The emperor was writing a reply, and Wang Tiqian had already retreated to the palace gate, waiting for the military report to arrive.

The Pingliao War has begun, and this is what the emperor is most concerned about, how can Wang Tiqian not know?

If you present the military report of victory to the emperor, it is like giving the emperor good news. Pleasing the emperor's favor is Wang Tiqian's favorite thing to do.

Just when Wang Tiqian felt that it was in vain again, a palace man came in a hurry, and he hurriedly greeted him.

"Emperor, Emperor." Wang Tiqian's shouting interrupted the emperor, causing him to frown and raise his head in displeasure.

"Great joy, great joy!" Wang Tiqian rushed into the hall with the military report, knelt down in front of the imperial case, held the military newspaper high above his head, and reported in a trembling voice: "Our army won a great victory in Haicheng, killing more than 20,000 enemies......

Emperor Huo Ran stood up, leaned over and snatched the military newspaper from Wang Tiqian's hand, opened it and read it in ten lines.

An excited look appeared on the emperor's face, and he still tensed up, and looked at it carefully again until he confirmed that it was correct, and then laughed out loud.

Annihilating the enemy defending Haicheng, coupled with artillery attacks on the enemy camp, and breaking through the enemy camp and defeating the captives, Xiong Tingbi sent people to carefully count the enemy's corpses and came up with quite accurate figures.

In the past few years, Jiannu Company has been defeated, how many troops are left, and what is the speed of replenishment? Through the estimation of the intelligence of all parties, the emperor knew this clearly.

Kill more than 20,000! Jiannu's fiasco this time can be regarded as a big loss of vitality. Pingliao is close at hand, how can the emperor not forget to be happy.

With a total population of less than one million, where does the capital and confidence come from to fight with the Ming Kingdom? As soon as the emperor won the stud, he crippled Jianyu.

As long as there is a victory, how much ammunition and materials are consumed, and how much money is spent, the emperor does not care at all, and there are sufficient reserve funds. It's a big deal to use the royal private money to destroy the Jianyu, and save it in the future!

"Yes, yes!" The emperor couldn't hide his excitement, holding the military newspaper in his hand, pacing back and forth in the hall, and praised repeatedly, "After this great victory, the destruction of slaves is just around the corner." ”

Wang Tiqian smiled and agreed, "The emperor is wise and martial, and the clown who jumped off the beam is a clown, and his demise is certain." ”

It's dripping, it's dripping! Since I possessed and crossed, the demise of Jiannu has been doomed.

The emperor nodded again and again, deeply impressed, and did not refuse the compliment. Even if fate dooms the year of the Apocalypse to end in seven years, and Jiannu is disabled, what storms can arise?

"Soldiers have merit in killing the enemy, and I am not stingy in rewarding merit." The emperor stopped and said loudly: "Immediately issue a decree and praise, and then take 200,000 silver from the inner treasury and transport it to Liaodong." ”

"Yes, slave and maid will do it." Wang Tiqian bowed down and withdrew from the main hall.

The emperor sat in the imperial chair, his mood was still not calm, he picked up a pen and laid out paper, and began to write a secret letter to Xiong Tingbi.

"It is advisable to chase after the poor and ......"

The Emperor shook his head, clutched up the paper, and rewrote it. This plagiarized poem is very imposing, but the emperor is worried that the front-line generals will chase after them and fall into an ambush or something, which will be a bad thing.

It is still necessary to advance steadily, to suppress the slave with force, and to crush the slave with absolute superior firepower, and not to give any unexpected variables.

The recovery of Liaoyang and Shenyang also meant the basic success of Pingliao, and our prestige was greatly increased by this war, and it also swept away the obstacles to the implementation of various reform policies.

Hmph, the captives have all been destroyed, and those powerful clans still dare to wrestle with me? It's time to clean them up, too.

The emperor pursed the corners of his mouth, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.

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For several years, Jingshi has never heard the alarm, and every once in a while, good news will come from Liaodong. The fact that Jianyu was suppressed by the Ming army seems to have become a common understanding among people.

Beginning this autumn, the frequency of the extermination of slaves in Pingliao has greatly increased in the newspapers, and more frequently than "Pingliao extermination" is the "power of the whole country."

What is the power of the whole country, that is, those who have never read a book, when they hear this word, they almost understand the meaning.

But for the common people, the "power of the whole country" mobilized by the emperor does not seem to have affected their lives.

There was no increase in taxes and no conscription of labor, and it seems that these two aspects are related to the lives of the common people.

Not only that, but the way for ordinary people to make a living is wider and wider. The change, the change caused by the reform, has made more and more people feel it.

Of course, at the bottom, ordinary people do not care about certain reform policies. In addition to the fact that the scope of information they have access to is too narrow, it is also because it is none of their business. For example, severe punishment for corrupt officials, such as the imperial examination, and so on.

Food, clothing, housing, transportation, salt, rice, oil, salt. Only these little things are what ordinary people have to experience and care about every day.

The price of salt has dropped, good, good! This winter, I used an iron stove and honeycomb coal at home, which didn't cost much, and it was warm, okay, good! The price of grain has dropped, and I heard that it is transported to Tianjin by sea, and the freight is less, good, great!

