The gentle breeze and the sun shining on this ruined land gave it a light veil, which added a little warmth and made people not so sad.

Early in the morning, Cao Bianjiao stood outside the compound with a forest of armor, waiting for those concubines to come out, go south to return to Beijing, and waited for half an hour, a few women came out, they were all royal nobles before, and they needed to take care of everything themselves, but now it is different, there is not even a person to serve around, not that Cao Bianjiao does not want to find it, but no one wants to, this thing of serving people for no reason, who wants to do it, so they have to rely on themselves for food, clothing and daily life.

"A few concubines, the car is ready, the matter is in a hurry, it is all a small car, I hope you don't mind, now the court is in ruins, everything is extremely nervous, even the emperor, is also very thrifty, please understand."

"The general's words are serious, how difficult it is for the imperial court, how can we mind these things so much, let's go!" Yuan Guifei is quite generous, in fact, it is already a great luck to be able to return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty with a noble body, what else does she have to worry about, she is also a woman who knows the general situation.

Cao Bianjiao responded, nodded, and then ordered to prepare to go.

"Slowly, I don't want to go, I don't have anything to see when I go back to Nanjing, after this big change, I have stopped my heart, I want to stay in Fengyang, live on the side of Longxing Temple, practice Buddhism and participate in the scriptures, and spend the rest of my life!" Ren Rong suddenly spoke, interrupting everyone's movements.

"This ......" Cao Bianjiao looked at Yuan Guifei and Fan Huifei, and immediately asked what they meant.

"Is my sister really going to do this? Let's go back to Nanjing, it's too hard to cultivate Buddhism, I'm worried that my sister won't be able to stand this cold! Concubine Fan Hui was also dissuaded at the moment.

Ren Rong said with a resolute face: "I have made up my mind, thank you sister for your concern, let's fulfill my sister!" ”

Concubine Fan Hui also sighed at the moment and stopped speaking, Yuan Guifei also nodded at the moment and said, "Since Sister Concubine Rong is like this, then let's fulfill her, and General Lao will arrange it." ”

"The minister understands, the minister will temporarily send someone to escort you to the south, I will arrange it here, and then follow up."

"It's good! So be it! ”

Yuan Guifei and Fan Huifei also got into the carriage at the moment, Cao Bianjiao said a few words to Niu Ruolan who was escorting, and then watched the army set off, until the crowd walked away, Cao Bianjiao showed a smile, of course all this was arranged by him, Ren Rong was already his person, he naturally would not send her to the Imperial City of Nanjing again, that was not what Ren Rong wanted, otherwise she would not have tried her best to seduce Cao Bianjiao.

"They are gone, you can stay in Fengyang in the future, the emperor here is far away, they are all my people, and I don't worry about what someone says, you can also stay!"

"The slave family knows that the general has the most way, such a trivial matter can be easily solved, it was not in vain that the slave family had a lot of ups and downs last night, so tired, I almost couldn't get up today!" Ren Rong also threw away his eyes, and blurted out coquettish words. She was originally Wei Zhongxian's daughter-in-law, how much did Wei Zhongxian spend back then, that is, she hoped that she could enter the palace to gain the favor of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, and then give birth to the prince, Wei Zhongxian then relied on his power to help him ascend the throne, but the sky is not as good as the people, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, she gave birth to the prince Zhu Cijiong, who died of fright when Wang Gongchang exploded, and finally the bamboo basket was empty.

"I think you are very happy, last night when the fish and water were happy, looking at your prodigal image, I really can't believe it, but I like a bold woman like you, you live in Fengyang in the future, I will build a separate residence for you, but I have to follow tomorrow, go back to Nanjing for a while, you are at ease here, and when things are done, I will come to see you." Cao Bianjiao and Ren Rong walked into the courtyard hand in hand, talking as they walked, they also looked like gentlemen, a little less of the majesty of a general, and a little more of a man's charm.

Ren Rongjiao snorted, leaned on Cao Bianjiao's shoulder and arm, and said with a playful smile: "Since that's the case, then you have to compensate me well tonight, otherwise I won't let you go!" ”

"Okay, I'll make you happy and make up for your loneliness for more than ten years!"

