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Regardless of the strong opposition of many ministers, the Son of Heaven agreed to the proposal of Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei, and ordered Shang Shutai to draw up a detailed strategy for the Great Battle of Northern Xinjiang.

Although the opposing ministers continued to write and admonish repeatedly, the concert was like a stone thrown into the sea, and in the blink of an eye, it was drowned by the boiling frenzy of the main battle. Many of the opposing ministers were worried about the safety of the Han Dynasty, beat their chests and were heartbroken, and even had to write a letter to ask for their resignation and leave. The Son of Heaven is not allowed. The stakes of the war in northern Xinjiang are so important that only the ministers of the DPRK and the central government know about it, and the local bureaucrats have not yet received any information. The Son of Heaven was worried that the news had leaked and caused panic in the world. In addition, there are not many ministers who oppose the war this time, and these people belong to different factions, so they cannot form a force of opposition. But these people have something in common, one is that they are from good backgrounds, basically they are all famous and Confucian, and they are all very knowledgeable. The second is that these people are loyal to the Great Han Kingdom, and the Son of Heaven wants to use them, of course, he is not willing to let them leave the court.

In order to appease them, the Son of Heaven deliberately talked to several high-ranking ministers. The Son of Heaven said very bluntly, saying that he used all his national strength to launch the Northern Xinjiang War, if nothing else, just to recover the lost territory and be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, not to let the country laid down by the ancestors be lost from my hands, not to let me and my descendants be disgraced forever, and not to let the Great Han Kingdom and the people of the Great Han Kingdom suffer the ravages of barbarism. The Son of Heaven also said that I want to make meritorious deeds that will be admired by all generations, and I want to become a generation of Ming monarchs of the Great Han Kingdom. The ministers who opposed the war did not dare to speak. When the Son of Heaven talks about this, how can he oppose it? You can't say that you just want to disgrace Your Majesty and Your Majesty's descendants forever, and prevent Your Majesty from becoming a generation of Ming monarchs, right?

There is no opposition, and the monarch and the ministers work together, and this matter is much easier.

Beginning at the end of July, the Son of Heaven and the ministers of Shang Shutai, the Three Princes' Mansion, the Great General's Mansion, and the Jiuqing Dynasty held a long discussion on many issues concerning the Northern Xinjiang War, and finally Shang Shutai drew up a preliminary plan for the Northern Xinjiang War.

The Northern Xinjiang War was aimed at completely exterminating the ant thieves in Youzhou, quelling the rebellion of Karasuma and the Xiongnu in the territory, and defeating the Xianbei people to recover the occupied border counties of Youzhou and Bingzhou. Around this purpose, the Northern Xinjiang War should be divided into three stages, one is to quell the rebellion of the ant thieves and Karasuma people in Youzhou, recapture Yuyang and Lulongsai, and drive the Xianbei people to the north of Yanshan. The second is to go out of the Great Wall fortress to quell the civil strife of the Xiongnu, restore the stability of Henan (the Hetao area was called Henan in the Qin and Han dynasties), and cut off the support of the Xianbei people. The third stage was the top priority of the Northern Xinjiang War, the troops went out of Yanmen Pass, went north to attack Xianbei in the north, recovered the four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong and Dingxiang, and drove the Xianbei people to the north of Yinshan.

Huangfu Song explained at the court meeting that the current situation on the Youzhou battlefield is very good. Nakaro's general Yan Rou had already led his troops to quell the rebellion of Daigun and Kamiya Karasuma, and Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the cavalry, had also led his troops to capture Hiru. Except for Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, who led the remnants to flee to Liaodong, almost all the ant thieves were killed. What remains of the Youzhou battlefield is to quell the Karasuma rebellion in Liaoxi and Liaodong and recover Yuyang, Lu Longsai and drive out the Xianbei people. Huangfu Song said optimistically that by the end of this year, General Zhenbei would definitely be able to end the war in Youzhou.

