The Ming Dynasty in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen has become a little shaky because of Liu Xi's life.

In this situation, not only the rogue was raging, but even a group of generals with troops in the Ming Dynasty began to quietly sit down.

Because of the continuous wars and small battles, the front line was in urgent need of replenishing soldiers, and the military headquarters had no money and no food, so they had to pinch their noses and endure the actions of the front-line commanders to privately catch strong men.

For example, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, who are chief military officers, do not have 20,000 or 30,000 horses in their hands now, and this situation would have been unimaginable a few years ago.

Of course, taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Ximing also expanded his military power.

As Shao Derong, Zheng Jingcai and others continued to be promoted, Liu Xi ordered Huang Zonghui to arrange it and separate Zheng Jingcai.

At present, Shao Derong has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Zheng Jingcai has 15,000 soldiers and horses, all of which are trained in rotation by soldiers and horses such as the Long Xiang Division and the Tiger Ben Division.

Not to mention that Cao Bianjiao still has 30,000 horses under his command, of course, this has nothing to do with the Liu family.

However, with the current relationship between the two families, Liu Ximing believes that it should not be a problem to win over Cao Bianjiao.

This practice of borrowing the baskets of the official army to lay their own eggs made Shao Derong and others like it very much.

Although the sacrifice is not small, the regularized combat capability of the Liu family's army is constantly strengthened.

Second, because of the large number of direct contacts with the military system and civilian system of the Ming official army, under the instigation and education of ideological and political officials at all levels of the Liu family, the loyalty of the entire Liu family military system has risen sharply.

Speaking of military affairs, Huang Zonghui, the military department, naturally has more right to speak.

He followed his forehead and sighed, "Not only that, Donglu is starting to be restless again, Hong Chengchou has sent military reports several times, saying that Dongyu is moving frequently, maybe there will be some big moves." ”

"Dongyu", Du Liangji was shocked and shocked, "Isn't it already peaceful?" Why did these barbarians still use troops? ”

"Hahaha, you, you, Jianyu barbarian, what kind of faith can you say?"

Liu Ximing laughed and pointed at Du Liangji, "The reason why we were able to reach a peace treaty last year was only because there were Yue Tuo and other prisoners, and Jianyu threw a rat trap, and later Hong Chengchou and other soldiers and horses came to King Qin, so Jianyu did this strategy of delaying the army." ”

"It's a pity that Jianyu's obvious mind was ignored because the emperor and Yang Wenqiao and others were bent on seeking peace, and I heard that Sun Chuanting, Sun Boya and others also appealed to their reasons again and again, and the court couldn't use it."

Liu Ximing directly pointed out the deep-seated reasons for Jianyu and said: "Jianyu has few people and narrow land, and the Jurchens are not engaged in production, so if you want to feed the people in eastern Liaoning and promote development, you can only take the road of fighting to feed the war." ”

"Last year, Jianyu failed to plunder the Central Plains as he wished, and after a year of repairs, Huang Taiji will inevitably raise troops to attack Ming again, which is really eventful."

"So I can't understand your plan until I wait", Huang Zong replied a little depressed.

Liu Ximing smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, I'll know when I'm done." ”

"By the way, there are already a lot of members of the Datong Society in Central Sichuan and the Restoration Society, and this epidemic prevention is an opportunity, Brother Zewang might as well repair a book in my name and invite the Datong Society from all over the country to go to the Central Plains together, what do you think?"

Huang Zonghui clapped his hands and praised: "This matter is very good, saving the epidemic is to save the people, if the members of the Datong Society dare to go to danger, it will appear that the purpose of the society is for the people, I will write a letter." ”

"You can tell people in the letter that this epidemic is not incurable, so as not to resist too much." , Liu Ximing specially advised.

Huang Zonghui and the two looked up at Liu Ximing quite movingly.

"Oh? Are you really here to do this? What is the situation of this epidemic? ”

Liu Ximing smiled mysteriously and said: "You usually ask you to look at the microscope, remember that this epidemic is mainly plague, and its source is caused by the plague bacillus carried on rats and other animals. ”

"Previously, our clinic has developed penicillin that can be used, which can treat most of the inflammation and other diseases caused by bacteria, although this plague is immune to penicillin, but it has no resistance to streptomycin, I have already asked Gu Nan and other gentlemen to carry out research, this time I want to be able to use it."

