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Chapter 500 The Speechless Situation

Chongzhen two years.

January 29.

Forbidden City.

early morning.

Under the fearful eyes of the officials, all the ceremonies were completed and today's morning court began.

"Your family, do you have something to play?" Yang Reform was the first to ask. In the past few days, Yang Reform has been in a very good mood, the government has gone smoothly, and the money has been collected. Therefore, the whole person is in good spirits. It's rare to be in such a good mood, and I often say that if I live these few days every year, every month, it will be the most beautiful thing in the world.

All the ministers could only look up to the current seemingly young emperor. They all pondered over and over again what to say and how to say it. They all knew that the emperor was not easy to fool. Knowing that he was flattened and rounded by the emperor that day, therefore, he had to weigh and weigh all the matters in the performance, pondering over and over again, for fear of offending the emperor.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to play." All the ministers were silent, and when no one came forward, Lin Qian stepped forward to play.

"Oh, what's the matter with Lin Qing's family?" Yang Reform asked. Seeing that it was Lin Qian's fault, he guessed it was that. Now the matter of the salt merchants has been settled, and even half of this year's tax has been paid. So, the school-running party came to ask itself for money.

"Report to Your Majesty, as your Majesty told you, there is now a general plan for running a school, and I beg your Majesty to review it..." Lin Qian said, holding up a not-thin notebook.

A eunuch handed over the notebook, and Yang Reform checked it. It was indeed related to running a school. There was an overview and some detailed rules.

"That's right. I looked through it. Although I didn't look at it carefully, I also feel that the hard work of Lin Qing's family is soaked in it." Yang Reform praised.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am terrified. This strategy is based on the wisdom of countless people with lofty ideals. This strategy is not due to the merits of one person. I dare not focus on beauty." Lin Qian immediately humbly terrified.

"Yes, the matter of running a school is a major event to promote the sage's ideas and wisdom. It is a major event to gather the wisdom of the world's talents... I looked through it a little bit. The Qing family mentioned in this strategy that now To try out this strategy, it will cost about 200 million taels of silver per year, right?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that I have discussed it with all my colleagues. According to Your Majesty's instructions, this matter is an unprecedented event. We should be cautious and find out a more suitable experience before implementing it in the world. Therefore, I and all my colleagues They all feel that this matter should be carried out gradually and not recklessly. Therefore, the result of the discussion now is that if it is tried out, it will cost about 200 million taels a year. After I have enough experience, I will implement it in my whole Daming... "Lin Qian said cautiously.

"Well! Two million taels, good! This is a major event to promote the cause of saints, and I support it. I agree to this matter." Yang Reform is not like the previous times when the party asked for money to run a school, so he evaded and forgave circles , directly agreed, quite simply, without the slightest hesitation.

Although this matter was expected by many people, it still caused quite a stir in the court. Anyway, this is 200 million taels of silver!Although it is commonplace for the emperor to spend large sums of money nowadays, it can be seen that a Guozijian won 200 million taels of silver to run a school, but he still cannot avoid jealousy. It is really naked jealousy. 200. It is completely recorded in the annals of history, how not to be jealous?Working with the emperor really has a "future"!

Lin Qian stood there cautiously, surrounded by the jealous eyes of a group of ministers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Lin Qian still expressed his gratitude cautiously, his cautious face flushed with excitement.

"Well, in this way, in order to promote the cause of saints, I fully support the running of the school. I still have some ideas about running the school, and I need to discuss it with Lin Qing's family. In this way, I will go to court later, Lin Qing I have something to discuss with you two." Yang Reform looked at Liu Zhouzong who was not far away with his head down, and kept silent, knowing that this great Confucian might still have some opinions, so he boasted just now. He didn't mention his name when he was running the school. Seeing this situation, Yang Reform immediately said Liu Zhouzong's name aloud. Naturally, he couldn't be restrained by this favor.

"I obey the order!" Lin Qian replied cautiously.