He went on to talk about the pacification of the Xiongnu's civil strife. Huangfu Song said that His Majesty's insistence on recognizing Yu Fuluo as the Great Shan of the Xiongnu was a wise decision. If we had listened to the advice of some ministers at that time, and in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, we bowed to the Xiongnu rebels and admitted that the Marquis of Xubu Gudu was the Xiongnu Dadanyu, then we would not be able to fight out of the fortress today. In other words, the four northern counties have almost lost the possibility of recovery. The reason is clear to everyone, the Huns are all allies, when the Xianbei people attacked the four northern counties last year, they received their secret help, and this year they are even more blatant, they spare no effort to raise troops to rebel to help the Xianbei people invade our Han country. In order to completely occupy a large area of land north of the Great Wall of our Great Han Kingdom, the Xiongnu rebels and the Xianbei people will definitely join forces to deal with us, and once they join forces, it will be difficult for us to go out of the fortress and fight. But now the situation has changed. After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Tuoba Feng suffered heavy losses, and now he wants to help the Huns, but he is not enough.

Huangfu Song believed that next spring, the army would definitely be able to attack the Xiongnu rebels. If the counterinsurgency goes well, the fighting can end in three to four months. If the counterinsurgency did not go well and the Xiongnu rebels fled south of the Yellow River, then things would be very complicated. The counterinsurgency war may directly evolve into a major battle to recover the border counties, and the army will directly confront the Xianbei people.

Huangfu Song then talked about the battle out of the fortress. He said that although our goal was only to recover the lost border counties, the Xianbei people did not think so, and they must have thought that our army was going out of the fortress in order to attack the Xianbei country and occupy their vast territory after they had suffered a series of defeats and great losses. Therefore, once our army begins to attack the Huns, the Xianbei people will probably be nervous. Some people may think that the Xianbei tribes are full of contradictions, and their leaders will not be able to save us when we attack Tuoba Feng. I advise you to give up this idea, the truth of cold lips and teeth is not only understood by us Han people, but also by Hu people. Without Tuoba Feng garrisoning Xianbei in the north and hindering the Han army, Danhan Mountain and Xianbei in the central part of the west will be attacked by us, so they will definitely come to Tuoba Feng's aid and block us south of Yinshan. Thinking about our fiasco in Sunset Plain, in order to fight back against us, the Xianbei people will definitely work together and unanimously to the outside world at a critical juncture.

Let's not take the battle out of Cyprus lightly. Although the Xianbei people occupied the four northern counties with only tens of thousands of iron cavalry last year, it is very difficult for us to recover the four counties, even if we have an army of more than 100,000. Because our purpose is not only to ask for land, but also to the more than 200,000 Han people living on that land, and more than 30 complete cities in four counties. If we occupy the land, but we can't save the people of the Han Dynasty, and we can't keep the cities of the Han Dynasty, then the purpose of our escape from the fortress is almost completely lost. Since then, the four northern counties have been deserted, and they have become a battlefield between us and the Xianbei people. Are we fighting this battle with all our national strength just to recapture a desert?

According to Huangfu Song's estimate, if the war to pacify the Xiongnu rebels can be ended next summer, then before the heavy snow next year, as long as the army can go on an expedition of thousands of miles to kill Yinshan, and then rely on the bad weather to quickly end the war in northern Xinjiang.

Lu Zhi then gave a detailed explanation of the number of troops, the number of civilians, and the necessary food, salary, ordnance, and various heavy materials to participate in the Great War in Northern Xinjiang, predicted the possible impact of the Great War on the people's morale, finance, and other aspects of the Great Han State, and put forward a series of preventive and solution measures, striving to minimize the harm caused by the Great War in Northern Xinjiang to the Great Han State, so as to ensure the stability and development of the Great Han State.

Lu Zhi talked for a long time, and finally said that this war in northern Xinjiang must end before next winter, otherwise, we will not be able to support it.

The Son of Heaven immediately issued an order to order Sikong Ding Palace to lead the expedition of the general of Beida, the governor of Anyi in Hedong, and the general of Zhenbei Li Hong and the general's mansion of Zhenbei were all under his control. Ordered Xu Rong to lead the Zhenbei General's Mansion to immediately begin preparations for the Northern Xinjiang War. Ordered Zhenbei General Li Hong to immediately launch the Battle of Youzhou.

