"Generals, the old man will introduce you to you. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Seeing that the people were almost there, Lu Xiangsheng said, "These two are Wu Xiang, General Wu of the Guanning Army, and Wu Sangui, a staff general. ”

"The generals are polite." Wu Xiang stood still, and Wu Sangui clasped his fists and saluted the people in the big tent.

"General Wu and General Wu are polite." The generals clasped their fists and saluted.

"General Chiang, General Han." Wang Chengen beckoned Jiang Beiming and the others to the front, "Our family will also introduce you to these generals who led six thousand soldiers to fight against the Tartars alone." ”

"Oh?" Wu Sangui heard Wang Chengen say this, and unconsciously looked at Jiang Beiming and the others carefully.

"The prince has overdone." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "It is the duty of my subordinates to fight against the Tartars, defend my Ming territory, and relieve worries for Long Life." ”

"General Chiang's loyalty will be admired." Wu Sangui said, "The general has long heard that your Yulin army has attacked Shengjing twice, and now he has fought against the Tartars for a few days with only one lone army, and he is really a loyal man of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"General Wu is serious." Jiang Beiming replied, "General Wu's Guanning Iron Cavalry is the pillar of heaven for my Ming Dynasty, and with General Wu, the Guanning defense line of the Ming Dynasty is impregnable." ”

The two of them praised each other, and Wang Chengen said with a smile: "You are all valued by the Lord of Long Live, and the two generals will need to move around a lot in the future, and it is only right to share worries for Long Live together." ”

"Subordinates obey." Jiang Beiming and Wu Sangui smiled at each other.

"Princess-in-law, Lu Shuai." Wu Xiang, who had not spoken, asked, "Now that the Tartars have withdrawn from the army, I wonder what arrangements we have for our people?" ”

"General Wu should not be in a hurry." Wang Chengen said, "The affairs of Xuanfu Town have been played by our family, and the generals will be stationed here first, waiting for the will of Long Live." ”

The generals dispersed, and Wang Chengen called Jiang Beiming, Han Wantao and Xu Lang to his camp alone.

"Generals, the will of long live has come down." Wang Chengen explained first, "General Jiang was demoted to a guerrilla general for the sake of the people in the court, long live the lord." Long live the Lord still values your Yulin Army very much in his heart, please General Jiang don't go to his heart. ”

"How dare your subordinates." Jiang Beiming hurriedly replied, "The subordinates are guilty of losing the city, just demoted, long live the extra kindness, and the subordinates dare not have other ideas." ”

"It's good that General Chiang understands." Wang Chengen smiled slightly, "Our family called you here alone because I want to discuss something with you, which is also the meaning of long live." ”

"If the prince has something to do, just tell me." Jiang Beiming replied, "The subordinates of the two words of consultation can't afford it. ”

Wang Chengen looked at these people but did not speak. Before leaving Beijing, Wang Chengen and Chongzhen talked about wooing Wu Xiang's father and son, so that they would not get too close to their ancestors. But how to win over, in addition to sealing the official and making a wish, Wang Chengen has never come up with a better way. The current Guanning Iron Cavalry has become the private army of Zu Dashou and the Wu family's father and son, and there is no practical benefit. The problem is to give practical benefits, how can the imperial court still have silver.

Seeing Jiang Beiming and Wu Sangui touting each other in the big tent just now, Wang Chengen's heart suddenly had an idea, can you let Yulin Bay have some practical benefits, they did a good job in Naturalization City at the beginning.

"Generals." Wang Chengen was silent for a while before he said, "Long live the original meaning of the Lord wanted to send the ancestor to Xuanfu Town. I don't hide it from you, Zu Dashou resisted the decree three times, and Wu Xiang and his son, who were only transferred, came here, and the relationship between Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou must be known to you. ”

Wang Chengen suddenly stopped talking halfway through his words, and looked at the people in front of him with a smile.

Xu Lang turned his head left and right to look at the people in the big tent.

