Ying Erdai and the others quietly walked away, leaving Kurtang and Li Yu to say goodbye for a while.

"Do you have any other instructions?" Li Yu asked.

"The situation in Fengzhou is better than I thought, Sakhalian Belle and your master Dahai must not believe it, we have worked hard in Liaodong for so many years, and we have not been able to build a Liao country where Zhushen, Han and Mongols are integrated, but it is becoming more and more like you here, Aita's choice is right, and the future is terrifying!" Kuhl said with emotion.

"But the disciple is afraid, the situation in Fengzhou is complicated, and if you take a wrong step, you may never recover, please teach me!"

"Your road can only go by yourself, I can't teach you anything, just tell you about the old Khan, outsiders always say that the old Khan is a demon who kills people without blinking, in fact, this is not true, I know my grandfather, he is open-minded and kind-hearted, otherwise there will not be so many people under his command, the Han people in Liaodong will not help him drive away the Ming government, he also wants to establish a country in Liaodong where all ethnic groups are integrated and the people are rich, and become a beloved Ming monarch, but he failed to do it in the end, but became murderous, tyrannical and cruel, Dying and leaving behind a Dajin kingdom that almost collapsed, do you know why? ”

"Authority, it's all because of authority, killing your brother is for authority, killing your son is also for authority, killing the Han people in Liaodong is still for authority, it's human instinct to covet authority, in order to hold on to authority, it's always unscrupulous, maybe it's just a little mistake at first, but to cover up this little mistake, you have to make a bigger mistake, and in the end, you can't stop it, and the small mistake eventually becomes a crime," Kuer stared at Li Yu tightly, holding his sign and continuing earnestly, "It doesn't matter if the people make some mistakes, but the politicians can't, Because they have authority in their hands, and those who hold authority in their hands will not have a way back, they will often make mistakes to the end, until they are out of control, and the heavier the authority, the greater the harm, and you are now also on the ruling side, you must remember the words of the master, you must be cautious in your actions, and you must not act arbitrarily and alone. ”

"Master, I am not greedy for authority, as long as there is a sage that everyone can trust, I am willing to give up my authority."

"I'm afraid it's not up to you." Kuhl waved his hand and turned away.

Li Yu looked at Kuer and his party gradually moving away with tears, he didn't expect this to be the last time he saw his master, after Kuer returned to Shenyang, he was still obsessed with innovating the sinicization, and was beheaded by Tiancong Khan in the spring of the second year on the grounds of shielding Liu Xingzuo and winning the fort and losing the deadline, and there was another reformist character Yingge on the execution ground with him, and his Dahai master had become ill and seriously ill in bed at this time, and died after ten days. The first two saints of the Jin Kingdom, Erdeni and Kagai, were killed by the old Khan, and one of the last two saints died of illness in anxiety, and one died again under the sword of the Great Khan, since then there is no bloody scholar in the Jin Kingdom, and Li Yongfang, the leader of the old Liao people, lost his beloved son, and was bedridden in grief and anger, and died a year later with the disappointment of the Great Jin State, and the innovation of sinicization also disappeared.

As soon as the envoy of the Jin Kingdom left, another distinguished guest arrived in Fengzhou, and Li Yu and Li Huai were taken aback when they heard the news, and hurriedly ran to the Cangtou River to greet them. A ferry boat has been moored on the shore, Dong Shengwei and Du Hongtai greeted him with a smile, and Li Yu, a middle-aged strong man who followed him, still recognized that it was Sun Xianzu, the general soldier of Ningwuguan, an old acquaintance.

"Li Shuai, I'll tell you good news, I've been dismissed, now I can let it go!" Sun Xianzu rushed to Li Yu first, and reported to his backstage boss that Shanxi Town was not effective in suppressing thieves, and the thieves became more and more rampant, once captured Liaozhou and Zezhou, and even crossed the Taihang Mountain into the Daimyo's mansion, and the court was furious and dismissed the governor Song Tongyin, the chief soldier Ma Shilin, and his Sun Xianzu together.

"You go to the Department of Industry and Commerce for business, how is the boss?" Li Yu waved his hand and said.

"The boss is still angry, and he will never get off the boat if he doesn't see you and Brother Yushan." Du Hongtai replied, glancing at Sun Xianzu by the way.