At the beginning of this month, all 40,000 soldiers of the Xiyuan Army were recruited. The Xiyuan Army is composed of 5,000 people, and each department has a captain, and the military Sima is the deputy. Each part has five songs, and each song has five tuns.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to entitle the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden. The Son of Heaven appointed Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo as the captain of the upper army, Sima Yuan Shao of the General's Mansion as the captain of the middle army, Bao Hong, the captain of the Northern Army, as the captain of the lower military academy, Cao Cao as the captain of the military academy, Zhao Rong as the left captain of the auxiliary army, Feng Fang as the right captain of the auxiliary army, Xia Mou as the left captain of the counselor, and Chun Yuqiong as the right captain. The eight captains were all under the command of the military academy captain Jian Shuo. The Son of Heaven also ordered that if there was a war in Gyeonggi, Jian Shuo would command the three armies of the Western Garden Army, the Southern Army and the Northern Army, that is, the general He Jin would also obey Jian Shuo's command.

As soon as the decree was issued, there was a chorus of scolding in the court. Some ministers saw that the ** eunuch family controlled the Xiyuan Army, and they hated it very much and scolded very harshly; Some ministers know it in their hearts, but at this time, they always have to make a show, and they can't put their happiness on their faces, so they also follow behind and scold happily; Under the leadership of Sikong Ding Palace, the ministers of the first line of the great generals played ten times a day, repeatedly exposing the corruption and perversion of the law of these lieutenants of the first line of lieutenants, and demanding that the Son of Heaven bring them to justice.

The Son of Heaven was very happy to see that the opposition was very fierce. He told Jian Shuo that the ministers scolded badly, indicating that they were afraid of my Xiyuan army. Okay, you have to seize the time to supervise the captains of all departments to train the soldiers, and strive to let the officers and men of the Xiyuan Army take on the great task as soon as possible and solve problems for us. It's better to rely on others than on yourself, as long as you have the strength, you don't just do whatever you want. After the end of the Northern Xinjiang War, it is estimated that Li Aiqing's army will not have much left, and this matter of Luoyang will depend on us in the end.

Jian Shuo nodded again and again, saying that His Majesty's meaning is understood, but His Majesty now plans to dismiss Lord Situ, and there will be no one among the three dukes.

The Son of Heaven smiled: "In the future? What else will happen in the future? Haven't we all revolved around the Great War in Northern Xinjiang for more than a year? Aiqing must know that without the support of scholars, it will be difficult for Xiao Donghou to inherit the imperial system. For the sake of Xiao Donghou's future, what about me giving them the three dukes? Isn't it necessary for them to contribute to governing the country? ”

Jian Shuo hesitated for a long time and asked in a low voice, "Does Your Majesty really believe ......in them?" ”

"That's why I told you to hurry up and train your troops." The Son of Heaven said quietly, "Huangfu Aiqing has made it very clear that the Northern Xinjiang War is divided into three steps. Since it is divided into three steps, then Li Aiqing's army will have a time to rest, and the Northern Xinjiang War will have a critical time, and I will also speak at the appropriate time. Could it be that my Wanjintang's money is really the private property of the Great Han Kingdom? This is my property, and since I have spent the money on them, of course they will have to pay the price. ”

Jian Shuo hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Your Majesty really believes in the Xiyuan Army?" ”

"Aiqing......" Tianzi blinked, patted Jian Shuo's shoulder affectionately, and whispered, "Is there anything wrong with making them think that I have been deceived?" I think it's good, I'm happy every time I see them, haha...... Every time I think that they have been exposed by me and have to be used by me, and the thought of their stunned and frightened looks, I want to laugh out loud, haha......"

Jian Shuo said with a smile: "If General Zhenbei ......"

"Don't worry, Li Aiqing is upright and loyal, dedicated to the country, as long as he supports him to finish the battle of Northern Xinjiang and support him to recover the border counties, he will listen to me in everything." The Son of Heaven sighed, "So, it's better to be a loyal minister like Li Aiqing, and I don't have to bother at all." ”

Jian Shuo looked at the Son of Heaven with a little worry, and stopped talking.

