Ma Fang also looked back at the large army retreating westward, and then gritted his teeth and said, "You have to guard against them chasing after you, right?" ”

"Someone broke off." The captain of his squad broke off the idea that he would continue to reconnoitre.

Ma Fang couldn't just run away like this, then he would only be shot as a hedgehog first.

At this moment, he is like an arrow, but he is helpless.

He didn't know that after he went, he could only be forced to go farther away from Daming first, but he also grew from an ordinary young soldier to a brave general who was really familiar with Mengyuan's tactics.

When the good news came to the capital, Zhu Houxi was overjoyed: "The offensive and defensive momentum is different!" Spread the message, Yu Dayou sealed Hanhaibo! I don't want to waste my strength in vain, I must no longer be able to wait for Gunbilik to die of old age for the sake of fame. Will he take the right wing first, or will he simply go to the Khan's court and take the bird's seat? ”

Also as the "emperor", Zhu Houxi understands what he thinks.

This battle shattered the illusion of Ota . After facing the new reality, he took the initiative to start from the long-term future and was ready to adjust his strategy.

On the contrary, Xia Yan was a little stunned: "Will he take the initiative to set off civil strife in Mengyuan?" ”

Zhu Houxi chuckled: "He can't wait." It's only been four years, and he doesn't know Da Ming anymore. Only when he has more than 100,000 troops and has no worries can he divide his troops to pinch the weakness of the Ming army. If the grasslands can't be unified, today the Khan's court robbed Duoyan and beat him. Tomorrow Gonbilikko is on three sides, and I will beat him. If there's anything to do, I'll answer it! I stared at him and beat him, but neither the Khan Court nor Gunbiric would help him, could it be that the Tumut tribe was cut through all the territory by me with a knife? ”

A smart person like me answers, when he sees the first knife clearly, he knows what tactics are behind.

In this country-to-country war, I want to use one enemy against one country, but there is no such possibility.

Da Ming doesn't give him time to have both fame and strength! If the Mengyuan tribes are still a mess of scattered sand, why should I compete with the Ming Dynasty?

Whoever wants to unify the current grassland and make all ethnic groups submit, only blood and fire can be forged!

"Han Haibo! General Wei's hussar biography: Feng wolf lives in Xu Mountain, Zen in Guyan, and ascends to Hanhai! ”

The will was transmitted to Cloud City, and before the heavy snow had melted, Zhao Benxue seemed to have changed from a hermit who was indifferent to fame and fortune to a young man who was boiling with enthusiasm.

Looking at the Mobei Snow Plain, his eyes lit up terrifyingly: "Shisuke! Your Majesty has high hopes for you, and the intention to expel the northern captives is very strong! ”

Yu Dayou fought two battles and finally caught up with Tang Shunzhi.

Leaving Liangcheng before made me answer a slight misjudgment, and created the most favorable situation for taking Tucheng. Resist the city with a small break, deter the enemy with artillery fire, and persuade the retreat with a general trend!

His eyes were also very bright, looking at the far north: "If you can really land on the Hanhai, it will naturally be the day of the seal!" Master Zhao, this day will not be too far away! ”

How far is this day, and at this moment, the people in the capital who came to participate in the 11th annual examination of Jiajing are also discussing.

Since the defeat of the Marquis of Chicheng in the field battle of Lotus Leaf Mountain in the fifth year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty's record against the Northern Captives has been getting better and better. First, he beheaded the former lord of the Khan Court, and now he can regain the lost territory north of the border wall.

Gao Gong was also among the fellow examiners who were discussing, but he was more active in sharing what he had seen and heard in Yunnan.

"Have you heard? Jiaozhi Xuanjiao envoy also submitted a report that the Mo usurper minister, in order to maintain power, is also willing to return to Langshan, Langjiang, and Xin'an, and will also give Ke Po Island to Daming to set up an overseas business port! Gao Gong was a little excited, "The Outer Yunnan Divisions have returned to Wanghua, plus the newly established Mengmi Mansion in Yunnan, as well as the dozens of miles north of Datong, last year, the Ming Dynasty expanded the land and was more than one province!" ”

"How can a usurper be canonized? In my opinion, as Mr. Zhang said, it is just necessary to reset the province of Jiaozhi! ”

Zhang Fujing did become the prime minister and minister of state, and the Ming provinces have only been called provinces and not political envoys.

