Li Miao's actions to improve the backyard are like a gust of wind, which comes and goes as quickly as it comes. Soon the backyard of Li Mansion returned to its original state. Li Miao is still the same as before. Li Miao has long been accustomed to this kind of life. Be comfortable and comfortable.
As the New Year approaches, the women in the backyard of Li Mansion also start to get busy. Everyone has his or her own industry, and by the end of the year everyone has begun to make their own income. Fortunately, most of them are banknotes from Shunfeng Bank, and there is very little cash.
Lin Daiyu and Jia Yingchun were even busier. Not only do their respective properties need to be taken care of, but the backyard of the Li Mansion is also preparing for the New Year. The backyard of Li Mansion was very busy, but Li Miao was as idle as anything, doing nothing.
The women in the backyard of Li Mansion are busy doing this and that during the day, and most of them are calculating their own small ledgers at night. This year's harvest is good, and the private house has a lot of money. Most of them are thinking about what to do in the coming year.
The people in the capital have long had full confidence in Shunfeng Transportation Escort Agency. With the Shunfeng Transportation Escort guarding the border, everything will be fine. The flavor of the New Year in Beijing has also begun to get stronger and stronger.
The large number of refugees this winter in Beijing has still not appeared. Everyone has become accustomed to it. In recent years, with the rise of Shunfeng Transportation Escort Agency. There are plenty of job opportunities. As long as you have enough energy, eating enough is not a big problem.
Today's dharna is the last dharna of this year. After the great court meeting, the Yamen will be closed. Li Miao can also start taking annual leave. What Li Miao is most concerned about now is the results of the Northern Bureau. This is related to the scale of Shunfeng Transport Escort's expansion in the south next year.
The last major meeting of the year, according to tradition, will be a meeting of unity and victory. Inspiring conference. All in all it was a festive meeting. Even if it is not festive, it must be festive.
Especially the emperor sitting on the dragon throne should be smiling and beaming with joy. We have to pretend to be festive even if we pretend to be happy, this is a political task. But the emperor, who is sitting on the dragon throne today, really cannot pretend.
The emperor's face was solemn, he had just received the news yesterday. This time, the steppe Tatars, with 150,000 troops, did not engage in battle with the Shunfeng Transportation Escort in the border areas. There was no attack on the farms in the border areas. Instead, they drove all the way straight to the hinterland of Beizhili.
In fact, the emperor also knew that the Shunfeng Transportation Escort Agency was in the border area and was only using the farm for defense. They can only use the Grange defense. Fighting in field battles and positional battles with steppe Tatars, isn’t that looking for death?
This year's prairie Tatars have become smarter and don't get entangled with the Shunfeng Transportation Escort at all. Go straight to the hinterland of Beizhili. The grassland Tatars also learn from each hardship. In the past few years, we have suffered the hardship of attacking the farm. lost heavily.
The emperor received the news of the march of the Tatars from the steppe many days later than Li Miao, who was standing among the ministers. The imperial court's post station in the northern border area had long been destroyed. The imperial spies hurriedly rushed, and the news was only delivered yesterday.
Li Miao used flying pigeons to convey messages, and the speed of information transmission was not even a little bit worse. Li Miao had received news a few days ago that the steppe Tatars were already about five hundred miles deep into the border and attacking the farm.
The emperor and the ministers of the cabinet were helpless after receiving the news. Originally, we expected both the Prairie Tatars and Shunfeng Transportation Escorts to suffer losses! Now the serious problem of resisting the steppe Tatars was once again placed before the court.
It is obviously impossible to resist the steppe Tatars, and they do not have the strength. Now only Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp, with 20,000 to 30,000 elites, can fight. But that can't be fought in the wild. So in the end we can only go back to the past and defend the city.
The steppe Tatars have no siege equipment, and even if they have them, they are not good at attacking cities. Besides, the cost of attacking a city is many times more brutal than attacking a farm. I believe that the steppe Tatars would not choose to attack the city. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the safety of the capital, or even the safety of other cities.
The destruction caused by the invasion of the steppe Tatars to Northern Zhili is certainly self-evident. The key is that the steppe Tatars succeeded this time. Invasions will definitely continue in the future. The plan to move the capital, which had been put on hold, was put on the agenda again.
Moving the capital was a last resort and the last resort. Whether in this world or in future generations, the northern region is the political center. No matter how developed the southern economy is. Since ancient times, those who win the north win the world. It has always been the northern forces that have unified China.