"Aiqing, the eyes of the people of the world are now focused on my Wanjin Hall, but who knows, the fate of the world is also tied to my Wanjin Hall unconsciously." The Son of Heaven looked up and laughed, "Haha...... Wanjintang, it's really Wanjintang. ”

Jian Shuo suddenly woke up and was overjoyed.

"The day Li Aiqing returned to Merge the State was the time when Xiao Donghou inherited the imperial throne." The Son of Heaven leaned into Jian Shuo's ear, lowered his voice and said, "The key now is to make them happy, and to make the northern army leave, so ......"

Jian Shuo suddenly thought of something, and he was shocked, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Your Majesty, Lord Situ will be killed by the ministers."

****

Xu Rong and Zhang Yan received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and knew that the Son of Heaven had agreed to launch a war in the northern frontier to completely solve the problem in northern Xinjiang, and they were immediately excited and cheered.

Zhang Yan immediately sent a letter to Yang Feng and Zhang Baiqi, telling them that the army would go out of the fortress next spring to regain the lost territory. He ordered Yang Feng to retrain the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, urged Zhang Baiqi to do a good job in the army, and strived to start large-scale training after the grain harvest in October, so as to provide a sufficient source of reserve troops for the operation out of the fortress.

Xu Rong hurriedly wrote to protect the Huns, and the general Liyi. Koji suddenly received this shocking news and couldn't believe it. He hurriedly found the three commanders of Heng Xi, Storm Sha and Yang Ming, and handed them Xu Rong's letter, "Look at it, look at it, this is true or false, is Zilie joking?" ”

After reading the letter, the three of them were surprised and delighted.

"My lord, there is going to be a big war." Yang Ming shouted happily, "It's a pity, it's all the generals who are fighting in Youzhou now, and it has nothing to do with us." We won't have until next year. ”

Heng Shi looked at Koji Yi, who was walking around excitedly in the big tent, and said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor finally can't help it, he is going to take out the money of Wanjintang to fight." After the First World War in Northern Xinjiang, the border counties could be kept safe for at least ten years. We, the Karasuma people of the White Deer Tribe, are able to live a stable life, thanks to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

The wind and sand slapped the case a few times, and said loudly: "Drove away the Xianbei people, we can finally live a few days of comfortable life." My lord, since His Majesty the Emperor has decided to go to war, is our food and salary gone? ”

Koji laughed and said, "Of course. Immediately write back to Lord Xu and ask him to send the food immediately. ”

"My lord, with the salary, should we immediately go to fight Meiji?" Yang Ming asked impatiently.

"Nope." Koji Yi waved his hand and said, "We'll stay at the Great Wall Fortress and won't go anywhere." Let Leizi and Yuanyuan continue to haunt the vicinity of Meiji City and contain the strength of the Xiongnu rebels. ”

After Zhang Yan returned to Jinyang, he immediately told the news to the eldest Zhao Qi and Ding Yuan. The boss was very excited, and he was dumbfounded to see the four counties of Northern Xinjiang being taken back, and he was dead. Now that the relief of the 600,000 victims and the Tuntian are guaranteed by the salt and iron benefits of the prefecture and Hedong, everyone has no worries and their emotions are very high.

The three of them immediately convened the Pingnan Zhonglang General's Mansion, the Hutian Zhonglang General's Mansion, the Thorn Shi Mansion, as well as the Taishoufu of Taiyuan, Shangdang and Xihe Counties, to discuss the resettlement of the victims to the north into Xihe County. The place where the state can resettle the disaster victims to reclaim the barren fields, and is close to the fortress of the Great Wall, is the two banks of the Yellow River in Xihe County. After entering Xihe County, the victims lived along the east bank of the Yellow River. On the west bank of the Yellow River, tens of thousands of Xiongnu people are living and grazing. Part of the history of Mintun went north with the victims and arranged for the victims to be tuntian. After the start of the Great War in Northern Xinjiang, some of the victims were to be requisitioned as civilian husbands who went to war with the army, and the rest stayed in Tuntian on the banks of the Yellow River. After the four counties of northern Xinjiang are recovered, and the people of northern Xinjiang who fled from the four counties to Guannai return to their hometowns, some of the people here can move back to the tuntian in Taiyuan and Shangdang, so as to reduce the pressure on the tuntian in Xihe County. In order to appease the victims and stabilize the people's hearts, Zhang Yan and Zhao Qi once again invited Master Xiangkai. Master Xiangkai was full of promises, and immediately set off for Huguan with a group of disciples. The victims from Jizhou are about to rush to Huguan.

