at the same time.

Zhu Youxiao also mentioned Tang Tong, who instigated Ma Shilong to accept bribes, and said: "As for Tang Tong, Luo Zhijie ordered him to escort him to Xuanfu, and summoned the guerrilla generals of the entire army to criticize and fight against his behavior, and deal with it directly as the crime of corruption and bribery, and passed on to the entire army! He ordered Ma Shilong's choices to be commended. According to the new military merit system, how should he be promoted?"

"Should be promoted to the state of the pillar."

Xiong Tingbi replied.

"On the grounds of being upright, honest and dedicated, and not hiding subordinates, he was awarded the title of Earl."

Zhu Youxiao replied.

"yes!"

Xiong Tingbi replied.

Next, he formally followed Zhu Youxiao's will, held the Shangfang sword, supervised the nine borders, and the first one to go to Datong.

Because Governor Zhang Fengxiang of Xuanda is now in Datong.

...

"Your Majesty personally conquers Mobei, and is he taking the road to Xuanfu?"

Zhang Fengxiang had just learned from his confidant aide that Zhu Youxiao personally led the army north, and he looked shocked.

"Who are the ministers who follow you?"

Zhang Fengxiang then asked again.

"Bao Wang!"

His aide knew what he wanted to ask, so he only answered one person's name.

After hearing this, Zhang Fengxiang fell on a rattan chair as if his soul was removed, and said to himself: "I hope God will give mercy and can have another Tumu Fort Incident."

Next, Zhang Fengxiang was feeling like he was sitting in pins and needles in Datong Mansion.

Because he was really worried that His Majesty the Emperor would take his anger on him and found out the evidence of his corruption and bribery and escape at the last minute.

But Zhang Fengxiang did not regret his previous decision, because he really dared not defend the Xuanfu. After all, Lin Danhan sent nearly 100,000 troops to the south, and he also knew that some of the gentry and tyrants in his Xuanfu City would not be honest, and might choose to be an internal support in advance for the benefit of his family. You must know that before Xiong Manzi was appointed as the governor of Liaodong, many important passes east of Liaoyang were captured by the Later Jin because the internal gentry surrendered to the enemy in advance, such as Fushun.

It’s just that after Xiong Manzi took office, he eliminated the traitors and left the Later Jin Dynasty no chance.

Therefore, Zhang Fengxiang chose to avoid disaster in Datong in advance.

Not long after.

Zhang Fengxiang got the news that Xuanfu was guarded by Qin Bangping, Lin Danhan had withdrawn, and Zhangjiakou Fort was recovered.

This made Zhang Fengxiang quite disappointed after hearing this and said, "I have lost the great contribution of defending the city!"

However, Zhang Fengxiang did not immediately choose to abandon his official position and escape to the enemy outside the border. First, he was reluctant to leave his beautiful life in the pass, and second, he was still lucky. Even when the Emperor came down, the Xuanfu did not find evidence of his corruption and bribery and escaping at the last minute.

And not long afterwards, he also learned that Xiong Tingbi was coming to Datong.

This gave Zhang Fengxiang the idea of ​​bribing Xiong Tingbi and causing Xiong Tingbi to speak for him.

After all, in his opinion, Xiong Tingbi is just like himself, both civil servants, and should not be too embarrassed by each other.

So, as soon as Xiong Tingbi arrived at Datong, Zhang Fengxiang immediately invited him to the private room and immediately bowed, "Please ask Mr. Xiong to save me!"

Xiong Tingbi asked in confusion: "Why is Zhang Gong? Why did Mr. Zhang save you? What can Xiong save you?"

"Why would Mr. Xiong not know? His Majesty originally issued an order to let the officials stay in Xuanfu to prevent Tatars from invading, but his Majesty had to come to Datong to patrol the defense in person because of the sudden attack of the barbarians in Datong. But who knew that as soon as the official left, Lin Danhan invaded a large army and slaughtered Zhangjiakou and besieged Xuanfu. In this way, Your Majesty would vent his anger on the officials, and there would be a censor in the court to impeach the officials for this! Please ask Mr. Xiong to avenge the officials!"

Zhang Fengxiang said that, and handed a ticket with 50,000 taels of silver to Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi was silent for a moment and said, "You can't blame you for this. Who made Lin Danhan come so coincidental? Don't worry, Xiong will speak kindly for you."

