A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 604 Advantage
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"Mrs. Uncle, Mrs. Uncle, Mrs. Uncle..."

On the fourth day of November, Mrs. Uncle and Xie Xiuniang, Wang Douzheng's wife, began to inspect the cities and forts on the East Road. Her footprints even covered every fortress.

But at this time, it was at a time when the crisis on the East Road was in dire straits.

The commercial war against Donglu, the Eight Great Families, and the related forces in the backstage started long before rumors, fake food coupons, and cut off supplies. means, using silver, commercial goods, etc., or other means, to start buying a large number of East Road food stamps,
For the merchants in the market, as well as the soldiers and civilians from all over the country, they are naturally very willing to suddenly buy food stamps at a high price. Besides, at this time, many large caravans are leaving the fortress with the army. merchant's.

Unknowingly, a large number of food stamps in the military, civilian and market have been concentrated in the hands of certain people.

Afterwards, everyone began to use a series of methods such as spreading rumors, boycotting the export of goods on the East Road, and intercepting the import of goods to prevent the entry of foreign goods or raw materials.

Then those people began to use silver food stamps and other high-priced purchases of food commodities to hoard, or transport them abroad, and then they used food stamps to gradually exchange for food.

These means of commercial warfare can be described as interlocking and pressing at every step.

Under their operation, some soldiers and civilians suddenly found that the food stamps on the market were becoming more and more scarce, and new food stamps had not been issued. Some people had to resume using the silver or copper coins that had accumulated dust in their homes. Due to the high price, too much grain was taken away, so I wanted to go to the grain store to exchange for food coupons, and I had more energy than energy.

Some soldiers and civilians who still have food stamps in their hands also feel hesitant.

Prices in the market also started to go up or down, and finally began to rise sharply as the market became less and less, especially the prices of salt and tea rose faster.

In all the cities and forts on the East Road, some militiamen were in a state of panic. The more so, the fewer goods on the market.

Faced with this situation, the shogunate took decisive measures to implement rationing of commercial goods such as salt, tea, vegetable oil, soy sauce and vinegar. All such commodities in the market were dispatched by the shogunate. free market economy.

The Propaganda Section under the Intelligence Department united with the propaganda forces of every city and fort, and began to spread the propaganda. While exposing the conspiracy of profiteers, it also claimed that it must be upright and upright, and defeat all profiteers who have evil plans for Donglu in terms of business.

Mrs. Taibo and Mrs. Uncle all lead by example and implement the minimum ration of salt and other standards.

At this time, the remaining officials of the shogunate also gathered together in the army of the general's mansion, and invited Mrs. Zhong, Mrs. Uncle, and Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Uncle, to inspect the forts and appease people's hearts.

For Zhong, her impression of the imperial court is complicated and vague. She only knows that the emperor is diligent, but there are many treacherous ministers in the court and the opposition. Especially when her son returned from the expedition and preached to his precious grandson, she felt that the whole of the Ming Dynasty was dark. One piece, it doesn't matter if it doesn't change, even beside me, there are all kinds of bugs and dogs, and I have seen a lot in the past.

For her precious son, Wang Dou, since the seventh year of Chongzhen, when Wang Dou was promoted to the general banner, she has been very proud of her son, and she has unconditionally believed in her son, Wang Dou.

To her, when her son was sensible, he would fight for the imperial court and make great contributions. He was naturally a great loyal minister. The place on East Road was his son's family business. How could he allow others to destroy the hope of Ming Dynasty?
So to the officials of the shogunate, when Shang asked Mrs. Taibo and Mrs. Uncle to visit the castles to appease people's hearts, she readily agreed.

But after thinking about it, Mrs. Tai Bo, who was still in a very strong body, pondered for a long time, and sighed: "I have a bunch of old bones, and I can't walk anymore. Let my daughter-in-law walk on behalf of the old man."

From the fourth day of November, Mrs. Uncle Xie Xiuniang and her eldest son Wang Zheng, under the strict protection of the Zhenfu Division and the Intelligence Division, set off from Yongning City to patrol the East Road one stop at a time. Wherever they went, The sound of the tide is like thunder, and people are excited.

Xie Xiuniang, as Wang Douzheng's wife, Mrs. Uncle, enjoys the same standard of ceremonial guards as her husband. The Jingbian Army Guard Battalion has a special team of Lumi blunderbuss guarding the general's mansion. Lumi gun fighters with several hand guns accompanied them as guards.

The intelligence department's secret agents are also widely scattered around the surrounding area.

Moreover, the entire East Road is implemented with a very strict Baojia system. The joint insurance company sits together. , is very tough.

So Xie Xiuniang and her party did not encounter any emergencies during the inspection all the way.

What's more, Xie Xiuniang's prestige on the East Road is second only to the Great General Wang Dou. Amidst the growing wave of fanatical worship on the East Road, many people enshrine Wang Dou's portrait tablet at home, and when they worship in the morning and evening, in the portrait, Xie Xiuniang also stood aside tenderly.

Although Wang Dou had many wives and concubines at this time, Liu Qing, Liu Ji, Butterfly and Dragonfly were just maids and concubines, so naturally they couldn't make it to the stage. In everyone's minds, only Xie Xiuniang and Ji Junjiao were the wives of the Great General.