"Are you thinking, if you are admitted to the Jinshi and have one more province and several prefectures, you can first Lizhou County and then draw up a pavilion, right? Would you like to go there? ”

"Why not? Su Qing, Ling Zun inspected the Outer Yunnan Divisions. Now Wu Butai has been transferred to the Ministry of Rites and Communications in Nanjing, and Ling Zun has been promoted to the political envoy of Yunnan. Although it is a bit dangerous to be an official in Yunnan, it is also a place to make contributions. Su Qing went to Kunming for more than a year, and I heard that Yang Weiyue, the Tanhualang of the previous department, was also a county magistrate in Kunming......"

The new atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is also manifested in the young scholars.

After five years of Jiajing's examination and scoring system, and eight years of Jiajing's new academic system and new examination syllabus, the new school inevitably affects the thinking of young scholars who are aspiring to fame and fame.

They also gradually have a larger vision and spirit, imagining whether the Ming Dynasty will have a prosperous Tang Dynasty-like atmosphere.

At least now, the good news from the north and south has been transmitted to the capital, and the people in the capital of the Ming Dynasty are singing and laughing.

The Tartars are not as smelly as they used to be, and this is the best change in the hearts of the people of the capital who are very close to the border town.

At the Shuori court meeting in February, the civil and military ministers gathered early outside the noon gate.

At the front, it is Zhang Fujing.

After eleven years, he finally became a supreme minister.

Behind him, in addition to the eight state ministers, they are Yan Song, Yang Shen, Huang Zuo, Liu Long, Gui Cao, Zhai Luan, Liu Tianhe, Gu Dingchen and others.

They are the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Ministry of Finance and Taxation, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and Communications, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the Ministry of National Defense.

After this major change, although Zhang Zilin, Mao Ji, Wu Tingju and others are still in the State Palace, they should all be the last stop. Assist Zhang Fujing, and bring a new book with his past experience.

In addition to these people, the most eye-catching is a new corporate president who can be ranked in the national policy meeting: Cui Yuan, the first president of Daming Bank.

He's a brick, where it needs to be moved.

From the eleventh year of Jiajing, Cui Yuan will no longer hold such a position as Zongren Ling - Yu Chengye will take over; There is no longer a need to represent the five governments in military affairs - Guo Xun finally achieved his wish and returned to the National Policy Conference.

At today's court meeting, the new prime minister and minister of state will present the first major thing he will do after taking office: the new treasury of the Ming Dynasty and the new Tongbao system will be introduced.

This matter has been prepared for a long time, and Fei Hong, who has resigned and returned to his hometown to serve as the dean of Jiangxi University, has contributed a lot, but it is still Zhang Fujing who takes the lead in planning and preparation.

Whether the new law can be completed or not is now the most critical part.

After years of debate and practice, the monarchs and ministers have become very clear: the core problem of the Ming Dynasty is actually a financial problem.

Clearing the land, reforming the enslavement, and attaching importance to commercial taxation are only to expand the tax base; The expansion of the number of officials, the improvement of salaries, the strict enforcing of laws and regulations, and the establishment of a separate metropolitan inspection and public security system are only to improve efficiency and enforce orders and prohibitions.

The earliest new accounting methods, procurement methods, and budget decision-making methods all need to unify the treasury and unify the coinage power into the hands of the imperial court.

To this end, there was a separate enterprise Baoyuan Bureau, and now a special Daming Bank has been established.

It's a big day.

“…… The minister asked His Majesty to make a new treasure for the passage of the world, including three types of bronze treasures, silver silver dollars, and gold treasure tickets, and the rate was made by the Baoyuan Bureau of the Daming Bank Committee. For a period of nine years, old copper coins, broken silver, silver ingots and other new treasures were gradually collected......"

In the middle of the National Hall, three green-robed officials held three plates.

The one on the right, there are five copper coins on the plate that are different in size and color, and there are only four words on the front: Daming Tongbao. On the back, it is the new number and the capitalized traditional characters, the amount is naturally one, two, Wu, pick, and add the Jiajing eleven-year system, the outer circle and the inner square, as in the old example.

The one on the left, on the plate, is just a solid round coin. The front is the pattern of the Ming Sanchen flag, and there is a triangular mountain pattern based on a circle with an arc pattern of ups and downs, and a semicircle surrounds the Sanchen, and there are also four words of "Daming silver dollar". On the back, it's just the word "one or two", plus the words "Daming Bank" and "Jiajing Eleven-year System".

And the one in the center, on the plate are three beautiful pieces of paper. They are not as large as the original banknotes, but the paper used is clearly reworked and has a more elaborate pattern on them. This is due to the continuous improvement of marking technology in recent years, including the development of new inks. But at this moment, the most conspicuous thing on this treasure ticket is the gold pattern.

It is said that it is a gold pattern, but in fact, when making this kind of paper, gold threads are buried between the two layers of pulp and formed a circle. Now, some treasure tickets have three gold patterns with different widths, some have two, and some have one.

