Chongzhen was so hungover in the Guogong Mansion.

Several internal guards didn't dare to wake him up, so they had to carry him to a side room and sleep peacefully according to Qin Shuhuai's advice.

Qin Shuhuai returned to the house and saw Chen Qing'er sitting on the edge of the bed, sewing a pocket by herself.

Cheeky, Qin Shuhuai smiled, "Madam, haven't you slept so late?"

Chen Qing'er raised her eyebrows slightly, but she didn't talk to him.

"Hehe, that ...... Do you still like the clay figurines? Let me tell you, this is the handicraft of the famous clay figurines in Beijing, and I traveled several miles to buy them. ”

Chen Qing'er finally spoke.

said teasingly, "Yes, Li'er also has one in his hand, exactly the same as this one, and said that it was given to him by Huang Gongzi." ”

"Well, this, Brother Huang also heard about the craftsmanship of the clay figure Zhang, so he specially sent someone to buy it. ”

"The two of you are quite compatible, one is the emperor, the other is the grandfather of the country, you like to play with clay figurines when you have nothing to do?"

Qin Shuhuai sneered, "How else can we talk together?"

"Okay, I don't even want to talk to you, I don't care about deceiving people. It's still a clay man, how did you make up such a character?"

"Hehe, probably ...... I still can't hide it from Madame, or how can I say that you are smart. ”

Qin Shuhuai moved his hands and feet as he spoke.

Chen Qing'er gently pushed Qin Shuhuai away and said, "Hasn't the emperor left yet?

"Whatever! There is no shortage of a bed for him. ”

Saying that, Qin Shuhuai was a hungry tiger and pounced on the sheep.

......

Grandpa Qin Shuhuai officially started a pleasant holiday - now there is finally nothing urgent for him to go out in person.

For several days in a row, he slept until three poles in the morning, ate when he woke up, and walked around the yard at most after eating, and then pulled Chen Qing'er back to the room to "sleep".

He doesn't need to worry about anything in the mansion, it's completely a matter of food and clothes to stretch out his hand - you must know that the maids and servants in the Guogong Mansion, including those brought from Tongzhou and those rewarded by Chongzhen, add up to more than a hundred people!

Chongzhen didn't come to bother him, probably because he was grateful for the fact that he had been running around for more than a year, and he had not stopped for a moment, such as today, he finally made up his mind, and intended to let him recuperate for a while.

Not only did he not summon Qin Shuhuai, but he also sent eunuchs to send him things every now and then, and he sent waves of ginseng, deer antler, bird's nest and other supplements, and even asked the eunuch to remind him that he should pay attention to the "combination of work and rest" and not be tired.

A full month of such days passed.

During this period, Qiu Dali, Lai San'er, Pi Gou, Zhang Xiao, Chen Jing, Li Jingting, Meng Wei, Meng Hu and others also took advantage of the peace in the world and returned from rest one after another.

Qin Shuhuai sent someone to call Lao Dao and Hua Shen, and everyone gathered together, indulged in wine and chat, recalled and recalled the hard days of the past year or so, and then bragged about it, but it was also so happy.

At the end of January, Hong Chengchou went to the imperial court, saying that the Demon Sect had all withdrawn from Gansu and was on the way back to Kunlun, asking for instructions on what to do.

Chongzhen issued an order to let He Renlong and Du Wenhuan each bring 20,000 soldiers and horses into Gansu, and the soldiers and horses of the original Liangzhou Guard returned to Liangzhou to station. The holy decree also specifically mentions that if the Demon Sect has repeated incidents, then all troops and horses should be severely attacked, and there must be no appeasement and slackness.

Chongzhen is much tougher now than it was a year ago! It is said that several tribes in Mongolia secretly want to negotiate peace in exchange for the resumption of border trade.

However, Chongzhen replied with one opinion: the Ming Dynasty did not negotiate peace with the Mongolian tribes, only the monarchs and ministers. Unless the Mongols bow down to their vassals, pay tribute every year, and allow the Ming army to set up guards on the steppe, there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides.

This is a threat from Chi Guoguo! If you put it aside a year ago, or even half a year ago, you can't say such a tough thing when you kill Chongzhen.

But he can be so tough now!

After the last expedition returned in vain, the position of the Great Khan of Huang Taiji was in jeopardy, and there was an extreme shortage of money and food in Houjin, and morale and popular sentiment had fallen to a low point, and there was no power to cut down Ming.

Therefore, Chongzhen only left 60,000 soldiers and horses on the Ningjin defense line, which had a large number of fortifications and fortifications, of which the main force was replaced by the original Shanhaiguan garrison under Wu Xiang, and the main force of the Guanning army was placed along the Great Wall to deter the north.

In this way, in the face of the Mongols, Chongzhen has no fear at all!

Mongolia is not a vassal? It's okay! First cut off your salt and iron trade, you will be uncomfortable!

If you don't accept it, you will do it! Guan Ningjun is waiting for you along the Great Wall!

Don't dare to come? It's okay if you don't dare to come, I'll tell you clearly, when Daming accumulates strength for a few years, I will definitely come to the grassland to find you!

The words that Qin Shuhuai said to Chongzhen that night, other Chongzhen may not be able to remember, but there are three words he remembers clearly-that is, do it!

According to Qin Shuhuai's words, this kid is now a bit of a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law for many years. In the past, he was an angry bag, and the Donglin Party could bully him, but now if anyone dares to fight him again, he definitely doesn't mind slapping him back!

It's February.

