Tan Yuan took Tan Hai, Xue Liu and other henchmen, followed by about a hundred people, and after leaving the Yanwang Mansion, they went directly to the west.

He was ordered to control the Ordnance Bureau, but halfway through, suddenly there were many shouts of killing in front, and there were no defeated officers and soldiers running towards them.

Only then did Tan Yuan know that the king of Gaoyang County was fighting against Yu Yao, and Yu Yao brought more than 1,000 people to find the king of Gaoyang County, but he was unexpectedly defeated by the king of Gaoyang County.

The surrendered officer and soldier on the side shouted: "The king of Gaoyang County is too fierce, and no one is his enemy." ”

Xue Liuda was furious: "Personal bravery is useful, find a dozen archers together, and you can shoot him to death." ”

Many people around were stunned.

"Xue Liu." Tan Hai shouted.

Xue Liu knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

The three of them looked at each other, and Tan Hai wanted to ask, do you want to help the king of Gaoyang County, after all, everyone is in the same boat now?

Tan Yuan said coldly: "The King of Gaoyang County is so powerful and invincible in the world, why do you need us to help, go, go to the Ordnance Bureau." ”

At that moment, everyone didn't care about Zhu Gaoxu, and the whole army continued to go to the Ordnance Bureau.

But when they arrived at the Ordnance Bureau, they found that the doors of several warehouses of the Ordnance Bureau were locked, and the locks were large and firm.

Xue Liu said at this time: "The Kumen weighs a thousand catties, and it is covered with iron sheets, so you still have to find a key, or you have to have artillery." ”

Tan Yuan thought about it, they were not in a hurry to ask for armor now, but they were able to control the whole city.

"Tan Qing, you lead the team to guard the warehouse, don't let people come over to take advantage, especially the subordinates of the King of Gaoyang County."

"No." Tan Qing hurriedly said.

Tan Yuan took Xue Liu and the others and left.

This guy is really as cruel as in history, he first led people to kill the political envoy Si Yamen in Beiping, and arrested and killed Zhang Yu's family, but Zhang Yu escaped in advance except for his youngest son, and the rest of his family was killed by Tan Yuan, and then he went to kill Xie Gui's family, and even Xie Gui's little grandson who was still eating Nai did not let go.

Afterwards, Zhang Xin got the news, and secretly rejoiced in his heart that if he hadn't surrendered quickly, his family might have been killed by King Yan, and he felt that he was smart and surrendered well.

After killing two families in a row, Tan Yuan went to help attack the nine city gates of Beiping.

At this time, most of the nine gates of Beiping went down without a fight, and there was no resistance, because everyone was the army of Beiping, and the middle and high-level officers were familiar with each other, plus King Yan led troops in the north all the year round, whether it was King Yan or his subordinate generals, they all had deep military connections and foundations.

Eight of the nine gates were captured one after another, and in the end, only Xizhimen fell into a bitter battle.

After Tan Yuan and Xue Liu captured a city gate, they immediately rushed to Xizhimen.

On the way, they heard that Xizhimen was guarded by Yu Yao, the commander of Jiyangwei.

Yu Yao took the soldiers and horses to catch the king of Gaoyang County, and was broken by the king of Gaoyang County, Yu Yao fled all the way to Xizhimen with the defeated soldiers, and sent cavalry to recruit rescuers outside Beiping City, while guarding Xizhimen.

At this time, many rumors spread in the army, saying that the king of Gaoyang County was unstoppable, and with one enemy and one hundred, he defeated Yu Yao's thousands of soldiers and horses.

This rumor spread more and more, and finally even turned into the king of Gaoyang County who took a sledgehammer of more than 1,000 catties, smashed it down, killed and injured a large number of people, and ten hammers broke thousands of soldiers and horses.

Tan Yuan was furious when he heard this, picked up his horsewhip and whipped it at an officer and soldier who had surrendered, and everyone around was shocked.

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In front of Xizhi Gate.

The soldiers and horses of the official army and the king of Yan were still fighting hard, and the soldiers and horses of both sides were in Weng City in front of the city gate.

Zhu Gaoxu led people a hundred steps away, and more than 600 people gathered behind him.

Originally, he had 500 soldiers and horses, and he gave Sun Yan and Chen Wen 200, and then after defeating Yu Yao with 300 soldiers and horses, he had more than 600, which was fully doubled.

Like King Yan, King Yan was known for his prestige in the north, while Zhu Gaochu was known for his bravery, and the soldiers worshipped the strong, so many defeated soldiers also surrendered to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Your Highness, these people are really useless, they still can't fight until now, should we go up?" Zhou Hu, the captain of the pro-soldiers, hummed.

Zhou Hu is tall and strong, and even brave is similar to Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaochu got him, it was like a tiger.

Zhu Gaoxu rode on his horse, looked at the soldiers and horses of King Yan gathered in all directions, and knew that the general trend had been decided.

He shook his head: "No, let's go, we have more important things." ”

Driving, turning the horse's head, and turning away with a large number of soldiers and horses.

