All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 6 Zhou. The Birth of the Second Yanru

Looking up and meeting Zhou Yanru's gaze, Chen Ran saw two lines of golden subtitles in front of his eyes.

"Wei Zhongxian's case was settled, and the Donglin Party won a great victory, reaching a point where the Donglin Party was in full force in the court."

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

After several months, subtitles finally appeared again.

"Donglin Party?"

He knew the Donglin Party, and it was said that each of them was extremely wealthy and had thousands of acres of fertile land in their hometown.

Having a lot of wealth is nothing, being able to make money is a skill.

However, the Donglin Party made money by sucking blood from the Ming Dynasty, and with the Jiangnan gentry group behind them.

"You must not compete with the people for profits. Abolish the tax collectors and mining supervisors. The court will have no money to collect."

'Break the East Factory Jinyiwei, the civil officials are no longer restrained, they are rampant and collude with each other, and the people are living in misery.'

'The water is too cold, my scalp itches. When the Ming Dynasty fell, most of them became slaves under the command of the Eastern Tartars.'

"The Biography of Two Officials" will be infamous for eternity. "

'The Eastern Tartars are at the gates of the city, and the court is still fighting. Both the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty were killed by the Donglin Party who were fighting for power.'

'.'

Chen Ran had a very bad impression of the Donglin Party, especially the phrase "the court is full of righteous people" which was a blatant humiliation.

Without any hesitation, he quickly erased the word "众正" and replaced it with "群丑".

The host of the banquet, the general Zhu Guoyan stared at Chen Ran in confusion, "Chen Ran? Why are you here?"

He didn't remember inviting this small captain to the banquet.

The reason why I know this person is because Chen Ran visited him before, but unfortunately the subtitles failed to trigger.

Also, the mansion that I gave to Zhao Lujiao was given to this person, which definitely left a deep impression on him.

"Chen Ran? Chen Ran from Jizhen."

Zhou Yanru squinted his eyes and felt unhappy, his heart moved slightly, as if he had seen this name somewhere.

He had a good memory and quickly recalled that this was one of the names the emperor had written on the paper.

Emperor Chongzhen was a stubborn and self-righteous person, but he trusted people very much, like Yuan Chonghuan who was in charge of Liaodong.

I also write their names and positions on paper so I can always remember them.

Once these people have made great contributions, they will definitely be in the emperor's heart immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen thought he had kept this secret, but in fact the eunuchs around him had already sold the news out of the palace in exchange for money and favors.

Zhou Yanru bought the names on the paper.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru, who had a cold look before, immediately smiled and said, "Jizhen has many outstanding people. I believe this person is also a famous general of Jizhen. I would like to trouble General Zhu to introduce him to one or two."

Zhu Guoyan, who was about to scold Chen Ran, first straightened his face, then smiled and said, "Okay."

At the same time, two lines of subtitles appeared in front of Chen Ran again.

"Zhou Yanru is trying to win you over and cultivate his confidants in the army."

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

The subtitles had not appeared for several months, but this time they appeared twice in one banquet.

Chen Ran looked at the handsome Zhou Yanru and thought, "I'm in need of money, and this licking dog came to me."

Without any hesitation, he immediately erased the word "win over" and replaced it with "admiration".

The second bootlicker Zhou Yanru is officially online.

"Are you Chen Ran from Jizhen?"

Zhou Yanru, who had been thinking about how to deal with this impolite person, now smiled warmly, his eyes full of admiration, "Do you know that you have won the emperor's heart?"

"The Holy Emperor actually knows my name." Chen Ran pretended to be surprised and said, "This is really, really..."

Zhou Yanru, who became the new licker, smiled more cordially, "This is a good thing."

"As for you, as long as you make meritorious contributions in the future and are heard by the emperor, you will definitely be put to great use."

Chen Ran saluted Zhou Yanru at the right time and said, "If you want to make achievements, you need capital, but I just don't have enough financial resources."

"Wait a minute." Zhou Yanru waved his hand and looked across the hall. "After the banquet, please come with me to discuss in detail."

The current environment is indeed not suitable for discussing important matters.

Chen Ran ignored everyone's gazes and settled down to enjoy the food.

Apart from anything else, the dishes here at Daming are absolutely natural and no additives are added.

Because there isn't any.

After the banquet, Chen Ran followed Zhou Yanru to his temporary residence.

