Li Xin didn't dare to turn his head, but said in a low voice: "The military gate is majestic and powerful. ”

"Hmm~" Song Youliang led the team to the Jinshui Bridge, let more than 200 Jiannu prisoner cars line up, and then crossed the bridge on foot, knelt down on both knees in front of the city tower, and said loudly: "Minister Song Youliang, ordered to guard Dengzhou, rely on the emperor Hongfu, get the death force of the generals and soldiers in the army, fortunately live up to the mission." In the battle of North Korea, more than 20,000 enemies were killed, and Duoduo, the prince of Jiannu Yu, was killed; In the battle of Shenyang, more than 60,000 slaves were killed, 4,500 were killed, and more than 200 thieves and chieftains were captured. Now dedicated to the noon gate, please send the emperor! ”

"Spread the decree and put Ling Chi, the son of Dongyu, to death! The person who has a wife and concubine. It's all cut in half! The rest of the Dongyu family members handed over the three law divisions to discuss the crime! "Emperor Chongzhen's uprising was in full swing, and at this time, he felt that he finally had the feeling of being the master of Zhongxing," and showed Fan Wencheng, Zhang Cunren and other cadres to the public. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Song Youliang opened his throat and shouted, with Song Youliang taking the lead, the civil and military officials knelt on the ground and sang together.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

In the shouting, Luo Yangxing waved his hand. Dozens of brocade guards lined up and escorted the wives and concubines of the Jiannu nobles to the prisoner car. The executioner of the criminal department, who had already been waiting for the scene to be on the execution platform in front of the door in the morning, immediately took action, first took off the prison clothes of Huang Taiji's six sons, tied them to the torture rack, and then pushed the female prisoner onto the guillotine. He slashed in turn, and then pulled out the bull's ear knife and began to cut the exposed muscles of the male prisoner little by little. During this time, flesh and blood splattered. The intestines and kidneys flow together. The screams of the Jiannu noblewoman who were cut in two by the waist were endless, mixed with the angry scolding and screaming of Huang Taiji's sons, the scene was unbearable, and the civil and military officials and other people present were shocked, and many people simply closed their eyes.

Only Song Youliang didn't seem to realize it, and he still watched it with relish, which also made the hearts of those imperial historians who suspected Song Youliang of lying about the number of enemies killed, and said in their hearts that they were worthy of being a cold-blooded butcher who had slaughtered the city in Jiannu and Pseudo. Without personally ordering or participating in the massacre of tens of thousands of people, where would there be such calm? With his composure, it seems that the number of kills he reported is absolutely true.

After reading Ling Chi and the waist beheading, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the Wu Dynasty and rewarded the civil and military officials with soup.

Because Emperor Chongzhen is going to be in the Huangji Palace at noon today, so the early dynasty was also changed to the Huangji Hall to be held together, and the civil and military officials waited in line outside the noon gate from the fifth watch, and now the grain of rice has not entered, and one by one has already been hungry, fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen let the imperial dining room prepare soup for the hundred officials early.

But where can the ministers who have just seen Ling Chi and the waist cut eat meat soup now? So most of it was just a symbolic licking of the tongue

Emperor Chongzhen had just finished the soup, and when he looked up, he happened to see Wang Chengen trotting into the main hall, and couldn't help asking: "Wang Chengen, has Song Youliang arrived?" ”

Wang Chengen hunched his waist and gasped: "Your Majesty, you are waiting outside the hall." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said happily: "Xuan! ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed, turned around and shouted loudly, "Long live the purpose, declare ...... Song Youliang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, met ......"

The two eunuchs standing outside the hall hurriedly spoke: "Xuan...... Song Youliang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, met ......"

The ministers in the hall stopped whispering, and looked out of the hall one by one, and in the short, suffocating wait, a vigorous figure stepped on the golden steps in the noon sun, and the red general's robe reflected a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight, almost confusing the eyes of the officials.

