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Chapter 1657: Journey to the West (3)

Two problems were solved in one breath, and Qin Feng seemed to be feeling better. He took out a bottle of fruit drink from a large bucket of ice in the corner of the carriage, took a beautiful sip, and said, "Mr. Le, find some interesting memorials and recite them. Today I don't want to hear heavy topics anymore."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Le smiled and picked up the memorials among the piles of memorials, opened one, and said, "This is the memorial that the Dali Temple Minister impeached the Gambling Bureau Ruan Fu. Do you want to listen to it?"

"Why did Ruan Fu provoke this old-fashioned old-fashioned Mr. Tang again? He has always been very careful. He clamped his tail and became an official. He is just a person like Ruan Fu?" Qin Feng said in surprise.

"Ruan Fu's identity is different from other people. In addition, the Gambling Office he is in charge of can be said to be a daily profit. I don't know how many people are staring at him. Being cautious in words and actions is also the foundation of his life." Eunuch Le said justice.

"Old man Tang won't focus on the money from Ruan Fu, the Gambling Department. Why did he impeach Ruan Fu?" Qin Feng asked.

"It's not that the old tune is repeated. It's just that the Gambling Administration is to attract evil and encourage gambling. This time, cases have been added to prove it! It's reasonable and justified."

Qin Feng snorted: "I really don't know how expensive the food and rice are. Do he know how much income the Gambling Administration will increase to the treasury in a year? Let Geng Jingming cut half of the operating expenses of Dali Temple. What he said? From a moral perspective, anyone can do it, but the country needs to operate, the people need to eat, the army needs military pay, and also build roads, bridges, and water conservancy. That is not the same as spending money. What case is coming?"

"An official in Shayang County embezzled public funds to buy gambling and lost all his money. He was arrested and sent to Dali Temple. Because the amount was huge and he was unable to repay, he was sentenced to death. The official also had a wife and a child in his family. When this guy got into trouble, the whole family was in trouble."

"Is this related to gambling? There are thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, why didn't there be any accidents in others? Small gambling is good for fun, big gambling is harmful to the body. As an official, he doesn't even have this little self-control. How can he guard the people for the Ming Dynasty?" Qin Feng said dissatisfied: "Do the guys in the Political Affairs Hall think I'm too idle? Even such inexplicable memorials are delivered to me?"

"Your Majesty, although the Minister of the Dali Temple is not a member of the Political Affairs Hall, he is also a senior official of the Six Ministry and Nine Ministers. He can submit memorials to Your Majesty directly. The Chief Auxiliary of Quan is not qualified to deduct his memorials." Eunuch Le explained that he knew that Qin Feng would lean on the big men of the Political Affairs Hall for everything, and then find an opportunity to scold them.

"What kind of official is Ruan Fu now?"

"Your Majesty, the sixth rank. Although the Gambling Office earns money every day, the yamen is not very standard."

"Remember, I'm promoted to the fifth rank of Nguyen Fu. In this way, Mr. Tang should be tactfully not to make me noise, right? He has always wanted to get this Gambling Agency. When will he find a new way to make money, let's talk about it later than the American Gambling Agency!"

"Your Majesty, if this happens, Lord Tang may be embarrassed and resigned." Eunuch Le said in embarrassment.

"Let Quanyun solve it." Qin Feng snorted, "Ruan Fu has solved the boss's problems for the past two years, and he should be rewarded for his contributions. By the way, I posted a document to scold Shayang County. Their financial management is very problematic. An ordinary official can quietly embezzle so many silver and money alone, supervise and restrict each other's laws? Is it a matter of people? Is it a matter of trouble? Is it Jin Jingnan the other person who supervises and censors who are eating in Shayang County?"

While writing notes on Qin Feng's words, Eunuch Le secretly surprised. It seemed that the memorial he chose was not easy at all. His Majesty actually had to punish so many officials in one breath. After this imperial edict, all the Shayang County was in an earthquake. The imperial censor Jin Jingnan was a mean person. This time, after being scolded by the emperor, he would inevitably investigate Shayang County. I don't know how many people would suffer.

"The more people do things, the higher the chance of making mistakes. Some people stand and speak without back pain, and blame this and that all day long, but they can't come up with a practical solution to the problem. Just relying on their mouths, people like this hate the most." Qin Fengqi said hummingly.

Eunuch Le lowered his head and whispered for a while in the memorial, and suddenly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you just praised Ruan Fu. There is another memorial submitted by Geng’s Ministry of Revenue. He has indeed made new tricks. Oh, it’s really strange. Why did the Ministry of War also sign this memorial on this memorial?"

"The two ministers jointly signed?" Qin Feng also became solemnly and reached out to take the note, "What do Ruan Fu want to do?"

