Chongzhen said: "The decree is to let the Yongping prefect collect grain, collect taxes, and exempt the people from the three salaries. In addition, Wang Daban ordered Han Yin and Lu Ming Zhang Er to go out with 500,000 taels of silver to buy grain."

"The old slave commands," Wang Chengen said boldly, "But sir, the Shanhaiguan area has been fighting for many years, and the countryside has been seriously damaged, although more than 10,000 *** coolies are like cattle and horses all day long, and they can't be recovered at once." The lord also exempted the local people from training salaries and subsidies, and the remaining taxes and grains were a drop in the bucket, and there was already a shortage of food in this area, and it was even more difficult to go out to buy grain."

Chongzhen nodded, the most suffering of the war is the common people, Xing, the people are suffering; Death, the people suffer. That's why I am sympathetic to the people's feelings, so I exempted them from three items.

Now the taxes of the Ming Dynasty can't collect a few buckets of money and grain a year, and he, the emperor of the dead country, has come to Shanhaiguan again.

Without food, everything is in vain.

No matter how high your martial arts cultivation is, even if you become an immortal, you must enjoy the fireworks in the world.

"This I know, talk is better than nothing, aren't we waiting for ***? What about the reparations I asked you to calculate?"

"If you go back to your grandfather, it has been calculated, the pension for the casualties of the three major battles in Shanhaiguan, with farmland compensation, with the maintenance of prisoners of war, etc., all add up to a total of 56 million taels of silver, and a total of 1 million quintals of grain. and all of them were converted into silver, and it was 61,000,000 taels in all."

Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen's face as he spoke, meaning that the number of masters is too amazing......

Chongzhen nodded, "Well, it's not much, the Manchu Dynasty is strong, and this money and food should be taken out."

Wang Chengen's face was shocked, the miscellaneous family is a good calculation, how much is the treasury income of the Ming Dynasty in a year, which is not much?

Thinking about it again, the silver that the master knocked out from the thief was also more than 20 million taels, and he suddenly felt that he was less merciful and soft-hearted, and his face was a little sweaty.

"Go ahead, that's it."

"Yes. I hope these deaths will come soon." Wang Chengen turned around and left.

Chongzhen wondered in his heart, Haoge hasn't arrived at Shanhaiguan yet? If you can't quench your thirst from far away, I can't rob like those warlords!

Suddenly, he thought of Wanjiazhai in his mind......

In the morning of the next day, Wang Chengen came to report that the Qing envoy Haoge was only 80 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and Chongzhen was overjoyed.

"Wang Daban, you clean up, go to Weiyuan Fort in two hours to meet ***, and in addition, let Hong Chengchou prepare for the negotiation of being released from prison, this is the condition I have planned."

"Old slave commands." Wang Chengen took it and took a look, his white face was gone, and his face was happy.

Fat Pig Arch, this time slaughter these *** people.

If the defeated country is defeated, they have to cede land and pay compensation, more than 50 million taels of silver, 1 million loads of grain, and they can give half, and the problem of silver and grain will be completely solved.

This is a real move!

Wang Chengen came to the prison first.

This time, without waiting for Wang Chengen to speak, as soon as the cell door rang, Hong Chengchou took the initiative to come over with a drag on the iron cable, and his face was full of anticipation when he met, and he bowed with his fists with both hands, "Princess, it's been a long time."

"What haven't you seen in a long time?" Wang Chengen gave him a blank look.

It was only a few days since Wang Chengen last saw Hong Chengchou, and Wang Chengen felt that the time was very short, but Hong Chengchou lived like a year.

Wang Chengen said lukewarmly: "Just two sentences, the miscellaneous family will leave after speaking."

"Father-in-law, please speak, Heng Jiu listens." Hong Chengchou is more respectful than last time.

"Hauge will come to Shanhaiguan in three hours, the will of the lord,"

Wang Chengen deliberately paused when he said that, and Hong Chengchou knelt down as soon as his legs were weak.

Wang Chengen raised his face and didn't look at him, as if he was talking to the ceiling, "Let you get out of prison and prepare for peace talks." This is the condition of the peace talks, talk carefully, and the miscellaneous family will leave."

Wang Chengen stuffed the piece of imperial paper into his hand, turned around and left.

"Heng Jiu will definitely live up to the holy order and send off the prince."

Hong Chengen took it, and after Wang Chengen left, he leaned under the oil lamp, unfolded the imperial paper, and glanced at it a few times, and his eyes widened.

But after all, Hong Chengchou is a person who has seen the world, and he is good at controlling his emotions, and after he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, he regained his calm.

He felt that after this incident, Chongzhen would meet him.

At this time, the Jinyi guard came over and opened the shackles, "Lord Hong, let's go!"

Hong Chengchou followed Jinyiwei out of prison, it was as dark as night inside, and the sun outside pierced him so that he couldn't open his eyes, and after more than a dozen breaths, his triangular eyes slowly regained their vision.

This hellish place, he doesn't want to come in again!

Youjin Yiwei led him, and after bathing and changing, he let him eat a full meal, and Hong Taochou recovered his spirits.

Sitting alone in the pavilion of Chongzhen's temporary palace waiting for Haoge, surrounded by the Ming army and Jinyi guards standing guard and patrolling, Hong Chengchou also took out the imperial sheet from time to time to take a few looks.

Just like an endorsement, he has to know it.

He felt that this negotiation he knew meant a lot to him, even comparable to the meeting he had with Xiaozhuang four years earlier......

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen