On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow fell heavily, and the entire Hankou wharf and the streets along the border had been blocked, and countless soldiers of the Fu Han Army were guarding with guns in ten steps.

There is only one reason, that is, Ning Yu, the capital of the Fu Han Army, has returned!

In Wuchang City, the fate of countless people has changed because of his existence, some people fear him, some people worship him, and some people even hate him, but when Ning Yu's warship arrived in Wuchang, everyone became a little silent. It was an unspeakable emotion that only grew deeper and deeper over time.

In addition to the soldiers of the Fu Han Army on the dock, there was also a large group of officials dressed in red, led by Ning Zhongjing, the right senator of the political affairs hall, and Cui Wancai, the left senator, respectively, and there were many old or new faces left, lined up in turn, looking forward to Ning Yu's return.

This kind of scene is actually the first time, mainly because the first few times Ning Yu came back, they were all at a more critical time, and the actions were naturally more secretive, and now the Fu Han Army is about to create a national foundation, so Ning Yu is naturally coming back above board, pulling the momentum to the top.

Dozens of warships on the dock lined up one after another, and many officers and soldiers of the Governor's Guard Mansion walked down from above, they were all Ning Yu's personal guards, and after a while, Ning Yu was accompanied by the generals, and officially boarded the dock, he was wearing a suit of armor and a scarlet cloak, looking quite heroic.

"My subordinates have seen Hanyang Gong."

Ning Zhongjing and Cui Wancai led everyone to come to salute, they had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw Ning Yu, they were also a little excited.

"No courtesy...... You haven't seen you for a few days, and now that the New Year is approaching, everything is changing, and the burden in the future will be heavier, so you should take good care of your health....."

Looking at everyone's slightly tired eyes, Ning Yu couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the past year is not an exaggeration to describe the changes in wind and rain, at the beginning of the year, there was a big battle that decided the life and death of the Han army, and in the second half of the year, it began to recover Jiangnan, although these are inseparable from the bloody battles of the front-line soldiers, but they also have a very important relationship with everyone behind the scenes.

Fortunately, the Fuhan Army won, and the curtain of the Fuhan Army in the future will be slowly opened.

"Where the subordinates are responsible, they don't dare to say anything."

After a set of procedures was completed, Ning Yu also sat in the prepared carriage, Cui Wancai would accompany him, and Ning Zhongjing would arrange for the officials of the Governor's Mansion who would come back with Ning Yu, many of whom had not yet completed the procedures within the Fu Han Army, so in order to avoid confusion, corresponding arrangements would be made before the year.

After getting into the carriage, although the two of them are considered monarchs and ministers, they are also teachers and students and sons-in-law, and the corresponding etiquette and humility cannot be ignored, but after some etiquette, Cui Wancai sighed first.

Ning Yu noticed that there were a lot more gray hairs on Cui Wancai's head, and knew in his heart that Cui Wancai was in the central position, and there were naturally many things to worry about, but it was hard work for him after all.

"Yu'er, you came back from afar, there are some things that shouldn't be told to you at this time, but now it's urgent, so the old man has to give you a reminder......" Cui Wancai had a little hesitation on his face, obviously some things are difficult after all.

"But the previous acre policy?" Ning Yu thought about it carefully, and this was almost the reason.

Cui Wancai said in a condensed voice: "We are now in a good momentum of the Han Army, and many people think that the day of sitting in the world and enjoying happiness has come." However, the policies you formulated in Jiangning before, such as attributing the fire to the people, apportioning the land to the mu, and paying the grain to the gentry in one piece, have damaged the interests of these people, and now they have begun to build momentum everywhere, saying that if we say this, it will hurt the hearts of the old brothers......"

Ning Yu's heart was slightly cold, he knew that the internal counterattack forces couldn't bear it after all, and there was still his father and elders suppressing it before, so there shouldn't be any big deals, but the impact of the official gentry's integrated payment of food was too great, so they began to oppose it together, of course, the purpose was not to deal with themselves, but just to force themselves to make concessions.....

The problem is that Ning Yu can't let it go now, and at the beginning of the establishment of the new dynasty, there must be a batch of new laws, and only by insisting on stuffing these few clauses into it now will it be easier to do things in the future.

"What do you mean by father?" Ning Yu asked the first question first, and this question would determine the direction behind him.

