On May 11, when the card was played, the Yali of Gaomi County was already lively.

The cars and horses are full of people. In the past, the magistrates and historians who were deposed majestically are now pitifully playing the role of welcoming guests outside the yamen.

Don't think that you have wronged them, let you, the officials of the seventh and eighth grades, welcome the guests here, it is the one inside who has given you a great face!

The prefect and the dianshi and others, who were all dressed in well-dressed robes, greeted the old peasants who got off the cart and donkey, with dark faces and wrinkles, with a smile on their faces, but in their hearts the boss disagreed.

Shinong businessmen and businessmen are naturally the number one readers, but now they are asked to greet these farmers outside the county yamen, which is too insulting!

The new wheat is coming down, and it is a rare harvest year for many years, and an average of 1670 catties of wheat can be harvested per mu. This is already a rare good year after many years of famine.

Therefore, in order to show his attitude of enjoying with the people, the grandfather of the country, who was stationed in Gaomi, invited the old farmers in his 50s in the four towns and eight towns, as well as those who had reached the standard of 200 catties per mu, to come to the county town to taste the fruits of this labor.

Grandpa Guo invited a treat, and the magistrate was standing at the door, so he was naturally absolutely promoted!

And those guests who were invited, not to mention the magistrate in the past, even when they saw official figures such as Li Zheng, Ma Kuai, and Ya Gong, they couldn't help but tremble, but now they have the opportunity to eat with the prince of the country, who was in power for a while, and almost all of them are like in a dream.

The dishes are very simple, and they are completely the meals of Shandong farmers.

In front of each person is a vegetable shallow made of sorghum stalks, a few pancakes, a plate of fried golden eggs, and a handful of tender shallots that are washed and cleaned. In a small bowl, there is a shrimp paste made from small dried shrimp caught from the sea.

In addition, there is a plate of meat, a fish, and a pot of hot rice wine in front of each person.

Such a banquet, not to mention the magistrate and other officials, is these farmers, if it is a good year in previous years. If there are distinguished guests at home, or happy events such as weddings and funerals, such a banquet cannot be handled.

"It's not that Li is snubbing you, now that disasters are everywhere, it's still important to be thrifty. However, after the meal, a certain family had a small gift. Li Shouhan is very casual, when it comes to his net worth, it doesn't matter what he eats.

Eggs, shallots dipped in shrimp paste, and cakes baked with freshly beaten wheat this year are rolled together. The mouth is filled with the aroma of food. Several generals and officials of the Nanyue Army kept persuading everyone to eat more. The servants who served the banquet kept interspersing between the several tables, adding food and drink.

When the peasants entered the county office, which was like the palace of Hades in the past, they saw the ploughshares neatly stacked together under the pillars of the lobby, and the bundles of fine cotton cloth neatly bandaged on the long table, which made everyone swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Could it be that this is what Grandpa Guo wants to reward us?

Regardless of him, eat first, and when you are full, you will blow it back! The new wheat is delicious. But the opportunity to eat new wheat with the grandfather of the country is unique. This is how the banquet entered a climax.

"As long as there are two more years of such a year, the rent, profits, and money and food will not be so heavy. Or do it according to the statutes of Grandpa Guo, and everyone can turn over! ”

"The situation between Shandong and Denglai will be maintained for another two years, and if you go north to King Qin, the grain and grass will be available on the ground in Shandong!"

The old peasants, the Li family, the father and son, and the officials of the Nanyue Army all celebrated the harvest with smiles and looked forward to a bright future.

When Li Shouhan put the second pancake rolled with eggs and shallots in his mouth. Outside the gate, several messengers who delivered military information hurriedly broke in.

His eyes caught a glimpse of these people, and Li Shouhan knew from their expressions that something big must have happened again. chewing in his mouth, he gestured to Liao Dongzhi beside him with his eyes. "Take these people to the back and take a break!"

"Enlightened Lord! There is an emergency military situation in Liaodong! ”

A messenger presented the letter, which had been tightly sealed with fire paint, to Li Shouhan.

The letter was written by Wu Sangui, the head of the Liaoxi Jiangmen.

