Gao Hanwen's words were like a bombshell, and among these villagers, it exploded!

Not long ago, the government not only exempted the villagers who planted mulberry seedlings from field tax, but also exempted them from forced labor, and now it is even more willing to distribute relief food to those who planted mulberry seedlings.

Until then, these villagers had a state of schadenfreude over those who had previously obeyed the government's orders to plant mulberry seedlings.

Especially when I saw that they were about to end their meals, my heart was even more happy.

Who knew that the government would act so quickly and be willing to distribute relief food to those villagers who planted mulberry seedlings.

At this moment, the hearts of these villagers couldn't help but flash a trace of remorse: "I knew that planting mulberry seedlings has so many benefits, I should have obeyed the orders of the government in the first place, not to mention that the current price of raw silk is rising, and planting mulberry seedlings will definitely not worry about sales." ”

Gao Hanwen was destined not to know the voices of these villagers, and immediately, he saw him take the roster from the guards on the side, and began to read the names on it one by one.

"Wang Erzhuang, Wang San, Wang Goudan, Wang Wu......"

Next, all the villagers whose names were read by Gao Hanwen walked out with great anticipation.

Gao Hanwen looked at the dozen or so villagers, nodded imperceptibly, and immediately asked.

"This official is now asking you questions on behalf of the government, and you have to answer truthfully, if there is half of it false, not only will you not receive the relief food distributed by the government, but you will also be arrested and put in prison, understand?"

"Adult, little one understands, if you have any questions, just ask!"

Among the dozen or so villagers, Wang Erzhuang mustered up the courage to stand up and answer Gao Hanwen's words.

When Gao Hanwen heard this, he immediately retracted his gaze and asked.

"How many people are in your family, and how much food do you have in stock?"

When Wang Erzhuang heard this, he gritted his teeth and immediately told all the real situation at home.

"If you go back to the adult, there are four people in my family, and the remaining food in the family is less than two liters, and I am currently relying on gruel to survive, if the government does not distribute relief food, I am afraid that the small ones will not even be able to drink gruel!"

After Wang Erzhuang, the remaining villagers, after exchanging glances with each other, also truthfully informed their own situation.

Gao Hanwen's brows were visibly furrowed with the naked eye, what he didn't expect was that the situation would be so serious!

If the government does not distribute relief food immediately, these people may not survive until the seedlings are ripe.

Immediately afterwards, in order to verify the truth of these villagers' words, Gao Hanwen personally led the guards to the door and carefully looked through the homes of these villagers.

"It seems that those villagers are not lying, the situation is true, these people are almost to the point of running out of cooking!"

Gao Hanwen withdrew his gaze and muttered to himself silently.

Immediately, I saw Gao Hanwen ordering his subordinates to record all the situations reported by the dozen or so villagers, and then returned to the governor's palace without stopping.

After Gao Hanwen, Zheng Michang, He Maocai, Ma Ningyuan and others also returned to the Governor's Mansion successively.

Next, after everyone summarized the information they had gotten, Zheng Michang was keenly aware of the seriousness of the matter, and saw that after looking around, he raised his doubts to everyone.

"No, it stands to reason that the government also exempted the people who planted mulberry seedlings from the field tax, and the grain they have in their hands should be more surplus, how can they be reduced to the point of being about to run out?"

Zheng Michang's words fell, and soon aroused the vigilance of the others: "Yes, no matter how you say it, it shouldn't have fallen to such a point, where is the food in their hands?" ”

Then, He Maocai seemed to think of something possible, and lowered his voice.

"You say, could it be that someone is doing something behind his back, trying to make the rice change for mulberry fall short!"

After listening to He Maocai's words, Zheng Michang, who was sitting at the top, slammed the table and said in a deep voice.

"Do you still need to ask, it must be Qingliu's gang who are making trouble behind their backs!"

"If the information you have gathered is correct, I am afraid that the relief food prepared in advance in the granary at present is not enough!"

When Zheng Michang said this, his face suddenly became grim.

When Ma Ningyuan, who was on the side, heard this, he immediately panicked, and immediately asked Zheng Michang.

"Then what should we do next, if there is not enough food, the change from rice to mulberry will not be able to continue, and when the time comes, everyone will not be able to escape!"

After listening to Ma Ningyuan's words, Zheng Michang forcibly calmed himself down, and immediately commanded everyone.

"In this case, I will immediately write to the elders of the pavilion, inform them of the situation here, and ask for their help!"

"You're in charge of investigating the food in the hands of the people, where did it go?"

Zheng Michang's voice fell, and He Maocai on the side also followed suit.

"That's the only way to do it now!"