Song Tongyin was not effective in suppressing thieves, and was impeached by the imperial history last year, relying on the service of the Shanxi thief army and the help of the Fengzhou army to barely support until now, and when the Fengzhou army and Bai An and Hu Dawei went north to Fengzhou to resist the westward invasion of the Jin army, the situation in Shanxi finally collapsed. The imperial court could no longer tolerate it, and issued an edict to resign Song Tongyin from his post on the spot, and entered Beijing to listen to the survey on the same day, and Xu Dingchen, the young secretary of Guanglu Temple, took over as the governor of Shanxi. Song Tongyin went out of Taiyuan, bumped into Sun Xianzu who was also dismissed on the road, and couldn't help but point at Sun Xianzu and scolded, Sun Xianzu was scolded in a hurry, and simply coerced Song Tongyin to go to the Partial Head Pass - there is the old nest of Shanxi military businessmen, and behind it is the black backstage, Sun Xianzu sent someone to inform Dong Shengwei when he arrived at the Partial Head Pass, Li Shuai's old benefactor is here, you take him to the elderly, Du Hongtai was taken aback, and hurried to the Partial Head Pass, so that Song Tongyin was invited to see Li Yu and the brothers.

Song Tongyin was scolded when he saw Li Yu, the old man has always valued you and cultivated you, hoping that you will become a pillar of the imperial court, but what have you done? Buying officials, smuggling and selling smuggled goods, and perfunctory to the court, raising thieves and self-respect, you are a sinner of the Ming Dynasty. Li Yu was scolded so much that he was scolded, and just wanted to defend a few words, Song Tongyin pointed out of the cabin and roared, "You get out of me!" ”。

"You're not a good thing, and you've been reading books for so many years." Song Tongyin pointed at Li Huai and Du Hongtai and roared angrily, Li Yu got out, and they were then scolded.

Song Tongyin was tired of scolding, Li Huai hurriedly handed over the tea: "Boss, you take a sip of tea and rest first, this is specially brought to you by students, it is not easy for us to drink tea in this ghost place, it is good to be able to eat half full, and the Hanmin can maintain Fengzhou to this day It is also a great credit to the imperial court!" ”

"Yes, we are forced to sell smuggled goods to the Guannai, 200,000 people have to have something to eat, saying that we buy officials and raise thieves to respect ourselves, that is too unjust, the people in the Guannai look down on us poor bastards, others buy us, borrowing our self-respect." Du Hongtai muttered unconvinced.

"Nonsense, starvation is a small matter, a big loss of moderation, how can you ignore etiquette, righteousness and shame, what is the difference between what you do and those profiteers who are only interested in profit!" Song Tongyin became even more popular.

"My lord, we have read books, but others have not read books, Fengzhou is either a homeless or a Yiren, if there is no food to eat, dare to carry a knife to rob, it is useless to talk about etiquette, righteousness and shame," Li Huai helped Song Tongyin to sit down, and said with a look of reverence, "What the boss said in Yanghe, the more students think about it, the more they feel that it makes sense, education, only education is the solution to the long-term stability of Fengzhou, but students and others are not allowed to take this big responsibility, if the boss is willing to preside over the education of Fengzhou, it must be the luck of the imperial court, the luck of the people of Fengzhou!" “

"Yushan is right, education is a hundred-year plan, Lamaism is prevalent in Fengzhou, and recently Western religion has also infiltrated in, but my sacred studies are sluggish, and in the long run, the Han people in Fengzhou will also break away from China and enter the country, this matter is not trivial, non-boss such a respected predecessor is not enough to succeed, the boss save Fengzhou!" Du Hongtai also pleaded.

"The old man said that he had to educate Fengzhou, since you all said so, the old man must think about it." Song Tongyin pondered for a while and said, in fact, he also had the intention to stay in Fengzhou for a while, although he went to Fengzhou this time because Sun Xianzu was coerced, but it was also a little bit half-pushed and half-pushed - since the current saint succeeded to the throne, none of the governors and general soldiers of the three towns of Xuanda had a good end, and it was still a little scary for him to go to Beijing to listen to the survey, and it was not bad to hide first and see the direction of the wind.

Song Tongyin arrived at the camp of the Barbarian Mountain, he was invited to his home by Li Yu, and led his wife and children to perform the junior ceremony, Song Tongyin began to put up a shelf, but the two-year-old Li Jin did not eat this set, and shouted that his grandfather had to hug him, and also grabbed his goatee to play, Song Tongyin liked it very much, hugged Li Jin and said that it was also his old man's blessing to be able to hug the emperor's grace and the Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

"Li Hanmin, the old man has figured it out, just run a academy here with you, and find all the children who can study, the old man not only teaches in person, but also invites the famous teacher and Confucian in Guannai to come to your Fengzhou with a thick face, and within ten years, Fengzhou will raise people and jinshi."

Song Tongyin hugged Xiao Li Jin and played for a while, and finally made up his mind, Li Yu was overjoyed, and shouted to go and find Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao to worship the children.