"Sure enough, it came! What should come is still coming! ”

After reading the letter at a glance, Li Shouhan's face was expressionless, but his heart was churning and tormenting like boiling water. He handed Wu Sangui's letter to Li Huayu, "You can also take a look." ”

"What else?!"

"Lord Qiqi, Lord Li, the chief historian of Hue, has an urgent report on the military situation!"

The cheap grandson and cheap nephew Wu Sangui took the lead in flattering the secret report, and the latest news of Inspector Hong did not have much impact on the Li family's father and son. However, Li Peilin's secret performance sent by the clipper overnight made the father and son a little flustered!

The natives of Taiwan, Boni, Malay and other places learned that the Li family father and son had not been in Nanzhong for a long time, and there were various rumors spreading in Nanzhong, saying that the Nanyue army had suffered heavy casualties in the north this time. Those natives who also have what they think are excellent weapons in their hands, and the ambitions in their brains have swelled dramatically as rumors spread.

Sporadic riots spread from Taiwan to Luzon and Malay.

The strictest is the Bo Ni area of the Malay Peninsula, where tens of thousands of natives suddenly gathered in one place and attacked Lijiapo. Although Li Peilin has mobilized the army to start suppressing it, in the face of one riot after another, he is indeed a little at a loss as he is good at internal affairs.

"Someone! Herald! ”

In addition to being stunned, Li Shouhan suddenly felt that he was dazed and stunned during this time in the interior Qinwang, and his sense of powerlessness was washed away by this series of bad news, and he seemed to be rejuvenated again and found the Li Shouhan who crisscrossed the Indochina Peninsula.

"Order, at this moment, the Wu Liuqi Department of the First Mixed Brigade in Chaozhou and Meixian immediately assembles and prepares to go to Taiwan to quell the chaos!"

"Order, all the garrison brigades, immediately strictly control the bomb pressure place, if there are natives with bad intentions, there is no need to ask for instructions, immediately calm down!" He was about to say that he could be killed, but suddenly remembered that there was still a large labor shortage in factories, mines, roads, and workshops everywhere.

"All the personnel are official slaves, and they will not be pardoned!"

"Father. It seems that brother-in-law Damu's fleet is in the Chaozhou area right now, so it is better to let Omori and Wu Liuqi go to Taiwan to quell the chaos together! ”

Li Huayu was also a little annoyed and angry, Lao Tzu just left Taiwan for a few days, you rebelled against me, it seems that you don't kill a group of people. You don't know that the pot is made of iron!

Regarding the construction of Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi to quell the sudden riot in Taiwan, Li Shouhan nodded and agreed to Li Huayu's construction after a little consideration. In his opinion, the little contradiction between Wu Liuqi and Zheng Sen is just something that can be controlled. Back then, Wu Liuqi copied the back road of the Zheng family, and in the battle of Beauty Mountain, he captured the Zheng family's father and son!

However, he couldn't imagine that this pair of contradictory partners would be external. But it is surprisingly consistent, and the methods are so ruthless that it is staggering.

"Xianggong, father, is there a rebellion in Taiwan?"

There was a sound of footsteps, Lu Mahong, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, holding Li Huayu's son in her arms, the eldest grandson of the Li family. appeared in the doorway.

"If anyone dares to get along with our family. Then I'll fight with him! Lu Ma Hong handed the son who was already asleep in her arms to the nurse beside her, and said viciously.

"Sir. The things in the south, Yan zhòng? ”

Qi Muge and Saren Gaowa's mother and daughter are not as confident as Lu Mahong, although the two also gave birth to a pair of children for Shouhan, but after all, their identities are more embarrassing. For this disgraceful matter, the Huang family said to relatives and friends in private. Jinan's aunt died because she was infected with the epidemic. Knowing this situation, Qi Muge gave up, and her daughter and current sister simply changed her name. All utensils related to the Huang family are not used. Externally, she just used the Mongolian name given to her by her mother, Sarengaova.

The mother and daughter have followed Li Shouhan with all their hearts. Fortunately, the Li family has this benefit, no matter what your background is, whether you are a royal noble, or a woman on the Qinhuai River, in the eyes of Li Shouhan, in front of Yan Mei'er, they are all the same people. What's more, he has already given birth to offspring for the Li family.

"It's okay. It's just a little mess on our turf. In front of his two daughters-in-law and the daughter-in-law of the long house, Li Shouhan still had to maintain some composure, although he was worried that Li Jiapo was harassed by the natives and worried that his cash cow would have any mistakes that would affect this year's harvest, but he could not expose it in front of these three women.

"The terrain of Nanzhong is scattered, and suddenly there are many ethnic groups, and there are many sects, and there are endless fights. There has been no unity for hundreds of years. Now that it has only been unified for more than 20 years, there have been many changes, and countless contradictions will inevitably accumulate. Now I heard that our army went north to work in vain, and it was strange not to be resentful. However, Zhou was determined by the Yin chaos, and Han was prosperous due to the Qi and Chu rebellions, so a little thief turned the tables, but it solidified my roots. ”

"It's just a small thing, and it's far less important than the Tianjin Business Zone." Li Huayu also looked calm, explaining the military situation at home for his daughter-in-law and two aunts.

After sending the three women away, the father and son immediately found the copywriter and ordered them to draft the inscription to the imperial court.

Probably that means that Benjue was originally happy with the people in Shandong, enjoying the benefits of the new deal to the people and the court, but unexpectedly, after receiving a letter from home, Java, Nanzhong, Taiwan and other places colluded with the natives to rebel, Sulu and Bo Ni also violated the border, and Weichen had to go back to Nanzhong to deal with housework first, and he was temporarily unable to take care of him. The imperial court handed over the money and grain affairs of the four military horses in Shandong, Denglai, Jimen, and Tianjin to Weichen to manage, but now Weichen is powerless. Shandong Denglai two places, and can be loyal to the ministers on behalf of the dogs, but in Tianjin, Jimen, the matter of Weichen can only be returned to the court, please the court to appoint another meritocracy.

A few days later, when Li Shouhan's leave slip arrived in the capital, it really brought some surprises to the angry Zhu Youzhen, who was in a panic.

Grandpa Li wants to go south to quell the chaos? Also handed over Tianjin and Jimen to the imperial court? This suddenly made the court inside and outside the palace a jubilant sound. Grandpa Li is gone, but the business zone he built in Tianjin is a good deal with a lot of money every day!

On the surface, Zhu Youzhen was angry and reprimanded the two countries of Sulu and Bo Ni who did not know what to do, and strongly condemned the damned Nanyang bandits and natives, but secretly praised Sulu, Bo Ni, the bandits, and the rebellious people as great heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

With this Tianjin Trade Zone in hand, you can rely on the people of Beijing to recruit new soldiers from all over Gyeonggi, and train a new army to come out. Some surplus money and food can also help Sun Chuanting, who is training in Shaanxi.

Around these tangible, intangible, and valuable things left behind after Li Shouhan left, a series of open and secret battles were launched in the imperial court, which was Wu Sangui who was far away on the front line in Liaodong. It is not immune. Quite a few people were staring at the mountain of money and food armor in his hand. I'm going to make a big deal out of it. However, Wu Sangui is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

If you want something, you can, bring the edict of the grandfather of the general soldier! This general soldier was ordered by his old man to guard the money, food and armor here, and he had his old man's orders. The official will definitely give it as it is. Without his old man, even the emperor's decree would be useless!

(These things are to be used by Ben Shuai on his own people, how can you let you pick up the cheap?!) ）

This heavy weapon for others to guard the rear grain, grass, money, food, and baggage, once there is a change, immediately accept it as its own, but it is not only this one. Interested students can go to search for the battle of the Four Horses to reject Sun, Sun Haozi, who made a windfall in the Great Wall War of Resistance, the troops were defeated by the coalition forces of the Ma family, and all the weapons and ammunition he stored in Shanxi were also received by Yan Laoxi.

That's an afterword. Don't press the table for the time being.

Not to mention that after the Li family's father and son discussed it, they each left with their own people. Li Shouhan only went south to quell the rebellion in his nest on his own, and his eldest son Li Huayu ordered his wife Lu Mahong to accompany him to the south to help quell the rebellion there.

There is a way that there are two flowers, one for each branch.

When the Li family father and son were eating new wheat, outside the Chaoyang Gate of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lin Yuji represented Emperor Chongzhen. led the cabinet bigwigs and civil and military officials to pay tribute to Hong Chengchou's spirit card in the solemn and sad mourning music.

