76 meetings, silver

After Li Zixiao returned to Kaifeng, he ordered the whole city to celebrate for three days, and then returned home to reunite with his mother, wife and children.

At this time, Li Zixiao's third wife, Lin Yuluo, also gave birth to a son for Li Zixiao, just a few months, Li Zixiao named him Li Hu, nicknamed Hu'er.

is Li Zixiao's eldest son and eldest daughter, who are already one year old at this time.

"Ugly baby, Nannan, look who's coming!"

Li Zixiao returned to the mansion, Lin Wan'er and Guan Mingxi, two daughters, were teasing Zhao Jie and Zhao Shuo, pointing at Li Zixiao and saying.

"My son, daughter, dad is back, come and let dad hug me."

Li Zixiao looked at the two eldest sons and eldest daughters who were being supported by Lin Wan'er and Guan Mingxi, Li Zixiao clapped his hands and walked over with a smile.

The two children were obviously attracted by Li Zixiao who came in, and looked at Li Zixiao.

As a result, the eldest daughter Li Shuo saw that Li Zixiao wanted to hug her, and directly cried with a 'wow'.

Li Shuo's crying made Li Jie next to him cry with Wow, and they all turned around and threw themselves back into their mother's arms, not letting Li Zixiao hug them, which made Li Zixiao quite embarrassed.

"Master, you see that you have been on the expedition for two months, and the children don't know you anymore, which makes the children cry."

Guan Mingxi said complainingly, but with a smile on his face.

When the three daughters were on Li Zixiao's expedition, they prayed day and night to bless Li Zixiao's safe return.

Now that they saw Li Zixiao come back safely, they were very happy.

"These two little guys, I don't even know Lao Tzu anymore."

Li Zixiao ate the closed door soup of the two children, said with a smile, and then walked to Mother Li in the back, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Mother, my son is back."

"Okay, okay, just come back."

Mother Li looked at Li Zixiao kneeling in front of her, her eyes flashed with tears, and she said excitedly.

In the end, Li Zixiao walked up to Lin Yuluo, looked at his second son Li Hu, who was still sleeping in his arms, and reached out to touch the white and tender little face.

Li Zixiao looked at Lin Yuluo and said gently: "You just gave birth to a child, pay more attention to rest." ”

"Well, the concubine knows." Lin Yuluo answered softly with tears in his eyes.

Li Zixiao and his family had a rare reunion dinner, and they had a good toss in the evening.

The next day, Qi Wei also led the army back from Shanxi, and Li Zixiao led people out of the city to greet him.

In the following days, subordinates from all over Henan, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and even Jinzhou, as well as Tamna Island, rushed to Kaifeng to participate in the post-war meeting.

After the war, Li Zixiao convened his subordinates and generals as usual, held a meeting, dealt with the accumulated matters, and set the task goals for the next period of time.

By the time Li Zixiao arrived at the mansion, Qian Guangyuan, Lin Yongnian, Han Lushan and others led by civil officials, Qi Wei, Luo Chao and others led by military generals had already been divided into left and right sides, and they were all ready to wait for him.

"Meet Master Hou."

After Li Zixiao sat down, everyone got up and worshipped.

"Alright, sit down." Li Zixiao waved his hand.

"All the generals are reunited with their families."

Li Zixiao first looked at Qi Wei with a smile, Luo Chao and other generals of the White Dragon Army, and asked.

"Hou Ye Xie cares, and he has met his family."

Wei Hong, on behalf of the generals of the White Dragon Army, replied very officially.

Wei Hong and others knew that on such a meeting occasion, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister must be observed and cannot be overcome.

"Hmm."

Li Zixiao nodded, then swept over everyone and asked, "Are they all back?" ”

On the civilian side, Li Sheng, who had just rushed back from Jinzhou, Chen Taihe, who had rushed back from Tamluo Island, and Qiu Guangming, who had rushed back from Yangzhou, stood up and bowed to Li Zixiao and said, "My subordinates meet Master Hou." ”

On the side of the generals, Li Yan, who had just returned from Luoyang, and Hong Sheng, the deputy commander of the navy, who had returned from Haizhou Port, also stood up and saluted Li Zixiao.

As for Xu Wei, Zhou Dazhu, Liu Chong, and the navy that was far away on Ryukyu Island at this time, they were all far away, and they couldn't rush back, so they didn't participate in this meeting.

"Okay, it's all back, let's have a meeting!"

Subsequently, Li Zixiao held a meeting with his civil officials and senior generals.

At this conference, in terms of the army, Li Zixiao mainly arranged the burial and pension of the fallen soldiers after the battle, as well as the recruitment, training, and expansion of the army.

