Please ask me to be the emperor

"Your Majesty, the new Minister of War, Yang Sichang, has come to pay homage!" Wang Chengen reported respectfully.

"Oh? Please come quickly!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a bitter look on his face.

Although Hou Jin had temporarily stopped his offensive these days, the thieves were rampaging across the three provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan and corrupting the north, which really made it difficult for him to sleep and eat well, causing him three frights and nightmares.

Liu Chang continued to impeach Zhang Fengyi, the former Minister of War, but his plans were ineffective and he lost all states and counties. As a result, the traitors occupied Heluo, Nanyang and Ruzhou and gradually grew stronger.

At first, Chongzhen didn't take it seriously. The daily life of these ministers is either you criticizing me or me criticizing you. He has long been accustomed to it.

However, Zhang Fengyi's plans to wipe out the "shun thieves" ended in bankruptcy, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Chongzhen.

It happened that during that incident, Liu Chang claimed that "the Minister of War, Zhang Fengyi, pushed the commander-in-chief, Chen Zhuangyou, and accepted heavy bribes from him." The two sides were in a quarrel.

Emperor Chongzhen simply demoted Liu Chang during the incident and transferred Zhang Fengyi to serve as the governor of Xuanda, and appointed Yang Sichang, the former governor of Xuanda, as the minister of the Ministry of War.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was ordered to do so in the face of danger. Since he came to the throne at the age of seventeen, he has been worried about the Tartars outside the pass and the bandits inside the pass every day.

However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. The Ming Dynasty is at the end of its dynasty, like an old man. Slow and sluggish.

Zhu Youjian was full of enthusiasm. Faced with a messy political situation, he had no clue but could not express his ambition.

He urgently needs a capable person to assist him.

Among them, Yang Sichang was one of his carefully selected assistants.

Yang Sichang was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli Dynasty. He successively held the posts of head of the household department, Yuanwai Lang, Lang Zhong, and new salary department Lang.

Later, after he was diagnosed with illness, he began to pay attention to peripheral affairs and compiled his experience in financial management in the Ministry of Household Affairs into twenty volumes of "Collection of Local Officials".

Before Chongzhen ascended the throne, he happened to read this book and admired his talents.

After he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he successively inspected Ruzhou Road and Bazhou Road, rectified Shanhaiguan Internal Supervisory Army and prepared roads, and inspected Shan (Customs), Yong (Pingfu), etc. He serves as the local admiral of military affairs and the right minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of three towns in Shanxi Province.

Even Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, failed to recruit Shen Yigui when he was serving as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province. According to the law, he was sent to prison and sentenced to death.

Chongzhen, who had always been harsh, also pardoned his crimes at Yang Sichang's request and replaced him with garrisoning Yuanzhou in Jiangxi.

Nowadays, Yang Sichang has achieved success through experience. Although there are still some shortcomings, it is just that the situation is critical and he has no choice but to practice carefully.

Yang Sichang was nearly fifty years old, and he was in his prime. He was round and chubby after eating. Unfortunately, he had gone through a lot of wind and frost, but he was much darker.

The fat black man came to the front of the palace, quickly took a few steps forward, and kowtowed: "Yang Sichang is so grateful to see God's grace. I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude. Long live my emperor!"

"I love you! Don't say long live. I am still young, my hair is gray, and I look like an old man!" Zhu Youjian, the ninth-five-year-old man, couldn't help but feel it.

"If all the ministers work hard, the monarch and his ministers work together, the people can live and work in peace and contentment. How can I be tired of working hard and exhausted?"

"It's a capital crime, I wish I couldn't share the sorrow of the Holy One!" Yang Sichang originally planned to stand up, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but knelt down to plead guilty.

"If you don't want to do your business, dear, please get up quickly!" Chongzhen quickly stepped forward to help him up with his own hands and greeted him, "The wind and sand on the border are quite strong. My dear, you are tired and have lost a lot of weight!"

