Shaanxi Chang'an Mansion.

Li Shuo has been in Shaanxi for a year, although he has rectified the guards, urged the military fields, and helped the imperial court to implement the new policy, but these achievements have been covered up because of one incident, natural disasters.

When the famine came, Li Shuo did not panic and was very calm, because he had drilled a lot of deep wells before, but what surprised Li Shuo was that the famine had been going on for too long, and this year, Shaanxi had almost spent it in the famine.

At the time of difficulties in Shaanxi, the imperial court spared no effort to relieve the disaster, so that Li Shuo, who was the governor of Shaanxi, was deeply moved, but as a national minister, Li Shuo's mind was very clear, he had been an official in Beijing, and he knew that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, the military expenditure in various places, had overwhelmed the treasury, and the royal treasury had to share, at this time Shaanxi suffered a disaster, and he knew that the burden on the emperor and the court was heavier.

After the catastrophe, there was no chaos, and Li Shuo at this time could only do these things to be loyal to the country.

It was not until morning that Li Shuo walked out of the governor's yamen, boarded the carriage, and returned to the mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the mansion and had not yet fallen asleep, he received a letter from Jingshi, which was written by Luo Yangxing.

At the end of the letter, he told Li Shuo to pay more attention to his body and not to work too hard.

After reading the letter, Li Shuo sighed: "Eventful, eventful." ”

Mrs. Li, who was standing on the side, looked at her master with a melancholy look after reading the letter, and hurriedly asked, "But there is something in the capital?" ”

"I'm afraid that in the second year of Chongzhen, Liaodong will be wrinkled, if in peacetime, it doesn't hurt to fight a dozen, but at this time, the imperial court is burdened with the big burden of Shaanxi, if there is a war, I am afraid that it will be more difficult." Li Shuo seemed to be saying to Mrs. Li, as if he was talking to himself.

"During the reign of Shenzong, Liaodong was not peaceful, and the husband did not have to worry too much, the emperor and the court should have countermeasures." Mrs. Li said with relief.

"What are the countermeasures for this matter, the heart of Houjin, if it is revealed, the war will be protracted and costly, and how will the court concentrate on disaster relief at that time, in the same way, now the court cannot concentrate on preparing for the war, this battle, the outcome is too difficult to say."

"Husband is cautious."

It was another sleepless night for Li Shuo, of course, for many courtiers loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it was a sleepless night, because if nothing else, tomorrow the court will issue an official document, and the emperor will also issue a holy decree.

Regarding the affairs of Liaodong, the holy decree has been prepared, kept by the celebrant and superintendent, and will be read by the court tomorrow and sent to Sun Chengzong of Liaodong.

The court will be a little weird, most of the courtiers' faces are a little worried, and most of the central auxiliary ministers are also hiding their hearts and their faces are a little bad.

"The emperor has arrived." Wang Chengen's words made all the ministers retract their hearts and shout long live.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chair and shouted softly.

The ministers stood up.

Houjin took advantage of the hunting to gather troops, most of the ministers knew it, as the saying goes, as soon as the cannon sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels, is the Ming Dynasty afraid of war? I'm not afraid, I'm afraid that I have to fight when I don't have money, but Houjin doesn't tell you so much, people just want to give you a knife when you are the weakest, and the Ming Dynasty can't dodge, you can only bump head-on.

"Presumably, all Aiqing, most of them have heard of it, Houjin used the reason of hunting to gather troops, I don't know where the spearhead is pointing at this time, but the Ming Dynasty has an alliance with Mongolia and North Korea, no matter who Houjin wants to fight, we will have a war in Liaodong, all Aiqing, talk about it, what you think." Zhu Youzhen spoke very slowly, and he seemed really calm.

The emperor let go, the convention, the first assistant will express his opinion, Li Guopu took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, after the ambition of the golden wolf, there will be a war in Liaodong, at this time Liaodong garrisoned more than 200,000 soldiers, and Sun Jingluo sat in the town, when foolproof, but the so-called general is outside, the monarch's order is not subject to it, Weichen believes that at this time, the emperor should give Sun Da expedient rights, no need to tell the court about everything, for fear of delaying the warplane, the cabinet also gave the charter, enough cotton clothes 110,000 pieces, 100,000 quintals of grain, and Weichen and Guo Daren discussed for a long time, I am willing to draw 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury for the use of the army, so as to stimulate the morale of the army and bravely kill the enemy to serve the country. “

After Li Guopu finished speaking, the ministers all took a breath of cold air, good guy, this small half of the treasury tax revenue will be gone, if this battle is fought for a year or two, I am afraid that the emperor's inner treasury will also be emptied.

Every time there is a war, you have to make full preparations, Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with Li Guopu's attitude, nodded at the moment, and said: "Li Ge's old words are reasonable, I am accurate, cotton clothes, grain and silver, send them to Liaodong as soon as possible, the front-line soldiers use their lives to kill the enemy, I can't chill the hearts of the soldiers,"

Zhu Youzhen paused and then said: "On weekdays, the officials demolished the east wall and made up the west wall, so I didn't say anything? But this time, even if the west wall collapses, the east wall cannot be left with a single piece of masonry, and if anyone dares to put his hand on the military funds prepared by the cabinet and the household department, I will not spare it. “

The finances of the imperial court have always been very tight, and Zhu Youzhen's words about demolishing the west and making up for the east often happen, and at this time he reminded him just in case.

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Your Majesty, this war is about to break out, and Weichen believes that the emperor should tell the world, let the officials of the world know, and hold the security of various places hostage." “

Zhu Youzhen knew what Yuan Chonghuan meant when he heard it?

Under this holy decree, from the bright side, it is normal, there is a war at the border pass, and all localities should manage public security, and do not block the imperial court, but this time Yuan Chonghuan's focus is on Li Shuo in Shaanxi, and the victims in Shaanxi, inform the hundred officials, it is better to remind Li Shuo. Many officials in the DPRK and China also knew what Yuan Chonghuan meant, but at this time, Shaanxi was in a natural disaster, even if some officials were close to Li Shuo, they would not say much at this time, such as Luo Yangxing, Liu Quan and others.

Officials can not express their position, but Zhu Youzhen, as the emperor, will inevitably have to say a thing or two.

"Yuan Fuchen's heart, I know, I have already considered, the disaster in Shaanxi, like a fish in the throat, I think of it every day, I will always have a heartache, most of the Aiqing have assisted the first emperor since the apocalypse, of course, they are also clear, in the famine, in recent years, there are frequent occurrences, there are border troubles outside, there are disasters and famines inside, we must be united in one mind, help the Ming Dynasty, go through this experience."

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, all the courtiers were worshipping: "The ministers will do their best to help the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youzhen said again, and the courtiers got up again.

If it is said that the imperial court was secretive about the affairs of Liaodong before, at this time, it told the ministers openly and honestly, of course, this is also the so-called war mobilization.

"I told Li Shuo that if war breaks out in Liaodong, Shaanxi should maintain stability, this is a major matter, and Shaanxi officials must abide by their own bodies, and they must not slack off on the imperial court's disaster relief plan."

"My Emperor Shengming."