Chapter 266: The Wolf Smoke Rises Again

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In the Wenyuan Pavilion, Ma Shiying held an account book, explaining in detail the expenses and revenues of the imperial court this year.

"In the second year of Longwu, all localities handed over 5.2 million taels of silver, 31 million copper coins, 20 million stones of rice and 4 million stones of grain. Most of the silver is commercial tax, and Grandpa Guo opened Songjiang Shipping, so that our treasury is full of a lot. ”

Zhang Huangyan also smiled, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Master Ma is right, in the first year of the Apocalypse, the tax revenue of the entire world is only about the same as ours. Now that troops are being used on all sides, the treasury still has a surplus, which is very effective. ”

Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "Songjiang is just the beginning, after the opening of Longtan Port, merchants in the area of Nanzhili are like clouds. This year is just the beginning, and I believe we will get better and better in the future. That Tartar has eight great emperors and merchants, extinguishing the light of the ancestors, and donating blood for foreign races wholeheartedly, but they are just some mediocre juniors, and they are not worthy of my Jinling Wu Jikun. ”

The construction of Longtan Port is really in Hou Xuanyan's heart, but it is a pity that Zheng Zhilong still occupies the entire southeast coast, and the trade route will be blocked when he arrives there, otherwise the profit will be doubled.

Thinking of this, Hou Xuanyan cursed in a low voice, which happened to be heard by Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying walked up the pole and said: "Zheng Zhilong is brave this time, we have all taken Zhaoqing Mansion, and he also shamelessly occupies Guangzhou Mansion. At the beginning, he sent troops, and the banner was to exterminate the traitors, and now the traitors were about to be taken to Jinling, and he also forcibly occupied the state capital, obviously with different ambitions, and wanted to list the territory and seal the territory. ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong was mentioned, the cheerful atmosphere in Wenyuan Pavilion disappeared in an instant, this was the biggest nail in the entire southern half of the country.

After the Battle of Jingxiang, several battles of all sizes swept the various forces entrenched in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yungui and swept the caves like ploughing the court and sweeping the holes. Everywhere the imperial court's decrees went, it was unprecedentedly efficient, but in the area controlled by Zheng Zhilong, the imperial court was like a decoration.

Fujian goes up to the officials down to the people, but I know that there is Zheng Zhilong, but I don't know that there is a court. It seems to be a foreign country, and Zheng Zhilong does not expect to collect taxes from the people to collect money, but the people of Fujian inherit his favor and make money from the sea. Therefore, in the long run, the Zheng family has become more and more prestigious in Fujian, and the people are also very supportive.

Hou Xuanyan sighed and said, "Recently, the Zheng family has been quite honest, and apart from occupying Guangzhou Mansion, they haven't done anything out of the ordinary. A few days ago, Zheng Zhilong also paid tribute to a batch of Nanyang treasures to congratulate the birth of our emperor. ”

Chen Mingyu, who had been listening to the side, interjected: "Zheng Zhilong has been a thief for a long time, so I'm afraid that there is something strange about it, will he be plotting something big." ”

The three of them smiled at each other, and Ma Shiying said: "Chen Ge Lao rest assured, the Zheng family is strong in the sailor, but his lair is in Fujian, and compared to the use of troops by the imperial court, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." The difference in strength is like this, forgive him for any tricks, he can only keep himself. ”

Hou Xuanyan agreed with Ma Shiying's statement in his heart, and he never imagined that Zheng Zhilong, who was a few provinces away from the Manchus in the southeast, would think of uniting with the Manchus.

Taking into account Chen Mingyu's face, Hou Xuanyan deliberately diverted the topic and asked: "Liheng is in Luzhou Mansion, and since Kong Youde withdrew his troops from Dabie Mountain, there has been no war. I don't know what kind of shortage there are soldiers there, but there are letters to exchange these days? ”

Chen Mingyu has an open-minded personality and said with a smile: "He can't say three words in front of him, where can he write a letter." ”

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At the foot of Tianzhu Mountain in Luzhou Prefecture, in the big tent of the thick soil camp, Yan Yingyuan and Zhou Wenwu sat opposite each other.

