The matter of sending troops was thus decided, and it was finally decided to urgently mobilize 15,000 infantry soldiers from Jinling, that is, three infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and a baggage battalion, a total of 23,000 people, to Luoyang, and it was imperative that the Liukou should not continue to flow south.

When Zhu Youxiao asked how long it would take for Jinling's men and horses to arrive in Luoyang, Yang Feng thought for a moment and said: "The matter of going on the expedition is not trivial, and you need to go to Jinling in person to dispatch.

Even if the lowly post sets off tomorrow, it will take about ten days to arrive at Jinling, and it will take two or three days to make all kinds of preparations, Jinling is thousands of miles away from Henan, and it will be the beginning of December when you arrive in Luoyang. ”

"No...... It's too slow. ”

Zhu Youxiao interrupted him.

"According to the information sent, the Liukou is now approaching Huaiqing Mansion, if Huaiqing Mansion is occupied by Liukou, then Liukou can go straight to Zhengzhou to the east, and Luoyang to the west. According to Aiqing, if Jiang Ningjun wants to rush to the Luoyang area, it will take at least a month or so, and I am worried that the whole of Henan will become erosive by then. ”

"Huaiqing Mansion."

Yang Feng muttered a little in his mouth and asked Sun Chengzong: "Elder Sun Ge, how many defenders are there in Huaiqing Mansion now?" Who is in charge? ”

Sun Chengzong said without thinking: "Now there are more than 3,000 defenders in Huaiqing Mansion, which is led by General Chen Yongfu. ”

"Chen Yongfu, this name is quite familiar, I seem to have heard of it somewhere?"

Yang Feng thought for a while before remembering, this Chen Yongfu is also a very famous person in another time and space, he once defended Kaifeng during the Chongzhen period, it is said that Li Zicheng's eye was blinded by him, but the irony is that this guy actually surrendered to Li Zicheng later, which can be described as a late festival.

But no matter what, this guy still has a hand in fighting, otherwise Li Zicheng would not have suffered such a big loss in his hands.

Zhu Guozhen also said: "Yes, the Liukou claims to have 200,000, even if it is discounted, there are always 70,000 or 80,000, just with the more than 3,000 people in Huaiqing Mansion who can block it for ten days, it is not bad to resist for a month." ”

Han Yi said: "It will take time to transfer troops from Jinling, and the Jiangning Army is not a heavenly soldier, so it can't fly to Huaiqing Mansion, right?" ”

Zhu Youxiao: "Yang Aiqing, do you have any good strategies to solve the danger in Henan?" ”

Yang Feng's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, in this era, there is no perfect highway network in China, let alone high-speed rail, the war depends on the soldier's legs, and the road is also very difficult to walk, and it is not a simple matter to mobilize troops.

In the past, when Yang Feng fought with the Manchurian Tatars, he could easily transfer troops from Fujian to Liaodong with the sailors in his hands, and the terrain in Liaodong was open, most of them were plains, so the transfer of troops was relatively easy.

Now there are thousands of miles from Jinling to Henan, not to mention the long distance, the terrain is relatively complicated, although it is fighting in the country, the difficulty of marching has increased a lot, which is the most headache for him.

And this place in Henan can be described as a gathering of clans, at least more than fifty percent of the land is occupied by the vassal kings and clans, and the rest of the big tribes are in the hands of the gentry and heroes, and the land that is really still in the hands of the people is almost rare, it can be said that Henan is one of the most serious areas of land annexation in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Yang Feng's brows furrowed, Zhu Youxiao thought that Yang Feng was worried that he couldn't rush to Henan as fast as possible, so he comforted: "Aiqing doesn't have to be sad, I also understand that it is indeed not easy to transfer troops from Jinling to Henan in a hurry, and a month is already very fast." Therefore, Aiqing does not have to feel guilty, as long as she can get to Luoyang within a month, I believe that the strong thieves in Luoyang City will not be able to take it for a while. ”

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, although Sun Chengzong and the other three did not look very good-looking, they also knew that Zhu Youxiao was telling the truth, since ancient times, it has never been a simple matter for a large army to go on an expedition, whether it is the collection of men and horses, the mobilization of grain and grass, and the preparation of armaments and materials, they must be very cautious, no matter what aspect goes wrong, it is likely to lead to the defeat of a battle.

Yang Feng asked again: "Your Majesty, in fact, what the minister is worried about is not those rogues, but other things. The situation in Henan is relatively special, for example, there are two royal highnesses, King Lu and King Fu, as well as hundreds of clans, and these people alone occupy most of the land in Henan.

At this time, the situation of the people in Henan can be described as the people have no place to stand, these people are almost hungry and red-eyed, once the rogue enters Henan and raises his arms, Weichen is worried that it will immediately become a prairie fire, and it will be troublesome at that time. ”

The atmosphere in the imperial study was more serious, and they didn't know what Yang Feng said, in another historical time and space, after Li Zicheng invaded Henan, countless people who couldn't survive immediately became his most loyal supporters, and Henan alone provided Li Zicheng with more than 200,000 soldiers, which also greatly accelerated the fall of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao was puzzled: "I don't know what Aiqing said, but this is the ancestral system, and I can't help it." ”

Yang Feng pointed out unceremoniously: "But this ancestral system is no longer suitable now, there were only 58 people in the Ming clan during the Hongwu period, but in the twenty-third year of Wanli (1595), the population of the clan has grown to 157,000 people, so much of the annual expenditure of the clan population must be the most clear Zhu Ge Lao, right?" ”

Zhu Guozhen nodded with an ugly face, the expenses of the imperial court were already tight, but it still had to spend nearly thirty percent on these clans, what a huge waste, if this expenditure could be saved, the imperial court would be able to do a lot every year.

"The unsuitable ancestral system must be changed, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will not have enough silver to eat these rice worms, and I hope Your Majesty will make a decision as soon as possible." Yang Feng said categorically, "Otherwise, even if Gao Yingxiang is defeated, Li Yingxiang and Zhang Yingxiang will still come out, and the minister doesn't want to wipe his butt every day for those wine bags and rice bags that only spend all day drinking!" ”

"You!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled helplessly, this Yang Feng really didn't give him face, and in front of several pavilion elders, he also compared the Ming clan to a group of rice buckets. It's just that he knows that Yang Feng's words are right, and he can't reprimand the other party for this.

In the end, Sun Chengzong said solemnly: "Xinguo Gong said cautiously, the system of dividing feudal kings was set by Emperor Taizu Gao, and Your Majesty, as the descendant of Emperor Taizu Gao, can only follow the ancestral system. ”

"The way of a courtier?" Yang Feng snorted coldly from his nostrils: "Since Elder Sun Ge accuses his father-in-law like this, then Elder Sun Ge wants to ask, what is Elder Sun's good plan?" ”

Sun Chengzong was dumbfounded, the solution to the sect was very simple, but he couldn't say it.

"Why, I can't say it, in fact, Your Majesty only needs to make a will, from next year, the imperial court will no longer bear the expenses of the clan, let them fend for themselves, don't always think about the love of the same clan.

It must be known that even in the homes of ordinary people, after a few hundred years, no matter how big the clan is, it will already spread out everywhere, how can it always be raised, which is too unusual. ”

There was silence in the imperial study for a while, and after a long time, Zhu Youxiao said: "Rong Zhen will think about this matter for a few more days, let's stop here today, after Yang Aiqing goes back, he will rush to Jinling as soon as possible to mobilize troops and horses to go to Henan to exterminate the Liukou." ”

"Obey the order!"