In the Mengxia season, the insects of the Jingshi are already squeaking. It's an annoying sound.

As soon as Yang Hao went to Liaodong, he had been urging grain, grass and military salaries, but the imperial court had not implemented this matter.

The Myojin Sect has also been asking the people below to do this.

Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the Governor's Cangchang Household Department, said: Today's storage is empty, and the annual support of Jingcang is more than 230 stones, and now the grain of the warehouse is 5,861,500 stones, which is only two years' accumulation.

Tongzhou warehouse supports more than 720,000 stones every year, and now the grain of the warehouse is more than 365,800 stones, but half a year's storage.

Everywhere is beyond their means, it is impossible to support in normal times, and it is even more difficult to help if there is an urgent need. The loss of the amount is due to the accumulation of disadvantages for a long time, and the lack of use is due to the unsettled shortcomings.

In the dead of night, in the Qianqing Palace, Mingshenzong did not fall asleep, he tossed and turned, and felt a great headache.

I couldn't sleep, so I simply got up, wanted to write a few words, and meditated. As soon as he walked to the desk, he felt a sudden heart jam!

The table in the upper study was already full of memorabilia, some of them asking for war, and some of them advocating peace. Although Yang Hao has been dispatched, there is still a lot of discussion in the palace.

Mingshenzong walked over, but still subconsciously picked up a notebook. Looking at the contents of the fold, Mingshenzong sighed again and said, "This Yang Hao, it's really not angry! Should I really send Xiong Wei to the expedition?"

Xiong Wei stood on the Huamanlou Building, looking at the passers-by coming and going, and his heart began to churn. The Jingshi has spread all over Nurhachi to conquer the three forts of Fu'an, Sancha and Baijiachong. Yang Ho was defeated.

This ending is exactly what the queen said.

Xiong Wei stood outside the window, holding the wooden bolt of the window. He couldn't hold back anymore and rushed out of the door, the emperor didn't look for himself, he also wanted to find the emperor.

The opportunity is not given by whom, but by oneself.

Xiong Wei made up his mind and strode out the door.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Xiaoyaozi heard that something was wrong in the room.

In order to reassure Xiong Wei, Xia Yun deliberately let them live in the small courtyard behind Huamanlou. Xiong Wei had to pass through Xiaoyaozi's room to go out, and Xiaoyaozi was reading a book in the room at this time, and the weather was hot, and the door of Xiaoyaozi's room was open.

"Master, Yang Ho lost the battle, I think now the emperor should believe that Yang Ho will not fight. He must need me. I'm going to ask for my life. ”

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. It's too abrupt for you to go like this. Xiaoyaozi said calmly.

"It's too late to talk about it now, do you have to wait for Nurhachi to fight in Beijing and then ask for my life?" Xiong Wei emphasized again.

"Then you go. I won't stop you. Xiaoyaozi was too lazy to speak, he knew that if he stopped Xiong Wei now, Xiong Wei would definitely blame himself in the future. Whether it's the rivers and lakes, or the palace, let Xiong Wei break through!

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the sound of Xiong Wei hurrying out.

Xiong Wei ran to the palace in one breath and came to the emperor's upper study.

When the eunuch saw Xiong Wei coming in such a hurry, he went up and asked, "Lord Xiong, why are you here again, didn't the emperor say that you don't need to enter the palace without a summons?"

"Father-in-law, I heard that Yang Hao lost the battle on the front line, and I specially came to ask for my life. Xiong Wei didn't shy away from it, and directly said what he thought in his heart.

"Ouch hey. My Bear-sama. Don't talk about it. The emperor is now angry. Don't provoke. The eunuch hurriedly persuaded Xiong Wei.

"Father-in-law, you can do it. Inform me. Xiong Wei begged, learning from Xia Yun to stuff the eunuch with silver ingots by the way.

The eunuch looked at it, sighed and said, "Okay." ”

The Mingshen Sect really summoned Xiong Wei.

"Weichen see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor. ”

"What are you looking for?" the Myojin Sect was very calm.

"Your Majesty, please let Weichen lead the troops to the battle. Xiong Wei did not hesitate and said firmly, "I heard that Yang Ho has lost the battle. ”

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. He just went, and it was normal for him to lose the battle. "Myojin Sect is unwilling to admit this defeat.

"Your Majesty, is it not normal to wait for Nurhachi's army to reach the capital division!" Xiong Wei raised his head and looked at the Mingshen Sect and said excitedly.

