Miyun, Li Yu is busy discussing how to take over the new territory these days, and when he heard that the emperor of the Qing Kingdom was coming, he casually sent the second girl and Li Liao's mother and son who had just arrived to greet him, and he continued to be busy with business - as the patriarch of Datong Manchu and the brother-in-law of the little emperor, he is qualified to put on a shelf.

In the yamen of the county magistrate, which was temporarily converted into a camp, Li Yu and the officials listened carefully to Song Yihe's explanation of government affairs -- according to the resolution of the two governments and the two courts of the federation, Song Yihe, the former minister of military affairs, was transferred to the commander of Zhili, Cai Ruxun, the former prefect of Xuanhua, was transferred to the political envoy of Zhili, Yan Jizu, the former president of the Supreme Court of Criminal Justice, was transferred to the commander of Shandong, and Ma Shiying was retained as the political envoy of Shandong,......, Song Yihe was a native of Wanping, and he was very proud to return to his hometown, and talked to everyone about the local regulations.

"Gentlemen, Zhili is located at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the power of the gentry is deep-rooted, and they are eager to change quickly but not to achieve it, we must try our best to retain the officials, appease the gentry to stabilize the place, persuade farming, tax reduction and exemption to improve the people's livelihood, first achieve political communication and harmony, and then implement the new policy as a matter of course, I am confident that the governance of Zhili will achieve great results in three years." Song Yihe finally said.

Chang Shu expressed his doubts: "We have always advocated that industry and commerce should be given priority, taking into account agriculture and animal husbandry, the grain output of Zhili is limited, and it is difficult for the people to eat even if they do not pay taxes. ”

"I am ruling by inaction, and the state capitals of Zhili are free to open markets and workshops, and Bao Dawei also said that the Chamber of Commerce can invest some money in Zhili." Song Yihe argued.

"The Chamber of Commerce will focus on supporting Liaodong in the next few years, and it won't be able to come up with much money, so I'm afraid you will have to consider applying for relief." Li Mao interjected, and everyone burst into laughter - in order to plug the loopholes of the past dynasties of misappropriation and greed, and waste of money and grain, the Datong Federation separated the relief affairs from the Prime Minister's Office, and the state capitals in various regions paid relief funds to the banknote bureau year by year, and the allocation must be approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Qi Chongge wanted to show it, raised his hand and said: "Commander Song, I'm afraid you still miss a little, this official rule, the closer to the capital, the more corrupt, the Qing soldiers entered the customs to abolish the bad rules of miscellaneous taxes, and severely punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even if the 'three salaries' were later incorporated into the regular tax, the burden of the people was lighter than that of the previous dynasty, but as soon as Dolgon's hand was loosened, greed for ink prevailed, as far as the tax of Zhili was concerned, the accounts of the household department were stunned and the local area did not match, everyone said that the Han officials were too dark, and the Eight Banners would be damaged in the future. ”

Song Yihe was said to be poured cold water, and complained to Li Yu a little frustratedly: "President, you can't be too partial, the reconstruction of Liaodong is related to the stability of the Northeast Frontier, I have no opinion on investing more money, but Zhili is close to Shanxi and is also an important place, this mess can't be cleaned up without money, you have to find a way for me." ”

"The Federation needs money everywhere, what can I do? Song Yihe, don't complain about it first, wait for Cai Ruxun to come back, and the two of you will think about a charter together," Li Yu waved his hand impatiently, frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Zhili is a piece of erosion, and if the new policy is not implemented, the people will have nothing to eat, Ma Guanghui, the officials who return to obedience are all screened by you, and there is no need to investigate the matter of reducing the Qing, and those who stabilize one side and protect the people are retained as officials, and those who help and abuse and harm the local area will be severely punished according to the law." ”

Ma Guanghui is Ma Guangyuan's younger brother, he is quite down-to-earth, but his ability is poor, and he has not been reused for many years when he defected to Fengzhou, and the Prime Minister's Office took into account that he had worked in the Beijing camp of the Ming Kingdom, and this time he was transferred to the director of the Zhili Branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Yan Jizu suddenly spoke: "If you have money, you have to spend it in what matters, President, I am Datong in Daming, Zhengshuo should win the world in hand, it is better to send me to Zhejiang, to ensure that Fujian and Zhejiang will be pacified within a year, and the world can be ruled by unification." ”

After the Battle of Jinlianchuan, Yan Jizu and Song Yihe contacted Wang Yingxiong in Sichuan, He Fengsheng in Huguang, Yuan Jixian in Jiangxi and others desperately advocated that Li Yu was from the Guanlong Li clan and should rebuild the Tang Empire.

