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Chapter 125

Fan Wencheng took the lead, and was the first to catch up with the fleeing Ming army. He sent the spear forward and killed the opponent.During this process, he didn't even look at it. When he handed out the spear, his eyes had already aimed at the next target.

In a short time, he rushed into the Ming army, rushing from left to right, killing like a wolf into a flock of sheep. With a wave of his claws and a bite of his sharp teeth, he took away lives.

Seeing that he couldn't run away, a servant dropped his weapon and knelt down to surrender.When other people saw it, they followed suit one after another, just to save their lives.

However, things backfired, and Fan Wencheng yelled in Manchu: "Kill them all, leave no one behind, kill one as an example to the hundred, and those who offend Dajin Tianwei will be punished!"

When the Jurchen Tartars behind him heard this, they all grinned grinningly, followed him, and continued to greet the Ming army with their weapons, letting their horses kick and trample the Ming army on the ground, just like a slaughterhouse.

After about half an hour, Fan Wencheng almost killed all the Ming troops who came to attack the city this time, blood flowed like rivers, and corpses littered the field.

Against this background, Fan Wencheng returned triumphantly. Seeing Jianlu General Yingerdai greeted him at the foot of the city with a smile, he hurriedly got off his horse, walked a few steps quickly, and beat down one thousand at the same time, saying in fear : "Students don't dare to trouble adults to pick them up, it's really killing students!"

"Hehe, you don't have to be overly modest about Xiandou. This general can see clearly from the top of the city. Xiandou killing the Ming army is like killing a chicken and a dog. It is worth this general to pick him up in person." Ying Erdai smiled and motioned him to get up. said at the same time.

"It's the duty of the students to work for Daikin!" After Fan Wencheng answered, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then went into the city together.

In the afternoon, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital, Hu Guang sat on the throne, looked at the few courtiers below and said: "According to the report of the Manqing, Jianlu seems to have the intention to retreat. Then the next refugee resettlement, post-disaster reconstruction, the soldiers' Pensions and rewards, etc., do you have any suggestions?"

To sum it up, it is actually a matter of money and food.If you have money and food, then everything is not a problem.

As the chief assistant, Wen Tiren, the newly promoted celebrity in front of the emperor, had to be the first to speak: "Your Majesty, I just went to the household department, and I have nothing left. Next year's tax will have to wait until the summer grain is collected. Even if it is collected I am afraid that other taxes will not be available in a short while."

When it comes to the issue of money and food, whether it is the emperor or the few present here, it is a headache.

Hu Guangneng understands Wen Tiren's difficulties. After all, he has just become the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Not only does it take time to get familiar with this job, it also takes time to formulate new policies. After a while, there is definitely no hope for him.

Hu Guang nodded tolerantly, then turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory who was also given a seat, and asked: "Cao Daban, what is the amount of money and food paid by the various prefectures in the city? Is there any surplus?"

"Your Majesty, our army won a great victory in the battle at Deshengmen in the capital yesterday. Many mansions originally ordered people to pay money and food, but they have changed to not paying money and food. Therefore... so there may not be much money and food left here. At most, it can only give compensation to the soldiers who died in the battle at the top of the capital a few days ago." Cao Huachun stood up and replied respectfully.

When Hu Guang heard this, he sighed in his heart, well, this is still a side effect of winning the battle.

Speaking of it, these people are greedy for life and afraid of death, so they used money and food instead at first; now that the war seems to be less intense than imagined, and it seems that nothing will happen, they are reluctant to part with money and food, and would rather contribute.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang immediately ordered: "You can't make them cheap. Those who changed their methods later, let them do the hard work and hard work, and let them give up their strength."

"Slave obeys the order!" Cao Huachun listened, and quickly agreed. With Dongchang's prestige and ability, it is still no problem to do this kind of thing.

What Hu Guang did was actually just to vent his emotions, but it didn't help the current matter to be solved.

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, please punish him!" Seeing Hu Guang frowning in embarrassment, Wen Tiren had to stand up and plead guilty.

There are also two other cabinet members in the hall, namely the assistant ministers Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru.But they are old gods and don't speak.Seeing that Wen Tiren got up, they followed suit and put on a show, echoing Shoufu's words together.

In the original history, the imperial court also had no money, and finally promised Qin Wangjun's pensions, rewards, etc., all of which were delayed again and again, which further reduced the prestige of the imperial court and brought the fighting power of the Ming army to another level. , eliciting a series of reactions.

Hu Guang waved his hands to the few courtiers below and said, "No need to do that, I don't want to punish anyone, the most important thing is to solve the problem."

After hearing this, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru looked at each other imperceptibly, as if a certain signal was conveyed in their eyes.Then, Zhou Yanru bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the grain stored in Tongzhou has been burned. After the Jian captives retreat, the most urgent plan is the capital's grain problem!"

Come on, this is another big trouble!After hearing this, Hu Guang immediately asked, "Does Zhou Qing have a good plan?"

"Your Majesty, finance and taxation are the chief's strengths, and there are not as many ministers as the chief assistant, so dare not speak falsely!" Zhou Yanru looked humble and respectful, but secretly handed him a nail.

Hu Guang sneered in his heart when he heard that, he was jealous when he saw that he directly promoted Wen Tiren as the chief assistant.He didn't point it out, turned his head to look at Cheng Jiming and said, "Qing has been silent all this time, but you have thought about it properly and come up with a good plan?"

"The minister is guilty, and there is no good plan yet." Cheng Jiming bowed his head and replied with a look of panic.

How could Wen Tiren not know that the two of them were trying to embarrass and make a fool of himself, thus breaking the emperor's trust.

Without waiting for the emperor to ask questions, he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the only way to deal with the emergency now is to send more people from the major grain-producing provinces. After the court slows down, the corresponding taxes will be exempted."

This, in fact, is to live without food, which is a helpless way.

Hu Guang nodded and said: "Yes, but if you wait for the compensation in the future, I am afraid it will affect the lives of the people. In this way, according to the Chinese and French practice, if there is a new payment for grain this time, it will be compensated by Kaiyan Yin!" "

As soon as he said this, several people present were shocked.Wen Tiren frowned first and said: "Your Majesty, the salt tax is the most important thing for the imperial court. If there are more salt quotations at this time, it may affect the salt tax revenue."

This time, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru didn't watch the show any more, and quickly stood up and followed suit: "What the chief assistant said is very true, Your Majesty, the salt administration is already saturated, if you open the Yanyin again, it will definitely affect The income from the salt tax must never be used!"

If Wen Tiren was not so sure about what he said, the two of them were already determined.

In the Wenhua Palace, except for the eunuch Cao Huachun, three civil servants were against this matter, which made Hu Guang frown.

(End of this chapter)