At dawn, Datong City was even more chaotic, Xu Jinxian and Zhang Guoji controlled the North Gate, but the Loyal Salvation Army did not dare to come to receive, and the other Ming troops in Datong City found that the North Gate had changed, and did not think about how to recapture the North Gate, but each made its own calculations, and the senior generals felt that things were not good, and took advantage of the chaos to slip away. More soldiers became guerrillas, ran into the city to extort and rob, fortunately, the soldiers were honest, and the local people did not dare to mess around, only did some extortion of small money, robbery of property, and eating and drinking for nothing, and the hurt did not happen, but with the addition of ruffians and gangsters in the Datong market, the rebels were also bold, looting some unlucky rich households, and at the same time aiming at the official treasury.

Zhang Tinggong in Datong City was in a hurry, scolded the Fengzhou Tuntian General Army for being a disaster, drove out his Fubiao and the town mark of the General Soldier's Mansion to defend the inner city, ensured that Datong's official office and treasury were not lost, and at the same time sent people to Yanghe to report for help. Zhang Tinggong was in a hurry, Fan Yongdou and Fang Zhikun were even more upset, Datong City fell to the ground like a ripe fruit but no one dared to pick it up, the loyal and righteous national salvation army gathered more and more rabble, just a problem of eating is not easy to solve, the old Wang, Liu Qian, Wang Dongqiang and others are also at a loss - entering the city means completely tearing their faces with Daming, there will be no good fruit to eat in the future, and if they don't enter the city, they can't solve the chaos, and in the end they still have to cause a big disaster, and a group of people are looking forward to the arrival of the Grand Commander's Mansion.

Barbarian Mountain, the situation in Datong surprised Li Huai, the number of troops sent this time is limited, only Liu Qian, Wang Dongqiang's 1,000 elites, and there are more than 800 rabble that have been put together temporarily, the Great Commander's Office takes into account that the Ming army's field combat ability is extremely poor, and there is the Fengzhou army of Victory Fort and Tiger Mouth Fort to respond, and this point of men and horses is enough to protect themselves, and Zhang Tinggong can be frightened, and it is just a matter of signing an alliance under the city to make some cheap, how can I think that the Ming army is too cowardly, and the loyal and righteous national salvation army rushed to Datong City in one breath, and Datong City is at your fingertips, this is troublesome, If Zhang Tinggong couldn't figure it out and hanged himself, he wouldn't even be able to find a bargaining opponent.

"Brother Yushan, it seems that you have to take a trip, who would have thought that there have been so many things recently, and even Hermes-Epitek has thrown down his piece of cotton field to the old capital." Namur shook his head and said, just two days ago, Tuba ran back to complain, Chahar departments infighting, Bangtu, Gunchuk and a group of people and Sanghar village for the population, livestock quarreled, in the chaos someone moved, Sanghar village was shot to death in a daze, Tuba saw that the situation was not good, pulled his legs and fled to the Barbarian Mountain, Chahar troops to the edge of the civil war, Li Yu had to go to pacify.

"It's an eventful autumn, the matter of Datong still has to be based on talking, and I am the only one who will go there, and Fengzhou will ask Hezhou and be reborn." Li Huai nodded, and then couldn't help but scold, "This Zhang Tinggong is simply a waste, even Ma Shiying is much stronger than him, Xiang Yang and the Governor sent a letter, asking Deputy Envoy Ma to also go to Datong." ”

"Brother Yushan, don't worry, there are still Brother Nianfeng and Brother Duxing here, don't listen to them say that they don't care about government affairs, in fact, they have been worrying, the autumn harvest will be in a few days, and Brother Yushan must go back quickly." Yun Rong said.

"I'll leave immediately, Zhang Shi'an and Wang Fang will also go with me, since the matter has come to this point, simply solve the problem, that Lou Zijing fell into our hands, let's take him first." Li Huai replied.

Li Huai set off under the escort of the right battalion of cavalry of Zhang Ding and Ma Jinzhong, and arrived at Fort of Victory the next day, and unexpectedly met Ma Shiying, the old horse arrived last night, and was about to go to Manhan Mountain, and saw Li Huai, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Shiying was kicked to the front by Zhang Zongheng again this time - Zhang Zongheng heard that a group of Fengzhou miscellaneous soldiers had entered the customs, and immediately felt that the situation was wrong, and gathered two thousand men and horses to go to Datong just in case, but the soldiers had not moved, and the news of the Datong army's mutiny and salary spread to Yanghe, Zhang Zongheng did not dare to send troops now, he understood that unless his soldiers were paid two or three months in arrears, they must not send out the soldiers, and the salary was worse than the epidemic. The soldiers can't be sent, but there is a delicate Ma Shiying, Zhang Zongheng unceremoniously sent the old horse to Fengzhou to settle accounts, poor old Ma only has a few entourages around him, Datong didn't dare to go, and ran to Fort Victory, there are Fengzhou battalion soldiers here, Lao Ma estimates that no one will hurt him, an old friend of Fengzhou.

