Zhu Youzhen finished his dinner sweetly, and Wang Chengen ordered someone to remove the remnants of the table. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Companion, bring the top few songs, and I will review a few more." Zhu Youzhen commanded.

"Long live can't be so careful, long live has been reviewing and twisting for several hours in a row, and now that the night is dark, let's rest in peace as soon as possible." Wang Chengen is in a hurry, he can't stand the torment of his body like this, although the Son of Heaven is still young, but since he was a child, Zhu Youzhen's body is not very good, and the maintenance of the day after tomorrow is very important.

This is why Wang Chengen can admonish like this, and others will never dare.

"Big companion, it's not that I'm anxious, but that the state affairs are decadent, what kind of country I am taking, you know it well, and if you don't work hard, I'm afraid the country won't be protected." Zhu Youchang sighed.

Wang Chengen was silent, what he really knew about the background of the Ming family was Long Live and a few ministers, and the situation of the Ming Dynasty could be regarded as a family with four walls.

"As soon as I ascended the throne, Jiannu made waves in Liaodong, Shaanxi and Shanxi were in drought, millions of people had no food and clothing, and they were waiting to be fed, and the household department could only take out less than 50,000 taels of silver for disaster relief," said this, Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth in pain,

"It's really a joke, the dignified Ming can't even take out 200,000 taels of disaster relief silver, say it, who believes the gentry and people in the world. Caifutai half fell into Liaodong, Liaozhen was defeated again and again, was blocked by Jiannu in Liaoxi can not move, this year, Xuanda, Jizhen, Dongjiang troubles constantly, if the army is unstable, what hope do I have for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Wang Chengen wordlessly served fragrant tea, so that Zhu Youzhen was smooth.

Zhu Youzhen took a sip of tea and smoothed out his agitated mood,

"Ome. Look at how the two elders, Han Yi and Li Biao, are. Is it possible to sort out internal affairs. We should open up financial resources and reorganize our armaments for war. Zhu You said.

"This, this is not what the old slave said." Wang Chengen has always been cautious, and this kind of elder behavior is not something that he can comment on without permission.

"There are no outsiders here, Omemo, you can boldly say that there is no one around me to discuss." Zhu You said.

"The old slave dared to comment, I have a lot of experience in watching the old man Hanyi. The people are more than skilled, and it is more than enough to be in charge of the government, and Lord Li Biao and Lord Qian Longxi are also doing their best to assist Lord Han, however, the current situation of state affairs is not stable and prosperous, so it 。。。。。 Wang Chengen didn't say anything in detail next, and the rest was something that the Lord of Long Live thought about himself.

"What Otomo said is very true, now wealth is the key, but. It is true that the gentry and dignitaries occupy nearly half of the acres of land and do not have to pay taxes, and the increase in taxes for small people is limited. The officials in various places are again in their hands, and the emptiness of the treasury can be seen. Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly,

"Now the officialdom is divided into factions of officials in the north and south, Donglin and non-Donglin factions, each fighting for power and profit, all of their own own interests and the interests of the faction are put first, and the interests of the heavenly family do not know where they are put in, especially the Donglin Party is the most, both are a member of Donglin, even if there is a mistake, they cover each other, and if they have merit, they are hyped up, and the non-Donglin party is making things difficult in every way, and even specially arranged personnel to collude everywhere,"

With a bang, Zhu Youzhen slapped the table case vigorously, "The officials are like this, let me choose the best and the best." ”

"Long live the anger, it is precisely because of the difficult state affairs that long live the dragon body should be taken care of." Wang Chengen quietly relocated the case to Chen.

"Since Han Yi and the other three entered the cabinet, they have worked diligently, but they don't talk much about the open source of wealth, but they are helpless, alas, they are not as brave as Yuan Chonghuan, they know that gathering wealth for the country is a matter of offending their colleagues in the same year, and they are all silent, alas, what is the use of keeping it like this, let me be disappointed." Zhu Youzhen said in a lonely voice.

Wang Chengen knew that the day when the three of them would leave their posts was not far off, and the question was whether this was also what the three ministers thought.

The fire candles in the Qianqing Palace were lit until midnight.

On the second day, Zhu Youzhen's mood was a little happier because of the southwest, and immediately became gloomy, because Guyuan and Denglai's salary excerpts had entered the palace, and the celebrant of course did not dare to deceive such an important military situation, so he specially selected it and placed it on it.

He immediately convened a cabinet meeting to discuss the measures, but what disappointed him was that the meeting had no results, the household department had no money, so he could only wait, waiting for the autumn levy to be handed over, and there was no money to sit and watch the military town be in danger, what a strange thing, but it happened in Daming.

This made Zhu Youzhen's heart cold, and now he can only wait for the autumn fu, praying that there will be no trouble in the two towns in the two or three months before this, internal and external troubles, how is the situation.

The next day, in the Xifeng Pass of Daming Ji Town, a caravan was selling horses, cattle and sheep, and leather goods.

Pan Yuanyuan is the leader of the guards in the caravan, his hair is fluffy, he has not been taken care of for a long time, the gray coat of coarse cloth worn on his thin body, which has become black in some places, and a pair of dusty leather boots on his feet, this body is no different from the personnel of other caravans, extremely inconspicuous, if it is not for a waist knife on his waist, it is easy for others to ignore his identity as a guard.

At this time, the shopkeeper was foaming at the mouth, selling his livestock and all kinds of leather goods to the people around him.

Pan Yuanyuan sat quietly on the side of the felt hat shade, because of the shadow under the felt hat, it was difficult for others to see his eyes clearly, which would be quiet on the outside, his eyes were indeed constantly staring at the movement of Xifengkou Pass.

