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Inquiring about the situation of the three, Zhao Han frowned and said, "So, Hong Chengchou was captured by the slaves?"

"Should have been arrested." Cao Bianjiao replied.

Sun Chuanting was quite surprised, shouldn't he pay attention to the imperial concubine and the prince?Ask what Hong Chengchou is doing?

Zhao Han asked again: "How many people are there in Beizhili? Has it ever reached the level of ten rooms and nine empties?"

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and said: "There are only three provinces in the north: Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan. Many prefectures and counties have ten houses and nine empties. Now I am afraid that Shandong will be added. As for Northern Zhili, it has not yet reached that point. Especially around Beijing, there are countless acres of rich and powerful fields. There is no way to collect land taxes. Although the tenants attached to these lands have a hard life, they can barely survive."

Sun Chuanting omitted to mention Huangzhuang. Many Huangzhuang were actually the private property of eunuchs, and those lands were also unable to collect taxes.

In addition, many states and counties are empty, but not all states and counties are like this.

Sun Chuanting came from a big family in Shanxi, which evolved from a family of generals to a family of imperial examinations. These big families will not starve to death because of the drought.

Cao Bianjiao said: "Your Majesty, the epidemic in Shandong makes it inconvenient to fight for the time being. You can march into Henan, and the prefectures and counties along the way will surely return to you. From Henan, cross the Yellow River and attack Beizhili directly. Taking advantage of the unsteady foothold of the Da slaves, we will drive them out of Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop! "

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it next year." Zhao Han smiled.

There is no way to fight for the time being. Although the autumn harvest has been completed and Zhao Han has food and grass in his hands, he really cannot afford to fight a war.

Going through the barren Henan to fight Beijing, the grain transport route is too long, and the peasants probably eat more grain than the soldiers.

Even if they really want to fight, they will transport troops and food from Jiangsu, and land directly in Tianjin by sea.

We have to take it slow, occupy Sichuan first, and then spare time to restore the people's strength of the provinces.

Zhao Han said to Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen: "You have brought more than 300 cavalry from the north, which is considered meritorious service. If you want to continue to serve in the army, you can be a general of a hundred cavalry. If you want to live in peace, the whole family can divide the fields in the countryside. I will reward you every day. A man is a farm ox."

Cao Bianjiao couldn't laugh or cry, the emperor's reward was really interesting.

Of course, the emperor of Ming Dynasty was similar. He often rewarded officials with two taels, four taels, and six taels of silver.

Wang Tingchen asked: "If you join the army, can the family also share the land?"

"Of course," Zhao Han said with a smile, "There is no land in the south to divide, and the land can only be divided in the north."

Cao Bianjiao said: "My family members are all in Shanxi, I only hope to fight back as soon as possible, and I am willing to join the army to die for Your Majesty!"

Wang Tingchen cupped his hands and said, "I am willing to serve Your Majesty!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I will appoint you as generals of a hundred cavalry, and immediately go to Runing and Xuzhou to help train knights."

Although the cavalry of Datong has been established and there is no shortage of war horses for the time being, there is a shortage of experienced cavalry officers.

Zhao Han said again: "Don't dislike the low position of a hundred generals. Li Dingguo under Zhang Xianzhong led tens of thousands of soldiers to surrender, and now he is only a hundred generals. As long as you make great achievements in battle, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Zhao Han became the emperor, and I still come and go.

The emperor can call himself Zhen, but it is mainly used in formal occasions, and he usually calls himself I, Zan, and I in private.

Zhu Di even called himself seven in the same imperial decree: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, said: I am the west of the Han people... since my father, the emperor, the emperor Gao, and now I have inherited the big seat... I see this Sorry..."

After arranging two generals, Zhao Han asked Sun Chuanting again: "Does Mr. Sun want to lead the army, or to be a civil servant?"

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Majesty has a good army, and there is no shortage of people who lead the army. Please be a small official."

Zhao Han said: "I want to set up a Taiwan government on Dongfan Island. For the time being, there are only two counties, Taoyuan and Taipei. You can go to be the county magistrate of Taipei. There are already many Han people there, and all the natives are familiar. Don't treat these familiars harshly. We should treat them as brothers and sisters, teach them to speak Chinese, teach them to plow and weave cloth. Many Shufans even know how to plow and weave cloth, but their plowing and weaving skills are still relatively backward.”

"We must do our best!" Sun Chuanting hastily cupped his hands.

He had already inquired that if Zhao Han wanted to reuse a certain former court official, he would definitely assign him a very hard job.Zhang Bingwen was the magistrate of Qiongzhou first, and then the magistrate of Shizhou. Both positions are like assignments, but now he has been promoted to the chief minister!

Zhao Han laughed and said, "The magistrate of Taoyuan County next door to you is Ma Shiying, so don't start another party dispute."

Sun Chuanting didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and ran to the island to be the county magistrate, what else could there be to argue about?

