Ning Zhongyuan still made himself a cup of camellia, since Ning Yu brought the tea back from Yunmeng Mountain, he fell in love with the slightly bitter taste, and of course, Ning Yu's master Cui Wancai, also loved the bitterness of camellia. Therefore, this kind of camellia, which was originally very rustic, has become the favorite of high-ranking officials and nobles in Wuchang City. The Chu Wangfu alone purchases thousands of catties every year.

In this way, it has made the life of the people in Yunmeng Mountain much better, many people have no fields to cultivate, so they pick tea in the mountains for a living, and they can also feed their families, and for Ning Yu, the governor who saved them, he is also extremely grateful to Dade.

Ning Yu took a deep breath of the fragrance of camellia, but sighed: "In the early years when I was training in Yunmeng, things were messy and busy, and I was very busy every day, all of which were supported by this tea. ”

Ning Zhongyuan had a smile on his face, "Hehe, your master said back then that you let those people grow tea and the plan was too small, but my father didn't think so, this people can support their family by growing tea, it's already a very great thing." ”

Ning Yu sighed with emotion, "What the master said is right, since I came on this expedition, I found that my China is so vast and the population is dense, just relying on one, two, or even dozens of methods, it is impossible to help everyone, only by mastering the roots of the Great Dao, can more people benefit from it." ”

"Hmm, aren't you talking about supporting industry and commerce this time?"

Ning Zhongyuan had a wry smile on his face, "But the internal opposition to this matter is too loud now, and many people will worry that businessmen will mess up politics in the future." As long as our Fu Han army takes Jiangnan now, it will have the opportunity to pacify the southeast and obtain half of the country. ”

Ning Yu knew in his heart that although this was said by his father Ning Zhongyuan, it was said on behalf of those people in the current Fu Han Army, if even he Ning Zhongyuan could not be convinced, then this bill naturally could not be taken to the political hall for discussion.

Of course, Ning Yu can also choose to forcibly promote the decree, but this will only cause internal centrifugation and detachment, and there is absolutely no benefit, so only by persuading the other party and persuading most of the people in the Fu Han army can it be promoted.

"Father, now that our Han army and the Qing court have been holding each other, it is difficult to have external troubles in a short period of time, so this is not only a great opportunity for our army's reform, but also a competition with Yongzheng who can adjust the internal situation faster, as long as Yongzheng is one step faster than us, he will never let our army change at that time, and I am afraid that there will be no more chance."

Ning Zhongyuan sighed in his heart, he naturally understood this truth, although he has won a lot of battles now, but after all, the Qing Dynasty is a skinny camel bigger than a horse, plus Yongzheng is such a young and promising king, the future is difficult to say.

"However, you have to give everyone an explanation now, otherwise everyone will feel unbalanced in their hearts."

Ning Zhongyuan's words were vague, but Ning Yu understood, the landlords and gentry contributed money and efforts to fight, and when the time came, let the industry and commerce pick peaches, and no one would do it, didn't they want to give the industry and commerce a head? Let's show sincerity first. The military spending in front of me alone is far from enough.

Although it is very difficult to really talk about it, but Ning Zhongyuan's words have already left a hole for Ning Yu, so Ning Yu can also accept such a result in his heart, as for talking on behalf of industry and commerce, there is no suitable support point at the moment, so Ning Yu has to think about it carefully.

The father and son continued to talk for a while, but instead of discussing the topic again, they began to discuss the battles they were fighting now. Ning Zhongyuan heard Ning Yu's talk, but he was greedy, his idea of galloping on the battlefield was not a day or two, and his heart was always the same as the weed.

"You kid, wait until you Lao Tzu and I go to the battlefield again, and I'll fight you with my own hands! Hey, last time that Fu Erdan didn't count, he actually attacked Lao Tzu at night, hum! ”

Ning Yu couldn't cry or laugh a little, of course he understood that his old man was not convinced of the old, plus he had been fighting for half his life, but now he was dealing with Wenmo as a whole, which had already itched in his heart.

"Father, when Huaibei is taken, the child plans to organize a special cavalry team, and when the time comes, our Fu Han army will not be so passive in the face of the Qing army."

Ning Yu stood up and filled the cup in front of Ning Zhongyuan with water, and the green tea leaves swirled up and down in the water.

