Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia couldn't think of anything to refute Wu Sanfeng, and when they heard their father say this, their hearts were very happy.

"Big brother, what Dad said makes sense. No matter what Wei Bao thinks, anyway, he dares to invest such a large amount of money and grain and grass to do business in southern Liaoning, which is very bold in itself, if I would never dare to go to the territory of Jiannu to grab food. Wu Sanfu echoed.

Wu Sanfeng glared at Wu Sanfu when he heard this, meaning that I am talking to my father, and it is your turn to rub my mouth? Snorted: "Sanfu, I know you have a good relationship with Wei Bao, but how old are you?" You're a full ten years older than Wei Bao, what are you doing with such a child? I admit that Wei Bao is a little bold, but this thing is reckless and reckless! Just because he dares to be the enemy of the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong families, he will never have good fruit to eat in the future! You must know that the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong promised not to trouble Wei Bao for the time being, and they could only get back half of the gambling money after three years, and everyone was not convinced! As long as my uncle is busy for a while, in winter, Jiannu's side will be a little more peaceful, and it will be time to clean up Wei Bao! When the time comes, you will see if those big investors will wait until three years later to honestly wait for half of the gambling money, and definitely want Wei Bao to spit out even the scum left now! ”

"But they've already signed a contract with Wei Bao? Can we still go back? Wu Xuexia said angrily, "Do the Liao people still have faith?" ”

"It's not that everyone doesn't have faith, everyone is forced by Wei Bao!" Wu Sanfeng was also angry: "I said Xuexia, you are quite a big girl, why don't you know that you are ashamed?" Didn't you hate Wei Bao before? How can you turn to him now? Girls' families, elbows turned outward? ”

"Brother, who turned their elbow out? Aren't all the truths I'm saying? If they want to come hard, Wei Bao now has the support of the Inspector, who would dare to come hard? You say that the Overseer will step down, but isn't the Overseer a good person now? The situation in Liaodong is getting more and more difficult, is there still a suitable candidate to replace the Governor in the imperial court? Even Inspector Sun is optimistic about Wei Bao and approves of Wei Bao, why are you so disgusted with Wei Bao? Is it because Wei Bao won a lot of your money? If yes, this time I see him, let him pay you back! Wu Xuexia's eyes were filled with tears. She is not a good girl, she has been like a princess in the Wu family since she was a child, and she is also a princess-like figure in the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong, and she has long been spoiled by her personality, not to mention the eldest brother Wu Sanfeng, even her father dares to scare her.

"Humph! There is no etiquette, do you talk to your eldest brother like this? And say that you are not an extrovert for girls? Dad, you judge. Wu Sanfeng said angrily.

Wu Xiang was a little impatient with the two arguing, and said angrily: "Okay, you all don't say a word, Dad knows the matter of Wei Bao and Xuexia!" ”

Wu Sanfeng was very angry when he saw that his father was not on his side, and when there was a dispute in the family, his father always stood on his eldest son's side, and he would maintain his dignity, which made Wu Sanfeng's face very unsightly, and he glanced at Wu Xuexia angrily: "Wu Xuexia!" Remember, you're a girl! Don't stick all day long! In my opinion, even if you fall in love with Wei Bao, Wei Bao may not necessarily fall in love with you! I think that although Na Wei Bao is from the township, he is very high-spirited, and now he has climbed to the high branch of the superintendent, and he may not be willing to be the son-in-law of our Wu family! Also, last time, Wei Bao didn't propose marriage in the end, and it was Sanfu who picked it up from beginning to end. Hehe, I think you're just shaving your head and picking hot heads! ”

Wu Sanfeng's words not only hit Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu, but also Wu Xiang and the Wu family.

provoked Wu Xiang to glared at Wu Sanfeng angrily: "You still have to talk about it?" ”

"No, Dad, I'm all for the good of the Wu family, then Wei Bao is a villager, an unfamiliar dog! If he gets up, Liaoxi and Liaodong will change the sky! It's no longer the ancestral family and the Wu family who have the final say. Now there are already many big families who are secretly building a good relationship with the Wei family. Wu Sanfeng said with a sincere face.

