"Withdraw your troops!"

Zhang Qi, the white fat man standing on the side, had already seen the hidden crisis in advance, and was also the absolute spiritual leader of the Tile Spur Department, he lit up the Daxu Banner like a bright light in the night, and he could gather the Tile Spur soldiers and horses in the fastest time.

Don't look at the appearance that there are not many people around Yexian, in fact, the one who can guard him at this time is definitely the most elite tribal guard of the tile spur.

Zhang Qi and the others have fought with the Tile Spur guards several times, basically without any bargaining, and the Liaodong army can not maintain a meticulous formation after attacking the camp, if the two sides fight at this moment, the soldiers and horses participating in the battle are actually almost the same.

Can the Liaodong Army with the same number break through the defensive formation of the Tile Spur Guard?

Even the arrogant Li Da, Zhang Qi and others could not give a firm answer. Not to mention that in addition to these thousands of neatly lined up Tile Spur guards, there are more Tile Spur tribe soldiers and horses on the periphery, once they fall into an entangled battle, they will be greeted by the entire army!

With the order of the two commanders of the Liaodong Army, soon the loud sound of gongs resounded on the battlefield, and the standard-bearers also began to wave the retreating flag.

Compared with the looseness of the nomads, the Liaodong Army has long been ordered and forbidden under the command of Li Da over the years. Even if there were many soldiers who looked at the Qiqi who was not far away, they were unwilling, and they still turned their horses' heads as soon as possible and retreated towards the outskirts of the Tile Thorn camp.

"Great Khan, the Ming army has withdrawn!"

The movement of the retreat of the Liaodong Army, after the king of Saikan saw it, he immediately told Yexian, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that when this scene was seen in Ye Xian's eyes, his face instantly became stern, and he scolded the king of Saikan: "Ben Khan is not afraid, are you afraid of the attack of a group of southern barbarians?" ”

The sudden reprimand made the king of Saikan a little confused, and he hurriedly explained: "Great Khan, I'm not afraid of the Southern Barbarians, I'm just ......"

Before the king of Saikan finished speaking, he first interrupted: "King Saikan, you immediately led the army of ten thousand households under your command to pursue the Ming army, how can the Mongolian steppe come and leave as soon as they want?" ”

After saying this, he also looked at the soldiers who were constantly gathering in his direction, and roared in a arrogant tone: "The Liaodong Army took advantage of our unpreparedness to sneak attack and killed the sons of the grassland, the warriors of the tribe, what do you say should be done!" ”

"Kill all these two-legged sheep!"

A general of the Tile Thorn Personal Guard instantly gave the answer he wanted first.

The Battle of Tumubao gave the Mongols the confidence of Genghis Khan to conquer the Central Plains, restored their former pride and glory, and completely got rid of the humiliation of being pressed and beaten by the Ming army for decades.

Today, he also ascended the throne as Khan, or obtained the jade seal of the Great Yuan, he naturally has the ambition to become the emperor of the Central Plains. If the Ming army penetrated hundreds of miles deep into the Horqin grassland, wantonly killed the soldiers of the Tile Thorn Division, and came and went freely.

So who will take it seriously when the Mongolian tribal alliance is convened and he announces to the world that he will become the new Great Khan of the steppe?

Let this group of Liaodong troops not come and go, it is not only related to the face of the tile spur and Yexian, but also the trend of the game between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, as well as the psychological advantage of the nomads after the first battle of Tumubao.

The grassland is the grassland of the Mongolians, and it is not allowed to be presumptuous!

"Then wield your sabers and kill them all, and use the blood of the Ming army to pay tribute to the deceased immortal descendants!"

"Immortal Heaven!"

The soldiers and horses of the Tile Thorn Division were originally carrying the prestige of victory in the destruction of the Tatar Army, but they were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Liaodong Army, and they were far from the low morale of the real defeat.

On the contrary, they were high-spirited, and they couldn't wait to hunt down the retreating Liaodong Army to wash away the shame of the panic just now!

With the roar of the Mongolian cavalry, followed by the scene of thousands of galloping horses, the king of Saikan led tens of thousands of tile spur soldiers who had reorganized their formation, and pursued behind the Liaodong army in the dust, with a kind of determination not to die.

Looking at the Tile Spur Department behind him to organize the chasing troops so quickly, Wu Rong had to admire Li Da's foresight in ordering the withdrawal of troops at this moment, he could only say that this was a natural general's talent, and he usually looked very arrogant, and he was extremely thoughtful on the battlefield.

If the troops had been withdrawn another quarter of an hour later, the 10,000 men and horses of the Liaodong Army would have to be left in the Tatar camp.

The armies of the two sides staged a pursuit in the grassland, and the "grain war" on the side of the Jingshi has gradually shown signs of victory and defeat, and Huichang Bo Sun Zhong found that no matter how he buys, he can't buy the rice and grain in the name of the Guogong Mansion, as if it is like a bottomless pit.