Song Youliang followed the etiquette ordered by Wang Chengen, strode into the Golden Palace, then knelt down on the Danqi, and shouted: "Chen Dengzhou General Soldier, Song Youliang, long live my emperor, long live long live......

Emperor Chongzhen said happily: "Aiqing is flat." ”

"Long live thanks."

Song Youliang bowed again, and then stood up and stood proudly on the hall.

The eyes of the civil and military officials focused on Song Youliang, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, bowed his head lightly, and secretly cheered in his heart, this is not the first time Song Youliang has seen it, but this time he saw it, he looked more and more heroic

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Song Aiqing, you led a lone army deep into Liaodong, destroyed the nest of Jiannu in one fell swoop, and captured the family of the slave chieftain Taiji, giving Jiannu an unprecedented heavy blow. Aiqing can really be described as a great achievement, I am very pleased, I am very pleased. ”

"That's all Your Majesty's grace and kindness, and the soldiers use their lives." After that, Song Youliang took out a yellow silk package from his arms, held it high above the top and said loudly: "With Your Majesty's kindness, the minister was lucky to find a long-lost treasure. ”

The jade seal of the country is very important, it is not trivial, such a treasure Song Youliang will never dare to hide it privately, not only can not hide it privately, but also hand it over as soon as he sees Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise it will be easy to be accused of a private possession of national weapons by the imperial historian of the court, then he will not be able to eat and go around.

"Treasures?" Emperor Chongzhen said happily, "I don't know what kind of treasure it is?" ”

"Long live, this treasure is ......" Song Youliang said this deliberately, and waited until he had satisfied everyone's appetite before he suddenly said: "Inherit the jade seal of the country!" ”

Heirloom Jade Seal!?

The jade seal of the country that has been lost in the desert for more than 200 years!?

Emperor Chongzhen and the civil and military officials unconsciously held their breath for a moment, staring directly at the yellow silk package in Song Youliang's hand, if this yellow silk package is indeed the heirloom jade seal, then it can indeed be called a treasure, and it is a peerless treasure! The sudden appearance of the jade seal of the country brought the shock to Emperor Chongzhen and hundreds of civil and military officials far better than the battle of the sneak attack on Shenyang beyond their imagination.

Throughout the Chinese dynasties, they are very particular about the legitimacy of the monarchy, and the jade seal is the physical symbol of the monarch's power, you have the jade seal, you are the emperor who is ordered by the sky, if you do not pass on the jade seal, then you are not the true son of heaven who is ordered by the sky, it is a pseudo-dynasty and a pseudo-emperor!

Since the beginning of Hongwu, the jade seal of the Ming Dynasty has been lost.

Emperor Chongzhen tried his best to control the excitement in his heart, and said to Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Xie Aiqing, test!" ”

Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the yellow silk cloth bag from Song Youliang's hand and untied it layer by layer, and then carefully took out the jade seal of the country with a radius of five inches, and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, Fang Fengnian, Zhang Sizhi, Chen Yan, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Cheng Jiming, and the second assistant Zhou Yanru, Wei Zhaocheng and other ministers began to carefully screen them.

Half an hour later, Xie Sheng carefully held the jade seal of the country and knelt down on the danqi, so excited that his voice changed a little, and shouted sharply: "Long live, the ministers have checked it clearly, this jade seal is indeed the jade seal of the lost desert for more than 200 years!" ”

"Okay, great!" Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and stood up excitedly.

