While Dorgon passed the mountain and sea pass, something happened again in Shaanxi/Xi.

Wang Jiayin of Fu/Gu County rose up and captured Fu/Gu County. He was defeated by the troops who rushed over and flew away, sweeping several prefectures and counties, and the number of people expanded to 10,000. Then Hong Chengchou mobilized nearly 50,000 troops in Shaanxi/Western to surround him and block him, forcing him to cross the Yellow River and enter the boundary of the mountains/western regions.

The governor of Shan/Xi, Ma Shilong, led his troops to encircle and suppress the enemy, and forced Wang Jiayin to move south to turn to He/South.

The imperial court has long issued strict orders for refugees, and must be controlled within the Shaanxi/Xiang area. If you enter Shan/Xiang, you will be dereliction of duty. If you let Wang Jiayin enter the River/South, you will be a serious crime.

Cao Wenzhao was also forced to join, and quickly dispatched his army, forced Wang Jiayin back to Shaanxi and fled everywhere.

In this way, Wang Jiayin's men not only did not have few people, but also reached 50,000 at one time, which shocked the Ming Dynasty and the people.

At the same time, chaos in Sichuan, Henan, Shaanxi, Xi, Shandong and other places also broke out one after another, from local government offices to the courts, they suppressed and provided disaster relief while suppressing each other. They were so busy that they were overwhelmed and were clumsy on their left and right.

Palace, General Staff.

Qin Liangyu had left Beijing and rushed back to Sichuan. Those present were Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Shen Yongmao, Zhang Zhiji, Jin Guoqi, Man Gui, Zhao Lujiao and others.

In front of the huge sand table in Shaanxi/Western Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting looked solemn and pointed at the labels: "Your Majesty, judging from the report from the Ministry of Revenue, the disaster situation is getting worse and worse from east to west, from south to north. The water, the water, the rice and fat are all at the northernmost end of Shaanxi/Western Shaanxi/Western, and the disaster situation is the most serious. The court's control is the weakest, so the disaster relief efforts are the worst, and the civil chaos is the strongest."

"Wang Jiayin was just plundering the relief rice and food distributed by Yan/An Prefecture, but then shouted, and countless victims responded, robbed several county governments in a row, and the number of people increased to 20,000. Then he approached Yan/An Prefecture. Fortunately, Yan/An Prefecture was prepared, and all county troops mobilized to cooperate with the prefecture army and broke the chaos army in Anzhai, which was only a hundred miles away from Yan/An Prefecture. This chaos army went south, bypassed Yan/An Prefecture, and arrived in Yi/chuan. Hong Chengchou, who was driven to the arrival, was strayed again and fled into the mountain/west, and was chased by Ma Shilong in Wan/Full, Lin/Hand, and forced back to Shaanxi/Xi. Now he has entered the West/An Prefecture, and the number of people is still increasing. Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao have also set off to encircle Wang Jiayin in the Shan/Yang area and encircle and annihilate."

Zhu Xu frowned when he heard this. The Ming Dynasty now has not only a good army, but also a strict control of all county and government troops. In addition, disaster relief is constantly coming, which is far better than in history. Why are there so many rioters? Moreover, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao were both dispatched, but they could not do anything to Wang Jiayin!

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Xu's expression and came over, saying, "Emperor, there are too many victims now, and a little disturbance will cause their fear. In addition, the north is vast and sparsely populated. If there is a chaos, the government will not have time to react and cannot suppress it. According to the records of the Ministry of War, there are less than 40,000 troops in Shaanxi and Xi, and 30,000 troops in the standing army, with a total of only 70,000. The garrisons are divided into provincial troops, government troops, and county troops, which are scattered in various places. It takes time for the governor to mobilize them. With the time of going back and forth, it will always give the rioters a chance..."

Shen Yongmao also looked cautious when he heard this. According to the registered records of the Ministry of Revenue, the population of Shaanxi and Xi is close to 6 million. In fact, he is afraid that there will be a lot more. However, the court only has 70,000 troops in total, which is indeed too small.

He raised his hand to Zhu Xu and said, "Emperor, I would like to issue an order to denounce Wenzhao Pavilion. Provincial reform is a major event related to the country's fundamentals. Wenzhao Pavilion cannot be allowed to delay and perfunctory."

