Lu Xiangsheng sat alone in the side hall with mixed feelings.

Regarding Yang Chengying, he has not met but heard of his name.

As early as when he was serving in the Daimyo's Mansion, Meng Qiaofang, a subordinate who met Yang Chengying, migrated to Shandong in the name of exterminating the Dengzhou rebels.

Lu Xiangsheng once wrote to the imperial court and asked the court to punish the crime, but he was ignored.

When he arrived at Xuanda as the governor, he felt Yang Chengying's horror more and more.

The whole of the north has been infiltrated into a sieve.

Therefore, he did not choose to alarm others, but met with Yang Chengying alone.

There is no other reason, whether Yang Chengying can be caught or not, or secondly, the Liaodong Army must have demolished the Great Wall in the shortest time and rescued under the guidance of the locals.

Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about it, when he saw a young man in brocade walk in.

"Lord Lu, keep you waiting."

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "The snow scene outside is beautiful, can you want to go outside with me." ”

"Whatever the guest wants." Lu Xiang ascended.

Yang Chengying smiled: "Haha...... You and I are guests here. Please! ”

"Please."

The two walked along the stone path of the garden to the depths of the garden.

"Lord Lu is Chinese New Year's Eve four again, right?" Yang Chengying was the first to speak.

"Exactly."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and said with some emotion: "By the fourth day of March next year, it will be a big festival in my life." ”

Yang Chengying felt something.

The knots here are not the knots, but the meaning of "kan".

The ancients often used to call themselves imaginary years, Lu Xiangsheng was born in 1600, next year will be 35 years old, and the imaginary age is 36.

It is often said that the age of thirty-six is a hurdle in life, and it is the worst year of fortune.

Therefore, many people in the countryside will celebrate their thirty-sixth birthday.

Before Yang Chengying crossed, he went to a banquet when he was very young.

Therefore it is no stranger.

"Yang Jingluo is expensive this year?" Lu Xiangsheng asked rhetorically.

In his place, Yang Chengying is just a thistle liao scripture.

"Thirty and one, and next year it will be thirty-two."

Yang Chengying also said that he was a false age.

"How many people sit in the study, and they are still children. Yang Jingluo went to the east and the west to conquer the vast land in his hands. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said unhurriedly: "Even the small efforts under the Xia were easily disintegrated by Yang Jing. ”

He was referring to the previous use of trade to "coerce" the Mongolian Trans-Khalkha tribes to keep them away from Yang Chengying.

Unexpectedly, when the three major Khans heard that the Liaodong Army had arrived in the Chita area, they immediately changed the direction of the wind, and even brought the tribute of Jiubai to meet Yang Chengying.

Don't look at Yang Chengying only held a banquet with the three major khans, and met briefly.

In fact, the tone has already been set.

The rest of the matter can be handled by the Government Council and the Imperial Court.

The three great khans in Mobei are still like this, not to mention the other Mongolian ministries that have been included in Yang Chengying's management.

"I can't say that, I'm also for the stability of the northern Ming Dynasty."

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "The tranquility of the border people lasted nearly a year, inspecting the hometown of the Ming Dynasty, including the Nuer Gandu Division.

It's just that the court doesn't give me a reward, why do you still think I'm threatening the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Well, Yang Jingluo's words have some truth."

Lu Xiangsheng was so blocked that he couldn't speak.

He was about to say more, but Yang Chengying took the lead: "It's Lord Lu, how is the plague in Shanxi handled?" ”

"Well...... this" Lu Xiangsheng was a little embarrassed.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, among which the plague was rampant in the north for more than ten years.

Although there is no clear record of the number of people, the words "ten rooms and nine emptiness" show how serious the plague was.

And the beginning of the plague, according to historical records, was Shanxi.

Listening to Lu Xiangsheng's tone, Yang Chengying knew that this matter was not optimistic, so he asked:

"Is there anything I can help with?"

"To tell the truth, there is not enough money and food. Although the plague is controlled in one place, it cannot last. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "There was a great drought in Shaanxi, and many people left their hometowns to come to Shanxi. No plague has just been reported here, and it has been reported elsewhere. ”

Yang Chengying listened, knew it in his heart, and said: "I can help you with money and food, and raise 100,000 taels of silver and 5,000 stones of grain for you on the spot." ”

"Really?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up.

"Don't tell lies in front of real people." Yang Chengying said, "Lord Lu wants to understand whether it is the local officials who deliberately lied about the news in order to cheat the money." ”

"This may be true, but Shanxi is so big, how can I verify it."

Lu Xiangsheng said it a little tactfully.

In fact, some officials lied about the plague, but Lu Xiangsheng was unable to deal with it because of the big people behind these officials.

He could only try to verify it and then allocate the money.

However, this approach has exacerbated the severity of the problem rather than curing the symptoms.

In addition, the land reclamation is unfavorable, and there are already officials who have written impeachment.

"Since Lord Lu said so, I might as well teach the adults a trick and how to deal with these officials."

Yang Chengying stared at Lu Xiangsheng and said confidently.

"I don't know what method Yang Jingluo used?" Lu Xiangsheng was very curious.

"Master Lu will find out with me."

Yang Chengying deliberately sold a pass and got up to invite.

Lu Xiangsheng became more and more curious, and followed Yang Chengying to the main hall of the East Courtyard.

They reached the side entrance of the main hall, but did not enter.

I saw businessmen dressed in brocade clothes consciously lining up and paying gold and silver to Sony, who was sitting behind the desk.

Sony is holding two notebooks, one with a red cover and one with a black cover.

A thin man held a box of silver and placed it on the table.

"He Xikun, a rice merchant, secretly mixed sand with grain, and whipped slow-walking workers on the way to transport grain......"

Listening to Sonny reciting his past events one by one, the rice merchant named He Xikun broke out in cold sweat on his forehead and his body trembled.

The final verdict was issued: "All the above illegalities need to pay 1,000 taels of silver, what are you doing with this box!" ”

After Sonny finished speaking, he gave him a blank look.

He Xikun hurriedly said: "This box is...... It is the fine silver paid, and the silver paid is one thousand taels outside. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, one tael was about equal to the current 0.0746 catties, and one thousand taels was about 74.6 catties.

It's heavy, moving in line, it's that I have nothing to do.

Sony asked the people around him to go outside to count, and he said to He Xikun: "The above silver is included in the accounts, and your black spots are written off."

Then I will give you some more money, which is considered medical expenses, to the person who was beaten by you, you must pay the money in place, otherwise it will ......! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the villain must put the money in place, and the villain will add some extra silver taels."

He Xikun said with a smile: "If the villain does this, is it considered meritorious service?" ”

"Of course, if you really do it, you can put it into the red account."

Sonny nodded.

"The villain will do it."

After making sure that the payment was correct, He Xikun took the silver given by Sony and rushed out.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned.

He had never thought of this move, and even if he did, who would dare to guarantee that the person who did it would not mess around.

With this shock, Lu Xiangsheng left the East Courtyard.

He didn't wait to scrape together enough money and left.

Because I believe that Yang Chengying can do it.

Duoduo was a little puzzled: "King, you also taught Lu Xiangsheng the ability of cats to climb trees." Don't worry that he'll use the methods you taught him and turn against you in reverse! ”

"If that's the case, Da Ming can still be saved." Yang Chengying said meaningfully.

In film and television dramas, there are often upper-class "killing" the family property of several people to supplement military expenses or help the people's stolen money.

If you can really do it, it means that there is still salvation.

The reality is that the Ming Dynasty never touched the property of a vassal king until his death.