Time blink of an eye into July, has been reluctant to rain the sky from June suddenly rained rain, the muddy river water soared, a large area of crops outside the city was flooded, many houses in the city also into the water, the wise Khan of the Dajin Kingdom became more and more irritable, as soon as the fire came to the people around the performance of punching, kicking and whipping, the palace guards were worried all day long, for fear of angering the old Khan, Li Yu often saw someone covering the whip marks and grinning teeth, even those few eunuch babies were not spared, they were beaten the most recently from the old Khan, Both faces were bruised.

The Baylors were very depressed during this time, and they were also afraid that the old Khan would be powerful, and they would try not to go if they could not go to the old Khan's dormitory, but the old Khan did not plan to let them go, and often patronized the octagonal hall of the Great Yamen, and sometimes called them to the dormitory to clean up, at this time, the guards and eunuchs could hide as far as they could, and the fool would stay, Li Yu was unfortunately a fool a few times - the old Khan didn't know what to think, and Li Yu had to stay and wait, Li Yu had to hide in the corner and pretend to be stupid.

The old Khan is indeed imposing, he is seventy people, he scolds people with a loud voice and full of energy, and when he scolds in a hurry, he simply whips him, and the performance of the Baylors is absolutely different at this time, and the Great Baylor Daishan will immediately take his two sons Yue Tuo and Sakhalian to kneel on the ground and cry bitterly, saying that they must change their hearts and change their ways; Erbel Amin put on a posture of admitting punishment and admitting punishment, waiting to be beaten without saying a word, and the old Khan didn't want to pay attention to him when he saw his appearance; The fourth Beile Huang Taiji is the most exaggerated, before the whip of the old sweat fell on his body, he was already howling wolf, which made it difficult for the old sweat to start; Sanbeile Mang Gurtai and Azig lack heart, and they don't honestly get beaten and have bad mouths, and every time they are beaten the hardest.

Duoduo is the happiest, the old Khan saw that Dolgon had to scold a few words, but when he saw that Duoduo's eyes were different, at most he gently twisted twice on his white and tender little face, and Duoduo's words were good for the old Khan, when the old Khan beat people, he said that the old Khan would never hit hard, he said that if he didn't beat the old Khan, he would stop immediately, and now when the Baylors see the old Khan, they must bring the little fart child Duoduo, of course, Duoduo will not help in vain, and he has to give him benefits.

When the guards got together, they quietly talked about what happened to the old Khan, it wasn't like this in the past! Everyone used to call him "Father Khan", and the Great Khan immediately looked kind, but now this set doesn't work, and before everyone can figure out what's going on, the whip is hit. Speaking of this, the guards were envious of Li Yu, as if he had not been beaten yet.

"Why haven't you beaten me, yesterday the Khan said that I was hanging, and came up and kicked my ass a few times." Li Yu covered his ass and hurriedly said that he enjoyed the same treatment as the other guards.

"I just kicked you a few times! I've been whipped three times, and my back still hurts," Asari said disdainfully, "and besides, you're a bit of a fool, how many times have you seen the Great Khan and the Baylors prostrate honestly?" It's right to beat you, we're wronged! ”

"He's a savage, what do you compare to him, the Great Khan doesn't care," Yasun suddenly said, he glanced at the guards, and said with a strained face, "During this time, Liaodong has been flooded, and seeing that this year's grain has been soaked, the Great Khan is anxious!" Didn't you see the Baylors getting beaten? Everyone should be careful, don't make mistakes, whoever causes trouble will be unlucky. ”

The guards nodded again and again, this year's situation in Liaodong is too bad, first the drought does not rain, and when the crops are ready to be harvested, it is a torrential rain, whoever does the Great Khan has to be angry in his heart, everyone is the person around the Great Khan, and it is also appropriate to let the Great Khan take a few beats to get angry.

