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Gu Yuanwu hurriedly asked, "How can you raise food and grass?"

Ruan Yunqing pursed his lips and looked out the window. He pointed in the direction of Dongcheng, and said in a cold voice: "In the face of the national crisis, His Royal Highness is pleading for the country, and he is going to fight the enemy in blood. Those dignitaries who stay in Beijing to enjoy peace , it is also time to shed some blood for the country!"

Gu Yuanwu immediately understood what Ruan Yunqing meant, he wanted to ask for food from the royal relatives and dignitaries in Beijing.

"No!" Gu Yuanwu categorically denied, "Not to mention whether the emperor agrees or not, even those relatives of the emperor will not obediently take out the food and grass."

"Of course I know." Ruan Yunqing couldn't help laughing, the coldness in his eyes was even worse, but he said with a soft smile: "It's just that they can't let them now, they will take it if they take it, or take it if they don't take it! Today, they are asking for it." Let His Royal Highness go north to suppress the rebellion, so that they can live in peace for a few more days, and they should tear some flesh and blood to comfort the soldiers of the three armies!"

"You!" Gu Yuanwu was a little dazed, and he didn't know if it was because he had been with Song Ruan for a long time. Now, Ruan Yunqing also showed a cold temperament from time to time, and he spoke boldly and acted boldly, just like Song Ruan.

"Nonsense!" Gu Yuanwu slapped the table, he got up angrily, and reprimanded: "Once your words are spread, hundreds of officials will be impeached! How do you let His Highness the Crown Prince gain a foothold in the court in the future? When people mention it, they will It is said that the crown prince is tyrannical and tyrannical! Can you bear the infamy?"

Ruan Yunqing was silent for a while, but the thoughts in her heart became firmer.Why didn't he understand these principles, but the situation forced him to lose his life, so what did he care about those infamy?

"If His Highness wins and returns to court, he has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion, and his flaws can't be concealed. Naturally, his reputation in the future will be enough to cover up this little infamy."

Ruan Yunqing spoke calmly, as if those infamy were nothing to fear at all.Gu Yuanwu became more and more annoyed, and couldn't help but angrily said: "Then what if there is no victory?"

Ruan Yunqing paused for a moment when she heard the words, and then said: "If you don't win... Heh, the country is gone, and your life is still in danger, then no one will care about infamy."

Gu Yuanwu was at a loss for words for a while, Ruan Yunqing spoke harshly, but he was also very reasonable.At this time, soldiers are approaching the city, if Song Bi cannot stop the rebels, then the country will be destroyed in a short time, their life and death are all tied to Song Bi, if they win this battle, then Song Bi will definitely become Dongli's hero, And won the support of all peoples.At that time, the people's will, the words of praise will inevitably be like a rolling flood, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth, even if those dignitaries say that Song Ru is not good, they will be drowned in these praises, and they will not even be able to turn over a splash.

Gu Yuanwu's heart trembled, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt more and more that Ruan Yunqing was right.Even if it takes [-] steps back, Song Ren is defeated... At that time, from the emperor to the common people, it will be too late to escape, and who will bother to pursue these trivial matters.

I am really old.

Gu Yuanwu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. Although he had thought carefully, he was too conservative and gentle. He might not show it on weekdays, but at this critical juncture, he was far less courageous and aggressive than young people like them.It seems that within a few years, I will have to abdicate for the child in front of me.

Sighing lightly, Gu Yuanwu asked Ruan Yunqing, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

In extreme times, extreme means must be used. Since what Ruan Yunqing said was reasonable, Gu Yuanwu didn't want to waste any more time, and immediately asked him the specific details, how he wanted to get money from those rich and powerful who had always been greedy.

Ruan Yunqing was overjoyed, and gratefully bowed to Gu Yuanwu.

