At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's face was straight: "Last time I talked to the prefect about taxes, although the imperial court did not agree to reduce or exempt them, but I, Zhu Gaoxu, must not lose my words when I say something." ”

"Starting from this year, the Yuanzhou Na clan will pay a tax of 2,000 stone every year, and the rest will be paid by this king for you."

Historically, after the Yuanjiang Mansion was upgraded to a military and civilian government, the tax was reduced to more than 1,900 stones.

That's what they were supposed to do next year.

But Narong doesn't know.

The court refused to reduce the tax, and the king of Han wanted to use private subsidies to brush it, he was flushed at the time, and said excitedly: "The court is unfair, but the king of Han is well aware of the righteousness, but how can I let the king of Han pay this tax, it is not possible, it is absolutely impossible." ”

"Bang" Zhu Gaochu slapped the case and said angrily: "I, Zhu Gaoxu, have always done what I say, so if the prefect does not agree, is this to put me in an unkind and unjust place?" ”

"This?" Rong was speechless, and his eyes were faintly red.

"I am in Yunnan, you are my brothers and people, as a family member, if I don't have this burden, how can I serve the people? This matter was so decided, and the prefect did not need to say more. ”

Na Rong almost burst into tears, plopped, knelt down again, and kowtowed heavily: "King Han's righteousness, that family up and down, never forget, if you are sent, I am willing to go to the soup and fire, and never give up." ”

"Then big brother, please get up." Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed, helped him, and called his eldest brother affectionately: "From today on, we are a family." ”

Yunnan in September suddenly became lively, with the will of the imperial court, soldiers and horses from all over Yunnan gathered in Mengzi, and the Ming court officially conquered Annam.

When Yunnan was gathering soldiers and horses, a merchant ship slowly galloped into Yinxian (Ningbo).

Song Changlin walked out of the cabin with bare arms and sweating profusely.

It was now September, and the weather was extremely hot, so he took his son and five or six subordinates to Yinxian County.

Recently, the imperial court intends to use troops against Annan, and is gathering troops and horses from all directions to Hangzhou.

In addition to Huguang, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, about 50,000 people were also dispatched from Jingshi and Jiangnan.

The soldiers and horses near the Beijing division were all assembled in Hangzhou, and then went to Guangxi along the waterway in batches, taking almost the same route that Yang Lishan took to transport goods from Guangxi to Yunnan.

Song Changlin's ship finally docked, and found that a large number of warships and merchant ships were also gathered around Yinxian County, and many civilian merchant ships were requisitioned to transport troops.

In this battle, the Ming court mobilized nearly 300,000 troops on the east road and 50,000 on the Yunnan side, adding up to 800,000 troops.

"It's going to be war again." Song Changlin's son, Song Bo, spat into the river.

Song Bo was only sixteen years old, but he looked extremely mature and had a fierce face.

During the Jingjing, he spent two years in Zhu Gaoxu's personal army, and then came out to follow his father to run a business (part-time detail), and the main task was also to lurk near the Beijing Division, while doing business for Zhu Gaoxu, while inquiring about various news about the Beijing Division, of course, also part-time assassination of some important opponents.

For example, Yuan Hui's two sons, Yuan Yi and Guan Yuan.

Yin County is Yuan Hui's hometown, Yuan Yi and Guan Yuan both asked Zhu Di for a huge amount of money after the success of Jingnan, and then returned to their hometown to become rich men.

Song Changlin spent several months carefully checking their actual situation.

There is a Yuanjia village in Yinxian County, the Yuan family is very famous in the local area, many people in the ancestors have been warlocks, and the people in the village will more or less do physiognomy, but when they arrive at Yuan Hui's house, they can see the most powerful and accurate.

It is said that after the success of Jingnan, many people from other places came to Yuanjiacun to learn physiognomy.

Yuan Yi and Guan Yuan built a courtyard on a local hill on the north side of Yuanjia Village, and the two families lived in it, and this mountain was almost equivalent to Zhu Di's reward for them, and became the Yuan family's property.

Yuan Yi has not yet married, but Guanyuan has been married early, and his family has been staying in Yin County before the Jing disaster.

