In the Jingshi Heart Cultivation Palace, Chongzhen's face was worried, and he said to Cao Huachun, Liang Tingdong and Luo Yangxing, who were kneeling below: "The three Aiqing all got up and spoke. ”

After the three of them stood up, Chongzhen first asked Liang Tingdong: "Liang Aiqing, you can first talk about the situation in Jinan Mansion." ”

Liang Tingdong bowed down and said: "Xu Congzhi has ascertained that the Denglai people who entered Xincheng County are under the command of Geng Zhongming, the general soldier of Qingzhou, and they have been looting near Xincheng County. However, what Geng Zhongming said was different from Xu Congzhi, he sent a report to the Ministry of War, only saying that Fan Shouye's department stationed in Qingzhou Mansion had moved, and his main barracks could not defeat Fan Shouye, so he fled west into Xincheng County, Jinan Prefecture in the past, in order to avoid the chaos of the army. Fan Shouye's department has surrounded Liu Zeqing's troops to the south, and the same is true of the regimental training camp in Pingdu Prefecture, most of these people are from the Dengzhou Left Association, and they only became noisy after hearing about Lu Chuanzong, and Chen Xin is thinking about suppression. ”

Chongzhen hesitated: "So what about now, can the rebels have an attempt to enter the North Zhili?" ”

Liang Tingdong raised his head slightly, "Back to the emperor, only Geng Zhongming entered Jinan Mansion, and the other people in Dengzhou Town were all confident, but after leaving the barracks, some besieged the local county magistrates. Chen Xin sent a Tang newspaper from the sea, saying that he was thinking of contacting those old subordinates from Dengzhou, but now that he belonged to the heads of each battalion, he couldn't tell if he could listen to him. ”

Chongzhen said with some anxiety: "Why do you sit and listen, and make so many things, Cao Banban, does Jiang Yuegui really tease Lu Chuanzong's family?" ”

Cao Huachun cried loudly: "The old slave promises that there is no such thing, Jiang Yuegui is the old man under Luo Sigong, and he has always been very stable." ”

"Then, then why did Lu Chuanzong make such a fuss? The Right Association and the Left Association are making trouble at Wang Ting's trial every day, and Geng Zhongming even grabbed Jinan Mansion! The right association, the right association......"

Liang Tingdong added: "The Dengzhou Right Association was stationed in Lushun, Jinzhou, and recovered Fuzhou at the beginning of the year. Zhu Guobin was still in charge of the right assistant with the rank of general soldier, and was originally fighting near Gaizhou, but after Lushun and Jinzhou made noise, Zhu Guobin had stopped attacking Gaizhou and rushed back to Jinzhou to suppress the rebels. ”

"This ......" Chongzhen turned to Cao Huachun, "Cao Banban, how did Lu Chuanzong die." Is there a conclusion? ”

"The emperor ......" Cao Huachun wanted to speak and stopped.

"Speak quickly."

According to the news sent back by other stalls, although this Jiang Yuegui is not a good woman, but she is a little greedy for money, the old slave originally strictly ordered all stall heads not to meet with the local internal supervisor, and this Jiang Yuegui found Lu Zhi as soon as he went. Then I went to Wang Tingtry and Lu Chuanzong's mansion to sit and listen, Lu Chuanzong is a hot person, and he doesn't quite understand Jiang Yuegui's Taoism, so he is a little unhappy. Although Lu Chuanzong died, Jiang Yuegui was also killed by Lu Chuanzong, and Dongchang also gave him his life. ”

Chongzhen heard Jiang Yuegui's approach, and frowned slightly. After a while, he said: "This guy caused such a big disaster, he is dead." Then can the other stalls send back messages, and what do you say about the situation in Denglai? ”

Cao Huachun hesitated for a moment and said, "Long live Hui, according to the other nine stalls." Chen Xin, Liu Minyou, deputy chief soldier Lu Chuanzong, Zhu Guobin, Zhu Daichun and others in Dengzhou Town did have illegal things, and their subordinates raised more military household slaves and competed for civilian land in Pingdu Prefecture, Laiyang and other places. Liu Minyou's subordinates had more than ten ships, which transported goods from Jiangnan to Tianjin, Guanning and other places. The rest of the officials have their own businesses. Or sell salt or sell southern goods, occupy a lot of land and keep slaves, and the local gentry are quite conflicted, this time it looks like it is because of the matter of the East Factory, in fact, there are many conflicts between the towns and the localities, through this incident, according to the news from the East Factory, they took the opportunity to coerce those ...... gentry"

Chongzhen stood up and said angrily: "How dare they set their troops into evil!" ”

Liang Tingdong took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the gentry of Denglai also bullied the battalion soldiers, Chen Xinshang had constant conflicts with the countryside when he was in Wendeng, and then relied on his prestige in Denglai to suppress the camp, making the situation in Denglai stable, and he couldn't suppress it when Lu Chuanzong's incident happened this time." And Liu Zeqing usually prefers the local gentry, because this time he was surrounded by the training soldiers and horses of the Left Concord Regiment. The urgent report that just arrived, that Liu Zeqing was ......"

Chongzhen pointed at Liang Tingdong with some panic, "What's wrong?" ”

Liang Tingdong said in a low voice: "The camp was broken by the rebels, and he was killed. ”

Chongzhen sat back on the chair in a dejected manner, and the needles in the Heart Cultivation Hall could be heard.