After listening to Wei Hong's preliminary report and giving instructions, Li Zixiao handed over these matters to Wei Hong, Qi Wei, Luo Chao and Zhao Zilong and other generals to be responsible.

In terms of government affairs, Li Zixiao attaches great importance to the resettlement of displaced people, as well as the purchase of cattle and tools, because this involves spring plowing after the beginning of spring.

"Master Hou, the government plans to recruit 100,000 displaced people this winter, build more than 50 new village forts in the twelve counties around Kaifeng, and reclaim 300,000 acres of wasteland.

Before the beginning of spring, these more than 50 new villages and forts could almost accommodate more than 300,000 displaced people, and at the same time, other surrounding counties could also absorb more than 500,000 displaced people.

At the same time, we have entrusted the caravan to buy cattle in the south, and let the arsenal build farming tools, so as to ensure that the spring ploughing work in Henan will be carried out smoothly after the beginning of spring.

For a more detailed plan, Lao Chen has already written it in the chapter with Lord Lin, Lord Han and others. ”

While Qian Guangyuan was talking, Li Zixiao was reading a piece of music, which was the detailed tasks and goals for the reconstruction and development of Henan in the next year.

Li Zixiao couldn't help but nod when he looked at it, he was quite satisfied, there were a few things that needed to be modified, and Li Zixiao was ready to find time to discuss it carefully with them.

Li Zixiao closed the chapter, looked at Qian Guangyuan and the others, and said: "Your plan, Ben Hou has read it, and it is basically feasible.

Now, if you have any difficulties, ask Ben Hou to raise them, otherwise you will miss this opportunity, and if there are any difficulties, Ben Hou will not care.

When the time comes, Benhou will only see if you can complete your goals on time. ”

"Master Hou, our biggest difficulty now is the lack of silver!

Lao Chen has calculated, if we want to successfully implement the plan set next year, whether it is to recruit migrant workers, buy cattle and tools, we will need a lot of silver.

In particular, Hou Ye ordered the exemption of a large number of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Henan, and in the next three years, the peasants' taxes will only be 20%.

This also means that the government will not be able to collect much tax in the next three years.

At this time, the government has less than 300,000 taels of silver, which is simply not enough to support our reconstruction plan next year, and the gap is very large. ”

Qian Guangyuan said to Li Zixiao very distressed.

Now Li Zixiao wants to rebuild Henan, and the investment must be very large in a short period of time, but the income in a short period of time is very small, at least after a few years, he will not see the benefits.

Therefore, Li Zixiao had already expected the lack of silver in the government office.

"Old Qian, according to the government's deposit of silver at this time, how long can you support it?"

After Li Zixiao pondered for a moment, he opened his mouth and asked Qian Guangyuan.

"Master Hou, according to the current expenses of the government, we can only support it until the beginning of spring at most, and after the beginning of spring, the expenses will be even greater."

Qian Guangyuan said truthfully.

Li Zixiao immediately looked at Wei Hong again and asked, "Wei Hong, the money, food and materials you took back from the Qing army will leave enough silver to compensate the fallen soldiers."

The rest will all be handed over to the government office, and as for the reward for the soldiers, it will be paid by Benhou himself. ”

"Yes, Master Hou." Wei Hong responded.

"Old Qian, your government will just follow the established plan, and you don't have to worry about the silver.

If there is no silver in the government after the beginning of spring, Benhou will find a way to get it for you. ”

"Yes, with the guarantee of the Hou Ye, the old minister will be relieved."

After the meeting, Li Zixiao only left Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi, and the rest of the civil and military generals were all dismissed.

"Zhang Fugui, Zeng Qi, how is the thing that let the two of you work together?"

Li Zixiao looked at the two of them with a serious expression and asked.

Zhang Fugui took a step forward and arched his hand and said, "Back to the Hou Ye, that thing was successful." ”

"Oh, yes!"

When Li Zixiao heard the news, his face showed joy.

The incident they were talking about was actually Li Zixiao's previous order to Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi to take people to Qingzhou and take away the small treasury of King De from King De.

You must know that before the Qing army entered Shandong, King De smuggled it from Jinan City to Qingzhou, which was more than two million taels of silver.

It was the silver that King De had obtained over the years from doing business, paying taxes, accepting bribes, etc., and other channels.

Before, King De was worried that the Qing army would break through Jinan, so for the sake of insurance, he smuggled all of them to Qingzhou.

King De thought that he was doing something unknowingly, but in fact, he had long been targeted by Zhang Fugui's intelligence bureau.

Moreover, Zhang Fugui's intelligence officers later discovered that King De smuggled this batch of silver to Linzi City, Qingzhou Prefecture.

