In the middle of December of the third year of Chongzhen, the Beijing division was wrapped in silver, and it was sunny after the snow, and several fast horses came from the direction of Xuanfu successively, respectively, and sent two twists and turns, which caused a small storm in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhangjiakou garrison general Liu, and other generals and officials, self-confessed their crimes, Jiannu and the northern captives, arranged for the fine work to be mixed into Zhangjiakou, took advantage of the night to cause chaos, killed people and set fires, and did all kinds of evil, the army and the people suffered greatly, counting thousands of casualties, and hundreds of houses were burned down.

Fortunately, the soldiers worked together and attacked in time, trapped this group in the city, and all of them were killed, and hundreds of heads were sent with the letter.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites sent personnel to carefully examine these heads and concluded that the heads were all genuine, and there was no lie.

Later, the excerpt of the governor of Xuanda also arrived, briefly stated the process of the Zhangjiakou change, and said that he went to the scene to check afterwards, and what the generals of Zhangjiakou said was correct, and asked His Majesty and the elders of the cabinet to deal with it as appropriate.

The pot exploded in an instant, and the crowd was surging.

There are hundreds of Zhenyi heads, including hundreds of Jiannu heads, such military merits, since the battle of Salhu, has not been passed for many years, as for the casualties of the soldiers and civilians and the damaged houses, that is a small fault, insignificant, such arguments are the mainstream.

Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal, but then he used these first-level actions to worship the heavens and ancestors, which undoubtedly showed his attitude.

Some attacked the generals of Xuanfu, and even the governor of Xuanda, saying that they did not know what to do, resulting in heavy casualties among the people of Zhangjiakou, causing a great disaster, although they killed the Tartars, but the merit was not worth it, and asked the court to punish them for their crimes, which is a minority.

This is due to the fact that in the case of Zhangjiakou, the planning in advance was seamless, there was no warning of the shot, and there was no mistake in the act, all related to the eight grain merchants, no one survived, their backers in the court, they could not get the slightest useful information, although there were doubts in their hearts, but there was no empirical evidence, and they could only use the casualties to talk about things.

But to be honest, the casualties of thousands of soldiers and civilians, especially most of them are civilians, compared with the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong over the years, it is already negligible, and such arguments were quickly drowned.

The will of the imperial court arrived in Zhangjiakou and Yangcheng a year ago, and several false titles of the generals were sealed, and the household department squeezed out 100,000 taels of silver and sent them over.

The entire Xuanda officialdom changed after the Zhangjiakou Incident.

After General Liu exterminated the rebellion of Jiannu, Governor Geng and General Zhang miraculously appeared in Zhangjiakou, so fast, it was really eye-catching, and then the generals of Zhangjiakou asked Governor Geng to review the actions of the local soldiers, and show others that they had all taken refuge under the command of the Governor.

Then came the news of the destruction of the eight grain merchants, and without the gold owner, these officials, who had been in a group, were soon divided and expressed their goodwill to the governor.

Xuanzhen's general army moved the fastest, the first to lead the troops to Zhangjiakou, and invited Governor Geng to his station, and entertained the governor for a few days in the name of the review, and expressed his loyalty to the court and the governor's heart, and took some benefits from the hands of the top boss.

With the power of example, the deputy commanders, generals, and guerrillas of various cities, forts, and guards put down their positions one after another, and asked Governor Geng to inspect their station.

Of course, the origin of the money and grain, Governor Geng claimed to the outside world that he was looking for Zhuolu Trading Company to borrow, which not only blocked the mouth of some people, but also promoted the name of Zhuolu Trading Company, and the caravan of Zhuolu Trading Company has been unimpeded in the Xuanda area since then, as for the ban on small and medium-sized businesses in Zhangjiakou, as early as the day after the incident, General Liu Shen took the initiative to remove it.

There is no way, who called his sons, they were all taken to Dalintai as hostages, he is not young, and if he wants to give birth to a few more people, he has no hope, if he wants the bloodline of the old Liu family to continue, he has to be obedient and obedient, and be the puppet general.

The Zhuolu trade union and mercenaries led by Sun Kewang still saved some face for these generals, each of them left a concubine, a few maids, and more than a dozen servants, so as to take care of their daily life and let them not be the lonely people.

The generals were fortunate to save their lives for the rest of their lives that night, and no one dared to come forward in the face of the mercenaries who wanted to take their families as hostages.

Of course, when it was spread outside, it became that it was the grace of the Governor, and another batch of gratitude was gained.

The mercenaries did not start the next day and return to Dalintai, after all, Geng Ruqi was still there, and Zou Qun and others, who were border soldiers, should not be too obvious, at least they had to pretend to be, and wait for Governor Geng to leave.

Besides, it will take some time for them to move their families to Dalintai and convince them to pack their things.

Mercenaries such as Zhang Xianzhong (Sun Kewang claimed to the public that they were the guards of the Zhuolu Trading Company), they had nothing to worry about, and they should have relaxed and had fun in Zhangjiakou, but not only did they not relax, but they were even busier than Zou Qun and others.

It turned out that these people took this opportunity to ask someone to pull fiber for them in Zhangjiakou and prepare to start a family.

They are well-dressed, generous, and quite attractive, but there are a lot of people, and the women in Zhangjiakou are not enough, widowed, and those who can't get married, are all pulled by the matchmakers to make up the numbers, and some people go to the nearby countryside to tell people about matchmaking.

As long as the women are not surprisingly ugly, or have disabilities, they have almost found a home among the mercenaries, not that Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others are not picky, but they don't have to pick, if they don't take advantage of this time to find the woman, and when they return to Dalintai, they will be one step behind the other mercenary groups, and how can they compete for the top ten mercenary groups.

Besides, isn't there a good saying, three years of stinky soldiers, sows and sable cicadas, they have been in the grassland for a few months, and they almost feel the same way, and they suddenly return to the Guannei, and any Han woman can compare with those Mongolian women outside the Saiwai.

In this way, the generals of Zhangjiakou went out of the city to meet their families every day, and the mercenaries did not pay much attention to it except for sending people to guard it tightly.

As for whether General Liu will raid with his family and rob his family, there is no need to worry about this, even if they succeed, the border soldiers can make trouble the first time, and they can also make trouble a second time, and the second time they will deal with them, they will not be so warm.