The snow disaster did not destroy the people of Fengzhou, but made the hearts of the people united, the homeless victims were quickly resettled, the hundred households also organized the people to go to the mountains to hunt, break the ice and fish to solve the food shortage, the guards at the same time raised a winter training, in order to reduce physical consumption, to queue, archery training mainly, Ding Zhuang and the old and weak women and children can participate, after the training each person can get one or two liters of rations, the people have something to eat, the people's hearts gradually settle down.

The Great Commander's Mansion is worried, money, grain, and property are constantly flowing out, and there is no grain and money in the winter outside the Guan, and the officials are counting with their fingers, how long can Fengzhou hold out? Li Yu kept writing letters to various places for help, and even sent letters to his brother-in-law Chahar Khan, not expecting Chahar Khan to help, but preemptively blocking the hand that this guy was about to stretch out, and now he and Chahar Khan are almost the same, not much better than the beggars on the street, so let's take care of each other.

Li Yu's efforts have paid off, Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Zhang Tinggong, the governor of Datong, the two officials were generous this time, and agreed to allocate 2,000 stones of miscellaneous grain and 200 horses of cotton cloth to Fengzhou - taking people's hands short, and the head sent back by Buck gave each of them a hundred pieces, and the head was silver and official position in Daming. Song Tongyin also replied, promising to give Li Yu 2,000 taels of silver, but also asked Fengzhou to prepare for sending troops, Shanxi was in chaos again, and he planned to borrow Fengzhou's army to suppress thieves again. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was the most humane, and praised Li Yu for his hard work and great contribution to the community, and at the same time instructed Li Yu not to be impetuous, to appease Fengzhou, and never to have another incident in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also very sorry for not urging the two towns of Shaanxi and Yansui to send the promised money in time, and this time he promised to allocate 8,000 taels of silver to Fengzhou within ten days.

Lord Hong is still very considerate of me, two thousand taels more than Lord Wu promised - Li Yu thought gratefully, but then shook his head, the court has not given a bucket of rice or a piece of cloth so far, Liu Wenzhong transferred to the emperor for him like a stone sinking into the sea, Fengzhou is now 200,000 people, and the money and food he asked for with a cheeky face cannot support the beginning of spring, or Li Fugui is prescient, and he has collected a lot of yam eggs this year, maybe he will be stiff by eating this thing.

Shen Shoulian, who participated in politics, never came back since he went to Datong, and the Great Commander's Mansion didn't take it seriously, it was surprising that this kind of huge wealth could stay in Manhan Mountain for two or three months, and it was natural to go back to Datong for a while. In contrast, Fan Yongdou and Wang Chong are much better, without Li Jianji's words, Wang Zai did not dare to enter the customs, and when it was cold, he would lie on the hot kang and not go out, there was not much to do, so he should hibernate in Fengzhou; Fan Yongdou is different, now he has been promoted to participate in politics and manage the affairs of the deputy envoy of the branch - this is a bit like the household servant of Fengzhou, the old Fan family has never been an official in eight lifetimes, but it is his turn, and he is still a big official, and he is in high spirits and jumps up and down all day looking for things to do, but he has no experience in government affairs, but he has helped a lot, fortunately, there is a Ma Qi Sect, which is gradually on the road.

Under the leap eleventh month, Shen Shoulian's family Ding Shen Talang returned to Manhan Mountain, and came to the prime minister's government affairs Li Huai with a letter.

When Shen Shoulian arrived in Datong, he fell into the fireworks and willow alleys - he was suffocated in the past few months, and he was afraid of being detained by Yiren as a son-in-law in Fengzhou, so he had to endure it, and finally came out, so he naturally wanted to relax. After a few days of pleasure, he immediately remembered to do the right thing, which is also his old habit, enjoy it when it is time to have fun, and try his best when it is time to do things, and he also feels that he should show his hand in front of the people of Toyozhou.

It is not easy to show one hand, Shen Shoulian went to the street and walked around to know that the price of grain in Datong is not low, a stone of rice is sold for more than three taels and five dollars of silver, and miscellaneous grains are also about two taels, and it is said that the price will rise, and many grain merchants have begun to stock up on grain. Shen Shoulian sighed in his heart, Daming is really coming to an end, ordinary people can't live at all, and he will rebel if he is replaced.

I don't care if the people live or die, but how to fulfill the big words that are released - Shen Shoulian was worried, and two guests came to the inn to visit. He was surprised to see that people came, one of them was the chief of the Taifu Temple Da Lao Wang who he met in Datong two years ago, this guy is dressed as a businessman in cloth and cotton hat today, and the other is also an acquaintance - Xu Hengchen, a big grain merchant in Shandong, this person often runs the smuggling business in Liaodong, and the Shen family fleet has also helped him transport goods, why did he run to Datong, and he is still mixed with the big old Wang?

