Xiong Tingbi stayed in Kaiyuan for two days, then led a group of soldiers and horses from Ji Town to go south and returned to Shenyang.
Before leaving, in his capacity as Liaodong's general manager, he distributed two thousand shi of grain and five thousand taels of military pay to the Kaiyuan Ming army, which was exactly one month's rations and military pay for the defenders.
Master Jin Lue patted Liu Zhaosun on the shoulder and encouraged him to serve the country loyally and withstand the army of the Later Jin Dynasty in northern Liaoning.
"General Liu Shen, if you die in battle, I will be here soon. Under the underworld, I will talk to you about Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, and the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties!"
Liu Zhaosun felt a little creepy when he thought that he had said similar words to the white-armed soldiers at Kaiyuan North Gate. Later, the white-armed soldiers suffered all casualties.
But he also knew that Xiong Tingbi was speaking to the generals in Jizhen.
As guest troops, they traveled thousands of miles to aid Liao, came to Kaiyuan, but failed to enter the city to grab a piece. In the end, they had to allocate food, grass and military pay to Liu Zhaosun. This thing sounds very unhappy.
Fortunately, all the money and food came from Wanli's internal funds, and Xiong Manzi was suppressing it, so Chai Guozhu and Li Huaixin suffered this dumb loss.
After this, the conflict between Liu Zhaosun and Jizhen became deeper and deeper and became irreconcilable.
In addition, Liu Zhaosun requested the Lord to inform the imperial court as soon as possible and appoint officials to Kaiyuan. At present, Kaiyuan's military preparations, censors, and capital censors have all died for the country. Liu Zhaosun, a general, cannot be allowed to take charge of the affairs of a city. He also Don't have the energy.
Xiong Tingbi nodded in agreement, but Master Jinglue told Liu Zhaosun not to have high hopes for our emperor.
Xiong Tingbi said that today's emperors like to ask everyone to do extra things. He cited the example of He Xiongxiang to General Liu.
This Lord He now holds the positions of the four ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, but only gets one salary. He can be called a model worker of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor was very touched by this and encouraged him a lot, asking him to take care of his health.
Liu Zhaosun was speechless for a long time.
Over in Shenyang, there were still many matters waiting for the Lord Manager to deal with. Li Rubai left Liaodong in this mess and died.
Liu Zhaosun withstood Houjin's attack in Kaiyuan and severely damaged Xianglan Banner, making the situation in Liaodong more complicated.
The fence-sitters between Ming and Jin are now gradually wavering and considering continuing to be loyal to the imperial court;
The resolute guiding party headed by Ding Bi is eager to jump over the wall and is planning a larger rebellion.
Xiong Tingbi was ignorant of these changes, but after Li Rubai's death, he wanted to rush to Shenyang as soon as possible to appease people and rectify the military affairs of Liao Town.
After seeing off Mr. Manager, Liu Zhaosun began to review the gains, losses and disadvantages of the past few days:
First of all, he became a lifelong friend with Xiong Tingbi and received full support from this big boss;
Secondly, he got to know the fierce general Man Gui. Man Gui performed well in the Jisi incident, but unfortunately he died in an unknown manner in the end.
After the Battle of Sarhu, Mangui was promoted very quickly. After Yuan Chonghuan's death, he was promoted to Wu Jinglue, the prime minister of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan's troops.
Mangui had a beard on his face and a beard on his cheeks. When Liu Zhaosun first saw this person, he thought of the bearded guest in the legend of the Tang Dynasty.
Many years later, the world called Liu Zhaosun, Jin Yuji, and Mangui the "Three Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" and compared them to Li Jing, the Red Buddha Girl, and the Curly Bearded Guest...
The only regret is that he and Jizhen have formed a relationship, but Liu Zhaosun doesn't mind very much. He and the soldiers in Jizhen have nothing in common. Guest troops.
The Intelligence Department sent scouts to explore Jingan Fort and reported that after Xianglan Banner captured Jingan Fort, they massacred all the soldiers and civilians in the fort, killing more than a thousand people. When they retreated from the Battle of Kaiyuan, Xianglan Banner held a grudge and returned to Jingan Fort. A fire was set inside the fort and the houses were burned to the ground.