Referring to this flood, the guards were worried, they all had land at home, and the source of income mainly depended on the land, but the crops were even after the drought and flood, and they had no idea how much they could harvest, seeing the guards sighing one by one, Yasun cried and said: "Let's leave it to fate, we are okay here, at least we can afford to eat, I heard that the area in Liaoyang is even worse, the bark is peeled off and eaten, and if it continues like this, it will eat people." Yasun glanced at Li Yu and asked, "Erlu, how are you in Zhuangzi in Tieling?" ”

"I don't know, it's too far away from here and it's not easy to walk, and I can't do anything about it, so I just don't care." Li Yu shook his head, in fact, he didn't want to care about it at all, he didn't dare to go back if there were two girls at home, except for being on duty, he went to the literary hall to study and mix time and eat, and he didn't go home when it was dark.

"Of course you don't have to worry about it, the Gege of the Abatabaebel family will take care of it for you." A guard said casually, which caused the guards to laugh for a while, Abatai regarded the pit as a prison, and now everyone in the Eight Banners knows that Li Yu's home was taken by Erniu, and it was a matter of time before the two of them did.

Li Yu said angrily: "Who said that she took care of it for me, I will go home and take care of it today." ”

The crowd burst into laughter and threw him out the door. Li Yu went out, and while walking home, he pondered, why did his home be occupied by others, anyway, I am also a landlord, and I have to ask about the affairs of the family, don't make people laugh.

Lao Wang and Lao Zhao returned to Tieling after the second girl held a banquet, and Li Yu chatted with them before leaving, this chat shocked him, and the two families of the main and deputy Zhuang of Tuokeso must bring their own rations and household expenses to the master's house, if the master's family has no food, they must first feed the master's family, and the crops in the field must be handed over to the master before they can share their own food. Meng Ke became angry when he heard it: "Black, it's so black!" We have to give meat tickets to eat when we tie up tickets, how can there be any reason for people to bring their own rations as hostages. ”

Li Yu thought for a while and said, the rules of my family will change, our family can't eat much food, you harvest it, leave enough rations for us and your two families, and then prepare some emergency food, and you can keep the rest for yourself. Lao Wang and Lao Zhao were startled, and waved their hands again and again and said that they couldn't help it, there has never been such a rule, how can there be a slave who takes advantage of the master.

Li Yu waved his hand: "I will set the rules of my family, so I will do it." Also, this time I received a lot of gifts, and you also brought back a few pieces of cloth that you didn't need at home, and since I couldn't go back, you would divide them for me to make a few pieces of clothing for each family. ”

Lao Wang and Lao Zhao were very moved, and vowed to plant the master's land well, the master treats people so well, and if the slave does not do the work in his hand well, it is called no conscience.

Li Yu arrived at the door of the house with something in his mind, he didn't dare to go in immediately, but called out Hadari, who was playing with Lao Wang and Lao Zhao's children in the yard, and Hadari said: "Sister Gege has taken Uncle Meng Ke to work, you can come in quickly." Then he pointed to the backyard: "That Grandpa Baylor on the other side is here again, drinking your wine in the backyard hall." ”

Li Yu snorted very dissatisfiedly and walked to the backyard, Abatai's family simply ate him, Erniu took care of his house, and often called Meng Ke to work for their family, so that Meng Ke wanted to run earlier than him, this Abatai is even more dislike, often go to his house to find cigarettes and smoke, and today he drank his wine again.

Abatai really drank in the backyard hall, the more they looked at Li Yu now, the more pleasing it was, Abatai's brain was fine, and now there are more and more Mongolian tribes in the Dajin Kingdom, and the way for the old khan to win over these Mongolian tribes is a large number of marriages, daughters and granddaughters threw them vigorously to the Mongols, and the idea hit the widowed Sange Mang Guji, who was widowed at home, and the thought that his beloved daughter might be sent to the tents of those concubines and dirty and smelly Mongolian Taiji, the two of them shuddered, This is more terrible than marrying the eldest girl to the old man Li Yongfang, so the two of them made up their minds to bite Elu to death, even if the second girl really and Elu are on the kang, it is not a big deal, the bigger the trouble, the better, anyway, they are not afraid of Elu cheating. And Erlu also has a benefit, this kid has no singles, let him be a son-in-law is equivalent to picking up a son for nothing, Abatai will have a helper to do things in the future, Li Yongfang, Ying Ordai two sons-in-law, but the family is big, but the age is still older than him Abatai, the ghost will listen to him, which is like Erlu, the second girl has not yet seen the shadow of the first to take other people's homes.

