In the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven, after the establishment of the Houjin by Nurhachi, it was not long before the founding of the country, and most of the high-level officials in the country were generals who could fight, and there were few civil ministers.

Nurhachi is a good hand at fighting, but when it comes to people's livelihood and construction, Nurhachi's level is very average.

Liaodong was under Nurhachi's rule, and the destruction was far greater than the construction.

After several years of massacres carried out by Nurhachi under various pretexts, most of the Han people in the Houjin area of Liaodong died and fled. The rest were also divided into slaves of the Jurchens.

A large number of villages and towns in eastern Liaodong were destroyed, and countless fertile fields were completely abandoned.

As slaves, the surviving Han people worked hard to cultivate food and wealth completely belonged to others, and even their personal safety was not guaranteed, so how could they have a trace of enthusiasm for production.

The Jurchens were not involved in production, and they knew almost nothing about farming, and only managed Han slaves by killing people.

Nurhachi's series of actions led to the rule of Liaodong Houjin, although the past few years have been smooth and rainy, but still have failed every year.

Regardless of whether it was a good year or a bad harvest, the Jurchens didn't care about the life or death of the Han people at all, they just snatched all the grain.

According to this rhythm, Fan Wencheng judged that there was a big problem with Houjin's grain. This winter, there will be a situation of starvation in Liaodong.

Of course, it will certainly not be the Jurchens who will starve to death.

"Grain?" Huang Taiji slowly chewed these two words in his mouth.

As the big butler in charge of logistics in Houjin, Huang Taiji understands the importance of logistics far more than others in Houjin.

Although Huang Taiji also paid attention to the issue of food, he did not attach much importance to it. After all, there is no shortage of food in Houjin's army.

"Although there has been no shortage of food in the army in recent years, the people have shown a momentum of food shortage." Fan Wencheng spoke confidently.

"My Dajin first got Liaoshen, and then fell into Guangning, and successively obtained a large amount of Daming's treasury.

In the past few years, Lao Khan has cleaned up the interior on a large scale, and obtained a large amount of grain from the people, which is why there is this abundant military food in our Dajin army.

However, this year, the harvest failed again, and the grain was already insufficient. The old Khan is about to move troops to the Ming Dynasty again, and the soldiers and horses will lose even more food.

Lord Belle, what do you think of Old Khan's chances of winning this battle? ”

Seeing that Huang Taiji was stunned by his question, Fan Wencheng hurriedly added: "I'm asking Lord Beile, how much grain do you think Old Khan can recapture?" ”

How much food can be recovered?

This question made Huang Taiji scratch his head a little.

The outcome of the war is easy to judge, but the harvest of this plunder is not certain.

That thing is too accidental, maybe a small soldier will make you go back empty-handed.

Seeing that Huang Taiji didn't answer for a while, Fan Wencheng smiled silently.

"Even if Lao Khan can easily break the Ming army's Ningyuan defense line and seize all the supplies of the Ming army. So how much food can we get? On the word food, Fan Wencheng emphasized the tone.

"According to the previous habits of the Ming Dynasty, it would generally store about half a year's worth of grain for the Ming army. The Ming army is about 100,000 people, right?

In other words, we can capture at most 100,000 people for half a year's worth of military rations. Even if a little food can be collected from the people of Ningyuan, it will definitely not be enough for the 100,000 army to eat for a year. ”

Hearing Fan Wencheng say this, Huang Taiji stood up in shock.

He understood what Fan Wencheng meant.

Daikin is about to have a food shortage.

Capital

Definite information finally came out of the palace that Concubine Rong Ren successfully gave birth to a prince, and the emperor gave her the name Zhu Cijiong.

Because the emperor got a son, the court said: amnesty to the world, the whole world celebrates.

Although he had been prepared in his heart, Zhu Youzhen still felt very uncomfortable when he heard the news.

The eldest brother has a secret that has been hiding from him, which makes him uncomfortable.

Could it be that the eldest brother is still afraid that he will be bad for the little ones?

I don't want to, depressed.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head vigorously, as if he could shake the uncomfortable feeling out of his head.

As soon as he picked up the report on the table and flipped through two pages, Wang Chengen hurriedly ran in.

"O my father! Your Highness, why are you still sitting here? The edicts issued by the imperial court have come out, and you still haven't entered the palace to congratulate Your Majesty? ”

Although he knew that his master was uncomfortable, Wang Chengen still had to rush to persuade him.

There is no way, no matter how much King Xin and the emperor are brothers, after all, it is still the relationship between monarchs and ministers.

When it's time to go to congratulate you, you have to go even if you feel uncomfortable!

Standing up lazily, Zhu Youzhen said slowly: "Okay, then let's go over." ”

Seeing that King Xin didn't mean to prepare gifts, Wang Chengen couldn't help but remind: "Your Highness, what gift do we give?" ”

"Gifts? You can just take something of value from the storeroom. Zhu Youzhen looked impatient.

He still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Palace

"King Shin hasn't come yet?" Zhu Youxiao doesn't know how many times he asked.

Blocking the news of Concubine Rong's pregnancy, Zhu Youxiao knew that it would cause great dissatisfaction in the outer court. But he really didn't dare to risk losing his heir again.

didn't tell Xiao Wu in advance, Zhu Youxiao also knew that this time he offended Xiao Wu's younger brother.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to hide it from Xiao Wu.

But what Wei Zhongxian said was also right, Xiao Wu's flying and jumping temperament was difficult to keep secrets. Once he says that he leaks his mouth, then the whole capital will probably know.

The stakes are very high, and Zhu Youxiao can only choose to hide from Xiao Wu.

You are the son of heaven, if you have a choice, Zhu Youxiao does not want to block this news. But several children died in a row, which made Zhu Youxiao feel a little unsafe in the entire palace.

This blockade of the news of Concubine Rong's pregnancy can also be regarded as a test in the palace by Zhu Youxiao. Under Wei Zhongxian's blockade, there was no leakage of news, and this result was quite satisfactory to Zhu Youxiao.

It's just that how to solve Xiao Wu's troubles makes Zhu Youxiao feel very nerve-wracking.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Xin has come down."

The voice of the chamberlain woke up Zhu Youxiao.

"Fortunately, Xiao Wu is still willing to enter the palace to see me, so it will be easy to do. It's a big deal, I promise Xiao Wu more conditions. A smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Youxiao's mouth.

After working hard all the way, they all arrived at the door of Changchun Palace, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't put a smile on his face.

Forget it, it's more natural to look angry. This eldest brother in the province really thinks that I won't be angry at all.

Zhu Youzhen decided to give up trying to squeeze out a smile.

It is estimated that this kind of squeezed smile may be more ugly than crying. Give up, everyone in the province is uncomfortable.

Seeing that King Xin walked into Changchun Palace with a straight face like that, he walked into Changchun Palace with an angry look. Wang Chengen couldn't stop beating the drum in his heart.

"Your Highness, don't be too pampered."

has been in the palace for decades, Wang Chengen has seen and heard of it, and there are no longer a few masters who have lost their good fate because of pampering.

"Big brother, you're going too far."

entered the Changchun Palace, and before Wang Chengen could stand firmly, he was frightened by the words of His Royal Highness King Xin, and his legs were weak.

"My ancestor, we can't be so scary!" Wang Chengen's heart was about to jump out of his chest.

His Royal Highness King Xin's current words are not only pampered and arrogant, but can be regarded as offending the monarch.

It's worth it!