The northern region of China has had strong folk customs since ancient times. They are always under the threat of the nomads from the north. If you want to survive, there is no other way but to fight. Unless you are willing to be a second-legged sheep.
Under such circumstances, over hundreds of thousands of years, the people in the northern region have gradually developed a martial custom, and it is reasonable for the folk customs to be tough. The tough genes have long been integrated into their bodies and souls. Therefore, the northern forces are not comparable to the southern forces.
How could the emperor and cabinet ministers not understand this truth? Moving the capital to Jinling means abandoning the north. The people in the north gave up. Lost the hearts and minds of the people in the north. They all know what this means.
Although I thought that after moving the capital to Jinling, I would work hard to reorganize the imperial court. Restore old mountains and rivers. But this is just a wish. You have abandoned the people of the north like grass. How could the people in the north be summoned by you?
The founding emperor of the Great Zheng Dynasty directly built the capital in the current capital. Directly moved the capital of China thousands of miles to the north. How courageous the emperor is to guard the country. This is also the only emperor in thousands of years.
Most of the capitals established by the original northern forces were near the Central Plains. Still have some room for yourself. As the saying goes, leave a few lines of defense and a buffer. But the local northern people suffered deeply.
Only the founding emperor of the Zheng Dynasty directly established his capital in the current capital. How could the people in the north not support such an emperor. The emperor guards the gate of the country. What a feat.
The Zheng Dynasty was founded more than a hundred years ago because the emperor guarded the country. The people in the north have been at ease for more than a hundred years. Avoid being trampled by the iron hooves of foreigners.
How could the northern people not shed tears of gratitude? But now the descendants of this Mingjun want to abandon the people in the north and move the capital to Jinling. Of course the emperor knew that he did this. I am ashamed of my people and my ancestors. But what can he do.
The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was supposed to be happy, but he couldn't pretend to be so. Listen to the officials from various ministries reporting on this year's great achievements. The emperor looked disdainful. The credit for these achievements did not belong to the imperial court, but to the Shunfeng Transportation Escort Agency.
But within a few days, all of this will be trampled by the aliens. All will be gone with the wind. How can you make the emperor laugh? Of course, the emperor would not mention moving the capital. It's early, besides, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and foreigners won't attack the capital.
In the past two years, the north of the Great Zheng Dynasty has seen the rise of Shunfeng Transportation Escort Agency. The economy has developed rapidly and people live and work in peace and contentment. The royal court's taxes increased year after year, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.
Last year's Annan Kingdom marriage, although the dowry cost five million taels of silver. But the emperor seized the first family in Jiangnan, the Zhen family. The national treasury is also much richer. In addition, the Rongning Second Mansion recently paid back more than two million taels of silver owed by the Ministry of Revenue.
It stands to reason that the imperial court is not short of money now. But the government is corrupt. The emperor wants to reorganize the armament, which is the foundation of the country. Without a strong army, everything is in vain. But of the money that was allocated, very little was left in the hands of the soldiers.
The root cause of everything goes back to official corruption. The Emperor is now firmly established. Since the death of the Supreme Emperor, the centrists in the court have defected. Now the throne is as stable as Mount Tai. But the government is corrupt, and now it is impossible to even strengthen the army.
Dynasties and generations have perished due to official corruption. Unless there are special circumstances, the change of dynasties is due to corruption in officialdom. When a dynasty prospers, it will gradually decline. That is to say, official administration is corrupt.
Then it becomes difficult to return, and finally slowly collapses. Eventually it was replaced by a new dynasty. The new dynasty began to become strong and prosperous due to its honest and honest administration. Finally, there was also official corruption. In the end, it can only lead to destruction. This goes on and on.
In the final analysis, official corruption is caused by human greed. In fact, it is also an inevitable rule. Power is inherently integrated, officials have great power, and corruption is a matter of thought.
Corrupt officials accounted for the vast majority of the government, and officials protected each other. Official collusion. Those officials who are not corrupt mostly do so because they do not have the conditions to be corrupt. For example, officials from Qingshui Yamen like Li Miao.
I wonder who still has the ability to rectify it. How many people need to be treated? And will those people wait for you to slowly correct them? These are not ordinary people, many of them are high-ranking officials with great power. Therefore, in the history of this world, there is currently no successful precedent.
The last meeting of the Great Zheng Dynasty this year came to an end in an extremely depressing atmosphere. Many ministers also learned about the steppe Tatars coming across the border. Therefore, depression became the main theme of this great meeting.
