Taiyuan, Li Xin has been a little troubled recently, the imperial court sent the left deputy of the Imperial Court Li Yuefu, this goods is holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and wants to intervene everywhere, and Liu Lingyu, who was previously in charge of Zhang Shi's murder of his wife, cooperated with each other, and blocked him everywhere. Liu Lingyu was officially promoted by the imperial court to the political envoy of Shanxi, and he jumped four levels in a row compared to the right man who was the fourth rank in the Imperial Palace.

As a result, Li Xin's authority in Taiyuan Prefecture was further eroded and challenged, but due to the military management after the war and the cooperation of Tian Fuzhen, who was the prefect of Taiyuan, most of the official functions were still in the hands of the General Military Office.

In order to avoid Liu Lingyu and Li Yuefu's noise in his ears all day long, Li Xin simply went out of Taiyuan City to inspect the sowing of Yumai. With the help of the firepower water lifter irrigation system, the sowing of the jade wheat was continued, and the work of the hired farmers was very motivated, and all the wasteland around the city of Taiyuan was plowed and put to use, and the hired farmers were in full swing, and most of them were refugees who had fled and lost their land.

Li Xin once promised that as long as the autumn harvest was made, all the hired farmers would receive a share of the income from every mu of land they handled. This is undoubtedly a great temptation and hope for the peasants. Among these refugees, whether they are yeoman farmers or tenant farmers, they may not be able to harvest more than 10% of the net grain by the autumn. The land of the yeoman farmers had to deal with a large number of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, especially in the Chongzhen period, when all kinds of additional salaries were received decades later. Most of the tenant farmers' grain had to be handed over to the landlords, and the rest was barely enough for the family to survive.

But farming for the government is different, Tian Fuzun once personally promised that in the one percent of the harvest they shared, the government would not collect a penny of tax money from the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes apportioned by the imperial court.

With all these promises, all the hired farmers seemed to see hope, and they were more attentive to their crops than their own fields.

The speed of sowing was not a little faster than expected, and Huang Sheng, who accompanied the inspection, could not help but praise Li Xin for the good formulation of this policy, and all the hired farmers treated the fields as if they were their own world.

Li Xin smiled, mobilizing people's enthusiasm was originally to benefit Xu Zhi, and if it was done well, it was a win-win or even a win-win situation. He will not engage in some brainwashing work and advocate the so-called sacrifice and dedication, because he needs an open social atmosphere and an assertive people, and only in this way can he realize the ideals and ambitions that are gradually sprouting in his heart.

It's just that Li Xin wants to have more troubles, but he doesn't want to let him go for a moment. Tian Fuzhen galloped from a distance with a team of horses, and looking at his fiery posture, Li Xin knew that there must be 100,000 urgent news.

Sure enough, Tian Fuzhen got off the horse, and without even breathing, he handed over a military report, and the seal was opened, obviously he had read it in advance. Li Xin unfolded the military report while teasing him for a long time.

"What kind of news can make Tian Fuzun not even care about his demeanor?"

Tian Fuzhen didn't seem to be in the mood to joke with Li Xin at this time, but kept urging him to take a look. Li Xincai glanced at it a few times, and his face immediately became solemn, if what Lu Jiujun said in the report was true, then the problem would be so big that even he couldn't solve it.

After a long time, Li Xincai raised his head and looked at Tian Fuzhen.

"What does Tian Fuzun think?"

"Report to the imperial court and request a thorough investigation!"

Li Xin said: "There is no basis for accusing the cabinet scholars of being the emperor of the dynasty, I am afraid that the emperor will not only not agree to the investigation, but will even punish the person who reprimanded and reported it, we can't afford anyone's loss!" ”

Tian Fuzhen's face was anxious, "Is it possible to allow thieves to run rampant in the temple?" ”

"Exposing can punish lawlessness? It's just hurting yourself in vain! What's more, we have no evidence, only the confession of a person who is already unreliable, who can believe us when we say it? ”

In fact, Tian Fuzhen also understood that it was better to expect the court to be able to climb the tree than to expect the pig, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

"Could it be that we just watched the hundreds of thousands of stones of grain being snatched away?"

Huang Sheng said a word to the two of them, like a dumb riddle conversation, a little inexplicable, but he clearly heard Tian Fuzhen's words about the food being robbed. Li Xin soon discovered the embarrassment that he wanted to interject but couldn't, so the general newspaper showed him along. Several of them were core personnel of the United Trading Company, and they were all involved in core secrets, so Li Xin did not avoid him in this kind of matter.

Huang Sheng gasped when he saw it, and then he clapped his hands as if he had figured out something.

"General, this is a wonderful thing!"

"How so?"

Tian Fuzhen was puzzled, how could such a major event involving the safety of the imperial court become a wonderful thing in the eyes of the businessmen in front of him?

"My lord, look, Fan Yongdou united with the Mongolian Tartars to grab the food in Xuanfu Town, let him grab it, you must know that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, let's just stew those pickles in one spoonful! Then the amount of food obtained, of course, is up to us, so that the bamboo baskets of the Tartars outside the side wall will be empty. ”

"What about the silverfish in the imperial court?" Looking at Huang Sheng's look of indifference, a wave of disgust rose in Tian Fuzhen's chest, and he continued to ask.