"Mr. Yan, the president still inherits the authority of the Mongolian Great Khan, and you plan to unify the world, so shouldn't you also conquer the Rakshasa Kingdom in the west?" Zhao Jipi smiled and didn't laugh.

"Of course you can, but you have to wait until the world is unified." Song Yihe replied.

Digress again, how to govern Zhili to unify the world, Li Yu waved his hand dissatisfiedly: "Yan Jizu, if you don't want to go to Shandong, follow me to Liaodong, Sun Fuhu has led the army to Zhejiang and Fujian by sea, where there is no battle for you." ”

Yan Jizu and Song Yihe wanted to say a few more words, but Li Yu's guards Wutai and Gui Tu ran in and shouted: "Uncle Erlu, it's not good, the queen mother of the two palaces of the Qing Kingdom is also here, crying and making trouble, I have to see you." ”

"Let the lady and the fourth son be appeased." Li Yu waved his hand impatiently.

"Aunt Yilan and the fourth son can't be persuaded either!" Utai shook his head.

Gui Tu added: "It was the matter of King Xiaoding, he gave the little emperor a new military uniform, and said that it was not majestic enough to wear a military uniform with braids, and the little emperor couldn't resist the agitation to cut his braids, and the queen mother of the two palaces almost fainted when she saw it." ”

King Xiaoding returned to Beijing this time to pay tribute to his parents, but the lark who could manage him did not come, probably because he was bored and made fun of the Qing Emperor - Li Yu had a bad attack, so he called Shang Xifu and Qi Chongge to hurriedly walk out.

As soon as the president left, the others began to talk nonsense, Datong has Dingwang and Fulin two abdicated emperors, and there is also a Fu King who is not qualified to abdicate, if you catch Emperor Shaowu, Emperor Yongli, and King Lu, you must bring them together to see, the abdicated emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the abdicated emperor of the Ming Dynasty were fooled into braiding for the first time, and there may be a lot of fun in the future.

Li Yu came back after half an hour, waved his hand to signal that it was okay, and then pointed to a Manchurian official in his early fifties behind him and introduced it to everyone: "This is the ninth son of the old Khan of the Jin State, the general of Fengguo, Babutai, but you must not know his other identity......

"President, the deputy general, the head of the Jingshi Titang Institute, Babutai, requests to return to the team." Babutai saluted and said loudly.

Li Yu grabbed Babutai's hand, turned to the officials and said, "My ninth uncle has long been in contact with the deceased General Liu Xingzuo, and has been working for Fengzhou since the fifth year of Tiancong. ”

Everyone exclaimed, knowing that Datong had a deep penetration into the Qing Kingdom, but no one would have imagined that Liu Xingzuo's hand would reach into the clan, and the Great Qing Kingdom was really unjust to this day!

Li Yu said to Zhao Ji: "Uncle Nine brought a piece of news, Wang Wenkui, the governor of Huaiyang, and Zhao Fuxing, the governor of Fengyang, raised troops to make a rebellion, and Zhunta was trapped in Xuzhou to urgently ask for help. ”

Zhao Ji agreed and left, and Li Yu said to Xifu and Qi Chongge: "Uncle Jiu said that Prince Li and King Raoyu are seriously ill, and I must immediately rush to Jingshi to visit, the two old gentlemen temporarily succumbed to the Zhili Commander's Mansion, and Sony also acted as the Tianfu Yin, the current priority is to eliminate the smallpox epidemic, and the second is to prevent famine, how to do it You and Song Commander discuss." ”

"Hermes-Epitek, I'm old, and I want to stay in my hometown and do something for the villagers." Sun Qifeng got up and said.

"There's Mr. Law!" Li Yu saluted the old man, and then said loudly to everyone: "Gentlemen, don't worry about the previous grievances and grievances, we will work together to ensure the safety of the people of Zhili." ”

Li Yu called the second girl, Li Liao's mother and son left in a hurry - the green battalion soldiers of the Beijing division garrison had been escorted to Miyun, Tu Lichen's riding town, Haishan's Buliu town and the dove occupied the magpie's nest to control the inside and outside of the capital, Li Yu passed all the way unimpeded, and met Jierharang who came to greet him at Deshengmen, and the two first went to visit Daishan.