"General Xu has any ideas, just say." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "There are all long-lived minions here, and there are no outsiders." ”

"Princess." Xu Lang clenched his fists and said, "Long live and the meaning of the father-in-law, the subordinate understands it." The Liaodong soldiers have always been arrogant, if they want to honestly obey the dispatch of the imperial court, they need to give them real benefits, and it is probably not enough to just add officials to the knighthood. ”

"Does General Xu have any good ideas?" Wang Chengen no longer hid anything, and asked directly.

"I don't dare to say a good idea." Xu Lang suddenly asked a question that shocked everyone in the big tent, "Does the prince think that our Yulin Army is loyal to Long Live and the imperial court?" ”

"What does General Xu mean by asking?" Wang Chengen's face changed suddenly, and then returned to normal, "Your Yulin army has fought bravely against the Tartars several times, which is well known to the court. Long live your faithfulness. ”

"The lower official is presumptuous." Xu Lang bowed, "The lower officials saw General Wu and General Wu today, and the two of them are also bold people. The lower officials guessed that General Wu would visit the camp of our Yulin Army in the near future. Therefore, Xia Guan wants to do some business with the Wu family father and son, first, to get closer to our relationship with the Wu family father and son, and secondly, to deter them, the Yulin army will always be loyal to Long live. ”

"Of course, Princess." Xu Lang smiled, "Our business is only done with the Wu family, not with the ancestor Dashou." ”

"Hehe, General Xu." Wang Chengen looked at Xu Lang and smiled slightly, "This plan of killing three birds with one stone, I'm afraid only you, General Xu, want to get it." ”

"The prince has won the award." Xu Lang suddenly said, "The affairs of the Wu family are easy to say, and there is one more thing that Xia Guan wants to ask the prince for." ”

"General Xu has something else to do, just say."

"Father-in-law." Xu Lang made a new gesture, "I don't know if my father-in-law can still remember the auction between Xia Guan and General Jiang and his father-in-law and Lu Shuai in Naturalization City?" ”

"Our family naturally remembers this." Wang Chengen probably guessed what Xu Lang meant, "Our family also discussed with Lord Lu afterwards, and your method of collecting taxes by auction is indeed good." It's just that if I want to do this in my Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid there will be criticism. ”

"Princess." Jiang Beiming also heard what Xu Lang meant, "My subordinates have a reluctant request, please don't mind." ”

"General Jiang doesn't have to be polite, our family also knows that you are thinking about Long Live and the imperial court, and there is nothing we can't say today."

"Thank you, princess." Jiang Beiming said, "Can the imperial court find a place to test it first, see the effect, how it can indeed share the worries for Long Life, and there is no turmoil, and then slowly implement it." ”

The reason why Jiang Beiming said this is because the matter of tax collection was mentioned again in the previous crossing conferences. Yulinwan has now begun to collect taxes in a few places under its control, but the name is not right, and the paper has been handed to Wang Kezong, suing Yulinwan for setting up a private yamen and expropriating tyranny. Wang Kezong looked at the five thousand taels of silver, and Chongzhen was now reusing Yulin Bay, so he suppressed this matter, but this was not a way after all.

Moreover, Yulin Bay means to transform the entire Ming Dynasty, and try not to turn against the Ming Dynasty government unless it is absolutely necessary. Therefore, the crossing conference instructed Jiang Beiming that it was best to think of a way to make the imperial court agree to collect industrial and commercial taxes, even if it was to set up a pilot project in Qiongzhou Mansion first, so that the pressure on Yulin Bay would be much less.

"I don't know how General Chiang wants to test it, and where does he want to test it?" Wang Chengen asked.

"Back to the prince." Jiang Beiming replied, "At present, the commerce and trade of Qiongzhou Mansion is prosperous, and the trade volume with the Hongyi people and the mainland is rising every year. The subordinates estimated that if implemented, the imperial court's annual tax could increase by hundreds of thousands of taels. ”

"Can a small Qiongzhou Mansion collect so much silver?" Wang Chengen didn't quite believe Jiang Beiming's words, the entire Ming Dynasty only paid a few million taxes a year.