Cao Bianjiao stayed in Fengyang for two more days, and after settling Ren Rong for a few days, he also chased after them, caught up with them in Chuzhou, and then crossed the Yangtze River together and returned to Nanjing, Zhu Cijiong had already gotten the news, this is the Ming Dynasty since the Wanli Emperor, fifty years of great joy, Cao Bianjiao with a group of useless waste people, forced the Manchu Qing Dynasty to cut the land to offer silver, once upon a time, the Ming Dynasty was so proud of it, Zhu Cijiong was also very happy.

At the same time, the concubines of the first emperor returned to Nanjing, which was also a major event, so Zhu Cijiong personally went out of Nanjing City and went to Jiangningdu to greet him at the suggestion of Zhang Shenyan, his mother was no longer there, Yuan Guifei also watched him grow up, and he had always been good friends with his mother, Queen Zhou, so he also showed great respect for Yuan Guifei and his party.

After entering the imperial city, Yuan Guifei and others completely understood what Cao Bianjiao said before, it was really simple, in the imperial city, there were few palace maids and eunuchs, and the palace was mostly dilapidated, and several halls were left with only the foundation site, which was also done after Cao Bianjiao's decision, in the palace, the use was reduced, and the original twelve eunuchs only left the palm print, the priest, the pen, the internal official, Shangbao, the Duzhi, and the seven eunuchs of the straight hall, and later after the change in Nanjing, even the priest and the pen were abolished, and only five eunuchs remained, adding up to only three hundred people. The palace maid is even less, the palace maid six rounds, although the six rounds have not changed, but each game is only thirty people, the entire imperial city, not counting the imperial army, the inner palace attendants are a little more than five hundred, only need to maintain daily affairs, it is enough, Cao Bianjiao also strictly formulated the expenditure rate, a day of the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation shall not exceed twenty taels of silver, if exceeded, whoever picks up the emperor to use it indiscriminately, will take whose money to make up for it, who dares to do the money-burning thing Zhu Cijiong.

"General, this is the list of personnel that the general needs and their details, they are all here, I don't know what the general wants?" As soon as Cao Bianjiao returned to Nanjing, Zhang Shenyan explained what Cao Bianjiao had ordered before, that is, the affairs of the former Ming Dynasty ministers who had already served the Manchu Dynasty.

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the list, there are really a lot, there are more than 200 people, there are almost people in official positions large and small, and Cao Bianjiao also explained to Zhang Shenyan at the moment: "I want this list, in order to hit the reputation of these people, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Beijing, it has been under the banner of justice, causing many people who do not know the truth to believe in their hypocrisy, which is of course caused by the influence of those traitorous ministers, I am ready to send a fine work, sneak back to the north, and then knock and blackmail the people above one by one, If they want to reunite with their families, they can, pay the ransom according to their official positions, and if they don't want it, we don't care, so we send people everywhere to say, it doesn't matter if they add oil and vinegar to the rumors, anyway, they just want to keep making trouble for them, making their hearts unstable, without the help of these traitors, they can't last long with the foundation of the Manchu Dynasty, and for those whose families are in the north, it can also be the same, spreading the ugliness of their treason and defection to the enemy everywhere, so that the people of the world can see clearly that the Manchu court is a place where dirt and dirt are hidden. ”

"High! The general is really clever! Zhang Shenyan also completely understood Cao Bianjiao's intentions at this moment, shouted Gao Ming, and was amazed, although he did not start a war with the Manchu Qing for the time being, but he could not let them be idle.

"This matter still has to be explained to the court officials by Lao Ge, and it is very important! In the coming period, in the face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we will use the offensive of force as a supplement, and the material offensive of public opinion will be the mainstay, and the Manchus are also human beings, and the officials of the Manchu court are also officials, and everyone will have some pleasures, and will send out our silk, jade, tea, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, anthologies, etc., to earn their gold and silver, and buy salt, iron, and grain, and come back to ......"