Although there is already a peasant rebel army in Shanxi, Datong is a place where heavy troops gather, and there is no Liukou stupid enough to touch a stone with an egg.

And this gang of rogues did not kill the people, did not occupy the city, but only robbed the Zhai family, although everyone said that the leader of the rebel army was originally the chief worker of the Zhai family, because he was bullied, he was angry and destroyed the Zhai family. But isn't everyone so naïve, the first time he heard about the Ma Yi bloody case, Zhai Tang found Fan Yongdou.

"Brother Fan, you can't ignore it!"

Fan Yongdou was stunned for a moment, put the cigarette bag and pot aside, looked at Zhai Tang who had a handful of snot and tears, and said angrily: "Anyway, that's a fifty or sixty-year-old person, how can you be the same as a child, not ashamed?" ”

Zhai Tang was also not polite, rubbed his eyes and said: "It's a small thing to lose people, but it's a big thing to lose your life." Brother Fan, I won't know about Ma Yi, Zhai Qing is my cousin, the family is full, and there is no one alive, so I can't help but revenge. ”

"Come on!" Fan Yongdou sneered: "The family has been separated for three or four generations, so they are all relatives, and if you go to the street and pull a person surnamed Zhai, you are a relative." ”

Zhai Tang was choked and turned red, and then said unconvinced: "Brother Fan, Zhai Qing runs the dart bureau, and a lot of goods to protect us go to the Western Regions, for so many years, there is no merit and hard work, you can't stand idly by." ”

"Hey, I want to take care of it, but how?"

Fan Yongdou sighed, since Zhang Ke was coming to Datong, they began to lay out, but who knew that Zhang Ke was even more difficult than he imagined.

He originally hoped that Governor Zhang Zongheng would be able to entangle Zhang Ke for a while, but he didn't know that Zhang Zongheng seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. is bent on currying favor with Zhang Ke. Obeying words is simply an echo worm.

In the past, I gave so much silver, if I fed the dogs. Maybe you can wag your tail and feed these two Jinshi, it's like a meat bun beating a dog!

Of course, with Zhang Zongheng's cunning, he can't be expected to charge into battle.

The most angry thing is the Mongols, Fan Yongdou has already secretly contacted Tumut and Ordos and other departments, and they have a grudge against Zhang Ke. originally expected the Mongolian army to come, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and Zhang Ke would take off his skin if he didn't die. But the Mongols also became timid. It's just that they want to mobilize men and horses, look at the current situation, and when the Mongols are ready, maybe their heads will be gone.

Zhai Tang was dumbfounded. Silly asked, "Brother Fan." You're resourceful, can't you do it? If you don't instigate the book of the imperial history, let the will of the saints ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Fan Yongdou suddenly burst out, grabbed the beloved ebony cigarette pouch in his hand, and slammed it to the ground.

"Don't mention those wastes, raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, and use soldiers for a while. It's all a rice bucket! ”

Don't blame Fan Yongdou for scolding, since he was ordered to patrol the border. There are constantly books in the imperial history, impeaching Zhang Ke for being arrogant and cruel and murderous. Chongzhen still trusted it at this time, and left all these twists and turns in the middle, and even issued an order to apply for these imperial histories that had nothing to look for.

The situation is getting more and more critical, and finally they come up with a good trick. Some people took advantage of the chaos in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places to write to ask the imperial court to send a large army to suppress it.

When it comes to war, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is Zhang Ke, and Chongzhen is also tempted, and wants to issue an order for Zhang Ke to deal with the chaotic people.

At this time, Zhang Ke personally wrote a letter to Chongzhen.

In the twists and turns, Zhang Ke made it clear that the Liukou is a disease of scabies, and the root cause of the Liukou is the continuous natural disasters and the second is the official coercion of the people, both of which are ordinary and everyone knows. But the third one is too lethal.

Zhang Ke mentioned that the reason why there will be a large number of rogues, and the combat power is not weak, attacking the city and seizing the county, and the killing is not counted. In the final analysis, it is veterans who are familiar with military affairs who take the lead.

Ordinary soldiers were afraid of the enemy and did not fight, could not bear the hardships of the troops, fled back to the mainland, and did not know how to make a living, so some fell into the grass, and some saw that the court was weak, so they pulled the flag and rebelled. It is precisely because of these people taking the lead that so many rogues suddenly appeared.

This reason is too powerful, and it just hits Chongzhen's self-righteous character.

Where would Chongzhen believe that the people under his rule would not be able to make a living, Zhang Ke said this, it was the nine border generals who were greedy and incompetent, and the restraints were not strict, and the soldiers fled to the mainland to rebel, which made the current situation happen.

finally gave Chongzhen a scapegoat.

