The two towns of Datong and Xuanfu sent troops, and the three towns in the Guannai were extremely empty, and the imperial court was empty, and issued an edict to Xuanda Governor Zhang Fuzhen, Datong Governor Liu Menggui, and Naturalization Governor Liu Zhilun to send Li Yu on the road no matter what, but these three people had no money, Liu Menggui and Liu Zhilun retreated, Zhang Fuzhen couldn't hide, so he had to bite the bullet and urge Guihua Town to send troops, Li Yu was unceremonious, and immediately sent Yun Rong, Governor of the Foreign Affairs Department, and Wang Tianxiang, Governor of the Ordnance Department, to the Governor's Mansion to ask for debts.

"This governor has always been good friends with you during his tenure as governor of Yansui, so he naturally wants to allocate more money and grain to you, but Yanghe and Datong really don't have any money in the treasury, give the old man a face, you can send troops, anyway, Shanxi's taxes are enough for you." Zhang Fuzhen said with a sad face.

"Shanxi is a bottomless pit, not only can not collect taxes, but also have to fill in a large amount of money and grain, if you come to take over, we will settle the bill and leave immediately, my lord, the soldiers have to eat enough to fight the war." Yun Rong shook his head and replied.

"Since ancient times, there are no hungry soldiers, this governor doesn't want this old face, so I will ask the court for 10,000 stone rice for you," Zhang Fuzhen made a generous promise very exaggeratedly, and then persuaded with a smile on his face, "10,000 stone is a lot, Lord Hong has old friends with Guihua Bo, you naturally have a supply of Liao salary when you arrive in Ningyuan, you don't have to worry about money and food, take advantage of the lush water and grass to hurry on the road, horses and livestock just have grass to eat." ”

Wang Tianxiang chuckled: "Adults are really joking, can grazing war horses fight?" We don't read much, but we are not stupid, and we don't have our share. ”

"My lord, we don't want food, you don't have to be embarrassed, please tell the court, 100,000 stone grain must not be less," 100,000 stone grain is deducted at most 50,000 stone, this bit of food is enough to fight a fart fight, Yun Rong reminded Zhang Fuzhen with some annoyance, "100,000 stone grain must be real, don't engage in filial piety, common practice, and transportation consumption, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

Yun Rong and Wang Tianxiang walked away, the more Zhang Fuzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, the courtiers were too shameless, and they wanted to make their families bleed and die without pulling out a dime, is there any reason in the world? I don't care anymore, let the court figure it out on its own.

After a few rains at the beginning of spring this year, the drought seemed to be easing, Fengzhou completed spring ploughing in early April, and the meeting of 300 people was held ahead of schedule, and the royalists, who had always disdained to be in the company of profiteers and the people, all attended the meeting for the first time and formally put forward a proposal to conquer the Qing Dynasty -- Liu Zongzhou and his gang all saw that the presidential palace and the prime minister's office were actually so poor that whether to send troops or not ultimately depended on whether the bigwigs in the council were willing to pay for it.

Yang Tinglin, a royalist cadre, was the first to stand up and speak: "Everyone, my Ming elite gathered in Ningyuan, and Jiannu has become a decisive battle, but Jiannu is rampant, the outcome is unpredictable, if the East captives gain power, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger, and the disaster of the country and the destruction of the species is not far away, foolishly thinking that we are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty, how can the rise and fall of the country be ignored ......"

"Speaker Omulun, Speaker Yang calls 'Jiannu' and 'Donglu', and openly contempts the Manchurians, and I request that he be stopped from speaking." The Manchurian councillor unceremoniously interrupted the speech.

Omulun nodded: "Although the Qing State is a barbarian country, Fengzhou, as a state of equality for all ethnic groups, should maintain respect even for the enemy, Judge Yang, please pay attention to the words, in addition, we don't read much, it's too hard to listen to you, just say the proposal." ”

Not long after Yang Tinglin was appointed as a councillor, he didn't know much about the rules, so Liu Zong sat him down on Monday, stood up and said loudly: "We propose to immediately issue a mobilization order and send troops to conquer the Qing country." ”

Except for a dozen or so royalist councillors who responded, everyone else was silent, and the bill obviously would not be included in the agenda, Yang Tinglin was angry, and stood up again and said loudly: "The country is in trouble, the people are uneasy, the foreign invaders are rampant, and the people and gods are angry, and the foolish man and foolish woman still understand the truth that only when there is a country can there be a home, are you willing to be willing to ride in and ravage the people?" ”

"I am in favor of the Qing Dynasty," finally someone expressed support, but Liu Zongzhou frowned, and the speaker was Fan Yongdou, a big profiteer who has been doing business in the Qing Dynasty for a long time. When our goods fell into the hands of the Qing government, they were sold at a high price, which was simply extorting the people, and they also wantonly arrested the people who were eager to get the goods of Fengzhou, and even intimidated and threatened our merchants, so it was difficult for the Qing business to develop, and Fengzhou promoted free trade, and this barbaric behavior must be severely punished. ”

Everyone laughed, Lao Fan was talking nonsense - since the Qing sent troops to Liaoxi, bilateral trade has developed rapidly, but the Qing State mainly purchases ordnance, and Lao Fan does cloth, grain and tobacco business, and does not share much benefit, but because of the Qing Dynasty painting the mutual market and the "No Smoking Order" suffered heavy losses, so he gritted his teeth and engaged in armed smuggling, Lao Fan is purely here without three hundred taels of silver, the Ming State's "No Smoking Order" is nothing, of course he doesn't care, but the Qing State's "No Smoking Order" definitely makes him feel pain, it is the most profitable business, It's no wonder that he doesn't take revenge for personal gain.

"Lao Fan, you have hired a lot of people to fight against the Qing State, then continue to fight, my brother can't accompany you, and only the Qing Kingdom is willing to buy our goods at a high price, this kind of big customer is not easy to find," Wang Wang, the big proprietor of Xinghe Iron Works, smiled and patted Fan Yongdou again, and then his face changed and said to Omulun: "Speaker, I want to sue the Ming Imperial Court, Xinghe Iron Factory sold 15,000 taels of goods to the Ministry of War last year, but only half of the payment is currently paid, and the rest of the money wants me to serve the court, how can this be reasonable, I admit it by openly asking for bribes, why should I repay the debt, I went to the Grand Law Department to complain, and Zhu Yiqian said that they could not control the matter, and suggested that the Senate should make a bill, so that in the future, the imperial court could sell the real estate and property of its local government and the six divisions to offset the debts. ”

Wang Chong's words resonated, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has a bad reputation, Lai still has a lot of accounts, and most of the councilors think that this kind of bill can be made. The dead eunuch Liu Wenzhong is also a councilor, jumped out and scolded Wenchen for stealing the emperor's money again, and suggested that everyone should not do business with the imperial court in the future.

Digression again, Liu Zongzhou closed his eyes helplessly, this old problem can't be changed, Yang Tinglin couldn't help it, stood up again and pointed at everyone and shouted: "Shameless, the Ming Dynasty has internal and external troubles, and the subjects all rise up to serve the country, but you are so dirty, where is the courtesy, righteousness and shame?" ”

Yang Tinglin's words were too heavy, which immediately caused public anger, Erle was Amin's sworn friend who defected to Fengzhou with Tu Lichen, and he was loyal to Fengzhou, but he couldn't hear anyone say that he was a subject of the Ming Kingdom, so he immediately pointed at Yang Tinglin and shouted: "Judge Yang, let me remind you, we are citizens of Fengzhou, not subjects of your emperor, you just said that the Qing army entered the customs and ravaged the people, in fact, your emperor has already ravaged the people, Huang Taiji is very bad, but your emperor is even worse." ”

Yang Tinglin screamed and pounced, Erle was caught off guard and was slapped in the face, annoyed and angry, punched Yang Tinglin to the ground, and the same party on both sides would not stand idly by, and they rushed up and fought together, this kind of thing is commonplace in the council, and the guys with good things immediately surrounded and coaxed, and the venue suddenly became chaotic.

"Adjourn, adjourn, tell the guards to pull them away." Omulun slapped the table and shouted loudly, fights are common, but the royalist scholars can't stand the beating, especially Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng, one is a perfect person in Fengzhou and the other is a sage in Fengzhou, and nothing can happen.

The council quarreled for a few days, and the matter of sending troops was over, and the current public opinion in Fengzhou was like this, burying its head in business, and the battle in western Liaoning had nothing to do with it, but the situation suddenly changed in mid-May, forcing Fengzhou to change its attitude.

