"Ying Niang, the matter of the second exploration of Mingzhou can be carried out as usual. Kublai Khan's three alliances have nothing to worry about, they can't make the climate. ”

The west gate of Tanggu Fortress was already on the highest alert at the moment, and Chen Dexing was boarding a four-wheeled carriage with Mo Yingniang. The steel-armored cavalry of the brigade is already lined up in front of and behind the carriage, they are Chen Dexing's archers and cavalry guards, and they are the most powerful cavalry in the entire Ming Dynasty and even the world, there is no one!

"In addition, the matter of the reform of the Heavenly Dao Sect also needs to be grasped." Sitting in the carriage, as soon as the door closed, Chen Dexing began to explain another thing to Mo Yingniang.

Speaking of which, Mo Yingniang, the little three, seems to be really worthless, her innocent body let King Chen Daming sleep, but she didn't even get the title of a Ming concubine, she is still the chief heavenly envoy of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and her power seems to be very great, but there are also a lot of various things. Chen Dexing also pressed her with a task, it was the religious reform, and the second exploration of Mingzhou, and the things really couldn't be done.

"Well, the slave family understands." Mo Ying Niang nodded lightly and responded softly. I don't know if it's because the perfect body was broken, this ice beauty Mo Niang actually showed a tender side. After entering the carriage, he gently snuggled on Chen Dexing's shoulder. The tone of her speech is also sweet and glutinous, she really looks like a Jiangnan woman who is a little smart.

However, this tenderness is also Chen Dexing's blessing to share, this morning when she summoned the Tanggu Heavenly Dao Observation Lord, she was still full of aura, and she fully displayed the majesty of the chief Heavenly Dao envoy.

"The slave family has already asked the Tanggu Heavenly Dao Temple to recruit sailors who believe in the Heavenly Dao."

Tanggu City is now a large port in the north, and there are many sailors who come and go, many of whom believe in the way of heaven - the sailors at this time are more superstitious than ordinary people. More Heavenly Taoism, under the instruction of Chen Dexing, taught a lot of navigation knowledge to sailors and believers. Therefore, there are many sailors and maritime merchants who believe in the way of heaven.

"We also need to recruit some Taoists who are willing to travel far away...... It's better to be free of family drags. Chen Dexing then instructed, "Mingzhou, the Western Regions, Nanfan, and Mobei Grassland must send people to preach." ”

"The slave family knows. It's just that this person is a little difficult to recruit......"

The requirements of the Taoist people of the Heavenly Taoism are not low, not only to be literate and hyphenation, to be able to speak the Tao, but also to be familiar with martial arts. Those who meet these conditions can directly take the examination for a petty official. In the eyes of the Chinese, being an official is definitely more promising than being a "monk." So during this time, the Daoists of the Heavenly Dao Sect were a bit in short supply.

"Let down your demands," Chen Dexing waved his hand, "as long as you are willing to preach and preach in distant places." ”

"The slave family knows."

When the ink shadow lady replied. The carriage had already started, and it was speeding towards Yanjing. The shock absorption of this carriage was a little poor, and the inside of the carriage shook so badly that Mo Yingniang's body was unstable, and she slid into Chen Dexing's arms, and then a solid and powerful arm hugged her tightly without saying anything. The goddess snorted, and fell softly into Chen Dexing's arms.

……

Outside Kaifeng, the atmosphere in Kublai Khan's golden-domed tent has been a little silent recently, and the Great Yuan Emperor and Mongol Khan seems to have really taken the lead in living the same life as his ancestors. Not only moved out of the imperial palace in Kaifeng City. He also sent away most of the bright colors of the warblers and swallows around him, except for a few women who he liked very much and went out of the city with him. The rest was given to thousands and hundreds of households who had no women to follow them—the families of the Mongol army now stationed in the Central Plains, still far away in the Hetao steppe. Kublai Khan did not let them come with him to settle down in the Central Plains.

And the women who were left behind by Kublai Khan now also noticed that something was wrong. Kublai Khan, who originally had a cheerful personality and was not too short-tempered. The silence has been a little scary lately, when I get along with the ministers. He also tried to pretend to be full of confidence and talk and laugh loudly. But once in his own bed. It was as if it was a different person. He rarely speaks, just drinks one glass after another, and when he gets drunk, he is extremely irritable and beats people at every turn. The women around him are worried all day long, for fear of being beaten to death by Kublai Khan, who has no seriousness in beating! It's not like this hasn't happened before!

But today, in the Golden Horde of the Great Khan of Mongolia, there is a rare loud laughter, it is the laughter of Kublai Khan! And not those crazy laughs when you're drunk, but laughing heartily.

At this time, Kublai Khan sat cross-legged on a mat with a table in front of him, on which were placed barbecued meat, cheese and mare's milk wine, all of which were Mongolian-style food. Kublai Khan's favorite Han concubine, Liu Yuanyuan, poured him wine on the side, and it was rare that there was no fear on her face. Because the Great Khan was not drinking alone, but drinking with his most trusted Han advisers, Liu Xiaoyuan and Yao Shu.

"That Wang Wentong has already arrived in Kaifeng?" Kublai Khan put down his glass and asked Liu Xiaoyuan with a smile.

