Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

July Flowing Fire.

Midsummer.

The sun was high, and under the fierce sun, there was not a single shady ground in the open streets, there was not a trace of clouds in the blue sky, and the fiery sun scorched the earth.

It stands to reason that in the last month of summer, the sun should be like chili water, the ground should be like a stove, and the air is boiling with heatwaves visible to the naked eye

, but Zhu Cihong stood in the courtyard, bathed in the scorching sun, but he felt that it was not as hot as he imagined, and he felt that the temperature was much lower than usual.

"Your Highness, everyone has arrived.

Qiu Zhizhong walked over with a parasol and whispered.

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he walked out of the courtyard and came to Jingren Palace.

"Your Highness, 200,000 silver coins have been issued in Zhejiang, and the local people have basically adapted to it and are circulating in the market.

"And the grain reserve department is also under construction one after another, starting from the capital, many people are willing to take the grain to the reserve department to sell.

Ni Yuanlu took out a booklet and handed it over, two months ago, although he said some drawbacks, but when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said the disadvantages of the current harvest and explained the benefits of silver coins, he did not stop it.

Since His Highness has a bold determination, then he has no reason to be afraid anymore, of course, he has to do it together.

"Okay, you can start to open Daming Money, start from the capital, and then go to Zhejiang, the area of Jiangnan, the Ministry of Industry first mints a million coins in the capital to issue, and then slowly re-issue in Jiangnan, and then issue it nationwide.

Zhu Cihong picked up a silver coin and said: "Daming Money Village and Grain Reserve Division, under the management of the Ministry of Households, Daming treasure banknotes changed to a silver ticket model, unified issuance, exchange, storage. "

The ministers receive the order. When

the two of them heard this, Ni Yuanlu exclaimed in his heart, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be omnipotent, he could do anything, and he could explain everything properly, they just had to implement it, as if they were very useless.

"Qiu Zhizhong, reward 100,000 taels, 50,000 taels each for the household department and the Ministry of Industry, so many people do things, since things are done well, the reward must be indispensable, and another 5 million will be taken to the treasury of the household department to build a money village and a grain reserve department.

Zhu Cihong looked at the two of them and said with a meaningful smile: "The rewards and punishments in this palace are clear, and they are all heavy. "

Let's use silver coins, starting with you, and use them in the capital.

"Ni Yuanlu, 100,000 taels of silver will be sent to the household department, and this reward will come out of the palace." Saying

that, Zhu Cihong let the two go down, he repeatedly played with the silver coin in his hand, this coin did not engrave a portrait, but engraved a dragon, but also engraved with the face value of one tael, Chongzhen's year name, coinage and month, the round edge has this round of prints, silver 89, copper 10, tin 1 composition, the ear blows, sound.

It's similar to the silver dollar, but it doesn't engrave the portrait, and it is also to prevent the people from collecting it and not spending it because of the portrait of the emperor engraved, so it makes no sense.

Zhu Cihong put down the silver coin, thoughts flashed in his eyes, now it is only the trial stage, and after the whole country has built a Daming money village, it is undoubtedly the best for the people, there are fewer black businessmen, corrupt officials are exploited, and there are also official money banks for copper coins, so you don't have to worry about being deducted.

It is also good for Daming, eliminating the need for repeated smelting and fire consumption every year.

It is only good for corrupt officials, because they have one less way to make a fortune, and when it is issued nationwide, it is the time when local government officials are demons.

Thinking about it, he picked up a porcelain bottle on the table again, which burned the words of Longmen Chamber of Commerce salt, a catty, containing a catty of refined salt, and now the household department has taken back all the salt, which is exclusively sold by the Longmen Chamber of Commerce, and has been distributed in Shanxi, the Jiangnan area of Beijing.

Moreover, many businessmen learned that they could sell salt without salt, so they all joined the Longmen Chamber of Commerce, purchased, and then sold in various places, and after two months, the price of salt was finally controlled at a relatively close price.

"Get out of the way

!" "Eight hundred miles of the frontier is urgent!" On

the streets of the capital, at this moment, a soldier was riding a war horse and galloping all the way on the road, while roaring angrily, driving away the crowd on the road.

