After Ma Hu's head injury was healed, he was supposed to enter the customs and return to his SC hometown, but the head of the family, Ma Xianglin, sent a letter, ordering him and his brothers who had recovered from their injuries to stay and learn the tactics of war, and when to go home and wait for the notice, so Ma Hutou and his group of Shi Yan villagers temporarily became Fengzhou people, and he and more than a dozen brothers were also selected for the martial arts selection camp.

"My lord, I've heard the elders say that in the Battle of the Hunhe River, our stone soldiers used ash poles and spears to form a dense infantry formation to block Jiannu's cavalry, and later Jiannu defeated us with the help of artillery, so the last general felt that the attack on the dense infantry formation had to be carried out with firearms." The sloppy head came out of the line and replied:

"My lord, the last general feels that the role of firearms is limited, the rate of fire is too slow to suppress the opponent, and if there is an explosion, it will disrupt the main formation, and the officers and soldiers have suffered from this." A tall, thin officer said from the ranks.

A black-faced officer immediately echoed: "My lord, we have fought in the Guannei, and the officers and soldiers also use firearms, so we can still scare people at first, but when we get acquainted, we will not be afraid, and we will rush forward with more than a dozen lives, but we can defeat the officers and soldiers." ”

Mao Yuanyi glared at the two thieves fiercely: "Liu Tichun, Hao Shaoqi, do you think that the firearms in Fengzhou are as shoddy as those in Guannei, tell you that the equipment in Fengzhou is excellent, and you should use it boldly." ”

Liu Tichun and Hao Shaoqi glanced at each other, smiled and retreated to the queue, they were selected into the military selection camp by virtue of their military exploits in the Battle of Kuku Hetun, and because of their outstanding performance, they were still very valued, the two of them were a little cocked, Mao Yuanyi was a deputy general of the imperial court but had not been stained with blood, which always made them a little contemptuous, and deliberately sang a little contradiction from time to time.

Mao Yuanyi ignored the two stabs, and continued to say loudly: "The future tactics of the Fengzhou army are infantry, cavalry, and artillery to fight together, the battle of the Hunhe River has been explained to you, the stone soldiers and the Zhejiang army lack firearms to suppress each other, and there is no cavalry to cover the infantry formation, and the stubborn defense will undoubtedly be defeated, this is the painful lesson of my Ming army, have you all remembered it?" ”

"Remember!" The officers of the Wuxuan battalion replied loudly together.

Li Yu glanced at this side and continued to talk to Batu - a letter from the Great Commander's Office suggested the establishment of two eastern and western platforms, with Liu Xingzuo as the commander of the eastern platform, in charge of the military and political affairs of Xinghewei and Chahar Ministries, so as to integrate forces to prevent the westward invasion of the Jin State, and at the same time seize all favorable opportunities to expand eastward; The western Xingtai, with Batu as the commander, was in charge of the military and political affairs of Dongshengwei and Chahan Naoerwei, and developed to the north of Baoketu, striving to control the pastures in the north and south of Daqingshan, and at the same time expanding westward to the border of the two towns of GSNX, striving to completely control the inner and outer coats of the Yellow River. In addition, the Great Commander's Office believed that with the expansion of the scale of farming, the gap between the nomadic people and the agricultural people would gradually widen in their lives, which was obviously not conducive to the stability of Toyosu, and suggested that the system of requisitioning horses and silver from the government and the army would pay money and grain to all the horses and livestock of the people, which could not only increase the income of the herdsmen, but also encourage the herdsmen to raise horses to strengthen their armaments.

"I have no opinion, the Commander's Office has formulated a charter, and it can be implemented after it is passed by the Council of Governors." Li Yu nodded after reading the letter and said.

"Isn't it time for you to return, the Grand Commander's Mansion must also have this meaning, and it should be handed over to me here." Batu smiled and pushed Li Yu.

"I'm not going back, there is a governor in naturalization, and there are a lot of government affairs, or you are at ease here, don't want to drive me away." Li Yu smiled and hugged Batu.

"You're always on my turf, how can I work?" Batou shook his head.

