Wanli 1592

Chapter 641 The Enemy

Neither Ma Gui nor Mei Guozhen would have imagined that the disaster they encountered was a well-deserved disaster.

That's right, yes, it was an innocent disaster, because neither the initiator, the executor, nor the facilitator had anticipated the final outcome of this disaster.

Only Xiao Ruxun probably understood the significance of this disaster. Of course, that was a long time later.

At that time, when Xiao Ruxun looked back on the past, he truly realized that this disaster was an explosive presentation of the variables brought to Daming by his fanning his wings, and it was an unthinkable variable that changed the entire general trend.

A loud noise in Ningxia tore the past and the future apart, creating a rift between the two, and the occurrence of the battle of Wanli's northern captives going south was the battle where this rift finally split the past and the future.

Since then, the direction of the future has become confusing, and no one can see clearly, including Xiao Ruxun, who should not have appeared in the first place.

No one knows what the future holds.

Xiao Ruxun had no idea what kind of things those familiar people would do, and whether those familiar things would happen. He became an orphan of history.

And for the current people, it is obvious that they will not pay too much attention to this point.

"The cause of this incident is that dogs eat dogs within Shanxi merchants. They compete with each other and dislike each other. Some malicious ones use the power of Beilu to eliminate their competitors for profit. lives of the people."

Xiao Ruxun began to slowly tell Mei Guozhen the cause, history and current results of this series of events.

"I already know this matter. After the Beilu siege, the city actually only had food for three days. I asked the people in the city to hand over the rations to a unified arrangement. These big families took the lead in resisting, so I gave all the people from the big Shanxi merchant families in the city. I grabbed them and found two days’ worth of food, I wanted to order people to interrogate them to find out more about the whereabouts of the food, but unexpectedly I found out their plan.”

Mei Guozhen said slowly.

"I see. Do you know what happened after that, Mr. Mei?"

Mei Guozhen shook his head.

"That's all, after that I will defend the city. I have no time to take care of these people. I let them starve to death in the prison. After the food in the city runs out, the prisoners in these prisons are the first to starve to death and the first to be eaten. Their corpses were dragged out and eaten by hungry soldiers, and when I knew it, there were only bones on the ground."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"This is also their retribution. I have heard that some people can sacrifice their lives for money, but I have never heard that someone can sacrifice so many lives for money.

Among them was a man named Liu Xi. After he was captured alive by Ralik, in order to survive, he actually confessed the location of their grain storage cave, so that the Beilu got a large amount of food in an instant, which made the Beilu's ambition further expand. , so the northern captives will continue to go south. "

Mei Guozhen frowned.

"Liu Xi? Isn't that the person in charge of Taiyuan's Liu family in Datong? I have met him! I heard that he has a good relationship with the King of Jin, and he has a very special status among merchants in Shanxi and Datong. As for the Cangliang Cave... …That is……"

"Is that so..."

Xiao Ruxun thought about it for a while, and said: "This person can be said to be one of the culprits who caused Lalik to go south to Shanxi. He dedicated the storage cave to Lalik, so that Lalik had enough food. Brother, you should know, right?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ma Gui.

Mei Guozhen also looked at Ma Gui.

As a member of the Ma family who has lived in Datong for a long time, Ma Gui has no reason not to know all this.

Sure enough, Magui nodded.

This is not a big secret in Datong and Shanxi. Every household has its own grain storage cave, which is just a matter of size, but the size of the grain storage caves of these large Shanxi merchants cannot be explained.

The grain they hoarded and hid could no longer be placed in any grain storage cave anywhere, so they had to find suitable caves in the mountains to store them.

At the beginning, I wondered why Beilu had so much food. I vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with these grain storage caves, but I didn’t dare to think about it. If this kind of thing happens, I’m afraid it won’t be as simple as killing one or two people. something happened. "

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Mei Guozhen didn't know until now that he looked at Ma Gui.

Magui shook his head.

"I'm afraid that even His Majesty does not know about this matter. Many people know it, but they dare not say it clearly, especially to non-local officials sent by the court. It is best to keep silent, otherwise they will die." It's hard to guarantee, there will be another disturbance in the court, and I don't know how many people will die, I am humble, I really don't know what to do, so I have to do nothing."

"you……"

Mei Guozhen sighed deeply: "Eating the king's salary, taking care of the king's worries, Mr. Ma, I thought you were a loyal and brave man, but you actually..."

Ma Gui did not make any entanglements, and honestly admitted: "Futai, even if we all know about this matter, what can we do? With the power of the Shanxi merchant gang in the court, who should not be afraid of three points? Your Majesty can solve it now. Is this thing?"

"Of course."

Xiao Ruxun suddenly interjected: "Because His Majesty already knows about this matter and is dealing with it, I don't think these Shanxi merchants and their minions will survive this year."

Ma Gui was stunned, while Mei Guozhen was full of curiosity.

"Your Majesty already knows? Ji Xin, you didn't lie to me, did you? This..."

"It was I who told His Majesty. It was sent directly to His Majesty through the secret line of Jin Yiwei."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ma Gui calmly, and Ma Gui's expression suddenly filled with disbelief.

"Ji Xin, do you know what you did? You committed a big taboo in the officialdom!!"

Seeing Ma Gui's anxious face, Xiao Ruxun just shook his head and smiled.

"A taboo in the officialdom? These shameless thieves are not allowed to say such a shameful thing of cutting off children and grandchildren? Since they dare to do it, they should think that this day will happen to them. I don't care about what is taboo. I only know right and wrong. I have an army on my hands!

If necessary, I would send my army south to clear their lair and kill them directly. Even if I was divided into five horses afterwards, I would still kill the country. I already have such awareness, so I am not afraid of anything. "

Ma Gui looked at Xiao Ruxun in disbelief.

"Ji Xin, do you know what you are talking about? You are going to make an enemy of the entire court!!!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"Of course I know what I'm talking about, but Brother Ma, you don't know what you're talking about anymore. This kind of thing is wrong. Since it's wrong, you have to correct it, instead of knowing that he's wrong and trying to blame him." He concealed it and watched him grow beyond control.

At this point, if you want to correct it, you can only use bloodshed. Brother Ma, do you think that it is precisely because you who know the inside and don't report it and let these shameless thieves grow bigger, which finally led to today's disaster?

More than a thousand years ago, Shang Yang knew the need to suppress business, and knew what kind of terrible threat merchants would cause if they were out of control. Now the disaster in Datong, Shanxi has not yet passed, and those people who are so rich that they are so rich that they are hoarding the country and the people are barking silently in the court. Why? Today, everyone pretends to ignore it? "

(End of this chapter)