Hearing this, Ruan Phuket's face became a little ferocious, and she lowered her head and thought.

George heard this and wanted to say something, but then he thought about it, but in the end he didn't say it. He just looked at Ruan Phuc Yuan and waited for him to figure it out.

After a while, Ruan Phoenix raised her head, her face turned extremely ferocious, her eyes red, and she shouted in a low voice: "Okay, just do what you can say!"

Obviously, I'm in a hurry!

It must be a word of death to stay here, so why not try it!

The next morning, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, for Chinese people, there is a custom of staying up for the New Year. Therefore, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, most people get up late. Even Emperor Chongzhen is no exception.

The first thing he did when he got up was to enter the chat group to check the situation. He actually found that there were private chat information to read, and most of them were sent by Zhu Xieyuan.

"Your Majesty, the Allied Forces of Nguyen Phuc Yuan and the Polangji have fled last night. All the wounded soldiers in their coalition were killed by them themselves. Now they are heading west."

"I have ordered the troops of various garrisons in Yunnan to advance eastward, and it is estimated that it will be met in a few days."

"The Ruan League seems to be in a hurry to jump over the wall. I think that for the sake of caution, the Baigang Army should be mobilized and headed east together!"

After seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen did feel like he was desperate. It was really true that he even killed his wounded soldiers. Isn’t it better to stay? At least he has a chance to survive?

At this time, he didn't think much about the war on Annan, with Zhu Xieyuan in command, he felt relieved.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not care too much. However, the coalition forces of Nguyen Phucyuan and the Portuguese escaped from Shenglong Mansion, which also means that Annan is basically under the control of the Ming army. In this way, the matter of King Fu's feudal Annan should be put on the agenda!

If we count this way, there will be two vassal kings who will be granted. The original fiefs of these two vassal kings were in Henan. One was Nanyang and the other was Luoyang. With just such a fief, the land in Henan Province could be released.

Very good. Next, we have to plan the feudal of the third vassal king! Where should we choose this third vassal king?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but fall into thinking.

No one expected that two days later, the Jinyiwei in Annan suddenly reported through a chat group that the coalition forces of the Ruan tribe and the Folangjiren suddenly turned southwest and headed towards the Laos Division.

When Zhu Xieyuan heard this news, he immediately dispatched troops to condemn generals through the chat group. While pursuing the enemy, he reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the remnants of Ruan and the Bolang Jiren fled to the Laos Division. The mountains are high and dangerous, and it is very difficult to leave. If our army continues to pursue, the logistics burden will be very heavy. The more troops we pursue, the heavier the burden will be. I think, don't pursue the poor enemy!"

"Of course, the rebel army must not be let go. You can notify the Laos Division of the news and let them surround the remnants of the army. If necessary, Weichen will send elite troops to the Laos Division to arrest the rebels and rebels!"

After Emperor Chongzhen went online, he saw that for some reason, the first thing he thought of was to implement a strategy of expelling wolf and swallowing tigers on the Jianlu. However, the Laos Department could not be considered a tiger anyway. This remnant army of the Ruan tribe and the Portuguese cannot be considered a wolf. If you really want to say a wolf, it is just a dying disabled wolf.

After thinking about it this way, he didn't think much. As Zhu Xieyuan said, it was unrealistic for the Ming army to continue pursuing the enemy. Not only was the logistics pressure too high, but this kind of pursuit was also very costly and food. In order to give as many troops as possible the opportunity to train troops, this time, not only did King Fu's money, but the court also paid a lot of money and food. Now the Ming Dynasty is in a prosperous time, and the money and food cannot be consumed in the mountains and ridges of Annan and Laos.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen replied to Zhu Xieyuan: "As Zhu Qing said, there is one thing that must be done: Ruan Phoenix and the Governor of Folang Jiren must meet people alive and die. Any rebellion must be severely punished!"

Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen sent someone to inform King Fu that Annan had already obtained it and King Fu could prepare to go to Annan to take up the vassal.

After receiving the order, King Fu breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that Annan could not fight for a long time. He was probably not exhausted enough of his money. Now that he had been defeated by the court, he had a little more expectation.

In the past, he had never fought for Chongzhen's father and could not taste the taste of the Nine Five Lords; now he has the Fuguo, and at least he can taste the taste of the Nine Peaks. Thinking of this, he hurried to Guangdong with his equally extremely happy prince Zhu Yousong, ready to take Annan.