Next, after clarifying their respective division of labor, Zheng Michang did not hesitate at all, and went straight to another study in the governor's palace, and after considering the sentence, Zheng Michang spread out the pen and paper and began to write the letter.

"Xiaoge Lao, there is a little situation here in Zhejiang at present, those people who plant mulberry seedlings, the food in their hands, for some reason, suddenly disappeared, right now, it is even about to reach the point of breaking the cooking, the specific reason is under investigation."

"In addition, the relief grain prepared earlier is completely insufficient, and if there is no sufficient food support, the conversion from rice to mulberry will not be able to continue."

"Xiaguan suspects that behind the whole thing, it is Qingliu's gang who are secretly doing tricks, they want to make the change of rice fall short, and ask Xiaoge Lao to find a way as soon as possible, before that, Xiaguan will find a way to support it as much as possible!"

After the ink on the paper was dry, Zheng Michang carefully checked it several times, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately called his cronies and commanded in a deep voice.

"Send this letter to Xiao Ge Lao as soon as possible, without the slightest delay!"

"Yes, sir!"

The cronie did not stop at all, but walked out of the room, mounted the fast horse that had been prepared, and headed for his destination.

……

Night, the capital, Yuwang's mansion.

Since not long ago, the emperor adopted Yan Song's proposal and made Xu Jie's plan fall short, Xu Jie, while feeling a great sense of crisis, couldn't swallow this breath, so he summoned everyone to Yuwang's Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures.

In the study, seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Jie coughed lightly twice, and after attracting everyone's attention to himself, he spoke unhurriedly.

"You don't have to be frustrated by this, although His Majesty has adopted Yan Song's proposal, it doesn't mean that we don't have a chance, we can also use other methods to stumble on the Yan Party!"

When Xu Jie said this, he withdrew his gaze, and immediately put on an unfathomable expression, and said slowly.

"For example, in Zhejiang, the rice is about to be changed to mulberry!"

When Gao Gong heard this, he seemed to think of something, frowned, and immediately asked.

"Elder Xu Ge, what do you mean by this, did you already plan accordingly before this?"

Xu Jie was very satisfied with Gao Gong's reaction, nodded imperceptibly, and immediately explained.

"As early as a month ago, I sent people to Zhejiang to buy the grain in the hands of those mulberry farmers at a high price!"

"At present, those mulberry farmers have no food in their hands, and the relief grain in the grain depot is not enough to support the consumption of those mulberry farmers.

Xu Jie's words fell, and the faces of everyone present couldn't help but show expressions of sudden realization.

Zhu Zaikun looked even more excited, slapped his thigh suddenly, and exclaimed.

"Without food, the change from rice to mulberry will not be able to continue, and if it is forcibly implemented, it may provoke a popular uprising!"

"Next, we only need to firmly control the grain in our own hands, the change from rice to mulberry vigorously promoted by the Yan Party will fall short, and once the rice to mulberry comes to a standstill, the father will not spare them, and when the time comes, our opportunity will come!"

When Zhu Zaikun said this, he paused for a moment, his eyes full of determination.

"Lone must remove the tumor of Yan Dang from my Ming Dynasty!"

After listening to Zhu Zaikun's words, Xu Jie also expressed his agreement.

"His Royal Highness King Fang Caiyu is right, then we only need to take the grain into our own hands, and not allocate grain to Zhejiang, we just need to wait for the failure of changing rice to mulberry, and then we can officially launch an attack on the Yan Party!"

Xu Jie's voice fell, but Zhang Juzheng, who was silent on the side, expressed his doubts at this time.

"Elder Xu Ge, what if Yan Song convinces His Majesty to transfer grain from neighboring provinces again?"

Xu Jie seemed to have anticipated this question for a long time, and after thinking about it for a moment, he immediately responded.

"Don't worry, before this, I have already made a plan, except for Fujian and Jiangxi, the neighboring provinces of Zhejiang, there is no surplus food to mobilize."

"And right now, the person who serves as the governor of Fujian is none other than Tan Lun, and it is absolutely impossible for him to allocate grain to the Yan Party!"

"Over in Jiangxi, I have also asked Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, in the name of the household department, not to easily mobilize food!"

Zhang Juzheng saw that Xu Jie's appearance was full of bamboo, and the last trace of doubt in his heart was also dispelled.

In Zhang Juzheng's view, although the strategy adopted by Xu Jie, although unpretentious, is fatal!

Right now, the household department is in charge of Xu Jie and Gao Gong, even if Yan Song convinces His Majesty and orders the household department to personally transfer food, Xu Jie can find all kinds of reasons to shirk it, and even if necessary, he can also use some small means.

