Fan Wencheng took the lead and was the first to catch up with the escaped Ming army. He sent the spear forward in his hand, which resulted in the other party's life. During this process, he didn't even look at it. At the same time as the spear was handed out, his eyes had already set their sights on the next target.

In a short while, he had already rushed into the Ming army and rushed left and right, like a wolf entering a flock of sheep. With a wave of his claws and a bite of his sharp teeth, he took away his life.

One of the servants saw that they could not escape, so they lost their weapons and knelt down to surrender. When the others saw this, they followed suit, hoping to save their lives.

However, things went against my wishes, Fan Wencheng shouted in Manchu: "Kill them all, no one will be left, kill one to warn a hundred, and those who violate the power of the great Jintian will be punished!"

When the Jurchen Tartars behind him heard this, they immediately smiled grimly, followed him and continued to greet the Ming army with weapons, allowing the war horses to kick the Ming army on the ground, just like a slaughterhouse.

After about half an hour, Fan Wencheng almost killed all the Ming army that came to attack the city this time, with blood flowing and corpses everywhere.

Against this backdrop, Fan Wencheng returned triumphantly. Seeing Jianlu Governor Ying Erdai greeting the city with a smile, he quickly rolled off his horse. After walking a few steps, he fought one thousand and said in panic: "How dare the students come and pick them up? They really killed the students!"

"Haha, Xiandou doesn't have to be too humble. I can see clearly at the top of the city. Xiandou kills the Ming army as if he were killing a native chicken and a tile dog. It is worth picking me up in person." Ying'erdai smiled and signaled him to get up, and said at the same time.

"It is the responsibility of the student to serve Dajin!" After Fan Wencheng answered, the two looked at each other and smiled before they went into the city together.

In the afternoon, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital, Hu Guang sat on the imperial throne and looked at the ministers below and said, "According to the reports of Manqing, Jianlu seemed to have the intention to retreat. What suggestions do you have for the next refugee resettlement, post-disaster reconstruction, pensions and rewards of soldiers, etc.?"

To sum up these, they are actually a matter of money and food. If you have money and food, then nothing is a problem.

As the chief minister, Wen Tiren, a new celebrity in front of the emperor, had to speak first: "Your Majesty, I just went to the Ministry of Revenue and had nothing left. The taxes for next year will have to wait until the summer grain is collected. Even if other taxes are collected, I am afraid it will not be available in a short while."

When it comes to the issue of money and food, both the emperor and the few here are all having a headache.

Hu Guang could understand Wen Tiren's difficulties. After all, he became the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that this job requires time, it takes time to formulate new policies. He will definitely have no hope for a while.

Hu Guang nodded tolerantly, then turned to look at the East Factory Admiral Cao Huachun, who was also given a seat, and asked, "Cao Daban, what is the amount of money and grain paid by the governments in the city? Can there be any surplus?"

"Your Majesty, yesterday, our army won a great victory in the Deshengmen battle in the capital. Many people who originally had to pay the money and grain, but they changed to not pay the money and grain. Therefore... there is probably not much surplus here, and at most they can provide pensions to the soldiers who died in the battle at the capital city a few days ago." Cao Huachun stood up and replied respectfully.

When Hu Guang heard this, he sighed in his heart, and said, this is still the side effects of winning the battle.

Speaking of which, these people are afraid of death, so they used money and food at the beginning. Now they find that the war seems not as intense as they imagined, and there seems to be no problem, so they are reluctant to give up money and food, so they would rather work hard.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang immediately ordered: "You can't take advantage of them. If you change your methods later, you will let them do hard work and give them this effort."

"I obey the order!" Cao Huachun heard this and quickly agreed. With the prestige and ability of the East Factory, it was still fine to do this.

Hu Guang's actions were actually just venting his emotions, but it was not helpful to what he wanted to solve at the moment.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent. Please punish me!" Wen Tiren saw Hu Guang's embarrassment and had to stand up and apologize.

There were two other cabinet members in the hall, namely the auxiliary minister Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru. However, they were old gods and did not speak. Seeing Wen Tiren rise, they followed them up and made a move and agreed with the chief minister's words.

In the original history, the court had no money, and finally agreed to the royal army's pensions, rewards, etc., all of them were delayed again and again, leaving the court's prestige further reduced, and the Ming army's combat effectiveness was further reduced, causing a series of reactions.

Hu Guang waved his hand to the ministers below and said, "No need, I don't want to punish anyone. The most important thing is to solve the problem."

After hearing this, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru looked at each other in a slight way, and a signal seemed to be transmitted in their eyes. Then, Zhou Yanru bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the grain stored in Tongzhou has been burned. After Jianlu retreated, the most urgent solution is probably the food problem in the capital!"

Well, this is another big trouble! Hu Guang heard this and immediately asked, "Does Zhou Qing have any good plans?"

"Your Majesty, finance and taxation are the directors of the chief minister. There are not as many ministers as the chief minister, so I dare not speak nonsense!" Zhou Yanru looked humble and respectful, but secretly handed a nail.

Hu Guang sneered in his heart, saying that he was jealous of seeing himself directly promoting Wen Tiren as the chief assistant. He didn't expose it, turned to look at Cheng Jiming and said, "You have been silent all the time, but have you considered it properly and come up with a good idea?"

"I am guilty and I have no good plans yet." Cheng Jiming looked panicked and lowered his head and replied.

How could Wen Tiren not know that these two of them were trying to embarrass themselves and make a fool of themselves, thus destroying the emperor's trust?

Without waiting for the emperor to ask, he spoke: "Your Majesty, the only way to respond now is to send additional assignments, and to send additional assignments from major grain-producing provinces. After the court recovers, the corresponding tax will be exempted."

This is actually a way to eat the food of the emperor.

Hu Guang nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, but if you compensate later, it will probably affect the lives of the people. In this way, according to the practice of opening Chinese and French, if you have newly paid grain this time, you will be able to pay salt and compensate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately shocked the people present. Wen Tiren frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the salt tax is the main focus of the imperial court. If you open more salt intake at this time, it will probably affect the salt tax revenue."

This time, neither Cheng Jiming nor Zhou Yanru watched the show anymore, and quickly stood up and agreed, "What the Prime Minister said is very true, Your Majesty, the salt administration is already saturated. If you start a salt introduction again, it will definitely affect the salt tax revenue and will never be used!"

If Wen Tiren was not so sure about his words, these two people would have been determined.

In the Wenhua Palace, except for the eunuch Cao Huachun, all three civil officials opposed this matter, which made Hu Guang frown.
Chapter completed!