Lao Daishan was lying on the bed humming and chirping, and when he saw Li Yu, he complained that he had three promising sons in order to keep the family business, and in the end the two red flags were still bullied, and there was no place to reason with them, so confused in this life, after scolding himself, he drank and ordered the fourth Wakda to take his children and grandchildren to kneel down and kowtow to Li Yu.

"Erlu, uncle won't live for a few days, none of these five sons is as good as one, the future is hopeless, when you can't mix in the future, please enjoy your food no matter what." Dai Shan's old man pleaded with tears.

"Uncle, Luck Dehun is your grandson, he has done a good job in Datong, he will be successful in the future, Wakda they are also very responsible, they will become talented after some training, you can rest assured!" Li Yu replied.

Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo were kicked out of the house when they were young, and they were condescended to be their fathers who did not say a word of justice, Sakhalian was the most favored, but he also died in an unknown way, this old man only cared about the family business and ignored family affection, and his heart was really ruthless - Li Yu did not have a good impression of Dai Shan, but he could only be relieved to see his appearance of being dead or alive, and when Dai Shan fell asleep, he and Zilharang went to visit Abatai.

The palace of Raoyu County is very lively, the daughter and the little grandson who have not been seen for many years are back, Abatai feels much better, sitting on the bed and asking about Li Liao's studies, Li Liao casually recited a few poems to win the applause of the house, and he was so happy that his eyebrows and mustache also smiled - the old man didn't know a few big words, but he was most concerned about his children's reading and progress, except for the eldest Shang Jian, who died early, the other three sons Bo Hetuo, Bo Luo, and Yue Le were all talented in the Eight Banners, and this grandson seemed to be even more amazing.

Seeing Li Yu walking in, Abatai pointed at Li Liao and said, "Erlu, I think this kid is better than you, train well, maybe he can take over your class." ”

"Things in the future will come soon," Li Yu said on his lips, but he complained in his heart, the three sons of Ada Hai, Li Jin, and Li Qin each have their own supporters, and they will definitely support Li Liao after the Manchurians are attached, and they are in a high position, and if they don't make a decision as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be a struggle for authority in the future, he stepped forward to support Abatai and said, "Amuha, you take care of your illness, I will call Bolo back from Jiangning immediately, Bayan has nothing to do in Jinlianchuan, and you can also go back to Beijing to wait for you." ”

"Don't mention Bayan, that little brute just wants to be an official like his brother Li Shutai, and he doesn't respect Eniang, I don't expect him to wait." Abatai didn't have a good impression of the son of his other son-in-law, Li Yongfang, and waved his hand to look at Ji'erharang behind Li Yu.

After the others withdrew, Zilharang whispered, "Erlu, Aobai and Dasu have gone south, do you want to continue fighting?" If you want to fight, we will accompany you, but I will also be honest, Manchu people are reluctant to cross the Yangtze River. ”

"Erlu, don't fight anymore, the Han people look down on the Yi people in their bones, and we will not end well in the future if we sit in the world." Abatai gasped and persuaded.

Li Yu frowned and asked, "Are the Eight Banners willing to go back to Liaodong?" ”

Zilharang said with a wry smile: "We are not familiar with the life and land in the Guannai, and our brains are not smart, so we won't tell you, the banner people have indeed occupied a lot of land, but God testifies that most of the land output falls into the hands of traitors, and we have a bad reputation but we can't get much benefit, and the Han people may not be able to commit murder one day, forget it, this is not a place for us to stay, everyone doesn't want to live in fear, they are willing to go back to their hometown to seek stability, Erlu, there are more Han people in the south, and they can't finish the war in ten or eight years, and they will have to worry about them in the future, Why is this a problem, Dolgon has suffered enough, and we must not be foolish again! ”

Abatai continued: "Erlu, our population is too small, and it is not easy to govern the Ming Kingdom, and it is really impossible to say who will control who at that time, you have to think carefully." ”

Li Yu nodded: "Lama Jierji also said something similar before he died, Brother Jierharang, you will go to Datong to state your opinions in the next few days." ”

Suddenly there was a loud shout from Erniu outside the door, Li Yu frowned and walked out, seeing Azig and his sons arguing with several nephews, Erniu stopped them from entering the door.

"Erlu, you comment, Dorgon and Duoduo are dead, the family is gone, I am the elder brother, should I be the master of the distribution of their family property? The naturalized silver money shop was opened by your family, but the second girl was unreasonable, and she just didn't promise to give me the money saved by Duoduo. Azig shouted justifiably when he saw Li Yu.

