In the conference hall of King Gui's Mansion, the chief soldier He Hailong was waiting for Zhu Changying in the hall with a group of generals of all sizes, and the generals exchanged heads and ears, not knowing what King Gui called them to come here today, while the prefect Nie Yunhai and Yang Jinchuan of Jinyi Wei Qianhu sat there with their eyes closed and pondered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Nie Yunhai has been very irritable recently, since Zhou Ren went to the capital far away, his daughter Nie Zhiruo didn't think about tea and dinner, nor did she go out shopping, she stayed in the boudoir all day long, and she didn't go out of the door. No, two days ago, I heard that the princess's nephew, Miss Queen, was still alive and came to King Gui's mansion, and her baby daughter suddenly looked like a rabbit with her tail stepped on, chattering at home, she had to go to the palace to meet Miss Wang, if it wasn't for her wife getting angry and stopping her, otherwise where would her old face go? Last time, I asked my wife to probe Princess Ma's tone, but there was no result, hey—it seems that I have to come forward to talk to King Gui myself, and women are really unreliable.

Yang Jinchuan was also very confused, King Gui brazenly asked himself, a brocade-clothed guard, to discuss with these civil and military officials in Hengzhou today, which play was he singing. Far away in the capital, the Jinyi Wei Governor Luo Yangxing was reprimanded by the emperor a few days ago, and was demoted to the third level and transferred to SD to serve as the Jinyi Wei Servant, it is said that he shielded the nobles of the southern capital to encroach on the people's fertile land, and the initiator is the little prince of the Guiwang Mansion, and now he is named the King of Yongming.

Jinyiwei's news is still quite well-informed, Zhou Renyuan's actions in the capital and Nanjing can't be hidden from Jinyiwei's ears and eyes, and Nanjing's Jinyiwei has also made great efforts. Now Tong Haichuan, a thousand households in Nanjing, was transferred to the capital to serve as a commander because of this merit, and was promoted by two levels. Yang Jinchuan and Tong Haichuan are also old friends, knowing that he has been very loved by his subordinates over the years because of his boldness, but he is not good at meeting officials and is not appreciated by Luo.

Now these two people are drinking and pecking, it's really unpredictable! Yang Jinchuan thought of this, opened his eyes and looked at all kinds of people in this hall, these should be the military generals of the imperial court, according to reason, neither these generals nor King Gui should have private contact, let alone openly enter the house like now, this is a taboo of the imperial court!

But now everyone from the emperor to the ministers has consciously ignored this fact, which is called how to deal with themselves in Hengzhou, how can they get along with Hengzhou, they have been marginalized in Hengzhou officialdom, where is their future? He couldn't find an answer for a while.

"The prince has arrived!" Yang Shouchun, the eunuch outside the door, shouted. Everyone in the hall hurriedly got up to greet them.

Zhu Changying signaled to everyone with a smile on his face, followed by Zhu Youying and Wang Fuzhi. Wang Fuzhi glanced at Yang Shouchun when he entered the door, and before he left, Zhou Renyuan asked him to come back and secretly investigate Yang Shouchun, he didn't know what the reason was, and Zhou Renyuan didn't say why.

Everyone was surprised when they saw Wang Fuzhi. muttered in his heart: "Didn't Lord Wang go to the capital with the little prince?" How did you get back? Could it be that the little prince is also back? Why didn't you see him? ”

Zhu Changying saw everyone's surprised eyes, understood what was going on, and smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down. After everyone sat down, Zhu Changying said slowly: "You are all my generals who lead troops in Hengzhou and local parents, of course, Yang Qianhu has also been in our Hengzhou for several years, and he can be regarded as an official in Hengzhou. "As soon as everyone heard that there was something in the words of this prince, they didn't leave Hengzhou, but there was something big happening in Hengzhou?

"Si'er told everyone before leaving Hengzhou, Hengzhou is inevitable a big war, before he left, he asked the generals to perform their duties, the king originally thought that he could return to Hengzhou to preside over the affairs of Hengzhou at most more than a month, but by the gift of the Son of Heaven, he toured south with the prince last month, and he couldn't come back for a while, so the king and the prince had to do it for him." Zhu Changying continued.

"What, the little prince accompanied the prince on his southern tour? What a great honor! Everyone sighed for a while, and unconsciously turned their heads and ears.

"Please be quiet, please listen to my father." Zhu Youqi hurriedly stopped.

"Although Si'er is with the prince, he is often worried about Hengzhou, especially for you, and he is full of expectations or a little worried." Zhu Changying said with a smile.

Everyone was shocked again, and they all showed nervousness.

"You don't have to be so nervous, maybe he is worried that I, the old man, don't take what he said seriously, and don't send the king back to supervise me!" Zhu Changying saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, and hurriedly laughed. The crowd laughed.

Wang Fuzhi was embarrassed and hurriedly said, "Don't dare! Can't! ”

Zhu Changying waved his hand, disappreciating, and said, "Everyone, just now I said that the king's master book is to supervise the king, although it is half a joke, but the other half is the truth, the king's master book not only supervises the king, but more importantly, it is necessary to supervise everyone!" ”

Everyone's hearts tightened, "I think you all know that when it comes to the knowledge and vision of the world at the moment, you and this king are not as good as Si'er and the king's book." I wonder if you agree? Zhu Changying's eyes swept towards everyone.

"Yes! Be! The little prince and the king are both dragons and phoenixes among people, and I am the best in my generation! Everyone nodded in response.

Zhu Changying nodded with satisfaction, "Two days ago, Si'er asked the king to bring back a letter, asking this king to make several important decisions about Hengzhou, so this king asked you to come and discuss it. Seeing that they were about to get to the point, everyone listened to Zhu Changying's next words with bated breath.