And at this time, there was also a news from the imperial court that Sun Zhong couldn't believe. That is, through the cabinet council, 1.5 million stone was transferred from the Jingshi and Tongzhou granaries to store grain, of which 1 million stone was sent to the nine sides, including Liaodong, to motivate the soldiers to fight bloody battles and prepare for a possible large-scale invasion of tile thorns.

Another 500,000 stones will be distributed to the state capital where the food shortage is serious, and a porridge shed will be officially built to help the people!

The appearance of this news completely shattered the confidence of Huichang Bo Sun Zhong and others, you must know that they have taken out three million taels of silver, including the hoarding of northern rice and grain in the early stage, and almost emptied the entire family fund.

As a result, the reality told them that Shen Yichen didn't even touch the military food in the Jingshi and Tongzhou warehouses, and he was invincible just by virtue of the food he didn't know where to get it.

The reality was too shocking and cruel, and even broke through the cognitive limits of Huichangbo, Sun Zhong and others, and only then did they come to their senses and use their connections and connections to investigate the source of Shen Yichen's rice grain, instead of being as blind and arrogant as before, thinking that they would win this food war.

When the results of the investigation came, and after learning that Shen Yichen relied on the fleet of sea ships to continuously purchase rice and grain from the south, Huichang Bo Sun Zhong and others were directly confused. The Western Fleet has been destroyed for decades, and their memories of that once magnificent voyage have long since faded.

Until this moment, Shen Yichen's actions activated their dusty memories, the sails that covered the sky and the sun during the Yongle Emperor period, the various strange tributes brought from the vassal states of all nations, and the super fleet that could carry tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to sail for several years.

I didn't expect to be able to reappear in this world in my lifetime!

In the hall of Huichangbo Mansion, Chengshan Hou Wang Tong and Xing'an Hou Xu Heng gathered together again, but this time their faces were extremely ugly, and they did not have the confident appearance they had before.

"We were careless, when Shen Yichen didn't call to lead the army into Beijing, we should pay more attention to the fleet of sea ships he was on, who would have thought that it was a Daming treasure ship!"

Cheng An Hou Wang Tong's face was full of pain, in fact, the news that Shen Yichen controlled a fleet was well known to everyone in the court.

But knowing the existence of this fleet and knowing the specific size of this fleet are completely different things. The Ming treasure ship was built by the secret decree of Zhu Qizhen of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the imperial court or the local state capital, in order to avoid the opposition of the ministers, it was a blockade of news.

Shen Yichen tens of thousands of Fujian people went to Beijing, and the ministers of the DPRK and China basically subconsciously thought that he had recruited Fujian sailors and official ships of coastal prefectures, and brought them to Dagu Haiphong in a vigorous and miraculous way.

Unaware of the slightest, Shen Yichen was in control of a real fleet of sea ships.

"What's the use of talking about these now, after the news that the imperial court opened a warehouse to help the people, coupled with Shen Yichen's continuous release of grain. The price of grain in Beijing has dropped from two taels and one stone in half a day to one or two or five yuan, and at this rate, it is estimated that it will drop to one or two in the evening! ”

Chen Gong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said this sentence in pain, don't look at his status and rank among these ministers, but the money he invests is long. After all, the Ministry of Industry is one of the best yamen in the six ministries, and it can make a lot of money if you rebuild the nine-sided beacon fortress and allocate funds to do it once.

Of the three million taels of silver invested by everyone, Chen Gong alone accounted for one-third, and even super veteran relatives like Huichang Bo Sun Zhong only invested 800,000 taels, which was 200,000 taels short.

As a result, the more you invest, the more you lose, and if the price of food is really suppressed, it would be good to be able to recover one-tenth of the cost.

"What Da Sikong said is very true, among the more than two million stone rice and grain we have hoarded, only a few hundred thousand stones in the early stage were purchased at parity prices, and nearly two million stones were purchased from Shen Yichen in the future, and the prices ranged from one or two or five yuan to two taels."

"At this rate of decline in grain prices, it will soon fall back to the two coins and five stones before the price increase, which will be at least a loss of more than two million taels!"

Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital, quickly calculated this account, and he invested hundreds of thousands of taels this time, which can be regarded as a full net worth pressed up.

Don't look at the fact that he is in charge of one of the three legal divisions, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which seems to be in a high position. In fact, he relied on hugging Wang Zhen's thighs to get on the throne, and most of the money that was greedy for ink before was honored, and there were not many left in his hands.

If these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are gone, Wang Wen can't imagine how Zhishi will live when he returns to his hometown in the future!

"Yes, there is also rice grain, which is not easy to store, and it is easy to mold and spoil when it is wet in spring. Even if it hasn't broken for a while, the new grain will be on the market, and it will become a discounted old grain, and I'm afraid it will fall to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which is not worth it! ”

"Uncle Huichang, you still have to think of a way to do this."