"I'm not stupid! I can see everything you can see! Wu Xiang said angrily.

Wu Sanfeng saw that his father was really angry, so he didn't dare to be long-winded.

Within a day, the people of the Wu Mansion rushed to Jinzhou City, and at this time, Sun Chengzong had already taken Wei Bao and the people of the Governor's Mansion to Ningyuan City.

Originally, Ningyuan City was the forward command place of the Jiliao Governor, but it was really far from the forefront, especially from Jinzhou City, and it was almost halfway from Jinzhou City to Shanhaiguan, and it was very inconvenient to communicate with each other, so when there was really an emergency situation, the Jiliao Inspector would generally go directly to Jinzhou City to command.

In particular, Sun Chengzong is not a timid and cowardly, but a literati who can only talk on paper, so he will go to the forefront in person every time, and this time the Inspector temporarily changed the Jinzhou Deliberations back to Ningyuan Deliberations, which surprised everyone.

"Brother, why did the Inspector change his mind back to Ningyuan City? And send someone to make sure I am there in person? As soon as Wu Xiang arrived at Zu Dashou's mansion, he asked about it first.

Zu Dashou shook his head: "I don't know either!" How? The overseer asked you to come, and you came immediately? ”

"Can I not come, then? I can't find any good reason not to come. Besides, after I came, didn't I see my brother first? Wu Xiang was a little weak-hearted.

Zu Dashou didn't bother with Wu Xiang running this trip in person, frowned and said, "I don't know what the Inspector wants to do!" Wei Baolai has been around the Inspector all day long, this kid is a bad stomach, and he will not be good when he comes! I sent people to inquire in many ways, but some of the Inspector's confidants don't know what Wei Bao discussed with the Inspector. ”

"Well, that Wei Bao is a person who is very deep in the city, and he can hide his words at a young age!" Wu Xiang nodded in agreement.

"Dad, no matter what Wei Bao and Master Overseer have in mind, we will oppose it anyway! Liaoxi and Liaodong are the affairs of our Liao people, and the affairs of the Liao people must be decided by the Liao people! Zukoffa pouted.

Wu Sanfeng also chimed in: "But what the law says is that as long as we oppose it no matter what they say, they won't be able to make a fuss!" ”

Zu Dashou nodded, and then looked at Wu Xiang: "What does the virtuous brother mean?" ”

"I obey my brother, and I will do whatever my brother says." Wu Xiang hurriedly said.

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia didn't say anything from beginning to end, and the two of them were in a bad mood, because it seemed that their father and uncle had reached a consensus again and targeted Wei Bao together.

"Brother, now that Wei Bao has become a student of Master Overseer, I don't think I have to work with Master Overseer for some trivial things." Wu Xiang hesitated and then reminded.

Zu Dashou snorted and said with a smile: "You don't have to take Sun Chengzong too seriously!" He is the governor of Jiliao, his power is the greatest, these are good, but the generals of Jiliao don't all listen to him, don't forget, there is also a governor of Liaodong, the governor is not in harmony, it is the same everywhere, but Sun Chengzong's qualifications are old, and ordinary governors dare not do it casually! But when I watched Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Liaodong, I noticed that his position was not stable, and together with a group of people in the court who wanted to bring down Sun Chengzong, there have been movements in secret, we just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! ”

Wu Xiang sighed, and suddenly realized: "In the end, my brother has foresight." ”

With the efforts of Man Gui and Yuan Chonghuan, Ningyuan was relied on as an important town outside the Guan, and the soldiers were willing to serve it, and the merchant travelers and homeless people regarded Ningyuan as a happy land.

After Sun Chengzong recommended Yan Mingtai to be the governor of Liaodong, he thought that he had no practical talent, so he did not discuss many military matters with him, Yan Mingtai was unhappy, and after the court discussed, Yan Mingtai was dismissed and replaced by Zhang Fengyi.

However, Zhang Fengyi was timid and advocated retreating to Shanhaiguan.

Zhang Fengyi was almost overtaken by Sun Chengzong, completely became an ornament, the last time he held a meeting in Shanhaiguan, Zhang Fengyi only showed up in the first two days, and then rushed back to Ningyuan City to stay.

