When the first batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes were harvested with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, the people in Li Chuang's army also secretly broke away from the army. The number of Li Chuang's army is getting smaller and smaller, and the army is weak, if the imperial court sends an army of about 3,000 people, it will definitely be able to destroy it.

Li Yan, who had already married the Red Lady and joined Li Chuang's army with the Red Lady, regretted it. He originally thought that Li Chuang was a hidden dragon, and he might be able to do a great career with him, but he didn't expect that the imperial court didn't know where to get the food, and he also came to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle to directly beat Li Chuang, a hidden dragon who had become a Jiao, back into a water snake. If you want to create a career, you can't realize it, and it's mysterious whether you can save your life. Others can return to their hometowns and continue farming as good citizens. But he is Li Chuang's henchman and the husband of the female thief in red, and he is famous in the imperial court, so there is no way out at all.

Li Yan regretted it, really regretted it. He regretted saving the red lady, regretted having an affair with her, and regretted helping her fight against the court. If there is no red lady, he is still Li Gongzi of Qixian County, with a virtuous wife, and maybe he will have a smart son and daughter. Now that the court is clear, I may be able to take a literary or martial arts exam to serve the court, where is like now, like a lost dog.

"Xianggong, what are you thinking? Hurry up and come over for dinner. The red lady called Li Yan loudly.

Li Yan looked at the red lady and sighed in his heart. How could he have liked the red lady before? Obviously she is so rude, why do you think she is straightforward?

The so-called love is easy and difficult to get along, which is the current state of Li Yan and the red lady. After becoming husband and wife with the Red Lady, Li Yan discovered how incompatible he was with the Red Lady. With different growth backgrounds, different levels of education, and even more different thoughts, there is no common topic, and it is completely sinful for two people to stay together. The previous advantages have all turned into disadvantages, and Li Yan began to miss his ex-wife Tang. Such a woman is the most suitable candidate for a wife, he must have been drugged by the red lady to like the red lady and let down his wife.

Li Yan dragged his heavy steps over, and the red lady handed the bowl with food to Li Yan. In the bowl was a large piece of horse meat, and they had already eaten up their current grain and grass, and they could not get the grain, grass and grain seeds from the imperial court, so they could only kill the horses to make food. But even so, how many people can eat? Li Yan's bowl was the horse meat specially packed for him by the Red Lady, while the Red Lady herself could only drink the broth.

The red lady really loves Li Yan, even if she knows that Li Yan is complaining about her in her heart now, she has not reduced her love for Li Yan at all. In her mind, Li Yan is good at everything, talented and capable, and he is all affected by himself, no wonder he is unhappy.

Li Yan chewed on the horse meat tastelessly, and suddenly, there was a vibration on the ground, and the scout ran over: "The army of the imperial court is coming!"

How could Li Chuang's army be defeated without waiting for him to be called the "King of Dashun" and not reaching the capital. He never had the opportunity to become a rogue, and he, Li Yan, and a group of subordinates were all captured by the imperial army's army and sent to the capital to wait for Chongzhen to dispose of it. The only one who escaped was the unappreciated female lady Red Lady.

In the capital, Chongzhen was discussing things with Lin Baiyu. Since Lin Baiyu submitted a plan to control locusts, Chongzhen has attached great importance to Lin Baiyu's talent and regarded him as his advisor. Originally, after the grain was shipped back, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to reward Lin Baiyu, but Lin Baiyu asked Chongzhen to give the reward to the original owner's brother.

Lin Baiyu told Chongzhen that she cultivated and could not be rewarded by the imperial court, so it was better to give the reward to her eldest brother.

Chongzhen suddenly thought of Liu Bowen, the military advisor at the time of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, expressed his understanding, and named Brother Tang as the Marquis of Abundance, but gave Lin Baiyu a token that could enter the palace, so that she could enter the palace at any time to help her share affairs. Lin Baiyu is now equivalent to Chongzhen's strategist.

On this day, Lin Baiyu gave Chongzhen a training method for modern soldiers, with this method, the strength of the Ming Dynasty army would be increased by one or two times, and it would be much easier to fight against the Manchurian Tartars outside the Guan.

Chongzhen was excited when he looked at the training method, but then his brows furrowed: "Those civilian officials are afraid that they will oppose it on the grounds of working the people and losing money. ”

Lin Baiyu raised her eyebrows: "Donglin Party members?"

Chongzhen nodded: "You don't have a good impression of the Donglin Party either?"

Lin Baiyu snorted: "I can only dream about it, and I am longer than internal strife, and shorter than governing the country and the army." The party is the same and the party is different, and even the integrity of the literati has been lost, so what is left for such a party. ”

Chongzhen has relatives in his heart, but most of the civil officials in the court are Donglin Party members, and they have formed a tight net, which makes it difficult for him to move.

