The emperor cast an eager gaze, Li Yu suddenly felt like a mang on his back, and a lot of nonsense in front of him was nothing more than to ask him to express his position, but with Fengzhou's current strength, not only could he not deal with the powerful Qing State, but he also couldn't fight against the thieves, and it was certain that if he went to bleed desperately, the other Ming troops would definitely stand by and watch, and maybe they would stab him in the back.

"It's still good to negotiate peace, the Manchu people have a strong character and perseverance, even if the official army enters Liaodong, they will hide in the mountains and continue to resist, this kind of battle has no end." Li Yu lowered his head and said.

The emperor glanced at Li Yu dissatisfiedly, and said with some excitement, "I also want to negotiate peace, but the government and the opposition have objected, and the people's hearts have fallen apart. ”

The emperor changed his hexagram, Li Yu quietly glanced at Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang shook his head helplessly - it's terrible, Qing Liu released words, the negotiation of peace is to surrender to the Emperor, the Lord and the Peacemaker are no different from rebellion, everyone will be punished, Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, has been so frightened that he resigned and went home, who dares to say half a sentence of the Lord and the Lord's words now.

"The ignorant are fearless, they talk about peace and war in vain, and they will shed blood and spend money to fight, and the ministers can't afford to raise soldiers, and the people of Fengzhou will starve if they don't farm and work, and the ministers have no money, and they can't take out food and pay to fight, and whoever makes trouble will become a soldier by himself." Li Yu said a little annoyed.

"Naturalized general soldiers, I don't send hungry soldiers to fight, I have my own plans for money and food, you just have to obey orders, and you can't discuss the government in vain," the emperor's face changed abruptly, and he glared at Li Yu fiercely and said, "What you did can't hide from me, it's not unreasonable for the courtiers to want to kill you, but I don't want to investigate the reason for the incident, and I still regard you as a minister, Yan Jizu, Song Xuezhu, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and others who are involved with you are all exempted from crime this time, and the face is given to you, you have to do it yourself, if you dare to commit it again, I can't save you." ”

"The minister is absolutely loyal to His Majesty, but the minister regards the minister as a barbarian and humiliates him in every way, and the minister is unbearable, so please send your majesty to send an internal official to supervise the army." Li Yu shouted.

"It's not bad if you don't go and insult Wenchen, okay, I'm right," the emperor sneered, waved his hand to Xue Guoguan and said, "I am not a mean and unkind king, the naturalized general army has the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and it should be added to the rank of knight, I think that the naturalized general soldier can be named naturalized uncle, hang the seal of the general of the Eastern University, and grant the right to perform special affairs, Xue Aiqing can take the edict tomorrow to approve the red." ”

Xue Guoguan paused for a moment, and then clapped his hands and applauded, but Li Yu's mind was blank - the earl is so easy to get it, and he still has the right to fold things, and he can write to the emperor without going through Wenchen in the future, his luck is too good, will he be calculated again?

Yang Sichang reminded in a whisper, Li Yu came to his senses and kowtowed to thank him, and the emperor waved his hand and said: "I don't live up to you, if you can't bear the world, you can go back when you get the edict, Jingshi is not a place where you can stay, since Liu Wenzhong is with you, let him continue to be your supervisor." ”

Li Yu was taken out of the hall by Wang Zhixin in a daze, and the emperor turned his face and asked Yang Sichang: "Yang Aiqing, is it right for me to do this?" ”

"Your Majesty can only do this." Yang Sichang replied.

The emperor was silent for a while, and suddenly said with a fierce light in his eyes: "I will be rewarded for my merits, and I will be punished for my mistakes. ”

"The queen is about to give birth, can the criminal law be lenient?" Xue Guoguan asked in a low voice.

"If the ancestors can't protect the territory, how can they have their children and grandchildren?" The Emperor replied angrily.

Xue Guoguan hesitated for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Zheng Zheng has been imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison for almost four years, and the courtiers are talking a lot, should he be released?" ”

"Don't let go, the Correctional and Criminal Department, Jinyi Wei strictly investigate, this kind of self-righteous and vain discussion of the government is the most hateful, I just want to strip him naked, so that everyone in the world knows this well-dressed beast."

Li Yu quietly slipped out of Beijing after receiving the edict, and ran all the way to Juyong Pass, dragging Zhao Ji and Liu Wenzhong to run, and Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, didn't have a chance to congratulate him a few words, and even shouted and scolded Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu behind his buttocks.

