On October 20, the sixth year of Chongzhen, it was already winter. A layer of frost formed on the ground in the morning, covering everything with a thin layer of frost and snow, which looked very beautiful.

However, for the refugees who wandered around, such weather was comparable to a disaster. A large number of weak refugees were silently frozen to death in unknown corners in late night. When the day was discovered, no one was surprised or panicked. Their faces were full of numbness. This situation had happened countless times around them. They just calmly carried the dead body out and found a mass grave to bury the matter.

Junzhou, Pei Xiaoer came to this small town again early in the morning. When he passed by the city gate, he ran into dozens of yamen runners carrying more than a dozen bodies swept by straw. In the straw mat, a pair of barefoots stretched out from the broken and dirty trousers. Some of them had no pants at all. I don’t know if they didn’t have one or were taken off by someone after they died.

Pei Xiaoer's mood was not very good suddenly and he felt powerless. There were so many people in the world who were suffering, so many that even if he had done his best, even in his jurisdiction, he could not completely guarantee that no one would die of freezing this winter, nor could he guarantee that everyone would not starve to death.

When he arrived in the city, Xu Qijin, the governor of Junzhou, and Chen Minqing, the governor of Junzhou, received news, and he didn't even have time to spread his clothes, so he hurried to meet Pei Xiaoer.

"You all get up. This time I came in a hurry. Don't blame me. "The fire in the room was burning red and the temperature was a little hot. Pei Xiaoer took off the armor he was wearing and still gave it to Hu Shian beside him.

"I dare not." Xu, Chen and the others naturally did not dare to have any objections, and quickly denied it.

"Well, don't stand there, come and sit here." Pei Xiaoer greeted and sat down straight in the main seat. "I'm not here to ask you for trouble this time, don't be nervous. I've sent a message to General Feng Kebin a long time ago, but so far, I still haven't received his reply, and even the messenger I sent has not come back. I was worried, so I came over and take a look."

Xu and Chen heard that they were not looking for them, and they breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the guard brought two chairs and placed them behind them. After they thanked them, they sat down. They didn't dare to sit down, but their hips were slightly next to the chair to ensure that they could stand up at any time.

Hearing that Pei Xiaoer was visiting for Feng Kebin, Xu Qijin pondered for a moment and said, "General, the last general is guarding Junzhou, which is located on the side of the Han River, and is full of business travel. The last general heard the rumors of business traveling between Huguang. A large number of officers and soldiers gathered in Suizhou, Xiangyang and Suizhou, and are surrounding and suppressing a group of thieves in Dahong Mountain. The two sides are currently fighting, and this group of thieves is General Feng."

"Well, it shouldn't be bad, have you heard of the current situation of the two sides?"

"I don't know that the merchants are seeking profit and avoiding harm. Like a dangerous place where soldiers are fighting, the merchants are too evasive. They are willing to come up and investigate seriously. Most of the things they know are just word of mouth. Whether it is true or false needs to be sent to verify."

"It's no wonder you guys. You guys go back first. If I have something to do, I will send someone to find you."

Xu, Chen and the others did not dare to neglect, stood up, bowed respectfully to Pei Xiaoer and said, "So farewell to me."

"Let's go." Pei Xiaoer smiled and sent the two of them to the door. After quietly watching the slightly excited two of them leave quickly, Pei Xiaoer returned to the room.

"Uncle Decai, has the Seizuo from Huguang gone out?"

In the room, Pei Decai appeared there at some time. When he heard Pei Xiaoer's words, he replied: "It has been sent out, but it will take at least three days to wait until the reply." After saying that, he paused and then said, "I blame me for this. If it weren't for my negligence and I hadn't sent a detailed plan to Huguang, we would probably not have to worry about it at this moment."

"It's not your fault. Our future focus is on Sichuan. This is also the matter you report like me. After my approval, something happened now. The responsibility lies with me, not with you."

"General, I..." Pei Decai felt warm. Such a lord deserves his own life to follow.

"Okay, don't say much, I understand. What we have to do now is to modify our previous mistakes. Watch it carefully in Huguang. Feng Kebin is a hero of my Pei family army and a good general. If our Pei family army loses Feng Kebin, the loss will be great."

Pei Decai nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, General, I guarantee that I will use my head to guarantee that there will be no more mistakes."