Sun Chengzong was not happy about this, and called a meeting of the generals, most of the generals wanted to retreat to Shanhaiguan, Ma Shilong suggested to defend the central post, and Yuan Chonghuan and others advocated guarding Ningyuan.

Sun Chengzong adopted Yuan Chonghuan's proposal, so he asked Zu Dashou to build fortifications, and ordered Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui to garrison Ningyuan.

The disputes between factions, the shortage of funds, and the disputes of funds have made the already weak border pass of the Ming Dynasty continue to be in internal friction, which is still enough for Sun Chengzong's personal prestige, if it is another person, it will be a mess.

Ji Liao Inspector is indeed a hot ass position.

After Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang met, they rushed to Ningyuan City, before the superintendent was summoned, Zu Dashou first called all the families in Liaoxi and Liaodong together to discuss it once, and everyone reached a consensus as always, everything is subject to Zu Dashou's arrangement, Zu Dashou let everyone do what they do, everyone will do it!

"Teacher, I heard that tonight's ancestor birthday summoned people to drink, didn't you call the teacher?" After Wei Bao got the news, he couldn't help it, so he found a gap and reminded Sun Chengzong in the Governor's Mansion in Ningyuan City.

Sun Chengzong glanced at Wei Bao indifferently, just one glance, Wei Bao felt that his heart was seen through by Sun Chengzong, this is the power of the old man's gaze, experience can be better than everything.

"They don't call me when they drink, which means that they are not respected as teachers, what else can they have?" Sun Chengzong smiled: "You may not know yet, he even called Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Liaodong!" ”

"It's really hateful, even the governor of Liaodong has been called, and he is not called the teacher of Jiliao! You know, this meeting was presided over by the teacher, and the teacher convened it, isn't this a clear statement that you want to go against the grain? Didn't Zu Dashou always want to win a few battles on Jiannu, so that he could be in the limelight in the imperial court? He offended his teacher so much, don't think about winning the battle! Wei Bao said angrily.

"Hehe, Xiaobao, be a man, your qi can't be too narrow!" Sun Chengzong taught.

Wei Bao hurriedly said: "What the teacher taught is that the disciple is reckless. ”

"Are you worried that your business will not be easy? Will he be opposed by Zu Dashou, and then all the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong will listen to his Zu Dashou's words? Sun Chengzong smiled slightly.

"The disciple's mind can't be hidden from the teacher, and the disciple really thinks so." Wei Bao replied.

"Don't worry too much! If your idea is good for their big family, they will definitely consider it! As for what to say, you can just let me arrange it when the time comes! Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

"Yes, they are all arranged by the teacher." After Wei Bao saw Sun Chengzong's old man's calm smile, he felt a lot more settled, and he felt that he was really far behind the real powerful person. Putting aside his identity as a reborn giant, he is not worthy of lifting shoes for an old man like Sun Chengzong.

The next day, Sun Chengzong convened a meeting of the generals in Ningyuan City, and the generals of Liaoxi and Liaodong, the big families and their family principals, and important children, a total of nearly 400 people, were all present, and the scene was very huge.

Wei Bao stood in the group of praise and painting teams behind Sun Chengzong, and couldn't help but secretly sigh, these nearly 400 people control hundreds of people in Jiliao, and the huge territory is much more powerful than the modern officialdom! And, in fact, the power system is much more streamlined!

But the more this is the case, the more it shows feudalism, because the vast majority of people have no human rights and are controlled by a very small number of people, let alone democracy?

Sun Chengzong made an opening remark first, and did not mention that Wei Bao wanted to buy Liaomin, nor did he mention the battle between the Liaodong Frontier Army and Jiannu who were at war.

In fact, Zu Dashou divided thousands of iron cavalry into several units, saying that it was a war, but in fact it was just wandering around in the Guangning area, and he didn't even touch Jiannu, let alone submit to war, but externally and internally, everyone has always said that it is a state of war, and it is the Ming border army that takes the initiative to attack, which sounds very lofty.