Zhu Xu's expression remained unmoved. He only had a heart-to-heart talk with King Xin yesterday. He also pointed out that Wen Zhao Pavilion would speed up, and said with a slight look on his head, "Well, I will urge King Xin Wang."

Shen Yongmao's meaning is also very simple. One province and one garrison, and the standing army is customized. If several provinces are designated, not only will the number of officials increase, but the number of troops will also increase. This will not only help the court control, disaster relief, but also help curb civil unrest.

Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and others all understood that the Ministry of War had actually been training and recruiting bases in many places. These people were similar to reserves, and they were rotated every two years. If the imperial court needed to recruit 100,000 soldiers who had been strictly trained within one or two months, not to mention that nearly 200,000 troops were stationed in the capital alone, and there was no threat in the north and could be transferred out at any time.

The Ming Dynasty's current permanent troops have nearly 400,000 troops, and the garrison is nearly 600,000. Compared with the huge Ming Dynasty, the troops are still less, especially the situation of internal and external troubles.

Zhu Xu was also thinking about whether it is appropriate to expand the scale of the army now. The days ahead will be the most difficult period of the Ming Dynasty, and any large-scale expenditure is a challenge.

Sun Chuanting looked at everyone and continued: "Emperor, the issue of Shaanxi/Xi is impatient. Hong Chengchou has also written many times to request more troops, or to allow the governor of Shaanxi/Xi to recruit soldiers and expand the number of soldiers in the provincial prefectures and counties. Otherwise, his strength would not be enough to suppress the entire Shaanxi/Xi."

Zhu Xu looked up at Sun Chengzong and others and said, "What do you think of the Ministry of War?"

Shen Yongmao glanced at Sun Chengzong and raised his hand and said, "Return to the emperor, I will discuss it. It is okay to double the expansion. In addition, if the provincial reform is completed as soon as possible, multiple prefectures and counties can be drawn out, so that there is no need to increase the number of troops."

Zhu Xu nodded and thought, "Well, it's accurate. Also, I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to start building a large granary in Xi/An Prefecture to store rice and grain. Once the provincial reform is completed, we will start large-scale disaster relief."

Sun Chengzong and others breathed a sigh of relief. Shaanxi/Xi has now become a big stone in their hearts. They have an instinctive premonition, but they are afraid that the prairie fire will be set and it will be difficult to solve in a short period of time. It needs to compare speed with time.

This is the critical moment of unity. They are afraid that the emperor will be jealous and dare not authorize them.

Sun Chengzong and others looked at each other, and their confidence surged in their hearts. The king and his subjects were united, so what difficulties could they not be able to deal with?!

Zhu Xu is not very worried about Shaanxi/Xi. Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao have been trained for many years and are considered veterans who have been through the battle formation for a long time. It is no problem to eliminate Wang Jiayin. He listened to the discussion among the people from the Ministry of War for a while, and Zhu Xu returned to the imperial study room.

Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu were already waiting.

As soon as Zhu Xu sat back, Fu Changzong submitted a report, "Emperor, the Ministry of Revenue's preliminary investigation of our Daming Tianmu has resulted."

Liu Shimin knew that Zhu Xu was concerned about this, so he quickly took it and handed it to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu didn't care about drinking tea, so he turned it over and looked at it, and his expression suddenly became unfavorable.

The previous record of the number of land acres recorded in the Ministry of Revenue’s roster was ‘6.5 million hectares’, which is 650 million acres. But Fu Changzong’s current memorials recorded the ‘8.8 million hectares’, which made 230 million acres more!

For a moment, Zhu Xu thought that the Ministry of Revenue had made a mistake!

You can’t be wrong with Fu Changzong’s cautious personality!

In other words, one-quarter of the land in the Ming Dynasty was concealed!

Zhu Xu was furious and shocked. He looked at the memorial book and couldn't speak. The household registration was also coming, with a population of 78 million. There were two big "estimations" behind it. In other words, this is still inaccurate, and the actual population will be even greater!

The Ming Dynasty political reform has not yet been fully formed. If you want to carefully and fully calculate the land, the population is not the time.

