Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 131 Where did the money go?
"Master Zhu, are you serious about what you said?" She was half-convinced. The pain and pleasure in her dream clearly flashed across Zhu Yue's face.

If Zhu Yue had never done this, how could his face appear in her dream?

Qin Liu looked back at the absurd dream with confusion.

By the way, there should be a scar the size of a wine cup on his left chest near his shoulder!

In order to verify that he was not lying, Qin Liu started to peel off Zhu Yue's clothes without saying anything.

Zhu Yue let her act, his face focused and calm.

Qin Liu saw two long scars on Zhu Yue's chest, but there was no scar the size of a wine cup on his left chest near his shoulder.

Qin Liu murmured to himself in disbelief: "How is that possible? There should be a scar here!"

Qin Liu pointed at Zhu Yue's left chest.

Zhu Yue closed his eyes with a look of understanding on his face.

"The emperor was assassinated by a chamberlain when he was ten years old, and the wound was at this location."

"Are you saying that the current emperor is the one who took away Miss Liu Xuejiang's virginity?"

"Yes. He is Erlang's biological father." Zhu Yue's words were not high-pitched, but they were like drums and bells hitting Qin Liu's heart.

"You've known this for a long time, right? What role did you play here?" Qin Liu Qin Liu tried his best to stay calm, with a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth.

Qin Liu felt that the current situation was ironic.

The young man and woman were lying just a stone's throw away from each other. They were as close as an ordinary couple, but they were saying words to distance themselves from each other.

The key is that Zhu Yue and Liu Xuejiang once loved each other, and they also sealed their love with a kiss and privately gave them a hosta to seal their lives.

How could he calmly deal with the fact that the girl he admired was taken over by someone else, and ended up in a situation where he got pregnant out of wedlock and was chased for his life?
If you were Miss Liu Xuejiang, how sad would you be at this moment?

"I don't know." Zhu Yue's voice was almost inaudible, but it was so heavy that it seemed like you couldn't breathe.

Ah!
Shit it all down.

For some reason, Qin Liu felt resentful towards Zhu Yue.

Speaking of which, there is actually no reason for this resentment.

The previous relationship between Zhu Yue and Miss Liu Xuejiang was actually ended when Miss Liu Xuejiang returned the jade hairpin in person.

After he traveled through time, his many entanglements with Zhu Yue came to an end after he rejected his conditions last time.

Now that he is seriously injured and trapped in a desperate situation of isolation and waiting for death, it is really unnecessary to do something that will not lead to death!

Qin Liu even wondered whether he would be eating Mongolian food and drinking milk tea in the yurt on the right wing if Zhu Yue hadn't appeared!
The long time hiding under the snow cave was really boring, so Qin Liu changed the topic.

"Why was our Liu family so completely defeated? Didn't my grandfather and uncle have the ability to resist Liu Jin?"

"Liu Jin is not an enemy of your Liu family." Zhu Yue's tone became much more relaxed. Thinking about the previous topic made him very depressed.

"How do you say this?" Qin Liu was a little surprised. When she talked about this matter with Zhu Yue in Xuan Mansion, and later communicated it with Yang Shen, she got the impression that Liu Jin had harmed her uncle, father, and others. The main culprit behind her cousin's death was also the one behind her exile on the grassland.

"I have been away from Beijing for many years and paid little attention to the important affairs of the court. During the last horse trade, the emperor personally came to the Xuan Mansion to talk with me for days and nights. Only then did I know how bad the situation had become after the emperor ascended the throne."

Qin Liu pricked his ears and waited for the next step.

"A few days after Emperor Hongzhi's march, Dayan Khan took the opportunity to invade Datong Xuanfu. The defenders of Datong Xuanfu suffered a disastrous defeat and thousands of people were killed. This was the heaviest defeat in the war against Mongolia since the Tumubao Incident. It is known in history as ' The defeat of Yutailing'."

