Li Qiyuan said: "Didn't you say fifteen years? What if the Ming army recovers the whole of Liao in three to five years? All of us have confidence in the emperor and the army of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Twenty years, six million in exchange for twenty years of taxes in Liaodong and Liaoxi, if you don't want to, you will give me 600,000 yuan a year, and the capital will be repaid." If you are willing to write a note like me, everyone on the scene will sign it, and write that you cannot regret it. ”

Li Qiyuan said: "This minister cannot be the master, and he needs to consult with other officials in the DPRK and China. ”

Tianqi said: "Then let King Xin preside over tomorrow, and all officials above the third rank will go to the Government Council to discuss, and I will listen to the results later, and now everyone will disperse." ”

Originally, it was calculated that no one objected, and took the opportunity to promote a few people who were easy to use to wait for the opportunity to wait for the opportunity, who knew that someone would be forced to empty the family and be relied upon, and the mood of the apocalypse was indeed very unhappy. If a man is single and in a bad mood, he will go to someone to talk to, and if he has a wife who happens to be very good at explaining himself, this man will go to his wife to talk to him. Tianqi happened to have a very gentle and virtuous wife, so he came to Kunning Palace to find the queen.

As soon as I entered the palace gate, I saw two palace maids greet me, squatted down and said, "The slave has seen the emperor." ”

The apocalypse said, "Get up, where is the queen?" ”

One of the palace maids said: "The queen went to see the old queen mother after breakfast, and before the meal, the old concubine Zheng sent someone to invite the queen, and the emperor took a slave to invite the queen back." ”

Tianqi nodded, turned his head to Tan Jing and said, "Ask someone to call lunch to Kunning Palace." ”

Seeing that Tan Jing and the palace maid were gone, Tianqi looked at the other palace maid carefully when she had nothing to do, only to see that she had a slightly round melon seed face, big eyes, a straight nose and a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and her heart couldn't help but move.

Apocalypse called her closer and asked softly, "It was the two of you who poured the wine last night, right?" What is your name? ”

The palace maid said, "The slave maid is called Sanlang." ”

"Three waves?" Apocalypse smiled, "This name is special. ”

The palace maid named Sanlang said: "The slave's father likes his son, who knows that the three daughters who gave birth to him are all daughters, and since he was a child, he dressed the slave and maid as a boy and named him Sanlang." ”

Apocalypse asked, "Then how did it end up being three waves?" ”

Sanlang said: "Later, the slave's father had a son, so he thought that the girl's name Sanlang was not good, so he called Sanlang." ”

Tianqi said: "It's better to call San Lang." He asked, "How old are you?" How long does it take to enter the palace? Why haven't I seen you before? ”

Sanlang said: "The slave maid has been in the palace for five years this year, and after entering the palace, she has been waiting for the old queen mother with Chunying, and the queen saw the slave and maid a few days ago, and the old queen mother was going to Kunning Palace, and I heard that the old queen mother was also very happy to be ready to sleep for the emperor. ”

Apocalypse asked, "Chunying?" It's the one that just went out, right? Do you know what it means to be a bedchamber? ”

Sanlang said: "I know, I heard the queen say that the sleeping is to cover the emperor's feet." ”

Apocalypse laughed when he heard it.

At this time, the queen came back with four palace maids, and Tianqi asked the queen to sit down and rest, and asked, "What did the old queen mother say to you?" ”

The queen said: "The old queen mother said that she would personally see the princess of the king. ”

Tianqi smiled and asked, "This is no problem, then what's the matter with Old Concubine Zheng?" ”

The queen said: "Old Concubine Zheng said that King Fu replied and agreed that the tenants under his name who were affected by the disaster could temporarily owe taxes, but they would have to pay them back within three years. As for the 2 million mu given to him by Emperor Wanli, he said that he could not return it, and if the emperor allowed him to build a government in Beijing, he could hand over more than 100,000 mu in other places. ”

Apocalypse said: "If you say that you will take a fraction of a difference after talking about it for a long time, it is really a thing that does not want to kill money!" I don't want to see the hundreds of thousands of acres of acres that Mrs. Zheng wants to see her son and grandson, and he is reluctant to quit, even if he retreats, it must be a place where birds don't. ”

The queen asked, "Then how do you tell Old Concubine Zheng?" King Fu is also the emperor's uncle. ”

Apocalypse said, "What else? First agreed to wait for him to come and then grind slowly, mosquito legs are also meat, and besides, the mosquito legs of more than 100,000 acres are still a bit big. However, you make it clear to Mrs. Zheng that since his land is not fully paid, he has to pay for the construction of the mansion himself, and he is not like King Hui and Rui, and when he arrives in Beijing, his mother and son will not be able to see each other, and they must come according to the royal system. ”

