I have a cornucopia

Chapter 85 The emperor’s grace is so great!

Of course, Chongzhen was very surprised by Yang Feng's request.

What a surprise!

Now he just wants this bastard to leave the capital as soon as possible, no matter what the conditions are, let alone a soldier, even the governor of Shandong will give him.

And there will be no objection from the DPRK and China.

Everyone will only say that His Majesty is wise.

Now everyone in the imperial court is aware of the destructive power of this guy, who is almost like a demon. Everywhere he passes is filled with blood and blood, the mountains and rivers change color, the sky and the earth are dark, and the seemingly good place turns into a devil's cave where demons dance wildly. At least in the view of Gong Gong, the capital at this time can already be described like this. Now those military households are no longer in the past. It is impossible to be obedient and good people. Worried about the revenge of nobles or the emperor coming to the school grounds to receive pay, all military households in the capital secretly hid various weapons and even armors. In addition, dozens of artillery pieces and tens of thousands of firearms of various types were lost by the Ordnance Bureau in the chaos. They are all still missing.

Includes four red cannons.

Who knows when these things will still appear on the streets.

Every day Yang Feng spent in the capital, he reminded the military households of their past happiness...

You can pee in the palace.

You can smash the head of a duke's son in front of everyone.

……

In this case, you have to add money.

Yuntai Gate.

"Your Majesty, the student is brave and wants to advise your Majesty on something."

Yang Feng said humbly.

Chongzhen...

"It's okay to say it, Fengsheng!"

He said trying to sound nice.

Yang Feng suddenly asked for an audience, and he was so generous. Of course, Chongzhen hurriedly summoned him, but he still called his daughter in advance. Of course, the latter was not here to escort her, but was called by her father to care about women's moral studies. .

But her father was summoning Yang Sheng, so she had to wait at Qianqing Gate.

She was holding the old cat in front of the door.

The last time she left the palace for comfort, she brought it back.

It can be seen that he is very emotional.

"Your Majesty, this time the Jianqi invaders moved south, Shandong was brutally poisoned. Every place was devastated, and the people suffered countless casualties. They are all eagerly awaiting relief from the imperial court."

Yang Feng said.

"We will grant 500,000 taels of silver and exempt Shandong from two classes this summer and autumn. We will also allow local officials in each locality to organize their own regiment training in order to protect the country and the people. In wartime, they will obey the military preparations of the governor and the deployment of the general army, and the necessary military expenses will be raised by the local government."

Chongzhen said simply.

It's only five hundred thousand taels. Those nobles paid it. In order to send Yang Feng away, they would be very happy. As for the tax exemption, it was already there, but he initially exempted those places that were massacred by the Jianbu. Now the whole province of Shandong Count them all. It is already necessary to allow localities to hold team training. Not only officials in Shandong, Beizhili, and even Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan are all supporting it. Anyway, all places where he has given permission have already done this. He issued an edict to pardon the armed gentry who had formed strongholds to protect themselves before, and relaxed the ban on regiment training. As long as you have the ability to raise military expenditures for the local eunuchs in various places, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, this is what the court is like, and besides, this is not a bad thing. It just happened to leave local security to the local gentry themselves.

The pressure on the court is still low.

From now on, there will be no need for the court to mobilize troops for small groups of bandits, and local regiments will be responsible for exterminating them.

Anyway, the gentry actually didn’t like the officers and soldiers.

Who likes these warriors who are as good as shaved? They caused more damage than the bandits.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Yang Feng said happily again.

Chongzhen frowned. He got angry when he heard this. The palace had banned the use of this sentence.

then……

"Your Majesty, I feel that this is not enough to make the people of Shandong feel the emperor's grace. Besides how to divide the rewards, there must be an imperial envoy to preside over it, so as to prevent corrupt officials from enriching their own pockets and hurting your majesty's love for the people. I think your majesty can do this too. Understand, it would be good if 10% of the 10% of disaster relief can be given to the victims. 90% of it has to be pocketed by the first level, so there must be an imperial envoy who will not pocket it."

He went on to say.

"Who?"

Chongzhen asked.

"How is Princess Kunxing?"

Yang Feng said.

Chongzhen and Lao Wang's expressions changed at the same time.

"It's ridiculous. The princess is a woman, let alone a minor. How can she be an imperial envoy?"

Lao Wang said angrily.

"Ah, then it can only be the prince."

Yang Feng said with a strange smile.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and Lao Wang came to his senses and was also stunned.