Fan Erxi, the trade ambassador of Fengzhou to the Qing Dynasty, stabbed the basket, this guy was angry after being driven to Ulan Hada, deliberately bypassed the government-run business house to do business, relying on the strong support of the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce and the connivance and protection of the Manchu and Mongolian nobles, and pulled up a group of outlaws, including the Han Chinese, Mongols and Manchus in Liaodong, to engage in armed smuggling, and soon turned the Mongolian foreign domain into the world of Fengzhou merchants. With the gradual recovery of business, Fan Erxi is getting bolder and bolder, and his hands are getting longer and longer, in the spring of this year, a group of Shandong businessmen went to Liaodong by sea, ready to sell goods in Liaoyang, and was suddenly attacked by a group of well-equipped cavalry on the way, and more than 100 people in the caravan were not survived, and the goods were looted. After the local Han officials visited, they reported that the robbers turned out to be banner people, and there was a vague background of Fengzhou merchants and Lu merchants grabbing territory, the Qing Emperor was staring at Jinzhou, and casually ordered the criminal department to investigate, but the people of the criminal department had not moved, and several suspects who had exposed their identities all fled with their families, and the clues were broken all of a sudden.

The Qing Emperor immediately reacted - this is obviously a collusion between Fengzhou and the people in the Eight Banners, and at the beginning of the Fan Erxi and a group of merchants were driven to the remote Ulan Hada, and at the same time vigorously wooed the Lu merchants and Zhejiang merchants, the original intention was to get rid of the situation that commerce was subject to Fengzhou, and expelled the Fengzhou forces from Liaodong, but he missed it, Fan Erxi's gang asked for money and did not want to die, never played cards according to common sense, killing a few people was not a big deal for them, the most terrible thing was that there was their umbrella in the court, and there were their minions in the Eight Banners, Thinking of the Liberal Party, which was very popular with the nobles, the depth of Fengzhou's infiltration of the Qing State is outrageous. At this time, Tengjisi, the leader of the Mongolian Sunit Department, sent someone to complain, and the Chahar people seized his pasture, and robbed the population of 200 people, more than 600 livestock, and asked the Qing Emperor to administer justice for him - Tengjisi's tribe was originally attached to Chahar, and later turned his face with Chahar Khan and took refuge in Dajin, married the daughter of the clan and Shuo Edon, and after changing the Yuan Chongde, he was crowned the king of Sak County, and the hereditary replacement, this person is usually more obedient and can not let him be wronged.

The two things together, the Qing Emperor felt that Fengzhou was too accommodating in the past, and it would take time to capture Ningjin, and now is definitely not the time to turn his face, but he must give Fengzhou a big lesson, so he ordered Fan Erxi to send the scourge to Fengzhou, and all the Fengzhou merchants who were running around in the Mongolian foreign domains were all rushed back to Ulan Hada, and at the same time sent Ah Shan to lead the five hundred and eight banner iron cavalry to join the Mongolian tribes such as Horqin, Ao Han, and Naiman to expel the Chahar people from the country. The emperor thought that this was reasonable, beneficial, and modest, and Fengzhou had nothing to say, but the implementation process went wrong, and the Horqin Department did too much and killed five unruly Fengzhou merchants, which laid the foundation for the future.

The Qing envoy arrived at naturalization and sent a handwritten letter to Li Yu from the Qing Emperor - the Qing Emperor severely reprimanded Li Yu for having no discipline and not being strict with the emperor, so that the legal system was lenient and chaotic, and the minions under him committed murder and murder, and the tribe to which he belonged was bullying.

Li Yu was ashamed and ashamed, said a word of apology and sent the messenger away, and then sent someone to call Fan Erxi and a few guys who absconded in fear of crime. After a while, this group of people arrived, and there were two old acquaintances in it - Luo Shi and Chang Shun with yellow flags, Chang Shun's younger brother Baoshun is now the servant of the Titang Division, and he also came with his brother, and the remaining five or six people looked familiar, and they should have all been prisoners of the Fengzhou army.

"Erlu, I heard that you became the president, tell my brother, is the emperor or the president?"

"Erlu, I want my brother to die, don't say anything, I'll do it with you in the future, you have to arrange a good errand for us."

"Erlu, the villagers brought you some mountain goods, and when you meet Ah Shan on the way, they ask us to say hello to you."

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This gang of absconders was not polite when they saw Li Yu, and they surrounded them and gossiped, Li Yu suddenly had a feeling that Manchuria was about to fall, and it seemed that no matter how strong the soldiers were, they couldn't withstand the silver smashing, and the Fengzhou soldiers should also be careful! The absconders said enough affectionate words, and immediately poured bitter water, Liaodong is bitter, two consecutive years of drought, and locusts, masters and slaves have to starve together, there is rain in the spring of this year, but because of the fight in Jinzhou, the strong labor force of farming has gone to the battlefield, but it is a pity that it is a good year! The emperor is a good person, and he is anxious to get angry when he sees everyone starving, but he can't think of any other way except to fight, and we in Liaodong don't know that we can live a good life in the Year of the Monkey.

