My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Xie Ruzhuo told Du Ruo to be ready to see Song Qingge. Shen Ci thought he had nothing to do with him, but Xie Ruzhuo dragged him into Du Ruo's room after nightfall, and hid in the corner to listen to the wall.

The outer room was used to receive guests, and the inner room was the bedroom. They were hiding behind the screen in the inner room. Du Ruo and Song Qinglai were sitting in the outer room, talking nonchalantly. come.

"elder brother!"

Song Qinglai whispered in surprise and told them the identity of the comer. Shen Ci glanced at Xie Ruzhuo, seeing that he was not surprised, he knew it was in his expectation.

Du Ruo got up to salute, Song Qingge raised his hand to stop, and said: "Bachelor Du is on a business, so there is no need to be polite."

Seeing Song Qingge scan the room vigilantly, Du Ruo immediately said, "Don't worry, Zongbing Song, no one else is here."

Song Qingge was wearing a simple navy blue military robe, covered with the same black cloak as Xie Ruzhuo's that day, wrapped in the slight coolness of the night wind, sat opposite Du Ruo, and said: "I'm taking the liberty to visit, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Song Zongbing speaks seriously." Du Ruo smiled pointedly, "In fact, I have been waiting for Song Zongbing for a long time."

Song Qingge glanced at him, understood something in his heart, nodded and said: "Then I won't beat around the bush, I came here today to ask my superiors, how does Your Majesty plan to investigate?"

"There should be no problem with the military register under Wanyang. Song Zongbing is worried about the account books?" Du Ruo asked, "Or is there something else?"

Song Qinglai didn't want to interrupt too much, so he took the initiative to pour a cup of tea and handed it to his brother. Sitting beside his brother, it was rare to be quiet. Your Majesty should be aware of it. It is true that there are things in my hands that are not clean, and it is a little troublesome to find out, but Pei Yuankai and Wu Xianrong must also have them, but they have many sources of money on hand, and they are not short of these things."

Du Ruo nodded clearly, and said: "The lower official guessed that what Song Zongbing said was that some weapons came from dirty sources, such as firearms. The lower official has heard about it for a long time. Soldiers have so many black roads in their hands. Those people have weapons shipped from Beidi, Dongying and other places. Everyone will privately trade the grain silver collected from the farm. In fact, in the final analysis, they are raising soldiers for themselves. There is no way."

"It's not just that the income and expenditure of grain silver are unclear. The situation in northern Xinjiang is more difficult than you think. The farmland has long been a mess, with layers of exploitation, and we can't manage it. Later, our Song family specially collected some fields. It can be regarded as having its own grain silver, otherwise it would not be able to support so many people." Song Qingge frowned, "Scholar Du should have heard that when the frontier farms cannot make ends meet, the imperial court will encourage merchants to go to the frontier by means of 'opening the middle' Reclamation of wasteland, these merchants can exchange salt from the imperial court and become salt merchants. This method has been used all the time, but it has become a path for the frontier army to seek personal gain. After all, there is so much wasteland in Suifang that can be opened. It’s not a place suitable for growing grain, and everyone later manipulated it secretly, falsely reporting the number of acres of land reclaimed, and asking for salt for those merchants.”

Du Ruo continued: "Then those merchants sell salt, and the frontier soldiers get a share of it, and the military merchants benefit from each other."

"Yes." Song Qingge's brows were cloudy, "I'll be honest, I don't have the way to get so much money from Pei Yuankai and Wu Xianrong. I trade grain silver with foreigners, and privately give and receive salt merchants. It's in my hands." There are only two unclean ways to get money. But I dare to feel my conscience and say that the money is only enough for Wanyang to feed the soldiers and horses, even if the court raids our Song family, there will be no more money."

Du Ruo reassured: "Song Zongbing, take it easy and don't be impatient. I have been in Wanyang for some time, and I have been putting on a show. I think Song Zongbing should be clear. In fact, His Majesty does not want to investigate your Song family."