Yan Yingyuan's face is still as heavy as water, his unique temperament is now known as a calm atmosphere, and more than two hundred years later, people often call it facial paralysis...

When the news of the birth of the new emperor came, Yan Yingyuan congratulated him and paid tribute to a set of four treasures of the study produced in Luzhou.

Zhou Wenwu added a cup of tea, sent it to Yan Yingyuan, and asked: "General, the four battalions of the Northern Expedition are windy, hot, water and soil, and the Fengzi battalion will not be mentioned. The Agni Battalion fought fiercely against Jingxiang and made outstanding achievements; The Shuizi battalion launched the Northern Expedition and crossed the river to take Weiyang. We are left here, holding on to each other, not an inch has been built, and the brothers are secretly muttering, and if it goes on for a long time, morale will not be good. ”

Yan Yingyuan picked up the tea, took a sip, and was silent.

He had long felt that Hou Xuan's performance was exquisite. Wherever he went, the Agni Camp followed.

Previously, Hou Xuanyan was in Suzhou, and the Agni Battalion was stationed in Zhenjiang, and the horse could arrive in one day; Later, Jingxiang fought fiercely, and the nearby thick soil camp was not used, and the fire camp was transferred from Zhenjiang into Huguang; Now the Agni Battalion is stationed in Yangzhou, and it is also the closest to Hou Xuanyan among the four battalions.

Almost all of Hou Xuanyan's personal guards came from the Agni Battalion. Although Hou Xuanyan treats everyone equally in terms of baggage, official position, and title, there is a difference between intimacy and alienation. Everyone in the world knows that Li Haoxian is the confidant and favorite general of Yue Guogong, Hou Xuanyan has played more than once, and he has won good horse armor, and he has rewarded Li Haoxian. The predecessor of the Agni Battalion was the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Suppression Restoration Division, which was Hou Xuanyan's starting man.

Yan Yingyuan asked himself, if Hou Xuanyan really did something shocking, he would definitely not be as firm as Li Haoxian.

Fortunately, what Hou Xuanyan supported was the orthodox bloodline of the Son of Heaven and the widow of Emperor Longwu.

"There has been a lot of rain recently, so I reminded the soldiers to investigate the terrain and be careful of mud, sand and rocks on the top of the mountain."

As soon as Zhou Wenwu heard this, he knew that he didn't want to discuss more about this matter, so he turned around and left. When he got out of the camp, he saw his subordinate Chen Risheng when he was in Qinglong Mountain leaning on the flagpole of the banner of the Chinese army, blowing the conch with the soldiers next to him.

Zhou Wenwu's face sank, and he said angrily: "Risheng, get here!" ”

Chen Risheng shook his shoulders and ran over happily, salivating and smiling: "Big brother, you call me?" ”

"How many times have you said it, there is no big brother in the army, why can't you remember. You should take someone to the nearby mountains now to see if there is any danger of landslides. After saying that, he turned around and left.

After Chen Risheng bent down and watched Zhou Wenwu leave, he spat on the ground and scolded: "Phew, when you become an official, you don't even recognize your own brothers, what a thing." ”

Suddenly, a small soldier rushed quickly, rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army like a gust of wind, fell to the ground and shouted loudly: "General, the Qing soldiers of Fengyang Mansion are heading to Chuzhou, and they have broken the Qingliu Pass and arrived at the foot of Langya Mountain." ”

Yan Yingyuan slapped the table, not angry: "Why did you only get the news now?" ”

"Fengyang has been raining heavily and flooding everywhere, making it even more difficult to find out the news. In addition, there were fleeing people everywhere, and by the time we found out, the Qing soldiers had already arrived in Chuzhou. ”

"Who are they?"

"Zilharang commanded the central army, the left army was Kong Youde, and the right army was Azig. Most of the Qing army's Central Plains troops are here. ”

Yan Yingyuan stood up and said, "Chuzhou is lost, Jinling is under the iron hoof, and I will return to the division immediately." ”

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