The female assassin's incident delayed Xu Changqing for several days, and he accumulated a lot of government and military affairs, but this was not a bad thing.

It was precisely because of her appearance that Xu Changqing came up with this "concealing the world" plan, which also made Xu Changqing alert about his own security and defense work.

There are too many unpredictable people.

You don’t know when it will touch the interests of others and make people anxious.

Fortunately, this kind of thing is exposed in advance, which is definitely much better than it will be exposed in the future.

At this time, although the female assassin had not been truly captured by Xu Changqing, Xu Changqing had already captured a lot of things!

This female assassin was probably not sent by Li Zicheng and the others, but... a speculator who has been hiding in the dark!

...

Just as Xu Changqing returned to work, began to coordinate the interests of all aspects of Kaifeng, and was preparing to report the victory in detail to the capital.

In the capital, the simple news sent by Xu Changqing has finally arrived!

"Report—"

"Report—"

"Great victory, great victory! Uncle Zhongyi Xu Changqing defeated the main force of the bandits outside Kaifeng City. The bandit leader Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others have retreated to Kaifeng Prefecture. Another bandit Luo Rucai, He Yilong and others have retreated to Huguang!"

The good news came into the city from You'anmen. The messengers shouted all the way, heading straight to the inner city, and then rushed all the way outside the Forbidden City.

It also left a thriller all the way.

"What?"

"Uncle Zhongyi's victory is another big victory? He, did he really defeat the army of hundreds of thousands of thieves?"

"Can this be fake? Have you ever handed it to our capital?"

"Haha, I've said it a long time ago. Uncle Zhongyi is the most powerful general in our Ming Dynasty. With him, he is just a thief, and he is also a bird-haired person."

"That's right."

"Who is Uncle Zhongyi? That's the reincarnation of Wu Sheng Ye, who can be the same generation as Yue Wu Mu Yue Grandpa. What are the thieves who Li Chuang are like?"

"Haha, it's great, it's great! The thieves' riots have subsided, and the prices in our Beijing should be calmed down, right? Today, it must be clear."

"I've gone for a walk and have a drink."

“…”

Soon, the capital city was filled with the joy of victory everywhere, and the restaurants that were not very prosperous began to become popular one by one.

Although the capital was not close to the Central Plains, the bandits never endangered the safety of the capital and did not destroy the Grand Canal much, but they stuck the hinterland of the Central Plains and blocked many trade routes, which made the prices in the capital several times higher than those in the early years of Chongzhen.

In addition, the literati and officials have been promoting the dangers of thieves. To a large extent, Xu Changqing won the Battle of the Central Plains at this time, which made the people in the capital happier than defeating the Tartars.

At this time, a carriage slowly drove into the city along the route of the soldiers who reported the victory.

Inside the carriage, an old man wearing a big red official robe looked at the excited crowd outside, and the old man was smiling unconsciously.

This master is naturally the nominal commander-in-chief of the Central Plains War, and the old master waits for the old master.

The reason why Hou Xun was able to sit on the throne of the commander-in-chief before was not his ability, but his old age and kindness to Zuo Liangyu in his early years.

A few days ago, when the end of the Central Plains War came, Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, and Zuo Liangyu fled one after another, destroying the entire situation. Hou Xun'er who had been hiding in Baoding was scared away, and Bai Ling was ready to die.

Fortunately, the son beside him and the staff persuaded him in time and racked his brains to think of ways to excuse him.

Who would have thought that just when they were ready to submit a memorial to Beijing, Xu Changqing's messenger who had just arrived in Baoding!

This made Hou Xun and his son feel like they were dragged back to heaven from hell.

Hou Xun was originally planning to ask the victory report personnel to come to Beijing to report the victory first, and then he went to see Xu Changqing in person and quickly got along with Xu Changqing.

But after discussing, everyone felt that it was not safe!

After all, the army of thieves is too terrifying, there are too many people, and now it is revealed

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However, it is not the time. If they encounter the defeated soldiers of the thieves, what will their little arms and legs use to compete with? This will definitely be in vain.

After all, Hou Xun was a cunning person. He soon came up with a solution and went to Beijing with the report of the war!