"Well, I'll feel relieved." Pei Xiaoer felt that the room was still a little hot. He came to the door and pushed open the door of the room. A breeze swept across the room in an instant, sweeping away the remaining heat in the room. "Liu Changle's Dingguo Army then arrived. His Dingguo Army is the main force of my Pei family army. This time I went west, I deliberately kept Liu Changle's Dingguo Army, and I wanted to use it for the present.

With the 30,000 troops of the Dingguo Army, even if the imperial army encircled and suppressed them, I would dare to take them to meet the officers and soldiers, and consider how much they were."

Just as Pei Xiaoer in Junzhou was waiting for Feng Kebin's information, a court meeting in the Ming Dynasty was being held.

Early this morning, a light snow spilled for an hour. Although it was not too heavy, it also covered everything in the world with a thin layer of snow.

At the Qianqing Gate, Chongzhen had a few more white hair on his head, and even a hint of crow's feet gradually appeared at the corners of his eyes. It can be seen that he had used a lot of rouge and water powder to cover it, but when you look closely, you can still see the slightly dark circles inside.

In the square in front of Qianqing Gate, the Ming ministers knelt on the cold floor tiles, shouting long live the mountain. The cold wind was howling. Although the officials had already prepared and wore a thick cotton jacket under the official uniform, some elderly officials could not resist the biting cold wind.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has been determined to be the leader of the revival, so he worked diligently every day, participated in the morning court on time at Mao time, and corrected memorials from various places every day until midnight. His hard work was comparable to Emperor Hongwu of Taizu.

But under his diligent command, the Ming Dynasty became worse and worse. Not only did the Jiannu outside the pass become more and more intense, but even the refugees in the mainland gradually formed a climate in the past two years, conquering cities and destroying cities and villages, and their power gradually spread like cancer cells to the entire northern border of the Ming Dynasty. Local governors could not control them, and even local bandits were chasing Ming officers and soldiers to fight. It was a bunch of wine.

The officials of the Honglu Temple left the shift first and reported the emperor to the emperor for his gratitude and resignation. These were all reported before. After the officials of the Honglu Temple withdrew, the dynasty finally entered the most "exciting" plot.

"Report early if you have something to do, and leave the court without anything to do." Wang Chengen took a step forward and shouted loudly.

"I, the governor of Shaanxi, has reported that the governor of Shaanxi has been in chaos. Since Chongzhen, people in Shaanxi have been in trouble. Since the governor of Shaanxi, I have been unable to sleep at night. I have been thinking about the reasons for it. I have gained something. I reported to Your Majesty that there are five most difficult things today: One is the shortage of troops. The thieves started Yansui and Yulin, and the troops were insufficient. They were transferred to Gansu. Since Ningxia, Gansu has lost their troops again. Now, there are not enough troops to prevent the Han Dynasty. Can I divide the troops to suppress the bandits? Yulin only has five thousand soldiers. Chen Qiyu led them to suppress the bandits, and when the autumn is in danger, they will return west, and the soldiers will be fewer.

The second is shortage of wages. In Xi'an, Fengxiang's troops were deserted. Even if the new wages were used up, they would not be used for the three towns. If there is no silver in the official office, the military wages will be released?

The third is the lack of officials. There are frequent officials who are punished and punished, officials who recovered stolen guests and died, and officials who were arrested if they lost the city. The officials in the Taoist government are still unwilling to take office, let alone the officials? There are more than 30 officials who are missing now, so how can we manage the people and deal with the thieves? Therefore, it is necessary to make up for the lack of officials, and it is also necessary to reduce the number of officials.

The fourth is Zonglu. The report is a common man and a fierce and powerful person, especially the poor ministers. They salivate the relief funds and gradually cannot grow.

The fifth is the post office. The Qin and Jin post offices are not fully paid. Now the suffering of recruiting husbands is even greater than that, so everyone wants to escape. In any place where the key is to catch up, it is better to give all the food and wages to calm their hearts.’”

Naturally, Lian State Affairs was not in the court, so his memorial was delivered through the Tongzhengsi. Lian State Affairs' memorial caused a stir among the ministers, and the ministers were talking, but no one was willing to stand up and say his specific views.

The censor quickly stood up, coughed twice, and said, "Sir, please pay attention to your manners."
Chapter completed!