For this national war, Zhu Yongxing is getting more and more tired, and he hopes more and more that it will end sooner. The drag of the war prevented him from pushing for further reforms, delaying his plans to rebuild, and preventing his aspirations to improve people's livelihoods.

In this regard, Zhu Yongxing is different from his generals. Because soldiers regard obedience as their duty, war as their profession, merit as their pursuit, and success as their desire. The nature of a soldier is to be belligerent, and only on the battlefield can he become a hero and get a medal. Peace is the sorrow of a soldier, just like a football team without a stadium. For soldiers, war is a competitive arena for showing their talents.

Of course, this is not to say that the generals do not want an early victory, but they are not as eager as Zhu Yongxing. Because they each commanded the army and were on the front line, they knew better in their hearts that although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unfavorable, after all, it still occupied half of the country and ruled tens of millions of people, and they would not fall to the ground because of a few defeats.

Unconsciously, Zhu Yongxing was still impatient, and he even had the illusion that tonight would be the end of the long war, and the final victory would rise with the rising sun tomorrow.

Emotions affect mood and also bring about changes in behavior. Not only did the ministers feel the emperor's eagerness, but even Mengzhu, Long'er, and Duan Wan'er were aware of it.

"The prohibition order has been issued a long time ago, and there are still private brews in Jiangnan, they should be killed!"

"Those selfish gentlemen, who spend all their time drinking and drinking, but are unwilling to contribute money and effort to the national war, should be killed!"

"Excessive business taxes? Fart! Merchants who owe taxes have their homes raided, and their people are exiled and are not allowed to lenient. ”

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Zhu Yongxing shouted and shouted to kill, so angry that there was smoke on his head, and when he looked up, he saw that Duan Wan'er had not written down his opinion.

This is not a recital. It is a summary of the twists and turns made by the Prime Minister's Office, and Zhu Yongxing feels that it can be handled by picking key points, and the rest will be exercised by various ministries.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have found all the ingredients and made three courses of tea for you to taste, right?" Duan Wan'er did not defend herself, but diverted the topic. attracted Zhu Yongxing's attention.

Zhu Yongxing snorted heavily, although he was a little irritable, he was still not used to being angry with others, especially his own women. Mengzhu and Long'er were named concubines, from the first grade, but Duan Wan'er has not yet been named, and he also feels a little sorry. Looking at Duan Wan'er's expectant gaze, he nodded slightly.

The three teas of the Bai family belong to the category of tea culture. With its unique tea ceremony of "bitter head, two sweet, and three aftertastes", it has become a kind of etiquette for the Bai family to entertain guests and make friends.

The journey of life is difficult, and the beginning of entrepreneurship is the beginning of hard work. As Mencius said: "Heaven will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin." Empty of his body, and act in disorder." Facing hardship. Only by learning to endure and let the years soak in bitterness can we slowly taste the fragrance of tea, taste the original taste of life, and thus have a deep understanding of life.

After the suffering of hardship and the soaking of the years, the seeds planted during the struggle finally germinated and grew. In the end, it was fruitful. This is an affirmation of hard work, and this is the reward of dedication. When people taste the sweet fruits in the fragrance of birds and flowers, under the bright moon and clear light, how can they not feel the joy of life?

There are so many things to go through in a person's life. There are high and low, there are twists and turns, there are flat, there are joys and sorrows, and there are temptations such as fame, power, wealth and glory, and so on. In order to achieve "good times are not enough to be happy, and adversity is not enough to worry", we need to be indifferent-minded and magnificent. If you blindly indulge in success or failure, take things outside your body too seriously, and are too persistent, you will become cocooned and self-bound, fall into the quagmire of life and lose a lot of joy in life.

"Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, wandering with the clouds outside the sky. Duan Wan'er smiled coquettishly, pouring tea for play, the movements were smooth and natural, and it looked like it had a unique flavor.

Zhu Yongxing looked at the product, and his mood gradually calmed down. He had also drunk these three teas before, and he should have made them more authentic than Duan Wan'er, but he didn't have that emotion.

Coo-dong, Zhu Yongxing drank the sweet tea like a cow, which made Duan Wan'er smile and gently stepped forward to wipe the corners of his mouth.

"Life is like tea, fragrant and pleasant." Zhu Yongxing smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to hold Duan Wan'er in his arms, smelled the body fragrance like musk and orchid, sighed helplessly, and said: "I have said that I will not kill people with non-punishment, and it will be the same in the future." Those are abominable, but they do not sin unto death, or they are not condemned to any crime. Well, let the ministries deal with it according to the law! ”

"Your Majesty, you have always been known for your kindness, why should you ruin your reputation because you are in a hurry." Duan Wan'er obediently leaned into Zhu Yongxing's arms and said, "You will be the Emperor of the Ages, as long as you are calm and not impatient, what can you not do?" ”

"It's hard to be a gentleman!" Zhu Yongxing sighed and said, "Actually, if you don't kill people, you can't be called a Ming Jun?" Not necessarily. It's just that I think about it for a hundred years, but I don't want to do it. ”

Zhu Yongxing thought of Kangxi, thought of Qianlong, how many unjust souls under the prison of words destroyed the spirit of China, isn't it still called why the first emperor of the ages, what a prosperous era by later generations?