The gossip words of everyone made Huichang Bo Sun Zhong, who was over eighty years old, feel dizzy for a while.

After slowing down for a long time, he calmed down and said: "Since it is not good to be soft on Shen Yichen, if you want to recover your losses, you can only come hard." sealed the grain shop in the name of the Chengguo Mansion, and confiscated the surplus grain in the warehouse on the charge of hoarding. ”

In an ordinary moment, Huichang Bo Sun Zhong would never offend Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Shen Yichen, an upstart in the imperial court, for the sake of money. But now that Emperor Taishang has returned from Mobei, the scene of the two emperors fighting each other has become a foregone conclusion, and it has reached a white-hot stage.

The line of the Chengguo Mansion represented by Shen Yichen is destined to stand on the side of the new monarch Zhu Qiyu, and Sun Zhong, who is also the grandfather of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, has no choice in his position.

In the sixth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, due to the continuous drought caused by poor transportation, the grain in Jingcang was almost empty, and there was a precedent for grain merchants to hoard rice and sell at a high price. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was at its peak, and the politics were relatively clear, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division dispatched the first time to investigate and arrest.

In addition, according to the "Daming Huidian", "anyone who allows merchants to trade in gold and silver, and conceals goods to increase the value of money, will be fined," and "those who are confused and take profits indiscriminately, will be punished with forty lashes" and other regulations, and severely punish merchants who hoard and raise prices.

According to the method of forcibly moving dogma, the rice and grain sold in the grain shops under the name of the Chengguo Mansion were as high as 221 stones, far exceeding the normal grain price level. No matter who it sold to, what the ultimate goal is, Shen Yichen actually violated the law of price gouging, which is equivalent to giving Huichang Bo Sun Zhong a handle.

Now if you want to recover the loss of millions of tattooed silver, you can only take the first step and fight a rake!

Hearing that Huichang Bo Sun Zhong was about to come hard, the faces of everyone present changed greatly, and no one dared to answer in an instant. After all, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong Yu Wei is still there, and Shen Yichen is not a character to mess with, and now without the curtain of Empress Dowager Sun to listen to the government, no one knows what the result will be if it really makes a big mess.

Looking at everyone's timid look, Huichang Bo Sun Zhong snorted coldly and said: "Old decay anyway, the oil is exhausted, money is something outside my body, on the contrary, many of you are in the prime of life, can you give up the life of fine clothes and food?" ”

"Or does it mean that he is blatantly greedy for ink, and he was seized by his political enemies and sent an impeachment to his hometown?"

"At this point, there is no turning back, either win big or lose all the games, it's up to you to choose."

After all, Huichang Bo Sun Zhong closed his eyes and recuperated, he really didn't care much about the loss of money. After all, as long as his daughter is still the queen mother of the dynasty, money and other things will continue to pour in, and they will not be able to spend it at all.

On the contrary, if you can take this opportunity to force Chengshan Hou Wang Tong, Xing'an Hou Xu Heng, Chen Gong and other ministers of the Ministry of Industry to stand on the opposite side of Shen Yichen, then when the real big change comes, the Emperor Taishang will have a little more help in the court.

The "grain war" is just a business for the ministers who usually want to get a piece of the pie. But for Huichang Bo Sun Zhong, it was a bigger plan and a big gamble, and there was no reason to lose half of the gambling table.

In the face of the instigation of Huichang Bo Sun Zhong, Cheng Anhou Wang Tong, a hardcore ally and a great loss, was the first to agree: "We are only buying and hoarding, and we have not made a profit and violated the law, on the contrary, Shen Yichen sells grain at a high price, which is not tolerated by national law." ”

"Uncle Huichang is reasonable, you can mobilize the soldiers and horses of the five cities to seize the grain shop under the name of the Chengguo Mansion, without the title, Zhu Yong is just a commoner now!"

With the approval of Cheng Anhou Wang Tong, Chen Gong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also gritted his teeth and said: "This matter can be authorized by the proposal of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then Cheng Anhou will lead the soldiers and horses of the five cities to investigate and arrest, the process is reasonable and legal, even if it is sued to His Majesty, Shen Yichen will not take a single advantage!" ”

"This matter is feasible, Ben Hou thinks it is according to what Da Sikong said. And just in case, it would be better for Hui Changbo to enter the palace again and blow the wind in the ears of the Queen Mother! ”

Xing'an Hou Xu Heng also expressed his attitude, he felt that this matter was legally defensible, no matter how young and frivolous Shen Yichen was, could he still cover the sky with one hand in the court?

In the face of everyone's words, only the imperial envoy Wang Wen's face was solemn, Wang Zhen, who was in power back then, failed to kill this kid, can he really rely on himself and others?