"Lord Wang, Lao Xu, why are you also in Datong? Who told you I was here? Shen Shoulian asked in surprise.

"Be quiet, go in and talk about it, as soon as you go out, you will be followed by a bunch of family members and slaves behind your buttocks, and it is difficult for people not to know about this pomp," the eldest elder Wang pushed Shen Shoulian into the room, Xu Hengchen closed the door casually in the back, and after the three of them took their seats, the eldest elder Wang asked, "Shen Yongnian, what are you, Lao Sun and Li Jianji from Shanxi going to Fengzhou for?" Don't think I don't know anything, you can hide the matter of secretly transporting silver to the outside of the customs from the government, but you can't hide it from me. ”

Shen Shoulian didn't dare to say it, Xu Hengchen was a little anxious: "Old Shen, we are people who have been on the same boat, don't want to leave us if there is a good thing, if you don't make things clear, don't think of going out of this door today." ”

These two guys are also full of bad deeds, and they shouldn't report it to the government - Shen Shoulian hesitated for a while before he said that he was making money in Fengzhou, of course, he still concealed a lot of details, but this is enough, Da Lao Wang and Xu Hengchen are both human spirits, and they immediately understood what was going on, the two glanced at each other, it turned out that Lao Shen and they wanted to do a money business, this business is too big, we can't afford it.

"Yongnian, has this business been done? I think it's a bit of a hang. The eldest king asked with wide eyes.

"How to do it! The benefits are great," Shen Shoulian was dissatisfied, and pointed and said, "What is the most valuable in these years?" It's not real money, it's not pearl agate, it's force and reputation, if you have force, you can stabilize the party, and if you have reputation, you can have smooth currency, Fengzhou Li Shuai is strong, and he will be the first in the world in the future, as for reputation, don't you also follow his ass around. We have money, Li Shuai has force and reputation, as long as he pushes him, money can make money, and there will be many people who will be red in the future! ”

"But making money privately is a big crime, what should the government do?" Xu Hengchen will be skeptical.

"The government is a fart, and it's enough to take care of yourself, how can you have the leisure to take care of other people's affairs, who has ever taken care of your food trafficking to Liaodong?" The eldest king glanced at Xu Hengchen, smiled and said to Shen Shoulian, "I'm not an outsider, Li Shuai is my fellow nephew, this time the snow disaster in Fengzhou also wrote to me to ask for help, Yongnian said what is the benefit of this money business for us?" ”

"The benefits are great! Daming is not only making a shortage of food, but also a shortage of money, the market is all in chaos, is your business still going on? Our money is invested, the currency is stable and the transaction is convenient, of course it can be circulated in the market, if Lord Wang dares to do it, I will give you some business, this is an exclusive business, in the lawless place of the Ming Dynasty is only Fengzhou. ”

"I'll do it, give me Shandong's money business," Xu Hengchen figured it out, and begged in a low voice, "Brother Yongnian, my business can't go on, it's not easy to do business in Guannei, and there is still business in Liaodong to do, but the gang of people from Dongjiang Town mutinied, and the Denglai coast was in a mess, and my freight didn't go out and was all smashed in my hands, this time I accompanied Lord Wang to Datong just to find some business, but I didn't expect the price of grain in Datong to keep rising, and no one could afford it, so if it goes on like this, something will happen sooner or later, and in the end I will have to lose money." ”

"How much grain do you have? Give it all to me, I don't have any money in my hand now, I'll give you silver coins in the first month of next year, what's the matter, you still can't trust me? Shen Shoulian's eyes lit up and he said immediately.

"I have 2,000 stone of grain in Datong, and I can also transfer another 5,000 stone from Shandong and Henan, but I can't suffer too much, right!" Xu Hengchen hesitated and replied.

"Lao Xu, your grain will be discounted by nine percent according to the market price, and I will guarantee it with Lao Shen, so it will be okay," Da Lao Wang immediately packed the ticket, and then said with a smile, "Yongnian, I heard that the smuggler Fan Yongdou became a big official in Fengzhou, and you and Lao Sun and Li Jianji probably also earned a lot of titles, and I also want to get an official position in Fengzhou, but I'm embarrassed to mention it to my eldest nephew, you can help me talk about it, anyway, I don't want to be a fool." ”

"My lord, you are a Jingguan from Jinshi!" Shen Shoulian opened his mouth wide in surprise.

