Yu Xiang personally beheaded thirteen corrupt officials, froze all of Zhu Xingan's assets, and imprisoned his family.

By confiscating the wealth of corrupt officials and setting up the Henan Credit Cooperative, Runing Province hoarded a large amount of grain to lay the material foundation for the relief of refugees and the construction of Suyahu Lake. Under Chai Kewang's careful care, the order of the officialdom of Runing Mansion soon returned to normal.

Yu Xiang also obtained fifteen tiger squat cannons and three red-coated cannons in Runing Mansion, and he transported these cannons to Pingdingshan for research, and on this basis, he upgraded and developed more powerful artillery. Yu Xiang's new guard had talents with firearms manufacturing expertise gathered together and established a firearms manufacturing plant in Pingdingshan to develop and produce new types of firearms. guns and artillery, and soon the combat effectiveness of the New Guard will leap to a new level.

Runing Mansion became a springboard for Yu Xiang, a supply depot for the construction of the Pingdingshan refugee camp, and five days later, the New Guards left for the next extremely important destination: Pingdingshan!

Pingdingshan has four distinct seasons, mild climate, abundant rainfall, there are rivers such as Shahe, Ruhe, Lihe, Ganjiang and other rivers in the territory, rich in mineral resources, there are coal, salt, iron, aluminum, gypsum, refractory clay, limestone and other mineral deposits.

Coal and iron ore are stepping stones towards a modern civilized society. To Yu Xiang's surprise, the value of coal has not yet been discovered, and there are open-pit coal mines in many places in Pingdingshan. Iron ore is also very abundant and available everywhere.

Two days later, the New Guards came to Pingdingshan, brought a large number of refugees with them, and soon established a refugee relief center.

There are some private coal kilns and iron ore factories distributed in Pingdingshan, Yu Xiang bought them all, and no longer allowed private people to dig coal and mine in Pingdingshan, those coal workers and iron miners turned out to be extremely poor poor people, and the coal and iron ore mined were sold at extremely cheap prices, and their lives were very poor, and they worked hard for a year, and they could barely make ends meet. After these people were absorbed by the newly established mining farms and coal mining plants, they became the most lucrative high-income group, and their living standards were greatly improved, and their families were greatly stimulated, and they were willing to dedicate their skills to improve the coal mining capacity of the mines.

Zhuge Shanzhen took the special forces of the New Guard Army to suppress bandits in Pingdingshan, this area, the mountains and ravines are vertical and horizontal, since ancient times, it is where the bandits' nest is, and the locals call the bandits generals. According to intelligence, there are a large number of Wuthering Mountains and forests in Lushan, Ruzhou, Baofeng and other places in Pingdingshan. The wartime amnesty law came into play, and many of them were about to surrender, and with the help of these surrendering generals, the special forces were led by them, or they went to persuade them to surrender, and the suppression of bandits went very smoothly.

Under the command of Pingdingshan, Yu Xiang personally opened iron ore mines, coal yards, ironworks, firearms manufacturing plants, etc. Miss Xu San and a number of merchants jointly built an iron factory, these factories are breaking ground, the whole Pingdingshan area, a busy and thriving scene, Yu Xiang is determined to open a new base here, the scale of which will far exceed the scale of Dongshuanghe Town.

All the people were busy, and Huo De Zhenjun Kong Huayang and Steel King Li were all engaged in the intense construction work.

Yu Xiang's series of unconventional actions, like a butterfly effect, blew a huge whirlwind in the officialdom of the capital, impeachment of Yu Xiang's excerpts flew to the capital like snowflakes, those ministers whose interests in Henan were infringed upon, gritted their teeth against Yu Xiang, even if there was no interest, Yu Xiang's approach caused many people to be dissatisfied, afraid that Yu Xiang's practice would cause other provinces to follow suit, resulting in a large number of population migration, because these ministers, almost all of them had private land, serfs, private soldiers, and private food, and where Yu Xiang went, serfs were lost, the private soldiers fled, the private food was paid, their privileges were almost all abolished, Yu Xiang's approach undoubtedly touched their vested interests, and a fight to the death was inevitable.

Even those ministers who were still incorruptible thought that Yu Xiang's practices were not in line with the ancestral system and blasphemed their ancestors, they were instilled with the idea of so-called loyalty and filial piety since childhood, and sticking to the old system almost became something they left in their blood, and they did not hesitate to join the ranks against Yu Xiang.

But with Wen Tiren's previous example of being degraded, no one dared to participate rashly, for fear that the evidence was insufficient to set himself on fire, in order to make Yu Xiang's incriminating evidence impeccable, the ministers began to assemble privately, collect more evidence, and prepare to launch a fatal blow to Yu Xiang by means of joint impeachment.

Emperor Chongzhen has rarely had leisure in recent days, Yu Xiang in Henan drought relief, clean up the mountain bandits, for Shaanxi to suppress bandits is of great help, inspired the morale of the officers and soldiers, and severely frustrated the spirit of the exile army, Xiong Wencan commanded the soldiers to win several big battles one after another, because Liu Guoneng was surrendered, Zhang Xianzhong suffered a heavy setback, Zuo Liangyu's army pressure was greatly reduced, he also won battles one after another, Emperor Chongzhen even felt that Yu Xiang was simply one of his lucky generals, and appointing him as the governor of Henan was his most wise decision.