Abatai has a deeper idea, after the old Khan suppressed the nobles and ministers, he established the absolute superiority of the descendants of the Aixin Jueluo family in the court and the Eight Banners, which also brought a hidden danger, there are fewer and fewer generals who have the ability to lead troops to fight, there are almost no people like the five founding ministers, and there are only four big Baylors who can lead troops in Baylor and Beizi, and the only ones left are himself and Zierharang, and only Yue Tuo seems to have this potential among the younger generation, and the others are far inferior to their parents, The cowhide coaxing Azig is not handsome at all, and when they are all old in another ten or eight years, the younger generation will not be able to deal with a strong enemy at all, of course, this strong enemy does not include the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom led the troops to be literati, and Ning Yuan, who was guarding a fart point with one or two hundred thousand people, was blown into a big victory, and the juniors beat the Ming Dynasty like a joke. Abatai vaguely felt that Erlu would become the leader of the next generation of Jin generals, this guy is usually confused, but as soon as he goes to the battlefield, he has an innate inspiration, this inspiration is born and never fights in battle, and people who have been on the battlefield for a long time will also become famous generals, but this inspiration may create a generation of war gods, Abatai feels that he does not have this kind of inspiration, and he has not seen it in others, only his father Khan has this kind of inspiration.

"My sons are still too young, Erlu may be able to help me revitalize the family business, Bolo and they may have to rely on their brother-in-law to live when they grow up, if it weren't for Father Khan being a little crazy during this time, I should really urge Father Khan to get married as soon as possible, even if Father Khan is reluctant to pay, I have to settle this matter first." Abatai thought as he sipped a small drink.

Abatai has no other hobbies, he likes to smoke some cigarettes and drink some wine, the second girl saw the tobacco leaves sent by the shopkeeper Fan in Li's house, so he took a few pieces for him to taste, Abatai immediately judged that this is the authentic Ming country of the best goods, by no means his usual smoking of North Korean tobacco comparable, this Ming tobacco price is extremely high, a pound of tobacco can be exchanged for a pound of ginseng, his family Fujin is strict and picks the door, only buy him North Korean broken cigarettes, how can he have the opportunity to smoke such a good cigarette, since then Abatai is fine when he is at the door of Li Yu's house, It was a loss of face to enter Li Yu's house as him, but he was too embarrassed to reach out to ask for it, and finally he couldn't stand it, thinking in his heart, what was the shame of me entering my son-in-law's house, I gritted my teeth and entered the Li family, with the first time, I didn't care in the future, and from then on I would come to Li's house once every few days - he was still relatively honest, Zhu Shen had a tradition of not asking for and taking other people's property privately, he only dared to take two or three tobacco leaves each time, and today he came again, not only got the tobacco leaves, but also was pleasantly surprised to find shochu, Abatai told himself again, I smoke my son-in-law's cigarettes and drink my son-in-law's wine is not stealing, he should be filial to me, so he asked Aha to go back and get a few dishes, and he drank it alone, Mingguo's good cigarettes were smoking, Mingguo's good wine was drinking, this was the days of the gods, the more Abatai drank, the more he wanted to drink, and he forgot the time in a dizzy state.

When Li Yu came in, Abatai was already a little dazed, and he dragged Li Yu to the table: "Erlu, come and have a few drinks with my uncle, don't hide from me, we have a fate!" From the first time Nong Anta saw you, my uncle thought that we were a family, hurry up and marry the second girl home, your aunt and I can't wait. ”

"Lord Belle, you've drunk too much, I'll send you home." Li Yu pondered and sent him away.