"By the way, I want to give you a name, so you don't have to shirk this matter anymore." Zhu Yongxing kissed lightly on his soft lips.

"When there is a competent female official, the concubine will naturally not shirk." Duan Wan'er put her arms around Zhu Yongxing's neck, kissed him back, and said with a smile: "If you have a reputation, you can't help Your Majesty." Harem politicians, those courtiers—"

"That's right!" Zhu Yongxing smiled bitterly, feeling that being an emperor was not such a beautiful thing, especially like himself, he always felt bound and not free.

"It's not far to pacify the world, but the Tartars are still dying, as long as Your Majesty stabilizes, you will be able to take your concubine to Beijing next year." Duan Wan'er's gentle words made Zhu Yongxing hug her tighter.

Yes, since it's not far off, why bother with it? Under the condition that the materials are not sufficient, the guarantee of the army and the relief will not be enough. The withered North is a big burden, and carrying it too early is not beneficial to the overall strategy.

If the main forces of the Manchus could not be eliminated in the north, then another long war would have to be fought in Liaodong. It is indeed difficult to have both a thing to pacify the people in the north and attack Liaodong at the same time.

My heart has become ruthless! After Zhu Yongxing had to admit this, he felt a kind of sadness.

And for the Qing court, it may have been a good choice to retreat to Liaodong after plundering in the north, leaving the Ming army busy with stability and recovery. As it is now, fishing in the north and confronting the Ming army may be the worst countermeasure.

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Flintlock muskets were fired down on the hillsides on either side of the ground, horses neighed and jumped, and people screamed and wailed. This short period of official road is becoming the burial place of Shandong Governor.

The Hongmen banquet in Qixia County was set, but Yu Qi ran back to the manor and refused to come. The Shandong Governor, who arrived in advance, waited for the brigade in the county seat, and then went straight to the bandits' nest.

At this time, something happened to Shenjiazhuang outside the county seat, and the Shen brothers, the owners of the village, raised their banners and rebelled. In the eyes of the Qixia County Order, this Shen brother is Yu Qi's apprentice, and the rebellion must be Yu Qi's mastermind behind the scenes, in order to test the power of the county seat. If he didn't fight back, then Yu Qi would think that the county was weak, so he would launch a big attack on the county seat.

But the county really doesn't have too many troops, and if you want to exterminate the thieves, you have to fall on the governor. Originally, the governor refused to go, and a small county order could not command the personal soldiers of the governor of Shandong at all. But I heard that the Shen family was a rich man, and the heart of the guerrilla was moved.

A group of rabble dared to raise the flag to rebel, even if there were 1,800 people, they would definitely not be able to resist these hundreds of elite soldiers. It shouldn't take much effort to lay down the village, so wouldn't the Shen family's gold and silver be stuffed into the brothers' pockets?

Although Qixia County ordered the hospitality to be courteous, there was too little oil and water. Yu Qi is richer, but he is far away, and there are many people in the village, so they don't dare to act without permission. But Shenjiazhuang is different, it is only a few dozen miles away from the county seat, and the rebels are only hundreds of villagers.

With a strong desire to make a fortune, more than 200 riders of the superintendent rode out of the county seat with confidence and went straight to Shenjiazhuang. But before they could see the shadow of Shenjiazhuang, the sudden ambush shattered their dreams.

There were barricades on the official road ahead, and on the hillsides on both sides were hundreds of musketeers firing and retreating—a dozen large trees that had suddenly fallen down were blocking it, and hundreds of musketeers were waiting in formation.

"Fooled!" With remorse and fear, the guerrilla Liang Chuantong hid behind his horse and finally came to his senses.

More ferocious and faster than shotguns, at least a few hundred of them, where is this still a rabble, it is simply an elite army. This is a deliberate action, and the bait is the wealthy Shen family. Simple but effective, he and his brothers were dazzled by the silver, burned out their brains, and crashed headlong into death.

The blood mist erupted, and a Qing soldier fell down in pain, screaming and twisting and rolling on the ground, right next to Liang Chuantong.

A corpse appeared in Liang Chuantong's sight, and his head became a rotten watermelon, mixed with white and red.

With a neigh, Liang Chuantong's war horse suddenly jumped three feet high, jumping and jumping like crazy, and a stream of blood splattered out of the horse.

Boom, boom, boom...... Liang Chuantong heard a continuous burst of gunshots, he felt as if he had been slammed with a hammer in his chest, he took a few steps back, and his mouth gushed with salty liquid, and his vision began to blur.

Yu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, the ambush was successful, killing and injuring Qing soldiers was not the main thing, the key was that he had full confidence in this trained musket unit, and this unit had also undergone actual combat training, which was truly qualified.

Yang Yanfeng tried to keep his eyes from leaving, although he was happy in his heart, he was still not used to this bloody scene. But he had to adapt, and he had to keep the soldiers from seeing his cowardice.

…………… (To be continued......)