"Everyone knows that at the end of last month, Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 army had broken through Xiangyang, so Zhang Xianzhong's army will go all the way south, followed by Wuchang, Changsha and my Hengzhou, which is exactly what Si'er said before leaving, although there is now Zuo Liangyu's confrontation with Zhang Xianzhong, but count on Zuo Liangyu Everyone is still dead. Let's talk about what to do! ”

He Hailong and a group of generals began to talk in a whisper, Zhang Xianzhong's army has entered the HB soldier command HN is an inevitable thing. Zuo Liangyu has a self-respecting army, even the emperor can't command him, and his army discipline is too poor, and he has already suffered several defeats. It is also unreliable to defend HN and Hengzhou in the future.

"Lord Qiqi, there shouldn't be any big problem for my Hengzhou army to defend the city with 20,000 elites, and besides, what kind of adviser is the Ordnance Department in Luo-Luo now?" He Hailong couldn't think of it for a while, "Rost! Deputy General Lian Kuisheng reminded in a whisper next to him.

"Yes, under the guidance of Advisor Rost, the power of artillery and guns has been significantly improved, so please rest assured, we will definitely be able to keep this Hengzhou City." He Hailong said firmly.

The rest of the generals nodded one after another, and now the craftsmen of the Ordnance Department can produce a hundred self-generated firearms, four red-coated cannons, and ten furlong cannons per month. Originally, the output could have been increased, but first, Rost had very high requirements, quality rather than quantity, and a large amount of refined iron was needed to make these firearms, but it was a pity that it was difficult to find high-quality refined iron in nearby mines. This is also an important factor restricting the development of arms in Hengzhou at present.

Zhu Changying nodded, "What is the morale of the soldiers?" "Returning to the prince, since the military judge was stationed in the army, the army has also taken on a new look, and there are fewer and fewer violations of military discipline, and the morale is high. This is all the credit of General Ma Chengzu. He Hailong gave the credit to Princess Ma's brother Ma Chengzu with interest.

"Chengzu is doing things steadily, I am naturally relieved, but without the support of you He Zongbing and the generals, he will not do things so smoothly, and your merits will be remembered by this king." Of course, Zhu Changying knew when to give these generals some sweet dates. Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them.

"By the way, Governor Nie, I don't know how the people's livelihood in Hengzhou is recently?" Zhu Changying turned to Nie Yunhai, in fact, Zhu Changying knows more about the military, government and civil affairs on weekdays, and the main purpose of today is to have a comprehensive understanding of Wang Fuzhi, who has just returned, he knows that Zhou Renyuan sent Wang Fuzhi back to be the main force, one is that Wang Fuzhi is the most clear about Zhou Renyuan's concept, and the other is that he and Zhu Youyan are really not in good health, and it is okay for the two of them to control the overall situation, but when it comes to specific affairs, the two of them feel very difficult, and Zhou Renyuan's thinking is moving forward by leaps and bounds, and the two can't keep up with Zhou Renyuan's pace.

"Back to the prince, at present, the livelihood of the counties in Hengzhou is stable." Nie Yunhai replied, "But because the thieves have entered HB, there are many refugees pouring into my Hengzhou, and I have opened a large number of porridge sheds to give to those homeless people according to the instructions of the prince, but the consumption of food is quite large, and it will be a big problem in the future, and all counties have asked me to distribute more food to them." But there is not much food in the official warehouse of the imperial court, so I have to trouble the prince--"

"Hmm--" Zhu Changying nodded and said solemnly, "There must be a final solution to the resettlement of this homeless person after all." Therefore, the king decided to give the ten thousand acres of fertile land in the palace to the people who had no land, so that they could cultivate it. ”

"What?" He Hailong and Nie Yunhai exclaimed, everyone didn't seem to know Zhu Changying anymore. Where in this world is there a prince who takes the initiative to give good land to the people? It's not that the prince is crazy.

"Lord Wang, you—you?" Nie Yunhai stammered.

Yang Jinchuan's eyes flashed, this King Gui is buying the hearts of the people in the world?

"Generals, don't be so flustered." Wang Fuzhi came out of the round, "Please listen to what the lower official said, the little prince once told the lower official how this thief got into trouble." There was a drought in the north, the imperial court was not conducive to disaster relief, and the people could not survive, so they took the road of rebellion. Now these displaced people who have suffered from the war are my Ming people, their wives are separated, and their land and family wealth are lost, but they have not rebelled, because they still have Ming in their hearts. If we can't give them any hope to live, maybe one day they will rebel, so that there will be more and more thieves in the world, which is called the evil search cycle! ”

Everyone nodded, these generals didn't think about this question again! And although Nie Yunhai, a civil official, knows the reason, after all, he is weak and has no ability to return to heaven.

"But, my lord! Aren't you afraid of violating the taboos of the imperial court? General Xiong Tianbao glanced at Yang Jinchuan and asked.

Zhu Changying smiled "haha", "Since I, Zhu Changying, am the prince of the imperial court and the cousin of the emperor today, I dedicated my family property to the Ming Dynasty to settle the people, and I can be regarded as doing things for the imperial court. ”

Yang Jinchuan's face changed, and he immediately said, "The prince cares about the people, it is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty, and no one will chew his tongue." ”

The hearts of the people were reassured.

"But there is something more important below, and I also ask Yang Qianhu to do some coordination in the imperial court!" As soon as Zhu Changying's words came out, Yang Jinchuan felt tight, cold sweat broke out, he had already guessed seven or eight points, and sighed in his heart and said, it's time to come!