In the middle of winter, several heavy snowfalls fall, and the sky and earth are covered in silver.

There was a group of knights galloping into the city from the east of Huazhou City, and they entered Daxingtai Mansion all the way.

Changing out of the sleet and frost clothes, Yu Wentai washed off the anti-freezing grease on his hands and face with warm water in a copper basin, and drank a full bowl of warm buttermilk served by the waiter, and then exhaled a long breath comfortably.

After the Liyang parade was over, he led the army to the bank of the Yellow River to dispatch troops, inspect defense, and even secretly cross the Yellow River and visit the Jade City in the east of the river to inspect it.

In the first half of the year, Bishan was defeated, and when the Eastern Dynasty would launch an offensive against Kansai has always been a heavy question on Yuwentai's mind.

This string has been stretched in his heart for more than half a year, and he is afraid that his subordinate ministers will also feel frightened because of this, and he does not even dare to reveal it in front of others. Even when he was reading in Liyang, he had been paying close attention to the personnel dynamics east of the Yellow River.

The victory of the Eastern Dynasty was not easy, especially as the representative of Hebei Haoqiang, Gao Zhongmi defected to the West, which plunged the personnel of the Eastern Dynasty into a period of chaos.

After the winter, although the boundary of Hedong is not very calm, it is mainly distributed in the small stream of Jihu in Fenbei, wanting to take advantage of the fire to rob, although it also brings a certain amount of intrusion to some counties and counties set up by the imperial court in Hedong, but it is not a big trouble.

As for the Eastern Dynasty itself, there is no sign of large-scale personnel deployment.

But Yuwentai was still close to the bank of the Yellow River, until several heavy snows fell one after another, and the time was no longer suitable for the dispatch of the army, Yuwentai finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still ordered his troops to chisel the ice of the Yellow River along the coast to ensure that the army of the Eastern Dynasty could not cross the river on the ice, and he returned to the city with confidence.

After a short rest, Yuwentai rubbed his face again to dispel sleepiness, and then summoned the waiter and asked, "Is Su Shangshu in the house?" Call him to him. ”

Not long after, Su Xuan, who also looked tired, was introduced into the hall.

Seeing that Daxingtai Fu Yu was dozing, Su Xuan ignored the waiter's shaking his head and waving his hand to signal him not to be silent, and went straight to the front and placed a few heavy volumes of documents on Yu Wentai's ambush.

Yuwentai was shocked when he heard this, glanced at Su Xuan, who was worshipping in front of him, and said with some embarrassment: "Not long after returning home, I am tired from traveling, and I am slacking off. ”

"The minister has not slept for a few days, and he knows the taste. Since the Lord has time, please review a few piles in advance. ”

Su Sui stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, and didn't say anything polite to compliment, just pointed to the eucalyptus scroll and said to Yuwentai, and picked up one of the important things and thought to himself.

Yu Wentai didn't care about these false courtesies, he pinched two handfuls on his knees to make himself more sober, and after listening to Su Xuan's report, he asked his opinion on the matter again, and then put pen to paper.

It is also a tacit understanding to get along with each other, several official matters are quickly reported and handed over, and another clerk is waiting outside the hall.

After more than an hour like this, most of the eucalyptus documents were processed, but soon Su Sui beckoned outside the hall again.

Seeing that the two officials carried a whole box of documents to the hall again, Yu Wentai finally couldn't stand it, the corners of his mouth trembled uncontrollably, and seeing that Su Sui was obviously much thinner than when he was separated a month ago, he hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Shangshu is tired, let's take a rest first!" ”

Su Sui was not very interested in Daxingtai's thoughtfulness, and pointed to the box of cage documents and said: "This box of torture files is urgently waiting for the master's instructions. A month ago, the multi-state township group invaded the township, and the evil behavior of Kou looting was outrageous, if the people's grievances could not be resolved before the year, the ministers were afraid that the grievances would be deeper! ”

When Yu Wentai heard this, he immediately felt a swelling pain in his brain, and grabbed a few volumes to browse slightly, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Most of these files record evidence of the crimes of violating the township when the states refer to the township regiments. In the lighter cases, they only snatched some food rations to eat, and in the heavier cases, there were even incidents that harmed people's lives.

"The First Evolution"

Although the content looks a little shocking, after reading it, Yuwentai is full of anger and helplessness.

"The Zhuzhou Township League donated itself for reference, and its ambition is considerable, and its loyalty is commendable. At a time when the national fortune is difficult, even if the deeds are poor, the court should also be lenient and use techniques, not to chill morale! ”

After Yu Wentai flipped through a few volumes, he saw that the content was the same, so he didn't read it anymore, and just said to Su Sui in a consultative tone.

"Merit is rewarded, and crime is punished. If the lord wants to confuse the two uses, the minister has nothing to say. However, the state and county suffered more than a thousand families because of this, and the minister did not know what to say. ”

Su Xuan arched his hand and sat down in the seat with his head bowed, obviously a little dissatisfied with Yuwentai's approach to the mud.

Yu Wentai also looked embarrassed after hearing this, and only after a while did he say: "Tell the prefecture and county, all those who hurt people and things due to the crossing of the township regiment will not add miscellaneous classes in addition to the rent adjustment in the coming year. All the township regiments involved, the military master cut the official by one rank to show punishment! ”

He didn't want to indulge military discipline like this, but if this matter was discussed in depth, he couldn't completely blame the township regiment for violating discipline.

