In other words, these salt merchants are not revolutionary fighters with firm beliefs, they just haven't found their life, and as long as they do, their defense line will collapse in an instant.

Or exterminate!

Either sell someone else!

This multiple-choice question is actually not that difficult to do.

After Yang Qing made the threat they feared the most, and at the same time promised in the name of Chongzhen that once they betrayed the other Jin merchants, then Chongzhen would issue an order to Li Zicheng, except for their Zhang family, all the other Jin merchant families who were sold would copy their hometowns and destroy their clans, and promote the Zhang family to the long history of the Qin king......

According to the rules, the vassal king was appointed by the emperor.

Although the situation of the Qin Domain is special, Changshi definitely does not have any power, but as a position similar to a diplomat, in order to communicate the relationship between Chongzhen and Li Zicheng, this is still indispensable, the previous Qin Domain's Changshi is Fang Yuegong, this scholar did not surrender, but was arrested in the city, but his family did not find much silver, so he was praised by Chongzhen and Li Zicheng.

However, in theory, the long history should be two left and right.

The Zhang family's request is to choose one from their family, so that the Zhang family will become Chongzhen's representative in the north, naturally Li Zicheng has to be well protected, so he has to take care of this face, and they also know that even if Chongzhen sends a holy decree to Li Zicheng, people have to ignore it depending on their mood. In order to prevent accidents, they must have a guarantee, you must know that they are gambling with the whole family, they are selling those Jin merchants here, the latter in Shanxi is not to destroy them, they have to have a safety guarantee, otherwise they are wiped out on the left and right, and they can at least have a righteous name here.

That's no problem.

Chongzhen doesn't care about this!

As long as they can get all the wealth of Western merchants in Yangzhou into their own hands, His Majesty the Emperor will not say that he will give them a security guarantee, that is, Zhang Siwei, who is dead, will be posthumously knighted and then let them be hereditary.

Soon, a holy decree was taken by Yang Qing to the wolf's den to show them.

That's it.

After getting what they wanted, the Zhang family did not hesitate to add all the people on Yang Qing's list to their party, in fact, the vast majority of them are true comrades, these people know about the trade with Jiannu over the years, and now it is nothing more than a detailed list for Chongzhen. As for what they don't know, make it up! This kind of thing doesn't need Yang Qing's guidance, they all understand it themselves, and then a large confession was quickly written, and then Yang Qingcheng sent it to Chongzhen......

Yangzhou.

"Quick, run!"

Countless frightened shouts rang out in the streets inside the Rujiang Gate, and a torrent of thousands of people, along with their vehicles and horses, crashed into the city gate.

"Run, the court is going to kill all the northerners, if you want to live, run away!"

"Run for your life!"

……

Countless chaotic shouts have made the panicked plague spread rapidly, and even this is not only Shanxi and Shaanxi, you must know that the northerners who have escaped the war in the north have been going south for many years, and a large part of them are stranded in Yangzhou. In particular, the new city, which was originally a commercial district, is home to almost all the people who can travel south from the canal, and the panic created by these shouts is spreading throughout the city, allowing more people to join the fleeing procession, and even smashing and looting have appeared.

"Who is this Tamar who leaked the news!"

On the city gate, Huang Fei wiped the sweat from his head and cursed.

In fact, there is no need to leak the news, those Jin merchants are not stupid, this situation is obviously a little wrong, they all rely on their brains to eat, and they guessed that Chongzhen was going to go under the knife.

They have this realization.

Yangzhou salt merchants make a profit of nearly 10 million a year, and the national salt tax of the Ming Dynasty is 1 million a year, and the highest record handed over from the hands of Yangzhou salt merchants is in the Wanli period, when it was only 670,000, and they have to buy a prostitute for tens of thousands! Yuanyuan's price was a thousand gold, so many years everyone has been playing fools like this, in the extravagance of the rich and rivaling the country, watching the Ming Dynasty eroding in the famine, in the gluttonous feast of a hundred sheep, watching the starvation in the north all over the wilderness, Chongzhen used to stay in the deep palace and didn't know, but now he knows that it's strange not to retaliate! Especially at this time, Chongzhen is so short of money, and they are the most suitable fat sheep to slaughter.

If you don't kill them, that Chongzhen is really stupid.

In this case, the best choice is to leave the city of Yangzhou first

Out of Yangzhou, at least you can choose to escape, the world is so big, their business can go to the Western Regions, and there are places to hide, even if they run to Zuo Liangyu's territory, they have a good relationship with Zuo Liangyu, and if it doesn't work, they can go to Zhang Xianzhong, in fact, Shaanxi businessmen went there in history. And if you continue to be encircled in Yangzhou, it will be like the pigs and sheep in the pen waiting for the knife to fall, but Huang Fei's soldiers have completely controlled Yangzhou since the last mutiny, even if Wang Chengen mediated to lift the blockade, they still control the gates, and continue to patrol every night, and a large number of Hui merchants' men are at the city gate to check, all the Jin merchants who tried to leave were blocked back without exception......