In August of that year, the Beijing Normal University opened a killing ring, and the wrecked officials Deng Xizhao, director of Jizhen, Sun Maolin, sub-supervisor, Chen Zubao, governor of Shuntian, Zhang Qiping, governor of Baoding, Wu Guojun, Chen Guowei, chief soldier of Jizhenzhong, chief soldier of the Western Association, Ni Chong, chief soldier of Shandong, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen, and 35 officials below the deputy general were beheaded, and the violent corpses were not allowed to be collected for several days. King De became a martyr of the clan who died bravely and was solemnly commended and commemorated, Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu escaped their lives and continued to be officials, but they were inexplicably included in the party of naturalized Bo Li Yu in the officialdom.

In March, Fengzhou officials heard that Li Yu returned to the army safely, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, during this time everyone was worried, for fear of bad news from the Beijing Division, the three family members Ortai, Li Fugui, and Batu ordered to strictly seal the news, and the barbarian mountain camp and the guards of each prefecture secretly prepared for war, in order to avoid changes in the army, and the old marshal Du Wenhuan was urgently transferred back, and the obedient Bai Xianzhi commanded the army to retreat from Zhending to Taiyuan City - if Li Yu had an accident, Fengzhou had to consider forming an alliance with the Qing State to contain the Ming army, At the same time, the main force was dispatched to occupy Shanxi and go south to Huguang, but this was too passive, and Ortai, Li Fugui, and Batu did not want to come to this point.

Li Yu met Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, on the way back, this guy escaped to the border with the Datong army, and cheekily said to Liu Xingzuo to defend Fengzhou, and set up a camp in Duolunor, and cheated to eat and drink by the way. Li Yu's entry into Beijing Fengzhou suddenly tense, Wang Pu simply handed over the army to Liu Xingzuo to take charge, and led the guerrilla officers to live in the naturalization post house, and waited until the imperial court issued an edict to give him only a demotion, then he rushed back to Datong with the army, and saw Li Yu also boasted that he was fortunate to have his Datong army, and the Qing army did not dare to invade Fengzhou westward.

The soldiers went home victoriously, the commander was also given the title of naturalized uncle, the good news came that Fengzhou was boiling, men, women and children flocked to the roadside to welcome, the army went to the side of the Heihe River and then disbanded, the battalion returned to the Manhan Mountain to rest, and the reserve soldiers and garrisons went home to participate in the spring ploughing. More than 20,000 captives should go to Duolunoer as planned to wait for home, but these guys really think of themselves as a doorman, they don't recognize life if they have money in their pockets, and they follow when they find a fellow villager - Fengzhou likes to keep Qing prisoners open, and those who want to go home report to Duolunoer, and those who don't want to go home can find a hundred households nearby to register, and they can run away casually, but no guy dares to walk four or five thousand miles home by himself.

Fengzhou didn't make a welcome to his own people, Li Yu returned directly to the Great Commander's Mansion, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Li Jin and the little living Buddha Zhana Bazar lying on the ground playing puppets, and the speaker of the House next to him, Omulun, immediately complained to Li Yu - Ortai just in case, even coaxed and deceived Li Jin to the Great Commander's Mansion, and brought a little living Buddha, this little guy refused to go to Meidaizhao, and stayed at Li Yu's house for a long time. was sent an errand to take care of the children, and the two children jumped up and down to play everywhere, tossing Omulun enough, and now he is finally free.

Li Yu said a few words to his brother-in-law, and then pointed to Guitu and Wutai behind him, and said to the two children that there are two new brothers, take them home to find your mother, and then pull up Omulun and leave—the officials of the office are waiting for a meeting.

Ortai, Li Fugui and Batu blushed a little, they really let Li Yu out, not only did they not dissuade them from entering Beijing, but they were planning to die, which was indeed a bit excessive, Ortai looked at Li Yu and said: "Hanmin, this, don't mind, we are also planning for Fengzhou, so we ......." ”

"It's okay, didn't I come back, the emperor is quite generous, and rewarded me with a naturalized uncle." Li Yule waved his hand.

"Han Min, the emperor is not very generous, we are simply at a loss," Du Hongtai shook his head vigorously, and didn't care that Liu Zhilun stepped on his feet, and continued angrily, "Look at the mess written in the edict, 'Naturalized general soldier Li Yuxi collected Hami's homeland, descended to the north of the desert and northern provinces, expanded the territory for thousands of miles, all the feudal domains did not kowtow to the Son of Heaven, the ancient famous general is nothing more than this, and he was specially named the naturalized uncle', not even the hereditary replacement, Yongzhen place, this empty earl has a fart use, we bleed to lay down the territory, did not use a soldier of the imperial court, did not spend a silver or two of the imperial court, It seems to be opening up territory for the imperial court, and I dare to conclude that if the imperial court turns over one day, it will definitely ask us for territory, that is, in a few hundred years, the dynasty will be changed, and the imperial court in Guannai will also use this edict to talk about things. ”

"Okay, I said why there is no reward for gold and silver treasures, it turned out to be our idea, Yuzi, return this empty title to the imperial court, if you want our land, please exchange blood!" Zhao Ji roared angrily.

