Chapter 55 Zhang Hui’s Method

Although Xin Ai could see clearly, there was no way to do it at all. She could only watch the days come day by day, and the situation became worse and worse.

This situation is not only visible to Xin Ai, but also to the herdsmen below, so many herdsmen fleeing south.

It has to be said that although the border wall divides the Ming Dynasty and the grassland, it does not mean that the border wall also divides the Han people and the Mongolians. In fact, there are a large number of Mongolians living in the Ming Dynasty, and many surrendered tribes are placed near the border wall as a defense line against Mongolia.

For example, during the three major battles of Wanli, in the Ningxia battle, the rebellious Huobai was the Mongolian general.

Although at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were few Han people on the grassland. Apart from some Han bureaucrats who followed Emperor Shun of Yuan to the grassland, there were not many. However, in the Jiajing period, the number of Han people on the grassland increased a lot, not all of them were robbed, and many people could not survive in the pass. They took the initiative to leave the pass.

Since Jiajing, the direction of population movement in the border has been the flow of population inside the pass to outside the pass, and there have been signs of reversal.

Xin Ai summoned the counselor around him, and Xin Ai asked, "Mr. Zhao, can you buy a large amount of food from Yulin?"

Zhao Quan said, "The prince may not do it. This year, there was a severe drought within the customs. There was a shortage of grain in various places, which was said to be a rushing grain price. The grain price in Datong has risen by one or two stones. It depends on the situation that it cannot be reduced. And even if there is a price, there is probably no quantity. The grain in Datong is all in the government. Zhou Mengchen still imposed grain restrictions, and the food and grass in the government had long been sealed."

"I heard that without Zhou Mengchen's order, no warehouse is allowed to be opened. I just set up a canteen in the city, so that soldiers and soldiers in the army can go and eat with their wives or civil servants."

"With Zhou Mengchen's nod, it would never be possible for a large amount of food to be produced."

"At most, I can sell it around 10,000 stones. And the price is definitely not one or two stones."

Zhao Quan still has a little simple economics knowledge. There is no new output of Datong grain now. If Xin Ai is a big buyer, it would be strange if the price does not soar. Shanxi merchants are all monkey spirits. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Lou Er also does some hoarding goods, not to mention that he has a bit of compassion for the Tartars.

Although Zhou Mengchen allowed the price of grain to soar, he knew it in his heart.

Because it is very simple. Now the order in Datong has a very military control. Who are the people of Datong? They are the soldiers and families of Datong Army, or people led by court officials and court officials. In addition, students, students and families of Datong Academy.

It can even be said that this group has a considerable overlap.

Just think about it and know whether there are a million people in Datong now along the border. However, these have supported nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. The population structure of Datong can be imagined.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen had a move to the court to control food. The impact of grain prices on these people was ignored. After all, the military pay paid by Zhou Mengchen was food. Even these people had a little surplus food on their hands. And after eating the food from the court, they didn't do much work for the court.

How high the price of grain outside is to cheat these foreign merchants.

Shanxi merchants are so rich, what's wrong with eating at a high price for a few days? If they think the price is high, they can bring food from outside. Zhou Mengchen is not at all against Shanxi merchants bringing food to Datong. Some people even do this, and Zhou Mengchen still wants to give this tax reduction or exemption.

Unfortunately, there is a severe drought in the whole north. The drought is of different severity and the price of grain rises differently. It can be said that the grain price in Datong is not the highest in the north.

Xin Ai said furiously: "Datong, Datong, Datong, Datong, all of them are talking about Datong. Do you have to buy grain in Datong? Can't you buy it anywhere else?"

Zhao Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't buy it. The military towns adjacent to me, namely Jizhou Town, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia. Jizhou Town is the most strict management. It can be said that the Jinyiwei has been staring at it and has no way to smuggle it. As for Xuanfu, the Southern Dynasty Mansion report, it just said that Beijing transported 100,000 stones of grain to Xuanfu to provide disaster relief. Xuanfu's grain had already reached two or even three taels, and there was no market. This was why Beijing released grain to Xuanfu. As for Shanxi Town, in the war last year, the Pianguan area was already deserted and there was no food. The severe drought in the northwest was worse than that of Xuanfu. Some people even had a wall and killed people and seized grain."

Xin Ai was furious and said, "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

Zhang Hui said, "Prince, I pressed this matter. It was just a few dozen Han people went out to hunt. They did not find prey, but found several herders, so they killed the people and robbed the animals. They were all hungry and crazy. Now, we can only post a message to Ningxia and ask them what's going on? But what's the use?"

"It's better not to ask."

Xin Ai also knew that Zhang Hui was right.

Now he is in a state of turmoil. It is very important for him to maintain a contract. Although he is already the naturalized king of the Ming Dynasty, he understands very well that the ravines between people's hearts are not so easy to fill. Among the border ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars were always Tartars.

Even if he wanted to be a loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to get it.

Even if he posted a document to Ningxia, Ningxia would not ask too much. Perhaps he used the method of Tai Chi in the officialdom to refuse back and forth, and then turned big things into small things, what else could he do?

Xin Ai said with a little anger: "Taishou, you are the lonely minister. What do you think you should do in this situation?"

Although Zhang Hui had settled all the floors and placed the yamen established by the Ming Dynasty. There were nine counties in total, plus Qingcheng, Xijing Prefecture. There were more than 200,000 people. It was a great achievement to be able to produce tens of thousands of soldiers for Xin Ai. However, in the current situation, Xin Ai's masks of respect for the wise and ruthless people could not be held. He sternly asked Zhang Hui.

Zhang Hui said: "Actually, I have always had an idea, but it is a waste of my family. So I have been hesitating whether to say it."

Xin Ai said, "It's time now. If you have any solutions, you will say that it will be late. It will be too late to do anything at that time."

Many things require operational time, and they are definitely not something that can be done immediately after making a decision. And there is not much time left for them.

Zhang Hui said: "Actually, I saw many Han people in Bansheng, with their families in Datong, who were homesick and wanted to go home. I also inquired about the fact that there were Han slaves in various tribes, including more than 10,000 or thousands. There were quite a few. What I mean was to send a message to Zhou Mengchen and ask him to exchange food for these Han people."

Zhang Hui's method is more for the Han people on the grassland.

There is nothing else. These Han slaves have the lowest status on the grassland. Once there is no solution this winter, many Han people cannot survive this cruel winter.

Zhang Hui always wanted to take these Han people home, but she had never figured out where to start. She decided to take a risk at this time.

Xin Ai's face looked a little ugly after hearing this. He said, "Taoshi, what do you mean?"

After Zhang Hui organized the Han people in the form of an official government and became part of Xin Ai's power, Xin Ai immediately felt the immediate impact. Although these newly built counties were all crude, they were truly incomparable to the taxes provided by the prefectures and counties in Datong.

But he also helped Xin Ai at the critical moment.

At this time, Xin Ai felt more and more that the path pointed out by Xiao Qin and Zhang Hui was correct. It was nothing else. It was to integrate the Han people, use the power of the Han people to unify Mongolia, and then use the Mongolians to control the Han people, and the army went south to compete for the Central Plains.

Therefore, in Xin Ai's view, every Han person is wealth. Zhang Huiping put these Han people back for nothing. In addition, he reported Zhang Hui's actions, and always cared too much about the Han people. It seemed that he was not the same as the Mongols, etc.

At this time, this suspicion broke out.

Those who are not of our race will have different hearts. This sentence is not only known to the Han people, but also to the Mongolians.
Chapter completed!