"I never thought that the study of Gewu was so broad, it seems that all the sages in the past misunderstood the meaning of Zengzi, and this Gewu is the original way."

Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji both sighed.

Liu Ximing smiled and said nothing when he saw this, he was not interested in exploring what he thought when he proposed Gewu Zhizhi, but for now, it gave him a good opportunity to tell the ancient words.

"So, don't worry, after all these years, have you ever seen me do anything that I'm not sure of?"

"Hahaha, that's true."

After discussing social affairs for a while, Huang Zonghui and the two of them drifted away.

Liu Ximing sent the two out of the house, but saw Cao Wanyi standing in the courtyard with a worried face.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ximing immediately understood what Cao Wanyi was worried about.

He laughed and took a few steps forward, held Cao Wanyi's hands and said with a smile: "Hahaha, what's the matter, aren't you scared when you hear that you want to go back to Sichuan?" ”

Cao Wanyi pinched Liu Ximing's arm with a look of disgust, "It's all your fault, suddenly saying such an important thing made the concubine's heart messy." ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, your mother and family already know about it, and you have to meet sooner or later, so what is there to worry about now. Let's go, I'll tell you about your mother's preferences, and I'll make you a little prepared. ”

After speaking, Liu Ximing took Cao Wanyi's small waist and pushed the door into the room.

Needless to say, what the Liu family is like, it's just that Chongzhen watched Liu Ximing go to court normally for three days in a row like no one, but he didn't see any other movement, and he finally became a little anxious.

On February 19, just after the early dynasty, Chongzhen hurriedly sent someone to summon Liu Ximing to the Qianqing Palace.

Liu Ximing walked into the palace, and Chongzhen, who was still on the throne, asked a little anxiously: "It's been three days, why haven't you seen any movement in the Qing family, maybe you don't know how to do it?" ”

Compared with Chongzhen's urgency, Liu Ximing seemed quite calm when he heard the question.

He bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Ministry of Rites is preparing for the sacrifice, I don't know how this matter is being prepared?" ”

Liu Ximing's attitude made Chongzhen stunned, and it took a while to react and say: "It's almost over, the third queen is Huang Daoji." ”

"In that case, please rest assured, Your Majesty's plan will be clear in a few days."

Seeing that Liu Xi's life was successful, although he was a little curious about what he was selling, Chongzhen's heart finally settled down.

Liu Ximing's move is also no way, firstly, the epidemic will last for a long time, and secondly, with the traffic conditions of this era and the local execution at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a few days will not play a role in controlling the epidemic at all.

So, he simply used this time to make various preparations.

After the third month, on February 22, under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites, the Ming Dynasty, which had just finished the 13th annual examination of Chongzhen, officially held a sacrifice at the Temple of the Land in Beijing, praying for the complete elimination of the plague and the well-being of the world.

On February 23, the people in the Ming Dynasty suddenly discovered that there were more new things on the side.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, the just-published Central Plains Newspaper is dedicated to epidemic prevention affairs, and it is proofread by the minister of the Qincha, Xin Anbo, the governor of the Central Plains, the left attendant of the military department and the right deputy envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate, everyone come and take a look."

Outside the Zhengyang Gate in the outer city of Beijing, more than a dozen children dressed in green clothes and hats waved the newspaper in their hands and kept selling to the crowd, attracting the frequent attention of the people in Beijing.

"What the hell is this newspaper?"

"The new Amber proofreads it himself, so I'll have to see it."

"What do you see, are you literate?"

From time to time, some people in the crowd of onlookers were making noise and laughing, and a long-faced young man in a blue round-necked robe pushed through the crowd and walked out.

This person is Gu Yanwu who came to Beijing again to catch the exam.

Although the results of the current examination have not yet been released, Gu Yanwu has already expected that his exam is not ideal, and he often wanders around the city when he is depressed, and he is depressed.

"This, newspaper, how much is a copy?"

After shouting for a long time, I only saw people watching, but not many people bought the newspaper, and the newsboy who was responsible for selling the newspaper was already a little cold, and now I saw a man who raised people to ask the price, and the newsboy in green clothes and small hats hurriedly ushered in.

"This old man, you can buy it for only three cents."