Ma Gui and Mei Guozhen would not have thought that the disaster they encountered was a well-deserved disaster.

Yes, yes, it was an unwarranted disaster, because neither the initiators, nor the executors, nor the promoters could have foreseen the final outcome of this catastrophe.

Only Xiao Ruxun probably understood the significance of this disaster, and of course, it was a long time later.

At that time, Xiao Ruxun looked back on the past and truly realized that this disaster was an explosive presentation of the variables brought to Daming by instigating his wings, and it was an unimaginable variable that changed the direction of the entire general trend.

A loud bang in Ningxia tore the past and the future apart, creating a rift between the two, and the occurrence of the battle of Wanli in the north and south was the battle that finally divided the past and the future.

Since then, the future direction has become confusing, and no one can see clearly, including Xiao Ruxun, who should not have appeared.

No one knows what will happen in the future.

What kind of things those familiar people will do, whether those familiar things will happen or not, Xiao Ruxun doesn't know anything, he has become an orphan of history.

And for people now, it is obvious that they will not pay much attention to this.

"The cause of this incident is the dog-eat-dog within the Jin merchants, they compete with each other and don't like each other, and some of them use the power of the northern captives to solve their competitors and make profits, and they don't hesitate to take the lives of soldiers and people for this."

Xiao Ruxun began to slowly tell Mei Guozhen about the causes and current results of this series of events.

"I already know about this matter, after the siege of the city, there are actually only three days of food in the city, I asked the people in the city to hand over the rations to the unified arrangement, these big families took the lead in resisting, I arrested the people of the major families of the Jin merchants in the city and searched for two days of food, I wanted to order people to interrogate them strictly to ask about the whereabouts of more food, but I never thought that they would actually ask their plan."

Mei Guozhen said slowly.

"I see, do you know what happened after that, Mei Gong?"

Mei Guozhen shook his head.

"That's all, and then it's time to defend the city, and I don't have time to take care of these people, so they starve to death in the prison, and after the city runs out of food, the prisoners in these prisons are the first to starve to death, and the first to be eaten, and their bodies are dragged out and eaten by hungry soldiers, and when I know it, there is only a white bone in the ground."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"This is also their retribution, I have heard of people who can give up their lives for money, but I have never heard of people who can give up so many lives for money.

One of them was a man named Liu Xi, after being captured by Tu Like, in order to survive, he actually provided the location of their grain cave, so that the Beiyu instantly got a large amount of food supply, which made the ambition of the Beiyu further expand, so the Beiyu would continue to go south. ”

Mei Guozhen frowned.

"Liu Xi? Isn't that the person in charge of the Liu clan in Taiyuan in Datong? I've met him! I heard that he has a good relationship with the King of Jin, and his status is very special among the merchants in Shanxi and Datong...... That's ......"

"That's ......"

Xiao Ruxun pondered for a moment and said: "This person can be said to be one of the culprits of Pullik's southward trip to Shanxi, it was he who dedicated the Grain Cave to Pullik, so that Pullik had enough food, as for the Grain Cave, Brother Ma, you should know, right?" ”

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ma Gui.

Mei Guozhen also looked at Ma Gui.

As a member of the Ma family who has lived in Datong for a long time, Ma Gui has no reason not to know all this.

Sure enough, Ma Gui nodded.

This is not a great secret in Datong in Shanxi, every household has its own grain cave, but the size of the problem, but the size of these Jin merchants can not be explained by the size of the grain cave.

The grain they have hoarded and hidden can no longer be placed in a grain storage hole anywhere, and they can only find a suitable cave in the mountain to store it, and the amount is staggering.

At first, I was also wondering why there was so much grain in Beiyu, and vaguely guessed that it might be related to these grain caves, but I didn't dare to think deeply, if this kind of thing happened, I was afraid that it would not be as simple as killing one or two people. ”

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Mei Guozhen didn't know until this time, he looked at Ma Gui.

Ma Gui shook his head.

"I'm afraid that even His Majesty doesn't know about this matter, many people know it, but they don't dare to say it clearly, especially among the non-local officials sent by the imperial court, they can't say more, and it is best to keep silent, otherwise it will be difficult to save their lives, and the court will have a resurgence of turmoil, and I don't know how many people will die, I am humble and light, I really don't know what to do, so I have to do nothing."

"You ......"

Mei Guozhen sighed deeply: "Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries, Ma Zongbing, I thought you were a loyal and brave man, but you turned out to be ......."

Ma Gui didn't do anything to entangle, and honestly admitted: "Futai, even if we all know about this matter, what can we do?" With the power of the Shanxi merchant gang in the court, who should not be afraid of three points? Can His Majesty solve this matter today? ”

"Absolutely."

Xiao Ruxun suddenly interjected: "Because His Majesty already knows about this matter and is dealing with it, I think these Jin merchants and their minions will not survive this year." ”

Ma Gui was stunned for a moment, and Mei Guozhen was full of curiosity.

"Your Majesty already knows? Ji Xin, you didn't lie to me, did you? This ......"

"I told Your Majesty that it will be sent directly to Your Majesty through the dark line of Jinyiwei."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ma Gui calmly, and Ma Gui's face was suddenly full of incredulity.

"Ji Xin, do you know what you did? You have committed a big taboo in officialdom!! ”

Looking at Ma Gui's anxious face, Xiao Ruxun just shook his head and smiled.

"The taboo of officialdom? These shameless dog thieves are not allowed to say such ugly things of cutting off their children and grandchildren? Since they dare to do it, they should think that they will have this day, I don't care what taboo or not, I only know right and wrong, and the army in my hands!

If necessary, I will wave my army south to level their lair and kill them directly, even if I am divided by five horses, I will also eliminate the harm for the country, I have already had such an awareness, so I am not afraid of anything. ”

Ma Gui looked at Xiao Ruxun in disbelief.

"Ji Xin, do you know what you're talking about? You're going to be the enemy of the whole court!! ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"I naturally know what I'm talking about, but Brother Ma, you don't know what you're talking about anymore, this kind of thing is wrong, since it's wrong, you have to correct it, instead of knowing that he's wrong and hiding it for him, and sitting back and watching him grow and grow to the point of being out of control.

At this point, if you want to correct it, you can only use bloodshed, Brother Ma, do you think that it is precisely because you insiders do not report and condone these shameless dog thieves to become bigger, that it finally caused today's disaster?

More than 1,000 years ago, Shang Ying knew that he wanted to suppress business, and knew what kind of terrible threat would be caused by Shang Jia out of control, and now the disaster in Datong, Shanxi Province has not passed, and the rich and rival countries are hoarding and burking in the court, why are everyone pretending to ignore it today? ”