Yu Xiang convened a meeting to study the issue of pension payment. At the meeting, some people proposed lowering the pension standard, while others suggested that Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers did not belong to the New Guard, and that the compensation standard should be lowered or not paid.

In response to these two points, Yu Xiang completely vetoed, first, the soldier went to the front line to exchange his life for money, since the standard was set before, the standard after that will only be higher than before, not lower, this is the respect for life. The people who serve in the army are all young and strong laborers in the family, the pillars of the family, and the family is old and young, and they still count on this money to live. Therefore, not a single cent of the pension should be missing.

Second, Lu Xiangsheng's army and the New Guards fought against the Qing soldiers together, they were comrades-in-arms, and they were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the source of the pension, in addition to financial subsidies, Yu Xiang also suggested setting up a hero fund to strive for social donations, and the hero fund was used for the pension of martyrs during the war. In the future, in times of peace, it will be used for those who have been injured or sacrificed in the face of righteousness and courage, so as to stimulate and promote righteousness in society.

Drawing on the problem of later generations being criticized for the opaque use of charitable funds, and dampening the enthusiasm of good deeds, Yu Xiang asked the Hero Fund to achieve full transparent management, although in this period, communications were extremely underdeveloped, and the cost of transparent management was very high, but Yu Xiang demanded that even if the use of crowd tactics and the investment of more manpower and material resources, it was necessary to achieve transparent management, and the funds donated by each person must have a clear place, and the use of the donated funds must stand up to scrutiny. Except for the Hero Fund Usage Committee, which can decide where the money goes, no officials at any level are allowed to use the money to ensure that the money is not diverted for other purposes.

In order to encourage donations, the first batch of donors, with a capital amount of more than 100,000 taels of silver, can obtain the title of great benevolent, and can have some immunity in the future, as for what privileges they have, they will be slowly agreed later.

On the spot, Yu Xiang donated 100,000 taels of silver on behalf of Xu Ji Commercial Bank, which was the amount agreed with Miss Xu San before.

With Yu Xiang as an example, Liu Xiangyi went back to discuss with his father-in-law Li Sihai, Li Sihai donated 100,000 taels on the spot, and now Li Sihai obeys Liu Xiangyi's words and values this son-in-law very much.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Changxun, the Iron Rooster Blessing King, generously donated 500,000 taels of silver. King Fu has his own little abacus, his money is basically frozen, his property alone is as much as 20 million taels of pure silver, if the grain is converted, I am afraid that it will be more, taking out 500,000 taels of silver is nothing to King Fu, and he has a good reputation, he will not let go of this matter no matter what.

However, with King Fu, a member of the royal family, as an example, it exerted a huge advertising effect, and the enthusiasm of those princes and nobles, squires and wealthy families to donate was suddenly stimulated. Some well-off officials and squires have donated, which is a whirlwind of donations in Henan, and some of the families of martyrs actually took out pensions to donate, which has arisen in Henan The simple heroism plot of everyone for me and I am for everyone, this kind of plot is a huge appeal, which at the same time puts forward higher requirements for Yu Xiang, this simple plot is an invincible combat effectiveness, if this kind of plot is protected, it will be a huge force in the future, if this kind of plot is hurt, This can lead to social insensitivity, the loss of unity and cohesion, and eventually become a plate of scattered sand with no combat effectiveness.

Yu Xiang decided to protect this simple heroic plot from the perspective of further protecting the donations, and he set up a charitable organization to further improve the collection, management and use of donations, and formulated the first charity law to regulate the use of donations in the form of law.

After the new charity law was formulated, it embodies the principle of fairness, no matter how big or small the donation amount is, you can get a donation certificate, the amount of donations can be cumulative, and if the cumulative donation exceeds 100,000 taels, you can get the title of great benevolent, Yu Xiang took the opportunity to guide the rich to give back to the society to be proud of the social atmosphere, the rich will not necessarily get social recognition, but those who contribute to the society will definitely be recognized by the society.

Merchants from other provinces who came to do business saw that the environment in Henan was so good, even in the year of the catastrophe, they set up shops here one after another, enthusiastically donated, and some even won the title of Great Benevolent People. In just one month, the Hero Fund exceeded five million taels.

On this day, Yu Xiang was chatting with Miss Xu San and Chen Siyi in the back hall, and the guards sent a message of worship, saying that this person was going to donate a lot of money and send important military information.