"It is the duty of a minister to share the Lord's worries. I dare not say I am tired!" Yang Sichang said honestly.

The two of them exchanged a few polite words, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help but asked impatiently: "Now there are Tartars in the north, there are obedient thieves inside, they are causing disturbances inside and outside, and the sea is boiling. What can be done about it?"

"I heard the ancients said: If you don't have a good appearance, you can be a good doctor. That's why."

"The situation in the world is like the human body. The capital is its head, Xuan Da Ji Liao is its arms, and the Central Plains is its heart."

"The current situation is that the beacon fire appears outside the shoulders and arms, and it is very urgent; the rogue bandits are causing trouble in the heart, and the attack is very deep."

"External troubles cannot be alleviated, but internal troubles cannot be ignored, because they poison the heart and heart. If the poison is allowed to flow from the heart and heart, the internal organs will become ulcerated, and the essence and blood will dry up day by day." "

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel terrified, and he quickly asked for advice: "Sir, what you said hit the point! I want to regain my strength, expel the unruly people, and restore stability to the world. I don't know how to deal with it?"

Yang Sichang had already finished the draft in his mind. Hearing this, he quickly responded loudly: "I have three strategies to offer to Your Majesty!"

"Sir, please speak!" Chongzhen perked up after hearing this. He sat up straight and listened attentively.

"One saying: When fighting against external forces, you must first make peace with yourself at home. Those who seek to invade the Tatars will suffer from heart disease; those who submit to the thieves will suffer from internal and external worries."

"Since ancient times, ringworm of heart disease is nothing to be afraid of. Worry in the heart is a matter of life and death."

"My husband, Jin, has been in the country for two generations, and it cannot be ended in a day. Since the Shun thieves have occupied Heluo for less than a year, we should take advantage of the situation before it is stable and send out a large army to wipe it out in one fell swoop, lest it becomes too difficult to control!"

"Therefore, I suggest that your majesty should be in the north and in the back of the Jin Dynasty to stabilize his mind; concentrate his efforts, concentrate his troops, and defeat the thieves in one fell swoop!"

"Oh?" Chongzhen's face changed when he heard this, and he said with an unhappy expression, "The Tartars killed my people and officials, occupied my land, and plundered my goods. We are worried that we will never live together. How can we talk about peace!"

"In urgent matters, follow the authority!" Yang Sichang, the new Minister of War, heard this and quickly consoled him.

"When the bandits are destroyed, it will be time to start a war against the Tartars!"

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Then continue!"

"Yes, the second saying is: enough food and then enough soldiers. Now the court is short of food and pay. Even though there are elite soldiers and strong generals, it is difficult to wipe out all the thieves."

"When the food ran out, the officers and soldiers had no choice but to retreat. It is really strange!"

"I propose to recruit and train 120,000 elite troops, including 74,000 infantry and 36,000 cavalry, which are enough to deal with the dangers of thieves and Tartars."

"Fei Jiangan will be released?" You said it well. Where does the money come from?

Chongzhen was not a fool. Didn't he know that he needed to select and train elite soldiers and generals to deal with the Tartar bandits?

What to do is not the question, the question is how to do it.

"I propose to increase the salary and silver by 2.8 million taels, and plan for it from Junshu, Overflow Land, Supervisory Student Cases, and Courier Delivery."

"If it's not enough, so what?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up, as if he saw a glimmer of hope.

"We should follow the rules of controlling Japanese and captives, and then send additional 'suppression pay' and 'training pay'!" Yang Sichang said firmly.

"This...will the people be overtaxed?" Chongzhen hesitated for a moment. Although he had originally determined to be the king of Yao and Shun, the situation was stronger than others. Soon after he ascended the throne, he resumed the "Liao pay" increase.

Now that I heard that Yang Sichang wanted to pay more, I was a little hesitant.

"Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to suffer for the people!" Yang Sichang also sighed, "We are dedicated to serving the public, and I believe that the people of the world will understand your Majesty's difficulties!"