Chapter 338

The Great Ming blocked and built horse farms in Yingchang, Huiningwei, and Danningwei on a large scale, and also extorted some horses from the Tuman Khan and the Tuman Khan as war horses for forming the cavalry, but these were far from enough.

If the Great Ming asks San Niangzi to continue to demand and buy war horses, doesn't San Niangzi know what the Great Ming is going to do? If San Niangzi agrees, then San Niangzi will change from a peace faction to a surrender faction.

The peace faction on the grasslands will definitely not agree when San Niangzi becomes a surrender faction. The peace faction only wants to be a meat-eater safely, not wanting to be beaten by the Great Ming.

And the Great Ming hinterland itself does not have the conditions for raising horses. The contradiction between people and land in the Great Ming is already very sharp. If the imperial court makes a decision to restore the horse administration, it will lead to more people being displaced and becoming landless tenant farmers and wandering people.

Wang Chonggu believes that he can continue to demand and buy from San Niangzi, which is to say that he can continue to exert pressure, force the grasslands to continue to divide, and aggravate the internal contradictions of the grasslands.

The Great Ming needs horses, but it seems there are no horses to use.

As for what San Niangzi wants, actually everyone knows, and the court officials tacitly did not mention it.

The style of Wei Wu, once the monarch is stained with it, is inauspicious for the country. The founder of the style of Wei Wu, Cao Cao, paid a heavy price for the love accident in Wancheng: Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, and the ancient fierce Dian Wei.

"Your Majesty, there are no horses in the Western Regions either. Since Yongle, the grasslands and the northwest have become increasingly cold, and people and livestock have withered." Tan Lun said with slight helplessness. Wu Di of Han could appeal to the Western Regions to find horses, such as Wu Di of Han seeking the sweat-blood horse, because at that time, the climate of the Western Regions could still raise a large number of horses.

Tan Lun had been running for the recovery of the loop since he entered the court, and he was very concerned about the horse matter. If there were a large number, sufficient, and suitable war horses in the Western Regions, Tan Lun would have taken action long ago, instead of scratching his head together in the court discussion when things came to a head.

"Increasingly cold, people and livestock withered." Zhu Yijun repeated it and recognized Tan Lun's statement. There are some in the Western Regions, but only a little, which completely fails to meet the Great Ming's needs.

The atmosphere of the court discussion was somewhat heavy for a while. The necessity of forming a cavalry was beyond doubt, but the source of horses became a big problem. In the past, the imperial court was poor, and the cavalry was too expensive. Now the imperial court has some surplus wealth, but some things cannot be solved by money.

It is absolutely impossible to do without money, but money is not omnipotent.

The Tuman Khan is not a fool. The number of horses in the goods sold by the Northern Tatars to the Great Ming is strictly controlled, just to prevent the Great Ming from having the ability to eliminate him.

Zhang Juzheng spat out a turbid breath and put away the memorial: "I will think of another way."

He raised this topic because he hoped that everyone would work together. Since everyone has no good strategy, let's shelve it for the time being and discuss it when there is a way.

"Wang Duo, the leader of the three-yang meeting of heaven and earth, has been escorted to the capital. In November of last year, Li Le, the assistant of Yingtian Prefecture, investigated this person for gathering six thousand believers with evil spirits, fabricating demon books and magic tools, and sealing Cai Zhen and others as thirty-six heavenly generals, intending to start an uprising. It was destroyed by yamen runners, and the thirty-six heavenly generals and Wang Duo were captured by the Yingtian Prefecture government office." Zhang Juzheng continued to preside over the court discussion and talked about the end of a case from last year.

This Wang Duo rebellion was finally pacified by yamen runners. The main means was to use religious sects to bewitch believers, which was the same path as Wang Xiangu, but the influence was smaller. After all, he bewitched a total of six thousand believers. The Southern Yamen had been dealing with this matter, dispersing all the believers. Some of the thirty-six heavenly generals were exiled to Luzon, and some were sent to the capital to be beheaded and displayed to the public with Wang Duo.

Zhu Yijun stamped this case, and there was no much controversy about the case.

When Prince Lu Zhu Yiliu started yawning, the long court discussion finally ended in an argument. The court officials left the Wenhua Hall, and only the Emperor, the Grand Secretary, and Prince Lu remained in the hall.