"Li Yushan, the official asked you, are you going to rebel in Fengzhou? You're all about to get the same! Ma Shiying asked with a straight face.

"Who said that? It's definitely slander, my lord, as far as I know, this matter is caused by Datong's looting of goods and indiscriminate killing of innocents, and the troublemaker is nothing more than a group of merchants and their families and men in the Guannai, as long as the governor talks to them, the matter can be settled, and I am here to help your lord deal with this matter. Li Huai resolutely refused to admit it.

"Li Yushan, you have also learned to act, you can't see it as an official, without your Fengzhou intervention, a group of profiteers can make such a big move?" Ma Shiying sneered dismissively.

Li Huai immediately said with a smile on his face: "My lord, we are our own people, it is convenient for us to be with others, and it is convenient for ourselves, Fengzhou will never embarrass my lord, and I still expect my lord to enter the cabinet to worship each other and get some light." ”

Ma Shiying laughed, pointed at Li Huai and said: "Yushan's mouth has also learned oil, okay, let's go to Datong together, and this official will never embarrass Fengzhou." ”

Li Huai, Ma Shiying and his entourage arrived outside Datong City, and in front of Ma Shiying, Li Huai reprimanded Fan Yongdou and a group of profiteers for being bold and wanton in disorder, and then solemnly launched Ma Shiying, saying that Lao Ma is a good official who is the master of the people, and any grievances can be reported. Fan Yongdou and the others understood, and immediately cried and handed over the prepared black form, Ma Shiying accepted it all with a smile, and also wanted to personally interrogate the big corrupt official Lou Zijing.

After Ma Shiying was defeated, Li Huai immediately changed his face, ordered Zhang Shi'an to immediately arrest people and raid his house according to the blacklist opened in advance, and ordered Fang Zhikun to take some people into Shanxi to bluff, instigate Shanxi military and businessmen to make trouble, and must scare the governor of Shanxi. After doing these things, Li Huai ordered Buck and Xu Jinxian, who had just surrendered, to lead people to guard the north gate, and he led the right battalion of cavalry and a thousand Shanxi soldiers into the city with a swagger, under the pretext that the governor sent him to lead troops to maintain order.

When the Fengzhou army entered the city, it immediately posted a notice to the people, exhorting the people to abide by their own business and abide by the law, and at the same time ordered the rebels to return to their camps. Li Huai freed his hand, first went to visit Liu Wenzhong, and asked him to pressure Zhang Tinggong to come forward to negotiate, Liu Wenzhong wanted to end the chaos in Datong as soon as possible, and after getting Li Huai's guarantee to withdraw troops, he patted his chest and agreed.

Zhang Tinggong is now desperate, the chaotic soldiers and ruffians on the streets of Datong are rampant, and the Fubiao and Zhenbiao in the inner city have also begun to make trouble, he wants to borrow some money from the rich to appease the rebels, but he has touched a nose of ashes, the rich families expressed their distrust of him, and want to sue him for dereliction of duty, and the palace also sent people to accuse him of ineffective work, resulting in local chaos. When he was at a loss, the Fengzhou army entered Datong, Zhang Tinggong also had the heart to hang himself, Liu Wenzhong ran to say yes, he was like grasping a life-saving straw, and immediately agreed to meet Li Huai.

The place of negotiation was set at the governor's yamen, and Liu Wenzhong accompanied Li Huai and Ma Shiying directly into Zhang Tinggong's study - this was arranged by Zhang Tinggong on his own initiative, and some things could only be discussed in private. Zhang Tinggong's eyes were red when he saw Li Huai, jumped up from the chair, and grabbed Li Huai's collar with a roar.