The Tang King had already enjoyed the taste that King Fu wanted to taste. Especially after the imperial army withdrew to Yunnan Province, the entire Tang Kingdom was decided by him. Only such a vassal king would be interesting!

In this way, he was very happy during the New Year this year. When he accepted the congratulations from all officials in the palace, he couldn't stop smiling!

On this day, he was dealing with state affairs. Suddenly, a general under his command hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, discover the traces of King Talong!"

"What? The trace of King Long?" When the Tang King heard this, he immediately put down the things in his hand, stared at the person who came and asked, "Where is it?"

If there is any hidden worries in his Tang Kingdom, it is the king of the original cave, who has never seen anyone in his life and has never seen the corpse. In the Tang Dynasty, we were not extinct in the original cave, and now we are all his subjects. If it had been longer, he believed that we would not miss the old master anymore. After all, he believed that his diligence would make us return to our hearts.

But now, the imperial army has just withdrawn to Yunnan, and the Tang Kingdom has only been in operation for less than a year, and it is time to be rebuilt. Sometimes, some places cannot be taken care of. Besides, it is inevitable that one is favored by the other. He relies on the Ming Dynasty to rule the Tang Kingdom, and his confidants and civil officials and generals are all from the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the national policy is to tend to surrender to his own Ming people from the Ming Dynasty. The Tang King can see this clearly.

Now that he suddenly heard the traces of King Long, he couldn't take it seriously.

"Go back to your highness, I will see King Talon in Dhaka, the capital of the Bangladesh province of the Mughal Empire. He broke his arm and seemed to have grown a lot, but it was him." The general reported here and said in a stronger tone, "King King Talon entered and left the Bangladesh Governor's Palace, and seemed to have colluded with the Mughal Empire!"

"What?" The King of Tang was very surprised when he heard the news. From the time he went to Yunnan and founded the Tang Kingdom in Dongwu, it was impossible for him to understand his own country's neighbors.

It is said that the Mughal Empire, like the Ming Dynasty, had a very large territory. The founding emperor was Babur, a descendant of the Turkic Mongol Temur. After the collapse of the Timur Empire, he led his troops south to establish the Mughal Empire. Now the Mughal Empire is its fourth emperor, and it should be the rule of Shah Jahan, who is called the Great Khan. At this time, the Mughal Empire was unprecedentedly powerful. It has always fought south and north, and there were almost no opponents.

"Return to Your Highness, what does King Talong and the Governor of Bengal in Mughal say? The last general is incompetent and cannot find out for the time being!"

When the Tang King heard this, he frowned and even stood up, wandering in the hall. After a while, he stopped and turned around and stared at the general and said, "Check, check it out for me!"

"The last one will follow the order!" The general came to the order and bowed and left.

But the King of Tang could not put this matter behind his mind. After thinking for a while, he sent an order to summon his subordinates to discuss the matter. Finally, he decided to send a formal official envoy to the Bangladesh Governor's Office to ask for people. This King Talong was a traitor from the Great Mingdong Wuxuanwei Envoy Department and must be arrested and brought to justice.

After the arrangement of this matter, the King of Tang was relieved. At this dynasty meeting, he received a reminder from his ministers that behind the Tang Kingdom was the Ming Dynasty. No matter how powerful the Mughal Empire is, can it be stronger than the Ming Dynasty?

Think about it, the Ming Dynasty is now unprecedentedly powerful! Mongolia, Liaodong, and North Korea are all part of the Ming Dynasty's territory. There is no threatening opponent in the north of the Ming Dynasty. The chieftain rebellion in Yunnan has been suppressed by the court, and there is a new Fuguo in Annan immediately.

All of this gave the Tang King confidence. Therefore, he believed that the envoy he sent was in the Ming Dynasty, and the Mughal Empire could not be unable to get along with the Ming Dynasty for a person who lost his land and army?

Thinking of this, he threw this matter behind his mind. As a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, it is not wrong to say that it was the Ming Dynasty. Although your Mughal Empire is powerful, can it be stronger than the Ming Dynasty? No matter what, you must give the Ming Dynasty some face? If nothing unexpected happens to King Long, he will be destined since he was discovered.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, when the people of Ming Dynasty were about to celebrate the Lantern Festival of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the "New Salt Law" finally spread to the Jiangnan region. Suddenly, the sensation caused by the "New Salt Law" was even more sensational than the Ming Emperor's personal expedition and restoration of Liaodong. For a moment, all regions in Jiangnan, streets and alleys in cities and towns were discussing the "New Salt Law".

