Yibian Wushuang strode on the straight road leading to the outside of the palace, leaving a long straight footprint behind him, and it had begun to snow in the capital. Min Ruoying has been continuously reducing the amount of money and personnel in the palace this year, and now in the palace of Chu State, there are not enough people to clean the snow on the straight road?

But with the current situation of the Chu State, what can these small measures change? It is nothing more than conveying to the outside world that an emperor is also spending his days on a reduced scale.

The current state of Chu can be said to be in chaos, the emperor is desperately trying to save money, just to be able to spare some money to invest in armaments, today in the palace, Min Ruoying entertained his own tea, it is not this year's top tribute tea, but the next old tea. The best and most top-of-the-line things in the Chu Kingdom have all been sold to the Ming Kingdom.

Thinking of the latest tribute tea of this year that he had drunk when he went to see Qin Feng in the Tiger Prison before, Bian Wushuang couldn't help but shake his head.

The Emperor was trying, but his men didn't necessarily think so. Countless officials are trying to make more money for themselves, the foundation of the Chu State is being dug frantically, and this building is now full of holes, and the wind and snow are flying.

Soon after he arrived in Beijing, Changlong's big boss in Chu came to visit him, and he brought a copy of the account book with him, but he was shocked that the finances of Chu were withering, and the deposits of a considerable number of officials in Chu in Changlong were rising at an alarming rate.

Bian Wushuang naturally knew what this seemingly harmless shopkeeper was showing him this thing for, so someone asked him to remind himself, so that he could understand more about the current situation of the Chu State, and let him understand that the Chu State had no power to return to the sky.

There are a lot of such reminders in the future, and the shock in Bian Wushuang's heart has reached the extreme, the Ming Dynasty's penetration of all aspects of the Chu State has reached this point, that is, the Qin State, a country that is about to die, I'm afraid it's not so exaggerated, right?

A recent reminder is about the information on the land annexation of the Chu State, I don't know how these intelligence officers of the Ming State got these things, but Bian Wushuang does not doubt the authenticity of these things.

A large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people, and a considerable part of the land and population disappeared from the account books of the Chu state, becoming hidden fields, hidden households, and of course, with it, the loss of taxes.

This desperate concentration of land can sometimes stabilize the situation in one place, and the hermits in the hidden fields no longer have to pay taxes to the imperial court but only need to pay a part to the lord's family, which reduces their burden to a certain extent and allows them to survive. But more often than not, it is in the annexation of land to the extreme, which has led to more people ruined and have no way out.

And this is the origin of a large number of rebellions.

When people don't even have the most basic conditions to survive, stretching out their heads is also a knife, and shrinking their heads is also a knife, so they will naturally pull out the knife and rebel.

The infiltration of the Ming Dynasty into the Chu State was all-round, without dead ends, politically, militarily, economically, and pervasive. It's a pity that the people of Chu haven't really noticed this problem yet, or they have noticed it, but they are helpless.

Bian Wushuang stopped suddenly, and in front of the straight road, a man in a cloak stood quietly, just blocking the way he left the palace.

He looked up, stared at the roadblock opposite, and sighed softly.

That was the eldest princess of the Qin State, who married into the Chu State seven years ago, and is now the imperial concubine of Min Ruoying.

He walked over, stood in front of the other party, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed to salute: "The minister has seen the concubine Niangniang!"

No longer calls the other party the eldest princess, naturally he no longer thinks of himself as Qin Chen.

"Bian Wushuang, are you worthy of my father? Are you worthy of Great Qin?" The imperial concubine's voice was a little sharp, some gritted her teeth, and some wanted to cry.

At the time of the crisis, Bian Wushuang led 300,000 soldiers and civilians to turn their backs on Qin and surrender to Chu, stabbed Ma Yue in the back, and stepped heavily on this country that was about to fall. If the Qin State still had its last breath left, but after Bian Wushuang left, the Qin State was as angry as a gossamer.

Bian Wushuang does not go, Da Ming will inevitably have to guard against him leading the army to help, Bian Wushuang himself is good at using the army, and the 50,000 soldiers under his command are even more able to recruit good fighters, if he is willing to do his best to help, of course, he can contain a considerable number of people and horses in Daming, and continue this breath that is about to be broken for Daqin.

But Bian Wushuang chose a different path. His choice accelerated the destruction of the Qin State, and now the Qin State, the only thing that can hold on is Yongdu.

In this world, there is never a city that cannot be attacked, even if it can't be broken, it is trapped, and it is enough to trap you to death.

The imperial concubine's rebuke did not make Bian Wushuang feel the slightest shame, he stood up straight and looked at the imperial concubine seriously, "Imperial concubine, Bian asked himself, is it worth."

"Well, that's a good one. People like you will eventually be spurned by the world, do you think that the people of Chu will look down on people like you who betray their Lord and seek glory?" The imperial concubine laughed angrily.

