The weather in Beijing in September was unusually hot.

In the past few days, Xu Huizu has not gone to set up a stall at night, because it is really too hot.

He got up before dawn today, then took a spear and practiced in the yard.

He is a military general, even if he can't lead the troops now, he has never been lazy, as long as he has time, he must practice at home.

But the weather was very hot, and he practiced for a while, and he was sweating profusely.

But he bit the cut and practiced until dawn.

At this time, his son Xu Qin also got up, Xu Qin does not practice martial arts, but he has been sensible a lot in recent years, which makes him very pleased, and sometimes he even has an illusion, as if since he is backward in the family road, Xu Qin is more mature and sensible than before, is this a good thing?

"Father, I'm out?" Xu Qin recently found a job, teaching people to learn words, saying that he was the son of Xu Huizu's old subordinates in the past, with a good salary, five treasure notes per month, and nearly three copper coins.

Xu Huizu knew that someone was sponsoring him, but after all, it was a serious matter, and he didn't say anything, which was a tacit acquiescence.

After practicing martial arts, Xu Huizu took Wei's servant Xu Ping to the field to have a look.

The emperor left him a hundred acres of land, and if he planted it well, the income was still very considerable.

The key is that Xu Ping is not this material, Xu Huizu didn't plant well in the first two years.

He is also a tough temper, he has to plant it himself, he wants to prove that Zhu Gaoxu said that in addition to being lucky and born noble, he still has some ability, but the result is that he loses the harvest every year, and he is forced to go out to sell words.

Reality taught him to be a man, and last year Xu Huizu finally compromised a little, so Xu Ping found an old man who farmed, and asked others for advice in a low voice.

That person used to be a tenant of the Xu family, but now his son has been conscripted into the army, and he has divided the Xu family's land, Xu Huizu actually doesn't want to beg him, but there is no way, he always has to live.

Li Laohan seriously taught him how to farm, and this year the growth is good.

Xu Huizu and Xu Ping came to the field, only to see that the rice was golden and very beautiful, and it was a thriving atmosphere.

Xu Ping smiled: "Master, we are going to have a bumper harvest this year." ”

Xu Huizu looked proud, thinking to himself, Gao Xu's rebel son wants to make things difficult for me, but I might as well get my wish, as long as I want to do one thing well, I will definitely be able to do it well.

"As long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, there will definitely be a bumper harvest this year." Xu Huizu's expression was proud, and a strong sense of accomplishment suddenly surged in his heart.

But when I think about it, there is some inexplicable sadness.

In the past, he fought a big victory, and only then did he feel that he could prove himself, but now he has planted a few acres of land and is about to have a bumper harvest, all of which have this feeling?

"Master, how much can we collect today?" Xu Ping asked cautiously.

"I asked Li Laohan, Zhili here, the autumn grain is good, and it can produce two stones."

"Then we can produce 200 stones for 100 acres?" Xu Ping said in surprise.

He immediately counted with his fingers again: "Let's use up to ten stone meters." ”

"Now one stone of rice is three dollars of silver, and if you sell the excess, you can get more than fifty taels of silver?"

Xu Ping's eyes were green, and his expression seemed to be a huge sum of money in more than fifty taels.

There's no way, Xu Mansion has seen more or less silver and copper coins without big ingots.

Now I only see treasure money all year round.

But it's also strange to say, lately the treasure money seems to be worth again.

It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu planned to discard the treasure banknotes, but he has not reprinted them for more than a year, and he has kept recycling and using the previous ones.

There were suddenly fewer treasure banknotes on the market, and they were not newly printed, and the treasure banknotes slowly caught up and began to be valuable again, which Zhu Gaoxu probably didn't expect.

"We should be able to have a good year." Xu Huizu also sighed.

Xu Huizu was sighing, and suddenly saw an acquaintance in the distance.

Then the acquaintance brought a few people over, and said excitedly: "Meet the general." ”

"Quick, come and meet General Xu."

It was his old subordinate Li Xuan.

Li Xuan is now the commander of Yulin's right guard, and he is followed by his two sons and several relatives.

Xu Huizu was dumbfounded after hearing this.

Li Xuan came to pull weeds in the field.

Li Xuan's field was also divided from Xu Hui's ancestral family, and after the rebellion, he was divided into 500 acres.

There are many fields at home, and they can't be farmed.

In the past, the Ming military households and senior generals could use their subordinates as laborers, but Emperor Zhu Gaoxu strictly forbade this, and whoever dared to use the military household would be dismissed from office if the military household reported it, and there was a limit on the number of servants in the family of each level official.

Therefore, when Li Xuan farmed, he had to spend money to hire people to help.

Like this time, because he was just pulling weeds, Li Xuan was reluctant to spend money to hire people, so he took his son and called a few relatives to come over to help.

"The court said that weeds in the field would affect the growth of rice, and the last general also learned from others, come and come, everyone will help General Xu pull it out in the field first." Li Xuan still respects Xu Huizu very much and helps his family to work first for a hundred acres.

Xu Huizu was a little embarrassed, but there were many people on the other side, and he could really help him.

Xu Huizu himself also went to the field himself, after all, he was used to it in the past two years.

Li Xuan actually squatted and worked with him, and the two chatted while pulling weeds.

Xu Huizu thought about it, but after all, he still couldn't hold back: "You are now the commander of Wei, and you still have to do this kind of farm work, can you get used to it?" ”

What he meant was that the rebel son would have to go to the field to get the generals down, would you be dissatisfied?