"That's Uncle Fifteen's money, why give it to you? Besides, you also have money saved in my banknote shop, why don't you take it out to settle the fourteenth and fifteenth uncles' families? The second girl replied angrily.

"Uncle Twelve wants to cheat my family out of money, and he won't give him a tael of silver." Dórd's second son, the Doni, was a little imp and shouted at Azig.

"Nonsense, your fifth eldest Dolbo passed on to Dolgon, and now that his father has died and his home has been raided, how can he live at a young age, I don't call the shots, how can you wolf hearts and dogs still care about your brothers?" Azig waved his hand and slapped Doni into tears.

"Uncle Twelve, why did you beat my brother?" Duoduo's eldest son, Zhulan, was red-eyed, and immediately kicked at Azig's eldest son Hedu, and Azig was also shameless, and took his son and nephews to scuffle.

"Don't make trouble, go home, take Dolbo to Datong with Prince Zheng in a few days, I'll take care of it if I don't have anything to eat, and I want to go to the court with a lawsuit." Li Yu was furious and made a gesture behind him, and Wutai and Guitu took the guards to pick up their whips and pounced on them.

Knocking this group of people out of the palace, Li Yu was still angry, and said to Jierharang beside him: "Look at it, you will learn to play tricks after only a few days of entering the customs, and in a few years, there will definitely be a lot of waste materials in the Eight Banners."

"In the past two years, there have been a lot of lazy losers in Baqi, there will be more such things in the future, let's go back to my hometown as soon as possible, people, you have to endure some hardship." Zilharang shook his head and sighed.

Mo Rige quietly handed over a letter, Li Yu read it and handed the letter to Zilharang, sneered and whispered: "The Rakshasa country is about to move, forget it, don't fight the south, let's row the river and rule." ”

The letter was sent by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Kazakhs were instigated by the Rakshasa to attack the Kyrgyz, and the Western Regions Governor Asari quickly sent troops to help, and clashed with the Rakshasa army near Lake Balkhash, with more than 100 dead and wounded on both sides - Zilharang was furious after reading the letter: "The Rakshasa ghost thief is not dead, it seems that there are still fewer kills, and we will fight this battle together." ”

That night, Li Yu wrote a letter to the Presidential Palace in the Raoyu County Palace, suggesting that the north and the south should make peace, and that each country should use the Yangtze River as the boundary to implement its own policies and not offend each other, and at the same time ask to pay close attention to the movements of the Rakshasa Kingdom and resolutely launch a westward expedition if necessary—this letter was sent out in an urgent manner of 600 li, and the general trend of the world changed greatly.

In Datong, the news that the Qing court signed the "Agreement on the Merger of the Federal Republic of Datong and the Qing Empire" and the "Emperor's Abdication Edict" came, and the whole city suddenly fell into a carnival, and the people spontaneously poured into the Statue of Liberty Square, hugging each other and cheering and jumping. This is a historic moment when the Datong Federation embarked on the road to becoming a strong country, fireworks bloomed in the sky, major temples and church bells rang in unison, hundreds of pipe organs sounded, larks took the lead in singing the "Song of the Datong Federation", and tens of thousands of people echoed in unison "Fight, Federation, the citizens of the Federation will never, never, never be slaves".

In the cheers, a southern accent suddenly sounded, "Fight across the Yangtze River, liberate the whole of China", Datong citizens were slightly stunned and shouted, yes, the Qing Dynasty has been trampled underfoot, and it is not a matter of raising hands to clean up the remnants of the south, and the Datong Federation should dominate the world, however, the discordant voice came, "Let our men go home, we are just the Yangtze River" - the annoying "women's party" came to make trouble again.

The Mongolian men who did not care about the family created a group of female Mongolian businessmen, who had money and backers behind them, and also wanted to gain some power, and from time to time contacted the women of the Qinglou and the female factory workers to make some trouble, and also opened a newspaper called "Female Citizens", which Datong officials jokingly called "women's party".

Hearing the slogan of the "Women's Party", the citizens of Datong reacted, we have a good life, why should we go to the south to shed blood? The southerners should liberate themselves, and immediately raised their arms and shouted "We are not the Yangtze River", "We will not go to the south", ...... the popularity of the south is not to come forward to theorize, the two sides insist on their own words, but fortunately the inspection stopped in time and did not start a fight - however, this incident opened the prelude to the competition between the north and south forces of the Datong Federation.