Regarding the content of the court discussion, Zhu Yijun exchanged opinions with Zhang Juzheng again and reached many consensuses. Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng's goals were consistent, making many things simple.

"Your Majesty, party strife and war are extremely similar." Zhang Juzheng talked about the disaster of party prohibition. He was still responsible for His Majesty's lecture, and now it was no longer just the content of the book, but discussing politics.

"Party strife, no one knows the result at the last moment, so party strife must be to exhaust everything, betting all the chips, just like a gambler who has lost his eyes in a gambling house. And this betting everything will inevitably cause tearing in the court."

"Even if a result is fought out temporarily, the tearing already exists. Party strife will continue to be carried out continuously, changing batch after batch, having long forgotten why they argued and disagreed at the beginning, just fighting for the sake of fighting."

After violence loses control, the world is divided, and war often does not need a reason, just fighting for the sake of fighting. Party strife is the same, endless, and then everyone plays together.

Party strife is the same as war. Everyone, including the Emperor, can only decide when it starts, but absolutely cannot decide when it ends.

"Master's words are very true. Party strife seems to be a good strategy for governing, but it is just drinking poison to quench thirst. Looking at the first twenty years of my grandfather, he didn't like the art of governing people. In the first year of his reign, he eradicated accumulated abuses and started anew with the world. In the following twenty-five years, he lived in the West Garden, seeing the head but not the tail, focusing on mysterious cultivation, using Yan Song to restrain Xu Jie, and using Xu Jie to restrain Gao Gong. In the end, the discipline was loose, and the world was exhausted." Zhu Yijun agreed with Zhang Juzheng's point of view.

The party strife of the Great Ming became more and more intense after the Taoist priest lost his ambition. Since the political struggle between Yan Song's Yan Party and Xu Jie's Qingliu began, it had not stopped. During the Longqing years, it was the Jin Party and Qingliu competing for dominance. After the Jin Party won a great victory, it became a entanglement between the Jin Party and the Zhang Party.

In the early Wanli years, it was the great victory of the Zhang Party. After Zhang Juzheng died, the Jin Party seemed to have won a great victory, but after clearing out Zhang Juzheng, the Jin Party also lost completely. After Zhang Siwei returned to his hometown for mourning and died suddenly, the Great Ming's internal affairs fell into complete chaos.

The protagonists behind the party strife that shook the country, such as the National Foundation Case, the Three Princes Enfeoffment, the Storage Discussion, the Fu Prince's Country, the Chu Crown Prince Case, the Examination Fraud Case, the Xinhai Beijing Inspection, the Worrying Hong Discussion, the Continued Worrying Hong Discussion, the Tingji Case, the Red Pill Case, and the Moving Palace Case, were the Donglin, Qi, Chu, Zhe, Xuan, Jin, Kun, and Eunuch parties.

The party strife in the late Ming seems to have calmed down a little only during the few years when Zhang Juzheng was in power. After that, it became more and more intense.

"Your Majesty, party strife has no benefits at all. Those who start party strife should be beheaded." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said what he wanted to say.

Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously: "Master's words are very true. Is it that Master has seen something?"

"I only hope that I am overthinking. Migrating wealthy families to the capital, these wealthy families have bought many pens. I witnessed the struggle between Xu Jie and Yan Song with my own eyes, so I am slightly worried." Zhang Juzheng did see some signs, of course, only signs.

Zhu Yijun heard this and said with a serious face: "I will be careful. Master has worked hard."

"The country is in danger and then safe, the sun and moon are dark and then bright. I only fear that my wish will be wasted. This is my duty to report to the late Emperor and be loyal to Your Majesty. I will retire." Zhang Juzheng said what he wanted to say and left the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yijun's fingers kept tapping on the table. Zhang Juzheng stayed alone and specifically emphasized the harm of party strife. Clearly, in his view, there were signs and omens of party strife in the court. Zhu Yijun did not allow the appearance of party strife to break the Great Ming's revival process.

"Brother, the country is in danger and then safe, the sun and moon are dark and then bright. This sentence is good! Master is indeed a great talent!" Zhu Yijun was very impressed by Zhang Juzheng's literary talent.