The relocation of the victims to Xihe County is also conducive to receiving relief materials in a timely manner. Disaster relief materials transported from Guanzhong and Kanto can be sent to Xihe along the Chi Road from Chang'an City to the Great Wall Fortress, or they can be sent to Hexi by Chi Road from Hedong to Jinyang and then to the Great Wall Fortress, or they can be directly sent to Xihe County by using the Cao Yun on the Yellow River.

Xu Rong took a fancy to the convenience of transportation in Xihe County, and set up the camp of the Northern Xinjiang War in Shicheng, the county of Xihe County. Sima Li Wei of the Zhenbei General's Mansion rushed to Lishicheng to prepare for the camp with his wife Xiaolan and more than a dozen Pengshi from the mansion.

The wealthy merchants in Guanzhong and Kanto took the lead in getting the news that the Son of Heaven was going to launch a war in northern Xinjiang through various channels, and the unlimited business opportunities contained in this protracted war immediately attracted their attention. The merchants rushed to the Zhenbei General's Mansion as fast as they could.

These people all knew that this battle was fought by Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei, not by Lord Sikong, who had no soldiers or soldiers, and many people even thought that the appointment of such a useless commander by the Son of Heaven was purely superfluous. Although Lord Sikong Ding Gong led the war in Northern Xinjiang, the general of Peking University, and seemed to have the most power, the purpose of the Son of Heaven sending him to Hedong was mainly to coordinate logistics and coordinate the relationship between the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the imperial court, and he did not have the real power of the Zhenbei General's Mansion. To put it bluntly, the qualifications of Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei, are too young and he is not qualified to command the Northern Xinjiang War. The affairs of the war were all handed over to Li Hong, and the other troubles were taken care of by this Sikong Lord. So none of these people went to General Zhengbei, but went directly to the Zhenbei General's Mansion.

Xu Rong was very polite to these giant businessmen and rich people, and deliberately took time to take Zuo Yan, Tang Yun, and Tang Fang to meet with them.

Xu Rong said: I know the purpose of your hard work in coming to the Longshan camp, but I am very sorry that there is no war in northern Xinjiang at present, and there will be no war in the next few years. Now, apart from the need for some food and materials in the tuntian, we don't need anything else. Xu Rongdong pulled a bit of talk, and finally said, I think you should go to Luoyang to have a chance.

Xu Rong's words, the businessmen naturally understand that the Northern Xinjiang War is currently confidential, who dares to talk nonsense at will? A businessman from Luoyang said with a smile, 600,000 victims in Jizhou are about to arrive in Bingzhou, and the disaster relief materials are still needed, right? After these 600,000 disaster victims arrived in the state, the adults wanted to arrange for them to Tuntian, and the adults still wanted the materials in Tuntian, right? After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, the ordnance of Northern Xinjiang was exhausted, and the ordnance workshop under the jurisdiction of the Zhenbei General's Mansion wanted to produce a large number of ordnance.

Tang Fang said with a smile, we have already ordered disaster relief materials and tuntian materials, and you seem to be a little late.

When the merchants heard this, they were disappointed and complained. Some people say that your Zhenbei General's Mansion only does business with the Xu clan in Chang'an and the Wei lord in Hedong, and does not give us a chance at all, which is unfair. Some people say, this money is all the money of the Han Kingdom, why do you only earn it for them, not for us? Others exposed Xu Ling in Chang'an, saying that he bought low and sold high, hoarded goods, deliberately raised prices, and made a lot of money from the Zhenbei General's Mansion. What's more, it is said that the Hedong Wei Lords relied on the opportunity to do business with the Zhenbei General's Mansion alone, controlling the grain prices of the entire Hedong County, making the people suffer enough.