Liang Tingdong coughed and continued: "Wang Tingqian has ordered Chen Xin to lead the barracks to set off and go to Pingdu Prefecture and Qingzhou to quell the chaos, but the old minister feels that this matter is not suitable for a big fight. Now that Liu Zeqing is dead, Chen Xin should be ordered to suppress and use it, and there is no need to pursue Fan Shouye, Dai Zhenggang and others, the first thing is to stabilize Denglai. Dengzhou controlled the Liaohai Sea, and the north was based on Liaonan and the east of Dongjiang and North Korea, and there was no chaos. Just like the Dongjiang Town back then, it had been containing Jiannu, but it fell apart because of Mao Wenlong's incident, and it has not been able to ease its breath so far. ”

Chongzhen nodded slightly, "What is the decision of this soldier?" ”

"The old minister asked the emperor to reprimand Jiang Yuegui, but Lu Chuanzong's family did not have to be compensated, because he killed people first, and appeased the Dengzhou Town Department, make up this year's grain and grass as soon as possible, and all the soldiers who participated in the rebellion will be pardoned............

After Liang Tingdong left, Chongzhen's eyes were cold, he looked at Cao Huachun who was left behind and asked, "Is there Chen Xin behind the command of this rebellion?" ”

Cao Huachun raised his head and said in astonishment: "This, who did the emperor listen to?" It stands to reason that Chen Xin has no such ability, the size of each battalion is controlled, Chen Xin only has 4,000 soldiers and horses in the barracks, and the soldiers and horses at the head of the other battalions are all managed by the governor of Denglai, Haiphong Dao, and the supervising army. ”

Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, and finally let out a sigh of relief, although he was a little unwilling, he could only put this matter aside for the time being, and asked Cao Huachun again: "What about the grain prices in Jingshi and the North Canal?" The price of grain in Jingshi is approaching five taels, and many people can't open the pot in their homes, so Dongchang and Jinyiwei can figure out who is coaxing. ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly said: "The old slaves have found out, it is some profiteers who hoarded Juqi, spread rumors among the people, and then bought them at a high price to make a profit. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "These profiteers are really hateful, Jinyiwei has done a good job in this matter, but you have to be more careful, how can the price of food be so high, I heard that it was only one or two in previous years, but this year it is four times, the people take food as the sky, do not ignore it, five taels and one stone are too expensive." ”……

"Twenty taels and one stone? Where do you buy it? It's thirty taels early. The door of the grain store slammed shut, Zhang Zhongqi scolded in a low voice, turned his head and led the cattle back to his village, along the way the fields were barren, and many places far from the water source were no longer grass.

Some of the coats drove the cattle to the river to carry water, and the cattle were already emaciated. Liaodong has suffered a severe drought this year, and because it is further north, the situation is stricter than that of Henan and Shandong. Zhang Zhongqi's family has a bar, that is, 50 acres, but there are not many near the river, and more than half of the harvest has to pay the flag tax in the flag. The tenants of the Ming Dynasty had to borrow usury to collect grain, and Zhang Zhongqi was not far behind, the only difference was that they could go out to rob once a year, relying on this to subsidize the family.

Zhang Zhongqi touched the silver in his arms, he only brought out twenty taels, but he couldn't even buy a stone of grain, so he couldn't help but turn his head and curse at the grain store again.

The grain store was opened in the former Jiala Ezhen's house, and later after the death of Mang Gurtai, Haoge took over the Zhenglan Banner, and the original Jiala Ezhen was implicated in the Manggu Ji rebellion, not to mention that his head was cut off, and the wives and concubines and assets in the family were distributed to several henchmen brought by Haoge, one of which became the new Jiala Ezhen. He collected a lot of grain taxes, and he was even more harsh on the cattle records below.

Zhang Zhongqi didn't understand what was going on, at this time in previous years, it was three or five taels of silver and a stone, and it rose to ten taels after playing Lushun last year, but it dropped some after November, in short, the silver that was robbed was able to support, but this year after coming back from Xuanfu, the price of grain was rising, and his income in Xuanfu shrank sharply.

He knew that Zhangjiakou was robbed by Dengzhen and Liaozhen, and he didn't get much material at that time, and all the silver obtained by Xuanfu returned to Liaodong. But he didn't know that Dengzhou had a grain shortage, and after the grain shortage in western Liaoning, the Mongols couldn't buy grain with silver, and Liaodong naturally couldn't buy it.

Although Zhang Zhongqi survived in Xuanfu, he lost all the way in Guangchang, and his horse was also lost, and the horse he snatched was given to Taktan.

After returning to Liaodong, their white armor and armor soldiers of Niu Lu were lost, and Niu Lu Ezhen was also replaced, and this new superior looked at the birth of Jurchen again, and was not interested in the remaining remnants of the original Niu Lu. Zhang Zhongqi no longer had the same care as before, and the things in the flag rarely fell on his head, so life gradually became difficult, and he had to rely on his own farming, and now he began to worry when he encountered the soaring price of grain.

Today, I inquired all the way, the price of grain exceeded thirty taels and one stone, which made Zhang Zhongqi tremble, when the price of gold grain reached its peak in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, it was eighty taels of silver and one stone of rice, which was eighty times higher than the normal grain price in the past, Zhang Zhongqi only remembered that people were dragged out and buried every day, and then people kept digging up corpses to eat.

He didn't know how he had survived that year, but he was sure that it was all luck, and if he had done it again, he would probably not have survived.

Zhang Zhongqi thought about his family's savings in his heart, and decided that he still had to buy grain today, no matter how expensive it was, because there were nearly two months left until the autumn harvest, and according to his experience, the more expensive it would be.

But now there are four mouths to eat, a mute father and daughter and a child, Zhang Zhongqi was only in charge of himself back then, and now he has to take care of the family, he calculates it, and the silver can't be used all at once, so everyone can only save some food.

Zhang Zhongqi touched his slippery forehead and said to himself: "It's really not good, just go to Taktan's house to borrow some, and let them all live anyway." ”