And in the circle where the gold veins are gathered, there are different images. A treasure ticket with a denomination of one hundred taels of silver, under the portrait reads: Portrait of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. The one with a denomination of fifty is Zhu Di. The denomination of twenty is Zhu Houxi. As for the back, it's all text.

If you want to use the emperor's statue, the reason is very simple: the new currency of the Ming Dynasty is directly linked to the majesty of the emperor, and if there is a private mint or fraud, you can directly use the top charge to do it, which is disrespectful.

Zhu Houxi waited for Zhang Fujing to finish the long content of the recital, and replied concisely: "Accurate! ”

Nowadays, the currency in the market is chaotic and strange, as well as treasure money and a lot of broken silver. Zhang Fujing will spend nine years to first digest the treasure money that has been collected through various channels over the years, and gradually recover all kinds of miscellaneous money on the market. Nine years later, starting from the twentieth year of Jiajing, every copper coin and silver on the market will be fixed and uniformly entrusted by Daming Bank to the Baoyuan Bureau.

There are still damaged, oxidized and corroded money constantly exchanged for new troubles, but the denomination of ten Wen Tongbao is not as heavy as a penny Tongbao, this is a unified system, currency circulation will also be an important part of the Daming Bank every three years need to report at the National Policy Conference.

After that, it was Zhang Fujing who continued to call for the establishment of Daming Bank and set up branches in various provincial capitals, prefectures, and counties.

At this initial stage, it is naturally impossible to liberalize the licenses of other commercial banks. To establish this system first, what needs to be done is to issue and exchange. There are two most important channels for issuance: officials directly convert silver from then on, and use new money to buy. The recycling of old currency, in addition to grain or physical goods, many taxes are converted into silver and banknotes.

The reason why Yang Shen was so anxious before was because the money law was about to be implemented, and the Ministry of Finance and Taxation had to bear the huge pressure of tax and silver caused by the recovery of treasure banknotes and the recovery of old money with insufficient fineness.

The establishment of Daming Bank means that Daming has a new sequence of officials. Although Daming Bank is a business, it is the most special enterprise. The incumbents within it have official qualities and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household or even the State Palace, but they supervise the upcoming unified treasury of the Ming Dynasty.

In this regard, it is natural to have a large number of more professional people to take up posts and do things.

Cui Yuan, the emperor's most trusted relative and minister, is the president, and the specific overall manager is Li Mo, the head of the Dingguo Security and Civil Section in the sixth year of Jiajing, and the chief Pingbo. The right deputy imperial envoy was reappointed as the president of Daming Bank, and he was the second product, which was equivalent to the treatment of a book.

This second invitation, Zhu Houxi's answer is also: "Accurate!" ”

Before it was over, Zhang Fujing began to ask for the third thing: "The minister please change the situation of the internal carrier warehouse, the Tai warehouse and other warehouses standing side by side, and set up the Ming treasury under His Royal Highness." The Ministry of Finance and Taxation manages the payment of taxes, which is supervised by the Daming Bank and supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The budget at the end of the previous year and the final accounts at the beginning of the next year shall be approved by the State Council and submitted to the National Policy Council for resolution, and shall be uniformly allocated by His Majesty's decree. The amount retained by the provincial capitals and counties shall be subject to this system, and shall first be reported to the State Council for approval......"

This matter is the most important, involving the localities, the center of the imperial court, the small treasury of various ministries, and the emperor's private treasury.

On the basis of many new laws in the past, it is now necessary for the State Council to have more centralized and unified financial power.

This financial power, whether it was the household department in the past, or even the emperor, was actually not tightly pinched. Local taxes and retention, coupled with the consumption of shipping and warehouse management, always make the household department feel that the "treasury is empty". And one of the main reasons for the deficit also included that the emperor took too much from the internal transport warehouse.

Now, on the surface, Zhang Fujing wants to take more from the emperor: "According to the current harem, ministers, and Zongren's mansion......"

After many of the rules were changed, the place where the emperor himself needed to spend money became much clearer, and one of the major changes was that the grain of the clan was paid by the Zongren Mansion from the grain reserve number, which used to be included in the reserved grain by the local treasury.

Zhang Fujing said that the court counselors only heard one meaning: Every year in the future, the state treasury will allocate silver to the internal carrier treasury for a fixed amount. If there is any need for money, His Majesty will issue a decree, and the Council of State and the State Council will discuss it again......

Although in the past, if the emperor wanted to build a palace or something, he also had to discuss. But now, there is a faint implication that after the budget is decided, the expenditure will be guaranteed by other state affairs first, and the additional money that the emperor wants to spend may not be satisfied.

