After losing Sun Chengzong's obstruction, the decision to send troops to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces was approved by the ministers in just one cup of tea.:.../

Emperor Chongzhen, who was confident of victory, took out 500,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury as military expenses...

For the huge wealth of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, the Ministry of War also made up its mind. While drawing elite troops from the Central Plains provinces, they took out all the firearms that could be used in the armory and equipped them to suppress the powerful firearm troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army...

Just when the imperial court was preparing for the major event of sending troops to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

The Shandong patrol and support yamen far away in Jinan, who had just been full of desire for his future, was taken out of the yamen by the Jinyiwei and sent to the capital by the Jinyiwei.

At the same time, the imperial edict prohibiting immigration to Shandong was also spread from the Shandong patrol and support yamen.

On the official road from Shandong to Shanxi, there were dense crowds of immigrants. Driven by the Shandong garrison, it was like a dragon, moving step by step towards Shanxi with increasingly heavy steps.

At this moment, a cavalryman wearing a fish tuxedo in the Jinyiwei suddenly rushed over from behind.

The cavalry, galloping horses rushed directly to the head of the official army, General Qian, who was leading the team, took out the imperial edict and read proudly with a face full of pride.

"The imperial edict has arrived... After investigation, it was found that the Shandong patrol was accused of bullying the emperor and rebelled against the laws of the court and immigrated to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi without authorization... The Jinyiwei ordered the Jinyiwei to dismiss him and take him back to the capital, and hand him over to the Xing army for interrogation."

"All yamen and garrisons in Shandong will immediately stop immigration to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi... Those who violate the order will be treated as rebels."

"Also. According to investigation: Wei Zheng, the former governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi and the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army, deceiving the emperor and making false plans... From now on, Wei Zheng is no longer a court official, and agreed to be a rebellious official in the court, and everyone will be punished... The Tiger and Leopard Army stationed in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces is the rebels of the Ming Dynasty..."

"From the date of reading the imperial edict, all provinces around Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will immediately send troops to block all major transportation routes leading to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and wait for an opportunity to launch an attack on Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. To compress the living space of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces..."

Faced with this sudden imperial edict, the Qiangma of the Official Army only reacted from the shock until the Jinyiwei left.

Because the content of the imperial edict is really shocking...

The provincial patrol was dismissed by the court, and the Tiger and Leopard Army, which had tens of thousands of troops, was declared a rebel in a blink of an eye... What Qian Zong didn't expect was that he had been commended many times by the court and had become the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty. In the blink of an eye, he became a traitor in the Ming Dynasty...

Just as President Qian frowned and thought about the content of the imperial edict, the deputy general Qian next to him suddenly said helplessly, "Sir, the imperial edict of the court said that we should stop immigrating to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces immediately. Then the more than 20,000 immigrants we have worked hard to bring from all over Shandong will not be released. The hard work of brothers will be wasted."

It turned out that after several transactions with the Tiger and Leopard Army, the leader of the Qiang General was no longer satisfied with the income of hundreds of taels of silver at a time. In order to obtain more benefits, he made up his mind to increase the number of immigrants to tens of thousands at one time...

In Mr. Qian's expectation, as long as he completes this transaction, he can get five thousand taels of silver at one time.

Now, with the issuance of this imperial edict: the five thousand taels of silver that were about to be obtained will be wasted without any surprise. Not only that, the hundreds of taels of silver he consumed in the preparation work will also lose all his money...

Thinking of this, Mr. Qian, who had already reacted from his meditation, also showed a hint of unwillingness and reluctance on his face.

After shook his head, he replied: "Don't let it go first, see if there is any turnaround... If there is really no turnaround, it's not too late for us to put it..."

As the deputy of President Qian, there is no doubt that he will gain some benefits in this transaction.

Once the transaction is cancelled, the interest that should belong to him will disappear. Therefore, after hearing that Mr. Qian did not intend to give up the decision of this transaction, the worry on his face was replaced by a smile.

He answered loudly at Mr. Qian: "Sir, I know what to do..."

The vast immigration, because of President Qian's persistence, did not pause on the official road and continued to move towards Shanxi.

There was no accident in the day of traveling, and it was about to pass.

A man wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform was suddenly brought to Mr. Qian with a mysterious face by Deputy General Qian.