When I opened the memorial, it was a very long memorial, which mainly talked about two things. The first thing was to be a self-defence to the impeachment of the Dali Temple Minister. It also explained the contribution of the Gambling Agency to the court and its indispensable importance. Qin Feng passed by at a glance. The second thing was that Ruan Fu wanted to open a racecourse in Shangjing City. In short, it was to open up another gambling venue.

Geng Jingming's office can naturally increase his income. According to the specific plan written by Ruan Fu, if the racecourse is really done, it will inevitably be an old hen that can lay golden eggs.

However, the kitten jointly believed that running a racecourse plays a very important role in raising horses among the people and cultivating excellent knights. Now there are two main sources of war horses in the Ming Dynasty. The most important one is the wilderness horses from Qingzhou, which is also the main mount of the Ming cavalry today. Another source is the war horse cultivation base outside the capital. The war horses produced by the cultivation base in Shangjing are indeed powerful. This has been verified by the thunderstorm thunder riders on the battlefield, but the output is too small to meet the needs of the Ministry of War. Horse racing is basically something that rich families can only play. Raising a war horse or a horse is completely incomparable to raising a camel horse. In order to win, these wealthy families will definitely find ways to cultivate better war horses. These are personal property in normal times. When it comes to war, they are all national resources at the command.

Kittens not only suggest that such racecourses can be held in Shangjing City, but also places with conditions across the country must be held. For example, Yongjun, Shangjing City, Shayang County, and Zhengyang County, one of them is built to make horse raising and horse racing become a trend.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Feng threw the memorial back to Eunuch Le, "I'm sure about this matter. Let the Political Affairs Hall discuss it again and then assign it."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Just as Qin Feng was slowly moving towards Hulao Pass along the business road leading to Hulao County, a battle had just ended in the Hengduan Mountains. He Weiping looked at the messy battlefield with bitter face, looking at the Qipan Village that had been burned by the fire. Chen Shaowei, who was standing beside him, looked at the face of pain.

Since Tuobayan took over Cangzhou, the Qi army's harassment and attack on Hengduan Mountain has never stopped. Tuobayan has been constantly eroding the Ming army's territory in the Hengduan Mountains. Now it has directly threatened the most important Paomaping Fortress in Hengduan Mountains. After the Qipanshan military camp fell into the hands of Tuobayan a month ago, Paomaping no longer had a barrier and became the front line of Qi. Therefore, He Weiping and Chen Shaowei planned a military plan to retake the Qipanshan military camp. First, it was to ensure the safety of Paomaping, and in addition, it was also because the emperor wanted to go to the west. Before the emperor arrived, regaining Qipanshan could give the emperor a better answer.

Now, the Qipanshan military camp has been recaptured, but the price paid has made both of them feel bitter.

In fact, both of them knew that they lost this battle.

The Qipanshan military camp was recaptured, but it was already full of ruins. Tuobayan destroyed the place thoroughly. More importantly, Tuobayan took advantage of their eagerness to regain the place and set up an ambush, which severely damaged the fifth battalion of the Hulao New Army, which was the main attack this time. The fifth battalion suffered heavy casualties, and even the battalion general Su Xingyi was seriously injured.

"Old Chen, this time I can't explain it." He Weiping said with a wry smile.

"General He, we have always taken back Qipan Mountain." Chen Shaowei whispered.

"If someone who doesn't understand military affairs dares to be careless like this, but who is Your Majesty? What kind of war is like? As soon as he hears it, he will know that it is so beautiful. Moreover, the casualties are so severe that they need to be paid and resettled. These are all reported to the Ministry of War, so how can they be hidden? Let's apologize to Your Majesty honestly!" He Weiping sighed.

The two looked at each other speechlessly. The Ming army has always been invincible on the battlefield and rarely suffered defeats, but they have been defeated in the Hengduan Mountains. More importantly, when the entire Ming Dynasty was celebrating the joy of conquering the Chu State, their defeat was like a piece of black mud sticking onto a golden body, which was as conspicuous as it was.

Obviously, whether it is the Ministry of War or the Political Affairs Hall, there must be no good impression of the Hulao New Army, which has caused them to be blocked.

"After Your Majesty, I will apologize. You stay here and preside over the reconstruction of Qipanshan Military Village. It took such a great price to regain it. It is necessary to keep it firmly and must not have any problems. Leave Paomaping and Qipan Village to the Xinsi Camp to guard the Xinsi Camp. The Xinwu Camp will be transferred to the reorganization of the Xinsi Camp." He Weiping said.

"Yes, General He. Su Yixing's injury doesn't matter, right?"

"Fortunately, it's almost enough to take care of the next month's injury." He Weiping nodded. Fortunately, Su Xingyi was snatched back by his personal soldiers after being injured. Otherwise, their new Hulao Army would have created a new history and the first to kill a battalion commander on the battlefield. If such a thing really happens, He Weiping's face will be completely out of place.

"The news that Your Majesty is coming is only for you and me. Only Lao Tang knows the Huzhu." He Weiping lowered his voice: "It must not be reported outside."
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