"Dong Weng, the news is confirmed." Zhu Qingyu's master hurriedly walked in and said to him: "The governor decided to put the blame on Dong Weng, saying that you were not strict in control, and the merchant group and Lian Yong fought with each other, and you couldn't suppress it, causing the situation to get out of control." ”

"Is it true?"

"It's not the news of He Yusheng, it's an acquaintance in the Yamen of Fuyuan, he heard the news, and quickly sent someone to inform me......"

"Damn!" Zhu Qingyu sat down dejectedly and said, "It seems that you can only do what Chang Wei wants." ”

"It's really dangerous for Dong Weng to be involved in such an incident," the master twisted his beard and said: "But since ancient times, wealth and wealth have been sought in danger, in my opinion, Han Qi is unreliable, there is no discipline in doing things, unlike Zhang Han, he has been in secret, but he has always been a man and a good eye, which makes people feel that he has believed it, although Dong Weng is caught in the game this time, if he seizes the opportunity, he may rise to the top, and it is not known." ”

Zhu Qingyu was moved by what he said, and he felt the same way in his heart, but he still smiled bitterly: "I just hope that I can pass this pass safely, and I don't dare to think too much about anything else." ”

The master seemed to see Zhu Qingyu's thoughts, and smiled at the moment.

……

After Chang Wei dealt with the matter of Lingqiu, he didn't even return to Li Zhuang, and returned directly to Xinpingbao.

He had seen Zhang Han, and the two brothers talked about Lingqiu, Chang Wei took a team of people from the Secret Service as guards, each of whom was rationed two horses, and went directly out of the border wall from the north of Xinpingbao and went straight to Qingcheng.

Changing horses and galloping all the way, two days later, Chang Wei arrived in Qingcheng.

At the city gate, because Tangma was sent two days in advance, Zhao Shiwu took people to greet him at the city gate.

"Let's talk about it with the silver ingot." Chang Wei nodded to Zhao Shiwu and said with a smile: "You are also mixed up now." ”

Zhao Shiwu was transferred to the Xinpingbao Business Group, Zhang Han formed a Qingcheng Division, nominally the Xinpingbao Business Group, a division of the shelf, in fact, there are less than two bureaus, Zhao Shiwu is not qualified to be the general manager, this position should be one of the old qualifications of the bureau hundred general, but now each bureau is on standby, in order to deal with the expected changes that will happen soon, in this case, I have to send Zhao Shiwu over, fortunately, he is already the deputy general manager, and now he has become the official general manager, plus the deputy general manager, and at the same time manage the Qingcheng division, Chang Wei laughed about this, which can be regarded as a kind of congratulations.

The Zhao brothers have always been very steady, they just smiled when they heard the words, and everyone entered the gate of Qingcheng and galloped all the way on the empty road.

This is a very strange scene, Qingcheng is a big city built by Altan Khan for the Mongols, and even once the absolute center of the Mongols, echoing the Baicheng of the Han Dynasty in the territory of the Bahrain Ministry, but Baicheng is not as large as Qingcheng, and can only be regarded as a pure political center.

In the heart of the Mongols, especially in the current tense air, it is really a very strange thing, there are quite a few hostile eyes on the side of the road constantly floating over, this hostility makes Zhao Shiwu and the others feel a little nervous, but they enjoy Chang Wei's expression very much.

With such fanfare, he arrived at the Taiji Mansion of the silver ingot, the silver ingot had already received the news and was waiting at the door, and when he saw Chang Wei coming, the silver ingot spread his hands helplessly and said: "Chang Wei, I said can you not be so public?" ”

Chang Wei laughed and said, "Even if I sneak in like a thief, do you think people don't know that you and my brother Han are wearing a pair of pants?" ”

Silver Ingot was a little speechless, he also knew that Chang Wei was right, but in the face of the current situation, of course he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Everyone entered the house and sat down, Chang Wei found that the silver ingot had also strengthened its defense against his residence, the Mongols had a lot of Taiji, some were rich and some were poor, the silver ingot originally only had a few hundred people, in fact, it was the head of a large village in the Ming Dynasty, but the Mongols were good at riding and shooting, and a tribe of a few hundred Ding could pull out hundreds of men who could ride horses and shoot arrows, which was indeed an innate advantage over the Han people in this regard.

In addition to the tribesmen, the silver ingots used to raise about twenty off-duty herdsmen, who had more time to practice martial arts, and with the original riding and archery skills, if there were sophisticated weapons and armor, twenty people could be used as a small elite army...... In fact, Mongolia's Taiji rely on their own off-duty subordinates to support the table.

When Huang Taiji conquered the Ming Dynasty, he mobilized all Mongolian departments to attack the Ming Dynasty together, and there may be dozens or even nearly 100 Taiji who followed, but the army was only a few thousand, the main reason was that the Taiji were very poor and could not afford to raise too many full-time soldiers.

The silver ingots are now rich, the size of the original twenty-person guard has increased many times, and now there are about 100 people, this number is about the same as the big Taiji of some big tribes, at least in the Tumut Ministry, the Taiji who usually raises more than 100 subordinates is really a handful.