"This is my territory, what can you do if I don't leave?" Li Yumei smiled happily, seeing that Batu was a little angry, she put away her smile and said, "I have to stay longer, Chahar Khan is not reassuring, he is the Great Khan of Mongolia after all, we must fight his banner to survive on the grassland, force cannot solve the problem, I am his brother-in-law, or his Jinong, it is better for me to come out and pay him." Don't worry, this territory is still up to you, spring plowing will start soon, and you still have a lot to worry about. ”

This year's spring is cold, spring ploughing only began in March, and as in previous years, men, women and children in Fengzhou flocked to the fields together, and from Weining Haizi to Ordos immediately boiled, and there were people working everywhere. The task of spring plowing this year is arduous, the goal put forward by the Great Commander's Office is to sow more than one million mu, and the officials dare not slack off under heavy pressure, except for the officials on duty, all the others in the Great Commander's Office have gone down to the guard station, Li Jianji and his gang are a little embarrassed, they can't do the farm work, and they don't want to do it, so they simply go to the Shangtun field to call others to work -- the Chamber of Commerce took over the work of planting vocational fields and military fields, and even coaxed and deceived more than 1,000 homeless young people who had no food to eat from the Guannei to be long-term workers, Li Jianji felt that if he didn't keep an eye on it, some people might have to be lazy.

Liu Zhilun, the governor of naturalization, was very depressed during this time, and the scribes and family members who went out of the customs with him almost ran away, and there was only one old Ding Liu Er who was brought from the SC's hometown, and the recruitment of talents from the customs was even more empty, and the Great Commander's Mansion wished to have more talents, and it did not hinder him at all, the problem was the people of insight he invited in a letter, and none of these guys who usually called the loyal monarch and patriotism to the sky did not come - Liu Zhilun sighed to Jin Sheng for this, life outside the Sai is too hard, and who wants to come here to suffer if there is a bowl of rice to eat, No wonder Fengzhou is full of thieves, fugitives and ruffians, Jin Sheng immediately added, as well as those of us who can't get along in the officialdom, we can not only eliminate disasters and avoid disasters here, but also have the opportunity to do something serious. Liu Zhilun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard it, he regarded himself as a saint, and he annoyed everyone by arguing for righteousness and reasoning in the court, and it was not necessarily a bad thing to be driven to naturalization, at least his disciple would never turn his face and deny people at every turn like the emperor, but this guy did so many lawless things, and he hid in Ordos and refused to come back in a flash, which made him angry and nowhere to go.

Li Yu ran away, the gang of people in the General Military Mansion couldn't run, Liu Zhilun had to put the fire on them, these people greeted them with smiles, let him preach casually, what should he do or how to do it later, over time, Liu Zhilun didn't bother to speak, in fact, he also understood that Fengzhou couldn't do without these people at all, if he found another group of people to do it, it wouldn't take three months to make a big deal. After thinking about it, Liu Zhilun felt that he should also do some practical things, and besides, there were few people in this place who talked about morality. However, doing practical things and discussing government affairs are completely different things, Liu Zhilun is used to being a Beijing official, he doesn't know anything about local government affairs, and he can't interfere if he wants to do practical things, but the officials feel that he is making trouble, including Ma Shiying, who hides when he sees him.

In this year's spring ploughing, Liu Zhilun wrote a lot of official documents, emphasizing that farming is the foundation of the country, and officials at all levels must set an example to share weal and woe with the people, and then he himself also wore cloth clothes and carried hoes to the ground. Liu Zhilun, who was born in a peasant family, was not afraid of hardship, and when he saw the scene of spring ploughing in full swing, his brain was hot, and he actually took Liu Er to dig a canal, and while working, he pulled his throat to cheer for everyone, and the people of Fengzhou guessed who he was when they heard the accent, and persuaded this big official from the customs to find some light work to do, but he was not happy. In the end, he was a man in his fifties, and he couldn't do it until the third day, and he was sent back to the Commander's Mansion by the people by car, Liu Zhilun was still not convinced, saying that the soil in Fengzhou was too hard after freezing, and if it was in SC's hometown, this little work was nothing to him. Ortai, who was on duty at the Grand Commander's Mansion, sent Liu Zhilun back to the Governor's Mansion with tears and laughter, and then found Han Dagong, the governor of the Inspection Department, to scold him - the Governor went out to work, you don't know, can you afford something to happen? In the future, send people to follow the governor every day, and there must be no more mistakes.

Liu Zhilun's governor's mansion was built on the ruins of the former Shunyi Palace, and dozens of brick houses were originally built to be used as the governor's mansion. Liu Zhilun has no one and nothing to do, and he doesn't want to go to the lama temple to work, and it is not a matter to guard dozens of empty houses, so he simply left only a few office accommodations, and the other houses were given to Fengzhou Academy, so that Fengzhou Academy picked up a big bargain, and Song Tongyin, Lu Shanji, and Sun Qifeng also became Liu Zhilun's neighbors.