Li Yu was sad for a while when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that he should have trained people, why he was off topic again, comforted a few Manchurian fellows, and then scolded Fan Erxi with a straight face. Fan Erxi retorted unconvinced, I instructed Luo Shi and Chang Shun to kill people, but it was the smuggling merchants of the Ming Kingdom who killed them, and we killed five people in Horqin, how should this account be calculated?

"Fan Erxi, you get out of here for me, go to the Silver Buddha Temple to do chores for a month and then come back to me." Li Yu was so angry that he yelled.

"I'm not wrong, so I won't go, I want to go to the Dafa Division to sue Qingguo." Fan Erxi did not back down at all.

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Okay, you go and sue, I'll see what result you can sue." ”

Fan Erxi was not the only one who complained, Li Yu sent these people away, and Chahar's picture came out again, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted with a crying voice: "President, I want to sue, the Qing State sent troops to beat us, killed fifty or sixty people, and robbed more than five hundred livestock." ”

"I know everything, you crossed the border to rob the Sunit people without permission, and it is polite that the Qing Kingdom did not enter your nest, you have no fault for others first, and learn to be honest in the future." Li Yu replied impatiently.

"Then they can't start fighting, they can discuss it with us, no, we can't be beaten in vain."

"You start beating others, but others can't fight back, is there such a reason in the world, I don't care about your business, I want to sue and find another place."

Fan Erxi and Jintu coincidentally found the Dafa Division, Liu Tianren was angry when he saw the situation, and clearly told Fan Erxi that you did not abide by the laws of the Qing Dynasty, instructed businessmen to go out of Ulan Hada to engage in smuggling, and also bought more than 100 lives, and it was your luck that you were not punished, and you actually sued others in turn, and this case cannot be broken; The picture is even more boring, Chahar did not join Fengzhou, and the place where the crime occurred is not in Fengzhou, so he is not even qualified to sue.

Fan Erxi and Qi Tu failed to file a complaint, but the council became lively, Fan Yongdou was trying to find an excuse to retaliate against the Qing country, and proposed to hold a hearing immediately, Fan Erxi cried when he arrived at the council, the five businessmen were decent Fengzhou citizens, and they had always paid taxes according to the law, in order to save the Qing people from the extortion of the government, they did not hesitate to risk their lives to send cheap and high-quality goods to Horqin, what kind people this is, but the barbaric Qing government actually killed them, The citizens of Toyosu have an obligation to uphold justice for citizens who have suffered misfortunes. Gonchuk also took the opportunity to speak for the Chahar villagers, Chahar and Fengzhou have always had a brotherly relationship, and the two sides also have a common leader - President Li, now that the younger brother has been wronged, Fengzhou as the eldest brother is going to lend a hand, the Sunit are the rebellion of Chahar, and they should be punished as a matter of course, the Chahar people have no fault, honest councilors, please uphold justice for the weak Chahar.

The House of Representatives was no longer one-sided in refusing to send troops, the Liberal Party was already belligerent in its deaths, and the royalists also threw aside the righteousness, emphasizing that the actions of the Qing State were a provocation to the liberal Fengzhou, and if they did not fight back, they would surely fuel their arrogance. Fan Yongdou also played a trick, pointing out that this was an inspection operation to arrest the murderer, not a declaration of war against the Qing state, and that the president, as the recognized adjudicator and defender of the whole of Mongolia, had the right to lead troops into the Qing Dynasty's foreign vassal Mongolia and take all reasonable actions to uphold justice. Republicans and some businessmen were resolutely opposed to sending troops, but in the face of the increasing noise of troops, they were also a little helpless, and finally the House of Representatives passed the resolution of "inspection action".

Subsequently, the Liberal Party, the Civic Party, the royalists and the naturalized Chahar people held a grand parade in succession, "Let's fight, Fengzhou, Fengzhou conquers the world, Fengzhou people will never, never, never be slaves" The song soared into the sky, the presidential palace and the prime minister's office could not withstand the boiling of public opinion, so they had to step up their persecution of the imperial court, and in May the imperial court made concessions and agreed to allocate 50,000 stone grain at Lengkou Pass to help the Fengzhou army attack the Qing country from outside the border, and the presidential palace immediately issued a mobilization order, and the bonds and stocks of the naturalized bond exchange rose sharply on the same day.