The problems of the central and local problems are like two holes, tearing apart the roots of the Ming Dynasty and causing the vitality of the Ming Dynasty to continue to be lost.

A harsh government is as fierce as a tiger.

Once a trend of seeking profit and avoiding harm is formed, it is not easy to step on the sudden brakes and avoid bad trends spreading.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, was not aware of the impact he brought, and was intensifying the counterattack of certain vested interest groups under the rule of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, the elimination and assassination against certain groups is also unknown to these vested interest groups. Since the dispute over interests is inevitable, Emperor Chongzhen would not be a woman's kindness.

Kill if you need to kill.

If it should be removed, it should be removed.

Anyway, it is a group of selfish factions that are useless for the country and the people. Instead of keeping them to disrupt the court, disrupt order, and accumulate wealth, it is better to return to the West as soon as possible.

Assassination methods and strategies can be used, but they cannot be abused. Once addicted, it will only destroy the benchmark order of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen would not be addicted.

"The court has been in trouble recently, and it seems that it has affected many people, and there are even more talkers between the court and the opposition."

Emperor Chongzhen lifted his sleeves and reached out to Wang Qia and others and said, "But I think that the unhealthy trend cannot be flattened, then the country will lose its majesty. If the country loses its majesty, the world will be unstable!

I do not want the turmoil in the court to affect the Military Affairs Office. After all, the current Ming Dynasty faced a rebellion that has not really ended.

A thief who had previously ravaged Shanxi and Shaanxi.

A Jianlu who had previously ravaged Liaodong.

The former, under the suppression of the court, rushed into the Qinghai territory, causing an impact and influence on the Tumote tribe, but the court could not relax its vigilance.

Under the coordination of the court, the latter's power in Liao territory shrank. In addition to our border guards, there were also rebels and Mongolian troops, threatening them."

Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, Huang Liji, Fu Zonglong, Yang Wenyue, Ding Qirui, Yang Sichang and other military ministers showed different expressions.

All the ministers were a little puzzled about the summons of the emperor. After all, the storm caused by the outside court made them unable to see through the court.

Especially the incident of the reincarnation of the Taoist Congregation has had a great impact and storm, but the strong attitude of Emperor Chongzhen made many people aware of the situation.

"I'll call you here today. What I want to talk about is very clear, Jiubian!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers in the hall and said loudly: "Since the defeat in the Battle of Sarhu that was born in the Wanli Dynasty, our Ming army seemed to be destroyed.

Whether it is against the Jianlu Eight Banners, the Mongolian tribes, or their own thieves.

It is a saying that every battle will lead to defeat, and the more you fight, the more you lose!

The court has taken out a lot of real money every year, but the situation and situation it faces can be said to be getting worse and worse. Have you ever thought about why this is?”

The hall is very quiet.

Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, Huang Liji, Fu Zonglong, Yang Wenyue, Ding Qirui, Yang Sichang and his group thoughts, as Emperor Chongzhen said, recalling the Wanli Dynasty and the Tianqi Dynasty.

In the past ten years, it has been like a magical dream for the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The many wars that have been born have won almost only a handful of them.

Even the wars that were won, there were many problems. It can be said that on the surface they were winning, but in fact they were losing.

"I want to ask you all, how much money and grain has the imperial court allocated to the nine sides in the past ten years?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Emperor Chongzhen continued, "If you don't think it's clear, you can get rid of Liaodong. Who can do that?

Can you tell me? Wang Qia, you are the Minister of War, you should be clear, right?"

Wang Qia, who was named by the emperor, felt a little nervous, and cold sweat broke out on his body. Under the gaze of everyone, he bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I..."

But as he spoke, Wang Qia couldn't speak out any of it.

It’s not that Wang Qia is incompetent, but in fact, it’s because there have been too much food and salary allocated over the past ten years. This is not detailed statistics and it’s not clear at all.

"Wang Zaijin, you said."

"minister……"

"Huang Liji, you said."

"minister……"

Seeing that Wang Qia could not speak, Emperor Chongzhen ordered several ministers one after another, but they could not explain clearly what Wang Qia could not explain clearly.

In the past, on the side of the Military Affairs Office, Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, and Huang Liji, the military ministers, were busy rectifying the Beijing camp, rectifying the garrisons of the Beijing capital, busy abolishing the Beijing capital and setting up garrisons, and busy coordinating the fight against rebellions in various places.

Just these things made them busy.

Like the Hutu account and the bad account that existed in the past, they had no energy to think about it.

"Haha... who believes it?"

Seeing that all the ministers in the hall were lowering their heads, Emperor Chongzhen stroked his palm and laughed: "No one knows how much food and salary the imperial court has allocated in the past ten years.

Even I, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, cannot even calculate it.

The food and wages in the Jiubian important towns have become a messy account since when, and they have long been a messy account, and they are not sure about the detailed amount.

The estimated amount is only 15 million taels of silver, it should be more or less!"

What you fear most in the Ming Dynasty is to study in depth, because if you study in depth, you will find that what is hidden under the surface is full of pickled objects that you can't bear to look at!

In the Ming Dynasty, the least feared thing was the incompetence of the emperor. After all, there was an efficient team of officials who could operate well around the national system established by the Ming Dynasty.

What I fear most is that the emperor wants to work diligently and change, but in the end he finds that the team is rotten and the national system is destroyed. The more he wants to do something, the worse the collapse will be.

Because of deceiving the superiors and concealing the subordinates and bullying the superiors and suppressing the superiors, a trend has been formed. For the sake of his own interests, even if he damages the roots of the country, he will do whatever he wants.

It is precisely this fundamental reason that Emperor Chongzhen did not choose to make drastic changes at the beginning, but instead gradually changed his strategy when the number of trump cards in his hands increased.

"Your Majesty, through the success of the adjustment of the garrison in the capital, I think it can be adjusted appropriately for the important towns on the nine sides." Ding Qirui walked forward and said with a serious expression.

"For example, the implementation of the territory and responsibility, the establishment of military institutions in each border town, and the establishment of garrisons around the nine borders can be carried out in an orderly manner through the Military Affairs Office.

Since the late Wanli Dynasty, the border towns established in the northern border of our Ming Dynasty were almost plundered by various Mongolian tribes every year, breaking the Great Wall defense line and raging into Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Especially the various tribes of Hetao Mongolia are hazards that must be solved.
Chapter completed!