Fu Changzong looked at Zhu Xu's expression, hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there may be a lot of concealment about Tianmu."

Zhu Xu had already realized this, knocked his finger on the table and said in a deep voice: "Well, uncle, the Ministry of Revenue will continue to investigate. Then copy the detailed directory to Wen Zhao Pavilion. When paying taxes, they will be indispensable!"

"Yes!" Fu Changzong raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the commercial tax has been preliminary statistics in the past six months, and it is expected to be more than 5 million taels. The main areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi are the most collected, and the growth momentum is obvious."

Zhu Xu nodded. The two provinces will be most of the areas in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui in the future. It is normal to be the most developed and developed. He said: "Well, the Ministry of Revenue should pay close attention to commercial taxes, be reasonable, not low or high. Maintaining the speed of business development will also be of great benefit to the court."

Fu Changzong naturally understood that just saying that this tax was very important to the Ming court, he responded and said, "Emperor, I have another idea."

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and smiled and said, "If you have something to say, there are no outsiders here."

Although Zhou Yingqiu was labeled as an emperor's "confidant" by outsiders, he also took charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the head of the six ministries, but he knew that the emperor did not regard him as his true confidant. But when he heard Zhu Xu say this, he was still very happy, at least his position was no longer an "outsider".

Fu Changzong didn't think so much, saying: "There are too many wastelands in Shaanxi and thousands of miles of land. I believe that it can be transferred to Liaodong, whether it is north of Shanhai/Gui/Gui or East/Jiang/Town. If it is properly cultivated, there is no problem with millions of hectares of arable land."

When Zhu Xu heard this, he pondered. This idea was not the first time he mentioned it. The reason why he didn't do it before was because the Later Jin was eyeing him, and moving it over was just giving people and land to the Later Jin. But now it is different. The Later Jin is weak and will not start the war easily. As long as you grasp it properly, Liaodong can indeed accommodate a large number of people.

Zhou Yingqiu lowered his head and analyzed the pros and cons, and raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I think the advice of Shangshu Fu is OK. As long as the cement road is built and transported by a large carriage day and night, it is no problem to transfer millions of people within half a year. However, the court also needs to spend a lot of food, cash silver, farming tools, and livestock."

Zhu Xu looked at Zhou Yingqiu and kept thinking.

Expenditures of silver, food, and agricultural tools are all small matters. The key to the problem is to ensure the safety of the people who have moved there. Jiannu is always a thorn in Liaodong. Zhu Xu is worried, and immigrants will be even more worried.

A piece of land must be cultivated for two or three years. At that time, the Later Jin Dynasty had almost recovered its vitality and had the ability to fight again.

When Fu Changzong came up with this idea, he naturally knew the concerns and continued to persuade: "Emperor, I believe that Jiannu will not start a light battle with my Ming Dynasty before he is confident of conquering Jinzhou and Ningyuan. I have speculation that within five years, Jiannu will not easily anger my Ming Dynasty."

"Five years?"

Zhu Xu was stunned. If it were five years, his cavalry would be able to fight, right? Cooperating with siege cannons and other firearms, would he still be afraid of the Later Jin Dynasty?

Seeing Zhu Xu's expression was excited, Fu Changzong said, "Yes, within five years, Jiannu will not dare to act rashly!"

Zhu Xu had a slightly slight head and thought about something.

If the Later Jin Dynasty did not move randomly within five years, they would not be able to do anything randomly after five years.

Zhou Yingqiu soon thought of this and raised his hand and said, "The emperor, Ningyuan and Jinzhou are solid. If you are worried about Dongjiang and Town, you might as well use local materials to build a big city to protect the people who have moved there. Secondly, Mao Wenlong has a foundation and will not always stay on the island."

Zhu Xu also felt that this proposal was feasible and looked at the two of them and said, "Since that's the case, you two go to Wenzhao Pavilion and discuss it carefully. I will order Wenzhao Pavilion to be the director, the six ministries to cooperate, and then order the governors of Shaanxi/Xi/Sichuan, Shan/Xi, Hu/Guang and other governors to cooperate, and the court newspapers will also be moved, strengthen publicity, be sure to be safe and not cause any more trouble."

Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu both raised their hands to respond, and the huge government affairs could not be concentrated on the emperor. Wen Zhao Pavilion gradually had to assume the role of the cabinet.

After saying this, Zhou Yingqiu also began to report, saying, "Emperor, I have found several candidates for governors, and I will also ask the emperor to read it."

Liu Shimin took the memorial and passed it to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu opened his eyes and saw that Zhou Yingqiu’s memorial was simple, and he planned to transfer governors such as Li Jingbai, Huang Liji, Zhang Ruitu to Shaanxi/Xiang and other newly divided provinces as governors.

These people have experienced political reforms and even participated in them deeply, and have the ability and experience. If they want to complete political reforms in Shaanxi/Xi and other places, these people are the most suitable.

Zhu Xu had no objection and said, "Well, those who replace these people should prepare early. By the way, we will discuss with Wen Zhao Pavilion more and report in detail."

Zhou Yingqiu didn't say much when he saw Zhu Xu agreeing, and was secretly happy. As for Wen Zhaoge, he didn't take it seriously. As long as Zhu Xu nodded, Zhu Youjian couldn't turn the board.

After saying a few more words, Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu left.

With the candidate for governor, the next one is the governor. Zhu Xu quickly thought of the generals in Liaodong, Zuo Dashou, Zhu Mei, Zuo Fu, Zhang Pan and others. They had enough qualifications and abilities, and staying in Liaodong without war was also a waste.

Zhu Xu picked up the brush and added names one by one to Zhou Yingqiu's memorial, behind the governor's name. These were all the governors equipped with them.

After a while, an intern supervisor came in through the side door, whispered in Cao Huachun's ear, and quietly retreated.

When Cao Huachun saw Zhu Xu's comments, he came over and said, "Emperor, Jiannu Envoy, Dorgon asked for a visit."

Zhu Xu forgave this person for a long time, tapping his fingers on the table. Thinking that this person is not simple, he smiled faintly and said, "Please, please."

"It is said that Dorgon will meet with you." Screams echoed in the palace.

Dorgon listened to the sound outside the Qianqing Palace and on the boundary between the inside and outside the court, and walked forward.

He was the only one, wearing the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty commander, with a calm expression and a bright look. He held an exquisite box with both hands, and walked respectfully towards Jingyang Palace with a serious look.

The two internal stewards were leading the way, without squinting eyes, and walking quickly with small steps.

They really wanted to look back and see that this Jiannu man was really special. He was wearing their Ming Dynasty military uniform and dressed like a Ming Dynasty man. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Are Jiannu all like this? It is said that they were Ming people before, but they just rebelled...'

Although the inner supervisors and guards on both sides had no expressions, they were all weird and awkward. This was the first time they had seen such a Jiannu man.

Dorgon followed the two internal prisoners and came outside the door of the Imperial Study Room with numerous eyes.

An instructor took the box from his hand, and Dorgon tidied up his clothes with a calm expression, looking at the gate of the imperial study room that was so close to him.

In fact, he was not at peace inside. His eyes could see the dark door, which was like an abyss, as if a ferocious beast was lurking, waiting for him to come to the door.

The Jin people knew that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty hated them and never sluggishly attacked them. In Ningyuan, they didn't know how many Beile Beizi killed. They never followed the rules. The envoys of the Jin people went and went back, either with bloody heads or disappeared without a trace!

Dorgon is seventeen years old this year. He is not tall and has a fair face. He is not handsome. However, there is a resentment between his eyebrows that cannot be ignored. Even if he has no expression, he dares not ignore it, just like facing a squinting tiger.

"Dorgon, meet me!"

A sharp shout came from the dark room.

Dorgon gave out a sigh of relief, strode forward, then turned around, walked over the threshold and walked inside.

It was not dim inside, but very bright. In the imperial table, a 14 or 15-year-old boy with a clear horn and a starry eyebrows and eyes. Sitting there, giving people a sense of calmness and freedom without changing his expression before the collapse of Mount Tai.

He smiled with a smile on his lips, his expression was gentle and his eyes were clear. He would think he was a harmless and kind young man at first glance.
To be continued...