Chongzhen two years.

January 29.

Forbidden city.

Morning.

In the frightened gaze of the ministers, all the rituals were completed and today's early dynasty began.

"Do you all have something to do?" Yang Reform took the lead in asking, these days, Yang Reform is in a very good mood, the government is smooth, and the silver is also sufficient, therefore, the whole person is full of energy, it is rare to have such a good mood, often chanting, if every year, every month, these days and days, it should be the most beautiful thing in the world.

The ministers can only look up at the current emperor who seems to be very young, and they all think twice about what they want to say and how to speak, and they all know that this emperor is not easy to bluff, and he is bluffing the emperor today, and he doesn't know that he was flattened and pinched by the emperor that day.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." All the ministers were silent, and when they saw that no one stood up, Lin Zhu stood up and did something.

"Oh, what's the matter with Lin Qing's family?" Yang Gengai asked, seeing that it was Lin Zhu's work, and it was estimated that it was that matter, and now that the dust has settled on the matter of the salt merchants, even half of this year's tax has been paid, and it is estimated that the school-running party is here to ask for money.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty explained, the matter of running the school, now has a general strategy, I implore Your Majesty to examine ......it," Lin Zhu said, holding up a book that was not thin.

A eunuch handed over the notebook, and Yang Gengai looked through it, it was indeed related to running a school, there was a general plan, and there were some detailed rules.

"Yes, I took a look, although I haven't looked closely, but I also feel that this is infiltrated with the hard work of Lin Qing's family." Yang Reform praised it.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is afraid, this strategy is a collection of the wisdom of countless people with lofty ideals, and this strategy is not the credit of the minister, and the minister does not dare to specialize in beauty." Lin Zhu immediately gave in in fear.

"Yes, running a school is a major event to promote the concept of saints, it is a major event to promote the wisdom of saints, and the wisdom of talents from all over the world should be gathered,...... I looked at it a little, and the Qing family mentioned in this strategy that it would cost about two million taels of silver a year to try this strategy now, right? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is exactly, the minister and your colleagues have discussed, according to Your Majesty's instructions, this matter is an unprecedented event, should be cautious, when to find out a more suitable set of experience and then implement the world, therefore, the minister and all colleagues feel that this matter should be done gradually, not recklessly, therefore, now the result of the discussion is that if it is tried, it will be enough to need almost two million taels of silver per year, and when there is enough experience, it will be implemented in my entire Ming Dynasty......" Lin Zhu said cautiously.

"Not two million taels, but this is a major event to promote the cause of the saints, and I support it. I should do this. "Yang Reform is not like the previous few times when the party asked for money, so he shirked and spared the circle, and he responded directly, quite simply, without the slightest hesitation.

Although this matter is expected by many people, however, above the court, it still caused a lot of sensation, anyway, this is two million taels of silver, although now everyone has long been accustomed to the emperor spending a lot of silver, it can be seen that a country priest wine alone got two million taels of silver to run a school, still inevitably jealous, it is really naked jealousy, with these two million taels of silver to run a school, the first person in the world to run a school, it is completely recorded in history, how not to be jealous? Follow the emperor, and really have a "future".

Lin Zhu stood there cautiously, surrounded by the jealous gaze of a minister.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen" Lin Zhu was still cautiously grateful, and his cautious face was flushed with excitement.

"Well, in this way, I am in promoting the cause of the saint, and I strongly support the running of the school, I still have some ideas about this school, and I still need to discuss with the Lin Qing family, so that I will go to the court, Lin Qing's family, and the Yin Liu Qing family of Shuntian Mansion will stay, and I still have something to discuss with the two of you." Yang Reform looked at Liu Zhouzong not far away with his head down, silent, knowing that this great Confucian in the world was afraid that he still had some opinions, and he didn't mention his name when he boasted about running the school just now, seeing this situation, Yang Reform immediately said Liu Zhouzong's name loudly, this matter of favor, naturally can't let him go. …,

"Obey the order," Lin Zhu replied cautiously.