"They don't look down on me, I don't care at all." Bian Wushuang said coldly: "Good Pope and Concubine learned that it was not that I gave up the emperor, but that the emperor gave up on me. After the Tiger Prison Incident, if he didn't kill Deng Hong, things would have taken a turn for the better, but he brazenly punished Deng Hong, so that he forced the Qingzhou soldiers and horses. When the army was assembled, I sent another 50,000 soldiers and horses for him, if at this time, he was willing to recruit me back to Beijing, with me as the commander to guard the country, although I dare not say that I repelled the Ming army, but at least I will not be defeated so simply. I waited for the emperor's summons in Qinghe County, but what I was waiting for was the imperial conquest, and then I was defeated."

He looked at the pale face of the woman opposite with a sneer: "The emperor himself is going to perish, so who can help him?" The Deng clan has been wiped out, do I have to tie up with them, and then also exterminate the whole family? Instead of waiting here to question me, the imperial concubine might as well go back to her palace and nurture her own children well, well, that is also the bloodline of the Ma family."

Dropping these words, Bian Wushuang bypassed the imperial concubine and strode away. There was a woman's irrepressible crying behind her, and Bian Wushuang's words undoubtedly explained to her that Yongdu must not be defended, and the Ma clan will inevitably perish. She is in the deep palace, the news is not good, and she is here today, but she is just the last confirmation to Bian Wushuang.

Not to mention that she is just a helpless imperial concubine of the Chu State, even if she is the queen mother, what can she do? I could only watch the final demise of the Qin State. If the temple does not exist, her roots will naturally be gone.

The heavy palace gate was open in front of Bian Wushuang, and a strong wind mixed with snowflakes came to him from the cave of the city gate, and he strode out with a gloomy face, and outside, the guards who came with him were preparing the carriage and waiting for his arrival.

Sitting in the warm carriage, Bian Wushuang's clenched fist slowly loosened, and there was a trace of blood oozing out of his palm, which was pinched out by his fingernails.

If not, who wants to go this far? He just chose to protect the family before the family and the country, and died with the country, and may leave a good reputation in the annals of history, but the Bian family, which has been inherited for hundreds of years and thousands of years, does not exist, so what face will he have to see his ancestors after his death.

The existence of the Bian clan is much longer than the existence of the Qin State, when the Cao clan usurped the rebellion, the Bian clan supported the Ma clan to gather troops in the west to stand on its own, it can be said that without the Bian clan of that year, there would be no Qin State of the Ma clan, as for the Deng clan, it was just a rising star that the Ma clan later supported in order to suppress the power of the Bian clan.

Ma's is prosperous because of the Bian family, and the Bian family is also prosperous and destroyed, and the world is circulating.

Bian's entry into Chu, after entering the capital, Min Ruoying continued to welcome out of Beijing, and gave him a luxurious mansion in Yinhu Street, which is rich and noble in the capital, covering an area of thousands of acres, even in Yinhu Street, is one of the best mansions. The exquisite layout and ingenious design are much more exquisite than his mansion in Yongdu.

The Qin people are still simple and atmospheric, and the Chu people are still delicate and delicate, which is the biggest difference between these two houses.

"Father, didn't this trip go well?" Looking at Bian Wushuang, whose face was gloomy, Bian Wenzhong asked with some uneasiness.

Bian Wushuang shook his head: "When I left the palace, the eldest princess blocked the way and asked!"

Bian Wenzhong's face changed slightly, if there was anyone else in the Chu State who they were most reluctant to meet, it would be Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. Bian Wenzhong and the eldest princess are about the same age, and they are playmates from childhood to adulthood, and they are extremely familiar with each other, but later the eldest princess married Chu State, and the connection was broken.

"The matter of the Qin State, it is no wonder that my Bian family, the general trend is like this, what can I do?" Bian Wenzhong said in a low voice. Maybe all we can do is try to save her life in the future."

"Well, you don't have to take such things to heart." Bian Wushuang waved his hand, "My suggestions have been adopted by the emperor, I will be appointed as the deputy commander of the eastern border army of the Chu State, and I will preside over the counterattack on the six eastern counties, and I will leave for Jinghu in the near future. And you will be appointed as the ambassador of counterinsurgency, and lead 20,000 soldiers to quell the rebellion that is now rampant in the Chu State."

Bian Wenzhong took a deep breath: "Father, do I need to do that?"

Bian Wushuang stretched out his hand and pulled over a map, stretched out his hand and pinched a few fingernail prints deeply on the map, "The rebels naturally want to be quelled, these people only destroy, not produce, they are all pests there, and the rabble among them will be wiped out, and their elites will be forced to these counties little by little."

Bian Wenzhong looked at the several areas that were pointed out by his father, and they all coincidentally choked the main road to the capital. There was already a sudden realization in my heart, "Have these so-called elites been infiltrated by the Ming people?"

Bian Wushuang glanced at his son, "You don't need to know the rest, just drive these rebels to these areas and narrow the rebellion to a controllable range."