"That is a sentence Master quoted from Jiang Wei's death letter." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yiliu and explained: "At that time, Sima Zhao sent Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, and others to attack Shu from five routes. Jiang Wei led the army to guard Jian'ge alone, hindering Zhong Hui's main force, while Deng Ai raided Chengdu from Yinping. After the Shu Emperor Liu Shan surrendered, Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui."

"After Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui, he used a separation strategy, first harming Deng Ai, then clamoring for Zhong Hui to oppose Sima Zhao. The two separations were a great success, but in the end, human calculation is not as good as Heaven's calculation, and it failed, and he was killed by Sima Zhao."

"Jiang Wei wrote a letter to the Shu Emperor saying: 'I wish Your Majesty to endure the humiliation of a few days. I want to make the country in danger and then safe, the sun and moon dark and then bright.'"

"After the incident, Jiang Wei's family was all slaughtered, and the Han dynasty was finally destroyed."

Zhu Yiliu heard this and sighed constantly: "Jiang Wei is loyal and devoted."

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and added: "At that time, Sima Zhao had already killed the monarch in the street and killed the Wei Emperor Cao Mao. Looking at it this way, Jiang Wei's loyalty is even more precious."

Jiang Wei was loyal to Liu Shan, also loyal to Shu Han, and also loyal to himself, using the last arc of his life to illuminate that era of lost etiquette and music.

Zhu Yiliu thought seriously. He was at best at the level of Liu Shan, maybe not even as good as Liu Shan. At least after Zhuge Liang left, Liu Shan still let the Shu country last for another thirty-two years.

Zhu Yijun was teaching Zhu Yiliu mathematics in the Wenhua Hall, but in the Quanjin Guild Hall, the atmosphere was very oppressive, and even Wan Shihe was in the Quanjin Guild Hall. Everyone was waiting for the party leader Wang Chonggu to speak. Wang Chonggu's face was as heavy as water.

"Everyone, why don't we, the Jin Party, just disband here in the Quanjin Guild Hall today? Save us from following in Zhang Siwei's footsteps one day and ending up with the whole family being executed. It's better to disband early. Everyone can do whatever they want, just don't implicate me." Wang Chonggu put down the teacup. The first sentence was to disband the Jin Party. Everyone was shocked and looked at Wang Chonggu.

"This, this, why?" Wang Jiaping asked with great surprise: "Vice Minister Wang! Even if the Vice Minister is afraid of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng is a gentleman. He won't kill everyone for no reason. Why does the Vice Minister say this? Just because I attacked Zhang Juzheng for intimidating the monarch and usurping power in the hall? He dares to do it, but I can't say it? Vice Minister is so timid, how can he be the leader of our Jin Party!"

"Scholar Wang is worthy of being Ge Gong's disciple." Wan Shihe looked at Wang Jiaping and sighed in admiration.

Ge Shouli was this kind of honest nature, and Wang Jiaping was no less so. Wang Chonggu was not pointing at Wang Jiaping. What Wang Jiaping said and did in the hall was not wrong.

"Scholar Wang is overthinking. It's not about the hall." Wang Chonggu saw that Wang Jiaping still didn't understand and chose to tell the truth. Wang Chonggu often dealt with Ge Shouli, and for such people, telling the truth is the most efficient way to communicate.

"Ah? Oh." Wang Jiaping was stunned for a moment, slightly embarrassed, and then sat up straight and said: "Then why is the Vice Minister angry?"

Wang Chonggu's gaze swept around before he said in a stern tone: "Someone is flirting with the wealthy families who migrated here. You dare to take their money, and you dare to go to their poetry meetings. What are you trying to do? If you want to split up, split up immediately. If you don't want to live, don't live. Save us from delaying each other's future!"

"Fan Shigang."

Wang Chonggu called the first name. Fan Shigang shuddered violently, stood up tremblingly, looked at Wang Chonggu, waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Vice Minister Wang, I just went to eat a meal of wine. Yao Guangqi gave five taels of silver, saying that all the guests who arrived had it."

"Leave the waist token of the Quanjin Guild Hall and go." Wang Chonggu looked at Wang Jiaping and asked: "Scholar Wang, this is your person. Do you want to keep him?"

The Jin Party was divided into two factions. One faction was Wang Chonggu. This faction was mainly based on Jin merchants, with strong strength and rich oil, but this faction had fewer successful candidates. The other faction was the followers when Ge Shouli was the party leader. Wang Jiaping, Fan Yingqi, and Fan Shigang were all such figures. They didn't have much money, and they were all successful candidates from Shaanxi and Shanxi.