For example, a ship transporting grain encountered wind and waves on the road and unfortunately capsized, or encountered bandits on the road and the grain was robbed by the bandits.

The longer the time drags on, the more the balance of victory will tilt towards the side of Qingliu, and once the change of rice to mulberry is declared defeated, at that time, the prelude to the fall of strictness can be officially kicked off!

After thinking about all this, Zhang Juzheng turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and said in a deep voice.

"What Elder Xu Ge said is extremely true, and it is only a matter of time before the defeat of the Yan Party is in the future."

When Xu Jie heard Zhang Juzheng's words, his whole person became full of ambition, only to see his fists clenched and his expression firm.

"When the Yan Party is defeated, when the time comes, my Ming Dynasty will surely prosper again, and I will let the people live a good life!"

……

After day and night of non-stop travel, Tumaihan was finally secretly escorted to the capital.

At this moment, the sky has just turned white, perhaps because it is still early, and there is not a single pedestrian on the road.

The soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding the city have also been replaced by brocade guards, and at this moment, their eagle-like eyes are always watching every corner around them to prevent any accidents.

Gradually, the team responsible for escorting Tumaihan revealed its figure in the distance, and those brocade guards couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this.

Immediately sent someone forward, and after showing the identity token, the two sides quickly completed the handover.

Tumaihan was imprisoned in a prison car, and then escorted to the capital by Jizhou, day and night, he traveled non-stop, consuming most of his spirit, at this moment, his expression was quite sluggish, he was bowing his head, not saying a word.

When the door of the prisoner's cart was opened, he came to his senses, and immediately raised his head and looked around to see where he was.

Tumaihan looked at the towering walls, the stone-brick floors, the neat roads, and the scattered buildings around him.

Comparing it with the tribe he was in, Tumaihan actually had a dwarf feeling in comparison with the two, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Is this what those Ming people call the Jingshi, it's so good!"

The words fell, and Tumaihan was also escorted to the place that had already been prepared by the brocade guards who came to hand over.

At the same time, Yang Bo and Yang Xuan also waited for the reward from the imperial court as they wished.

At the gate of the Governor's Palace, Yang Bo, Yang Xuan, and all the officials in the Governor's Mansion knelt on the ground respectfully, quietly waiting for the eunuch holding the holy decree in front of him to read out the contents of the holy decree.

Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: "Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, captured the Tatar Khan, killed the enemy, and the imperial court now officially crowned him as a hussar general, and his duties remain unchanged." ”

"Yang Bo, the left secretary of the military department, assisted Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, to annihilate the invading enemy, and made great contributions, and now he is crowned as General Huaiyuan, and his responsibilities remain unchanged."

"All the soldiers who participated in this battle will be paid four times the salary of the imperial court, and the soldiers who unfortunately died in battle will also be paid four times the original standard."

"In addition, all the officers and officials who participated in this battle will be promoted one level on the basis of the original, and they will be promoted!"

Although Yang Xuan had already expected that the rewards of the imperial court would be quite generous before, what he didn't expect was that the rewards given by the imperial court would be so rich!

Not to mention that he was crowned a hussar general, all the officers and officers who participated in this battle were promoted to one level on the original basis, and not only that, but those soldiers were also rewarded with four times the salary and pension!

It was a great battle for all, and everyone benefited from it.

After reading the contents of the holy decree, the eunuch looked at Yang Xuan with a smile and said slowly.

"Take it!"

When Yang Xuan heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he took the holy decree from the eunuch's hand quite solemnly, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After this, I saw an official who had already prepared him step forward and quietly stuffed a thick stack of silver tickets into the eunuch's hand.

After roughly sensing the thickness of the silver ticket, the smile on his face became even worse, and he immediately spoke.

"Since the holy decree has been delivered, it is inconvenient for our family to stay here longer, so we will leave first."

"Father-in-law, go slowly!"

Immediately, under the leadership of Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, many officials present watched the eunuch leave, and they all had smiles on their faces that could not be concealed.

After the eunuch left, Yang Xuan looked intently at the holy decree in his hand, and everything that had just happened seemed like a dream to him.

At this moment, Yang Bo's puzzled voice came: "What are you still doing here?" ”

When Yang Xuan heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, turned his gaze to his friend, and said slowly.

"Did you hear that, Your Majesty has crowned me a hussar general!"

When Yang Bo heard this, his eyes were full of smiles, and he immediately spoke.

"I heard it, not just me, everyone here heard it, don't you believe you ask them?"

Yang Bo's words fell, and many officials present put on a funny look on their faces that they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

(End of chapter)