I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 409 Revenge from Xu Jie

Gao Hanwen's words were like a heavy bomb, which exploded among these villagers!

Not long ago, the government not only exempted those villagers who planted mulberry seedlings from the land tax, but also exempted them from corvee labor. Now, they are even distributing relief food to those villagers who plant mulberry seedlings.

Before that, these villagers had a state of gloating towards those who had obeyed the government's order and planted mulberry seedlings.

Especially after seeing that they are about to die, the joy in their hearts is even greater.

Unexpectedly, the government would act so quickly, willing to distribute relief food to the villagers who planted mulberry seedlings.

At this moment, these villagers couldn't help feeling a little remorse: "I knew that planting mulberry seedlings has so many benefits, so I should have obeyed the government's order. What's more, the price of raw silk is soaring, so planting mulberry seedlings will certainly not worry about sales."

Gao Hanwen was doomed not to be able to know the aspirations of these villagers. Immediately, he took the roster from the guard at the side, began to compare the names on it, and read them 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 full expectation.

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

"This official is asking you questions on behalf of the government. You have to answer truthfully. If there is half of it false, you will not only not receive the relief food distributed by the government, but you will also be arrested and jailed. Understand?"

"My lord, I understand, 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.

Upon hearing this, Gao Hanwen immediately looked away and asked.

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

Hearing this, Wang Erzhuang gritted his teeth, and immediately told the real situation at home.

"Returning to my lord, there are four people in my family, and the remaining food in the family is less than two liters. Currently, we rely on gruel to survive. If the government doesn't distribute relief food, I'm afraid the little ones won't even be able to drink gruel!"

After Wang Erzhuang, the remaining villagers, after exchanging glances with each other, also told the truth about their own situation.

Gao Hanwen frowned visibly, 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 last until the mulberry seedlings mature.

Immediately afterwards, in order to verify the authenticity 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, and these people are almost at the point of dying!"

Gao Hanwen withdrew his gaze and said silently to himself.

Immediately after, Gao Hanwen ordered his subordinates to record all the situation reported by the dozen or so villagers, and then returned to the Governor's Mansion non-stop.

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

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

"No, logically speaking, the government exempted the people who planted mulberry seedlings from the land tax. The food they have in their hands should be more abundant. How could it be reduced to the point where they are about to run out of food?"

After Zheng Michang's voice fell, it quickly aroused the vigilance of others: "That's right, no matter how you say it, it shouldn't be reduced to this level. Where did the food in their hands go?"

Afterwards, He Maocai seemed to think of some possibility, and lowered his voice.

"Tell me, is it possible that someone is playing tricks behind the scenes, trying to make the change from rice to mulberry fall short!"

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

"Do you even need to ask? Qingliu and his gang must be behind the scenes!"

"If the information you have collected is correct, the relief food prepared in advance in the granary is probably not enough!"

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

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

"Then what should we do next? If we don't have enough food, we won't be able to continue the process of changing rice to mulberry. When the time comes, the higher authorities will find out and everyone will be involved!"

After hearing Ma Ningyuan's words, Zheng Michang forced himself to calm down, and immediately gave instructions to everyone.

"In this way, I will immediately write to Ge Lao and the others to inform them of the situation here and ask for their help!"

"You are in charge of investigating where the food in the hands of the common people went?"

Zheng Michang's voice fell, and He Maocai who was beside him followed closely.

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

Next, after clarifying their respective division of labor, Zheng Michang went straight to another study room in the Governor's Mansion without the slightest hesitation. After deliberating the sentence, Zheng Michang spread out the pen and paper, and began to write the letter.

"Mr. Xiaoge, there is a situation in Zhejiang at present. The food in the hands of the people who planted mulberry seedlings suddenly disappeared for some reason. Right now, it is even about to reach the point of no cooking. The specific reason is as follows Officers are investigating."

"In addition, the relief food prepared earlier is not enough at all. If there is not enough food support, the conversion of rice to mulberry will not be able to continue."

"Xiaguan suspects that behind the whole incident, Qingliu's gang is secretly playing tricks. They want to make the change of rice into mulberry fall short of success. They also ask Mr. Xiaoge to find a way as soon as possible. Before that, Xiaguan will try his best to support it. !"

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

"Send this letter to Elder Xiaoge as soon as possible without any delay!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After the confidant responded, he walked out of the room without stopping, rode on the fast horse that had been prepared, and headed towards the destination.

……

At night, the capital city, Prince Yu's Mansion.

Not long ago, the emperor adopted Yan Song's proposal and made Xu Jie's plan come to naught. While feeling a great sense of crisis, Xu Jie couldn't swallow this breath, so he summoned everyone to Prince Yu's mansion to discuss the next countermeasures .

In the study room, seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Jie coughed twice to attract everyone's attention to himself before he spoke in a leisurely manner.

"You don't have to be frustrated by this. Although His Majesty has adopted Yan Song's proposal, it doesn't mean that we have no chance. We can also use other methods to trip 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 replaced with mulberry, which is about to see results!"

Hearing this, Gao Gong seemed to have thought of something, frowned, and immediately asked.

"Mr. Xu Ge, what do you mean by these words? Have you already made corresponding plans before this?"

Xu Jie was very satisfied with Gao Gong's reaction, nodded in a subtle way, and immediately explained.

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

"Right now, those mulberry farmers have no food in their hands, and the relief grain in the grain bank is not enough to support the consumption of those mulberry farmers. At that time, I will see if there is not enough food, and the rice reform promoted by the strict party How should we proceed!"

After Xu Jie's voice fell, everyone present couldn't help showing expressions of sudden enlightenment.

