Wu Sangui go for the time being, is a little not very cold, this guy has a heavy army, for more than ten years, the military salary alone is definitely more than one million taels of silver, if you add his father's, it will be an astronomical amount!

But Zhu Jie insisted on stopping himself from attacking Wu Sangui, which was really inexplicable!

Fang Yuegong saw Chongzhen's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you also know that Wu Sangui has heavy troops in his hands, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, except for the surrender of the Manchu Qing Dynasty of Kaizu Dashou, is almost in the hands of Wu Sangui, so it is natural to be cautious in dealing with it, and Shanhaiguan still needs a fierce general like him to guard it, leaving him, the imperial court and that general can afford this courage?" ”

Chongzhen's heart woke up suddenly, nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, this time I will sell Zhu Jie this face, and I will cheapen Wu Sangui once, but I must beat him hard, and even these people who ask for mercy must be taught a good lesson!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Chongzhen stood up and continued: "Fang Aiqing, I have already read that piece of Chen, it is very clear, yes, I think we can implement it, let's start with Wu Sangui and Gao Di!" ”

Fang Yuegong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to take credit for myself, this Chen Ke Zhu Jie and his ministers studied for half a night, and set the framework before drawing it up." ”

Zhu Jie?

Chongzhen was stunned and said, "Isn't Zhu Jie already gone?" ”

Fang Yuegong hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this is the night before Zhu Jie left, he was dragged to his house by the minister, and he was forced to get it, for this reason, this kid is really angry with the minister, before going to Manchuria, he didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to the beautiful woman, hehe......"

"Beauty?"

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and asked, "What?" Does Zhu Jie have a family? ”

"Where's the house?"

Fang Yuegong said with a smile: "That daughter of Lord Lin Yueshan is now in his mansion, because Zhu Jie has avenged Lord Lin Yueshan's grievances and avenged him, Lord Li's daughter insists on staying by Zhu Jie's side, as for whether she is a slave or a maidservant, or she will become a lady in the future, it is not something that the minister can guess, but the current Youxian Residence, but this Miss Lin Lan is in charge of it......"

"Haha, isn't that the boss lady? I don't think I can run sooner or later......"

Chongzhen was in a good mood, and even laughed, while laughing, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh, this Zhu Jie, even if he left the capital and went to Manchuria, he could still win a thousand miles, and cleaned up Wu Sangui and Gao Di, which is really my humerus.

"Your Majesty, according to what Zhu Jie said, then we should strike while the iron is hot, and renovate the general army of each town to make mature rice for raw rice, starting with Wu Sangui and Gao Di, and then slowly advance to the general army of each town, and the general army of each department on the nine sides and the military town of Gyeonggi Pass are the first-class towns, and the number of personnel is set at 25,000 people! Other places in the Guannai and coastal military towns are second-class towns, with a fixed number of 15,000 people, and all 27 towns in the country have been determined, and the troops of the guards in various places drawn from each town can be combined as appropriate, and the soldiers of our guards are now all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have no combat strength at all, so it is useless to keep them, and they will increase the expenses of the imperial court......"

Fang Yuegong said in a deep voice.

Chongzhen nodded and replied: "Each military town should first handle it according to your and Zhu Jie's regulations, each guard is customized by the ancestors, and it involves a wide range of issues, and now it is rectified together, it is easy to intensify the contradictions, and the gains outweigh the losses, so let's discuss it later!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Yuegong hurriedly agreed.

Chongzhen stood up, moved his body, turned around, and said: "Well, pass the decree, Wu Sangui bullied the king, the crime is hard to escape, Gao Di and Wu Sangui are in cahoots, not with heavy punishment, not enough to be angry with the people, so he was removed from the title of Earl of Wu Sangui Xingping, and he is still the chief soldier of Liaodong Town, and the military attache of the second rank of Pin Yizheng, the military strength of Liaodong Town is fixed at 25,000 Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, 10,000 elite infantry, and the imperial court replenishes the military salary of Liaodong Town in full according to the order every year; Gao Di was demoted to the deputy chief soldier of Shanhaiguan Zhengsanpin, and was still in charge of the military affairs of Shanhaiguan Town, fined for two years, and the quota of Shanhaiguan Town's troops was 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry; Li Jiantai accepted bribes, bent the law for personal gain, was demoted to the rank of Langzhong of the Ministry of War, fined for two years, and confiscated 100,000 taels of silver from his family property; Qiu Huizhong, Lu Changhao, Liao Guoxuan and others, no one was fined for two years as a punishment! ”

The eunuchs on the side wrote down all of them one by one.

Chongzhen continued: "Passing the decree, the military department Shangshu Fang Yuegong immediately began to rectify the strength of the towns, except for the soldiers of the towns of Sun Chuanting's department who are fighting and should not be moved lightly, all other military towns are divided into superior towns and subordinate towns according to the number of troops, the general army of the superior town is the second rank military attaché, with 25,000 subordinate troops, and the subordinate town general soldiers are from the second rank military attaché, with 15,000 subordinate troops, Liaodong Town is responsible for the defense of Manchuria, the first town of the Celestial Empire, with 35,000 special soldiers, from now on, the imperial court will issue military salaries, According to this fixed number of troops, the town has a shortage of troops, that is, supplemented, not long-term vacancies, violators, severe punishment will not be loaned, the general soldiers of each town should take Wu Sangui and Gao Di as a warning, and be loyal to the country! ”