With Gu Yuanwu's support, the implementation of this matter will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.After all, this strategy requires him and Liu Tong to ask the emperor for an order to promulgate a temporary law, so that it can go unimpeded.Ruan Yunqing was still young, and although he had the drive of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, he still hoped that an old Jiang like Gu Yuanwu would be there to affirm and support him.

"I think so..."

Ruan Yunqing hurriedly spoke in detail, Gu Yuanwu listened, listened, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch upwards, thinking: This child is already a bit tricky and sophisticated in his actions, how could he come up with such a bad idea? If it was Liu Tong who was here at this time, they were old and young, and the two of them would definitely have a lot of experience when they talked about this whole person's idea.

Ruan Yunqing's strategy was to ask the emperor to issue a decree to force conscription.

When a country is at war, the source of soldiers is insufficient, and it is common to order troops to be recruited.As a rule, Dongli is recruited once every three years. It is entirely voluntary. Anyone who is 25 years old and seven feet tall can serve as a soldier in Dongli.After becoming Fubing, they can be exempted from corvee and part of taxes. As long as they regularly go to the state capital to patrol and garrison, they can stay at home for the rest of the time. They are half-farmer and half-army, self-sufficient, which is a good way out for many poor people.

In recent years, due to the war with Beimang, a large number of government soldiers have been transferred by the imperial court to Yulong Pass to guard the border. Only a small number of troops remained in the state capital. reason.

In the past, the conscripts were usually not recruited to the noble families of these royal relatives. Being a soldier is hard and tiring. Their own children went to the battlefield to die.Only those common people who have eaten their last meal but never finished their meal will covet the few taels of military pay and pensions and become government soldiers.

Conscription in wartime has always been done by sweeping the ground for soldiers. That is to say, once a war starts, conscription will no longer be entirely voluntary, but will become compulsory conscription.Regardless of whether you are a student or an official, as long as there is an adult man in the family, every household must be conscripted, and every household must perform military service. Except for a few royal relatives who are exempt from this service, the rest even civil and military officials Neither can be exempted.

How to recruit soldiers has long been clearly written in the law, but Ruan Yunqing wants to add another one to the national policy of recruiting soldiers in wartime.

Because of Feng Kui's rebellion this time, the country is in crisis and the army is overwhelming.It is a matter of the survival of the country, and no one can escape from it. As long as this banner is held, I believe that Emperor Hongyou will issue a decree to let the Ministry of War recruit soldiers from house to house. There is no collection for mourning, but at this time it has to be changed to every household, and every household sends out people.

If you don't want to go to war, it's okay, then you can pay people with money and take out money and food to replace the adult males in your family.And the money has to be calculated according to the number of people in the family, that is to say, at this time, the more people in the family, the more money they have to pay, not only the masters, but even the servants, maids and old mothers, all have to be counted Inside, in this way, the richer people must pay more money.If you are stingy and would rather give up your life than your money, then let your son and grandson join the army and go to the front to suppress the rebellion and kill the enemy.

After hearing Ruan Yunqing's strategy, Gu Yuanwu couldn't help but relax his eyebrows and relax.If this strategy can be implemented smoothly, not only will the money for the war be settled, but even the source of troops will be increased a lot, and the food and grass for the soldiers will be ready overnight, how can Gu Yuanwu be unhappy.He readily agreed, and hurriedly said: "It's getting late today, I will go to the auxiliary government hall early tomorrow morning to find Master Liu, and together we will go to the emperor to ask for orders."

When Ruan Yunqing saw that Gu Yuanwu had agreed, the matter had already been counted as three points, and he couldn't help but relieved a lot of urgency, "This plan is just an emergency in wartime. If it is forced hard, there will be people who will resist. There can be no more riots in the country. You have to have a good sense of scale.”

He was so thoughtful, and Gu Yuanwu couldn't help nodding his head again and again, "That's exactly the case, among other things, just those officials will not obey orders obediently, and must find many excuses to evade."