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then said quietly: "Your Majesty takes several princes to participate in spring sowing and autumn planting every year, and personally do farm work. ”

Just pretentious, Xu Huizu scolded secretly in his heart, but his expression was still a little depressed, and the rebel seemed to know everything and could do anything when he became the emperor.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said, "What are some major events in the imperial court recently?" ”

Li Xuandao: "An Guogong Shengyong, captured East Honda Iwami Silver Mountain in April. ”

"The eastern country of 100,000 soldiers and horses attacked Iwami Silver Mountain, and was defeated by An Guogong."

"I heard that there is chaos in the eastern homeland, and all the Tibetan countries have begun to disobey the order of their great general—"

Li Xuan also heard it, and he was not very familiar with it, but he could still explain the general meaning clearly.

He said that there is now a big general in the east country, and the Ming people are compared to Cao Cao of the year, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, before he was the strongest, everyone listened to him, but after being defeated by Sheng Yong, the country was a little chaotic, and many people were dissatisfied with his attitude towards the Ming people, and asked to re-trade with the Ming people, seek peace, and call the ministers.

Now that the emperor has not returned, the envoy of Dong's own peace has arrived in Beijing, waiting for His Majesty to summon him.

Li Xuan also said that the stone saw that the silver mountain was rich in silver, copper and iron, and Sheng Yong had found a silver vein, and the imperial court was going to make a ruthless deal again.

Xu Huizu was very disgusted with this kind of copper smell, and looked down on Zhu Gaoxu's plundering behavior everywhere, so he was not interested in this kind of thing at all, he was more concerned about how Sheng Yong defeated the Dongnatives.

"Sheng Yong is only more than 10,000 people, how did he defeat the 100,000 army of the Eastern Kingdom?"

"An Guogong brought a lot of artillery, Dong himself didn't see their power at all, and a few waves of artillery knocked them down."

"The last general heard that the army did not suffer any casualties."

“。。” Xu Huizu.

In fact, before the imperial court, Xu Huizu knew about the fireworks everywhere, and he secretly hoped that Zhu Gaochu could hold back, and it was best to defeat him in Dongben and Nanyang, but he still had a bottom line, and he didn't want Zhu Gaochu to lose to Shaharu, which would be a disaster for Daming.

He just wanted Zhu Gaoxu to enjoy the pain of failure.

Unexpectedly, the first news disappointed him, Sheng Yong was in Dongben, more than 10,000 defeated 100,000, and forced peace with Dongben.

Special mother, if I go, I will definitely play better than Sheng Yong, he silently bragged for himself in his heart.

Then Li Xuan said that Nanyang, the imperial court seemed to have won a big victory again.

"I heard that Zhang Fu broke through Ma Hejia's Jingshi and plundered a huge amount of wealth and population, and it may not be long before it will be transported to China by sea."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan said mysteriously: "Zhang Fu fought very well in this battle, and he may be crowned uncle." ”

Zhang Fu's uncle in the Yongle Year had already been canceled by Zhu Gaoxu, but if he fought well in this battle, the emperor would definitely reward him heavily.

Xu Huizu saw Li Xuan's envious look, and his heart was even more uncomfortable.

Rebels are big wins everywhere? And Tianli?

"Zhang Fu is playing on the beach, right? How is Qu Neng on land? It's all mountainous over there, and the road is not easy to walk, I heard that during the rebellion war, Li Bin led 150,000 horses into it, and came back less than half? Xu Huizu refers to Qu Neng attacking Siam and other countries one after another.

"The news that the last general heard, the imperial court in Siam, Burma, etc., is a victory." Li Xuan said: "Your Majesty has made preparations for war. ”

"However, the progress in the mountainous area is relatively slow, and the imperial court adopts layers of advancement, each area is occupied, a district is consolidated, a fort is built, and roads are cleared-—— I heard that His Majesty gave Qu Neng an order not to rush to defeat all places on land, and it will take a few years to play slowly with them."

"How many years will the imperial court fight? The cost is enormous. Xu Huizu said angrily.

Li Xuan looked dazed: "No, they are all in the enemy country, and they can also plunder wealth and population." ”

“。。” Xu Huizu.

After a while, his face turned red: "The imperial army is now like a bandit." ”

The rebel son trained the Ming army like bandits, and the reputation of the Ming Dynasty was stinky.

Of course, he knows what it means to feed war with war, that is, to keep robbing in various countries.

When Li Xuan heard this, he blurted out: "Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, foreign clans have entered the Central Plains of our Han people countless times to plunder and kill, why can't we do this?" ”

Xu Huizu looked up and glared at him, he didn't have to think about it, he must have been taught by a rebel again.

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he reacted and quickly lowered his head: "This is not what the last general said, the last general is -—— is-I feel very reasonable." ”

"Foreigners are barbaric and brutal, no different from wild beasts and livestock, our dignified and ceremonial state, do we want to learn from foreigners?" Xu Huizu was completely angry, obviously feeling that Li Xuan had been brainwashed and was no longer his former confidant, he stood up and said loudly, and threw the weeds that had just been pulled out in his hand.

brush, Li Xuan's face also turned red instantly, and he seemed to be very angry and stood up: "If for the so-called etiquette, you have to mobilize 100,000 soldiers and horses, 100,000 people, and 1 million grains, and if you don't talk about etiquette, you only need 20,000 soldiers and horses, you don't need people, you don't need grain and grass, and the general thinks that he would rather not talk about etiquette." ”

"Is the life of our Ming soldiers so worthless? For the sake of the general's so-called etiquette, can you be humble everywhere and let people be bullied to the head, but can you only swallow the sky and reason? ”

"Li Xuan, you-" Xu Huizu was furious: "Why did you become so unbearable?" ”

"It's the general who doesn't know how to be flexible." Li Xuan said immediately.

The two who were originally masters and servants suddenly quarreled, and there was panic all around.

Everyone stood up from the rice fields.

Xu Huizu glared at Li Xuan, and Li Xuan glared at him unto be outdone.