Daming was in a chaotic situation everywhere, at this time Xuanfu's recital arrived again, Shen Di claimed that the Xuanfu border army was waiting for the Dan and swore to serve his life, and the Dongyu did not dare to cross the border wall one step at the same time, and at the same time exposed Fengzhou's private money Dongyu, and there were also Fengzhou merchants and Dongyu markets near the border Haizi, it is said that Dongyu also sent an envoy to Fengzhou, Shen Di suggested that the imperial court should inquire about the truth, and must not tolerate adultery. The courtiers are not very interested in this, in their eyes, the people of Fengzhou are no different from the barbarians, whether it is to break the blood flow between them and the Dongyu, whether it is to do a small business to make money, it is their own business, and the Ming Dynasty is still too busy with their own affairs, so they can still take care of them, but the first assistant Zhou Yanru attaches great importance to it, and specially convenes a cabinet meeting to discuss this matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the General Administration Department has also transferred documents to sue Toyozhou, which is really a lot! The general army of Tuntian colluded with the Ming profiteers and thieves, opened iron mines, salt farms, sheltered fugitives, sold illegal salt, smuggled contraband, smuggled silver, and privately issued money. Zhou Yanru patted the thick official document on the table, glanced at Wen Tiren, and continued, "This pavilion also heard that Fengzhou opened a merchant house in Shenyang, smuggling goods and Dongyu, and now there is a suspicion of private money in Dongyu, and its defeat Jiannu has neither a head to present, nor a prisoner of the Beijing Division. This cabinet intends to ask the emperor to approve the request of the governor of Xuanfu to thoroughly investigate the lawlessness of Fengzhou, what do you think? ”

"This cabinet seconded the proposal, although Fengzhou attached to my Ming Dynasty, but did not accept Wang Hua for a long time, took the opportunity of the mutual market to make waves, and bad officials formed a party for personal gain, it is said that the Shanxi Branch of Taifu Temple, Hedong Salt Transport Department is also involved, let it continue to become a big disaster, this time it must also be thoroughly investigated, to eliminate these scum of the Ming Dynasty." Zheng Yiwei, a new cabinet member, expressed his support.

Xu Guangqi hesitated a little, hesitated for a moment and said: "Fengzhou originally belonged to the land of Mongolian Tumut, belonging to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, I am afraid that there will be changes in a hurry, this pavilion thinks that my Emperor Shenzong has given the name of Yicheng Kuku and Tun for naturalization, Datong Tuntian Dao Song Newspaper has been recovered, it is better to set up a naturalization town outside Datong, send it to the jurisdiction of the ministers, and then slowly map it." ”

"Xu Ge Lao is far-sighted, this matter can be discussed carefully, but the matter in front of him cannot be slowed down, if the general army of Tuntian is not controlled, who can pacify Fengzhou in the future? This cabinet intends to order the governor of Datong to supervise this matter, and the sub-governor of North Hebei Province Lou Zijing was transferred from Taiyuan Tong at the beginning of the year, this person is known to be honest and upright, but he can assist in this matter" Zhou Yanru was a little impatient, and Xu Guangqi had to second.

"According to what Zhou Xiang said, it is natural to investigate illegality." Wen Tiren was stared at for a long time before he spoke, and his accomplice Wu Zongda also nodded in agreement.

Since there was no objection, Zhou Yanru's proposal was passed, and the cabinet immediately planned to thoroughly investigate the lawlessness in Fengzhou, and at the same time called for the establishment of a naturalized town.

Wen Tiren and Wu Zongda came out of the Forbidden City, and quietly got together, Wu Zongda said mysteriously: "****, have you heard of it?" Recently, Datong, Xuanfu and Yixing have had many contacts, and many Nanzhili and Zhejiang businessmen have also secretly visited him. ”

"The governors of Datong and Xuanfu are both Yixing privates, and staring at that barbarian with no background is probably to vent his anger for his private family," Wen Tiren replied with a sneer, and suddenly exclaimed after walking a few steps, "No, something must have happened to Datong and Xuanfu, otherwise he wouldn't be so urgent." ”

"What are we supposed to do? Yixing wants to deceive the king, and he must not be allowed to succeed. ”

"Let's find out the truth clearly, and then let's talk about it, and find someone to inform the general army of Tuntian, just say that someone in the court has cut off his way of life and wants to drive him away, you must be fast, let that barbarian deal with Yixing."

The edict drawn up by the cabinet was sent to the inner court, and the young emperor was in a hurry-the Yellow River burst, and millions of people were affected, and the imperial court not only could not come up with the money and food for disaster relief, but also could not even exempt the tax from the past, so it had to be exempted from the previous tax evasion, which was of no help at all, but what could he do? He read the edict and hastily agreed, and the others were not interested, but naturalization and opening the town can also be regarded as opening up the territory, maybe he can explain it when he sees the ancestors and ancestors.

