Today is the Great Pilgrimage.

The sky was still bright, and hundreds of civil and military officials had already gathered outside the Jinluan Palace.

Now that the emperor has not come, some ministers who have a good relationship have gotten together and whispered.

"Xuan!"

With a little eunuch, he came to the outside of the main hall to preach.

The civil and military officials, along the jade road on both sides, stepped into the Jinluan Hall in turn according to the civil and military grades.

On the dragon chair, there was no one, and everyone waited quietly.

After another moment, the emperor took Wang Bao and turned out from behind the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty has arrived, and the hundred officials saluted."

The great eunuch Wang Bao shouted with a sharp voice.

The ministers of civil and military affairs bowed in unison and saluted: "Ministers, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Everyone, love to be even."

The emperor slowly raised his hand and asked the ministers to get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the civil and military officials thanked him, he stood up.

The emperor gave Wang Bao a look, and Wang Bao understood, and shouted: "There is a morning music, but there is no retreat."

During this time, the emperor accepted a few new concubines.

Some people know the taste of the marrow, and they can't wait to stay in the palace every day and mess around with those concubines.

The court was also a little absent-minded, thinking about returning to the harem as soon as possible.

Recently, the government has been a little negligent.

Li Guanglu, the secretary of the military department, came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister has his own music."

The emperor looked at Li Guanglu, remembered what he had asked him before, and said, "Li Aiqing, it's a matter of Liaodong, come quickly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the officials who went to Liaodong have returned, and the king of Liaodong has refused to send troops and has no intention of continuing to send troops."

Li Guanglu's words made the ministers of civil and military affairs change their faces all the time.

They all turned their heads and looked at his place.

What is it? This is disobedience.

Jia Cong is not an ordinary official, but now he has a heavy army, and there are more than 300,000 people under his hands.

If this is disobedient, the consequences will be ······

You don't have to think about it, you know it.

Some people contemplated and speculated about the reason why Jia Cong did this, what the reason was.

There are also people who don't think so, and it doesn't matter to themselves.

There are also people who are considering whether this matter is true or false.

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Jia Cong had previously repelled the Mongols and beaten the barbarians all the way to Liaodong, and he was not a cowardly person.

What is the reason for refusing the order of the military department this time?

His wife and children are still in the capital, and at this time, it is impossible to go against the imperial court.

Based on the queen mother's understanding of Jia Cong, Jia Cong should be a person who values love and righteousness, and it is impossible to ignore his wife and children.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and asked, "Li Aiqing, has Jia Aiqing ever said that why he refuses to send troops? Is there any reason? Didn't you fight well a year ago?"

Li Guanglu clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, the king of Liaodong said, this is not the time to attack Shenyang, Shenyang City has thick walls, and there is an elite defense of the barbarians, and the combat strength of our soldiers is not comparable to the other party.

The king of Liaodong is now stepping up the training of soldiers and horses to improve the combat strength of the army, hoping to train some elite soldiers, and then attack Shenyang again, the king of Liaodong said, he never fights uncertain battles."

Hearing Li Guanglu say this, the emperor also nodded secretly.

Jia Cong's statement is also reasonable, maybe he is right.

Jia Cong fights, never drags mud and water, drags and drags, all of them are all with all their strength, and they kill the enemy cleanly.

This time, maybe it's really not ready and not sure to win the opponent.

In terms of fighting, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, but it couldn't compare with him.

Besides, Jia Cong has already been laid, most of Liaodong is gone, and the rest of Shenyang is one day earlier and one day late, so he is not in a hurry.

What's more, it was already Jia Cong's own territory.

When I think of this, I feel relieved.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone say: "It's all a pretext, it's obvious that the barbarians have been frightened by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and they fled one by one, taking the opportunity to take Shenyang, it should be easy, but now stop moving, what's the intention?"

Everyone followed the prestige, it was Liu Jin, a cabinet scholar.

Li Rong glanced at Liu Jin, puzzled in his heart.

Jia Cong shouldn't have offended this guy, why do you always target him everywhere?

"Lord Liu said cautiously that it took the king of Liaodong less than three months to drive the barbarians back to Shenyang and recover the occupied territory, which is a great achievement, how can it be easily questioned?

