Blood from Daming

Chapter 65
Xue Yun’s family who presented gifts to Wei Zhongxian returned to Datong, and brought some news from Xue’s mansion in the capital and letters from his grandfather Xue Rui and others. His father Xue Aoren fought several battles in the south of Zhili, eliminating some local resistance forces, In Baoding Prefecture, Xue Aoren sent Xue Er, and Xue Wu broke the most arrogant Zhangjiazhuang. This village has a remote terrain and a population of nearly [-]. It has been bandits and robbers for many years. It colluded with the poles in Henan and the horse bandits in Shandong to block the road and rob merchants. He openly attacked Xue Aoren's troops many times.

At the end of June, after Zhangjiazhuang robbed the supplies transported by Xue Aoren's soldiers again, Xue Aoren ordered Xue Qingyi to lead his troops to pretend to be a caravan and pass by the east of Zhangjiazhuang nearby. In the fifth siege, Xue Er and Xue Wu led nearly 20 officers and soldiers, Xue Qingyi led 500 people to attack from both sides, and broke through in the center. Zhuangzi, the innumerable wealth he obtained is enough to support Xue Aoren's troops for a year.

Xue Erxu's soldiers had fun for a day, and then slaughtered all the women and children in the village. After transporting the goods, they burned Zhangjiazhuang and left.At the beginning of July, they defeated a group of 300 horse bandits in Shandong, killed 160 people, and gained hundreds of horses. Since then, Shuntian Mansion and Baoding Mansion have gradually calmed down, and Xue Aoren's position in the local area has been established.

Grandfather Xue Rui in the capital mentioned: The case of Gu Zhengnan and the Datong riot once put the Xue family under great pressure in the capital. There were often people attacking and insulting people in front of the door. It's a bit easier, "Xueji Silk Cloth" has done two transactions and nearly [-] taels of silver have been credited, and the business of "Sanjiang Huitong" is also on the right track. , It can be said that he is making money every day, and his grandfather Xue Rui actually praised Xue Yun once.

The business of "Huimin Grain Store" is booming, but the peers sell rice to Xue's family at a lower price and unite to reason with Xue's family. It was expected that the family died of a sudden illness, and "Xue Ji Silk Cloth" wanted to unite some people to go to the Datong trade route to ask Xue Yun.

Mao's youngest letter said that "Wuji Rice Shop" business is booming and has started to make a profit, everything is safe in Xiaoxue's house, people from Baishengtang often come to greet and take care of it, Xue's several transactions are not troublesome.

In the letter forwarded by the youngest Mao, Wu Hui wrote some words of love and greetings, saying that everything is fine in Zhuangzi, Fourth Uncle Xue brought a message: Zhuangzi has enough money and food, Zhuangbao has been built on a large scale, and the population in Zhuangzi is not increasing. The number of Zhuang Ding's team is already hundreds, especially after the two dead Zhuang Ding and a few wounded were sent back. The family members of the dead saw the gold and silver in the coffin, and they were even more grateful to the young master. More than two silver.

Now that Zhuangzi is dead, everyone is not only not sad, but everyone praises the young master's benevolence and righteousness. Everyone wants to work for the young master. Even the family members of the deceased are grateful to the young master. At this time, Xue Zhuang does not want anyone to say anything. , everyone is very energetic and rushing to do it, and the sideline business has also developed. I believe that Xuezhuang will be self-sufficient in the autumn harvest this year.

Xue Yun wrote back letters one by one, wondering whether the Xue family's business was on the right track, should we establish a business relationship between Datong and Beijing.

At this time, someone from below came to report: an old friend came to visit, Xue Yun was surprised that Datong City had an old friend, so he came in to see him in a good mood today.

Don't say that you are really old friends, Xue Yun, the two people who entered the general military mansion, knew Mr. Wang and shopkeeper Cheng from "Xu Ji Silk Village". Xue Yun was very happy: the gust of wind blew the two gentlemen to my place.

Mr. Wang of "Xu Ji Silk Village" said: "I thought that Datong would come to gain the glory of Master Xue, but I didn't expect to taste Master Xue's tricks as soon as I came here."

Xue Yun hurriedly invited the two of you to be seated, and asked his subordinates to make good tea, and then the three began to chat: It turned out that Xue Yun opened up the situation in Datong, and temporarily became the head of the Datong Mansion in charge of military and political power. Mr. Wang took a trip to Datong, and after all, Mr. Wang was also moved. He asked himself that he was quite talented, but he had no chance to show it. Although his wife didn't say anything, the man still wanted to show his ability.

So Mr. Wang and shopkeeper Cheng went ahead, recruited five or six like-minded people, and collected 3 or 1 taels of silver, of which [-] taels belonged to She, so they ventured into Datong. , Mr. Wang and the others handled it well all the way without incident, but when they arrived in Datong, the goods were detained.

Not long ago, Datong Prefecture issued the regulations on the business and trade of Datong Prefecture: the key examples are tax evasion, shoddy goods, transportation of prohibited materials, and military supplies smuggled to other countries, ranging from confiscation to decapitation, etc. Caravans of supplies have been captured many times, because most merchants are not aware of the new regulations, and they are generally dealt with lightly or sold to the government at a price.

Mr. Wang and the others were detained mainly because they carried a large number of iron pots and copper and iron products, which can be used as military materials. Xue Yun explained to Mr. Wang: "If the details of the goods are not truthfully declared for the first time, tax evasion has already been involved. Illegal, plus privately carrying prohibited military supplies is collaborating with the enemy, and should be confiscated as a crime, and if you are in jail, your home will be ransacked.”