"At present, under the attack of the defenders in the Jinzhou area dominated by General Zu, we have achieved some small victories over Jiannu, and they have all been reported to the imperial court. But we must not be careless about this, the repair of the military towns of Ningyuan City and Jinzhou City not only cannot be relaxed, but also have to speed up! These things, I hope you don't forget, I have seen the defense of the two cities that was originally scheduled to be completed this month, and even half of the original plan has not been completed, and the repaired city wall is very bad! If you really encounter a large group of Jiannu attacking the city one day, you can't bear it. Sun Chengzong said.

It was Yuan Chonghuan and General Man Gui who were in charge of Ningyuan City, and Zu Dashou was in charge of Jinzhou City, and several people's mouths moved, but no one made a sound.

"What? Isn't that the main thing to talk about? There is no strong city, once it encounters a large-scale attack by Jiannu, there is no place to escape, is there anything more urgent than this? Sun Chengzong reiterated.

"Master Inspector, everyone also has difficulties, isn't this that the imperial court has not allocated money? It is not easy for the soldiers to find large stones to polish and find solid small stones to pile up. "Liaodong Governor Zhang Fengyi is a rare speech, and he is from the perspective of Zu Dashou to help speak.

In fact, under the leadership of Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui, Ning Yuancheng has been cultivated for seven or eight years, and it is by no means less than half of what Sun Chengzong just said, and half of what Sun Chengzong said is not down, and it is aimed at Zu Dashou!

Sun Chengzong nodded: "What the governor said is right, the imperial court has not allocated silver, and Liaodong also has difficulties in Liaodong, but if there are difficulties, don't you do things?" Is it only this year that there are difficulties? Didn't there be any difficulties in previous years? Tell me, in recent years, when did Daming have no difficulties? ”

The Ming Dynasty mainly collected taxes for agriculture and commerce, and commerce was mainly divided into two types: "passing tax" and "residence tax", that is, collecting taxes when crossing the border or crossing the checkpoint, this tax is relatively low and appears relatively little, and there is a transaction when the goods are stored to pay a sum.

The agricultural tax is very unreasonable, although the tax rate is generally relatively low in China's history, but the Jiangnan region has to be heavily taxed.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the revenue from agricultural tax accounted for ninety percent of the state's tax revenue, and the total amount of land that could be taxed at this time was the highest in China's history, with more than 8.5 million hectares, much higher than the highest level of 6.4 million hectares in the prosperous Kangqian era.

So from the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the government income of the Ming Dynasty was once very high. During the reign of Emperor Yongle, he could conquer Mongolia five times, overhaul the canal, and conquer the four provinces, and do what the emperors before and after his life could not do, and the economic foundation came from this.

The most fatal drawback was that the privileged class in the Ming Dynasty did not have to pay taxes, and the magnates and gentry did not have to pay taxes.

Therefore, the main source of tax revenue in the country comes from the middle and lower classes, so many landlords and even small people deposit their fields in the homes of landlords with tax-free privileges, which are called "hosts" in order to evade taxes.

Later, the Ming Dynasty had serious land annexation, and a large number of landlords annexed land, and they had vast land but did not have to pay taxes, and landless peasants had to bear harsh taxes, so the people continued to revolt.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty's "Hongzhi Zhongxing", the land that could be used to collect agricultural taxes in the Ming Dynasty had dropped from more than 8 million hectares during the Zhu Yuanzhang period to more than 4 million hectares at this time, which was fully halved.

So took a lot of methods, starting from Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youji, the Ming Dynasty mainly through the expansion of tax sources, that is, to the Huguang area with fewer people and more land to increase taxes, for the Jiangnan region to bear heavy taxes, the Ming Dynasty has also been carrying out reforms, through the tax reduction process, increase the efficiency of tax methods, to solve the tax contradiction as much as possible.

During the reign of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde, he began to levy customs tariffs on a large scale for the first time, and also began to levy tariffs of 20 percent on foreign envoys to China, but these measures did not cure the root cause.

Finally, when Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was in power, the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue was almost to the extent of "scarcity", the Mongolian tribes in the north continued to intrude, the military expenditure surged, the southern Japanese invaded continuously, and most of the taxes in the southeast were in vain.

