Where did the bandits in Shanxi come from?

In the Yunlong Mountain Palace outside Xuzhou City, General Councilor Chen Qiyu, Hanlin scholar Zhou Yanru, Prime Minister Zhang Guowei, governor of Huaibei, Luo Sigong, commander of Huaibei, Luo Yangxing, commander-in-chief of Huaidong, Cao Wenzhao, general commander of the Zhangqian Army, and others, Jinyiwei

The commander Xu Xianchun, the factory minister Liu Chao and others were all shocked when they heard the news that the bandits had entered Jin.

After Zhu Youjian personally conquered Fugu in August of the second year of Chongzhen, Shanxi deployed heavy troops along the Yellow River to prevent blockage. Moreover, because a large number of young people from northern Shaanxi either joined the army to serve the country or went south to beg for food, they were no longer in northern Shaanxi.

Therefore, although northern Shaanxi has been plagued by disasters every year in recent years, the public security situation has not deteriorated, and is still improving. We have not heard of any activities of giant thieves. However, the prefectures and counties around Liupan Mountain have reported the discovery of Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai

Waiting for traces of the Western Thieves.

How could these Western thieves fly from Liupan Mountain to Shanxi in one go without wings?

Besides, now the three towns of Gansu, Lintao, and Guyuan are besieging the bandits in Liupan Mountain, but they have no intention of launching a large-scale attack. Those bandits are quite well-off in Liupan Mountain, so why bother going down the mountain to Shanxi?

"I have received a secret report," Zhu Youjian said seriously, "The two thieves Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai have led 3,000 rats out of Liupan Mountain and sneaked into Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Town in Shanxi Province, where they are preparing to launch a rebellion to welcome Donglu Huang Taiji

Invading the invaders."

What? There is such a thing?

Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai were two gangsters who were too good at cheating, weren't they? They flowed from Liupan Mountain to Shanxi without paying attention, and even hooked up with Donglu!

However, such a confidential matter was actually discovered by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang... Jinyiwei and Dongchang are very capable!

The civil servants and military generals present all cast complicated eyes on Xu Xianchun and Liu Chao, and Xu Xianchun and Liu Chao were also confused - they didn't know about Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai's entry into Shanxi. Instead, they sent them to the area around Liupan Mountain.

The intelligence sent back by the spies who gathered information said that the two thieves had taken root in Liupan Mountain and had become the king of the mountain. They had no intention of becoming rogue bandits again.

Where did this long live master get the news?

Shouldn't the traitor be deceived?

The two traitorous officials of the factory guard were about to speak to remind the emperor, but they found Zhu Youjian's sharp eyes, and they quickly shut up, not daring to say more.

Zhu Youjian withdrew his gaze, and then said: "In order to fight against the outside world, we must first make peace at home! So I plan to set off immediately and go to Taiyuan to take charge... The two thieves Gao and Luo have been causing trouble to Shaanxi for many years. This time they leave Shaanxi and enter Shanxi.

, once it leaves the nest, it is a big disaster, but it is also easy to catch.

Last time we were in Shaanxi, we failed to capture the two thieves. This time in Shanxi... I will complete my work in one battle, kill the two rats, and rid the world of this great harm!"

Of course there are no Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai in Shanxi, but there are really many rats in Shanxi - real rats, or rats infected with diseases, and they can also cause serious harm!

That's right, the purpose of Zhu Youjian going to Shanxi to take charge was not to suppress Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai, but to control the upcoming outbreak of plague!

The plague during the Chongzhen period, like the drought and the locust plague, were all major disasters that shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

The plague began to break out in Datong Town and the northern part of Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi Province, then gradually spread, and finally swept almost the entire country.

Although the lethality of this plague cannot be compared with that of the Black Death in Europe, because the plague appeared together with drought, locust plagues, civil unrest, and Donglu, there was a situation where several natural and man-made disasters were superimposed and the destructive power was doubled.

And unlike floods, droughts, and locust plagues, these three disasters mainly harm the working people at the bottom, and the direct harm to the middle and upper classes is not too great... And the plague does not distinguish between classes!

And it is particularly easy to cause damage to densely populated towns! The center of Ming Dynasty rule was the city, and most of the Ming Dynasty officials and troops gathered in cities. In other words, the plague had a greater impact on the Ming Dynasty's ruling class!

When the plague came, the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses. Even the officials and generals who survived by chance were all weak and frightened, unable to resist the enemy.