Lin Baiyu said: "As I said earlier, these people no longer have the dignity of the literati, and if they kill a few more, they will be afraid." You are the emperor, and the military power is in your hands, and you are still afraid of a few literati? The power comes out of the barrel of a gun, even if they have a pen, what is the use? Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism. As long as the emperor makes up his mind, he will see that the Donglin Party people are not terrible. ”

Although Emperor Chongzhen felt that this idea was cool, he was still very worried: "There are too many Donglin Party members, I am afraid that if I kill a few, I will let them unite, if the dynasty is dismissed, who will handle the affairs of the imperial court?"

Lin Baiyu said twice: "Emperor, the most people in this world are people. Some people can't pass the Jinshi exam, not because they can't do it, but because they are not good at making articles. There are many talented people who are good at internal affairs, some are good at diplomacy, and some are good at economics...... As long as you are on the list and recruiting, some people come to work, why use those wastes who can only talk and don't understand people's livelihood and governance?"

Chongzhen hesitated a little when he heard this: "Those people really have skills?"

Lin Baiyu said: "The grass people are not from the Jinshi background, does the emperor think the grass people can do it or not?"

"Sir is naturally a great talent. Chongzhen understood, "I'll make an order to set up a recruitment list." ”

In fact, he regretted it a little after eradicating the eunuch party, the Donglin party is now dominant in the DPRK and China, and it has had an impact on the imperial power, so it is strange that he can put up with them anymore.

Lin Baiyu suddenly smiled: "I have a way, the emperor will see if it is feasible." In order to show the emperor's mercy, let's not kill those people in the Donglin Party, and exile them outside the gate. Let them go and point fingers at the Manchu Tartars and see what they do to them. ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed: "This method is good, I like it." In the name of 'indoctrination,' they were driven out of the gates. ”

Lin Baiyu actually had a very good impression of the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhang Juzheng, Yu Qian, Wang Shouren, Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe, and so on. These civil officials are also bloody, they can fight on horseback, they can hold a pen when they get off the horse, and when they go to court, if they disagree, they will roll up their sleeves and go to the field to fight. It is precisely because of them that there were so many unreliable emperors before Chongzhen, and the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed.

But for the Donglin Party, Lin Baiyu really didn't have a good impression at all. Not to mention her, the evaluation of the Donglin Party members is not particularly good, "The New Theory of the Donglin Party" said: The Donglin Party people "have never put forward a political program to save the country", "long in internal strife, short in governing the country and the army". Some people even called "the Donglin Party people misled the country". "The Mentality of the Late Ming Dynasty and Literary Cases" said: "The final demise of the Ming Dynasty, the party members of the late Ming Dynasty, including the Donglin Party, bear unshirkable historical responsibility."

The most despised thing about them is that the Donglin Party people have no blood. Li Zicheng's army broke through Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen asked the eunuchs to ring the bell to summon the officers and soldiers in an emergency. But in normal times, none of the Donglin Party who were impassioned in the court appeared, and they had long since dispersed. Emperor Chongzhen's hatred for the Donglin Party: "I am not the king of the country, and all the ministers are the ministers of the country." ”

Lin Baiyu and Chongzhen finalized the strategy of dealing with the Donglin Party, and the two of them thought of the experience that the Donglin Party would encounter in the future, and they were all happy and funny. At this time, Wang Chengen came in and said that Li Zicheng and his subordinates had been arrested and taken to Beijing.

Lin Baiyu interjected and asked, "Is there a person named Li Yan among the bandits?"

Wang Chengen thought for a while and nodded: "There are indeed such two people." ”

Chongzhen was curious: "Mr. knows the two?"

Lin Baiyu didn't think that the Tang family's previous affairs in Qixian could be concealed from the emperor, so she sighed and pretended to be sad......

Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and sure enough, he had already investigated the matter of the Tang family. should have also doubted whether Lin Baiyu was dressed as a man, but Lin Baiyu's male appearance was flawless, which made Chongzhen unclear. However, Lin Baiyu is talented, Chongzhen thinks that he can tolerate a big belly, and he can use it if he is a man or a woman.

"Pity my sister, the person she married is that Li Yan. That Li Yan hooked up with the bandit Red Lady, which not only affected my Tang family, but also killed my sister. ”

Chongzhen figured out the "gender mystery" of the second child of the Tang family, and was even more relieved, so he said: "Mr. hates Li Yan so much, I can hand over Li Yan and the red lady to Mr. to deal with." ”

Lin Baiyu shook her head: "No need, just deal with it according to the law of the country." However, the grass people want to ask the emperor for a favor. ”

"What kind of grace?" Chongzhen asked.

Lin Baiyu said: "My eldest brother and Li Yan were classmates and later friends. If my eldest brother knew about Li Yan's news, he would definitely miss his previous friendship and want to visit Li Yan. Only Li Yan is a serious offender in the imperial court, and he can't easily see people. Caomin wanted to help the eldest brother ask for a favor, so that he could meet Li Yan before he died, which fulfilled the past relationship between the two. ”

Chongzhen thought it was a big deal, but after listening to Lin Baiyu's words, he readily agreed.