The New Year is approaching, for some ordinary people's homes, they have to prepare some silver money to prepare for the New Year, such as preparing some new clothes for their children and doing some New Year's goods for their families.

But now Chongzhen is also afraid of the New Year, because the New Year, the harem needs to spend a lot of money, but his inner money is really empty.

According to a historical record, Chongzhen's imperial treasury contained 37 million ingots of silver, each weighing 500 taels, even if each ingots weighed 50 taels, it is estimated that Chongzhen was a fool, and the Ming Dynasty could not die. If Chongzhen knew that he had so much silver in his pocket, I am afraid that it would not be so difficult at this time.

Chongzhen listened to Wang Chengen's various expenditure reports, the harem will cost more than 600,000 taels of silver in a year, the brush in his hand crossed Wang Chengen's fold, and said: "Except for the imperial sister-in-law and the queen mother, everyone's usage has been halved, and my usage has also been halved. ”

Wang Chengen knelt and kowtowed, his heart was very uncomfortable, there was no sound when he was really sad, he knew the difficulty of his master, but he still said: "Your Majesty, the use of the harem has been reduced year by year, the emperor and the queen have not added a heart dragon robe and phoenix robe for several years, and the palace can't hear the joy of silk and bamboo, so it's better to be a common person!" ”

"Less nonsense, just do it!" Chongzhen was displeased, and threw the fold in front of Wang Chengen, who reluctantly picked up his list of folds and glanced at it quickly.

"Your Majesty, now that the Yongding River is frozen, do you want to start collecting ice cubes for next summer!" Wang Chengen asked cautiously.

Chongzhen thought about it, this ice picking is a must, otherwise the summer will be too difficult, especially the imperial sister-in-law and the queen mother, as well as his own princes are inseparable from this ice cube, so he nodded and said: "You can do it yourself!" ”

Wang Chengen was happy in his heart, with the emperor's edict, there were some projects in his hands that were crossed out by the emperor, and he could do it secretly, the emperor in front of him was too bitter, and it was not as good as the life of ordinary rich people in the Ming Dynasty.

The best restaurant in Beijing, the Dewang restaurant of the Kang family, the business has been getting better and better recently, there was a period of time, the Yuebei restaurant of the Fan family seemed to have a tendency to compete, but unfortunately after Fan Biao was killed, the power of the Fan family in Beijing was uprooted, and the Yuebei restaurant of the Fan family was also seized.

And after Kang Shengnan came to Jingshi, all people who like to drink were unstoppably drunk, and the Kang family also had an endless supply, and each cup only needed twenty taels, which was ten taels cheaper than the previous Fan family, and Kang Shengnan also came out with a membership system, as long as the silver deposit in the Kang family silver number exceeded 10,000 taels, you can also use a cheaper price to buy the whole altar of Dewang Restaurant's drunken pride, so that drunk and proud is completely in short supply, and the business of Dewang Restaurant is becoming more and more prosperous.

What's even more unexpected is that there is a comparison in Jingshi recently, that is, the person who is qualified to buy the whole altar drunk from Dewang Restaurant is a very face-saving thing, and he must be a rich person.

When Kang Shengnan first came to Beijing, Kang Jiayinhao had just experienced life and death, but with Kang Shengnan's efforts, Kang's business was better than before.

"Miss, Miss, there's a letter from De'an Mansion!" Cui'er panicked, running all the way to the second floor, every time there was a letter from De'an Mansion, she was very excited, because she knew that her young lady was very much in love with someone in De'an Mansion.

Kang Shengnan's eyes radiated a trace of joy, and his beautiful eyes widened, but he instantly suppressed it, sat at the table, pretended to be calm, and said: "The letter from De'an Mansion is a letter, and it's not a big deal, I see that you are excited!" ”

Cui'er looked at her young lady's face indifferently, knowing that this was pretending, and deliberately said: "Oh, Cui'er is wrong, when the letter comes from De'an Mansion in the future, Cui'er won't run here to send a letter to Miss, first press it for two or three days, and then slowly give it to Miss, forget it, this letter is estimated to be nothing important, Miss, I will help you lose it." ”

Cui'er said that he put the letter outside the window, Kang Shengnan saw that Cui'er really threw the letter, and immediately became very nervous, shocked, and shouted: "Don't, dead Cui'er, don't take it quickly!" ”

"Hehe, Miss, I don't dare to lose it if I lied to you!"

"Hmph, you want to throw Qin Lang's letters, see if I don't spare you!" Kang Shengnan took the letter carefully, there were two letters, one was a love letter to Kang Shengnan, and the other was a letter to Liu Yuliang.

Cui'er watched her young lady's face change constantly, nervous, happy, satisfied, and fascinated......

Kang Shengnan read his letter, then put it in the drawer and locked it, and sighed: "Hey, fool! ”

Cui'er was confused by Kang Shengnan's fool, this intimate tone must have said Qin Yiming, but ......