Before the Jiashen disaster, Beijing was ravaged by the plague, and at least a quarter of the population died of the disease in a short period of time!

Although most people survived, for the people of the Ming Dynasty who believed in the theory of the unity of heaven and man, this terrible plague was undoubtedly a disaster sent by heaven to the Ming Dynasty!

This is God's deprivation of the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty, at least Zhu Youjian's legitimacy... Otherwise, how could Li Zicheng easily invade Beijing, and how could Zhu Cixiang easily seize power?

What makes Zhu Youjian even more speechless is that as soon as he loses power, the natural disasters immediately begin to ease!

Therefore, for the current Emperor Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, the great Jin Tiancong Khan, is not as dangerous as the rats in Shanxi Province!

If Zhu Youjian can control the plague within the two prefectures of Taiyuan and Datong...then no matter how serious the disaster is in Chongzhen ten years later, Zhu Youjian can still bear it with the help of his army. Because no matter how serious the disaster is,

It would not starve Zhu Youjian's hundreds of thousands of trusted troops to death.

As long as they exist, Yanshan and Liaoxi can be defended, and the Ming army will still have the power to suppress the rebellious hungry people.

If the plague gets out of control and all the troops in front of the tent, in front of the palace, and in front of the imperial army are defeated, what else will Zhu Youjian have to fight against the Eastern and Western invaders?

To control the plague in Shanxi, only the emperor Zhu Youjian took action personally!

Because there are only two ways to control the plague, one is to spread rat poison... Zhu Youjian had already asked Widow Xu to prepare rat poison, but it was hard to say how many rats could be killed by these rat poisons.

The second is to carry out a military blockade. This method is more effective!

Datong Town and the northern part of Taiyuan Prefecture must be completely sealed off before the plague breaks out. Not only are people from Datong Town and the northern part of Taiyuan Prefecture not allowed to come out, but also the transportation between states, counties, wards, and offices must be cut off.

Without the emperor personally taking charge of this kind of thing, how could anyone else do it? And Zhu Youjian couldn't tell the truth about the plague, so the people wouldn't be so scared and fled everywhere? Wouldn't the plague spread? Once the plague spread, there would be no control

The solution!

After listening to what Emperor Zhu said, the officials below also believed it... Although there are many doubts about this matter, although Zhu Youjian has done a lot of ridiculous things since he came to the throne, in terms of using troops to fight,

But never ambiguous.

Now he is going to Taiyuan to suppress the bandits, which must make sense. Even if the two thieves Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai are really not in Shanxi, Long Live Lord must be playing some big game.

Seeing that the people below raised no objections, Zhu Youjian coughed and began to make arrangements: "Mr. Zhang He, Luo Fuzhi, Mr. Luo Bing."

"I'm here!"

"Old minister is here!"

"The end is here!"

Zhu Youjian looked at the three people and said with a smile: "Huaibei was originally a good place. In the Northern Song Dynasty before the Yellow River changed its course to the south, although the wealth in Huaibei was not as rich as that in the south of the Yangtze River, it was far more wealthy than Huguang. But what is it like now? Everywhere.

It’s just a land of water! And many places have been flooded for several years. Before the water recedes, new floods come again. It’s really hard for people to live!”

Xuzhou is such an unlucky place! In the Northern Song Dynasty, Xuzhou was known as a good place for the "germination of capitalism" - the iron smelting industry in Xuzhou was very developed at that time, with large-scale employment and large-scale production. However, at the intersection of the two Song Dynasties,

After the Yellow River broke through and flowed southward, taking the Huaihe River and flowing into the sea, Xuzhou became a miserable place that was often flooded.

It was even worse during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years. Droughts occurred elsewhere, but Xuzhou was flooded twice in ten years, and each time it lasted several years... I don’t know where the water came from?

Zhu Youjian paused, and then said: "I have to give the millions of people in Huaibei a way to live... so the canal must be diverted to the sea, and the Yellow River can no longer take the Huai River and flow into the sea. It must be opened in Huaibei

A new river channel dug into the sea. As long as the Yellow River flows through Huaibei and into the sea, the Huaihe River will no longer flood and cause disasters. The tens of millions of acres of land in Huaibei can become a land of fish and rice... The yield per mu is eighty-nine dou, one

With thirty to forty million dan per year, tens of millions of people can live!
Chapter completed!