Why did Chongzhen want to build up momentum for Li Dingguo?
Li Dingguo has reached the age of thirty.
It is a good age to achieve success.
You should know that Li Wenzhong, a great general in the early Ming Dynasty, had become the commander-in-chief of an army at the age of thirty.
Compared with him, Li Dingguo grew a little slower.
So he wanted to build up momentum for Li Dingguo, so that he could grow quickly and become famous.
As long as your reputation is big enough, you can gain the support of the people and court officials.
In the near future, he will also become the commander of an army!
Putting down the report in his hand, Chongzhen began to worry again.
What are you worried about?
Short of money!
The money here has two meanings.
One is the deficit in the treasury, and the other is the shortage of currency.
Yes, the Ming Dynasty lacked currency.
After the silver standard was established, the landlords and gentry in Jiangnan began to hoard silver.
They put the money they saved into the cellar, intending to leave it to their descendants.
The Ming Dynasty was originally short of silver. The gentry and landlords who had large amounts of silver not only did not spend it, but also hid it.
In addition, various natural disasters have caused a reduction in grain production.
This resulted in the Ming Dynasty being in a state of both inflation and deflation.
This is a very rare thing!
Is the Ming Dynasty only short of silver?
No.
Chongzhen asked people to count the use of copper coins by ordinary people.
There are copper coins not only from the Ming Dynasty, but also from the Yuan Dynasty and even the Song Dynasty.
This shows the extent of currency scarcity!
Therefore, Chongzhen’s next focus was to make money while allowing money to circulate among the people.
How to do it specifically?
Chongzhen was not an economic master and did not have so many ideas in his mind.
He will only use tough political means to accomplish this task.
On the issue of treasury deficit, he still used last year's approach.
The currency reform can bring in some income, the income from salt inspection and selling officials is also considerable, plus the silver for redemption.
As long as the casualties of the Ping Liao army are not too heavy, this money will be enough to deal with it.
As for the question of how to make money circulate among the people.
Chongzhen already had a rough idea in his mind, but it couldn't be implemented yet.
Because the impact of this incident is so great, we have to wait until the Liaodong war is over.
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On May 23, the 24th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon, who was commanding the navy in southern Liaoning, received an imperial edict from Fulin summoning him back to Beijing.
After receiving the imperial edict, Dorgon reached into his arms, took out a piece of gold and handed it to the Eight Banners soldier who was delivering the edict.
"Your Highness, this..." The Eight Banners soldiers were a little at a loss.
"This is a small gift from me, please accept it." Dorgon said in a friendly tone.
"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty."
"Why did the emperor suddenly summon me back to Beijing? Did something big happen?" Dorgon asked seriously.
Li Dingguo's attack on Shenyang not only disrupted the deployment of the Jiannu, but also cut off the post road between southern Liaoning and Shenyang.
Although Dorgon had numerous spies in Shenyang City, no news could be delivered.
He only knew that a battle had taken place, but he was not clear about the outcome, let alone that Li Dingguo had once marched to the gates of Shenyang.
The Eight Banners soldiers who delivered the imperial edict accepted benefits from Dorgon, and the matter was not a secret.
So he told in detail everything he knew.
After hearing this, Dorgon's eyebrows immediately twisted into a knot.
"A mere bandit surrendered and yet he has such ability... This really makes me look at him with new eyes!"
"Your Highness, there is one more thing." The Eight Banners soldier said with his head down.
"What's up?"
"Prince Yu is seriously ill..."
"What?" Dorgon was shocked. "How...how is it possible? He has always been in good health, how could he be seriously ill?"
"That's true. I dare not lie." The Eight Banners soldier replied.
"What's wrong?"
"I heard...I heard it was smallpox."
Dorgon was hit hard and leaned backward. If the personal soldiers behind him had not supported him in time, he would have fallen to the ground.
"How is this possible?" Dorgon still couldn't believe it. He stared into the eyes of the Eight Banners soldier and asked, "When did it happen?"
The soldier was so shocked that his entire body went cold. He said in a trembling voice, "It just...it happened in the last few days."
"Prepare the horses and return to Beijing immediately!" Dorgon said quickly.
In order to save time, Dorgon did not even dismount his horse to eat.
At noon on May 26, Dorgon arrived outside Haizhou City.
Liaonan and Haizhou are more than 500 miles apart, which normally takes five days to travel, but Dorgon only took three days.
"Your Highness, would you like to go into the city to rest?" asked the soldier beside him.
"Not entering the city." Dorgon replied.
"But we have to change horses. These horses can hardly run any more."
"Then change quickly so that we can get going."
"Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will go and change it right away." The personal soldiers rode their horses and rushed quickly into the city.
As soon as they entered the city, thick dust rolled in the distance.
Then a group of cavalrymen in plain clothes rushed over.
As the distance got closer, Dorgon could vaguely hear crying.
When the other party came closer, Dorgon recognized that the leader was Bolhui of the Plain White Banner.
When Bolhui saw Dorgon, he immediately burst into tears.
Woo...
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Dorgon asked anxiously.
"Yu...Prince Yu was seriously ill and passed away yesterday." Bolhui said crying.
boom--
Dorgon was struck by lightning as if from the blue sky and almost fell off his horse.
He and Duoduo are brothers with the same father and mother, and their relationship is much better than those half-brothers.
The most important point!
He had hoped that Duoduo could help him return to the court, but Duoduo died suddenly.
This completely disrupted all his plans.
Dorgon wanted to calm down and think about countermeasures.
But his mind went blank and he couldn't think of anything.
Just when he was at a loss, several people appeared in the distance.
These people are Dorgon's bondservants.
The leader came to Dorgon, dismounted, knelt, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a letter from Mr. Fan."
"Mr. Fan's letter? Bring it here quickly."
Baoyi took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Dorgon.
After opening the envelope, Dorgon saw the words clearly on it: Change into plain clothes immediately, cry and mourn, and be sure to faint when entering Beijing!
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