"The court official vowed to drag me into the water. If I don't investigate now, I won't be able to hide. If I don't confess, when His Majesty loses patience, I will really turn my face and deny people. I think His Majesty does not lack our Song family's helper now. "Song Qingge's voice was calm, and the words were loud and clear, "I will not deny what I have done, but for so many years, I also feel that I have a clear conscience for Dayu and the court. When it comes to the Beidi cavalry, we can’t live like that. We have to fight with our lives every day. We just want to have a soldier and horse that can beat the Beidi cavalry so that we can survive in northern Xinjiang. The Chinese officials may have guessed What is dirty in my hands, I don't want anything else from the imperial court, only this matter, I hope Xueshi Du can bypass it and leave me a way out."

Shen Ci was listening carefully, when Xie Ruzhuo suddenly pulled him down, so scared that he kicked the stool down when he got up, and with a loud bang, Xie Ruzhuo glared at him, and had no choice but to drag him out straight away.

Song Qingge was obviously taken aback too, stood up and held the knife at his waist vigilantly, seeing Xie Ruzhuo and Shen Ci coming out, at first he was a little surprised, he didn't expect the emperor to sneak out from Lezhou, after thinking about it again It's clear, Xie Ruzhuo is probably waiting for him here tonight.

"You don't need to be too polite, general. Sit down." Xie Ruzhuo was about to come out in a timely manner, but he was forced to show up at the end. He felt a little embarrassed, but as an emperor, he still had to show "I just listen to what's going on in the corner". Confidently, "Everyone sit down."

Now that Xie Ruzhuo heard everything, Song Qingge didn't need to hide anything, said: "Your Majesty should have heard what Caichen and Xueshi Du said just now, I have nothing to say, just wait for Your Majesty's order."

"The imperial court is fatuous and incompetent, and it really hurts the soldiers in northern Xinjiang, especially the Song family who are as clean as they are. If they don't have some means of their own, they can't gain a foothold in northern Xinjiang." Xie Ruzhuo sighed softly, "I understand all these things. It's not unreasonable either. General Song is dedicated to serving the country, and he is a rare loyal minister and good general in Dayu. How could I put the general at a disadvantage indiscriminately."

Song Qingge bowed slightly and saluted, and said: "What I do is my duty, if you can get His Majesty's words, you will have nothing to worry about."

"I came here in person this time to speak clearly with the general." Xie Ruzhuo said, "Last time, the Chinese officials in the court asked the four generals to pay money, and there was some unpleasantness. Recently, the general has been dragged into this troubled water , I am sorry for the general. I will not investigate the matter that the general is worried about now, and I will not investigate it in the future, the general can rest assured."

Xie Ruzhuo's words were gentle, but Song Qingge felt that the emperor felt that only such words were as sharp as a knife. It seemed that he had negotiated with you, but after thinking about it carefully, he would feel cold for no reason. He couldn't think of it When did I get pinched by the emperor.

"If your Majesty needs your minister, I will try my best." Song Qingge said calmly, "Your Majesty wants soldiers and money, so as long as I can do it, I will help."

"The general has helped me a lot, and I don't know what to give to the general. The general is very different from Pei Yuankai, Wu Xianrong, and Qi Junmao. If I just want me not to investigate these things, in fact, I should sell the general's face. It’s not a benefit I gave to the general.” Xie Ruzhuo said, “Here are all my own people, so I’m going to talk about it, and the general should want what I can promise to the general. One day Cangzhou will change masters. Wanyang in the town is the closest to Cangzhou, and at least half of the things in Cangzhou can be taken over by the general."

Song Qingge raised his eyes and looked at Xie Ruzhuo quietly, seeing his serious expression, he realized that he really planned to uproot the Pei family one day.

He didn't like to say things against his will, and he didn't like to talk nonsense, so he nodded after a moment of silence and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The night was getting dark, Xie Ruzhuo wanted to sleep very much, so he tried to stay awake and calm, and said: "The court official will settle it, as long as the general behaves properly, this matter should not be brought up again in the future."

Song Qingge nodded calmly, but he understood very well in his heart that the so-called measure is actually in Xie Ruzhuo's hands. This is still a deal. What he has to do is to be obedient. It will also become a handle. If Xie Ruzhuo dares to pry the Pei family, he dares to raz the Song family.