"The commander-in-chief Zhang Jun reported that the number of captives was increasing day by day, and he was afraid that the troops would be exhausted. He asked the Beijing army to respond. My grandfather was ordered to take sharp guns, cannons and artillery and the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp to Xuanfu to suppress the captives. That was my first For the first time, we really participated in the actual war. Those who beheaded the first-level prisoners were given 30 taels of silver, and those who were beheaded at the fifth-level or above were promoted to the governor of the department."

Qin Liu calculated that four years ago, Zhu Yue was only a boy of eighteen or nineteen, and he followed his grandfather to the front line.

"When I went to the battlefield, I realized that what I had learned was too shallow. No matter what status I had, I couldn't protect myself. Only the gun in my hand and the horse on my hip could kill the enemy first, so that I could survive."

"I killed many soldiers and was seriously injured myself. I was transferred to Juyongguan to recuperate and guard at the same time."

"But at this time, I realized that no matter how good the boy's martial arts is, there are mountains beyond the mountains, and there is a sky beyond the sky. I even thought, if I die like this, besides my parents and sisters, who will really remember me? Those wise people who protect themselves , Taking into account the family’s imprisonment, what does it mean to me?”

"In my spare time, I carved the jade hairpin and asked the boy to give it to Ah Jiang."

Zhu Yue sneered in a low voice, "It's a pity that these things could not be hidden from my father. Ah Jiang was also invited back to my house by my sister and returned the jade hairpin in person."

Qin Liu sympathized with Zhu Yue a little, and recalling these old events was probably like uncovering his scars.

"At that time, the emperor happened to come to visit me, my companion, in front of the undressed bed, and he heard everything A Jiang said."

"The emperor said at the Xuan Mansion last time that he had the idea of ​​​​successing the two of us. But he had just taken charge of the government, and many things could not be controlled by him, and it was not something he could have said. As a matter of fact, the border troops were not paid enough, and many military households were on the run. But there is nothing you can do about it, even if you make a dragon robe, you will be refuted by the civil servants, saying that it costs too much and is too extravagant."

Qin Liu had stayed in Shabaozi Town and knew how poor the border troops were, and it was common for them not to have enough pay and money.She asked strangely: "What he said is true? The frontier army is poor, and the people in the mainland are also crying about poverty. The emperor said he was too poor to make a dragon robe. Then all the wealth produced in these years of peace and prosperity for the country and the people has gone." where?"

Zhu Yue glanced at Qin Liu appreciatively. A smart conversationalist can always grasp the core and most critical issues.

"This question was also asked by Emperor Hongzhi to Liu Daxia, the Minister of War. Liu Shangshu said that during the time of Emperor Taizu, the court had to spend every penny given by the people. Nowadays, the money taken from the people is several times that of the past, but the actual amount of money taken from the people is The imperial court’s money is only two-three-tenths.”

"So where did the money go?"

"Liu Shangshu said it all went into the pockets of the guarding eunuchs."

Qin Liu pursed his lips: "That makes sense, as if all civil and military officials are so incorruptible that they won't be corrupt!"

Zhu Yue smiled happily.

"Do you know about the 'Kaizhong Reform' in Hongzhi's fifth year?"

Qin Liu shook his head.

"Since Emperor Taizu, our dynasty has implemented the policy of 'paying grain to open up the country'. The border defenders have achieved self-sufficiency by developing farmland, and by distributing salt to private merchants. The merchants transport grain to the border and exchange grain for salt. , to meet the needs of the army.

It’s just that the military settlement and salt administration have been implemented for more than 100 years, and corruption has flourished. A large number of military settlement land has been taken over by border generals and turned into private land. The salt industry has also been exploited by the powerful and has become a tool for profit.

The root cause of the defeat at Yutailing was that the border troops had insufficient pay and insufficient combat effectiveness.Who is willing to work for the court if his stomach is not full? ! "

(End of this chapter)