Liu Zhilun's waist was sprained, and he lay on the bed for several days, which alarmed many Fengzhou officials to visit, Jin Sheng didn't know how to do farm work, and he was so idle during this time that he panicked, so he simply took the bed to the governor's mansion to live, and the three gentlemen Song Tongyin, Lu Shanji, and Sun Qifeng next door naturally often came to accompany him, and several of the same kind got together to talk about something.

In February, SD Governor Zhu Dadian led the general Chen Hongfan and General Zu Kuan to break through Dengzhou Shuicheng, killing the rebel general Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming fled into the sea with the crowd; The situation of SX is more complicated, Hong Chengchou is too fierce to suppress the thieves, SX thieves have fled eastward, SX thieves were very serious in the autumn of last year, Daning, Zezhou, Shouyang have fallen one after another, some thieves also rushed into HN to commit Huaiqing, trapped Xiuwu, in the first month of this year, the imperial court changed the order Zhang Zongheng, Xu Dingchen divided Pingyang, Fenzhou to do their own thing, commissioned Cao Wenzhao to control the generals, Shaanxi, unified command of the thieves, this move was a little late but the effect was very fast, the thieves hid in the Taihang Mountains under the continuous blows of the official army, and the SX thieves were gradually contained.

Liu Zhilun was more optimistic about the current situation, and said to his peers with a happy face: "The emperor has worked hard for many years, and there should be some gains, the SD mutiny, the northwest thief rebellion has gradually subsided, and the SX thieves are just surviving, and I finally have some hope for Ming Zhongxing." ”

"Brother Yuan Cheng, Kong Youde is lonely, and it is reasonable for him to be destroyed, he will inevitably flee to Liaodong when he is cornered, so it is not cheap to build slaves, and SX thieves should not be underestimated, I heard that Zuoliang Yulin County won the thief, and the remnants of the thieves hid in the mountains but there were hungry people fighting for it, and its momentum was even more rampant, and I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty Zhongxing is still far away." Jin Sheng shook his head again and again.

"That's not afraid, I'm more than 200 years old in the Ming Dynasty, the orthodoxy of the world, and the current emperor Shengming, how can a group of young people be able to shake it, I hope to cheer up, don't be so depressed." Liu Zhilun glanced at Jin Sheng disappreciatively, this person was not like this before, when he was in the Jingshi Hanlin Academy, Jin Sheng was full of spirits and exalted words, and his loyalty to the country was often overflowing, but after the Gyeonggi War, he became more and more decadent, and this reunion outside the customs felt that he was discouraged and had no ambitions.

There has always been an anti-Ming force hidden in Fengzhou, and from time to time it will jump out to do something deviant, and Zhengxi must have been influenced by those people to lose confidence in Daming. Liu Zhilun was resentful in his heart, and he wanted to suppress the arrogance of these people, and the contest between the two sides had actually begun - at the Fengzhou Public Assembly at the beginning of the spring, Liu Zhilun persuaded everyone to be consistent with his words and deeds, and sincerely obey the TC to obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty to stop privately opening salt ponds and iron mines, and to emphasize agriculture and suppress business in order to seek the fundamentals. Liu Zhilun's preaching caused a lot of boos, and the common people actually refuted him with the "Naturalization Oath", and some rough goods actually shouted, Daming is a fart, if it weren't for the face of the commander, he would have been blown away, Liu Zhilun was simply mad. In the end, Li Fugui came out to play a round game, this guy is knowledgeable, and opened his mouth to say a big truth of "eating and dressing, that is, human physics", "the people's daily use is the way", calling on everyone to work hard to make a fortune, Fengzhou Feng protects private property as the constitution of heaven, has the ability to make money in line with the way of heaven, and the emperor can't care about it, as for the matter of changing the name, Li Fugui thinks that the court is purely full of food and nosy, we can call it whatever we like, but he also suggested giving the Ming Emperor a face, since the library and Tun are ruined, it doesn't hurt to change the name to naturalization, But we only naturalize the hearts of the people of Providence, not the Ming court.

Liu Zhilun was angry when he thought of this, he never dreamed that the people of Fengzhou were so rude, not only did they not bow down to him, but also dared to accuse the court officials with confidence, which was the result of the kid's connivance, and he taught him in Jingshibai.

"I'm not in good health, and I'm weak about state affairs, so I'd better resign and go home to study." Jin Sheng shook his head and said.

"No, if you are not in good health, you can go to Datong to recuperate for a while, but you must not go." Liu Zhilun immediately objected, Jin Sheng talked more than once about resigning and going home, but every time he was categorically rejected, the situation in Fengzhou was complicated, Jin Sheng ran away, how could he deal with it alone?