"What the King of Chu means is that long pain is better than short pain, and you can't hesitate when it's time to make up your mind on the battlefield."

Cui Wancai was a little relieved, of course he understood how much pressure Ning Zhongyuan needed to bear when he said this. But he still firmly became the backing of his son.

"In this matter, are the Cheng family and the Zheng family deeply involved?" Ning Yu asked again.

"The old lady of the Cheng family, the treacherous and cunning character, naturally will not jump out at this time, and the Cheng family is not involved much. The Zheng family is not optimistic, Zheng Xian said that the overall situation must be taken into account first, and these details should not be too picky, but it will miss the big thing......"

Ning Yu breathed a sigh of relief, the situation he was most afraid of did not happen, as long as the Cheng family did not end up, this matter would not be out of control, although there was opposition from inside, it was much better than Yongzheng's current situation.

"The matter of reform is related to the future of our restoration of the Han army, and it is also related to the well-being of the people at dawn in the world, so we must not compromise, otherwise we will lose the hearts of the people and the future."

Ning Yu said firmly, he first expressed his attitude on this matter, and then said in a low voice: "I will deal with this matter as soon as possible, the teacher doesn't have to worry, but there is one point, we have to build up the momentum first, and we have to let the people below know that what we are doing now is beneficial to them, and with the support of the people below, many things will be easy to do." ”

Cui Wancai had a little smile on his face, what he was satisfied with was not Ning Yu's way of dealing with it, but his heart for the sake of the people, only by thinking about the world can he achieve great things, and blindly focusing on conspiracy will not last long.

"Building momentum, this is a good idea, we have to win over the hearts of the lower classes first, and then we will be invincible in the future."

Ning Yu nodded lightly, and then said, "Tomorrow.... The government hall needs to arrange 200 officials, and if there are not enough manpower, they can be drawn from the army, but it is necessary to ensure that everyone understands the new policy of acreage and can explain the policy in an easy-to-understand manner, and then arranges 2,000 soldiers who are proficient in rough writing, so as to divide them into 200 teams, each team of 10 people, led by these officials, and then go deep into the counties and townships of Huguang and Guangzhou provinces to publicize the policy of acreage. ”

"Wonderful, it's really wonderful......" Cui Wancai thought about it for a while, and instantly understood that the key point of this approach, through this kind of task force, the biggest purpose is actually one point, that is, to ensure that the policy of the center will not change after it reaches the bottom.

In this era, the most difficult thing for politicians is not the formulation of policies, but the implementation of policies, often many policies with good intentions will become unrecognizable after the following, such as the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, to a large extent because of the deviation of policy implementation, resulting in public discontent.

The key is that this kind of policy deviation is very easy to do, just like the gentry integrated grain payment system proposed by Ning Yu, on the surface, it seems that there are no loopholes, but below, it is likely that the taxes originally collected from the gentry will be transferred to the heads of ordinary people by the gentry, and it will become a bad government at that time.

Ning Yu sighed slightly, "This kind of task force method can only temporarily solve the shortcomings, but it cannot fundamentally change this status quo...... There will always be further adjustments in the future, but the road ahead is too long. ”

Cui Wancai saw that Ning Yu's mood was slightly depressed, and immediately smiled: "The road is all walked little by little, I told you back then that saving ten people and hundreds of people can't save thousands of people, but if there is no such act of saving ten people and hundreds of people, how can there be the foundation of saving thousands of people?" All you have to do is remember the eight words, 'But do good deeds, don't ask about the future'. ”

"But do good deeds, don't ask about the future..... The teacher has great expectations for me, but the meaning behind this sentence is what the teacher really wants to say......"

Ning Yu had a little smile on his face, and said casually: "The river is narrow and the water is fierce, and people are anxious to make a living. Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the tiger mountains. This Tiger Mountain, I have to break through anything......"

.........

"The child has seen his father'......."

Ning Yu knelt on the ground, facing Ning Zhongyuan, who was sitting at the top of the head, and honestly bowed three times and nine times, no matter how majestic the Metropolitan Governor was outside, but in Ning Zhongyuan's eyes, he was still a child.

Ning Zhongyuan's face was slightly excited, and one hand was slightly raised, "Hurry up....... The family doesn't talk about this, this year our family can sit down and have a Chinese New Year's Eve meal, the previous years of war and danger, there is really no good time....... Cough.... cough ....." as he said this, he let out a violent cough.