"Obey the order" Liu Zhouzong first lowered his head and sulked, but now he was mentioned by the emperor by name, compared with Lin Zhu, seeing the emperor smiling at himself, that emotion immediately disappeared, passion immediately filled the whole body, and he thanked him loudly and gratefully.

Seeing that the emperor mentioned Liu Zongzhou and asked Liu Zongzhou to stay, all the ministers looked sideways again, which caused many ministers to be jealous, didn't this guy just rely on taking the lead in charging for the emperor in the palace newspaper to get what he is like today? Many ministers are jealous and envious, but there is no way, now they are celebrities in front of the emperor, and the masters of fighting for the emperor can only be jealous. Many ministers are wondering whether they should ponder well now that they have taken refuge in the emperor and are "getting ahead" and "celebrities in history......

……

Liaodong.

Matsuyama Fort.

Huang Taiji stood on a small hill, looking at Songshan Fort in the distance, silent, this small castle, he has been surrounding it for several days, except for being speechless, he doesn't know what to say, and he doesn't know what to do.

The siege of the city can only be surrounded like now, not even digging a pit, now in this weather, the ground is still frozen, digging the ice and hard ground, Huang Taiji is really not interested, and he can't dig it, he suspects that if he keeps digging pits to fight, his Eight Banners soldiers are about to become farmers.

Besiege? In the face of the Songshan Fort that was waiting for the battle, he knew that the people in the city would never surrender, they could only attack hard, if they attacked fiercely, there would definitely be a batch of overwhelming grenades flying out and attacking, that was just to fill with human lives, and human lives, obviously, he Huang Taiji couldn't take so many lives, such a small city is completely a military fortress, even if it is captured, how much can it gain? Presumably, the things in the city are almost consumed, which is not enough for them to share, Huang Taiji knows what his family is, saying that he has founded the country, saying that it is Dajin, but he knows that once he can't grab something, he can't divide things, then his country, falling apart, is close at hand.

His reputation has always been bad, blood feuds are innumerable, the first two years of the Jinning War, slaughtered Juehua Island, last year to fight Zhenjiang Fort and left a notoriety of catching Koreans as cannon fodder, so, I don't expect to be able to persuade the people in the castle, now, the ground of Jinning, is even more empty, he has been looking around for a long time, no one has been found, even if he arrests people to fill him can not find anyone, if it is not for the fact that there are traces of preparing for the New Year in some houses, he has to suspect that this pass has become a dead field.

"Great Khan, let's take a break in the account." Fan Wencheng reminded in a low voice on the side that Huang Taiji had been standing here and staring at Songshan Fort for a long time.

"Oh, it's Kento...... Is there any news from the spies? Huang Taiji woke up from the silence, stood still for a moment, and then asked.

"Back to the Great Khan, there is no ......news for the time being" Fan Wencheng hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to deal with it, more than ten horses died at the beginning of this year, it was really not a good sign, now he has surrounded Songshan Fort for only a few days, and he has lost several batches of spies, this bad premonition gradually shrouded Fan Wencheng's heart, in front of Huang Taiji, he didn't dare to breathe, for fear of touching his head.

"Oh, but Ben Khan underestimated that Yuan Manzi, I don't know where this Yuan Manzi learned the ability to steal chickens and touch dogs, the dignified governor of Liaodong, do some things to steal chickens and touch dogs......" Huang Taiji was upset for no reason, his heart was gradually shrouded in a layer of fog, and his vision and thinking didn't seem to be as flexible and open as before.

"Great Khan, that Yuan Manzi is just a coward, he doesn't dare to confront my Dajin head-on, he will only do some indiscriminate things, give 10,000 horses to his minions, and dare to call him to come and die ......as many as he wants," said a real general next to him. …,

"......" Huang Taiji did not answer, but looked straight at Songshan Fort, he also wanted to fight a field battle with the Ming Dynasty, but in the face of this empty Jinning, facing the Songshan Fort that was ready to defend to the death, this is nonsense, you have to fight a field war with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also said that we want Dajin to attack the city.

"......, Kento, what do you think about this?" Huang Taiji turned to ask his adviser.

