When Qin Shuhuai entered the imperial study, Chongzhen was roasting his hands by the charcoal brazier.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai coming in, Chongzhen pointed to the wooden bench opposite and said, "Brother Qin, sit." It's getting colder and colder!"

Qin Shuhuai sat down, stretched out his hand to warm up, and said, "Yes, the snow this year is still the same early." However, what a year of Ruixue Zhaofeng!"

Chongzhen smiled slightly, "That's right, Brother Qin, do you know how much more grain this autumn has received than last year?"

"Twice as much?"

Chongzhen shook his head, then stretched out two fingers and said, "Twice as much!"

Qin Shuhuai smiled, "It's much more than expected!

It was more than he expected.

Because although the new policy was implemented in the spring, it was not rolled out across the country at that time, but it was first implemented in some areas north of the Yangtze River. The so-called spring sowing and autumn harvest, although some crops are sown a little later, but the time is basically in the early stage of the implementation of the new policy, and the farmers who will benefit and the land that will be replanted will not be too much, so Qin Shuhuai estimates that this year's grain output can be doubled compared with last year.

But he forgot that if it was decided today, if there was no war, even if the New Deal was not implemented, grain production would bottom out. In addition, this year, the wind and rain in traditional granaries such as Hunan have been smooth, so the grain output has soared to three times that of last year.

No wonder Chongzhen couldn't keep his mouth shut when he mentioned this.

"Brother Qin, if this continues, I estimate that next year's output will be at least five times that of last year! Hehehe, by then it will be really enough and the people will be safe! Tut-tut, five times! If it had been put a year ago, I wouldn't have dared to think of it. ”

"The emperor is blessed with all the blessings, and the people naturally enjoy the blessings. ”

"Brother Qin, you don't pat me on the back, if it weren't for your new policy, I would still be worried about money and food!" Chongzhen paused, and then said, "By the way, speaking of money, do you guess how much tax the imperial court has received as of last month?"

"How can you get 20 million taels?" Qin Shuhuai said conservatively.

"It's less, it's 33,650,000 taels! Brother Qin seems to be underestimating your new policy? ”

"I only started to receive the first New Deal tax in May, and now it's only the end of October, so that's it?"

"I can't lie to you. By the end of the year, the new policy should be implemented all over the country, and I estimate that next year, it will really be able to reach the 'small goal' of 100 million taels you said, haha. ”

Qin Shuhuai said with a smile, "Hehe, then the emperor can give bonuses to his ministers." By the way, as you said, you reimbursed the ministers for their expenses on the three sides, in Sichuan, and even on this expedition to the west. ”

Chongzhen laughed, "Brother Qin's little family is angry! On this trip to Fujian, you must have blackmailed Zheng Zhilong for a lot of silver, and I didn't care if you wanted to take a cut, you see how generous I am." ”

"Your Majesty, this is a bit wronged. The minister has always been upright and upright, how can he deceive people?" Qin Shuhuai said with righteousness.

When he went to Fujian, Zheng Zhilong did stuff him with a million taels of silver tickets, but it was voluntary, and he did not falsify it.

Chongzhen laughed again, he would not argue with Qin Shuhuai about this. He knew very well that Qin Shuhuai's hand would never reach out where it shouldn't. Moreover, like Zheng Zhilong, the bribes he gave must also be accepted, because if Qin Shuhuai does not accept it, it means that he has drawn a line with him, and Zheng Zhilong is not panicked. He panicked, and it was not so easy to collect his soldiers and ships.

Speaking of this, Chongzhen got up and took out a delicate wooden box from a drawer in the bookcase, and when he opened the box, it was a bottle of wine.

"Last time on my birthday, the tribute sent by the governor of Guizhou, it is said that there is only such a bottle in the whole world, and I have never been willing to drink it. Chongzhen said as he opened the box, "Today, the two brothers drank it." I always go to your house to drink, but you are saying in your heart that I am stingy. ”

As soon as the bottle was opened, the aroma of the wine suddenly overflowed.

It must be a good wine.

Qin Shuhuai looked at the red charcoal fire and said, "Your Majesty, shall we just drink it?"

"Brother Qin, what are your good ideas?"

"This charcoal fire is really strong, why don't we barbecue meat?"

Chongzhen was stunned.

The last time he ate hot pot in the imperial study, he just wanted to deliberately deviate from the norm once to vent his anger. In fact, he was deeply educated in orthodox ideology, and he would never eat in the imperial study.

But it didn't take long for him to be relieved.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have never forgotten to be diligent in government and love the people. As for not eating barbecue in the imperial study, what's the matter? Could it be that the people will say that I am an arrogant and lascivious king?

As an emperor, the standard of whether you are good or not is whether the people are doing well, and not those rules!

So he immediately called Wang Dehua to come in, and asked him to immediately go and instruct the imperial dining room to make meat for barbecue and bring some related tools.