Ning Yu felt a little bad in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Why is my father's body like this?" What are the famous doctors I sent back from Jiangnan, but what are they eating?! ”

Seeing that Ning Yu was in a hurry, Ning Zhongyuan was also slightly moved in his heart, he understood that the current Ning family would also become a royal family in the future, and many things might not be the same as before, but this blood relationship between father and son was what he cherished the most.

It's just that before he could speak, Mrs. Ning's eyes on the side were red, "Yu'er, the doctor also said that your father has too many old injuries, plus the injury last year, the whole person's body has not been completely ......."

"How so...... Wasn't that injury healed....... How did it get to this point? ”

Ning Yu felt a shadow in his heart, no matter what he said, his father's help to him was real, even since the start of the army, he has never complained...... At this critical time, his body couldn't bear it......

Ning Zhongyuan stopped coughing, and glared at Mrs. Ning on the side with some disgust, "It's always you who talk too much here...... Lao Tzu will not be able to die for a while! ”

"Yu'er, you can follow me into the study......."

When Ning Yu followed Ning Zhongyuan to the study, Ning Zhongyuan said with a smile: "In recent days, Mr. Cui and I have often played a few games, and our chess skills have grown greatly, so Yu'er might as well accompany me to the next game." ”

Ning Yu smiled dumbly, he already had a certain level of playing skills in his previous life, and he had played many times with Mr. Cui in this life, and his chess strength was no longer comparable to ordinary people. At most, his old father is at the level of a beginner enthusiast, and he is a little unimpressed at the moment.

Soon, a maid set up the chessboard, the black and white clouds were put aside, Ning Zhongyuan took the black first, and Ning Yu held the white.

Both of them like to play fast chess and are unwilling to take long exams, so the chess game quickly entered the middle game, but the situation on the field is still intractable, but the big dragon of black chess is faintly dangerous, and has been forced into the corner by Baizi, and some can't move.

If it is an ordinary chess player, seeing this scene, I am afraid that he will do whatever it takes to save this big dragon, but Ning Zhongyuan made a decision to kill, he quickly made the choice to give up, but began to kill a piece of white chess with all his strength, Ning Yu was naturally not to be outdone, and commanded the army to start slaughtering the black chess dragon.

The two of them seem to be facing each other on the battlefield, and there is no choice to resist and avoid the battle at all, so the whole chess board becomes full of blood, and more and more chess pieces are being devoured.

It's just that Ning Yu saw that his piece of white chess had reached the moment of life and death, but he hesitated a little, he finally chose to save a hand and gave up the opportunity to kill the black chess dragon.

But for Ning Zhongyuan, there was no intention of rescue in his eyes, but he chose to continue to kill Ning Yu's piece of chess very strongly, although he had suffered heavy losses and scars, but he showed an indomitable momentum.

"Father, I lost ......"

Ning Yu felt that his face was a little blushing, he really didn't understand why he made a mistake in judgment, that piece of white chess was irretrievable after all, but Ning Yu missed the opportunity to kill the black chess dragon because of the rescue of white chess, but let Ning Zhongyuan win with a half-goal advantage.

"Today's chess game is so interesting......"

Ning Zhongyuan smiled lightly and nodded, but the words behind him were a little shocking.

"I'm not going to be an emperor anymore, you can do it......"

"I don't know why...... Why did my father say this? Ning Yu felt a little stammered, as if he had heard something wrong.

Ning Zhongyuan laughed, but there was also a bit of sadness hidden in the laughter, "Yu'er, my father took the opportunity of playing chess today to tell you a truth, for the general to kill the decision, for the monarch to move forward." ”

"I know my father's body in my heart, if I become an emperor, I am afraid that I will not have two years to live..... When the time comes, let you succeed to the throne, for the father, lest there will be many more troubles..... It's better to be a father and return to the countryside, and maybe live a few more years..."

Ning Yu was a little silent, he thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect the current situation at all, in a sense, Ning Yu is unwilling to become the emperor now, the reason is very simple, if he becomes the emperor now, he will inevitably compromise because of many things, because there is a lot less buffer space, he can't blindly do it.

It's difficult, it's hard, and the hardest thing in the world is to be an emperor......