In the famine, others ate Guanyin soil, but he had space to build a farm.

Zheng Wei might have intended to make friends with the skilled doctor, Lin Kunlun. After all, a doctor with such superb medical skills might be able to save his life at a critical moment. Therefore, after being convinced that his mother's condition had improved, he personally directed a batch of grain and grass to be transported outside the city, and sent someone to deliver it to the village mentioned by Lin Kunlun. As an official in charge of supervising and distributing grain and grass, his move did not attract the attention of others.

As for that village, it was just a base for Lin Kunlun and his men. Lin Kunlun and his men had the deployment map of the officers and soldiers, but they were not in a hurry to take action. Instead, they sent people to inquire about another piece of news - Zhou Kai was contacting the surrounding mountain strongholds in an attempt to unite against them. How could Lin Kunlun allow himself to be confronted with the officers and soldiers, and the mountain strongholds behind him would turn against him?

"Lin Shuai! I didn't expect to get so much this time. We even got the defense map! With this map, we can easily find the weak links in their defense!" Tie Feng said excitedly when he saw the map. In their opinion, the value of this map is far greater than 100,000 elite soldiers. Although they didn't know how Lin Kunlun got it, they had already accepted his incredible ability to some extent.

"I got another piece of news! After the setback last time, Zhou Kai thought we couldn't take advantage in this complex terrain, so he planned to bribe the bandits in those mountain strongholds to deal with us! But I don't know how many people he has bribed now! We must secretly send some people to investigate which mountain strongholds have had contact with these soldiers!" Lin Kunlun pointed out the most difficult problem at the moment. If those mountain strongholds are really colluding with the soldiers, I'm afraid they will bring the soldiers to sneak up on us one night.

"I will immediately arrange people to monitor each mountain stronghold. Once they make the slightest movement, we will get the news immediately!" Mu Feng quickly grasped the key to the problem.

Just as Lin Kunlun and his men were preparing to launch a large-scale operation based on the intelligence they had obtained, Emperor Chongming, who was far away in Kyoto, was troubled by this.

The barbarians knew that the defense of the capital was extremely tight, so they simply bypassed Jincheng and split into several groups to carry out a sweep. Along the way, they captured more than a dozen states and counties, and slaughtered all the officials and generals who put up a little resistance.

When Emperor Chongming heard the bad news, he was so angry that he threw the memorials to the ground! "The barbarians have penetrated so deeply into the capital, as if they were in an empty place. What should we do?" He wandered anxiously in Yongfu Palace, stopping from time to time and sighing, "Alas, Ma Weidong, you are really useless. I am so disappointed!"

He secretly complained in his heart, blaming Ma Weidong for all his grievances. He picked up the red pen and issued an edict, severely reprimanding Ma Weidong for being afraid of the enemy and avoiding battle, and taking back his Shangfang sword. He was eager to find a suitable candidate to replace Ma Weidong and lead the reinforcements from all over the world, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't find a suitable person. In his mind, Sun Ting was a good choice, but unfortunately Sun Ting was still on his way back to Beijing, and distant water could not quench his immediate thirst.

Rewrite content: Recently, Emperor Chongming's heart has always been shrouded in a lingering haze. The Dakun Dynasty seems to have fallen into an unprecedented predicament - unable to gather a strong military force to repel the barbarians, which makes him feel powerless and frustrated. Ma Weidong, the governor of the southeast, whom he relies on, has tens of thousands of troops, but he can only stay in the capital and has no way to deal with the barbarian troops that are rampant everywhere.

The memorials and urgent reports piled up on the imperial desk were like a mountain, and each one added to the burden on his heart.

Some of them described in detail the tragic conditions of drought and famine in the west, with words such as "thousands of miles of red earth", "deserted population" and "exchanging children for food" everywhere; there was another flood in the southeast, which was not as serious, but it would obviously affect this year's tax revenue, making the already tight treasury even more empty.

Other reports detailed the atrocities committed by the barbarians after they invaded the capital. They attacked cities and plundered land, and some officials even chose to abandon their cities and flee or die heroically. These reports made him face the cruelty of the world every day, but he could not get rid of this pain. Sometimes, he really wanted to overturn the imperial desk to vent his anger.

The only thing that comforted him was the latest situation in the west. After the efforts of Sun Ting, Ye Cheng and others, most of the rebels had been wiped out. Only a few small forces had fled to the mountains and forests.

At this moment, Emperor Chongming felt more and more depressed and felt more and more powerless. He was obviously working very hard. You know, he dealt with memorials until the early morning every day. But there were still problems that could not be solved. These ministers only knew how to shirk responsibility. But no one could stand up to share the worries of the emperor.

At this time, a palace maid brought a bowl of lotus seed soup to the table in front of him. Emperor Chongming knew that this was arranged by his virtuous queen Huang Caier. He could only suppress his worries, pick up the bowl of lotus seed soup, and eat it slowly.

After drinking this bowl of lotus seed soup, he was indeed much calmer. He stuffed the bowl directly into the hands of Gong Dong next to him! Pick up the top letter of the thick stack of memorials! Although this was sent by the cabinet, it was not an urgent matter. It was just a list of some officials' promotions and transfers. Such matters could actually be decided by the Ministry of Personnel and the cabinet. So he didn't read it too much and signed it directly. He picked up another letter about royal procurement... The reason why he dealt with these unimportant matters first was largely to temporarily numb himself and not let those bad news make him irritable. Although he knew that doing so was a bit like covering one's ears and stealing the bell. After all, the emperor is also a human being. He can't always bear those news.

This also shows why he was so busy. Because Emperor Chongming was a very suspicious emperor. So he had to take care of everything. So that no matter whether it was the cabinet or officials from other departments, all the documents they handled had to be approved by him. Even some purchases had to go through him. It is conceivable how much work Emperor Chongming had on weekdays? How worried was he about his ministers?

The barbarian leader Huang Taiji seized on Chongming's suspicion and used a counter-espionage strategy to make Emperor Chongming cut off his own hands and feet, thus eliminating Yuan Chong, their biggest worry.

The entire imperial study was quiet. All the palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to make even the slightest sound. Everyone knew that Emperor Chongming was in a bad mood during this period. Moreover, this emperor was not a kind person. He did not know how much blood of his ministers he had on his hands. Especially when he first came on board, he purged the powerful eunuchs in the palace and killed half of the people in the entire palace.