"The silverfish in the court are deeply rooted, and it is not something that you and I or even the general can touch!"

This reply obviously made Tian Fuzhen extremely dissatisfied, after all, he received an orthodox Confucian education, and the set of things that eat the king's fortune and loyalty to the monarch has been deeply rooted and engraved in the bones. There are great traitors and evildoers in the court, just don't know it, how can you ignore it if you know it? He couldn't do it anyway!

Of course, Li Xin could not adopt Huang Sheng's opinion, as long as the grain was still within the side wall, it was impossible for him to sit back and watch the Tartars break through the border again, and finally said after being silent:

"The crux of the matter now is what role Li Fengxiang, the military director of the Xuanfu, has played!"

Huang Sheng immediately said: "If even Li Fengxiang is involved, they collude up and down, and we in Shanxi will have no ability to take care of this matter." Obviously, Huang Sheng still did not give up his proposition and persuaded Li Xin to adopt it.

"It is impossible for Li Fengxiang to take the initiative to participate in this matter, the grain of Xuanfu was robbed, Zhang Ge Lao in Beijing is not responsible, and Fan Yongdou is not responsible. In the end, I am afraid that all the responsibility will have to be borne by Li Fengxiang alone, to be the scapegoat! Tian Fuzhen disagreed with Huang Sheng's opinion, in his opinion, Li Fengxiang should have been deceived by Fan Yongdou's grain offensive, coupled with the fact that there are big silverfish operating in many ways in the court, it is not impossible for Xuanfu to be broken again.

If this is the case, it is the Mongolian Tartar who will benefit in the end, Fan Yongdou, and even the big silverfish in the court will be the ones who will benefit. The Ming Dynasty not only lost face, but also suffered a heavy blow, how did the Ming Dynasty raise such a lot of rebellious ministers and thieves! He couldn't figure it out.

Huang Sheng still had to argue, but Li Xin interrupted him.

"What Tian Fuzun said is very true, it seems that the breakthrough in this matter will fall on Director Li's head!"

"General ......" Huang Sheng was still unwilling, trying to make Li Xin re-examine his opinion. Li Xin was straightforward and sternly refused, "Huang Sheng, you remember, the state is not a tool for private profit, since you and I are in the same boat, we must guard this bottom line." I formed a trading company with you for profit, but not for me alone! The end of the dynasty is in turmoil, expedient measures are inevitable, but a heart of justice can not be extinguished in any way, the country and the nation have reached the moment of life and death, if everyone only cares about themselves, who else in the world can be saved! ”

These words were almost like a warning, Huang Sheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he had never seen Li Xin speak so seriously, he knew that he had touched his bottom line, and quickly admitted his mistake.

"Huang Sheng is anxious for quick success, in the future, he will definitely put the country and the nation first!"

However, these words fell into Tian Fuzhen's ears but it was a different taste, what is the "end of the dynasty"? Although the Ming Dynasty has been in the twilight, no one thought that it would die! If Li Xin didn't say anything, it meant that he had already decided in his heart that the Ming Dynasty would die sooner or later, and this day would not even be far from this moment...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and when he looked at Li Xin again, there was a little more complicated color in his eyes, what was in this person's chest, he could understand it when he asked himself, but at this moment he couldn't figure it out.

There are also countries and nations that seem to be different from what is said in the world. However, Tian Fuzhen can clearly feel from Li Xin's words that he has the ambition and ambition to shoulder the world as his own responsibility. But Tian Fuzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart that it was a pity, it was a pity, it was a pity that he was a martial artist! If this ambition is placed on the literati, it is the reincarnation of Zhuge and can be placed on the martial artists...... It was a name he didn't even want to think about.

"Tian Fu Zun, Tian Fu Zun?"

Li Xin's call pulled Tian Fuzhen back from his trance, and hurriedly covered up: "If you start from Li Fengxiang, Tian is willing to go to Xuanfu in person!" ”

"No, Tian Fuzun is the prefect of Taiyuan, not to mention that he cannot leave the jurisdiction without being called, but this identity and position are too eye-catching, if you go, you will definitely be startled." Li Xin's refusal was also reasonable, he originally mentioned it casually in order to hide the embarrassment, and then he didn't explain it anymore.

"It is still necessary to contact Li Fengxiang, it is better for this person to have no fame and official position!" Tian Fuzhen thought so, this candidate would naturally not attract the attention of others if he did not have an official status, and he had less scruples about contacting Li Fengxiang, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, ministers were not allowed to privately marry foreign ministers, and vice versa. Although it is no surprise now, if someone wants to make a fuss, this is a fatal trick!

"Huang Sheng is willing to be a general...... For the ...... of the country and national ...... Take a trip to Xuanfu, and you will meet the pig-like Li Fengxiang! ”

With Li Xin's words just now, Huang Sheng felt that it was not appropriate to mention only the general, so he added the country and nation he said before!