Shenyang has been in the fall for many years, and the barbarians have been in business for many years, so the defense must be very tight, and it is also appropriate to be careful, it is better than to suffer a defeat and flee in defeat, okay?"

Niu Jizong also said: "Yes, fighting a war requires judging the situation, knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, the situation on the front line, the king of Liaodong knows better than us, Lord Liu knows nothing, and he doesn't know how to fight, so it's better not to talk nonsense."

The emperor nodded: "Jia Aiqing's grasp of the battle situation can be said to be perfect, it is not something we can speculate, since he feels that the time is not right, then everything is up to him, I believe Jia Aiqing will not let me down."

"Your Majesty."

All the ministers shouted in unison.

The emperor smiled and glanced at the ministers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if there is nothing else, then ······."

Before he could finish speaking, another voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached the king of Liaodong, sold land privately, and bought people's hearts, and the king of Liaodong wants to distribute the land of Liaodong to his soldiers, this move is suspected of buying the hearts of the army, what does the king of Liaodong want? I hope Your Majesty will find out."

The emperor was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the person who spoke, it was the imperial envoy Li Zheng.

Jia Cong's strategy of encouraging the reclamation of wasteland was known to the emperor.

But the emperor really hasn't heard of the division of land for the soldiers in the army.

If this behavior is true, it is indeed suspected of buying people's hearts, which makes the emperor frown.

Why did Jia Cong do this? Is there really a different heart?

looked at Li Zheng and asked, "Li Aiqing, this matter is true, do you have any evidence?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Minister, I also heard that there is no evidence, Your Majesty only needs to send someone to Liaodong to investigate."

Hearing him say this, the emperor looked at Li Guanglu again.

"Li Aiqing, isn't there an official from your military department who has just returned from Liaodong, I don't know if there is any news about this?"

Li Guanglu arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is just a rumor in the army, and the King of Liaodong seems to have this intention and wants to let the soldiers open up the wasteland, but it has not been implemented."

The emperor looked at Wang Bao again and asked, "What news is there from the embroidered guard?"

"Your Majesty, the embroidered guards also knew the news, because it was not implemented, and the servants didn't know whether it was true or not, so they didn't tell Your Majesty."

When Wang Bao saw his master asking, he hurriedly reported truthfully.

After being kicked last time, he didn't dare to add more fuel to the vinegar now.

However, he wanted to wait until the matter was confirmed, and then tell the emperor that Jia Cong would be directly sentenced to a major crime.

Now that it has been exposed, he can only tell the truth.

When the emperor heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it would be good if there was no such thing.

However, there is no wind and no waves, and this matter still needs to be paid attention to.

Looking at the ministers below, the emperor spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this matter?"

Liu Jin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and someone must be sent to investigate it thoroughly.

Li Rong said: "This matter is unfounded, vegan is unfounded, and Your Majesty must not be gullible. again

said that Liaodong was already the fief of the king of Liaodong, and he let people open up wasteland, which is not a big deal."

Niu Jizong said: "Your Majesty, the reward system of the king of Liaodong, the minister has also heard of it, is this obviously a good thing, ordinary people can open up wasteland, why can't the soldiers in our army?"

The emperor was stunned when he heard this, Niu Jizong's words are not unreasonable.

At this time, Lin Ruhai also came out of the class to play.

"Your Majesty, what Li Shangshu said is to let the army open up the wasteland tuntian, that is, the military tun, this policy has existed since ancient times, and the policy of the military tun was implemented in the previous Ming Dynasty, and now it is implemented in Liaodong, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Not only can it effectively reclaim and utilize the land in Liaodong, but it can also attract some people to Liaodong, so that Liaodong after the war can restore some of the population as soon as possible, stabilize the order of Liaodong, and restore agricultural production in Liaodong. This is good governance."

The emperor glanced at Lin Ruhai and knew that he was Jia Cong's father-in-law, and he also knew that he was right.

He turned his head to look at Hu Yong and asked, "Hu Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?"

Hu Yong took a step forward and arched his hand at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Lin said is also very reasonable, the cultivation of wasteland, whether it is a people's tun or a military tun, is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, there are too many barren lands in Liaodong, and the implementation of the system of cultivating wasteland is indeed very suitable.