"Presumptuous!" Mingshenzong was very angry when he heard Xiong Wei's words, "You are raising the ambition of others to extinguish your own breeze." ”

"Your Majesty, please let me lead the troops to the battle, I promise that I will win the battle. ”

When Mingshenzong heard this, he wondered in his heart: "What can you do?"

"Your Majesty, I can contact the various tribes annexed by Nurhachi, and I can also call on the martial arts people in the rivers and lakes, they are strong in martial arts, and they will definitely help us repel Nurhachi's army. Xiong Wei confidently stated his idea of how he intended to fight.

As he spoke, he thought about the quicksand in his heart, thinking about the gods of the eight directions, Shaolin Wudang, these martial arts are decent. If they were to go to war, they would agree.

Mingshenzong didn't think so, when he heard it, Xiong Wei actually had such a great ability, and he could contact the foreign tribes and martial arts people. Xiong Wei still has such ambitions to annex Liaodong in one fell swoop. Is it really like what Concubine Zheng said, he wants to seize the throne?

Mingshenzong felt uneasy, could it be that Xiong Wei knew about the second prince back then. Qianlong repeatedly promoted Xiong Wei to contribute to the imperial court, is this for that?

No, I can't give this kid any more power. If this kid continues to grow up, if this continues, one day no one will be able to control it. Mingshenzong said firmly in his heart that he must suppress this guy.

"You are not small! Do you still want to conspire with others to seize my throne? Mingshenzong said very seriously, and with a wave of his hand, he knocked over the teacup on the table and fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty! Xiong Wei was completely stunned, he had never thought of it like this.

When the eunuch heard this, he hurriedly came in, saw that Mingshenzong and Xiong Wei had serious expressions, and hurriedly gave Xiong Wei a look.

"Spread the decree, beat Xiong Wei as a concubine, and he will not be allowed to enter the palace from now on!" Mingshenzong said angrily.

Xiong Wei was stunned for a moment, standing in the study. Puzzled, he said: "Your Majesty ......"

The eunuch hurriedly interrupted Xiong Wei and said, "Xiong Wei, why don't you hurry up and thank you?"

Xiong Wei knew that there was no power to return to heaven, and said with a blank look in his eyes: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

The white horse passed by, late summer and early autumn, and a few months have passed in a blink of an eye.

The summer wind was much warmer than the spring wind, and the wind ruffled the hair on Xiong's forehead.

People's hearts are unpredictable, people's hearts are unpredictable. He never thought that he would be so misunderstood by the Mingshen Sect that he was so brave and loyal.

He has a good martial arts but has no way to serve the country, he is really unwilling. However, so what, if he says it again, I am afraid that he will not be demoted to the common people.

Xiong Wei thought, and his heart was really unhappy. He jumped quickly, waved his sword, and a sword qi slashed out from the blade, and the sword qi knocked down three leaves at once.

"Bang bang!" Suddenly, there was a sound of clapping hands.

Xiong Wei didn't look back, his ears shrugged, and he said lightly: "Yun'er, why are you here at this time." ”

"I'm here to tell you the good news. Xia Yun walked in the direction of Xiong Wei as she walked.

Xiong Wei looked back at Xia Yun and said suspiciously, "Good news? ”

"Let's go! Xia Yun looked around and saw that there was no one.

They walked into the room, Xia Yun subconsciously poked her head out to see if she was being followed, and after checking that there were no suspicious people, she hurriedly closed the door.

"Yun'er, say it. What is so mysterious. Xiong Wei put "leisurely" on the table.

"Have you heard, Yang Ho has been defeated again. ”

When Xiong Wei heard the news, he was secretly excited in his heart, and pretended to be calm and said, "This is expected. ”

Xia Yun looked at Xiong Wei's expression, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Okay, since you know everything." I don't have to bother with that. ”

Xiong Wei looked at it, and said anxiously: "Yun'er, don't sell it." Hurry up and tell me what's going on. During this time, I only heard the emperor's twists and turns, but I didn't expect Yang Hao to be defeated so quickly. It was a lot faster than I expected. ”

Yang Ho is no match for Nurhachi at all.

Nurhachi's desire to annex the Central Plains is getting bigger and bigger.

In July, the Houjin army broke through the Crow Pass and invaded the Qinghe.

Qinghe City is surrounded by mountains on all sides, the terrain is steep, the strategic location is important, the road can go straight to the important town of Liaoyang, Shenyang, is the barrier of Liaoshen, the general Zou Chuxian, the guerrilla Zhang Min of Liao led 10,000 troops to guard this place.