Wang Chonggu wanted to deal with Fan Shigang, so naturally he had to ask Wang Jiaping's opinion.

Fan Shigang and Fan Yingqi were from the same hometown and clan. Although they were not in the same room, they could be considered relatives. Such a severe disposal naturally had Wang Jiaping's approval.

It doesn't matter if Wang Jiaping doesn't approve. At most, they will break up.

Wang Jiaping glanced at Fan Yingqi. Fan Yingqi nodded, and Wang Jiaping said: "Vice Minister Wang, deal with it."

No matter how honest Wang Jiaping is, he understands one thing: in the current imperial court, the Zhang Party is in power. The only collective that can threaten the Zhang Party is the Jin Party.

"Vice Minister Wang, Vice Minister Wang! I will return the silver immediately! I really can't put down the waist token of the Quanjin Guild Hall!" Fan Shigang was immediately anxious. Fan Shigang's family background was not particularly good, and he didn't buy property in the capital. The Censorate was a clean and noble government office, and clean and noble meant poverty. He lived in the Quanjin Guild Hall. It was when Ge Shouli built the party that he allowed Jin people to live in the Quanjin Guild Hall.

The most critical thing is that Fan Shigang's son is studying family studies in the Quanjin Guild Hall. In this capital, except for here, Fan Shigang doesn't know where to send his child. This delay will ruin the child.

"Censor Fan, some silver cannot be taken, it's really hot." Wan Shihe suddenly said: "Vice Minister Wang, why don't we do this? Whoever took the silver, return it. Our guild hall will add another copy and return it to Yao Guangqi. Who does this outsider look down on? Just because he has silver?"

"What does Vice Minister Wang think?"

"Thank you, Grand Minister Wan, for your kind words! Thank you, Grand Minister Wan, for your kind words!" Fan Shigang bowed repeatedly when he heard this. He just went to the banquet, how did he know things were so serious?

Wang Chonggu spat out a turbid breath and said with apparent difficulty: "Since Grand Minister Wan has spoken, let's deal with it this way. Cheng Jianwu, Wang Zhongming, Wang Duinan, Chen Yulei, and Fan Shigang, you five, return the silver you received. Is it shameful or not! Our Jin Party is richer than the Chu Party! Because of a little silver, you got yourself in. Do I, Wang Chonggu, not want face anymore?!"

"Once in court, Zhang Juzheng asked me, 'I heard that some of your subordinates took other people's silver and ate other people's food?'"

"And you five are doing things in the palace, you should be careful and careful!"

"This time, Grand Minister Wan spoke for you. Next time, do you still expect noble people to help you?!"

"Yes." The five people answered busily. They were the teaching teachers in the palace, that is, the inner school of the Ceremonial Supervisor. In addition to the teaching of eunuchs in the palace, there were ten compilers and censors from the Hanlin Academy going to teach.

If it weren't for these five people doing things in the palace, Wang Chonggu wouldn't be so angry. Using money to corrupt someone is the Jin Party's housekeeping skill. For example, after the problem of the construction of the Great Wall in Xuanfu and Datong was exposed, Wang Chonggu wanted to buy Li Le for the first time.

The Chu Party couldn't afford to play this kind of trick because they were too poor. Wang Qian liked to buy others, but he learned it from his father Wang Chonggu.

God knows what Yao Guangqi wanted to do by buying these five people. If there was any accident in the palace, and it was investigated back to their Jin Party, Wang Chonggu's whole family's life would have to be put in.

When the five went to return the money, Wang Chonggu sighed and said to Wan Shihe: "These people are really worrying. Fortunately, Grand Minister Wan reminded me in time, otherwise, I would have been thrown into the sky prison without knowing about this."

"I just happened to know. Vice Minister Wang is busy with official business, and a slight negligence is normal. Since the matter is handled, I won't stay any longer." Wan Shihe waved his hands repeatedly, stood up, said goodbye, and left.

Wang Chonggu looked at Wan Shihe's back and could only say that Wan Shihe's news was really well-informed.

Wan Shihe left the door of the Jin Party and entered the door of the Zhe Party. Not long after, Wan Shihe entered the door of the Quanjin Guild Hall.