Military Department.

The soldier panted and ran into the military headquarters and handed the general newspaper to Sun Chengzong.

"Denglai Governor Yang Wenyue's

military report!" Sun Chengzong was shocked, and hurriedly took the military report, opened it, and his face changed greatly in an instant, and he immediately walked out of the military headquarters and ran towards the palace.

"The Qing army united with Korea to attack Phi Dao, the Qing army could not attack it for a long time, Ao Bai took the initiative to ask for war, directly captured Phi Dao, and its governor Shen Shikui and 50,000 soldiers and civilians were killed!"

Zhu Cihong took this battle report, his heart was shaken, this is the first battle of the army that Ao Bai became famous in the first war, was awarded the name of the third-class baron, and was given the name of the Baturu warrior, and then followed the Huang Taiji to fight Songjin, even the battle, the first class knight, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, once again broke the peasant army, and finally became the first warrior of the Manchu Dynasty!

"Decree the governor of Denglai, don't move Phi Island first, just hold Denglai. "

Zhu Cihong has no time to take care of Phi Island at the moment, and this place is where the Ming army is involved in the Qing army, not where the Qing army is involved in the Ming army, so there is no need to waste materials here now, and in the future, we will bring North Korea together.

Two days later.

Another military report came to the East Palace.

"Your Highness, there is a secret report from Dongchang.

At noon, Qiu Zhizhong walked in quickly with a booklet in his hand.

Zhu Cihong's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a bad feeling, and immediately took the booklet, opened it, and instantly felt dizzy, and the Qing army knocked

on the pass in advance! After the Dongchang spies lurking in Zaishengjing reported that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had mobilized grain, grass, and war horses on a large scale in the past few days, and scouts had gone to the border pass one after another to inquire about the situation and route.

The booklet records in detail the routes explored by the Qing army scouts many times: Miyun Wall, Ziling, Qingshan Pass!

Zhu Cihong stood up and thought about how the Qing army knocked on the gate in July, the timeline was wrong, it was advanced, could it be the reason why he passed it over, disrupting many events, so it was affected.

Sun Chengzong of the Re-military Department received the summons and immediately entered the palace.

"The minister Sun Chengzong see His Royal Highness. "

Open it and take a look.

General Zhu Cihong handed the report to Sun Chengzong, and then took out the map of the border pass, spread it flat on the table, and found the location of Miyun and Qingshan Pass.

"This!" After

Sun Chengzong read it, he was taken aback again, he had been frightened once two days ago, and this time he was even more shocked, and asked: "Your Highness, is this information true?"

"You can't be wrong.

Zhu Cihong looked at the map and said, "How many defenders are there in Miyun now?"

"Less than 5,000."

Sun Chengzong said.

"Who is the Governor of Jiliao?" Zhu

Cihong suddenly felt a little dizzy when he heard this force, so close to the Beijing Division, the defenders did not have more than 5,000 people, did these people think that the Manchus would not attack and drill holes.

"Wu Aheng. "

The Ministry of War ordered Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, to lead troops to Miyun and Qingshan Pass for reinforcements. "

Ordered.

After Sun Chengzong left the East Palace, he also rushed back to the military headquarters in a hurry, discussed countermeasures, and dispatched troops.

After Zhu Cihong put away the map, he rushed to the military bureau to inquire about the number of flintlock pistols.

"Your Highness. In

the lobby of the War Bureau, Bi Maokang saluted.

"How many flintlock pistols are there now sent to Beijing?" Zhu

Cihong asked straight to the point.

"Back to Your Highness, there are more than 600 branches.

Bi Maokang said.

"It's too little, I rush to work day and night, rotate two shifts during the day and night, add one or two wages, and after a month, I want the Jingying Shenji Battalion to distribute 2,000 flintlock guns and 10,000 ammunition.

Zhu Cihong's expression was solemn, and he had to practice the formation of the Shenji Battalion in line to shoot.

Three days later.

The Qing army entered the border from the wall ridge and killed Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, and Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, arrived the next day and fought with the Qing soldiers!

Two days later.

The Qing army broke through the Qingshan Pass, a large number of Manchu iron cavalry entered the pass, and Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, was defeated and fled!