"Have you heard? Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Fushun posted the news that "there are houses to live in, grain to eat, and fields to plough together". ”

"Of course I heard that, alas...... I don't know if we're lucky. ”

"It's lucky, just ask those Qiu Ba not to buy high food prices."

The spring breeze with the melting of winter snow and spring and countless gossip blew into Qin Bangping's ears.

At this moment, he is walking in the streets and alleys with several white-pole soldiers in civilian clothes.

In addition to this walk, you can't help but hear the dissatisfaction of the Liao people with the Ming Dynasty.

Those who don't know these words think that the Ming Dynasty seized the city of Houjin, and the city is full of people of Houjin.

"Gao Huai's pickled person, it's really damn ......"

Listening to the words in his ear, Qin Bangping scolded secretly in his heart, and even remembered Qiu Chengyun, the mine supervisor who forced his brother-in-law to death.

Mining Tax ......

These two words are simply the two words that the late Ming Dynasty hated the most from the scholars to the peddlers and pawns, especially Jiangnan and Liaodong.

Under the banner of collecting mining taxes for the emperor, a group of eunuchs exploited the people, deducted military salaries, seized military rations, framed border generals and ministers at will, and killed people who did not pay taxes at every turn.

Perhaps the people of later generations could not have imagined that a single mining tax could cause so many things only from the literal word of "mining tax".

Even Emperor Wanli himself could not have imagined that he just wanted to collect a mining tax, but it would make the Ming Dynasty rise from decline and decline.

As a person who was deeply affected by the mining tax, Qin Bangping listened to the words of some people in Shenyang City, and then took people back to his home.

When he returned to the backyard of the General Soldier's Mansion, he saw He Shixian, who was drinking, and Qin Minping, who was drinking tea next to him.

"Big Brother (General Qin Bing)" saw that Qin Bangping was back, Qin Minping and He Shixian got up one after another, and Qin Bangping glanced at the wine jug in He Shixian's hand, and could only say helplessly:

"Brother He, I only have half a catty a day, I don't care if I drink less, I can only tell you what I want to tell you if I drink too much."

"Half a catty...... Half a catty...... I know, General Qin doesn't need to supervise, and my Lao He will definitely not drink secretly. ”

It is unimaginable that He Shixian, who dared to talk to Qin Bangping a month ago, would talk so well now.

As for the reason, it is naturally because he saw the combat power of the Sichuan soldiers, and Qin Bangping is a celebrity in front of the Fifth Highness today.

As Yulin people who worked hard in Liaodong, He Shixian and You Shigong were very embarrassed.

They couldn't blend into the circle of Liao generals, and they had no backers behind them except Xiong Tingbi, so they were arranged to guard Shenyang City on the front line, and the pressure in their hearts was huge.

Over time, He Shixian became addicted to alcoholism.

But now it's different, after He Shixian and You Shigong knew Qin Bangping's background, they also had the idea of wanting to cling.

Even in private, He Shixian and You Shigong had already discussed, and after the destruction of Houjin, they spent some silver and asked to be transferred back to the northwest.

It is precisely under this kind of thinking that he can still listen to Qin Bangping's words.

In addition, Qin Bangping raised the salary of the men and horses under his command to fifteen taels, so he was still more grateful to the other party.

"By the way, how are the soldiers recruited?"

Sitting on the main seat, Qin Bangping remembered this matter, and as soon as He Shixian heard this, he hurriedly said with a bitter face:

"Chief Qin, don't talk about it, this group of Liao people is really not good."

"One hundred and sixty people were recruited yesterday, and sixteen ran early in the morning."

"In my opinion, it's better to transfer the soldiers and horses from Jizhen or Xuanfu and Datong to come, even if it's a new soldier."

He Shixian felt bitter in his heart, although the number of men and horses under his command had changed from three thousand to six thousand seven hundred, and he was also equipped with the armor stomach that Qin Bangping and they transported, he could be regarded as elite soldiers.

But Shenyang City is too big, and with the current people, it is still a little difficult to defend Shenyang.

He could only hope that Qin Bangping could use his connections and transfer some troops and horses from other places.

As for his words, after Qin Bangping heard it, he remembered the unconcealed disgust of the Liao people for the Ming Court that he had heard during his walking in Shenyang City in the past month.

