The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Although the Nine Provinces are rich, they have been plagued by disasters since ancient times. All dynasties have made preparations in this regard, building granaries and hoarding grain for military supplies, disaster relief, etc.

The Ming Dynasty was no exception. Large and small granaries were built in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, storing a large amount of grain. For example, the Guangyun Warehouse in Xuzhou, the Dezhou Warehouse in Dezhou, the Linqing Warehouse in Linqing, and the Fengji Warehouse in Huai'an, these four granaries are very famous large grain warehouses for water transport, storing a large amount of grain.

Although the tax silver collected by the Ming Dynasty court in a year is less than 3 million taels of silver, this is actually only a small part of the collection.

Because most of the taxes collected are in kind, such as grain, cloth, silk, tea, etc., among which grain is the main part of agricultural tax collection.

This time, famine occurred in the three northern provinces. According to the usual practice, the court issued an order for disaster relief, requiring local governments to open warehouses to release grain and cook porridge for disaster relief. They only need to survive these few months, and when the spring wheat harvest comes, the famine will be over, and nothing will happen.

This is also the confidence of Zhu Houzhao in fighting against civil officials and gentry.

With food in hand, there is no need to panic.

As early as last winter, Zhu Houzhao sent people to investigate.

After several years of hard work, the major granaries in the northern provinces have sufficient food, and many old grains have begun to mold because they have not been eaten.

In addition, the weather has been good and the sea has been peaceful in the past few years. Zhu Houzhao has saved a lot of property. In addition to the millions of taels of silver piled up in the treasury, there are also a lot of grain piled up in warehouses across the country of the Ming Dynasty. The silk cloth, tea, etc. collected by the court are countless.

Then the court sent troops to consume most of it, but the grain in the four major granaries has never been used. That is the red line mentioned by Jiao Fang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and it must not be easily mobilized unless it is absolutely necessary.

So Zhu Houzhao has such confidence and confidence, and he doesn't take the attack of the gentry in Jiangnan to heart at all.

But for some reason, Zhu Houzhao always felt a little uneasy in his heart, so after thinking about it, he decided to tell the savage about this matter and let the savage help analyze it.

The secret letter was delivered by express horse and soon arrived in Dongsheng City.

At this moment, Tang Hao had led his army to Dongsheng City and joined forces with the Anguo Army in victory.

The generals were very happy at this moment, sitting in the audience and talking about their experiences during this period, drinking and eating meat, so happy.

Tang Hao sat in the main seat and smiled without saying a word, drinking alone.

This time, the strategic goal was basically achieved.

He strangled the barbarians all the way from Liaodong, killed from Liaodong into the Liaoxi Corridor, and then killed from Liaoxi to Daning, and then Kaiping... All the way here, not to mention other soldiers, even Tang Hao was a little tired.

So a celebration banquet was inevitable, and the ban on drinking in the army became bullshit at this moment!

The soldiers of the three armies have experienced more than half a year of bloody slaughter, and their hearts have been tense. If we don't find a way to let them relax, there may even be a possibility of mutiny!

Tang Mu hooked An Guo's shoulders, his face full of fatigue.

"An Bald, you don't know, this time we cut all the way from Liaodong to Nantianmen, and the number of barbarians we slaughtered is really countless, dense, dense, dense, dense..."

When everyone heard this, they were all speechless, and then they laughed.

However, when they saw the confusion in Tang Mu's eyes, they soon stopped laughing.

Tang Mu is the most erratic and shameless among all their generals.

Ma Yong's erratic temperament is because of his bad temper, while Tang Mu's is because of his blood relationship with the Marquis, and he was a playboy before, so he became the glue among the generals, easing many conflicts, and everyone likes him very much.

But now, after more than half a year of bloody fighting, Tang Mu is a little depressed.

As the saying goes, a general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people!

But after experiencing a long period of uninterrupted bloody killing, even the generals in the army are terrified, and even have nightmares when they close their eyes at night.

An Guo also understands these truths, and pats Tang Mu's shoulder with deep emotion.

"We are not wrong, it's those barbarians who are wrong!"

"If they were honest and obedient, there would be no disaster today!"

Hearing this, Tang Mu sighed in his heart, and then picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing this, Tang Hao smiled and clapped his hands, then stood up and picked up the wine glass.

"I know that everyone is very tired during this period."

"But all the hard work and efforts are worth it!"

"We have rebuilt the northern border defense line of the Ming Dynasty!"

"We have cleaned up the barbarian tribes entrenched in the border!"

"We have rebuilt a safety line for the soldiers and civilians of the Nine Border Military Towns to protect them from being slaughtered!"

Tang Hao looked around at the generals, and then said loudly: "Right and wrong will be judged by future generations!"

"But in this world, we are undoubtedly the heroes of the Ming Dynasty and the heroes of the people!"

"My men, drink to victory! Conquer the battle in one battle! The day when Hetao is recovered is the day for us to return to Beijing!"

The generals stood up suddenly and raised their glasses.

"Drink to victory!"

"For the Ming Dynasty!"

Just at this time, the Jinyiwei came in and handed Zuo Yidao a secret letter.

Zuo Yidao did not dare to neglect it and handed the secret letter to Tang Hao.

Tang Hao checked the secret letter alone, but his face gradually became gloomy.

The generals were originally chatting, drinking, and joking, but when they noticed the expression of their own marquis, they suddenly became quiet.

"Marquis, what happened?"

Zuo Yidao asked subconsciously.

Tang Hao handed him the secret letter, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"Something happened in the capital!"

"Those civil officials and gentry started a food war with His Majesty the Emperor!"

"They want to take advantage of the famine in the three provinces of the northern border to control the food and force His Majesty the Emperor to bow to them!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Tang Mu mentioned: "There are four major granaries in the country. Even if these gentry drive up the price of grain, the grain in the granaries is enough for the court to lower the price. When the spring wheat is harvested, their plans will become a joke..."

"What you know, wouldn't those gentry know?" Tang Hao sighed, "If I'm not wrong, the four major granaries should have been... empty!"

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

Zuo Yidao stood up suddenly and subconsciously exclaimed: "How is this possible? How dare they do this?"

"If the four major granaries are emptied, then the hundreds of millions of disaster victims and famine victims in the disaster area of ​​northern Xinjiang will starve to death..."

Tang Hao's eyes flashed with cold light, and he was murderous.

"Yidao, return to Beijing immediately and investigate this matter!"

"Tang Mu, send a message to North Korea to raise food!"

"An Guo, contact the left wing and march to the right wing immediately!"

"I need a great victory to return to the court, and then suppress all the disobedients!"

The generals received the order and launched an emergency operation.

Although they didn't dare to believe it, they didn't dare to gamble!

Because, those were hundreds of thousands of people!