In the Lobby of the Royal Palace, Zhu Qidiao was sitting alone in the main seat and pondering.

The brothers Liu Guojiang, He Jiujin and Zhao Guodong are about to set out. Their main task is to monitor the movements of various rebel troops.

His goal was to rebel against Jingnan, become the emperor, and let the Ming Dynasty revival again. It can be said that all the rebels were his enemies, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were his main opponents.

Although these rebels are not very strong, they are extremely destructive. At the beginning, everyone might have to fight back in order not to starve to death, but later these rebels gradually transformed into bandits, for their own survival, regardless of the life or death of others.

Wherever they passed was like locusts crossing the border. Not only were they snatched up all the things, but even the people were basically wiped out. What they left was devastated.

If they were allowed to rage everywhere, then the world would not be able to think of peace. If they wanted to revive the Ming Dynasty, they would have to wipe out these bandits.

That's why he decided to let Liu Guojiang and He Jiujin lead people into the camps of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, stare at these two main opponents, and at the same time let Zhao Guodong and Zhao Guoliang brothers sit in Xi'an and Luoyang, and always pay attention to the movements of various rebel troops.

Now they are about to set off, so he naturally has to give some tips.

He kept thinking about the relevant content he saw in his previous life in novels and on TV, but he couldn't grasp the key points because there were too many rebels, not only were there many people, but also many. Moreover, at the beginning, these guys were basically running around everywhere, making people confused.

Alas, these guys are really a headache!

He was sighing secretly, and the brothers Zhao Guodong and Zhao Guoliang had already rushed in from outside.

It seems that it is impossible to control these rebels for a while. You can only stare at these guys first to prevent them from running to Zhejiang, Sichuan and Chongqing for damage. As for other places, let Chongzhen have a headache.

He warmly greeted Zhao Guodong and Zhao Guoliang brothers to sit down, and then explained in detail: "Guodong, Guoliang, you must try to understand the scale of various rebels and their general trends. If they run in other directions, you don't need to worry too much. If they run in Nanyang or Chongqing, you must send someone back to report the news as quickly as possible. These guys are even more cruel than robbers."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guodong and Zhao Guoliang nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qidiao roughly introduced the more famous leaders in the rebel army based on the content in his memory, such as Wang Jiayin, Wang Zijinliang, King Gao Yingxiang, General Li Zicheng, Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, etc., as long as he could remember them, he would introduce them all.

Anyway, his ability to predict the future has become famous, and there is no need to cover up in front of his subordinates.

He just introduced the same thing, and Liu Guojiang and He Jiujin also rushed over.

He did not have much demand for these two people, as long as they could keep an eye on Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

He thought for a while and then explained: "Guojiang, Jiujin, your main task is to stare at Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. You don't have to worry about other things, and you don't have to worry about other people. Remember, just follow Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, even if they are beaten by the officers and soldiers, they are even treated with a few people, and you will follow them tightly. In short, you will do whatever they do and don't have any other thoughts."

This seemed simple, Liu Guojiang and He Jiujin nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Zhu Qizhua explained it carefully again, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, go ahead and be careful. I hope you are still there on the day when Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are destroyed."

The four of them quickly stood up and said goodbye.

Zhu Qizhu looked at their backs and couldn't help but sigh in a long tone.

Things in the northwest have finally been arranged, and the next key point is to win over Zheng Zhilong and take over Zheng Chenggong.

As for the lunatic Chongzhen, I don’t need to worry about it for the time being. There are many things that have caused this guy a headache now.

Chongzhen was indeed very troubled at this moment because the stall left by Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian for him was too bad.

What kind of mess was he taking over?

At this time, the Ming Dynasty can be described as natural disasters and man-made disasters, endless, wars are everywhere, and the world is in chaos.

Jiannu in Liaodong was rampant, peasant uprising in the northwest, chieftains rebelled in the southwest, and pirates in the southeast were rampant. Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian never took care of these, and he had to deal with them all.

What is even more troublesome is that because Wei Zhongxian did not pay food and salary to the border troops, the border troops were in an uproar at this moment. Ningyuan mutiny, Jizhou Town mutiny, Ganzhou Town mutiny, mutiny were everywhere, and the border troops in the Ming Dynasty were about to rebel.

The problem is that he has no money yet, because the treasury has long been greedy by the eunuchs.

According to the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Bi Ziyan, the treasury not only did not have one tael of silver, but also owed more than one million taels of salary to the court and local officials. In this case, it is not considered that the food and wages of dozens of border troops were owed. After the five years of Tianqi, the border troops basically did not pay any food and wages!

All these are true, and Chongzhen did not doubt it at all, because Bi Ziyan's younger brother Bi Zisu was in Ningyuan.

In the Ningyuan mutiny, the mutiny soldiers directly arrested the governor Bi Zisu and forced his brother Bi Ziyan to pay them food and salary.

However, Bi Ziyan couldn't find any money to pay them food and food, so he could only watch his own brother beheaded to death by the mutiny soldiers!

It can be seen that the national treasury is vacuumed and the Ministry of Revenue really cannot transfer money and food. Otherwise, Bi Ziyan would not have been so cold-blooded.

Chongzhen was really having a headache now. He didn't want to live a life, he also wanted to revive the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, before the eunuch party was cleared, he had to start dealing with these issues.

In May of the first year of Chongzhen, he promoted Yang He, the former deputy chief censor of the Censorate, to be the governor of the three sides, and went to the northwest to clear out the riots.

In June of the first year of Chongzhen, he promoted Zhu Xieyuan, the former governor of Sichuan, to the Minister of War and the Governor of the Five Provinces, and went to Guizhou to quell the rebellion of chieftains Anbangyan and She Chongming.

In July of the first year of Chongzhen, he promoted Yuan Chonghuan, the former governor of Liaodong, to the Minister of War and the Right Deputy Censor, to the commander of Ji Liao, and to the military affairs of Denglai and Tianjin, to deal with Jiannu.

In August of the first year of Chongzhen, he promoted Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Shandong, to the right assistant censor of the Censorate, and to the governor of Fujian, and was responsible for the extermination of southeastern pirates.

To be honest, although Chongzhen was a little crazy, he was indeed a responsible emperor. He really wanted to revive the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, he often forgot to eat and sleep, and did not sleep for several days and nights. Moreover, he was quite frugal. He had never repaired the palace for seventeen years in power, and he didn't care about many places that leaked. He had basically patched his clothes except the dragon robe!

However, when he took over, the Ming Dynasty was already in ruins. Liaodong, northwest, southwest, and southeast were full of thieves. The border troops in Jiuzhen also mutinied from time to time because they had no food and salary. It would take money to wipe out the rebels and calm the mutiny!

The annual tax in the Ming Dynasty was only more than 4 million taels, and it was not enough in Liaodong or the northwest. Where did this money come from?

Chongzhen was really worried at this moment. He sent the governor and the governor to suppress the rebellion. However, it was not a matter of one or two days to suppress the thieves and suppress the rebellion. For example, Jiannu from Liaodong and rebels from the northwest have been ongoing for more than ten years since his succession to the throne. The food and wages required every year are tens of millions of taels. Where does this money come from?

The decayed situation forced him to increase the Liao salary, train the salary, and suppress the salary. The infamous three salary in the late Ming Dynasty were forced out.

He was like drinking poison to quench his thirst, levying three guarantors again and again, and suppressing the rebellion again and again, forcing the people to have no way out and have to rebel again and again.

It can be said that from the beginning he fell into a vicious cycle and embarked on the road of no return.
Chapter completed!