Xiong Tingbi said that and left Zhang Fengxiang's vote.

Zhang Fengxiang felt much more relieved because of this.

But then, Xiong Tingbi sent someone to invite Zhang Fengxiang to him.

Zhang Fengxiang came because Xiong Tingbi had already accepted his ticket and did not suspect any fraud.

But as soon as Zhang Fengxiang came, Xiong Tingbi ordered: "Come on, take Zhang Fengxiang down!"

Zhang Fengxiang was shocked after hearing this: "This, this, Mr. Xiong, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing?"

Xiong Tingbi took up Shangfang's sword and took out the imperial edict and said, "According to the emperor's will, I will take you to Xuanfu for strict trial! You escape at the last battle and secretly receive bribes from outside the enemy. Don't think that the court does not know!"

Zhang Fengxiang fainted after hearing this.

Then, Zhang Fengxiang was taken to Xuanfu, and was pronounced by Zhu Youxiao for collusion with the enemy, and his family was confiscated and his family was exterminated and his family was exterminated.

All the disasters caused by Lin Danhan's attempt to enter the pass and plunder the Ming Dynasty were executed.

But this does not mean that the contradiction between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars was completely resolved.

Zhu Youxiao did not intend to let Lin Danhan go.

Because the expansion of the Ming Dynasty did not stop.

However, what Zhu Youxiao did not expect was that just when he was about to use this as an excuse to launch a more proactive attack on the Tatars, he received a report from Shaanxi.

The author of this report is Ma Maocai.

"The Yan'an Prefecture in Yan'an Prefecture last year, and the grass and trees withered and scorched. People compete to collect grass in the mountains for food. After the weeds are gone, they peel the bark and eat. When the bark is gone, they dig stones in the mountains for food. The stones are cold and fishy, ​​and they eat enough. After a few days, they will swell and fall and die. The hungry people gather together to be "thieves". Instead of waiting for death to hunger, it is better to die for "thieves". They burn human bones as firewood and cook human flesh to eat, but people who eat people will die of red and swollen faces and dryness and heat within a few days. Therefore, the dead pillow was filled with stench and smelly smell. Several pits were dug outside Ansai County, and each pit could accommodate hundreds of people. They were not as good as burying. How many there were? This is like this in a small county, and one big county can tell, one place is like this, and another place can tell. How can the people not be tied to each other and become "thieves". Qingyang, north of Yan'an, the famine is even worse."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the content on it carefully at this time.

He did not expect that the famine caused by the severe drought in Shaanxi that occurred during this period of history still occurred.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao was prepared for this.

He knew that during this period of history, the natural climate was very unfriendly to Shaanxi. The continuous cold wave and the continuous drought made this place the birthplace of large-scale peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, he sent Ma Maocai, a civil servant who actively reported the disaster in Shaanxi to Chongzhen in this period in history to go to Shaanxi as the governor of Shaanxi to monitor the disaster and promised to suspend the increase in land tax to Shaanxi.

However, Zhu Youxiao now has to admit that even if he is prepared for such natural disasters, he still has to use more national strength to avoid such natural disasters from having a great impact on the people here and the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao knew that the Chongzhen period in history was a time of frequent disasters.

The first year of Chongzhen: The severe drought in Shaanxi began, which is what Ma Maocai reported now, and lasted for five years.

In the second year of Chongzhen: A decade-long cold wave appeared, the temperature dropped sharply, and the famine worsened.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, a great famine occurred in the northwest and south of the Yangtze River, and the Yellow River broke, resulting in the north-south trip almost halted, merchants were blocked, and roads were blocked.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, a large-scale epidemic disaster occurred in Shanxi.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, a large-scale rat disease occurred in Ningxia.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, a large-scale locust plague occurred, and large-scale smallpox plunder occurred in Shanhaiguan.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, a plague occurred in Shanxi and southern Mongolia.

The tenth year of Chongzhen: Seven consecutive years of severe drought began to occur.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, large-scale smallpox erupted in Shandong and the Yangtze River Basin.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, a severe drought occurred in Shandong and a large-scale plague occurred in Shaanxi.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, large-scale famine occurred in Jiangnan and large-scale plague occurred in Shandong.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen: Large-scale plague appeared in the north.
Chapter completed!