God favors the troublemaker, and the protagonist is forced to become evil

"In that case, you can stay here. However, the border is not a place for jokes. Life here is hard and the people are in a difficult situation. If you can't stand it, don't cry."

Zi Ning, let me be frank with you. It is a good thing to have ambition, but if you only have ambition but no ability, won’t you be a hindrance on the battlefield?

"I'm not afraid of hardship!" Xie Jia's eyes were firm and her fists were clenched. She had made up her mind long ago that she could get through any difficult life.

"Okay. What do you think, brother-in-law? I..." Zi Ning didn't know what to say. Although her brother-in-law was her brother-in-law, Xin Changfeng also had his own family to take care of. She couldn't just say that she was the only child of the Xie family and asked her brother-in-law to fight for his life on the battlefield.

"After you left, your sister cried and asked me to join the army to protect you. But I came here voluntarily, otherwise I would not come no matter how much your sister cried. I, Xin, already have a successor, I am not afraid of death, I am willing to stay here!"

Xin Changfeng is a man of great righteousness. The country is in trouble now. If he only cares about his own family and ignores everyone else, one day he will not be able to take care of his own family anymore.

In this way, Xin Changfeng and Xie Jia both stayed.

Jiang Suining and Wen Yuqin were mainly responsible for training troops in the military camp, while Zining studied the formations.

In addition, Zining felt that the border towns were also very important and that the people needed to be calmed down and production resumed as soon as possible.

"I don't understand the town problem. You should be good at this." Jiang Suining only knows how to train soldiers and fight wars, and he doesn't understand urban construction. However, he also knows that at this time, several border towns really need to be rebuilt, otherwise a large number of refugees will pour into other towns, which is not conducive to the stability of the country.

"Although the princess has gone to Wala, there is no guarantee that they will not come back to plunder before the snow falls this year." It is only September now, and when winter comes, the Wala people will have few survival supplies, so they will inevitably want to store them before the blizzard.

Most of those supplies were looted from the border cities of Li Dynasty.

Jiang Suining was silent.

If the Oirat really just rushed into the town to plunder, it would not be considered a breach of the treaty. But if it happened too many times, the people would complain, which would be detrimental to internal unity and affect morale.

"I'll go discuss this matter with my uncle."

Finally, Jiang Suining developed a plan to strengthen patrols in the town to prevent brutal raids by the Oirat.

Zi Ning devoted himself to the construction of the border city. First of all, he had to ensure the permanent population. Zi Ning led the people of Daizhou and Yizhou to plant potatoes, sweet potatoes and other plants to ensure the food problem of the people.

In addition, he called on the people to rebuild their homes and repair the city's border defense buildings. Afterwards, Zining discussed with the county magistrate to build schools and strengthen the construction of infrastructure to ensure people's livelihood.

In just three months, the border town has changed a lot. At least, the people are no longer covered in dust. They believe that the national army will protect the safety of the town, and they are no longer trembling with fear every day.

Coupled with Jiang Suining's preventive policy, the Oirat people failed to gain any benefits after several surprise attacks and gradually stopped coming.

The king of the Oirat suddenly fell seriously ill, and the second and third princes began to fight for the throne. The Oirat was in chaos, so they had no energy to send troops to the court.

"Why did the King of Wala suddenly fall ill? Could it be the princess?" It was hard for Zi Ning not to suspect that it was Chu Yueheng who did it.

"The king of Wala is only in his early forties, it should be difficult for him to suddenly fall ill. I'm afraid it's really a human factor." Jiang Suining also felt that this matter was not simple. However, the more chaos Wala had, the better it was for Lichao.

"Chang Lingjie sent me a letter. Would you like to read it together?"

Zining opened the letter and started reading. Jiang Suining leaned over and read with him.

The letter said that a major incident had occurred in the capital recently. The Minister of War had embezzled military pay, and the emperor was furious. Although he had been punished, this year's military pay might not be delivered on time and in full. However, the military pay would be delivered again in April next year. At that time, he would deliver it personally.

Jiang Suining and Zining both looked unhappy. The soldiers would have a hard time this winter because of the embezzlement of military pay. Even at this time, there were still people who embezzled military pay. Such people should be executed along with their entire clan.

Fortunately, Xie Yi mobilized merchants in the capital to donate a batch of supplies to the army, and asked the escort caravan to transport them. Although the quantity was not small, the army was large, so these quantities were still a drop in the bucket.

Zining has been practicing the red tassel spear with Wen Yuqin recently, mainly because she really has no talent for swordplay. Wen Yuqin is really good at using the red tassel spear, so Zining follows him to learn.

Little Xie Jia also studied with his brother. He got up earlier than Zining every day, was full of energy, and never complained.

Soon it was the New Year, and this was the first time that Zining spent the New Year at the border. Although the Oirat was in civil strife, the Tatars were still eyeing them covetously, and the soldiers at Yanmen Pass could not let down their guard.

The soldiers' winter supplies are being delivered in batches, and the people in the city will also spontaneously donate some food and clothes to ensure that the soldiers can stay warm during the winter.

The people in the border town were enthusiastic and grateful, truly realizing the grand occasion of unity between the military and the people.

In March, Chang Lingjie personally escorted the military pay, a full month earlier than expected.

Zining and Jiang Suining greeted him at the city gate. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so as soon as they met, they hugged each other, exchanged greetings, and talked about their recent situation.

Last year, the Fifth Prince seemed to be involved in the embezzlement of military pay. His Majesty kept it a secret and no one knew what it meant. Although the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was investigated, there were rumors recently that the Fifth Prince instructed the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War to embezzle military pay. I don't know what the military rations were used for.

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War embezzled military pay, and the officials who escorted the military pay embezzled some of it. So, probably only 50% of the pay was actually transported to the border, a full half less.

Fortunately, Emperor Mingde woke up in time, conducted strict investigations and severe punishments, and openly warned his ministers. Now the war is tense, if anyone wants to make money from the war, they can expect their entire clan to be executed.

Although Emperor Mingde was benevolent, he was also an emperor who truly worked for the welfare of the people. It was just that his methods were a little soft at times. I wonder if this time, his ruthlessness has deterred some people who are ready to make trouble.

The life of the King of Oirat was hanging by a thread, and the fighting among the princes became more and more fierce, and several princes had died. However, the King of Oirat had many sons, so he was not afraid of no one inheriting the throne.

Zi Ning has been studying military tactics and battle formations these days, and many new soldiers have been recruited this year. With more people, fighting a war requires rules and regulations, and one cannot just kill the enemy mindlessly.

Jiang Suining selected another 5,000 people to form an elite team. These people were all good at fighting and were selected to receive more intensive training.

In addition, those with outstanding talents and good physiques were selected from the Boy Scouts and trained as special soldiers.