On this day, Huaxia Kingdom, Hanyang Dynasty.
Capital, Forbidden City.
Emperor Zhu Yijun was worried in the imperial study. He was in the imperial study, walking here and there, and he was wavering deep in his heart.
At this time, in the imperial study room, the ministers standing next to the desk were Hua Yiming, the elder of Yipinge, Chen Yunan, the cabinet scholar, and Yang Xiguang, the general manager of Dongchang University.
Suddenly, Eunuch Yuan from Xichang hurriedly came to the imperial study room.
"Report to your Majesty that the border crossing is extremely urgent. The Manchurian Heavenly Kingdom's troops have gathered around 200,000 troops and are preparing to head towards Shengjing."
Eunuch Yuan's words were filled with anxiety.
However, at this moment, Zhu Yijun was thinking about the issue of food and salary.
"Your Majesty, please send troops quickly. If we don't send troops, those Manchu Tatars will really attack the territory of China."
Chen Yunan, a cabinet scholar on the side, gave the emperor Zhu Yijun a heartfelt advice.
"Ten years ago, I personally conquered Mobei with my imperial chariot, and the Tatar and Mongolian tribes fled in panic. Now, a fishing and hunting savage with white mountains and black waters has become a big problem for me. It's really ridiculous. .”
Emperor Zhu Yijun frowned, looking helpless. He picked up a bowl of tea and took a slow sip.
At this time, Eunuch Yuan was suddenly shocked and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me be the supervisor of this expedition?"
"Eunuch Yuan, what do you mean by what you said?" Eunuch Yang Xiguang looked at Eunuch Yuan with disdain, and suddenly said a little arrogantly.
"Eunuch Yang Xiguang of the East Factory, don't you know the purpose of the Emperor's establishment of our West Factory? It is to prevent the people of your East Factory from misbehaving. If you in the East Factory do not dare to kill, we in the West Factory will kill them. You Things that the East Factory dare not take care of, our West Factory will take care of, kill first and then report, with the permission of the emperor! I do this, all for the emperor!" Although Eunuch Yuan's words were sinister, they revealed a sense of heroic domineering.
"Since you want to take the lead and apply for the position of supervisor, I have to make it clear to you in advance. Without the emperor's oral permission, you are simply not qualified to serve as the supervisor of this battle."
As Eunuch Yang Xiguang spoke, his tone became more and more provocative to Eunuch Yuan.
"You, bitch Yang!"
"Quanyuan!"
Just when Eunuch Yuan and Eunuch Yang Xiguang were shouting at each other.
Emperor Zhu Yijun shouted: "That's enough. You two ungrateful hermaphrodites are actually making a noise in the imperial study. How unbecoming it is!"
When Hua Yiming heard this, he quickly stepped forward, came to the side of Emperor Zhu Yijun, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the original intention of supervising the army is to control the food and grass of our army from Large-scale transportation from the rear to the front line can be solved to ensure that the food and clothing problems of the frontline soldiers are solved. The most urgent task now is that the freight of grain and grass is too expensive. After all, this cost belongs to our Royal Grain Transport Team and is unbearable. It especially consumes money from the treasury of the Hanyang Dynasty, but the ministers listened to the advice of a recent imperial merchant. That is, please allow the common people in the Shendu area to transport this grain and grass, and at the same time, allow these common people from poor families to transport food and grass along the way. Those goods of their own family property may be bought and sold along the way.”
"Hua Aiqing, your idea is good, but do you know what you mean by doing this? It means that I want to abolish the ancestral system and allow the poor people in the guard living areas in the border areas to go to the border areas to do business. , This will definitely increase the life risks of those people along the way."
"When I return to the emperor, I still have something to say clearly. This idea is not the intention of Wei Chen, but an imperial businessman, that is, Mr. Sun of the Sun Family Mansion, Sun Shutong. It was he who proposed this idea."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"Your Majesty, firstly, by allowing the poor civilians in the guard posts around the divine capital to transport food, it can greatly save our army's cost of transporting food and grass. Secondly, it also allows those poor people to reluctantly embark on a road of making a living by starting a business and getting rich."