Chongzhen not only didn't want to transfer Zhang Ke to deal with the rogue, on the contrary, he also issued a special order to encourage Zhang Ke to speed up the pace of patrolling the border, find out all the moths, and don't let go of any of them - the anger of the emperor is not ordinary, and King Anton's methods naturally cannot be bad.

After getting the holy decree, Zhang Ke found all the officials above and below Datong.

To put it simply, those who follow me are loyal and filial, and those who oppose me are white lotus liukou.

The threat of the red fruit fruit is not at all polite. All the people in Datong cooperated with the Yizhou soldiers to implement the martial law task, turn Datong into a golden soup, strictly investigate a qiē foreign trade, and whoever dares to engage in favoritism and malpractice will be immediately decided.

In addition to the hard hand, Zhang Ke has a soft hand.

Due to the inconvenience of the people's lives during the martial law period, one qiē tax and forced labor are hereby exempted, and at the same time, each family is subsidized with two catties of salt per month.

When the notices were posted everywhere, the people were boiling.

For the first time, I heard that the imperial court didn't want anything, and gave everyone salt, and the sun came out of the west. The suspicious people arrived at the Yamen, and sure enough, without much effort, they received two catties of salt from white flowers, and King Anton immediately became a Buddha of all families, and the people bowed and worshipped.

It can be seen how low the people's requirements for the ruler are......

"It's amazing, it's amazing. A family of two catties of salt is only two or three hundred thousand catties a month, and it costs a little, but once you take the salt and eat other people's mouths, who dares to speak ill of King Anton, and those who have a heart can no longer incite the people. Zhang Zongheng sighed.

Opposite him, it was still the young man, who was slowly brewing kung fu tea, and said with a smile: "Dad, not only that, the most clever thing for King Anton is to see clearly who the enemy is. ”

Zhang Zongheng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What is it difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, how can this be considered powerful?" ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, but it's hard to do. When King Anton was in Xuanfu, he first attacked the military leader, and then took down Xiong Tingbi and Gu Jun and others, and what he wanted to seize was the military power. Now that he has arrived in Datong, he has not moved the local garrison or the officials of the imperial court. It's not that I don't want to, but it's not time. Datong's biggest enemies were the wealthy merchants. Don't look at the fact that he paid a little salt, as long as he raided a few merchants, he could earn back tenfold and hundredfold. ”

The young man smiled and said, "Dad, are you still hesitating?" ”

Zhang Zongheng's eyes widened, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

"Alas, it seems that I am going to board the great ship of King Anton."

While he was talking, suddenly someone from outside hurriedly ran in.

"My lord, something is wrong."

"Hmph, what's the matter, it's worth being so flustered? There are no rules! ”

The housekeeper was resigned, and said: "Master Qiqi, Lu Xiangsheng led the people to seize the Baili firm. ”

"What?"

Zhang Zongheng stood up suddenly, and it turned out that he couldn't calm down when it came to the end.

Baili firm has only been in existence for more than ten years, but the business is very large, and the salt in Datong and even Shanxi and other places are operated by Baili firm.

In addition to salt, they also deal in timber, fur, herbs, cattle and horses, etc., and the business is very large, and the reputation is far and wide, and I have not heard of any problems.

Behind Lu Xiangsheng is Zhang Ke, how could he start lightly, he is really puzzled.

"Zhen'er, what do you see?"

The young man frowned, hesitated for a while, and said with a wry smile: "I can't think of it either, but you'd better talk less, so as not to get into trouble." ”

"It's done, I'm not a three-year-old either."

Although Zhang Zongheng said this, he paid 10,000 times more attention in his heart.

Surrounded by his subordinates, Zhang Zongheng hurriedly came to Baili Firm. At this time, the outside of the business was surrounded by soldiers.

"Lord Ministry, the official is late, and please atone for your sins."

As soon as Zhang Zongheng finished speaking, someone on the side cried and shouted: "Lord Zhongcheng, you have to call the shots for us!" ”

In a flash, it was a middle-aged man in his early thirties who was shouting, Zhang Zongheng knew him, and this person was the owner of Baili Firm, named Wang Daning. He is usually kind and charitable, repairing bridges and roads, and building schools, and many people are respected as Wang Dashan.

"Lord Zhongcheng, the small one does his duty, never does anything illegal, and asks the adult to testify to the little one."

Zhang Zongheng's face changed several times, but he still remembered the reminder when he came and kept silent.

Not long after, someone hurriedly ran in front of Lu Xiangsheng.

"Qi Qi Ministry, we have found a million catties of salt, and please decide on it!" (To be continued......)