For this reason, the Ming Dynasty appeared and saved the Ming Dynasty that was almost "bankrupt the government"!

In fact, long before that, a whip method had already been produced.

It first appeared in Jiangnan during the Xuande period, but it was called "Zhengyi Law" at that time.

The reintegration of the economy of the Ming Dynasty began during the reign of Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan of Longqing before Zhang Juzheng, when the ruling bachelor Gao Gong had begun to carry out a pilot whip law in the country, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, the implementation of a whip law, a few years later Zhang Juzheng promoted the whole country, it has been a matter of course. The focus of a whip law was that the Ming Dynasty had less land available to pay for land at this time, and there were many tax items, which gave local officials the opportunity to embezzle and withhold.

A whip law unifies all agricultural taxes into the same, simplifies the complex, and converts them into silver for a one-time collection, which can not only make the small people less exploited, but also maximize the country's tax efficiency.

Before the whip law, the Chinese people mainly paid taxes in kind, but after the implementation of the whip law, it became a monetary tax, which not only developed the country's commodity economy, but also improved the efficiency of money circulation.

The rectification of agricultural taxes is not the whole of Zhang Juzheng's reforms, and another focus of Zhang Juzheng's reforms is the reform of commercial taxes. Zhang Juzheng advocated "simultaneous development of agriculture and commerce", and his method was to reduce tax links, reduce commercial taxes, and increase the efficiency of tax collection. On the one hand, he decentralised the powers of the overseas trading agency, the Municipal Division, and completely delegated the power of trade to the coastal merchants, and taxed them according to the amount and profits of each trade, rather than according to the length of time they went to sea, as in the past, so as to ensure the interests of the majority of merchants.

In addition, Zhang Juzheng reduced the tax checkpoints, reduced the tax, increased the trade tax, that is, taxed according to the profits of commercial trade, and strictly prohibited businessmen from colluding with the local powerful and wealthy households.

At the same time as the implementation of a whip law, Zhang Juzheng made a bold move and began to clear the land across the country, mainly to check those lands that were deposited in various names and evaded taxes.

As a result of Qingzhang, the land that the Ming Dynasty could use to collect taxes has changed from more than 4 million in the past to more than 7 million hectares at that time. Although it is not as good as the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the tax efficiency is much higher than that time, so this is also the period when the tax efficiency and total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty are the highest.

At the peak of Zhang Juzheng's reform, the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was 8 million taels, and if combined with the purchasing power of silver at that time, it was not only much higher than that of the Ming Dynasty when it was founded, but also much higher than that of the later Qing Dynasty when Kangqian was prosperous, which can be said to be the highest tax in the history of China's feudal dynasty.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the land tax was increased in various ways, but the final result was that the annual tax was only 4 million taels, while the military expenditure increased to 6 million taels, and the fiscal deficit was every year, so that it finally went bankrupt.

Zhang Juzheng's reforms were repealed after his death in 1582, and his "Examination Law" was abolished, and a whip law became the only reserved item, and the Qingzhang land was discontinued.

In the later part of Wanli's reign, due to the appointment of a large number of officials with the background of southeast merchants, the adjustment of commercial taxes began, and the main commercial taxes were distributed to small and medium-sized merchants.

In the later period of Wanli, industry and commerce flourished, and Wanli also hoped to increase commercial taxes, but he adopted a simple and crude method, that is, to send eunuchs as "tax envoys" to collect taxes.

This practice naturally collected money, but it made a large number of small and medium-sized businessmen bankrupt and even blamed businessmen, so the whole country opposed it.

In addition to the eunuchs and Wanli himself making money, they almost offended a large area, and the blow to the commodity economy was also heavy.

The financial difficulties in the late Ming Dynasty were mainly due to two reasons. Land annexation and successive natural disasters prevented the state from collecting agricultural taxes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, extreme weather broke out everywhere, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei, plague disasters continued, people were displaced, and their tax revenues were also passed on to other disaster-free areas.

For the peasants who depend on the sky for food and the land for their survival, this is tantamount to the outbreak of a disaster, and the need to increase taxes under internal and external troubles will naturally provoke civil unrest and a vicious circle. natural disasters, the scope of tax collection is small; The tax is heavy, and the foundation of the dynasty is naturally crumbling.