Ning Zhongyuan said with a smile: "This Huaibei is flat, there are countless people who are good at riding horses, and it is just right to recruit and train cavalry, it seems that you kid don't need Lao Tzu to teach." That being said, there was something unpleasant about the voice.

Ning Yu hurriedly patted his head, but took out a short sword from his arms and handed it to Ning Zhongyuan, only to see that the scabbard was still inlaid with some jewels, which didn't look like a weapon, but more like a work of art.

Ning Zhongyuan looked at Ning Yu with some doubts, and after Ning Yu drank the tea, he hurriedly offered his courtesy and said: "Father, this is a sword captured by the child when he killed the Qing army's guard minister Ar Songa on the battlefield, it is said that this sword was given by Kangxi himself, and the child saw that this sword was gorgeous, so he specially gave it to his father." ”

Ning Zhongyuan was interested when he heard this, he pulled out the short sword, the blade seemed to emit a trace of coldness, and at a glance, he knew that it was the first-class sword, just looking at the shining scabbard, he couldn't help but pout: "The sword is a good sword, but with such a scabbard, it is a little cheesy." ”

Ning Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, this person Emperor Kangxi gave him the thing to be a minister of guards, naturally he didn't expect the other party to take this short sword to play with his life. But fortunately, with this short sword, Ning Zhongyuan's thoughts of going to the battlefield were also light.

By the time Ning Yu and Cui Xi returned to their small courtyard, it was already evening, and the entire courtyard had become silent, and some of the servants and maids were also walking cautiously.

"Why has everyone become so careful? Isn't it nice to see it on weekdays, but now it's a lot less angry. Ning Yu was a little puzzled.

Cui Xi glanced at Ning Yu with some resentment, and sighed mournfully: "Didn't you win many battles a while ago...... I don't know which one chewed his tongue, saying that his father was going to be the emperor, and everyone in the courtyard had to pay attention to it in the future, so as not to lose his polite identity. ”

Ning Yu was shocked when he heard this, if it was just the words of one or two small people, but if the high-level of the Fu Han Army thought like this now, I am afraid it would be a little bad.

It was night, and the husband and wife were newly married after a long absence, and they had a lot of nonsense, but it made Cui Xi's face more and more ruddy.

The next day, Ning Yu rushed to the political hall early, only to see that there were already many people in the compound, and these people could be regarded as the core supporters of the Fu Han Army to a certain extent, so after all, for such a major adjustment, it was necessary to consult the thoughts of these people.

It's not that this thing can't be done without the consent of these people, in fact, the main thing is to convey a message to everyone, that is, the Fu Han army wants to win over and unite the gentry class, and it is by no means the master who waits to cross the river and tear down the bridge, so as to calm people's hearts.

Seeing Ning Yu's arrival, many people knelt directly on the ground and saluted, after all, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty for so many years, they didn't learn anything else, but they learned to kneel ten out of ten, and they sang words in their mouths one by one, hoping to be able to be blinded by this prince.

After a while, Ning Zhongyuan and the old lady of the Cheng family came together, and Zheng Xian also hurriedly followed, and then a large number of family backbones, as well as Cui Wancai, Gao Hanming, Cheng Xiaozhang and other courtiers, walked in together.

Everyone saluted again, and then sat down very tacitly. Needless to say, Ning Zhongyuan naturally sat on the main seat in the center, while Ning Yu sat on a slightly short chair next to him, followed by the old lady of the Cheng family, Zheng Xian, Ning Zhongjing, Cui Wancai and others lined up in turn, filling this fairly large room to the brim.

The conference set the tone from the start, and that was about tax standards for years and decades to come. Ning Zhongyuan also made a good start this time, and did not hesitate to start vigorously tossing the still slightly immature bureaucratic system of the Fu Han Army.

"The so-called state and county orders are officials close to the people, and the foundation of government officials. As for money and food, the relationship is particularly important, and the slightest grain is the fat of the people. If you increase one point, the people will suffer a point, and if you subtract one point, the people will get a point. The malpractices of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty are vividly visible, and you should not ignore them. ”

Ning Zhongyuan's face turned a little red, and his wording became more and more harsh, although this is the result of the gradual improvement of his acting skills, on the other hand, it is also a true portrayal of his heart. Therefore, in the current era, there is no difference between the Fu Han Army and the Qing Dynasty, or Zhu Yigui, and they are all extremely reactionary and backward existences. Of course, the White Lotus Sect is even lower.