The return of the jade seal of the country is of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, and it is of great significance to the Ming Dynasty that is now in turmoil! In the ancient times of feudal superstition, it was easy for people to associate this incident with some kind of "providence", thinking that this was a precursor to the imminent revival of the Ming Dynasty.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live~" Song Youliang took the lead and shouted long live

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live," the ministers also shouted together

Chongzhen was so happy that a smile bloomed on his face, and he said loudly: "Song Aiqing, you say, how do you want me to reward you?" ”

Song Youliang arched his hand and said: "It is the duty of a courtier to be loyal to the country and serve His Majesty, and the minister does not dare to ask for any reward." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "The unknown reward and punishment are the actions of the faint king, do you want me to be the faint king?" ”

"The minister has a request, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Song Youliang said

"What request?" Chongzhen suddenly remembered Song Youliang's request to legalize his collection of commercial taxes and mining taxes in Dengzhou Town

Sure enough, Song Youliang said in a loud voice: "The minister implores His Majesty to allow the minister to levy commercial taxes in Dengzhou Town." ”

As soon as Song Youliang said this, the courtiers exchanged ears for a while. An old minister who was nearly half a hundred years old standing at the head of the civil officials stood up and said: "Your Majesty thinks that our dynasty already has commercial taxes, but it has always been insufficient to collect nine out of ten. His Majesty has just granted taxes to the people of some war-torn state capitals, and the revenue of the state treasury is bound to decrease. This commercial tax has been levied for a few years to make up for the shortfall, and it is not a bad way to do so. ”

Song Youliang has always been in the town, and I don't know who this person is, but according to historical calculations, in September of this year, Zhou Yanru, who was excluded by Wen Tiren, went out of the mountain again because of the advice of the people who restored the society. Scholar of the Ministry of Officials, Scholar of the Middle Pole Temple. When Zhou Yanru entered the cabinet, he was really extraordinary, vigorously eradicating the maladministration of Wen Tiren and his successors, and the political atmosphere immediately took on a new look. When Ji Liuqi's "Ming Ji Beiluo" praised a series of new policy measures after Zhou Yanru's comeback, he gave this evaluation: All national defense, people's livelihood, employment, and financial management are all thoughtful, giving people a refreshing feeling, so that "the world looks up to the style", if the situation is smooth, he will definitely become the prime minister who saves the times.

Ji Liuqi said that Zhou Yanru returned to the political arena with the style of a prime minister who saved the times, it is not an exaggeration, he has indeed done a lot of good things. He suggested to the emperor that, for example, the old and famous ministers could not give up easily, so he successively used the previously dismissed ministers of high moral character, Zheng Sanjun out of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Zongzhou out of the Changdu Procuratorate, Fan Jingwen out of the Ministry of Labor, Ni Yuanlu to assist the Ministry of War, Li Banghua, Zhang Guowei, Xu Shilin, Jin Guangchen and others respectively held important positions; Another example is the release of Fu Zonglong, who was released from prison, to restore the reputation of the late Wen Zhenmeng and Yao Ximeng. These measures were generally well received, and even the "History of the Ming Dynasty", which included him in the "Biography of Traitorous Ministers", had to admit: "China and foreign countries are called virtuous." ”

Seeing Song Youliang's eyes, Zhou Yanru understood, and he said: "Song Junmen is in the outer town, I don't know the old man, the old man is the new cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru. ”

"Sure enough, it's Zhou Yanru, but how can he support the collection of commercial taxes?" Song Youliang was surprised, but he still said: "It turned out to be Lord Shoufu, Song Youliang is polite." After that, Song Youliang saluted Zhou Yanru

Zhou Yanru returned the salute with a smile and said: "The commercial tax has been there since Hongwu, but it has always been half the effort, and it is not suitable to be implemented in the whole country. ”

"It's still an old word after talking for a long time." However, Zhou Yanru's ability to support the collection of commercial taxes in Dengzhou can be regarded as a small progress. So Song Youliang hurriedly thanked him

Zhou Yanru spoke, anyway, the scope of the commercial tax collection was only in Dengzhou, and the other ministers of cultural relics had nothing to say.

Chongzhen saw that Zhou Yanru also agreed, so he smiled and said: "Since Shoufu has no opinion, then I will allow you to play." Commercial tax is levied in Dengzhou. After that, Chongzhen said: "After the dispersal of the dynasty, I set up a family banquet in the inner court to wash the dust for Song Youliang. ”