Just as important as the land annexation was the loss of economic control of the country's richest southeastern region.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the southeast was the most developed area of commodity economy, and it was also the most serious area for tax evasion.

The southeast maritime merchants gathered, but at this time, most of the maritime merchants chose to partner with local families with tax-free privileges to achieve the purpose of tax exemption, so that the people were rich and the country was poor, and farmers and small and medium-sized businessmen became the bearers of taxes.

After the people were unable to pay taxes and went bankrupt, the land was annexed by the big landlords, and the state could not collect taxes; After the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized businessmen, the industry was annexed by large businessmen, and the state's tax was collected more and more as the source of tax became smaller.

Fundamentally lies in the disconnect between the country's political system and economic direction. At a time when the national economy was modernizing, the country's tax system remained in an agrarian society.

The main purpose of Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty was to let the country keep up with this transformation, but unfortunately Zhang Juzheng's reform only lasted for 10 years, and the entire transformation came to an abrupt end.

The industrial and commercial class of the Ming Dynasty brought great harm to the Ming Empire. The industrial and commercial classes had strong political spokesmen in the court to advocate for them, and the small merchants were taxed thirty times a day, and the big merchants were directly exempt from tax because of the meritorious names of the family members.

The huge gentry and clan groups enclosed land throughout the country, resulting in a large number of displaced people, and the displaced people who lost their land were forced to become thieves in order to make a living.

The industrial and commercial class not only evaded taxes themselves, but also tried their best to prevent the imperial court from opening up.

The Shanxi consortium controlled the trade routes with Mongolia and the Jurchens, and the salt merchants in Yangzhou were basically Shanxi people; In order to monopolize maritime trade, the Jiangnan consortium not only prevented the imperial court from opening customs, but also directly collaborated with sailors to float away the ships built by the imperial court with heavy money.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army's military expenditure for foreign operations and previous salary increases were all mountains that directly put pressure on the peasants, and it was easy to say that after a short time, it was easy to say that after a long time, not to mention the small peasants, the middle peasants and rich peasants would all go bankrupt. Coupled with the famine caused by the harsh climatic environment at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army that surged because of the famine made the huge Ming Empire directly lose its ruling foundation.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the revenue of the banknote was the third largest fiscal revenue after the land tax and the salt tax. The banknote customs of the Ming Dynasty was set up by the Ming government in the canal (Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal) and the Yangtze River, which were the two most important waterways in China at that time and along the commercial goods channel.

The banknote tariffs levied by it were an important part of the state revenue of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the middle and late periods, when it became the third largest fiscal revenue after the land tax and the salt tax, and its status became increasingly important.

In addition, it had a close relationship with the commerce and the entire social and economic activities at that time, and played an important role in both the national level and the economic life of the people at the grassroots level.

A large part of the Ming Dynasty's financial expenditures were to supply the northern frontier regions against the invasion of nomads north of the Great Wall.

During the Yongle period, the method of taking the initiative to attack was often adopted, but this method often consumed too much manpower and material resources, and the nomads did not stay somewhere waiting for you to attack, so Yongle basically did not take the initiative to attack in the future, and established a large number of defense systems and large-scale garrisons in the so-called nine-border region.

With such a large number of people, then the issue of military salaries is also prominent. There are several main ways to pay military salaries: tuntian; democracy movement; Jingyun. Tuntian was mainly a military tun, but after Yongle, a large number of tuntian land was occupied by private individuals, and the income of the military tun decreased sharply.

This is where the importance of the pro-democracy movement comes in. However, the land in the border areas is also relatively barren, and the pro-democracy movement generally transports grain from hundreds of miles away to the border areas.

Later, the people in charge of the democracy movement also got into trouble, and either ran away or hired special businessmen to deal with the matter.

Later, the democracy movement could not work, so they had to rely on the central government to allocate money to buy grain near the border pass and supply the local army.

Therefore, when Wei Bao heard Sun Chengzong mention money, he felt very funny, because it was not last year and the year before that, nor this year and next year, the Ming court at the end of the Ming Dynasty will never have a time to be rich again!

