Around the time Shen Jia arrived in the capital, a discussion about appropriations was going on in the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The main participants were the Donglin Party, as well as the opposition consisting of the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, the Kun Party, and the Xuan Party. The Donglin Party advocated the use of the Inner Treasury appropriation and the payment of Liaodong military salaries as soon as possible to reassure the army. The opposition, on the other hand, clamored that the Donglin Party's proposal was full of loopholes, digging the east wall to make up for the west wall. The two sides faced each other-for-tat in the court, and no one refused to give in, which made Zhu Youxiao extremely bored. For a time, the situation was deadlocked, and neither side could get any benefits.

The government's appropriations to the army are generally used to purchase Jiangnan materials, such as weapons, armor and equipment, grain, cotton, and salt, which are the main means of upgrading the army's equipment. At the beginning of the year, at the suggestion of the Donglin Party, the mining tax was not collected, and the commercial tax has always pursued the principle of one out of 30, which is in vain. Jiangnan goods need to be exchanged for cash, and all parts of China except Jiangnan are in trouble, so everyone is looking at government grants.

Whether it is the Donglin Party or the current opposition party, everyone knows how powerful this is. It's just that this kind of thing shouldn't be said too deeply, otherwise it's like Tian Wei and Dou Ying in the Western Han Dynasty exposing each other's shortcomings, and as a result, both of them will not die well. After thinking hard, the Donglin Party put its hope on the overseas masters who were about to enter Beijing, hoping that with the help of Shen Jia's coercion to defeat Yu Wei, he could move the emperor in one fell swoop.

The opposition party is also full of talents, and they realize the sinister nature of the Donglin Party, so they also bet on Shen Jia. The opposition party hopes that when overseas dignitaries go to Beijing, they can directly take away the money and avoid intermediaries.

Everyone is gearing up to show their heads and feet in the new round of competition, adding political influence to their careers. Just when the officials in the capital were about to move, Zhu Youxiao, as the decision-maker, did not say a word. Since the beginning of the year, several internal treasury appropriations have not played a corresponding role, Zhu Youxiao has become hesitant. And Zhao Nanxing, Liu Yijun and others, who tasted the sweetness, have repeatedly asked for continued funding, which made Zhu Youxiao vigilant. Later, Zhu Youxiao even found an excuse to transfer Zhao Nanxing from the household department to the official department. The emperor's move once made the Donglin party panic. However, the Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, and Zhao Nanxing's status has risen. With the Ministry of Officials, the future Jingcha will be firmly controlled by the Donglin Party, and Donglin believes that this is the emperor's reliance on the Donglin lineage.

Zhao Nanxing's matter is put aside for the time being, the most important thing at the moment is the allocation of the inner treasury, through careful consideration, Donglin believes that only the victory of seeing is true can make the emperor convinced that silver can play a role. Previously, it was Yang Lian who escorted the silver to Fushun, which made Fushun counterattack sharply a few days ago, and unexpectedly captured Tieling with a big victory, which made the Donglin party find an opportunity to brag.

Coincidentally, this government allocation in the first year of the Ming Empire's Apocalypse, everyone pinned their hopes on a few Ming generals who came from afar. Shen Jia obviously didn't realize his importance, as well as the changes in the capital, he rested for one night, and ran out with Wen Qing and the others early in the morning.

The prosperity of the eastern suburbs of the Ming Dynasty was mainly concentrated in Tongzhou, which was the northern starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Shen Jia's post station in the eastern suburbs was far away from Tongzhou, so he had to order a cup of tea in a nearby town and listen to people sing songs and comment. Wen Qing and Qu Xiaoyi are full of curiosity about the things in the town and try them one by one.

After nearly a month on the road, my body was already exhausted. After a few sips of tea, Shen Jia fell asleep on the table. The teahouse was very lively, the storyteller spoke vividly, and the house rang out from time to time to cheer. However, all this had no effect on Shen Jia.

At noon, He Chun, who was sweating profusely, finally found Shen Jia in the teahouse and shook him awake.

"Instructor Shen, wake up, someone is coming to the post house."

Shen Jia rubbed his dry eyes, wiped the saliva from his mouth, and looked at He Chun in front of him.

"What's all the fuss about?"

"Instructor Shen, Lord Xiong came to pay a visit, and Mr. You sent me to find you home."

Shen Jia was stunned for a moment and said, "My junior sister and they are in the rouge shop in front, you go to find them on my behalf, and we will go back to the post house." ”

He Chun looked embarrassed, and couldn't help but refuse.

"Why don't you go soon, aren't we in a hurry?"

