"Are you saying that someone in Shandong rebelled?" Li Xin on the grassland trained his troops on the one hand, and was capturing the territory of Zhuosuo League on the other hand. Soon, through Zhang Yifu's spy, what happened in Shandong quickly came to Li Xin's desk.

"Shandong is too far away from us, otherwise we can also get a kick." Shi Yuan frowned and said, "Kong Youde is a powerful man. If he can surrender him, our army's strength will increase a lot."

"This man is a rebellious man and will not surrender to us. He will surrender to Jiannu." Li Xin said coldly. No one knew better than him. There were two great traitors Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming who surrendered with Kong Youde this time. If one Wu Sangui was added, he would be the three major traitors in the late Ming Dynasty. Kong Youde was not a good thing, because he gave birth to a good daughter named Kong Sizhen, who was a loyal lackey of the Qing Dynasty, so Li Xin was very disgusted with this person. Jiannu later used firearms on a large scale because of Kong Youde.

"What a pity." Shi Yuanzhi was stunned when he heard this, but did not refute. Since Li Xin said that this person was a rebellious boy, then this person was a rebellious boy.

"Lord, there is a saying that my subordinates don't know whether to speak or not." Zhang Yifu suddenly said on the side.

"Why is there something wrong?" Li Xin asked in surprise.

"Lord, the number of business trips around us has suddenly increased a lot today. Lord, I think this is not normal." Zhang Yifu took out another note from his arms and handed it over to him respectfully.

Li Xin reached out to take it, his face suddenly turned gloomy, and he saw it saying, "Li Xin was brave, but he was very careful. He had hundreds of guards in and out of the way, and more than a thousand cavalry patrolled day and night around the tent, and he was summoned to come."

"What's going on? How could anyone spy on military information?" Li Xin's eyes were filled with fierce light, and he looked at Zhang Yifu and said, "How can others know the secrets in our army?" Li Xin himself is a secrets in the army and must not be disclosed by ordinary people, but now he is known by others. It is obvious that there is an enemy spy nearby.

"Lord, this was seized from a spy who often walks nearby. I also heard that there are many such people, most of whom appear around my tent in the form of a business trip." Zhang Yifu whispered.

"Do you know the origin of these people? Is it Jiannu or the imperial court?" Shi Yuanzhi's eyes showed a hint of horror. If such a spy really appeared around, it would be the most dangerous thing. His army would be under the surveillance of the enemy if he had to make every move.

"From Zhangjiakou, it's from the Fan family." Zhang Yifu said quickly.

"Eight major families of Shanxi merchants?" Shi Yuanzhi's face showed a hint of embarrassment. The clues of the Shanxi merchants had already appeared before the Tang Dynasty. "Tongdian" records: In the Tang Dynasty, from north to Fanyang, Taiyuan and to Liangfu in Shu in the west, they all had shops for business travel. But compared to Hui merchants, they could not compete with them. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Shanxi began to suffer famines for years, and people were forced to "go to the west entrance", that is, to make a living and do business in the northwest. There were two general routes for Shanxi people to go to the west entrance, namely, from the central and northern parts of Shanxi, one headed west, went out of the pass through the Khukou, and entered the Mongolian grassland; the other headed east, passed Datong, and went out of the pass through Zhangjiakou to enter Mongolia. Maybe it was because of the desire for wealth, maybe it was because of the pain of leaving his wife and children that moved God, and Shanxi people finally found the Zhangjia.

The "best" for doing business. Since Zhangjiakou is the key place for garrisons and soldiers also have to eat and dress, they become "military merchants" and started supplying military supplies. Driven by the "Kaizhong system" (a policy of guarding borders in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they deliver food to the border guards, they can exchange for government salt traction, and they can use salt to buy and sell private salt to obtain profits), Shanxi people took the lead, worked hard and walked among thousands of mountains. They bought military rations from Henan and Shandong, and used small wheelbarrows to cross mountains and rivers to transport them to Zhangjiakou in exchange for salt tickets. That's it, Shanxi merchants gradually changed from small wheelbarrows to cattle and horse carriages, from one to more, and then became a convoy. Salt trading allowed Shanxi merchants to earn a lot of wealth.

Some Shanxi merchants used Zhangjiakou as a base to travel between the inner and outer gates of the pass, engaged in trade trafficking, transporting materials to the Manchu regime, and even conveying documents and information. According to the "Qing Dynasty Records", in the third year of Tianming, there were 16 traders in Shandong, Shanxi, Hedong, Hexi, Suzhou and Hangzhou, etc., and ** Haci "all gave high fees, and wrote seven major hatreds and sent them back." The trade activities of Shanxi merchants inside and outside the pass gave great support to the Later Jin regime in materials, and the Later Jin regime also gave courtesy and attention to Shanxi merchants. Shanxi merchants played a cooperative role in strengthening the rule of the Qing rulers over the Mongolian region.

The most powerful of these are Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa. They belong to the eight major families, and the most prominent ones are the Fan family.

These people came to Li Xin's camp at this time and obviously got Li Xin's battle on the grassland. In addition, Li Xin was originally from later generations and knew the importance of business. Although he ordered merchants not to enter in the middle of the camp, he couldn't help but merchants around the camp. But what he didn't expect was that these merchants were extremely brave and actually monitored Li Xin's movements, which made Li Xin very angry. From this, it can be seen that these guys probably followed the orders of Jiannu to monitor Li Xin's every move, and then sent out the information.

"These guys deserve to die." Gao Meng was in charge of Li Xin's guards, but he didn't expect that Li Xin's every move was under the surveillance of the enemy. This was his dereliction of duty.