Zhao Han suddenly put away his smile: "According to the news from Zheng Zhilong, there are small Frenchmen (Spain) building warehouses in the chicken coop next to Taipei. The number of these small Frenchmen is not large, and they did not build fortresses. I just want to do trade. If they trade honestly, they can just collect taxes from them. If there is any harm to the Han people, they can be expelled by force!"

Sun Chuanting asked, "Does Your Majesty have any soldiers on the island?"

"No," Zhao Han said, "but Zhang Xianzhong is on the edge of Taipei County. Many of his old troops are also stationed in Taoyuan and Taipei counties, and many are also stationed near the chicken cages. Their mission is to attack the living things in the mountains." Fan, open up the Han land in the mountains. Tell them not to attack Shufan! If you want to maneuver against Little Frang, contact Zhang Xianzhong and others."

This time not only Sun Chuanting was stunned, but Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingxiang were also dumbfounded.

How unlucky are the Spaniards in the chicken coop land, they didn't even build a castle, they just set up a trading post, and they had to face Sun Chuanting and Zhang Xianzhong at the same time.

By the way, Sun Kewang was also in the chicken coop, right under the eyes of the Spaniard.

The rule of Taiwan has to be slow, and now it is mainly developed in the northern part of Taiwan.There are a large number of Han people and Shufans there, and a group of rogues were placed on the edge of Shufan, acting as the vanguard of the development of the place where the imperial court died.

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Partial hospital.

Concubine Tian Gui put her youngest son to sleep, and played with the bamboo flute, wanting to play it but afraid of breaking the rules.

The living environment here is very compact, and she has to live with other princes and princesses.Concubine Tian Gui liked this better, and finally she was not placed in the cold palace, and she was able to live with Chongzhen's children.

She has met Fei Rulan and Pan Qimei, the two concubines are good people, they didn't give her a cold look, instead they even greeted her with care.

In the evening, brothers and sisters Zhu Cihong and Zhu Yuxi came back from school.

Zhu Cihong threw the schoolbag back to the bedroom, and when he saw Concubine Tian Gui in the courtyard, he was shocked and said, "Auntie?"

Auntie is the name of the concubine prince to his biological mother, which has been around since the Northern and Southern Dynasties.However, Concubine Tian Gui is a noble concubine, and Zhu Cihong, the direct son, can also be called Auntie in order to show her respect.

Concubine Tian Gui looked at the brothers and sisters, suddenly remembered what happened in Beijing, and said with tears in her eyes, "Are you all okay?"

"It's very good," Zhu Cijiong said with a smile when he was young and ignorant, "Here you can go to school to study, there are many classmates and friends, and you can play around between classes, and there are no teachers or eunuchs to stop you."

Concubine Tian Gui hid her tears and smiled, "That's fine."

But Zhu Cihong asked: "Auntie, are the emperor father and queen mother dead? Were they killed by bad guys?"

Concubine Tian Gui didn't know how to answer, and asked, "Who did you listen to?"

Zhu Cihong said: "The whole city of Nanjing knows that Uncle Zhao (Zhao Han) has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. How can there be two emperors? I asked the teacher at the school, and he said that the father was dead. Killed by Li Zicheng's bandits."

Concubine Tian Gui sighed: "Your father and mother are indeed gone. Li Zicheng led troops to attack Beijing, and they all hanged themselves. It can be said that they committed suicide, or they died at the hands of Li Zicheng."

"woo woo woo woo……"

Zhu Cizhao, the youngest, burst into tears on the spot, clamoring to go home to see her father.

The whole family hugged each other and cried.

After a long time, Concubine Tian Gui asked, "Is that Uncle Zhao you mentioned the Emperor of Datong in Nanjing?"

"Well, Uncle and Aunt treat us very well, we even have dinner together in the morning and evening." Zhu Cihong nodded.

Concubine Tian Gui asked Aimi Zhu again: "Princess is also studying?"

Auntie Zhu replied, "I went to a girls' school."

"That's good." Concubine Tian Gui finally felt relieved, since Zhao Han treated the former royal family kindly, her own young son is not in danger.

Not long after, two court ladies came to the courtyard with food.

Now there is not even a palace, and there are actually not many palace ladies.Said to be a court lady, more like a maid hired by Zhao Han, Xiyue was automatically promoted to the head of the palace maid.

A court lady explained: "Your Majesty is concubine today, and some old friends are reunited in the back house, so you can have dinner here."

Concubine Tian Gui quickly said: "Thank you, my sisters, please congratulate Your Majesty on my behalf, and wish Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine an early birth to a dragon son."

Watching the maid leave, Concubine Tian Gui felt a little sad.

In Chongzhen's harem, she was the most beautiful and favored, and even made Queen Zhou jealous many times.

She is in the palace and can even hunt on horseback.

From now on, I'm afraid I can only live in this small courtyard, but I don't know whether my son can live a normal life in the future.

There was already a sound of whistling and beating outside, presumably she was welcoming the imperial concubine, but she didn't know which lucky woman it was.

Chapter 388 [Sichuan Situation]

The process of the emperor marrying the queen is very cumbersome.