The only person who can walk on flat ground and enter and exit at will in the Quanjin, Quanchu, and Quanzhe Guild Halls is Wan Shihe, a person like a golden oil.

"I have seen the Yuanfu." After Wan Shihe and Zhang Juzheng greeted each other, Wan Shihe explained his intention and told Zhang Juzheng in detail about what he had done.

Yao Guangqi used money to open the way and made many friends, avoiding the Chu Party alone and making friends among the Jin, Zhe, and Qi parties. This intention was very obvious. The wealthy families who migrated to the capital were not reconciled to becoming ordinary wealthy families and then becoming a foil for the wealthy families in the capital. They wanted to fight, fight for the right to speak, and fight for social status.

Then using money to open the way and making many friends is a good way.

But Yao Guangqi never expected that Wan Shihe, this Minister of Justice who was bad to the point of pus, would stare at those wealthy families in the northwest all day long, watching what kind of moths they were going to make. He, Yao Guangqi, hadn't exerted his strength yet, and he was blocked back by Wan Shihe.

The loyal Shuntian Prefecture, the only unstable factor, was those wealthy families who migrated from the Southern Yamen to the West Earth City.

"Grand Minister Wan is amazing." Zhang Juzheng sincerely praised Wan Shihe's ability. The capital is not big, and there are countless poetry meetings. Wan Shihe's ability to catch the wind and shadow, it is a pity not to be a cruel official.

He had just told the Emperor to be vigilant and careful, and Wan Shihe had properly handled the matter.

"Just doing some work of checking for leaks and filling gaps." Wan Shihe waved his hands repeatedly: "What Yuanfu does are all big things, mine are all scraps."

"After I returned to the Ministry of Justice, I found the old Great Ming Law, which is the Great Ming Law of the seventh year of Hongwu. In Volume 28 "Miscellaneous Law", it says: 'If treacherous and powerful people, as well as soldiers and civilians, build large ships that violate the style of two or more masts, carry contraband goods to sea to go to foreign countries to buy and sell, secretly communicate with sea pirates, conspire to gather, or act as guides to rob good people, the offender shall be beheaded according to the law of rebellion, and the head shall be displayed to the public, and the whole family shall be exiled to the border guard government office.'"

"If there is an informer, the property, goods, ships, and vehicles will be confiscated, and five-tenths will be paid to the informer as a reward."

Wan Shihe naturally came to Zhang Juzheng to claim credit. He did the work, so naturally he had to let His Majesty know, let the Yuanfu know, and also supplement the explanation that he said in the Wenhua Hall that he remembered where he saw it. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a precedent for a method similar to the "Order of Reporting Property." At that time, the country was newly established, the inspection ability was weak, and it needed the supplement of civilian power.

In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, the Great Ming Law was extensively revised, because of the establishment of a large number of inspection offices and the gradual stability of the country, the five-tenths reward for informers was deleted.

Zhang Juzheng took the old case from Wan Shihe's hand. After reading it, he showed a smile and said: "Grand Minister Wan's old case came at the right time. It just happens to be supplemented into the Great Ming Collected Statutes."

"That's good, then I won't bother you anymore." Wan Shihe stood up, swayed and left the Quanchu Guild Hall, and returned to the Ministry of Justice to sit in the office.

The old case brought by Wan Shihe was very timely. Expanding the Tax Inspection Court and allowing the people to report and expose each other were both things that would be widely opposed. And Wan Shihe brought the commanding height of public opinion of the ancestor's rules, so that the tax inspection work could be carried out normally.

On one side is the ancestor's rules, on the other side is the law of the three generations, which has a hedge, so there is a debate, rather than being at a disadvantage from the beginning.

Zhang Juzheng sat on the grand master's chair under the plane tree, looking at the lake that had not yet thawed, thinking about a problem: the Central Plains dynasty, since Qin Shi Huang, has not explored a new social system until now. For a hundred generations, they have all followed the Qin political law, all repairing and patching within the framework of the Qin imperial system.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Juzheng immediately became annoyed. His Majesty's tricky questions were really untouchable. On the matter of the unity of monarch and father, it was clearly his Zhang Juzheng who won the debate, and even His Majesty recognized it. As a result, when he was idle, Zhang Juzheng occasionally remembered this problem.

Exploring a new social system, what is the price?

