The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 207 Eight Locust Merchants
But the trophy that Zhu Linming cares most about is the military horse.A total of more than 500 Jianlu war horses were obtained in this campaign, and they were all tall and strong horses. These are good things that are hard to buy with money now.

After this battle, Zhu Linmei found that the Dragon Guards still had a lot to improve, for example, the marching speed was one of them.In this era, if you want to increase your marching speed, you must have a large number of war horses.

War horses, especially those in the north, are all strategic materials.

"By the way, did you find out who burned the Jianlu camp?" Zhu Linmi suddenly remembered this very strange incident.When the war was in full swing, the Qing army camp caught fire.Although it had little effect on the battle situation, it also somewhat weakened the morale of the enemy.

"My lord, it has been found out that he is the leader of the rebel army named Gan Hui." Yu Xin said immediately, "He was originally captured by Jiannu. arrest the people, and lead them to set fire."

"Gan Hui?" Why is this name so familiar?Zhu Linmei squinted her eyes and thought, isn't this one of Zheng Chenggong's five tiger generals in history?
Before Zheng Chenggong gathered troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty, this Gan Hui seemed to be the commander-in-chief of the rebel army. Later, he joined Zheng Chenggong and served as the admiral of the Central Committee.

Later generations of folks also fabricated that he had a lot to do with Tiandihui, and even said that he was the head of the five ancestors of Tiandihui.

I just don't know if this Gan Hui is that Gan Hui.Zhu Linmi thought in her heart, but she couldn't miss it when she passed by, and she should stay in the Dragon Guards first, if he is really a fierce general, he will definitely show his head and feet soon.

"Where is he now?"

Yu Xin immediately said: "Go back to your lord, it's just outside the camp."

"Invite him in now."

"Yes!"

A moment later, a muscular man eight feet tall with a square face and small eyes was brought into the military tent together with three of his subordinates.

Yu Xin saluted and said, "My lord, Gan Hui will bring you here."

The strong man had been told that he was seeing King Chen, so he immediately knelt down, kowtowed respectfully and said, "Gan Hui, a grass-roots man, pays his respects to His Highness King Chen."

Zhu Linmei stepped forward to lift him up, but Gan Hui said again: "Caomin wanted to see His Highness to thank him, so he was summoned."

"Oh, what can I thank you for?"

Gan Hui solemnly cupped his hands and said: "Caomin led three brothers and dozens of people were surrounded by captives under the wall of the village, and almost died here. Fortunately, the heavenly army under His Highness arrived, and Caomin and others saved their lives. "

Zhu Linmei nodded slightly, "Suppressing captives is a matter of our army's duty, and righteous men don't have to worry about it."

As he was speaking, Huang Qishou, the commander of the Second Battalion, entered the account and saluted, saying: "My lord, this subordinate has caught a profiteer who surrendered to the enemy while fleeing the enemy. This subordinate wanted to see him dealt with together with other prisoners, and did not want him to Actually said..."

When Huang Qishou said this, he suddenly stopped, glanced at the other people in the tent, and when he saw Gan Hui, he was surprised and said, "Hey, why is Zhuang Gan in the tent?"

Zhu Linmei looked at him and said, "Oh? Do you know each other?"

"My lord, my subordinate had a chance meeting with Mr. Gan yesterday." Huang Qishou said, "Mr. Gan is a real hero! With a single sword, he can fight against seven or eight slaves, and he can protect dozens of people behind him." The common people seem to be more than capable."

Zhu Linmei nodded when she heard the words. If it was as Huang Qishou said, then this person's skills are indeed quite good. It seems that he should be Gan Hui, the admiral under Zheng Chenggong's command in the future, and this time he picked up another treasure.

Thinking of this, he turned to Gan Hui and said, "I wonder if Yishi Gan intends to join our Dragon Guards?" Before Gan Hui could answer, he continued, "I want to send Yishi to the Royal Military Academy for further studies. Now Fujing It has been decided that the Dragon Guard Army will expand its army to the north in the near future, and when you return from your studies, you will be awarded a military position in the Dragon Guard Army."

Huang Qishou introduced the Royal Military Academy to Gan Hui in a low voice.

When Gan Hui rescued Huang Qishou yesterday, he was deeply regretted by the Dragon Guards—the army was majestic, the battle array was neat and powerful, and Jianlu was like a dog in front of him, and he was counted out in an instant. annihilate.

Getting into such a strong army is just a way to show off your ambitions and serve the country to kill captives.And as a volunteer, being able to become a full-time officer of the imperial court is something that one can only wish for. Gan Hui knelt down immediately, and worshiped him: "Thank you for your cultivation, Your Highness, the grassroots will die for the country!"

Zhu Linmei helped Gan Hui up and encouraged him, and told Shi Lin to take him to rest first, and send him out of Shanguan to Longnan someday.

After Gan Hui left the big tent, Zhu Linmei asked Huang Qishou again: "Just now you said you caught a profiteer who took captive?"

"Yes." Huang Qishou hurriedly said, "This subordinate didn't care about it at first, but this captive merchant actually said that he is the son of the Liang family in Shanxi, and he is willing... to redeem his freedom with ten thousand taels of silver."

"Shanxi Liang's family?" Zhu Linmei frowned, "What's the origin?"

Zhang Jiayu continued from the side: "My lord, long before the captives entered the customs, there were traitors and profiteers going back and forth between the inside and outside of the customs. They smuggled a large amount of military supplies to the Manchus in disregard of the court's ban in order to make slaves a little profit. It is the fundamental reason why Jianlu can still store a large number of armor, knives and guns under the strict prohibition of the imperial court.

"As the captives became more and more powerful, these traitors not only transported grain, grass, and weapons to the captives, but even sold all kinds of information in the pass to the enemy, and even helped Jiannu buy Ming officers, opened the gates of the city, and so on. They did almost everything!

"Among these traitors, the ones who have done the most damage are the Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, ​​Zhai, and Huang families. The Shanxi Liang family is one of them, Liang Jia."

"Eight traitors? Merchants?" A word flashed in Zhu Linmi's mind immediately, and she blurted out, "Eight Great Locust Merchants?"

"Imperial Merchant?" Zhang Jiayu was very surprised.

"It's the 'locust' of locusts." Zhu Linmi said unhappily, "These guys are like locusts eating Ming Dynasty, ruining the country and fattening themselves."

"My lord's description is apt!" Zhang Jiayu and Huang Qishou nodded in unison.

In fact, the source of the name "locust merchants" is that a few years later, Shunzhi commended these eight traitors for their great achievements in helping the Manchus enter the customs, so they were named "imperial merchants". affairs.In order to humiliate these eight traitors, the people of later generations deliberately called it "locust merchants" in homonym.

But right now Shunzhi is still young, all this has not happened yet, and Zhu Linmi can't tell the generals.

"What is there to hesitate about this kind of thing?" Zhu Linmi said to Huang Qishou, "Don't talk about ten thousand taels of silver, even one hundred thousand million will never buy his dog's life back! Cut it off!"

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute," Zhu Linming said again, "It's too cheap to cut him up, and it's still Ling Chi..."

"My lord! Good news!" Zhao Shichao shouted excitedly when he was still far away.

After entering the big tent, he first signaled to the hussars behind him to press a prisoner on the ground, then turned around and saluted Zhu Linmi, "My lord, the chieftain Azig has been captured!"

　Thank you, classmate Shi, for your generous reward. Thank you very much for your support. I will write more exciting stories to repay the king!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)