This most important fort in northern Liaoning was reduced to ruins, with only the bare piers and walls standing in the north.
Kaiyuan did not have enough troops and could no longer send soldiers to garrison Jingan Fort, so it could only be left to Hou Jin.
After listening to the report of Pei Dahu, Director of the Intelligence Department, Liu Zhaosun slowly closed his eyes and thought of the group of children chasing Cuju he saw that day, who had now turned into cold corpses. He could not help but feel sad and angry, and secretly clenched his fists. .
"Amin, you thief, wait for me in Hetuala. I will chop you into pieces and execute you in Lingchi!"
It was a pity that the Jiannu soldiers did not stay in Hetuala and wait for Liu Zhaosun to pass. The day after Xiong Tingbi led his army to leave Kaiyuan, a group of white-armored soldiers appeared in the north of Kaiyuan City, facing the sentry at the head of Kaiyuan City from a distance. Liu Zhaosun The white-armored soldiers were sent to fight, but the white-armored soldiers immediately withdrew and fled back to the north.
For several days after that, Jiannu sentries and cavalry invaded the north gate one after another. Liu Zhaosun sent a cavalry battalion to expel and kill several people. After that, there was no trace of Jiannu around Kaiyuan.
In early April of the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the vigorous Battle of Kaiyuan finally came to an end.
Liu Zhaosun, Yang Qing'er, and Jin Yuji moved to the Shenjiang Mansion in the east of the city, while Yang Hao and Mao Yuanyi lived in the Yamen of Bingbei Road in the north of the city.
After the Kaiyuan War, the imperial censors and soldiers and soldiers had all died for the country, and many of the government offices were damaged. Liu Zhaosun sent people to repair them while waiting for help to arrive.
Farming, trade, water conservancy, firearms, private schools...
All of this requires professionals to do it. Liu Zhaosun and his few people alone can't do it even if they don't sleep for twelve hours a day.
However, time waits for no one. It is already early April, and it is raining in the Songliao Plain. The farming season in Liaodong is only for these few days, and the 60,000 acres of land that the General has been thinking about is still in his dreams.
For several days, Master Kang, the supervisor of the army, and the commander of the guard station, who was generous and fat, mingled together and went in and out of Kaiyuan brothel and restaurant together. Liu Zhaosun only paid for Master Kang's activities and did not care about what the old man was doing mysteriously.
Liu Zhaosun got up early every day and went out of the city to inspect the military camp. With food and captured equipment of the Later Jin Army, he recruited a thousand soldiers from the Liao people.
After the Kaiyuan War, there were not many Liao people left who followed Liu Zhaosun, and people continued to disperse. There were only more than 2,000 people left. The general planned to wait for the land issue to be resolved, and then integrate these people into military households to prevent them from ending up in the military household. For refugees.
The daily training of the soldiers was temporarily left to the two generals, while Liu Zhaosun concentrated on solving the land issue with Kang Yingqian.
Time soon came to the third day of April. On this day, Liu Zhaosun came back from patrolling the camp at the North Gate. As soon as he returned to the General's Mansion, Yang Qing'er had already asked the maid to prepare meals.
Liu Zhaosun, Yang Qing'er, and Jin Yuji had a very light meal. Suddenly, they remembered that the vegetarian meal they had eaten at Guiyuan Temple that day had the same taste. After seeing the things and thinking about people, they said to them:
"After these few days of busy work, I will go to the temple to fulfill my wish. Thanks to the food provided by the abbot these days, otherwise many people in the city would starve to death,"
When the general was busy, his wife Yang Qing'er was not idle either. This woman who was appointed by the imperial court consciously took on the role of a good wife. For several days in a row, she took her soldiers and maids to live in the city. Set up a big pot, boil rice and porridge, and give porridge to the people in Kaicheng who had their families destroyed due to the war. When Liu Zhaosun learned about it, he found that Yang Qing'er had used up very little of the food presented by the old monk. He couldn't help feeling that his wife was a good person.
"Guardian, is the Buddha of the Ming Dynasty not working?"
Jin Yuji was very interested in new things and always asked questions every time she was with Liu Zhaosun. Only in front of Liu Zhaosun did she look like an innocent girl.