Sun Chengzong's mention of money is the biggest weapon, who has the money, who has the final say, he is a supervisor, not from the art of war, but from the silver, it is indeed clever.

If Wei Bao hadn't donated 240,000 taels of silver this time, where would Zu Dashou use troops against Jiannu?

"Do you know now that there is not enough money? When Wei Bao donated 240,000 taels of silver, why did he have to use troops against Jiannu immediately? Why can't we adjust our strategy and use it first to strengthen the city's defenses? Sun Chengzong asked.

There was still no one to speak, and Zu Dashou felt that he couldn't do it if he didn't speak at this time, because Sun Chengzong's question was already aimed at him alone.

"Master Overseer, it's okay to take offense as defense, right? Even if the 240,000 taels of silver are all used for city defense repairs, it will not be completed for a while and a half, so it is better to use it to deal with Jiannu for the time being, so that Jiannu is tired of fighting on both sides. In this way, Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City can also avoid becoming the direction of Jiannu's attack for the time being. Zu Dashou argued.

"I didn't say that there is a problem with your General Zu's approach, aren't we discussing? General Zu will definitely be able to guarantee now that Jiannu will not attack Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City in a big way within this year? Is there a guarantee that the two cities will be repaired before the Jiannu attack? Can you guarantee that the two castles after the renovation will be impregnable? Sun Chengzong asked.

Zu Dashou is secretly angry, I promise a fart! You don't guarantee it, what do you want me to guarantee as a general? I didn't understand what Sun Chengzong was going to say at this meeting today, so he resolutely shut up and made up his mind that no matter what Sun Chengzong asked, he would pretend to be dumb.

Sun Chengzong went on to talk about the defense of the towns in the border passes, and talked about the use of troops in Jiannu, and said very carefully: "Therefore, everyone should not always focus on attacking or defending, focusing on what the eastern Liaodong border army has done, and what the Jiliao army has done. Defense is a whole, and we need everyone to work together, regardless of each other, right? ”

Everyone is about to fall asleep when they hear this, where is the reason not to nod their heads in this kind of big truth? Hearing the Inspector's question, he hurriedly nodded his head one after another, like chickens pecking rice.

During a meeting, from early morning to mid-afternoon, I admired the Inspector's age, why was he so energetic? How do you speak, as if your mouth can't do anything?

It was not easy to hear Sun Chengzong say: "These things can't be explained clearly in a short time, let's eat first!" Today's meal, you have a good mouth, my disciple Xiaobao has a treat, and the best cooks in the entire Ningyuan City have been found, and the wine and meat are enough. ”

When everyone heard this, they almost went crazy, their eyes widened one by one, one stared bigger than the other, and applauded at the same time, all in unison, and neatly and powerfully, and applauded one after another.

Zu Dashou almost rolled his eyes angrily, and now he can't understand what Sun Chengzong wants to do? Anyway, the 240,000 taels of silver have already been promised to be used by him to use troops against Jiannu, and, with such a little silver, don't you plan to take back some of the money used to build the walls of Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City, right? Not enough, huh?

However, I finally heard that it was said that there was enough food and wine, and Zu Dashou was also happy, whether he liked Wei Bao or not, Wei Bao's wine and meat had always been praised by Zu Dashou.

"Xiaobao, Mao Yuanyi, Jiang Yingzhao, you accompany the generals for me." Sun Chengzong commanded.

Wei Bao and Sun Chengzong's several praise paintings hurriedly agreed.

Zu Dashou was just about to go out to eat, but was stopped by Sun Chengzong: "General Zu, you and I have a table, let's talk about the use of troops against Jiannu." ”

Zu Dashou was ignorant, thinking that the Inspector was really abnormal today, and actually took the initiative to ask himself to eat at the same table? Do you want to take the initiative to talk about the use of troops against Jiannu?

In fact, these are all discussed between Sun Chengzong and Wei Bao before, Sun Chengzong arranged for several praise paintings to tell Wu Xiang and others that Wei Bao wanted to buy Liao people with silver, and he would branch Zu Dashou, lest Zu Dashou not let a few praise paintings explain things clearly!