After all, Hou Xun was a grand court master and one of the leaders of Donglin. He was so naughty that he went to make friends with Xu Changqing in a low voice. It was obviously a bit unfair.

How about helping Xu Changqing pave the way in Beijing in advance and do some practical things?

At that time, as long as you do things well and according to Xu Changqing's shrewdness, how could you not understand his efforts at Guard Master Hou?

It is not a problem to use this matter to enter the cabinet again.

...

When Hou Xun was ready at this time, he naturally had the mood to slowly enter the city.

At this time, the Great Dynasty had already become a vegetable market again.

The news that Cao Bianjiao and Wang Pu had sent troops was already conveyed at this time, and the two were about to send troops soon.

But how should we solve the problem of food, supplies and supplies?

During the Battle of Central Plains, the court allocated a lot of food and supplies to Zuo Liangyu, Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue's tribes, including Xu Changqing and Sun Chuanting's tribes.

Now the autumn harvest is coming, and the new grain and grass and silver have not been collected yet. The treasury is really cleaner than the rat's nest. Where can I get the money to ensure this expedition?

"Your Majesty, it really doesn't work. Let's... let's borrow some money from the people first? There are many wealthy families in Beijing. First, borrow more than 100,000 taels to settle the war in the Central Plains, and then slowly find a way."

With a lot of noise, Chen Xinjia, the soldier, had no choice but to express his thoughts with a bitter face.

But as soon as he said this, the noisy Huangji Palace quickly became quiet.

Especially Emperor Chongzhen's already gloomy face on the imperial throne was about to drip out of water at this time.

Around him, several old rivals of Chen Xinjia could hardly help laughing.

This soldier is about to end.

He has been in the cabinet for several years. How could Chen Xinjia not know the nature of this emperor at this time? He hurriedly looked at the chief assistant Zhou Yanru like a request for help.

Zhou Yanru's heart was also full of bitterness.

Last night, Chen Xinjia visited him alone and talked about this matter with him.

to be honest.

In theory, he supported Chen Xinjia's method. After all, at this time, this is the only way.

Otherwise, you can only send extra money!

But the emperor has issued a decree for himself several times. If he had a further entrustment, Zhou Yanru would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.

Even though he didn't like Chen Xinjia, Zhou Yanru hesitated for a moment in order to protect himself, and still spoke for Chen Xinjia: "Your Majesty, old minister, old minister thinks this matter is not bad. We, like money houses, just pay some interest with those wealthy families. The autumn harvest is about to be raised, and the tax silver in Beijing will definitely be collected within one or two months. At that time, we will repay them some principal first, and when the tax silver in Jiangnan comes up at the end of the year, we will pay them all back."

"You! You?!"

Emperor Chongzhen's lungs were about to explode. He slapped the dragon throne and stood up angrily, glaring at Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia.

He is so wise and powerful, but what kind of ministers are he helping with?

In fact, the Ming Dynasty court actually asked to borrow money from the people!

Is this a real slap in the face of the emperor?

How will this make the people of the world view him?

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen like this, Chen Xinjia hurriedly knelt on the ground, his butt was facing the sky, and he kowtowed desperately, and cried out in a crying voice: "Emperor, Master, we should still put the overall situation first. Central Plains, there is no need to make any mistakes..."

"Your Majesty, I'm hereby advising you, I beg you to put the overall situation first."

"Your Majesty, I'm also asking."

"I'm going to discuss it."

A few chess pieces on the top of Chen Xinjia’s mountain were almost ready, so they were busy coming out to support the scene.

Many people around them were thinking about it at this time.

The old fox Chen Yan rolled his eyes and knelt down on the ground: "Emperor, although Lord Chen's plan is a little bit of a loss of the court's face, it may be a solution to the problem.

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Fa. I feel that you can give it a try.”

"Your Majesty, things have come to this point, and there is no good idea for the time being. I also feel that I can give it a try."

"emperor……"

Seeing the large number of civil and military officials in the venue kneeling down, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that his whole body was trembling.

Forced to cede!

This is a ban on the cusp!

Although Chen Xinjia has some small skills, he is full of evil ways. He wants to push him, the Emperor of Ming, into the fire pit!

Unfortunately, it has reached this level, even the emperor cannot replace Chen Xinjia directly.
To be continued...