Yuan Yi came to the back of the yard early this morning, he got two acres of fields here, you must know that it is not easy to get fields on the mountain, he found many people, picked up the soft soil from the bottom of the mountain, and then reclaimed two acres of land on the back mountain.

After retreating, Yuan Yi quickly got used to the current life, but he often mixed with some mothers-in-law before, but now he suddenly has no woman, and he is a little uncomfortable, so Yuan Yi has to go to Yinxian County every few days to play with women.

Guan Yuan persuaded him to get married early, Yuan Yi smiled and shook his head, he likes to play, but he doesn't want to get married, at least he has no plans for the past few years.

He can't run out of money now, he can go down the mountain if he wants to play with women, and he can also take turns to play, this kind of day is not happier than getting married.

When Yuan Yi was fiddling with the vegetable garden in the field, Guanyuan hadn't gotten up yet, and was in the house with his mother-in-law in his arms.

Yuan Yicai did it for a while, and he was sweating profusely, and it was really hot today.

He crossed his hands on his waist and breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly thought of the new Xiao Ruyi in Yin County, that Xiao Ruyi is said to be the daughter of the former Yin County Commander, after Zhu Di entered Beijing, the County Commander committed suicide, and Xiao Ruyi was later sold to the Spring Courtyard.

This little Ruyi is graceful, good-looking, and will serve people, Yuan Yi thinks about it, his heart is a little hot, on such a hot day, he should hug Xiao Ruyi and live happily, and then sleep well.

Of course, whether it is hot or not when he is happy will not be able to do so, this will be something he did not expect.

Thinking about it like this, Yuan Yi wanted to go down the mountain.

He came to the outside of his brother Guanyuan's house, regardless of whether he got up or not, and said loudly: "I went down the mountain and won't come back at noon." ”

Then he turned and walked away.

After going down the mountain, I went to Yinxian first, found Xiao Ruyi, and was decisively happy, but I was sweating again, and I regretted it after the incident, I felt hot and tired, so it was better to stay at home in a cool place.

He was generous, and he had to stay in the small Ruyi room for a day and one night every time.

Early the next morning, he hugged the half-asleep and half-awake little Ruyi and was happy again, and then he went home refreshed.

Pushing open the door of his compound, Yuan Yi suddenly felt that it was quiet inside.

When he returned home from Yinxian, it was already about ten o'clock in the morning, and it was said that at this time, his brother Guanyuan had already gotten up, but there was no sound in the yard, and the silence was terrible.

Yuan Yi is doing this, very alert, his expression moved slightly, and he reflexively pressed his hand behind his waist.

When he used to go out, he would carry a short knife on his body, but it has been more than two years since Jing Nan succeeded, and he has been in Yinxian for nearly half a year, and nothing has ever happened, so he is becoming more and more at ease during this time.

Now I suddenly found that I didn't have a guy with me.

Don't panic, don't scare yourself, Yuan Yi cheered himself up in his heart, and then said loudly: "Big brother, sister-in-law, I'm back." ”

He felt that he had been doing things behind the scenes, and the remnants of Jianwen didn't know that there was such a person as Yuan Yi, even if they wanted to take revenge, they couldn't find him.

Yuan Yi quickly passed through the front yard and came to his own house, and as soon as he entered the courtyard door, he saw that his door was open.

His face changed dramatically.

Even if he wasn't at home, Guan Yuan wouldn't be able to open his door.

Yuan Yi hurriedly turned around and ran.

Squeak, bang, the outside door slammed shut.

Two big men with crossbows with their faces masked, and waist knives at their waists, blocked the door.

The two men saw Yuan Yi turn around and raise their crossbows at him at the same time.

Special mother, Yuan Yi scolded in his heart, those who can use crossbows are generally officers and soldiers.

But he didn't care about scolding now, and turned around and wanted to run back door.

Three more people came out the back door.

The leading one is none other than Song Changlin.

Song Changlin had a weed in his mouth and looked at Yuan Yi with a smile.

"Who are you? If you want money, you can say, I have a lot of money. Yuan Yi's eyes rolled: "As long as you let me go, you can spend as much as you want." ”

Song Changlin laughed: "After killing Ling, the money here is all ours." ”

"Where's my brother?" Song Changlin said excitedly.

