On the day of Hauge's retreat, the ancient pass of Gubeikou was once again covered with heavy snow, and the snow was very large, according to historical records, the end of the Ming Dynasty was in the Xiaoice River period, and the thieves were cold in winter.

Gao Yiming, who was in Nanjing, received the news of heavy snow at the border pass, and was overjoyed, the Ming army could finally breathe a sigh of relief, he ordered the Ming troops everywhere to be stationed on the spot for training, and at the same time ordered Wu Sangui, Gao Jie, Li Dingguo, Zhang Zhenyuan, and Huang Degong to return to Nanjing.

The nerves that have been tense when they came to Daming have finally relaxed, this day Li Dingguo and others have not yet arrived in Nanjing, Gao Yiming is rarely idle,

As a latecomer, there is also a little literary youth plot of people, and I also regretted that I went to Nanjing and did not see the Forbidden City, and now the Forbidden City is at my feet, how can I not visit it.

I don't want people in the palace to accompany me, I only called Shi Kefa, because since I met Shi Kefa, Gao Yiming was like a string for him, not only handed over the two hard bones of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, but also handed over the task of dredging the canal from Yangzhou to the capital to him.

Gao Yiming looked at him, sighed a lot, and felt guilty for calling an honest person like this, but a few days ago he had been racing against time, and there were too few people who could be trusted and reliable from his pitiful historical memory, and now this situation is finally better.

"It's been a hard time, my lord."

"Work hard for the country, don't dare to talk about hard work, the emperor praised it falsely."

"Haha, the boss is worthy of being the pillar of the country, so that countless people in the Manchu Dynasty are embarrassed, it is not a big deal to call the adults today, the weather is good, we are rare to have a day of leisure, let's go casually."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please."

Gao Yiming was no longer polite, and took the lead in walking forward, saying as he walked: "How is the canal dredged?" ”

"Back to the emperor, according to your instructions, a large number of refugees were used to dredge the canal this time, so the work started together in many places, and now the main silted sections are almost cleared, and there should be no problem in opening the spring next year."

"That's good, although we don't have any worries about the Qing army going south for the time being in winter, but this danger has always been there, they are resting, we can't rest."

"That's what the emperor said."

"Huh! It's just you and me here, don't be so restrained, by the way, the people who participated in dredging the canal don't dare to lack wages, they are all doing things for the country, alas! Now that they have become refugees after the disaster, they will have to pay more attention to some livelihood issues when the situation at the border is stabilized next year. ”

"Yes, although the bandit army north of the Yangtze River has been wiped out, but after more than a year of war, many places have missed the autumn planting, and there are many places that have dug out the grain seeds from the ground and eaten them before the seeds germinate, resulting in barren fields everywhere in the north now, and it is not easy to survive this winter and next spring."

"Is there any emergency in place in this case?"

"Contingency measures?"

"Oh, that's the way to deal with it."

"The household department has allocated 5 million taels to purchase grain everywhere."

"How is this enough, in this way, take out another five million taels from the inner government, don't keep your eyes on the grain, now the grain is being fried by some black-hearted businessmen to a price a day, of course, you can't buy grain without purchasing, the main thing is to buy more dried fish and dried fruits from the coast, the price is cheap, and you can live on it, but don't have the tragedy of eating it."

"The emperor is merciful, and the people of the world worship and thank the emperor."

"Gotta get it!! Don't worship, it's my incompetence as an emperor to make the people of the world hungry, and what I'm doing now is just some remedial measures, let's look forward together. ”

The two walked a few more steps, and Gao Yiming changed the topic and said, "How is the plan for streamlining local institutions doing?" ”

"It's still being done, the six ministries have reached a preliminary opinion, and it will be submitted to the emperor for preview in the near future."

"Okay, you must remember that the number of people must be clear to the county government."

"Yes, please rest assured."

"That's good, now the people of the world need to recuperate, the imperial court institutions have to be streamlined and slimmed, and the army has to strengthen training, and when a few things are done, we can really put our minds at ease, but all the premise of this is to win the Qing army next year."

"Is the emperor's summoning of Wu Sangui and others this time to formulate a military strategy for next year?"

"There is nothing to formulate in the military strategy, in the next three or five years, the Ming army will not go out of the customs one step, mainly to defend, the main thing is to predict where the Qing army will attack from in the spring of next year, and how we will defend."

"So the minister knows what to do."

"The affairs of the Ministry of War are up to Master Lao."

"The minister doesn't dare to ask for credit, the affairs of the military department are thanks to the presence of General Qin, and she has always been working hard."

"The ancients said that women can hold up half the sky, Tang has a red whisk girl, and I have Qin Liangyu in the Ming Dynasty, all of whom are heroines!"

As Shi Kefa, who was nurtured by ancient etiquette, did not agree with Gao Yiming's words, but he did not refute it, just look like you are happy, the emperor has changed a lot now, and he does not dare to beg too much.

Gao Yiming came to the white marble fence, looking at the big bluestone slab that had just been washed with water by the palace people in front of him and the heavy palace gate in the distance, as well as the clouds and smoke that seemed to be there in the distance. Push away the ten thousand heavy que, and the king will see who will stay. ”

Hearing Gao Yiming's melancholy poem, Shi Kefa was shocked and immediately wanted to consol: "Your Majesty! ——”

Gao Yiming waved his hand to stop him and said: "Don't worry, I'm not disheartened, I'm really bored with what I did before, I will live a tight life, I won't spend money, don't you know that the biggest cornerstone of this great tomorrow is the people and a strong army, what is the prince, the emperors in history don't understand, and the current vassal kings don't understand, as long as the money is spent in these two places, the worst is nothing more than to change someone to be the emperor." ”

Shi Kefa didn't dare to accept this, but he agreed with it in his heart, as long as there was a little bit of an official who had a heart for the country, he would see it very clearly.

"Do those vassal kings still go to the household every day?"

"After the vassal kings made trouble a few times, they didn't get any cheap, so they didn't go much, but wandered around the city of Nanjing in groups of three or five, and went in and out of Fireworks Willow Lane from time to time."

"They are demonstrating to me in this way, haha, that relationship is good, let them go to the waves, the body is theirs, who is willing to die early, they expect to rely on this to discredit the court, they think too much. But you should also pay more attention to whether there are any motivated juniors among the emperor's relatives, and if there is, they will be incorporated into the forbidden army. Like everyone else, if you have the ability, you can show it, and if you behave well, you will be rewarded for your merits, and if you don't behave well, you will have your own military law, and you will be treated equally. ”

"Yes, the minister has written it down, and he will arrange this matter with General Qin when he goes down."