Ming Dynasty entry: I am Chongzhen, the greatest emperor of all time!

Chapter 78 Red Entry "Modern Infantry"

The main enemy has retreated, and the new enemy has not yet arrived.

People always want peace, just like what Long Wenjian said.

I don’t want to think about anything, I just want to be comfortable.

Outside Chongwenmen in the capital, in a large house with four courtyards.

Eight glazed palace lanterns illuminated the flower hall as bright as day, and twelve officials in crimson robes sat around a round table made of rosewood inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

Sun Xiuyong, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, was playing with a Hetian jade snuff bottle when he suddenly heard the sound of stringed instruments outside the door. Eight dancers draped in gauze came in one after another.

"Please look, everyone. This is a skinny horse I just bought from Yangzhou. I spent a lot of effort to keep it." Wen Sheng, the head of the host's Ministry of Personnel, boasted.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. Since the rationing system was implemented in the capital, all the servants in their family, except for the adopted sons and daughters who were clerks, had been dismissed.

Not to mention the skinny horses used for entertainment.

"I don't know what nonsense Your Majesty believed that he insisted on abolishing the Jiaofang Bureau. Those poor people don't know how to farm!"

The Deputy Minister of Works twirled his goatee and sighed, "Who says it's not true? Now that Ni Yuanlu is in charge of the cabinet, he keeps talking about frugality and caring for the people. At the last court meeting, he even directly cut the ice and charcoal tributes. Life is going to be difficult from now on."

After saying that, he picked up a piece of crystal braised meat from the agate plate and stuffed it into his mouth.

Wang Baorui, the Imperial Academy editor, lowered his voice and said, "I heard that someone surnamed Song played a dialogue in the Qianqing Palace for two hours during the day..."

"What are you afraid of?" Wen Sheng chuckled. "Song Ye is just a child, a young boy. So what if he holds the title of Left Integrity Censor?"

He reached out and pulled the dancer into his arms, caressing her with his right hand.

"Master Wang, please eat as much as you can. Without Li Ruolian, Song Ye will be powerless! What else can Your Majesty do?"

"Lord Wen, be careful with your words!" Wang Baorui was frightened and quickly stood up. "Since breaking through the siege, Your Majesty has become increasingly powerful and majestic. You can't compare with the past!"

Wen Sheng slammed his hands and laughed, "Hahaha, Lord Wang, you worry too much. A while ago, His Majesty had no other choice but to use the likes of Wu Xiang Wang Jia Yan. Now that the rebellion has been defeated, it still needs scholars like us to rule the world."

Having said that, Wen Sheng suddenly lowered his voice.

"You gentlemen may not know this yet, but a few days ago, the merchants of Jin sent someone to contact me. The people of Jin have suffered from the rebellion and its brutality for a long time, and everyone is looking forward to the return of the royal army."

"If the royal army is about to arrive, the seventeen wealthy merchants in Jin are willing to assist us, working together from within and without."

"Let your majesty see that it is gentlemen and civil officials like us who are responsible for marching and fighting. When we have the merit of recovering the territory, your majesty will naturally side with us. People like Ni Yuanlu and Li Ruolian are nothing!"

"And that's not all. These are salt permits sent by the Shanxi merchants." Wen Sheng pulled out a stack of salt permit notes worth ten thousand taels from his sleeve. "Didn't the rebels lose a mountain of military equipment? If we can transport them outside the Great Wall, and then take the medicinal herbs and gold and silver from outside the Great Wall to Jiangnan to exchange for silk, this will be a very profitable business!"

"Mr. Zhang's idea is indeed brilliant!" Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate him, and the wine cups made a crisp sound when they clinked together.

Wang Baorui stared at the salt voucher with a cold sweat, and vaguely saw the hawk-like eyes behind the imperial desk in the Qianqing Palace. "But these weapons and armor are under the unified supervision of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works. I'm afraid it will be difficult to take them, right?"

"Hmph! Do you think the Shanxi merchants only gave me salt vouchers? Don't the high officials of the six ministries and the Dongge elders have more than me? Is it necessary for you and me to worry about all this? If Lord Wang is cowardly, you can just pretend you didn't see it and enjoy it to your heart's content!"

After saying that, Wen Sheng no longer cared about Wang Baorui's reaction and hugged the dancer to clink glasses.

In the lively atmosphere, no one noticed the footsteps outside the door, thinking it was just the patrol bell.

Song Ye reined in his horse and stood under the plaque. He waved the golden arrow in his hand and said, "Break the gate!"

The moment the iron-clad wooden door collapsed, several adopted sons of the Wen family looked up in horror, but before they could make a sound, they were grabbed by the throat by the Black Armor Army.

Led by the Left Integrity Secretary of the Integrity Bureau, two hundred black-armored cavalry entered in a line and headed straight for the flower hall.

The dancer was singing "What a beautiful day, what a beautiful weather, what a beautiful sky."

Wen Sheng's hand holding the luminous cup froze in mid-air, and the glass screen suddenly shattered. Dozens of armored soldiers instantly controlled everyone.

There was a chorus of screams.

"Imperial edict!" Song Ye stepped over the threshold, "Order the Integrity Commission to investigate and prosecute corrupt officials and bring them to justice immediately!"

Wang Baorui retreated in fear, and Sun Xiuyong overturned the table and tried to escape, but was stepped on the back by the Xuanjia Army.

Wen Sheng screamed in horror, "What crime have I committed? You damned lackey! I want to see the emperor! I want to ask His Majesty for justice!"

"The grain accounts handled by Director Wen last year." Song Ye pulled out the booklet left by Li Ruolian from his pocket. "The actual grain reserves in Tongzhou Warehouse were 270,000 dan, while the Ministry of Revenue's yellow book stated 540,000 dan."

Wen Sheng's forehead was covered in sweat, but he suddenly remembered an imperial decree issued from the palace during the war.

"This official... This official, no, didn't His Majesty say that if you donate your wealth, all your past crimes will be forgiven!? I have donated it! You can't arrest me!"

Song Ye was unconcerned. "Master Wen donated 32,000 taels of his wealth, leaving 17,000 taels at home. After the rebels retreated, he accepted 7,000 taels from the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue. He revealed that Lord Fan had gone south, and he also resold the capital's population register and the list of officials in Beijing to Shanxi merchants."

"Have you earned enough to donate your fortune?"

"Do you want me to continue?"

"I...I..." Wen Sheng was shaking all over and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Seeing that things were going badly, the Deputy Minister of Works quickly spoke out, "You lackeys, you hawk claws! Do you know who my aunt is? Back then, Prince Xin's Mansion..."

The Black Armor Army would not give him the chance to complain. They hit him with their scabbard, knocking out three of his teeth. Blood foam mixed with broken jade splashed all over the table full of feast.

"Take it away! Leave fifty people to supervise. Five military camps will come to dig up the silver soon. Next one."

Song Ye worked non-stop all night and captured all the last hundred or so people on the list.

When the team returned, it was already dawn.

The more I watched the clerk counting the confiscated property, the more frightened I became.

South China Sea pearls, Liaodong sable furs, boxes of gold and silver calligraphy and paintings, antique porcelain, and nearly 30,000 taels of silver alone were unearthed from the Wen family's cellar, nearly twice as much as in the account books. I don't know how this old guy was so good at hiding it.

"Sir, the total amount is 2.3 million taels of silver."

The clerk's voice trembled, "There are also countless salt vouchers from various businesses."

"All physical goods were escorted to the private vault, and all bills were delivered to the Nanjing Censor Li Lian by express horseback."

When the prison van passed through the official road, the people who had gotten up early to prepare for work spat at the convoy, their faces full of disgust.

Your Majesty protects their lives and distributes land to them, and that is the best kind of person.

The person Your Majesty arrested must be a bad guy!

Wang Baorui huddled in the wooden fence and heard the night watchman beating the gong and shouting, "The cockcrows and the lights go out, peace and tranquility reigns. It's the hour of the morning~"

I couldn't help but wonder, if I hadn't attended this banquet, would everything have been fine?
……

Zhu Youjian rode a white horse and came to the private warehouse again.

The amount of money this time was obviously not as much as the previous times.

A mere two million taels is not enough to move him.

He reached out and covered the pile of silver, and suddenly the system voice rang in his ears.

【2.3 million taels of silver have been recharged】

[Number of redeemable draws: 23]

[Number of redeemable upgrades: 2]

This time Zhu Youjian did not exchange all of it for draw times.

He really couldn't stand the low administrative efficiency of the court and had to upgrade it!

Open the Ming Dynasty main page with your backhand.

[Currently bound faction: Ming Dynasty]

[This faction has activated the entry]:
*Sunset (Purple): Total Organization Efficiency -75%.

*Natural Disaster (Purple): Disaster trigger rate +300%
*Zhongzhengyingchao (blue): Corruption rate +55%, execution efficiency -60%.