"It seems that the imperial court really has no popular support in Liaodong......"

With a long sigh in his heart, Qin Bangping spoke:

"This matter, I will ask the Fifth Highness about it, there should be no problem."

Qin Bangping knew that Zhu Youzhen would soon replace the soldiers and horses of Jizhen, and the soldiers and horses of Jizhen that were replaced at that time could be completely invested in Shenyang.

"That's great!" Hearing this, He Shixian also became happy, and his heart was really leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade.

Xiong Jingluo applied to the imperial court so many times but did not get approval, but Qin Bangping was so confident.

"My Lao He hugged a thigh......"

He Shixian thought happily in his heart, and Qin Bangping also returned to his study after a short period of reminiscence, and wrote down a general situation in Shenyang, and after walking out of the study, he handed the letter to a personal entourage:

"You bring a team of people to deliver the letter in person, and if you can, it's best to bring the soldiers and horses of Jizhen with you."

"Mark and command!" He responded with his entourage, then took the letter, ordered a team of men, and rode out of the general military mansion and ran south.

After they left, Qin Bangping went out of the General Soldier's Mansion again, went to inspect the city wall, and finally went to check the official warehouse and Chang Ping, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he returned to the General Soldier's Mansion to rest.

As for the people who delivered the letter, they galloped all the way, and when they delivered the letter to Zhu Youzhen, it was already the fourth day of the second month of the first year of the Apocalypse.

And Zhu Youzhen, who got the letter, was riding on horseback at the moment, riding a horse next to a huge convoy.

The convoy is long, with a scale of tens of thousands of people, and the distance is more than two miles.

This team has more than 100 civil servants and more than 30 nobles.

The front was opened by the cavalry of the five military battalions of the Beijing camp, and the bannermen of the 26th Guard, the Jinwu Left Guard, and the Tiger Ben Left Guard served as the central army, and the rear army was the Shenji Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion of the Beijing Battalion.

In the escort procession, the royal brother's chariot was pulled by four elephants, and the chariot was replaced with three zhang in length and width, and one zhang in height, like a 36-wheeled chariot walking in a palace.

In front of the big chariot, a group of horseback nobles dressed in armor and pale faces, as if they were about to be crushed to death by armor.

Behind the big chariot were dozens of wooden carriages, and many scholars were seated.

After that, there are thousands of cars used for sacrifices, or some of the ingredients needed by the Son of Heaven to leave the city.

Since it was the first time in history and reality that Zhu Youxiao went out of the capital, Zhu Youzhen, who was not at ease, specially transferred 3,000 iron horsemen from Mangui and the warrior battalion to participate in the protection.

As it turned out, he was right to be worried.

At this moment, he was sitting on horseback, his war horse was standing on the side of the road, and there were more than ten horsemen of Jinyi Guard beside him.

He didn't open the letter, but looked at the team, at the sparsely standing and even a little pale, and his brows were so furrowed that he could trap mosquitoes.

"Driving ......"

At this time, a series of horses' hooves sounded, and Zhu Youzhen looked sideways, and it turned out that Man Gui, dressed in fish scale armor, came with dozens of warrior battalion cavalry riding horses.

"Your Highness, this Jingying and the other twenty-six guards are too ......"

Man Gui rode to Zhu Youzhen's side, holding back his mouth and complaining, but it was difficult to speak.

"That's rubbish, isn't it?" Zhu Youzhen smiled and spoke, not worried that someone would dare to impeach him.

Because in his opinion, these guys are rubbish.

The army had already left the city at midnight this morning, but it had only been three hundred miles after walking for four hours!

That translates to an average of less than 2.5 kilometers per hour.

Zhu Youzhen's idea is that even if you climb, it will be more than 2.5 kilometers in an hour.

Counting on this group of guys to protect the imperial brother, it is better to count on Jinyiwei.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen looked at Man Gui and said:

"I definitely won't be able to go to Gonghua City today, according to the route, let's camp and rest in the Qinghe store in front."

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general has already discussed it with the British Princess." Man Gui replied, while Zhu Youzhen listened to his answer and looked at the three horsemen in front of Xungui.

In the middle of the three horsemen, there is the British Duke Zhang Weixian in the uniform of a military attaché.