He Chun turned around and reluctantly went out to find Wen Qing. Shen Jia checked out, and then walked slowly towards the rouge shop.

Sure enough, He Chun, who was near the rouge shop, was surrounded and scolded by a group of women. Shen Jia took the opportunity to go up and hug his fists to apologize, and a group of women left noisily.

Shen Jia smiled and said: "Political Commissar He, you can't do it, this little thing will stump you, you have to work harder as a political commissar." ”

He Chun's face was flushed, and he hurriedly said: "Instructor Shen, when is it time to deal with women as a political commissar, this is the first time, or you will demonstrate to your comrades." ”

Shen Jia turned his head and decided to ignore the tricky and eccentric He Chun. A group of people picked up Wen Qing and hurried back to the post house.

returned to a secluded hospitality hall in the post house, but saw Xiong Tingbi and You Shigong waiting inside for a long time.

"Lord Xiong, the next official meets Lord Xiong!"

Shen Jia wanted to worship, but Xiong Tingbi had already seen through it.

"Forget it, you kid, every time I see you visit the official, I always feel that you are insincere, and the old man doesn't care about these vulgar courtesies, get up, let's sit and talk."

You Shigong sat on the side and tasted tea silently, and when he saw Shen Jia get up, he hurriedly gave him a desperate look. Shen Jia understood and said with a smile: "Lord Xiong, when I came from Fushun, I brought some utensils and wine, Lord Xiong might as well try it." ”

Xiong Tingbi sighed and said, "It's all burning eyebrows, you still have the heart to taste wine." ”

Shen Jia was slightly startled, and hurriedly said: "Old Xiong, just say it directly, I am an upright person, don't go around with me." ”

Xiong Tingbi stared at Shen Jia dissatisfiedly, he hadn't seen him for a few days, this kid was good at talking nonsense.

"Chen Fuke, the prefect of Shenyang, resigned and was transferred to the prefect of Yan'an, and Ruan Dacheng, a disciple of Gao Panlong, took over as the prefect of Shenyang, and at the same time Hou Shilu took over as the commander of Tieling, and was responsible for the defense of Tieling."

When Shen Jia heard this, he was shocked and said: "Old Xiong, the situation in Liaodong is so urgent, and if you change people at this time, I am afraid that there will be some fluctuations." ”

"Now that Shenyang has Tieling and Fushun as barriers, there shouldn't be any big problems, boy, if you have any ideas, you might as well come and hear it."

"Xiong Lao, the reason for capturing Fushun before was because the Tartars had been on the offensive for a long time, and the Ming was on the defensive, and the Tartars didn't expect us to attack Fushun. The recapture of Tieling was a quick operation, and we had already taken advantage of the situation to capture Tieling before the Tartars concentrated their stragglers. In the future, there will not be many opportunities for this kind of opportunity, and after eating a cushion and growing wise, the Tartars will not make such low-level mistakes again. ”

You Shigong nodded, he had a deep understanding of the rapid maneuver combat described by Shen Jia, and he continued: "When the slave chief was alive, the Tartars also fought like this, at the beginning, Qinghe Fort, Dongzhou Fort, Waist Fort and other strongholds were suddenly broken by the Tartars, and the Ming troops outside the pass didn't even have time to react, and finally sat back and watched the Tartars fly away. ”

Xiong Tingbi got up, looked directly out the window and thought for a long time, and said slowly: "No matter what, first ensure the safety of Fushun, if Fushun is there, then Shenyang is there." Tieling is close to Horqin in the west, and Kaiyuan is adjacent to the north, these two are a great threat to Tieling, but the military forts around Tieling are seriously damaged, and the city cannot garrison troops on a large scale, and Yuan Jingluo is also at a loss for this, the future of Tieling is very dangerous, you have to prepare early when you return to the Guanwai. ”

Shen Jia nodded solemnly, he could not believe Xiong Tingbi's character, but he would never doubt Xiong Tingbi's military judgment. Xiong Tingbi in history, with a stinky mouth, accurately predicted Wang Huazhen's failure, and also sent himself to the guillotine.

Seeing that Shen Jia and You Shigong humbly accepted their opinions, Xiong Tingbi reluctantly smiled and said, "I still have bad news, and a good news, do you want to hear that?" ”

Shen Jia's face twitched, and he secretly scolded this old guy for becoming a chicken thief. However, since Xiong Lao had the heart to perform, Shen Jia had no choice but to cooperate.

"Lord Xiong, let's talk about the bad news first."

"I heard that Lin Shizi in the Middle East of the DPRK intends to let the emperor open the inner treasury and allocate funds to raise money through Shen Shoubei."