King De was in Linzi City, and there was a big mansion, and the silver was hidden in that mansion.

After that, Li Zixiao gave orders to Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi, asking them to find a way to get this batch of silver from King De from Linzi City.

For this reason, Li Zixiao even did not hesitate to let the eight hundred elite guards transferred by Quartz be handed over to Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi for command.

In the following month, Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi have been planning this matter.

Li Zixiao did not have the slightest guilt for taking away the silver from King De.

Because, Li Zixiao can only get the silver from King De, and in the next year, Qian Guangyuan's plan to rebuild Henan can be carried out smoothly.

took the prince's ill-gotten gains and used them to rebuild Henan and relieve the people, Li Zixiao thought it was very good.

This is also the only way Li Zixiao can think of to get a large sum of money in a very short time.

Now, Li Zixiao heard Zhang Fugui say that this matter was done, of course he was happy.

It's just that at this time, Li Zixiao looked at Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi in front of him, but there was no joy on his face, and his heart sank.

"What? Things are changing? ”

Li Zixiao asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master Hou."

This time, Zeng Qi stood up and said to Li Zixiao: "General Zhang and I have been planning for more than half a month, and then it took nearly a week to execute.

Finally, we managed to infiltrate King De's mansion in Linzi and steal the silver.

On the way, none of us were discovered by the guards of the king of Germany, but when we were out of the city, we made a mistake and were discovered by the Ming army defending the city.

We had no choice but to force our way out of the city, and then found a hidden mountain forest to hide.

In the next few days, King De not only used his personal guards, but also sent someone to inform the Qingzhou Mansion to send troops to assist him in blocking the roads and searching for us.

In the end, General Zhang and I had no choice but to hide the silver in a mountain forest for the time being, leaving a team of guards to guard it.

We rushed back and reported to Hou Ye. ”

After Li Zixiao listened to Zeng Qi's words, he understood the general situation of the matter.

"It turned out that the silver was in hand, but it couldn't be transported!

It's no wonder that King De is not crazy, that's all his net worth, and then in order to recover this silver, it is estimated that he can turn Qingzhou Mansion over. ”

Li Zixiao said with a smile.

"What then?" Zhang Fugui said with some eagerness.

"Don't worry, since the two of you have already got the silver out of King De's hands, the task will be completed by the two of you.

Next, how to get back this money, Ben Hou will figure out a way, and you can cooperate. ”

Li Zixiao thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Master Hou."

Although Li Zixiao said so, Li Zixiao didn't think about how to get back this large sum of money.

But there is no doubt that it is unlikely that this time I want to be safe and sound, and secretly transport the silver back to Kaifeng.

Li Zixiao didn't have to think about it to guess that the roads in Qingzhou Mansion at this time were probably sealed by King De long ago, and this matter had to be planned carefully.

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And just when Li Zixiao returned to Kaifeng, the 30,000 Qing soldiers led by Haoge in the north, led by the yellow flag, had already returned to Guanwai and returned to Shengjing City.

When Hauge returned to Shengjing, the more than 40,000 Qing troops led by Azig had just arrived in Yiju, and Dolgon had just led his army out of the customs.

After learning that Haug had led his army back to Shengjing, Azig let the army stay in Uiju for the time being, waiting for the arrival of Dolgon's army.

At this time, Azig didn't have to think about it to know that Haoge, who had returned to Shengjing City in advance, had two descendants of the Tartar Zhenghuang Flag and the Yellow Banner in his hands.

The current Shengjing City is probably completely controlled by Haoge.

Now if Azig and they lead the army back and hand over the military power, I am afraid that they can only watch Hauge and ascend to the throne.

Of course, Azig knew about Hauge's feud with Dolgon, and knew that Dorgon would never watch Haug ascend to the throne.

If Haug had ascended to the throne, Dorgon wouldn't have ended much better.

At this point, Azig decided to help his brother Dorgon instead of choosing to help Hauge.

Therefore, Azig told the army to stop in Uiju and wait to join up with Dolgon behind him, and then discuss how to deal with Hauge.

And Haoge's side, as Azig thought, returned to Haoge in Shengjing in advance, holding the two descendants of the Yellow Flag of Tartar and the Yellow Banner, and completely controlled Shengjing City.

The next thing Haug had to do was to get ahead of the return of Azig and Dolgon's army.

Arrange everything in Shengjing City, determine his identity as the heir to the throne, and preferably ascend to the throne before Dolgon returns to Shengjing.

When the time comes, even if Dolgon and Azig return with their armies, and Haug has become the new emperor of the Qing Dynasty, they will not be able to change much.