The eldest king's face turned red, and Shen Shoulian understood - whether the ship at sea would sink or not, the rats on the ship were the first to know, and the eldest king wanted to leave a way back. Xu Hengchen will also be an official soon, the price of grain can be discounted again, and if Fengzhou helps him smuggle grain to Liaodong, he can also repay some silver.

Shen Shoulian agreed, wrote a letter to the Grand Commander's Mansion in front of them, and by the way, he also boasted about his credit for getting food.

The grain fell, and the stones in Li Huai and Li Fugui's hearts fell to the ground, and they took the letter to find Li Yu. Li Yu immediately made a decision, and agreed to the requests of the Great Elder Wang and Xu Hengchen, each of whom was given the position of a counselor of the Great Commander's Office, and suggested that Xu Hengchen be appointed as the commercial ambassador of Shandong.

"We still don't have a decent official system, it's messy like a grass platform." Li Huai is very sorry for the official position that he threw out casually.

"We were originally a grass platform team, and we can't afford a serious official system, so it's good, and now there are still people who reach out to us to be officials, which shows that our market is rising." Li Fugui was very proud.

Li Huai shook his head: "It's still not okay if there is no official system, at least the regulations of official positions, elections, dispatches and salaries should be reorganized, Fengzhou is too poor to implement low salaries, and now it is only half of it, but officials at all levels are working hard, people will not be able to stand it if they go on like this, you see that Yunrong has lost a lot of weight, and the situation below is even worse, there are already several hundred households who are exhausted, these officials are the old capital of Fengzhou, and they should be allowed to live a decent life." ”

"I know all this, I can't get the money now, you go back and think about it first, and when we get through this hard time, we will revise the official system," Li Yu was very helpless, thought about it and said, "You and Zhao Sheng discuss it, and in the future, you will subsidize a little food to officials at all levels every month." ”

Fengzhou has had a particularly hard winter this winter, relief to the victims, self-help, food training ......, officials of all sizes are tired to death, but there are also people who are as excited as if they have been beaten with chicken blood - Wang Fang of the Propaganda Department is really a talent, shrewd and capable, Fengzhou has always lacked scholars, after he took charge of the Propaganda Department, hundreds of them were successively pulled from Guannei, among these people are poor scholars who have tried and failed, children of the eunuch party who have broken their families, down-and-out officials who are frustrated in the officialdom, and some who don't need to ask to know that they are the copywriters of the White Lotus Sect- Zhang Shi'an of the Titang Division thought that none of them were serious people, so he complained to Li Yu, Li Yu didn't take it seriously at all, and he hoped that there would be a few serious people who would come to Fengzhou to settle down, and who else could they use without them? So these people became scribes or teachers in Fengzhou, and they were honest at first, but recently they have suddenly become active.

There was no work in Fengzhou in winter, and the hundred households would call people together at night, and the scribes or teachers would teach the common people to read and write, and at the same time explain the laws and regulations, and teach the truth, and the barbarian mountain camp would also take the opportunity to conduct rotation training for civil and military officials at all levels of the guard. This year is the first year of immigration, Ortai felt that it was very important to "brainwash" the newcomers, and suggested that the General Consulate arrange for the Propaganda Department to take the lead in handling this errand, which could give Wang Fang a chance, and the group of scribes and teachings he recruited took the opportunity to launch a crazy anti-Ming propaganda.

Dong Shengwei Tongzhi Du Hongtai was worried about this, and specially sent a letter to Li Huai, clearly pointing out that the Ming Dynasty was getting weaker and weaker, but it was still a hundred times stronger than Fengzhou, Fengzhou could only insist on respecting the Ming Dynasty, and rely on the Ming Dynasty to survive and develop, and inciting anti-Ming would only lead to Fengzhou gradually sliding to the brink of war with the Ming Dynasty, and the stupid actions of the Mission Department must be stopped immediately, and Wang Fang and his people must also be severely punished.

After Li Huai received the letter, he called Ortai, Li Fugui, Yun Rong, and Wang Ziyong to find Li Yu together - Liu Xingzuo, the deputy commander and secretary, had returned to Xinghewei, and Li Yu was reading the official document in the study.

"This is an official document transferred from the Praise Painting Office, you can also take a look, where did Wang Fang know so many things, if this is true, Da Ming is really bad, and it is intolerable to be undefeated." Li Yu said lightly.

The official document was submitted by Zhang Shi'an of the Titang Division, when the Wuxuan Battalion was training the officers of the guard station, Wang Fang had taught a lesson, and his remarks were recorded by the Titang official and handed over to the praise painting office, Zhao Ji felt fresh when he saw it, and immediately sent it to Li Yu.