"Miss, is Master Qin a fool? Did Master Qin say in his heart how to miss Miss You, hey, the infatuated man resents the woman, divides the two places, and looks at the white clouds! ”

Kang Shengnan glanced at Cui'er with delicate eyes, and said with fake anger: "What do you think, the one who has no conscience, he won't worry about his children's affection!" ”

In Kang Shengnan's eyes, Qin Yiming will live happily, just like those flowers, he doesn't wait for anyone to bloom, and he doesn't bloom for anyone. Yu Hongchen disdains the hustle and bustle, and puts the love of children and laughs in the wind. However, this does not affect her own pursuit of flowering, and she can release the enchantment and solemnity of life in a limited time. Don't seek perfection, as long as the flower blooms once, you have to pour everything you have, incisively. Even if no one appreciates it, even if no one loves it, even if you have to stay for a long night.

Kang Shengnan suddenly felt a little melancholy, thinking of Qin Yiming, the generous and solid back, giving her a sense of security, giving him a warm back, at that moment, the back that moved her, at that moment, made her willing to follow the back for a lifetime.

The apricot branches are picturesque, and the peach and plum are like a dream. Outside the ancient road, there are thousands of beautiful people in the country, and there are hundreds of generations of romance. There are children who love to sing praises, and there are heroes who are like chimes. The vast traces of water, fluttering and sprinkling, the lake clouds and smoke, the green yarn is misty.

"Jiangnan, De'an, I really want to go back!" Kang Shengnan is a sensual woman, although she is so strong, but she is still a woman, and at the same time a woman who misses her lover, at this time she has fallen into her own thoughts, into her past memories, into that kind of warmth that seems to be absent.

"Miss, what's wrong with you, isn't that hateful Qin Yiming bullying Miss, hmph, see you next time, Cui'er will help Miss scold him well, and vent her anger for Miss!" Cui'er was very distressed when she saw Kang Shengnan in a daze at the moment.

Kang Shengnan woke up from his thoughts, smiled indifferently, and said, "What are you talking nonsense, Cui'er will invite Liu Gongzi over at night." ”

Cui'er was puzzled and asked, "Miss, why did you invite Liu Gongzi over?" ”

Kang Shengnan pointed to the letter on the table and said: "That fool wants to be the governor of Huguang, how can there be such an important official, when the time comes, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely strongly oppose it, and the adults of the Shoufu and the military department will not agree, do you say he is stupid or not?" ”

Cui'er shook her head and said, "Miss, Cui'er doesn't understand!" ”

Kang Shengnan smiled: "Hehe, Cui'er, if you want me to give you a monthly salary of one or two per month, how will you speak?" ”

Cui'er muttered in a low voice: "Cui'er doesn't dare, but Cui'er will ask for five taels, so the probability of getting one tael will be higher!" ”

At the court meeting of the Ming Dynasty.

Recently, some people are happy and some are worried, because they each have their own forces and henchmen, and the major event that affected the court in the past was to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, but for several months, there has been no conclusion, and Chongzhen is also very hesitant, and this delay is a few months. There was no conclusion to the peace, but the matter of the imperial court's Jianghuai suppression of bandits was imminent, and every day, the Tang newspaper and the general army below passed to the Beijing division and the court.

Now the Jianghuai bandit has come to an end, although it has not eliminated Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai and other giants, but it has also severely damaged the strength of the thieves, in the eyes of the Ming court, this is also a great achievement.

For the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming official, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, has always had two opinions, one opinion is to completely exterminate the thieves, the most typical representatives are Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, the second opinion is to advocate the recruitment of thieves, this opinion is the mainstream in the court, especially the officials of the household department, the main reason is that there is no silver in Taicang, and the bandits need money, but they can't come up with money. So when Yang Sichang proposed Xiong Wencan as the prime minister of the bandits, almost no one objected, because Xiong Wencan's usual means were to surrender! Even Yang Sichang's sworn enemy Zhang Zhifa did not object, he just wanted to take advantage of Xiong Wencan's mistakes in this process to bring down Yang Sichang.

"If you have merit, you have to be punished, I have always had clear rewards and punishments, this time Jianghuai suppressed bandits, except for Qin Aiqing, almost all the other general soldiers have harsh criticism, you all talk about it, how to reward, how to punish!" Chongzhen saw that Shoufu didn't say a word, and he directly threw bricks and jade.

Yang Sichang is the secretary of the military department, he stood up first, and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Liangzuo is in love with the enemy, and he has lost his troops many times, so he should be punished, and the other general soldiers have no major negligence, they should be let go, show the benevolence of the emperor, and make the soldiers serve their lives!" ”

Chongzhen nodded, feeling that what Yang Sichang said was reasonable.

"The minister is against!" As soon as Zhang Zhifa heard that Liu Liangzuo was going to be punished, he immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, General Liu is already short of troops, if it weren't for the slow dispatch of Huguang General Qin Yiming, why would the army be lost, this can't be blamed on Liu General Bing alone." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Chongzhen had a headache, as soon as Zhang Zhifa spoke, many people followed suit, everyone you said yours, I said mine, Chongzhen didn't bother to listen.

"Liu Liangzuo's question, let the Ministry of War draw up a proposal first and report it to me for approval!" Chongzhen began to dictate power, and wanted to bypass these courtiers, so he and Yang Sichang played black box operations.

Liu Yuliang saw this posture, and a light ignited in his heart, maybe Chongzhen could make Qin Yiming fulfill his wish.