There was a businessman who stayed in Chen who was very angry and directly scolded the Zhenbei General's Mansion, saying that although the Zhenbei General's Mansion benefited one side in Tuntian, Bingzhou, it suffered many people in other places. Last year, because the Zhenbei General's Mansion bought a large amount of grain, the price of grain soared in various places, and the rich people saw that it was profitable and rushed to buy land one after another, and many people were forced to sell their land and become homeless, begging everywhere to live. This year, the seven counties were affected by the disaster, and the price of grain has risen even more outrageously, so there are still a large number of rich people hoarding grain and not selling it, why? This is because you have not failed to achieve results in the tuntian area in the past four or five years, and in these four or five years, you can only maintain the tuntian and solve the problem of feeding more than one million people in the prefecture through continuous grain purchases. The reason why the current grain price increase has a lot to do with your Zhenbei General's Mansion is because you always do business with those few families, and the grain prices in the Kanzhong and Kanto areas are firmly controlled by them. As soon as the price of grain rises, all kinds of other materials will also rise with the tide, and if this continues, thousands of people will be poor, and only those few big families will be rich.

Before he finished his words, a thin businessman stared at Xu Rong with suspicious eyes, and mocked in a weird manner: "I think not only those rich families, but also your Zhenbei General's Mansion, right?" This grain has risen again and again, is it your ...... behind it?"

Xu Rong's face was expressionless. Zuo Yan's face is as ugly as it gets. Tang Yun frowned, not knowing what he was thinking. Only Tang Fang was still smiling, and said calmly: "Don't be angry, and don't say too ugly words. How much grain can I buy in a year in the General Mansion in Zhenbei, how can I manipulate the price of grain? You seem to have said that. ”

This situation was already noticed by the Zhenbei General's Mansion as early as this spring, and many of the Pengshi in the prefecture also reminded Li Hong, but Li Hong considered that several big clans did not hesitate to help them in the most difficult time of the state, plus he had made a promise, so he had to pretend not to hear it and go to Youzhou with the army. Xu Rong also knew about it afterwards when he acted as General Zhenbei. But his thoughts were basically the same as Li Hong's, and it was not easy to break his promise, so he hoarded food and various materials in advance to prevent accidents. It's just that he didn't expect that this matter was far more serious than he imagined.

Tang Fang and the merchants were scattered there for a long time, and Xu Rong gradually understood. He was annoyed. Xu Rong thought that when the general first negotiated with Xu Lingluzhong and the Hedong Wei Lord, there was such a thing as fairness, but now these people are making money and making black hearts, and they are not fair at all, but are deceiving the Zhenbei General's Mansion. If you are unkind, do not blame me for being unjust. Now I am the master of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and I am the one who turns his face and denies people, even if you want to complain, you can't complain about the general.

Xu Rong thought for a moment and said, "If you sell me grain at a cheap price, I can give you a fair and reasonable price for all other materials, including disaster relief and even wartime materials." ”

A word shook a thousand waves. The merchants in the big tent were stunned for a moment, and then cheered and shouted.

"My lord, if you can divide a part of the salt and iron in Bingzhou and Hedong for me to operate, I can give you the grain for you this year without money, and give it away for free."

"My lord, if you can allow me to run an ordnance workshop under the jurisdiction of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, I don't need any money for the food you will give you this year."

"My lord, if you can allow me to open up the barren land in Bingzhou, and all the land reclaimed will belong to me, and I can hand over fifty percent of the grain to the state capital every year."

"Adult ......"