"Your Majesty, the student is really thoughtful. Is there anyone else who is more suitable besides Princess Kunxing? This person must be a close relative of Your Majesty. Otherwise, it will not be enough for the people of Shandong to understand His Majesty's love for the people. Otherwise, it is impossible to find someone else who will not be greedy for ink. You don’t want to send eunuchs or officials. In the end, not only will the people not be able to see your majesty’s holiness, but they will also be disappointed because these people collude with each other to line their own pockets, right? Of course, among your majesty’s closest relatives, the prince is the best, but your majesty Do you really think that the prince is suitable to do this at this time? As for the other princes, your majesty is not afraid that the prince will be careless? The princess is a girl, and she is still a minor. It will not cause any unfounded speculation at all. She just shows your majesty's love for the people of Shandong. .

Of course, if you just like Prince Rang or other princes, then I have nothing to say. "

Yang Feng said.

Chongzhen looked at him deeply.

Although this bastard has ulterior motives, he is telling the truth.

The prince certainly can't.

Historically, ministers asked the prince to go south, but he didn't do it. He didn't want to be Li Longji. If I don't die, you will be the prince after all. This is a good opportunity to win over the people. Besides, what if Yang Feng and the prince mix up some conspiracy? Woolen cloth? But if other princes are allowed to go, then the prince will start to think wildly. Also, what if this prince also mixes up some conspiracy with Yang Feng? This is a lesson learned from the past in the battle between his father and King Fu for the throne!

Only the princess does not have these problems.

He didn't have to worry about anything, and the prince didn't have to be uneasy either.

Just ...

You, Tamar, are so openly concerned about my daughter. Are you too arrogant? Why don't you try to cover it up, even if you let Wang Chengen convey it? To put it another way, don’t be so direct, okay?

"Your Majesty, the student is a married woman. To avoid rumors, I will not go with the princess."

Yang Feng said as if he was a good man and could not mess around with others.

Chongzhen smiled coldly. So you still want me to send my daughter to you?

Of course, this is to save him face.

After all, the princess is indeed hanging out with Yang Feng, and there are already many rumors outside. Those nobles have been so badly harmed this time, and they are full of anger. Of course, they no longer dare to vent, but it is still easy to spread rumors secretly. Besides, the princess did not act virtuous and virtuous before. Even after entering the palace, she reported many folk truths to her father. It is normal for the nobles to be angry with her. This was also the main reason why Yang Feng simply took her away. Although he really didn't have any evil intentions, she was a very cute little girl anyway. He couldn't let her get involved and let her go out to play and treat it as a vacation.

After being locked up in the palace for more than ten years, it's time to go out and have some fun.

Yang Feng, who had finished his audience, quickly resigned.

Lao Wang next to him ignored Chongzhen's instructions and quickly took Yang Feng away in person.

"Can Wu Sanfu not kill him?"

Lao Wang asked immediately as soon as he went out.

"So you want me to kill him myself?

If I were to take action, I couldn't guarantee whether his father would be killed as well.

I have not let go of my enemies. You are afraid of what Wu Sangui will do because of this, but I am not afraid. Or if you kill Wu Sanfu, although he will be angry, he will not do anything for his younger brother. But if I kill his father, it will be hard to say. Although a person like him will not become his own father in anger, but for an emperor who does not give him face, there seems to be no need for him to continue to protect him. "

Yang Feng said with some gloating while waving to the princess.

Lao Wang looked melancholy.

The trouble lies here!

Killing Wu Sanfu is easy, but what would Wu Sangui think?

His father is in prison, his brother is executed, and he is still working for Chongzhen?

Is he cheap?

But if Wu Sanfu is not killed, Yang Feng will not do it.

If Wu Sanfu is killed, Wu Sangui will not rebel. At most, he will no longer be loyal to Chongzhen. Of course, it is difficult to say whether he is loyal or not, but if he does not kill Wu Sanfu and provokes Yang Feng to kill Wu Xiang as well, then Wu Sangui will really join the rebels.

Anyway, his eldest brother and a bunch of relatives are all there.

"As long as you kill the three masterminds together, Wu Sangui will naturally have nothing to say."

Yang Feng said.

"Long live the Lord refuses!"

Lao Wang said.

"Ah, he is planning to move the capital."

Yang Feng said.

Chongzhen's failure to kill Xue Lian and others can only prove one thing, that is, he is preparing to move the capital.

It's normal for them to move around.

As for the military households in the capital, how dare he stay any longer? They broke open the palace door and broke into the palace. They even defecated everywhere and made a mess. According to the law, all of them belong to the Yi tribe. In a city with such a group of traitors, Which emperor dares to stay? But if he goes to Nanjing, he will have to rely on those local snakes in the future, and these nobles from the north and the south are all relatives. At least from the standpoint of the emperor and nobles, Xue Lian and others were not only not guilty, but were extremely loyal ministers. They acted loyally to eliminate traitors for the country and then failed. If the emperor kills them, it will only prove that the emperor is a coward and is mean and ungrateful to the nobles. Will the nobles in Nanjing still welcome him and support him?