This is a bit strange to some people: didn't the imperial court exist to meet the needs of the emperor?

Everyone is the one who can stand in the Forbidden City to participate in the court meeting, they know that there is also an Emperor Ming Asset Management Bureau, and they know that the Emperor has taken away many monopoly resource industries through enterprises, although these enterprises will still contribute a huge amount of tax and silver to the Ming treasury, but their profits are even more considerable.

But although he knew this, he asked the emperor to "consume a fixed amount" on the surface, which can be regarded as a big rebellion to a certain extent.

However, Zhu Houxi's reaction was still very simple: "Accurate! ”

Three times in a row, as if the emperor confirmed his determination to implement the new law in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, and trusted Zhang Fujing, a "fortunate minister" who became the prime minister and minister of state in just 11 years.

After the court meeting of "Your Majesty Shengming", Li Quanli returned to the mansion.

In his mansion, Li Jin's two sons live here.

"Where's Yuan'er?" He asked his own son, Li Yingchen.

“…… It's time to go to the big arena. ”

After the rectification, the stadium began to operate again, and this time the "color industry" of the kings was handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

“…… Monkey business! Go and call him back to me! Li Quanli's face was not very good-looking.

He continued to pack his bags, and Li Yuan returned to the mansion at almost noon, and saluted a little tirelessly in front of him: "What are the instructions of the father-in-law to call the child back?" ”

Li Quanli didn't say a word and looked at him.

The son of Chicheng Hou, who is famous all over the world, is now a noble son with fine clothes and food. He is fifteen years old, but he does not have the heroism of a young man, but he is more delicate than the daughter of a big family.

"Naturally, it's a matter of going to Xuanfu." Li Quanli frowned, and finally opened his mouth, "Wu Xueling refuses to go, and you don't want to go either, are you just messing around?" ”

"Father-in-law, isn't my father born and died on the battlefield just so that our brothers can live a stable and good life?" Li Yuan still said lazily, "The child is not the material for studying and becoming an official, and he can't cut off the Li family's incense at risk." Now the child can also set a family business, father-in-law, before you go to Xuanfu, can you help the child do this? became a parent, and the child is also good to play, please inherit Uncle Akagi. ”

Li Quanli's chest rose and fell, and anger grew in his eyes.

The child grew up like this, and Li Quanli was at fault. After returning from Xuanfu, he trained more carefully in the three major battalions. Now, he will succeed Guo Xun and Fu Duo as the chief military officer of the entire Xuanda Border Region, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan had been raised like this in his mansion.

Since the beginning of last year, he has become more and more like a gentleman.

"Now, I'm your father! I told you to go with me, and you will go with me. ”

"I'm not going!" Li Yuan's voice raised a lot, "I stayed well in the capital, why do I still have to go to war?" I went to Xuanfu, and I could only lose my father's face. Father-in-law, do you want your child to lose his father's face? Or is it more convenient for you to take me over with my father's prestige? ”

"You're not ashamed enough now?" Li Quanli was so angry that he grabbed his collar, "On losing face, the British Duke, the Marquis of Wuding, and I, which one is not dishonoring the face of the ancestors?" You stinky boy, if you can say these things, why aren't you the material for big things? If Lao Tzu wants to make contributions, can you rely on you as a hairy boy and rely on the reputation that your father fought for back then? ”

"Then why do you have to go?" Li Yuan pushed Li Quanli's hand, "My father made a great contribution but also lost his life, and our brothers took refuge in our father-in-law, but they are still wild children!" In martial arts, how many people laugh at my father for being a madman? Isn't it what my father hopes that our brothers will die peacefully? ”

"Ying Chen, what are you going to do?!" Li Quanli looked at his own son angrily.

Li Yingchen lowered his head slightly: "My son is at fault, there are some people in the mansion...... In private, I still complain about my father's favoritism......"

Li Quanli treats the Li Yuan brothers as his own, and every time he returns home from the three major battalions, he cares more about the two brothers. And the taste under the fence is not pleasant, no matter how much Li Quanli takes care of the two brothers, when Li Quanli is not in the mansion, they are just outsiders after all.

Looking at Li Yuan's slightly reddish eyes, Li Quanli slowly let go of his hand.

He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "In Luohangou, there was fire on the mountains on both sides at that time. The world says that your father is brave and unparalleled, and I have achieved great merit from heaven, but it is just good luck that your father handed over Bodi's sweat banner and body to me, and I happen to be the Xiangcheng Bo who is trusted by His Majesty. ”

Li Quanli looked at Li Yuan: "Some people also say that I recognize your brother as a righteous son because I feel guilty. Yuan'er, do you think so too? ”

"The child didn't think so." Li Yuan remembered Li Quanli's concern for them for so many years, and replied softly.