"I'm afraid it's just a little more." Jiang Beiming continued, "And Qiongzhou Mansion is located in the border area, far away from the mainland, even if there is really something, I am afraid that there will not be too much criticism in the court." ”

After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, Wang Chengen fell into deep thought.

"Princess." Xu Lang interrupted Wang Chengen's contemplation, "The lower official still has a word, the prince must not blame the lower official." ”

"General Xu." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "Our family said, there are no outsiders today, and there is nothing that cannot be said." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law." Xu Lang clenched his fists again, "Now I have Tartars outside the Ming Dynasty and rogues inside, and there are droughts for many years, and the people are living very hard. In order to pacify the rogues and resist the Tartars, the imperial court was forced to raise taxes. But the tax increase is still apportioned to the land in the end, and it is still up to the people of the Ming Dynasty to bear it, and the more taxes are raised, the more rogues will be. I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, but if they have something to eat, who wants to make trouble for the court. ”

Xu Lang didn't dare to elaborate, and simply explained this truth.

Wang Chengen is a smart person, he naturally understands what Xu Lang means.

Wang Chengen pondered for a long time: "Generals, don't tell outsiders what you said today, our family will find a way to let the Lord of Long Live know." ”

"My subordinates understand." Jiang Beiming and the others replied.

"Several." Wang Chengen changed the topic, "Wu Sangui may be going to you in the next few days, let's ask a few of them." ”

"The subordinates are determined to think about long live and relieve their father-in-law's worries."

Jiang Beiming and others said goodbye and returned to their barracks. It was just time for dinner, and before these traversers could discuss how to deal with Wu Sangui specifically, a second lieutenant came to report: "Report to the chief, Guan Ningjun Wu Sangui is coming to visit." ”

"Hey, this Wu Sangui." Xu Lang smiled, "I'm really in a hurry." ”

"Wu Sangui is really smart." Fan Qiuming said with a smile, "He wanted to come and see what the soldiers of our Yulin Army were eating, otherwise how could they fight so well." ”

"Alright." Jiang Beiming stood up, "Let's go and meet this King of Pingxi for a while." ”

The traversers came to the gate of the camp, and Wu Sangui led a few people who were talking to each other.

"How can General Wu have time to come to my Yulin Army." Jiang Beiming stepped forward quickly, "See General Wu for the next officer." ”

"General Chiang is polite." Wu Sangui cupped his fists and returned the salute, "This general and General Jiang hit it off at first sight today, and this general admires General Jiang's method of leading troops very much, so he came to ask General Jiang for advice." ”

"Someone." Wu Sangui beckoned, and the person behind him carried over a box, "We are in a wild place, and there is nothing valuable, this is a little bit of my father's heart, General Jiang must not refuse." ”

General Wu laughed. Jiang Beiming replied, "The lower officials have thanked General Wu for his love. ”

"General Wu." Xu Lang stepped forward, "This is not where the words are, please tell the general." ”

"There's no hurry." Wu Sangui said with a smile, "I wonder if General Jiang can take this general to take a look at your military camp?" ”

"General Wu, please." Jiang Beiming made a gesture of please.

Wu Sangui walked around the barracks, and suddenly casually opened the curtain of a tent and walked in.

In the tent was an infantry platoon of the Yulin Army, with three large round tables on the ground, and 30 soldiers were eating dinner in three places.

Seeing Jiang Beiming and other commanders walking in with a Ming general, the 30 infantry neatly put down their rice bowls and stood upright: "Hello, sir." ”

"Take a break." Jiang Beiming returned the military salute and said, "This is General Wu of the Guanning Army, don't be nervous, General Wu will come to visit you." ”

"Hello General." Another neat greeting and the sound of the heels of leather boots clashing.

Wu Sangui's heart was secretly surprised, but he bent down to look at it silently. On the round table there is a large pot of stewed meat, two large pots of green vegetables, a pot of rice, and dozens of large steamed buns.