Shen Jia laughed and said, "If I have the ability to encourage the emperor, do I still need to eat soil outside the gate?" ”

"Hey you stinky boy, I'm telling the truth. When I came, many Donglin scholars went to visit Lord Yang and asked Lord Yang to persuade you, and the emperor should prepare to receive you, and everyone hoped that you would tell the emperor about the hardships of the border army, so that the emperor could open the inner treasury to allocate funds. ”

Shen Jia scratched his head and said: "Lord Xiong, you think highly of me, I came to the capital, just to be familiar with all the adults, as for the affairs in the court, I am a big child, I know a hair, don't talk about this, what about your good news?" ”

Xiong Tingbi's face turned red, and he sighed and said: "The good news has been told to you, that is, the emperor wants to summon you, and in addition, Lord Wu (Liang Hei), the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, also supports the emperor to open the warehouse, since you come to the capital in person, if the emperor opens the warehouse, you simply take the silver and go back to Fushun directly." ”

Xiong Tingbi's words were secretive, Shen Jia was puzzled, thought for a while and said, "I'm just a guard, why do everyone keep an eye on me?" Uncle You is also here, why don't you go to Uncle You. ”

"Boy, I am a family man, I don't want to get involved in the mud pit of the court, you kid has a flexible head, this time Uncle You owes you a personal favor."

Xiong Tingbi on the side took over the conversation and said: "Save it, boy, your old man of the assault car has also seen it, and the emperor is also very fond of organs, maybe he can talk to you when the time comes." You Shigong is the courtier of the first emperor, a son of heaven and a courtier, he has long passed the age of soaring, don't think so much, take advantage of the time, think about the matter of meeting the emperor, you are young and promising, the old man is still studying hard at your age, and he doesn't hear anything outside the window, it's really incomparable, you can do it yourself. ”

You Shigong saw Xiong Tingbi take himself out lightly, and hurriedly thanked Xiong Tingbi. Shen Jia was so red that he was holding back, this old guy relied on the old and sold the old, and seemed to praise himself, but in fact, he secretly let himself stand in line, which didn't make people worry.

Shen Jia smiled stupidly, pretending not to understand Xiong Tingbi's words. Xiong Tingbi talked for a while, and when he saw Shen Jia Gu Zuo talking about it, he just didn't say anything, so he got up and said goodbye. You Shen and the two personally sent Xiong Tingbi out, Xiong Tingbi glanced up at the suburbs, sighed, and turned around to leave with a slight bow. Seeing Xiong Tingbi's carriage leave alone, You Shigong asked lightly: "Why are you dodging Lord Xiong, this is not like your person." ”

The scorching sun shone on his face, and the wind whipped up dust and flew around. After waiting for a long time, Shen Jiacai said solemnly: "Uncle You, believe me, Lord Xiong has offended enough people, before he went to work in Liaodong, who in the court spoke for him?" Lord Xiong is indeed talented, but he is upright by nature, and he has offended many people with the benefit of his tongue, and if he can live this life in peace in the future, I will burn high incense for him. ”

You Shigong said with a disdainful face: "Don't pretend to be a ghost, it's only been a few days, do you want to change your career to become a fortune teller?" You can calculate it like this, first calculate the marriage between my family Xianglian and you. ”

After that, You Shigong raised his hand and slapped it in the air, once Shen Jia didn't calculate well, he would definitely not be able to escape from the stinky beating.

"Uncle You, this is still necessary, Sister You is born beautiful, golden and jade, you can't escape the glory and wealth for a lifetime, and the glorious lintel of your You family depends on Sister You."

Shen Jia made up a few sentences randomly, and was proud of his improvisation, but unexpectedly received a heavy slap from You Shigong in the back of the head. Shen Jia jumped half a foot high on the spot.

"Why are you hitting me?"

"Stinky boy, do you think I'm old and confused? You slippery boy, dare to fool me in the future, see how I clean you up. A son-in-law is half of the top, it's too light to beat you, say okay, after entering the city, you will live in my house, what inn do you want to go to, I can't afford to lose this person. Your brother Hui is very familiar with the capital, let him take you around when the time comes. ”

Brother Hui is You Wenhui, You Shigong's eldest son, who is seventeen years old this year and has a family. According to You Shigong, You Wenhui is a bully in the capital, and it is said that he fights and fights, does all kinds of evil, and is quite a bastard. Shen Jia felt that there was a local snake to help him, and he should be able to have a good walk in the capital, thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Shen Jia's mouth.

"Stinky boy, what do you think, laughing so lewdly. You must remember what I tell you, or I will be careful that I will peel off your skin. Also, this marriage, Chen Shuai and He Shuai agreed, you kid don't want to regret it! ”