Just like the people in the capital, most of the people were very happy to hear it. The salt price that plagues every household can finally drop. However, among many wealthy families, there are also groups of people discussing things behind closed doors. They slam the table and curse people, and scold anyone they think of. Among the officials in the court, Wen Tiren was scolded the most miserable and "being plague" remarks, the most common sayings of "being plague" that appeared in history are the most common. It is said that since Wen Tiren became the chief minister, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty have suffered plague. They dare not say that merchants are suffering, after all, merchants are not valued in legal theory!

Cutting off money is like killing parents. Those salt merchants, private salt dealers, and even officials from the Salt Department Transportation Department were extremely dishonest. They shouted and slapped the table. They must not let the court implement the "New Salt Law".

However, after the meeting, more salt merchants were to quickly reduce the price of salt, and take advantage of the high price, and take more measures to deal with it. Some people even frantically collect private salt and sell it as official salt, hoping to reduce their losses.

This operation is like a plague and spreads very quickly. Every place, a salt merchant did this, and other salt merchants had to follow up. While cursing, they lowered the price and sold it to minimize losses.

This situation is actually understandable. These salt merchants have money, but what else do they use to fight against the court besides money? Are there guns? No! Is there a spokesperson in the court? Zhou Yanru, who wanted to support, has been dismissed from office for a long time. Besides, what if there is a spokesperson in the court? How can he be superior to the Chief Minister? How about the Minister of Personnel? If you collect money, you will be dismissed if you say you will be dismissed. Now you may not be able to send out the money from the salt merchant. Who knows if you will be found out by the factory guards? If it were in the past, you could still buy the censors to attack, but now, the Censorate is reorganized, who dares to criticize?

Of course, not all salt merchants criticized the "New Salt Law". Those who have salt in their hands, but it doesn't matter. They have never been able to exchange salt from the salt farm. The salt in their hands is like waste paper. However, the "New Salt Law" stipulates that the salt in their past has always been effective and can be exchanged for salt in the salt farm. Although the price of salt will drop, at least it can be exchanged for salt, which is better than before.

In short, in terms of the salt administration, the publication of the "New Salt Law", especially in Jiangnan, was almost in chaos. The price of salt is one price per day, or even several prices per day. Corresponding to this, the production and sales of salt have also become crazy, and everyone wants to make more money before the "New Salt Law" is finally implemented.

However, this situation did not last long. Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, suddenly appeared in Yangzhou. He led a large number of factory guards and nearby garrison troops to arrest a team of hundreds of people in a row. What's even more sensational is that the big salt merchant Pan Ru was also arrested at the same time. The charge was for selling private salt and selling private salt in official salt.

This was a big deal. Pan Ru's charge was publicly interrogated by Yangzhou Prefecture and allowed the people to listen. With the evidence of the crime, he even followed the clues and captured officials of the Salt Department Transportation Department in Yangzhou, and was also taken down by Wang Chengen. In the end, the relevant families were all confiscated and exiled to the bitter and cold land of Liaodong.

The shock to Jiangnan was that not only that, the leader of the Fushe Society, Zhang Pu, was also arrested and publicly interrogated by the factory and guards. There were two charges, one was slandering the important officials of the court, and the other was ignoring the teachings of the sages, colluding with the great salt merchant Pan Ru, and being the minions of the salt merchant. The academic affairs management department was in charge of public announcement that Zhang Pu was dismissed, and then Wang Chengen rewarded him with twenty major boards and was also exiled to Liaodong.

The admiral of the East Factory suddenly appeared in Yangzhou. Not only did he deal with the big salt merchants, but he also taught Zhang Pu a lesson. These two things had a great impact on Jiangnan. For a long time, Jiangnan had not felt the power of the court. This time, he truly felt the power of the court's thunder.

The Storyteller, who had a lot of listeners, made comments on this matter at once. The momentum was so great that it overwhelmed the comments of the literati prince. Public opinion was under the control of the court from beginning to end.

However, before this matter reached its climax, another major event happened in a blink of an eye.
Chapter completed!