Historically, Chongzhen did not want to move the capital. In addition to face issues, he was also worried about being ignored.

After all, he had a black eye in Nanjing.

Who can he rely on?

Civil servant?

Those are all civil servants from Jiangnan. Who would be loyal to him?

Only Xungui can use it.

But he had to let the nobles see that the emperor and the nobles were always one.

Then we can't kill Xue Lian and a few others.

By saving their lives, he proved to the nobility, especially the nobility in Nanjing, that the emperor and they would always be a family, so as to win their favor and fully support him after moving the capital.

"So he can't do justice himself, but he still wants Wu Sangui not to hate him? Let him do whatever he wants. He is the emperor, and he calls himself Tianxian. I am a living member, and the only thing I can do is long live the mountain!"

Yang Feng sneered.

This is better.

Let’s see if Wu Sangui can swallow this breath.

If it were in the past, maybe it would have been possible, after all, he was just a younger brother, but it's hard to say now. After the chaos in the capital, the hearts of the generals were alive, and the fact that the nobles had a lot of money was also lifted. In this case, it's hard to say what Wu Sangui would choose. What's more, if Chongzhen wants to move the capital, these border generals in the north will be abandoned. He often cannot pay military pay in the capital, let alone if he moves the capital? He was already in Nanjing, so why did he still care about the life and death of several armies thousands of miles apart?

Moving the capital means abandoning the north and letting the northern gentry fend for themselves.

Chongzhen was not Zhu Yuanzhang, who could attack the gentry in order to balance the north and the south. When he went to the south, he had to listen to the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and even had to renew his relationship with the Donglin Party.

Then there would be no money to pay military salaries to people like Wu Sangui.

Anyway, let’s make a fuss!

The louder the noise, the better.

Anyway, this is what Yang Feng wants.

Lao Wang sighed.

Of course, while Yang Feng was still in the capital, his assassination case, false transmission of imperial edicts, and even cases of disloyalty among nobles would not be tried.

Now the capital can't care about it. After all, the 1.8 million shi of grain and silver are also scored. In fact, the whole process may take more than a month, and it takes a month to travel to collect food from the guards like Yongping. Yang Feng had no time to linger in the capital. He had to return to Shandong quickly because Yuan Shizhong was already in contact with Su Dunsheng. The latter returned to the Anton Guard with three thousand cavalry belonging to him and Yang Feng from the Knights of Confucius and Mencius. Yuan Shizhong wandered around Haizhou. As for Du Li, he returned to Juzhou, and together with Zhuang Nai, Cao Wusheng and others continued to be stationed in Juzhou, mainly to restore order in various places. After all, spring would start soon, and spring sowing was the most important.

Yang Feng was supervising the distribution of food to the military households in the capital and the money to the civilian residents, and then went south in early April. The day before his departure, Chongzhen issued an order to grant 500,000 taels of silver to the people in Shandong who had suffered military disasters, and appointed Princess Kunxing to replace him. Go to Mount Tai to pray for the people, and express condolences to the people in the cities who were massacred.

Especially the worst Zhucheng.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Yang Shengyuan. He was escorted by royal guards and took a boat with a bunch of palace maids, nannies, and eunuchs to go south along the canal, so he still had to wait for the thaw.

Also before Yang Feng left, the new chief assistant Fan Fucui was also summoned to Beijing.

Therefore, the new cabinet is composed of Fan Fucui as the first assistant, Chen Yan and Fan Jingwen, and Zhang Guowei, Minister of War, who also joined the cabinet. As for Chen Daoshi, who was blocked at home by rioters during the civil uprising in the capital, although he has been trying hard to get to the palace to serve His Majesty. Share the worries, but have never succeeded. As for Lu Daqi, who had followed the false imperial edict and served the king, he had been in prison to await his punishment. However, after Yang Feng left, he was immediately pardoned by the emperor and promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. At the same time, Xu Shiqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, headed a three-judge trial on the false imperial edict case and the case of disloyalty. As for the assassination of Yang Feng, this is a criminal case and does not require a three-judge trial. It can be left to Shuntian Prefecture.

But before hearing the case, His Majesty the Emperor pardoned Wu Xiang in prison and gave him the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, which was regarded as reactivation.

The emperor’s grace is so great!

Of course, the main reason was that his son had to be beheaded.

If Yang Feng wanted to kill Wu Sanfu, then His Majesty the Emperor had no choice but to kill him. However, this was not because His Majesty the Emperor did not value the Wu family, but because he was forced by Yang Feng. Therefore, in order to compensate the Wu family, Wu Xiang was re-enabled.

It is indeed a great gift from the Emperor.

But at the same time, people in the capital began to spread that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to be lucky in the Southern Capital.

(End of this chapter)