The Jin army soon responded, Tiancong Khan agreed to a truce between the two sides, and in the next few days, the two sides did a big deal in the east of Weining Haizi, and exchanged prisoners at the same time, except for the three hundred and eight banner prisoners and 1,200 Mongolian prisoners who voluntarily stayed in Fengzhou, the other prisoners returned to the Jin army camp with Ashan, Rosh, and Tie Spear, and in June, the Jin army withdrew from Zhangjiakou Fort and embarked on the road back to his hometown in Liaodong, so that the defense of Fengzhou ended.

Fengzhou won this battle, but it was also a tragic victory, the number of casualties before and after more than 10,000, the consumption of money, food, and military funds innumerable, fortunately, Fengzhou not only repelled the invasion of the Jin army, but also withstood the summer floods, farmland crops and livestock were saved, at least before the beginning of spring next year.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then announced that his wife was pregnant with a child and was going to wait, and Mr. Song also wanted him to study, so he had no time to take care of government affairs, so he gave himself a holiday and went home. Li Yu left on the front foot, and Li Fugui immediately claimed that he wanted to study behind closed doors, think about the future development plan of Fengzhou, take a month off, and then Ortai would also return to the Dafa Department to concentrate on studying the law, and he didn't care about government affairs.

Li Huai began to have a headache, the top three people in Fengzhou didn't care about anything, and he, the prime minister, had to go up to the top of government affairs - this was actually a matter of time or time, Li Yu had long thought of himself as a dog guarding the household, and he had no interest in government affairs, Ortai, Li Fugui, including Liu Xingzuo, were all over fifty years old and could only be the founders of Fengzhou, while Batu, Li Huai, Yunrong, and Namur were only in their early thirties, and they were the natural successors. Li Yu may really want to take care of his wife, but Ortai and Li Fugui obviously plan to train young people, this burden is too heavy, Li Huai feels a little unbearable, and the other two servants Yunrong and Na Mu'er also feel pressure.

Zhao Ji first came to find trouble, he was also a pre-opportunistic matter, but he never thought that government affairs had nothing to do with him, and casually put an official document requesting the expansion of the army in front of Li Huai: the military affairs office of Zanhua believed that the war with the Jin State would be long-term, and at the same time, with the development of Fengzhou, the possibility of friction with the Ming State was also increasing, and the current strength of Fengzhou was not enough to cope with such a crisis, and the army should be moderately expanded in advance, and the battalion should be expanded to eight battalions of infantry and eight battalions of cavalry, plus a flying tiger battalion and a cannon battalion, with a force size of 9,000 people, The size of the reserve troops of each guard station should also be expanded to more than 2,000 people, so that the number of troops that can be mobilized in Toyosu will reach 20,000, so that it will be able to defend against the enemy outside the country; Weapons and equipment also need to be increased and improved, the role of firearms has been tested in actual combat, camp cannons, bird guns, and lifting guns must be equipped with a large number of guns, cavalry should also be equipped with new horse guns, plate armor has excellent combat results, and troops should be equipped on the basis of improvement; In addition, the army's salary should also be increased, the cavalry's salary should be at least one tael, and the infantry and artillery should not be less than six taels, and the reservists should enjoy the same treatment after being requisitioned into the battalion.

Li Huai frowned and looked at Zhao Ji and said, "Old Zhao, you don't plan to live anymore, and all the taxes in Fengzhou are not enough to support your soldiers." ”

"Sun Tingyao, they said that if you don't have enough money, you can lend us it, and Yuzi can be a guarantor." Zhao Ji replied with a big grin.

"They are businessmen, they can't afford to make a profit, and you are not afraid of being sold with their money, this thing can't be done!" Yun Rong shook his head again and again.

"I brought the words here, and the Zanhua Military Affairs Office will also look for you in two days, and I will stay in the Mustang River for a few days, and you can figure it out for yourself." Zhao Ji was a little unhappy, and left after speaking.

"Lao Zhao also ran away, the three of us can't take care of such a big mess, Brother Yushan, transfer some people to the Great Commander's Mansion to help, Buyantu is a veteran of government affairs, Xuande Wei is clever and clever, both of them can borrow it, Bai Yuzhu and Liu Tianren are not bad, but unfortunately they will never let people go." Namur said.

