Zhu Fan reported to Lao Zhu, only saying that Xifan had been selling some of the tea to the old Yuan Dynasty, so that Wang Baobao and others could hide in the grasslands and deep desert.

Now Xifan refuses to hand over the horse, humiliating the court officials, which is no different from rebellion, and begging the emperor to send troops to quell the rebellion.

Although that Qianhu is only a petty official of the fifth grade, he is also the messenger of the Ming Dynasty.

Beating the messenger is tantamount to slapping Lao Zhu in the face.

Lao Zhu was furious, stopped the tea and horse trade, and strictly forbade the illegal tea to be transported out of the customs.

and ordered Mu Ying to be the general of the expedition to the west, and Lan Yu and Wang Bi to be the deputies, to conquer the west, and set off in the spring of next year.

After giving the order, Lao Zhu was silent.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai only made eye contact and did not dare to make a sound.

"Father is very angry this time."

"Isn't it......"

"What was he thinking right now?"

"I don't know, why don't you ask?"

Lao Zhu suddenly snorted: "What are you two brothers doing?" ”

Zhu Bai laughed: "Erchen and eldest brother are trying to help their father share their worries. ”

Lao Zhu said: "Tell me, how do you share your worries? ”

Zhu Bai asked: "Then the father has to tell his son why he is worried." ”

Lao Zhu touched his chin and said, "We want to completely eliminate the illegal sale of tea, otherwise we won't be able to completely choke the necks of the people in Xifan, and they won't give in." Nowadays, they have a lot of methods, such as forging road guides, colluding with corrupt officials to build roads privately, buying private tea, and swaggering in and out of the customs. After killing one corrupt official, another one pops up, and no matter how you kill them, you can't finish killing them. Tea is not like salt, gold, silver, copper and iron, and it is impossible to control it from the source, and there are countless folk tea-making workshops, and it is impossible not to let the people make tea and drink tea by themselves. ”

Zhu Bai said: "Father Emperor Shengming. It's actually easy to manage. Although the source of production and the seller cannot control it, the matter of entry and exit is possible. The difficulty now is that there is no need for road guides, and they can't use things that they can't forge, and officials can't use them as vouchers. ”

Lao Zhu said: "That's right. ”

Zhu Bai said: "I don't know how my father and emperor mobilize the guards on weekdays? There should be a token. Otherwise, anyone can mobilize the army, wouldn't it be dangerous? ”

Lao Zhu asked: "You kid, why did you suddenly come to ask this while talking?" ”

Zhu Biao said: "The Ming Dynasty, like all dynasties, used tiger talismans. It has the name of the guard and the words 'Emperor's Decree' written on it. All command and the imperial court each hold half, just like the imperial court needs to mobilize the Xi'an avant-garde, so they asked someone to hold the Xi'an avant-garde tiger talisman and the holy decree, and quickly whip the horse to the Xi'an avant-garde, the tiger talisman and the avant-garde commander in the hand of the half of the coincide, and the commander will lead the Xi'an avant-garde to the designated place with the holy decree. The style and size of the 'tiger talisman' are only known to the imperial court and cannot be forged. ”

Zhu Bai clapped his hands: "Isn't this solved?" He used the Xifan tribes as the guard of the Ming Dynasty, made a token, and divided it into two halves to be held by each tribe and the imperial court. Perfect. ”

Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao stared at each other, thinking about this matter in their minds.