Mr. Wang and Shopkeeper Cheng were speechless for a long time. Xue Yun comforted them and said: "According to the Datong government's policy: as trading materials, including prohibited and military purposes, you can take the initiative to declare and pay taxes according to regulations. , or trade with foreign merchants and herdsmen at designated places, but you need to pay admission management fees and warehouse occupancy fees to enter the trading area."

Mr. Wang and Shopkeeper Cheng looked at each other, and Xue Yun smiled: "You two gentlemen are human beings outside of the law. It's not a crime for your first offender if you don't know it. It's just that prohibited materials can't be sold privately."

Mr. Wang and Shopkeeper Cheng agreed wholeheartedly. In fact, Xue Yun also hoped that more businessmen would come to Datong to invigorate Datong's economy, strengthen Datong's military strength and supplies, and try to achieve the best of both law enforcement and human relations.

The three of them chatted for a while, then sent someone to go to Yonghe Gate with Mr. Wang's people to say hello. After seeing that there was nothing to entertain in the General Military Mansion, they invited Mr. Wang and Mr. Cheng to go to the famous restaurant "Drunk" in Datong City. Xiangju" to eat.

Xue Yun, Mr. Wang, and shopkeeper Cheng came to "Zuixiangju", went up to the elegant residence on the second floor and sat down, the three of them drank good Qingming and chatted, Yang Zhenlei was ordering next to him, Xue Yun talked about this " Zuixiangju" has been around for some time, and it is especially famous for its apricot blossom wine. The ancestors of the family loved to drink here in the early years. Later, when they came to the capital, they missed it very much, so they opened their own restaurant. The name is "Xinghua Restaurant". Said: "It turns out that Xue's "Xinghua Restaurant" has such a historical origin, and I will go to taste the Xinghua wine brewed by Xue's family in the future. "

When the food and drink came, Xue Yun asked Yang Zhenlei to come and sit together, and the other subordinates opened another table, and the four drank a glass of this "Zuixiangju" apricot blossom wine. My personality is that people who have little alcohol will get drunk once they drink.

As soon as everyone had a few mouthfuls of food, someone approached Yang Zhenlei. When Yang Zhenlei saw that it was Patriarch Jiang, his face changed, and he looked at Xue Yun. Xue Yun looked at Yang Zhenlei with a blank face. Only when he approached Xue Yun and bowed his head and said a few words, did Xue Yun realize that he was an old friend entrusted by his master, but the master didn't allow him to recognize each other, but he couldn't refuse when he came to his door, so he had to say vaguely: "So it's Jiang Shanren from Datong. If you don't mind, why not just sit down and have a glass of wine if you don't mind Jiang Shanren."

Patriarch Jiang went back to his own table to complain, and then came to sit down at Xue Yun's table. After the five of them chatted for a long time, Patriarch Jiang realized that the young man in plainclothes at the table turned out to be Master Xue, the official leader of Datong, who was in charge of the ruling party. During the dinner, they reached a deal with Mr. Xue's friends, and they really earned both fame and fortune. People who knew Patriarch Jiang saw him eating at the same table with Mr. Xue, and their eyes on him changed a lot.

Just when the Xue family and Datong City were on the right track, something happened in the northern grassland, which completely changed the already peaceful life in Datong City.

In the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty appointed Yang Gao, the left servant of the Ministry of War, as the Liaodong strategist, marched into Hetuala, and eliminated Nurhachi.

More than 300 people from the Ming army were defeated by Nurhachi in three groups. Only Li Rubai, the southern army, withdrew. More than [-] civil and military generals of the Ming army died, more than [-] soldiers died, and countless mules and vests were lost.This is the famous "Battle of Salhu" in history.

Some of the defeated troops of the general army Juniper flowed into Shanxi and Shaanxi, and invaded Shanxi, Mongolia and other places once entered Henan and were defeated by Henan officers and soldiers. They did not dare to surrender to the imperial court and returned to the army.

When they were at their peak, they used to fight in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. Under the double attack of Ming and Mongolian tribes, they have now dispersed. A few old tribes fled to Daming, and the grassland border relied on robbery to survive.

In August, a group of rogues entered the triangle area of ​​Chahar, Horqin and Daming from Shanxi Province, seeking life in the cracks.This team of less than a thousand people plundered a small caravan, which triggered a local war in Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, and Hou Jin. Its occurrence greatly changed the political structure of the three major military groups at that time. , It’s just that people at the time didn’t know it.

The leader of this group of bandits is Wang Kui, who killed countless people in several villages in Shaanxi, which aroused the great anger of Shaanxi officials and sent troops to fight vigorously. The militia groups from all over the country responded one after another. Wang Kui's troops suffered heavy losses and were forced to flee all the way to Chaha. Er, Horqin, and Daming's triangular zone is sheltered from the limelight.

The bandit Wang Kui's troops began to plunder carefully. Later, seeing that there was not much oil and water, and a large amount of supplies needed to be stored in the northern winter, they needed to do a few big deals. At this time, a small caravan came from the direction of the Horqin tribe at home. It became the first big meal that Wang Kui and the others wanted to eat.

When the rogue Wang Kui's troops attacked this small caravan, the other party did not realize that they were more like tourists visiting the mountains and rivers. When Wang Kui launched a sneak attack, the small caravan of more than 100 people resisted fiercely. Although Wang Kui Take the initiative to take the initiative, but if 30 people fall down in one face-to-face, more than 50 people will be killed.

(End of this chapter)