But Ji Junjiao is unparalleled in beauty, anyone who sees her will feel ashamed, and she doesn't like to be close to the low-level people, everyone just loves her because of Wang Dou, they love her, but it's hard to get close.

Xie Xiuniang is different. Although she doesn't care about specific political affairs, she often leads the wives to help refugees and victims, caresses for women and children, and condolences for widows, widows, widows and lonely people. She often goes deep into the fields, factories and workshops. Known as a loving mother.

One of Xie Xiuniang's strengths is that she doesn't care about the affairs of the shogunate and only cares about charity. It is said that as an official and a government, she always does more and makes more mistakes, and does less and makes less mistakes. There is nothing wrong with not doing.

Even outsiders, officials and generals who have heard of Xie Xiuniang's reputation have no choice but to praise them loudly. Mrs. Yan Bo is compassionate to the people, loves the lonely and the weak, and is called the loving mother of the East Road. Fuzhen will buy hearts and minds for her husband and so on.

On the bright side, they dare not criticize publicly.

In Xuanfu Town and outside the town, Xie Xiuniang's portrait even flowed out, and in some people's homes, she worshiped alongside the merciful and compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Xie Xiuniang's weak appearance has also become one of her advantages. In the hearts of the people on the East Road, the Great General Wang Dou is famous in the territory. , everyone hoped to come up and talk to her, Lala's family routine.

Her frail body also aroused a feeling of protection in many people's hearts, just like a gentle and virtuous woman is more intimate than a tough woman.

She doesn't need to care about or show her majesty, she only needs to treat the people with compassion, and she has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people without knowing it.

"...Whether sad or happy, sad or sad, happiness or pain, the general and the concubine are with you..."

Xie Xiuniang's simple words greatly calmed the fearful hearts of the soldiers and civilians everywhere. They cheered Xie Xiuniang overwhelmingly and yelled at Mrs. Uncle loudly.

Wherever Xie Xiuniang went, they automatically formed a human wall, hoping to get rid of all dangers.

Not only Xie Xiuniang, but Wang Zheng's performance also amazed all the soldiers and civilians. Although the major general is young, he behaves calmly. He will definitely be a hero in the future. It cannot overwhelm the united army and civilians of the East Road.

Everyone is even more united in hatred. The profiteers and treacherous ministers are harming the East Road. Moreover, they even spread rumors to attack the great general they respect and admire, Wang Dou!

Under the overwhelming publicity by various methods such as announcements from the Propaganda Department, storytelling, dramas, and even superficial mansion newspapers, they all knew about the affairs in Beijing and all of them were filled with righteous indignation. How did the general treat the court and the people? , they know best in their hearts.

Especially in this battle of Liaodong, the Jingbian army suffered heavy casualties and made great contributions to the country. Who would not be disappointed to be treated like this?

Looking at all places in Daming, where is it like Donglu, where everyone is fed and clothed?Even if refugees enter the country, can they not starve to death?The traitor framed Zhongliang!

Even if Wang Dou united with the border troops of the towns to clamor, they still stood firmly on Wang Dou's side. The court made a mistake first, so why not allow others to resist?Why did the court ignore those rumors in advance, and even fueled the flames, allowing the court officials to attack?
The general was right, it was them who were wrong!
Public opinion on the East Road was overwhelmed, and there was sadness mixed with anger. Even Bingbei Dao Ma Guoxi also issued a statement, angrily denouncing the profiteers, expressing his disappointment with the princes in the court, saying that as a Bingbei on the East Road, he would definitely fight with the people on the road. Stand aside and fight the crisis together.

Seeing that the public opinion on the East Road was getting more and more deviated from the track, he felt sad. He had worked with Wang Dou for many years, so how could he not know his temper?Can only go along, irreversible, the more pressure, the more rebound!
If Wang Dou followed Wang Dou's temper and adopted a strategy of appeasement, the imperial court would work hard to occupy the righteousness after all, and Wang Dou would not be able to do anything.

What's more, in these years, Wang Dou has also behaved submissively, like a sharp knife, going through life and death for the court, pointing and hitting, the people of the East Road also listen to Wang Dou.

It's just that this accident, intentionally or unintentionally, shattered the loyalty of many people on the road to the emperor and the court. Seeing that the hearts of the people on the East Road were slipping more and more to one side, he lamented in his heart: "This powerful force of the Ming Dynasty With the power, will you be united with the imperial court in the future?"

Seeing that many people were casting more and more hostile gazes at himself, court officials, he felt even more disappointed.

And in these years, since the East Road began to levy commercial taxes, the court officials of the East Road have shared a lot of profits. Not only their actions, but also their hearts are becoming more and more inclined to this group.

They also jumped out to express their opinions one by one, that is, Wu Zhi, the magistrate of Yanqing Prefecture, although he said that he had a different opinion from Wang Douzheng, but he also severely reprimanded the traitor for harming Donglu this time, expressing his determination to stand on the side of the people of Donglu .

"Madam Hou, Madam Hou, Madam Hou..."

On November [-]th, Xie Xiuniang returned from her inspection tour. At this time, the news of the capital also came back to the East Road. It ended with the general winning a complete victory. All the treacherous officials were killed, injured or demoted. Ma'am, the crowd cheered.

Although Wang Dou is still in the capital, they believe that this business war will soon come to an end, and the profiteers will have nothing to return.

(End of this chapter)