Song Changlin ignored him, made a look, and the two people on the left and right rushed up, and Song Bo had already picked up a short axe in his hand.

His short axe is smaller than Zhou Hu's, but Puzhu Gaoxu uses it on horseback to be bigger, and it can be seen that he likes to use axes, and his arm strength should be not small.

Yuan Yi squatted down violently, grabbed the mud and sand, and threw it head-on.

He reacted quickly, and the two people opposite him were slammed.

"Ni Niang's" Song Bo and another person covered their eyes and scolded, and Yuan Yi rushed towards Song Changlin with an arrow.

There was a crossbow blocking the front door, and he didn't dare to rush directly to the back door.

Yuan Yi is actually very good at fighting, but unfortunately last night and this morning, he hugged Xiao Ruyi and lived happily many times, and in the two years after the success of Jing Nan, there was almost nothing to fight, and when he suddenly moved again, he felt that his legs were a little weak.

Damn, Yuan Yi secretly complained in his heart, and regretted that he went to find Xiao Ruyi last night.

Song Changlin stood still, watched Yuan Yi rush up, and raised his feet violently: "your mother." ”

Bang, kicked Yuan Yi hard in the stomach.

Ah, Yuan Yi screamed, plopped, and the whole person was kicked out by Song Changlin, I really didn't expect Song Changlin to have such a lot of strength on his feet.

He is also not afraid of danger, and originally wanted to take advantage of this tumbling to roll up.

Unexpectedly, before the person got up, Song Bo and another person had already rushed up, and one of them jumped forward directly, pounced, and knocked him down again with the others, and then wrapped his legs around him and hugged him with both hands.

Song Bo came over in three steps and two steps, and the two were still entangled on the ground.

With a flutter, an axe slashed at Yuan Yi's left foot.

Yuan Yi's half left foot flew out instantly.

"Ah" Yuan Yi screamed, finally losing his combat strength.

Several people came over and cut off his hands behind his back and pressed him to his knees.

Yuan Yi was already disheveled, his expression was frightened and afraid: "Who are you, who are you—ah-——"

Song Changlin took out a short knife, slowly walked in front of him, looked at Yuan Yi, and said slowly: "When you killed Huang Ying back then, did you ever think that you have today?"

Hiss, Yuan Yi gasped and stared at him incredulously, finally knowing that these people in front of him were sent by King Han.

"I didn't, I didn't, King Han misunderstood me-——" Yuan Yi was still quibbling, and in the middle of speaking, his face suddenly changed greatly: "She, she's not dead?"

Yuan Yi came back to his senses, the little lady who jumped into the river that day may not be dead, otherwise how could he know that he did it.

In an instant, his face was like ashes, but what he didn't expect was that the King of Han actually sent someone to kill him after nearly two years.

"You can't kill me, I also listen to Your Majesty's dictation to do things, Huang Zicheng refused to surrender, Your Majesty was furious, so he decided to kill Huang Ying."

"I also act according to orders, if you kill me, Your Majesty will suspect it."

Yuan Yi cried.

Now he finally understood the mood of Huang Ying and them that day, how scared Huang Ying and them were at that time, then how scared he was now.

"You dare to move the woman of the King of Han?" Song Changlin smiled cruelly: "King Han asked me to tell you, your Yuan family will die." ”

After speaking, he swooped and stabbed Yuan Yi into the heart.

Yuan Yi stared at Song Changlin unwillingly.

Song Changlin slowly pulled out the short knife and whispered in his ear: "Yuan Heng looks so accurate, can't he see that his own son is going to die at the hands of King Han?" ”

Yuan Yi's mouth moved, muttering, he didn't say it when he wanted to speak, he snorted, and the next moment a mouthful of blood spurted wildly, and he died of exhaustion.

Song Changlin looked up at everyone: "Kill them all, take away all the silver and jewelry, and everything you can take away." ”

They turned the house upside down, giving people the illusion that robbers had entered the house, and then immediately went down the mountain and fled back to Beijing.

(End of chapter)