"It's not like I'm worshiping Guanyin. Officials are there to do business. Why do you want to go to a woman's house?"
Yang Qing'er was very dissatisfied with this North Korean woman. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't beat him, she would have kicked this person out of her house long ago.
"So what if we beg for a son together? The slave family is now protected by the officials, but they are ennobled by the officials. Wherever the officials go, the slave family will go wherever they want. You have to take care of it!"
The more Yang Qing'er looked at Jin Yuji, the more something was wrong. This woman was as cold as ice in front of others, but she was naturally charming in front of her husband.
Hearing her talk about asking for a child together, Yang Qing'er immediately became angry. Regardless of Liu Zhaosun's presence, she picked up her chopsticks and threw them at Jin Yuji, saying angrily:
"What kind of guard do you think you are? I am the royal wife conferred by the imperial court! I am a virtuous and virtuous woman!"
Seeing that the virtuous and virtuous Yang Qing'er was about to fight Jin Yuji again, Liu Zhaosun quickly pulled the two away and explained that his real purpose of going to Guiyuan Temple was to ask for alms from the old monk and teach Buddhism by the way.
Yang Qing'er went back to the wing in anger, and Jin Yuji stepped forward to act coquettishly. At this time, the guard said at the door that Master Kang was here.
Liu Zhaosun quickly straightened his clothes and winked at Jin Yuji. The latter immediately returned to the attribute of a cold and beautiful concubine and looked coldly at Kang Yingqian who walked into the living room.
While Liu Zhaosun and Xiong Tingbi were discussing the strategy of Ping Liao, Kang Yingqian was busy checking the land deeds;
While Liu Zhaosun was flirting with the two beauties, Kang Yingqian was busy building relationships with the envoys under his command.
This down-to-earth and capable Lord Supervisor of the Army has already completed the inventory of the deeded acres of land, and his work efficiency is still very high.
"General Liu, are you eating?"
Kang Yingqian looked at the chopsticks that fell on the ground, and then at Liu Zhaosun's messy clothes, thinking thoughtfully.
Jin Yuji glared at the bad old man, Kang Yingqian shuddered, stood up and was about to leave.
"Then I won't disturb you for now. Let's talk about the land deeds another day!"
Liu Zhaosun gave up a pear wood armchair and motioned for Kang Yingqian to sit down. Kang Yingqian was not polite, sat down, and continued to talk:
"Hey! These days have really broken my legs and my waist has been broken by fatigue. The original acres of land, civilian farmland, professional farmland, farmland, and pasture land are all unclear and unclear."
Liu Zhaosun took the Longjing tea from Jin Yuji, took a sip, and motioned for Lord Kang to get a drink as well.
"How can I not calculate it clearly? I remember that Zhang Juzheng organized a nationwide land clearing. Didn't he measure it very clearly?"
Liu Zhaosun didn't know much about the specific content of Zhang Juzheng's reform, but he remembered the clearing of his father-in-law's land particularly well, because it was said that before Zhang Juzheng cleared his father-in-law's land (during the Jiajing and Wanli period), the area of land that Ming Dynasty paid taxes every year was only Half of the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, not only how many fields did not pay grain to the court, so there were clear acres of land.
Kang Yingqian took the tea from Jin Yuji with a smile on his face. He was afraid of angering this enchantress. After hearing Liu Zhaosun's words, he looked at Liu Zhaosun as if he were a monster before he had time to drink:
"General Liu Shen is really a noble man who has forgotten things. In the sixth year of Wanli, he implemented the Qing Dynasty. He only established the chief envoys and prefectures, prefectures, and counties. There were no counties in Liaodong, of course not,"
Liu Zhaosun realized that there was still a lot of knowledge that he didn't know in this era, especially in front of this veteran. It would be better to talk less about professional issues in the future.
"Master Kang, let me tell you first how this matter is going. Now that spring plowing is coming, we can't delay the field work any longer and we need to start immediately!"
Kang Yingqian drank tea slowly, and after a while he smiled at Liu Zhaosun and said:
"I have good news and bad news here. Which one does General Liu Shen want to hear first?"