"The Ming court is really stingy, it's not as good as the emperor Taiji, and there are some real goods for a king of Jinjun." Changshu's yin and yang weirdness adds to the fire.

Everyone made a noise, and turned out the argument of "respecting the emperor and building another country", Liu Zhilun was a little helpless against these independent elements, so he simply closed his eyes and recuperated. Digression again, how come these guys can't change their bad habits, Ortai slapped the table and shouted: "What's the trouble, it's just a title, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom dares to give it, we dare to ask for it, let's talk about it later, now let's talk about business, Du Mengqing, you talk about it first." ”

Du Hongtai stopped making trouble, and talked about the current situation seriously: Fengzhou started very well this year, the first phase of the Heihe, Cangtou and Yuma River water conservancy projects was completed, more than ten reservoirs were built (in fact, they are super large water cellars), and thousands of miles of ditches were dug, and the spring ploughing was guaranteed in the year of the great drought, and the sowing area is expected to reach 30,000 hectares, and the grain output is expected to reach a new high; Hamiwei in the west planted hundreds of acres of cotton last year, and the harvest was pitiful, but it was finally able to be planted, and Dorji chose good seeds, and this year he had to try to plant 1,000 acres. Since the reform of the tax system, the various prefectures have vigorously promoted the practice of doing business, vying to set up factories and open commercial markets, and the tax revenue of the Prime Minister's Office this year will certainly exceed 1 million. In short, the situation in Toyosu is very good, but the problem is that the population is increasing too fast, currently close to one million, and everyone is still working hard to maintain food and clothing. Fengzhou's potential for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry is limited, and the key to the development of industry and commerce is to sell the utensils created, and earn back a lot of silver, the Ming Kingdom is in chaos, and the risk of doing business is too great, so the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce decided to use Sun Fuhu's Shandong Tuntian Army to do a big job, give full play to the advantages of shipping to expand foreign trade, and do business with the Qing State, Korea, the Wa Kingdom and even the Taixi people, and earn back the silver in their pockets.

After Du Hongtai finished speaking, Xiangli Zhou was stunned and immediately said: "Great Commander, the more chaotic the Ming Kingdom is, the more prosperous our business is, the silver in the treasury is increasing unabated, but the silver banknotes on the market are tight, and the Silver Banknote Bureau agrees to issue an additional two million taels of silver banknotes again. ”

"Who said that an additional two million taels will be issued, at least another three million taels will be issued, and the people of Shandong will also have to use silver banknotes," Shen Shoulian, the governor of the Silver Banknote Bureau, had a little green light in his eyes, and couldn't wait to exclaim, "Great commander, our Shen family has a fleet, and Shandong's business is profitable." ”

"Great Commander, the Qing people have made a fortune this time, and their pockets are full of silver, we must not only do business with their officials and businessmen, but also trade freely with their people, and if we don't agree, we will beat them again." Sun Tingyao waved his fists, as if he was about to jump up and eat people, and everyone also shouted together, Li Yu was startled by this group of money fans.

"Although Shandong has been plagued by famine and epidemic in recent years, the fertile land is a major grain-producing province, and it can also be connected to the world by sea, and the commander has long thought of this, so he left people in Shandong, and Shandong is yours." Du Wenhuan has always wanted to make the next secret move in Shandong, and said a few words unhurriedly, which immediately caused a cheer.

Liu Zhilun sneered: "It's not that easy, your crooked ways may not work in Shandong, Governor Yan Jizu was born in a clean stream, and he has always been honest and honest, he will not let you smuggle." ”

"Which of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty does not dream of 'sitting in a sedan chair, marrying a concubine, and carving a book', if you don't have good money, you must have a good reputation, and if you use the right method, you will drag him into the water." Zhou was stunned and cheered Shen Shoulian, Sun Tingyao and others indifferently, and everyone laughed, as if Shandong had been pocketed.