Zhu Zaixi looked even more excited, slapped his thigh suddenly, and praised.

"Without food, the conversion of rice to mulberry cannot continue. If it is enforced, it may cause civil uprisings!"

"Next, we only need to firmly control the grain in our own hands. The reform of rice into mulberry vigorously promoted by the strict party will fall short, and once the conversion of rice into mulberry stagnates, the father will not spare them. At that time, Here is our chance!"

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

"Gu must get rid of the cancer of the Yan Party from my Ming Dynasty!"

After listening to Zhu Zaiyi's words, Xu Jie immediately expressed his agreement.

"His Royal Highness King Yu was right just now. Next, we only need to keep the food in our own hands and not allocate food to Zhejiang. We only need to wait for the failure of changing rice to mulberry, and then we can formally launch an attack on the Yan Party! "

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

"Old Xu Ge, what if Yan Song persuades His Majesty to redistribute grain from neighboring provinces?"

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

"Don't worry, before this, I have already made a plan. Except for Fujian and Jiangxi, the provinces adjacent to Zhejiang have no surplus food to mobilize."

"At the moment, Tan Lun is the governor of Fujian. It is absolutely impossible for him to allocate food to the Yan Party!"

"Over there in Jiangxi, in the name of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I have ordered Jiangxi governor Cao Shunhe not to transfer food easily!"

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

From Zhang Juzheng's point of view, although Xu Jie's strategy is simple and unpretentious, it is deadly!
Right now, the household department is in charge of Xu Jie and Gao Gong. Even if Yan Song persuades His Majesty to order the household department to adjust the grain in person, Xu Jie can find various reasons to shirk, and even use some small means.

For example, the 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 bandits.

The longer the time dragged on, the more the balance of victory would be tilted towards Qingliu, and once the rice was changed to mulberry and declared a failure, at that time, the prelude to defeat Yan could 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 very true. It is only a matter of time before the Yan Party is defeated."

When Xu Jie heard Zhang Juzheng's words, he became smug, and he clenched his fists tightly with a firm expression.

"When the strict party is defeated and the people are in full bloom, our Ming Dynasty will surely prosper again, and I will let the common people live a good life!"

……

After traveling day and night, Tumaihan was finally secretly escorted to the capital.

At this moment, the sky had just turned pale, perhaps because it was still early, and there was not a single pedestrian on the road.

The soldiers who were originally in charge of guarding the city were also replaced by Jinyiwei. At this moment, their eagle-like eyes are always watching every corner of the surrounding area to prevent any accidents.

Gradually, the team responsible for escorting Tu Maihan showed up in the distance, and the guards in brocade clothes could not help but secretly heave a sigh of relief when they saw this.

Immediately, they sent someone forward, and after presenting their identity tokens, the two sides quickly completed the handover.

Tumaihan was imprisoned in a prison van, and then escorted all the way by Jizhou to the capital. He traveled day and night, exhausting most of his energy and energy. At this moment, he looked rather sluggish, with his head bowed, Say nothing.

When the door of the prison car was opened, he came back to his senses, raised his head immediately, and looked around at the place he was currently in.

Tumahan looked at the towering city walls around him, the ground paved with stone bricks, the neat roads, and the well-organized buildings around him.

Comparing it with the tribe he was in, Tumahan felt dwarfed by the two comparisons, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Is this the capital that those Ming people mentioned? How wonderful!"

As soon as the words fell, Tumaihan was also escorted to the place prepared by those Jin Yiwei who came to hand over.

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

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

Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an imperial edict: "Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao captured the Great Khan of Tatar and made great achievements in killing the enemy. The imperial court has now officially named him General Hussars, and his duties remain unchanged."

"Yang Bo, Zuo Shangshu of the Ministry of War, assisted the Governor of Jiliao Yang Xuan in annihilating the invading enemy, and made great contributions. He is now named General Huaiyuan, and his duties remain unchanged."

"The court will pay four times the salary to all the soldiers who participated in this battle, and the court's pension will also be paid four times the original standard to the soldiers who died in battle."

"In addition, all officers, big and small, who participated in this battle will be promoted to a higher level on the basis of the original ones, so please!"

Although before this, Yang Xuan had expected that the rewards from the court would be quite generous, but what he didn't expect was that the rewards from the court would be so generous!

Not to mention that I was awarded the title of Hussar General, all the officers and men who participated in this battle were promoted to a higher level on the basis of the original ones. Not only that, those soldiers also received four times the salary and pension rewards!
This battle can be said to be a happy one, and everyone has gained huge benefits from it.

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

"Accept the order!"

When Yang Xuan heard this, his face immediately turned serious, and he solemnly took the imperial decree from the eunuch, and said in a deep voice.

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

After that, an official who had already prepared stepped forward immediately, and quietly stuffed a thick stack of silver bills into the eunuch's hand.

After the eunuch roughly perceived the thickness of the bank note, the smile on his face became even bigger, and he opened his mouth immediately.

"Since the imperial decree has been delivered, it is inconvenient for our family to stay here any longer, so we left first."

"Father-in-law, walk slowly!"

Immediately, under the leadership of Ji Liao governor Yang Xuan, many officials present watched the eunuch leave with unconcealable smiles on their faces.

After the eunuch left, Yang Xuan stared intently at the imperial decree in his hand. What happened just now seemed like a dream to him.

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

Hearing this, Yang Xuan suddenly came back to his senses, turned his eyes to his friend, and said slowly.

"Did you hear that, just now His Majesty named me Hussar General!"

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

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

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

(End of this chapter)