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DAY 101 THE DEATH OF AN IMPERIAL OFFICER

Wu Bin didn't say anything more. Bai Minghe felt that things might be unusual, so he clasped his fists to the ten merchants: "Sorry, I have important things that I need to deal with. Please sit here. I have someone to come to get the goods list and arrange for someone to communicate with you first." Bai Minghe said that, and said to Qinghe: "Let Lu Qiyuan come here, and you can't neglect the guests."

All the merchants stood up and said in unison: "Master Bai will deal with the important matter first, and I will wait here!"

When he went out and went to the city gate to greet Bai Minghe, Wu Bin said, "If something big happened, the Ministry of War will be expedited at 800 miles. Yang Du was dead."

"Du Yang?" Bai Minghe really didn't know the one that Du Yang pointed to.

"Governor Xuan Da, Yang Hong. Yang Yi's father, and the eldest brother of Yang Du, Guangdong. He died of illness. Xuanfu and other places were the northern gates of the Ming Dynasty. It was not easy to guard this place, so Yang Du still had to deal with a lot of government affairs at the age of 70. It must be because of this matter that Lord Yang Neng came here.

Xuanfu, Datong, was in charge of Shanxi's military affairs, money and grain, which was an important defense center in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Hong, who was the governor of the Left Army in the capital at that time, returned to Xuanfu, where he had been guarding for many years, and once again guarded the northern gate for the Ming Dynasty. An old man at the age of 70 died in office.

This matter is not a trivial matter for the Ming Dynasty and the Ministry of War.

"Do you know, brothers of the Yang family?" Bai Minghe asked again.

"I don't know yet, I have sent someone to inform you. Yang Yi's eldest brother Yang Jun has returned to Beijing. It is definitely not a trivial matter for Governor Yang Neng to come here in person. Brother Bai is better prepared. He asked to see you by name." Wu Bin specifically emphasized this sentence.

Bai Minghe nodded: "Brothers Yang Xin and Yang Yi are our brothers. Since this matter has come to me, no matter how difficult it is, I cannot shrink. Brothers' affairs are my Bai Minghe."

Wu Bin nodded.

In the Ming Dynasty, people valued Xinyi very much. Even if they did not burn yellow paper to kill chicken heads, they could be said to be brothers or brothers. What's more, Bai Minghe, Yang Xin, Yang Yi, Wu Bin, Du Shuangyu, and Jin Jie had made blood oaths, and they were all together when they were difficult and shared with wealth.

Bai Minghe walked very quickly. When he was about to reach the city gate, Du Shuangyu rushed over and put the filial cloth on Bai Minghe.

"Yang Xin, Yang Yi called you brother. This time, Governor Yang came here in person to ask you to see you, which must be a big deal." Du Panyu also said the same thing, and Bai Minghe's heart was even hesitant.

When they arrived at the city gate, Du Shuangyu and Wu Bin also put on the filial cloth.

Yang Neng entered the city, tied a white cloth on his head and waist, and all his personal soldiers beside him were wearing marinades. Seeing the filial cloth on Bai Minghe's body, before Bai Minghe came to show his salute, he slapped him on Bai Minghe's shoulder: "Bai Minghe, this time I'm going to make things difficult for you. No matter what, I'll support my uncle."

"Yang Yi kowtowed to me and called me brother. The filial cloth on me is covered with a heart!"

Bai Minghe's tough response made Yang Neng say ok three times.

"Okay, let's go in and have a detailed discussion!" Yang Neng reached out and held Bai Minghe's arm, and strode towards the county government.

When we arrived at the county government office, we looked at this county government office, which was not half a person and even the main hall had a level of destruction. Yang Neng was speechless.

Just when a few people were in a daze, the two brothers Yang Xin and Yang Yi rushed over. They were different. They were wearing heavy filial piety and knelt heavily in front of Yang Neng.

"Get up, the men in the Yang family are not going to cry." Yang Neng shouted loudly.

He sat in the main hall and moved a few chairs from the next room in a relatively clean room in the county government. Yang Neng asked Bai Minghe to sit down, and then he said, "Bai Minghe, my brother has been in Xuanfu for many years. Is his reputation good? You just need to go to Xuanfu to listen to what the people say. Now, I have received news that there is a villain who wants to take office."

"Uncle is not in a hurry. Isn't my nephew very familiar with it, please tell me in detail?"

"In Xuanfu, Datong, I only obeyed one person besides my brother, and that is Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian. He died in Yangheguan, Datong two years ago with Song Fuma. If he was alive, there would be no need to fight for the position of governor, and I would also obey him. But what is Shi Heng, a villain, a shameless villain!"

When Yang Neng spoke Shi Heng, his tone was very excited.

"Shi Heng, in Datong, relied on Wu Jinbo's military achievements. In fact, it was Yu Gong's contribution to the war. He just obeyed orders. When he was talking about his merits, Yu Gong was humble and said that he was just a subordinate in making plans, so he did not dare to be the first. Later, he fought 700 people with 30,000 people. Such contributions, Lord Bai, you who don't understand soldiers, can also get along!" Wu Bin is a martial arts practitioner and looks down on Shi Heng.

