After leaving Wenyuan Pavilion, Chongzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace and fell asleep.
He is under too much pressure!
The only reason I've been able to hold on until now is because of the anger in my heart.
He had killed so many people since he traveled through time, but he found out... he hadn't killed enough.
Before, when the bandits besieged the city, he could only kill chickens to scare the monkeys. Now that the bandits have retreated, he wants to start a massacre!
Chongzhen slept until the evening, when Wang Chengen woke him up and said, "Your Majesty, Li Ruolian wants to see you."
"Let him in!" After Chongzhen dressed simply, he summoned Li Ruolian to meet him.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?" Li Ruolian did not go out of the city to kill the enemy. These days Chongzhen asked him to look for candidates in the city to supplement the Jinyiwei.
"How's the matter I asked you to do going on?"
"Your Majesty, time is limited and I have only found a few hundred people."
Chongzhen frowned. A few hundred people were too few and not enough.
"How many Jinyiwei were there before Xuanfu fell?"
Li Ruo Lian thought about it. Xuanfu, as one of the nine frontiers of the imperial court, not only had elite frontier troops stationed there, but was also the focus of Jinyiwei's infiltration. According to the manual handed over by Wu Mengming, there were nearly a thousand Jinyiwei in Xuanfu.
Taking into account the problem of people drawing salaries without working, the actual number of people on the register is only 30% at most.
"There are about 300 people. It is unclear whether they surrendered."
"Three hundred people? Not enough...not enough at all!" Chongzhen whispered to himself.
The eight "locust merchants" had their base in Xuanfu. If Xuanfu could not be recovered in a short period of time, Chongzhen planned to let the Jinyiwei quietly eliminate the eight "locust merchants".
Every second they lived longer, Chongzhen felt uncomfortable.
Although the money would fall into Li Zicheng's hands, he no longer cared (Li Zicheng only robbed wealthy gentry and did not harm the caravans of various forces).
Li Ruolian didn't understand, but didn't dare to ask more questions. He could only stand there in a daze.
"How about this, first solve the problem of empty salaries within the Jinyiwei. Then spread these people out and let them spread spies and develop subordinates in various places. The salaries of the Jinyiwei will also be adjusted. The monthly salary of those in Beijing is two taels, and the monthly salary of those outside Beijing is three taels. Food and salary are calculated separately. In addition, anyone who successfully instigates a rebellion will be rewarded according to the number of people instigated and the official position of the other party. The money will come from the treasury. You draw up a specific plan, and I will execute it immediately if I think it is okay."
"All the money used to purchase intelligence for the rebellion will come from you. I will give you 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury. If it's not enough, we can talk about it later."
The Jinyiwei was under the emperor's command, so no matter how he changed it, court officials could not interfere. This was also the confidence that Chongzhen had in reforming the Jinyiwei.
When the bandits besieged the city, it was a good time to use manpower, not a suitable time for rectification. Now that the bandits have been defeated, it is time to cut flesh and mend the wound.
"I don't have high expectations for the Jinyiwei. It will be fine if they can reach the level of the 20th year of Wanli!"
Li Ruo Lian was a little panicked at first, after all, 500,000 taels of silver was not a small amount of money. But after hearing the emperor's request, his eyes began to light up.
The glory of Jinyiwei is coming back!
He immediately knelt down to accept the order: "I will do it right away!"
Looking at Li Ruolian's leaving back, Chongzhen shook his head helplessly.
The current Jinyiwei has long lost its former glory!
How glorious was the Jinyiwei during the Wanli period?
Among the three major expeditions of Wanli, the anti-Japanese war was only one of them, but it was the war with the highest technical content.
Before Japan invaded Korea, the Imperial Guard had already grasped Japan's motives. The Jinyiwei at that time had more talent than one could imagine. Since the Ming Dynasty had a large number of foreign language talents in foreign trade, many Jinyiwei who could speak Japanese and Korean went to Korea and Japan. When Li Rusong went to Korea, the Jinyiwei clearly marked every stronghold of the Japanese army and the food and grass supplies and presented them to Li Rusong.
In this war, it was the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei who passed on intelligence to help Li Rusong burn down the Japanese pirates' granary in Longshan, which completely changed the situation on the battlefield.
The current Jinyiwei is weak in combat power, out of touch with the news, corrupt and embezzling, and they are collecting salaries without doing anything!
These problems can only be alleviated in the short term, and it will take time to eradicate them.
Just as I watched Li Ruolian leave, three people walked in hurriedly from outside.
"Your Highness Liu Wenyao."
"Your Highness is wise."
"Your servant, Zhang Zhengyang."
"Your Majesty, long live the emperor."
Chongzhen stood up happily.
The fact that the Left General Liu Wenyao appeared here indicates one thing: Liu Xiyao who was stationed in Tongzhou was defeated.
Otherwise Liu Wenyao would never appear here.
As expected, Liu Wenyao was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, Liu Xiyao's army was in chaos after hearing that the bandits in the capital were defeated. I took advantage of the situation to counterattack and defeated Liu Xiyao's troops outside Tongzhou City. All his troops have retreated to Juyong Pass. I was afraid that there would be changes in the capital, so I did not pursue him."
"Good, very good!" Chongzhen said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, after I delivered the imperial edict to Liu Zeqing, he forced me to stay in the army. After Commander Liu used a trick to get rid of Liu Zeqing at Tiemen Pass, I stayed in Commander Liu's army to serve." Gao Shiming, who had been away from Beijing for more than ten days, finally returned. He suppressed his excitement and reported to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen looked at Gao Shiming, who had already tanned, and felt a little moved.
The Ming Dynasty still had many ministers.
The last person to speak was Zhang Zhengyang. After the death of Pang Zijin and Li Zuo, he became the highest general of the Beijing Yongwei Camp.
"Your Majesty, I led the Brave Guards out of the city today and returned victorious! We killed nearly 500 enemies and suffered less than 100 casualties."
"Good! Very good!" Chongzhen didn't know what words to use to praise him.
"You should have a good rest tonight, and we will reward you based on your merits tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The rest of the people left, and Gao Shiming was left behind.
"Gao Shiming, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard. This is what I should do." Gao Shiming showed no complaints on his face.
He was the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and an important official among the eunuchs. No matter how hard the work was, he would never complain.
"Wang Chengen, give him five hundred taels of silver from the treasury."
"Your Majesty!" Gao Shiming was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. "This is what I should do. I dare not ask for a reward from Your Majesty!"
Chongzhen sighed, took out a secret letter from his bosom and handed it to him, saying: "This is not my reward, but my travel expenses for you. You are going on a long journey again."
ah?
Gao Shiming was shocked.
How far does it take to use up 500 taels of fare?
Did the emperor send him to Korea?
After receiving the secret letter, he dared not look directly at it, and asked in a low voice: "Where does the emperor want me to go?"
"Go find Huang Degong, he will tell you the location of that person."
After a little thought, Gao Shiming understood Chongzhen's intention, but he had to wait for the emperor to say it himself.
"To the north there are the Jian Nu, to the west there is the Li Zicheng bandit, to the southwest there is Zhang Xianzhong! If you want to break the situation, you need to use the method of forming alliances!"
"This is the imperial edict. You will give it to Zhang Xianzhong. The journey is long and may even cost you your life. But...if this is successful, the Ming Dynasty can breathe a sigh of relief. If it fails, it is fate and you cannot be blamed!"
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