After sitting for four hours, he found that the soldiers guarding the city gate at Xifengkou were old and young, all of them were skinny, but after standing for a while, they were all gone, there was no armor on their bodies, and the mandarin duck robes could no longer see their true colors, they were tattered, that is, they were barely covered, and the spears in their hands were rusty and looked like they had not practiced for a long time.

They wilted there, and only when someone came in and out did they get in and out, and that was because they had the entry money, which was the only thing that attracted them.

Pan Yuanyuan made a conclusion to them, one armored soldier can fight ten such beggar soldiers, which is still more than enough.

From the Gubeikou in the west, Wudaoliang, through the General Pass all the way to the Xifengkou, the same way, the entire Great Wall along the line is guarded by the beggar soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Pan Yuanjin despises in his heart, such soldiers will not hinder the loss of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Liaodong in three or two years, are all waste materials.

Pan Yuan, a third-class general of the Han Army of the Dajin Kingdom, is Li Yongfang's favorite general, and he has followed Fushun since Fushun. is Li Yongfang's descendant. Three years ago. Since Huang Taiji ascended the throne and ordered Li Yongfang to be responsible for exploring the reality of the Ming Dynasty, he was in charge of the sentinels of Jizhen and Xuanfu.

Xuanfu Town is facing the threat of the northern captives, and the generals have finally practiced, and the soldiers under the command of the general soldiers still retain some combat strength.

As for Jizhen, there are Xuanda Gongwei in the west, and there are mountains and seas in the east. Liaoxi resisted the Jin State, equipped with the Ming canonization of Duoyan Sanwei, there was no war for many years, and the imperial court focused on preparing Liaozhen and Xuanda, the guards and war barracks here are just a group of tax collectors, neither can fight nor dare to fight, and the two compare Jizhen is the soft persimmon.

The reason why Pan Yuanjin personally went out this time was because a few months ago Huang Taiji ordered Li Yongfang to carefully investigate the reality of the garrison of Xuanfu and Jizhen Ming Army, because nothing was clearly stated, but. Li Yongfang and his henchmen all had a guess, that is, the King of Khan wanted to knock on the pass and plunder the Ming Dynasty.

So Pan, who was in charge of this piece, didn't dare to slack off. The old horse and the old Meng who were ordered to trample to death by the three beyl mang gurtai because of the mistake in the investigation were lessons from the past, so Pan Yuanjin personally led the team to explore the various passes of the Great Wall in this section, and found out the truth everywhere for the Khan's army, as for where the Khan chose to attack, it was not for him to know.

Pan looked at the dirty and messy bazaars around the Guannei, the ragged people passing by in a hurry, and the well-dressed bargaining with the shopkeeper, and despised in his heart, this is Daming, Dajin can at least let most of the Jurchens live a passable life.

Of course, the king of Khan rewarded his people with the money and grain fields of the Ming people, as for the Han slaves, there is no need to mention, but the Ming Dynasty made most of the Ming people unable to live and made a judgment, so he found an excuse for himself to sell his life to the Jurchens.

After all, Pan Yuanjin has not completely lost the idea that he is a Ming Liao, and there is still a thorn in his heart, he saw that there was no hope of victory, and followed Li Yongfang to slavery in order to protect the family's acres, but it is impossible to say that he is completely dead.

In order to comfort his family's remaining little poor conscience, in recent years, he has continued to find the stubborn illness of the Ming Dynasty to show that what he did was also a last resort, and there was no way, it was the Ming Dynasty who was wrong, and he was defeated and gave up Liaodong, not that he Pan took the initiative to join the slaves.

In the evening, Pan Yuanyuan and his entourage entered a mule and horse shop in the Guannei, and the caravans in the border areas all lived in this kind of cheap mule and horse shop, and there were people to take care of the livestock.

Everything such as staying in the hotel was arranged by his henchman Yao Shopkeeper, Pan Yuanyuan was an inconspicuous guard inside, and more than 20 men in the caravan were escorting him, but he strictly ordered not to show it, just for the sake of the unaware investigation, this investigation was a major obstacle, and he must not go wrong.

At night, Pan Yuanyuan lived with the guards in a 20-person Chase Shop, but in the evening, he came to the private room of the shopkeeper Yao, discussed for half an hour, and returned to the Chase Shop silently.

He just came out to investigate, and when he lived in the Chase bunk, the dirty bedding that turned into black and gray and the smell of sweat made him vomit on the spot, and he scolded the eight generations of Huang Taiji's ancestors in his heart, it was this Jiannu who made him frightened and afraid of this big crime.

Now he doesn't care anymore, he falls asleep as soon as he falls, and he is very tired to travel every day, and Master Pan is no exception.

The next night in a private room,

"Lao Yao, yes, the two guys you are looking for are not bad, and they have heard out the truth and truth of Xifengkou." Pan Yuan drank bitter tea, crossed Erlang's legs and said, there is only time in a single room for him to enjoy every day.

"My lord, these two guys are very lively and can come in handy." Lao Yao bowed down with a smile and waited, at this time he looked like a slave from near and near Pan.

"Alas, tomorrow to the east, more than half of the exploration has been completed, and I miss my family, sir." Pan sighed.

"Master, I want to be my wife and aunt, or I'll arrange it for the adult, and the lord will be satisfied." Old Yao smiled lewdly.

"Old bastard, I'm afraid you want to go to the Qinglou, Lao Yao, give Ben will hold back, this time it's very different, don't blame the adults for being merciless." Pan Yuanjin Zhengse said.

This Lao Yao is a good hand at probing, but he is too lustful, and he can't change this problem in his early forties, which is a big taboo.

Lao Yao hurriedly nodded yes. (To be continued.) )