"Grandpa Governor, His Royal Highness Prince Fu has entered the Nanhaizi camp together with the British Duke, the two Luo Weishuai, and Deputy Governor Liu."

A young eunuch appeared quietly, reported an important matter, and then left quietly.

Xu Yingyuan, known as the Grandfather of the Governor, held the account book and seemed to be distracted. The man sitting opposite him smiled and said: "Dad, this year's salt profit is a little thinner than in previous years, and Beijing is also in a recession."

, but the filial piety I give you is 30% more than last year..."

The person who was reporting the bill to Xu Yingyuan was a beautiful young woman. She had curved eyebrows and light lips, and her skin was as white as fat. Her eyes were long and thin, and her eyes were flowing when she spoke, but she showed a rare heroic demeanor.

This young woman is the head of the Bai family, Xu Ruolan, the newly recognized goddaughter of Xu Yingyuan. She is only in her mid-twenties, but due to the early death of her husband and the constraints of etiquette, she became a widow early.

And Widow Xu not only controls her husband, but also controls her father, mother, mother, and mother-in-law... Her biological father and mother are long gone, and her godmother, Hakka, and her godmother

Her rival Wei Zhongxian disappeared last year. Now there is only one godfather left, Xu Yingyuan, who can protect her!

With only such a thick leg left, Widow Xu must work hard to please her!

Recognizing one's father is just a nice name, but the real benefit is "filial piety". Last year, in order to protect her family from being implicated by Wei Zhongxian, Widow Xu gave Xu Yingyuan 200,000 taels. And this year, it will be increased by 30%, which is 260,000 taels.

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Of course, the 260,000 taels were not taken out by the Tianzi account managed by Widow Xu... The Xu family's Shanxi old account and Yangzhou headquarter were the ones who came out with the bulk.

After all, the salt industry is the main business of the Bai family!

It's just that this main business has encountered a little trouble recently!

When you encounter trouble, of course you have to find a way to solve it. And the solution, of course, is to spend money to solve the problem.

So the Bai family made less money last year, but paid more bribes to Eunuch Xu.

But Xu Yingyuan sighed deeply and showed a troubled expression.

"Dad," Widow Xu looked at Eunuch Xu, "Can the current income be maintained?"

"This..." Eunuch Xu shook his head, "Daughter, long live the master... I can't see the numbers clearly!"

While he was talking, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside, and there were also faint sounds of snorting and neighing horses.

What's going on?

Eunuch Xu was stunned and looked up at Widow Xu. Just when he was about to ask a question, the young eunuch who had just informed him of the news hurriedly rushed in.

"Supervisor, Supervisor, it's not good...a group of soldiers came from somewhere and said they wanted to arrest...arrest Widow Xu..."

Widow Xu was stunned when she heard this: "Catch me? Why?"

Xu Yingyuan was also a little annoyed. He stood up suddenly and said to his goddaughter: "Daughter, don't worry, let's go and see who has the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard!"

After saying this, the governor of the East Factory swaggered out with the little eunuch. Widow Xu was worried and immediately followed her out. Only when a group of people arrived at the second gate, they saw a group of strong men in golden armor holding

The buckler and the saber rushed in. After two rounds, Xu Yingyuan started shouting: "Our family is Xu Yingyuan, the eunuch who is the eunuch of the ceremony and the admiral of the East Factory! Who are you? How dare you break into a private house? This is the foot of the emperor.

!”

"Eunuch Xu," a man with a big forehead, a big beard and high cheekbones spoke up, "I have been ordered to arrest Widow Xu, the goddaughter of the Hakka family... The governor is also here. Could it be that he also led the arrest?

Widow Xu’s will?”

"What? What did you say?" Xu Yingyuan was startled, "Who are you?"

"Well, we are the pro-army troops in front of the tent!"

"The Zhangqian Army... entered Beijing City? When did it happen?"

"Just half an hour ago!" The answer was Zhu Youjian, who appeared in front of Xu Yingyuan in a golden helmet and surrounded by several big men also wearing golden armor.

"Long live my lord..." Xu Yingying's legs went weak and she knelt down in front of the little emperor.

At this time, Zhu Youjian had already seen Widow Xu, and found that she was not bad looking. He showed a satisfied smile and asked: "Is that woman Xu Widow? Did she know that I was coming to rob her, so she took the initiative to greet her?"

...

"Chief Assistant, this is the memorial from the governor's yamen of the three sides... It contains urgent notes. It seems that the civil unrest in Shaanxi is getting bigger and bigger..."

