Wanli 1592

Chapter 562 Strange Movement

The economic foundation determines the superstructure. Without the economic support of Shanxi merchants, these spokespersons cannot compete with other spokespersons with economic foundations. They can only be eliminated and suppressed.

When something like this happened, Xiao Ruxun didn't believe that those business gangs that competed with Shanxi merchants would remain indifferent. They must be more keen on destroying Shanxi merchants than themselves.

In the original time and space, Shanxi merchants first chose the Mongols to cooperate, and then saw that the Mongols could not support them, so they chose Nurhachi as an investor, and finally achieved rich returns. A joint attack was encountered with the local government.

Before and after Zhang Juzheng's era, it was the glorious period of Shanxi merchants. After Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Siwei came to power, and Shanxi merchants reached a small peak. When Wang Chonggu was the governor of Xuanda, he used power to benefit the family and opened the door to border trade. Although this has enriched Shanxi merchants, it has also made them and interest groups around the world collectively jealous.

You Shanxi merchants are too much, you can forget about making money in your own territory, but you also extend your claws to our territory to win over our scholars!

Later, although interest groups in various places sometimes confronted each other, they were basically in the same spirit when facing Shanxi merchants. It can only abandon the Ming government and choose other forces.

At first, it was estimated that they just wanted to gain a firm foothold outside the customs and expand their influence to places where they could not expand with local business gangs, because they could not compete with local business gangs in those places, but they did not expect that Nurhachi was a real potential Units, can actually sweep Liaodong, defeated the Ming government army.

Then Shanxi merchants fully supported Nurhachi, and thought of using the method of flipping the table to attack other forces that united against him. The following things are the history of the rise and fall of the eight imperial merchants.

Originally, in Xiao Ruxun's idea, it would take a long time to completely destroy these existing forces of Shanxi merchants, but he didn't expect that the northern captives would go south and turn the whole situation over by turning the table. Speak for them, but you can't control the northern captives.

Even in Xiao Ruxun's mind, there was a faint thought in his heart that he would let the northern captives kill more Shanxi merchants and destroy more big households, so that they could be destroyed faster. When the normal reform channels cannot be operated, the only way is to break it and then establish it. Otherwise, it is a total collapse.

The power of Shanxi merchants has obviously developed to the point where Shanxi needs to be broken and then established.

It’s just a pain for the people in Shanxi. Although the northern captives destroyed the power of Shanxi merchants, they were also hurt and became innocent fish in the pond. Forget it, get more food hidden by these big households for the common people to survive, at least through this winter. That's good.

Xiao Ruxun didn't sleep much that night. In the early hours of the morning, several people from the advance team he sent to find the grain storage caves came back and reported to him the news of the discovery of seven large grain storage caves. Each has about 10,000 shi of food in storage, and together they are estimated to be [-]+ shi, which is enough for the refugees in Taiyuan City.

Only then did Xiao Ruxun feel relieved, and then arranged for people to prepare carts and carts overnight, preparing to organize the Taiyuan refugees to collect food, and when the next day dawned, Xiao Ruxun sent people to wake up the refugees where they lived.

After that, they sent people to distribute carts, carts, etc., and told them that there was food to eat, but they needed to work hard to transport it. Only when the food was brought, the government could send porridge so that they could eat.

Chinese people have always been hardworking, and they are even more unambiguous about the issue of food. Although one or two were shivering from the cold, they did not doubt that there were officers and soldiers assisting them, and they pushed the car all the way to the direction of the Cangliang Cave. and go.

After arriving in the grain storage cave, these refugees realized that such a large amount of grain was hidden not far from where they lived.

Throughout the morning, the convoy went back and forth, and tens of thousands of people worked together to evacuate the seven grain holes. When the last person came back, the porridge and rice were ready, and the refugees who had lost their homes were queuing under the temporary sheds. They drank porridge to satisfy their hunger, and the army was on the sidelines to control them, and the order was in order.

After eating the porridge, Xiao Ruxun announced the start of the reconstruction of Taiyuan. The first step was to repair and rebuild the burned houses of the refugees. If wood was needed, they would go to the mountains to cut down. Gathered craftsmen to form a team, and collectively discussed what to do. most.

With management and professionalism, the actions are natural and fast. When the sky is getting dark, some people have already started to rebuild the house.

And at this moment, the sentry cavalry sent by Xiao Ruxun to search for the enemy returned.

"What? The northern prisoner turned to the south?!"

Li Rusong stared at the sentry cavalry dumbfounded, while Xiao Ruxun frowned and asked, "Are you sure you saw the northern captives go south? Didn't they go north?"

The sentinel hurriedly said: "Admiral, I dare not lie. After several hours of marching to the west, the northern captives suddenly turned south, and their whereabouts were very strange. I really don't know why, so I came back to report first!"

Li Rusong sat on the chair and rubbed his head, but couldn't think of a reason, while Xiao Ruxun stared at the map vigorously.

Going south, going south, there is no way of life in the south, if they want to escape, they must go north, what is going south?Could it be that they still expect to go south to return to their hometown?How big a circle should it be?how can that be possible?
What else is there to the south?
Thinking of this, Xiao Ruxun's eyes suddenly fell on Qi County.

Qi County, Qi County, Qi County.

So familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere.

It seems that someone has mentioned...

"Taiyuan is an important town in Shanxi, an important hub and general logistics base for one province and two towns. Once it is attacked, the consequences will be disastrous. In Qi County, the old man secretly transferred the lineage of King Jin to Qi County when the northern captives first went south, so as to avoid the old things in Ningxia If it happens again, if these two places are attacked, it will be a big deal.』

These words suddenly rang in Xiao Ruxun's ears.

Xiao Ruxun suddenly changed his face.

"Qi County!"

Li Rusong was taken aback, then looked at Xiao Ruxun: "Admiral, what did you just say?"

"Qi County!"

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the location of Qi County on the map and looked at Li Rusong.

"Li Zongbing, do you still remember that Governor Wang once told us that before the war, he thought of the story of Ningxia, so he transferred King Jin to Qi County in advance for resettlement!"

Li Rusong blinked his eyes, showing an expression of sudden realization, and then a look of horror.

"Beilu's target is King Jin of Qi County?! How did they know?!"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"I dare not say that Beilu's target is Qi County, but Qi County is too important, I have to have such speculations, if Qi County is in danger, and King Jin is in danger, then it will be a bad thing. Right now It's not about where the northern captives are going, but that Qi County must not be damaged in any way! Li Zongbing, gather the fine cavalry immediately, and head south at full speed!"

Li Rusong hastily agreed.

"understand!"

(End of this chapter)