"Minister Zunzhi!" Liu Zhouzong first sulked with his head down, but now that the emperor mentioned his name and compared him to Lin Qian, seeing the emperor smiling at him, that emotion immediately disappeared, and passion immediately filled his whole body, loudly Thanks thanks.

Seeing that the emperor mentioned Liu Zongzhou and asked Liu Zongzhou to stay, all the ministers looked sideways and attracted the envy of many ministers. Didn't this guy become what he is today by taking the lead in fighting for the emperor in the mansion newspaper?Many ministers are jealous and envious, but they can't help it. Now that they are celebrities in front of the emperor, they can only be jealous for a while.Many ministers are wondering, now that those who take refuge in the emperor are all "famous" and "celebrity", should they think about it...

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Liaodong.

Songshan Fort.

Huang Taiji stood on a small hill, looking at the Songshan Castle in the distance, and was silent. He had been besieging this small castle for several days, and he didn't know what to say other than being speechless. What to do.

The siege of the city can only be surrounded as it is now, and it is not even possible to dig a hole. In this weather, the ground is still frozen, and Huang Taiji is really not interested in digging the icy and hard ground. He doubts that, If he continued to fight by digging pits like this, his Eight Banners soldiers would almost become farmers.

Siege?Facing Songshan Fort, which was waiting in full force, he knew that the people in the city would never surrender and could only attack forcefully. If the attack was fierce, there would definitely be a group of hand grenades flying out, and a forceful attack would be nothing more than using human lives to fill it up. As for human lives, obviously, Huang Taiji couldn't afford so many lives. Such a small town is completely a military fortress. Even if it is captured, how much can it gain?Presumably all the things in the city have been consumed, which is not enough for them to divide. Huang Taiji knows the details of his family, saying that it is the founding of the country, and that it is a big gold, but he knows that once he can't grab something, he can't divide it , then the disintegration of his country is just around the corner.

His Dajin reputation has always been bad, and there are countless blood feuds. In the first two years of the Jinning War, Juehua Island was slaughtered, and the Zhenjiang Fort last year left behind the notoriety of arresting North Koreans as cannon fodder, so he didn't count on it. The people in the castle can be persuaded to surrender. Now, the ground in Jinning is even more empty. He searched for a long time, but he didn't find anyone. Even if he arrested someone to fill him, he couldn't find anyone. Seeing traces of preparations for the New Year in the enclosures of some houses, he would suspect that the outside of this pass has become a dead zone.

"Khan, take a rest for a while." Fan Wencheng reminded in a low voice, Huang Taiji had been standing here staring at Songshan Fort for a long time.

"Oh, it's Xiandou!...Does the spy have any news?" Huang Taiji woke up from the silence, stood there for a moment, and then asked.

"Back to the big sweat, there is no news for now..." Fan Wencheng quickly lowered his head, not daring to respond. At the beginning of this year, more than ten cavaliers died. For several groups of spies, this bad premonition gradually shrouded Fan Wencheng's heart. In front of Huang Taiji, he did not dare to breathe for fear of bad luck.

"Oh, but Ben Khan underestimated that Yuan Manzi. I don't know where this Yuan Manzi learned the skill of stealing chickens and dogs. The dignified governor of Liaodong does all kinds of sneaky things..." Huang Taiji felt annoyed for no reason, and his heart gradually enveloped him. There is a layer of fog, and the vision and thinking don't seem to be as flexible and open as before. It's a small matter to lose a few spies, but there are no spies to inquire about the news, and the feeling of stagnation is always uncomfortable.

"Khan, that Yuan Manzi is just a coward, he dare not confront me, Da Jin, he will only do some dirty things, give the slave 1 horses, dare to ask him to come and die as much as he wants..." A forehead The general said carelessly.

"..." Huang Taiji didn't answer, but looked straight at Songshan Fort. He also wanted to fight the Ming Dynasty, but facing the empty Jin Ning and the Songshan Fort that was ready to defend to the death, this is nonsense, you We want to fight a field battle with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty even said that we want Dajin to attack the city.

"...Xiandou, what do you think of this matter?" Huang Taiji turned to ask his counselor.