"Li Yushan, you are so bold, you dare to instruct the rebellious army and the people to cause chaos, this official can't wait to send you to prison immediately, and immediately take your people back to the gate?" Zhang Tinggong twisted Li Huai and didn't let go, Ma Shiying hurriedly stabbed him, he reacted immediately, and immediately changed his words and said, "No, you provoked the matter, Datong is unstable for a day, you don't want to leave for a day, when did the official have a place where he couldn't live with you, but you were crazy and wanted to destroy the official!" ”

Li Huai broke away from Zhang Tinggong's claws, covered his neck and gasped a few breaths and said: "My lord, the students are here to relieve the predicament of the adults, this is the list of criminals who participated in the trafficking of smuggled goods and colluded with the slave builders, a total of eighty-four people, including thirty-two officials, and the rest are also wealthy businessmen. ”

Zhang Tinggong snatched the list and looked at it a few times, and threw it in Li Huai's face: "You think this official is a fool, the people on the list are either court officials who are in the way of your affairs, or businessmen who are robbing business with you, even Lou Zijing is also on your list, you are also a son who reads the book of saints, you are so vicious!" ”

"My lord, the students dare to guarantee that all the ones on the list are not clean, but the students have added a little material, and Fengzhou Jinyiwei is also involved in the investigation of this matter, rest assured, they will definitely not be able to overturn the case." Li Huai covered his face in defense.

Ma Shiying said in a weird manner: "Lord Zhang, there must be an understanding of such a big case, if you don't hand over these people, will you hand us over ourselves?" Xia Guan knows a few people on the list, the family wealth is in the hundreds of thousands, the source of wealth is not correct, the rebel army outside is still begging for arrears, someone has to pay for the court, Gonggong Liu, you say yes? ”

Liu Wenzhong was also in a cold sweat on his head, picked up the list and looked at it carefully, but he didn't know a few words, nodded stupidly, and Zhang Tinggong sat on the chair weakly - he, Ma Shiying, and Liu Wenzhong had all taken benefits from the private goods trade in Fengzhou, and it was easy to get off the boat after collecting money.

"My lord, recently some people have insulted us as traitors, and said that we built slaves with private money, are we bleeding in Kuku and Tun in vain? In fact, who built a slave with private money, the adults know in their hearts that this matter is very important, please speak up for us," Li Huai pressed Zhang Tinggong and continued to say indignantly, "We don't have any credit, but the military exploits of my lord, Liu Gonggong and Master Ma have also been lost, is it simply unreasonable!" ”

"Our family knows what's going on, and they all blame the group of wastes in Xuanfu, they don't have the ability, and they come to ruin our good deeds." Liu Wenzhong said angrily, he, Zhang Tinggong, Ma Shiying, and Zhang Zongheng each got a hundred heads and a Niulu flag, and the gifts that should be given were sent out, and their own military exploits were also reported, but as soon as the Xuanfu was stirred, there was no follow-up from then on.

"This official naturally knows the truth, but if you want to sue someone, you must have evidence." Zhang Tinggong said slowly, Shen Di and him belong to the same party, and it is not easy to start.

Li Huai smiled: "My lord, Wang Shizhong, the general soldier of Fuyi sent by the Xuanfu to negotiate peace, is in our hands, and it is useless for them to deny it." ”

Zhang Tinggong was taken aback, and then he was silent, this Shen Di was dead, Liu Wenzhong also secretly made up his mind, and immediately sent someone to inform Wang Kun, an old colleague of the Qianqing Palace, after going back, he quickly turned back and became a tainted witness, while Ma Shiying was a little gloating.

"The students also have a thing to tell each other, according to Fengzhou Jinyiwei's investigation, there are dozens of Lu merchants, Zhejiang merchants and Nanzhili merchants who went to Liaodong to sell goods privately, including grain, cloth and saltpeter and other prohibited items, this matter has been reported to the Beijing Jinyi Wei Command Envoy, presumably the emperor will be very satisfied, and we can't forget the emperor!" Li Huai shook a little again.

Zhang Tinggong looked at Li Huai carefully, and couldn't help but be secretly afraid in his heart - this young man is ruthless and decisive, he can't be easily provoked, and they also have Jinyiwei to help him - it is understandable that there are Jinyiwei in Fengzhou, but they seem to have become accomplices, forget it, he can do what he says, more is better than less.

Zhang Tinggong confessed, the situation in Datong was reversed, and the people of the Titang Division arrested people one by one according to the blacklist, and whoever dared to disagree showed the identity of Jinyiwei as a black hand - Zhang Shi'an took advantage of the tight hand of Jinyiwei's command and envoy division, and sold his official position at a reduced price, and bought twenty or thirty small flags and general flags in one go, and almost all the leaders of the Titang Division had the title of Jinyiwei, and this thing really worked to scare ordinary officials and ordinary people.

