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Fan Wencheng took the lead and was the first to catch up with the fleeing Ming army. He sent his spear forward and killed the enemy. During this process, he didn't even glance at it. When the spear was handed out, his eyes were already aiming at the next target.

In a short time, he had rushed into the Ming army, charging 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 every living life.

One of the servants saw that he could not run away, so he dropped his weapon and knelt down to surrender. When others saw it, they followed suit, just to save their lives.

However, what happened was contrary to expectations, and Fan Wencheng was heard shouting in Manchu: "Kill them all, leave no one alive, kill one to serve as a warning to hundreds, and those who offend the power of Jin Tian will be punished!"

When the Jurchen Tatars behind him heard this, they immediately laughed ferociously, followed him, and continued to greet the Ming army with their swords, letting their horses kick and trample the Ming army on the ground, just like a slaughterhouse.

After about half an hour, Fan Wencheng almost killed all the Ming troops who came to attack the city. Blood flowed into rivers and corpses were everywhere.

Against this background, Fan Wencheng returned in triumph and saw Ying Erdai, the general of the Jianlu army, greeting him at the city gate with a smile. He quickly rolled off his saddle and dismounted. After walking a few steps quickly, he struck down one thousand people and said in panic. : "How dare students ask adults to pick them up? This is really killing the students!"

"Haha, Xian Dou doesn't need to be too modest. I can see clearly from the top of the city that Xian Dou killed the Ming army just like killing local chickens and dogs. It is worthy of my personal come to pick him up." Ying Erdai smiled and motioned for him to get up. Said at the same time.

"It is a student's duty to serve Daikin!" After Fan Wencheng answered, the two looked at each other and smiled before heading into the city together.

In the afternoon, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital, Hu Guang sat on the throne, looked at several ministers below and said: "According to the report from the Manchu Qing, Jianlu seems to have the intention to retreat. What about the subsequent resettlement of refugees, post-disaster reconstruction, and the fate of the soldiers?" Do you have any suggestions on pensions, rewards, etc.?”

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

As the first assistant, Wen Tiren, a newly popular person in front of the emperor, had to be the first to speak: "Your Majesty, I just went to the household department and there is nothing. Next year's taxes will have to wait until the summer grain is harvested. Even if we have to collect Other taxes may not be available in a short while.”

When it comes to this issue of money and food, both the emperor and several of the people present have a headache.

Hu Guang could understand Wen Tiren's difficulties. After all, he had just become the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did it take time to get familiar with the job, but it also took time to formulate new policies. In a short while, there was definitely no hope for him.

Hu Guang nodded tolerantly, then turned to look at Dongchang Admiral Cao Huachun, who was also seated, and asked: "Cao Daban, what is the amount of money and food paid by the various governments in the city? Is there any leftover?"

"Your Majesty, our army won a great victory in the battle at Desheng Gate in the capital yesterday. Many people in the government who were originally scheduled to pay for food and grain have changed their plans to not pay for food and grain. Therefore... I am afraid that there is not much money and food left here. The most we can do is provide compensation to the soldiers who died in the battle on the capital city a few days ago." Cao Huachun stood up and replied respectfully.

When Hu Guang heard this, he sighed in his heart, yes, this is a side effect of winning the battle.

Speaking of which, these people were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they used money and food instead at first. Now they found that the war was not as fierce as imagined and it seemed that nothing would happen, so they were reluctant to part with money and food, and would rather contribute.

When Hu Guang thought of this, he immediately ordered: "Don't give them any advantage. Those who later changed their methods must be made to do hard work and hard work, and let them give their strength well."

"My slave obeys the order!" After hearing this, Cao Huachun quickly agreed. With Dongchang's prestige and ability, there is no problem in doing this.

What Hu Guang did was actually just to vent his emotions, but it was not helpful to the current matter to be solved.

"Your Majesty, this minister is incompetent, please punish me!" Wen Tiren saw Hu Guang's frowning face and had to stand up to plead guilty.

Also present in the hall were two other people in the cabinet, namely the assistant ministers Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru. However, they were still there and did not speak. Seeing Wen Tiren getting up, they followed suit and agreed with the chief assistant's words.

In the original history, the court also had no money, and finally agreed to provide pensions, rewards, etc. to King Qin's army, but they were all delayed and left to nothing, which further reduced the prestige of the court and lowered the combat effectiveness of the Ming army to another level. , causing a series of reactions.

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

After hearing this, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru glanced at each other, their eyes seeming to convey a certain signal. Then, I heard Zhou Yanru bowing and saying: "Your Majesty, the grain stored in Tongzhou has been burned. After the Jianqiu retreat, the most urgent plan is probably the food problem of the capital!"

Yes, this is another big trouble! After hearing this, Hu Guang immediately asked, "Does Zhou Qing have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty, finance and taxation are the chief assistant's strengths. I don't have as many ministers as the first assistant, so I don't dare to speak nonsense!" Zhou Yanru looked modest and respectful, but secretly handed over a nail.

Hu Guang heard a sneer in his heart. He was jealous when he saw that he directly promoted Wen Tiren to be his chief assistant. He didn't want to expose it. He turned to look at Cheng Jiming and said, "You have been silent all this time, but have you considered it carefully and come up with a good plan?"

"I'm guilty, and I don't have a good plan yet." Cheng Jiming looked frightened and lowered his head before replying.

How could Wen Tiren not know that these two men were trying to embarrass and make a fool of himself, thereby breaking the emperor's trust?

Without waiting for the emperor to ask questions, he began to say: "Your Majesty, the only way to deal with the emergency now is to send additional troops from major grain-producing provinces. After the imperial court calms down, the corresponding taxes will be waived."

This is actually Yin eating Mao Liang, which is a helpless method.

Hu Guang nodded after hearing this and said: "Yes, but if we wait for compensation later, I'm afraid it will affect the lives of the people. In this way, according to the practice of Kaizhongfa, if there are new grain payers this time, Yanyin will compensate them!" "

As soon as he said these words, he immediately shocked several people present. Wen Tiren first frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the salt tax is an important issue for the imperial court. If more salt is introduced at this time, I am afraid it will affect the salt tax revenue."

This time, Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru did not watch the show again. They quickly stood up and echoed: "What the chief assistant said is absolutely true. Your Majesty, the salt administration is already saturated. If we open the salt administration again, it will definitely affect the situation." The salt tax revenue cannot be used at all!"

If Wen Tiren's words were not so sure, these two people were already convinced.

In the Wenhua Palace, except for the eunuch Cao Huachun, three civil servants opposed this matter, which made Hu Guang frown.