"Although I work in the Ministry of Rites, I also know a little about military affairs." Zhou Yanru, who was sitting on a chair in the study, picked up a tea bowl. "I also know that the combat power of the army is mainly composed of family servants, and supporting family servants is very expensive. You are just a thousand-man commander at this time, so naturally you can't support many family servants."

Chen Ran sneered in his heart, "The thousands of men under my command are all raised according to the standards of family servants."

On the surface, he said, "Your Excellency is right. I also want to employ more servants, but I am really short of money and do not have the financial resources."

Hearing Chen Ran mention money again, Zhou Yanru sat there stroking his beard, lost in thought.

He is not able to enter the cabinet now, but is only a right vice minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the resources he can mobilize are limited.

If it is a civil servant transfer, he still has some influence, but in the military.

"I'll find a way to deal with this."

Although it was very difficult, Zhou Yanru, as a dog-licker, made the decision without hesitation, trying every possible way to help. "Just focus on training the troops."

Chen Ran, who was delighted, immediately stood up and saluted, "Thank you for your help, sir. If you have any orders in the future, I will obey you~~~"

Half a month later, Chen Ran received the first sponsorship from Zhou Yanru.

The sponsorship amounted to six thousand taels of silver, brought by Zhou Yanru's steward and a group of servants.

Ever since Zhou Yanru won the first place in the imperial examinations, he has been staying in Beijing as an official, but he has been working in only some low-paying government offices that allow him to maintain his reputation.

From being an impoverished editor in the Hanlin Academy to a prestigious position as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

I haven't made much money over the years, just the regular silver and the annual ice and charcoal gifts.

Being able to take out six thousand taels of silver had already emptied out the family fortune he had accumulated over the years.

Chen Ran didn't care whether he had emptied Zhou Yanru's family fortune or not. He immediately invested the money in the soldiers under his command.

It is actually not that difficult to improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

First of all, we must ensure that there is no arrears in food and wages, that is, there is enough food and wages.

The Ming Dynasty court was in arrears with food and wages, so Chen Ran paid the food and wages to his subordinates out of his own pocket.

Then, we need to maintain long-term high-intensity training. We don't need any special forces training methods from the modern world, just follow the records in the "Jixiao Xinshu".

If you can’t draw a tiger well, you can just copy it.

The military supplies, equipment, gunpowder consumed in training, daily food, meat, oil, etc. were also paid for out of his own pocket.

This was very common in the Ming army, and this was how servants were raised.

The last thing is to provide sufficient equipment with guaranteed quality.

This is the simplest thing. As long as you have enough silver, you can get it from the warehouse.

As I said, Chen Ran bought these equipments with his own money.

If these conditions are met, the fully paid Ming army will unleash the strength that truly belongs to them, the strength that once swept across the Mongols and reached the banks of the Onon River.

Time passed quickly. Zhou Yanru, who had returned to the capital, would send a sum of silver every ten days or half a month.

The amount is not much, usually just a few hundred taels, but it is a token of genuine thought.

The dog worked hard to earn the money and immediately gave it to express his gratitude. It was really touching.

Chen Ran was so moved that he spent the money without any hesitation. He even asked the warehouse managers in Jizhen to ask the Ministry of Works to allocate more high-quality Rumi guns.

Firearms were well developed in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many types of firearms.

Among these, the one that combines the best conditions in all aspects is the bird gun.

The Rumi gun is the best among bird guns.

It is easy to operate, has strong lethality and extremely long range.

Of course, the prerequisite is that it is a good product.

Those craftsmen in the Ministry of Works, who were like slaves, could only create good products under strict supervision.

Firearms made in ordinary times usually either fail to fire or explode directly.

"General Chen Qian." After being squeezed dry and abandoned, the number one bootlicker Zhu Laitong happily showed Chen Ran the Rumi gun that the Ministry of Works had recently sent. "The silver we sent has arrived. Minister Zhou has made efforts in the court again. The Ministry of Works has put in a lot of effort this time."

After the Qi family army was jointly destroyed by the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty no longer had an army that was as strictly trained in firearms as Chen Ran's army.

The result of long-term and extensive firearms training is the loss of firearms and gunpowder during training.

Things like weapons and equipment have a limited durability, and they will naturally be damaged after being used for a long time.

Even a good quality Rumi gun would be scrapped after continuous training day after day.

This is the reason why Chen Ran continues to spend huge amounts of money to purchase high-quality Rumi guns time and time again.

