To be too old to die is to be a thief. This sentence is perfect for Hui Miqiu, who has lived for hundreds of years.

No matter how mediocre your qualifications are, as long as you live for hundreds of years without suffering from Alzheimer's disease, you can become a thief.

Nothing more, well-informed.

What's more, the rat fairy can stand out from the rat clan.

Its predictions are very accurate.

When Wei Zhongliang was assassinated, news of the cutoff in food and salary spread to the front lines and border troops in the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield.

Eight hundred miles of urgent documents arrived on Chongzheng's desk like snowflakes.

In short, in a nutshell, there is one sentence: Give money and food. Without money and food, you can't fight the war.

Chongzheng, who was immersed in the flood of flattery from the "Zhongxing Sage", felt a little strange. He had naturally seen the documents urging him to pay his salary, and there would be one or two letters every three to five.

But there were only one or two letters, and the cabinet usually proposed to pay for the payment after the autumn harvest. Wei Zhongliang wrote a letter to reply on behalf of Phi Hong, and then the matter was basically over.

Why is it that all of a sudden, it's like snow, and the desks are piled up?

Chongzheng hurriedly summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter. The cabinet ministers unanimously agreed that the salary should be paid after the autumn, which was the way it was done before.

So Chongzheng wrote in red and spoke sincerely, asking the border generals to be patient for a little longer, so that the food and wages could be transported northward and sent to the front line as soon as possible.

At the same time, the governors of various regions were ordered to step up the collection of autumn grains. Those who failed to collect grains would be investigated and punished in accordance with the law.

Result, good guys.

It's okay if I don't reply, but if I reply to the 800-mile emergency, it won't be snowing, but a blizzard.

The border and frontline generals are even more urgent in urging food and wages. If you don't provide food and wages, let alone fight, the soldiers below will rebel.

Chongzheng's face suddenly turned green with anger.

Is the emperor's own handwriting less effective than Wei Zhongliang's handwriting?

But Chongzheng finally noticed something was wrong at this time.

So he hurriedly summoned the Minister of Household Affairs and asked when the autumn grain and military pay from the south would be shipped north.

As a result, the Minister of Household Affairs hesitated and said that the food and salary were gone.

Gone!

Chongzheng was suddenly struck by thunder. Even though he had no experience in governing, he still understood the importance of food and salary.

Wei Zhongliang had previously raised a large amount of food and wages in the south of the Yangtze River, but due to the low water level in the canal, he was unable to set off northward early.

Suddenly, it’s gone?

Under questioning, the Minister of Household Affairs insisted that it was the dismissed factory supervisors and the grain supervision team who set fire to the grain and robbed the silver warehouse to vent their personal anger.

When Chongzheng heard this, his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

You don’t even know about this kind of thing?

The frontline and border generals must have heard the news, so they pressed for food and salary.

Immediately, Chongzheng scolded Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance to death.

But despite the criticism, the top priority right now is to raise food.

So Chongzheng asked the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs when the officials in charge of the grain yamen would arrive in Jiangnan and when the first batch of grain and wages could be raised.

The Minister of Household Affairs stretched out a trembling finger.

Chongzheng thought it would be one month, but the Minister of Revenue said it would be one year.

There is no need to be close this time, Chongzheng is really in a coma.

A group of eunuchs pinched the man and poured herbal tea into him, and then he woke up Chongzheng.

At this moment, Chongzheng finally realized what a stupid thing he had done.

One year!

The day lilies are cold.

Feeling deeply deceived, Chongzheng was so angry that he directly threw Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance into the prison of Feiyuwei, asking Feiyuwei to punish him for the crime of deceiving the emperor.ωωw.

However, dealing with the Minister of Household Affairs did not solve the problem.

Like an ant on a hot pot, Chongzheng hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss the matter. As a result, the matter of raising food was not discussed, but the calls for Chongzheng to pardon the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue became louder and louder.

In the huge court, except for a very small number of officials who kept an eye on her, most of them were unanimous in their opinions, and they had a strong tendency to force the palace.

Chongzheng was furious and walked away with a puff of his sleeves.

If large-scale discussions are not feasible, then cabinet ministers must be summoned to discuss matters.

As a result, the seven cabinet ministers discussed and discussed, and only gave one suggestion: let the frontline and border generals temporarily raise food on the spot.

Good guy, for five thousand years, if a dynasty dares to order its generals to raise food on the spot, then the dynasty is actually dead, but the coffin has not yet been sealed.

When the imperial edict to "raise food on the spot" arrived at the Shaanxi-Gansu front line, the 300,000-strong army that was fighting a fierce battle with the Chu army collapsed immediately.

A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses from both groups surrendered directly to the Chuang army, while the remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses were routed thousands of miles away.

And this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is that although the 200,000 retreating army was defeated, they got permission to "raise food on the spot".

Raising food locally?

No, let’s use another word, call it “robbery under orders”.

Two hundred thousand defeated soldiers instantly turned into bandits, killing people and stealing goods, and invaded cities and massacred villages.

At this time, the entire west of Tongguan became a purgatory on earth.

But they didn't dare to rob the powerful landlords and nobles. After all, Da Li's remaining power was still there, so they only dared to pick on the weak and rob the common people.

Two hundred thousand broken troops took the lead, and all the officers and soldiers who could wield swords and soldiers joined in.

The leading generals did not dare to suppress him, for fear of setting themselves on fire.

Li Chuang, who was almost unable to hold on after being beaten by the officers and soldiers, took a look and realized that this gift package was given to him by a good guy.

Under the guidance of the master, Li Chuang immediately raised the banner of "equal land and exempted from taxes" and composed a song "Welcome King Chuang, but when King Chuang comes, he will not pay for the food" and spread it everywhere.

The people who had been harmed by the government and the army voted with their feet and responded one after another.

Li Chuang's army grew like a snowball.

Li Chuang, as for Li Chuang, was naturally embarrassed to rob the common people after he had put up a banner, and at this time, his back was hardened, so he concentrated his firepower to rob the nobles, nobles and powerful landlords.

Is Dali really short of food?

A little lacking, but actually quite good.

So why is it missing?

Because food and wealth were concentrated in the hands of princes, nobles, and powerful landlords, the common people were exploited to the point of urinating blood.

During this robbery, Li Chuang discovered that compared to the miserable common people, these big business owners were the rich ones.

Killing one prince would be enough to support an army of 300,000 for half a year.

To the west of Tongguan, there are eighteen princes alone.

Get rich!

So with soldiers and food, Li Chuang suddenly became the "savior" of the people and soared into the sky.

In just three months, he raised 800,000 troops and occupied the three provinces west of Tongguan.

The hungry officers and soldiers saw that the intruders were enjoying the food and drinking spicy food, and we had to raise food ourselves, so they surrendered one after another, including some elite border soldiers from the border.

At the beginning of December of that year, after a short rest, Li Chuang's army was divided into three groups. One group sent 300,000 troops to Tongguan to prepare for the Knock Pass, the other 300,000 troops went east to Shangluo to attack the Central Plains and cut off the canal, and the 200,000 troops marched toward

Passed south through Jingxiang and attacked Huguang and Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!