In early November, the Ming army, which had finished resting, set off again, but this time it was directed to Huanglong. The capital of Qin, Yongdu, would be their final destination.

At the end of October, the Qin Emperor Ma Yue, who retreated to Yongdu, was once again hit by a blow. The important minister of the Qin Dynasty, General Bian Wushuang, led 50,000 elite troops in Qinghe County, and 300,000 people suddenly announced their return to the State of Chu. Hundreds of thousands of people crossed the Luoying Mountains and entered Anyang County, Chu. The Emperor of Chu Min Ruoying went out to the capital for a hundred miles and welcomed Bian Wushuang who came to Beijing to visit him with a grand ceremony.

The news came out, and the world was in an uproar. This incident was extremely secret. Except for the few people in the world who knew it, the rest of the people were kept in the dark. It was not until the matter was completely exposed. The people of Chu were very happy. When Chu was depressed, such a heavyweight figure suddenly came to join him, which naturally boosted the morale and the people. However, the whole country of Qi was shocked and furious. Bian Wushuang led 50,000 elite troops to join Chu. This army and horse would inevitably be used to deal with Qi, which would add countless troubles to Qi. Emperor Cao Tiancheng was furious and was the first to bear the brunt of his anger. Cao Hui, who was responsible for intelligence work, was demoted to the third level and retained. This favorite minister of the Emperor of Qi was in a state of dust for a while.

The Ming people were in an uproar, and on the one hand, they were happy that the Qin Emperor lost his help again. Qinghe County and other Qin ruled were like going down without a fight. On the other hand, they sent people to protest to the Chu people. Naturally, the Chu State tried its best to promote Wei. Both sides were verbal battles in Shangjing, but they both unintentionally broke up, and in the end they could only leave it alone.

The Qin State, which was most damaged, suffered this major change, but everyone knew that the disaster of the country was imminent. The Qin Emperor, Ma Yue, had not left Yongdu since then. Officials in most areas were quietly preparing for something to welcome the Ming State to accept it.

The Ming army appointed Chen Zhihua as the general, He Weiping and Lu Dayuan as the deputy general, and gathered six battle camps of Jumu Camp, Baoqing Camp, Yulin Camp, Huben Camp, Zhuifeng Camp, and Hulao New Army. The two battle camps under Lu Dayuan were the first troops and attacked Yongdu on a large scale. Wherever they passed, the Qin army ruled the prefectures and counties and suburbs. At the end of November, before the first heavy snow, the army arrived outside Yongdu and set up camp.

In addition to the first batch of vanguard troops, the Ming army stationed in Lin'an with Canglang Battalion to deter surrounding areas and stationed in Hulao with miners' battalion. In addition to Lu Yi leading two battalions into Hengduan Mountains to defend the Qin army, the other four battalions also set up camp outside Hulao City.

Those who are discerning in their eyes will know that they will be the second group of troops preparing to depart for Yongdu. Winter is approaching, and the Ming army is unwilling to send all the large troops outside Yongdu City. After all, the army is stationed outside, and the imperial court has to take huge expenses for various military expenditures. Since the war will not start this winter, they will stay in Hulao, which will save a few more.

In the newly occupied area of ​​the Ming army, the vigorous bandit suppression finally began. The Ming army did not dispatch a regular force, and the two escort businesses that took over the bandit suppression task entered the jurisdiction with the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty. After a short rest, a large-scale bandit suppression activities were launched.

Whether it is the Tianwu Escort Business or the Mingwei Escort Business, 90% of the Escorts are composed of veterans. They are no different from the army in the bandit suppression operation, but they act more flexible and mobile than the army. As soon as November began, all the bandits in important county garrisons like Xintong were beaten clean by the autumn wind and fell leaves. The bandits caught were sent to Xintong's mining area without exception and began their labor camps.

Everything was moving forward in an orderly manner. For Qin Feng, Qin had basically been eaten by him, and it was almost a pledge to make peace. The last one left in Yongdu Gucheng was left, with only the last fatal blow to him.

After six years ago, he pushed the Yue Kingdom, established the Ming Dynasty, and completed the most important first step, now, he has finally completed the second step and annexed Qin Kingdom. This world, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, has been maintained in a state of confrontation between the four countries, and Qin Feng himself was finally overturned. The confrontation between the four countries became the three kingdoms.

The reforms in Qi are vigorously unfolding, and domestic resistance is not enough. Even if Cao Tiancheng scrapes his bones and uses the knife in the hands of An Ruhai and Jiang Tao to sweep the old forces hard, but for the huge Qi State, it is definitely not enough to shake the overall situation. Cao Tiancheng opened a gap from these places and started his layout, but the counterattack of the old forces in the domestic country still forced him to be careful. He could only express limited concern for the Ming State to swallow Qin State with a big fanfare. Because of this, Guo Xiancheng tried to stop in the Hengduan Mountains. While he was still confronting with Chu State, the Qi people did not want to intervene in the battle with Ming State at this moment. Cao Tiancheng was not afraid of Qin Feng, but did not want his actions at home to be interrupted. In order to achieve this goal, he actually suppressed the domestic voice that demanded to send troops to interfere in the battle between Ming and Qin State.