When the other party raised his head and looked at Mr. Qian. Mr. Qian's facial expression that was still confused just now, he directly showed a shocked and sudden enlightenment.

Because, standing in front of me was a tiger and leopard army general who had traded with me many times.

After signaling the guards to come to the surrounding area for alert, President Qian, who took a deep breath, quickly said, "Captain Wang, why are you here... Don't you know that the court has just issued an imperial edict to list you as a rebel in the court?"

"If you come here like this, if others know, others will not regard me as a rebel..."

"President Wang, for the sake of our old acquaintances, I will pretend that he has never seen you... You leave here immediately and go back to Shanxi... No matter what, you cannot know that you have been here..."

Facing the anxious and worried expressions that quickly appeared on Mr. Qian's face, the Wang Gun standing in front of him did not move, and the expression on his face did not change at all.

With several eyes fixed on each other, he answered slowly: "Please rest assured, Lord Wang, I will never fall into the hands of other officials, nor will I leak the situation where I have been here."

"The reason why I took such a big risk to meet you is only one purpose, that is, the tens of thousands of people you escort along the way..."

"As long as you send these people to your predetermined position, our Tiger and Leopard Army will increase the remuneration of one or two taels of silver to the general on the basis of the original price. In other words, for every five immigrants sent to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, you can get two taels of silver."

"In addition, the transaction between us can be maintained as long as you want the general."

"The only difference is that the transaction between us, because the imperial edict from the court, has to be carried out in secret from now on."

Hearing this, a data quickly emerged into my mind.

As long as the transaction continues, according to the latest price proposed by the Tiger and Leopard Army, you can get a total of ten thousand taels of silver.

Not only that, as Shandong's patrol was arrested, the patrol yamen asked him to escort the 10,000 immigrants and 4,000 taels of silver to be repaid, they would enter their pockets without any surprise.

In this way, it would be a total of 14,000 taels of silver.

Faced with the temptation of such huge benefits, Mr. Qian was moved directly.

However, no matter how moved Mr. Qian was, he would not agree immediately in front of the two mountains of the imperial edict and the imperial court.

Because, once an accident occurs in this transaction, it will be a serious crime of cutting off your head or even raiding your family and extermination.

After a brief thought, Mr. Qian could only suppress the heartbeat in his heart and said to the general of the tiger and leopard army in front of him.

"Captain Wang, you have posed a big problem for me... If I were alone, I would continue to trade with your army even if I fought my head. After all, no one is willing to go against the silver and don't like silver."

"But, such a big thing is not something I can do alone..."

"I have to work with my brothers, so I have to discuss with my brothers."

Half an hour later, all the officers above the general and above who were secretly summoned by General Qian learned from General Qian that they could continue to trade with the Tiger and Leopard Army at the risk and immigrate to the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces in secret.

At the beginning, most of the people among the dozen subordinates chose to remain silent.

However, when President Qian said the news that he doubled the immigration price, the silent everyone suddenly became boiling.

In front of Yinzi, seven or eight subordinates screamed and demanded to continue trading with the Tiger and Leopard Army to earn silver.

As for the remaining few subordinates who still didn't speak, a heart-warming expression appeared on their calm faces.

At this time, in order to continue the immigration transaction, a hundred household suddenly shouted: "Sir, and brothers... The court has not paid us full salary for several years. No matter what the court does, as generals, we should always let the brothers under us who have served us have money to support our family and have enough food, right?"

"Now, I finally had a chance to put it in front of us, and I don't know why we should refuse."

"Five immigrants exchange for two taels of silver. If we immigrate 100,000 people to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces a year, that would be 40,000 taels of silver. If we go out and give it to our brothers, we can finally get the money we can get in the pockets of all the adults, at least hundreds or thousands of taels..."

"Think about it, if we just obey the laws and regulations of the court, and rely on the blood of soldiers, when can we earn hundreds or thousands of taels of silver? Five years, ten years, or even ten years, or even a lifetime of money..."

"In a word, people die for money, birds die for food... Let's put it bluntly, it is to earn money to support the family. Now, such a good opportunity is placed in front of us. If we don't seize it, we will definitely be struck by lightning."

"I, Li Hu, don't care about the imperial edict or the crime of beheading. As long as anyone dares to stop me from getting rich, I will even kill my life and cut off the other party's head..."

After Li Hu and Li finished speaking, a scholar-oriented general followed suit and added.
Chapter completed!