Chapter 525: The Dispute between Scholars and Merchants

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Zhaodu, the secluded capital.

This time the Turkic attack was very ferocious, and some of the Turkic cavalry bypassed, and the heavily defended Huaihuang, Yuyi Town and other important towns directly opened a hole on the Great Wall and broke through the Juyong Pass.

You must know that the current Juyong Pass is not the Juyong Pass that Xu Da rebuilt after the Taizu of the Ming Hongwu Dynasty, it is still the old city that was repaired during the Qin and Han dynasties, and it has been in disrepair for a long time, and the Zhao army is to focus on defending the city wall, and the troops along the Great Wall are relatively insufficient.

In the upper valley, Yanmen besieged the Turks who had been in the past month without actual results, and this surprise attack almost achieved a breakthrough.

Youjing North Road suddenly burst into flames.

You must know that in recent years, the Youjing exhibition has been very fast, and the pattern within the walls of Youjing City is not enough, so many Shinong businessmen and entrepreneurs have moved outside the city. The north of the city is the Linshuo Palace where the royal family is located; The east of the city is full of grass market, the field, the west of the city is the strategic place of Youjing, where the great craftsman workshop is located, and the south of the city is next to the Yongji canal is the goods inn and inn.

Once the Turks broke through, they were bound to destroy the outside of the city.

Now Zhongshu Province has long been relocated from Linshuo Palace to the city.

At present, there is a fierce debate going on in the province.

Wen Yanbo, who has always been in charge of affairs in Youjing, said: "The Turkic cavalry has already attacked the city of Changping, and there are still nearly 10,000 Hu and Han merchants in the grass market in the east of the city, and there are still tens of thousands of Hu and Han merchants in the warehouse in the south of the city, and there are still tens of millions of goods in the storehouse in the south of the city, and it is too late to move away. ”

Another minister said: "I implore Wen Zaifu to give an order to send the garrison in the city to cover the evacuation of Shang Jia." ”

Wen Yanbo frowned and was silent. On the side, Gao Xudao, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, Zhao Heran, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and more than a dozen ministers from the Youjing clan. All of them looked disapplieving.

Zhao Heran knocked on the table and said sharply: "Nonsense." You also know that the Turks defeated Changping, only a few dozen miles away from Youjing, and it took an hour or two for the Turkic cavalry to gallop in, and there were less than 10,000 old and weak soldiers in Youjing City, nearly half of which were temporarily conquered three months ago, and the elite of the country had already followed the king to the south. ”

"These nearly 10,000 soldiers are going to guard the Youjing City, if you go out of the city to cover those merchants as you said, in case they are ambushed outside the city. Youjing is lost, can you afford it? ”

Zhao Heran's words sounded very reasonable at first glance.

Some people also said: "There are nearly 100,000 people in Youjing, including the royal family, queens, ministers, family members, etc., which is big, and now there are thousands of merchants and goods in the warehouse." This is small, and it must not be lost for the sake of small. ”

Lin Dangfeng held back his anger and said: "What is a big loss because of a small thing, of course I wouldn't mention it in the past." But now that the king has led an army of 50,000 to the south, and he will be able to reach Yongji Canal by boat in a few days, why worry about the loss of the capital city? The Turks invaded the Sennes as a small force. There are only a few thousand people, why can't the soldiers in the capital attack. Just three thousand people are needed, and it will be enough. ”

"No, you can't. No," Gao Xu said, "how do you know that there are thousands of people, and if this is a tactic by the Turks to lure the enemy, maybe a large number of men are still behind." ”

"What kind of risk," said a provincial secretary of Zhongshu, "the soldiers of the army are originally set up to protect the people, and if they don't kill the enemy and defend the people, what is the use." ”

"Bastard!" Zhao Heran said, "What is your identity, and you don't look at what kind of place this is, the little seven-pin master book also dares to make a big statement here." ”

Lin Dangfeng glanced at Zhao Heran and said: "Zhao Shangshu is so majestic, so evil, what about the Seven Grades Master Book, he is just for the sake of the people, you don't plow and eat, you don't weave and clothes." If you go out, you will be in the carriage and horse, and if you enter the palace. Where do you know the hardships of the people, what you spend a day is what others pay for a year, you sit at home and guard the family wealth, of course, who cares about the floods of others, and refuses to let the soldiers go out of the city to rescue. ”

Zhao Heran saw that his face was torn, and shouted angrily: "Lin Shangshu, you have to touch your conscience when you speak, you wait for the businessmen to not produce, only get no work, and say these things with a face, if you want to change it to farmland and crops outside the city, I don't say a word, I immediately implore you to send troops to protect the grain, and now you plan to come and go, not for you market disciples who are full of copper smell." ”

Lin Dangfeng said confrontedly: "Zhao Shangshu, you look down on our market merchants, if you come to be my household secretary, there should be an account in your heart, at present, more than one-third of my big Zhao's taxes are all from the merchants, and your scholars hide the population, reduce the land, and the people who come out are one-tenth of the merchants." ”

Zhao Heran said angrily: "Lin Shangshu, do you say this to provoke the confrontation between scholars and merchants? Don't forget the four people of Shinong, when will it be ......'s turn"

"Enough!" Shangshu's left servant shot Chen Xiaoyi and slapped the table. Chen Xiaoyi is known to be majestic, and the ministers can't help but go against his will in front of him at the moment.

Chen Xiaoyi walked to the hall and shouted: "Look at it, what are your identities, the two of you are arguing in front of hundreds of officials, what kind of system is there." ”

Chen Xiaoyi was angry, Lin Dangfeng, and Zhao Heran stopped talking at the moment, and then the hall sounded.