The officials believed that the restoration of relations with the Qing State was a top priority, and that this piece of chewed meat had oil and water again, and they would not eat it in vain, so they immediately decided to send Yun Rong, the Governor of the Foreign Affairs Department, Bu Yantu, the Naturalized Prefect, and Ge Kuli, the Governor of the Taxation Department, Fan Yongdou, the Governor of the Taxation Department, and Yang Tingfang, the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, to immediately send an envoy to the Qing State. Sun Fuhu was appointed ambassador to Tuntian, and Zhang Guoji was transferred out of the Titang Division as deputy envoy to Xu Hengchen, a wealthy businessman in Shandong, and Li Jianji went to Yangzhou again to strive for Bao Zhen's Jianghuai General Chamber of Commerce to fully support Shandong Tuntian.

When the meeting was about to end, Han Lin accompanied Deng Ruoshui to come, and Shen Shoulian immediately grabbed Deng Ruoshui and shouted to everyone: "Don't go, Father Deng was invited by the Chamber of Commerce, while everyone is here, please tell him about trading stocks in the Netherlands." ”

Deng Ruoshui walked up to Li Yu and whispered: "Commander, stocks are a good way to raise money to develop industry and commerce, and the Netherlands is doing business in the world, and the Chamber of Commerce also intends to issue stocks, so I have no choice but to come to offer my ugliness." ”

"It's a great thing to make money, and I'm just listening." Li Yu bowed to Deng Ruoshui and replied.

Deng Ruoshui was immediately dragged into the lobby by Li Jianji and Zhou Yi, and at this time it was already dark, and the officials in the office couldn't even take care of eating, and tirelessly listened to Deng Ruoshui's stock scriptures.

Shengjing, the Qing army traveled thousands of miles, with more than 700,000 taels of silver, nearly 400,000 Han people in the customs and countless belongings back to their hometown, but also brought back Yue Tuo's coffin - Yue Tuo died of serious illness on the way out of the customs, Manchuria lost a star of hope, a few days later by the emperor ordered to leave the house of Yue Tuo's predecessor Fu Jin, Mang Guji's daughter died of hunger strike in grief, followed her deceased husband away, and the people in the Eight Banners wept for it. The emperor couldn't sit still, and ordered Yue Tuo to be posthumously named the king of Keqin County, and specially allowed hereditary replacement, and stopped the dynasty for three days to mourn, but his trick was not finished, and soon after Yue Tuo's Ahaalan Chai jumped out and accused the master of participating in the rebellion of Mang Gurtai, Derge, and Mang Guji, and the criminal department quickly made a judgment of "digging up the grave and killing the corpse and killing his son", but the emperor was very tolerant this time and said that he was not to blame in the past - Yue Tuo probably didn't think that he would put on a rebellious hat after death.

The damned people are all dead, among the living people, the old generation is good at eating and waiting for death, Zilharang is willing to be a lackey, the three Azig brothers are still young and there is nothing to worry about, no one dares to make trouble now, should I have the final say in the Great Qing Kingdom-The Great Qing Emperor quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought of another question, who will the Great Qing Kingdom rely on to fight against Erlu in the future.

Fengzhou is obviously a hidden danger of the Qing Dynasty, but the idea of the people in the Eight Banners is very bizarre, it is generally believed that Fengzhou is also a big tribe headed by Zhushen, and the people of Erlu have the ability to manage the Mongols and Han people obediently, and recently there is a book of "The Biography of Erlu" also passed into the Qing Dynasty - Changshu is based on the "Biography of Li Yu" circulated in Shanxi folk, and the content has been greatly adjusted and translated into Manchu, and handed over to merchants to be smuggled into Liaodong, this book describes Li Yu as a great hero who fought for the freedom and liberation of Zhushen, It is very popular with a group of diehards who oppose sinicization, and it is widely circulated in the Eight Banners. Qing Guo and Fengzhou fought back and forth, but Li Yu's popularity is getting better and better, for example, this time he was beaten in Shandong, everyone thought that he had crossed the North Zhili breach of contract first, and he couldn't blame Erlu, but urged the emperor to restore relations with Fengzhou, and pick up the gang of people who went to Fengzhou as soon as possible. For example, the merchants of Fengzhou are very dishonest, doing business as they want under the banner of the emperor's righteous son Jin Junwang, and teaching the people of the Qing Dynasty the vices of profit-seeking and lawlessness, and the Fengzhou Freedom Party seems to be more and more sought after by the people in the Eight Banners.

The Qing Dynasty can't gnaw Fengzhou, and it can't leave Fengzhou, but it can't be left alone, the Qing Emperor is thinking about how to teach Fengzhou a lesson, and the Fengzhou negotiation delegation has arrived.