"Don't mind, you can call me Ama if you want, but don't call me Baylor, it seems that we are two separated," Abatai spewed wine in his mouth, he grabbed Li Yu's hand and said, "My Baylor is a fart, I don't have a name until now, even the fourteenth and fifteenth are better than me, Erlu, good son-in-law, you have to help the uncle, we have to support our family's family business, let them see, our hard background is not easy to mess with." ”

"Uncle, you just don't say a few words, you might as well go home and sleep."

"Can I sleep, the hairy boy of the old fourteen is going to climb above my head, what is he doing with the white flag? It's clear that I want to take over Du Du's position as the flag master, which point is worse than him, isn't it that my Eniang is a side blessing, Dajin Country is unfair! ”

Li Yu hurriedly went to close the doors and windows, Abatai hugged him, and said in a low voice: "Good son-in-law, let me tell you a secret, the old man will definitely not survive this year, the poisonous sores on his back are all rotten this time, this is what I accidentally saw when I entered the palace, I quietly asked the shaman, he can't survive at this age, now I am most worried about you, the old man and the concubine put you by his side and don't give the flag, there must be a bad idea, you must be careful!" ”

Li Yu looked at Abatai gratefully, this person is really not bad, he sincerely treats him as his own family, Abatai continued: "Erlu, you listen to me, if the old man leaves this year, he can only be replaced by Sibeile, he is good to you, you have to hug his thighs tightly." ”

"The Four Beylers are very good, kind and learned, and he is expected to be the Great Khan."

"Stupid!" Abatai slapped Li Yu on the head, "Lao Ba can be a great khan not because he is a good person, but because he is worse than others, he is also the son of Fang Fu Jinsheng, why can he be a big Belle, I can't, just because he has done too many bad things, when the old man killed people and set fires, he was less than him, Liaoyang, Zhenjiang, Yizhou He killed all over the world, he not only killed innocents indiscriminately, but also harmed his own brothers. Da Beile Daishan and Chu Ying are half-brothers who didn't want to participate, he and Hu Erhan forced Da Beile to submit, and said that Mang Gurtai personally killed his mother was also a rumor that he instructed to make a man, Mang Gurtai still hates him to the bone, Da Beile has also suffered his losses, and it was the two little Fu Jin who instigated the Great Khan to do it when he told Da Belle that he had an affair with the big concubine, and it was also his henchmen Urgudai and Erdeni who went to Ula City to check the concubine's belongings hidden in his mother's house, this guy is really bad. ”

Abatai glanced at Li Yu, who was full of puzzlement, and then said: "You must not understand why he can still be a Great Khan after doing so many bad things, it's very simple, because everyone needs him to be a Great Khan, the three children of the eldest concubine, Azig has no talent and no virtue to do stupid things, the old man hates him, he has no hope at all, Dolgon and Duoduo are too young, the old man has no time to cultivate party henchmen for them, the rest are the four major Baylors, the strength of the Big Baylor is too strong, no one wants him to be the Great Khan, Amin is the son of the second king Shuerhaqi, The old man always guards against him, and he himself will not be delusional about being a big sweat, Mang Gurtai's mother is a waste concubine, he has long been kicked out by the old man, and the rest is the old man, his strength is the weakest, only eighteen Niu Lu, no one is afraid of him, everyone can accept him, so everyone needs him to be a big sweat. Silly boy, do you understand? ”

Li Yu was at a loss, and asked at a loss: "Uncle, what should we do then?" ”

Abatai said proudly: "This is easy to do, no one's boat is on, but to everyone has to throw flattery, to our master to do things, do not give benefits and never do it, give benefits also have to fool around, everything must leave a way back, if you really can't pretend to be stupid, this is the way of the uncle for many years of survival, today I have taught you all." ”

Li Yu was so excited that she burst into tears, hugged Abatai and said, "Uncle Abatai, you are so good!" The two hugged each other tightly.