"Chief Assistant, this is the memorial to the Military Affairs Office of the Governor-General of Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Huguang, and Guangxi. It also pays attention to the urgency. It seems that Zhang Yuanping still can't pacify the two thieves!"

"Chief Assistant, this is a report from the Liaodong Economic and Strategic Envoy. The slave thieves are gathering heavy troops in Phoenix City and Zhenjiang Fort. There seem to be signs of invading North Korea and Dongjiang..."

"Shoufu, this is a memorial to the drought and war that hit Beizhili, Shanxi, and Shaanxi this year. Many prefectures and counties have reported bad harvests! Especially in northern Shaanxi prefectures and counties, almost all have no harvest!"

"Shoufu, this is what Nanzhili reported about the situation in Xuzhou City after the Yellow River water receded. Xuzhou City was flooded for three years, and the city was almost completely destroyed. After the water receded, the sedimentation was serious, with the thickest part reaching as much as three to four feet.

, almost the whole city was buried in sand, it was so miserable!”

When the New Year was approaching, Huang Liji, who was still reluctantly sitting in the position of chief minister of the cabinet, listened to the reports of the ministers below, his brows became more and more frowning, and his mood became more and more depressed.

The good news is there isn’t one!

First of all, the Shaanxi civil uprising cannot be suppressed!

Alas, the drought in the northwest has been going on for several years. Not only has it not eased last year, but it has become more serious. Many states and counties in northern Shaanxi have suffered from drought and no harvests. It has reached the point where "vegetation and trees are gone and people can eat each other"! The Ming Dynasty has been in drought since the sixth year of the first year of Chongzhen.

Since the beginning of March, they have been busy dealing with the wars with the Northern Yuan and Hou Jin Dynasties. They were unable to organize relief and could not dispatch strong troops to Shaanxi to suppress it.

As a result, the Wang Er uprising that started in the seventh year of Tianqi not only failed to be suppressed, but also became more and more prosperous. Fugu, Ansai (Gao Yingxiang is here), Yanchuan (Zhang Xianzhong's boss Wang Ziyong is here), Yichuan, etc.

A peasant uprising broke out in the capital.

The main force in the important towns on the three sides of Guyuan, Ningxia, Gansu, Yulin and Lintao must be used to guard against the Han tribe and the remnants of the Tumote tribe, so too many troops could not be allocated to suppress the civil uprising.

Moreover, due to the drought and civil unrest in Shaanxi, the pro-democracy food supplies in Guyuan, Ningxia, Gansu, Yulin, Lintao and other towns were all cut off. This meant that the three border and five towns were in arrears of pay. Not all frontier troops in the Ming Dynasty were paid.

It is composed of silver, and it is not all issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but is composed of Tun Liang (military grain grain), Mingyun Grain (can also be discounted, or partially discounted), Salt Yin, Salt Price Silver, Beijing Transportation

It is composed of silver and other parts. Among them, the parts controlled by the imperial government's finances are only the salt import, salt price silver, Beijing transportation silver and other parts. The two parts of the Tun grain and the people's grain are raised by the local government to a large extent.

Food. For example, the grain harvested in the three sides and five towns are provided by the local military garrisons, while the grain for the civilian movement is mainly provided by Shaanxi Province... The drought in the northwest has caused no harvest, so of course there is no harvest for the grain harvest and grain for the civilian movement.

The place has gone to collect it!

Therefore, the only military pay for the three sides and five towns was Yanyin, Salt Price Silver, and Jingyun Silver (due to the salt affairs reform, Yanyin and Salt Price Silver were merged into Jingyun Silver, and were spent from Liao's pay.

), it is impossible to distribute the money in full. If the officials at all levels who have passed the money are just a little more corrupt as usual, there will be very little money left in the hands of the soldiers.

Under such circumstances, if the officers and soldiers in the three sides and five towns do not rebel, they will burn incense. How can they be expected to suppress the bandits?

Therefore, it is natural that the civil uprising in Shaanxi will become more and more serious... Even if Zhu Youjian has now become a wise king who is "brave against Lu Bu, as treacherous as Zhongda, and as ruthless as Cao Cao's thief", for a while

There is no way to deal with the Shaanxi Civil War.

We can only let them make trouble first...

Just when Huang Shoufu was having a headache about Shaanxi affairs, a chief official from the Ministry of Personnel suddenly broke in from outside. When he saw Huang Liji, he shouted: "Shoufu, it's not good, long live grandpa is here!"
Chapter completed!