"Back to the Great Khan, Wen Cheng thought that the loss of the spies, I was afraid that Yuan Manzi had the guidance of a master, and he specifically attacked my Dajin's spies, thinking that my Dajin is now besieging Songshan Fort, and if he wants to force Jinning to send troops, he has to send spies around to find out the news, Yuan Manzi has seen the weakness of my Dajin, so he came to ...... this point" Fan Wencheng saw Huang Taiji asking, and had to start a careful analysis for Huang Taiji, although he was unwilling, but he couldn't help him.

"Well, that's good, Kento continued." Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng, nodded, and continued to look at Songshan Fort in the distance.

“…… Now there are only two ways, the first is to strengthen the number of sentry agents to avoid being taken advantage of by Yuan Manzi's people; Moreover, he simply attacked Songshan Fort and forced Songshan Fort to ask for help, so Yuan Manzi had to come out, and his idea of wanting to fight my spies naturally failed. Fan Wencheng thought for a moment and gave two paths.

"Storming? ......" Huang Taiji asked with some disappointment, he had also considered this question, if it was possible to attack it, he would have attacked it a long time ago. What is the assault for? What kind of attack, now he Dajin is not a decent cannon, if you want to attack the city, in addition to human life, it is human life, and now in the entire Jinning place, it is estimated that there will be no one except for a limited number of cities, do you use your own human lives to fill it? So many people died just to uproot this small city?

“…… Kendou said how to prevent the spies from being lost, and I won't mention the attack for the time being. "Huang Taiji is also a smart person, and he knows the consequences of a strong attack, in addition to being inconsistent with the strategic intentions, he can't afford to hurt himself, so he can only ask the spies about it.

“…… Back to the Great Khan, now my Dajin's spies are mostly a team of ten people, as little as two or three people a team, now it seems that I am afraid that it will not work, now each team of spies, as little as forty or fifty horses, more than at least more than 100 horses, in this way, can prevent Yuan Manzi's sneak attack......" Fan Wencheng thought about it, he could only give this method, according to the thinking of normal people, these more than 100 spies in a team of horses are exaggerated enough, you know, Tanma is the absolute elite in the army, not elite can not be a spy, the four major directions need to send spies, And the area explored by each team of spies is not too wide, and it is necessary to continuously report the news, which requires a lot of manpower, and more than 100 spies riding a team of spies, which is quite exaggerated.

"When Yuan Manzi first attacked my spy's idea, he used 2,000 people, what do you think of this?" Huang Taiji sighed, this person is too smart and not good, he thinks about a lot of things, and now this situation is to make him ponder and ponder, think about here and there, worry about here, and worry about other places, have an unfinished heart, have an unfinished heart, and have endless problems, it is really a torturous thing, Huang Taiji at this time, he envies those brainless barbarians, they will not think of these problems, nor will they consider so many problems, and they must not have their own troubles, they will not suffer like this.

"This ......" Fan Wencheng listened to Huang Taiji's words and was stunned, he didn't think about this problem, but he didn't want to think about it too much, this is really an unsolvable problem......

“…… Hui Da Khan, if it is to deal with Yuan Manzi's cavalry, my Dajin warriors are one against three, and they are sure of winning, if it is one against four, they can also win, if it is one against five, they can only protect themselves, but if there are more, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate, if the Great Khan said, then Yuan Manzi will dispatch two thousand men and horses at a time, then my Dajin needs at least four or five hundred people to guarantee victory......" Fan Wencheng immediately said through Huang Taiji's words, he has considered this problem, however, he is unwilling and does not want to say it directly, this difficult problem, He didn't want to get on the mold. …,

“…… Spies in a team of four or five hundred? Huang Taiji asked himself, if this is the case, there are two teams of spies in each direction, then eight teams are needed, that is three or four thousand elite people, think about the three or four thousand elite people who have been sleepy and lack of outsiders for a long time, Huang Taiji has a headache, such a large force is missing, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty will send troops, and he will encircle and annihilate the Ming army, which is also a troublesome thing......

The generals of the Ezhen Department on the side listened to the conversation between their Great Khan and Na Hanchen, and they listened inexplicably, and they didn't know how their Great Khan could say this.

