has always been concerned about the issue of the imperial court's collection of agricultural taxes in arrears over the years, and Zheng Xunrui is naturally also concerned about the situation in Henan and other places, but this is not the focus of his attention, the focus of his attention is still the movement of the imperial court.

Huaibei and Shaanxi and other places, for the time being, there is no arrears of agricultural taxes, not only that, Zheng Xunrui also through the convenience of Cao Yun, transport a large amount of grain to Shaanxi, these grains include the grain of the Mongolian tribe market, the purpose of this is to ensure the tranquility of Shaanxi and the border pass, Hong Xintao presided over the mutual market with the Mongolian tribe, has been on the right track, for Zheng Jiajun to earn a lot of silver, and this time the market, the Mongolian tribe sent five Akhal-Tejin horses, that is, commonly known as the sweat and blood horse, this is the best among the horses. Hong Xintao has sent a special person to send the sweaty BMW to Huaibei, and according to the time calculation, there will be a few days to Huai'an.

What is the attitude of the imperial court to this matter, this is the thing that Zheng Xunrui is most concerned about, if someone takes the opportunity to impeach, it is also reasonable, no matter what, Zheng Xunrui is openly violating the holy decree, although his starting point is good, he does not want to cause commotion in Huaibei and Shaanxi and other places, especially in Shaanxi, the people are fierce, if the people are forced to have no way to live, there will be a large number of people to rebel.

The situation in Shaanxi is very stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, no one wants to leave their hometown, some of the people who fled from the rogues, after returning to their hometowns, are honest and do nothing bad, some people chat, when they talk about the things that were in the rogue team before, they will encounter reports, fortunately, the government will not pursue these things, as long as there is no actual action, it is not considered collusion with the rogues.

All this was Zheng Xunrui's idea, he wrote to Wen Zhenheng many times, talking in detail about the situation in Shaanxi, clearly pointing out that in places like Shaanxi, the common people have suffered too much, and many people have joined the ranks of the rogues, and these people have always been uneasy. In this special period, what the government has to do is to appease the people and make them believe that the government will not arrest people casually, as long as they do not continue to rebel. will be able to live a stable life.

The policy of relieving the people was also carried out, and all the people who had run out of food could go to the government to receive grain after being verified by the local elders, Li Zheng, and Jia Chang. can survive without starving to death, and the government at all levels also collects taxes according to the actual situation.

One of the biggest things Wen Zhenheng did in Shaanxi was to vigorously curb land annexation.

Because of the rebellion for many years, a large number of scholars and doctors in Shaanxi Province died and fled, and a lot of land became ownerless land, and the government took back all these lands and distributed them to the common people for cultivation, which was the government leasing the land to the common people for planting. The taxes were exactly the same as those paid by the imperial court, except that the land belonged to the government and could not be traded, so the government controlled a large amount of land, and the scholars and gentry had no way to buy it.

In this way, the people were stabilized in the local area, and the land was cultivated, and the people served the land with all their hearts and souls, for two years. Natural disasters in Shaanxi are rare, and the people get the harvest from the land, and after paying taxes, the surplus grain is enough to feed their families.

This is the key to Shaanxi's stability.

Through this thing. Wen Zhenheng completely understood Zheng Xunrui's thoughts, and he even thought that such a practice could be promoted to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, but his idea was stopped by Zheng Xunrui, and such a thing must not be written to the imperial court.

By the middle of August. The collection of taxes in various places was in full swing, and there was no movement in Shaanxi and Huaibei, and the imperial court also did not move, and even did not send an inspection of the imperial history.

This made Zheng Xunrui a little relieved, this move shows that Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Fengyi, the second assistant of the cabinet, and others still support him, at least they said good things in front of the emperor, of course, there may be the credit of Gao Qiqian and others.

The development of the Huai'an Firearms Bureau has also entered the most critical moment, the improvement of the Mauser gun is underway, following the breakthrough of the key technology of the primer, Bi Maokang, Tang Ruowang and Bo Yu and others, making a fuss on the trigger, they basically gave up the design of the flint fire impact projectile, and instead used the firing pin to hit the primer, the way to produce the impact force of the bullet, the research to this extent, Zheng Xunrui understands, the real sense of the rifle, will soon appear.

The improvement of artillery is also carried out, after the technology of primer fire is applied to artillery, the improvement technology of artillery can be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds, and the shells of Hongyi cannons have been improved into flowering shells, which are many times more powerful than before, but not much progress has been made in reducing the weight of artillery.

Zheng Xunrui also understands the truth, steel has not yet appeared, thinking about reducing the weight of artillery, facing huge technical problems, I am afraid that this matter, it is difficult to have a fundamental breakthrough in a short period of time.