Spring is blooming, and everything is recovering.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and Chongzhen, who has an ambitious plan for this year, finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent Wang Dehua to summon Qin Shuhuai into the palace.

Without him, ask politics.

In February of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen prepared to carry out large-scale political reform.

From the point of view of timing, this political reform undoubtedly has the three elements of the right time, place, and people, and it is impossible to be better than this time in any other period.

The so-called favorable time and place means that if the geo-military pattern is very stable, neither Mongolia, Houjin, Yarkand, nor Dzungaria will be able to attack the Ming Dynasty. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the civil strife that lasted for several years has been calmed, the Demon Sect has also withdrawn, and Chongzhen has made a series of measures to reduce taxes and disaster relief in the early stage, and the political situation is relatively stable.

And the people and aspects mainly refer to the participants in this political reform - the Ming Dynasty hundred officials. Because of the collapse of the Donglin Party, a large number of middle and low-level officials were all newly promoted, one of them did not have a deep foundation, the second was in gratitude to the emperor, and the third was in the shock of the inviolability of heavenly might, so at this time, the implementation of the new policy did not care whether it violated their interests or not - because they were originally cloth clothes and had nothing.

As for the old officials who were not affected in the process of Donglin's downfall and are still staying in office, it is not their turn to make irresponsible remarks at this time - the military power of the whole country has been firmly controlled by Qin Shuhuai and Chongzhen, and they dare not say a word?

To put it bluntly, as long as Qin Shuhuai supports Chongzhen, no governor or general in the world dares to move a single soldier!

In this case, Chongzhen's political reform is naturally twice the result with half the effort, and it is logical!

Because the current political reform has not yet reached the specific implementation stage, Chongzhen did not call others, but only called Sun Chengzong to come together.

In the imperial study, Chongzhen asked first, "Brother Qin, you were the first to propose the new deal, so now, is it up to you to talk about your thoughts first?"

In this month, Qin Shuhuai was idle but always made some preparations for the new deal, so he said according to the ideas he had sorted out before, "Your Majesty, if you want to implement the new policy, you still need to know where the pain is, and we can only prescribe the right medicine if we know the pain." ”

"Yes, Brother Qin continued. ”

"At present, there are two kinds of pain in the Ming Dynasty: farmers and officials. ”

"The pain of farmers is, first, that they have no land to cultivate, and second, that even if they have land to cultivate, they do not have much income. As far as the minister knew, more than 70 percent of the annual income of ordinary tenant farmers had to go to the landlords and the imperial court, so when Gao Yingxiang first shouted the slogan of 'no grain', a large number of peasant households followed him. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "So, what does Brother Qin think?"

"One is to provide land for those who have no land, and the other is to reduce or exempt land endowments. Let's talk about the first one, where did the fields come from? As far as the ministers know, King Fu had 20,000 hectares of fertile land in Luoyang, that is, 2 million mu of fertile land. Isn't it ridiculous that the king of Fu is cultivating only more than 100,000 mu, and the rest is all deserted in the wilderness, and even if there are tenant farmers who want to help him plant the land of the king of Fu, he will not agree? The emperor tried to imagine that if these 2 million mu of fertile land were distributed to peasant households, at least 200,000 cultivators would have to have their fields, right? One king of fortune would account for the livelihood of 200,000 peasants, and how many big landlords like King Fu in the Ming Dynasty?

Sun Chengzong sighed and said, "Grandpa Guo is reasonable. However, King Fu's field was given by the former emperor Shenzong, and King Fu himself was stubborn, if he wanted to fight his idea of land, I am afraid it would not be easy. There are many aspects involved in this new policy, and we must first occupy a word 'reason' in order to be able to move unhindered. ”

Sun Chengzong's meaning is very clear, the fields of the blessed king were given by the first emperor, Chongzhen can not take them back, otherwise it is against the order of the first emperor, which is not only a great disrespect to the first emperor, but also will cause the impression that the Ming Emperor's order is changing, which is bound to be not conducive to winning the trust of the people, and will inevitably be disgusted by the gentry class.

This is not "reasonable".

It should be said that Sun Chengzong's worries are not unreasonable.

But Chongzhen said, "Teacher Sun, I think that King Fu occupies so much land, and he is not reasonable. Since he doesn't take advantage of it first, let's talk to him about it, right?"

Sun Chengzong glanced at Chongzhen unexpectedly, only to see that the young emperor's eyes were firm and persistent, and his face revealed calm confidence.

Surprised, I couldn't help but smile in my heart.

Your Majesty, grow up!

Yes, it's time to grow up! Together with Daming, he experienced a test of life and death, and he struggled to climb out of the crumbling and nine-death life.

The wind and waves have survived, and now he is in a hurry to show his ambitions, how can he be tied by a lucky king?

Resolute and resolute, decisive and resolute, this is the image of a generation of heroes!

Qin Shuhuai also said to Chongzhen with appreciation, "The emperor Shengming! King Fu should be the head of the world's landlords and powerful people, if he can set an example, I believe that our new law on Tianzheng will be implemented smoothly." ”

Chongzhen nodded, "That's right. To deal with a strong man like King Fu, I use the method of gentleness, Brother Qin can be a thunderbolt, let's take a two-pronged approach, we are not afraid that they will not obediently hand over the property. ”

Qin Shuhuai added with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's 'buying', not letting them pay." Of course, if they are sympathetic to the people and willing to donate some of their land for free, we don't mind, right?"

Chongzhen also smiled, "I can also give him a meritorious archway, and it is not enough to seal an official who is not falsely awarded." ”