Zhang Juzheng drove this matter out of his mind, stood up, and walked towards the Wenchang Pavilion. As the Grand Secretary, he still had many things to be busy with.

The Nagasaki Governor's Office sent many memorials. In these memorials, there were Chen Lin's memorial of thanks, Xu Wei's observation of Japan, and Sun Keyi's report on the amount of silver expected to be imported this year. The expected silver this year is still not as good as the Western ocean-going ships, but the absolute amount is still rising, which can be stabilized at about 1.2 million to 1.5 million silver.

What makes Zhang Juzheng feel interesting is that after the Great Ming water army broke the Shimazu family, Chen Lin turned the Shimazu family upside down and interrogated the prisoners again and again. Chen Lin found that the Shimazu family's attack on Ryukyu had no purpose at all, no strategic goal, no combat termination point, no strategy at all, just fighting to where it counts. If they couldn't beat it, they continued to increase troops, quite a feeling of adding water when there is too much flour, and adding flour when there is too much water.

The day the water and flour overflow is the day it's finished.

This is very similar to the situation during the Japanese pirates in the southeast. The Shimazu family's dispatch of troops to Ryukyu was entirely for the sake of fighting, without any planning, entirely to alleviate internal contradictions. Japan has many people and little food.

Therefore, to conquer Japan, one must deeply understand this characteristic of Japan.

And the Great Ming's goal from the beginning was very clear: silver.

From Sun Keyi's memorial, it can be seen that Japan's biggest gap is not anything else, but food. Grain that sells for one in the Great Ming sells for five in Nagasaki, and from Nagasaki to Owari Province, it can sell for ten. Grain can completely influence the pattern of Japan's internal war.

And the Great Ming maritime merchants have mastered the method of grain sea transport, but the Great Ming also has no grain to go to sea. The only places with surplus grain in the Great Ming are the Southern Yamen, and the Southern Yamen has to be responsible for 4 million piculs of canal grain.

Zhang Juzheng keenly discovered the location of the problem, opened a blank memorial, and began to write vigorously.

The next day, an imperial edict was sent from the capital's guild hall station along the Jiulong relay station to various shipping offices and inspection offices. The content inside was very little, which was to prohibit grain from going to sea.

Great Ming merchant ships can only dock in Nagasaki, because the Japanese are Japanese pirates. If your grain ships don't reach Nagasaki, they will be robbed by Japan. And this Great Ming prohibition has a strong effect, prohibiting grain from going to sea to Japan.

Japan lacks grain, and the Great Ming grain has no surplus. In order to earn huge profits, what will the Great Ming maritime merchants do? They will take out a part of the Great Ming grain and transport it to Japan to earn this profit.

But the prohibition also clearly states that it does not prohibit grain from the ten thousand mile sea pond from being transported to Japan for profit. Grain from overseas can be transported to Japan through the Great Ming shipping office to earn money, encouraging Great Ming maritime merchants to actively build more plantations on the many islands of the ten thousand mile sea pond.

Zhang Juzheng was never an overly radical person. When he formulated many political decrees, he closed a door and opened a window. Prohibiting Great Ming grain from being exported, but not prohibiting maritime merchants from earning this money. Zhang Juzheng is not like His Majesty, who wants to lift the house and rebuild one.

This political decree caused a lot of discussion, especially the many merchants of the Songjiang Ocean-going Trading Company, who gathered in the guild hall of the trading company, waiting for the appearance of Sun Kehong.

Sun Kehong's leg was lame, he was ruthless, and extremely sinister. The entire Songjiang Prefecture was both happy and afraid of Sun Kehong. What they were happy about was that they could really make money following Sun Kehong, and what they were afraid of was Sun Kehong's unpredictable nature. If they offended him one day, they were afraid of being sunk into the Huangpu River by Sun Kehong.

Sun Kehong was dressed in a plain red round-collar robe, with an ivory tablet hanging from his waist, looking like a jade tree in the wind, and was pushed in front of the crowd by a young woman.

"Sun Shangzong, you are finally here! The imperial court's prohibition, isn't this taking our lives?!" A merchant wailed as soon as he saw Sun Kehong, complaining loudly.

Sun Kehong stretched out his hand to press down and said: "Everyone don't be anxious. The Great Ming has no grain. Can't we find grain from other places?"

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