However, the silver ingot is still very empty in his heart...... He couldn't wait to say to Chang Wei: "The situation is really on the verge of breaking out!" ”

"Is it coming to this?" Chang Wei said: "What are the details, you can talk about it carefully." ”

"It's been almost half a year since the last time the warehouse was burned, and then the Fan family was defeated, and then you and Yusheng supplied, from that time on, half of the supply of goods was the northern three, and half was our Tumut, the goods were not sufficient, it can only be said to be barely maintained, and you completely cut off the supply of the two parts of the vegetarian bag and the cloth bag, which made their life extremely sad. At the end of the year, Su Nang met the Great Khan and bluntly expressed his dissatisfaction, and there were more than a dozen Taiji who supported him to say the same, Namur and Su Nang had a big quarrel, and Ah Cheng Taiji said peace in the middle, but the effect was very poor, everyone held back their anger, if it wasn't for the authority of the Great Khan, it was likely to fight on the spot...... At the time of the meeting, everyone had enough people to bring in them. ”

"That's a mess." Chang Wei said: "The Great Khan really has no authority, it is unimaginable that our emperor will hold a court meeting, and the ministers will bring their own men and horses to prepare for the film...... You Mongols have been dealing with us Han Chinese for hundreds of years, and there is really no progress in politics. ”

"If we make progress, we won't stage a good show of cannibalism in the Yuan capital, and finally ask Daming Taizu to drive us back with a group of mud legs."

The silver ingot complained back in reverse with an expressionless face, and Chang Wei, who was choked, was speechless.

"Okay," Chang Wei raised his hand to signal that he had lost, and he continued, "Please continue." ”

Later, Su Sang and Bu Sang clamored for the Great Khan to make up for it, because the reward of the Ming Dynasty was for all the people, and they asked for the reward silver to be given to them, in fact, they were the people who couldn't buy anything, and the silver was useful, but if they really gave these two people silver, it is estimated that they would not care if they lived or died...... In the final analysis, these two guys are annoyed by the quarrel below, and they are just taking the opportunity to make trouble. ”

Chang Wei smiled and said, "Of course the silver was never given to them, right?" ”

"Where is the silver?" The silver ingot rolled his eyes and said: "Last year's reward silver is usually paid at the end of the year, we give the horse, the Ming gives the silver, the three sides have 320,000 taels, Baihong Dataiji has a part, and the rest is all our Tumut parts to divide, this is the practice of previous years, since the Jurchens made trouble, the Ming Dynasty has tightened the horse market, but the reward market is still as usual, but from the end of last year to the present, the governor of Xuanda has been dragging the silver and has not paid it, of course, he does not say that he will not give, but he has been pulling the skin, and the Khan has urged many times, Later, the 320,000 yuan was said to be paid in installments, and the Great Khan had already received his part, so he was not in a hurry, and it was useless for the people below to be in a hurry. ”

The 320,000 is the largest amount of money spent by the Ming court in the border horse market, mainly corresponding to Jizhen and Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi towns, these military towns need to buy a large number of war horses, there are fixed horse buying expenses every year, the reason why the Ming army is not short of war horses is that there was a horse breeding land before, and then it was purchased in large quantities from the border, and the war horses bought in addition to meeting the nine sides, will also transfer a part to the inland military towns, such as Xunyang Town, the inland military towns, the military department has also paid tens of thousands of taels of horse silver, It is used to enrich these inland military towns with war horses.

After all, everyone has been eating the dividends of peace for decades, and the days have passed, and suddenly the contraction is very strong, not only the lower herdsmen are calling, the middle nobles and officers, and the lamas are also feeling very bitter, only the top Khan, Jinong, Taiji, and Nuoyan are doing better, and the governor of Xuanda is deducting the silver, but it is these people who are the most comfortable in the days are calling, Because this money is the most important income for them.

Until the Chongzhen period, the Han Department moved westward, and the several tribes opposite Xuanda were either eaten or far away, and finally the 320,000 reward silver fell into the hands of the Han Department, that is, it fell into the hands of Lin Dan Khan, but Lin Dan Khan also received it once, and before he received the second Huang Taiji, he killed him, and drove him all the way to Ordos, Lin Dan Khan died of illness directly, and his tribe was taken over by Huang Taiji, and the Ming Court of course could not give another penny of silver.

Speaking of this, the silver ingot said suspiciously: "Tighten the horse market, Xuanda will not give silver, and you will also operate it, right?" ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "The silver must be given, and it is the decision of the Ming Imperial Court to tighten the horse market, if we can affect things at this level, it is better to directly ask Xuanda to send troops to suppress Su Bao, it will save a lot of trouble." ”

The silver ingot snorted and said, "It's your hands and feet that delay the time." ”

Chang Wei looked at the silver ingot and smiled without saying a word...... Of course, it is their hands and feet to delay the time, Xuanda Governor Zhang Xiao is stationed in Yanghe Acropolis, Xuanda Governor is the Governor Xuanda, Shanxi and other military affairs according to the will of the imperial court, and also manages food and salary, is the highest level of officials placed in the local area by the Ming court, and enters the court is a squire or a straight scholar, and is a first-class minister.