followed Ma Shilong to go on the expedition to Mengmi Tusi and was shocked by Ma Shilong's brutal play.

"General Shenwu! With this artifact, the defeat of Donghu is just around the corner! Meng Mi Tusi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

"Hehe, this was originally going to be used in Mengmi City, but it's a pity that you wait to descend first." Ma Shilong said unceremoniously.

"The Heavenly Soldiers are mighty, we have always been concerned about the Celestial Empire, but we were forced by the military might of Donghu that we had to temporarily surrender to Donghu. We are looking forward to the arrival of the heavenly soldiers day and night, and their hearts can be learned. Meng Mi Tu Sima said.

"Your Majesty, I want to invite Meng Mi's big and small toasts to Beijing for a meeting, are you willing?" Ma Shilong asked.

"It's an honor for me to see the face of heaven, and it's a blessing to cultivate in several lifetimes, this is something that I can't ask for, how can I not want to? I just don't know when it will be scheduled? I'll wait to prepare. Meng Mi Tusi said happily. They were still very happy to be able to meet the Great Tomorrow, but they didn't expect that after they went, they were all left in Beijing by Zhu Youxiao, and they were never able to return to their hometown.

"After Admiral Sun makes arrangements, you will enter Beijing with Meng Yang's big and small Tusi." Ma Shilong said.

"Yes, I'll send someone back to prepare immediately." Meng Mi Tusi said.

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After Ma Shilong broke through Baojing, he arrested all the men in Baojing to repair the fortress and mine, and all the women were sent to Longchuan. It's just that Baojing is a mining area, and there are more men and fewer women. With the supply of a large number of laborers, the construction of the fortress was significantly accelerated.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of June in the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), there was an earthquake in Lingqiu, Hunyuan Prefecture and other places. Lingqiu shook for more than a month, shook dozens of times, the whole city collapsed, there was no one left in the government and people's houses, more than 5,200 residents were crushed to death, countless merchants came and went, and the water gushing out of the dry well was black. According to later generations, the earthquake was estimated to be a magnitude 7 earthquake, and the earthquake affected more than 60 prefectures and counties in four provinces, killing and injuring countless people, and the damage was incalculable.

For disaster relief, Zhu Youxiao has always put it in the first place, and disaster relief at the end of the Ming Dynasty is really directly related to the stability of the country. This time, Zhu Youxiao not only ordered Wu Youxing to lead hundreds of people from the Tai Hospital to rush to the disaster area, but also asked the Beijing Governor's Office to assist in the disaster relief. Mobilizing the military to participate in disaster relief has virtually accelerated the speed of disaster relief, and at the same time, it has also deterred some violations of law and discipline that have emerged after the disaster.

Compared with the earthquake, the implementation of Zhu Youxiao's first new policy attracted the attention of the entire empire. At present, not only the "Daming Imperial Daily" and the "Daming Confucian Daily" are publishing and discussing this new deal, but other non-governmental newspapers are also discussing this new deal.

For the first time, the "Daming Imperial Daily" and the "Daming Confucian Daily" had a confrontation on the New Deal, but this time the confrontation was not on the New Deal, but on the Imperial Bank.

The Daming Confucian newspaper has always vigorously opposed Zhu Youxiao's operation of the Imperial Bank, but after the introduction of the new policy, the opposition has become even stronger. From ancient times to the present, Zhu Youxiao was the first emperor to engage in business on the table, and most of them were secretly carried out before.

"Imperial Daily" is a newspaper with a background, as long as anyone dares to publish an article against the emperor running the Imperial Bank. Jin Yiwei or Dongchang will immediately provide a copy of the information to the Imperial Daily, and the information will contain information about who in the person's family is in business, and how much profit the person has gained through the family's business. In the Ming Dynasty, although officials did not do business on the surface, they secretly supported their families or subordinates to do business, and this matter was almost accurate.

By using this insidious method, the "Imperial Daily" forced the "Confucian Daily" to the end, and after a few rounds, no one dared to write an article for the "Confucian Daily" against Zhu Youxiao's operation of the Imperial Bank. According to the information provided by the "Imperial Daily", the Inspectorate under the leadership of Yang Lian almost checked and checked accurately. And the person who is in the newspaper, he can't cover his affairs.

At the same time, the "Imperial Daily" also listed in detail a data on the money spent by Zhu Youxiao in allocating money from the interior for disaster relief, distributing money to officials, forming a new army, and going to various places. Speaking with data is more convincing than any words, this move made Zhu Youxiao's image in the people instantly taller, and also made Zhu Youxiao gain more and more popular hearts.

But the New Deal did directly damage the vested interests of most of the Empire's officials and merchants. Officials in various localities did not dare to resist the New Deal openly, but there were many people who secretly played tricks. In some counties in Shandong, there have even been incidents of displaced people smashing and looting the Imperial Bank. Shandong is close to Beijing, and it is the first place to implement the new policy, and it is also the first place to expose problems.

Shanxi, Hebei, and Shaanxi provinces, where officials were purged, were the best places to implement the new policy, and there was little resistance. In particular, Shanxi and Hebei provinces have been vigorously assisting in the promotion of the new policy since the cabinet promulgated it.

After Huang Zunsu saw the achievements of Shanxi, he completely agreed with Yang Lian's point of view, and the influence of the vassal king in Hebei was also very small, which made Hebei almost implement the same policy as Shanxi, and even the commercial tax was raised to 15 taxes, and the mining tax was also implemented in Shanxi.

"Yang Aiqing, what do you think about the smashing and robbery of the Imperial Bank in Shandong?" Zhu Youxiao asked Yang Liandao.

"On the surface, it seems that the displaced people are in rebellion, but behind the scenes, there should be the support of the local yamen." Yang Lian replied.

"Can Yuan Keli still use it?" Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Yuan Futai is a veteran of the four dynasties, an official and not a noble, dare to ask for the people's life, and strive to ensure that Shandong is not lost, and his merit is comparable to that of Sun Ge Lao. This matter has absolutely nothing to do with Yuan Futai. Yang Lian replied.

"Shandong Governor Yuan Keli assisted the Inspectorate in thoroughly investigating the Shandong smashing and robbery of the Imperial Bank, and at the same time Jinyiwei assisted in handling it." Zhu Youxiao ordered.

"No."

"If you need to kill a group of people to implement the new policy, I don't mind starting from Shandong." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Your Majesty, in the matter of Shandong, the minister will definitely give Your Majesty a satisfactory result." Yang Lian hurriedly said. Yang Lian knew that Zhu Youxiao said that he wanted to kill people, and that he would really kill people, and Zhu Youxiao killed more officials in Shanxi than he killed in Hebei and Shanxi provinces.

"I know what you think? I don't want to kill people, and I don't like to kill people by nature, it's all forced. If I need to slaughter millions of people for the sake of the empire, then I really don't mind being a butcher. Zhu Youxiao said.

"The minister understands, if you really need to kill people, then let the minister make this knife, Your Majesty will be a generation of saints, and it will definitely be famous for eternity." Yang Lian replied.

(End of chapter)