"Back to the big sweat, Wen Cheng thought that the loss of the spies was probably because Yuan Manzi had been instructed by an expert to attack my dajin's spies. I think my dajin has surrounded Songshan Fort now, and if he wants to force Jinning to send troops, he will have to Don't send spies around to inquire about the news, Yuan Manzi has spotted my big gold's weakness, so he came here..." Seeing Huang Taiji's question, Fan Wencheng had to start to analyze Huang Taiji carefully, although he didn't Willing, but he can't help it.

"Well, that's right! That makes sense, Xiandou continued." Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng, nodded and said, then continued to look at Songshan Fort in the distance.

"...Now there are only two ways. The first is to increase the number of sentries to avoid being taken advantage of by Yuan Manzi's people; the second is to simply attack Songshan Castle and press Songshan Castle to ask for help. He had to come out, and he wanted to get my spy, but of course it was in vain." Fan Wencheng thought for a while, and gave two ways.

"Strike?..." Huang Taiji asked with some disappointment. He had also considered this issue. If force attack was feasible, he would have done it long ago.What is the attack for?What kind of attack is he going to use now? Dajin doesn’t even have a decent cannon. If he wants to attack the city, he needs human life, but now in Jinning, there are probably no people except for a few cities. Do you use your own life to fill it?So many people died just to unplug this small city?

"...Xiandou, let's talk about how to prevent the loss of the spies. Let's not mention the storm." Huang Taiji is also a smart man. He knows the consequences of the storm. In addition to being inconsistent with the strategic intention, he can't afford to hurt him. Therefore, only I can ask the spies about it.

"...Back to Dahan, most of my Dajin's spies are now in a team of ten people, and at least two or three people in a team. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it won't work. Now each team of spies needs at least forty or fifty riders. At most, it will take at least a hundred riders, so that we can prevent Yuan Manzi's sneak attack..." Fan Wencheng thought for a while, and he could only give this method. According to normal people's thinking, a team of spies with more than a hundred riders is an exaggeration You know, Tanma is the absolute elite in the army. If you are not an elite, you can’t be a spy. You need to send spies in all four directions, and the area that each team of spies will explore will not be too wide, and you must continue to report news. Well, the manpower needed is not a small number, a team of more than a hundred spies, this is quite an exaggeration.

"Yuan Manzi used 2000 people when he first came up with my spy's idea. What do you think of Xiandou?" Huang Taiji sighed. It's not good for this person to be too smart. This situation made him ponder and ponder, think here and there, worry about this place, and worry about that place, he has endless worries, endless worries, and endless questions. This is a tormenting thing. At this time, Huang Taiji is envious of those brainless brutes. They don't think about these problems, they don't think about so many problems, and they certainly don't have their own troubles. torment.

"This..." Fan Wencheng was stunned after hearing Huang Taiji's words. It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, but he doesn't want to think too much about it. This is really an unsolvable problem...

"...Hui Dahan, if it is to deal with Yuan Manzi's cavalry, my Dajin warriors are sure to win with one pair of three, and if it is one pair of four, they can also win. I can protect myself, but if there are more, I am afraid it will be inappropriate. If Da Khan said that Yuan Manzi dispatched 2000 troops at a time, my Dajin needs at least 500 troops to guarantee victory..." Fan Wencheng immediately borrowed He said in Huang Taiji's words, he had thought about this issue, but he was unwilling and did not want to speak out directly, he didn't want to get into trouble with this difficult problem.

"...a team of 500 spies?" Huang Taiji asked himself. If this is the case, if there are two teams of spies in each direction, then eight teams are needed, which is three or four thousand elite troops. Think about three or four thousand Huang Taiji had a headache when the elites were exhausted by outsiders for a long time. Such a large force was missing. In the future, when the Ming Dynasty sent troops, it would be troublesome for him to encircle and annihilate the Ming army...

The generals of Erzhen on the side listened to the conversation between his own Khan and Na Hanchen, and they were inexplicable. They didn't know how his own Khan would say these things.

Huang Taiji was still looking at the Songshan Fort from a distance, still thinking.