Today is the 10th day of the fifth month. Emperor Chongzhen went to the eastern suburbs to pay tribute to Hong Chengchou tomorrow. After the early dynasty, Wang Chengen and Wu Mengming were summoned to the Qianqing Palace and asked them how they were preparing for the Dharma driver, the halo book, and the brocade guards who would be required for tomorrow. When they had reciprocated to his satisfaction, he asked:

"What have the subjects of Jingshi said about this matter recently?"

Wang Chengen immediately said: "Recently, the subjects of Jingshi have been discussing every day, saying that Hong Chengchou is a loyal minister through the ages, and the emperor is a saint of the ages. ”

Chongzhen nodded, suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity that Chengchou died too early!" ”

Wu Mengming said: "Although Hong Chengchou was martyred too early. I can't continue to serve His Majesty, but His Majesty is so generous and honorable, which is rare in the world, and the ministers dare to believe that there will be more loyal and martyred ministers like Hong Chengchou who will rise up when they hear the wind, and they will not hesitate to smear their hearts and minds. Defend the country for His Majesty. ”

Wang Chengen continued: "The slave maid also has a foolish opinion. Although Hong Chengchou is exhausted, his loyal soul will surely last forever, and he will not forget the grace of God in the underworld, and his thoughts will make Dongyu not peaceful. ”

"The minister thinks so too! I'm afraid that Lord Hong is in the spirit of the sky, and he will first secretly protect Grandpa Li to quickly pacify the bandits in Nanzhong, and bless Jifu and Shandong with smooth wind and rain, so that I am hopeful for Ming Zhongxing! ”

Chongzhen was silent for a moment, sighed again, and said with tears in his eyes: "I hope that Chengchou will die and have a soul!" ”

A chief came in with the eunuch and played to Chongzhen: Cheng Guogong, the three departments of etiquette, soldiers, and workers should be in charge of the waiter and Honglu Siqing were summoned into the palace and were already waiting in the Wenhua Palace. Chongzhen waved his hand to make Wu Mengming and Cao Huachun withdraw, and then took the chariot to the Wenhua Palace.

Today's summons is not for anything else, but Emperor Chongzhen wants to inquire in detail about the preparations for his visit to the eastern suburbs to pay tribute and the construction of the Zhaozhong Temple. If it were another emperor, he would not be able to ask trivial questions, and the ministers would naturally not dare to neglect such things. However, he was accustomed to taking matters into his own hands, and he always felt that he could not rest assured if he did not personally intervene, so he made time to summon them when state affairs were complicated. He asked very carefully, and asked the ministers to answer clearly. Some things were not actually prepared, and they had to lie perfunctory. He also asked what stone should be used for the stone tablet in the ancestral hall of the Hong family, how high it should be, and who should be ordered to write the inscription. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lin Yuyi understood the emperor's temperament very well, knelt down and replied:

"Hong Chengchou sacrificed his life for the country, his merit is in the annals of history, he will be a model for generations, and he will always be a model for ministers. The ministers have repeatedly consulted, and they plan to implore the emperor to write the inscription in person, and ask the royal pen to inscribe the inscription. It is not only to build the ancestral tree stele, but also to write the inscription of the imperial inscription, the amount of the imperial inscription, so the stele must be made of high-quality white marble, without flaws, especially should be taller than the common stele in general. ”

Chongzhen asked, "How tall?" ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites replied: "After the ministers and the ministers in the ministry consulted, they drafted the stele body to be eight feet high, three feet wide, and one foot five inches thick, the stele hat three feet four inches high, and the height of the stele four feet. Another imperial tablet pavilion is built, the inner height is two zhang two feet, the platform is one foot eight inches high, and the stone steps are three layers. This is a reference to the past, and there was this discussion at the beginning, which may not be allowed, and it may not be allowed. ”

As soon as the call was completed, Chongzhen took the chariot back to the Qianqing Palace. Recently, Li Zicheng swept away the fallen leaves with the autumn wind in Henan, breaking dozens of prefectures, prefectures, and county seats, and basically all the south of the Yellow River have fallen. Now, with tens of thousands of thieves as the vanguard, they have gone south to harass Huguang and Jianghuai, intending to seize the land of grain and rice in Huguang, solve the problem of military rations, and have a tendency to merge with tens of thousands of Shaanxi thieves such as Lao Huihui and Geliyan who are entrenched in the area of Yingshan and Huoshan.