Ruan Yunqing was also afraid of the same thing. There are a lot of loopholes to take advantage of. For example, those wealthy households who are unwilling to contribute money and people may find ways to use a small amount of money to buy people from poor people's families to replace their own. children, or officials who would bribe conscription officers to underreport or conceal the population of their families. What's more, once the news spread, those rich households would send all the servants in their families in advance in order to escape a robbery and so on.In short, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and there has been no shortage of such things in all dynasties.

Quickly suggested: "My lord, don't be in a hurry to ask for an order. It's better to take a step ahead and seal up the household registration in Beijing, then gradually expand it and move it to the whole country, and register the population status of all households in the country. Then implement this It's not too late."

In this way, some people can avoid taking advantage of the loopholes.I don't know when this battle will last. Long-term preparations for the battle may be one of the major events that Dongli will have to deal with in the next few years.

Gu Yuanwu smiled and said: "Okay, I will send people to do it immediately." Let people surround the household department first, and discuss with Liu Tong tomorrow before implementing the next step.

"And..." Ruan Yunqing looked at Gu Yuanwu, hesitant to speak.

Gu Yuanwu hurriedly asked: "It's about this time, if you have anything to say, feel free to speak up."

Ruan Yunqing bowed down and bowed deeply to Gu Yuanwu. He said in a deep voice, "Eunuch Gu, Yunqing begs you, you must be biased when you run this government, and take care of the poor people. They don't have food and clothing, so where can they find it?" Even if they don’t want to pay the poll tax, they still want their children and grandchildren to be recruited into the army. The wealthy and dignitaries complained that it was only for the loss of money, but what they, ordinary people, lost was nothing more than It is my own flesh and blood."

"Families who really can't afford the money, and the situation is true, can use corvee service to pay for military service, and those who only have an only child in the family can also be exempted from this service..."

Ruan Yunqing spoke softly, with a low tone, and thought carefully about those people who had no means of living. Gu Yuanwu was moved when he heard it, and couldn't help but think of what he had seen in the past, the archives of Ruan Yunqing when he entered the palace. He was sold into the palace and was deeply loved. It was bitter, and it was precisely because of this that when he came up with this thunderous strategy, he still left a way of life for the poor people.

Ruan Yunqing came up with this timing, and the original intention was indeed to extort some money from those powerful families. When he thought that Song Ren was about to go to the battlefield to meet the enemy, but Shu Shangshu and others stayed behind safely, not to mention the rich clothes and food, but also from time to time. Thinking about stabbing Song Ju in the back, if he didn't find a way to punish them, he would always feel a little resentful.

"If you please issue an order, please ask Eunuch Gu to make sure that Yunqing will be called, and then the conscription will be compulsory. For this first family, let's go to Shu Shangshu's residence!"

Ruan Yunqing showed a sly smile, Gu Yuanwu couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly responded: "Okay! The first family will go to Shu Shangshu's mansion! Shu Shangshu is a role model for the country and the people, and he will definitely support him vigorously and bring money and food!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes were clear, and they couldn't help thinking: As long as Emperor Hongyou issued an order, he couldn't let him go, and if he didn't give money, he would let the Ministry of War drag all his sons into the barracks. Don't let people go without giving money, I'm not afraid that this old fox won't give in obediently.

After discussing some details, Ruan Yunqing came out from Gu Yuanwu's place at the second watch, and went all the way back to Duanhua Palace. Seeing that it was getting late, she didn't go to Song Ren's place, and went back to her bedroom directly.

As soon as I entered the door, I was startled. It was as if the house had been robbed. All the boxes and cages were turned upside down, the clothes were thrown all over the floor, and all the gadgets on the table were taken to the ground. There is not even a place to step in the whole house, the door is open, and the room is pitch black.

Ruan Yunqing hurriedly backed out, just about to call for someone, but didn't want a person to come out from inside, stopped him and said, "Yunqing, it's me!"

Ruan Yunqing raised her eyes to watch under the moonlight, but it turned out that it was Mo Zheng who walked out of her room.