Huang Taiji was still looking at this Songshan Fort from afar, still thinking.

“…… Great Khan, there is a saying, Wen Cheng doesn't know whether to say it or not......" Fan Wencheng looked at Huang Taiji, who frowned and thought about it, and looked at Huang Taiji from afar, struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally decided to say this.

"Oh, Wen Cheng has nothing to say, you are Ben Khan's adviser, you should give advice to Ben Khan, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter." Huang Taiji retracted his gaze from afar, stared at Fan Wencheng and said.

"Back to the Great Khan, Wen Cheng thought that since Yuan Manzi could send two thousand men and horses out to chase me and twenty horsemen, he would definitely send more people and horses out, so Wen Cheng thought that even if it was a spy with a team of three or four hundred people, I was afraid that there would be a problem......" Fan Wencheng hesitated for a long time, but still said the worry in his heart, Yuan Chonghuan used two thousand men and horses to dismount them at the beginning, and he was too impressed by him, how could he forget, he didn't say it before, it was for fear of touching the head, but after thinking about Huang Taiji's words, Fan Wencheng knew, Huang Taiji is not unaware of the problem, Fan Wencheng felt scared when he thought of Huang Taiji's melancholy gaze, and still said the words that were stuffed in his heart.

“…… Not bad......" Huang Taiji withdrew his gaze staring at Fan Wencheng and said lightly.

Fan Wencheng only felt that his vest was soaked at this moment, and when he saw Huang Taiji turn his face, he felt that he could gasp.

“…… So what should we do according to the constitution? Huang Taiji glanced at Fan Wencheng again and asked lightly.

"Back to the Great Khan, according to Wen Cheng, there are two ways to prevent Yuan Manzi from harassing ......," Fan Wencheng said next.

"Xiandou just has to say." Huang Tai Ji Road.

"First, I, Dajin, should send an elite stationed in each of the two main directions of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and the number should be about two thousand, so that I am not afraid of Yuan Manzi's sneak attack; Then station a smaller number of centaurs in the northeast and southwest directions, and echo the two centaurs to avoid the spies being attacked by sneak attacks, which is the right ......."

"The second is to lure out Yuan Manzi and wipe out his cavalry, so that he has no cavalry to harass my horse, and in the future, he can only save ...... with foot soldiers" Fan Wencheng said fiercely.

“…… Yes, it makes sense, so what should you do to lure Yuan Manzi out? Huang Taiji asked after him.

"Back to the Great Khan......" Fan Wencheng was about to answer, when he suddenly rode not far away.

Everyone hurriedly looked over.

"Report to the master, the news in the gate is urgent...... the slave shouted urgently.

"Bring it quickly......" Huang Taiji changed his calm appearance and said anxiously. Now the news in the pass, because of the relationship between Daxue and Jin Shang, almost all of them have been interrupted, this kind of unclear and unrecognizable chess game, he really has no strength to go down, the whole person is troubled by these uncertain situations, anxious and uneasy, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he has to pretend to be calm......

"Where did the news come from?" Huang Taiji asked as he tore open the letter.

"Back to the master, the letter was sent from the sea, and now that the sea has just thawed a little, and we can go to the boat, let's surround Songshan Fort, and this ship will be easy to approach our part of the sea......" The servant quickly explained.

"Hmm......" Faced with such an explanation, Huang Taiji just said nothing.

Tearing open the letter, Huang Taiji read anxiously, the more he read, the more his brows wrinkled, the worse his face became, and his face suddenly turned red and white......

"Great Khan...... Great Khan ......" Fan Wencheng saw that something was wrong with Huang Taiji, and hurriedly shouted softly.

Huang Taiji's face was extremely bad, turned bright red, and said half-loudly: "...... It's okay, Ben Khan is a little dizzy, I want to go and take a rest......"

Fan Wencheng couldn't help but glance at the letter inadvertently, and when he saw only a few words, his pupils contracted sharply, and then he looked at Huang Taiji in horror.

Huang Taiji has regained his "calm", except that his face is still red, he can't see anything famous, his face is calm, and he said lightly: "...... It's okay, let's go back......" ......,