"Lord, these eight great masters are the most powerful people among the Shanxi merchants. The entire Shanxi merchants may have controlled half of the Ming Dynasty's wealth at this moment. They have money." Zhang Yifu reminded carefully. What can you do if you have money? Money can make ghosts and ghosts. The Shanxi merchants are rich. And more importantly, he not only can affair with Jiannu, but also cultivated a large number of loyal lackeys within the Ming Dynasty. These people will speak for the Shanxi merchants. Otherwise, after so many years, the Shanxi merchants would betray the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but Chongzhen had no idea that it had a lot to do with a group of people in the court.

"Shen merchants, one day, if I conquer Shanxi, I will definitely slaughter these Shanxi merchants." Li Xin said gritting his teeth. Merchants are chasing profits, which is understandable, but if they sell national interests for money, it is undoubtedly shameful. However, Shanxi merchants are doing it with relish. Perhaps for more than ten years, or more than a hundred years, these Shanxi merchants are doing the same thing, how could Li Xin collude with these people?

Shi Yuanzhi and others shivered. They all felt a strong murderous intent in Li Xin's tone. They couldn't help but feel a little sad for these Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou.

"Jutu, are those Mongolian soldiers obedient?" Li Xin suddenly asked quietly.

"If they are disobedient, their relatives will die. In this way, how can they be disobedient?" Ju Tu said proudly.

"Okay, tonight, you gather them up and we will do the big votes." Li Xin said gloomyly.

"Master, you?" Shi Yuanzhi Conghui suddenly thought of what Li Xin wanted to do. He said with a very horror expression: "Master is a body of a thousand gold. You should not act rashly, or do it another person."

"No need. I'm not at ease if others go." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "This action is probably going to be a fight, not something that ordinary people can decide."

"I wonder how many troops the lord will lead to?" Shi Yuanzhi asked softly when he saw that Li Xin could not persuade him.

"Our army has 20,000 troops, but most of them are fighting outside, so the large group of people cannot be dispatched easily. I will lead a thousand guards to set off." Li Xin said without thinking, "I ordered Jiang Yi to come back and take charge of the commander's tent, and temporarily take charge of military affairs. The sir can take charge of civil affairs."

"Just follow the order." Shi Yuan nodded.

"Zhang Yifu, have you been to Zhangjiakou?" asked Zhang Yifu, who had swept the side.

"I have been there." Zhang Yifu's face showed a rare solemn expression and said, "Zhangjiakou was not originally called Zhangjiakou, but Baozili. It is commonly known as Zhangjiakou Fort. It was built in the fourth year of Xuande. Zhangjiakou is a key military camp. Especially in recent years, there are 3,000 troops stationed here in the Ming Dynasty, all of which are elite. There is a Great Wall outside Zhangjiakou, with a total length of 900 miles. Among them, the Great Wall belongs to the west of Qiaoxi, is 70 miles long, and is built along the mountain. Take it on the spot.

The material is made of stone trunks and mortar. It is east to the north of Zhangjiakou, and the west Taiping Mountain is tall and confronting, and the terrain is very dangerous. Among them, Zhangjiakou Fort has a strange city four miles in size. The city is three feet and two feet high. There are city gates on both sides of the southeast. The east gate is Yongzhen and the south gate is Cheng'en. Zhangjiakou Fort is the fortress of Xuanfu Town, the Great Wall Defense Line. It has always played an important role in preventing the invasion of Mongolian troops. It has never been lost in the war, so it is the reputation of "Martial City" and is the most powerful in the northern border. Longqing

During the Wanli period, the situation underwent major changes. The imperial court and the Mongolian Altan tribe turned war into jade and silk, realizing the "tea and horse trade". The function of Zhangjiakou Fort also changed accordingly, from a simple military castle to a border city with trade functions. Because of this, Shanxi merchants could settle down here, which was extremely safe. More importantly, dozens of miles south of Zhangjiakou is Xuanfu. Some people in Xuanfu said that there were more than 100,000 troops, but their subordinates observed only about 80,000 elite Ming army. Among them, there were tens of thousands of cavalry, and the Xuanfu army could reach Zhangjiakou in just a few hours." Obviously, Zhang Yifu had a very sharp vision, and he immediately saw Li Xin's plan, which was to rush into Zhangjiakou and teach the Fan family and even the entire Eight Great Family a lesson. However, what he saw and heard in Zhangjiakou was that Li Xin could not capture Zhangjiakou, so he dissuaded.

"Who is the current general of Xuanfu?" Li Xin thought for a moment and asked again.

"It's Hou Shilu, and the governor is Shen Qi." Zhang Yifu said quickly: "Hou Shilu is a powerful general in the world, and his son Hou Gongji is now a general of the Xuanfu."

"Zhangjiakou seems to be very difficult to fight!" Li Xin frowned, but he never thought that Zhangjiakou was so important. The Ming Dynasty sent tens of thousands of elite troops to guard this place. But what is strange is that in Zhangjiakou, the eight major families such as the Fan family betrayed the interests of the court, not only sent some prohibited items outside the pass, but also sent the information to Jiannu. He did not believe that Hou Shilu and others did not know the situation here, but in this case, these people were unwilling to attack these eight major families. On the one hand, perhaps because these have benefited from the eight major Shanxi merchants, or Hou Shilu and others also participated in it. No matter which, if Li Xin forcibly attacked Zhangjiakou, he would face endless revenge from the eight major families led by the Fan family.

"Lord, it is definitely not enough to attack Zhangjiakou with our current strength, but it is not difficult to teach those eight aristocratic families a lesson." Shi Yuanzhi quickly said: "Now we have blocked the passage of these eight aristocratic families to Jiannu. On the one hand, the lord can have someone collect heavy taxes, and on the other hand, they can temporarily make good with these, which is also good. Or there is another way, that is, as an intermediary, buy things from the guys in Zhangjiakou, so that they can go to Jiannu."
Chapter completed!