In the past month, the grain and grass collected from various places have arrived one after another.

Under the urging of the imperial court, most of this year's official grain is much more than in previous years, but because of the grain requisition, there will inevitably be a lot of public resentment, but now, the imperial court seems to be unable to take care of a lot.

It is worth mentioning that although Zhejiang's official grain has been escorted one after another, it has only been put into the warehouse by more than 1.1 million quintals, and there is obviously still too much gap between 1.4 million quintals and 1.4 million quintals.

On the side of the household, he was very excited and immediately reported to the cabinet.

It's just that the cabinet has too many troubles, but what is being discussed now is the same thing.

A fire broke out in the warehouses of Datong, and it is said that the flames were so bright that they burned down several warehouses, and these warehouses were full of gunpowder and firearms, and even a lot of artillery.

In this way, things get tricky.

During the period of Emperor Wen, the Ming army had a certain dependence on firearms, although this thing had many shortcomings, but many times, it was one of the means to defeat the Mongols. For example, when Emperor Wen conquered the desert, he had taken a car formation, placed the cavalry on both wings, and waited until the Mongols charged, and the Shenji army hiding behind the car formation shot, after disrupting the Mongolian cavalry formation, the spear and knife axe men immediately filled the gap of the fire hammer hand, using the car formation, the charge of the low-grade Mongolian iron cavalry, at the same time, the cavalry on both wings outflanked the left and right, forming a three-sided encirclement, and completely defeated the Mongolian iron cavalry.

This method of warfare has been used to this day, and the role of the Shenji Army is not to effectively kill and injure the Mongolian iron cavalry, but mainly to disrupt the opponent's position, so that the oncoming iron cavalry formation is chaotic, because the huge sound of the fire gun can make the war horse frightened, and at the same time can kill the Mongolian cavalry charging forward. Once attacked by the Shenji Army, although this cavalry torrent will still be unstoppable, but their sharpness has been severely frustrated, and the formation of the charge will also be disordered and flawed, and the frightened war horses will run around in the cavalry array, thus greatly reducing the impact of the entire Mongolian cavalry.

It's like, when someone raises a knife at you and slashes at you with a slash regardless of the momentum. A wasp stung him in the arm, which greatly reduced the force of his chopping, and with this blink of an eye, the Ming army with the chariot formation could block the momentum of the Mongolian iron cavalry. At the same time, the cavalry of the Ming army on both flanks attacked, taking advantage of the situation to divide and intersperse in their military formations.

This method of warfare is the only effective method for the Ming army to duel with the Mongolian iron cavalry in the wilderness, whether it is the chariot formation, the Shenji army, or the two wings of the Ming iron cavalry, all of which are indispensable. Without one, the unscrupulous Mongol iron cavalry may crush the chariot array in one fell swoop, and at that time, even if the Ming army iron cavalry on both flanks attacked. I'm afraid I can't stop the decline.

In other words, without the Divine Machine Army, the army that went out of the customs would have no means to counter the Mongolian Iron Cavalry. Even the entire battle may usher in a tragic defeat. This is a critical question.

"At this time, how could such a thing happen, such negligence is simply intolerable, Di An, you have been in Xuanfu for many years, have you ever heard of the fire and explosion in the warehouse where gunpowder is stored?"

Yang Tinghe's face was pale, he had just sent out the troops, and he had encountered such bad luck, how could Yang Tinghe not be annoyed.

Yang Yiqing said: "The warehouse where gunpowder is stored has always been strictly prohibited, and no open flames are allowed, it stands to reason that there will be no accidents, but the report of the chief military officer said that the guerrilla general Zhang Bang is a Tatar man's meticulous work, and it is said that he was bribed by the Tatars with a lot of money, so ......" Yang Yiqing said this, his eyes narrowed: "But the old man thinks that it is not so simple, but under the torture of this stick, he is already dead, and there is no proof of death, and there are many military attaches who prove that he behaves strangely, A lot of stolen goods were copied from his home, and there was even a Mongolian woman, who seemed to be ...... This matter, to investigate, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. Now the biggest problem is to ensure the smooth dispatch of the troops, and now that such a big thing has happened, the imperial court cannot be overly investigated, so as not to cause panic in the people. ”

Yang Yiqing's judgment is accurate, although there are many doubts, but Datong's side, it is almost a guerrilla act, and people are already dead, so many people are conclusive, even if they go to check now, many people must be uneasy, and the result of uneasiness is that the army's morale is shaken, which is not a fun thing at this juncture.

Therefore, at present, we can only pretend to agree with Datong's statement, and regard this incident as an oversight or a careful arson incident.