Nurhachi ordered a cart full of mink and ginseng in front, and the sergeant ambushed behind the car and suddenly killed, trying to see the poor dagger, killing the Qinghe defenders by surprise.

However, due to the firearms on Qinghe City, the Later Jin army attacked the city with more than 1,000 casualties, and the guerrilla Zhang Min was also killed.

Nurhachi then ordered his soldiers to dig a wall under the city with planks on top of them, and the Jin army broke through the gap into the city.

Nurhachi ordered Li Yongfang to persuade Zou Chuxian to surrender, but Chu Xian scolded angrily, and then led the army to resist the Houjin army in the city, and died of exhaustion.

The deputy general He Shixian led the Ming Dynasty reinforcements to arrive, and when he saw that the city had fallen, he beheaded 150 women and children in the nearby Jurchen Tunzhai and returned.

Nurhachi trapped Fushun and Qinghe, and his courage became stronger and stronger, and he cut off the ears of a captured Han Chinese, and asked him to tell the Ming court, "If you take me as unreasonable, you can agree to go out of the border during the war." Or ten days, or half a moon, attack and fight a decisive battle. If it is reasonable for me, you can pay gold silk in order to settle the matter. ”

"Oh, Nurhachi, this is a blatant provocation. "Xiong Wei is not surprised by such an ending," the key is what the emperor said. ”

"The emperor is already very big-headed. He was not only annoyed by the war in Liaodong. ”

When Xiong Wei heard this, he was stunned for a moment, looked at Xia Yun very seriously and said, "How do you say this?"

"If you haven't been to the palace for a long time, you must not know that a lot of things have happened in the court in the past few months. Xia Yun continued.

On May 29, the forty-sixth year of Wanli (A.D. 1618), the household department gave the official should be shocked: the accumulation of Taicang is still sufficient in the early years. Since the conquest of Yang Yinglong in Banzhou, the conquest of the east to fight against the Japanese, and the conquest of Ningxia Bibai have amounted to more than 12 million taels of silver, they have gradually become empty.

Recently, due to the death of the Empress Dowager Li, King Fu's visit to the fiefdom, and the wedding of the three kings of Rui, Hui and Gui, a total of more than 700,000 taels of silver was spent. Taicang's annual income is more than 3.7 million taels, and the positive amount was originally used for side salaries, but now all the expenses are taken here, and the disaster relief is reduced, how can Taicang not be scarce!

On the eighth day of the sixth month of the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618 AD), due to the lack of military salaries, the silver of the external solution did not arrive, and the household department discussed borrowing 500,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Industry and Taifu Temple to help the military needs of the nine borders. The Ministry of Industry and Taifu Temple each refused to lend it on the grounds that the treasury was not very small. Shenzong ordered the Ministry of Industry and Taifu Temple to lend 200,000 taels each, and the rest were distributed one after another.

On June 21, the forty-sixth year of Wanli (A.D. 1618), Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, said: Taicang's annual income is 3.89 million taels, the expenditure is 3.81 million taels, and the rest of the treasury bureau is about 400,000 taels for internal and external use.

In the forty-sixth year of Wanli (A.D. 1618), the household department played: Liaodong soldiers' salaries, and it was agreed that three million taels of silver would be used. Today, 1 million taels have been issued in the inner treasury, 500,000 taels in Nanjing, 500,000 taels in the second department of the Ministry of Industry, and 800,000 taels in Taifu Temple and Shuiheng, totaling 2.3 million taels. However, because of this, there are still many unresolved people, and in the past few months, the cost of transferring troops to Liaodong to settle down has reached more than 530,000 taels.

Xia Yun said a lot in one breath, and sighed as she spoke: "Now the imperial court is really worried about external and internal troubles. ”

When Xiong Wei heard this, his heart suddenly calmed down again, and he remembered the result of his request for his life a few months ago, his heart cooled down, and he said lightly: "Actually, what does this have to do with me?"

"It doesn't matter. I know you've always wanted to go to the front. ”

"But the emperor won't give me this opportunity. "Now Xiong Wei is already disheartened.

"The emperor has realized the seriousness of the situation and is determined to requisition a large army to completely destroy Houjin. I see your chance. Xia Yun encouraged Xiong Wei and said.

"I don't think so. Xiong Wei heard Xia Yun say a lot, although he was moved, but he still said lightly, "Let's take a look first!"