For Cao Tiancheng, the most important thing now is to do the domestic affairs well, and then rely on the strength of Qi itself, it is enough to be arrogant in the world. How can the internal affairs be unstable?

The State of Chu is now in pain and suffering. The pain of the defeat in the battle with Qi has not yet dissipated. Now he can only hide in a corner and lick the wound. After the Jinghu defense line withstood the Qi people's large-scale invasion, he seized time to restore the national economy and people's livelihood. However, due to the strong intervention of Ming State and the continuous small actions in secret, Chu State has many conflicts and has difficulty in strides.

In Qin Feng's view, the Ming Dynasty needs to stop and have a good rest. It is the most urgent task to integrate the entire Ming Dynasty's power, digest the occupied Qin territory, and completely integrate the Qin people into the Ming Dynasty. It took six years for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty to fight for six years. Now, we can finally have a good rest.

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A heavy snow dyed the entire Yuejing city white overnight. Jin Jingnan left his three-entry courtyard and brought only two guards to the imperial censor's office along the straight road. As the chief censor, his status was equal to the six ministers, but his power was even greater because the chief censors of the world had the responsibility of supervising all officials. In addition to those supervisors, there was another powerful department under his command, that is, the Eagle Nest. Although some of the Eagle Nest was directly responsible to the emperor, the Internal Affairs Department was responsible to the Du Censor. With this department, Jin Jingnan knew almost all officials well. Except for the chief officers of the Six Ministers and the bosses of the Political Affairs Hall, as long as he was willing, he could initiate an investigation of any other official at any time.

This position has great power, but he is also sitting on the crater, offending countless people and may be overthrown at any time, but Jin Jingnan doesn't care.

He was not lustful. Although he was in his prime, he only had one wife and one concubine in his family. That concubine was the maid whom his wife brought when she married. He was not greedy for money. As one of the most senior officials in the Ming Dynasty, his official salary was enough to allow his family to live a rich life. In addition, his wife's family was well-off, so he had no worries.

He had only one belief, that is, to make the Ming Dynasty stronger and richer.

He was born in poverty and was originally just a poor scholar in Changyang County. During the Moluo Rebellion, Changyang County was in chaos. He was also defeated by the Taiping Army at that time and captured him and became a miner in the Daye Iron Mine. It was from that time that he began to make his mark.

In six years, he grew from a prisoner of rioters to one of the few high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty. This promotion speed can be regarded as an unprecedented person, but I am afraid he will be a future generation. He almost witnessed with his own eyes how the Ming Dynasty grew up from a ruin.

The hard life of the past made him dare not slacken even if he was proud of his youth. He knew very well that the thousand-mile long dike was destroyed by the ant hole. As the chief censor, what he had to do was to dig out all these ant holes and kill them in advance.

This is his way to repay the emperor who had the kindness of knowing him, and it is also a way to safeguard the interests of the Ming Empire. In order to achieve this goal, he was not afraid of offending anyone at all.

This time the emperor went to war and took away the chief assistant Quan Yun and the right assistant Fang Dazhi, but he left him to protect Yuejing and presided over the daily operation of the court in Yuejing. He naturally understood the meaning contained here. And he did not let this opportunity slip away in vain.

The rectification of the salt affairs of the Ming Dynasty was just an action that followed. He took the original salt affairs department, searched the salt merchants, wiped out the private salt, cleaned up the salt households, and killed the people, and the blood flowed into a river. In the midst of resentment, he also successfully brought the salt affairs back on track.

The General Administration of Salt Affairs was established, the salt administration was abolished, and the Salt Affairs Department was established in the district, and the national unified prices were unified. A series of actions were followed. The salt administration alone added millions of taels of income to the court every year.

Taking advantage of this period of time, he was most proud to set up the Censor's Supervision Office directly to the county and county. These Censor's Offices are not managed by the local government and are directly under the jurisdiction of the Censor of the court. This is equivalent to hanging a bright sword on the head of the local officials. These supervisors sent to the local government will not stay in one place for a long time. In Jin Jingnan's design, if they work in one place for at most two to three years, they will be transferred to other places. After being in one place for a long time, they will inevitably be in harmony with the local forces and lose the original role of supervision.

The emperor finally returned to Yuejing City, and he was the first to be summoned. He knew very well that his series of actions had formed many enemies and touched the interests of many people, but he did not regret it.

He put his hands behind his back, walked forward with difficulty, letting the cold wind blow on his face like a knife, leaving a straight line of footprints behind him.
Chapter completed!