Forbidden Palace, Chaohui Hall.
Li Xu, the Minister of Household Affairs, is reporting to Emperor Liang about the autumn harvest. The autumn harvest is the most important thing in Liang Dynasty and cannot be neglected in the slightest.
"Reporting to the sage, the grain in Jiangnan matures early. According to the report from the Jiangnan magistrate, 80% of the autumn harvest in the 27 counties in Jiangnan has been completed. If this continues, the entire harvest will be completed in another seven or eight days. Starting from the middle of next month, all counties in Jiangnan will You can start taxing. This year is a good harvest year, and you will get three shi of grain per mu. According to the tradition of previous years, one tax is 1 out of ten. It is expected that the tax in Jiangnan alone will reach 1 million shi of grain."
"When the harvest in the south of the Yangtze River is over, the autumn harvest will also start in various places."
Emperor Liang has been frowning since the internal and external troubles in Daliang. Now that he knows about the great harvest in the south of the Yangtze River, he can't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
However, a good year in the south of the Yangtze River does not mean that it will also be a good year in other areas. The exact amount of food that can be harvested this year depends on the specific situation.
But anyway, this is great news.
At the same time, the Minister of Taichang Temple came forward to report: "After the autumn harvest in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial examination will be held immediately. The candidates who have passed the provincial examination from all over the country will come to Beijing to take part in the examination. We should prepare in advance. The imperial examination is related to the national destiny. , we must not slack off at all. However, in recent years, there have been many wealthy gentry and local brave men from all over the country who intercepted the candidates halfway and promised to buy the official position at a high price. After the candidates obtain the title, they can take office to collect wealth and plunder the people's wealth."
"Such evil behavior should be severely punished and there should be no tolerance at all."
Emperor Liang had heard about this for a long time. He said that the previous magistrate of Beixi County had committed such evil deeds. If it hadn't been for that bitch who caused cholera in Beixi, how could Qin Feng be calling the wind and rain in Beixi County today?
This matter was a pain in the heart of Emperor Liang, and he immediately issued an order to severely punish anyone who was found to have committed a crime against his will. All the Yi tribes would be punished on the spot.
The autumn harvest and the imperial examination are both top priorities, but as these two things begin at the same time, it means that the war in the north is imminent.
For a moment, all eyes on the scene focused on the Qin family father and son.
Emperor Liang asked in a deep voice: "Qin Aiqing, how are the preparations for the war in the north going?"
Qin Tianhu hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hands and said, "To the sage, Beixi County is already impregnable. If the Beidi army dares to invade, they will definitely learn from the bravery of my brother, Liang Erlang!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Liang didn't know whether he should be happy or depressed.
The stronger Beixi County is, the more it can suppress Beidi, but it will be more difficult to take back Beixi County in the future. But the current situation is serious, and we can only rely on the Qin family in advance.
Emperor Liang glanced at Qin Feng behind Qin Tianhu and thought, why is this guy so quiet today?
When he was about to ask, he saw the imperial guards outside the palace asking to see him.
"Reporting to the saint, the herald in the north has sent a report of a hundred thousand urgent troops!"
The civil and military ministers present were all shocked and anxious? Has the war started?
Emperor Liang's eyes were filled with joy because of the good harvest, and he immediately summoned the herald.
Not long after, a herald with small flags on his body to show that "the military situation is urgent, all checkpoints must give way" quickly climbed up to the main hall, knelt down and loudly reported: "Reporting to the saint, three days ago, Beidi launched a large-scale attack on Beixi County. ! The Beixi County defenders fought back vigorously, and the two sides have reached a stalemate."
After learning about the battle on the front line, Emperor Liang frowned, turned to look at Qin Tianhu, and asked in a deep voice: "Qin Aiqing, didn't you say that Beixi County is impregnable? In this case, the Beidi army should be easily repelled, how could there be a stalemate?"
Qin Tianhu's heart also sank. Ordinarily, with the strength of Beixi County, even if it faced a strong attack by more than 50,000 enemy troops, it should be able to handle it with ease. How could the military situation be so urgent?
While confused, Qin Tianhu had no choice but to look at Qin Feng.
It wasn't until Qin Tianhu kicked Qin Feng that Qin Feng woke up from a dream and let out a vague "ah".
Only then did everyone realize that this guy had deserted just now!
Emperor Liang was furious. In such an urgent situation, Qin Feng could still let himself go. It was really annoying! If he hadn't been afraid of the Qin family's current strength, Emperor Liang would have already asked the warriors in front of the palace to drag this guy out and use a twenty stick to make him sober!
This is not to blame Qin Feng, after all, attending the court meeting is so boring!
However, feeling the murderous gazes of Emperor Liang and Qin Tianhu, Qin Feng had no choice but to restrain himself slightly, and Yun Danfeng said lightly: "Don't worry."
As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of surprise in the entire hall.
The main war faction and the Taolin Party naturally would not refute Qin Feng on the spot, but their eyes still showed incredulity.
The Beidi army and Beixi County have formed a stalemate, which means that the war in Beixi County is tight. Why don't you need to pay attention to such a big thing?
If Qin Feng didn't have some magic weapon to win, he must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.
Naturally, Lin Taibao would not miss this opportunity to ridicule Qin Feng, and said sarcastically: "Qin Qianhu, do you know what you are talking about? Could it be that after establishing a foothold in Beixi County, you no longer care about Daliang Jiangshan Sheji?"
Qin Feng looked at Lin Taibao with a smile: "The war is now in Beixi County. Even I am not in a hurry. You are a person from the south of the Yangtze River. Are you a little too lazy to worry about it?"
There was another uproar at the scene.
Qin Feng's words were obviously a mockery of Lin Taibao. Everyone is unclean and all they have is tap water. What kind of pure water can you put in it? Who in the world knows about the good things your Lin family has done in Jiangnan?
and……
After all, Lin Taibao was a very human minister, but Qin Feng was so rude in front of Emperor Liang and all the civil and military officials.
Lin Taibao's face was extremely ugly, and he bowed directly to Emperor Liang and complained: "Qin Feng is so arrogant because of his talent. He dares to be so arrogant in front of a saint. He should be severely punished!"
Emperor Liang was displeased with Qin Feng, but since Qin Feng voluntarily gave up the post of Taiwei, Emperor Liang was not willing to break the hard-won peace easily.
Therefore, he directly ignored Lin Tianbao's complaint, stared at Qin Feng, and said with an unhappy expression: "Qin Feng, if you have something on your mind, just say it and don't play riddles in the hall. If you dare to make noise in the hall again, I will never tolerate it! "
Qin Feng smacked his lips, lowered his head and bowed to Emperor Liang, acknowledging his mistake, and said to the donkey on the slope: "Since the war has started, there is no need to hide it. Beidi's use of troops against Beixi County is just a feint attack. The so-called stalemate, of course, It's because Beixi County did not fight with all its strength, but deliberately entangled with the Beidi Army to conserve its strength for other uses."
Qin Feng's words were like one stone stirring up a thousand waves.
After all, Beidi's strategy of conquering Beixi County has long been known to the world.
The preparations for the war in Daliang were also based on Beixi County. Why did it suddenly turn into a feint attack today? Wouldn't it mean that the entire Daliang army was in vain?
Before Emperor Liang could say anything, Qin Tianhu, the minister supervising the war, couldn't wait any longer. After all, Qin Tianhu took full responsibility for this battle, and immediately shouted loudly: "What the hell is going on!"