As for next to him, the panting fat man is Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, that is, the guy who sold Chongzhen in history in exchange for glory and wealth.

In addition to Zhu Chunchen, it is Xu Xigao, the Duke of Dingguo.

However, Xu Xigao's current state is not good, or not only him, but all the nobles are not in a good state.

Their faces were all pale, and they looked as if they would be driving west at any time in the next second.

Looking at them, it is not difficult for Zhu Youzhen to understand why Chenghua, Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli and others have repeatedly rectified the Beijing camp, but each time they have been rectified for less than three years, and the Beijing camp has continued to change back to its original state.

The soldiers are bearing, and the bears are in a nest, and the matter is not to be blamed on the heads of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, if you want to blame this group of bloodsucking insects.

"Humph!"

Zhu Youzhen snorted coldly, then turned the horse's head, drove the war horse to trot to the side of the big wheel, and then jumped directly from the back of the war horse to the big wheel without stopping the horse's speed.

At this scene, some nobles smacked their tongues, and their hearts began to drumble non-stop.

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, who has been paying attention to Zhu Youzhen, said with sweat on his forehead:

"Old Guogong, it seems that His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness really knows how to train soldiers......"

"Not only can I train soldiers, but I am also skilled in bowing and horses...... Zhang Weixian glanced at Zhu Chunchen, thinking that this group of people really had nothing to do.

As for Xu Xigao, who was watching from the sidelines, his intestines were already repentant.

From the time the warrior camp appeared, Xu Xigao knew one thing, that is, Zhu Youzhen really knew how to train!

The 3,000 cavalry of the warrior battalion were almost one man and three horses, and all of them were in armor.

And because of the waste of the Jingying and Shangzhi Twenty-six Guards, they were not only responsible for the Gongwei Dacha, but also responsible for the exploration of the horses of the Tang Horse.

It can be said that the Warrior Battalion is not here to assist, but more like to protect everyone.

It's hard to believe that this army has only been training for less than four months.

Almost all of them can skillfully hit and press the waves on their horses, and they have a more comprehensive idea of how to defend the big wheel.

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't shoot the bow left and right on horseback, Xu Xigao would have thought that this was the 3,000 battalions under the command of Emperor Cheng Zuwen back then.

He can only hope now that Zhu Youzhen has only trained such a team, not tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as Zhang Weixian said.

If there were really so many soldiers and horses, then it would be almost a sure thing for the emperor to dismantle the guards of Shuntianfu and Yongpingfu.

All the nobles' faces were pale, in addition to being tossed by horses and wanting to die, the news that the Shuntian Mansion and Yongping Mansion would be abolished was almost certain that they would be dismantled, which made them even more painful.

Compared with the nobles who were in pain, Wenchen's brows were furrowed even tighter.

Due to the need to maintain the operation of the imperial court, the cabinet scholars and the six scholars did not accompany the army, and even the military department left many people.

Most of the ministers who accompanied the army were the ministers of Honglu Temple, Taifu Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate and a small number of six departments.

Among them, there were middle- and high-level civil officials from all parties such as Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, Kun, Donglin, etc.

Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party, Qi Shijiao, Chu Party official Ying Zhen, Tang Binyin of the Xuan Party, Gu Tianjun of the Kun Party, and Han Yi, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and Gao Panlong of Donglin all came.

Zhu Youxiao did not let go of this opportunity to shock hundreds of officials, and such a move made almost all Wenchen frown.

"Sure enough, the Fifth Highness shouldn't have been allowed to control the Seven Guards and One Battalion in the first place......"

In a relatively large carriage, when a man withdrew his gaze from the cavalry of the Warrior Battalion, he also closed the window.

In the car, Yao Zongwen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and others sat in the car, forming a small gathering of Zhejiang Xuankun and other Jiangnan Wenchen forces.

The person who opened his mouth was Yao Zongwen in the matter.

"It's too late to say these now, Banzai has already opened the South Field of the Imperial Horse Prison, and has also mastered the Seven Guards and One Battalion." Tang Binyin frowned and spoke, while Gu Tianjun next to him said:

"With millions of acres of arable land in the south field, the soldiers and horses in the north field can easily be maintained."

"The most important thing to do at the moment is to pay attention to not let Banzai also set up soldiers and horses in the south field."