At the end of June, the good news of the withdrawal of the Jin army came from Xuanfu, and the courtiers cheered, glad that the Ming Dynasty had escaped the catastrophe, but it was not long before the three towns of Xuanda broke out in turmoil, and the court fell into chaos again.

Li Yu has a very comfortable life these days, his wife and children naturally have maids to wait, and he can't help, most of the time he is arrested by Song Tongyin to study - three thatched houses, plus more than thirty children, this is Fengzhou Academy, but Song Tongyin is quite satisfied, and thinks that Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao have the skills to read, as long as they are taught, it is possible to take the examination within ten years, but Li Yu made him very disappointed, this guy is not as good as before, and he forgot the core values of feudalism in the Ming Dynasty. It was necessary to re-enlighten, so Li Yu was pulled by Song Tongyin's ears to read "The Book of Filial Piety" with a group of children.

Li Yu doesn't care, it's not that he hasn't read "The Book of Filial Piety", Liu Zhilun still remembers some of what he taught, and it was enough to fool Song Tongyin. What Li Yu wanted to do most was actually to plant cotton, and he also specifically asked Song Tongyin for advice, Song Tongyin was so angry that he wanted to beat him - can the cold cotton outside the border survive, you believe Wu Zhu's nonsense, why didn't he plant it himself? Not only did Song Tongyin say that planting cotton was wishful thinking, but Yang Dazhi, the director of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Institute, was also startled, and ran away after saying, "The commander will spare me."

However, Li Yu still found a collaborator - the boss of the Ortai family, Dorji of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Institute, this person is famous for his lack of heart and eyes in Fengzhou Chuan, it is said that he can't speak clearly when he is three years old, teach him to write a word, others will learn three times, he can't remember it for a day, ask him how many sheep there are in the flock, he has to count them before he can answer, immediately ask again, and have to count them again, he can't even find an errand when he becomes an adult, he is easy to be deceived when he is an official, he is too slow to be a soldier, and his business brain is too stupid. Ortai was smart for a lifetime, but gave birth to a stupid son, he could only consider himself unlucky, and simply let him learn to farm with Yang Dazhi, but he didn't expect Dorji to shine from then on - the agriculture and animal husbandry institute has to go to the fields day after day to record the growth of crops in the field, distinguish the growth changes of different varieties, and finally count the yield, evaluate the quality, and then select the good varieties to cultivate, this kind of hard work and tiring work is not willing to do it, only the dead-eyed Dorji can do it, and the first person to plant corn and potatoes in Fengzhou is none other than him, Yang Dazhi often regretted that if Dorji was not too stupid, he could have taken over his class.

Li Yu and Dorji have always had a good relationship, he likes this stupid friend, and it doesn't take a brainstorm to find this kind of person, it can be done in a few words - Dorji heard that when he grows cotton, he will have new clothes to wear, and he can't wait immediately. The cotton seeds were already there, and they were brought by Wu Tuo, and the two found a piece of wasteland to dry, and Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ma Bao also came to join in the fun. These people don't know how to grow cotton at all, they can only think about it, almost playing while doing it, and Dorji often holds a watermelon - Li Yu is happy, dreaming of planting cotton, eating thirst-quenching watermelon, and a fool and a group of children to play with, which is much more comfortable than dealing with annoying government affairs.

"It's not productive, it's born to suffer and suffer!" Song Tongyin was helpless against Li Yu, so he simply ignored him, but fortunately, the newly recruited disciples were obedient and there was still great hope for educating Fengzhou - he had already sent a letter to the ministry, and he knew that he had lost the trust of the imperial court, so he volunteered to send Fengzhou to inherit the sacred learning in Yidi, and there was no need to bother to discuss his sins.

Not long after Li Yu's happy time, Sun Tingyao and Wang Chong suddenly ran to the field to find him, and as soon as they handed the watermelon, Sun Tingyao shouted, "Don't eat it, something is wrong, the commander, everyone is waiting for you in the Chamber of Commerce", and the two dragged Li Yu away.

Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce, which was made up by Sun Tingyao, Shen Shoulian and Li Jianji, they also had to discuss political affairs, found a vacant land at the foot of the Barbarian Mountain, built a few large brick houses, and surrounded a courtyard with a wooden fence, which became their old nest - this is not simple, only the Great Commander's Mansion, the Great Law Division and the Chamber of Commerce are brick houses under the Barbarian Mountain, and the others are thatched houses or even tents. The common people scoff at the Chamber of Commerce, these guys are too mixed, each has their own calculations, as soon as the meeting is noisy, and they can't even choose a head - the businessmen are too fine, no one wants to be the first bird, the governor of the Chamber of Commerce has chosen a lot, but no one is willing to be the president, but this situation of the group of dragons without a leader has recently been improved, Wu Langha himself does not know, after serving as the commander of the merchant army, she was once again honorably elected as the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the courtyard of the Chamber of Commerce, hundreds of people, led by Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, howled and shouted, surrounding Ma Qi in the middle, and Fang Zhikun and Buck squatted on the ground in frustration to watch the excitement. Li Yu immediately understood what was going on, since mid-June, Datong Town suddenly began to check the goods to and from Fengzhou, and the sale of private goods was blocked, the Commander's Office judged that this may be related to the newly arrived sub-patrol of Hebei Province, specially sent people to dredge up relations, and reminded the merchants to choose the Shanxi Town's Biaotou Pass to import and export goods, and the trading place also tried to go to the Shuiquan Camp near the Biaotou Pass - there is actually controlled by Shanxi military merchants, and the safety can be guaranteed, but looking at the appearance of the merchants today as if they were mourning, it is obvious that they have suffered a big loss.

"We pay taxes to Toyosu, so why don't you protect us? If you're afraid of the government, we won't do business here! ”

"The government has the audacity to hunt down our people, confiscate our goods, insult us as traitors, and incite the mob to kill us with knives, there is no way to live!"

"My poor old brother, you died so unjustly!"

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The businessmen said that Ma Qi was red-faced, and they made a fuss, and when they found that Li Yu had arrived, they surrounded him and complained - the government has become more ruthless these days, openly claiming that the people of Fengzhou are traitors, and it is good to trap them, and whoever does business with them is betraying the Ming Dynasty, not only checking the goods of Fengzhou at the border wall pass, but also setting up cards to obstruct the government officials and Minzhuang in various places in Datong Town, and the goods and livestock are all confiscated, and people are also arrested on the spot, Shanxi Town is slightly better, but a similar situation also occurs. The businessmen who dare to do business in Fengzhou are not honest people, they don't want to die if they want money, they dare to confront the people of the government when they pick up a knife, including several accomplices of Fan Yongdou - they are too bold, they actually took the ginseng and Dongzhu of the gold country to the Guannei, and they dared to resist arrest when they were caught, and the matter was big, and the government arrested people and dug out a large number of illegal profiteers, and the people were beheaded and their homes were raided, and those who escaped escaped were hiding in Fengzhou, but together with Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, the fish that slipped through the net became the wanted criminals of the Ming Dynasty.

"We honestly pay hard money, hinder the government or anything, they don't give us a way to live, and we don't let them live well, Great Commander, you must be the master for us!" Fan Yongdou said with tears in his eyes.

"Great Commander, let's send troops to Shanxi, destroy these dog officials, we are willing to pay for it." Wang Dengku, the deputy envoy of the Taxation Department, gritted his teeth and shouted.

"The blood debt must be repaid with blood, and everyone pooled money together, so that our Fengzhou army entered the customs and wiped out the dog officials." The merchants roared excitedly.

Li Yu was also angry: "Lao Tzu is doing business, and they don't eat less money from it, and they will kill my people and rob my goods as soon as they turn their faces, this account must be counted, don't you have a merchant army, why don't you fight back?" ”

"The Great Commander's Mansion won't let it, this won't block Lao Fang and Buck back." Fan Yongdou replied angrily - the fugitive merchant arrived in Fengzhou, the chamber of commerce immediately blew up the nest, and stayed in the lawless environment for a long time, the businessmen gradually stopped being afraid of the government, you have soldiers, I also have soldiers, if you dare to do it, I dare to fight back, Wu Langha usually doesn't care about things, and the excited businessmen immediately decided to send troops, Fang Zhikun and Buck of course had to listen to the boss, and they put together seven or eight hundred people to kill Fort Victory. However, the hand of the Grand Commander's Mansion was faster, Zhao Ji led the cavalry to block the border, and ordered the merchant army to withdraw immediately, otherwise it would be punished for disobedience.