The most fatal thing is not that several bands of thieves converge, but that the thieves are no longer wandering, but are sending pseudo-officials to govern in various places. If this goes on in the long run, not only will the entire Central Plains fall into the hands of "thieves", but the next step will inevitably be to intercept the Cao Yun in the east, enter the Qin and Jin Dynasty in the west, and the north will be slightly more than Jifu, and Beijing will also become a lonely and suspenseful trend, which is not easy to support. He sat on the chariot, and he didn't know what urgent documents were sent to the imperial case of the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and he was really anxious.

When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he sat down in front of the imperial case, and he saw at a glance that there was indeed a 100,000 urgent document on the imperial case. Although this document was not opened and not yellowed by the General Secretary as usual, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat violently and his face was pale. While unpacking, he concluded in his heart: it must be the "Dongyu" because he had already won the pine and brocade, and Hong Chengchou was also dead, so he took advantage of the victory to enter the army. He originally hoped that Ma Shaoyu would have achievements in this trip, so that he would suspend his worries about the east and concentrate on saving the Central Plains, but in the end, he buried Hong Chengchou's tens of thousands of troops, making the overall situation erosive.

By the time he had watched the tantric recital at a glance, his horror was relieved and replaced by a mixture of humiliation, anger, resentment, disappointment, apprehension, and other indescribable complexities. He took a second look at the tantra, slammed the table with his fist, and cursed angrily: "Damn it! Damn it! ”

It just so happened that a palace maid was holding a tray of plum blossoms with snail lacquer with both hands, and a cup of Yangxian spring tea from Xingong was placed on it, and walked to his side silently. The maid immediately fell on her knees on the ground, trembling all over, and prostrated her head incessantly. Chongzhen didn't look at her, jumped up from the dragon chair, walked out of the warm pavilion with heavy steps, walked around a thick column with vermilion lacquer depicting the golden cloud dragon a few times, and suddenly walked out of the main hall again. He lingered on the dan pier for a moment, began to calm down, and sighed in his heart, "My square is messed up! At this moment, Wang Chengen walked in with a stack of papers. Seeing that the emperor was so anxious, the eunuchs waiting on the left and right were all holding their breath in fear, Wang Chengen was startled, he didn't dare to move forward, he didn't dare to exit, and stood quietly under the Danqi. Chongzhen turned around by chance, caught a glimpse, stared at him angrily, and shouted, "Wang Chengen! ”

Wang Chengen's heart couldn't help but suddenly, usually the emperor called him to call a big companion! Today, he is calling it by name, and it seems that he is extremely angry! Hurry up to the Danqi, kneel down and answer: "The slave is here!" ”

Chongzhen said: "You go and pass the decree, Hong Chengchou stops the sacrifice, stop immediately!" ”

"Emperor, the five altars have been sacrificed this morning. ...... p.m."

"Stop! Stop! Stop the festival now! ”

"Yes. Slave obeys! ”

"Ask the Ministry of Rites for my imperial sacrifice and burn it!"

"Yes, Emperor."

"Hong Chengchou's ancestral hall will be repaired and demolished immediately!"

"Yes, Emperor."

Chongzhen waved his hand to Wang Chengen, turned around and walked back to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, and entered the Xinuan Pavilion. Wang Chengen held in his hand the military intelligence document of 100,000 anxious Zuo Liangyu from Xiangyang, explaining that "the 100,000 troops temporarily returned to Xiangyang for rest and recuperation due to the hot weather and epidemic epidemic", and he did not dare to report it to the emperor, so he had to temporarily bring it back to the duty room of the celebrant supervisor. Chongzhen sat down on the dragon chair again, sighed, snorted with his nostrils hatefully, picked up the red pen and wrote on a piece of yellow paper: Tell Wu Mengming: The son of Hong Chengchou and his family in Beijing, regardless of men, women and children, will all be imprisoned, waiting for the fate, and confiscating their property in Beijing. Comply immediately, and don't tolerate delays! (To be continued......)