However, the imperial army went to Liaodong to fight, to recover the lost land, not to give Liaodong Wang Tuntian, the old minister thought that the people could do it, but the army did not need to fight, and the army still had to focus on fighting, and could not put the cart before the horse."

The emperor nodded: "Hu Aiqing is reasonable, the army is supported by the imperial court, and it only needs to train troops to fight, and there are ordinary people in Tuntian." Since Liaodong has not yet been implemented, then your cabinet issued a document to remind Jia Aiqing."

"The old minister obeys."

Hu Yong bowed down and answered, and took the mission.

The emperor glanced around at everyone again, and said, "Okay, let's stop here, retreat from the court."

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

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Soon, Jia Cong received the documents from the imperial court.

Jia Cong opened it and saw that it was the cabinet's writings.

It said the meaning of the imperial court, that is, it was possible to open up wasteland in Liaodong, but the army could not participate.

At the same time, it also said that the imperial court sent troops to Liaodong to fight, not to Tuntian, and hoped that Jia Cong would not be rash.

In this regard, Jia Cong could only shake his head and sigh.

I just had a little idea, but I didn't expect it to have been spread to the court.

It seems that in the army, there are also some other people's eyeliner.

Moreover, most of them are still people from the imperial court, and it is really difficult for them to start.

For these people, Jia Cong hasn't figured out how to deal with them, and he can only turn a blind eye for the time being.

Keep them for the time being, and maybe there will be some other use for them later.

Along with the imperial court documents, there were two other letters.

One is from Li Rong to himself, and the other is from Xue Baochai's family.

Li Rong told himself something, the things in the court, and the emperor's attitude.

And advise yourself to act cautiously and not to do something sensitive, so that others have an excuse to attack.

As for Xue Baochai's letters, almost all of them are trivial matters at home.

Talked about some of the recent situation at home, as well as the situation of the children, said that they are all fine, let yourself not worry.

Subsequently, he told about his lovesickness.

also vaguely mentioned Xue Baoqin, so that he could take good care of her.

Putting away the letter, Jia Cong also thought about it.

Since the imperial court does not allow you to do the affairs of Juntun, it is not easy to do it yourself.

Otherwise, it would be blatantly against the imperial court.

It is not in their own interest to do so.

It seems that the matter of Juntun can only be postponed.

There's no urgency, I was going to do it next year.

Let's see when the time comes, if the court really doesn't let go, just think of other ways.

Now there have been several major wars in the army, and there are many disabled people.

There are still some old and weak people in the army, these people do not have much combat effectiveness, and if they stay in the team, they are purely full.

These people can let them retire early, and then organize them to open up the wasteland.

When the time comes, just report these people as battle damage.

Thinking of this, I put it down.

In the following days, Jia Cong took Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others around Liaoyang City, and went to the construction site of the palace to have a look.

Later, in the name of inspection, he took everyone to go around all parts of Liaodong.

In the end, I went to Quang Ninh and rested in the former courtyard for two days.

It took nearly two months to turn around this circle, and it can be regarded as satisfying the wishes of those women.

After resting for a few days in Quang Ninh, the group entered the Khalkha steppe.

At this time, it is the height of summer, and the further north you go, the cooler it gets.

The Khalkha steppe in summer, a piece of green, pleasant climate, super suitable for escaping the heat.

On the prairie, it is full of life, under the blue sky and white clouds, the grass is green, and you can see cattle and sheep everywhere.

Soon after entering the grassland, you can see herdsmen grazing everywhere, driving large areas of cattle and sheep to graze on the grassland.

Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baoqin and others have never been to the prairie.

Seeing this endless prairie, I instantly cheered.

"Wow, this prairie is so beautiful!"

Jia Cong smiled, coming to this prairie, he was indeed a little relaxed.

It has been four or five years since I left the prairie.

Come here again, revisit the old place, feel the changes here, and reminisce about the past years.

At the beginning, I was only 12 years old, and I came to the grassland as a businessman.

Now he is back, but he is back as a king.

Just thinking about it, Xue Baoqin pointed to the front and exclaimed loudly: "Brother-in-law, it's not good, there's a team of Mongolian cavalry over there, there are so many people, let's run quickly."

Jia Cong raised his eyes and saw a group of cavalry galloping in the distance, about 2,000 people, and the target was his side.