"Well, what Hua Aiqing said makes sense! Although the ancestral system cannot be abolished, I still decided to let Eunuch Yuan take charge of the grain transportation task this time. However, as for those who transport grain and grass, According to what Hua Aiqing said, leave it to the poor people. As for the frontline supervision of the war, I have decided to leave it to Eunuch Yang of Dongchang."
Immediately, when Eunuch Yang Xiguang and Eunuch Yuan heard this, they knelt down quickly.
"Slave, thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor!"
Eunuch Yang Xiguang and Eunuch Yuan said in unison, in a strange tone.
At this time, on the other hand, at the Long Xiao Forbidden Army camp.
Yin Xiaoshuai was eating sesame cakes and drinking Erguotou.
General Pan Gangfeng came to the camp where Yin Xiaoshuai was holding a Shangfang sword.
"Master Yin, are you living a good life in our military camp now?"
"General Pan, thanks to the general's love, my life here is very comfortable."
"Master Yin, in a few days, our troops will be mobilized and assembled in the border areas. Are you willing to participate in our military operations?"
"General, you are my benefactor. It was your good intention to promote me in the first place. Of course I am willing to follow the general and follow him wherever he goes!"
"Well done, Master Yin!"
Pan Gangfeng patted Yin Xiaoshuai on the shoulder, with a pleased smile on his face.
At this time, in the capital of God, the Sun family mansion.
Sun Wenju was sitting in a chair and said slumped: "Dad, my child is unfilial. He actually lost all his money to those Manchu Tatars."
"My son, there is no need to be sad. The most urgent task is to summon the common people to help the emperor transport grain and grass."
Father Sun Shutong was amiable and comforted his son Sun Wenju.
At this time, Sun Wenju's sister, Sun Xiangyu, was sitting aside, suddenly worried.
That's right, in fact, the idea of letting civilians transport grain was not thought up by his father, Sun Shutong, but by a poor civilian named Wang Guiqing.
But that night, Wang Guiqing made a bet with several of his brothers about whether they could get Sun Xiangyu, the eldest lady of the Sun family, out. If Sun Xiangyu showed up, Wang Guiqing's brothers would be willing to admit defeat and pay Wang Guiqing 50 Wen.
Unexpectedly, Wang Guiqing met Miss Sun Xiangyu that night.
Wang Guiqing took the initiative to propose this ghost idea. At first, Sun Xiangyu still looked disgusted with Wang Guiqing's idea.
But today, his father Sun Shutong told Wang Guiqing's idea to his elder Hua Yiming, and Hua Yiming reported it to the emperor, and it was approved by the emperor.
However, good things don’t go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.
However, because Sun Xiangyu had a secret relationship with Wang Guiqing, she was rumored by her neighbors. The rumors became more and more outrageous. Sun Xiangyu was said to be an unruly woman.
In addition, Sun Xiangyu has never had her feet bound since she was a child, so she has been a woman with big feet running around since she was a child.
Because she was a woman with big feet, and the scandal spread about her secret meeting with Wang Guiqing, a pariah, Sun Xiangyu was ostracized by the eldest son of the Chen family, and her engagement was canceled by the eldest son of the Chen family. From then on, Sun Xiangyu's reputation in the Shendu area plummeted.
Sun Xiangyu's brother, Sun Wenju, in order to retaliate against Wang Guiqing, who was a scoundrel in his eyes, made things difficult for Wang Guiqing at every turn and asked Wang Guiqing to return all the 100 taels of silver he owed to the Sun family in the past five years.
When Wang Guiqing couldn't afford the repayment, his brother-in-law, Mr. Du, had to sell his land. Later, in order to repay the debt, Wang Guiqing had to join a large team of civilians transporting grain and actively participated in the task of transporting grain and grass to the front line in order to earn some funds to repay the debt. The debt I owe to Mr. Sun Wenju.