* Military Disorganization (Blue): Military personnel -65%, weapons holdings -55%, combat effectiveness -70%
*Federal separatism (purple): Actual control rate of the army -75%, execution rate of military orders -80%, fighting will -50%.

*Political chaos and public fatigue (blue): Civilian stability -60%, probability of uprising +45%.

After reading the entry, Zhu Youjian was stunned.

He hasn't upgraded his entries, so why is it different from before?

He remembered it clearly when he first came: one red, four purple, and five negative entries, and the Ming Dynasty was about to fall.

Now it has become three purple and three blue, and the negative effects have been greatly reduced.

Could it be that entries can downgrade or upgrade themselves?!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly became excited.

If he could really upgrade himself, he could save a lot of money!
I quickly asked the system in my heart.

The answer he got made Zhu Youjian almost laugh out loud.

The entries are based on the actual effects. If the effects change, the entries will be refreshed in real time.

For example, when Zhu Youjian first came, the first entry about the Ming Dynasty was the negative red entry “the sun is setting in the west”.

The efficiency of the entire organization has decreased by 90 percent!

Now, after a series of operations by Zhu Youjian, the morale of the people was boosted and the prestige of the court was enhanced.

It successfully dropped to the purple "Sunset." While it still had a negative buff, it was only reduced by 75%, barely acceptable.

In addition, there are a series of negative entries, all of which have been alleviated, but there is an additional purple entry "Feudal Separatism".

This is because Zhu Youjian vigorously improved the status of military personnel and increased the voice of military generals in the court before he took control of the military power of the country.

As a result, military generals had no checks and balances from civil officials, and gradually shifted their power towards military leaders.

This was not a problem for Zhu Youjian. With the Beijing Camp in his hands, he could suppress all the enemies except Zheng Zhilong in the south.

When there is a chance to pull out the confidants of these military leaders, add a loyalty item to the troops and the problem will be solved perfectly.

Among all the entries, only the entry "natural disasters ravage" cannot be solved. Either Zhu Youjian spends money to upgrade, or survives this small ice age.

Now the negative impact of the natural disaster entry on Zhu Youjian is not too great, so it can be slowed down.

Zhu Youjian thought about it and decided to upgrade the court entry first.

After all, his ability is limited, and he needs the assistance of the court with higher administrative efficiency. Other negative entries can be upgraded automatically under the operation of the court.

Spend one million taels to redeem one upgrade.

[Upgrade the blue negative entry "Zhongzheng Yingchao"]

[Gained the green negative entry "Zhongzheng Yingchao": Corruption rate +35%, Execution efficiency -35%.]

Seeing that the execution efficiency had only decreased by 35%, Zhu Youjian slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

What can normally be completed in one day will now only be delayed by a few hours, and these reductions will no longer affect the overall situation.

Although it feels like a loss of one million taels, it can save many million taels.

Zhu Youjian's heart gradually balanced.

There are still 1.3 million taels left.

Zhu Youjian hesitated for a moment, but still did not change the number of draws.

There's no guarantee for this thing.

If I were to be given thirteen white entries, I would be at a huge loss.

The remaining negative entries are also not particularly valuable.

Zhu Youjian decided to see what was happening with other organizations.

The last time he watched the Beijing Camp and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage.

This time, the page looks much better.

The Beijing Camp page disappeared, replaced by separate pages for the three major camps.

The entries are all positive, and many of them, like the Three Thousand Camps, are even god-level pages with multiple reds and purples.

There is absolutely no problem in using it to fight the Eight Banners.

The Jinyiwei are not bad, but the six ministries are not so good.

This South China Sea Fleet is quite powerful, with four...

and many more! !
South China Sea Fleet!?!?
When did I get this troop?!

Isn't there only the army in Northern Zhili?
Let alone not taking control of Nanjing, even if they did, they wouldn't have this South China Sea Fleet! ?
Is there a bug in the system?!

Confused and surprised, Zhu Youjian slowly opened the navy page.

Ming Dynasty Navy: South China Sea Fleet

* Zhuzhu Qianli (Purple): Naval battle proficiency +75%, morale in naval battles +70%, damage control efficiency +75%
*Giant Battleship (Purple): When you have more than 50 first-class battleships, your deterrent power increases by 80% and your durability increases by 70%.
*Professional Sailor (Blue): +60% proficiency in all types of ships, +55% proficiency in sea flags
* Military Law (Blue): When the fleet has less than 30,000 sailors, discipline is increased by 55%, and the incidence of illegal incidents is reduced by 65%.
There are four positive entries, and none of them are lower than blue.