Although Sun Chengzong did not come forward to say this in person, several cronies praised the painting and spoke on his behalf, and it was said in the form of wine during the banquet. It's official, but it's not particularly official! Even if there is a detailed work of the imperial court here, it will not cause too much turmoil.

On the one hand, Sun Chengzong wants to protect his student Wei Bao, and on the other hand, he wants to take a look at the wind direction in all aspects.

Wei Bao admires Sun Chengzong very much, if it were according to Wei Bao's character, he would definitely be in front of everyone and make it clear directly, but he didn't expect Sun Chengzong to even say something so tricky.

In this way, Zu Dashou was left in the hall by Sun Chengzong, and the others followed Wei Bao out of the Governor's Mansion and went to the vacant seats in the courtyard temporarily arranged outside.

Everyone who is hungry for a long morning and half an afternoon is a rich family, and they are all people who eat amazingly, where can they bear such hardship? Smelling the aroma of good wine and good food, one by one, the chest is pressed against the back.

"It's all rough wine and food, I hope that all the lords and generals don't mind, I'll toast you with a glass of wine for my mentor later." Wei Bao said politely.

Everyone gave up their hands, and they all said that it was easy to say! I just hope to start eating it quickly.

Wei Bao looked at Wu Xiang: "Lord Wu, don't come to harm's harm, there is sun in this courtyard, it's a little hot, please come with me, there is still a table in the house." ”

Wu Xiang saw that Wei Bao arranged it so thoughtfully, and that he was different from everyone else, he secretly felt valued, he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Then thank you Master Wei." ”

Wu Sanfeng stood beside Wu Xiang and snorted softly.

Wei Bao didn't care, smiled at Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xiang, and praised Mao Yuanyi and Jiang Yingzhao, Sun Chengzong's cronies beside him: "The two adults will accompany Lord Wu to sit first, I know that my friend Brother Sanfu must be waiting in the Wu family's carriage outside, and I will invite him to come with me." ”

Mao Yuanyi and Jiang Yingzhao hurriedly agreed politely, although Wei Bao was a young man in his teens, he was already a disciple of the Inspector after all, so they were very polite to Wei Bao. Moreover, the two of them had just received an important order from the Governor this morning, and the Inspector had just told them this morning that Wei Bao was going to buy Liaomin with silver!

It is beyond the imagination of the two of them that Master Inspector can help Wei Bao do such a big thing, and it can also be judged from this point that Master Inspector is absolutely different from other disciples for Wei Bao, a newly recruited disciple, does this treat Wei Bao as his own son? It's not right to have a biological son, the youngest grandson of the Inspector is much older than Wei Bao, and it should be treated as a little grandson.

Wu Xiang smiled and said: "Go, you young people haven't seen each other for a while, you must have something to say." It just so happened that Xue Xia was also here, if it weren't for Sanfu to accompany Xuexia outside, Sanfu would have followed up just now to listen to the discussion. ”

Wei Bao naturally knew that Wu Xuexia had followed, and he also wanted to meet the eldest lady of the Wu family who often quarreled with him, anyway, when Wu Xuexia was there, he didn't seem to have encountered a setback. Wei Bao is a very superstitious person, once he finds out that there is such a coincidence factor, he will feel that Miss Wu's eight characters are very suitable for his life, so he took the opportunity to invite Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia to dinner, and it also seems that he is very polite to the Wu family.

"Yes, please use it slowly, I will come when I go." Wei Bao said happily.

It felt that everything was going quite smoothly, and there was a sense of déjà vu, as if this was the scene when it was time to negotiate with the four Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the wealthy households in Weijiazhuang to negotiate the purchase of the land in their hands and the control of the tenant farmers' personal freedom. It seems that when I wanted to negotiate with a group of big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong to negotiate the return of half of their gambling money after three years, it seems to be the current scene.

How familiar is this scene, how familiar is it?

And this time the things to be talked about are far greater than the above two times, the first two, once to take the control of the four miles of Weijiazhuang, and once to be temporarily recognized by the big families in Liaodong and Liaodong.