"This is troublesome, I can help in a fight, and the dispatch of troops must be ordered by the Grand Commander's Mansion, you go to the Great Commander's Mansion, I will definitely support you." Li Yu retreated, but he immediately cheered up the merchants, "Sending troops to the customs is to start a war with the Ming Kingdom, this is not a trivial matter, naturally you have to plan carefully, you are your own family when you come to my Fengzhou, how can there be a reason for your family to be bullied outside, the Great Commander's Mansion will definitely give everyone this breath." ”

The businessmen refused to give up, and they had to pull Li Yu up when they went to the Commander's Mansion, but Li Yu couldn't postpone it, so he had to take these hundreds of people to the door of his official office to demonstrate and petition, and the officials of the Commander's Mansion couldn't cry or laugh, and dragged Li Yu into the Commander's Mansion. The merchants did not disperse, and for three days they sat in silence at the gate of the Commander's Mansion, and sang over and over again, "Let's fight, Fengzhou, Fengzhou will conquer the world, and the people of Fengzhou will never, ever, never be slaves." The common people began to watch the excitement, and later reacted, this is Mingguo choking our necks and asking us to die, and they also shouted in response.

The atmosphere in the Great Commander's Mansion was tense, and the Ming State suddenly turned his face to catch everyone off guard, and his true intentions were not yet known, Li Huai decisively ordered that the battalion troops enter the vicinity of the border wall to guard, strictly prohibiting anyone from clashing with the Ming State, and at the same time asked Jin Sheng to enter the customs and contact the Datong Governor Yamen, and Zhang Shi'an's Titang Division was also ordered to use all connections to find out the news.

Jin Sheng came back quickly, and Zhang Tinggong, the governor of Datong, did not see him, but sent a sub-inspector of Lou Zijing of Hebei Province to read the holy decree to him, ordering a thorough investigation of the Tuntian general army's fake war exploits, private money and other illegal acts, Lou Zijing also issued an official document in the name of the governor Yamen, denouncing the Tuntian general army for his wanton behavior and lack of court, and all the crimes he committed have been verified, and he has not done enough, and asked the Tuntian general army to immediately close the privately opened iron works and salt works, and send the fugitives who have escaped the customs to the government, and the smuggled silver will also be transferred to Datong for seizure. As for the general soldier of Tuntian himself, he is really a heinous crime, thinking that he is young and ignorant and does not practice education, he can immediately go to Beijing to ask for guilt, and maybe he can get a lenient punishment from the imperial court, don't be obsessed!

Li Huai was furious, immediately convened a meeting of the Great Commander's Mansion, read out the official document of the Datong Governor Yamen in front of all officials, and then tore the official document to shreds in a roar.

"Yushan, good tear! A bunch of bastards, thinking that I am a bully in Fengzhou, and they are not afraid that my iron horse will sweep the three towns of Xuanda in one fell swoop," Buyantu immediately clapped his hands and applauded, but immediately waved his hand to everyone and said, "What do you think I do?" I'm not stupid enough to go to war with the Ming Kingdom, I just want to teach those self-righteous Ming State dog officials a lesson. ”

"Boss, Zhang Tinggong is weak and incompetent, and he doesn't have the courage, who is that new sub-patrol of Hebei North Dao Lou Zijing?" Li Huai asked.

"Lou Zijing is an official and upright, and has some reputation in Shanxi, the Han people have clashed with him in Anding Prefecture, the old man suspects that he is pedantic and does not know how to be flexible, for fear of provoking a civil uprising, he was transferred from Anding Zhizhou to Taiyuan Mansion's idle post, and only changed to the sub-patrol of Hebei North Road at the beginning of the year, this person is a little bold, only admits death and does not recognize people, you don't think about him," Song Tongyin was also invited to attend the meeting, and after pondering for a while, he said, "This matter is not simple, Lou Zijing is a light official, and he can't afford to set off such a big storm, the root should still be above the court, the governor of Datong, The governors of the Xuanfu are all the first and auxiliary private parties, and there has always been discord between the first and second assistants, could it be that there will be another party dispute in the imperial court? ”

"If the imperial court fights, then we can take advantage of the opportunity, Zhou Yanru is in trouble, there must be hidden secrets, if we secretly agree with Wen Tiren, we can solve the dilemma of Fengzhou in one fell swoop." Cai Ruxun's eyes lit up and replied, this person is from the Tianfu family, the official eunuch was born, his father was the head of the military department, and got on the thief ship of the eunuch Cui Chengxiu, after the fall of the eunuch party, he was cut down and returned to his hometown, Cai Ruxun himself was also cut off to show his talent and became a down-and-out child, and he was exiled to Fengzhou, relying on his deep family education and knowledge of government affairs, all the way to the top of the Xuande Wei affairs, and this time he was transferred to the Great Commander's Mansion to do an errand, and the future is bright, and the most urgent thing to get ahead is to make great achievements.

Li Yu waved his hand and said: "That Lou Zijing reminds me, it's just a rotten Confucian, I don't understand the party struggle in the imperial court, and I don't want to get involved, how to solve the dilemma in front of Fengzhou?" Teach me that the lives of 200,000 people are at stake. ”