Yu Xiang looked at the prayer post, and the name on it was very familiar: Xue Li.

Miss Xu San saw the name on the worship post, her face was covered with frost, and she said: "He is the one who bought tea at the tea auction, and he wanted to tease me, but he was beaten by Sheng Daxia, this person is not small, and he took the initiative to send it to the door." Xianggong, go and beat him up again. ”

Yu Xiang smiled and thought secretly, it seems that whoever provokes Miss Xu San is going to be unlucky, but this kid dares to take the initiative to send it to the door, there must be something important, what is he doing here from the capital, so he said: "This time, he may really have important information, and take the initiative to send money, I'll go and see it first, if this person is not serious, I'll beat him, okay?" ”

Miss Xu San thought for a while, felt reasonable, nodded and agreed.

Yu Xiang met Xue Shao in the hall, but saw that this person was dressed in a green silk shirt and trousers, with a fan in his hand, and he looked like a gentleman.

When Xue Shao saw Yu Xiang, he was shocked, his idol, but the bloodthirsty demon that was passed on by word of mouth in the capital, turned out to be a personable young man, which really shocked him.

Xue Shao hurriedly put away the folding fan, knelt down with his robe, and bowed to worship.

Yu Xiang hurriedly calmed him down and asked, "May I ask Xue Gongzi, why did you come to Henan this time, thousands of miles away, all the way." ”

Xue Shao first took out 100,000 taels of silver tickets and handed them to Yu Xiang and said, "This is my little heart for the soldiers who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield. ”

Yu Xiang saw Xue Shao say this, and had a good impression of him, although he knew that he was a gentleman in the capital, but seeing that he was generous, he still had a bit of true temperament.

Yu Xiang greeted him with a pleasant face, Xue rarely saw Yu Xiang so approachable, that kind of nervousness dissipated, after all, he was also a person who had seen a big scene, he looked around alertly, obviously there was an important military situation to return.

Yu Xiang understood what he meant, and said, "But it doesn't matter, it's safe here, and there will be no leaks." ”

But Xue Shao was still hesitant, Yu Xiang saw that he was so cautious, and knew that this matter was very important, so he retreated left and right, and only the two of them were left in the room.

Only then did Xue Shao tell the truth about what happened in the capital.

Although Yu Xiang has heard of these news for a long time, now he sees such a movement in the officialdom, and the officialdom in the capital has formed a one-sided unfavorable trend for Yu Xiang, and Emperor Chongzhen has wavered against him, which makes Yu Xiang very frightened. Feel a storm coming.

Xue Shao did not hide the reason why Daoming came to Henan alone this time, and said the bizarre encounter since the last time he bought tea, between the words, he did not hide his admiration for Yu Xiang, when it came to three bows a day, Yu Xiang listened to it happily, and in a daze, this young master actually formed a community of destiny with Yu Xiang.

After sending Xue Shao away, Yu Xiang had a clear vein in his heart, and Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards Yu Xiang had changed. Subsequently, Yu Xiang transferred troops from all over the country and stationed troops in Anyang to deal with possible changes.

Yu Xiang paid the full amount of the pension money, and the martyr's pension was sent to the martyr's home by the postal system.

For some crippled soldiers, in addition to curing them free of charge, a hundred taels of silver were also given.

For the demobilized soldiers who have passed the age of 40, a demobilization fee of 50 taels of silver will be issued, and Lu Xiangsheng will have less than 100 old and weak soldiers, more than half of whom have reached the age of demobilization.

Reward the meritorious soldiers who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield of Julu, even stone eggs. The son also made a second-class meritorious service and received sixty taels of silver. Every month, the New Guards have a day off, and the soldiers seize the time to shop. The shops and restaurants in Anyang City are happy, these military masters are generous, and they don't bargain or bargain.

Stone eggs. Zi has never seen so much silver, he bought a lot of incense, candles and paper money, facing the direction of his hometown, worshiping his father and mother, crying while burning, although he is bloody on the battlefield, but to put it bluntly, he is still a child, if it were not for so many veterans to protect him, at this moment he is afraid that he would have died on the battlefield.

Mu Renqing used one hundred taels of silver to build a garden mausoleum for Gui Xin Shu, the scenery was buried, Gui Xin Shu had no children and no daughters, alone, Mu Renqing made this move, hoping that the apprentice would leave some marks on the world in the future, and Yu Xiang personally wrote an epitaph for Gui Xin Shu. This made Mu Renqing very moved.

