Ye Mengxiong took the wine handed by Xiao Ruxun, and his heart was full of emotion, the young child back then has now grown into a commander who can command hundreds of thousands of troops, time has passed, and everything is different from the beginning.

It was also here back then, a frustrated literati and an immature little general, and now, a dying senior official and a marshal of hundreds of thousands of troops, in six years, too many things have happened, which really makes Ye Mengxiong feel the impermanence of life.

"Back then, we were also here, the old man was expelled from the Beijing division and had to go to the south to avoid trouble, and you were also installed with the title of Pinglu for no reason, which was praised and degraded, and now, we are back here, sitting like this, the old man even feels that everything has not changed, as if it is still the same as back then."

Ye Mengxiong drank the wine in one gulp.

Xiao Ruxun also drank the wine in the cup afterwards.

"Yes, I was only twenty-two years old at the time, I had just finished the battle of Ningxia, I was in full swing, and I wanted to show my strength, but I didn't expect to be hit head-on, but thanks to Ye Gong's persuasion and support, I was able to win the position of the chief general of North Korea, which gradually opened up the situation.

Otherwise, I am probably the chief soldier of Ningxia, the general soldier of Ningxia has been middle-aged, and then accumulate merit to go to Beijing to do what my father once did, to be a simple military general for the rest of his life, no great merit and no great fault, after he dies, he will be posthumously praised by the imperial court, and in the future, maybe he can be remembered by some people! ”

Xiao Ruxun smiled slightly.

After all, his name is also the source of an idiom's allusion after all, and when people talk about that idiom, they may think of this name.

That kind of life is already lucky for a military general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

And with their own participation, everything seems to have become different, the Ming Dynasty has undergone amazing changes, and the future trend is also quite confusing, it seems that everything has reached a critical point, waiting for a new round of blooming.

How will the future be moved?

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ye Mengxiong.

"Ye Gong, after the big things are calmed down and the world is stable, what does Ye Gong want to do?"

Xiao Ruxun sandwiched a chopstick dish for Ye Mengxiong and put it in a bowl.

Ye Mengxiong smiled slightly and set his eyes on the south.

"Life is seventy years old, I am sixty-seven years old this year, I can live to this age, I have long been content, I dare not ask for anything, and when the overall situation is calm and the world is stable, I will go home, go back to Huizhou, share the joy of family with my wife and children, and spend the rest of my life, there is nothing else to ask for."

Xiao Ruxun also looked to the south and said with a smile: "The joy of family is certainly beautiful, but Gong Ye doesn't want to be in charge of the government and enter the cabinet to pay respects?" ”

Ye Mengxiong paused for a while, and said with a helpless smile: "I'm old, I've exhausted my energy all the way to the Northern Expedition, and now I want to go home to spend my old age in peace, and it sounds good to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but if you think about it carefully, it's just a flower in the mirror, the happiest thing in life is that people reach their old age, family harmony, family and children, there are no people who die prematurely, the family is harmonious and beautiful, what a blessing it should be!" ”

Ye Mengxiong drank another glass of wine and sighed.

This kind of life, not to mention the ancients, how many modern people can't ask for it?

Once upon a time, Xiao Ruxun's dream was the same, before the end of the world, he wanted to get ahead, and after that, he just wanted to live, when he first came to Daming, his heart was full of happiness for the rest of his life, and he didn't have any big ambitions, he just wanted to enjoy life in Daming, and he took over the Bibai rebels and gave himself a blow.

It turns out that you have to work hard here to survive.

Step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, gradually become the mainstay of this country, gradually do what they once dared not imagine, and gradually reach the top, until now.

It seems that everything is not what Xiao Ruxun wanted to do at the earliest, what Xiao Ruxun wants to do now, Xiao Ruxun himself is a little confused, he can't see himself clearly, and the more everything is clear, the more confused he is.

"Where's Ji Xin? After the world calms down, what does Ji Xin want to do? As you said before, recapture the Hetao, the northern expedition to the grassland, and make the Jingshi the interior instead of the front line? Such a grand occasion during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Ye Mengxiong looked at Xiao Ruxun. seemed to care about Xiao Ruxun's answer.

"That's what must be done, Hetao, grassland, Liaodong, these northern lands must be occupied, they must be controlled in their hands, and they must not be lost, otherwise the hinterland of the Central Plains will be uneasy, not only will it cost the people and money, but it will also be very dangerous."

Ye Mengxiong saw the seriousness in Xiao Ruxun's eyes, and knew that he was saying these words seriously, and he was also seriously planning to do these things.

There is no doubt that this is in the interest of the state.

"This is naturally good, but what should be done when the country is tired, there are many people affected by the disaster, and the grain harvest has dropped sharply?"

Ye Mengxiong asked a question.

"Cash-for-work."

Xiao Ruxun directly said his own method: "Instead of simply distributing food and disaster relief funds, it is better to work for relief, along the way, I found that the local city is dilapidated, the local roads are muddy, and the local water conservancy project is in urgent need of rectification, so a good opportunity, as long as the imperial court allocates funds for work relief, the people who work have food, and those who do not work have no food, so that they can solve the problem of the victims while solving the project problem, so as not to cause turmoil, the best of both worlds." ”

Ye Mengxiong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Of course this method is good, and the method of cash-for-work is not something that no one has thought of, but there are very few people who have done it, the main thing is that the court is short of money, how should Ji Xin be short of money?" ”

Xiao Ruxun took a sip of the wine glass.

"Of course it can be solved, Ye Gong will wait and see."

"Oh? Can it really be solved? ”

Ye Mengxiong will be skeptical.

"It can really be solved."

Xiao Ruxun gave an affirmative answer.

If you can't get the money, then don't mess around.

Drinking here, it can be regarded as saying goodbye to the past, saying goodbye to the past self completely, and moving towards a new life, Ye Mengxiong can feel that Xiao Ruxun seems to have figured out something, and while he is happy for him, he is also a little puzzled.

From the perspective of age, Xiao Ruxun is Ye Mengxiong's grandchild, and Ye Mengxiong does treat Xiao Ruxun as his descendant, but sometimes, Ye Mengxiong really doesn't know what Xiao Ruxun is thinking.

But it doesn't matter anymore, for the current Xiao Ruxun, it is enough to stabilize and solve Shen's affairs, and then let Zhu Yijun ascend the throne again.

On the afternoon of December 24, Li Rusong led his troops to Beijing Division, Xiao Ruxun personally greeted Li Rusong, took his hand and went to the Chinese army's tent to talk about the past, Li Rusong expressed his deep sorrow for what happened to Xiao Ruxun after he left, expressed extreme indignation at Shen's consistent despicability and shamelessness, and was willing to help Xiao Ruxun defeat Shen Zhengyi.

Xiao Ruxun said that he was very happy, and held a banquet to entertain Li Rusong that night.

It was also on this evening that Xiao Ruxun ordered all the main middle and high-ranking generals and all officials around the Beijing division to gather at the Lugouqiao camp, and he was going to hold an important military meeting on December 25 to discuss how to deal with Shen Yiyi, how to act next, and even related to the distribution of interests after the war.

As a result, the main generals and officials of the various armies all gathered at the Lugouqiao camp.