Jiangnan must not have the emperor's military power, and on this point, the three parties reached a consensus.

Qi Yuanfu's 8,000 Zhejiang soldiers had made them stump, and if another army and horses were stationed, the three parties could only be easily handled by the emperor.

"I got the news from Xungui, Banzai seems to be preparing to use this sacrifice for the emperor to deter Xungui by the way, and ask Xungui to hand over the guards in the area of Suncheon and Yongpyeong, and then dismantle."

Gu Tianjun told the information he had obtained, but Yao Zongwen said:

"It is a good thing for us to abolish the guards, if the northern guards can be abolished, and the imperial court's military cantonment seeds and grains will increase, we will have a reason to reduce the field tax and miscellaneous items."

"Miscellaneous ......" Hearing these two words, Tang Binyin gritted his teeth and said:

"The day before yesterday, Liu Yixiao asked Long Live to go up, and was ready to distribute the additional silver to miscellaneous items."

"Don't worry, this matter won't have much impact." Yao Zongwen explained and reassured:

"Fang Ge Lao and Sun Gechen have already asked Liu Yixiao to restrain the original Tian Fu of 4 million taels and miscellaneous of 1.2 million taels to 4.8 million taels of Tian Fu, 200,000 taels of miscellaneous items, 60,000 taels of salt and 30,000 taels of tariffs."

"Even so, it's too much" Gu Tianjun's face was dissatisfied.

Suzhou, as a major tax area in Nanzhili, weighs down the gentry every year, so they have to choose to postpone or pay less.

Originally, it could be delayed for half a year with last year's autumn tax and additional silver, but now because the Donglin Party is engaged in Jingcha, this process can't be played.

With the original land endowment and the current additional distribution, Suzhou's tax can reach about 16%, which is really too much.

Such an outcome told the gentry of Suzhou that they would probably only wonder if the Kun officials had submitted to the emperor.

"When the time comes, just pay less, long live there are not so many people to check." Tang Binyin still chose to use the old way to come to the lake.

When Gu Tianjun heard this, there was no better way in his heart, so he could only sigh and nodded.

Just as they sighed, the other carriage was filled with quarrels.

"The prince leads the troops, this is chaos!"

"Isn't it that the king hasn't married yet......"

"If you don't have a king, you dare to command more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, wouldn't you want to follow the example of Tang Taizong if you are crowned king?!"

"Okay, okay......"

The thin old man in the carriage, whose beard was shaking, angrily reprimanded Zhu Youzhen's behavior, while Zuo Guangdou next to him was constantly comforting him.

As for this old man, it is Gao Panlong, the first cannon of the Donglin Party.

This old boy is different from Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Han Yi and others, he has been an official for thirty-two years, only six years are served as a county warden, and the rest of the time he is in charge of ceremonial and imperial history and other mouth cannon positions.

During the period when he was a warden, this old boy did not make any political achievements, thinking that it was a shame to be demoted to a warden, and he was rotten every day, and finally went home directly after six years, and after being reinstated, he began his own mouth cannon journey.

Compared with him, Yang Lian started from the grassroots county order, in order to truly understand the local people's conditions, he often wore green shirts and shoes, went deep into the fields and houses, visited micro-clothes, and knew all about Lu Lili's disease, and was deeply supported by the people.

Zuo Guangdou was the one who entered the officialdom and obtained the official position of the Zhongshu Sheren.

But he didn't think this was a good thing, but went to run for the imperial history, and then inspected the capital, arrested the officials who did a lot of evil in the Ministry of Officials, and caught more than 100 villains who pretended to be officials, which shocked the entire Jingshi.

As for Han Yi, he was arranged to copy books, and he did not mess up like Gao Panlong, but worked diligently, and was finally noticed by Zhu Changluo, and he made steady progress.

From this point, it can be seen that Gao Panlong is a guy who thinks very highly of himself, but has no ability.

The only ability, perhaps, is that he is still slightly good at literature.

Because of this, most of the mouth cannon members of the Donglin Party gathered around him, who only knew about impeachment, but did not know what opinions to put forward.

Compared with Yang Lian and others, people like him are thrown in front of Zhu Youzhen, and it is estimated that Zhu Youzhen will not look at him squarely.