"At that time, your father was covered in wounds, and his body was full of arrows, and there was only one breath left. Do you know what the last thing he said when he rushed into the middle and saw me? ”

Li Yuan looked up at him with tears in his eyes.

Li Quanli's eyes were a little dazed, and he seemed to have returned to that day.

At that time, Li Jin stood in front of Li Quanli with Bodi's big rope in his hands amid the deafening shouts of killing, the sound of cannons, and bowstrings.

"He said, 'I'll leave it to you.'" In the future, let my son go and win another side. ’”

Hearing this, Li Yuan's body trembled slightly.

"Now that you're older, I'll tell you!" Li Quanli looked at Li Yuan, "Why is your father said to be a 'crazy general'?" Because of your Li family, I have countless soldiers and border people in the Ming Dynasty, and for several generations, who doesn't have a common enmity with the Tartars? He's not for you, it's for his father, grandfather, uncles and brothers! He's here for revenge! He wants you to remember that this revenge is not over yet! Without Beiyu, the descendants of your Li family, and the descendants of countless families in my Ming Dynasty, can be safe and stable! ”

"Your Majesty has been in power for eleven years, and among the generals, only your father is standing like Yingjie Palace!" Li Quanli's voice became louder, "Your father swallowed his breath, and I kept it for more than two hours!" He has the same name as my grandfather, not only for Jun's grace, but also for not to lose the face of my ancestors, but also for the sake of future generations, but also for the blood feud of generations and generations, for the soldiers who fell in front of my eyes one by one in the sweat ditch! You don't want to take another big face, I'll go! ”

"If we meet again under Jiuquan, I can give an explanation to Brother Li! He said that he handed it over to me, his family is small, and I will protect it! I also helped him fulfill his last wish! It's you, when the military generals of the court and the military generals walked through the noon gate in the future, they thought to themselves where was the queen of Chicheng? Do you have a good feeling in your heart? You want to get married, continue the incense, and in the future your son will ask you, why is he just a county lord? ”

"Your father is a dignified man who is famous at home and abroad, can his life only be exchanged for your generation of wealth?" Li Quanli grabbed his collar again, "I'll tell you!" If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have no merit, you will be demoted, this is what it should be! Whoever disgraces his ancestors is a descendant! Lao Tzu can't talk so much about the truth, Lao Tzu hasn't drunk with your father yet! Lao Tzu just wants to be able to give him a thumbs up again when he goes to find him in the future, saying that his son is also good, and now he has become the Duke of Akagi! ”

When the bloody man who rushed in front of him grinned, Li Quanli once had only one emotion: Zhuangzai.

It's a pity that I only said one thing to him in this life: "Leave it to me!" ”

Then Li Jin smiled and said the real last sentence: "It's so happy!" ”

Maybe he was really a little crazy, at that moment he didn't think of his small family, he was just happy because of that hearty battle to the death. But there must be some reason that supports him not to die, such as being in the border town for a long time, and experiencing many family hatreds and national hatred.

Li Yuan is just a child, and he has gradually gotten into the tip of his horns over the years.

He lost his biological father, and this father-in-law seems to have only been obsessed with his work all these years. Although he is good, they cannot understand each other.

But it wasn't until this moment that Li Yuan discovered that he, his stepfather, had such a deep affection for his biological father, even though he only had one side to him.

At this point, Li Quanli and his father's figure, which had begun to blur in his mind, seemed to begin to overlap.

Maybe Li Quanli had such expectations for him, thinking that he could be promoted to the Duke of Akagi one day.

"Good! The child goes with his father! ”

At this time, in the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, Weng Wanda, who was the second in Jiajing's six-year system of national security and people, also opened his mouth: "The minister is willing to go." ”

Zhu Houxi nodded approvingly: "Spread the message to Guangdong, prepare the boat!" Spread the message of Zhao Jun, gather sea trade and Guangdong Haiphong Dao warship, expedition to Malacca! ”

After many years, Daming's fleet will once again go farther in the South Seas.

There were only two or three hundred regular troops in Malacca at most, and more than half of the Western commercial and war ships gathered in Malacca had been wiped out in Thanh Hoa.

Controlling that throat and setting a new rule, the Ming Dynasty, who already had to implement new money, could get a steady stream of silver reserves.

Yang Shen was already numb, and his brain was cramping.

He didn't understand.

One of the things I was going to do after setting up Daming Bank was what kind of treasury bonds to issue?

(End of chapter)