Blood from Daming

Chapter 245 Looting
After Ms. Chen finished handling these matters, she ordered her two confidant maids to start burning all the important documents, and went to Xue Yun's courtyard in person to urge Mei Xiang, Ruo Lian, Xue Er, and Yun Xi to leave. After Mei Xiang, Ruo Lian, Xue Er, and Yun Xi followed Qin Zhehua's people with their maids and belongings, Mei Xiang also left Xiao Xue's mansion with a group of maids and belongings.

Ms. Chen once again went to persuade her grandfather Xue Rui to transfer some personnel and supplies. Grandfather Xue Rui said that she would think about it again. After Ms. Chen returned to Xiao Xue's mansion, she invited the housekeeper Ni Hongshuang to explain the danger Xue's family was facing. The way out, I didn't expect the housekeeper to reject Miss Chen's suggestion to let her leave, but expressed his willingness to stay and share the difficulties with the Xue family. Seeing the resolute attitude of the housekeeper Ni Hongshuang, Miss Chen let her go. Huimin Grain Store" and "Wuji Rice Shop" provide food supplies, and strive to sell all the food every day, and give employees in five shops including "Xinghua Restaurant" additional monthly payments and rewards.

After Jianlu’s peace missions moved into the Ming Dynasty’s posthouse in the capital, open or covert negotiations with Ming officials began. Jin Guo’s peace negotiating envoy Tong Yangxing and the Ming Dynasty’s Ministry of Rites both revealed to Zhang Yunru that Jin Guo could The land issue in Liaodong is a major concession, but there is a condition that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must execute Xue Yun, the deputy general of Datong who destroyed the friendly relationship between Ming and Jin.

The Ministry of Rites was very surprised when Zhang Yunru got this information from Jin Guoyi and Zheng envoy Tong Yangxing. No one has ever proposed to execute the other party's meritorious general in the negotiation between the two countries. Are these Jin people crazy and can't win by themselves? Xue Yun, the chief soldier of Datong, used such bad tricks, and the Ministry of Rites gave Tong Yangxing's face a sudden look of embarrassment when Zhang Yunru negotiated a peace with the Jin Kingdom.

Jin Guozheng envoy Tong Yangxing confidently told Zhang Yunru in the Ministry of Rites: "The Great Khan gave ten Dongzhu, one thousand pieces of mink fur, and one thousand catties of ginseng as gifts to the Ming Dynasty. , a thousand pieces of mink fur, and a thousand catties of ginseng are paid to the Ming Dynasty every year, and Yizhou and Guangning can be considered to be returned to the Ming Dynasty. The bargaining chip was taken out to finalize the negotiation with the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhang Yunru despises the shamelessness of Jin Guo people, the content of Jin Guozheng envoy Tong Yangxing is actually a condition for the negotiation between the two countries. Now Zhang Yunru has no intention of talking nonsense with Tong Yangxing, and is perfunctory. Will get up and say goodbye.

The Ministry of Rites gave the matter to Zhang Yunru, and the Ministry of Rites reported Jin Guo’s peace negotiation conditions to the Chief Assistant Gu Bingqian. The Chief Assistant Gu Bingqian did not convene a cabinet discussion after hearing the news, nor did he report to the Emperor Tianqi, but went directly to see the Minister of Rites Bing Bing Wei Zhongxian, the admiral of the pen eunuch Dongchang, was a little dissatisfied and said to Gu Bingqian: "Old Gu is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, ignore them, they have been defeated now, and they are still qualified to negotiate terms with us tomorrow. "Of course Wei Zhongxian wants to protect his own people.

As a result, Jin Guozheng's Tong Yangxing's plan to deal with Xue Yun through secret transactions was aborted at Wei Zhongxian's place. Tong Yangxing waited for a few days and saw that there was no movement. He wondered if he had passed the news to Xue's friends. It was all suppressed by Zhang Yunru or the people behind him. Tong Yangxing said you should suppress it. My old Tong has a trump card to see how good you Xue Yun is.

It didn't take long for the news to spread in the capital, saying that Datong Xue Yun single-handedly provoked the battle of Hongluo Mountain in Liaodong. The largest caravan, all kinds of gold and jewelry shellfish, rare northern goods, and countless overseas materials. It is conservatively estimated that there are also two or three million taels of silver in goods. The dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin were beaten to death, but Datong Xue Yun was silent about making a fortune, where to count the money, Xue Yun, a corrupt official and traitor, would not die, and the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin would never have peace.

Now not only the officials and people in the capital know that the Xue Mansion has made a fortune, but even the Emperor Tianqi in the palace has received a secret report, obediently, two 300 million taels of silver. I'm a little jealous, but I don't know if these rumors are true. If it is true, Emperor Tianqi will really punish Xue Yun. If it is good, you have forgotten my boss, the emperor.

Emperor Tianqi asked Wei Zhongxian, Eunuch Wei beside him: "Big companion, is it true that Xue Yun robbed Jianlu of two or three million taels of silver?"

After listening to Emperor Tianqi's words, Wei Zhongxian, chief inspector of ceremonies and eunuch, knew that Emperor Tianqi had thoughts about Xue Yun. In fact, he also had thoughts about Xue Yun. Wei Zhongxian covered up this kind of thinking for Xue Yun: "Your Majesty, Xue Yun won the battles in Liaoxi and Liaodong. I believe that the seizures are very rich. It would be a bit exaggerated if he got two or three million taels of silver from Jianlu. I am afraid that he wanted Xue Yun. Made up by the dead."

Emperor Tianqi said if he had realized something: "The big companion said that the news came from Jianlu's peace mission."