In September, Zheng Xunrui's attention shifted to Henan and began to focus on the situation of the Liukou.

In his opinion, the imperial court levied taxes like this, there will definitely be a lot of people who can't survive, once this spark is ignited, followed by the appearance of a large number of rogues, the imperial court is probably caught off guard, although it has been said that two months have passed, and all parts of the country are basically stable, but Zheng Xunrui believes that sooner or later the commotion will come, and the imperial court may not be able to deal with it well.

Henan's intelligence kept coming, about the Red Lady, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others, Zheng Xunrui paid special attention, until the beginning of October, Zheng Xunrui got the information that Li Zicheng and Li Yan and others had united, his mood began to change.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong and others have always been with Zheng Xunrui, they are still concerned about the situation in Huai'an, Shaanxi and Fuzhou, and they are also concerned about what measures the imperial court has, as for the situation of the rogue in Henan and other places, they basically don't care, for so long, Zheng Xunrui almost didn't talk about the situation of the rogue in Henan and other places, I didn't expect that in September, Zheng Xunrui suddenly began to pay attention to the situation of the rogue, and revealed a lot of worries, which made Xu Wanghua and others a little difficult to understand, Zheng Jiajun has been fighting with the Liukou for many years, and it should be said that when facing the Liukou, he has a huge psychological advantage, strictly speaking, the Liukou can no longer be regarded as Zheng Jiajun's opponent.

Since then, Zheng Xunrui has begun to pay attention to the situation of the Liukou, and Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong have also begun to carefully read all aspects of the information, but they have not felt anything, including Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others have joined the team of the Liukou, and they have not noticed much of a problem.

This situation continued until the end of September and the beginning of October.

News also came from Huguang that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, was about to set off with a large army to exterminate the Liukou.

This news made Xu Wanghua and others breathe a sigh of relief, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, combat effectiveness is also very good, it should be said that it is more than enough to deal with the Liukou, the Liukou has been cowering in the mountains of Henan, so that Lu Xiangsheng can not go to exterminate, now the Liukou has entered Nanyang Mansion, its whereabouts are completely exposed, at this time Lu Xiangsheng led the army to exterminate the Liukou, it should be captured.

Zheng Xunrui also had this opinion at first, but in mid-October, after the imperial court's mansion report arrived, Zheng Xunrui's brows tightened again, because this mansion report revealed an important news, the emperor sent Gao Qiqian as a supervisor to Henan to exterminate the liukou.

This made Zheng Xunrui feel very bad.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to be surrounded by Qing soldiers in Julu, and the high submerged soldiers did not rescue, resulting in the annihilation of Lu Xiangsheng's entire army and his own being killed.

However, Lu Xiangsheng in history was killed in battle with the Qing soldiers, and this time he was dealing with the rogue, so it is said that the situation should not be so bad.

Zheng Xunrui is not accustomed to the prison system, this is completely the emperor is not at ease with the generals who support the army, so he sent the eunuch as the supervisor, this move is indeed to ensure that the general can not support the army and respect himself, but the eunuch as a supervisor of the army, almost did not play a good role in the army, deducted military salaries, filled his pockets, first fled when facing difficulties, supervised the commander's every move at all times, and even supported the army with self-respect, disobeyed the commander's command, etc.

After thinking about it, Zheng Xunrui wrote a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, after all, he and Lu Xiangsheng worked together to exterminate the Liukou, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very good, at this time, it is necessary to remind Lu Xiangsheng that he must be careful in battle.

After the letter was sent, Zheng Xunrui repeatedly discussed with Xu Wanghua and others about the possible battle situation in Henan, and the army under Lu Xiangsheng had 30,000 people, including 5,000 Tianxiong troops, plus the guards in Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, the total number of troops reached about 70,000.

It should be said that Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong and others are all relatively optimistic, although they analyzed from the intelligence that the combat capability of the Liukou has been enhanced, and in just over a month, they have taken Nanyang Fucheng, Yuzhou Prefecture and many county seats, but Lu Xiangsheng has been fighting against the Liukou for a long time and has rich experience, so there should be no problem.

After several discussions, it was basically Lu Xiangsheng who won the victory, the terrain of Nanyang is not very complicated, mainly plains, and the terrain in the mountains is not very much, as long as Lu Xiangsheng can fight steadily, there will be no problem.

At the end of October, Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian led a large army from Wuchang Province to Nanyang Province in Henan.

Zheng Xunrui predicts that the battle may not have a real end until the eleventh year of Chongzhen, as for how Lu Xiangsheng commands the operation, and whether he can exterminate the rogues in a very short time, it depends on Lu Xiangsheng's specific command ability. (To be continued.) )