What the emperor gave him was trust, but what stood in front of them was destined to have many interests. This kind of trust was conditional trust. When the interests were out of balance, the trust would be withdrawn.

Sure enough, he once again decided that Xie Ruzhuo's gentleness was the most fatal.

Song Qingge and Song Qingge lacked a chance to talk face to face. Song Qingge had reservations about those unclean things before, and Xie Ruzhuo didn't want to suddenly put all the interests in front of the two of them. It was within Xie Ruzhuo's expectation that the sentence was said.

If Song Qingge is not credible, the court will never find a credible general again.

"General Song came here once in a while, so I can talk to Qing." Xie Ruzhuo was so sleepy that tears were about to fall, "Everyone, go to bed early, we can talk about things tomorrow."

Shen Ci nodded to everyone and followed Xie Ruzhuo out. Everyone felt that something was wrong, but at the same time it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

Song Qing came to see that Xie Ruzhuo had finally left, heaved a sigh of relief, walked up to his brother, and said with a smile, "Brother, is my mother okay?"

"Okay." Song Qingge said concisely, "You...are you doing well in the capital?"

Song Qing came to want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. His brother was pretty good at talking in front of the emperor. Why can't he speak in private? He nodded and said, "Okay, can I be okay?"

"Oh, your mother asked me to ask you something." Song Qingge said leisurely, "Boss is not young, have you found a wife in the capital yet?"

Song Qinglai: "..."

"No...you don't have to ask every time!" Song Qinglai patted his brother on the shoulder, blushing without heartbeat, "I'm busy with business, do you know how many messes Beizhen Fusi has? I'm so busy every day I get up early and stay late, and sometimes I don’t have time to eat, how can I find a wife when I’m free?”

"That's not what your brother-in-law told me." Song Qingge sneered, "The last time I went to Beijing, I had a few words with your brother-in-law, saying that you slept until the sun was high every day before going to the office, and that you didn't pay off for three out of five days. No one is seen. That’s it? Get up early and stay late? No time?”

Song Qing saw through Wei Yang and knew about suing him since she was a child. She gritted her teeth angrily and said, "But I didn't fool around with official duties. Anyway, I feel that I have a clear conscience when I receive my salary every month."

This person knows how to be ashamed is a ghost, Song Qingge pretended not to hear, and said: "When will you return to Beijing? Tell your majesty tomorrow and the day after, come back to have a meal, your mother has been talking about you for a long time, and all the uncles and aunts at home miss you too Think hard."

"It's easy to say, I'll go back tomorrow." Song Qinglai smiled complacently, "They think it's because you are too indifferent, and you make me cute and cute."

In Song Qingge's expression of wanting to hit someone, Song Qinglai ran out bluffing, and bumped into He Xiaoman who was at the door without looking at the road, and got another expression of wanting to hit him.

"Why is the governor here, not with His Majesty?"

He Xiaoman's voice was too soft, Song Qingge didn't hear it, and when he came out of the house, he only heard Song Qinglai's fussy low cry, if he hadn't considered Xie Ruzhuo's secret identity, everyone in the city would have known it.

"What! Didn't you say you're going to rest! Why did Shen Jian go to His Majesty's room!"

Song Qingge: "..."

He Xiaoman: "..."

The author has something to say: Song Qinglai: The straight man is confused, why did Shen experience go to His Majesty's room at night?

Song Qingge: Don't say you know me, our Song family can't afford to lose this person.

He Xiaoman: Don't say you know me, you don't know such a blind idiot.

*Regarding "Kaizhong", the exchange of salt by reclaiming wasteland refers to the real practice of the Ming Dynasty's frontier.

最近想多谈下恋爱，剧情同步走，因为感觉之前恋爱谈少了哈哈哈哈哈哈（其实是作者只想谈恋爱）感谢在2021-04-2717:00:01~2021-04-2817:49:52期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 chestnut;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 1 bottles of Luoxiyuan;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!