After the township reunions were gathered, the prefectures and counties were unable to allocate sufficient grain, so that many township regiments went on the road when there was a shortage of grain. If you don't forage for food along the way, I'm afraid that before you reach Liyang, your troops will be scattered.

He not only had to recruit a wide range of high-ranking soldiers to replenish the army, but the reserve of the Taiwan was really weak and difficult. If the punishment of the people is rash and severe, then this year's big parade will be held in vain, and it will also expose the fact that the national fortune is difficult.

Su Sui was not completely unkind, and when he saw that Daxingtai was silent after disposing of Fang Yu, he was obviously in a heavy mood, so he talked about other things: "The accounting and registration matters in the near states of Guannei are gradually coming to an end, and the results of the expansion of several states and counties are gratifying, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"So fast? Listen to that! ”

Yuwentai Shidao hero, he will not let his mood be occupied by negative emotions for a long time, and after hearing this, he quickly cheered up and said with a smile.

The increase in the household population is the most direct improvement of the national strength of the imperial court, and it is also the basis for administration and military use, and Yuwentai is naturally extremely concerned about this.

In previous years, the state and county officials were scarce, and they often had to be delayed until the end of the year, and under the urging of several orders from Daxingtai, the states and counties would be submitted one after another, but I didn't expect that this year was still more than half a month away from the New Year, and some states and counties completed the task report in advance, which is naturally also good news.

Seeing this, Su Sui held the scroll and read: "Qizhou is compiled from 43,600 households......

"Zheng Daoyong is worthy of being a famous man and a cadre of the country, how many households were in Qizhou last year? 32,000 households, only one year later, and more than 10,000 more households, this is really ...... If everyone is in this way, why can't the country be rich and the people prosperous? ”

Hearing this first report, Yu Wentai raised his eyebrows and smiled, although he didn't like Zheng Daoyong's somewhat cumbersome and arrogant style, but he also had to admit that this person was indeed shrewd and capable, and within a few years, he had transformed a small state with only 3,000 households into a large state with tens of thousands of households.

However, the content of Su Sui's report next surprised Yuwentai even more: "Jingzhao County is registered with 66,300 households......"

"Wait! Did you mispronounce it, or did I mishear it? How much is Jingzhao enrolled? How much was last year? ”

When Yu Wentai heard this number, he was a little undecided, and before he had time for Su Sui to answer, he jumped up from the seat, grabbed the official document to carefully check and confirm, and after a while, he could not hide his surprise and said: "There is strangeness, there is ...... Quickly summon Cui Shi to enter the mansion, no matter how late it is, I will wait for him in the mansion! In previous years, although he was upright, he was also sincere, but now if he boasts because of greed, my law is not false! ”

Cui Ji was only appointed as Jing Zhaoyin at the beginning of the year, less than a year ago, but he directly expanded his household to more than 20,000 households. This is very unreasonable in Yuwentai's opinion, and he has already decided that Cui Ji is a lie.

"A month ago, the minister has summoned Cui Shiyu to the palace to confront him, and what he played is true, but there is indeed a hidden story in the matter."

Su Sui took out a stack of books from his side, and presented them with a precious face, he had been carrying this book with him for several days, and every time he took it out and admired it, he couldn't help but feel amazing, so that his fatigue was reduced a lot.

"Jingzhao's situation is complicated, and I did appoint him to this position because Cui Shiyue was upright in the matter, and I hope he can control the chaos as soon as possible. But even if he has such a strong backbone, it will be difficult for him to ......."

Yuwentai was still sighing and angry, but when his eyes fell on the top of the booklet handed by Su Sui, his voice paused abruptly, and he held the booklet in his hand and muttered: "This style ......"

"This style is novel, and the ministers have also seen it, although the gestures are still scattered, but this ink method is deeply known to everyone."

After Su Sui heard this, he couldn't help but praise the beauty of the font, and then hurriedly said: "But this is not the point, please read the texts carefully, and you can understand why Cui Shiyue is expanding his household quickly." ”

After hearing this, Yu Wentai flipped through the next sheet again, and his movements paused again, and then he flipped through it faster and faster, and the surprise on his face became stronger and stronger: "This document is copied by someone?" It's not right, the word spacing is exactly the same, could it be that Cui Shi asked him to move to the right of the Dongzhou clan to help him ......"

Yuwentai can not be said to be shrewd, but the limitation of knowledge made him unable to guess the key point for a while, and even gave birth to the speculation or fantasy that the entire Boling Cui clan would enter the relocation customs and help Cui Ji in official affairs together.

"Cui Shiyue does have a deceased relative from Dongzhou who has entered the customs, but he is not a family, just one person. This member's name is Li Boshan, and he returned to righteousness with Gao Taiwei, and I also read his book style in a number of generals' mansions in the middle of the year, and my memory is still fresh. ”

Su Sui looked at the messy books that were flipped through by Yu Wentai, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, in the eyes of others, these books were either boring and boring, but in his eyes, they were works of art full of beauty.

"Li Boshan? I know this, but what does he have to do with it? ”

No matter how busy Yuwentai is, he will not be forgetful, and it is difficult to ignore it if he hears this name one after another in a very short time. Hearing what Su Sui said, the handsome young general on Jingyuan who shot the fleeing hare with one arrow subconsciously appeared in his mind.

"Lord, this son is a great talent! Looking at its fortune, it is simple, and the minister is ashamed. ”

Su Sui first explained the printed document, then picked up a book scattered on the ground and carefully smoothed it, and said with emotion.