"There are only two of you who have real power in Fengzhou, and Zhengxi really can't go, so accompany our old man more!" Song Tongyin also smiled and persuaded Jin Sheng, he and Lu Shanji, Sun Qifeng three gentlemen guarded the Fengzhou Academy, for the academic matters and Fengzhou officials to fight, a little for the heaven and earth, for the people to establish a life, for the saint to continue the pride of learning, although the life in Fengzhou is hard, but the three of them are more and more spiritual, Song Tongyin today has a major event to say: "Yuan Cheng, Gao Yizhi priest returned from Chahan Naoerwei, submitted a charter to the General Military Office, to open the industrial and commercial academy to promote the study of the world, Han Min and the Mongolian Batu also seconded the proposal, The old man felt that something was wrong, they seemed to have the intention of advocating Western learning, sacred learning is the way of heaven and earth, the foundation of the people's existence, sacred learning has not yet been inherited, how can they be chaotic and miscellaneous. ”

"Yes, Fengzhou's school and politics are extremely chaotic, and the end of miscellaneous studies is popular, if you don't clean up the source, the people's hearts will not be convinced, and it will become a big disaster in the future." Sun Qifeng had long noticed that Fengzhou's knowledge was impure, and he was heartbroken about it.

There are only two books taught by schools and Wei in various schools in Fengzhou, one is the "Fengzhou Elementary School" compiled by Namur who pieced together Gao Yizhi's "Western Learning Self-cultivation", "Western Learning Qijia", "Western Learning Zhiping" and "Vocational Outer Chronicles" by Priest Julius to introduce the geography of the world, and the other is "Fengzhou Zhiluo" compiled by Ortai to introduce the geography and history of Fengzhou. The explanation of the Ministry of Missions and Education is that there are few readers in Fengzhou, and no one can teach or want to learn such a complex knowledge as the "Thirteen Classics", and it is the most practical to teach some simple knowledge of literacy and reasoning, and the Mongols and Zhushen hate the Ming Kingdom the most, and it is not easy to bring them to read Hanshu. However, the consequences of this combination of Chinese and Western are serious, and the foundation of Fengzhou Tongzi Shengxue is too shallow to make a difference in the imperial examination, and the academy has only enrolled more than 50 children so far. These children are not worry-free, everything must be in accordance with the "logic" in Western learning, not only talking about Confucius, Mencius, but also Plato, Aristotle, and even nitpicking about the words of the sages, after being scolded and punished, they proudly declared, "I love my teacher, I love the truth more", Fengzhou Academy has driven a few trouble-making children home, but this unhealthy trend does not seem to be suppressed.

Sun Qifeng became angry when he thought of this, stood up and pointed at Song Tongyin and said: "Brother Xianzheng, this is Fengzhou that you asked us to educate, in order to teach a group of children, I have to find someone to ask why Plato and Aristotle are appointed?" What is 'logic'? Where is Asia? The old face has been lost, who will educate whom in the long run? ”

"Qitai don't be angry, Fengzhou was originally an uncivilized barbarian land, and if you catch a knowledge, you will swallow it, but we are not too late, the common people read the Han book of Western Confucianism is better than believing in Lama, science is the most correct in the world, why not be afraid of other miscellaneous studies, and when they taste the benefits, they must not squeeze their heads to learn from us." Song Tongyin held down Sun Qifeng and persuaded.

"It's all my unscrupulous disciple, who doesn't study well and connives crooked reasoning and heresy," Liu Zhilun also held back his anger when he touched soft nails everywhere, and said angrily, "This official wants to send him to the imperial court and remove him from the post of chief soldier." ”

"Never!" Song Tongyin and Sun Qifeng shouted almost at the same time, Jin Sheng was indifferent and continued to drink tea, Lu Shanji had been silent just now, and finally spoke: "How can the imperial court not know what Li Hanmin has done, but why don't the emperor and the ministers ask?" Don't you dare to move him, the mixed situation of Hu and Han in Fengzhou is complicated, and the power against Daming is absolutely beyond imagination, with Li Hanmin pressing, he can still be at peace with Daming, if something happens to him, who can still control Fengzhou? Da Ming can no longer withstand a turmoil, and there is no need to mention impeachment again! In fact, Li Hanmin is not a person with great ambitions, and what he asks for is just to let the people have a home to eat and clothe themselves, and on this basis, Li Hanmin is far superior to the generals of our dynasty. ”