After taking the Rumi gun and examining it, Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad this time, it looks like a good thing. Lord Zhu, you are thoughtful."

Zhu Laitong standing by immediately smiled, like a loyal dog who had been praised.

"Master Zhu." Chen Ran put down the Lumi gun and looked at him. "How is the cotton-padded jacket issue going?"

Calculating the time, it’s almost time for the Later Jin to enter the Pass.

Chen Ran also started to make preparations in advance.

The Later Jin invaded the Pass at the end of October and did not withdraw until March of the following year, spanning the entire winter.

When fighting in the field in winter, keeping warm is the most important thing, so cotton-padded coats and trousers become important necessities.

Hearing this, Zhu Laitong's face suddenly became a little ugly.

What Chen Ran wanted was real cotton clothes and trousers, not the old stuff filled with waste paper and willow catkins.

All of this costs money.

"Here." Zhu Laitong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't worry, I will be ready."

"Master Zhu." Chen Ran raised his hand and patted his shoulder, saying earnestly, "Don't let me down."

Zhu Laitong became excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. "I'll go and urge them now!"

When he got on his horse and ran to the military camp, Zhu Laitong suddenly came to his senses and slapped himself, "What the hell am I doing?"

His brain had reacted, but his body was still very honest and galloped on his horse to urge Chen Ran to put on his cotton-padded jacket.

At the same time, in Zhou Yanru’s residence in the capital.

Looking at the hundreds of taels of silver notes he had just received as a tribute, Zhou Yanru's hands were shaking.

"master."

The housekeeper at the side was about to cry. "It's almost the end of the year, and the accounts of each store must be settled. If you can't come up with the money by then, it may damage the master's reputation."

The wealthy families in the capital city all have long-term cooperation with those century-old stores.

When buying things on a daily basis, such as silks, jewelry, writing brushes, inkstones, antiques and paintings, you don’t have to pay for them. You can just sign the bill and take the things away.

Then the store owners usually go to customers’ doors to collect payments during the three major festivals.

Zhou Yanru's family already owed money to many shops. As the New Year was approaching, it would be a huge embarrassment if people came to collect the debts and he couldn't pay.

"I know."

Zhou Yanru, whose neatly trimmed beard was trembling, was very eager to keep the new tribute at home.

But when the words came to his lips, they turned into "Hurry and send it to General Chen Qian in Jizhen."

After saying this, he slumped down in the chair as if all the bones in his body had been pulled out.

"Master~~~"

The housekeeper knelt on the ground and cried, "The mansion, the mansion is really running out of money~~~ That Master Chen is like a bottomless pit, no amount of silver can fill it~~~"

He really couldn't understand how Mr. Chen Qian caught the master's eye and made him give up everything to help him.

Even if it was the master's offspring who was living away from home, it wouldn't be like this, right?
Zhou Yanru sighed and wanted to say, "I really want to kill him now~~~"

But as a bootlicker, he couldn't say anything unfavorable to the person he admired.

Thousands of words came to my lips but I couldn't say them, and in the end I could only say "Go."

Watching the butler staggering out of the study with the banknotes, Zhou Yanru covered his forehead and said, "When will this kind of life end?"

Outside the distant city of Shenyang, a mighty army of tens of thousands marched out like a long winding dragon.

"Go to Mongolia first and contact the various tribes to move south together."

Huang Taiji was full of vigor and vitality on horseback, waving his whip and saying, "This time, I will let all the Mongols see clearly that the Ming Dynasty is no longer viable!"

He is the only person with strategic vision in the entire Later Jin Dynasty.

Huang Taiji knew very well that if Jin wanted to compete with a giant like the Ming Dynasty with its manpower and material resources, it would surely die.

So he needed help, especially from the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands.

If we want to win over the Mongols who have been oppressed and fought by the Ming for two hundred years, we must let them see the weakness of the Ming Dynasty clearly and get enough benefits!
On October 27, the second year of Chongzhen, the Later Jin Dynasty convened a meeting with the Mongolian tribes and divided its troops into three groups and marched southward.

Jirgalang and Yuetuo led their troops to attack Da'ankou, Abatai and Ajige led their troops to attack Longjingguan, and Huang Taiji led his troops to attack Hongshankou.

Three border checkpoints were breached, and tens of thousands of Manchu-Mongolian coalition forces bypassed the Ningjin defense line and entered the heart of the capital!
When the news came, the world was shocked!
(End of this chapter)