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Zheng Xunrui was not able to return to Huai'an, when he arrived in Penglai, the holy decree had already arrived in Dengzhou, the official who announced the decree waited in Dengzhou for several days, when receiving the decree, Zheng Xunrui was a little reluctant, he wrote to the emperor, thinking that the army stationed in Liaodong would take action, it was worried that Huang Taiji would attack Fuzhou and other places desperately, so that the Zheng army was difficult to resist, and now he got accurate information, Huang Taiji led the army, has returned to Shenyang, stationed in Gaizhou, Haizhou and Yaozhou and other places Houjin Tartars, Although there are a lot of people, it is impossible to attack Fuzhou in a short period of time, after all, Huang Taiji needs to go back to stabilize the situation, the conquest of Korea has not been able to achieve a final victory, the white flag has suffered heavy losses, and he has lost Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, Huang Taiji needs to make a certain explanation, I am afraid the most important task is to stabilize the interior.

The interior of the Houjin Tartar is not monolithic, and Huang Taiji's ability to ascend the throne also relies on the necessary means and strength.

Speaking of which, Zheng Jiajun has controlled Shaanxi, Huaibei, Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, and its combat effectiveness has also been affirmed and tested, but the biggest problem still exists, that is, Zheng Jiajun's military salary, although Zheng Xunrui can think of some ways to temporarily maintain Zheng Jiajun's expenses, but these are not long-term solutions, there must be a set of stable tax policies, in order to be able to support Zheng Jiajun for a long time, otherwise sooner or later, Zheng Jiajun will encounter a big problem of lack of military pay.

Zheng Xunrui cleaned up the Cao Gang in Huaibei, and had already mastered the handle of the southern scholars and merchants, and after returning to Huai'an, he wanted to make full use of these handles and gradually control the southern scholars and merchants. Secretly implement a completely different set of tax policies to ensure all of Zheng Jiajun's expenses.

Of course, such a thing cannot be done publicly, otherwise in the shortest possible time, Zheng Xunrui may directly oppose the court and even the emperor. Under the current situation, such a confrontation can not appear, and the Houjin Tartars are eyeing each other, and the Liukou are growing again, and the Ming Dynasty is still in a difficult situation at home and abroad. If there is a fight and fighting inside, it is its own strength that is weakened, and it is the Houjin Tartars and Liukou who will benefit.

Therefore, Zheng Xunrui must be patient and take other methods to do it secretly.

The establishment of Hongmen, in fact, is to do these things, once the matter of Caoyun is straightened out, Hongmen is not very much, its focus will be shifted to the collection of taxes for scholars and merchants, as for how to operate, it needs Zheng Xunrui to seriously consider. Come up with the most feasible way.

At this time, the emperor's decree came, and Zheng Xunrui wanted to go to the capital.

Zheng Xunrui, who was full of questions, was indeed impatient, and he ordered Wang Yuncheng to escort Azig and others to the capital, which was actually a move to leave it alone and let the court make a decision, no matter how the court decided, he would not ask and interfere.

Zheng Xunrui can't resist the decree and must go to the capital.

It was also at this time that Zhang Fengyi's letter also came.

Zheng Xunrui is preparing to leave. After seeing Zhang Fengyi's letter, his face was gloomy.

He really didn't know that there was such a situation in the imperial court, could it be that the emperor had water in his head, and launched an attack on Houjin Tartar at this time. Isn't it asking for trouble, Huang Taiji held back his anger, and the Houjin Tartars must be excited, and at this time to provoke the Houjin Tartars, it is really looking for a fight.

The more this time, the more we must stand still. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, Houjin Tatar suffered several defeats in a row, and the losses were heavy, which will shake the status of Huang Taiji to a certain extent, Huang Taiji needs to spend energy to stabilize the interior, of course, Huang Taiji can also take the way to transfer contradictions, that is, to find opportunities to launch battles and fights, to cover up and suppress internal contradictions with victory, if the army of the imperial court takes the initiative to challenge, Huang Taiji can't ask for it.

Huang Taiji did not dare to take the initiative to attack at this time, whether it was in Liaodong or Fuzhou and other places, after all, if he suffered another failure, there may be major problems within Houjin, and even directly threaten Huang Taiji's position.

Adapting to change is the best and only option.

Such a simple truth, doesn't the emperor understand, doesn't the cabinet adults understand, and are still clamoring for an all-out attack on Houjin Tartar, making such a suggestion, either a short circuit in the brain, or an ulterior motive.

Zheng Xunrui felt that he was afraid that he was going to do something to the Donglin party.