Some time ago, the wind was tight, and the Datong officials who were dragged into the water thought that the cover-up and participation in smuggling would be revealed, and they were almost in a panic, but now they can raise their eyebrows and puff out, gritting their teeth and plunging into the counteroffensive to provide maximum convenience for the Titang Division. The local officials were excited, and in accordance with the instructions of Zhang Tinggong and Ma Shiying to make the case an ironclad case, they continued to chase and fight fiercely, and dug out nearly 100 lawless elements hidden in the government in one go, and almost wiped out all the officials and officials who refused to go along with them.

Li Huai would never dare to take the money alone, and Zhang Tinggong, Ma Shiying, and Liu Wenzhong also had to share the spoils together, and Zhang Tinggong made the most money, and generously paid the officers and men of Datong Town a one-time payment of four months' arrears, and everyone in the town said good things about him. Zhang Tinggong is a loyal minister, he does not forget the emperor when he makes a fortune, and the land, real estate, shops, gold, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings are not easy to realize, and they all entrust Liu Wenzhong to the emperor through the inner court.

Finally entered Datong City, and he couldn't patronize to make money, Wang Fang found a group of storytellers and singing to talk, criticizing them for not keeping up with the situation, a thousand years ago, Master Guan, and Grandpa Yue a few hundred years ago talked and sang, why didn't the new hero Li Hanmin publicize, Ma Fang and Tatar in that Jiajing year fought a few battles, did you blow so fiercely? Li Hanmin is amazing, he opened up thousands of miles of territory outside the country, collected and surrendered Tatars, inserted 100,000 Han people, and beat the invincible Jiannu to the head, and now there is a traitor in the court, and he is framed as a traitor, why don't you speak for Zhongliang? The storyteller and the singer immediately lit up, yes, Master Guan, Grandpa Yue and Shanxi fellow villager Ma Fang were tired of being heard by the guests, and there must be new highlights to attract people, these people worked hard for a few nights, and changed the "Biography of Ma Fang" into "The Biography of Li Yu", Li Yu was said to be a Shanxi person who lived in Fengzhou and was later exiled to Liaodong, after their dissemination, "The Biography of Li Yu" quickly swept the whole Shanxi, and ranked first in the script and drama list for more than ten consecutive years.

Fang Zhikun sent news that after the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army entered Shanxi, Wang Guoliang and Sun Xianzu were emboldened, and instructed their subordinates to disguise themselves as bandits and smash all the roadblocks that the government banned from illegal goods.

Datong and Shanxi have been leveled by the two towns, Li Huai decided to withdraw the army, at this time Li Jianji suddenly appeared - the imperial court issued an order to strictly investigate the smuggling in Fengzhou, so scared that he hid back to his hometown and closed his door, and soon found that the wind direction had changed, Fengzhou sent troops to completely suppress the government of Datong and Shanxi towns, and the loyal and righteous national salvation army that sang the protagonist was still a soldier raised by Fengzhou merchants, this guy was ecstatic, and moved out of the "freedom of trade" mentioned in Sun Tingyao's letter to fool a group of rich businessmen, and ran in a hurry - Fengzhou is very hopeful, It's time for him to care about his business in Toyosu.

In mid-July, the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army withdrew from the border wall, and together with Zhang Guoji and Xu Jinxian, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers who had voluntarily defected to Fengzhou, Zhang Tinggong, Ma Shiying, Liu Wenzhong, and Zhang Zongheng of Yanghe all made enough money and ignored them, and the Datong turmoil came to an end.

On the eve of the withdrawal of the army from Fengzhou, Lou Zijing, a sub-patrol of Hebei Province, hanged himself at home, he had to die, Shangguan hated him for causing trouble, his colleagues hated him for banning smuggling, soldiers hated him for arrears of military salaries, and the people hated him for chasing away the levies, he studied poetry and books since he was a child, and was determined to serve the imperial court. Returning humiliating from the Loyal Salvation Army, Governor Zhang Tinggong ordered him to go home to be investigated, and the deputy envoy Ma Shiying threatened to impeach him on the charge of treachery, Wang Dengdao, the head of the Taifu Temple, was wanted by the imperial court, and even dared to break into the house to let him die quickly, and left a sentence when he left, "The imperial court is the emperor's, what is your business" - everything is understood, everything should be over, there was once a road in front of him, but he did not go along with it, if he was given another chance, would he still choose such a way to live?