Sitting in the imperial study, sipping Xincun tea, slowly pulling out the sword that entered the presentation, feeling the chill from the sword, he couldn't help but think of the "Bright Record" that Wang Chengen told him, Li Erguo, Liu Danzhen's tragic experience left a deep impression on Chongzhen, if you want the world to restore peace again, so that refugees no longer become bandits, and if you want Henan not to evolve into a second Shaanxi, refugees must be rescued. And now Henan, the disaster is very serious, a little careless, will repeat the mistakes of Shaanxi, he now put the treasure on Yu Xiang's body, hoping that he can reverse the chaos, but if he doesn't give money, don't give food, can he do it?

Recently, the news of the return from Henan Province is really thrilling, and there have been many big moves, first of all, the comprehensive implementation of the special law, the recruitment of refugees, the breaking of the original regulations, the raising of a lot of food, and the construction of water conservancy. This action is big enough, Yu Xiang came up with an amnesty law, amnesty officials, bandits, mountain bandits, everywhere Yu Xiang went, in addition to killing the first evil, it was not connected, and wherever he passed, the mountain bandits surrendered, and the politics were clear, which made Chongzhen embarrassed.

The crisis situation in Henan has been brought under control, and the situation has improved rapidly, but these two laws are all contrary to the law of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't Yuan Chonghuan an example, thinking of Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen felt a faint pain in his heart.

In the second year of his accession to the throne, Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to repel Huang Taiji and relieve the siege of Kyoto. Isn't it him Chongzhen himself who issued the killing order? He even sometimes wondered if he could make another choice.

Now, another Yuan Chonghuan has appeared, that is Yu Xiang, Chongzhen has sensed that the courtiers have an undercurrent, and they will sooner or later carry out a volcanic attack on Yu Xiang, at that time, how should he choose?

Chongzhen is suspicious by nature, but for Yu Xiang, he chooses to firmly believe and fully support, he is actually worried that Yu Xiang will be dealt with by the ministers, he really hopes that Yu Xiang will be in a proper manner, and can play cards according to common sense, but if this is the case, it can reverse the crisis in Henan.

Chongzhen has set up an organization to collect and study Yu Xiang's information, and whenever there is information sent back by Wang Chengen from the front, Gonggong Li is responsible for sorting out and reporting to Chongzhen. This Gonggong Li is more capable of things than Wang Chengen, he is very good at looking at the emperor's face, and he specializes in picking up what the emperor likes to hear, and if anything comes to his mouth, it will be blown to the sky.

Gonggong Li entered the house and saw that Emperor Chongzhen was drinking tea and looking at the sword, knowing that Chongzhen was thinking about Henan again, he said happily: "Great joy! Great joy! Banzai! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "If there is any happy event, come carefully." ”

Gonggong Li handed over a fold, Chongzhen took it, put it on the case, and said to Gonggong Li: "You say it and listen to me." What a happy event! ”

Gonggong Li hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Governor, do your best to suppress the bandits in Dale Mountain, and show your might!" ”

This matter seemed to be expected, Chongzhen nodded and said: "Governor Yu is young and good at fighting, and he is invincible!" ”

Seeing that Chongzhen seemed unmoved, Gonggong Li commented on Yu Xiang's efforts to suppress the habitual bandits in two days, and said it in a fluctuating and impressive manner. Chongzhen couldn't help but nod his head again and again.

After speaking this paragraph, Gonggong Li continued: "Governor Yu has punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he almost didn't squirt out the tea he drank in his mouth, he was most afraid of hearing this kind of news, as soon as he touched on this matter, it meant that Yu Xiang would offend the ministers in the court again, but Chongzhen was eager to hear what kind of corrupt official it was, and how did he punish those corrupt officials? Chongzhen calmed down and said to Gonggong Li: "I will tell you in detail, there must be no omissions or mistakes." ”

Gonggong Li recounted the case of "Wuguan was not cleaned" in Queshan County in detail, and Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth so angrily that he said in a loud voice: "Kill well, kill well!" If these evil slaves are not removed, it will be difficult for the people to be angry. ”

Chongzhen was very concerned about the details of the wartime amnesty law, and asked, "Will this amnesty law allow the great evil people to escape justice?" ”

Li Gonggong said: "Lord Wang made it clear in the letter that this amnesty law is very useful in extraordinary times, and the real work is to follow the big and let go of the small, and the real work is that after the amnesty, there must be more sound legislation to supervise those who have been amnestied, and once they violate the law again, they will be punished for several crimes, forcing these people to abandon evil and follow good, and give them the opportunity to be new people, so as to avoid chaos caused by a large number of killings." ”

Gonggong Li told Yu Xiang about gathering refugees, building water conservancy, and digging coal and mining.

Chongzhen couldn't help nodding and said: "In the past, disaster relief was like a bottomless pit, and there seemed to be no sound when the grain was thrown in, and the local officials only knew that they were endlessly asking for food and money from the imperial court. ”

Standing in Chongzhen's position, he is very supportive of Yu Xiang's approach, if he does not let him contribute money and food, he can solve the drought and disaster relief, which is what he is happy to see, what he has to do at the moment is to resist the attack of those ministers on Yu Xiang, he has a premonition that a storm is coming.