Wang Fang listed six charges for Da Ming when he was teaching, so as to show that Da Ming's crimes were monstrous.

One of his crimes is to win the country is not right, Zhu bandit Yuanzhang is really a thief who steals the country, he is a rogue in the countryside, the world is in chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, fortunately mixed in the Ming Sect army, a little force that betrays the righteous army, and Meng Yuan Taishi Chahan Timur colludes with each other, accepts Meng Yuan's appeasement, and takes advantage of the bloody battle between the righteous army and the Yuan army to kill the anti-Yuan Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, etc., in order to strengthen the strength. After the defeat of the Northern Rebels, Zhu Bandit assassinated the leader of the Rebels, King Xiao Ming, thus establishing the puppet Ming court. The strength of the Yuan court in the north was seriously weakened under the blow of the righteous army, after the death of Chakhan Timur, fell into a civil war, Zhu bandits were favored by the Yuan court but seized power, gathered people to make profits in the Northern Expedition, the so-called expulsion of the Tartars, the restoration of China is false, seven points of development, three points of anti-Yuan, taking advantage of the chaos to steal the national weapons for a private property is true.

The second crime is to destroy the Han law, called the restoration of the Han system, which is actually the inheritance of the Hu system, the Song Chenghan system is tolerant, and the scholars and the Son of Heaven rule the world together, the world is not a family with a surname and a family country, and the Ming does not practice the Han law and uses the Hu system, the **** of the Yuan such as the court staff, the martyrdom, the lowly nationality, the drive and so on have to be retained, turn the world into its private property, and use the people's anointment for its family to enjoy, and regard the subjects of the world as their domestic slaves and arbitrarily drive, it is the court of the Han family? Or is it the court of Yidi?

Its crime three tyrannical and cruel, the name of the master is actually a beast, Zhu bandit Yuanzhang slaughtered countless cities when he raised troops, indiscriminately killed innocent bloody and cruel, at the beginning of the founding of the country, he was in prison to hunt and kill countless of his henchmen, such as Guo Heng case, Hu Weiyong case, Lanyu case, etc., so that the court was empty, no one in the countryside dared to speak out to be an official, his son Zhu Di was mad, usurped the throne and seized power, killed countless people, took his wife and daughter captive into the camp and gang-raped him every day, and was compiled as a prostitute for generations, and he could not turn over forever, and he also died a Korean concubine, and Ling Chi 3,000 palace maids, executed for three months, and came in person every day, Who is it? Or is it a beast?

Its three crimes are excessive, called light taxes are actually heavy endowments, the yuan is light and thin, and the Ming Dynasty is plundering, the high taxes are rare since ancient times, and they openly rob people and property with treasure money, and they are tyrannical and poisonous people, and then there are horse politics, forcing the people to take horses, so that the people of Zhili can not bear to expose the rod, and there are still Liao salaries, the people have no way to live, and they have left their hometowns and become homeless, and the Zhu family was so poisonous!

The four sins are incompetent, the tyranny and excesses are innumerable, but there is no good governance for the benefit of the people, raising millions of soldiers to build border walls for thousands of miles but unable to stop the Wara, Tatars, Japanese Kou, and Jianyi from plundering, the officials in the DPRK and the central government are mediocre and useless, greedy for ink, the officers and soldiers in the battalion are like beggars and miserable, and the people in the countryside are hungry and cold, and they are destitute.

The five sins are evil and not righteous, starting from Mingjiao, but killing Mingjiao, thinking that they have changed their evil and returned to righteousness, but in fact, they are even more evil, such as Taizu's thirst for killing, Chengzu's madness, Yingzong's capture, Wuzong's stubborn nature, Shizong's obsession with ghosts and gods, Shenzong's laziness and greed, Xizong's favor and eunuchs, how many strange things are there! Zhu Jiakou said that he loved the people, but he was actually harming the people, and the ministers said that they were loyal to the king, but they were actually enemies, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they were actually male thieves and prostitutes.

Its crimes are six calamities, the country and the people, the collection of the people's fat and the people's ointment to levy six million salaries, repeated defeats without size, raising millions of soldiers and incompetence externally, but like the Zhu family's lackeys to kill and plunder the people internally; Heaven is merciful to the people, there is a disaster to help, but to impose heavy taxes and distribution, people-oriented, should choose their own industry, but instead bind the people in the land, household registration, when did the Zhu family in China have a good deed, it regards the people as domestic animals?