The lights in the octagonal hall of the Great Yamen are bright, the councilors of the Dajin Kingdom are still noisy, the room is a little stuffy, the Baylors are sweating profusely, fanning hard, and the August Emperor Taiji on duty in July said with a gloomy face: "In the final analysis, the matter of Liaoyang is a lack of grain, but the big treasury can't take out the grain, and each flag has some grain in stock, so what if you take out some for the time being, you can collect new grain in two months at most, do you have to shirk this?" Could it be that the people of Liaoyang were allowed to cause a catastrophe? ”

Mang Gurtai shook his head and said: "Although there is grain in each banner, but this year's drought and flood continues, how much grain can be harvested in the field, who is not allowed to leave some emergency use, if Zhushen has no food to eat, then it will cause a big disaster, Liaoyang's matter is that the magistrate is not handling it well, killing a few minions can be calmed down, they will give food as soon as they make trouble, and other places will follow in the future, how much food do you give them!" ”

Zhongbeile listened to Mang Gurtai's words and nodded again and again, the red face of the four Baylors was purple, he was also unlucky, it was his turn to be on duty and there was something about Liaoyang - Liaoyang local emergency report, the local area was flooded after heavy rain, more than half of the crops in the field were washed away, and the local people who had been hungry for half a year finally despaired, and the Eight Banners Zhushen, who knew that this year's harvest was hopeless, first grabbed the surviving crops in Nikan's land, and Nikan rushed into Liaoyang City to rob the official treasury when he had no way to live, and the Liaoyang local government immediately sent garrison flag soldiers and local Han troops to suppress it, But I didn't expect that Zhushen and the Mongols would then join the robbery team, and then things were complicated, the banner soldiers and the Han army unintentionally scattered in a hurry, and the horse thieves and bandits in Yizhou and Guangning saw this, and took the opportunity to sneak into the Liaoyang area to make waves, and Liaoyang was in chaos immediately, and now Liaoyang is almost out of control.

Hearing the news, the four Baylors hurriedly convened the Baylors to discuss, and everyone quickly reached an agreement that they must quickly send troops to suppress the rebellious people, and at the same time to help the people, and the people will quickly subside when they have food to eat, but the big treasury in Shenyang is almost empty, and there are two big battles this year - going south to attack the Ming and the west to crusade against the Khalkha, and the Ming country almost did not get any benefits, and the Khalkha got a large number of people and livestock, but consumed a lot of food, and the old Khan returned to Shenyang and was poor and generous, and the minister of Horqin came, reward! The Taiji of Zarut is here, reward! After tossing and turning the goods and grain in the big treasury to the point that there is not much left, where will you get the food now? Sibeile could only bite the bullet and beg each flag to give some food for emergency relief, Mang Gurtai immediately objected, in fact, the matter of Liaoyang had signs in June, but Mang Gurtai pretended not to know, and he also dodged it, but the eighth was in trouble, which made Mang Gurtai a little gloating, and took the opportunity to give the eighth a problem.

Derge and Sibeile have always been friends, a little dissatisfied with his brother's difficult words, he said: "This year, the days of the flags are tight, but the matter in Liaoyang is even tighter, it is easy to kill a few people, and it is not easy to quell the incident, I heard that among the horse thieves in Liaoyang, there is a Yehe man who is known as the 'Tiger of the Mountain', this man has been harmed for many years, and it took us a lot of effort to make him silent, I thought he was dead, but now I am afraid that I want to make a comeback, this kind of person will become a big trouble if it is not eradicated as soon as possible, so ......"

"Old ten, there is grain in the cattle under you and you want to take it out as you like, I have a thin family and a large population, don't count on me." Mang Gurtai immediately interrupted his brother's words.

Sakhalian was a little excited: "Fifth Uncle, the civil uprising in Liaoyang is not a matter of one or two days, this matter was dealt with earlier than today, and now that the matter is out of everyone's share, don't be embarrassed for the eighth uncle, since the big treasury can't get food, then it is natural for the flags to take some of it, in fact, the people can't mess up if they have porridge to drink, and the current situation in Dajin Country is chaotic!" ”

"That's good! I have no objection to anyone who has food to take it out," said Mang Gultai with a sneer, "I can make it clear first, I don't have any food in stock. ”

As soon as Mang Gurtai's cool words were spoken, everyone closed their mouths, and Sibeile's heart was cold.