"...Profusely, there is a saying, Wen Cheng doesn't know whether to say it or not..." Fan Wencheng looked at Huang Taiji who was frowning and staring at Huang Taiji, struggling for a long time, and finally decided to say it.

"Oh, if you have anything to say about Wen Cheng, just say it. You are Ben Khan's adviser, and you should advise this Khan. It doesn't matter if you say something wrong." Huang Taiji withdrew his gaze from a distance and said, staring at Fan Wencheng.

"Back to Dahan, Wen Cheng thought that since Yuan Manzi could send 2000 men and horses to chase me with 400 horsemen, he would definitely send more men and horses. Therefore, Wen Cheng thought that even a team of three or four hundred spies would not There are also problems..." Fan Wencheng hesitated for a long time, but he still expressed his worries. The fact that Yuan Chonghuan used 2000 people to punish them at the beginning of the show was too deep for him. How could he forget it? He said that he was afraid of bad luck, but after thinking about Huang Taiji's words, Fan Wencheng knew that Huang Taiji was not ignorant of the problem. When Fan Wencheng thought of Huang Taiji's melancholy eyes, he felt scared, and he still kept the words in his heart Speak up.

"...That's right..." Huang Taiji withdrew his gaze from Fan Wencheng, and said it was good.

Fan Wencheng only felt that at this moment, his vest was soaked, and seeing Huang Taiji turn his face away, he felt that he could breathe.

"... Then according to Xiandou, what should we do?" Huang Taiji glanced at Fan Wencheng again, and asked calmly.

"Hui Da Khan, according to Wen Cheng, there are two ways to defend against Yuan Manzi's harassment..." Fan Wencheng continued.

"Just talk about Xiandou," Huang Taiji said.

"First, my Dajin should send one elite to station in the two main directions of Jinzhou and Ningyuan. The number should be about [-]. In this way, we should not be afraid of Yuan Manzi's surprise attack; and then station one in the northeast and southwest. A smaller group of troops, echoing those two troops, in order to prevent the spies from being attacked by surprise, this is the guard..."

"The second is to lure Yuan Manzi out and wipe out all his cavalry, so that he has no cavalry to harass me to scout the horses, and he can only use infantry to save me in the future..." Fan Wencheng said fiercely.

"...That's right, it makes sense, so what should I do to lure Yuan Manzi out?" Huang Taiji asked after him.

"Back to Khan..." Fan Wencheng was about to answer when a horse came running not far away.

Everyone quickly looked over.

"Report! Master, the news in the pass is an urgent report..." the servant shouted anxiously.

"Bring it quickly..." Huang Taiji said anxiously after changing his calm appearance.Now the news in the pass is almost completely interrupted because of the relationship between Daxue and Shanxi merchants. He really has no energy to play this kind of unclear and unrecognizable chess game. The whole person is troubled and anxious by these uncertain situations. And uneasy, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he had to pretend to be calm...

"Where did the news come from?" Huang Taiji asked while tearing open the letter.

"Returning to the master, the letter was sent from the sea. Now the sea has just thawed a bit, and the boat can go. Let's surround Songshan Fort, and the boat will easily approach our section of the sea..." The servant quickly explained.

"Hmm..." Faced with such an explanation, Huang Taiji just murmured.

After tearing open the letter, Huang Taiji began to read it anxiously. The more he read, the more his brows became more wrinkled, and his complexion became worse. Suddenly, his face turned red and white...

"Profuse sweat... profuse sweat..." Fan Wencheng saw that something was wrong with Huang Taiji, and hurriedly shouted softly.

Huang Taiji's complexion was extremely bad, and he turned bright red. After a while, he said: "...It's okay, I'm a little dizzy, I need to take a rest..."

Fan Wencheng couldn't help but glanced at the letter inadvertently. After seeing a few words, his pupils shrank sharply, and then looked at Huang Taiji in horror.

Huang Taiji had already recovered his "calmness". Except that his face was still bright red, he couldn't see anything else. With a calm face, he said lightly: "...It's all right, let's go back..."

(End of this chapter)