When ordinary people are no longer afraid of war, these things that are closely related to life occupy most of their thinking.

It can't be blamed that they don't care about national affairs, to understand the people at the bottom, the burden of life is on their bodies, and they have paid their greatest energy for themselves and their families not to be hungry or cold.

But it is undeniable that most people feel that their lives have changed for the better. There are more opportunities to work, more income, full meals, and even a few more meals of meat.

"Daddy!" Erya's eyes widened at first, and then there was a surprise, Dad ran to Tianjin and came back so soon.

The second father smiled, walked over quickly, and said, "Go home and warm up, Dad will help you look at the stall." ”

"I'm not cold." Erya shook her head, pointed to the stove and smiled: "It's it, it's warm!" ”

The second father put his hands on the stove and roasted the fire, and said with white mist in his mouth: "The capital is not bad, if it is in Liaodong, it will be very cold." ”

Erya blinked her eyes and asked puzzledly, "Dad, then shall we go back to Liaodong?" ”

The second father's hand stopped, a little hesitant and a little hesitant.

"I think it's good to be in Jingshi." Erya grinned and said, "Isn't farming harder, and it's not too much, right?" ”

The second girl nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Girl, you can't just look at what is in front of you!" This is a small business, and you can do it for a lifetime? But if the family has more than a dozen acres of land, it is a long-term livelihood. When you are idle in winter, you can earn more by doing some other subsidies. ”

Oh, Erya is a good girl, and she doesn't talk back to her father. The mother wants to give birth to a little brother, and if the family has a field, it can really be passed down from generation to generation.

"It's coming." The second girl father grinned and said with a smile: "Liaodong is about to settle down." In Tianjin, I heard some news that Jiannu was defeated in Haicheng and died tens of thousands! ”

"Haicheng?" Erya tilted her head and thought about it, and said, "Isn't that close to our hometown?" ”

"yes!" The second father nodded vigorously and said: "Since we are Liao, we also bought Pingliao debts, and if we return to Liaodong, the imperial court has a policy and will take care of it." ”

Erya asked, "Will you build a house for our family, the original seems to have burned down." ”

A few years have passed, and even the memory has become blurred. Although he remembered it in his dream, the second father knew that the house had indeed burned.

"Yes, I will build a new one, it's better than the original." The second father comforted his daughter and looked forward to the future, "It's still close to Haicheng, and I can go to the city to do small business." ”

Erya nodded in disbelief and said, "When our family has a field, half of it will be planted with sweet potatoes, and we can eat it at home, and we can sell it." ”

"Okay, a variety of sweet potatoes." The second father reached out and touched his daughter's head, and agreed.

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The freshly roasted sweet potatoes were steaming hot, exuding an enticing sweet aroma, and fell into Yingzi's hands.

Although it was so hot that she poured her hands back and forth, Yingzi still smiled happily, and it wasn't until Zhang Zhuzi took off a glove that she grasped it firmly.

When you break the sweet potato, the flavor is even stronger and appetizing. Yingzi handed half of it to Zhang Zhuzi, blew it with his mouth, took a bite, and smiled when he ate it.

"Haicheng is recovered, and the next thing is Liaoyang and Shenyang." Zhang Zhuzi didn't rush to eat the sweet potato, his eyes flashed, and he said: "This winter, I will almost be able to pacify the entire Liaodong." ”

Yingzi blinked her eyes and said, "I've decided, go back to my hometown and help my father farm." Just plant sweet potatoes, as many fields as you want. ”

After speaking, Yingzi shook his head again and said, "I have to leave some land for my father, he wants to grow yellow smoke!" ”

Just for the sweet potato?! Zhang Zhuzi expressed surprise at the reason for the decision, but soon burst into a smile and said, "Okay, plant whatever you say." ”

"You listen to me?" Yingzi showed a mischievous expression.

Zhang Zhuzi nodded vigorously and replied solemnly with an "um".

"Then I won't let you transport supplies anymore." Yingzi looked at Zhang Zhuzi with a smile, "You are a retired officer and soldier, and you still need that reward from the past?" ”

Zhang Zhuzi opened his mouth slightly, blinking his eyes, he was really a little embarrassed, and it took a long time before he muttered: "I am the captain, those people have to be led by me!" ”

Yingzi giggled and said, "Okay, I'll tease you, look at your embarrassment." ”

After a pause, Yingzi put away his smile and solemnly admonished: "Come back quickly after sending the supplies, don't go to the place where the war is fought!" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Zhuzi agreed without a word.

Yingzi put her mind at ease, ate the baked sweet potatoes sweetly, and chatted casually with Zhang Zhuzi.

"Momoko wants to live in the city, and I told the boss that if Haicheng opens a shop, she will go there."

"As for you, you can live in the city if you want. There is also land outside the city, not far away. ”

"My father doesn't want to! He had to build a few houses, have a big yard, raise some chickens and ducks, and go to the fields with just a bag of cigarettes. ”

"That's right." Yingzi suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Pingliao is almost over, but Jianyu won't come over again, kill and loot, right?" ”

Zhang Zhuzi smiled and said firmly: "Not only Pingliao, but also to destroy slaves, this is set by Long Live." With so many men and horses, so many cannons, they will definitely be able to completely wipe out Jiannu. ”

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