Xu Rong waved his hand to silence everyone, pointed to the rich merchant who was shouting for land reclamation and said, "Can you say it again?" ”

The man was overjoyed when he saw Xu Rong noticing his words, and hurriedly explained loudly: "My lord, I just need to allocate a piece of land that can be reclaimed to me, as for the money for reclaiming the land, the money for cultivating the land, the materials for the tuntian, and the people who open up the land, all of them are mine, don't let the adults spend a penny." When grain grows in the field, I will hand over 50% and keep 50% for myself, but this land must be given to me. ”

Xu Rong said appreciatively: "This is a good idea, we don't have to spend a single money, we can increase the land, increase the grain and increase the population, not bad......" Xu Rong turned sideways to Tang Fang and said, "Mu Yun, you have a good talk with him." Xihe Tuntian, what we lack is money, this method may help us solve big problems. All these people have is money. ”

Tang Fang smiled and nodded again and again, and asked the man: "You're not worried about the Hu people killing into Bingzhou?" ”

"With General Li sitting in northern Xinjiang, where will Hu people enter the customs?" The man smiled confidently, "In a few years, I'm afraid I won't see the Hu people in Northern Xinjiang." ”

Xu Rong ordered the merchants to stay and discuss with Tang Yun and Tang Fang the quantity and price of the purchased goods. Xu Rong agreed to the merchants' request to operate salt and iron, and he asked the merchants to take their warrants to the Hedong Salt and Iron Governor's Mansion to negotiate with Xie Ming in detail. As for the merchants' request to operate an ordnance workshop, Xu Rong politely refused on the grounds of violating military law. After all, the strength of these businessmen cannot be compared with Xu Ling, Luzhong and Hedong Wei.

Zuo Yan accompanied him back to the big tent and said worriedly: "Zilie, we will definitely offend Xu Ling Luzhong and Hedong Weizhu in this matter, do you think we should tell the general?" ”

"It's good to talk about it." Xu Rong groaned a little and said slowly, "They have earned money for salt and iron, and money for ordnance, so they are not satisfied, and they still have to earn money for our grain." If you make it, forget it, and now you are still cheating money, and you are deceived to the head of our Zhenbei General's Mansion, and you are too bold. I had already warned Xu Ling about the last batch of ordnance, but I didn't expect him to intensify this time and even hoard grain to raise prices without permission. You see, this time the soaring food prices in Kanzhong and Kanto were not controlled by the three of them? ”

"Possibly." Zuo Yan said hatefully, "With Xu Ling alone, he doesn't have such great strength. Moreover, I suspect that they have someone behind them, otherwise, how could the food have risen so outrageously? One stone valley was sold for more than a thousand dollars. These people are too bad, for the sake of money, they do everything, who cares about the life and death of the people, who cares about the rise and fall of our Great Han Kingdom? This time, they made a fortune, and now the imperial court wants to buy grain for disaster relief, and they want to buy grain to hoard military rations for the Northern Xinjiang War, and they don't know how much black money they will make. ”

Xu Rong shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "If there is no backstage in the court, how can they have the courage." Speaking of which, His Majesty himself is eating the flesh of the Great Han Kingdom and drinking the blood of the Great Han Kingdom. Forget it, let's not talk about it, anyway, they didn't make our money this time. But write a letter to them and warn them not to do anything with the grain. In the future, when we go to the outside of the fortress, if all the military rations turn to sand, we will die. ”

Zuo Yan was sad and indignant, opened his mouth and scolded a few words, and then said: "Zilie, do you think you urgently ordered Yingtong and Li Su to withdraw to the Longshan camp?" Now that His Majesty has agreed to fund the disaster relief in Tuntian, it seems that there is no need for us to kill the Yellow Turban Army anymore. forced the Yellow Turban Army down the mountain, and it was the people of Hanoi who suffered. ”

Xu Rong was startled and hurriedly dispatched a fast horse. He patted his forehead embarrassedly and said, "I'm too busy, I forgot about this, fortunately I have you to remind me." ”

Zuo Yan smiled: "Do you remember where we are going tomorrow morning?" ”

Xu Rong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where are we going tomorrow?" ”

"Go to Jinyang." Zuo Yan patted him and said bitterly, "The adults are so busy that they are dizzy. Tomorrow, Jinyang University Hall will open for teaching, and Mr. Cai, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Xu invite you to take a look. Also, you haven't been home in a long time, so it's time to go back. ”

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