But if it's Na Fei, it's very simple.In the Ming Dynasty, a great eunuch could preside over it, and the status is obvious.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Fei Rumei secretly opened a corner of the curtain, but seeing many people watching, she was so ashamed that she quickly closed the curtain.

The maid who grew up with her also came, and she will be a palace maid in the future.Of course, as long as the employment contract expires, the maid can apply to leave at any time.

Now Zhao Han's harem doesn't have many people even including the maids, and the annual expenses of 10 taels are more than enough.

It would be different if they moved into the palace, there would be more and more female officials and court ladies, and the annual expenditure could be as high as 10 taels.How much money to take from the national treasury depends on the situation. Zhao Han decided to use ten years of experiments to finally determine an amount.

Roughly imagined, if the royal family spends 100 million a year, it will take 150 million from the treasury every year.

Many institutions in the inner court have been cut off from power. Since the power is transferred to the outer court, the outer court will have to bear corresponding obligations.For example, for the construction of palaces and mausoleums, the Ming Dynasty paid the money together with the inner and outer courts. In the future, all the money will be taken from the treasury, and the royal family will not give out a tael of silver.

Of course, encountering a powerful monarch is very likely to break the rules.

For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor's internal money was private money, and the national treasury also became the emperor's internal treasury.

Zhao Han tried his best to set the rules according to his own wishes. As for what kind of ghosts were changed by his descendants, he was too lazy to care, and he didn't care.

Fei Rumei was taken to a courtyard, and the maid accompanied her to sit in the room.

Until the second watch, when the door was finally pushed open, Fei Rumei's heart beat wildly.

The maid bowed and retreated, leaving only two people in the room.

Zhao Han picked up the red hijab, and the red candle reflected his smile, which was really touching and beautiful.

To be honest, Fei Rumei is prettier than her elder sister, but Zhao Han can't help thinking of how she changed her teeth when she was a child.With a grin, the dog's sinus opened wide.

"Sister... Husband." Fei Rumei bowed her head and greeted with a voice as thin as a mosquito.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "You can also call me brother-in-law."

"Brother-in-law!"

Fei Rumei also laughed.

It's autumn tiger again, and the weather is quite hot.

Wearing a red hijab, Fei Rumei had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and Zhao Han picked up the hijab to help her wipe it off.The movements were gentle, and Fei Rumei was so sweet in her heart that she looked up and stared at Zhao Han in a daze.

Brother-in-law is still so handsome and mighty!

Fei Rumei became more and more shy: "Brother-in-law, I'm sweating too, do you want to wash it first?"

"No need." Zhao Han helped her remove the wedding dress, and sure enough, even the vest was wet with sweat.

He simply took off the robe inside, revealing his bright red bellyband.

Fei Rumei blushed and did not dare to open her eyes, her cheek was pressed against Zhao Han's arms, her body was trembling slightly.

"Sister said you have always refused to marry?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Fei Rumei has long been bullied by Zhao Zhenfang, and has a lively and generous personality.Although shy at the moment, he boldly said: "Those men can't compare with brother-in-law. I wanted to marry brother-in-law very early on. Don't worry brother-in-law, I promise to be very obedient, and I will not compete with my sister in the future."

Zhao Han hugged her and lay down, kissed her forehead and said, "How are your father-in-law and mother-in-law?"

Fei Rumei smiled and said: "They are very leisurely and comfortable. Two days before I got married, the whole family went to visit the West Lake, saying that they would enjoy all the famous places in Hangzhou."

"It's good to be free." Zhao Han's mouth moved all the way down, from his forehead to the tip of his nose, and finally landed on her red lips.

The red candle flickers, lingering.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Han went to work by himself, and Fei Rumei went to meet the queen.

Although he has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao Han has not opened the court meeting for the time being, so the monarch and his ministers don't have to go to court every day.

The court meeting of the Ming Dynasty was only useful in the early days of the founding of the country. With the improvement of the cabinet system, the court meeting became purely a ceremony.Every court meeting, there are only three or five things discussed, and they are all government affairs that have been handled by the cabinet.

If there are fierce disputes in the court, it means that there has been a huge contradiction between the monarch and his ministers, or between his ministers.

Although it is just a formality, the court meeting must be preserved.

Zhao Han decided that after the palace was repaired, he would hold court meetings on the sixth of every month, that is, the court would go to court on the sixth, sixteenth, and 26th of the first lunar month.

Now Zhao Han communicates with Ten Caos every day. Ten Caos are equivalent to the six subjects of Ming Dynasty. The chief officials of each Cao are called Zuo Shizhong and Right Shizhong.

The left and right servants are handling government affairs, and the ordinary servants take turns to report to Zhao Han every day.

Zhao Han only randomly read a few copies of the cabinet, the Ten Caos, and the Ten Ministries.Quickly browse through all the others, and then sign and agree, and let the servants take it to the various ministries for execution.

Of course, for extremely important military and political affairs, even if the three major institutions have the same opinion, they must be listed separately and handed over to the emperor for review.

For example, going to war, mobilizing troops, promoting senior officials, building water conservancy projects, and so on.