But seeing that Wei Zheng, the pastor of the Zhuo County Government, was striding over, he said to Wen Yanbo: "The people in the east of the city have not yet evacuated, please send soldiers out of the city immediately to respond." ”

Wen Yanbo heard Wei Zheng say this, and said: "Wei Fujun came just in time, and I also have this intention. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Yanbo said: "Zhuojun Governor Xu Wu, Deputy Commander Xu Ke listens to orders. ”

The two of them hugged their fists together.

Wen Yanbo said: "Xu Wu immediately blocked the three gates of the south, west and north of the city, and the soldiers went to the wall to garrison, and conquered the people to defend the city, and the rest of the people who had nothing to do with it stayed in the fang." ”

"No!" Xu Wu said loudly.

"Chen Ke, you immediately lead 3,000 soldiers out of the east of the city and evacuate the people."

Chen Ke clenched his fists and asked, "Are you going to introduce them into the city?" I am afraid that among the Hu people and merchants, there will be Turkic spies. ”

Wen Yanbo pondered for a while, and said: "If it is lenient, it will be contained in the city, and then it will be placed in Qiminfang, if it is not lenient, you will dispose of it yourself." One qiē but the soldiers and the people are the most important, if it is really difficult to do both, take the city protection first. ”

"No." Chen Ke immediately took the order.

Chen Ke immediately ordered three battalions of men and horses and headed for the east of the city.

Chen Kenai is Li Chongjiu's old department, and he is also the old brother of Qiqianzhai, so no matter Li Hu, Li Chongjiu has great trust in him. Chen Ke also became the deputy governor of Zhuo County smoothly.

Three thousand township soldiers, carrying spears and bows and arrows, trotted along the South Gate Street. Half of the 3,000 township soldiers were recruited from scratch and had been trained for less than two months, but their morale was very high to fight to protect their hometown.

Outside the east of the city is the field and the grass market, but at this time, the east of the city must be in chaos, crowded with hundreds of people, and merchants enter the city. It is obviously impossible for the soldiers to go out from the east of the city.

Tsui Hark immediately asked the three thousand soldiers to simply go out from the south of the city, in the Yongji Canal in the south of the city, the original scene of thousands of sails gathered and moored at the wharf was long gone, only the ships docked there, and all the passenger and cargo ships had already sailed away from the capital city when they learned the news that the Turks had broken into the border wall.

Tsui Hark led his 3,000 soldiers around a bend and rushed to the grass market in the east of the city.

After several years of operation by Li Chongjiu and Wei Zheng, the grass market in the east of the city is already a gorgeous building, except that there is no city wall, it is almost a new secluded capital. Regardless of the Hu and Han merchants who came and went from the south to the north settled here, the top ten commercial houses in Zhao Guo set up cabinets here.

A Huaihuang Town, a Yuyi Town, and a Youjing Grass Market have become the three major prosperous commercial towns in Zhao State.

And now that the Turkic soldiers are coming, seeing that this prosperous place is going to be burned as a military disaster, all the soldiers have a trace of unbearable feelings.

The merchants and the people were already frightened, and when they saw Zhao Jun appear outside the city, they rushed up one after another like drowning people grabbing straw.

"General, show us a way out!"

"The east of the city is blocked, and there is a big carriage in front of it, where are the people blocked!"

"After our death, we are all net worth and property that have been in business for many years, and I am willing to ask the general to keep this place, and I am willing to donate half of the family wealth."

The businessmen said one after another.

Chen Ke listened to the crowd's pleading, stomped his feet heavily and said: "Don't worry, King Zhao is leading a large army to aid Youjing, and I, Xu Ke, will not sit idly by, you can rest assured." ”

At that moment, Chen Keyan said: "Take the people and enter the city in the south of the city!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a cavalryman galloped over, clasped his fists at Xu Hark and said: "General, news has come from the beacon tower, an hour ago the Turks broke through Changping County, and now some of the Turks are entering the city to loot, and the other part is coming to Youjing. ”

Chen Keyan said: "Got it. ”

"You, you, and you," Chen Ke nodded to the three lieutenants and said, "The three of you will each lead your headquarters and give me the roof!" ”

"On the roof?" The three lieutenants were surprised.

Chen Ke nodded and said, "Yes, there is no city wall in the grass market in the east of the city, and we can only use the house as a barrier to defend against the Turkic cavalry. ”

"Great!" The three lieutenants were all overjoyed.

"Fuck him, I wanted to fight a fight, and I got out of my mother's bad breath."

At that moment, the three lieutenants with all the men and horses of various departments carried ladders, bows and arrows on their backs, picked up knives and guns, and rushed to the houses. You must know that although the grass market is built in a hazard manner, it is built along both sides of the official road, and it is compact one by one.

Now that the soldiers are in chaos, many people who are lucky and have nowhere to go, or who are inconvenient for their legs and feet refuse to go, but seeing that Zhao Jun has poured into their houses, they climbed the ladder to a high place. These people couldn't help but cheer loudly, and even many young and strong juniors picked up bricks, kitchen knives, and people who were not afraid of death, picked up protective weapons, and also reunited near the grass market one after another, waiting to move.

Just when more than 2,000 Zhao soldiers occupied all four sides of the grass market, black smoke was ignited from a fire pier closest to Youjing.

Chen Ke's face changed when he saw this, which meant that the Turkic cavalry had been killed nearby. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)