"It's already here, he came from Taiyuan with his ministers, and he also carried the will to Li Yanguo." Liu Xiaoyuan replied with a smile.

Now the land of the Tang Kingdom is divided into two places, and the transportation links must be faked. But this time Wang Wentong's task was not trivial, and he also carried with him the edict that asked Li Yanguo, the king of Zhao, to wage war against the Ming Dynasty - if this fell into the hands of Chen Dexing, Tang Guoke would immediately be a catastrophe!

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Wang Wentong and others disguised themselves as businessmen, came to Kaifeng with Liu Xiaoyuan, and by the way, they also met with Kublai Khan to finalize the final conditions for cooperation between the two sides.

"Great Khan, this time Li Pu is not unconditionally cooperating with us." Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Kublai Khan, who was in a happy mood, and considered the words, "What does Li Pu mean...... In case we have an unfavorable war with the Ming Dynasty and want to withdraw from the Central Plains, the land of Guanzhong and Henan should be handed over to the Tang State to occupy as much as possible......"

It turned out that this condition was not proposed by Kublai Khan, but was granted to Li Pu by Liu Xiaoyuan without authorization.

"Oh," Kublai Khan nodded, not having the slightest doubt, "that's ......."

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that this condition is good for us." Liu Xiaoyuan said slowly, "If we want to withdraw from the Central Plains, that Chen Dexing will probably chase and kill all the way...... He is different from Li Pu and the Southern Dynasties, he has cavalry. The minister heard in Taiyuan that Chen Dexing's Eight Banners had expanded to 80,000 people, and everyone was equipped with steel armor! ”

Of course, there is no eighty thousand, but it is true that everyone is equipped with steel armor. However, the steel armor of the Eight Banners is different from the steel armor of the Sergeant Infantry, it is light and thin. Only the helmet and cuirass are made of steel, and the rest are leather armor.

Kublai Khan snorted and smiled at Liu Xiaoyuan, "What you say makes sense...... If we want to retreat north safely, we have to have someone to help the queen of the palace. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan said tentatively: "What Li Pu wants is not a blank field......

Liu Xiaoyuan's purpose in this condition was originally to fear that Kublai Khan would massacre everywhere before the war and destroy Henan and Guanzhong into a white land.

Kublai Khan frowned and thought for a moment, "What does Li Pu mean?" What the hell does he want me to do? ”

"He asked the Great Khan not to plunder and slaughter Henan and Guanzhong." Liu Xiaoyuan paused and said with a wry smile, "Just like when the Great Khan was in Hebei, ......"

Kublai Khan smiled, waved his hand and said, "I promised...... If this battle is won, the south of the Yellow River will be my territory, and I will destroy it into white land? ”

"In this way, Wang Wentong has nothing to say." Liu Xiaoyuan thought in his heart as he spoke, 'If you lose this time, it's too late to escape, where will you still have the kung fu to plunder and slaughter?' ’

Kublai Khan slapped his face and laughed: "In that case, tomorrow I will meet with Wang Wentong here and agree on a date to send troops to war!" ”

……

Chen Dexing and Mo Yingniang have returned to Yanjing, the northern capital of the city, at this time. His Royal Highness King Ming seems to be very popular here, and along the way to Zhaoming Palace, people spontaneously come to greet them.

Unlike Tanggu, whose population has grown rapidly over the past year, the number of residents in Yanjing has shrunk by 80 percent in the past year, from more than 500,000 to just over 100,000. Almost all the refugees have been properly resettled, either to Liaodong and Liaoxi, or to Yanyun locally. Everyone was allocated land, and those in the family who were willing to serve as soldiers were given more land, and those who did not want to be soldiers were given less land and then rented Shijue Grange.

Because of the sparse population, the rent of land in the north is extremely cheap, with an average of only a dozen catties of wheat per mu per year, and a 300-mu Zhuangzi is only three or four thousand wheat a year, almost 30 stones, and it is more than 20 stones when ground into flour, which is only 50 yuan in the Yanjing market.

Moreover, all the Shijue Granges in the Beiming Dynasty are within the tax free period, and the tenants do not have to bear any taxes, if the family still has twenty or thirty acres of land, these farmers who are semi-homesteaders and half-tenants can live a very comfortable life.

As for the ordinary people who stayed in Yanjing City, they were either craftsmen or merchants, and they were all beneficiaries of Chen Dexing's rule. Not to mention anything else, but the local officials of the Northern Ming Dynasty, who practiced aristocratic democracy, were much more civilized and incorruptible than the traitors and lackeys used by the Mongols. The soldiers of the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Eight Banners were also disciplined troops, and they would not behave like the Mongols on the streets. Therefore, the residents of Yanjing soon fell in love with the officials and soldiers of the emerging country of Daming, and they all hoped that Chen Dexing, the Ming monarch, could become the co-ruler of the world!

The Chinese people are the most real, and they can now feel the huge improvement in their living standards, and of course, they support Chen Dexing from the bottom of their hearts.

Now I heard that Chen Dexing's southern expedition was triumphant, and he spontaneously went to the streets to meet the Ming monarch and the British lord without anyone mobilizing.

With few people, more fields, clear politics and strong military, all the favorable conditions that a Chinese-style dynasty had at the beginning of its rise are now owned by the Northern Ming Dynasty! (To be continued......)