The next morning, Tianqi asked the eunuch to pass the word that the ministers should go to the Government Council to discuss first, whether the business will be done or not, he will go over to listen to the results later, and take stock of his own achievements in the past half a year: the matter of going back is too slim, and the prerequisite is to find that "him", and I don't know whether it is a man or a woman or an animal or plant in the vast sea of people, so I can only put it aside first. The good news is that the body has made great progress in the morning exercise and evening meditation, although there is still a great distance compared with the young ** and other masters, but it is no problem to bully two or three old ladies and children with confidence, and it is really possible to cultivate to the point that one hand can strangle three Jurchen warriors, so it is not impossible to play the royal driving campaign, but now it is more sensible to hide clumsy. In terms of military affairs, the defense should be assured, but there are only a few offensive means that are close to the gap, and it can only be said that the gap can be filled through actual combat, because only defense is not clean to defend the Jurchens. There are a lot of things in government affairs, but in the final analysis, it is still a "money" word, making money not only takes a long time but also tiresome, and it is simple to raise taxes directly to the farmers who are shaving in the fields, but now natural disasters and man-made disasters are endless, and many peasant brothers are so hungry that their eyes are green, and then raising taxes is likely to force the green light in their eyes to become a fierce light, and the gains outweigh the losses. After thinking about it, I had to find a few corrupt officials who were ignored by people and pulled them out to show the public, and by the way, they raided their homes to moisten their shriveled pockets, because they were not afraid of someone blowing up their pockets from the moral high ground. But as the saying goes, "the soil can not be dug deeply", everything can be one can be two can not be repeated, the first time I copied the Hakka and Wei Zhongxian but the money was borrowed and the account was repaid, the second time I copied ten large households but was intercepted by the household, busy for half a year, only a righteous body and two sleeves of the breeze, how can a "miserable" word? Now looking at the world, I can't find a few big fish floating on the surface, Wei Zhongxian is loyal but it seems that he is also poor in donkey skills, and even a few secret reports are not of much value, it seems that he has to find a channel to tap the potential. Wei Zhongxian's intelligence mentioned that there were guards who privately occupied people's land, but now that Liaodong was fighting in the mainland, the guards in the interior had become impetigo that could not be touched, and they had to endure it for two years before cleaning up these turtle sons. I thought about it again and again for a while, and it wasn't until Tan Jing said that the Government Council sent someone to invite him to stop thinking thoughtlessly, and let's take one step at a time.

Just when Tianqi was sitting outside the Qianqing Palace, the opinions of the ministers in the Government Council had reached a high degree of unanimity. When King Xin summoned everyone to talk about things, Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, first said: "The household department has borrowed a total of 6 million taels from the emperor, and the emperor is benevolent to the people and strictly prohibits increasing taxes, and next year the north will be affected by the disaster and the south will have to resettle immigrants, so the money will not be paid for a while." The emperor and the lower officials discussed using the taxes of Liaodong and Liaoxi for 20 years in exchange for the six million taels, and the lower officials had no opinions, I don't know what the adults mean? ”

A waiter in the Ministry of Rites said, "Lord Li, the emperor didn't say what if someone disagrees?" ”

Li Qiyuan said: "Give him a profit of 600,000 taels every year, and I will talk about it when I have the capital." ”

When the ministers heard that they had to give 600,000 yuan a year, they felt that it was too much, and then Li Qiyuan said: "The lower officials also calculated, after copying the ten big households last time, there are a total of 11 million taels, and in addition to the immigration expenses for next year, there are still 3.5 million taels left for King Xin to repair the palace, the military expenses at the front, and the loans for courtiers. If everyone is not in a hurry to get back the money lent to the imperial court for the time being, it should be enough to fix the Xinwang Mansion a little more tightly when they emigrate next year. ”

At this time, a governor who happened to return to Beijing to report on his work said: "The others are easy to say, it is not easy to save money for immigrants, especially people in mountainous areas. Moreover, many of this year's immigrants still have food on their backs, and it is estimated that next year's people will only bring a few mouths on the road, and it is impossible for people who save money to move thirty percent. ”

As soon as the governor's words were finished, a squire next to him said: "The governor doesn't like to listen to the governor's words, what is the other easy to say?" None of anyone's money flew in, and when they borrowed money, they said that they would not pay it back at the end of the year? ”

Li Qiyuan said: "The official just said one sentence, if you agree to exchange with the emperor, you will sign your name, and if you don't agree, you will go to find silver." ”