After a while, Lao Zhu said, "It seems feasible." According to the size of each tribe in the West, we can stipulate that they must each hand over the number of horses and tea in exchange to the Ming Dynasty, and then write it on the token. ”

Zhu Biao: "This token can't be too small, otherwise it can't be written, and the style must be different from the tiger talisman." ”

Lao Zhu: "Then make 'gold medals' and 'letter symbols' from copper, the imperial court holds the 'gold medal', and the leaders of the Xifan tribe hold the 'letter symbol'." In the event of a conquest or a fixed date for the conquest, the imperial court will send people to wear cards and holy decrees to the specified place. Each tribe was recruited to pay for horses, and they had to show the gold medal and the letter in their hand to check the seal before they could trade tea and horses. ”

Zhu Biao: "Each Xifan tribe can only transport tea out of the customs with gold medals and transaction vouchers issued by officials, and each transaction can only enter and exit once, otherwise it will be regarded as smuggling." When leaving the customs, the guards take back the transaction vouchers and hand them over to the transaction officer for destruction. This official must be appointed by the imperial court to be honest and upright, so that he will not engage in favoritism. ”

Lao Zhu nodded frequently: "Wait for Mu Ying once and they will subdue Xifan, let's do it." ”

When they discussed, Zhu Bai didn't know what to do with his head down.

Lao Zhu: "Rebel, it's going to be a war." ”

Zhu Bai listened, raised his head and blinked: "Ang?!" ”

Lao Zhu: "Your official tooth bureau is going to move and transport grain and grass." ”

Zhu Bai's face was full of reluctance: "Isn't this a matter of the household?" ”

Lao Zhu said: "Then you also have to cooperate with the household department." ”

Zhu Bai sighed: "Erchen's hair is going to be bald." ”

Lao Zhu smiled angrily: "Hehe, we know what you're going to do." It's a big deal, and I'll hand it over to you after the tea and horse market. Anyway, apart from you, we don't worry about others, and no one has this ability. The official food you transported this time, let's exchange it with the equivalent salt. ”

Only then did Zhu Bai say, "That's okay." In the future, since Erchen wants to manage the tea and horse market, he will have to go to Xi'an and Beijing. Father, don't be reluctant to let his sons go out when the time comes. ”

The horizontal flesh on Lao Zhu's face jumped, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay." We'll see when the time comes. ”

Na Na Na, you haven't even arrived at the front yet, you are reluctant, and you will definitely not let me go out when the time comes.

Zhu Bai pursed his lips.

Zhu Biao smiled: "Twelfth brother, don't worry, I'll go with you when the time comes." Anyway, we only patrolled the south this time, not the north. ”

Lao Zhu thought for a while: "It's okay." We'll talk about that then. ”

When Zhu Bai came out of the imperial study, he immediately ordered all the official tooth bureaus and Cao Yun to start transporting military rations to the first-level official tooth bureau of the Shaanxi Buzheng Division, preparing to conquer the west in the spring.

He put all the salt introduced by Lao Zhu in the first-level official tooth bureau in Shaanxi, and paid the salt guide according to the military rations transported by other official tooth bureaus. The salt obtained by the official dental bureau can be distributed by itself without the permission of the chief official dental bureau.

The first-level official dental bureau also said this to the second-level and third-level official dental bureaus below.

Then the various secretaries saw the cooperation of the official bureau.

As soon as the order was given, the second- and third-level official tooth bureaus immediately moved, collected the grain and transported it to the first-level official tooth bureau, and the first-level official tooth bureau transported it to Shaanxi through the canal and the transport convoy of the official tooth bureau.

By the end of the year, the military rations will be ready.

The grain bales in the Xi'an Mansion were piled up beyond the fence and could be seen from afar.

The Shaanxi Metropolitan Division sent heavy troops to guard it, for fear of making a mistake.

After all, this year is particularly cold, and the Mongolians are not having a good time.

This large pile of grain is placed here, like a mountain of gold beckoning these people to come and grab it.

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Today, Lao Zhu's spirit is not very good, and he yawned several times when he went to court.

He has always been known for his high energy, so the ministers are secretly surprised.

After dispersing, Zhu Bai leaned over and asked Lao Zhu, "What's wrong with my father?" ”

Lao Zhu took him into his arms, rubbed his temples and said, "In the past few nights, we have dreamed that Deng Yu has come to us every night." He said that he fought for us all his life, but he died without any blessings. In the future, if his children and grandchildren make mistakes, we must spare their lives. ”