Bai Minghe still didn't understand it, but Du Shuangyu explained: "After the Tumu Fort Incident, he was the gatekeeper in the north. Although Yang Du was a military post, he was very famous. So the two governors of Xuanfu and Datong, actually..." Du Shuangyu didn't know how to describe it better.

But Yang Neng directly said: "These two are just decorations. Longsui sent them to supervise the money and food. These two are willing to be my brother's deputy, so after the battle in Beijing, Longsui made such arrangements."

Bai Minghe thought for a while: "What is Shi Heng fighting for? He went there. As long as the two governors exerted their strength, he was just the subordinate of the governor. Can he still do whatever he wanted?"

"He is in both places and has deep roots. These two governors can't suppress him!" Du Shuangyu was an information officer in the Jinyiwei, so he naturally knew these facts that even ordinary people, even ordinary officials, would not know.

"It's simple, two powerful governors. Let's arrange a strong general, what's wrong with him!" Bai Minghe put forward his own idea.

Yang Neng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's easy for you to think this is. That's why I said I want to make things difficult for you."

"What do you want me to do? Just give me the order!"

"Use your money to flatten Xuanfu. Only you can do it, only you dare to do it, and only you can let Shi Heng go to the Xuanfu. Listen to me in detail!"

Bai Minghe nodded, and wanted to have paper and pen, and his heart became a little heavier.

"First talk about Xuanfu Datong. It is impossible for the garrisons in these two places to rely on garrisons. Since the two years before the Tumu Fort Incident, all of them were elite troops. In the 13th year of Zhengtong, the entire Shanxi conquered three million stones of grain, which was barely enough for the two places to use. Then, one million stones of grain were transferred from Shaanxi and Shandong, and eight million stones of grain were transferred from Jiangnan to Zhili."

I have heard of this number of white-name crane before, but I didn’t feel anything strange.

"After the Tumu Fort Incident, many people were killed and injured in many places, and Shanxi could no longer afford such huge taxes. Shandong's pressure increased, so the people naturally had some complaints, but the two places were constantly fighting every year. As far as I know, in the past two years, the replenishment of weapons has been supported by other ministries."

After the war, the people were naturally the people who were most injured.

It seems that Shanxi is seriously injured.

"My brother is here, and the Gedushi will support it. But Shi Heng is here, will the Gedushi still support it? At present, the army is only 70% full every day, and only one meal will be full before the war. If the support of the Gedushi is lost, the soldiers will have to fill it with their lives. I want you to have a white crane, 300,000 stones of grain, and 100,000 taels of silver."

Yang Neng got up and gave a gift to Bai Minghe.

Bai Minghe Butong fell to the ground after a moment: "Uncle, I have food, but I don't have a boat."

"I have a boat!" Yang Neng shouted with confidence: "I have a boat in Guangdong Metropolitan Police. Most of the third-rank and above of the Governor's Office in Nanjing have a life-long friendship with our brothers. I will lose my old face and lend them hundreds of boats. They will not say no to give it to me. Just say, what should I do about this?"

Bai Minghe smiled: "Uncle, I've given it to me. But there are two sentences in front of me. The first sentence is that I borrowed a boat and maybe Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou. The second sentence is that I must follow the Yu Gong's path. I believe in Yu Gong's character, so I will choose to support Yu Gong. How to talk to Yu Gong is my uncle's business!"

"I will follow you, for the Ming Dynasty, for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the north. At the end of the day, if you have something against your will, I will chop you with my own hands." Yang Neng shouted murderously.

"I, Baiminghe, will never let my uncle down." The smile on Baiminghe's face made Yang Neng not feel at ease.

But even so, Yang Neng trusted Bai Minghe.

"Deng Hailong!"

"The last general is here!" A middle-aged general wearing second-grade armor stood up and stood in front of Yang Neng with his fists. Yang Neng stretched out his hand and helped him: "Brother, I'm sorry, listen to my nephew's dispatch for the time being. I'll say something harsh. If he traitors, you will chop him up for me."

Bai Minghe was sweating in the cold sweat. Mingming threatened him like this, but Bai Minghe had another plan. He clasped his fists and said to Yang Neng: "Uncle, please dispatch ships from the premises other than necessary defense. Each ship prepares five days of food and seven days of water to gather in Qiongzhou Guards. Come with me to transport some food first. Then go north! You have to bring those heads with you!"

"You go and arrange it. You can see the boat in Qiongzhou Guard in two days!" Yang Neng waved his hand.

Bai Minghe retreated, and Wu Bin and others also left. I am afraid they are busy these days.

After Bai Minghe left, Deng Hailong asked Yang Neng: "Du Yang, Bai Minghe is only eighteen years old. At this age, can you leave such a thing to him? It's not that I doubt your decision, he is too young."

"Only he can do it. I'm afraid that few people know about one thing. Take the Match House business as an example. He dedicated most of it to Long Live. He brought 100,000 taels of silver to him when he went south. This was Long Live for him. And he made too fierce and infamous in the capital last time, and even if he donated money to Xuanfu, he would be seeking death."

Yang Neng's words made Deng Hailong nod vigorously. Bai Minghe seemed to have an advantage.
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