Yang Tinghe said with a wry smile: "But the biggest problem now is that the Datong General Army claims that the Shenji Army has no firearms available, and asks the imperial court to allocate three million silver to purchase firearms, saying that there is just a batch of firearms purchased by the warrior battalion, which can be borrowed. ”

Yang Yiqing also felt embarrassed, the warrior battalion is subordinate to the palace, that is, it is subordinate to the imperial horse supervisor, everyone is not a system, if you want firearms, you can only buy them, the cabinet is impossible to let the military department directly transfer them to the border army to use, and the warrior battalion of this batch of firearms, it is said that the imperial horse supervisor paid the silver, although it has not yet been transported to Beijing, but it is also on the way, and now Datong asks for 300,000 taels of silver to make up for the lack of military supplies, the reason, it seems to be tenable, but the problem is that where does the imperial court have so much spare money.

The cash in the treasury is only more than 900,000 now, and more than 900,000 seems to be enough, but this year is not over yet, and 300,000 yuan will be transferred, how much deficit will it cause?

Of course, on the Neiku side, five million military needs have been allocated, but God knows how long this war will be fought, this is Yang Tinghe's capital, and it cannot be embezzled without authorization.

"What did the Imperial Horse Warden say?" Yang Tinghe asked.

"The Imperial Horse Supervisor said that the firearms were ordered by their Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the total amount was indeed spent 300,000 taels, and the money from the Inner Treasury was used. Therefore, the court did not give the 300,000 taels of silver, and the imperial horse supervisor was also very embarrassed. ”

Yang Tinghe closed his eyes, sighed, and said: "That's it, give it to them, the war is important, without the Datong Divine Machine Army, once we suffer a fiasco, you and I will not be able to escape the blame." ”

Yang Yiqing had no choice but to nod.

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300,000 taels of silver were allocated to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but at this time, Huang Jin returned to his residence in Jingshi.

Since the big mansion he built was given to Xu Qian by Jiajing, Huang Jin began to think about buying another property, this house not far from Dong'anmen is his, but this mansion is nominally in the name of his nephew.

Sitting in the hall was the anxiously waiting prince, his eyes looked uneasily outside the door, until Huang Jin's figure appeared, he showed joy, hurriedly stepped forward, and said, "Ancestor Huang, the slave and maid have seen the salute." ”

Huang Jin raised his hand impatiently: "What's the matter, the silver has arrived?" ”

"Yes, the total is 300,000, our account will be flattened, Huang Zuzong, 100,000 taels of Ruyi Qian Zhuang silver tickets will be sent in an hour."

Huang Jin smiled slightly and said, "It's really not easy to do this, but it's still making a lot of profits, hey......"

sighed, but Huang Jin looked triumphant.

The whole thing is very simple, Huang Jin first found the Son of Heaven in advance, saying that the warrior battalion is responsible for defending the palace, and it is reported that the firearms of the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau are quite sharp, whether to buy some and let the warrior battalion practice in case of emergency.

Jiajing has always been suspicious, what suspicious people lack is a sense of security, hearing Huang Jin say this, naturally there is no second word, and he immediately agrees.

So, Huang Jin found the inner library and asked for 300,000 yuan of silver, saying that it was for the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau to buy firearms, but in fact, the price of these firearms purchased in Ruyifang was 180,000 taels.

In other words, the extra 120,000 taels of silver were naturally privately divided between Huang Jin, the Imperial Horse Eunuch and some eunuchs in the inner library.

But why do you want to make such a drama as Datong?

The reason is even simpler, this money is too easy to make, and a large amount of purchase means that countless white flowers of silver, bending down, can be picked, which is much lighter and more comfortable than other greedy ink.

After all, there is only one warrior camp, you can't buy a large amount of firearms this year, and ask the palace for silver next year, right?

So, a more elaborate plan came out, the silver of the inner treasury was passed on, a fire in the Datong warehouse, equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver, passed on to the treasury, the treasury intercepted the firearm, spent 300,000 taels of silver and sent back to the inner treasury, the 300,000 taels of silver, the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau is 180,000 taels of silver, and a group of eunuchs led by Huang Jin is 120,000 taels. It's just that the 300,000 taels of silver that went into the inner treasury won't be long before it will be taken out again, what is the reason? The reason is very simple, the warrior battalion has not yet purchased sharp firearms, and it is necessary to buy them again, that is to say, in the past, it was the inner treasury that spent 300,000 taels of silver to buy firearms, but now the state treasury and the inner treasury have spent 300,000 taels of silver to buy them once, a total of 600,000 taels of silver, and it will not be long before 100,000 taels of silver will have to be sent to Huang Jin's mansion.

As soon as it changed hands, the eunuch Huang Jin alone got 200,000 taels of silver, and Wang Gonggong and others naturally privately divided the remaining 40,000 taels, as for the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, it was to solicit 360,000 taels of silver.

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Chapter 3 is delivered, asking for a monthly pass. The plot of these two chapters is related to the direction of the Ming Dynasty in the future, well, it is very important.