At this time, his mind was circling rapidly, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, would soon control the whole field, and then reorganize the troops and horses, and go out of the city to fight with the official army.

The early stage was relatively smooth, Zhu Gaoxu rarely appeared during this period of history, I don't know what he was doing, but he was definitely not used by King Yan in important places.

When the imperial army approached and the two sides entered the war, Zhu Gaoxu slowly appeared in the official history.

"Let's go, let's go to the Baoquan Bureau first." Zhu Gaoxu took the lead, and hundreds of soldiers and horses followed him to the Baoquan Bureau.

The Baoquan Bureau was the place where coins were minted in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang first set up the Baoyuan Bureau in Yingtianfu in 1361 to take charge of the coinage.

By 1368, the Baoquan Bureau was successively established in the provinces to announce the political envoys, and the Baoyuan Bureau cast the 'Hongwu Tongbao' money.

Although Zhu Gaoxu did not participate in the deliberations of King Yan, he estimated that King Yan would only want to seize the Nine Gates first, and then occupy key departments such as the Ordnance Bureau, and he definitely didn't think of the Baoquan Bureau.

After all, the first thing for King Yan at the moment is to control the army.

Sure enough, as he expected, when the army arrived at the Baoquan Bureau, there was no one around, and the officers and soldiers who were originally guarding here also ran away.

"Smash the lock." With Zhu Gaoxu's order, Zhou Hu walked over with a big axe, boom, and an axe smashed on the iron lock, and with a bang, the iron lock broke directly and fell to the ground.

The soldiers around them were dumbfounded.

After pushing open the courtyard door and entering, there are still many houses inside, some of which are stored in red copper, brass, iron, lead and other materials, some are stored freshly minted copper coins, and there are also a batch of Daming treasure banknotes that have just been transported from the Beijing Banknote Printing Bureau.

Some of these copper coins and treasure money will be used to distribute the salaries and military salaries of the civil and military officials in Beiping, and some of them will be used for the expenses of the political envoys and yamen, and the various expenses of the political envoys in Beiping will be spent here.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, after each tax collection, the operating funds of the government at the same level will be left, mainly grain and silver.

The envoy converted some of them into copper coins, because copper coins are the most widely circulated currency in the market, and copper coins are needed to stabilize the market.

"Your Highness, there are a lot of copper coins and treasure money, how do you get them?" Wang Bin ran over and asked in ecstasy.

"Let's get Ambassador Ku first." Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

The Baoquan Bureau has a library ambassador from Jiupin, and a deputy envoy is not in the stream.

Because the Baoquan Bureau is a special department, it is usually manned by two people in turn, and some ambassadors or deputy envoys will even have their homes in the Baoquan Bureau.

Zhu Gaoxu was lucky, and Xu Ji's home lived in the Baoquan Bureau.

This happened to be caught by Zhu Gaoxu.

The soldiers brought him to Zhu Gaoxu, Xu Ji looked like he was in his early thirties, with a slender figure, a three-sheep beard, and a slippery face.

"Xiaguan greets the king of Gaoyang County." Xu Ji saw Zhu Gaoxu and quickly knelt down.

Zhu Gaoxu asked directly: "How many copper coins and treasure money does this Beiping Baoquan Bureau have now?" ”

"Back to the king of Gaoyang County, as of last night, there are 368,000 finished copper coins and more than 746,000 treasure banknotes."

"How much?" Zhu Gaoxu asked again, and tilted his head sideways, as if he didn't hear clearly.

Xu Ji looked at Zhu Gaoxu's movements, secretly swallowed his saliva, and said with a bitter face: "Back to the king of Gaoyang County, the lower official --- the lower official seems to have misremembered." ”

"There are --- and ---238,000 copper coins---" Xu Ji said slowly, watching Zhu Gaoxu's face as he spoke.

Zhu Gaoxu's face sank when he heard that there were still 230,000 figures.

Xu Ji hurriedly said: "No, no--- it's ---- 68,000 copper coins--" He gritted his teeth and said: "More than 46,000 treasure money." ”

"Why is there only that?" Zhu Gaoxu asked seriously.

"The chief secretary --- just paid in July--- embezzled part of --- a large amount-" Xu Ji said stiffly.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was all monthly, but it was not the beginning of July, but recently Zhang Yu used a lot of money in order to mobilize the Seven Guards and horses, and first rewarded the officers and soldiers from all walks of life to win the hearts of the people.

It's a pity that Zhang Hao doesn't know how to do things, and he doesn't know how to win over the little brothers, most of the rewards were finally given to the generals, and the grassroots soldiers actually didn't get any benefits.

Zhu Gaoxu was quite satisfied with what he heard, and immediately said: "Come on, give Ambassador Xu 500 copper coins and 1,000 treasure money." ”

"King of Gaoyang?" Xu Ji cried with a sad face, where would he dare to take it.

"If the king tells you to take it, you will take it." Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice.

Xu Ji couldn't help it, knowing that he was forced onto a thief ship.