The specific manifestation of this is that the taxation of the people did not completely abolish the malpractices that existed in the Qing court, such as fire consumption is an extremely common method, and the people hate it.

The so-called fire consumption refers to the local states and counties after collecting taxes, to smelt the broken silver handed over by the people and then cast into silver ingots, because the purity and quality of the people's broken silver are different, in the process of smelting and casting ingots, it is easy to have some losses, so the local states and counties will be hungry when collecting taxes, "fire consumption" as a reason, to collect some more taxes.

This kind of fire cost was already very common in the Kangxi period, but because the Qing court official system inherited the former Ming Dynasty, so a small Qipinzhi County was only 45 taels a year, and it was really unable to feed such a large family and master, so fire consumption became an unwritten rule.

For Ning Zhongyuan, he naturally didn't want to continue to let this kind of loophole continue to exist, he looked at everyone with an extremely serious face, and said in a loud voice: "This king also knows your difficulties, this original person asked for a temporary increase in fire consumption to make up for the shortfall, but it is not necessarily for the sake of his own family, but we are different now, not such rural people." Now that they have all entered the house, we have to take a good look at the people, we have to be stronger than the pseudo-Qing, and we have to be much stronger, so that this person's heart can be attached! ”

Although Old Man Cheng pretended to be asleep at this time, but Ning Zhongyuan's words, he listened to them word for word, so he coughed slightly, and when he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he smiled and said: "This person is old, so he can't sit still, and he wants to sleep when he sits down, haha!" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, but it made the atmosphere in the venue not so dignified, but this scene made Ning Yu have to sigh secretly, this Jiang is really old and spicy, and his control of people's hearts is almost perfect. Because of his interruption, there is room for the two sides to turn around when they talk, so that they will not be unable to get off the stage.

"Lord Qiqi, the old man shouldn't have intervened in major politics, but now he has to say a few more words." Old Man Cheng stood up a little tremblingly.

"Now that I can make such progress as today, I am inseparable from all of you, let me ask you here, which family does not have a few sons and nephews fighting on the front line? Who didn't give money to support the army? At this critical time, we still have to put people's hearts first! ”

When everyone heard this, although they felt that something was not quite right, they all nodded, and when it came to dedication, no one here is worse than the other.

Ning Yu stood up at this time and saluted Old Man Cheng, "What my grandfather said, although there is some truth, but Yu'er also has the courage to express some of her thoughts on this major political matter. ”

Old Man Cheng laughed, he was very fond of this grandson, so he stroked his beard and smiled: "Yu'er has anything to say, just say it." ”

Ning Yu hadn't spoken yet, but he sighed deeply, "Everyone here, strictly speaking, are my uncles and elders, Yu'er is a little rude to speak here, but Yu'er has some words that are not unhappy. ”

"On August 15 of the 59th year of Kangxi, my army of the Han Dynasty officially launched an army to resist the Qing Dynasty, and it has been a year and a half since today, and it has taken the three provinces of Huguang and Jiangxi, and Anhui also has half of the wall in hand, but in addition to the lives of our army soldiers, the support of those people is also indispensable."

Thinking of the scenes on the battlefield, Ning Yu always felt that his eyes were slightly red, "They don't understand the general righteousness of the nation, and they don't understand why they want to restore our Han dynasty, but they understand in their hearts that although the current Qing Dynasty has the so-called 'never endowment', in fact, all kinds of malpractices have long been buried, and many people can't survive at all, so they defected to my Han army!" ”

"If our army still copied the maladministration of the Qing court, what is the difference between it and the pseudo-Qing government? If our army wants to dominate the country in the future, how difficult should it be? Now, the time has come when we have to abolish bad governance, if the Qing court abolish it before us, then what hope do we have in this world? ”

Ning Yu's words were full of heartache, and he knelt on the ground, "Father, now that the fire consumption in the state and county has increased arbitrarily, it is regarded as an example, how can the people be worthy?" After that, it is advisable to prohibit it, or be impeached by the superiors, or be corrected by the department, and the crime will be punished severely, and there will be no leniency. ”

"As for the use of officials in various states and counties, the ministers think that they should increase their salaries in order to strengthen the shortcomings of the people's hearts and make up for the shortfalls."