He Zhu Youzhen, whether in his previous life or in this life, hates keyboard warriors the most......

"Such a person should be sealed early, and then he will get married immediately!"

Gao Panlong didn't feel discouraged, and began to scold Zhu Youzhen for what he had done.

Yang Lian, who was sitting opposite him, looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, because of his identity as one of the founders of Gao Panlong Donglin Academy, he couldn't debate with the other party.

Whenever this happened, he recalled Zhu Youzhen's words that most of the people in Qingliu were idle people.

Isn't the Gao Panlong in front of him a representative of Qingliu's inaction?

Yang Lian sighed in his heart, but Han Yi saw that he didn't speak, so he asked:

"Wen Ru, you were beside His Royal Highness at the time, you should supervise him well, now that he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is inevitable that he will not have ambitions in the future."

"How am I going to oversee that?" Yang Lian smiled bitterly.

His wry smile was a bitter smile that everyone didn't understand Zhu Youzhen, but Han Yi and others thought that Yang Lian couldn't stop it.

Only Zuo Guangdou understood that his best friend and Han Yi and Gao Panlong didn't mean the same thing.

During those days in Huaibei, Zuo Guangdou probably knew Zhu Youzhen's personality from Yang Lian's mouth.

Although he is still a little worried, he will not slander Zhu Youzhen at every turn like Gao Panlong.

"No, after returning to Beijing, the old man must be sparse, please long live the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to Liaodong, so as not to encounter danger in the capital!"

Gao Panlong was righteous, and those who didn't know thought that Zhu Youzhen was really a wolf ambition.

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou looked at him, shook their heads in their hearts, and then ignored him anymore.

Han Yi also closed his eyes and did not respond.

Seeing this, Gao Panlong felt a little contemptuous of them in his heart, so he stopped talking.

However, when they were in the Cold War, Zhu Youzhen walked into the big chariot and met the imperial brother who was playing wrestling with Wei Zhongxian in the car.

"Brother is here?"

Seeing Zhu Youzhen coming, Zhu Youxiao also let go of Wei Zhongxian, who was thrown to the ground by him, and got up and walked towards Zhu Youzhen.

The little eunuch next to him helped him wipe his sweat, while Zhu Youzhen took out Qin Bangping's letter and handed it to the imperial brother:

"This is a letter from Shenyang Qin Bangping, I haven't read it yet, please ask my brother to decide."

"Hehe, my brother looks the same as I look." Zhu Youxiao said, and tore open the fire mark on the letter in Zhu Youzhen's hand: "Brother look at it first, I'll drink tea first." ”

"High in the Sky"

After that, Zhu Youxiao turned around and picked up the cold tea, and took a refreshing sip.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he was helpless, so he could only take out the letter, quickly read the content of the letter, and handed it to the other party and said:

"It seems that I have a good idea, the old slave should be about to invade Shenyang, and he has already begun to attack his mind."

When Zhu Youxiao heard that the battle was about to start again, he also frowned and put down the tea, took the letter and glanced at it, and then said:

"This old slave is really hateful, and the people of Liaodong are also like this, they actually choose to be thieves!"

Zhu Youxiao's words sounded a little harsh, but Zhu Youzhen had no choice.

In the final analysis, this era is still a family world, in Zhu Youxiao's view, the people should believe in him, instead of blindly choosing Nurhachi.

For this kind of thinking, Zhu Youzhen had no way to correct it for the imperial brother, so he could only divert the topic and say:

"After this review of the army, the younger brother asked the imperial brother to allow the imperial horse supervisor to recruit 9,000 troops in the Yongping area, and then let them go to Shenyang."

"Well, anyway, the guard station will be abolished at that time, and the battalion will be left to my younger brother, and it will not be bad for the new soldiers to be transferred to Shenyang." Zhu Youxiao nodded, looked at Zhu Youzhen again, and said:

"In two days, I will be able to see the soldiers and horses trained by my brother, I wonder if my brother has confidence?"

"Brother will wait and see." Zhu Youzhen returned the salute and looked confident.

For a while, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but wonder what his younger brother had trained the soldiers and horses of the Seven Guards and One Battalion.

However, he finally hid this idea in his heart, and gradually looked forward to the two-day review of the soldiers and horses......