The Donglin Party probably felt threatened, especially Zheng Xunrui's action to clean up the Cao Gang, which shook the foundation of the Donglin Party, and at this time, some of the Donglin Party members, afraid that they would not care about anything, and tried every means to deal with him Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui can fight the Houjin Tartar to lose his armor, can fight the soul of the rogue is frightened, will definitely not be afraid of the Donglin Party, as the saying goes, scholars rebel, ten years will not be, standing in the front of the Donglin Party, just a group of scholars, after encountering a real blow, will immediately disperse like birds and beasts.

But Zheng Xunrui can't do it for the time being, because the Donglin Party people are full of the imperial court and have a certain right to speak, Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party are working against each other, that is, they are working against the imperial court, which will cause the situation of the Ming Dynasty falling apart, and it will give the Houjin Tartars and Liukou a chance to breathe and make them stronger.

Zheng Xunrui considers the overall situation, and when his strength grows strong enough to influence the situation in the imperial court, it is the time to really do something to the Donglin party.

Zheng Xunrui rested in Penglai for a day, read Zhang Fengyi's letter several times, and finally burned it.

On the first day of February, Zheng Xunrui set off from Penglai and headed for the capital.

Zheng Jinhong took his letters, led the soldiers of the Zheng family's army, returned to Huai'an, and followed Zheng Xunrui to the capital, only Hong Xinyu and fifty personal soldiers, it was impossible to bring too many people to the capital.

The speed of the group was very fast, and they passed through Tianjin and entered Shuntianfu.

When passing through Dong'an County again, Zheng Xunrui deliberately went to the county seat to take a look.

The county has not yet fully recovered, the Houjin Tartars ravaged here for less than a year, thinking about the recovery in a short time, the possibility is not big, Zheng Xunrui noticed along the road, the traces of the Houjin Tartars are everywhere, there are a lot of broken walls on both sides of the official road, the people's lives are not better, many people seen along the way, with vegetables on their faces, you must know that the Spring Festival has just passed, if it is not for the extreme hardship of life, the people will not appear in such a situation.

In Dong'an County, it has begun to prosper.

Zheng Xunrui did not reveal his identity, but just walked around the county.

It is said that the county has become prosperous, which should be a good thing, but the more Zheng Xunrui looks at it, the more cold his heart becomes, and the restaurants, green buildings and gambling houses in the county are lively.

After only walking around the city for half an hour, Zheng Xunrui left.

Hong Xinyu found that Zheng Xunrui's face was very bad, and couldn't help but speak.

"Young master, don't worry too much, the Houjin Tartars have been ravaging in Beizhili for less than a year, and it is normal for the people in these places to live in difficulty, I am afraid that it will take a few years to recover."

Zheng Xunrui sighed and spoke to Hong Xinyu.

"Xinyu, let me ask you a question, the lives of the people are so difficult, why are the restaurants, green buildings and gambling houses in the county so popular."

"The gentry and rich families are rich."

"You are right, there are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, you should know this poem, the life of the common people is so difficult, they have encountered killing and looting, it is difficult to survive, after the golden tartar left, should the government think of how to improve the lives of the people, at least so that the people can live, should the gentry and rich households make some efforts, so that the people's inner grievances are smaller, but no one does this, they don't care about the life and death of the people, will the people care about them, once they encounter a turbulent situation, Will not the people rise up in rebellion? ”

Hong Xinyu looked at Zheng Xunrui and did not speak, Suncheonfu is the location of Gyeonggi, and it is impossible for the common people to rebel.

"Seeing the situation here, I thought of the Houjin Tartars, Lord Lu was responsible for exterminating the Houjin Tartars, and as a result, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others escaped, it has been more than a year, I heard that the Liukou in Henan, Shaanxi and Huguang and other places, the strength has grown again, originally I still have some opinions on Lord Lu, I think that when Lord Lu was in Sichuan, he was too confident, now I understand, even if he kills Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, Liukou will still not be extinct, I don't know when, If the government does not consider the life and death of the people, and cannot let the people live and work in peace and contentment, then never think about completely exterminating the rogues. ”

Hong Xinyu's face showed a look of sudden realization, he couldn't understand why Zheng Xunrui was worried, it is said that what he saw in Dong'an County was nothing, who knew that Zheng Xunrui thought of Liukou and the world of Daming from such a situation.

"Young master, my subordinates understand, my subordinates won't think of this."

"We need to think about it a lot, we can't control the situation in these places for the time being, but Shaanxi, Huaibei and Fuzhou and other places, such a situation must not occur, it must be stable, the people must live and work in peace and contentment, only in this way can we prevent the emergence of bandits and bandits, if you want to stabilize these places, it is not a matter of lip service, you need to do things in a real way."

After saying this, Zheng Xunrui let out a long sigh, pinched the horse's belly with his feet, and the war horse began to gallop on the official road.

Hong Xinyu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed. (To be continued.) )