How could Zhu Youjian not be surprised?

This is the end of the Ming Dynasty!

There is no such army in the entire Ming Dynasty.

But why is he in the system?
You must know that the appearance of the system page means that he has control over the organization.

But Zhu Youjian never attacked the navy?
Look, there is a purple entry for the South China Sea Fleet, which will only appear when it has more than fifty first-class battleships.

Now it seems that the only person who possesses such power in the Ming Dynasty is Zheng Zhilong in the south.

But I just asked Fan Jingwen to go to the south to contact Zheng Zhilong. If he can come, then he will come. If not, it doesn’t matter.

It's impossible to say that Fan Jingwen was brought to Zheng Zhilong just by writing a letter, right?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Zhu Youshao decided not to think about it anymore and would just send a fast horse to ask Fan Jingwen and he would know the answer.

The possibility of a system bug is not high.

I looked through the other troop pages and couldn't find any suitable ones for upgrading.

I had no choice but to exchange the remaining silver for the number of draws.

There were thirteen draws, and Zhu Youjian's requirements were not high, one purple and one blue would be enough.

It would be even better if there was one that increased loyalty.

Reach out and pull the dial.

There were no surprises the first few times, it was all white.

Zhu Youjian didn't care either.

then……

A flash of red light appeared before his eyes, causing Zhu Youjian's heart to skip a beat.

It’s red!!!
The system is going crazy today! ?

First there was this South China Sea Fleet entry, and now, less than ten draws in, it's already red!?!
[Successfully extract the red entry "Modern Infantry": Morale constant 80/100, Military Law Enforcement Efficiency constant 80/100, Discipline +100%, Military Order Execution Rate +100%, Firearms Proficiency +80% (Note: This entry has no limit on the number of people, but requires the unit's firearm coverage rate to be above 50%, and the all-weather training cycle to be no less than 6 months)]

[Draw a red entry to obtain: Full Qi Family Army x1 (Note: Qi Jiguang period)]

After reading the entry, Zhu Youjian was completely upset.

Your face is too pale today!

Just go with red, it turned out to be the combat power attribute he wanted most.

It is also a combat power entry exclusive to firearms, with no limit on the number of people!

Just after reading the entry, Zhu Youjian thought of a branch of the military.

Line infantry!

The morale is stable, the execution rate of military laws and orders is extremely high, and the discipline is extremely high, which is completely prepared for line infantry.

The rewards for the red entries are even comparable to those of the Black Armor Cavalry.

The fully organized Qi Family Army, from the time of Qi Jiguang.

That's a unit with a 100% winning rate.

Not only could they fight the Japanese pirates in the south, they could also fight the Mongols in the north.

Zhu Youjian remembered a piece of information he had read in his previous life.

After Qi Jiguang was transferred to Jizhou with 3,000 Qi family troops, he happened to encounter the Mongols moving south.

The Qi family army immediately mounted their horses and followed Qi Jiguang to defeat 30,000 Mongolian cavalry. Later, they went north to Mongolia and defeated another 50,000 Mongolian cavalry.

The combat capability is extremely strong.

Even after Qi Jiguang passed away, the Zhejiang soldiers, with Qi's army as their backbone, managed to inflict heavy casualties on tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops with only a few thousand men during the bloody battle of Hunhe River.

In history, the Qi Family Army had 7,000 men at its peak, and it is unknown how many men there were in this fully organized Qi Family Army.

Now we don’t have to worry about Dorgon entering the pass.

If handled properly, it might even cause a big blow to Dorgon.

Strike while the iron is hot and use up the remaining draws.

Unfortunately, the red entry has used up this wave of luck, and there is not even a green one left.

Zhu Youjian turned off the system, turned around and headed straight for the Meridian Gate.

He wanted to see with his own eyes what the famous Qi Family Army was like.

And at the same time.

Dorgon, standing in front of Shanhaiguan, had no idea what kind of monster was waiting for him in the capital.

He only knew that this mighty pass before him was extremely difficult to conquer!

In the plain and unpretentious central army tent, a Jiala Zhangjing rushed in covered in blood, and fell to his knees on the ground.

"Your Highness, the cannons on the city walls are too powerful. Our men can't charge in. The Bordered Blue Banner has already lost a Niulu Ezhen and a Zuoling!"

"Oh, you're really not going to make it after just losing one Niulu? When did the Bordered Blue Banner become so cowardly?"

(End of this chapter)