Wei Zhongxian did not directly answer Emperor Tianqi's words, but said: "This time the battle at Hongluo Mountain has reached a critical moment. It is Xue Yun's arrival that determines the outcome of the battlefield. He wanted to come to Jianlu to hate Xue Yun to the bone, so he made this bad plan."

Emperor Tianqi said: "How to deal with Daban's peace negotiation?"

Wei Zhongxian complimented: "Everything is at the discretion of the emperor."

However, the development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectations. Since it was reported that Xue Yun had obtained two or three million taels of silver from Jianlu, the impeachment memorials flew into the Ouchi Palace like snowflakes. What Xue Yun's ten crimes, two The ten major crimes came into being, mainly saying that Xue Yun bullied his colleagues, supported his own soldiers, colluded with the Mongol Tartars in an attempt to rebel, and so on.

Emperor Apocalypse read these papers and refused to publish them, but the ministers of the court seemed to have noticed some information, and the way of thinking of the memorials changed immediately. Many ministers talked about the monarch, ministers, fathers and sons, and everyone thought that Xue Yun was not a king. , has always been brutal, cold-blooded and merciless in killing innocents, and there is more than enough to die. Now Jianlu is willing to pay tribute and become a vassal to come to court every year, and return Yizhou, Guangning and other cities. To die for the benefit of the country is a well-deserved death, and I believe that Xue Yun himself will be willing to die when he gets the news.

Emperor Tianqi was actually very tempted after reading these excerpts, but as the emperor himself, in order to regain the lost ground and make his subjects kill themselves, Emperor Tianqi felt that he still couldn't speak, so he had to adopt the usual official method of "delaying" until later It's just a big thing and a small thing.

However, when the negotiations with Jianlu's peace mission reached a stalemate, students from the capital city, literati and some citizens stormed several shops of the Xue family in the capital. The Minliangzhan and Wuji Mipu suffered the same fate, but during the robbery of the "Huiminliangzhan", Tai students clashed with the nearby people. As a result, people on both sides were injured, and more than [-] Tai students were beaten bloody.

What happened in the "Xinghua Restaurant" intensified the conflict between the bureaucrats in the capital and the Xue family. A large number of students, literati and some citizens rushed into the "Xinghua Restaurant" after looting "Xueji Silk Cloth" and "Sanjiang Huitong" Even more crazy, they completely turned into a group of thugs and entered the "Xinghua Restaurant" and there was a burst of smashing, looting and burning. Who knew that "Xinghua Restaurant" was also ready to burn down the shop at any time, and prepared a lot of wood and fire in the "Xinghua Restaurant" Flammable items such as oil.

After a large number of Tai students, literati and some citizens rushed into "Xinghua Restaurant", the employees of "Xinghua Restaurant" evacuated safely, and the boss had already given up "Xinghua Restaurant". Rewarding money, although I was sad to see the "Xinghua Restaurant" being destroyed, but I didn't conflict with these people who robbed in the name of justice.

Unexpectedly, the students, literati and the mob who rushed in were surrounded by fire not long after. The fire burned for more than half an hour, and the three-story "Xinghua Restaurant" and the small courtyard behind were burned to the ground. In Chidi, it is estimated that twenty or thirty Tai students, literati, and mobs were drowned in the sea of ​​fire, and three to forty people were injured to varying degrees.

Now the Xue family was in trouble. Tens of thousands of imperial students, literati and citizens flocked to Xue's mansion in Chongwenmen to make the Xue family responsible for the arson case of "Xinghua Restaurant", but these people rushed to Xue's house. When the mansion was located on the main street, the mansion belonging to Datong Lieutenant General Xue Yun was already on fire, and the raging flames quickly burned half the sky red, and he was about to rob Xiao Xue's mansion. Immediately, many officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp came to fight the fire, so as to prevent the fire from spreading further in all directions.

Those imperial students and literati who were instigated by the court officials did not expect such a big thing to happen. Just when these imperial students and literati hesitated, countless soldiers from the Beijing camp surrounded Xue's mansion and began to order the imperial students, literati and citizens to quickly Leave the vicinity of Xue's mansion, or they will be arrested by mobs. The leading imperial students and literati saw that it was impossible to attack Xue's mansion, and they were still afraid of the imperial court's law, so they all dispersed as soon as they saw it. Watching from a distance.

Xue Rui was relieved to see a large number of rioters disperse. If these rioters were allowed to enter Xue's mansion, they might not exist in Xue's mansion. Moreover, few of these servants in the mansion would survive. Xue Rui It is only now that I secretly admire the judgment of my grandson Xue Yun. Many times when people want to deal with you, they will use unscrupulous means.

Xue Rui sent Xue Aoren's family, Xue Bin and Xue Bo who lived outside the mansion to Xuejiazhai in Cangzhou three days ago, and the third daughter-in-law and her servant girl went to Xuezhuang, Xue Rui's concubine Ji and a group of concubines followed. For the property, those who stayed in Xue's house were some old family members and confidantes who were embracing death.

Today, Xue Rui got some accidents in several shops, and was about to send someone to Xiaoxue's mansion to ask his granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, but she didn't know that her grandson-in-law, Mrs. Chen, brought dozens of maids and servants out of Xiaoxue's mansion, but sent a servant to report He said to himself that the whole family of Xiaoxue's family was going to live in Xuezhuang outside the city temporarily, and hoped that his grandfather would also go with him, but Xue Rui still refused the request of his granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen.

However, about an hour later, when those shameless imperial students, literati, and citizens flocked to Xue's mansion, at this time the small Xue mansion itself was on fire, and Xue Rui knew that his granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, was not a simple person. A small Xue mansion said it would be burned, and it was not prepared to leave anything for its enemies.

(End of this chapter)