Wang Dehua was also stunned, but soon said with a smile, "The emperor and the prince will wait a minute, and the minister will go to order the imperial dining room." ”

The efficiency of the imperial dining room is so high, and it only took a quarter of an hour to deliver meat skewers skewered with bamboo skewers, as well as barbecued meat such as lamb chops and lamb legs, and even seasonings and utensils were already available.

So Qin Shuhuai and Chongzhen were drinking in the imperial study while masturbating at the same time.

Wine is the finest tribute wine, and meat is the freshest and best meat.

Don't say it, it's pretty cool.

It's a reward for a year of hard work.

The two of them first drank two glasses, and then the meat was almost roasted, and the oil was bubbling up, so they feasted on it.

The mellow aroma of wine and the smell of barbecue all over the room rise, which is particularly attractive. Wang Dehua stood beside him very depressed, swallowing his saliva uncontrollably. I thought to myself, when it's over, our family will also have a good meal and a drink.

After a few glasses of wine, Qin Shuhuai wiped his oily mouth and asked, "By the way, Your Majesty, did Lu Xiangsheng and Li Dingguo send Tang Bao from there? Counting that they have been on the western expedition for more than three months, right?"

Chongzhen took a large piece of meat and chewed it in his mouth, took a sip of wine comfortably, and then said, "I was about to tell you this! Lu Xiangsheng and Li Dingguo are really worthy of being talents that your Qin brothers can look down on! As soon as the 50,000 army left Jiayu Pass, they encountered a cavalry of the Dzungar Department within ten days, and it is said that there were more than 3,000 in number. And guess what? In the case of an encounter in the field, Li Dingguo and his 7,000 cavalry actually annihilated them! Brother Qin, they were all annihilated, and the total number of escapes was less than 50! If it weren't for the consistent description of the Tang newspapers sent from all sides, I really couldn't believe it! You say, our Ming cavalry is really so strong now?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the cavalry that went out of the customs this time, either from the martial arts coalition army, or from the ancestor of the original Guanning army, these soldiers are of high quality, and they have gone through dozens of battles such as fighting demons, fighting Tartars, and suppressing Liukou, and they have long been elite soldiers among elite soldiers." And the cavalry of the Dzungar Department, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than hunting and training on the grassland, and the training and equipment are far from us. In addition, our cavalry is more than twice as large as theirs, if this is not enough, Li Dingguo, the deputy commander, simply don't be it. ”

Chongzhen couldn't help nodding, and then said with emotion, "Brother Qin has fought in the south and north in the past few years, and has trained me a tiger warrior!

The two clinked glasses and drank them all.

Qin Shuhuai said again, "But then again, why did the Dzungar cavalry suddenly enter Yarkand's territory?"

Chongzhen said with a smile, "Haha, you don't know about this matter, Brother Qin, right?" Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled at first, but after inquiring about Hami, he learned that the Dzungar Ministry had just finished fighting with the Dulbert Ministry, and the Dzungar had won, but there was not enough food and grass. Dzungar Khan wanted to go to Yarkand to borrow some grain, so he proposed to marry his daughter to the eldest son of the king of Yarkand, and even his daughter to bring a dowry in exchange for some food. Yarkand also wanted to reconcile with Dzungaria, so he agreed. Who would have thought that Prince Yarkand accidentally learned that Dzungar Khan was not a real daughter at all, but a servant girl. At this time, the king of Yarkand was furious and ordered to kill all the envoys of the Dzungar tribe. ”

Qin Shuhuai understood as soon as he heard it, and then said, "Dzungar Khan wants to borrow grain and doesn't want to send his real daughter, and he has made it clear that he wants to swallow Yarkand in the future, so it's strange if King Yarkand is not angry!"

"That is to say, so the Dzungar Khan is not soft, so he can only come to the hard one, and now he often sends horsemen to raid the territory of Yarkand. Unfortunately, they ran into my Ming tiger's Ben this time, so they planted it. Haha, Brother Qin, are you saying this funny?"

Qin Shuhuai also laughed, "Interesting, interesting! I can't imagine that this Dzungar Khan is also a bad stomach!" After a pause, he said, "By the way, the army has now arrived in Hami, so it should be preparing to attack Ruoqiang, right?"

Chongzhen nodded, "The last Tang newspaper was delivered more than a month ago, and they had already arrived in Hami at that time. Now...... If nothing else, Ruoqiang should have been captured, right?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, and said in his heart, I don't know if those three red-topped masters are in Ruoqiang? Those three people have extremely high martial arts, I hope Meng Wei and the others will not be harmed.

In addition, after the Demon Sect captures Ruoqiang, will it take revenge, such as slaughtering the city? If so, I am afraid that the will of the other city-states of Yarkand will resist will be more resolute, and the casualties of the army will inevitably increase. Moreover, if the Ruoqiang site on the Silk Road is destroyed, it will also be a trouble for past business travelers.

Hey, I forgot to tell them about this stubble before I set out.

After talking about the Western Expedition, Chongzhen poured a sip of wine fiercely, then changed his tone and asked, "Brother Qin, we will really be rich and have food next year!

Qin Shuhuai asked rhetorically, "Hehe, is it enough to make trouble?"