The New Guards' extraordinary bereavement and respect for the soldiers gave the New Guards a sense of honor, and they took the mission of defending the country and concentrated on practicing the skills of killing the enemy.

Through the word of mouth of merchants, demobilized soldiers and martyrs, the New Guard's treatment of the soldiers was scattered like a storm, so that those imperial troops who could not even get their salaries were very red-eyed, especially Lu Xiangsheng's old department, after hearing that the remnants of Lord Lu were rescued by Yu Xiang, they were not discriminated against at all, and they were treated equally, giving out bereavement pensions and receiving rewards, but they are now under the shroud of terror in dire straits, this stark gap makes them have infinite yearning for the New Guard, they all want to join the New Guard, Regain your former sense of honor.

Therefore, the undercurrent of Xuanda soldiers was surging, and they were all eager to return to Lu Xiangsheng's leadership and join the New Guard, and some soldiers began to secretly connect with each other, looking for and waiting for opportunities.

These circumstances made Chen Xinjia uneasy, afraid that one day his impersonation would be exposed, and there were already some signs, and some people were already circulating some situations on the Julu battlefield, if this kind of rumor reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, the consequences would be unimaginable. Chen Xinjia decided to completely wipe out the New Guards no matter what.

Just when he was in a panic all day and didn't know how to start, the governor of Henan, the prefect of Guangping, the county order of Pingxiang County, the county order of Guangzong County, the county order of Jize County, and the county order of Quping County jointly impeached Yu Xiang, saying that he had not entered the permit, brazenly crossed the border, harassed the people, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil.

Chen Xinjia was overjoyed, and took advantage of this opportunity to secretly give Chongzhen a twist, asking Chongzhen to transfer Yu Xiang to Beijing in the name of reporting on his work, and then take him down for questioning, if Yu Xiang does not come to the capital, it is disrespectful, indicating that he has the intention of rebellion, and can order the world to conquer Yu Xiang, and also suggested that Zuo Liangyu, a powerful general in the army, should replace Yu Xiang as the governor of Henan, if Yu Xiang does not hand over the post of governor of Henan, it will be equivalent to declaring war with Zuo Liangyu. This suggestion is very vicious.

Because Chen Xinjia had contact with the Qing soldiers before, he also deliberately revealed this news to the Qing people.

This expedition made Huang Taiji suffer heavy losses, and more importantly, he lost Yue Tuo, a general, Huang Taiji was very sad, and through this battle, he further saw Yu Xiang's strength. made up his mind to get rid of Yu Xiang no matter what, if this person is not removed, it will definitely be troublesome.

Huang Taiji received information about Chen Xinjia's impeachment of Yu Xiang, and immediately convened his ministers in the Dazheng Hall to discuss countermeasures.

Kong Youde came out of the class and said: "The new guard army has sharp weapons, beyond imagination, strict management of the army, the army and the people are concentric, and the morale is extremely high. ”

Huang Taiji asked, "How to use the hands of the Ming officials?" ”

Kong Youde said: "Discord meter! Add fuel (oil) to the fire! ”

Within a few days, rumors spread in the capital, saying that Yu Xiang could have attacked Chen Xinjia in Julu and annihilated the Qing army, but Yu Xiang reached an agreement with the Qing people in private and took the initiative to retreat, resulting in heavy losses for the Ming army.

Yang Sichang and a group of courtiers added fuel to the fire, causing public resentment to boil. The court and the people of the capital all thought that Yu Xiang was a disaster for the country and the people, and they were eager to eat Yu Xiang as soon as possible.

There are scholars petitioning above the court, the people jointly petitioning, and the court officials petitioning.

Emperor Chongzhen himself Yu Xiang was very shaken, although he was worried that Yu Xiang would rebel, but seeing such a popular will, he claimed to conform to the will of the people, and issued a holy decree to Yu Xiang and Lu Xiangsheng within a month, go to Beijing to report on his work, and at the same time remove Yu Xiang from the post of governor of Henan, and appoint Zuo Liangyu as the governor of Henan, effective immediately.

Yu Xiang received the holy decree and felt a cool breath, which meant that there might be a war with Zuo Liangyu, and he would become a great sinner who provoked a civil war to bring disaster to the country and the people.

After Yu Xiang received the holy decree, he locked himself in a completely dark room, did not allow anyone to disturb, did not eat or drink, and for two whole days, even Miss Xu San's request for a visit was refused.