"The incident of Datong seems to be a cause of the Northern Barbarians, but in fact it is related to the Eastern Barbarians." Sun Chengzong said, "If the Eastern Barbarians cause trouble, the imperial court will naturally shrink the horse market and cannot use grain to gain enemies. If the Northern Barbarians make trouble, they will reopen the horse market sooner or later, so the horse market will never be opened, but will shrink instead."

From gradually shrinking to severely banning the Ma market, it was a major strategy that the Ming Dynasty court unanimously agreed on.

Sun Chengzong believed that the Ming court lacked the ability and skills to truly control the Mongols. For example, Wang Huazhen claimed to be able to command Lin Danhan and fry flowers. Sun Chengzong disagreed with it and thought that he was simply dreaming.

"What Mr. said," Tianqi's face cleared a little, "I feel like I'm clearing the clouds and mist when I talk to him."

Sun Chengzong said calmly: "I am stupid, how dare I be the emperor praise me like this?"

Tianqi smiled and said, "There are many people who are not as good as the ministers among them."

After praising him, he then asked, "Sir, what should we do about the matter of Datong?"

"The court strictly ordered the troops from Datong Town to send troops to fight the enemy." Sun Chengzong said: "The three towns in Xuanfu, Yansui, and Shanxi need to be wary. If Datong's troops are not good, it will not be too late for each town to send troops to fight. As for the specific details, the emperor still needs to ask the cabinet. If the ministers are not ministers, they should not say much."

"I understand." Tianqi nodded, and then asked, "What Governor Xu Tong said about the merchant Liu Tianyu, who was illegal, has caused the Northern Capitol to invade, can you know the reason?"

Sun Chengzong hesitated. He knew that smuggling was mostly true. Even when Governor Mu stepped down as Governor Datong came to Beijing, he vaguely mentioned it to him.

But he knew that this matter was very involved, and there were even officials or Donglin Party members involved. If he talked about smuggling, he might be angry and issued an order to investigate and deal with it. It would not matter if he had lost Liu Tianyu. He would have to lead a large number of officials, which was a major scandal in the country.

As for the smuggling to Tumote, Sun Chengzong didn't think it was anything. It was just that the merchants united and bribed officials and Beilu to do some private transactions.

It is a general trend to ban the horse market, but border merchants and the northern herders still have their own needs, and large-scale trading is absolutely impossible. Small-scale smuggling does not have to be too strict, otherwise it will eventually create a large nest of Japanese pirates, just like the sea ban at the beginning.

After thinking about it, Sun Chengzong really didn't like Xu Tong's character. Since then, he has caused a lot of trouble and has greedy for a businessman's wealth, which has made the whole Datong full of chaos. Officials everywhere complained and were unpopular at all.

Thinking of this, Sun Chengen replied: "I think Xu Tong's words are exaggerated and shirkable, and what Datong General Du Hui said is true."

"I understand."

Tianqi attaches great importance to teacher Sun Chengzong. After talking, he felt that this teacher not only has outstanding knowledge, but also has the ability to handle actual government affairs.

After a long talk with the king and his ministers, Sun Chengen was allowed to go back.

After someone left the hall, Tianqi said to a eunuch beside him: "Da Pei, what do you think about Da Tong?"

"I don't know, but I know, Master, you must have an idea." Wang An said with his waist bent.

"Yeah." Tianqi did not deny it and took out two memorials, "Look at this, one is a memorial from the governor Xu Tong, and the other is a memorial sent by the Datong Inspector."

Wang An carefully held the note in his hand, opened it and glanced, but didn't dare to look carefully, so he closed it and said, "Your Majesty, I can't understand it, it seems that what I said on both sides make sense."

Tianqi sneered: "No matter which of these two memorials is correct, Xu Tong, the governor, is not qualified. He is a dignified governor of Datong. He does not want to be loyal to the country, but he is greedy for money, causing frequent troubles in the governance of the underworld, and even the vassals were killed. If it weren't for the Northern Barbarians, I would have asked the cabinet to draft an order and seize his position as governor."

"The emperor is wise, and this Xu Tong seems to be extremely incompetent." Wang An flattered him a little.

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Su Nang and Wollenkuo all mobilized and rushed to the border, ignoring Bu Shitu's constraints at all.

The Mongolian cavalry did not knock on the gate directly, but surrounded Xinping Fort outside, and then divided a small group of cavalry to loot the villages everywhere.

Datong has been stable for decades, and Mongolia once again entered the pass and looted, and the people of Datong were in panic.

"Haha, Dongweng, Liu Tianyu is about to be finished now. Beilu divided his troops and headed straight to Wangjiazhuang."

Master Xu looked happy, his smile was almost squeezed into a bun, his eyes were squeezed together, his beard was raised, and his whole body was filled with a light of joy.

Xu Tong was originally unhappy these days, and the murder of General Fengguo had not yet come to his mind. The Ministry of Rites wrote a letter to ask, his tone was very rude, and then the Northern Territories invaded in a large-scale manner.

Datong has not had such a large-scale border trouble for decades. The court was very angry and the blame for Xu Tong became more severe.

Not only that, Xu Tong smelled a bad feeling from it, as if a big man in the center of the court had a disgust towards him, and now he was almost building momentum for the change of governors.

With this in mind, Xu Tong could hardly sleep at night.

He, the governor, has been in office for less than a year, and will not be replaced normally. Once replaced, he may not be able to recover in the future and can only rest at home with peace of mind.

Now he is only in his early fifties, and this result is something he can never bear.

Xu Tong was extremely anxious these days.

The Ministry of War had sent an order to Du Hui, asking Du Hui to lead his troops to drive away the invading Northern Barracks. However, there was no movement in the Zhengjian camp these days, and there was still singing and dancing in Datong. He, the governor, urging him several times, but Du Hui ignored it.

Xu Tong knew that he could not force him too much. If the general pretended to be sick, in this crisis situation, the court would directly remove him as the governor from office.

"Good news, indeed good news."

When Xu Tong heard that Liu Tianyu's Wangjiazhuang was in crisis, he was not in a hurry to let Du Hui send troops.

He sat upright in the chair and said to Master Xu: "This time they have made a lot of calculations, but they have calculated it to their own heads."

The reason why Du Hui delayed his troops was that Xu Tong knew that it must be the secret commander of Liu Tianyu from Guangji. What made him happy was that the Beilu actually divided his troops and bypassed several large forts including Xinping Fort and went to Wangjiazhuang.

Wangjiazhuang is a place where Guangji makes money. Once it is destroyed, Guangji will be considered to be destroyed most of it.

"That's right." Master Xu smiled with his beard raised, "Which place is Wangjiazhuang? No one is close to you. I heard that Liu Tianyu had worked hard to plant tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Those water trucks and water canals cost tens of thousands of yuan, and there were large workshops for making carriages and various utensils. Such important places naturally include storage, grain, debris and iron tools, which are worth at least hundreds of thousands of taels. Liu Tianyu's is basically in Wangjiazhuang. As long as Wangjiazhuang is destroyed, it will be seen what he will fight with Dongweng in the future."

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