Without the financial support of the Jin merchants, these representatives would not be able to compete with other representatives with financial support. They could only be eliminated and suppressed.
Xiao Ruxun did not believe that those who were competing with the Jin merchants would remain indifferent. They must be more eager to destroy the Jin merchants than he was.
In the original timeline, the Jin merchants first chose to cooperate with the Mongols. Later, when they realized that the Mongols could not be helped, they chose Nurhaci as their investor. In the end, they gained rich returns. The root cause was that after Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu, the Jin merchants were jointly attacked by the imperial court and local authorities.
Before and after Zhang Juzheng's era was the glorious period of the Jin merchants. After Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Siwei came to power and the Jin merchants reached a small peak. When Wang Chonggu was the Governor of Xuan Da, he used his power to seek benefits for his family and opened the door to trade at the border. Although this made the Jin merchants rich, it also made the Jin merchants and other local interest groups jealous.
The Jin merchants were too much. Not only did they make money in their own territory, but they also extended their claws into the Jin merchants' territory and tried to rope in our scholars!
Later, although the local interest groups occasionally fought against each other, they were basically on the same side when facing the Jin merchants. When the Jin merchants saw that no one was willing to help them, they could only abandon the Ming government and choose other forces for survival, survival, and development.
At first, they only wanted to gain a foothold outside the border and expand their power to the places where the local business groups could not because they could not compete with the local business groups. However, they did not expect Nurhaci to be a real potential stock. He could actually sweep across Liaodong and defeat the Ming government army.
Then, the Jin merchants fully supported Nurhaci and came up with the idea of flipping the table to attack the other forces that were against him. What happened next was the history of the rise and fall of the eight royal merchants.
In Xiao Ruxun's original plan, it would take a long time to completely destroy the Jin Shang's power. However, he did not expect the Northern Barbarians to come south and flip the table. They could control the Imperial Censor to speak for them, but they could not control the Northern Barbarians.
In fact, Xiao Ruxun even wanted the Northern Barbarians to kill more Jin merchants and destroy more wealthy families. That way, they would be able to destroy it faster. When the normal channels of reform couldn't work, the only way was to destroy and rebuild. Otherwise, it would collapse completely.
The power of the Jin Merchants had developed to the point where they needed to rebuild Shanxi.
However, the people of Shanxi suffered. Although the Northern Barbarians destroyed the power of the Jin Merchants, they were also hurt and became innocent fish in the pond. Well, it was better to get more food from these wealthy families for the people to survive. At least, it was better to get through the winter.
That night, Xiao Ruxun did not sleep much. In the early hours of the morning, the advance team he sent to find the grain storage caves came back and reported to him that they had found seven large grain storage caves. It was estimated that each of the seven grain storage caves had about twenty thousand dans of grain. In total, there were more than a hundred thousand dans of grain, enough for the refugees in Taiyuan City.
Only then did Xiao Ruxun feel at ease. She then arranged for people to prepare carts and other items overnight, preparing to organize the refugees of Taiyuan Prefecture to transport food. When dawn broke the next day, Xiao Ruxun sent people to wake the refugees up at their living quarters.
Then, he sent people to distribute the carts and other things. He told them that there was grain to eat, but they needed to work hard to transport it. Only when they brought the grain would the officials give them porridge and let them eat.
The Chinese had always been hardworking, and they were even more diligent when it came to food. Although they were shivering from the cold, they did not suspect anything when they saw that there was an army helping them. They pushed the carts all the way to the cave where the grain was stored.
When they reached the grain storage caves, the refugees found out that there was such a large amount of grain hidden not far from where they lived.
For the whole morning, the convoy went back and forth. Tens of thousands of people worked together and emptied the seven grain storage caves. When the last person came back, the porridge was already ready. The refugees who had lost their homes lined up under the temporary sheds to eat the porridge to fill their stomachs. With the army at the side, everything was in good order.
After eating the porridge, Xiao Ruxun announced that the reconstruction of Taiyuan City would begin. The first step was to repair and rebuild the houses of the refugees that had been destroyed by fire. If they needed wood, they would go into the mountains to cut it down. Those who knew craftsmanship were gathered together to form a team to discuss the best way to do it.
With management and professionalism, they naturally moved quickly. When the sky gradually darkened, there were already people rebuilding the houses.
At this moment, the cavalry that Xiao Ruxun had sent out to search for the enemy returned.
"What? The Northern Barbarians have turned south?! "
Li Rusong looked at the cavalry in shock. Xiao Ruxun frowned and asked, "Are you sure you saw the Northern Barbarians heading south? They didn't go north? "
The cavalry hurriedly said, "Commander, this subordinate doesn't dare to lie. The Northern Barbarians had marched west for several hours before suddenly turning south. Their movements were very strange. We really don't know why, so this subordinate came back to report!"
Li Rusong plopped down on the chair and rubbed his head, unable to think of a reason. Xiao Ruxun, on the other hand, stared at the map with all her might.
South, south. There was no way out in the south. If they wanted to escape, they would have to go north. What was the point of going south? Did they really think that they could return to their hometown by going south? How big of a circle would that be? How could that be?
What else was there in the south?
With this thought in mind, Xiao Ruxun's gaze suddenly fell on Qi County.
Qi County, Qi County, Qi County.
It was so familiar. He seemed to have heard it somewhere before.
Someone seemed to have mentioned it before …
Taiyuan was an important city in Shanxi. It was an important hub and logistics base for one province and two towns. If it was attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable. Qi County. When the Northern Barbarians first moved south, I secretly moved the King Of Jin's bloodline to Qi County to prevent the same thing from happening in Ningxia. If these two places were attacked, it would be bad.
This sentence suddenly rang in Xiao Ruxun's ears.
Xiao Ruxun's expression instantly changed.
"Qi County!"
Li Rusong was stunned. He looked at Xiao Ruxun and asked, "Commander, what did you just say?"
"Qi County!"
Xiao Ruxun pointed at the location of Qi County on the map and looked at Li Rusong.
"Commander Li, do you still remember that Supervisor Wang once told us that before the war, he thought of the story of Ningxia and moved the King Of Jin to Qi County in advance?"
Li Rusong blinked his eyes and revealed an expression of sudden realization. Then, his expression turned into one of horror.
"The Northern Barbarians' target is the King Of Jin in Qi County?! How did they know?! "
Xiao Ruxun shook his head.
"I dare not say that the Northern Barbarians' target is Qi County. However, Qi County is too important. I can't help but speculate. If Qi County is in danger and the King Of Jin is in danger, then it will be bad. Right now, it's not about where the Northern Barbarians are going, but Qi County cannot be harmed no matter what! Commander Li, immediately gather the elite cavalry and head south at top speed! "
Li Rusong quickly agreed.
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