This is even more obvious.

This is clearly preparing to catch turtles in the urn, just waiting for Chongzhen's holy decree.

Since normal means are no longer available, then simply use abnormal means, those Jin merchants have been operating here for more than two hundred years, and everything in this city is well understood, and it is easy for them to create a popular uprising.

Then Huang Fei is in trouble.

"Governor, what should I do?"

An officer in front of the city gate looked up and shouted.

In front of him, hundreds of elite soldiers who had participated in the Tashan Resistance Battle were forming a thick formation with shields and spears, blocking the Rujiang Gate to block those who tried to storm the city gate, but the number of the latter was too much, and they were obviously a little overwhelmed, and not only here, but also everywhere else there was a similar situation, but there were only the most people here.

Anyway, this has to be fired!

Huang Fei looked at the furlong machines on either side of him tangledly.

The muzzles of the guns were already aimed at the streets.

But if you fire the cannon......

"Retreat, retreat immediately, or you will be punished as a rebellion!"

He raised his brass trumpet and shouted.

"Don't listen to him, he's not a good thing, they're just going to lock us up in the city and rob us of our silver, these soldiers have tasted the sweetness last time, otherwise why aren't they allowed to go out with gold and silver these days? They want to kill us and steal the silver! ”

Someone in the crowd shouted.

How can the panicked rebels still have the brains to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and besides, Huang Fei's department has indeed carried out a mutiny, which has a disgraceful record, and it is not a rare thing for the rebels to wash the city and loot in recent years, and they have fled to the northerners who have experienced war and chaos, and they are particularly sensitive to this kind of thing, and at this moment, they completely lost their minds under the encouragement of rumors, and then began to rush forward with various panicked shouts.

"Ready!"

Huang Fei shouted.

The gunners beside him immediately prepared to ignite.

He and these soldiers don't care about any human life, they have all washed Jinzhou in blood, and these guys will not have any psychological burden on the bombardment of the people.

"Point ......"

Huang Fei raised his hand and was about to shout to light the fire, when a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist behind him.

He looked back in amazement.

"Third brother, you're here!"

He said with relief.

Yang Qing nodded, and then took the copper horn casually.

"Be quiet!"

He roared.

His voice was loud enough, and the image was eye-catching enough, and the rioters below immediately stopped and looked at him.

"The holy decree has arrived, the emperor has a decree, Yangzhou salt merchant Yan Li and other families disregard the holy grace, collude with Jiannu, smuggle grain to finance the enemy, and command Yang Qing to capture and bring it to justice! This is a holy decree, the people of Yangzhou, regardless of the local guests, do not need to panic, His Majesty wants to punish the traitors of the Jin merchants, and it has nothing to do with other people's affairs, how can the court punish the northerners? Didn't Your Majesty come from the north? Could it be that we and General Huang's troops are not northerners? ”

Yang Qing roared.

The crowd immediately calmed down a lot.

"Don't listen to him, what do you have to say to this kind of eunuch minions?"

A shout suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Yang Qing did not hesitate to pull out two special Yanling knives from his back, and then jumped up from the city wall, and suddenly landed on the back of a horse below, and jumped up again after stepping on it suddenly, the dense crowd gave him great convenience, in the blink of an eye after three jumps in a row, he had already arrived in front of the person who shouted, the latter turned around in horror and ran, Yang Qing jumped on the carriage beside him at once, and with the action of turning around, the Yanling knife in his right hand swept, and the guy's head immediately fell.

"There are more rumors that will demagogue!"

He stood in the carriage with a bloodied Yanling knife and shouted.

Almost at the same time, the sound of breaking the air on the right side sounded, he subconsciously leaned back, an arrow flew past the door in front of him, and at the same time the second arrow arrived, he could not avoid it and pushed it out directly with his left arm, the arrow accurately hit his forearm, because the distance was close and even penetrated the forearm, the arrow almost hit his face before stopping.

The crowd screamed.

Yang Qing stood up straight and sneered at a small building not far away, where two archers were pulling their bows for the second time in the upstairs window......

"Fire!"

Huang Fei roared on the city wall.

Suddenly, four Francos, just in time to reach there, erupted in flames at the same time, and one of the cannonballs hit the window, and the two archers fell immediately after being hit by the splinters of wood, and then the next group of soldiers rushed over.

Yang Qing looked at the crowd in front of him.

He raised his left arm, which had been pierced by the arrow, raised his hand and slashed the tail of the shaft, and then grabbed the exposed front end and slowly pulled it out in the stunned gaze of the surrounding area.

There was an immediate amazement all around.

The people who liked it watched with respect as he drew his arrow, but then he threw it on the ground, tore open the bloody sleeve of his shirt, and held his wounded forearm high above his head......

The gaze of reverence quickly turned to awe.

Because the wound is healing at a slow but noticeable rate......

(Resumption of two shifts)