Li Huai thought for a while and replied: "That's it, transfer Bu Yantu and Cai Ruxun to the acting secretary and secretary of the Great Commander's Mansion, and transfer Urden to act as the commander of Fengzhou Wei, this guy doesn't have enough brains, let that Gu Keli acting Tongzhi help him, Zhang Mengcun acting Xuan Dewei commander, do it first, and then make a formal appointment after the autumn harvest." ”

"Deputy Commander Batu and Du Hongtai asked to cross the Yellow River to seize Ordos, how should we reply?" Yun Rong took a few official documents and asked--After Chahar Khan crossed the Yellow River in the west, he had been watching the battle situation in Fengzhou, and heard that the Fengzhou army had retreated to the south of the Heihe River, and the news that Kuku and Tun had been burned, he pulled his legs and continued to retreat westward, and also took the Ordos people into the air, Hexi is almost empty now, Du Hongtai is impatient to send a thousand households to cross the river and Tuntian, Batu has the same idea as him, pie in the sky can't be wanted, no matter what happens to him in the future, grab it first.

"It's easy to occupy a territory, but it's difficult to operate, and it costs money to expand the territory," Li Huai paced hesitantly, and said after a while, "Well, since you have crossed the river, you can't go back, return to Dongshengwei, cross the river to Tuntian, supplemented by conquest, and the remnants of Hexi must be appeased, and the number of people crossing the river can be increased by another 1,000 households, and a solid stronghold can be built on the west bank as soon as possible." ”

"This army expansion charter is whimsical, dismiss it!" Yun Rong said again.

"It's not that simple, this must be the meaning of the old marshal, the reason is also sufficient, directly dismiss but we don't know how to be a person, reply to the military affairs office of Zanhua, the future war is unpredictable, it is imperative to strengthen armaments, and I ordered the military affairs department of Zanhua to draw up a feasible military reform charter. A few of us also had to stay up late, the official system in Fengzhou was in a mess, and we couldn't find anyone to work with, so we had to draw up a charter for the reform of the bureaucratic system. Li Huai sat down again and waved his hand and said, and then complained and scolded, "We fought an unprecedented victory in the Ming Dynasty, countless soldiers were killed, countless money and food were spent, and we deserved to be rewarded. ”

Soon after the end of the Kuku Hetun battle, the good news reached the Beijing Division, and the court did not react much, only Wen Tiren proudly declared that it was precisely in anticipation of the victory of this battle that he supported the Tuntian General Army at the beginning, and this person really lived up to the public. The Ministry of War proposed to take advantage of the setback of the main force of the Jin Army to send troops to Liaodong to attack Guangning, which frightened everyone, and the cabinet did not hesitate to reject the chapter. But they soon couldn't laugh, the eastern captives couldn't afford to provoke the northern captives, turned around and threatened the Xuanfu, and the court became nervous again - if the Xuanfu was lost, the Jingshi would be in danger.

Shen Di, the governor of Xuanfu, sent an urgent report to the Beijing Division, scolding the general army of Tuntian for not having the ability to defeat Jiannu, but drove Jiannu to the border of Xuanfu, and refused to send troops to rescue, Shen Di also pointed out that the general army of Tuntian has always been lawless, reckless, and has a major suspicion of raising thieves and self-respect, and everyone in the border town calls it a "traitor". The courtiers were happy, and finally found a new name for Li Yu after the "Northern Prisoner", and the extreme selfishness of this traitor who only cared about himself and ignored others caused public outrage, and everyone scolded Li Yu as a sinner who misled the country. The cabinet was silent at this time, Xuanfu claimed to have 100,000 soldiers, 50,000 good horses, the general soldiers of Xuanfu hung the seal of General Zhenshuo, and more than half of the food and salary could be allocated, and Fengzhou did not have the Ming army, let alone food and salary, and to put it bluntly, it was a group of people who went out to farm to make a living, and those who wanted to farm to rescue the elite border army, they couldn't say anything, and the crime of refusing to rescue would be laughed off.

The imperial court is still concerned about Shanxi and Shandong, Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin is incompetent, and of course he should be dismissed from his post and discuss the crime, now it depends on Xu Dingchen, Shandong is worse than Shanxi, Kong Youde is more and more energetic, besiege Laizhou, trap Pingdu, Shahe Dasheng Liu Yulie, the right servant of the military department, and Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, are injured and died, fortunately, Zu Dashou in western Liaoning is obedient and willing to send troops into Shandong to help suppress - although this guy is likely to be afraid of going to Liaodong to find out in conscience, but he can only count on him.

The imperial court forgot about Fengzhou, staring at Shanxi and Shandong, a heavy rain fell from the sky, and then the bad news came, on the sixth day of June, the Mengjin Yellow River in Henan broke out, and the courtiers lamented - Henan is in the middle of the world, and Henan will be chaotic if the world is chaotic, and the Ming Dynasty will die!